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Chapter 90: Time "Why are we here anyway?" Alexis asked. I stared at her. "The Alexis in this current state won't be able to face up against those demons, and ultimately, Saevio. It's our destiny to beat him, so you need to get stronger." I explained. "Destiny?" She gazed at me. Artemis walked over to a bookshelf and lifted a book out. She got back into the pool and handed the book to Alexis. "A book depicting the holder's destiny. It's blessed with Time magic." I flipped open the book. "If the holder has no destiny, the pages will turn up blank. If the holder has, the pages will appear blank to whoever looks at it." Artemis explained. Alexis stared intently at the book's open pages for a moment. "I can see the words too." I declared. She gasped. "That means that both your destinies are intertwined and must be completed together." Artemis said. "Precisely. But right now, you're in no condition to do it. Which is why I'm going to train you." I nodded. "But we don't have time! If we train for a few months, we'll have nothing to protect other than a demonic wasteland!" Alexis argued. "You're forgetting something." I pointed at my left breast. "Time, we have plenty of." I smiled. "I can take both of us back in time, back to when I was just starting my training. You'll train together with my younger self. I can't use the key to travel back in time right before the demon invasion and destroy the Demon Gate myself, but you can train together with me and get strong enough to help." "Won't using the Time Key strain you too much?" Alexis asked. I shook my head. "This pool is actually a pool of liquid mana, a limitless source of magic. The flow comes directly from the Mana Crystal drifting between dimensions. The When I opened my eyes again, our faces and hair had changed. Alexis now sported a smaller nose, blue eyes, and blue hair tied up in a ponytail. My eyes were green, with my silver hair tied up in two long ponytails sticking out of the back of my head and reaching until my hips. Alexis fingered her new hairstyle. "Don't like it?" I asked, then closed my eyes again, opening them after a few seconds. Alexis's hair was still blue, but it covered just her head, with a tuft covering her right eye. "That's better." She smiled, lifting the outgrowing tuft. "Make sure that you don't exhibit any Siren powers back in time, or my younger self will figure it out. As for me, I'll be pretty much acting as a passerby for most of the 3 years. I'll arrange meetings via things only you will think about when we need to talk, and I'll help you two when I think you're in real trouble. Also, when my younger self says that she'll be going back, make sure that you leave her side." I said, placing a hand on my left breast, rubbing the nipple. The Time Key's mark started to glow. Artemis instantly collapsed into blue sparks and went back into my body. "One thing. I can't help you too much, or I'll alter my future too far from my intended path and then if the alterations grow too intense, I'll disappear from reality." I warned Alexis as the mana pool began to swirl. She nodded nervously. "I'll be taking us down right after my younger self left you guy's sides about 3 years ago. When you see my younger self, just ask if she is going training, and ask if you can join her and say you want to become as strong as your sister." I added, pointing at myself. "Yes, I'll be acting as your sister." I laughed, then we were sucked into a vortex in the mana pool. Both of us appeared in a small clearing beside the Leafre docks, completely naked. Alexis instinctively covered herself. I smiled and a set of armour appeared on her body. My battle set morphed into a sleeveless shirt and shorts. A normal Dragon Shinebow appeared on my back in a quiver while Alexis received a massive Beheader sword. "About our names, you'll be Jessica, and I'll be Reika. Remember that." I said, then started to feel my breasts being squeezed. Apparently, it was visible on the exterior too, for Alexis was staring at my chest's ever-changing shape. I quickly covered my chest with an arm. "I forgot to mention this. Any short-term physical body changes to my younger self will happen to me too, if I'm nearby. A few minutes after I walked out of the station, some perverted gang jumped on me and started raping me." I felt my cheeks turn red, and I squirmed uncomfortably. "The same with... ohhh... injuries..." I felt my buttocks being fondled. Alexis set off at a brisk pace after I told her the location of the gang's warehouse. I followed behind her slowly, wishing my