(SHIRO POV)
I had to shield my eyes from the enormous blast of light. The large beam of light had everyone stop what they were doing. I looked at Clyde and he shared the same look of confusion on his face. Our brawl had been cut short due to the sudden spike of energy.
"What the hell is happening over there?!" I asked.
"I don't know but that energy is insane...Where is Isabel?"
"Last time I saw her, she was at the castle watching her older brother die because of a flaming hole in his chest." I said with narrowed eyes.
"What?! I don't understand…"
"Wow...and you call me an idiot." I ran off towards the castle with Clyde following behind me. We stopped in front of the large beam of energy. Inside the bright beam was a majestic looking Isabel. I stepped in closer but was forced back by the beam.
"Move! I got this!" Clyde said as he pushed past me and moved towards the beam. As soon as he reached out for her the beam faded and Isabel slowly descended to the ground. Clyde caught her in his arms and stared at her. "Isabel...are you...ok?"
"Clyde...I missed you…" She said with a blush. I took note of how her seductive and chilling voice was back to her soft timid one. Her golden yellow eyes were back and her skin was no longer pale in coloration. Right then and there, as Clyde held her in his arms, I knew what it felt like to get dumped... I didn't like it…
"Isabel I'm so sorry for causing all of this. I shouldn't have let me emotions get outta hand. I was just so…just so…" He couldn't get the right words out.
"So what, Clyde?" Isabel asked with a raised brow. I noticed the faint blush and small smile on her lips and I felt like my heart had just shattered and then caught fire. Damn! What happened to the other Isabel? What happened to my...sort of wife!
"I know it's wrong but I...I was jealous of Shiro. Strange right? I wanted to go with you instead."
"Gee thanks for that one Clyde…You were just a joy to be around..." Gabby said with Viz on her shoulder. I didn't notice her walk over to us.
"Look I'm sorry, I just...I can't stand the thought of Isabel in any danger. I care too much about her to leave her with Shiro's irresponsible ass."
"Wow, fuck you Clyde…" You know what sucks the most...the fact that I probably could have straight up said that I almost fucked Izzy's other side...but for the Isabel's sake... I won't…
"Clyde, I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me...and Clyde, I need to get something off of my chest…Something I've been meaning to tell you." Isabel stated.
"What is it Isabel?" He asked.
"Clyde... I'm really the princess of the vampires. That day you found me... I lied and told you that I was an orphan...Truth is, I was just running away from my own destiny... I was afraid to tell you when you first said how much you hate vampires... I'm sorry for keeping that from you...and another thing...I used to have two different personalities. You're used to the one you see know but at night, I became my true vampiric self." She looked at me and sighed. "I'm so sorry Shiro…The other one...The other me..." I gave her a sad look. Just when I was starting to really like her...to think it only took a forced wedding and the most amazing kiss I had ever had.
"Tch... it's whatever…" I said waving her off. I guess that meant she was gone for good. Maybe it's just better that way…This Isabel seems to really like Clyde...Fuck Clyde! Man this was so ass! The one time a girl does like me, she has to vanish on some BULLSHIT!!!
"Well, none of that matters to me! As long as you're still you, I wouldn't mind if you were the Devil himself." Clyde said grinning at her.
"Ahem! What is the plan here?!" I asked angrily. I was pissed off now. This literally just put me in a bad mood. "Are we still going for supplies?"
"I say we leave and let them handle their own problems!" Gabby said.
"I don't think that it would be right of us to just leave...We need to bring both groups together and stop the constant fighting." Isabel said.
"How so?" I asked.
"Clyde, you need to go and stop the werewolves while I call of my family. I think I can stop them from fighting."
"Alright, I'm on it!" Clyde nodded and just as he got ready to head off, a large gust of wind blew us all back.
"What the hell is going on here?! Is this what you fools do when my father leaves? I ought to wipe you all out immediately!" Said a shrill, girly voice. I looked up and saw a small, little girl with blonde hair wearing a large, puffy pink dress. Her dark blue eyes were sinister and surprisingly intimidating. I noticed that all of the werewolves and vampires were kneeling. Eventually, Clyde Gabby and Izzy followed their lead and decided to kneel as well. Me being...me... I decided to go and confront the little girl.
"Hey! Who the heck are you?"
"Who am I? What do you mean who am I?! I am the ruler of NecroFall until my daddy returns! Who the hell are you?!" She asked while scowling at me.
"Me? I am the one and only Shiro Tatsugami! Soon to be, strongest living creature EVER!" I said while posing.
"Ha! Don't make me laugh! I would crush you with a finger, weakling!" She said, sticking out her tongue.
"Pssh, yeah right...Your small ass hand probably can't even pick up a goddamn can of tuna!" I laughed at her. She puffed up her cheeks and raised her hand to the sky. "... What are you-"
~SMASH!~
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! OWW! DAMN!!!" I shouted as a giant skeletal hand slammed down on top of me.
