Ch. 7 Eat
(Okay, I'll be honest. With how much I dislike this story, I'm going to try and end it at about 15 chapters so I can move on to the next story of MUL that you guys will definitely like. This one has too much fighting and that makes it boring to read and, quite frankly, to write. I can't make the characters do any constructive dialogue without some BS that needs to happen. So, when this story ends, I'll be able to start the next story which already has 8 chapters finished but needs to be copy pasted to fanfiction after sacrificed is over. If you guys do like this story despite the boring fighting, then I might extend it but that all depends on me and the fact that it took me a month to get on a computer to finally post more chapters.)
{Third Person Point of View}
Two cloaked Nobodies are busy talking in front of the black portal to the real world from the reverse world.
"Rexdek, number 11 will be arriving shortly. We need you to team up with him." The cloaked nobody told Rexdek.
Rexdek took off his hood, "Who gave this order?" Rexdek asked.
"Number 1 did. That means you must succeed." The nobody replied.
"Psh, alright. What exactly do you guys need me to do?" Rexdek scoffed.
"We need you to befriend him until he loses all his memories. Once those are gone, he'll be willing to join us. Until then, you need to kill Dark Spawn with him." The Nobody responded.
"What if we get attacked by nobodies?" Rexdek continued to question.
"Defend yourself and make sure he doesn't die." The Nobody stopped talking and went through the portal.
Rexdek placed his hands on his hips and sighed, "They always give me the shit jobs."
-Present-
{Nix's Point of View}
I stared at my Dark Spawn brother in anger, "You gonna make a move?" I asked.
My brother laughed, "I don't have to do anything. It's not like you can kill me." He scoffed.
"But I can!" A new voice yelled.
We started looking around until a black portal appeared over head, dropping a black cloaked nobody, 'Great, now I'm stuck in a triple threat.' I thought bitterly.
The Nobody pulled back her hood, revealing herself to be Vixsila, "I've been looking for you for awhile. Good thing I've been following you Nix." Vixsila spoke with a glance to me.
"You here to kill me too?" I asked with my sword to her.
"That can wait for another time. Right now, I have to cut this guy up for my soup." Vixsila replied simply.
"Ha, you can try!" My brother yelled.
I watched as Vixsila's Zweihander appeared. My brother's look changed from confident to worried since the blade was a lot larger than his. My brother decided to make the first move and ran at Vixsila. He started viciously slashing at her but she easily blocked the attacks. At one point, he slid his right leg in a sweep to kick her legs. Vixsila just grinned as she stopped moving with her psychic abilities and slashed him across his chest. My brother flew back, holding his chest in pain as black ooze appeared. Vixsila giggled as she returned to a standing position and watched my brother get up.
She started twirling her Zweihander over head from slamming the tip into the ground, "Dark Blade!" she yelled.
"Huh?" My brother asked until a red transparent blade came out from under him and impaled him into the air, "Agh!" he screamed in pain.
I flinched a bit since I knew what it felt like to be hit by that kind of attack, "Huh, never thought she'd end up helping me. I'm rather enjoying myself." I whispered.
My brother landed on his stomach and grunted before picking himself up. He spat some of that black ooze onto the ground before glaring at Vixsila. He got up and sighed deeply before staring at her. His red bladed sword started to glow brightly until he changed. Black demon bat wings appeared from his back. His sword changed into a long red bladed scimitar. His feet transformed to have two toes split forward with one on the bat of his feet. He grew three feet in height as he started to fly. He was like a living, breathing demon.
"Wow, I never would have guessed you were this corrupted." I whispered.
"All Dark Spawns are corrupted souls. Only a few can purely show their true colors. Did you know this one?" Vixsila asked.
"He was my brother when I was alive. The asshole basically sent me to my death." I answered.
"Well, if you want to kill him, you can team up with me." Vixsila suggested.
"Why would you want to do that?" I asked.
