{Chapter 23: Reunion} (Trigger warning: noncon)

“About 7:30. Chocola fell asleep about five minutes after you. I figured you all deserved to sleep, so I flew around for a few hours.”

My wrist feels chafed, so I look down and realize that Noah must’ve loaned me his watch. I look again and realize it’s white, not black, but that’s the only difference. So a custom watch then.

You like it? I made Alex a gray one, and she’s gonna wake up soon.

I sit up. Chocola wakes up and falls off. “Oops!”

I stop her before she hits, not knowing how much landing would hurt. I drop her the remaining foot, drained. “Ow!”

Sorry…I don’t have much left in me.

I flicker. I scoop up Alex and nimbly drop to the ground. “Choco, come here.”

She walks over and I offer Alex. Shocked, she accepts her. “I’m gonna walk Tohru.”

I walk over to her. “But why-”

Tohru resumes her human-ish form and promptly starts to fall over. I catch her. “Take Alex to Azuki. I’ll take Tohru to Kanna and see if I have the strength to get back. Regardless, I’ll try, even if Kanna needs to carry me.”

I walk to the ‘demon lair.’ Following Noah’s memories, I go upstairs to Kanna’s apartment and kick the door. I hear the bed creak. A random memory of us sitting in her room talking surfaces. Maybe in time they’ll all return.

The door opens. She’s in panties and nothing else, in a fan-made form, about my age in dragon years, and almost as busty as Tohru. She rubs her eyes. So she was sleeping…oops.

She covers her boobs with her arms. I blush. “Oh my god, I am so sorry!”

Something in my voice must jog her memory, because she closes her eyes and squints in concentration, pinching the bridge of her nose. “L-L-Lexa?!”

I nod. “If you’re talking about the fallen, then yes.”

She covers her mouth with her hands and backs up, letting me in. The door is wide open. “You do realize you’re still half-naked, right?”

She looks down…then looks over my shoulder and screams, covering her boobs again. I turn around. Four naked guys are standing there. “This’ll be easy boys! And we got two bonus girls!”

“I will beat the shit out of you if you touch any one of us.”

“With a girl in your arms, little lesbian?”

“A) How’d you know? B) Who are you calling little? C) Yes!”

I step forward. “Is it wise to fight in your condition? I know what you are, Lexa.”

I lay Tohru on the bed and walk to the door. “Just get dressed. My reunion with the Minadukis will have to wait.”

Kanna screams again. I turn and a pipe slams into my stomach. I fall to my knees, seeing double. I hold my stomach, feeling like I’m gonna puke. I look up and a foot slams into my throat. I fly backward, sliding on the carpet. I’m struggling to breathe. “LEXA! NO!”

[7:38][Alex] My eyes snap open and I sit up. I’m surrounded by the Minadukis, Ochaco, Tsu, and Koba. “Where’s Tohru?”

“She passed out and Lexa took her to Kanna.”

“They’re all in trouble, and Lexa’s injured.”

Shigure speaks up. “The Lexa?! Not just a random Alexa you found?”

“Yes. One Alexa Rosalie Smith!”

I sit up, swing my legs around and stand up, swaying. “You need to rest.”

“I’m going if you have to throw me there. I need to be there or Lexa is going to die! This spell completely severs my connection with her! If she dies in this form, she won’t resurrect. She won’t go back to being a lost spirit. I need to be there. If I get close enough, I can keep her together until I get there. This spell is volatile. I need time to research how to separate properly.”

They all exchange looks. “Please?”

Ochaco uses her quirk, then scoops me up. “Let’s go return a favor I owe to Lexa.”

“You’ve technically only been alive for about twelve hours…how do you-oh…Because she-”

I draw my finger across my neck. I don’t want them thinking about it. Or knowing.

Ok.

“If Lexa likes you, then we like you more than we already did.”

We exit the room as the Save Lexa Committee.

[7:42][Lexa] They rush in. Two more were beside the door. So that’s who hit me…

My vision has cleared, and I can breathe, but I’m still nauseous. I stand up, swaying. I flicker a few times. “Ooh…glitchy girl!”

I’m breathing hard. “Stay…away…from…my…friends. Go now, and you won’t be harmed.”

“No one’s coming to help you. You’re struggling to exist, which means your host is far away, and these rooms are soundproofed, so you can’t call for help.”

