DoD in Highschool (English)

Chapter 16

Lucifer and Satan went back to Rauco together. The first thing Satan did when he entered his room was getting rid of his school uniform and taking on his everyday life clothing. Much more comfortable. Taking off his uniform was what he was looking forward to the most in the noon. When the evening came, though I wasn't noticeable because of the persistence of the sky here in Rauco, Lucy decided to go to sleep early. He needed rest so he lay down in his bed and stopped time, staring at the ceiling for a while before he fell asleep after some minutes.
He found himself opposite Kami, the goddess. Her green hair waved in the wind Lucy couldn't feel and her violet eyes where fiercely fixating him like she wanted to hold him in place through that gesture. Lucy held his arm and felt something warm running over his skin. He didn't need to even look at it to know that it was blood. His arm was intensely aching. He was gasping. "Time has come." Kami said with her usual warm and soft voice, but he could hear the subliminal threat in her voice. "The time for you to finally die." Lucy attempted to say something but his body ignored him like he wasn't really inside of it. "I will perform my judgement and make a move that shall end you." He could hear himself talking but he didn't understand a thing. It was like his own words fused to a mist of sounds. "You're lost and there's nothing that can lead you back. It was foolish of me to cling onto that hope that a miracle might happen. But I was only disappointing myself. You were my favorite... if you weren't, I may have already removed you from life." She was talking about him like he was some kind of damn error. "This time, nobody can save you. Nobody WILL save you." Kami raised her hand and launched a light beam at him. Lucifer couldn't move. It sucked to be stuck in your own body and it didn't obey you. Lucy saw a move in the corner of his eyes. Someone approached quickly and jumped in front of Lucy. Lucy didn't need long to identify the person. Of course... Satan.... Satan stretched both of his arms forward and created a space shield. The light beam hit its surface. "Lucy, run!" Satan ordered him. 'This is not real.' Lucy reminded himself. "I won't." he replied and this time, his body didn't refuse its work. "I'm not gonna leave.", "I am begging you!" Satan said. Sparks started spraying around when the light beam tried to break through the barrier. "I don't want you to die right here!" "I'm not gonna leave." Lucy repeated. "There's no way in hell I would-", "She'll murder you if you don't leave!" Satan said. "Please, I want you to live!", "There's no reason for me to live without you so I shall not leave without you as well." Satan turned his head to Lucy. "Lucy... I cannot follow you this time... I can only hold off this beam for a limited time, it will break through my magic soon... I cannot leave. I have to put all my energy into this to give you enough time to escape! Once I'm loosing up my focus, my spell will be broken!" Lucy stared at him. "You can't be serious!", "I am.", "Like hell, Satan! I refuse to-", "Go!!" At that moment, the shield shattered and the light beam pierced Satan. He widened his eyes and a mute scream escaped his mouth. "No!!" Lucy looked at this scene in shock, unable to move. Satan fell down and landed on his back. Blood poured out of the hole underneath his rips. "SATAN!" The world around him turned dark. He ran towards Satan and knelt down next to him. Satan looked up to him. "...run... you idiot..." Lucy was unable to say something. A voice inside his head screamed: 'This is just a dream. Wake up.', "Satan..." Lucy whispered. He clenched his teeth. "Please, no...", "That's your fault." He heard a voice saying. His own voice. Lucy looked up and saw his alter ego standing some meters away. It looked exactly like him, only that its face, hands and clothing were covered with scarlet blood. An evil smirk marked its face. "He died because of you." Lucy shrugged and stared at it with his eyes wide open. "No... not you...!", "Are you still scared?" His dark side came closer and its red eyes glowed brightly. "C'mon, really... You cannot be serious.", "No, stay back!!" Lucy yelled. His alter ego laughed loudly. "Pfft... you're hella pathetic, do you know that? You look like a fucking idiot." It stopped in front of Lucy and looked down at him with the most evil smile the world had ever seen. It looked exactly like he had always seen it in his mirror image. It was like his gathered, worst fear was just standing in front of him. It knelt down next to Satan and softly stroke over his skin, leaving a blood track in his face. "What a bummer... really... he was such a kind guy. And you just let him die.", "G-go away!" Lucy said. His alter ego turned his head towards him. "...I can't go away. Do you know why? Because I'm still inside you." Lucy started shaking. "Stop running away..." his alter ego got up slowly and its black coat started waving. "...you won't get ahead anyway. You're running and running and you still don't move forward... Give it up. It's useless.", "Leave me alone!", "I told you I can't. It's easier for you to just admit who you truly are instead of trying to forget it. Trust me. I am the real you. The stronger you. The invincible you. Believe me, you were better off and stronger when you sealed your emotions and gave your anger the lead. Emotions are just a chemical defect that diminish your strength anyway... You let yourself being ruled by them. Let them die or stay weak and die instead. Just like him." With his boot, his dark side poked Satan's shoulder. "Get away from Satan!" Lucifer hissed, grabbed Satan and pulled him towards him like his body could spend him protection. "Oh, fuck off." His alter ego rolled with his eyes. "You care for him that much though he's weakening you? Honestly, that's stupid.", "As if you know! Get the hell away and leave me alone!!!", "You are alone, Lucy." Laughter followed and the evil grin on his dark side's face became even more wicked if that was possible. "You will always be alone and deep down inside, you know that. Don't waste your strength on denying it. Hope is futile. It's a lie." It stretched out his hand towards Lucy, but the devil shrank back. "...you ruin yourself, y'know? Just saying." It turned around. "Sooner or later, you will be facing your true self and you will fall for it. You monster." The blackness around them faded and turned into a vast sea of blood. "The countless victims you murdered... the countless lives you've stolen... the countless souls you've destroyed... they will haunt you forever. Unless... you accept what happened and stop rejecting it. That's my advice.", "I don't need the advice of a cold-blooded murderer." Lucifer hissed. "Pfff... phahahahahaha! You call ME a cold-blooded murderer? What are you, then? Tell me. What are you?" Its laughter made the air vibrate. When it turned its head, its eyes were glowing even brighter. "You're really hopeless. No doubt." Then, it went away.

Lucy bolted awake and sweated. His body was trembling slightly. His breath was fast. "...a nightmare... I didn't have them for long..." He tried to calm himself down by inhaling deeply. "..." He clenched his right hand to a fist and opened it again before he stopped his Time Freeze Spell. He got up from his bed and grabbed his coat which was hanging at a hook at the door. He took it on, put on his boots and then left his room.