arc v chapter 2: verde and sinclaire
Verde awoke sitting up breathing heavily as he had recovered from the sting he had received from Sinclaire and looked around realizing the place he was in was familiar, a hand touched his shoulder as a figure leaned in and kissed his cheek causing him to jump back in a panic until he realized it was cinder who was behind him then he shouted at her " Will you please stop doing that IT'S REALLY CREEPY! " Cinder smirked and giggled as she replied to him " Come now is that any way to treat someone who just saved your life? " Verde replied to her snarky remark " I don't think you know how gratitude actually works." Cinder giggled rubbing his head as she replied to him " By the way…this blue haired girl said she knew you so I let her treat your wounds." A blue haired girl with bunny ears coming from her head and ocean blue eyes came through the door and closed the door behind her as she crossed her arms and smiled speaking " You finally woke up sleepy head? " she said with a bright smile.
Verde immediately jumped up from the bed and tackle hugged the girl holding her in his arms as he spoke in joy " Krystal! It's been so long I've missed you so much since I left here." Krystal smiled softly rubbing his head s she replied to him " Well I surely didn’t miss your reckless side that’s for sure! Seriously you always got into fights for with people for no reason I love healing you and all but this is crazy. I heard from cinder you two went up against some secret group of evil faunus be more careful next time dummy! " Verde rubbed his head in embarrassment as he replied to her " Well we kind of didn’t have a choice considering the situation we were in…wait a minute, I know your healing skills are good but since when could you heal me so fast?
Krystal responded to his question with a confident smile on her face " Oh it's because I used to drive to enhance my abilities." Verde's eyes widen in shock hearing those words as he spoke " No way you know about drive and can use it!? " Krystal tapped him on the head and shook her head as she responded to him " Of course I can don’t you remember we were taught about it in class a long time ago after the death of your mother? The ability to use drive exist within all of us nearly anyone can use it….maybe you would have known sooner if you stopped falling asleep in history class." Verde rubs his head in embarrassment as he responded " Point taken…but I'm glad you are I need someone else to be around instead of lady sexual assault over here all the time! " Cinder sulks in a corner saddened " You are so darn mean you know that? "
Krystal laughs before waving her hand at them and leaving to continue her job and letting them know that they could use this vacant house to rest from their journey. After she left cinder dropped the act and began to talk about serious matters with Verde " So I never thought you would have someone like that aiding you." Verde immediately snarled at her " What are you that surprised that I have such a good friend!? " Cinder giggled and responded to him " No I am simply saying it's surprising seeing as a long time ago you never even thought of having friends what changed your mind? " Verde became silent for a few minutes before finally sighing and speaking up " A girl with long white hair named magenta, I would say I would be glad to let you meet her for yourself but she no longer exist in this world…or so I thought."
" What do you mean by that? " Cinder asked Verde as he replied back to her " When I got hurt protecting her from some people who were trying to take her life she was saddened and felt it was her fault that I got caught up in her business, I tried talking sense into her that I was the one who made the decision to jump in but seeing me in the state that I was in with my left eye kept eating at her bit by bit. So much that she gave up her left eye to me soo that I could get better, only thing is….her body was in really bad health state and that dust eye was the only thing keeping it going so she lost her life by helping me in the process." Cinder nodded and sat down in interest as she spoke " She sounded like a really nice girl I would have loved to meet her, so then what do you mean in your last statement? "
Verde replied to her question as he closed his eyes " Magenta in a way is both gone and not gone…her physical body no longer exist but her very soul still resides with in my left dust eye that belonged to her. Whenever you saw different color eyes or of my aura that was magenta's influence on my emotions…whenever I was in distress or I just didn’t know what to do she would always hold out her hand to me and ask if she could help me get through things. Because of this I realized just how childish I was acting back then, how much I was leading myself down a path of blood and sadness. I realized this because every time I used her power I could feel nothing but sadness from her as she too wanted vengeance for the things that she lost and for the people that got hurt around her. In short, she made me realize just how important having a friend is and that they should help each other overcome their fears and problems in order to live a more happier life."
