Virus Corruption (A BFB Fanfic) (DISCONTINUED)

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"L-lords...?" bottle gasped. She understands there were gods before, but lords?

"Yes, lords, you dirty outsider..." Lika replied in a cold tone. Darkclaw ignored what she said and faced bottle.

"Just call me Dark for now. Yes, we are lords. The lords are what keep the world together. For me, I'm the lord of the afterlife. I don't cause a death it unless I have to. Lika right here, is the lord of water and life. We at least need two of the same lords. If one of the lords were to die, then the world's ecosystem would be unbalanced."

Bottle was amazed by what Dark was telling her. (A/N: Time for some history thots-) "Were you somehow related to Hades?" Bottle questioned. Dark's ears perked up.

"Why yes. We are the evolved form of the god's powers. Instead of being outsiders, we are animals, but some of us don't have the same powers as any of the gods."

"You said you can only have two lords, am I correct?"

"You are correct. But if we lack any lords, Lika can make one with her life powers. We currently have four life lords because of how many outsiders and animals die."

Bottle wanted to ask more questions, but then she had a better question than all of them.

"Since you know Darkclaw..." bottle began. "Can you somehow get rid of her?"

"Why ye-" Dark started, but then paused and had a horrified look. Lika, in the background, heard what bottle asked. She was also scared.

"Sh-she is alive?" Lika tilted her head. Bottle was confused.

"I thought you knew she was alive...?" bottle shakily asked. Dark shook her head.

"We didn't have any reports about Darkclaw's corruption, not until we came across this forest to see if there is trouble. We found a blue four trying to threaten you, and I thought it was just nature." Dark answered.

"But we can easily slay Darkclaw. We just need a plan. Even if it is just us, we can convince the corruptions to turn on Darkclaw. It might not seem much, but trust me. We've dealt with her before." The arctic wolf explained.

Dark padded over to Lika and whispered something in her ear. Lika's ears perked up.

"Scratch that. We need a grass AND life lord to convince the corruptions. Darkclaw was smart enough to block off any other lords." Lika then turned and whispered something back to Dark. Bottle couldn't hear the whole conversation, but barely hearing a bit of it.

"Lord... Vida... solo... life... Xatu..."

"So, is it a deal?" Bottle interrupted. Dark whipped her head around and nodded. "But first we need to find the lords, Xatu and Vida. One of them is the lord of nature, and one of them is the lord of life." Dark explained.

Bottle tilted her head in confusion once more. "But, Lika is a life lord, isn't she...?"

Lika stared at bottle with a look that said 'you're an idiot'.

"We need a solo lord, a lord with just one role. I have the role of life AND water. Vida has one role, so there you go." Lika asked annoyed.

Dark looked up at the arctic wolf. "Now Lika, how do you expect the outsiders to know us? We've been hiding for Dios knows how long." Lika quietly growled while walking into the thicket.

Dark turned around to follow Lika, but then bottle stopped her. "W-wait! You're not going to leave me, a-are you?" bottle whimpered. Dark kept trotting into the forest, but hollered after bottle.

"We'll be back before you know it. Just stay calm with the opponents you face!"

"Wait, what do you mean!" bottle waited for a reply, but nothing was heard from the animals. The only thing you could hear was the wind softly blowing into the trees.