Scarblade Goddess 8 Chapter 7

"Sigh really...why am I so unlucky today.".

In turn, both of their moods turned sour. Though, Ira still entered the place and ordered something. Zeran just accepted her order and he did what she asked for. Thereon, he was busy on the sophisticated coffee maker. She took a seat near little Na.s.sus, as Ira was a shameless woman and didn't care much for their disgusted looks upon her. Ira stretched her tired arms and expressed herself out. She looked at Otorine and said to her straight,

"And stop glaring at me...you FISH-WOMAN!"

Otorine didn't respond but, she had stopped staring at Ira, not because she followed Ira's suggestion but, Otorine just felt that it was pointless to keep on staring at a b*tch. Little Na.s.sus looked dumbstruck, as he noticed that Otorine was angry, turning him to become confused in his thoughts,

"Huh? Why did G.o.ddess Otorine become angry?".

Since he couldn't find the answer on why Otorine got suddenly angry, he took a glance at Ira. There after, he was mesmerized by her vile and intimidating beauty, turning him to be in his thoughts,

"Wow she's beautiful too but, she's kinda—".

The next moment, Na.s.sus had a clear flashback. The images felt all so real. He's back to his adult form. He seemed to be in a different world, as the floor was vast and white that was blanketed in the sheets of vibrant aurora. Somehow, he was panting and feeling very exhausted, while he was holding unto his sword that was struck to the ground desperately, as he had a serious battle before. The air felt tense, as he looked very severe. He was leaking out crimson liquid from his mouth, leaving out trails and puddles of pure blood on the floor. His bloodshot eyes couldn't see very clearly but, he was witnessing that a strange man cloaked in the visage from the abyss was carrying the slumbering G.o.ddess Ira on his arms. The mysterious man grinned a maniacal smile at Na.s.sus. Then, the man walked away from him, carrying Ira with him. Na.s.sus tried to follow them yet, he was too weakened down, so he could just shout with dying plea, while they were moving further away,

"No...no...GOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEESSSSSS!".

For some reason, the strange man's voice had reverberated around the room, as it was similar to a G.o.d from a divine world yet, it was filled with evil surging vibes,

"To think you were able to come this far HERO yet, this is only as far as you'd go.".

There was a pulse of concentrated sphere of energy from the cold mist behind Na.s.sus. Sadly, Na.s.sus was too exhausted to notice it. The voice of dark judgement continued to echo,

"Oh but if you ENSLAVE THE OTHER G.o.dDESSES AND HARNESS THEIR DIVINE POWERS...".

The mysterious man paused for a bit and continued to tell afterwards,

"Maybe...just maybe...you could save your dear G.o.ddess here...and with that I SHALL help you get started."

The sphere of energy became too ma.s.sive and its unstable form was truly visible. Sooner or later, the sphere launched unto Na.s.sus, striking Na.s.sus's back. In turn, he felt like he was shot by a powerful solar cannon. His nerves had a sudden blackout and his back had a severely burnt bruise. He lost his balance and he was knocked on the ground. Later on, the strange man let out another echoing voice that was a mysterious spellcast,

"TRANSFER ZERO.".

Afterwards, there was a magical pentagram that came from the abyss. It surrounded Na.s.sus's unconscious body and Na.s.sus's body reacted to it, as his presence was slowly fading away. Not only that, there was a surge of energy that was leaking away from his body. Soon, Na.s.sus had vanished completely, as he was transferred to another world.

Back in a snap, little Na.s.sus had stopped recalling his past life. He felt dizzy and had a jolting headache for some reason. Thankfully, his painful feelings were all gone in a short span of time. The air was back to normal and the sorrowful vibes were all gone. Though, the sudden tensions were still there, since Otorine and Ira were still having disputes, even though they weren't having close contacts with each other. Little Na.s.sus continued to admire Ira, as she looked elegant in drinking her coffee. Ira took notice of little Na.s.sus. She had a sudden affection for him and she caressed his soft hair. Na.s.sus liked it, as he was feeling a soft breeze from her flawless smooth hand. Afterwards, Ira was in her curious thoughts,

"Hmmm? Who's this cute teenager? Is she Na.s.sus's and her son?".