" Heh…you're more of a man than I thought, at least you are learning it kind of made me sad seeing that sad depressed kid a long time ago who only had one thing on his mind and nothing else mattered. You've grown up and it's high time you have had to for what comes next, the seven demon lords are powerful enemies and petty things like revenge wont be enough to fight on their level. " Verde chuckled a bit as he responded to her statement " yeah, I'm slowly starting to realize that but I have to get stronger! And maybe then I'll be able to fight her again."
" You called darling? " a mysterious seductive voice called out as the figure standing in front of the door with a hand on her hip was none other than Sinclaire Dominae. Verde quickly went on guard raising up his swords in defense, but by the time he did sincaire was already near his shoulder gazing into his eyes with a lustful stare " No need to be afraid my dear I wont bite….at least not yet * she giggles *. " What do you want now? I'm pretty sure you got what you wanted in our last encounter did you not!? " Cinder shouted. Sinclaire smirked and briefly explained her visit to them " Well that is what I thought at first and was quite satisfied with his ability however, lady Bianca did not believe it was enough to raise her expectations so Chi and I have come back to set up a little rematch against you". Verde glared at Sinclaire not at all amused by this declaration " And just what makes you think we're going to just willingly accept this proposal? " Verde replied to her in a very angry tone. Sinclaire smiled and said with such confidence in her voice " Because if you don’t we'll magically make that blue bunny girl disappear ".
Verde's eyes widen in shock then anger as he shouted at Sinclaire " YOU WHAT!? LET HER GO NOW " . Sinclaire stayed composed as she simply replied to his comment t " You aren't in a position to make demands here boy, if you don’t comply we'll kill her simple as that so what's it going to be? " Verde gritted his teeth in disgust and anger but he eventually sets it aside and speaks " Cinder, I need you to go where krystal is and protect her if things go wrong. It seems there's more to this deal then she is letting on ". Cinder shook her head quickly advising that this was a bad idea as she spoke out against it " We cant trust them their the seven demon lords they could be lying- " Verde quickly replied to her cutting her off mid sentence " WE DON’T HAVE A CHOICE! I cant afford to lose both of you or die here besides, I know it sounds weird for me to say this but I feel like I can actually trust Sinclaire and that’s not the aphrodisiac in me talking. "
Cinder took a deep breath and sighed as she placed a hand on his shoulders and spoke " Don’t do anything stupid, I still don’t trust them but I'll trust you just be careful and I'll try my best to keep your friend safe ". Cider replies to him as she leaves the room following his instructions and heading into the near by forest where Chi was waiting holding Krystal hostage, after she left Sincalire turns to Verde and smiles as she spoke to him " I'm impressed, how did you figure out that I would keep my word? " Verde smiled back as he replied to her comment " From the first moment you struck me with your tail, you could have killed me back there but instead you used your aphrodisiac to try and make me fall in love with you, though you didn’t plan on it only taking up half the effect so you gave up on trying to seduce me and tried to threaten me into following your demands". Sinclaire starred at Verde for a moment in awe and shock before smirking and responding to his comment " Oh? Well now both handsome and smart I'm growing even more attracted to you every time with all your surprises ".
" You can tell a lot about a persons personality through fighting, most people would have taken the kill in that situation but it was clear you were trying to protect me from Chi otherwise I would have clearly died " Verde stated. Sinclaire looked at him smiling about how good his battle sense was, she then proceeded to giggle a little as she spoke " You would seriously trust some one like me? Knowing full well which side I reside on and what are goals are and my personality. Are you so 100% sure once you turn around that I wont stab you right in the back the second I see the chance too? " Sinclaire proclaimed to him looking at him seriously in the eyes. Verde starred at Sinclaire for a few minutes and closing his eyes opening them again as he finally speaks " Let me ask you a question….what's stopping you from killing me right now? " Sinclaire looked at him with a shock as he continues to speak " You and Chi both have the power and skills to take us all out in the blink of an eye so why not kill us? It cant be because you're master told you to keep us alive. If I were to defy you right now and not comply with your demands would you continue to persuade me into it? Or would you just straight up kill and save you the trouble and time of dealing with me or my friends? Tell me ".