Vixsila shrugged, "To make this faster. I have other things to do just like you." Vixsila replied simply.
"Meteor Rain!" My demonic brother yelled.
My brother coiled up before sending a red shockwave into the air above him. Soon after, ten meteors started falling down from the sky. As they fell, my brother was completely unharmed as they went around him.
"And just like that, I'm saying yes. Let's do this!" I yelled.
I ran over to stand beside Vixsila as a couple of meteors came into view. Each one was a sphere with a diameter of 10 feet. Fire swirled around them on their approach. Vixsila raised her sword as it began to glow. She swiped the blade up, sending an invisible cut that sliced three meteors in half. Those crumbled into dust as others still fell. Using Psychic, Vixsila picked us both up to fly up from the ground.
"What should we do?" I asked as the ground under us got pummeled with meteors.
"We need to get him on the ground. I'll give you an opening, you just need to take it!" Vixsila ordered as she pushed me aside with Psychic still.
Vixsila flew at Demon Charles and swung her Zweihander repeatedly. Demon Charles must have noticed her attack earlier since he started dodging her attacks. My brother flew straight at her and tried to slam his Scimitar on her. Vixsila easily blocked the assault with her Zweihander. She pulled one hand back from her Zweihander and charged up a Shadow Ball. With an aggressive push on Demon Charles' chest, she slammed the Shadow Ball into him.
"Now!" Vixsila yelled.
She pulled me in quickly with her Psychic as I prepped myself for my assault. Demon Charles wasn't able to react in time as I attacked him from behind. I sliced his wings off and jabbed my sword into his back as we fell. With a loud thud, Demon Charles hit the ground and I landed on top of him. My sword was planted in his back still with FLO spelt on it. I pulled out my sword and jumped back onto the ground. Even though the meteors hit the ground, it stayed flat. That's strange.
Vixsila landed next to me, "Is he dead?" I asked.
"Of course not. When has a boss fight ever been easy?" Vixsila asked with a grin.
"Shut up, I wasn't experienced enough to fight you!" I yelled in embarrassment.
Demon Charles suddenly disappeared in a fit of white and black diamonds before reappearing across from us, "You two are really fucking annoying." He snapped his fingers causing a spiral of daggers to appear around him. Demon Charles looked at us before raising his Scimitar. The Scimitar shot a ball of light into the air. Vixsila and I ended up staring at it until it created an effective flash bang. We both closed our eyes in pain as I heard a loud ringing in my ears. When I opened my eyes, I couldn't see anything but white. I felt something kick me in the nuts... WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE NUTS!? The Little pea shooter doesn't need to suffer this kind of abuse! I fell onto my back as my vision and hearing came to. I looked around to see Vixsila being choked. I tried to ignore the pain in my groin as I got up and picked up my sword. I ran over to them and stabbed into Demon Charles' arm. Angry, he dropped Vixsila and pulled out his Scimitar. I jumped back, leaving my sword in his arm still. He made his injured arm hold his Scimitar and pulled out my sword. In a moment, my sword suddenly changed into a Scimitar as well.
'...That's... not good.' I thought quickly.
Demon Charles ran at me and started swinging the blades at me. I ducked, rolled, and dodged the best I could but he cut me along my arms and stomach. During one attack, I ducked to dodge a swing, only to get kneed in the face. I fell onto my back with a broken nose and held it in pain. When I refocused on Demon Charles, he had the two Scimitars ready to impale me. When he tried to, a red transparent blade thrusts him into the air, making him drop his weapons.
"You okay?" Vixsila asked as she ran to me.
"I've been better." I admitted.
I felt my body start to heal as warm pulses came from Vixsila. She glared at Demon Charles as he began to get up. Demon Charles held a hand towards us as his fingertips turned into claws. A red orb started to form in the palm of his hand.
"If he's like this now, I'd hate to know what kind of brother he was." Vixsila whispered to me.
"I'll make it simple. He was an asshole." I replied.
