(GABBY'S POV)
"I'm hungry!" Viz complain for like the third time during our long walk. Both him and Clyde were driving me crazy!
Clyde, Viz and I were on our way to the Werewolf Clan. I looked back and saw Clyde sulking and trailing far behind us. "Clyde would you pick up the pace!" I shouted at him. He grumbled an inaudible response and continued to walk slow. I growled angrily at him and stomped towards him. I gripped him up by the collar and glared daggers at him. "What's your problem?!"
"I... it's just that…"
"What?!"
"It's Shiro! Why did Izzy choose to leave with him?!" He shouted.
"Are you serious?! Clyde, it's seriously not that deep."
"Not that deep?! Are you kidding me? She clearly wants him more than me!"
"No she doesn't!" I snapped at him.
"Yes she does! She loves Shiro! All she wants is Shiro!"
"No she doesn't! You're in denial, Clyde!"
"Oh get real Gabriella! I am positive that she wants him! It's hopeless! I've got no chance. Who knows what they're doing right now!"
(SHIRO'S POV)
"..." I sat at the long table, nervously twiddling my thumbs. I was in a room filled with vampires! To make matters worse, Isabel's dad was sitting there glaring at me. WHY COULDN'T THIS BE CLYDE. I WANTED TO GO WITH GABBY!!!
"So… Mister Tatsugami...how long have you and my daughter been... involved..?" Izzy's dad asked.
"Excuse me?"
"How long have you been with my daughter? You have her scent all over you so I can assume that you have been quite... intimate with her." Oh shit! Isabel did get all touchy feely with me...
"...Uh...few months…" I said nervously.
"Interesting…and what level Vampire are you? My daughter should only be with the strongest. Isabel just so happens to be a level 58 Vampire. Her fiance, Darius just so happens to be a level 42 Vampire."
"Um... I am a...level...70…" I said shakily.
The room grew silent and I was sweating bullets. I was just about ready to stab myself. "Level 70…" Her dad muttered.
"..." I was silent.
"Then you wouldn't mind battling my daughter's fiance and claiming her as yours, right?" He asked with narrowed eyes. My blood ran cold and I almost fainted.
"What?!"
"Dearest father. Shiro can't do battle at the this particular moment."
"Why is that?!" He shouted angrily.
"Yes dear sister, why can't he?" A white haired woman said to her. I guess that was her big sister.
"I uh... I wouldn't wanna hurt anyone!" I shouted. I decided to hype myself up with nonsensical bluffing in hopes of intimidating everyone...bad Idea, I know. "I can't control my own strength. I'm too powerful."
"Too powerful huh." Said a deep voice. I looked back and saw a strong looking pale guy with slicked back, red hair. "I would like to test that theory."
"What…" I said slowly.
"BATTLE ME SHIRO TATSUGAMI! I wish to claim Ms. Yang for myself!" The red haired guy shouted.
"I don't think I should... I'm quite the pacifist." I said sweating somehow harder than before.
"Nonsense. We shall do battle in the Colosseum immediately! I wish to prove my love for Isabel and make her Mrs. Kingsley." He said.
I looked at Izzy, who had a depressed look on her face. "Uh... could you excuse me for a second." I ran up to Isabel, grabbed her arm and ran out of the room.
"LEVEL 42?! I'M ONLY LEVEL 17! I CAN'T FIGHT HIM!" I quietly shouted. She cupped my face in her hands and gave me a sad smile.
"You'll be fine! You can take him... I think…"
"Why is he your fiance anyway? Why did you even leave home to begin with?" I asked her.
"I never wanted to marry Darius. From the moment I was born, my life had already been predestined. I would marry Darius Kingsley, who is the general of the Vampiric Army and together we would wipe out the Werewolf Clan for good and end our life long war. Only problem was that I never wanted anything to do with that. I don't like Darius, I don't want to be responsible for exterminating the Werewolf race and I don't want to feel like a prisoner." She said getting heated up. I put a comforting hand on hand on her shoulder and gave her a determined look.
"I'll kick his ass for you then. Just so that you can be free of him. Truthfully, I don't believe in that predestined bullshit." Isabel jumped on me and trailing kisses all over my face.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are the best, Tatsugami!" She pulled me in close and lightly nibbled on my neck. "That's for good luck." She said while licking her lips.
