I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, DUE TO THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND THE FACT THAT I LIKE IT SO MUCH; THE BONUS PROLOUGE FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER IS NOW A STORY! PLEASE GIVE IT A TRY IF YOU HAVEN'T ALRADY! IT'S CALLED SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MIA! INCASE THAT WASN'T OBVIOUS ENOUGH.

Ch.57: sicker Snack (parte douse)

I opened my eyes, only to realize my leg hurt like hell. But that was minimal in comparison to the pain in my head. I sat up, groaned and rubbed at my temples, hoping it would make the little prick with the jackhammer in my brain stop. Then I was on the ground again.

"C.J! You're ok!" D***, Peirce is f****** heavy! And loud! "Yes, I'm fine Peirce, now get the f*** off of me!" I sucked up the pain in my head and shoved the mouse off and curled into a ball. D*** it, my head hasn't hurt this much since I got kidnapped and heavily drugged by would-be assassins! "What the f*** happened?! And why the f*** do I feel like the morning after I lost a drinking game?!"

I looked up to see everyone in front of me. Joker looked at Yuri, "You mean she doesn't remember?" The fox boy shrugged, "Tis to be expected. C.J, what do you last remember?" I frowned and continued my head therapy, "I…remember the bridge. And then there were a bunch of flowers…and pain…then nothing."

"You were bitten by a large blue flower C.J. You passed out for a bit, and a spell from Alistair caused, um…effects. Long story short, Joker saved you and you're all better now." "Saved me?! How? And what effects?!"

He sighed, "You never let it go, do you?" I shook my head and gave him a stern look. White took a few steps back. Yuri started, "Well it, in a way, broke your personality down into two beings." I nodded, following. White took a few more steps back.

"Joker found them and put them back together." "And how'd that go?" "I wouldn't know. I wasn't technically there." "…What?" The clown took three more steps back.

"They were in your head C.J. White, Black, and near the end, Nightmare, were all in your head." White now had a good distance for a running start. "They were…in my head…?" "Yes."

…..

"GET BACK HERE AND TELL ME WHAT THE F*** YOU SAW!"

I had been chasing White around in a circle for a good quarter of an hour. He's fast, but I'm wearing him down! He yelled back, "HOW CAN YOU RUN THIS FAST, THIS LONG?!"

I was suddenly tackled to the side. I glared up at Ace, now pinning me down, as White collapsed and struggled to catch his breath. Peirce ran to him and patted his back as he coughed. I growled and started struggling, trying to throw Ace off. F*** he's strong…oh well. Like the masters say, use your enemy's strength against them!

I rolled up and kicked him hard in stomach, throwing him back. He grunted, but managed to keep his footing, "Hey! I need some back up!" Boris grabbed my wrists Ace pinned my legs, trapping me effectively. Yuri strolled over and tapped my forehead, "Calm C.J. Calm."

"F*** no! Not until he tells me what he saw!" "In due time. But if you recall, we have more pressing matters to attend to. After that, you're free to interrogate him to your heart's content." I huffed and paused, "…Fine." I let an evil grin loose, "Then I can torture Nightmare and Black to. Hehehehe." Everyone shivered and Boris and Ace dove off me.

I sat up and looked at my leg. No blood, yay. Yuri cleared his throat to get our attention. "I was hoping to put this off as long as possible C.J, but this incident proved I can't stall anymore." I frowned, "…Put what off?"

He knelt down and pulled the Vorpal blade from my belt, "I'm going to teach you how to use this."

….

I held the blade in my hand, feeling its strangely warm handle against my palm. I gulped. Yuri was sitting on a large rock and the others were crowded around it…and some unnamed cowards were behind it. What, do they expect it blow up?!

"Alright C.J, first you have to understand; this is not a normal weapon. When you hold it, what does it feel like?" I looked down at the swirling patterns on the blade, "…Alive. It feels alive." "Excellent. The blade was made from living humans C.J. Blood literally went into making this weapon. I suppose, by definition that would make it a demon sword." All eyes turned to him, and a unanimous, "What?!" Yuri shrugged, as though that was no big deal.

