Ch. 11 Cursed Weapon

{Third Person Point of View}

-Floor 67-

(Moments after the end of the last chapter)

Takata is seen on top of a Snow Covered Mountain, overlooking the floor. Dark appeared behind him, aggressively walking towards him angrily.

Takata chuckled, "What's the matter Dark?"

Takata turned to face him, getting a sharp punch to his right cheek, "You bastard!"

Takata fell back, holding his cheek, "Ow... is that anyway to greet a friend?"

Dark screamed, "Where are they!?"

Takata tilted his head, "Where are what?"

Dark stomped his foot like an angry child, "My Zweihander and my sweatpants!"

Takata laughed, "Is that why you have no pants on?"

Dark flared up, his eyes getting darker, "You will tell me where they are."

Takata shrugged, "I don't know where they are anymore, I'm sorry."

Dark flinched, "What? You said they were on the early floors! That way I could use Rui to get them and escape this place!"

Takata raised a finger, "Ah hah hah. You didn't follow through on our deal."

Dark looked away angrily, "Tsk, You don't need my help with the life energy project. You're already able to bring the pokemon to the human world using it."

Takata laughed, "You don't even understand how it works."

Dark glared at him, "You're nothing more than a disgusting pervert trying to make a lopunny real to fuck!"

Takata looked aside gingerly, smirking, "True... at first. I only wanted one to be real, one to call mine... but now... my following wants more than that."

Dark stared him down with a deathly serious glare, "You do not understand the danger you put your world in, human."

Takata shrugged, "I know enough that 10000 pokemon are already in a secret underground basement. You wouldn't believe the amount of humans that want real pokemon."

Dark looked at the cloudy sky, "They don't understand... the cost is... far too great."

Takata laughed, "We're not making Legendary pokemon, only normal pokemon we can control."

Dark sighed, his eyes turning red like a demon, "For now, but how long until you crave to subjugate a legendary?"

Takata laughed, "We're not that foolish, we're not like the humans in your world. The ones that work for me... they only want a world where humans can be with pokemon peaceful. No wars, no hate, only love. My perfect world."

Dark shook his head, "Humans... are such greedy disgusting creatures. What about the ones that don't want pokemon in their world?"

Takata smiled, "We'll kill them of course. We don't need unnecessary hate in our world."

Dark looked down, "It's times like these I'm happy to be a demon rather than a selfish human."

Takata smiled at him, "You were human at one point, were you not?"

Dark spat, "I discarded that part of me the moment I could. I don't want to be the same species as a bunch of selfish, self-centered, judgemental, arrogant, god preaching hypocrites."

Takata smirked, "Whatever you say Dark, say... if you don't mind me asking... what was your real name?"

Dark flinched before looking down, "I don't remember..."

Takata sighed, "That's unfortunate, I was hoping to learn more about you."

Dark began to disappear, "Don't bother trying, what I am, is beyond your reach."

When Dark disappeared, Takata looked towards the scenery again, laughing, "If only you knew Dark... if only you knew my cursed weapon. Hehahahahaha!"

A black haze appeared around him, a female voice rang throughout the area, "I'm a very special cursed gear. Only my master can see and hear me, of course he wouldn't know."

Takata laughed, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been able to make the cursed weapons."

The haze began to disappear, "True, but your brilliance made it possible, that is why they will never find you, my master."

Takata smirked, "Especially with a demon like you, Myatsoo."

-Floor 32-

{Rui's Point of View}

I stood where Dark used to be, looking at the cursed weapon in the center of the room. Zach noticed and stood between me and it. I swiped my sword aside, hanging my head.

I gave him a warning, "I'm getting that sword, no one is stopping me."

Zach clicked his tongue, "Tsk, I'll do my best to stop you."

I noticed the tattoos grew but I didn't care, "My elixer is active... One blow..."

Zach held up his ax defensive but I moved at a speed he's never seen before. I was behind him, my hand ready as I smacked the back of his neck, knocking him out. Zach's hp went down by only 5%, but that made me smile. I wasn't trying to kill him after all, I just wanted him out of my way.

I picked him up, "Jay!"

Jay was surprised, "Uh, yeah?"

I tossed him over to Jay, "If anything bad happens, get out of here."

Anthony and Jay caught Zach, "Wait, you're not seriously considering this."

I put my sword away, "I need to get stronger... stronger than this... I only have 2 elixer left."

Derek yelled, "Can't you just buy more?"