"Is my hand still too small?" She asked giggling evilly.
"Fuck you-"
~BAM!~
"AWW!!! BITCH!!!" I yelled as the hand turned into a fist and slammed down on me.
The levitating hand picked me up and carried me over to the little girl. "You amuse me with you foolish antics, mortal. Too bad though...I think I might kill you and make you my undead slave."
"I'd rather you not…"
"Please don't kill him!" Isabel shouted. "He doesn't know what he's doing!"
"Yeah I do…" I muttered.
"No excuses! Time to die!" She aimed her hand at me and an ominous red glow surrounded it. "Any last words before you are destroyed and brought back as my eternal servant?"
"...Well I might as well die with my honor in tact." I grabbed the small chalice from my small side pocket. "Can you at least give this to Zeyconius... I kinda promised Haruka that I would…"
She snatched the stupid cup out of my hand and stared at it. "The Chalice of Hell?! Why do you have it?"
"I promised Haruka Blade I'd deliver it ya brat!"
"You met Uncle Blade?! How?! He's never around! Explain yourself mortal!"
"He did me a solid after kidnapping my Isabel…" I saw Clyde glare at me. "A little bit of his power is inside of me right now."
"Woah, really!" She made the hand drop me. "With this Chalice, I can save my daddy!"
"Great for you...so am I free to leave…"
"Uh... no!" She snapped her fingers and six skeletal soldiers popped up from the ground and grabbed me. "Take him and his friends to the Tower of Decay. Lock them in there until I figure out what to do with them." She turned to the werewolves and vampires. "As for all of you, I don't wanna see another war going on. If I catch you all fighting again, I'll personally end it myself." She then began levitating and started floating towards her large castle while we got dragged to the Tower of Decay.
-IN THE TOWER OF DECAY-
Not only where we all locked up together in a cramped up cell, but we were all hungry, thirsty and bored. Viz was blowing into some stupid harmonica... don't ask how he got it, Clyde was disgusting me with his excessive display of affection towards MY wife...Well technically my half ex-wife... It's confusing, I know! Gabby was punching away at the wall with little to no success at all. I was banging my head against the jail bars with annoyance. I turned around and glared at everyone. I snatched Viz's harmonica and bent it outta shape.
"HEY! I was about to go ham on that last verse!"
"Sorry but you were driving me nuts!"
"Beta male…"
"This sucks!" I shouted.
"This is partially your goddamn fault!" Clyde yelled.
"CLYDE, FUCK OFF!!! I shouted at him. "Are we really just gonna sit here and do absolutely nothing!"
"I tried smashing away at the stupid wall but it won't budge." Gabby said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Shiro please just calm down…" Isabel said tiredly.
"Calm down?! No I'm not going to calm down! I hate jail cells. I've spent at least one fourth of my life in a jail cell and trust me...IT SUCKS!"
"You're not making it better with your nonstop complaining!" Clyde yelled.
I flipped him off and slammed my fist against the wall. "Shit, shit, SHIT!"
Gabby walked up to me and slapped me silly. "Get your shit together! We've been here for thirteen minutes. You'll live!"
"Hello mortals!" The little brat said with her evil chuckle. I ran up to the bars and gave her a panicked look.
"Let me out! LET ME OUT! PLEASE!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
"Hasn't it only been thirteen minutes?" She asked. I glared at her.
"LET ME OUT!!!"
"Relax. I came to let you out anyway…"
"Wait, what? You're just gonna let us go?" Clyde asked.
"No Dumbledore, I'm letting out the dumb one."
"How come Clyde gets to leave?!" I asked frantically.
"...Wow...just...wow…" Clyde said with narrowed eyes.
The guards opened the cell and grabbed me harshly, yanking me out of the cell. "I'M FREE! IN YOUR FACE CLYDE!" I shouted. All of them glared at me. "... Sorry ladies…you too Viz…"
Viz walked over to the bars and gave the little girl a sad look. "Sorry mutt but I have no trouble killing sad animals."
"I'll let you hold me…" Viz bribed.
"..." She seemed to be contemplating the idea.
"I'm really soft and fluffy! And I smell good according to Gabby." He said happily.
"Ok, I said tolerable…" Gabby corrected.
"See! I do smell good!"
"...Fine! Bring the mutt…"
"Yes!" Viz got scooped up by one of the guards.
The other guards closed the cell door and they proceeded to transport us through the largest city in NecroFall, ShadowScale. The whole city was crawling with ghouls, zombies and skeletons. It was a cesspool of undead monsters. Not gonna lie, I had the chills. After an hour long walk, we ended up at the large castle.
"Geez this place is big." I said in awe.
