Equilibrium (A Blue Exorcist Fanfiction)

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"What was that about us being even?" Maru says.

"Yeah, I know... I lied. I'm actually stronger than you." I say.
Let's see if I can get you worked up...

"Oh, really now?"

The ground starts rumbling again and a smile appears on his face. Plant roots come out of the ground and take hold of my legs before I'm able to do anything. I'm soon lifted into the air and roots surround me in a spherical shape.

"Back to your old tricks again, huh? Typical you. You always have something up your sleeve."

Well...this time I have my own. I just have to bring it out.

"Ok...so let me guess... He made you come here, right?" I say.

"I came on my own." He says. "I just wanted my plaything back."

Through the small openings I can see a smile on his face forming.

So he's viewed me as a plaything this whole time... I was merely a source of pleasure for him. And I allowed him to obtain it by simply giving up... By forcing myself to think that I deserved every hit I took...

"I can't believe I'm surprised..."

A purple energy surrounds me and expands until finally causing the plant woven spherical shape to burst, break, and fall onto the ground in many different branches. I feel myself falling downward and manage to land on the ground feet first.

"You took so much pleasure in my suffering... I remember every word you said to me...every single one."

...But now isn't the time to be thinking back to the past... I have to make sure that everyone in that building behind me has a future...even if it means prolonging it by only a bit.

"I... I allow thy spirit to be temporarily freed so that it may fulfil it's current one and only purpose."

"I know you've waited for a time like this to come...so go. Do what you enjoy doing...even if you'll be using my body to do it..."