Percy's POV:
I never wanted much in life; I never wanted a race car or the latest phone. I was given these as luxury from the gods as rewards, and I admit they were useful but I didn't need it. All I have ever wanted was a happy family, loyal friends, the love of my life and peaceful times.
But even that is too much to ask for in this world. Picking my wills off to live left, right and centre, I could imagine Chaos, God or whoever created the world, looking down at me and laughing at my misfortune.
We all know ignorance is bliss but it only lasts so long until we realise. We realise wars and battles are inevitable, friends betray you, family fade away and your love is plucked away from you like a strand of hair. It just slips, just. Like. That. Straight through your fingers and when the full force hits you, you're left in a state of shock and grievance which eats away at you forever.
And that was when I realised I was too weak but I didn't care. No matter how powerful they were, I would rip the person that hurt my family to bits, even if I had to venture through hell, then so be it. I would sacrifice millions to protect my mother, traverse the world for friends and kill for family if it came to it.
Exiting my car in the light of day, on a beautiful Thursday afternoon, with the end of the school day occurring several minutes ago; I stepped towards the front door with the best smile I could muster.
However, my senses flared up and I was on high alert, my gut wrenching tightly and I could feel danger nearby; and if there was one thing I learnt in my life, it was to trust my gut. The door was open and I pushed it open, peaking for any damage. I saw most things intact except for a vase which was in hundreds of shards near the table leg in the hallway, water pooling around it and flowers drenched to the core. Confused yet cautious, I opened the door fully and silently shut it behind me.
Trying to be as quiet as possible, I made my way to the living room since I felt a power signature there. One I had felt many times before in school and in Rias' club. Tiptoeing, I pressed my back against the door and looked inside the room and heard a faint breathing.
In an instant, I was on my feet, Riptide elongated in all it's glory, ready to slice the intruder when it just vanished through a weird circle the back of the intruder just visible - a tail, cat ears - but that didn't matter. What did were the two bodies on the floor.
"Mom! Paul!" I cried, dropping to my knees. Paul had a knife jammed into his chest, opposite to his heart and I assumed he fainted from the obvious blood loss while mom had several pieces of glass protruding from her leg. Both were deathly silent, blood leaking from their wounds while I let out powerful tears.
I pressed my two fingers up to both of their necks and felt the faintest of a pulse, it was barely anything but it was there. Since I couldn't get the assistance of the gods, I did the next best thing - call 119, the local emergency number.
I tried to lower my breathing as much as I could while I talked to the operator on the line about how my parents were injured. I ran a hand through my hair while pacing around and thinking on what to do now.
"We're on our way, son. I'm terribly sorry for what occurred, just know we're trying our best and so please be patient and stay on the phone." The woman on the other side said of me to give me peace but it didn't help; in reply, I just turned my phone off when I heard the sirens distinctly in the distance. I was hyperventilating, I didn't want to lose my parents, I had already lost enough in this world.
Clearing my mind so I could help them recover, I placed a hand over each of their bodies and poured power from Apollo's blessing. This served to glow brightly and godly, stitching the wound up but I knew I didn't have the power or ability to fix their bodies internally. All I had done was stop the bleeding so they couldn't bleed out.
Then I got up and punched the nearest wall in rage, watching my chunks of plaster collapse. My mind pieced the aura together and what I saw of the criminal. They had cat ears and a tail, before they exited magically. Their aura was similar to Koneko's, why? I didn't know nor care. I screamed in hatred before I shattered the wall, an evident hole in it.
'This was all Rias's and her stupid fucking friends's fault! I'm going to make them suffer!' I thought, my mind racing. I tugged at my hair in frustration, I knew there was something suspicious about that Occult Research Club all this time.
My morality told me they wouldn't do such things, they were my friends and the hadn't done anything ill to me during my time here. But my demons drowned out those words, convincing me that no one could be trust, even friends can betray you, that Luke is an example. So I was going to found out who hurt my family, and make them pay from that dreadful club.
Knowing my family was in safe hands, I clicked my fingers, dissolving into millions of water particles and reforming right in front of Rias' friend circle and a girl named Sona with her friends. I was in the room the Occult Research Club was held in. My particles glued together to form a body. Rias saw me and smiled then became confused at my appearance from thin air, about to say something before I pointed a finger at all of them.