I frowned, "I had to make them using special items. I can't get them anymore."

Derek said, "What if you lose your mind because of this?"

I smiled at him, "I'm always losing my mind. Thanks for being my best friends."

I grabbed the sword, hearing Jay yell, "No!"

I blinked, finding myself in my bed on the first floor. I stared at the ceiling, wondering what was going on. I sat up, looking around and seeing it was just like that old room. I got out of my bed and looked out the window to see players and NPC's walking on the streets. My door opened, revealing Carly who smiled happily at me.

"Rui! How did you sleep?"

I flinched, "C-Carly? You're alive!"

Carly smiled at me, "Of course not."

I flinched, "What?"

I blinked again, holding Carly's dying body, "You couldn't save me."

I felt like my heart was being ripped in half, "C... Carly..."

Carly was crying, "You didn't try to save us."

I flinched, "Yes I did!"

Carly shook her head, "You were too busy sleeping."

I yelled, "Reaper was too powerful!"

Carly smiled evilly, "Is that what you tell yourself?"

I gasped, "Huh?"

Carly laughed, "You could have been stronger but you weren't, you were lazy!"

I shook my head, "No... I trained every day."

Carly had tears develop, "You couldn't protect the first person you loved."

I wiped my eyes, "It's not my fault!"

Carly started to fade, "You didn't try hard enough..."

When Carly's hp hit zero, she didn't shatter. It was like I was being mocked with her dead body. I stared at it, panic rising exactly like that day.

I shook her, "No! You can't be dead! You can't be!"

As I yelled, she shoved her hand in my mouth, "Oh? So much guilt is in you."

I gasped in shock as a black haze began to come from her, 'She's the demon.'

When I blinked, I found myself in the forest where I watched Silvia murder someone I knew. Seeing her suck his blood again made me feel the same fear I had that day.

Carly stood beside me, "You just watched, thankfully it wasn't you."

I shook my head, closing my eyes, "No... I wanted to save him but..."

Carly's voice was warped, "You weren't strong enough!?"

I looked at Carly to see Silvia instead, she grabbed me by my throat. I was too shocked to react, feeling her pick me up with an evil look.

Silvia said, "You abandoned everyone."

I felt a tear develop, "No..."

Silvia smirked, the black haze forming around us, "You abadoned everyone, just to survive. You're such a selfish human."

I hung there, unable to do anything, "I'm not selfish..."

Silvia leaned in to my ear, "You're so selfish, you'd do anything to survive, even become my pet."

I shook my head, "No. I'm no one's pet!"

I pushed Silvia away, but she just laughed, "You can't fight me now."

I hung my head, "No... there is no need to fight you. I want your power."

Silvia tilted her head, smiling, "Oooooh? I'm feeling a strong sense of desire within you. I like that but..."

Carly walked past me, "We feel a lot of love too. We demons hate that Rui."

The guy Silvia drank the blood from walked past me as well, "We love lust."

Carly said, "But we hate love."

Silvia grinned, "Carly, Jay, friends, what a joke. You don't need them, I can give you all the power you need.

I shook my head, "No... I..."

Carly laughed, "Is it really fair, Rui? Fair for you to live, because you selfishly allowed others to die? Shouldn't you dedicate yourself to beating this game?"

I screamed, "I am dedicated to beating this game! That's why I want your power! Give me the power I need to protect my friends and get us out of this game!"

Everything disappeared in a flash, next I knew, I was standing in a room that seems to expand infinitely. A cloudy gray sky seemed to move everywhere you look. Then, that same black haze appeared with red eyes, towering over me.

It spoke, "Oh... such a powerful feeling of resolve, love, and lust all intertwined instantly."

I looked at it, 'What now?'

It moved side to side, "Fine, I like you. I knew you'd be able to pass and become my master Rui."

I was shocked at first, but then began to smile, "So... you'll become my demon."

The black haze moved towards me and stabbed me through my chest, "Yes, the contract is complete."

I gasped, choking blood, "Ack..."

It pulled back, dispersing the black haze revealing Silvia, "Whenever you need me, Rui, just call my name."

I stared at her in shock, "Slivia? Wait... you can't be the real her."

Silvia laughed, "I was murdered by Takata and forced to become your demon sword. I've been waiting for you ever since."

I couldn't believe it, "Why would he kill you?"