"C.J, close your eyes." I did as instructed. "Think of it more as a person than a weapon. A partner. It will know what to do." I frowned, partner? Does it think? At that instant, the blade reacted, shaking in my grasp. As though confirming that thought.

"…It's vibrating! What the f*** is it doing?!" "It's calling out to you C.J! Don't fight it, just go with it!" I felt it in my hand, starting to shake fast, but no harder. I felt a tingling in my palms, and itching. It felt like it was tugging at my skin, asking for something…that only I could give to it. But what does it want?

The pulling got more insistent, more of a demand now. I could nearly hear its voice in my ear, 'Give me it. I need it to work, so give it to me.' Fine, ok! Whatever it is you want, it's yours!

The tugging stopped…and became a buzz. But not just in my hand, all over me! I opened my eyes up to see that everything, my every sense, was enhanced immensely! The colors were all brighter and the breeze was more like a gust. The scent of ash burned, and the sound of gasps rang. I looked down at the blade and nearly dropped it.

The delicate swirls in the blade were all filling up with some strange, reddish-orange liquid. Or was it liquid? It was kind of like smoke. If I looked close enough (and in this state, that didn't take too much effort) I could see that it was pulsating in time to my heartbeat and swirling around. But that wasn't the half of it.

The f****** blade grew. It got bigger. A LOT BIGGER. As the colored smoke started to fill up the veins in the blade, the entire sword grew, getting longer and wider. It was about as long as Ace's sword and nearly thrice the width towards the handle, tapering off to a deadly point. I held it up with both hands, suppressed that it was light as a feather and easily maneuvered, even at this size.

"What the f*** just happened?" Yuri smiled, "You connected with it C.J. It's using your aura to change its shape." I started at the sword, "…Holy shiznaz." Yuri got up and came closer, "I that state, you and the sword are connected. It enhances your abilities and you enhance its. It is now an extension of your body as much as you are and extension of it. This shape opens all of the blades attacks to you, and it will help you preform them." I held it up and swished it, "Sweet."

Yuri held up his hand, "Now, the reason I hesitated to teach you." I stopped in mid swish, "…Oh no, what the catch?" Yuri grimaced. "As I said, the blade uses your aura. Despite the popular belief, the aura isn't exactly vestigial. It's what shields us from the harshness of nature. Without it, you'd be completely at mercy to everything. If one's aura is peeled too much, so much as touching you may cause you great pain. I believe banshees are the creature known to eat auras. One is lucky to survive an attack, and surviving is…not a pleasant experience."

I shuddered, "Doesn't sound like one…." Yuri pointed to the blade, "As of now, it won't cost you any of your aura to just be in this state. You see, your increased abilities are the result of the blade peeling off some of your aura. When you leave this state, it will be returned to you. But, some of the blades more lethal attacks require you to use some of your aura. I've seen cases where it took more than a month to restore an aura."

I gulped, "So…how much aura do I have?" "Aura's are made of the emotions we feel. So everyone's aura is different, as are the amounts." He jerked his thumb over to Ace, "I can't see auras like some, but I can sense them. He has a particularly thin aura." He pointed at me, "And you have an irregularly thick one. And from what I can tell, from that color," he gestured to the orangey aura that was filling the veins of the blade, "…it is a very positive and erratic patterned aura. I suppose one the Vorpal blade would choose would have to have a strong aura. And a lot of it."

I looked down at my aura, visible in the blade. That…I've always had that. I gripped the blade and nodded, "Alright…." I punched the air with my free hand, "Let's kick some a**!" Everyone grinned. "…Yuri, how do I turn this off?"

THAT'S A WRAP! AND, AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, I NOW HAVE A POLL UP WHERE YOU CAN VOTE ON WHO ALICE WILL END UP WITH IN THE NEW STORY! CAUSE I DON'T KNOW~! TILL WE MEET AGAIN MY FRIENDS!