The spring creaked with scary noises and the once flat cushion turned into a curve. Two heavyweight champions lounging on the sofa. Genzo’s eyes glued to the television screen, watching a soap drama in awe with Kira. Rei-sensei humming while going through our refrigerator.
“Oh, you got pork belly slices, the sandwiches are on me ”
Both Genzo and sensei have their own house, yet they’re hanging out here every weekend.
“Scoot aside, don’t hog all the space you two”
Kira lazily moved a little, giving me a small space to sit
“That’s all the space your tiny butt needs. heheh”
I shoved a finger in my mouth. That smirk needs to disappear, and I know just the thing for that. I plunged it into those randomly twitching ears of hers. The wet sensation surrounds inside her ears, Kira jumps away from the sofa; scratching the saliva away.
“TOSHIRO!!!!!”
“This is what you get when faced with the wrath of Toshiro Kaname!”
The three of us were jostling around for space on the sofa. The creaking sound from its wood frame kept increasing
“Quit blocking me idiots!”
“Toshi, settle down!”
“Just move a little more, I just wanna sit”
“You guys want the pork fully cooked or half-cooked?”
The soft cushions are bending, the wooden frame of the sofa curving even worse than before.
BAM!
The furniture finally met its demise, three sets of legs pointing to the ceiling.
“NOOO! THE SOFA!!!”
RIIPP
Genzo’s borrowed shirt from Kira, rips from the tightness as well.
“NOOO! MY FAVORITE SHIRT!”
***
Classy, trending songs play in the background, brands hanging on the windows and pearly marble tiles shining. Genzo’s head spinning all around the place
“A whole shopping district in a big cube!”
“You haven’t seen a mall before? What were you doing throughout the steak out”
“Eating and sleeping on trees”
Ah! A sting on my nape, how can there be bugs in such a clean mall? Well, the world belongs to all living beings I guess. We were about to head to the furniture section, but the footsteps sounded like it’s going behind us. Kira and Rei-sensei had other plans
“Where are you guys going?”
Both my mind and Genzo linked for a moment
“To the furniture section”
“To the furniture section”
Rei-sensei grabbed my collar and dragged me
“Come on, who would buy only one thing in a mall”
Kira tightens her hand on the back of Genzo’s head
“You need to buy new clothes before destroying my treasured wardrobe”
Lost sight from the main goal. They began wandering around, trying out perfume samples, checking out the products knowing well they are not gonna buy any of those. Dad used to procrastinate before going shopping with mom, now I can see why.
Rei-sensei and Kira entered the cosmetic store
“Sensei, I’ve never seen you wear any makeover”
“My natural beauty doesn’t need a fake layer, but i wanted to try a new look”
words of sensei stung the cat who wears lots of makeover. It is a little exciting to see sensei in a makeover.
“Come here, Toshi”
Sensei pushed me on the trial chair in front of a mirror, so did Genzo get placed next to me by Kira. He gritted his teeth
“What the hell are you doing to me!”
Kira took a bunch of things that looked like paste and powders. She melted her silver around his wrists to the handrest. Why do I get the feeling like he’s going to get electrocuted? (get it? “Electrocuted” Because he has lightning powers) Sensei sharpened her gaze directly toward me, seeking for any defiance.
Rei-sensei took a black mascara and other black colored cosmetics, and leaned closer to me. Her hair falls from her ear, creating a silky dark wall that secludes only two of us. The more I take my breath, the scent of chocolate and wine from her circulates in my nose.
“Close your eyes”
She said with a low and near whispering voice. The fine brush glides smoothly over my eyelids. Her rough fingers forced my eyes to shut. way to go “gentle handler”. I could feel her warm exhales on my skin. With a wet sensation over my eyes, I slowly opened with a small tear rolling down my cheek. Her face was really closer to me “was she really this beautiful up close” the thought invaded my head without warning. My voice was choking on my own breath
“Rei..”
“What are you glaring at”
She turned my chair to face the mirror
“What the- I LOOK LIKE A DEVIL WORSHIPPER!”
“All done!”
Kira turns Genzo’s punishment chair, he actually looks really pretty for crying out loud.
“Hii people! It seems like you guys are really into our product!”