Little Na.s.sus was feeling more and more of a fluffy feeling. She continued to touch his har like he was an adorable puppy for her. It seemed Ira's l.u.s.tful vibes were gone yet, her next thoughts says otherwise,

"Maybe I can PLAY with him for the meantime!".

Na.s.sus was stranged for a mere second, as he kept on looking at the smiling Ira. He was in his own thoughts later on,

"I don't know who she is but, she's so familiar to me...and her hand feels so nice!".

Otorine had stopped drinking her tea, as she noticed that Ira was caressing her little Na.s.sus's head. Otorine looked jealous and gave another cold icy stare at Ira,

"What is it that you want?".

Ira replies,

"I didn't come here to fight ya know. I'm just here to get a drink and...".

Ira had stopped patting Na.s.sus's head and held his chin instead. Then, she looked at him close, as she was wearing a sinister smile that proved she had a pa.s.sionate interest,

"To invite my BOYFRIEND here to a date.".

Thereon, Ira caressed his face this time. The air turned subtle. Yumine, Zeran, Mai and Ru were all shocked, as they couldn't believe on what they had heard from Ira,

"BOYFRIEND?!".

Though, Otorine wasn't surprised, instead her look turned dark such as it was unearthed from the pits of the abyss,

"B-boyfriend...".

Her tea cup was broken, as her grip was too tight, since her hold unto it was filled with forceful wrath. Her burst drink soaked her boiling hand even more. The atmosphere that was surrounding Otorine turned frigid and cold. Not only that, the air was ready to freeze someone down and turn him/her into a popsicle. The tensions around the whole place was becoming stronger and stronger. As for Na.s.sus he looked dumbfounded by the certain term,

"Boyfriend?".

Ira replies,

Yes li'l Na.s.sy...and I'm your GIRLFRIEND.".

Zeran went to Ru and whispered something dire,

"I can't believe she just said that in front of Ori.".

Ru told her thoughts unto her husband,

"Yeah...she's really straightforward, vile and desperate...".

Zeran smiled and responded back,

"I'm really glad that I chose to be with you Ru...than with a G.o.ddess like that.".

Then, he tried to embrace his G.o.ddess wife, as he was very thankful for being not somebody he had mentioned. Though, Ru tries to break away from her clingy husband, since she's more concerned over the tensions running through their place,

"Thanks for the compliment Zera but...now's not the time for that.".

The freezing gale was becoming stronger, as Otorine's cold burning eyes were piercing at Ira. Sadly, Ira didn't mind it rather, she wanted to tease and insult Otorine. As for Na.s.sus, he still looked dumbstruck, turning him to ask politely,

"Ummmm...what's a girlfriend?".

Then Na.s.sus also proved to Ira,

"And I'm not Na.s.sy...I'm Na.s.sus!".

Ira was shocked and turned white. She was mute for words and she couldn't believe what her ears just heard from little Na.s.sus. She whispered to Otorine while, Ira was masking an embarra.s.sed smile,

"Oi tell me, is he not your son or something? Also, why does he have the same name as Na.s.sus?".

Otorine's frigid crystals that were formed from the concentrated air had locked and aimed at Ira, as she was within her line of fire. Though, Otorine still tried to respond to Ira with great emphasis and vibes filled with terror,

"He's not my son. He's the same Na.s.sus but, his memories were all gone. Even his SCARRING MEMORIES WITH YOU!".

Ira didn't look that much concerned, even if Otorine did point out something. Instead, Ira just looked up looking quite stressed and didn't care that much,

"Sigh...is that so...".

