Ch.13

Mishna smiled, she cut Emi. Vice noticed the wound. He swatted Raphael with his sealed left arm away from him, Mishna saw Raphael hit the ground and jumped back away from Vice. Vice looked at Emi, her bangs covering her eyes, standing emotionless.

"Emi, are you ok?" Vice asked as he healed her cut. Emi felt the same hate she had the moment before she was teleported to Vice. Her emotions were extremely high.

"Vice, I changed my mind. Let's make them regret ever challenging us in the first place." Emi pulled out the Sanzu Reveler and the Genesis Cards. She looked at the one with the bat, her mouth forming a half smile. Vice could feel the intent, but he didn't stop her, he turned around to face his enemies letting Emi proceed with her plans.

Emi held the card in front of her, the strong energy it emitted making everyone watching feel uneased

"Something's not right. You need to stop this now, I mean it." Ramírez asked Aura again but she still refused.

"Descend, thy weapon of plague, Pestilence!" The card glowed, it went inside the seal on Vice's left arm. The seal spoke in a menacing voice.

"Exist! Bow Rider, Bat!" The casing around Vice's arm broke, and the seal projected a bat coming out of it, it then turned itself into a crossbow on Vice's forearm.

Ramírez was now more worried than earlier. Emi used a Genesis Card to power up Vice. Aura was more intrigued than anything. She wanted to see what else Emi was capable of.

Mishna was nervous, she didn't think Emi had this kind of power in her. Raphael charged again, he was designed as a knight, so he had to defend his master from harm. Raphael powered up it's lance, aiming for Vice's head. Vice chuckled at the attempt. He aimed the bow at Raphael, and an arrow of green magic shot out and hit Raphael in the chest.

Raphael fell to the ground, his armor began to deteriorate at a rapid pace.

"You wench! What did you do to my Golem!" Mishna charged again, an angry yell was let out as she aimed the rapier at Emi's throat.

Emi half smiled again. She aimed her revolver at Mishna, she fired one shot at the rapier, shattering the tip of the blade. Mishna lost balance, and Emi fired the rest of her shots, destroying the rapier altogether.

Emi used her speed to appear in front of Mishna, she head-butted her face, breaking Mishna's nose. Mishna fell to the ground holding her broken nose in her hands, crying in pain. Vice was on the other end walking up to his Golem opponent trying to get back up. He placed a foot on its throat before aiming his bow at the head.

"Sinner is judged!" Vice then shot his bow. He destroyed Raphael's head.

Emi did the same to Mishna, she slammed her foot on her chest. The revolver pointed at Mishna's head.

"Wait stop! I surrender, I surrender!" Mishna pleaded.

Emi didn't listen. The feeling she had when she saw the Strayer die was back again. It felt great to her, intoxicating at that. She smiled her wicked smile again. The red eye glowed through the eye patch once more. Mishna was terrified of Emi now, everyone was sweating from anticipation at what she would do next.

"Hell with this!" Ramírez shouted. He jumped to stop Emi from doing what he knew she was about to do.

"No Emi don't!"

"Bye-bye!"

Bang!!!

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It was late evening. Emi sat on her bed brooding. Vice standing in front of her door, acting like a guard dog. It has been some time since the sparring match. Emi was waiting for her punishment for how she acted earlier. She still could remember everything at that moment.

Emi was about to fire the gun. Ramírez wasn't going to make it in time to stop her. The one who did stop her was Vice.

Emi looked intensely at him. Her red eye brightly shone at his gold eyes.

"What are you doing Vice?" Vice didn't answer, he just held her wrist, keeping her from firing again.

"Let go. She deserves this. Let go now!"

"No"

"What was that?"

"I said no. You are not a sinner, don't turn into her." The words pierced Emi's heart. Her eye stopped glowing. The Sanzu Reveler was put away. She sobbed, Vice was right, she didn't want to be like Mishna.

Emi buried her face in Vice's chest sobbing still. Ramírez wanted to walk up to her and comfort her, but Vice stared at him, warning him to back off with his stare. Ramírez didn't back off, he stared back at Vice as well.

Emi couldn't believe that happened. She just sat there hating herself for letting it get that far. She was scared what was happening to her.

"Vice." She called out. Vice stopped looking at the door and looked at Emi. "What's going on with me? Did something go wrong during the transfer when I bonded to you?"

"No, nothing went wrong. You're just being your true self now."

"My true self? That's lies Vice. I don't enjoy hurting anyone. Stop lying to me. What happened during the bonding."

Vice obeyed her. He explained the process of when they bonded to each other.

"When you achieved resonance with me you're potential was unlocked, you achieved a level only I could give you because of my class. But also your real feelings were unlocked as well."

"Stop being cryptic and explain."

"Emi, do you know why you were picked for me, why only you? Because of your real feelings, the feelings of hate for evil, the destruction of those who looked down on the weak, the unfairness of being treated with ill intent for no reason. Those feelings were what drew you to me. In essence, you always felt that way just now there's nothing holding you back. You're completely free of what held your emotions down."

Emi was taken aback by those words. It was true the night she was left for dead in the forest she wanted all who hurt her to disappear but she didn't mean it she was just angry. Emi buried her head in her arms. She was scared of herself now and what she was capable of.

'What do I do now?'