Chapter 15: A Choice To Make Act 2

Silence reigns over the white space as our Mc ponders his choice while being watched by a bodacious vampire lady.

Said vampire lady was still sitting on top of the red blob, elbow on her leg while her chin rests on her right palm.

She just stares at Yamato while he looks at the floor, right hand covering his chin while the left arm rests across his abdomen and holds the right elbow.

The silence continues a few more moments before Yamato sighs and proceeds to flop onto the floor.

He then uses both of his hands to rub his face in a vigorous manner, like a college student who ran out of coffee and tries to stay awake in order to finish his assignments at 3 a.m which is due that day.

(A/N: Been there, done that)

He then stops rubbing his face and sighs tiredly with his eyes closed. He then stayed still for a moment before opening his eyes and staring at the floor with such intensity that he could bore a hole through it.

Alas, that only lasted for a moment or two before his gaze turn into a blank stare. Not the kind of 'I give up' or the 'I don't know what to do' kinda blank stare.

'The floor looks so clear….but it's not reflective, how weird is that?'

He's having the 'daydream' blank stare…

A few more moments passed before a certain vampire lady can't take it anymore.

"Hmph, as much as it is amusing seeing you squirm in confusion…I'll have to ask you to make a decision now…Za Warudo will end soon if you don't hurry up now."

Yamato blinks thrice before shaking his head, he then lifts it up to look at said vampire lady. He then blinks a few more times before he registered her words.

"Oh….okay, ummm how long do we have left, Dio?"

Dio then sighs as she closes her eyes, she then opens them back up, "Less than 9 minutes, give or take…also don't call me using the name of my alternate male version."

Mc scratches the back of his head with his left hand, "Uh…okay…then..what should I call you?"

She gave a toothy grin…menacingly, "Call me Dea, it's more fitting to this version of mine."

(A/N: Language Fact: Dio means God in Italian while Dea means Goddess.)

"Okay…uh, Dea…why 9 minutes? Shouldn't Za Warudo works for 9 seconds tops?"

She lifts her head from on top of her palm and scowls at Yamato, "You're seriously gonna ask about that right now? You have something more important to do at the moment."

Yamato blinks a few times before closing his eyes and sighing once again. He then rubs his face with hands once more, "*phew, right, right…let's get this over with."

Dea smiles in amusement and slight anticipation at Yamato's actions and words. 'Finally, let's see what choice you'll make..'

Our Mc looks up at Dea and gave her a wide smile, "I refuse to have my memories returned."

Dea blinks once…twice…thrice…before her eyes narrowed and her smile turn into a dangerous smirk.

"Hoh….you're refusing it? Instead of having your memories returned, you rather refuse and not have it back instead?"

Mc grins back, "I can't live my new life to the fullest without refusing my old memories."

Silence then returns to the place once again. This time it feels more like a stand standoff compared to the silence in the chapter's opening.

*insert cricket noises

*insert blowing sand

*insert tumbleweed

The silence was finally broken…in the form of a raucous laughter.

"Fu…fuha.. FUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

Dea laughed as she leans her body forwards, her arms hugging her body as she tilts her head down to face the ground. Her body trembles as she laughs boisterously.

Yamato didn't know what to do and did what he think best. Staying silent, no need to laugh along and make a fool of oneself or ask what's so funny since Dea would explain it...probably...maybe.

A few moments later and Dea's laughter finally subsided. She wiped a tear from her eye before sighing in satisfaction.

"Ahh, that was a good laugh....you truly did broke expectations...I almost felt like patting your back for making me laugh."

Yamato had a confused expression on his face, he truly did wonder what the fuck she's on about.

She then sighs and look at our Mc. Her eyes was filled with pity, as if she was looking at a scraggly thin dog in an alleyway searching for food from trash bins, then finding nothing it struts to a passersby for food only to be kicked away, it then retreated back towards the alleyway and laid down among cardboards, surrounded by it's babies yipping hungrily.

'Oh...I don't like that look in her eyes...'

Her eyes turn into crescents as she grins sinisterly at Yamato.

'oh god, she looks so hot...I think I might have a boner-'

Our Mc's fantasy was cut prematurely by Dea's words.

