Chapter 6: Deepening anguish
08:58 AM (Japan Time), Friday December the 7th…
"… Ugh… Gruh… Uh… Ah…! Unh…!"
"Enjoying the feelin', Hoshikawa? It's been 3 hours already!"
"S-shit…!"
"Gotta admit that of Wednesday evening was TOO close but… Huff! I made it out, as always."
"S-shit…! If only… they'd caught you there…!"
"Fate is being cruel to ya~… Blame the Triforce of Courage!"
"Quit with the bullshit…!"
"Horse – sama will make sure to teach ya how to behave!"
"S-shit…!"
"Heh, heh, heh… I'm a genius!"
"Like Hell!"
"No grunt would've been able to drive the Satella Police to such tight spots, anyway!"
"Grah! Gruh…!"
Subaru was moaning, groaning and cursing as he was forced to sit atop triangular wood horse that had two thick dot-filled vibrators that were spinning clockwise and anti-clockwise and drilling his ass.
His ankles were cuffed to the sides of the horse the upper edge of which was made of metal and was digging into Subaru's balls from beneath: his balls had about 10 clothes pegs clipped to them.
His cock's base had a small leather collar of adjustable thickness gripping it hard: another ring had been placed atop it and it had four leather stripes connecting to a bottle-shaped vibrator that extended a thin rod filled with dots that was spinning and brushing against the walls of Subaru's urethra.
Subaru had a blindfold on and couldn't see anything but he could still talk while trying to suppress the groans and moans.
Ganondorf was sitting in a red leather armchair about a couple of meters in front of him: he'd taken off his upper clothes and left his upper body exposed yet he'd put something over it.
That something was a metallic ring right above the navel: four black leather bands of adjustable length spread from there and circled the body around the waist and over the shoulders.
"These symbolize that I'm the master! And you're the slave. Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh… I've been trying several poses with you… And "denial play"… Denying you release… And having you swallow your pride and beg of me to let you cum… Heh, heh, heh."
"Y-you bastard…! Leftover!"
"What did I say about that word?"
He stood up, picked a leather whip, and swung it to whip his chest (Subaru's nipples still had the metallic cups clipped there): Subaru groaned from the sensation but Ganondorf moved to his back and hit his arms and his lower back as well followed by his legs: Subaru groaned, hissed and tried to repress the exhales.
"Dare to say it again?"
"Oh yeah! Leftover! Leftover! Leftover!"
"Grrr…!"
He lifted the right arm as if to strike again but suddenly fumed and lowered it while grumbling.
"Che. If I go overboard then it might cause some heart stress or something like that, even…! If something bad were to happen…! IQ – sama would have my neck!" He grumbled.
Lucky me…! Subaru thought with some irony.
"Whatever. Struggle on for a while."
He sat back on the armchair and resumed watching as Subaru tried to climb up but the gel on the vibrators made him slide back into them: he groaned and moaned as the vibrations continued: his cock was starting to bulge as well.
"Well? Going to beg?" Ganondorf taunted.
"Like Hell!"
"Fine. Have it your way… Heh, heh, heh."
"Gruh! They'll find you! Sooner or later!" Subaru exclaimed.
"Heh, heh, heh. I wonder 'bout that."
"No freaks will be able to defeat… our unity!"
"It's a matter of time! Heh, heh, heh." He got cocky.
"I'll endure… as many days… as needed! I'll see you defeated!"
"I wonder 'bout that, too… Heh, heh, heh. Miloch's "Demon Trap" would say otherwise."
"What the hell is that?"
"Dunno. Ask someone and no – one."
"How funny!" He complained.
"Ain't it? I'm a genius with capital G! Herr Genius! Herr Genie! Monsieur Gènie! Signore Genio! Comrade Geniy!" He began to list.
"YO! YO! YO! El genio beningo maligno repeligno no pudo con el no genio no beningo no maligno no repeligno! The blessed, evil and repulsive genius couldn't beat the non-blessed, non-evil and non-repulsive non-genius!" Another of Moon Disaster's idiotic rhymes rang out.
"You're so CRAPPY at these…! Hence "Disaster"…!" Subaru groaned.
"Guess that. The guy must be silly that he doesn't know what "disaster" means to begin with. Hence why Warus Rockus – samus swapped 'em 'round and 'bound the 'hound."