A memory comes back. These guys, telling me the forbidden magic that made me what I am. Granted, I wouldn’t have ever met Alex or Xander, but…

“You assholes…are gonna pay…for what you’ve done, past and present. It’s foggy, but you six are why I am what I am. I died a second time because of you. I slept for years, fading away, while you were living life, feeling good because you’re so powerful. Newsflash: There’s a new guy here more powerful than you six combined, almost as powerful as me. There’s a girl who’s as powerful as me and him put together, and then some. Were she not injured, she’d kick yo-”

He runs up and chops the back of my neck with both hands. I stumble. Another comes up and slams a bottle of vodka on the crown of my skull. It smashes, vodka splashes all over my hair and clothes. It’s really cold, and I stiffen. I’m seeing fifteen rapists. I fall to my knees and collapse, arms out in front of me. All I can see is legs and dicks. “You should’ve stayed dead. Now we’re gonna have some fun, and finish the job.”

My eyes start to close. “Every time you fall asleep before we’re done with you, we’ll beat you. At five, we’ll beat them too, and at 10, we’ll start alternating the one we stab.”

I open them. “It’s not that I’m falling asleep, it’s that my eyelids are refusing to cooperate on account of the trauma I just suffered.”

“You’re first, just in case. I wanna hear you scream as your hole rips open. I wanna hear you beg for release as I torture you."

He grabs my arm. I'm still seeing double, but at least it's not triple. He yanks me up and jabs something into my neck. Hypodermic…

As the liquid races through my veins, my muscles lock up. When it's done, only my head can move. "What…did you do to me? I can't move."

“Oops, wrong one.”

He pulls it out and jabs another one in the exact same spot. I scream in pain. This time, my muscles unlock and refuse to obey. Just as with the paralysis, my head is spared. He lets go and I fall back down. Kanna rushes at him. One of them throws a dart. It hits her in the leg and she collapses. Two of them approach and stand Kanna up. One shoves his dick in her ass. She cries out and blood runs down her leg. He holds her by the hands and she falls forward. The other shoves his dick in her mouth. The first guy pulls out of her ass, sticks a syringe in, and squirts whatever's in it inside her. The effect is almost immediate. She groans, eyes drooping. She starts hungrily sucking on the dick that's in her mouth. The other guy pulls out the syringe and shoves his dick back in her ass. She doesn't protest. "What did you do to her?"

“Straight vodka.”

I gulp. Another guy walks over and the one that stabbed me holds me like Kanna. He pulls down my panties enough to reveal my asshole and sticks a syringe up my ass. “W-wait, I’ve never been dr-”

He squirts it. Immediately, the world starts spinning, and I feel drowsy. It’s hard to think. “What I said still stands.”

I have one chance.

I yell as loud as I can physically and mentally. “TOHRU, WAKE UP!”

She sits bolt upright and takes in the scene. I feel the man's tip at my entrance and start crying. He starts pushing. “N-n-no! I’m not ready! It’s g-g-gonna r-rip open!”

I feel myself rip a little. The other guys thrust all the way inside Kanna and spurt. They pull out and she falls, creampieing all over the place.

The fifth guy grabs Tohru’s boobs. “Kyaaa!”

She slaps him. Everyone stops. “Shouldn’t have done that.”

He slaps me. I don’t react. I’m as drunk as Kanna. Tohru runs over and punches the guy behind me in the stomach. He lets go and I faceplant. The guy in front punches her in the stomach, then pulls me up by the collar of my shirt. I’m sobering a lot faster than I should be, and I start struggling. “I think we’ll teach the feisty dragon what happens when she disobeys.”

Tohru looks at me in terror. “No! I’ll take the punishment!”

“No. Your friend needs to learn her lesson. She should’ve stayed dead the second time.”

I try to concentrate on choking him. He feels it. “No magic.”

He slams the pipe into my side. I’ve lost count of how many people I see, all of them spinning around. I’m struggling to breathe. I feel the world fade to black and go limp. I’m instantly awoken by a stripe of terrible pain on my back. I feel it again, this time accompanied by a whip crack. I scream. I will my clothes to become maid cosplay, and, surprisingly, it works. “M-m-master…it hurts…has Lexa really been such a n-naughty maid?”