"My father built it using the strongest form of necromancy." Said the little girl. The guards dropped me and Viz in front of the little girl.
"I've been meaning to ask, what exactly is your name?"
"Evelyn is what my name is but you can call me Eve." She said.
"How old are you?" Viz asked.
"I'm five…" She said. I was surprised that she was so young.
"Woah…only five? That's incredible!" Viz said with shock and amazement.
"Yep! Now to get down to business. I brought you here to in order to show you the ways of necromancy." She said while pointing at me.
"Why would you wanna do that?" I asked with confusion.
"Simple. Out of every one of you and your friends, you stood out the most. That and in order for a necromancer to gain their full potential, they must take on an apprentice and have someone gain some of their abilities. Only then will I unlock the Mastery stage, which is pretty much just me being overpowered as hell." She explained casually.
"Hold on… So you want to train me just so you can get all strong and stuff?"
"Yeah pretty much…"
"...What's in it for me?" I asked crossing my arms.
"Being able to use necromancy, duh! You really are stupid."
"What exactly is so special about being a freaking necromancer?"
"Are you kidding me?! Necromancers are the best! Having the ability to summon minions from the dead to do your bidding, turning people against themselves, stealing the live force of others in order to heal yourself, all while you barely have to lift a finger!"
"Okay sounds promising. I'm in!" I said to her.
"A wise choice, mortal. You'll be the first person that has the honored of training with me. I just so happen to be the second strongest necromancer in the world!" She said gleefully.
"So is your dad like the strongest necromancer?" I asked plainly.
"You know it! He's like the strongest! Then again my whole family is really strong!"
"Yeah I figured since you were related to Haruka and everything…So when do we start training?"
"We'll start in an hour or so… I have to go set some things up. My right hand man, Yousef will show you guys to your room." As she said this a large eight foot man stepped forward. He was made of skulls and had an ominous aura surrounding him. "Yousef is my father's Undead Champion. He's also kinda like my nanny." She looked at the monstrous creature and snapped her fingers. "Can you take them to the guest room so they can get ready for later." She asked him.
"Yes my liege." The tall undead warrior walked forward leading the way.
"... Shiro…" Viz whispered.
"Yo... what is it?" I whispered back.
"That guy scares me…"
"Yeah I know. Something about him just ain't right…"
We got to a large room that had a king size bed, a large bookshelf, a desk, and drawer. "These will be your quarters for the time being. You'd best do well to show your gratitude to Madam Evelyn!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah I will. Just chill out dude." I said to him. He scoffed at me and stormed off.
"...Wow, what a dick…" Viz muttered.
"Yeah dude kind of sucks but, it's whatever. As long as I'm getting stronger!"
"When are we going to go back to training ME?!"
"I don't know… What are you trying to work on?" I asked him.
"Hmm…I want to learn a new move!" He said eagerly.
"Uh... I don't know how to do that…"
"...Dude...you have my contract! Read my abilities or something!" He shouted.
"Oh yeah! Good idea." I reached into my pocket and grabbed the crumpled up piece of paper.
"Wow. Nice to see that you care about my literal will…"
"Shut up!" I began to skim through the contract and read some of the things that were on it. "Vizeron Olu' Wasiville…" I chuckled at his retarded name.
"Just read the damn thing!" He barked.
"Primary ability… Transformation? What's up with that?" I asked him.
"Oh that? For about five minutes I can turn into whatever I can think of at the time."
"Anything?!"
"No. I got limits to it but you know…" He said sheepishly.
"Right…" I continued reading his abilities. "Bonding Bark... Explain mutt…"
"I can bark at something and make it paralyzed for a couple of seconds." He elaborated.
"Nice, nice…" I read on. "Wolf's Wind?"
"Yeah. I am primarily a wind style BattleBeast. I'll be able to manipulate wind! I still need practice though…"
"The rest of these say unknown." I told him.
"I gotta level up fool."
"Well, what do you wanna work on? Wolf's Wind sounds cool enough. That transform thing is pretty dope too."
"Hmm… I say we start off easy." He said grinning.
"So, Bonding Bark then?" I asked.
"Yep! Let's get to it!" He said with determination.
"What?" He asked, confused.
"So like...how does this work?"
"I...you gotta...I honestly don't know…"
"We'll figure this out later. Why don't we hit the sack. Something tells me that training with the second best Necromancer is not going to be fun…" I said.
"Yeah, fine… Just don't forget to train me, beta male!"
"I won't ya pint sized mutt!" I said flipping on the bed. Viz jumped up and landed on my chest, knocking the wind outta me. I glared at him and he grinned.
"Sorry about that, dude." He dropped down and fell asleep on my chest. I begrudgingly scratched behind his ears. I can't lie...he really was soft and fluffy...