Order Of The Shadows

Chapter 5: A Nightmare And A Yukata

"Hey," a voice says, "Wake up." I can feel someone start to shake me. "Wake up dumbass."

I sit up. "Uuuugh," I moan going to grab my crotch, "Why'd it have to be my dick?" I start to feel a massive amount of pain flow throughout my body. "U-ugh." My eyes widen as I grab my arm and fall to the floor. I notice that the floor is blue. "Wait where am I?"

"You're currently asleep," the voice says.

I turn my head left to see the other me laying down comfortably. "Oh. It's you." More pain hits me. "D-damn it." I clench my arm tighter. "W-why do I hurt th-this badly."

"Don't worry the more you summon it over time the less it'll hurt. After all, you've summoned more power than this before."

"W-wait what do you mean by 'before'?"

"Hmm!" His look turns from laid back to down. "I... I can't tell you that."

"Well then, if you can't tell me that than tell me this." The other me cocks his eyebrow. "Earlier you said that when we talk that I'm not asleep. So why did you say that Iit asleep now?"

"Well it's different. When you're awake it's like you're summoning a familiar, but a little different."

"Hmm?" I cock my eyebrow.

"Unlike a familiar, you can't summon me willingly. You can summon me when you are able to awaken more power. That's when time around you stops. The other way I can be summoned is in your dreams when you're about to have a dream that can become reality."

"Wait what do you-." I blink and the area around me changes into a forest consumed by flames. "What the-."

A girl wearing flaming clothes and flaming hair with a sword in her hand comes charging at me. "DAAAAAMMMMMNNNN YOOOOOUUUU ZYYYYYTTTRRRRAAAAAXXXX!!!"

"Not on my watch," says a familiar figure, wearing a bright light blue jacket with electric sparks flying off it and two thirds of a halo poking out of its head. It swings a scythe blocking the girl's attack. It looks at me. "Come on. I know my rival won't die that easily." I look closer...it's Cronos, but he has a light blue mark zig-zaging up the middle of his face and the right side of his face is blue. I look at the girl's face and see a flame pattern colored red. I also see the determination to kill in her eyes. Cronos's eyes widen. "Damn. I'll hold her off while you heal up."

I suddenly feel something slide down my chest. I look down and see a sword wound across my chest and blood draining from it. "Hold on I got you," says another familiar figure. It's Venus. I can barely reconize her. Her hair is still pink but it's shorter and only falls down to her chin. She bends down and starts to use healing magic. "This might take longer than usual." After a few minutes, the enemy turns to see Venus healing me. "There all done," Venus says turning red as she looks me in the eyes. I can't tell if it's the glow of the fire or Venus. "Don't die yet...you still owe me an answer," Venus says as she stands back up.

"STOP HEALING THEM YOU BIIIICH!!!," the enemy shouts charging at Venus. "NOOOW DIIIIIE!!!"

Fear appears on Venus's face... My body moves on its own. I step a few feet infront of Venus just in time and become impaled. I cough up blood and more blood starts to drain out of my mouth. Without any thought I look the enemy in the eyes and weakly say, "I won't let... you kill any." I cough up more blood. "Of my friends."