"What are you people?" I asked them, deathly calm. They all looked at me in bewilderment. Rias was about to say something but I wasn't in the mood for games. "You all have an aura being emitted from each of you right now, in this room." They all tensed at that. "So I'll ask again one more time, what are you? Otherwise I'll do it my way." I grinned a maniacal grin.
"Why should we tell you? What will you do? Perv on us?" That girl called Sona replied coldly but with unwavering confidence, while pushing her glasses up and holding her book tighter.
"I was hoping you could say that." I retorted back, malice entering my words. I cracked my knuckles, ready to carve a path of destruction even if some of them were my friends to avenge my parents.
"Percy? You can't beat us, trust me. What we are, it's too powerful for you as a human to comprehend. We don't want to hurt you. Why are you doing this?" Kiba said, trying to stop me from fighting them, getting up in a peaceful manner.
"Why?" I whispered while clenching my right fist and then looking up, with a stone cold mask covering my face, I accused Koneko. "I always realised there was something up with you people. But when a woman with cat ears and tail came and hurt my parents, with a similar power signature as Koneko, I knew you guys must have something to do with this shit!" My voice raised in volume with every word until my power flared and I let out a few tears. "No one hurts my family and gets away with it so now I'm going to destroy all of you!" I screamed in rage, my irrationality and recklessness taking over.
My aura blazed sky high, more powerful than when I sent Gaea back to her sleep because I was more developed and skilled. Akeno just shouted back, she was a great friend but I couldn't stop our friendship from avenging my parents. Anyone can stab you in the back and unfortunately, she was one of them. "Be rational! We're your friends! Why would we hurt your parents!"
"It doesn't matter! I let you be and you touched my family!" I roared when suddenly a gust of wind swept through violently. Feeling more powerful than ever, my blessings took action and activated. The winds around me sped through, everyone's hair flew around violently as they covered their faces.
I darted towards Koneko when she pounced at me, fist raised. I looked at her and saw she wasn't even in high school, but I had began killing monsters when I was 12. Feinting a fist, she fell for it and punched forward but I caught it and surprisingly, there was a lot of strength behind it but my blessing from Ares was in action. I just pushed her back with some force and she flew into the desk on where Rias usually sat at.
Issei gasped at this and shouted something random. "Boosted Gear!" A hunk of a red metal gauntlet resembling the hand of a drakon with a green orb, deadly sharp claws and golden spikes appeared on his right arm when suddenly it screamed 'BOOST!'
Akeno hovered towards the ceiling, when I saw she was wearing another set of clothes. Electricity sparked in her hands and raced across her body and her clothes were being blown upwards along with her hair. With a cry, she launched it towards me but thanks to Zeus, the sparks of high voltage was absorbed by my blessing. I smirked evilly at their horrified faces.
I willed the the after molecules to gather within the air into a whip which latched onto Akeno. I waved her to the side, sending her crashing into the wall, crumbling it to pieces instantly.
Pulling out my pen and removing the cap, I stabbed my trust sword into the floor, causing a small earthquake through the building as it slowly ripped in two. The roof crumbled off to the side, the building shaking uncontrollably and everyone fell over from the amount of force from me, a fiend of nature.
In the background, I kept hearing Issei's 'boosted gear' repeatedly yell 'BOOST!'. Rias got up, pulling herself up from the torn building, while everyone lay on the floor, bits of rock all over them. She narrowed her eyes and put her hands near each other, as if squeezing a ball.
An unpredictable orb of dark red magic with arcs of energy flicking off it was formed in her hands when she screamed and launched a massive bolt of it to me. I teleported to her side, dodging the bolt of energy and pushed her to the ground roughly where she fell into bits of rubble. I was floating gloriously in the middle of the sky, a storm conjuring above me with loud thunders resonating through the sunset sky. I saw many of them struggling to get up when I heard that weird voice appear again.
'Welsh Dragon!' A bright green flash occurred down below where Issei was. 'Balance Breaker!' In his place was a big dragon, with red metallic scales, a long tail and several plates over his body - a mini, metal dragon. To anyone else, this would be utterly terrifying but to me, this was a joke.
I roared out, bending my powers to my will while Issei flew up to me with his gigantic dragon wings and stood opposite me in midair. "I won't let you get away with hurting my friends Percy. You can't beat me!" He yelled at me, courageous to defend your friends but it was all of your fault.
Calling to the heavens, a deadly arc of lightning fell from the sky and hit him head on, causing him to fall slightly off balance when more came raining down hell upon him. The rain which poured down relentlessly refreshed me, making me stronger. Since he kept maneuvering around them while closing the distance between us, I created two hammers of water and solidified them into ice before crushing Issei with extreme power.