"That rhyme's lame too! Ganondorf!"
"My bad, Link!"
"Link? To what?" Subaru grumbled.
"Dunno. Ask Miyamato and Aonuma."
"And where do I find them, huh?" He challenged.
"In Kyoto, but of course. In their company's HQ. The Big N!"
"Big N? Why do I feel like you've made it up?"
"Check it out with Brad Shad…"
"Che! Stop calling Blood like that."
"Heh, heh! He sure lives up to his name! Working in the shadow of your exploits! Doesn't the guy?"
"You moron…! "Shadow" means that it's my "shadow" version, my opposite, another me…!" Subaru fumed.
"Heh, heh, heh. Bravo, Hastings."
"Grrr…! I'll make sure you end up locked behind bars! Along with your smug boss!"
"IQ – sama! Speaking of which… That Queen Tia gal! How dare she usurp the title and corrupt it! What "Icy Empress"! It's but a spin-off! I better teach her a lesson: IQ – sama wouldn't let her go just like that! I'll send my army of Farfarello for them! If the Ooze and Pincers failed, then the Farfarello will drive the gal to a tight spot! And she won't tolerate anyone's help so… Heh, heh, heh!" He suddenly seemed to remember as he stood up and quickly paced around the armchair while grumbling: he then got amused.
"Crap…!" Subaru muttered.
"Why care? That gal's your worst nightmare, ain't it?"
"B-but that'll only fuel her cruelty…! That's not what we want!"
"Heh! Meek lot."
"Ah! But if you do that… She'll get offended at you… And will search Earth and Hell to find you as well!" Subaru pointed out.
"So what. Let her come! I'll have her be fed to the hyenas! That's the price to pay for defying IQ – sama! Mwah, hah, hah, hah!"
Shit. The "Farfaerello" gotta be the invisible freaks… How many of them does he have in store? Or does he spawn them forever? This guy is way different from the others…! And if this guy is this cruel at torturing people I don't dare to image how much crueler Anaya Maria was!
"YO! YO! YO! Another shooting shot of shots! Manden un mandado! Le mandaré mandar! Que le manden un mandado! Envoy an envoy! I'll command ya to command! Envoy 'im an envoy!"
It's gotta be some lame double-meaning pun! I'm sure "mandado" must mean both "command" and "envoy"! Moon Disaster: where the hell do you get your ideas from? Some Mexican radio-amateur? The last thing we needed! Truly! Subaru inwardly grumbled.
"And now I say… Bingo the bingo and the bingo the bingo!"
Shut up already, Moon Disaster! I'm fed up with you! Boss should lock you up on the server for a couple of months!
"YO! YO! YO! It's the Thunder Piece!"
"What did you say? Come here, you lowlife! Insulting my pride…! I'll have you pay for that sin!" Burai's angered voice rang out.
OH! COME ON! You split "Burai" into "Bu" and "Rai" and swapped them to form "Raibu" which is read as "thunder-piece"! You got it coming for saying that in front of Burai… Sheesh. What a mess you've started up! As usual! Sheesh!
"KYA~H! RUN FOR YOUR SINGLES!"
"I'M GOING TO GRIND YOU LOWLIFE INTO DUST!"
Someone save my sanity…! This guy will beat my sanity before my body…!
09:19 AM (Japan Time)…
"… So?"
"Y-yes, ma'am! Insofar… We have 11."
"13 would be interesting… and fitting. You have 48 hours. No more no less starting… NOW."
"On the double, ma'am!"
"Hum. Fear is a good tool to keep idiotic women in place…"
Queen Tia (wearing her usual outfit) had been sitting in a chair behind a desk placed in a small office-like room that had a window to the right, a door ahead of the desk and a simple lamp that only illuminated the desk, making the effect that most of her figure was hidden in the blackness (the window's shutters had been lowered too).
The desk had her Hunter – VG atop it, a notebook with some writing, a couple pencils, a statuette of "Queen Virgo", her "Denpa – Henkan" form, and nothing else.
She was sitting in a black leather armchair and, set on the other end of the desk, there was a simple wooden chair.
A woman on her late teens or early 20s having tinted azure hair, a couple of piercings with skulls on her ears, purple mascara around the eyes and sunglasses had been sitting there but she stood up when Queen Tia gave her an order.
The woman wore a long-sleeved plain black shirt, an open bluish coat, jeans and tall brown leather boots.