Silvia snickered, "I loved you, that was a problem. As a program, I was too easy to influence... but now... as a demon, I can understand. Humans are such... disgusting things. Even you... so selfish deep down."

I looked aside, "That's really mean to say."

Silvia smirked, hugging me suddenly, "I'm not the same person you once knew." She bit my neck, drinking my blood.

I shivered, unable to move, "What... what are you..?"

She pulled back, "Delicious, as your demon, I must drink your blood. That's all I care about, and, a warning, if I ever feel your desire weaken, I will take over your body."

I covered my neck, "I'll keep that in mind."

Silvia smiled, "With everything complete, I'll see you 'round Rui."

(Back in the game)

I woke up, staring at the ceiling with the sword in my right hand. I looked around to see Zach, Jay, Derek and Anthony standing over me.

Zach said, "Well I'll be damned, he did it."

Jay pat my shoulder, "Hey champ, how ya feeling?"

I sat up, looking at the sword, "I feel weird."

Matskitana appeared in front of me, "You almost didn't make it."

I was confused, "What do you mean?"

Matskitana laughed, "You were screaming, wailing your arms around. The cursed markings were covering most of your body. Any further and you'd have become a demon. You probably would have killed all of us too."

I looked at the sword, 'What I went through... was it really that intense? If so, why do I feel so calm?'

Zach got my attention, "What's your demon's name?"

I noticed a new sheathe was on my hip and put the sword away, "Her name is Silvia."

I heard Silvia whisper, "Don't try to get cute with me either."

I blushed, "I wouldn't dream of it."

Silvia snickered, "Oh, so you say, hee~ hee~ hee~"

I looked at everyone, "Well, I'm hungry as hell, who wants dinner?"

Everyone yelled, "Me!"

As we began to leave, I walked beside Zach, "Hey, I'm going to need your help."

Zach looked at me, "Why?"

I whispered, "I need to know more about the cursed weapons and... I think my friends should get some too."

Matskitana walked beside me, "They won't be able to handle it."

I asked, "Why?"

Matskitana said, "They're too happy, there's not enough negative emotion to attract the demon. We hate the happy feeling like love. We love desire, hate, anything negative really."

I frowned, "You might be right... but we'll never know if we don't try."

Matskitana laughed, "How selfish of you, deciding to let your friends die by being possessed."

I glared at her, "They won't die."

Zach agreed with her, "Maybe she's right, they could end up dying from this. Demon's have complete control over the possessed body."

Matskitana grinned, leaning forward to get a glimpse of Zach's face, "You would know that, wouldn't you, Zach?"

Zach turned his head, "Shut up, I'll never forgive you for what you've done."

Matskitana laughed, "Good, I don't want you to. Your hatred is my favorite part about you Zach. It's all you have left, isn't it."

Zach clenched his hands, "It depresses me to know you're the only thing left of my friends."

Matskitana disappeared, "Aw, I made you too angry, I'm sorry Zachy."

Zach shook his head, "Just shut up and go away."

I sighed, "I'm guessing they're not the nicest bunch."

Zach sneered, "Don't pretend you don't know how mean they are."

I nodded, "Yeah... That's about the long and short of it."

When we finally got something to each, a message was sent out that the first floor boss of 32 was beaten. Jay asked how before realizing that room was never a boss room to begin with. We called him an idiot, ganging up on him for being so stupid. It felt nice to be back with my friends.

(Real World)

{Cray's Point of View }

I sat beside Rui, wondering how mt little brother is doing inside the game. Then, out of the blue I noticed the heart mobiter begin to beep faster from his blood pressure lowering. Rui looked a bit paler and blood seemed to trickle from his neck. I started to panic, cleaning the blood to find a wound but there wasn't one.

I mumbled to myself, "What's going on?"

It's October now... Rui has been trapped in that game, with his friends, for over half a year now. Nintendo says they've gotten to the 32 floor but a third of the players have died now. Nintendo... has suggested adding in more players to try and help them beat the game, but that won't make the game faster. They'd have to train, work hard and get to the top of the players list in order to be of any help. What can I do...?

Two police officers entered the room, "Are you Cray Santos?"

I got up, nodding, "Yes, I am. Is there something I can help with?"

One of them pulled out handcuffs, "I'm sorry, but we must arrest you."

I couldn't believe him, "This is a joke, right?"

He shook his head, "This is no joke. We must arrest you in suspicion that you assisted in the disappearance of a coworker."

I placed my hands behind my back, "Disappearance of a coworker? Which coworker disappeared?"