An employee of the shop; quite tall, wearing glasses and a backpack, came to us. She gave a judging look at Genzo's face while he was trying to wipe the makeover off. She skipped to Kira, placing her hand on her shoulder. Kira felt a sudden sting on her shoulder.
“Sorry it was my nails, hahaha. Please support our cosmetics and have fun!”
Isn’t she too jolly for an employee? I saw a weird bulge on her back while she skips her way back inside.
“Who was that”
Genzo asked after cleaning his face
“Hey, is it me or her behind is…out of proportion”
I leaned to Kira to confirm if she saw that too
“Yeah, I saw that too, and you should really quit staring at other people’s butt”
The four of us went to a clothing store. Plenty of fashionable clothes hanging one after another.
“Hello, would you like us to guide you?”
An employee of the shop appeared, she looked really similar to the cosmetic shop employee. But this time, she was gloomy.
Genzo was getting stuck in a small shirt while Rei-sensei was trying to pull it off
“No thank you…we got this..”
She looked at Genzo with a disappointing gaze and turned back. There it was! The same bulge!
“Kira! Look!”
I pulled Kira’s sleeve and pointed at the big back
“Toshi you pervert”
She brushed it off just like that, and headed toward the donut shop. The door behind the donut display smashed open, another employee. A buzzing sound approaching Rei-sensei.
“Welcome to-”
“Who the hell are you!”
Kira lost her composure.
“You’re-”
Genzo gasped at the employee with a surprised look. SHIINGG Rei-sensei draws her sword from her back, slicing the approaching mechanical bug behind.
“RIKA?!”
“Oh shit”
Rika jumps off the window behind her, Genzo zips to the window followed by Rei-sensei. Kira grabbed my collar and placed me on her back, we jumped out of the window. 200 meters above the ground, clothes fluttering, hair scattering with the wind.
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
“Oi Genzo! Who’s that!”
Rei-sensei shouted. If Genzo knows someone…does that mean..
“Aw you’ve gotta be kidding me! Another one for the land!?”
I released myself from Kira as she was throwing punches on the freefall
“This is the last time you’ve nearly caught me!”
Rika voices from below, clothes tear from her back, fluffy brown tail with white stripes comes out. Four metallic legs with a pointy end came out from her back, auto-assembled in an instant. She reached out for her pockets and started to throw black balls- like things at us. Rika pierced her metallic legs on the wall and shot out to the next building.
Those balls flicked opened a set of propellers on the both sides, shooting liquid projectiles at us
“Shit! It’s Acid!”
The acid sizzles on Rei-sensei’s sword.
“OI GEN! WHO IS SHE?!”
We kicked off the window and landed on the next building
“The Captain of the Research and Resource division, the best brain of the land. Rika Momiji”
“Aren’t you the captain?”
“No, I'm the commander! And I gave every unit the order to return! Why is she here?”
“Wait, you’re a commander?!”
“Wow, I must be famous for many people came to hunt me down”
The drones are raining acids on us while these three having a fun chit chat
“Kira! I could really use something to protect myself right now!”
Her ears twitched on my calling, acid splashes near my feet.
“Oh, right. I saw this one thing on your action figure”
Kira brought her hands together, white flames glowing around her fists, molten silver dripping from her hands. She widens her hands by gripping silver together to make them firm, she forms a metallic pole. Genzo destroying the cluster of drones turned at her
“What are you doing?”
“I learned this new trick, wait and see”
She dropped the front of the pole on the ground, silver secretes beneath her feet as she drags her leg by stepping on it to form the blade. One word. “sweet”
“Woahhh! A DEATH SCYTHE!!”
“Give it a try”
She throws at me with a wink. The scythe feels a little heavy, as I swing it, the weight of it affects the swinging momentum.
“Destroy them Toshiro!”
Rei-sensei pushed her fist up in the air, My hands grabbed onto the body of the scythe tightly. A cluster of drones charging towards me, as I swing the scythe, the weight of it dragging me with its momentum. The drones were cut open into half like jelly.
“Hohoho! Yeah!!!”
“Oi! Test drive your new toy later! She’s getting away!”
Genzo destroys the incoming drones one by one, Rika’s mechanical legs rushing in the opposite direction while she faces us with a notebook and a pen.
