"darling... " A soft feminine voice whispered from beside me.
"Darling... Wake up."
"Mmm... ?"
I felt a hand gently scratch my head a bit, running through my hair, long nails tingling my scalp. "?"
I slowly opened my eyes to see Lisa laying beside me, her big blue ocean eye's stared into mine, she looked like she had been up a few minutes before me, last night I gave her an outfit that mikoto left here about a year ago and never picked up again.
It was a pair of track short shorts and a white T-shirt, I let her sleep in my bed, she didn't want to be alone so I slept with her...
And no we didn't fool around, but the entire night she was cuddling me like a koala, though we barely spoke to each other, I guess we were both still shook up from what happened. "Mmm... Lisa?... Hey-" I sed in a groggy voice, she leaned up slightly and turned on her side and rested her head on her hand.
"Hey." She gave me a slight smile.
"You ok?" She asked.
"Mhm... Why?"
She got a little closer to me.
"Its just last night I never really asked you... I mean, you were ripped apart by... Literal demons... "
"Yeah... I'm... Fine."
I wasn't.
Honestly I have no idea how I'm still mentally stable from what happened last night, I can't really get there faces out of my mind, those teeth, there claws, the fact that they ate me alive.
But, I didn't want to have Lisa take on that burden. "..."
But I think I wear my heart on my sleeve, because she got close to me, rapped her arms around me and blushed a little as she pulled my head into her chest. "!"
She whispered in my ear.
"It's ok... Your ok... I get it if you don't wanna talk about it, but... I'm here."
I was stunned for a moment, but then I embraced her, I didn't cry, I wanted too, I didn't say anything, I just held her as she scratched my hair. "Thank you... By the way."
Her sweet voice was still no louder then a whisper, her breath sending tingles down my spine, so calming, so soothing.
"For what?"
"For saving me."
"I... "
She took my chin and raised my head by tilting my head up at her, her face got redder, I blushed thinking. 'is she gonna?-'
Chu~
She kissed my cheek.
Instantly I melted like puty in her hands,
She let out a little giggle at my stunned state.
"Hehe... My jack~" she ran her fingers through my hair. "My darling~ my sweet, sweet boy, my good boy..."
She doted a little more on me before she became a little more serious. "Now...
We need to discuss... You know, the whole...
You going 'super saiyen' and everything."
She sat up, I followed suit.
"How did you do that?"
I took in a deep breath and shrugged. "Honestly, God just told me everything to do."
"Really?"
"Honest. He told me to command Nicolai to not hurt you... I did, then he told me to cross myself and... Bam"
"So I guess ryuji was right... Especially about you being able to summon a weapon, that sword-"
"What did it feel like? The flames? The lighting? And welding it?"
"It felt... " How to describe it?
"Like infinity was enveloping me, becoming one with me, yet distinct, like light shining in my soul coming in and out if it, and yet infinity was keeping my mind intact."
She nodded her head.
"Well, I guess we're gonna have to tell Bill about this, but... It's early, and I'm hungry...
So." She smiled and got off my bed.
"I'm going to make you breakfast."
"What?" I blushed again.
"You don't have too."
I couldn't believe it, Lisa was gonna go and make me breakfast? It was like we were married! I bagan to imagine her in a cute little pink apron cooking for me and surviving me pancakes while sitting on his lap and feeding me herself.
"I want too. I'm your girlfriend and it's my job to take care of you, isn't it?"
I hesitated a moment.
I was so used to cooking my own food and for others the past three years, now I had a girlfriend who wanted to lighten the load.
"Alright."
She smiled and gave me a hug, then pulled back and put her hands on her hips.
"Alright, what do you have in the fridge?*
"Well for breakfast foods I have eggs, chicken sausage, and fruit... "
"Alright... Then that's what I'll make you."
I smiled a little.
"Alright."
I stood up.
"I think I'm going to pray a little before I come downstairs ok?"
She nodded.
"Go on, just don't be too long, ok my Love?"
She gave me a pouty expression, as if she were a little kitten wanting attention from her owner.
'oh God she's the cutest!'
"I won't be long. I promise."
She smiled and gave me one last kiss on the cheek before heading to the door. "Good, and by the way-"
She stopped and grabbed her headband and looked at my room. "You were right, this room is pretty dull, it's like it belongs to a sociopath with no real personalty of his own-"
She grinned.
"Heh, wow thanks for calling me out."
I rolled my eye's.
"I say it like I see it, but don't worry, your lovely Lisa is gonna make this room bright and brilliant." She gave a thumbs up.
"Hehe... Get your hot ass out of here."
I teased.
"Language! And... Um... " She smiled shyly.
"Call me hot again?"
"Your damn hot."