The adorable Na.s.sus pulled unto Otorine's sleeve to tell her something. Otorine took notice of Na.s.sus's action and asked him what's wrong. There after, Na.s.sus looked-like he was a kid who was feeling very uncomfortable between his trembling legs. Otorine's eyes were widely shocked and she felt embarra.s.sed. She blushed and a.s.sumed that Na.s.sus had to take a p.i.s.s. She told him to go to the toilet stationed to the left and there Na.s.sus went to take care of his business. Her anger for Ira was cooling down, since she's more concerned for Na.s.sus's sake. As Na.s.sus was at the toilet, Ira let out a deep breathe and felt that she can express herself without letting a child looking very surprised nor confused,

"Well since you're all here...why don't I have a bargain with all of you. In exchange, I shall be joining your journey, O-to-ri-ne.".

The air became stagnant, as the rising tensions had started to stir once again. The others weren't pleased of Ira's suggestion. Yumine masked a sarcastic smile and said to the Ira full of herself,

"To think you have the nerve to say that to us, you DEVIL WOMAN.".

Mai brought out a platinum arrow from her hand, as if she was preparing to smite Ira, as she agreed with Yumine's opinion,

"Same thoughts 'ere.".

Somehow, Otorine's reaction was quite different than the rest, although her seething rage was still clear as the naked eye,

"Okay, sure why not...and I already had a feeling you're involved in this.".

The tides took an interesting different kind of turn, as Otorine had an opposite reaction compared to the others. Yumine was very much surprised, as she heard her friend's statements, turning her to ask if Otorine's sanity was still in-tact,

"Are you sure about this Ori?! Ya know...this woman right here was the one who caused CHAOS upon us.".

Yumine caught her breathe and continued to reprimand her friend with aided gestures,

"Not to mention, she was the one who had driven Na.s.sus to his twisted ambitions of enslaving G.o.dDESSES before and getting Ru, Mai, Shunya, Zeran, Amoura, Sienna and even you involved just for her F*CKIN PLAYED OUT SAKE!".

Then, Yumine pointed out directly unto Otorine,

"And h.e.l.lO, ARE YOU INSANE?!".

Otorine saw that Yumine's face was filled with deep concern mixed with shock for her. She looked at her other friends and their expressions were all the same. She thought that she had brought down a strange reaction, so she just exhaled with a deep breathe and explained briefly,

"Yes I know that but, gaining information from this vile woman might help us on this incident, even though I hate her...and no I'm not insane.".

Yumine kinda felt relieved, as she heard her friend's short and elaborate statement. The others were also cleared all of their confusions and doubts regarding Otorine's sanity. There after, Yumine supported Otorine's decision partially,

"Okay...it's your call, whatever floats your boat.".

The others looked-like they partially agree with Otorine also. Soon, a cold-blooded interrogation took place at the bar and the atmosphere was stone cold. Zeran made another tea for Otorine, as her tea was destroyed. It may seem a replacement but, it was also charged to her account. Otorine took a sip of her tea that was offered to her. Then, she started to question Ira like Otorine was a female cop,

"Now then, tell me...were you the one who controlled my mind before and let them all out?".

As Ira heard Otorine's question, she masked a sinister grin of a hard boiled-criminal that would taunt the interrogator and twist his/her senses,

"Oh? Straight to the point are we? Well I guess I should respond to that...".

She recalled her thoughts and said her side,

"All I could say is that...I wasn't the one who controlled your mind. Rather, it was ANOTHER DISTORTED G.o.dDESS who's pa.s.sionate as me.".

Otorine looked more or less satisfied,

"I see...".

Somehow, her friends joined the interrogation room, even though Otorine was just suffocating Ira with some questions. Mai let out her question that was a different topic compared to Otorine's such as Mai was the bad cop,

"Okay...but could you tell us on why you're telling us all of this, huh b*tch?".

Ira's eyebrow twitched, as she heard Mai's question aided with a tiny bit of insult. Though, Ira just let it pa.s.s and just answered Mai's question straight to the point,

"I have my reasons but, all I could say is that...I wanted to get REVENGE on my stinkin' master who DISOWNED me and my daughter.".

Afterwards, Ira took another sip of her coffee that had turned cold. Even though, her drink turned less engaging, she didn't mind it that much. Soon, Ru took her turn of interrogating Ira, though Ru was more or less the good cop,

"So you have a MASTER huh? I'm guessing he was the one who ordered you to instill a powerful chaos on our lives, as well as the new incident on Ori?".

