Hallucination (55)

[Nii-san..I finish it] Rui's voice said echoing through Aaron's mind.

Aaron closed his eyes for a moment, acknowledging Rui's message in his mind. It had taken time and effort to help Rui complete whatever task she was working on. Now, he responded in his thoughts, knowing that Rui would hear him.

[Good job, Rui. I will treat you to some sweets when we are done]

Rui's voice in his mind sounded delighted, [Sweets sound wonderful! I look forward to it, Nii-san.] Aaron couldn't help but smile.

She was truly just adorable and even if he couldn't see her right now, he could mentally picture how she would look like and it was just adorable.

His time was running thin here, he needed to finish this stuff quickly, and he might need to buy some gunpowder.

Aaron flickers a bit as his vision turns blurry for a bit before coming back to him.

He didn't like that....he didn't like that at all.

As he held his head a tiny bit in pain, he had managed to get a good look at himself by looking through a window...

"Dam I look like shit," Aaron said upon looking at his reflection..what exactly was making him feel this sick.

This turning feeling in his chest was disgusting..as if he was being stared down by a predator.

....

Aaron stare back at the mirror again looking at child version of himself..

The child looked at him before tears of blood fell down his eyes saying..

"You monster...why didn't you save me.."the tears of blood falling down the child's face made Aaron's skin crawl.

His whole body froze..not again..not those fucking hallucinations again..he didn't want to deal with them again.

"Get out of my head.."Aaron mutters ignoring the child following after him, almost screaming at him.

He ignored it all....he just needed some drinks to cool it off or some sweets...

His mental health was fine...there was nothing wrong with it...

As he looked down at his hands they seemed to be trembling....and to stop himself from falling deeper into that pit.

He used the shock function on his watch to taze himself, pushing away all those horrible thoughts.

"I need to up the dose a bit before my body gets used to it" Aaron mutters to himself before walking away.

He did not know why they came back so soon but that was probably a hint that his time here might get cut short.

Time skip.

Aaron was seen walking toward the arena..it was his turn to fight as Neon won her fight..meaning as long as he didn't lose..they would be fine..

He could have stayed there longer to tease them but he didn't feel like it..weirdly enough he felt like getting this over with.

Ace seemed to have noticed his change of mood but he didn't comment on it.

As he arrived at the Arena and looked around to notice a bunch of floating eyeballs....

"Uh..so that's the tech y'all use" Aaron muttered to himself as he looked around.

His eyes scanned the room before it landed on his opponent...Michinaga..and from what he saw, he looked pissed.

Aaron couldn't help but flash a confident smirk when he saw Michinaga's angry expression. He had a rough idea of why Michinaga was so mad just by the sight of him, he had a decent idea of the reason why to be fair.

He walked forward, his composure relaxed, as if he had not a care in the world.

His eyes locked onto Michinaga's, and he gave him a slight, taunting wave, only adding to the man's irritation.

Aaron couldn't resist a jab at Michinaga's expense. "Hey there, Michinaga, you still salty about our last encounter? I thought you'd have developed a thicker skin by now." He said chuckling a bit to himself

Aaron couldn't help but notice the fury in Michinaga's eyes. In response to his teasing remark, Michinaga's anger seemed to flare up even more. "Salty? No, I'm not salty. I'm fucking furious!" He growled, his voice dripping with anger.

"This time, you won't slip through my fingers. I'm going to make sure you regret the day you crossed my path, Aaron. I will make you regret what you did to me on that day" His grip on his weapon tightened as he prepared for the battle ahead.

"What you feeling a bit stretched" Aaron said in a joking mood.

The angry look that he received in return made him know that his tease had worked its magic.

Michinaga's anger was apparent in his clenched fists. "You won't be laughing for long," he snarled. The tension in the arena was palpable as they prepared to engage in their high-stakes battle.

Aaron chuckled to himself..this would be fun and would probably be a good way to get rid of this feeling that he had been getting for a while....

At least he hoped it was...

This disgusting feeling in his chest just continued to intensify more and more.