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I didn't choose to put you in the hell that my life has been and change it all just to fit you into it. I didn't want you to be attacked by a part of me that they always had control over and I never did." Cirven spoke out to his mentee. "
I used this as a way to protect you and a way to help myself figure out what this other side of me is just to find out that he is me. You know what I can't do, right? I can't hurt those who I consider close to me. I might be rough with them but I could never hurt them to a great extent. Devil Jester is me and I am him so that means he falls under this moral or rule also." Cirven floated off the ground and moved his body in a sense that made it look like he was simply leaning on the air itself as he continued to speak. "
This whole ordeal somehow involved you much more than I thought it ever would and puts our lives even more connected than they ever were going to be. I know this is hard for as young as you are to understand and take in but I think anyone would be torn to either side based on what has been going on. The thing is, I will not put you in any of this life to you again if you don't want it or can't take it." Cirven turned his body away from Ruvel in the darkness that surrounded them and did not want to look at him. "
Either way you will be waking up now because I am ending this myself. Be ready for what you see next and if anything goes wrong with my next moves, if you still care, make sure the guild knows I won't be coming back." With that the blackness washed away and Ruvel would feel as though the world was tilted horizontal and his body was being tilted along with it until he finally found himself laying on the ground with a small cut across his arm.
The younger man would wake up from the illusion he was in to see a knife with his blood on it floating through the air from him as the Devil Jester and Demi spoke back and forth. "
Aww! You remember the good times when we fought over and over again to please those higher ups who watched as though we were tools for their entertainment on a daily basis. Those were the good ol' days weren't they?" Jester placed both of his hands over his heart and looked like he was swooning over the fact that Demi spoke about him in such a way. It was done in a overly sarcastic manner that probably would have annoyed most people who were put in Demi's shoes. "
Look, I was only conceived to be one thing and that is a killer for them and they were the only ones that would let me out to have fun. The only ones who let me out to live! Mother loved me and showed that by letting me out!" Jester started to yell towards Demi and visibly showed that he was annoyed by her comments. "
All I ever wanted was to be able to live in control of my own body. In control of myself but this stupid weak failure-" Jester suddenly felt a pain come over his right eye and placed his hand over it and then chuckled. He then suddenly used his ability over his knives to call it to him and caught it before stabbing himself in his own right eye. He left the knife in his own face as he continued to speak. "
Sorry. Someone was rudely interrupting my words and was knocking but I made sure to prevent that for now. Where was I...? Oh! This weak failure that controls this body could never amount to the power he actually possesses like I do but he was always in control and all I could do was watch over and over again as he let everything slip through his fingers like some sort of water. He lost his mother twice, his father, his sister and his lover due to his powerlessness. Though the lover came back and even brought me back out." He shot a wink to Korvin who scoffed at his gesture.
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He chose subconsciously to forget memories of when I came out when he was younger and never let me out so I was always there to watch when we lost anything that made us happy at all because of his negligence! He is the weak one! I am the strong one!
He cannot save anyone in this world but I can and I will!" The knife that had Ruvel's blood on it flew through the air suddenly to Devil Jester and instead of going into his hands it stabbed into the door that was behind him and then cut its way down the center of it. "
This door needed the blood of someone pure which is ironic that the weakling decided to take someone with blood like that under his wing, isn't it? It is funny how things work out in this world. Almost as if destiny really just is paved out for you from the beginning." The door suddenly let out a crackling noise and started to open itself. "
Even with obstacles in the way, destiny breaks them down for you just so you can do what you are meant to do and I am meant to save this world it looks like." Jester broke out into laughter as the door continued to open and those around him were brought to the sight of it opening behind him only to see a blinding light come from the opening towards them. "
Hey lover, got and get the relic. I will clean up here with my friends. I still have some fun left to have with them." Korvin sighed and shook her head while running off through the opening of the door and into the room that supposedly held what they were after.