He unfortunately didn't fall, and weakly charged at me. I was brought up a shield of water, blocking his water but I guess I underestimated his willpower. My defence crumbled to pieces and a cold, metal fist hit me square in my jaw. I flew back but steadied myself soon after.
I glared at the hulk of metal and saw it move back a bit, frightened of my eyes. I clenched my fist and made the water vibrate to me, and solidified it into a fust. By that time, it was too late and I punched Issei with the condensed water. With that final hit, he dropped out of the sky, fumes leaving his armour.
I twisted my hand, bringing the fist of water to me and plucked him out of the sky and brought him to me. His mask slid open and I sneered at him, pulling back a fist and releasing it into his face. The satisfying 'crunch' echoed through the air which I relished.
I smiled at the carnage I was causing. I was going to end them off with a devastating blow, and so I reached out to every single bit of water I could sense - the droplets of rain, moisture within the air, even the water in the pipes. The conditions of the surrounding area stopped them from even budging, the harsh weather taking its toll on them and me. I forced all of the liquid to me, and created two slabs and hardened them slightly so I could cause more damage.
I was about to finish this off when I faintly heard Rias shout out weakly. "Is this what you really want, us dead? We didn't even do it, Percy, we're your friends!"
I laughed mockingly. In a bitter tone, I replied, "I had a 'friend' until he stabbed me in the back, anyone can betray you Rias and you guys are no exception."
"Is this what your mom would've wanted?" It only served to anger me, she couldn't talk about her and Mom would obviously want this when a voice stopped me.
'Is this really what I would want?' I paused my attack and stood there stunned. 'I told you not to lose control and look at what happened.'
Shock seeped into me. I stared at my hands, soaked in water- no, blood in my mind. I was about to kill these people, my friends, without any solid proof. What had I become?
I talked about protecting but I couldn't even control my emotions or powers, something anyone else could easily do. Guilt creeped into me and I shamefully let my tears loose, realising what I was doing. It was my fault for this destruction of the school buildings and injuries of theirs.
All my fault.
I carried on crying pathetically and let my arms drop, the harsh conditions gradually ceasing. Falling to my knees, I started falling. It didn't matter that I was 18, an adult. It didn't matter that I was falling.
All I wanted was to die. It was all my fault. All I cause is problems and sadness. I just wanted to have a final good cry before I became a splat of blood on the earth below me.
The wind roared around me, falling faster, the ground coming closer to me. My powers left me and my blessings went away. But I just waited for the inevitable.
Because it was all my fault.
[End of Chapter]
A/N: Okay, I'm really damn sorry for the late chapter. Been hella' busy doing favours and shit, and now I'm free. To make it up to you guys for posting after longer than usual; I'll be sure to post another chapter soon. Once again, sorry people.
Anyway haha, I hope this chapter wasn't too far-fetched and made sense; I wanted something to happen. And lol, you guys all know what is gonna' happen next - just like with Issei.
On to the reviews:
Charli. - Nah dude, thanks for reading this story and hope this chapter was up to your expectations. I didn't kill his parents because I'm not that big of a dick, haha.
omegarazor6 - Thanks and yeah, I post a new chapter at least once a week or every several days. And by your last sentence, I understand that you mean you want to either see their faces when Percy reveals his powers; characters from the PJO universe; or their faces when they see Percy's world. Sorry, I think you meant this chapter, a bit more clarification would be nice, bro.
The loner - Dude, calm ya' fucking tits. I left a cliffhanger so it causes tension and gives you something to look forward to in the next chapter. I'll try and alter it but no promises, haha. Thanks for reading anyway.
Yo - Hmm… Percy blood bend? Hell yeah, of course he bloody will (get it? Okay, I'm sorry for the shit pun). It wouldn't be super overpowered where can he control like a fucking dragon, that would be mad.
74 - Thanks, this idea just came out of nowhere while I was in the middle of a class, haha and I zoned out for the rest of the day. And thanks for reading and agreeing.
Anyway, thanks people for the increase of favourites and follows, it motivates me and helps my story be seen. Even your reviews are damn useful and great, hoping to see some more.
The poll is everyone literally wanting a harem with 18 of 21 votes for it - like fuuuck people, it's hard to incorporate but I'll try for y'all. That aside, hope you enjoyed this chapter and drop a review, would be greatly appreciated.
Peace out.