"So I hear. Well, I'm going to have to move us rather roughly." Vixsila warned.
"Why?" I asked.
She pointed at Demon Charles' hand, "That's why. Unless you want to get wrecked by an attack." Vixsila suggested.
"Uh... no thanks." I replied quickly.
"Howl of Doom!" Demon Charles yelled as he thrusts his open hand towards us.
Vixsila threw us aside with Psychic to dodge the incoming attack. A black gale of darkness short from his hand with red jagged circles coiling inside it. As the attack commenced, a howl like sound accompanied it with a cry of terror. Demon Charles walked over to our previous position and picked up the two Scimitars there. I admit, I was a bit pissed off that this asshole was using my weapon like he owned it. With a crack of his neck, he was ready for Vixsila's next attack.
"Well, looks like I have to take off the kiddy gloves to end this. I can't afford to waste anymore time." Vixsila sighed.
"Don't act tough, you can't win." Demon Charles spat.
"Oh? I can't? Idiot, this entire time we've been fighting, I've just been stalling to see how well this kid fights. I admit, I'm happy he developed but disappointed in his skills. Me, I'm going to show you a move someone dear to me loved. Star Pentagon Siege!" Vixsila yelled.
"Hm?" Demon Charles wondered.
With a blink of an eye, Vixsila appeared in front of Demon Charles. He looked at her in surprise as she thrusted her sword upward. Demon Charles tried to hold his swords up but Vixsila jumped onto him. Using both her feet, she kicked both his arms aside, exposing his chest and stomach. In a flourish of strikes and slashes, Star Pentagons were cut into His skin. After thirteen were created, she flipped her Zweihander to have its tip point towards the ground. She impaled it directly into his chest and sent them both towards the ground. With an earth shaking thump, Demon Charles landed on his back. Vixsila's Zweihander was buried deep in his chest as black ooze started to squirt from the wound. Vixsila stood on his stomach for a moment before ripping her Zweihander out aggressively. She got off him as his body started to revert back into its human form. I looked at the scimitars to see both of them are back to normal. I struggled to my feet and walked over to my blue bladed sword. When I picked it up, I glanced at the red bladed sword for a moment. I went to pick it up but I hesitated for moment.
"Hey..." Vixsila got my attention.
"What is it?" I asked.
She beckoned me to go over to her, "Come here." She ordered.
With a hesitant swallow, I staggered over to her, "Okay." I replied.
She wrapped an arm around me and pointed at Charles, "Eat him." She ordered.
"W-wait what!?" I stammered in surprise.
"I said, eat him." She repeated sternly.
"Why?" I asked.
"Why, well here's why. If you don't I'll kill you. How's that for a why?" She asked back with a glare.
With a scared swallow, I got on my knees next to my now dead brother, "Uh... I... Um... how do I..?" I began to ask but soon lost the words to say.
"Start with his neck. After that, you'll know what to do." she grinned.
"O-okay." I stammered as I hesitantly moved my mouth towards his neck.
When I opened my mouth to bite his neck, I struggled to go through with it, "Bite it like you mean it!" Vixsila yelled.
I closed my eyes and did what she said. I bit into my dead brother's neck as hard as I could. His throat split open as the black oozed poured into my mouth. The taste was... indescribable. I felt desire overtake my body as I hungrily drank the ooze. Vixsila rubbed my back encouragingly as I started to eat my dead brother on my own. Deep down, I knew this was wrong... this was... disgusting but... I wanted to continue. I don't know where this want is coming from or how this is even happening. Dark Spawn usually turn into a pile of ashes right? So why didn't he? When I had my fill, I pulled back in shock. I could feel the ooze on my face. I probably look like a psychopath. Sure enough, Charles' body turned into black ash along with the bits of ooze on my face.
"What was that? Why did it taste so... good?" I asked.
