Chapter 25 - "The bridge"

Too bad for you kids, you need to die here...

As I thought that, I griped Setsuna handle who was still sheathed in her scabbard, but as she sensed my blood-lust Eva stopped me.

"No don't! They're only victims!" (Eva)

As expected of my sister, she's show pity even to random kids, oh wait maybe they're Eva's friends! Shit, we can't have that... Guess I go easy on them...

*Clunck*

As the sound of Setsuna hitting her scabbard as I was sheathing her back in it, was heard, all the assassins kids fell to the floor unconscious.

Too easy.

"Wha?! What the hell did you do?!" (Henry)

Yeah, I like the sound of you're voice in shock, soon I will hear the sound you make as you die you fucker!

"I just put them to sleep with the back of my blade." (Shun)

"So..." (Eva)

Mmm? Did I shock Eva in some way? Is she angry that I forced her friends to sleep by force?...

"So cool!!!" (Eva)

Nope, I'm in the clear.

And I must say I was kinda embarrassed and happy at the same time here, quite the strange feeling, it's like when Wyndy praised me as the strongest or coolest.

"Shut up! Kill him Eva! Do it or I kill you!" (Henry)

Getting desperate here uh?

"Wait... I won't resist, but I have one last request to you." (Shun)

Time to start the plan...

"Ohoh? You finally know where your standing? Fine! Let's hear it then, what do you want?" (Henry)

Good he took the bait!

"I want to hug my sister one last time before dying, and that you promise you won't hurt her after that." (Shun)

Eva looked at me in shock, thinking I was going to die and left her behind.

"... PfftttAHAHAHAH! That's the last request of the Blood seeker?! Who would have thought you were such a family man! But fine you have my word... Now hurry, I give you one minute." (Henry)

"Thank you... Setsuna turn back..." (Shun)

As I threw her behind me Setsuna turned back into her human form, and as she did Eva looked at her with a strong glare of anger, I wonder why? While their attentions was focused on Setsuna I took this opening to put my left hand behind my back to grip Mysty who was in sword form and hiding behind my back since the beginning without making direct contact with me as to not activate her curse, and with my free arm I hugged my dear sister close to me, who started to cry as soon as I did.

"What are you doing you idiot?!*Sob* We're finally back together and now you dying on me?! I... I won't let you do that! Aaaahhhh..." (Eva)

Still hugging her close to me I looked into her eyes.

"Don't worry, no way I'm dying here!" (Shun)

Not giving the time to the king to react... Using Mysty curse I bite through the mana stone before crushing it with my teeth and swallowing it whole.

*Gulp*

""WHAT THE HELL??!!"" (Eva & Henry)

Not wasting any time in explanation I threw away a still crying Eva to Setsuna who cached her in the air and I jumped away from the unconscious kids who was around me after dropping Mysty to the floor as I didn't knew what was going to happen.

"Now to see what happen. I hope those freakin' guardians didn't joke around...... That's weird... Nothing hap~ AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH."

As I was talking to myself; flames suddenly burst out of me, burning me alive. But they didn't only burn me, they also healed me as if they were feeling guilty of hurting me, I know that's a weird way to put it, but since it started, the fire looked alive to me. But you would think that this process of being burn and healed was the worst of it uh? No it wasn't. Down my back just above my bottom a itch was growing there, it was a much more worse feeling than even pain, it was enough that I was currently clawing my back with every once of strength I had to turn the itch into pain, but the more I was ripping the skin of my back the harder it became, and soon my skin was replaced by something hard like a scale.

Is that the bridge?! Nobody said it would be something physical like that!

There was now a small scale down my spine who looked like a small grey metal plate the size of a fist who reflected light like a prism. But my torment still wasn't finished, the fire kept burning and healing me in an endless cycle showing no sign of stopping.

I need to stop this shit one way or another! Right! I need to change my soul to the 'guardian of the fire' one. The fact that fire is healing me even in my human form is proof enough that my others souls is showing effect so I should be able to change into them!