younger self hadn't gotten raped. Someone licked my chest. I felt sick. Only Alexis could help though, if I just walked in, my younger self might notice my chest's shape changing. We arrived at the warehouse soon, and Alexis barged in the door while I waited outside. The fondling stopped and I heard voices. Banging noises sounded from inside, and I knew Alexis was having a good time, catching those bastards off guard. However, the thought stopped when I felt my body being fondled again. "Bastards..." I moaned, leaning against the warehouse's wall weakly. Then, it stopped again, and something smashed into my stomach. I reeled backwards, falling over. Alexis must have thrown something. Something which had missed and hit my younger self instead. Probably. I resisted the temptation to join in the fight and peeked in from behind a door. I was right about Alexis having accidentally hit my younger self, there was a table lying lopsided with a leg broken off beside the younger Artemis's naked body. Alexis was standing in the middle of the room, panting. Several men were lying on the ground, either dead or knocked out. One sported a bloody forehead. "Are you okay?" Alexis asked, helping the younger me up. "I'm fine... thanks.." The younger Artemis groaned and picked up her discarded clothes, putting them back on. ...... "Thanks for helping me earlier. What's your name?" The younger Artemis asked me. "Al...... I mean, Jessica." I smiled at her. "I'm Artemis, nice to meet you." She smiled back. I spotted the older Artemis leaning on the door. She was clutching her head with her right hand and flashing me a thumbs up with her left. The younger her had obviously sensed her, for she whirled around, setting her eyes on her older self. The older Artemis instantly collapsed. "Sis!" I ran to her, helping her up. "My head......" She groaned. "Sis? She's your sister?" The younger Artemis asked. I nodded. "We'd better get her somewhere where she can rest." She quickly said and lifted her older self up by the shoulders. I lifted Reika up by her legs and both of us carried her to a nearby bench. Artemis placed her hand on Reika's forehead. "Not a fever." She noted. "My head......" Angelica moaned. "Major headache." I explained. "How'd you find me anyway?" Artemis asked. "We were taking a walk nearby and heard voices from inside the warehouse. We peeked in and saw you getting... raped and decided to help. My sister's had a condition since she was young. She would experience major headaches at random times." I talked fast. "And she's a Rangeress?" Artemis eyed the Dragon Shinebow lying nearby. "Well, luckily she didn't get one when she was advancing." I shifted uncomfortably. The story was rather patchy. Reika cried out. "We need to get her to a hospital." Artemis insisted. "No, she's fine." I said. And I was right. A few seconds later, she got up, rubbing her head. "Thanks, I had a real bad one back there." Reika sighed. "Don't mention it!" Artemis smiled. "By the way, would you mind helping to train my sister? I think she needs some extra training." Reika asked Artemis. "As if, I'm good enough already." I pouted, playing the role of an overconfident sister. "I was just going to go train alone. I wouldn't mind having a partner!" Artemis chuckled. "But..." I stammered. "No buts, little miss I'm-good-enough." Reika laughed. "What was with the headache back there?" I asked Reika a few moments later after we separated from Artemis with the reason of packing. "Happens when you change a person's past. Back then, I was supposed to have been abandoned after an hour of continuous raping." Reika explained. "I'm fine now, my mind's experienced it once, so I'll be fine if you change my past again. Don't change too much, it'll cause too many quandaries. My life's in your hands here." She added and I flinched uncomfortably. "I'll have to depend on you for a whole 3 years, so don't fail me." She smiled weakly. I continued on to meet Artemis, who was waiting at Leafre's gates. She waved at me and I quickly hurried up. "Let's go." She smiled, then we set off at a brisk pace. I noticed Reika following behind, hiding behind whatever cover she could find. She sure was stealthy, even her younger self didn't notice her. "Well, well, look who just walked out." A male voice said from in front and I jerked to a halt. "Oh boy......" I gasped. A mountain of a man was standing in front of us, flanked by a dozen men equipped with sharp weapons. One was holding a submachine gun. Reika kept her distance, circling around behind the gang. "You're the party crasher, right?" The gunner asked me. "What..." I