The other took out a notepad, "Apparently, a girl named Gaia. I think she was your superior."

My parents walked into the room, shocked was an understatement when they saw the police. I thought my father was going to attack them but I shook my head no. He bit his tongue, placing his hands on my mother's shoulders.

He demanded to know, "Why are you taking away our son?"

The officer explained to him, "A few weeks ago, it was reported that Gaia, your son's coworker, has gone missing. Many employees say that Gaia and your son never saw eye to eye. We suspect that he may have had something to do with her disappearance."

My mother asked, "Did you have anything to do with it?"

I shook my head no, "I admit, I didn't like her because she was molesting my younger brother but I didn't make her disappear. I'm not a killer, all I want is my brother to come back from the game."

The police began to push me, "You can make your statementstay when we arrive at the station. Until then, you have the right to remain silent."

I sighed in defeat, "Alright. I'm sorry you two had to walk in on this."

My mother and father nodded, "We'll visit you soon."

When we got to the police cruiser, I was put in the backseat as is procedure. They took their time talking outsude the vehicle on a phone before getting in. The drive was longer than I expected... much too long. When I realized we were leaving the city, it was too late to do anything.

I asked, "Where are you taking me?"

The driver snickered, "Where we need to. Master Takata promised us a large amount of money for your capture."

I kicked the window, "So you're corrupted! Do you know the bounty that's on that man's head!?"

The passenger laughed, "If we captured him, we'd get nothing but a pat on our back. We'd be doing our job, and you know as well as me that this world runs on money. Two million for you alive? That's good enough for me to keep quiet."

I growled, "What about Gaia? Is she in on this too?"

The driver shook his head, "No. She's really gone missing."

I growled angrily, "Takata has to have done something about it!"

The passenger didn't care, "Just shut up back there."

I kicked the window a couple of time, the driver yelled, "Stop kicking the window, or I'm going to pull over and taze you!"

I stopped, my legs exhausted without even scratching the window. I sat back up, looking at the ocean we were passing while driving on a highway. The sun was setting behind the water, the orange sky turning to dark blue. I wondered if this was going to be my last sunset. Is today going to be the last day I spend alive on this earth?

Nightfall hit the moment we arrived, the corrupted officers forced me to walk into an alleyway, leading to a secret passage. A secret lab was station underground of this city, pretty large scale with many scientists and computer specialists working tirelessly. A test tube showed an abra, sleeping inside it as the water gave it nourishment. I could hardly believe my eyes... and then I saw the bastard himself, Takata.

He handed the corrupt officers the money, "Good job you two. I'll have more work for you soon."

I glared at him, "You bastard!"

I tried to attack him but one of the officers kneed me in the stomach before tazing me. When I laid submissively still, letting out shallow breaths, he stopped. I looked at Takata hatefully, seeing him smirk with a peculiar black tattoo on his neck.

I asked him, "Why did you bring me here?"

Takata laughed, "To be a part of my experiments."

I sat up, "How can you afford all this!? You were just a head programmer!"

Takata knelt down, chuckling, "Cray, I was always more than just a programmer. You wouldn't believe the amount of people in this world that would pay so much money for pokemon. I've been working on this for over 10 years."

I shook my head, "I can't believe you'd betray your people and consumers like this."

Takata laughed, "It's merely business, plus, I needed the players to make the final steps work. These pokemon needed life energy and souls to become real. How else would I get those two crucial assets?"

I flinched in surprise, "You're killing your players to make pokemon become real! What the fuck is wrong with you!?"

Takata punched me across my face, "Don't YOU judge me! I've ALWAYS wanted a pokemon as my wife! I grew up wanting that and got called a freak for it! I'll never forgive our kind for that. That's why I'm so willing to toss their lives away. Here and in that game, I am god!"

I shook my head, spitting blood, "You're no god! Only a freak trying to give the world a giant middle finger!"

Takata laughed, "Oh, so that's what you think of me. Well, aren't you quite an asshole Cray. I've been needing a test subject for fertility rates between human pokemon relations. How would you like to be subject 005?"

I screamed, "Go to hell you disgusting pokephile!"

He clapped his hands, laughing, "I'm glad you accept. Tie him up in chamber 18-X. Tomorrow he's going to mate with subject 713, a scyther."

Two men dressed in all white grabbed me, dragging me to my new cell. As they took me away, I began to cry, wondering how all of this ever started.