Chapter 3: Almost done being passive aggressive (hopefully)

Honestly, I was expecting things to go sideways as soon as Wrath helped me, "hack," the Moon Cell's databanks. When that didn't happen, I was sure it was gonna occur when I checked up on Zepar's progress with taking over the system. Currently, I'm betting it'll happen as soon as something triggers our resident Berserker.

"What an unseemly sight to see. Have you no shame with that expression on your face? Master, I advice you look away until she is more composed." Berserker had a serious look on her face as she glared at Wrath, "eating," another program.

I seem to have forgotten adding Wrath triggering my Servant with looking like a gray, nude woman, "eating" the enemy attack programs, or just by being her normal, still learning, self while being in her presence.

Why? He's seen a loooot worse before we became partners. Right, my other half?

Let's also not forget the bond between myself and this peculiar symbiote that was dumped on me by a world-hopping troll of a vampire.

"Master. What does this thing mean?" Berserker slowly turned her head to face mine, with only her eyes betraying her serene facade. For I knew, without a doubt, that there was only a thin sheet of glass protecting me from this volcano going off.

And it was about to blow up. In. My. Face.

"Damn you Zelretch."

I'm pretty sure people like me should sue everyone that depicts yandere's as sweet, shy, attractive girls. Because that is how our bodies end up chopped off at home.

...

"Are you feeling better Kiyohime?" Said Berserker was currently blushing as we made our way back to the Realm of Darkness.

"Other than saying my name without -chan, I haven't the foggiest idea as to what you mean Master." A bright smile appeared on her face that I gave a smaller one back to.

'I guess we're ignoring all of the plains that she lit on fire?'

'Not only that, but congrats on figuring out what ending saying that out loud would've caused.'

I'm not dumb enough to dance to the troll's tune every ten seconds. I smirked as the Realm welcomed my sight again, confident that the old Bastard was upset that I was learning. Oh. Wait...

"Oh man." I slumped over for a brief second, then continued forward as if nothing happened.

"Is something wrong Master?"

Did you remember something sad?

My two companions were eyeing me curiously as I stopped behind an obsidian stalagmite.

"Just realized how pathetic one of my attempts at pissing off a devious, trolling, old man was. Nothing big. Now," I clapped my hands before rubbing them together.

"Let's find out 'when' we are where we are!" Kiyohime and Wrath tilted their heads together, confused at my declaration. I held up a finger to my lips, shushing them before the approaching Demon Horde could discover us. As they passed us by without any sign of acknowledgement, I couldn't help but feel relieved.

"I'll let you guys know more once we've reached a more secure location," I whispered softly.

With no further sighting of any Heartless, I lead us deeper into the void of the true world.

...

Once I saw the sea, I sat down on one of the dark boulders that decorated the black beach. That was apparently the signal Wrath was waiting for before she melded back into my body.

Good night, my other half

"Night, Wrath." I was too distracted to tell the symbiote to stop it with the, "other half," thing.

Who wouldn't be in my position?

"Where are we? This plane of existance wasn't mentioned by Moon Cell when I was summoned."

I mean, seriously? This was definite proof that I was right!

"I am not surprised Kiyohime. This place resides in the Realm Between. A world devoid of the light, and darkness." Nothing that came out of me was above my movie voice, but I knew my Servant heard me perfectly.

"Realm Between? Light? Darkness? If I didn't believe that you were serious, I would think that you're trying to mess with me. Especially with all of this serious talk coming out of someone so young." Despite the humor in her voice, she was staring at me, clearly worried. Admittedly, I only saw her out of the corner of my eye, too busy absorbing the sight that was the End of Sea, committing it all to memory.

I wasn't crazy! I could follow my dream!

Which meant...

"The only proof that you need, is that," I pointed to the horizon. As she turned to see the Dark Margin, I watched as her expression turned to shock. Her mouth was wide open, her cheeks turned a little rosy, and her eyes were glowing with wonder at the mysterious light present at where the sky meet the sea.

"That is the true border between the Realms of Light and Darkness, Berserker. Here, at the End of Sea, resides the Dark Margin." I was starting to feel like a little boy again. A boy who looked up at the stars across the night sky and thought, "I wonder..."

"We have one objective that hinges on whether we are too late or not. That means we will need to travel back into the depths of the Realm of Darkness. Every step of the journey will be full of danger that the Moon Cell has never recorded before. So, just to be fair..." I was standing up by this point, my back to the Dark Margin as I held out a hand to Berserker.

"Are you willing to face the darkness inside everybody's heart? Are you willing to stand tall no matter what may come our way? Will you come with me, Kiyohime?" She looked at my offered hand with an uncommon look of uncertainty that grew with each sentence that passed my lips. Yet, all the same, she took my hand in hers.

"Yes, James." The white-haired woman smiled up at me, eager to follow wherever I went.

...I can save her

AN: I know what many of you are thinking. Two updates (almost) released back-to-back! Well, I really had my creative juices flowing. I hope that I'll be able to keep pumping out chapters whenever I have the time due to work. For now though, Ciao!