“Wow, creations..”
She murmurs from afar. Kira goes on fours, her silver claws digging on the concrete, she runs to Rika like a predator chasing its prey. Kira’s face was rather lightened up than confused, she was enjoying the hack and slash with both of her fangs full on display.
It’s a little hard to run and jump over buildings with this scythe, but I’ve ran carrying the Huge Kira before. In fact, how did I start to jump over buildings like this!
“Watch out Kira! Her speciality is”
THWANG! A loud sound like an extended string snapping
“What was that, Gen?”
“Traps..”
As Kira’s heat snaps the transparent cord, Rika’s eyes widen with surprise, grin hollows into a dropped jaw.
“Breaking my traps eh”
Rika immediately stops running away, legs folded casually as she floats on the support of her mechanical legs. She takes out a small vial filled with blood
“I’ve gotten few samples of that vermin”
When did she- don’t tell me, that sting when I entered the mall.
“Vermin huh…”
First Genzo now her, I don’t know what kind of image they have about humans
“Hahaha, vermin”
“There there, you’ll get used to it Toshi”
Rei-sensei rubs my back while Kira laughs pointing at me. Used to it? “You’re not a vermin but my precious strong man” would be helpful sensei! Rika takes another vial
“I’ve already got the famous Kira Nekoyma’s blood too-”
The vial was melted unrecognizably, glowing ash colored liquid dripping from it
“Ah! What is this!”
“You let yourself open, rodent”
Kira charges at her with her razor silver claws slicing the air itself. Rika’s eyes widened with fear.
“AAHH WAIT!!- just kidding~”
FLICK multiple nozzles open from her mechanical legs, a dense smoke releases as Kira enters Rika’s radius. Her flames stutter, losing its heat; her breath comes short.
“Toshi…”
Her voice disappears as she faints.
“KIRA!!”
“Ha! People admired your legend while I was searching for weakness. There is no such thing as undefeatable, except…my king”
Rika rolls Kira’s body. Rei-sensei gripped her sword tight.
“WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!!”
She screamed from the bottom of her lungs
“SHUT IT HUMAN SCUM! You dare raise your voice against me”
There was no single thought left in both Rei and my mind. We charged at her directly. The smoke was getting into us, with all her might poured, Rei slashed through Rika’s mechanical arms. Before my scythe could reach for her neck, SHUNK her remaining mechanical arms stabbed both me and Rei.
“It’s the death gas. To put it in your kind’s words, Concentrated Carbon Dioxide”
“RIKAAAA!”
Genzo zipped through the gap like a thunder, his heavy legs thrusted to her ribs, he grabbed her mechanical arms and ripped it off
“You don’t hurt me anymore commander”
Genzo’s eyebrows curve in anger, her free arms stabs a needle on his neck. His vision blurs out as he falls to the ground.
“Some commander he is”
Those were the last words I heard before everything blacked out.
***
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“Ugh…”
“Lady in blue has raised a bid… ”
A voice of a man echoes in my ear,
“Is there no one else?”
“Sold!”
The scent of wet fur, animalistic musk breaches my sense of smell. Multiple screams…like a war cry. Why does the ground feel like it’s moving? SHNK a bright spotlight directly hit on my face.
“The star item of tonight’s auction!”
My eyes opened lazily, towering figures stomping their feet, fist clenched
“A healthy male of human scum!”
RAAAHHHHH! Each of their hands flew high to the ceiling
“Little muscle mass on this vermin, he is capable of doing house chores, farming, or you can feed him to your beloved pets!”
I’m surrounded by thick vertical bars. Tails swishing, ears twitching…don’t tell me…we’re at the…sacred land.
“NOW FIGHT TO GET THIS RARITY!!”
The auctioneer walks to his left, he grabs a handle latched onto the wall and swings to the opposite. A screen expands with jumbled letters arranging into names one by one. In the middle of the crowd, an octagonal shaped ring emerges from the opened floor.
The buyers calling out their own name to participate, the letters on the matchup screen rolled out crazily, the names kept stacking with one after another.
“What, WOAH HEY! HOLD ON!”
“Ah, the scum has arisen!”
"STOP CALLING ME THAT ALREADY!”
“What a lively scum!”