I walked back into the dining room and slammed my fist on the table. I gave Darius a determined look. "I'll fight you dude, and I'm gonna kick your pale ass!"
-IN THE COLOSSEUM-
"Am I really doing this shit?!" I Shouted to myself.
"You got this Shiro!" Izzy yelled at me.
"Do not dare hold back Tatsugami!" Yelled my opponent. I don't think I have a choice.
The vampire ran at me with blinding speed and decked me across the jaw. I staggered back and held myself. I raised my guard and put up my dukes. He vanished and reappeared behind me. He launched me forward. I was sent tumbling to the dirt floor beneath me. I got up and threw a few punches but I was way too slow to do much of anything. He avoided all of my swings and kneed me in the gut. I doubled over and dropped to my knees.
"Level 70? What a joke!" The bastard snickered as he kicked me away. "You're done for dude. You gotta be the weakest vampire I have ever faced. After I beat you to a pulp, I will profess my love to Isabel and with her mother and father's blessing, I shall marry her and-"
"Do you ever shut the hell up?! You just keep talking and talking. Quite frankly, it's getting on my last GODDAMN NERVE!" I growled at him. I felt the soul energy swell from inside of me. Purple aura flowed around me and I felt light on my feet.
"How dare you speak to me in such a way! I will dispose of you, instantly!" He glared at me and I flipped him off.
"You gonna cry or something? Gimme a break!" I said as I sprinted at him. I threw sixteen punches in less than a second, all of which connected with ease. I spun around quickly and landed and back heel kick to his jaw. Before he could recover from my kick, I flipped forward and unsheathed my daggers. I slashed at him, leaving a wide gash across his chest. He kicked me away from him and glared.
"Not bad. I'm not sure how your power increased so drastically, but you're done for." He snarled as he gripped his fist. A deep red aura surrounded him and he let out a loud shout.
"Whatever…" I said with narrowed eyes. We charged at each other and he sent me a heavy punch to my chest. I coughed a bit and zipped forward. I jumped up and twirled myself in the air. "WHIRLWIND SLASH!" I shouted. He lifted up his arms and shielded his face from my spinning attack. His arms were leaking profusely and he grit his teeth.
"I refuse to lose to somebody like you! I will kill you and claim what's mine." He began to change his appearance right before my eyes. His eyes lacked pupils and his full fangs were exposed. His hands were now brandishing a full set of claws, his hair grew down to his back and bat wings sprouted from his back. "Go on! Transform into your real self. You can't beat me the way you are while I'm like this."
"Tch, bitch please... I'll still kick your sad ass." I readied my daggers and glared. "Now come at me!"
(CLYDE'S POV)
Gabby and I had finally reached the Werewolf Clan's city, Ragnarok. The place was a more modest area with tons of people that wore loose, open, tattered and baggy clothes. Nobody here wore shoes either. The people here had all seemed a little bit too comfortable with each other.
"We need to get to the Chief and ask him about the supplies." Gabby said to Vizeron and I.
"Don't worry guys, I have a way with these people. Let me do the talking." Vizeron said while grinning.
"You sure about that Vizeron? You're just a wolf, not a werewolf." I said to him.
"Don't worry about it. I got this." He said. He lifted his front two paws and started walking on his hind legs. He stepped through the double doors of the central building. "HELLO MY FELLOW ANTHROPOMORPHIC WOLVES! It is I, Vizeron the great!" Everyone in the lobby of the building looked towards us with untrusting glances.
I face palmed and sighed with annoyance. "Is he serious?" I muttered.
"I must speak to your Chief!" Vizeron shouted.
"... He's in the back…" A gruff looking guy said as he puffed his cigarette.
"Oh...well thank you kind sir." Vizeron said as he walked over to the back room.
We walked into the backroom and we saw that a tall hairy looking man was sitting at a wooden table. He seemed to be playing some type of card game with an angry looking woman. "Damn you to hell ya cheatin' bastard! I ought to spade ya' till yo ole buckets been kicked!" The woman said angrily. The man took a swift sip of his beer and gestured her out. The lady stormed past us. The hairy man at the table looked at us and waved us in.