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Hey Rui, Cirven just told you that I couldn't kill you, right? I want to test that idea myself." The entire room was suddenly engulfed in pure darkness that did not allow anyone caught inside of it to see anything in front of them. The darkness was so thick that you could not see your own hand in front of you but for the Jester it was different. This was the Jester's strongest spell that put everything around him within a vast area into a world that only he could have control over. A world of darkness and pain that he delivered to those who deemed as his play things. A world that only he could see through. He used the disadvantage that the area he created gave and moved through it stealthily towards Ruvel and took his place behind the boy. He lifted up his clawed hand and started to swing it down towards him. "
Just like the sister he couldn't save. Ironic, huh?" He said but stopped just before he could hit Ruvel. "
Why? Why can't I do this?" He continued to try and move his hand closer to the blinded Ruvel but could not move it. It was as if a ghostly hand was holding him back. "
You are me and I am you, remember?" The voice spoke into Jester's head causing him to quickly jump back from Ruvel. "
No, no, no, no! This is my body! I claimed it again and will not give it back! This body is mine! You cannot have it back, Cirven! You failure! Mine, mine, mine, MINE!" Jester yelled out to his counterpart leaving it the only thing that Demi and Ruvel could hear in the darkness.
Inside Jester's/Cirven's mind the two of them stood in front of each other where their confrontation was really happening. "
You are not worthy to have this power!
Only I am! I can save everyone we care about! I can do it! You can't do anything but fail over and over again!" Jester yelled out at Cirven and then threw out his hands in an attempt to stab his clawed hands through the man. "
I have failed a lot but that means you have failed with me, Jester. We both are one side of the same person." Jester's attacks became more sporadic and less precise the more he attacked. "
Shut the hell up! I am not some weakling like you! I have all the power and I have the ability to save everyone! You can't do anything!" He yelled out more as he attacked Cirven. Cirven parried an attack and moved quickly towards Jester in a position that left Jester wide open for an attack. "
I'm sorry." Jester readied himself for being attacked back and held his eyes closed knowing that if he was attacked he would be sent back to the back of Cirven's mind and locked away again but something else happened. Cirven hugged Jester. "
I'm sorry I forgot about you. I'm sorry that I placed you in a cell in the back of my mind and left you to rot. You are a part of me that I should never have forgotten. I'm sorry." Jester stood in completely shock from what Cirven was doing and did not move. "
You... you.. AHHH!!" Jester then stabbed his claws into Cirven's body over and over again. "
Fight me! Fight me! Not like this! Fight me!" Jester yelled out more and more but Cirven simply held his stance and took all the attacks until Jester stopped attacking. "
Why won't you fight me...?" A bloodied Cirven stood in place with his arms around Jester. "
I'm not going to fight against you anymore." Jester growled at first and let out a loud roar. "
Looks like if you won't fight then I have no choice." Jester started to materialize into Cirven's body and became one with him. "
I have no choice but to let the strongest of us have control, huh?" Cirven grinned as Jester gave into him and spoke. "
This means no more jokes, huh?" Cirven laughed. "
They will be a bit different is all."
Back outside of Cirven's mind anyone trapped in the darkness could only hear Jester yelling in pain and agony until it finally stopped and the sound of a knife clanged on the ground. The darkness around the room disappeared and Cirven in his regular form stood in front of the large door that opened earlier. "
Rui, Demi. I'm sorry but I have to get moving to stop Korvin. I will explain everything later more to you both but for now just know that I am sorry." Cirven then dashed forward into the room that Korvin had rushed into earlier just as Neo-Cor Torva members made their way into the room to see what was going on which left Demi and Ruvel to deal with them. Cirven made his way through the door and closed the door behind him so that no one could follow him.