"That's our way of taking power from powerful humanoid Dark Spawn. Normal Dark Spawn or brand new humanoid Dark Spawn immediately turn to ash. However, once a Dark Spawn gain a powerful humanoid form, they develop a Dark Soul. A fake soul that magnifies their powers. As Nobodies, we can eat these Dark Spawn after they die to gain a portion of this Dark Soul. Not to mention the indescribable taste of blood or black ooze." Vixsila grinned darkly.
"So... are you going to kill me now?" I asked.
A portal formed next to Vixsila, "No. Go in this portal and you'll be back with Rexdek. After you got transported here, the other Dark Spawn person left. I'm sure he's just sitting around waiting for a miracle." Vixsila informed me.
I looked around and saw Charles' sword, "Give me a sec." I told her.
I walked over to his sword and picked it up. The moment I did, I felt the sword react violently to me. Like it hated me. I could feel something enter my body from the sword. I looked at my arm to see my veins turning black until I felt a slight pain in my chest. The pain started to grow until I fell to my knees. I felt something push from inside until a large parasite ripped free of my chest. Many pin point appendages moved to and from its long slender stomach. It coiled to become face to face with me. It's large bug eyes started to stare into mine.
It hissed, "What the hell?" I whispered in shock.
It lunged at me, causing me to blink. When my eyes opened, I was standing next to Vixsila.
"Uh... you done staring at a sword?" Vixsila asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Uh... see ya." I replied as I walked into the portal with my new sword.
When I went through the portal, I found myself dropped into a forest. When I landed, my legs buckled a bit but I caught myself. I stood back up and looked around to see no one was around.
"Rexdek!" I yelled.
"Nix!?" I heard Rexdek yell back.
I started walking towards the voice until I found him. He looked slightly relieved until he noticed my new sword. He stared at it for a moment before looking back up at my face.
"Where'd you get that?" he asked.
"Bro, I have quite a tale to tell you." I sighed.
I started explaining what happened to me and my brother. Rexdek was surprised to find out that Charles was in fact my brother. Even moreso when my brother revealed himself to be some kind of demon Dark Spawn. When I got to the point where Vixsila showed up, he wasn't very happy. In fact, I think he's doubtful of me but sighed. He apologized for doubting me and stated again that he's on my side. We started to head back to the camp but I remembered how I ate Charles. I left that part out because I didn't know how Rexdek was going to react. As I thought to myself, I started to realize something. I had Rexdek's memories. I... can remember what my parents looked like. I also saw who that woman was but I didn't know her name. She must not have told Charles her real name. All I know about her is that Charles feared her, despite how he acted towards her. When we got back to the camp, several pokemon were waiting for us. A Gallade in particular was watching us. Chrome... was his name I think but he seems... distant from the others. That Gardevoir from before approached us.
"What happened?" She asked.
"One of the humans in your camp was actually a Dark Spawn. We followed him and ended up killing him after finding out." I answered vaguely.
"If I may suggest, you should increase patrols just in case they attack at night." Rexdek warned.
"Alright. We have beds set up for you two." She smiled.
"Thank you... uh..." I bit my lip.
"Layla. My name's Layla." she smiled.
I nodded, "Thank you Layla. Um... I guess we'll be going." I shrugged as we followed a Haxorus.
As we walked, Rexdek nudged my arm, "Hey, you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"Well, you've been a bit... out of sorts. Did killing your brother do anything to you?" Rexdek asked.
"To be honest, I feel both relieved and stuck in a sense of disbelief. I hated him. I wanted to kill him myself but Vixsila did. I guess... me not killing him has left me in a sense of want. I wanted to kill him but now, I never will." I admitted.
Rexdek rubbed my back, "Don't worry. You'll forget about it eventually. It happens to all of us." Rexdek reassured.
Yeah... he's right about that but right now, I feel so empty. So unfulfilled. I wish I could rewind time just for a chance to kill him but that won't happen. In reality, I should be thanking Vixsila for killing him. I couldn't since I wasn't strong enough. If only I was...