stared at him blankly. Artemis was already in the process of summoning the Archaeion. "Don't pretend. We know it's you." A guy with a knife stepped forward. "You probably have the wrong person!" I took a step back, and found that half a dozen of the gang had sneaked up behind us while we were occupied with the gunner. "Still, even if we did get the wrong person, both of you girls will still be some... good entertainment for my boys......" The mountain man stepped forward. Now, I noticed his back. It was bristling with weaponry. A machine gun, a huge sword comparable to Reika's, two handguns, and lots of assorted smaller swords. I got ready to fight. Some of the gang were already ready to fight. Some had their knives drawn and were licking the cold steel. "We're in deep trouble......" I stepped backwards, back to back with Artemis. Her bow was already out. A quick look forwards showed Reika sneaking up behind the gang leader with her bow out and aimed at the guy's head. "What do we have here?" The guy suddenly smiled, then whirled around, grabbing Reika by her throat and hoisting her up into the air. "Wha..." I gasped. What in the world...... How had he sensed her? "You're Jessica's sister, aren't you?" Artemis squinted at Reika. She wasn't in the condition to talk now, and just kept gasping for air. I rushed towards the guy, but his gang blocked me. "Outta my way, bastards!" I shrieked, unsheathing my sword. Instantly, the gunner sent a hail of bullets at my legs, dropping me to the ground. Artemis brought her bow up, unleashing arrows so fast, no one could block them. Except the mountain guy. The entire gang was cut down in a matter of seconds, but the arrows simply bounced off the mountain guy like mosquitoes bouncing off a battle tank. Artemis shot the guy with all she had, including an Inferno arrow and an Arrow Rain spell, even jumpkicking the guy. Nothing she did had any effect. Veins were popping up all over the arm holding Reika in the air, and she tore at the guy's clenched fist with no effect whatsoever. She was going to be strangled to death at this rate! I tried getting up, but the gunner had taken out my legs, so I couldn't move. "Darn it!" I hammered the ground. Suddenly, I sensed powerful magic behind me and turned around. "If you wanna kill her, you'll have to go through me first." Artemis whispered. Her Dark Angel wings were already bursting out of their buds, and her ears were becoming pointed. Suddenly, she disappeared, and a coughing Reika appeared in her place. "What?" The mountain guy gasped. Artemis had magically appeared in Reika's place, in his grip. "No one touches my friends and lives." She laughed, then sent her foot crashing into the guy's groin. His face turned red and stayed that way for a few seconds. "OOOOOUUUUUUCHHHHH!!!!!!" He screamed, then clutched the injured area. The demonic Artemis set on the guy like a tiger, stamping on his body repeatedly, using her wings as extra speed for the attack. Something cracked, and blood spurted out of the punctured organ. The heart. A lethal injury. When I turned to look at Reika, she had collapsed again. A quick check revealed that she was still alive, and I heaved a sigh of relief. The strangulation mark on her neck was pretty troubling though. Blood vessels had popped open due to the extreme pressure, and her clothes were drenched with red blood. "Oh no..." I gasped. Her spinal cord had snapped. Moving her would be suicidal, especially without proper knowledge. Artemis had finished with the gang leader and was on her knees beside me, elbow and feet splattered with blood. "Is she..." She murmured. I shook my head. "She's alive, for now at least. Her spinal cord broke, and she's bleeding read bad." I explained. "I might not be able to do much, but I'll try." Artemis placed her hands around Reika's broken neck, closing her eyes. Green light bathed her hands, and the blood flowed back into her neck. There was a loud crack as her spinal cord repaired itself, and the strangulation mark disappeared. Reika's breathing returned to normal, and she turned on her side, snoring quietly in peaceful sleep. "How can you sleep in a place like this?" I muttered, picking her up. Her drenched clothes were clinging to her body, accentuating her oversized breasts. Also, in the fight, the fabric of her shirt's right shoulder had slipped off. I put it back on. Artemis had also collapsed after the healing and was snoring and turning just like her older self. "People don't change easily." I chuckled, propping both up against a tree. |
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