She rushed off the office while Queen Tia merely leant back on the armchair and calmly crossed her fingers: her face was impenetrable and displayed no emotion whatsoever.
"Yet… I'm surprised there's been no reaction from Anaya's leftovers: maybe they're mistaking me for her, even. Whatever. It's useful to keep their hands tied."
SLAM!
"Ugre~h!"
"So you've finally come. About time. I was bored to death."
The door was slammed open and a weird creature ran inside.
The creature had no resemblance to a human and it looked like a cross between a gorilla o chimpanzee and some amphibian: it had greenish-bluish scales over the skin.
Its eyes were red and it had a wide mouth with few teeth.
Some small curved spears popped out of its back around the head.
It had three claws on both hands and into both feet.
"Denpa – Henkan. Queen Tia, On Air." She dully muttered as she held the Hunter – VG up.
A flash ensued and she transformed into Queen Virgo to suddenly warp and reappear atop a Wave Road hovering over a small square non-descript concrete building 1 floor tall and set in a corner of a large block of houses: the creature appeared there too and turned invisible.
"So this is the identity of those invisible creatures…" She calmly muttered without being too surprised.
More of them popped out but she merely hovered upwards and then slowly descended while forming 4 columns of light around her.
"Light of Saint."
The quickly spinning columns of light knocked away or deleted all of the creatures that assaulted her: the ones that hit the floor recovered and wall-climbed into the roof to then jump back into the Wave Road: Queen Virgo was unfazed.
"God Rain."
She raised her staff and some rain fell around her, momentarily stunning the enemies: some of them backed and readied for another attack.
"How stubborn, you lot… Aqua Wave."
She formed a water barrier around her that repelled some attackers and then she shot a wave of water in a straight line that knocked off another group of attackers: she then glanced at the west and formed a "Crawbas" Virus (the one that yielded the Jet Attack 3 Battle Card) which she shot there: it hit something, a groan ensued and she then jumped towards there, landing there.
"Hah!"
She attacked with her staff and shattered the optical camouflage of another Denpa Body in the shape of Night Baron.
"I got found out… Whatever! I'll bury you for defying and sullying the grand name of IQ – sama~!" The Denpa Body roared.
"On the contrary. I shall bury you. Under the tundra." She icily replied without beating an eyelash.
"Sheesh! Stubborn woman…! Be destroyed!"
"You be destroyed, stubborn leftover."
"I AIN'T A LEFTOVER!"
"Hmpf… Deluded fools with illusions of grandness…"
"Talk about you lowlife!"
"Me? I have no illusions. I merely plan. And steadily execute the stages of my plan… It is about time a new generation rises up to replace the old generation…" She merely replied.
"You damned conspirer… Go, my pets!"
The attackers resumed their attack as the Denpa Body flew away: Queen Virgo shrugged her shoulders and spun her staff.
"Hydro Dragon."
A dragon made of water formed and rushed forward, trapping all opponents on its wake inside of bubbles.
"Plasma Gun X."
The attack inflicted double damage to the trapped enemies and most were deleted: the Hydro Dragon then jumped into the air and dove for Night Baron who didn't see it coming because it was busy trying to coordinate the attackers: it got trapped and Queen Virgo momentarily had her staff hover in the air as she drew the Thunderbolt Blade.
"Thunderbolt Blade."
She swiftly swung the blade left and right and right and left before hitting the floor with it and making a thunderbolt fall down on the Night Baron: it growled and fell on its knees: Queen Tia plunged the staff through it: the Denpa Body growled and began to glow before exploding: the attackers gasped and ran off, disorganized and without orders: Queen Virgo shrugged and warped back into the office.
"Release."
She released the transformation and calmly sat down on the armchair as if nothing had happened at all: she opened a page of the notebook and looked at a list.
"Let's see… Hmmm… Last month we had 44 visitors and we earned 220, 000 Z in profits… 10% was spent in the rent tax, 5% in water, 5% in gas and 5% in electricity… And 30% on everyone's salaries, including mine… Plus 10% in food and other products… So 35% of it, 77,000, is benefit for us… Maybe we should increase the fare from 5,000 per hour to 6,000 per hour… If we did that then… We'd earn 264,000 Z… And its 35% would then be… 92, 400… Not bad. We could do that. We'll have to compensate for another two slaves so…" She read aloud.