"Unfortunately.....you'll still have to recover your memories...and you get to experience it yourself once again to boot! Congratulations!"

Fanfare sound exploded in the background as virtual party poppers pops behind her.

Yamato had a confused look on his face which slowly turned into anger and bewilderment.

"What!? Then why the fuck did you asked me to make a choice if I'm going to get my memories back anyway!?"

Dea's expression stayed the same as she talked in a sickly 'sweet' manner.

"That's because...it's part of the deal.....that you made...Honestly...oh no, you go by Yamato now."

Honestly-no...Yamato just stared at her intensely without giving a reply to her words. As if he expects her to explain what she's talking about.

Fortunately, she did.

"Hoho, just as I said. You made a deal with Dio....quite the absurd deal too.."

Yamato tried to say something but Dea cut him off faster than when reverse flash jerked off Barry when he was making out with his first girlfriend at supersonic speed.

"Anyways, time to relive your memories!"

Then she snapped her fingers.

Yamato started to lose consciousness, he saw the very space warp as everything turned dark, he then felt as if he's freefalling while flipping haphazardly. He was also struck with an uncontrollable headache, add on the feeling of vertigo and you basically get a recipe of 'how to make someone barf' presenyed by How To Basic.

'Oh shit! I think I'm gonna puke!'

Thankfully, the ordeal didn't last for too long and we are spared from a long ass detailed explanation of how vomit came out of someone and such crap.

Sight began to return into his eyes and by the blurry and shaky image, he seems as if he's..running?

The image turn clearer and Yamato can finally register his surroundings...stony rubble road, tall coconut trees and a one horned buffalo relaxing with a monitor lizard in the corner of his eye.

'Wait a minute-'

Unfortunately, the Mc's body was currently running and no matter how hard he tries to turn around to inspect the uncanny duo, he couldn't.

Perhaps a story for another chapter.

'Dammit, I'm curious about that weird sight just now....this is my village if I'm not mistaken by that house I just passed by...but I can't remember there being a Buffalo lizard duo in the village...don't tell me those memories got erased too?'

Yamato was having a million thoughts and didn't realize that Dea was floating behind him, observing him closely. Also she's basically ethereal right now so he couldn't see her anyway.

'I wonder...how did he die? I'm quite curious with how Dio worded it...he called it...'Hilarious'..'

'Heh...too bad Yamato made the wrong choice...'

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Three figures can be seen on large purple surface, surrounded by stars in a dark violet background.

Dea was floating behind Dio, confusion apparent in her face. She wasn't alone tho, even Dio had an amused look on his face.

"You..could you repeat this so called choice of yours?"

Dio's directed his words towards the last figure in the room.

He was sitting on the floor, legs crossed and with his arms on top of said legs. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a red 'Are you okay?' printed on the chest.

The weird part is that his clothes were ripped in different places. The shoulder blades, the collar, the abdomen and the sides.

He has short black hair with bangs that were swept sideways, hazel eyes and brownish skin.

Also, he's kinda chubby with a small bulging belly.

He had tired look in his eyes as he stretches his neck to the left before he looks back at Dio.

"Of course..basically, give the new me a choice...wether he wants his old memories back or not..if he wants them back, just show it to him, make him an observer of his memories."

The space became silent once again before Dio's laughter filled the place.

"Ku-Kuha-KUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

The sitting person smirks at Dio while Dea gave them both a confused look with a little bit of annoyance.

Dea cuts Dio's laughter short as she asked the person a question, "What if he doesn't want his memories to be returned?"

His smirk turns into a wide grin, "Well...make him experience his memories once again...personally..also amplify his senses many times compared to when I was still alive, but make it so that he won't be able to do anything but watch as he experience said memories."

Dea had a 'that's it?' look on her face. Dio cuts her off before she could even say anything.

"Hold it woman, he's about to tell us the first memories he wants the 'new' him to experience.."

Both Dea and Dio then turns their eyes upon the sitting dude...who is our Mc form his former life, Honestly.

He kept his smile albeit it seems...unnatural, his voice was also laded with....malice

"I want him to experience...my death..'his' true death, HAH-HAHAHAHAHA!"