Wetness soaks my panties. Damn my submissiveness…I don’t even like these assholes!

Two of them go into the hall to keep watch. The two who fucked Kanna spread her arms and legs, then, almost as an afterthought, gently place her pillow under her head. She immediately starts hugging it. They sit on either side of her shoulders, facing the center of her body, and start jerking off to her. Uhnnn…I wanna cum on her…

I manage to climb to my feet and immediately fall back down. I hate to do this…and I wanted my hole torn open by someone else, but…I can’t take it anymore.

“Master…I’ll let you both do to me what was done to Kanna if you do two things. First, I need help standing up, since you broke my ribs…Second, I wanna stand so I cum all over her.”

The one who beat me pulls me to my feet, none too gently. I gasp in pain, tears streaking down my face. He walks me over so I’m standing with my feet against Kanna’s ribs. He grabs my wrists and pulls them behind him as much as he can. “W-would m-master like his thick cock devoured?”

The other one stands with his feet on either side of Kanna’s neck. I lean forward as much as I can. Being surprisingly gentle now, he lowers me to about the height of the other’s cock. I look up at him, blushing. I open wide. He steps forward and pulls me up by my hair. “Kyaaaa!”

As I’m crying out, he steps even closer and places my mouth on his cock, sinking most of the way in. Realizing I’m limited in my options, I decide I have no choice. I need you to pull my wrists back and forth as you thrust.

“Ok.”

He places his tip at my asshole, expertly maneuvering me like a marionette. He yanks me back, and his cock tears open my hole. I scream. He pulls out about halfway, moving my wrists forward, sliding me down on the other's dick. Then he thrusts and yanks me back up. I suck on the dick, licking. A little pre-cum squeezes out, and I swallow it, sucking harder. Lube slowly leaks out of my panties and makes the inside of my thighs slippery. I make eye contact with the guy on my left. Will you pull down my panties all the way if I let you cut my skirt off?

“Oh hell yes.”

He stands up and walks to my side. He pulls out something and pulls the side of my panties and skirt away from my body. I slicken more. He starts sawing away at the fabric. I talk around master’s dick. “Yes master! Please, expose my secret dirty places!”

The guy on the right spurts high. It splats all over my hair, front and face, as well as on Kanna. My skirt falls away, leaving my panties hanging on by one strip of fabric. “I’ve got it.”

I focus all my will on tearing the thin fabric. I hear ripping. A few seconds later, my panties, soaked, fall. The guy sits back down and almost immediately paints the other half of me a near mirror image of my right. Lube, unrestricted by my panties, flows down my legs and drips onto Kanna. The guy in front pushes me down, choking me with his dick. He cums against the back of my throat. Cum fills my mouth then explodes outward, coating his dick and spattering in Kanna’s hair. He pulls out a little and I swallow every last drop, licking my lips. I realize I have to pee, but I can’t hold it. With every thrust, it cascades down my legs, further soaking Kanna.

When I’m done, she’s covered in it. I realize I’m gonna cum. He pulls all the way inside me…and explodes, filling me. I squirt over and over, painting Kanna the color of my love. He lets go and pulls out. I fall to my knees, straddling Kanna. She groans. The guy in front fills me again, then pulls out. I manage to toss myself to the side so I don’t crush Kanna. I drag myself to her, wrapping my arms around her. She rolls to face away from me, then scoots back. She slides her pillow under her head, squishing it against my face. I lift my head weakly, letting her finish, then lay down, soaking it. I wrap my legs around hers, spooning her. She rolls in my arms to face me and buries her face in my breasts. “Kyaaaa! You’re not asleep, are you?”

She shakes her head and a weak orgasm rolls through me. I fall asleep listening to her even breathing.

[8:06][Alex] Noah wakes up. Let’s go save our sister.

We become one. I reach out to Lexa. I’m coming!

I get a blowback that’s a mixture of bliss, rage, comfort, and pain. She’s asleep. Lexa, are you hurt?

Uhnnn…I’ve been paralyzed, liquefied, beaten, and raped. They tore open my asshole…and a syringe of straight vodka is not how I wanted to experience drunkenness for the first time.

Paralyzed? Liquefied?! BEATEN?!

They got Kanna, too. We’re cuddling. Hurry, you have to save Tohru! So far, she’s only been punched in the stomach…god knows what they’ll do to her!