Sinclaire stood there actually shocked and had to think a bit, she could tell deep down inside that he figured her out and right. Realizing that his words touched her heart she calmly answered his question " You certainly don’t pull any punches do you? I would try to avoid conflict with you as much as I can, I would never try to kill you unless it really came down to it. Ae you really sure you want to go through with this? Once you do there's no going back and this could end up back firing ". Verde smirked as he bumped his chest with a smile " If it will make me stronger then there's no reason I should even refuse! Besides, I don’t think I can rematch Chi like this she seemed like she had more power than she let on ". Sinclaire smiled walking up close to him and starred into his eyes as she spoke " Normally we would follow the legit preferred way, but I'm going to preform the forced sin way to unlock the next level of your drive. In other words I'm going to dive deep into your soul and unlock the power through what ever sin you may bare ".
Verde smiled standing perfectly still as he intended in going through with the plan despite her warning, Sinclaire worried a bit but realized that he had made up his mind as she leaned forward placing her hands on his cheeks and kissing him deeply. As she kissed him her aura started to resonate and take hold of his and causes him to go into mind zero temporarily putting him in a near death state. Meanwhile inside Verde's soul a smaller spirit version of Sinclaire went deeper into his soul until she found the core of his power, her spirit self lightly kissed the energy core causing it to react from one sin to another shining brightly as it glowed and expanded. Sinclaire was slightly knocked back as he regained his living state and green aura in the shape of flames rotated around his body, in his left dust eye emitted a small green flame and a serious look on his face.
Verde slowly walked over to Sinclaire leaning down and kissing her on the lips softly making her blush in shock, he then took her hand helping her up as she held on to his arm smiling her cheeks rosy red intoxicated by his strong presence and demeanor. The two headed outside towards the meeting point with Chi his aura being sensed by Chi as she smirked getting up from sitting on the ground, she tightened her fist shaking the ground with her extreme bloodlust as Verde and Sinclaire appeared in the area. Cinder and Krystal were so impressed and shocked by his evolved power that they couldn’t bring themselves to speak, Chi smiled starring Verde down as she spoke " I would have never guessed that your sin would be Envy….Glas would be both interested and excited to fight with someone like you but today I'm your opponent. So lets battle it out sin vs. sin! " Chi activates her semblance boosting her power from 10% to 40% from last time as her immense red violent aura radiated shaking everything around her as verde got into stance standing his ground, the two fighters then dashed forward with quick speed holding their fist out as the intense battle with these two was about to begin.
To be Continued
Verde immediately jumped up from the bed and tackle hugged the girl holding her in his arms as he spoke in joy " Krystal! It's been so long I've missed you so much since I left here." Krystal smiled softly rubbing his head s she replied to him " Well I surely didn’t miss your reckless side that’s for sure! Seriously you always got into fights for with people for no reason I love healing you and all but this is crazy. I heard from cinder you two went up against some secret group of evil faunus be more careful next time dummy! " Verde rubbed his head in embarrassment as he replied to her " Well we kind of didn’t have a choice considering the situation we were in…wait a minute, I know your healing skills are good but since when could you heal me so fast?
Krystal responded to his question with a confident smile on her face " Oh it's because I used to drive to enhance my abilities." Verde's eyes widen in shock hearing those words as he spoke " No way you know about drive and can use it!? " Krystal tapped him on the head and shook her head as she responded to him " Of course I can don’t you remember we were taught about it in class a long time ago after the death of your mother? The ability to use drive exist within all of us nearly anyone can use it….maybe you would have known sooner if you stopped falling asleep in history class." Verde rubs his head in embarrassment as he responded " Point taken…but I'm glad you are I need someone else to be around instead of lady sexual assault over here all the time! " Cinder sulks in a corner saddened " You are so darn mean you know that? "
Krystal laughs before waving her hand at them and leaving to continue her job and letting them know that they could use this vacant house to rest from their journey. After she left cinder dropped the act and began to talk about serious matters with Verde " So I never thought you would have someone like that aiding you." Verde immediately snarled at her " What are you that surprised that I have such a good friend!? " Cinder giggled and responded to him " No I am simply saying it's surprising seeing as a long time ago you never even thought of having friends what changed your mind? " Verde became silent for a few minutes before finally sighing and speaking up " A girl with long white hair named magenta, I would say I would be glad to let you meet her for yourself but she no longer exist in this world…or so I thought."