She became completely red.
"Yeah, well... Your... Mm... Hot too... Ok I'm leaving-" and she rushed out the door.
I let out a chuckle and went to my bathroom,
After 'relieving' myself I washed my hands and looked at myself in the mirror...
"..."
I splashed myself with water and dried my face off, but when I was done, my reflection changed. "!"
It was the dark figure from my dreams, he stood there just starring at me. "You-"
He grinned at me.
"Well, your happy aren't you?"
He snarled. "After all, you got to play hero, you saved Lisa, that kid, and you took down a cult-" he gave me a slow clap.
"It looks like your Lisa's knight in shining armor, but you know... Your just a fake."
He grinned through his razor sharp teeth.
"You know it and I know it... This doesn't make up for what you did 'that day' at all."
I remembered what I did...
How I hurt him, I made him bleed so bad he was hospitalized, and I remember what that caused. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm-
"Get-" I pulled my hair out and leaned down over the sink. "What are you? Who are you?"
"Come on jack... You know who I am, I'm you."
I was silent for a moment, then I looked up at him. "Get out of my head."
"... No. You can't get rid of me, I'll always be here to make sure you know how horrible and worthless you are, that I can assure you of."
He waved at me and grinned and slowly faded. "Until next we meet Jack."
He completely disappeared and my reflection was restored...
I fell on my knees and tears began to flow from my eyes. "Oh Lord... Have mercy on me-"
* * *
After breakfast Lisa and Jack got ready, Lisa could tell something was off with Jack, but she assumed he was still shook up over what happened the night before, so she held her peace, not wanting to press him further.
They left his townhouse and made there way to school together.
Jack was silent most of the time, Lisa glanced at him. It looked like he had seen a ghost, she wouldn't stand for it.
So she decided that she'd do something she hadn't really done before, she grabbed his hand. "?"
"Jack... You know what?... Let's not go to school today."
"What? Why?"
"Because, you need a break... A big one especially after yesterday. So me and you, let's go have fun today, I promise it's just us going around town having a ball, no undertown, no goblins or demons or sorcerers. Just us... What do you say?"
Jack hesitated for a moment. He let something come out of his mouth, a loud motor cycle passed by, Lisa couldn't hear what he sed. "What?"
He paused for a moment, then he smiled.
"Nothing- yeah... Let's go have fun."
She smiled and pulled him in the opposite direction. "Yeah. Let's go... "
They walked together and she looked over at Jack and smiled sweetly. "Are adventures are just beginning darling~"
The wind blew past them and she let go of his hand and skipped forward. "I can't wait to see what's next for us-" Jack stopped and looked at her as she grinned, he hair blowing through the air, the last of the cherry blossom petals blowing past her as she leaned forward with her hands behind her back.
And Jack sed. "Yeah... Me too."
* * *
In a black palace, in a black land, seated opon dark thrown with machines and alchemic symbols glowing all around it was a figure, his hair was long and gray, and he had machine tubes inside him, his body old and decaying, he struggled to breath, yet.
One could sense his aura was powerful, infact he was so powerful he could just look at you and you'd die if he gave the command.
There kneeling before him was Nicolai wethers, trembling with fear. "Lord draco-"
"Silence." The old man commanded.
"So not only were you not able to complete the sacrifice, but you let the one person in the whole world who could foil our plans scare you away?"
"No! You don't understand, his God-"
"I know far too well of the kind of authority his God can give to a man... Or woman."
He leaned forward.
"But had you done what I'd advised you, you could have easily bypassed him being healed by destroying his heart."
"Yes but-"
"But you wanted to make an example of him to the Elwood girl?... Fool."
The old man leaned back and scoffed at him.
"Have I taught you nothing?"
There was a silence.
"Give me the ring."
"B-but!"
"Give it hear before I rip it from your corps!"
He nodded shamefully and pulled it off, he felt it's power leaving him. "Here my Lord."
The old man grabbed it and put it on himself.
"I should have known better then to give this ring to you knowing that you wouldn't know how to truly use its power." He Tightened his fist as black and purple energy glowed from it.
"Now get out of my sight before I lose my temper."
"Yes my Lord." Nicolai got up and left the throne room.
After a few seconds of sitting in silence the old man turned to his second in command who stood beside him. "Micah."
"Yes Lord draco-?"
"I want you to send spy's to old town Philadelphia, have them watch the boy, and have them report to me, understood?"
"Yes Lord draco."
The old man sat back in his seat and looked into the skylight. "So you've chosen a champion against me again? O most high?
No matter-"
He grinned. "This boy will not stop us from creating the true savior of this world. So... Go on, make him stronger, I dare you...
But, he will meet his demise soon."