Cirven rushed into the large room that seemed to hold multiple relics and magical items that he could feel were all strong in their own right. This room was known to be where multiple dark and twisted relics of the past were kept away from the rest of the world so that no one could ever acquire them again unless they were pure of sin and gave up their blood as sacrifice. Cirven remembered all of this after merging with his other side and quickly realized that was why Jester brought Ruvel with him in the first place. Everything seemed too centered around both of the two that it caused Cirven to question how much control they really had over their lives. He continued moving through the room until he saw Korvin in the center where she was facing a black jewel of some sort that was placed on a pedestal. "
Korvin! Don't! You know what that jewel can do!" He called out to her and just after he did a black portal appeared in front of him and shot out a barrage of knives towards him. "
You got control back. Glad to hear it but you won't be stopping me. Not even I can do that." She turned her head showing that there were tears in her eyes as she moved forward to try and touch the jewel causing Cirven to rush to her faster and tackled her away from the jewel and to the ground near it. "
I can't let you bring hell to the world using that. I won't!" He spoke out to her as he tried to hold her down as more tears fell from her eyes. She moved her body in an attempt to get him off but couldn't until she finally used her magic and summoned a sword to come out of a portal behind Cirven and stab him through his chest and drag him into a nearby wall and off of her. "
I'm sorry, Cirven. I haven't had control of myself since I was brought back to life by them. I can't stop anything I'm doing but at least I was able to somehow regain my ability to talk to you one last time." Cirven could only watch as he was pulled into the wall and pinned there. "
Korvin! You can't! Stop!" He yelled out between the pain of being impaled and being slowly stuck to the wall. He quickly moved his clawed hand across the front of the blade that protruded out of him and cut it off where he used his strength to pull the blade out of him and move out of its way before rushing towards Korvin who reached out towards the jewel and grabbed it. Cirven rushed forward to prevent what she was doing but before he could she threw the jewel into one of her black portals and fell towards the ground.
Cirven caught her and held her. "
Are you okay? What happened?" Korvin smiled up to him. "
I finished the order given to me and was able to do it for them. They don't need me anymore so the magic must have wore off. I'm sorry." Cirven closed his eyes and shook his head at her. "
Don't be. I have you back now so we can deal with whatever else comes together, okay?" Tears swelled up in her eyes and she nodded back to him. "
Ye..Yeah. I can get us out of here through the magic barrier now that I know what the area looks like but it will take a lot of my energy to do." He smiled at her. "
Can you stand up?" She nodded to him and he helped her stand up on her own. She was wobbly for a few seconds but managed to get her footing. Cirven stood up and looked around them with a feeling of unease. "
Korvin, are you ready?" She nodded to him as multiple portals opened up around them and brought in multiple Neo-Cor Torva agents all wielding magical weapons. "
I have always been ready. We do this together!" Cirven stood next to his lover and smiled. "
Wouldn't have it any other way." The two then fought against all of the Neo-Cor Torva members using their abilities together like a team and protecting each other as they did so. The number of Neo-Cor Torva members continued to lower but with that the number continued to grow more and more as more came through the portals which pressured the duo. "
Cirven, we have to go! I can make a portal to get us back outside of the door so that we can escape but it will take a lot of my strength to do so like I said!" Cirven quickly cut down more men before responding. "
Okay! Do it!" He called out to her and she quickly summoned up the portal for them to leave through and waited for him to get close to her before going through it. He moved quickly to her and before he sent through he pushed her forward wearing a smile on his face and finally said something he always wanted to say back to her. "
I love you." With his words said she fell through the portal and back outside of the door where she was placed back with Ruvel and the portal closed. "
No! No! Cirven! Not like this! We are supposed to do this together! No!" She yelled out at the door in front of her and banged her hands onto it. "
I can't do this without you, you idiot! I need you!" She continued to bang on the door over and over as tears rushed down her face. She didn't have a way back in but that was not stopping her from trying to do so again by making a portal but her remaining energy was not enough and she was only able to manifest a portal that was too small to fit even a small mouse. She fell to her knees and slammed her fists against the door over and over. "
I can't... Not after you said that to me... I just can't.." She spoke out as she continued to cry.
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