" What do you mean by that? " Cinder asked Verde as he replied back to her " When I got hurt protecting her from some people who were trying to take her life she was saddened and felt it was her fault that I got caught up in her business, I tried talking sense into her that I was the one who made the decision to jump in but seeing me in the state that I was in with my left eye kept eating at her bit by bit. So much that she gave up her left eye to me soo that I could get better, only thing is….her body was in really bad health state and that dust eye was the only thing keeping it going so she lost her life by helping me in the process." Cinder nodded and sat down in interest as she spoke " She sounded like a really nice girl I would have loved to meet her, so then what do you mean in your last statement? "
Verde replied to her question as he closed his eyes " Magenta in a way is both gone and not gone…her physical body no longer exist but her very soul still resides with in my left dust eye that belonged to her. Whenever you saw different color eyes or of my aura that was magenta's influence on my emotions…whenever I was in distress or I just didn’t know what to do she would always hold out her hand to me and ask if she could help me get through things. Because of this I realized just how childish I was acting back then, how much I was leading myself down a path of blood and sadness. I realized this because every time I used her power I could feel nothing but sadness from her as she too wanted vengeance for the things that she lost and for the people that got hurt around her. In short, she made me realize just how important having a friend is and that they should help each other overcome their fears and problems in order to live a more happier life."
" Heh…you're more of a man than I thought, at least you are learning it kind of made me sad seeing that sad depressed kid a long time ago who only had one thing on his mind and nothing else mattered. You've grown up and it's high time you have had to for what comes next, the seven demon lords are powerful enemies and petty things like revenge wont be enough to fight on their level. " Verde chuckled a bit as he responded to her statement " yeah, I'm slowly starting to realize that but I have to get stronger! And maybe then I'll be able to fight her again."
" You called darling? " a mysterious seductive voice called out as the figure standing in front of the door with a hand on her hip was none other than Sinclaire Dominae. Verde quickly went on guard raising up his swords in defense, but by the time he did sincaire was already near his shoulder gazing into his eyes with a lustful stare " No need to be afraid my dear I wont bite….at least not yet * she giggles *. " What do you want now? I'm pretty sure you got what you wanted in our last encounter did you not!? " Cinder shouted. Sinclaire smirked and briefly explained her visit to them " Well that is what I thought at first and was quite satisfied with his ability however, lady Bianca did not believe it was enough to raise her expectations so Chi and I have come back to set up a little rematch against you". Verde glared at Sinclaire not at all amused by this declaration " And just what makes you think we're going to just willingly accept this proposal? " Verde replied to her in a very angry tone. Sinclaire smiled and said with such confidence in her voice " Because if you don’t we'll magically make that blue bunny girl disappear ".
Verde's eyes widen in shock then anger as he shouted at Sinclaire " YOU WHAT!? LET HER GO NOW " . Sinclaire stayed composed as she simply replied to his comment t " You aren't in a position to make demands here boy, if you don’t comply we'll kill her simple as that so what's it going to be? " Verde gritted his teeth in disgust and anger but he eventually sets it aside and speaks " Cinder, I need you to go where krystal is and protect her if things go wrong. It seems there's more to this deal then she is letting on ". Cinder shook her head quickly advising that this was a bad idea as she spoke out against it " We cant trust them their the seven demon lords they could be lying- " Verde quickly replied to her cutting her off mid sentence " WE DON’T HAVE A CHOICE! I cant afford to lose both of you or die here besides, I know it sounds weird for me to say this but I feel like I can actually trust Sinclaire and that’s not the aphrodisiac in me talking. "
Cinder took a deep breath and sighed as she placed a hand on his shoulders and spoke " Don’t do anything stupid, I still don’t trust them but I'll trust you just be careful and I'll try my best to keep your friend safe ". Cider replies to him as she leaves the room following his instructions and heading into the near by forest where Chi was waiting holding Krystal hostage, after she left Sincalire turns to Verde and smiles as she spoke to him " I'm impressed, how did you figure out that I would keep my word? " Verde smiled back as he replied to her comment " From the first moment you struck me with your tail, you could have killed me back there but instead you used your aphrodisiac to try and make me fall in love with you, though you didn’t plan on it only taking up half the effect so you gave up on trying to seduce me and tried to threaten me into following your demands". Sinclaire starred at Verde for a moment in awe and shock before smirking and responding to his comment " Oh? Well now both handsome and smart I'm growing even more attracted to you every time with all your surprises ".
