Not just a cat

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Maxwell slowly opened his eyes as he came back to reality, he slowly got up from where he was lying and looked where he was.

It seemed to be a bedroom as he saw a desk and a little bookshelf. He looked at the window and saw that it was already night.

He slowly got up from the bed, trying to remember what happened...

He remembers the fight with Hito...and the huge fight they both made but nothing after that.

As he walked out of the room he realized that there was light in the living room. He walked up to it and saw Akuro looking out the window, his tail wagging behind him

Akuro slowly turns around "You have woken up...Got me a little worried there!"

Maxwell nodded "Er..yeah..."

Akuro walked up to him "Are you feeling alright?"

Maxwell looked at his body, there were no bruises or bandages. "I guess so...what happened?"

Akuro chuckled "Let's just say you made a huge impact today..."

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"Oh no..."

We see Maxwell and Akuro looking at the huge impact in the hole.

"I remember now..." Maxwell said with an embarrassed feeling inside.

Akuro chuckled "You did do a lot of damage...but Hito is okay with it."

Maxwell suddenly looks around "Where is he by the way..?" Ge ask

"He went to the store, and wanted to buy something to eat."

"I see..." Maxwell nodded and suddenly a realization came "Wait if he going outside as a cat...won't people notice"

Akuro shakes his head "He can easily hide his appearance, since you are a hollow you can see him as a cat, but once a Human sees him, they can just see his human head instead." He explained

Maxwell nodded, that was cool and this skill seemed to be a spell but more of a camouflage.

"Say...you did a good job in the fight," Akuro said walking to the impacted wall.

Maxwell's eyes light up "I...I win?!"

Akuro laughed "You impacted the wall...and you fell the arena...so...no unfortunately."

Maxwell sighed in disappointment, Hito was a strong fighter.

Akuro could see the sadness in Maxwell's eyes "Hey...I know-"

"It was fun!"

Akuro stood silent as he listened to Maxwell's sudden enthusiasm.

Maxwell: I managed to make huge progress in only 2 days! And also I managed to do some damage to him! I did lose...but it was worth it!!

Akuro listened to Maxwell's words, he was surprised by this sudden mood on him. He didn't know why, but he felt quite a little happy that Maxwell was Happy. It was a strange feeling but it felt...nice.

Akuro: Indeed. You were also good at the fight, the attack with the tail surprised me.

Maxwell nodded "Thank you!! I never knew this would work through."

Akuro chuckled, "Well, you did very well today...though, I want to know about the skill you wanted to do"

Maxwell looked down at Akuro "Well I wanted to do a huge impact punch... but I don't know why it didn't work...I put enough mana into my arm and then...everything disappears."

Akuro thought for a moment, as he listened to Maxwell's explanation and then he laughed "Well...is because Akuro blocked it."

Maxwell: HUH?! H-How?!

Akuro: Remember the hand transformation he did, is called Demon of Despair...It can easily drain someone's mana with no issue.

Maxwell thought about what happened and he remembered, he felt a little bit dizzy when Hito and he touched each other fists...So all of this was planned.

Maxwell: Wow...How did he do that...?

Akuro chuckled "Let's just say...Every

Hollow...are extremely different and some are not just here to be here for nothing..."

Maxwell stood silent as he listened to him, "So you mean...Hito isn't just a cat...?"

"That is correct..."

Maxwell quickly turned around and saw Hito with his blue eyes glowing in the dark "I have my monster inside, a monster that just wants to kill and kill again with no mercy...As much that I manage to calm him down a little..."

He looked down at his hands "...Nothing Had changed."

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"Every Hollow has their past,"

"As much as it's true, there is a deeper meaning to this. After the death of someone, their soul would journey into the afterlife, leaving behind a hollow, an empty vessel in a state of calm yet profound loneliness.

However, if the soul lingered too long within the hollow's body, it would begin to darken. A Graveghouls was more than just an empty shell; it was a soul filled with the poison of hatred and despair. These creatures could consume other souls, transforming into monstrous beings driven by vengeance or insatiable hunger. They became a haunting reminder of the depths to which a soul could descend when consumed by darkness."

Maxwell listen to the explanation, this is what the red ghost were about. He never met them before nor that this is what he wanted.

Maxwell: But what was this has to do with you...?

Hito chuckled "Let's just say...I'm a one of them...

Maxwell eyes widen "Y-you're a graveghoul?!" he ask

Hito sigh and nodded with a sad smile on his face. 

Maxwell: "But you... you're nothing like the stories. You're not consumed by darkness or driven by hatred. How is that possible?"

Hito chuckled and shake his head "You got this wrong Maxwell...I'm filled with hatred...hatred for humans, for what they are..."

Maxwell look down the floor as he was trying to found something to say, this seem so unreal to him. He had been traveling alongside someone harboring such deep-seated animosity towards his own kind, yet somehow Hito had managed to keep it concealed until now. "H-how did you manage to control it...?"

Akuro suddenly started speaking "Is possible to control a Graveghouls...However, controlling the darkness within a Graveghoul is no simple feat. It requires immense strength of will and discipline. Some are driven mad by the burden, consumed by the very hatred they seek to control. But others, like Hito here, find a way to harness that darkness"

Hito sigh and clench his fist "...by a little, even if I manage to control it, I still feel like it will soon slowly take my whole body..."

Maxwell thought again for a moment, as he tries to comprehend all of this, but suddenly Hito cut his thought

Hito: No need to think too much Maxwell...I'm a monster.

Maxwell sigh "I'm also one you know...Why are you telling those thing to yourself..."

Hito: Because they are true...

"Not their not..." Maxwell responded a little frustrated. "You manage to survive and live with this monster...Even if i dont really know more of them...Your still a normal person to me."

Hito stood silent as he listen to Maxwell. He was a little suprise of those nice thing said to him. Suddenly he saw Akuro's gaze. He have a smirk on his face. Hito shake his head and sigh

Hito: Maxwell.

Maxwell: ...Yes?

"I think is time i should you more about me...or us."