She closed the notebook and picked the Hunter – VG.
"Megura."
"Y-yes, ma'am?"
"Increase the rate. 6000 per hour. Too expensive for them? Go somewhere else: but you won't find this quality elsewhere."
"Acknowledge, ma'am! Immediately!"
"You have 2 hours. No more no less."
"R-roger, ma'am!"
Queen Tia cut the communication and merely shrugged: she looked out at the grayish clouds creeping in.
"There'll be snow one of these days, I guess."
"AIE~H!"
"What was that?"
She looked out from the window and spotted a Noised Wizard chasing after a suspicious-looking man: they soon got out of sight.
"UWA~H!"
"Ah. Double-front trick… But I thought of that too."
Another man got chased away by a Heel Wizard that was brandishing the electrical whip.
"What should we do, ma'am?" Megura called out from the street.
"Ignore those. It set the fear on them. They shall not come back. Spread a rumor: all men who poke their noses here get beheaded." She dully commanded.
"R-roger, ma'am… Yikes." Megura seemed to shudder.
"Indeed… Fear is good to keep fools in line… The fear of cold, inevitable death… Hmpf…"
She leant backwards on the chair and closed her eyes as she seemingly began to meditate.
So that's how it is. The leftovers try to appeal as imposing but they are weak and only rely on classical tactics… Old-fashioned, easily read through, decaying tactics… Hmpf… Sooner or later… I shall make them sink into endless agony and suffering… Be gone, foolish interlopers…
18:18 PM (Japan Time)…
"… Shit. Hard to believe it's been almost 5 days and we've gotten nowhere at all… Our culprit is no usual rascal!"
"We knew that, Kiboyama – kun… Sheesh. From the looks of things it'd seem they haven't made much progress at WAXA either with the cube or the data sample… Else they'd be expectant…"
"Or maybe it's a tactic to trick the enemy? "To fool the enemy first fool the ally"?"
"Good point. Huh? Is that…?"
"What's wrong?"
Kiboyama and Tsukasa were walking along Kodama Town and near the school (they both had the school uniform on): they'd been discussing the state of things until Tsukasa gasped.
"Quick! Hide!"
"Eh? What?"
"Chut!"
Tsukasa dragged Kiboyama with him and hid behind some bushes to spy on the school entrance: someone identical to Tsukasa but wearing his usual street clothes and sunglasses came out while pocketing his hands on both pockets and whistling.
"Eh? Another Tsukasa – kun? What does this mean?"
"Hikaru! It's Hikaru!" Tsukasa whispered back.
"But hadn't he and Kuroban Howsad gone missing time ago…?"
"Maybe they're involved. They could be the "business partners" the culprit mentioned…!"
"What do we do?"
"Let's try to follow Hikaru…! Maybe he's just gathering info on us…"
"But if he can Denpa – Henkan?"
"Good point. Hmmm… Oh well. Let's warn Gonta – kun. He can also perform "Denpa – Henkan", too. Flame ain't weak to Elec, anyway, so there's no fear of elemental weakness."
"Roger."
Both quickly rushed towards Gonta's house as Hikaru headed up the stairs towards the observation point: Tsukasa knocked on Gonta's house and he opened the door.
"What's up, Tsukasa?"
"Chut! Come with us. We need your power!"
"Oh!"
"Chut! Lower the voice… There's a suspicious guy… He may be able to transform… That's why we need you to help us out if the guy comes and attacks us…! Gotcha?" Tsukasa whispered.
"Gotcha! Count on us! Right, Ox?"
"Buro~… Oh yeah! Leave it to the great me."
"What about you guys' Wizards, though?"
"They're Virus Busting." Kiboyama shrugged.
"OK. Let's go."
"Don't transform yet. Only if the situation calls for it."
"OK!"
"Let's go!"
The group of 3 rushed towards there and hid in the bushes near the observation platform: Hikaru could be seen talking with Night Baron in a hushed tone.
"…aibou's expecting results and ya know the guy's short in patience when it comes to guys like ya…" Hikaru was telling him.
"Sheesh. Why did I get into this mess, anyway?"
"Mess? Were it not for aibou you wouldn't have that place."
"I know!"
"It's not the submarine behemoth… I'm sure Shinobi is there." Kiboyama muttered.
