"Where am I?" I said and looked around but the only thing that was there to greet me was never-ending darkness. "How did I get in here?"
I looked around me and saw a little window in the distance. I tried standing up but my feet were not listening to what I wanted to do. I stumbled a little bit and was somehow able to stand up in the end. Walking up to the window, I was greeted with the view of Dominic, under my foot. Wait, what is going on?
"What is going on?" I said and kept looking and saw me crushing him under my foot. Then I stomped his head and the sound was loud enough for me to tell that his head definitely cracked. Any more I am sure his brain would turn into floor soup.
Suddenly the window went black and I couldn’t see anything else. But I was now greeted with the presence of someone in my mindscape.
"Phew, that was fun," I heard the voice of Ethan behind me and I turned around to see him stretching his arms. "Ugh, maybe my body is getting very old."
"You know it is not even your actual body," I commented and his eyes fell on me and he looked amused. "I’m sorry but what just happened?"
"Nothing much," he said and summoned a chair to sit on and poured himself a glass of wine. I kept staring at him and he let out a little chuckle. "Just took over your body for some time."
"You what?!" I shouted.
"Hey now, that is no way you are supposed to be talking to your savior," he said and I tilted my head in confusion. "What you think you would survive that battle with Dominic if I hadn’t taken over?"
"But…what…?" I was still surprised by this little revelation. "But how did you…wait does that mean that you ca- "
"When you have your moments with your little lover, I tend to just shut myself off," he said and I blushed a little with just how simply he said that. "I have no interest in your relationship with her. Moreover, I much prefer a much more mature woman."
I just stood there with my jaw on the floor still trying to grasp the situation. Wait, so Ethan can just take over my body whenever he wants or decides? So that means me that was fighting and crushing Dominic wasn’t me but Ethan? Okay, this has gotten too weird.
"Why didn’t you tell me you could do that before?" I asked him as he sipped his wine.
"I have two reasons," he said holding up his index and middle finger. "First, you never asked me, second I never found a reason to tell you."
"I- what just…sigh…um…" I was at a loss for words. I held my face in my hands and took a deep breath trying to calm myself. But wait, if both of us are here then that means that I am unconscious out there? With Dominic there.
"Don’t overthink it," Ethan said breaking my train of thought. "This is not the time to have a nice chat, I warned Dominic against touching your body but knowing him, I don’t know how long he will hold back. So just get going."
"But huh- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Without being able to finish my sentence I was suddenly pulled by a weird force and I found myself heading to the light. Right, this is no time to worry about all these things. I have to find Ai, next time I see Ethan, I’ll thank him too.
Cold and numb, that was what I felt when I slowly came back to my senses. I slowly opened my eyes and suddenly a jolt of excruciating pain hit my right hand. I looked at it and all my veins were almost popping out of my skin and my muscles had almost swelled to twice their size. Just what did Ethan do in my body?
My eyes scanned the room to find a familiar face and there he was standing in front of me holding his sword tightly. His face looked like he had just witnessed a ghost. His eyes fell on me and I could feel a true murderous intent coming from him and I started to trembly by just locking eyes with him. They were no longer relaxed or amused but cold and the smug had been wiped off his face.
"To think The First had such plans," he said taking a step forward. "Looks like you have a much bigger role than just being a host body, Shiba Kazuki."
"What do you mean?" I said out loud standing up in my place. My right hand was still in a lot of pain but surprisingly it was the only part of my body in pain. I didn’t feel any pain anywhere else. It was as if it was miraculously healed.
Dominic took another step forward and I gripped my katana hard. The pain doesn’t matter, I had been through much worse things. I grabbed the hilt of my sword and took my stance. He on the other hand kept approaching me, one step at a time. I didn’t know what he was going to do but I can’t be careless now. If I try to attack him first, I am sure he will come up with some counter for it so this time I have to be smarter about how I fight.
Dominic kept walking towards me and my heart was starting to beat fast. I was scared, more than I have ever been before by this man but I didn’t let my fear take over. I allow myself to be taken over like this.
"To be bound by words and orders," he said raising his sword. "I don’t remember when was the last time I had to do that."
"Order? From w- "
"Nii-chan!! Father!!"
