Hello, I finished this chapter super early.
Enjoy.
AN: So after looking over this chapter, I feel sad.
Yandere vs Friend
Raven awoke to a loud buzzing. He was strapped down to a table. An immense pain gripped his metal arm.
He looked towards his left to see what was going on with his arm and saw Elesis standing next to it.
She glanced over and saw that Raven was awake.
She smiled before turned back to focus on his arm.
Raven was about to say something before he felt a sudden pain in his arm.
He yelled in pain as Elesis giggled, she held down a tazer on his arm.
"Elsword…won't…" He let out. Upon hearing her brother's name, she pulled out another tazer and dug it into his chest.
Raven walked into Elsword's classroom. It was break time at school and he knew the best time to talk to Elsword was now when he knew Elesis wasn't around.
Elsword saw him and waved before Raven motioned him to step outside.
Elsword walked to the door, he was little rattled that Chung wasn't at school but he was glad that he saw Raven.
"Elsword, I have to talk to you." Raven said to the red-head once they were outside the classroom and out of public ears.
"What's up?" Elsword responded.
"Your sister, do you know what she does in her free time?" Raven questioned.
Elsword took a moment to think. She was always so clingy to him whenever he was around, he never gave a thought as to what hobbies she might have when he's at school.
He shrugged to Raven, not having a good answer for him.
Raven took a deep breath.
"Listen Elsword, I think I might know why Rena and Chung aren't at school." He responded.
Elsword's interest perked up when he heard the two names.
"I think your sister might have done something to them." He continued.
Elsword tilted his head in confusion.
"What do you mean done something?" Elsword questioned.
Raven took another breath.
"I don't know all the details, but you should be careful of your sister." Raven warned.
Elsword stood there in disbelief. Sure, he noticed that Elesis had been acting weird recently but she had always taken care of him since he was little. Even with all the weird acts she was pulling, Elsword still adored her older sister.
"Raven…" Elsword wasn't sure what to say.
"Sorry Elsword, but your sister is dangerous." Raven said back.
Now Elsword was pissed.
"Look, I don't know what you have against my sister but your definitely wrong about her." He yelled at Raven.
"She's taken care of me and I love her!" He continued to yell.
Raven took a step back, he saw that Elsword was an innocent soul, Rena would describe him like that, but now, he wasn't sure if Elsword was being manipulated by Elesis.
"Your sister might be the reason why Chung isn't here today. Don't you care about your friend?" Raven said to him. He knew that Elsword needed a reasonable voice right now to see the bigger picture.
Elsword hesitated a moment when Raven mentioned Chung but he pressed on.
"Of course I care! But don't you dare say that Elesis murdered him or something!" He yelled.
"Elsword listen-" Raven tried to speak but Elsword cut him off.
"No. Enough." Elsword yelled.
"I was happy when Chung considered me his friend. I thought you were my friend too." Elsword turned to walk back towards his class.
"I'll still help with the tree, just don't talk to me." He angrily said over his shoulder.
Raven watched him leave and angrily clenched a fist. He didn't mean to hurt Elsword but he had to warn him. Raven was now convinced that he had to stop Elesis himself.
Raven awoke once more, he had passed out after some time when Elesis was tazing his arm.
He was still strapped down and he still felt some residual pain in his arm but now he felt something weird wrapped tight around it.
He looked to his left again and saw some weird machine wrapped around his arm.
Suddenly, he felt something tight around his right arm, he turned to his right and saw Elesis tying his other arm down to some machine.
"What the hell are you doing!?" He yelled at her.
Elesis looked up at him and locked eyes with him for a minute.
Raven could feel a chill in the air as the girl just looked at him.
Then he watched as she pulled a device, something with a button, out from behind her.
He tensed up as he watched her press it.
For a few moments, nothing happened, until Raven started to feel both is arms get tight and get stretched. He struggled as it continued, his joints and muscles were now in pain as his arms were getting pulled away from him.
He groaned and then yelled in pain as Elesis looked, a smile growing on her lips.
"You won't get away with this!" He yelled out at her.
Elesis simply laughed.
"That's the same thing that boy lover said, right before I cut off his head." She said gleefully.
Raven glared at her before he groaned in pain once more as he could hear bones and metal be ripped apart.
Raven followed Elesis to an abandoned factory in a quieter part of town.
He started following her when he saw that she was following Elsword, but now she stopped and was heading somewhere else.
Raven watched as Elesis walked up to the door. He hid behind a corner and watched through a reflection of a glass of her looking around before going inside.
He backed up to inspect the building but there were no windows of reachable height for him to spy from.
He walked around and saw an alternate doorway that was open.
Raven peered inside, there was some light but he didn't like the looks of it.
He looked to around to make sure he wasn't being watched. He was sure that if he didn't take this chance to learn more about Elesis, the information will slip past him.
Raven slipped through the door way quietly, trying not to alert her.
He walked through the hallway but something felt off to him. His arm started to feel weird.
As he walked past a door, his arm suddenly jolted to the door and remained stuck there.
Raven desperately tried to pull his arm free but his arm was magnetized to the door and he couldn't pull away.
When he looked at the ground, he saw a shadow loom over him, he turned and kicked but person blocked the attack and hit him with a tazer.
Elesis had trapped her target.
Raven woke up to a punch to his stomach.
He was now standing up straight, but still restrained to a wall.