I decided not to waste anymore time. "Are you the chief?"
"..." The man stayed silent.
"No seriously we need to talk to him." Vizeron chimed in. Gabby crossed her arms and glared at the man.
"... What do you want..?" He asked in a raspy voice. He sounded like he gargled rocks.
"There's a witch opening up a potions shop outside of NecroFall. She needs supplies from you." Gabby said hastily.
"If that's why you're here then you're better off just leaving now. We are at war right now and we need everything we have."
"At war?! With whom?" I asked
"Who else?! Those shit sucking vampires!" My eyes widened and an unknown emotional swirled within me.
"... Vampires…" I hissed with hatred.
"Uh... Clyde...are you ok?" Vizeron asked me. I wasn't listening to him though. Vampires ruined my life and now, I have the chance to get them back for what they did.
"Chief...how can we be of service?" I asked.
"Clyde are you insane?! This isn't our task! Their war has nothing to do with us." Gabby shouted.
"I don't care...and even if it has nothing to do with us, the quicker we help them, the quicker we get the supplies."
"Hey...that does make sense." Vizeron barked in agreement.
"What do you say Chief...we help you, you help us... sound like a plan?" I asked stoically.
"Very well then. It's a deal."
(ISABEL'S POV)
Wow. I can't even lie. Shiro was lasting much longer than I thought. He was actually holding up pretty well again Darius. I truthfully can't stand Darius. He irritates me to no end. His constant claims over me are gonna drive me insane! I hope Shiro kicks his arrogant ass.
I was sitting in the stands with my family. Darius's family were directly across from us. They were cheering him on while he was currently pounding the shit outta Shiro while in his full transformation. I could see the frustration on Shiro's face. I looked to my father to see his expression. I knew he wanted Shiro to lose the fight. The whole reason I left home was because he wanted to marry Darius. He was always dictating my life so I had no hesitation when it came to leaving this place... even if it meant halving my power.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Shiro screamed. He was currently being squeezed within Darius fist. His eyes were clenched tightly and his teeth were grit with agony. The sound of bones breaking could be heard all throughout the colosseum. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
"C'mon Shiro…" I whispered to myself.
"Why does he refuse to transform? Is he that prideful? He will die if he does not use his full capabilities." My older sister said.
"Such arrogance will surely cost him. What a fool." My older brother hissed.
What did I get him into?! He was out there fighting for his life and I'm the reason he's here in the first place. I didn't think I'd come at such drastic times. I didn't know what to do. If I intervene, they'll all figure out that he's not a vampire. If I don't, he'll get murdered!
"Daughter... Please explain to me...where did you meet that young man?" My mother asked.
"I met him… in the Siege District. He was with a group of other vampires." I lied.
"Mhm...is he truly as strong as he claims?" My dad asked.
"...He is very capable of accomplishing daring feats." I replied vaguely.
I looked back down towards Shiro and Darius. Shiro was viciously getting slammed into the ground. He looked horrible to say the least. He slowly got back up to continue the useless fight.
"I... I could do this all night…" He choked out.
"It is always night, you half wit."
"Screw you, dude!" Shiro said while spitting a drip of blood at him.
Darius took a sniff at the blood and grinned. I looked on with realization and worry. Darius was catching on too the fact that Shiro was a human. He flew at Shiro and drove his large fist straight at Shiro. Shiro's body bounce across the colosseum. He crawled back up to his feet and I winced at his injuries that he had received. He picked his head up and glared at Darius.
"I WON'T LOSE TO YOU!" He screamed.
"Look at you! You're already beaten! You have yet to even injure me while in this form! This fight is over for you. You're nothing but child's play!"
"Over you say... That's funny... I haven't even started fighting for real." Shiro said with his eyes hidden behind his brown hair. I noticed that the purple aura he showed earlier had returned. Purple static surrounded his arms and legs. He tilted his head to the side and showed his wicked smile. "You lookin to play, huh…" Shiro then vanished and reappeared behind Darius. Darius went for a back fist only to hit a blurry image of Shiro.