I tried to do it following my instinct but showed no result, from afar I could still hear my wives and Eva screaming in fear.

Damn! Change! CHANGE ALREADY! Oh right let's try to concentrate on this goddamn bridge!

Trying everything I could think of, I kept my mind on the scale on my back to try and get the feel of anything that could help. And suddenly I felt something passing my mind like a fish swimming in water.

There!

Grabbing it I finally get the knowledge needed to change form from my instinct, still burning I quickly changed into my second soul, and before I knew it I was in my 'red' form, claws was at the end of my fingers and scales were covering my arms... It was disappointing to say the least, I was hoping for some cool transformation scene, but I just 'changed' into it, there no transformation, it's was like I swapped place with my second soul. But finally the fire who was harming me completely stopped by healed me completely before disappearing, but my instinct screamed something in my mind, that didn't please me in the least, the bridge was a failure, I don't knew how I would even know that from instinct, but I was sure of it... Well even if it's not perfect at least it did a good job of saving me and my sister... But there was another problem, that wasn't linked in my failure, at least from what I know.

"Those shits never told me the original curse was still there!" (Shun)

That's right, a hunger that can't even be compared to what I felt when wielding Mysty was upon me, it's no wonder Mysty got such a screwed up personality after feeling that for three thousands fucking years! Thankfully the fire healed my old wound that held Setsuna curse, or it could have be an even bigger mess. My wives and sister ran to me with anger and worry on their faces.

Shit... I want to eat, anything would be good, I want to eat...

"Big brother! What happened?! Why do you look like that?!" (Eva)

"My lord! Thou worried me thou fool!" (Setsuna)

"Dear! Are you okay?! You just went Fuusshhh then bliblibli and bubububu!" (Mysty)

The three of them talked to me at the same time making me unable to understand anything they said, well Mysty wasn't really understandable to begin with... Still have Eva always looked that appetizing? Wait wait wait that was a dangerous thought, don't think about it!

"Don't worry, I explain latter but I'm okay..." (Shun)

Still this body is amazing, apart from that goddamn curse, the blade at the end of my fingers was beautiful most of all and those fangs like teeth should make eating with the curse even easier, does the curse even have the same side-effect as Mysty one? I wonder how my body with my third soul is, I should try to experiment with those latter, for now...

"What the fuck is that... Why you kept messing with my plan! Goddammit! If it wasn't for you I would already be the goddamn king of this world! Die already! DIE! DIE! DIEEEE!"(Henry)

Wait what?! How me dying would make him king of this earth?! Is this guy retarded?!

"Shut up already!" (Eva)

Eva took of her collar before ripping it apart with one of the three daggers she had at her belt.

How violent... Big brother is shocked!

She's continued to rip it apart until there was but little pieces of it left on the floor. Still panting heavily, she looked up at me, and we looked at each other eyes for a while.

"Sorry to be this late Eva..." I said to her while smiling weakly, feeling guilty.

"...... AAaaahhhh, big brother!!!" (Eva)

While crying she ran to my arms to hug me with all her strength. I wanted to pat her head as I always did when we were leaving peacefully as a family, but I was afraid of hurting her with my claws. At least it seem I can't pass over the curse like Mysty with just a touch as she didn't shown any sign of pain or hunger. But as I was thinking that I suddenly turned back to my human soul...

What the hell?! What happened?! I didn't do anything yet I'm turned back after only three minutes, not only that I'm totally exhausted. Is that because I failed to make a real bridge?

I wonder what I even failed to do. Oh well I should ask the next Guardian I meet even if it's going to take a while, for now it's more than enough...

But it's seem I couldn't turn into my others souls for now, guess there was a cool-down or something... Anyway now that I was back into my human form I could gently pat Eva little head, but as I did she cried even louder than before...