He tried to move but his body was in pain, except for his arms.
He looked down and breathed slowly as he now only had one arm, his normal arm which was now popped out of his shoulder socket and stretched far beyond normal lengths.
"I'm glad you woke up again. I want to end this while you're awake." Elesis said to him.
Raven breathed heavily.
"I don't know why Elsword loves a demon like you." He stated.
Elesis slashed his cheek with a knife.
"Don't you dare talk about my Elsword!" Elesis growled at him.
She reached behind her a pulled out a few strands of familiar green hair and held it out in front of him.
His eyes widen at it and he glared at her with hate.
"It's funny, when her mouth wasn't full with glass, she screamed 'Raven! Raven!' " Elesis mocked him.
Raven felt his blood boil, anger at Elesis that she had hurt Rena and anger at himself that he wasn't there to protect her. With what strength he had left, he again lunged at Elesis furiously like a mad man but the restrains kept him pinned.
"Awwww, did that hurt? Don't worry, you'll learn the same lesson the others' learned." Elesis smiled at him as Raven started growling at her in anger over Rena.
He continued to glare at Elesis as she prepared to stab.
"I am the only one that deserves my Elsword's attention!"
"Raven, lets break up."
Rena held onto Raven tightly. He patted her head to comfort her.
"Rena, we don't have to do this…"
Raven didn't want to end it, no matter how much Rena brought the topic up, he had always managed to calm her down but he knew things were coming to an end.
"Raven…" There were now tears in her eyes as she fought the pain in her heart to continue.
"I don't want to drag this relationship over miles." There was a pain in her voice as she continued on.
"I'm so happy that I was accepted for the volunteer work overseas but it hurts not being able to see you…to hold you like this…" Her voice started to fail as her arms around him held him tighter.
"And you have your own dreams as well! I can't allow you follow me!" She loudly stated. She was correct, Raven was accepted into the military, he wanted to serve his country. There was no way he could do that if he followed her.
"So that's why it needs to end today…" Raven finished the line of thought as Rena nodded in grief.
Raven smiled before placing a soft kiss on her lips. Rena looked at him in disbelief.
"Then, once we're finished…" Raven hesitated, he had been meaning to ask her the next part for a good long while now but he knew that this was the right moment.
"Will you marry me?"
He looked at her and smiled. He wanted to reach down and pull out the ring he had gotten but Rena just pushed him towards the ground and cried tears of joy while nodding furiously.
Elsword checked the time on his phone.
He clicked through and dialed Raven, Chung then Rena, but no answer. He hadn't since them the last few days, but he assumed that if they were sick or something, they would leave him a message.
Elsword sighed and looked at the tree. Even though he was told to take care of it, he wasn't sure what trees needed.
He thought back to elementary science class: 'plants need sun and water to grow'
He looked up the sky. 'Sun, Check'
Then he looked around 'Water, no check'
He remembered that there was a hose around the corner of the building. He quickly ran and got the hose and pulled it towards the tree. He went back to turn the knob then proceeded back to the tree. He used the hose to get some water on the ground and on the base of the tree.
When he was done, he shut off the water and returned the hose.
Elsword looked at his work, nothing different except the ground was now wet.
He went back to the bench and waited.
About an hour passed by before Elesis just so happened to be nearby and walked up to Elsword, still sitting on the bench.
"Els, what are you doing?" She asked him.
"Ah, Sis. Just taking care of this tree is all." He responded but still looking at the tree.
"Is this the thing your so called friends told you to do?" She said harshly.
Elsword's eyes widen when he heard her say 'friends'. "Well, we all planned to take care of this tree today."
Elesis crossed her arms. "Well, why aren't they here helping you then?" Her voice more oppressive.
"Some friends you have."
Elsword looked at his sister, the thought crossed his mind since he arrived but he kept shaking it out. He was hoping for a change. For some reason, any person he gets to know just disappears on him. His body started to shake.
'Is it because of me?' He thought. Were they just tired of him? Did they hate him?
Elsword was on the verge of tears but Elesis wrapped her arms around her brother.
She placed a hand on his head and slowly rubbed him gently.
Elsword placed his arms around his sister. Despite how weird she was, she was always there for him.
"Thanks sis." He said before breaking apart the hug.
"Come on Els, how about I make you your favorite dinner?" She said to him with a smile.
Elsword grinned and nodded before getting up and following his sister back home.
It was night time, the tree stood silently next to the school as a girl approached.
Elesis checked her surrounding to make sure she was alone. She walked towards the tree, a can of gasoline in each hand.
She took one and poured around and on the tree and repeated with the other can.
She dug into her pocket taking out a lighter.
She flicked it as the hot flame erupted.
Elesis took a moment to look into the flame. She smiled and her body trembled in excitement.
The last reminder of those people was about to burn.
She tossed the lighter at the tree before walking off.
When Elsword came to school the day after, he was shocked.
The tree was almost completely incinerated, save the very bottom of the trunk and roots. Even the nearby ground was charred.
Elsword took a deep breath as he stared at the sight
'Perhaps friends aren't my thing.' He thought.
Thank you for reading. I'm sure that a lot of you are pissed that Raven failed but please let me give a few warnings:
This story will have a happy ending (The epilogue includes family)
The Ara chapter will be the last chapter.
The next chapter is not the Ara chapter.
Fruit.