"What?! Where did he-" Darius started
~SLICE!~
Then, faster than the eye could see, Shiro sliced Darius in the face. "CONCEALED STRIKE!" Blood spattered all across the colosseum. Darius staggered back while holding his bleeding left eye.
"YOU GODDAMN WORM! I WILL END YOU!" Darius shouted angrily.
"Incredible! What type of vampire is he?!" My older brother asked.
"Such speed. It's ludicrous!" My sister added.
I smiled confidently at Shiro's uproar. He was still in the fight. If he kept this pace up, he just might win this. Darius looked up and growled with seething rage. Shiro had reappeared to confront him. "That all you got? If so then label me disappointed."
"You fool! You won't defeat me! I know your secret. You're a mortal. You're nothing more than just a human. I'm going to devour you and claim my lovely bride!" Darius shouted.
"You'll die trying. I can assure you that much." Shiro replied. I smiled at those bold words of his. Why didn't my other side claim him already?! If I always had full control, he be mine already!
"I'm going to squash you like a bug that you are!" Darius charged at Shiro but his size couldn't keep up with Shiro's ridiculous speed. Darius kept swinging and swinging, but he couldn't land a single hit on Shiro, who was effortlessly dodging. "Why can't I hit you?!"
"Probably because you're bigger and uglier than before." Shiro remarked with a grin. Darius slammed his fist at the standing Shiro, but only hit his blurry image.
"I won't fall for that a second time!" Darius yelled as he raised his guard. Shiro slashed at his arms with an "X" shaped cut. Darius screamed with pain and the bottom half of his arms dropped to the coliseum's floor. "WHAT?!" Shiro appeared in front of him quickly and smirked wildly at what he had done to his opponent.
"Looks like you're unarmed, jackass!" Said a laughing Shiro. He stood stiff and the bowed forward.
"You dare mock me you filthy mortal?!" Darius snarled.
"I'm not mocking you…I'm just getting ready to finish you off." Shiro's purple aura flared up and surrounded him. His eyes shifted to a bright purple color. "FOOTWORK!" He shouted. Within the blink of an eye, Shiro had land about five hundred fifty three slashes all over Darius's body. He was moving so fast that multiple images of himself were all over the colosseum. Shiro kicked Darius up into the air, vanished and reappeared high up into the air, directly above the ascending Darius. His right leg was pointing straight up. Purple static dancing vigorously around it. "Lights out BITCH!"
~WHHHAAAAAMMMM!!!~
Shiro slammed his heel down, directly on top of Darius's skull, sending him crashing down to the floor, leaving a large crater in the center of the colosseum. As Darius attempted to get back to his feet, Shiro slammed down on him with his two daggers. Needless to say, I was baffled at what he just did to his opponent. The whole colosseum went quiet. Everyone was shocked including me.
"Well...is that what you wanted?!" Shiro asked out loud. "I kicked his ass just like I said!"
"...It appears that you are of adequate power. I give you full permission to take my daughter's hand in marriage." Said my father.
"...Thanks?" Shiro said awkwardly. How cute.
"It shall be you two that will lead the destruction of Ragnarok. Those overgrown mutts be damned!" My father yelled.
"WHAT?!" Shiro and I shouted in unison.
"Let us quickly prepare the wedding and then soon after, we will discuss our plans to invade Ragnarok!" My family along with Darius's family flooded out of the Colosseum in order to set up the ceremony, leaving Shiro and I. I hopped down to the colosseum floor and walked over to the wide eyed Shiro.
"...So...this is gonna be something." I'd be lying if I said was wasn't happy to be married to Shiro but I didn't want it like this. He was supposed to propose to me goddamnit!
"I CAN'T GET MARRIED YET! I'M STILL YOUNG AND I'M NOT READY FOR COMMITMENT!!!" He shouted.
"Shiro-"
"AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE FREAKING SUPPLIES?! HOW CAN WE GET THOSE IF WE GOTTA GO WIPE OUT PEOPLE WE DON'T EVEN FREAKING KNOW?!" He continued to yell hysterically.
"Shiro-"
"OH GOD! I FORGOT TO FEED VIZ!!!"
"SHIRO!" I shouted at him.
"Yes ma'am…"
"Don't worry. I have a plan."
(VIZERON'S POV)
Fuck Shiro...