Shadows of our end - KDA x Male Reader (Original)

Act 2 - 012

I push through the door to see her stand against the wall with her hands dug deep into her pockets. She searches my face before with a silent gesture orders me to follow her back the way we came.

Fury then stars. "A lot of people aren't going to be happy about you coming back from the dead and being given the first-place spot. That means a lot of agencies will be tendering a fuck ton of benefits that a lot of these people would dream of being given."

I nod slowly as I sigh. "More enemies."

She lifts her shoulders. "Don't worry about it, you've lived with your enemies for three years in your perspective. It's just these fucks don't know when to shut the fuck up, most of them won't ever understand what you went through."

I watch her silently, she is one of the tallest people I've seen in this academy. But it makes sense why I didn't kill her... she's a demon. If I am right they are resilient and killing something like them takes more than just carving up their body.

"Then why do I feel like I got the short end of the stick?"

She cocks her head to the side. "Play along, Azreal will make your life hell if he wants to and I won't have any choice but to kill you and..." she glances back at me, "I wouldn't want either of us to take each other seriously."

I crack a slight smile before scoffing, "Knowing is half of the battle. Knowing that you are a demon I know that I can't kill you in a conventional sense."

She laughs at me. "Yeah, you got that right. Wait till you learn what my powers are because... I haven't even shown you what I can do. Though bloodlust is in the name, if that hits then there's no stopping me."

Fury. It kind of makes sense, are demons named after their nature then? Just like the Nightmares?

"Part of me wants to take that chance."

She looks at me over her shoulder. "I might just let you take a shot at it if you can guarantee that you won't die after I am done with you. B'sides if you play nice and scheme around your shackles then we will never have to be enemies again."

I take a deep breath before I state. "Troy will die at the end of it all."

"When the time comes to kill him I won't stop you, but if the time isn't perfect then I have to stop you." She turns around and lifts her hand to stop me. "I will have your shit ready for you after you are done talking to the people that want to see you."

I stop her, "Who begged you to save me?"

She looks up at the ceiling as if to think it through. "Another Demon. She was adamant about giving the thought a chance and was willing to bet her life on it, and so she did, if people died because of you she would most likely be the fall guy."

"What did she look like?"

"Sorry," she crosses her arms. "I wasn't paying attention to what she looked like, there were shadows in my eyes that left me blinded for a couple of minutes. I could barely see two feet in front of me because of your power."

I nod slowly. "A demon... I'll see if I can look for her."

"Your name will be announced soon." She lifts her hand and taps my shoulder with her fist. "Don't get your hopes up, they all moved on, I can assure you that much and they never thought you were going to come back. Don't think for a moment they held out for you, otherwise, you are going to sleep tonight turning your back on everything you loved."

The doors behind her open with a woman lowering her head in greeting. "Your family will see you, (Y/N)."

"They are here?"

"I called ahead." She states. "Catch you in a couple of hours."

Fury walks past me and I instantly push past the woman to see the two of them sat down in what looks like a waiting room. Sam has grown to almost exactly my length these past two years and Mom doesn't even look a little bit older.

"(Y/N)?" 

Sam jumps to her feet and rushes towards me to hug me. "Sam," I hug her back and hold her tightly, "I am back... sorry." I lift my gaze to see Mom stepping closer with a feint smile, I missed these two faces the most.

Mom then steps forward wrapping her arms around our shoulders, "Welcome back, I am so proud of you."

I then breathed out with a shaky breath. "Didn't even know if I was able to come back honestly, felt impossible a few weeks in... but I got stronger. I wish you could see it, to see how much I did."

She shakes her head, "I can see it right now. I could feel your presence before I stepped through these doors." She pulls away and runs her fingers over my face as if to make sure it was me, I can't help but smile like an idiot. "You've grown so much."

Sam finally pulls away from me. "Who did it to you?"

I clench my teeth, not knowing if I can tell them the truth. "I... he's in this school still but I am not allowed to touch him... I can't say his name either because the headmaster is keeping me on a leash."

I see Mom narrowing her eyes. "Whose going to stop you in this state?"

I sigh as I express. "I don't know... I don't want to risk my survival to come back just to lose it all because someone..."

"I understand," she nods. "Leave that to me, (Y/N). I'll handle it."

I nod slowly. I don't know if she can change that outcome but I will do my best to hope and take my revenge when the time is right. Sam lowers her gaze to the ground probably trying to understand the gravity of the situation.

"You've made it in the school, didn't you?"

She nods. "I did."

I nod, "Proud of you," and then give her another squeeze.

I then gesture towards the empty spot in the distance and allow Memory to take shape. Mom's head snaps onto him instantly and she lifts her hand towards him and creates a shadow Raven on the tips of her fingers.

"Fascinating, I could never get something larger than a little bird to submit to my powers." She cocks her head as she asks, "What do you see...?"

He presses his hand against his chest and does a deep bow. "I am called Memory, Shadow. Forgive my crudeness but I can barely sense either of you between the darkness inside this room, there's no room for the light to breathe into it."

I chuckle as I ask him. "Are we both Shadow to you?"

"Yes," he answers truthfully. "What I can see in front of me is something I haven't seen ever. Two beings of utter darkness, strange."

Sam looks at me. "You have to tell us what happened?"

I chuckle as I gesture at the couch. "Do you two have time for that?"