"*Sob* I'm sorry! I'm so sorry brother! I wasn't able to protect mother!" (Eva)

"Don't say that you idiot! I'm the one at fault here! If I was stronger at the time I could have run after you and protect you both..." (Shun)

She didn't said anything else and just kept hugging me in silence, as for Mysty and Setsuna they looked at that scene not really sure of how they should react. But the first one to react wasn't them but Eva who backed away from me not crying anymore and faced them before pointing an accusing finger at them.

"As for you! You bitch took advantage of the fact I was away and that he was vulnerable to seduce him, but he's mine! So keep your dirty paws away from him!" (Eva)

"""...... What?""" (Shun & Wives)

What the hell?! Oh hell, that's going to be a mess...

"What was that you little bitch?! Just because you're his sister don't mean you can say whatever you want!" (Mysty)

That's incredible in it's one way, those two were able to completely broke the tense atmosphere in less than a minute...

"Let's kill this girl." (Setsuna)

Oh I didn't heard that in a while too. But no, that would be really not cool of you to kill her after I had such a hard time rescuing her...

"Shut up you cutting boards!" (Eva)

... That was rude Eva the two of them have a lovely body you know?

"Ah! You even flatter than us!" (Mysty)

That's true...

"Hpmf! For now maybe! But I have my mother gene! So I'm sure to have a sexy body when I grew up!"

That's true too...

"Ridiculous... A little girl like thou will never be able to please my lord either way." (Setsuna)

*Sigh* How long will they fight? I can't even say anything as it will only fan the flame... And we're talking about my sister here remember? Why would she even please me? I mean when she said I was her possession she wasn't talking about 'that' kind of possession right?

"I'm pretty sure I would do a better job than you anyway! It's not like you would know anything about pleasing my brother!" (Eva)

Wait wait wait, it's getting dangerous here!

"Oh? But myself do know how to please my lord very well, after all, he taught myself how to 'plenty' every nights." (Setsuna)

Oh...my...god. This is a real bloodbath... And I'm the one taking the most damage here...

"It can't be! You thieving cat!!! I was supposed to be one to take 'it' from him!" (Eva)

Shouting her words, Eva attacked her using force magic, that Setsuna was able to avoid as she can perfectly see the flow of magic.

Hey! Don't start to really fight all of a sudden!

"Umumumumumumu! I'm the one who took 'it' from him! Don't make it sound like it was you Setsuna! And he was the one on the 'attack' at that time you know!" (Mysty)

I really want to kill myself here... Is there a rope nearby?

"YOU BITCH!!!" (Eva)

Holy cow!

More angry than ever Eva attacked both Setsuna and Mysty using her knifes with force magic, but both of them are much stronger than her in a fight and so they continued toying with her.

But I wonder when she learnt how to use her force magic that way, I guess her training with that retard of War-chief shown some result at least.

But it seem the fact she wasn't able to even wound them made Eva change strategy...

".... Waaaaaaa! Big brother! They bullying me!" (Eva)

Saying that she ran to my arms once again while crying...

"Umumumu! That's low!" (Mysty)

Yeah even I can agree to th... "My lord" (Setsuna)

At the same time I sensed something incoming, Setsuna warned me and changed in her sword form will leaping at me, and I caught her as she flew in my direction to parry an attack from a sword that was going to pierce my skull. But the one holding the sword was none other than, my father...

"So it came to this uh?" (Shun)

"What?! Father?!" (Eva)

My father who had stitch all around his neck and dead-fish like eyes, backed away with a jump and walked to a creepy woman side.

"Hihihihihihihi, so you expected me to use your father uh?" (Creepy woman)

The creepy woman with dark brown hair ,black eyes and heavy bags under those very same eyes, who was wearing a long black robe covering her whole body just smirked at me while giggling in a way who was as creepy as her appearance.

"Yeah that was obvious, my father was one of the strongest man in this kingdom and since Duran body isn't 'usable' anymore it became quite obvious you were going to use him against me... Lanna Angemirra champion of the death Goddess." (Shun)

Guessing what was happening from what I said, Eva gripped my cloths with more force than before from rage.