I’m mostly concerned about you.

Don’t be selfish! I’ve had two needles jabbed into my neck, my asshole torn open, been whipped twice, had a bottle of vodka smashed on my head, been hit with a pipe multiple times, slapped in the face, kicked in the throat, and punched in the stomach. My rib is broken. I have rug burn from sliding across the floor after the kick. Could you maybe…kick their asses…without destroying anything? You can kill them if you want…But don’t let them hurt Tohru!

“Put me down. I have asses to kick.”

Chocola smiles, then laughs. “There she is!”

Ochaco releases me and sets me on my feet. We’re at the entrance. I walk in.

Alex, be careful!

Why are you so worried?

They’re the ones who made me this way. They told me that spell. They made me a fallen angel. They’re almost as powerful as me, and there’s six of them. Good luck.

Noah, release me.

Strength courses through me. I walk up the stairs slowly. There’s two guys in the hall. I allow Kaede and Lucy’s nature to augment my power. They throw a dart at me. About five feet away, it diverts and stabs into the wall. They throw shuriken, kunai, darts, and senbon. The walls turn into pincushions as I walk toward them. I feel the power fade. A kunai slices across my arm. I gasp, tears in my eyes, and grab my arm. Another buries itself in my shoulder. I snap. “Did you…just…stab me?”

I pull the knife out of my arm, spinning it around my finger. I start crackling with black and white lightning. They pale. Quick as a cobra, I throw the knife. It buries itself in the forehead of the first guy. “Please don’t kill me!”

“Did you touch my sister?”

“Who?”

“Lexa.”

“No…She’s too scary. If she gets her memories back…”

He shivers. “Then get out of my way.”

My eyes flash crimson and he stumbles backwards. I stop in the doorway. They freeze and I take in the scene. Kanna is being spooned by Lexa on the floor. Kanna’s in panties, Lexa’s in a shirt and nothing else, and both are soaked in cum and pee. Tohru is backed into a corner. There’s four of them. “My quarrel is with those who touched Lexa. However, as I owe debt to Noah, you four are as good as dead.”

One laughs. “I’m not scar-”

Lexa opens her eyes as three razor-sharp kunai of light bury themselves in their foreheads. They crumple to the ground. “Pitiful.”

“Wh-wh-who are you?”

Lexa manages to stand up. “Meet Alexandra Rose Smith-Williams, better known as Alex, the most powerful faerie to ever live, my sister, and, above all, host.”

He pales, then laughs. Kanna groans and sits up. “Wait…what type of faerie did you say you were?”

Confidently, he says, “Demon.”

“Wrong answer. You are a demon, but you do not belong in Akihabara.”

“Impressive.”

“I know every demon faerie very well, even those who stay in the human world. You aren’t one, and your aura…it’s different.”

I shoot a kunai at him. In the blink of an eye, a suit of armor made of solid fire appears on his skin, shattering it.

“Now it’s my turn…who are you?”

“One of Rapier’s elite guards.”

I realize that Noah’s locket, usually invisible, has appeared…outside of my shirt. That’s not good. If I’m right, that’s our link to Sauron.

“So that’s where it is. We elites have known the spell to reveal the source of an Eye’s power for a long time.”

“I’ll have you know I nearly choked your boss to death earlier. I was really pissed off when it happened. Don’t piss me off. Leave, and give him my regards.”

“No…unless you give me that necklace.”

A sword, also made of solid flame, appears in his hand. I laugh. An identical suit, made of light, appears on me. Swirling designs of darkness run along my legs and arms. Each individual plate is outlined in black. I examine his sword. “Heh…”

“What’s so funny, freak?”

I glare, my eyes turning crimson. “Good job, now you’ve pissed her off.”

“No angel can summon darkness. No demon can summon light.”

“I am the result of the melding of two people. My “father” is a demon faerie. Lexa’s an angel, and also my mother. I consider my father to be my brother. I was laughing because of that sword.”

“Why is it funny? It will be your demise, monstrosity.”

“It’s a bastard sword, and you’re…a bastard. Also, I prefer katanas, but since you’re in armor…”

I call upon Noah’s power and memories. I imagine a fitting weapon: the Master Sword, the sword that seals the darkness, perfect for slaying demons. My katanas appear in my hands. They tug away. I let go and they float up and combine, reshaping into a perfect replica. I grab the sword in both hands. “Sanctificus demoni.”