Miyu Shinkai, Tatsuro Mikazuchi, Renjiro Arashiba, Seijuro Amayomi, Raika Amateru…it keeps going on, randomly matching up with each other, men or women regardless, they are going against each other. No one was terrified or agitated; rather, their face clearly telling they want a good fight. Their animalistic traits and herculean bodies clashing together.
One after another, gripping throats, slashing skin, nothing but heavy punches, it’s like witnessing a Gut Festival. One after another drops, the spectators banging on my cage, growling and laughing.
“I’ve always wanted a slave” one of them scratched my shoulder with his claws. No matter how I look at it, these people are like hundreds of Kira and Genzo, each of them has incredible strength and animalistic abilities, I can’t see any way through by the force. More importantly, where is everyone else? Kira, sensei, Genzo, I don’t see them anywhere around here.
A single horn sticking out from his forehead, dense body mass, hardened skin on him, a rhinoceros I assume.
“THE FINAL ROUND! , GORAI ARASHIRYUU!”
“HIS CHALLENGER..”
An elegant red dress, clinging on to her perfect hourglass figure, every step of hers is confident and knowing her heels clacks as she steps up the ring. What can a classy woman like this could do?
SHRRAAKK the fabric from her back rips, uncountable spines growing, her claws growing sharper, her spines making a rattling sound when grazing each other. She plucks two spines from her back and takes a stance as holding two daggers. Porcupine perhaps?!
“ THE QUEEN OF THE UNDERGROUND! KUROHA TOGETSUME!!! ”
“Kuroha! Kuroha! Kuroha!” from low to high pitched voices, the entire crowd cries out her name. Gorai looks around with a frown, his thick fist clenched “ I’m going to get that human Kuroha!”
“Try to take it from me darling”
“I'm not even sold to you yet! WHY AM I BEING SOLD IN THE FIRST PLACE!”
“Haha, you’re funny. You’ll be my little jester~”
This woman is pissing me off so bad. Gorai goes on his fours, charging at Kuroha with an irritated grunt. His horn directed at her, she widened her stance, hands gripping on her spine. Inches away from Gorai, she ducks really low with one knee on the ground–
“Full on offensive is a buffet of openings~”
Fangs showing themselves from the edge of her lips, she bear hugs his stomach “URRYAAAAA!” with a cry, she uses his own force to topple him outside the ring.
“No way…”
I was astonished by her sheer physical strength, to topple a man twice her size…was it an instant victory for her? No. Gorai clings to the rope of the ring. I called out to the guy cheering near me
“Hey, he’s out of the ring, he lost right?”
He turned to me with an irritated look
“Huh, you wanted to be bought that badly?. One is defeated until complete destruction of the opponent”
Gorai flings himself to the ring using the rope "I'm going to kill you! Kuroha!!” he clutches his fist tightly and swings at her from above. His punches land at her, THUMP THUMP each blow gives off a heavy sound. Her braided bun comes loose, blood dripping from her face, but she doesn’t look like suffering in pain
“Aren’t you a bold man for tickling a woman”
She is literally testing him…the watch she’s wearing
“Ooh, captain's here! Hahaha. I’ve had my fun horny man, gotta go now”
She spins the spine on her hands SKRCH! She stabs in both of his collarbone. Kuroha points her sharp elbow covered with her spines, she grabs his horn and pulls his face to it
“GOING ONCE!”
“GOING TWICE!”
“SOLD! TO KUROHA TOGETSUME!!”
The auctioneer smashes the hammer on the table, the crowd erupts in cheers.
“Send it to my house~”
She jumps onto the flag poles and vanishes away from the roofless hall. The men carried my cage and walked backstage.
“W-wait a minute, hey!”
They didn’t bat an eye to my protest, a shutter opens with a truck waiting outside. It has no wheels, only the engine and the cargo laid on the ground. With a vibrating hum, a flat opening appears, wings assembles from both sides; bigger than the truck itself.
“Now ladies and gentlemen, there is another grand item for you all! A female of the same vermin breed!”
“Female? Don’t tell me it’s…Rei-sensei ”
Suddenly, rough hands covered my mouth from behind, a whispery voice
“It was a fun spectacle, wasn't it?”
***