"Hihihihihihi, that's an honor, for the Blood seeker to know about such a lowly life form as myself! Now, please die from you're own father hand and give me the success I deserve!" (Lanna)

She be even simpler to kill than I thought, I didn't think she would openly show herself like that. And she even attacked me by herself to keep all the achievement, what a retard...

"Setsuna, turn back and go tell the others that we're moving on! Mysty come here!" (Shun)

Hearing my orders they both obeyed without asking anything and soon Setsuna was walking away as I was now wielding Mysty in her cursed blade form.

"Follow Setsuna, Eva, I will handle that..." (Shun)

It looked like she was going to refuse, but reluctantly accepted with a nod and ran after Setsuna. As she finally separated herself from me, Orios reached me and tried to slash me with an attack from the right aiming at my chest with his broadsword. But I blocked it using Mysty and as I was trying to destroy his weapon using her fang, Orios suddenly swung his sword the other way will jumping, giving me a roundhouse kick right in the stomach.

"Gaa! You bastard old man! You're too old to make such trick, seriously." (Shun)

But since he backed away from me it was time to use my trump card... I first tried to change into my fire soul and then my wind soul, but I had no luck, I guess experimentation will have to wait...

MOVE!

Focusing my mind on my scarf and where I wanted to teleport myself, it started to glow in response. And in an instant I was now behind the creepy woman.

"What?! Where is he?!" (Lanna)

Didn't knew about that uh?

"Right behind you." (Shun) (In Ur Base Killin' Ur Doodz)

As I said that I bit her neck, I need to eat quickly before the side effect of using the scarf show up after all, no time to harass her more than that.

"Ahhhhhhhh! It hurt! Stop! Please stop! I'm sorry I shouldn't have used you're father please don't kill me!" (Lanna)

Lately I really enjoy to hear my enemy be me for their lives while crying... I'm getting sicker by the day... Anyway...

"*Noffe." (Shun) (*Nope)

And I bit trough her neck, spine and everything with it. And as the death champion died, my father body became limp and fell to the floor like a puppet whom strings was cut. It was a lamely short fight, but I had no intent to directly fight my father corpse...

*Crunch**Crunch**Crunch*

Mmm... Strangely salty, but quite appetizing. I should still eat more to be sure, is what I want to say but the others are most likely coming... Let's at least quickly eat some fingers just to be safe...

After finishing my 'meal' I approached my father body who was resting against the cold floor and sat it against a wall.

"Sup dad? You sure don't look fresh, don't be that cold...... What the hell I am even doing?" (Shun)

I'm really one hell of a cold son to joke around with my own father corpse, well it's not that I'm not sad to see him dead but it feel so unreal. To me my father died 5 months ago and I already finished mourning him, so even when I'm suddenly in front of his dead body I don't feel the need to cry anymore.

"Still you know a lot happened since you died... Why am I even talking to you, you're already most likely reincarnate in this world don't you, and right now you're sucking on your mother tits don't ya? *Sigh* Now that I think about it that's most likely also gramps case, he must be happy since he kept harassing mother about wanting to drink her milk. As for Alinna was she born as a Milkuno once again? Now that I think about it I knew very little about her... I hope mother will be able to walk this time, even tough she sounded like she didn't care about it, it was what kept her from living normally and having an enjoyable childhood, I mean she didn't even had friends, well not that I can talk as the only ones I ever considerate as true friends is a Werebear and an old adventurer..." (Shun)

From another point of view, me talking to myself in front of my father corpse was most likely a sad sight, yet I strangely enjoyed it, as if I was talking with my family without hiding anything for the first time in my lives. Not that their was anyone listening to me... Oh wait there still Mysty with me...

"Honey you're pretty quiet, that's not like you... It could almost feel like you can read the mood." (Shun)

[... Want me to hug you?] (Mysty)

That was really unexpected, not only she didn't get angry as I tease her, she did actually read the mood...

Now that I think of it she did comfort me that day when I lost most of my family...