Blue light runs up the sword. Even that changed!

“Don’t try me. I’ve had centuries to practice swordplay.”

“This sword can be used either way, one- or two-handed. One provides more versatility and speed at the cost of power and block strength. Two gives me more control and power, and more strength to block. This sword is lighter than it looks, but it’s stronger than steel. I’ve slaughtered dozens of demons. I need only to scratch you.”

He charges, slicing downward. I turn the sword sideways and block. I push his sword tip to the floor by rotating the sword. At least he’s not setting the room on fire with his armor.

Then I realize that there are burnt, smoldering footprints on the carpet. Kanna slowly stands up, grabbing the pipe that had fallen from the hand of one of the demons. The demons themselves are disintegrating. She sneaks up, raising the pipe in her left hand, then speaks. “Do you know how freaking expensive this carpet was?”

She slams it into his helmet. She drops it, screaming, and he crumples. I kick him to the floor, yelping as the armor burns through my shoe, and stab through the armor into his chest. The hilt rapidly grows searing hot, so I quickly pull it out and stab it into his throat and forehead. I drop it. The pain hits a second later and I scream. I look down. My hands are badly burned, the skin near the edges pink and blistered. They’re bleeding and cracked, riddled with sores. My fingers refuse to move, blackened and destroyed. The palms are blackened, oozing pus. In the very center of my left hand, I can see the bone. I fall to my knees. He dissolves into a puddle of darkness, leaving a smoldering imprint of his body. Kanna is cradling her burned hand. Lexa dashes into the bathroom. I carefully lay my hands on the carpet, face up. I look around. There’s five footprints and the impression of a body burned into the carpet, as well as a small spot where his sword touched the ground. I realize my sword is wedged into the wood under the carpet. There’s glass sprinkled in the middle of the room, vodka staining the carpet. Tohru finally stands up and walks over, examining me and Kanna’s hands. She looks at me. “This is pretty severe…it’ll take a while to heal. They may never work the same. Kanna’s isn’t anywhere near as bad. It’s mostly surface damage. Yours looks like you stuck it in a firepit and grabbed a hot coal from the center. You’ve destroyed tendons and muscle. You definitely won’t have the same dexterity you once did. If you had just stopped after the first stab, you would’ve had nowhere near as severe of a burn. Now, you’ve made yourself defenseless.”

“I ha-”

“I know you can’t focus through that pain, Alex. If you hadn’t destroyed your fingers, you could heal yourself. It would hurt, but it wouldn’t for long. You can’t even move them though. If Lexa hurries, she could heal it.”

“She’d put herself in danger. My body, as her host, works to keep her from burning up by regulating her energy. She’s able to tap into my enormous reserves, but not when she’s like this. I don’t want her to even try. She can heal Kanna, but not me. If she heals me, without my body as a regulator, she’ll burn herself up. The true death, with no chance of recovery.”

She looks at me worriedly. “If you insist.”

[8:30][Tohru] I knew she’d say that.

“Then you know me very well.”

I look at her in shock. “How are you able to-”

“I don’t control it, it just happens. It’s Lexa’s nature. I usually just tune it out, but with everyone sleeping, there’s nothing to tune out. I can hear you crystal clear. It helps that you’re right there. Without Lexa in my body, I have no way to regulate it. That’s her ability. Noah has no control over it.”

I spy a hypo on the floor, labeled with a few z’s and a sleepy face emoji, near Kanna’s foot. Kanna catches me looking at it. I see Lexa in the corner of my eye. I look at her. She nods. I nod to Kanna. “What are you-”

Kanna grabs it and hands it to me. Alex looks at me. “You wouldn’t.”

“I would. Lexa is the one who nodded to me.”

She turns. “Lexa, please don’t.”

She turns her body around, then realizes her mistake. Just as I’m about to do it, she stiffens. Lexa shakes her head. “No, Tohru.”

You do know if we don’t hurry, the damage will be irreparable?

I’m well aware. Last I checked, I’m the healer, not you. I never lost that knowledge for some reason.

It’s your style of magic. It’s as much a part of you as your telepathy.

She sits on her knees in front of Alex. She hands me the first-aid kit I didn’t even realize she was holding. “Tend to Kanna.”