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Suddenly hearing a familiar voice both our eyes moved to the source of the sound and there stood Yuna with blood on his body and clothes. Her mouth was fully covered in it and her breath was ragged. She rushed at us and though I stayed in my stance, Dominic lowered his sword. Yuna stood right between us extending her hands out prompting us to stop.
"Why are you doing this?" she said with tears in her eyes. The pain and panic in her voice was evident. I stared as she turned to Dominic covering for me. "Father, please stop. Why do you have to kill my brother? You never said anything about this?"
"What are you doing idiot? Get out of the way!" I shouted at her but she didn’t budge and kept staring at Dominic. "That person isn’t the kind of man you think you know. I don’t know what kind of relationship you had with him but you were being lied to."
"No, that is not true Nii-chan!" she shouted back to me. Tears falling down her face she still stood there. "I said I would take your side and I do but I still can’t just give up on Father. He is like my family too!"
The look on Dominic’s face softened and he smiled. It was supposed to be a kind smile but I could tell he had other intentions. There was no way a guy such as himself would have any pure intentions.
"You’re right Yuna," he said and walked towards her. "We are a family after all."
Yuna’s shoulders relaxed and she ran towards Dominic and hugged him. I gave chase for her. She is still a naïve kid; she doesn’t realize what is going on.
"And as a family, help me," he said caressing her head. I grabbed Yuna’s hand and promptly pulled her away from his arms. Pushing her behind me, I looked back at Dominic but something felt wrong. Yuna didn’t move from his arms.
"Wha- "
Don’t tell me it was another one of Dominic’s tricks. I stood as I saw him raise his hand and plunge it into Yuna’s back.
"Huh?" Yuna looked up at Dominic as her body twitched and he pulled out what looked like her beating heart. Her eyes looked back at me and I could see tears falling down from them again.
"YUNA!!" I shouted and rushed at them. I pulled out my sword and plunged it into Dominic’s chest but he jumped back letting go of Yuna. Her body fell to the ground and I quickly picked her up. Her eyes looked in a daze and though the front of her body looked unscathed I could feel the gaping hole in her back.
"N-nii-chan…" she mumbled grabbing my hand. Her cold body slowly started to decay first before my eyes. I looked at Dominic and he stood there with the same twisted smile he had on his face all the time. He opened his mouth and swallowed Yuna’s heart and I just watched in horror. "I’m…sorry…"
"Shut up! Don’t talk," I said grabbing her hand tight. I tried to rack my head for any ideas of what to do for Yuna but nothing came to my mind. The more time I spent thinking, Yuna’s body kept crumbling.
I started to panic and look around to find anything, or anyone who could help but no matter where I looked or tried to hear, no one was around. I couldn’t shout for help because I could tell no one would come to help. I looked helplessly as Yuna’s body kept decaying.
"I-I should have listened…" she said holding my hand tighter and before I realized I started crying a river. The sister I thought was dead for long was back and now she was dying in my arms again.
So, what did I do?
What I couldn’t for so many years.
"I’m sorry Yuna, I am so sorry," I profusely started to apologize to her. I wanted to help her, I wanted to save her but there was nothing I could do. I thought I pulled her away from Dominic but that didn’t seem to be the case.
"Don’t…apologize…" she said and as I cried and watched, only her face head was left to go away. "Thank…you…"
And so, she disappeared. Yet again.
I could do nothing but just sit there crying loudly. I grabbed my head in my arms and started hitting it over and over. Why am I so useless?
"Poor thing," Dominic spoke and I looked up at him, his stature blurry due to the tears. "But at least she was useful at the end. She served her purpose."
Purpose? Was this her purpose? To just die? Are you fucking kidding me? Does this bastard see everyone as nothing but pawns to serve him? Who does he think he is????
I wiped my tears to see Dominic looking different than before. It wasn’t his physical appearance except for his eyes glowing brighter than ever but I could feel a slightly different aura exuding from him.
"Now, allow me to show you, my ability," he said. "The ability to be able to use every ability that can ever exist, given I consume the heart of the wielder. I must say she was amongst the tastier ones."
"What," I said standing up and pulling out my sword from its katana. I glared at him and he had the same annoying smug on his disgusting face. I’ll kill him. I’ll kill him.
I WILL FUCKING KILL THIS SON OF A BITCH!!
"Now, let me show you how an actual Noble fight," he said charging at me.
"DOMINIC YOU BASTARD!!" I shouted charging at him too.
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