Ira nodded,

"Yes, you are correct on that.".

Mai told her opinion upon what happened to Ira,

"So after you had given everything for him, he just left you and your daughter? Hmph, not much of a loving master or a caring father I see. Now I could see why you're being a traitor and selling him out.".

The others were also enlightened by Mai's elaborate statement, as she made the whole situation to be clear as the blue sky. Ru then signalled Yumine, as it's her turn. Yumine understood what Ru had meant and asked Ira a deeper question,

"Also, could you tell us the NAME of your FORMER MASTER so we could smite him down now?".

There was a long frozen silence in the air, as Ira didn't respond nor answer Yumine's question quickly. Instead, Ira took a sip of her coffee. Then, she just grinned a devious smile and said,

"Sorry but, I can't tell you more than that. Though, you'll find out soon enough. I guarantee you. Oh and you can't take him down that easily by the way.".

Mai wasn't satisfied of Ira's dodgy answer to Yumine's question. Moreover, Mai's look and burning hands were ready to smite Ira down,

"Should we beat her to a pulp in order for her to spill out more?".

Yumine wasn't also pleased, as she was nearly ready to unsheathe her rapiers,

"I was thinkin' the same thing. My rapiers want BLOOD from this traitor right here.".

The situation at the bar was turning for the worse, as the bloodthirsty G.o.ddesses looked-like they wanted to torture someone. As for Otorine, she took a drink of her tea and expressed calmly,

"I guess those information were good enough, I suppose.".

Yumine was once again shocked,

"Ori!?".

Otorine ignored Yumine's reaction this time. Afterwards, Otorine brought out her flawless hand that was ready to give a handshake to Ira, although there was a taunting look on Otorine's face that would give frostbites,

"So, welcome aboard, DISTORTED b.i.t.c.h G.o.dDESS IRA".

Ira accepted the handshake but, she was wearing a smile of a vile snake-woman,

"I'll take that as a compliment.".

Then, she also said regarding another matter,

Also, THAT STUPID COUNCIL still haven't proven that I'm a FULLY DISTORTED LIGHT G.o.dDESS, so I'm still free to do whatever I please.".

The two had a mutual handshake, although their powerful auras were surging and forming spirit animals that wholly depicted them, since they still see each other as enemies through their intensified eyes. Otorine's ethereal energy was a graceful and mystical sea dragon that would traverse the sea of constellations and guide the lost sailors to their motherland. As for Ira, she had a vile and black snake that would crawl the abyss, leaking out breathes of chaotic acid. More than that, their spirit animals were ready to clash and commence the great battle. The two G.o.ddesses' stares unto each other looked truly intimidating that would scare even the bravest warriors. Suddenly, Ira masked a devious smile and squeezed Otorine's hand, while they were still exchanging handshakes. Otorine did the same, in order to prove that she shouldn't be taken lightly by her close enemy. It seemed a grueling war was starting to boil through the cold war taking place by the two of them. Sooner or later, they had stopped with their not so friendly handshake, turning the battlefield to cease, even though they were just having a handshake and scary eye contacts. Otorine took a sip of her tea. She had stopped drinking her tea, as she noticed that Na.s.sus got out and was done with his business. Though, before she went to her little Na.s.sus, she pointed out at Ira first,

"Mark my words, if you dare crush and poison Na.s.sus once again, I'll slice your head off.".

Ira just smirked a non-sincere smile,

"Hmmmmm...I guess I need to be cautious on what to say to my SOON BOYFRIEND li'l Na.s.sus then.".

As for Mai, Ru, Zeran they just let out an exhausted sigh, since Otorine still see Ira as an enemy, despite that she was the one who took Ira in to their circle of friends. Somehow, Yumine still couldn't rub off the feeling that her friend did an unexpected thing, turning Yumine to be filled with frustration in her thoughts,

"What the h.e.l.l's wrong with you Ori? Inviting an enemy to our team? I hope you'll not regret this later...ugh.".