She scoots forward, carefully hugging Alex. She holds out her palm. I place the hypo in it. She pulls away, a look of guilt on her face. “Lexa…? Why are you making that face?”

“I’m sorry about this. Please don’t hate me. It’s for your own good.”

“What are you do-”

Lexa deftly twists her wrist, painlessly sliding the hypo into Alex’s shoulder. She releases the contents, then pulls it out. I see the look of betrayal on Alex’s face reflected in Lexa’s eyes. Lexa hugs Alex. “I promise…you’ll be fine. It’s just so you don’t feel any pain while I do the bandages.”

“Lexa, I’ll forgive you on one condition,” Alex says sleepily.

“What is it?”

“Do not heal me. It’s too dangerous.”

I see the hurt in Lexa’s eyes as she realizes what’s going to happen.

“Promise me.”

Tears well up in Lexa’s eyes. “I’m not giving in to the drug until you promise me!”

“I-I…I promise.”

Alex slumps into her. I remain silent. Alex starts snoring cutely, breathing evenly.

[8:40][Lexa] I gently lay her down. I look at Tohru. I jerk my head in Kanna’s direction. “Sorry.”

“Tohru…”

“Hm…?”

I start sniffling. “If I start smoking, stop me. If I still don’t make it…tell her I’m sorry.”

“Lexa…you know what’ll happen if she finds out, right?”

“She’ll hate me. I’ll risk everything to help her. She’s the reason I have a body. I don’t care if she hates me, or if I die. She means the world to me. I also know that, even if she hates me, dying would completely destroy her. I don’t want to break her. I know that every time you see the sadness in her eyes, you’ll be wracked with guilt for not stopping me sooner. You’ll blame yourself. I don’t want that. I’ve hurt you guys once…I don’t want to do it again.”

“Okay…try not to completely heal her. She said don’t heal her…she didn’t say don’t speed up her recovery.”

I smile. “She inherited Noah’s eye for loopholes and technicality…it could go either way.”

If I die, I want to die laying with her.

I stretch her arms out, carefully. Good thing she’s asleep. If she was awake, the pain would make me not even consider it.

I place my legs between hers and lace my hands with hers. She whimpers, but doesn’t wake. “Remember what I said, Tohru.”

I lay my head on Alex’s breasts. They’re…so…soft. No! I need to focus.

I concentrate on the image of her skin returning its natural color, muscle reforming, tendons connecting, skin growing. I feel them healing beneath my palms. I focus on images of cracks sealing, blood vessels repairing, blisters shrinking, sores healing. I start to feel warm. Faintly I hear Tohru calling my name. “Lexa. LEXA. Lexa! Stop! You’re smoking!”

I keep focusing. Alex’s hands feel much smoother. “LEXA! STOP! YOU’RE GONNA KILL YOURSELF!”

I’m yanked backward. Tohru slaps me a few times. My vision is blurry. “Lexa, how many fingers is Kanna holding up?”

I turn and squint a little. “Three…? Wait no…one. I’m seeing triple.”

“Thank god.”

“How bad was it?”

“Not that bad…but I wanted to be safe.”

I crawl over to Alex. Her hands are still black in the center, but all of the blisters are gone. There’s a few sores and cracks left. I resume my earlier position. “Lexa…”

“Chill.”

I wrap my arms around Alex. “I’m probably gonna crash in a few seconds. Take care of what’s left. With all the damage that’s left, she shouldn’t be too mad. Do not, under any circumstances, tell her what almost happened.”

“Won’t she know from your memories?”

“I’m good at hiding secrets. She can’t see my new memories until we merge again. I’m good for a while. She’s close enough that her energy can flow to me through touch.”

Tohru comes over and starts cleaning Alex’s hands, eliciting a few whimpers and causing her to cry out in pain. Tears leak from under her eyelids. I glare at Tohru. “Could you maybe be a little more gentle with her?”

“Sorry! Geez.”

She looks at Kanna. “Can we lock her in a closet for a few hours?”

“Touch me and I will kill you, even if it kills me.”

“Woah, please calm down. Tohru, stop. Remember what the old Lexa was like? I’d prefer to keep the new and improved version. She’s much more pleasant to be around, a lot more of the time.”

I lay down on Alex’s boobs and fall asleep to her even breathing.