" You can tell a lot about a persons personality through fighting, most people would have taken the kill in that situation but it was clear you were trying to protect me from Chi otherwise I would have clearly died " Verde stated. Sinclaire looked at him smiling about how good his battle sense was, she then proceeded to giggle a little as she spoke " You would seriously trust some one like me? Knowing full well which side I reside on and what are goals are and my personality. Are you so 100% sure once you turn around that I wont stab you right in the back the second I see the chance too? " Sinclaire proclaimed to him looking at him seriously in the eyes. Verde starred at Sinclaire for a few minutes and closing his eyes opening them again as he finally speaks " Let me ask you a question….what's stopping you from killing me right now? " Sinclaire looked at him with a shock as he continues to speak " You and Chi both have the power and skills to take us all out in the blink of an eye so why not kill us? It cant be because you're master told you to keep us alive. If I were to defy you right now and not comply with your demands would you continue to persuade me into it? Or would you just straight up kill and save you the trouble and time of dealing with me or my friends? Tell me ".
Sinclaire stood there actually shocked and had to think a bit, she could tell deep down inside that he figured her out and right. Realizing that his words touched her heart she calmly answered his question " You certainly don’t pull any punches do you? I would try to avoid conflict with you as much as I can, I would never try to kill you unless it really came down to it. Ae you really sure you want to go through with this? Once you do there's no going back and this could end up back firing ". Verde smirked as he bumped his chest with a smile " If it will make me stronger then there's no reason I should even refuse! Besides, I don’t think I can rematch Chi like this she seemed like she had more power than she let on ". Sinclaire smiled walking up close to him and starred into his eyes as she spoke " Normally we would follow the legit preferred way, but I'm going to preform the forced sin way to unlock the next level of your drive. In other words I'm going to dive deep into your soul and unlock the power through what ever sin you may bare ".
Verde smiled standing perfectly still as he intended in going through with the plan despite her warning, Sinclaire worried a bit but realized that he had made up his mind as she leaned forward placing her hands on his cheeks and kissing him deeply. As she kissed him her aura started to resonate and take hold of his and causes him to go into mind zero temporarily putting him in a near death state. Meanwhile inside Verde's soul a smaller spirit version of Sinclaire went deeper into his soul until she found the core of his power, her spirit self lightly kissed the energy core causing it to react from one sin to another shining brightly as it glowed and expanded. Sinclaire was slightly knocked back as he regained his living state and green aura in the shape of flames rotated around his body, in his left dust eye emitted a small green flame and a serious look on his face.
Verde slowly walked over to Sinclaire leaning down and kissing her on the lips softly making her blush in shock, he then took her hand helping her up as she held on to his arm smiling her cheeks rosy red intoxicated by his strong presence and demeanor. The two headed outside towards the meeting point with Chi his aura being sensed by Chi as she smirked getting up from sitting on the ground, she tightened her fist shaking the ground with her extreme bloodlust as Verde and Sinclaire appeared in the area. Cinder and Krystal were so impressed and shocked by his evolved power that they couldn’t bring themselves to speak, Chi smiled starring Verde down as she spoke " I would have never guessed that your sin would be Envy….Glas would be both interested and excited to fight with someone like you but today I'm your opponent. So lets battle it out sin vs. sin! " Chi activates her semblance boosting her power from 10% to 40% from last time as her immense red violent aura radiated shaking everything around her as verde got into stance standing his ground, the two fighters then dashed forward with quick speed holding their fist out as the intense battle with these two was about to begin.
To be Continued