"Fine. Remember your place. And that Hoshikawa must end up in one piece… No bones broken… Aibou must have his rematch with the guy in a full power battle…"
"Full power battle? With the guy's mind filled with hatred? I think the guy's strategy isn't that efficient."
"If aibou says it's gotta be like that then ya gotta do it like that: else ya get beheaded, know it!"
"I'm surprised Kuroban is letting Hikaru call him like that."
"Hikaru's never been the type to listen to anyone's orders. Kuroban surely realized that and decided it'd be better to keep him as a partner in crime rather than a pawn." Tsukasa whispered.
"I see…" Gonta distractedly muttered.
"Buro~… Ya weren't paying attention again, were you?" Ox scolded.
"Chut!" Both scolded.
"…use proxy and…" Night Baron was arguing.
"Speak for your smug mistress!"
"IQ – sama, damn it all!"
"Do whatever you want with your mistress. If ya want to rescue her go ahead: aibou doesn't give a crap. As long as the guy is in one piece in body and mind… Make sure to fuel his hatred towards aibou… And that applies to your smug mistress too…" Hikaru continued.
"IQ – sama, I say!" Night Baron growled back.
"Yeah. Force me to say it, ugly."
"Nya~h!"
"Guess they'll eventually fight each other." Tsukasa guessed.
"Guess that."
"By the way! Will the money supplier continue to forward it when it's needed?" Night Baron questioned.
"No need to worry. They know their life is as stake. They can't do anything else. And their position impedes 'em from callin' the cops." Hikaru shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine. Let's meet somewhere else next time. This place is often visited and someone could see us!"
"Let 'em see us: it creates further excitement, man!"
"Sheesh. I'm off!"
Night Baron jumped over the handrail and rushed downhill while Hikaru shrugged: Tsukasa quickly rushed out and closed his right arm around the neck while gripping Hikaru's right wrist: he didn't react to either of those and remained silent.
"Buro~! Oi! Tsukasa! That a Denpa Body!"
"Sheesh. So it was all a setup to make us believe Kuroban and Hikaru were involved… But no! It was a setup… To fool us!"
"Heh, heh, heh… I'll commend you yet, Futaba! Did you enjoy the year and half "adoption"?" Night Baron laughed as he hovered in the air over them with his cape fluttering in the wind.
"You sickening bastard…! Come down here and fight me…!" Tsukasa hissed, his voice exhaling unleashed hatred.
"Heh, heh, heh. Remember that ya should be grateful to Hikaru there: else ya wouldn't be in one piece nowadays! And thankful to Kuroban for bothering to take the guy outta ya head and give 'im a body!"
"Huh? I didn't get - ANYTHIN'." Gonta muttered.
"Buro~! I didn't either. Too complicated for me."
"You bastard…! I'll make you swallow those words!"
"Yeah… Go on, deepen on the hatred… Let the beckoning call of the Dark Side of the Force summon you… Eventually… You will become a good Sith neophyte… And eventually… After killing your master and proving your potential… A Sith Lord! Mwah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah!"
"Cool it, Tsukasa – kun! I know it's not an easy thing to say but if you ride into that tune…!" Kiboyama came out and tried to cool Tsukasa before he did something.
"You STOLE ONE YEAR AND A HALF of my LIFE!"
"I only sold ya to the biggest bidder! Blame the cops and Vadous for taking so long to start searching for ya!"
"Shut up! You're the root of it all!"
"The Choina guys wanted merchandise, I provided it! Heh!"
"HUMANS AREN'T MERCHANDISE, YOU SICKENING BASTARD!"
"Mwah, hah, hah, hah… Good, good! Let me taste your anger! It'll do well to feed my Dark Chips!"
"What the hell? Dark Chips? What are those?" Kiboyama gasped.
"Dunno. Ask Omega. If he's in the mood to tell ya, that is. Heh!"
"I'm going to unleash the whole of my anger on you lowlife~!"
"Sadly enough… I'm busy today. Adios, amigos!"
The Denpa Body self-destructed and Hikaru's ones self-deleted: Tsukasa collapsed on his fours, panting, and Kiboyama tried to relieve him.
"My life…! My life…! You stole my life…! You bastard…!"
Oh heck. Now the enemy plans to use our traumas to weaken our resolve and make us fall into a trap…? This is BAD! What do we do…?