"Thanks but I'm fine, that be pretty embarrassing if I were to bawl in front of the others. Talking of them, they're late... What the hell are they doing? No choice but to go meet them I guess..." (Shun)

That's weird they're only 100 meters away from here, it shouldn't took that much time...

Did something happened there?

I walked to them since they didn't shown any sign of showing up, and they were still where I asked them to stay, talking among themselves.

"Hey what are you all doing? I was waiting for you." (Shun)

They turned to look my way and when they did Sarius made a girly shriek in shock.

What?! What's happening again?!

In a panic I looked behind me but there was nothing out of the ordinary. So guessing I was the reason why she had such a reaction I looked at my body wondering if something else than my scale appeared or something.

No nothing wrong... Wait why am I in only my underwear?!

"BWAHAHAHAH! I seriously start to wonder if you're not an exhibitionist Shun!" (Arllan)

"I wonder myself sometime... Since when I'm I even in such a state?" (Shun)

"Since thou were covered in flames my lord, even if thou healed for a reason unknown to myself it wasn't the case of thy cloths. Also myself is sorry to have disobeyed thy order my lord, as myself was the own to have asked them to give thou some time alone... Please forgive this lowly self if she did something unnecessary..." (Setsuna)

"I see... Thank you Setsuna, sorry to have worried you." (Shun)

I gently patted her head to thank her of her attention not minding the fact that I was only in my boxer anymore. But it seem Eva felt betrayed I patted someone else head as she was now glaring at me angrily.

Let's ignore her for now as I don't have the time to spoil her.

"Also congratulation for saving you're sister Shun! I don't know how you did it, but good work!" (Arllan)

"That idiot ate the mana stone that was binding me! Can you believe this uncle Arllan?!" (Eva)

"""Wha?!"""

Of course it once again shocked everyone who now had their mouths hang wide open.

"Are you serious?! That was you're brilliant plan?! Eating the damn problem?! Not only that when she said you were covered in flames she was talking literally?! So that was what we saw flashing from afar, how did you even survive that?!" (Arllan)

Uncle Arllan, the most miraculous thing here is that I still have my underwear on me, it's a Hulk transformation leaving him with a short-pants level of miracle here!

"Yeah and what that scale on you're back?" (Eva)

Dear sister are you trying to get back at me or something?

"Scale? What are you talk... Holy hell!" (Arllan)

As they couldn't saw my back as I was facing them I turned around to show them, since they're going to see it anyway as I am almost in the nude it would be useless to hide it.

[Actually I wondered about that too... It look kinda like the scales Wyndy have on her face but it's grey...] (Mysty)

"Wait seriously?!" (Shun)

Wait a minute let me remember what I know about Dragonkin... Most have white hair and have a variant of blue colored eyes, female have horns and male have a... Tail, wait no that make no sense, sure my father had white hair and blue eyes but he couldn't use magic and had no freakin' tail, also my gramps had blond hair and I heard my grand-mother had black hair... But if the bridge was supposed to be a tail it would explain why I feel like I failed making it.

Let's not think too much about it... Not like anyone could answer my question anyway.

"Are you alright boy?! Are you sick or something?" (Arllan)

"Ah, don't worry that's not something harmful, anyway we should advance, and I fear that we will need to leave some other men behind." (Shun)

Arllan grimaced when I said that, it seem he already have some knowledge about the situation, he most likely heard of it from Eva or Setsuna.

"Are you talking about you're father and the kids? Don't worry we already talked about it among ourselves and already decided to leave some men with them... Still to think those bastard would use Orios body to fight his own son..." (Arllan)

"Well don't look at it that way, if not for that he would most likely have been thrown in some pauper's grave, at least we be able to bury him properly, and the one who was controlling him was already 'punished' for doing so." (Shun)

Setsuna looked strangely eager when she heard the word 'punished', just how much of a punishment freak is she?

"I see, so you already killed Lanna Angemirra...I guess that mean there only two dangerous fella left on our path." (Arllan)

"Yeah, also can I leave my sister my little sister protection to the men we're going to leave with the kids?" (Shun)

"What?! Are you kidding me?!" (Eva)

Here it come... It seem I angered her so much, her head became red and a vein popped out...

"NO! We're finally back together and you're telling me you're going ahead?! I want to kill the king with my own hands as much as you do! I will go with you and you won't be able to change my mind! And don't even think about knocking me out, if you do I won't ever forgive you!" (Eva)

Urg! Shit... It seem she was able to block my last resort before I could even use it...

"*Sigh* Fine... But you do as I say and never leave my sight okay?" (Shun)

"Yes sir!" (Eva)

She made a military salute as she answered me, it was kinda cute, like a kid trying hard playing at make-believe. I couldn't help but caress her cute little head affectionately seeing that.

"Let's go! We don't have all day!" (Shun)

Not showing any shame of being in only my underwear I turned around and resumed our march, still wielding Mysty, while Setsuna and Eva walked at each of my side. After saying a last goodbye to my father with Eva as we passed in front of him, we continued to advance through the passage hoping we soon see the end of it... But even hours latter we still didn't reach the other side of the tunnel, and because of that Eva who was bored gone back to a topic I would have rather avoided.

"By the way! Is what those whores said the truth?!" (Eva)

Hopefully we were walking a little further at the front than the rest of the group so they won't be able to hear this conversation...

"What are you talking about?" (Shun)

I already knew it was useless, but I still attempted to avoid the subject...

"Don't even try! Tell me the truth! Did you slept with them?!" (Eva)

Why the hell is she this obsessed with that?! She did say something about her wanting to be the one to take my virginity away from me, but she was just joking right?

"Yeah that's right... After all I do love them." (Shun)

That was embarrassing but I needed to be clear about my feeling here.

[Dear! I love you too!] (Mysty)

"My lord..." (Setsuna)

Eva looked at me with cold eyes full of hate.

Well I guess I do deserve as much...

"So that's it?! Will I was kidnapped and trained in some hell-like boot-camp you were screwing around with things that aren't even humans?!" (Eva)

"What?! Thou ungrateful brat! Do thou even know just how much...!" (Setsuna)

"Setsuna!" (Shun)

I glared at Setsuna stopping her in her track as she was going to say too much.

"But my lord!" (Sestuna)

"Enough! Let her speak! I deserve as much. But Eva even if it's you I won't let you talk to them like that! Mysty and Setsuna are maybe a little crazy but those girls gone through much more worse than the like of us can even imagine. So if you wan't to hate someone hate me, but leave them out of this!" (Shun)

When they insulted each others before I left them alone as I thought it would be better to let them speak their minds, but here it was just Eva selfishly taking her anger out on them, she have the right to hate me but she knew nothing of Mysty and Setsuna.

"...... UhhhhhWWAAAaaaAaaa!" (Eva)

What the hell?!

She started bawling all of a sudden, and unlike last time she wasn't acting...

"Bu~ But! *Sob* That's so unfair! *Sob* I was supposed to be the only one you love! Yet they come out of nowhere and just took you away from me like that! I was even doing my best to give you a little sister fetish by molesting you and whisper in you ear when you where sleeping!" (Eva)

What the hell?! That's scary! That explain why I had strange dream when we slept in the same bed, like running after her on a deserted beach! Still even if she's a kid and act like one, inside she's most likely an adult... Does that mean she really see me as one of the opposite sex? That's troubling... I do love a lot my little sister to a point it's embarrassing to admit, but it's still familial love.

"Eva, that's... Shit!" (Shun)

Without a warning I pushed my sister to the side.

*Thump*

But that very same arm I used to push her away fell to the floor with a thump, now detached from my body...

Damn!

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HELLO CLIFFHANGER HERE!

Lol sorry about that, in truth it's not like I put a damn cliffhanger to troll you guys, it's just that it was the best moment to stop this chapter as a lot already happened in it.

Next chapter there will be a big fight, ninja, Shun will show us some amazing skills and he will discover the truth... About his bunny-girl fetish! So forgive me about this one and Stay tuned!