Chapter 163: Rift To The Underdark

Leaving the elders home, I shifted into my original form, and looking down at my hands as both were like human hands clouded and hazing off this void black darkness.

I left, not even returning to the tent or Chloe, this isn't the first time I up and left, and it won't be the last either. Yet that's only because I can't have them following me. . .

They'll only be hurt in the process and I don't want that.

So shifting into a cloud of darkness I rushed off, moving quick and far away to get to the end of the map so I can follow it and find where this rift to the underdark was.

But finding myself out of the vampires territory and into the druids territory, I was close to ShadowFall, and with that stuck in my head, Mia, Jennifer, I want to see them.

Bitting my lip struggling to know if I want to see my siblings or if I should just stay away, I didn't hesitate.

I want to see them, even if it's only for a moment.

Spending the rest of the night dark dashing through the plains, as the moons rose and the lands became pitch black as the clouds covered the sky, I returned back.

And making my way home, truly home back to them.

I found myself forming back outside of our house.

And looking to the front door as the lights were off and they were probably asleep, I reached for the door knob.

*Crash...* but then this loud plop crashed behind me.

And turning around darting my head, I saw a pink hair and a long dress, pink eyes staring at me wildly and a face too familiar as a tool box layed open on the floor.

"Rin..." Anita's voice trembled as she was standing there.

And looking back at her I swallowed all my courage.

Everything that brought me to this houses front door.

And as a light flickered on from the side window of the front of the house, [ Dark Dash ] turning into a cloud of darkness I shoot into the air and on top of the house.

But I didn't want to go just yet, I didn't want to leave.

I want to see them, and I want to hear their voices.

So reappearing on top of the house above the doorway.

I put my finger over my mouth and looking at her, I said mouthing to her, "Please. . .Don't say another word" I. . . I begged her, wanting to burst into tears at how I'm feelin.

And in the next moment I heard the door open.

"Hey, Anita you came just in time!" I heard Jennifer's voice as she opened the door, I masked my scent so she couldn't smell me, and to her I must be invisible or so.

"Uh... Yeah, you wanted to borrow some tools right"

She said looking back down to her. And grabbing the tool box she came over to the door where Jennifer was at and she handed them over to her, "Thanks so much"

"No worries"

"Hey, you want to come in?"

"Uh..."

"Neko accidently broke the sink, so we're going out later tonight, if you wanna come then you're welcome to~"

"No, I'm good, I already ate, plus it's really late"

"Aww, are you sure?"

"Yeah, maybe another time"

"Ok, thanks again for the tools"

"Again, no worries, if you need anymore help just text Elaine, I'm sure she'd love to help you, she's good with this type of stuff, as for me, I'm not really good at it..."

"Okay? Noted... Hahahah, I'm kidding!"

"Anyways, uh... Good night Jenny"

"You too~ See you tomorrow"

"Yeah... See you tomorrow"

Hearing them talk, Jennifer closed the door and the only thing I could do was fall down to my knees as the two in my head were telling me to go down there and hug her.

But I don't know if I can, I have too much to say, many things to ask, and if we do talk, I know I wouldn't want to go, and I'd only just drag them into my chaotic mess.

*Swoosh* hearing a wing flap and a *Tut* behind me.

"Rin... Where have you been, it's been... 3, 4 months?"

I heard Anita as she was behind me, and not looking back, I put my hand over my face, and looked to the floor of this roof, only saying, under my breathe.

"I shouldn't have came back... This is too hard"

And in the next second I jumped off the roof, dashing away, "Wait!" but hearing her, I didn't turn back, I came for one reason and one only, and I'm regretting it fully.

Returning to the Druids territory and stopping for some moment to read the map scroll, I was near a land mark not too far from where the rift was, it's in elven county.

Continuing on to where the next land mark was that's when I stopped again, and I continued to do this for the next few hours as I felt myself gettin' more exhausted.

Getting to elven county it wasn't too far now, yet the only issue now was actually running into elves, they don't like when others enter their country with no real permission.

Yet finding my way around that, thanks to the night to cover my tracks and presence, I made my way to this cave where it was supposed to be in, I hope it's here.

Traveling like this is exhausting, not as bad as actually running, but equally as exhausting since it requires me to use my powers to propel myself as a darkness cloud.

And finally getting to the entrance, I didn't hesitate to step in, but when I did I heard a thud and turning around, with a large pant, I heard, "So what... Is this were you're"

"Anita?!" I said gasping as she was standing there with her halo and wings out, panting and sweating hard as if she's... Wait! "Have you been following me this whole-"

"YEAH!!!"

"Are you crazy!"

"No are you crazy!"

"How am I crazy!"

"How could-"

"Drop the bull shit!. . .Just go away" I said stopping the arguing, and lowing my voice as I said that, she walked up to me, and cocking her hand back, she slapped me.

"Like hell I'm leaving, I thought you were fucking dead!"

An then grabbing me by the shoulder as I was shocked.

"You don't text, you don't write, you don't stop by, IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS! An you just pop up today?!" she said pissed as she was fuming out the ears with anger.

And looking away, "I..." but then grabbing my face she smacked her lips against mine kissing me, and she was shocking me even more as I wasn't expecting this at all!

"Rin you make me so angry, but... I love you too much to stay mad, just stop and don't do this again, now tell me what's wrong, I'll listen, I'm hear for you, so just tell me"

"And if you can't go back home just yet, to your sisters n us, then that's fine, but I'm staying with you, I won't leave you alone, call me annoying, I don't care, I'm with you"

Swallowing my words as she held me by the face and looked me in the eyes, looking away, she poked her head to the side to get in my view, and I just laughed at her.

An seeing her suddenly smile from being serious, "Fine, fine, you can come, but we're gonna be gone for a while? Are you sure you want to stick with me? You could just-"

Cutting me off, "So... Where are we going?" she asked.

And grabbing her by the shoulder, prying her off me.

"This path leads to the underdark"

"The underdark, why are you going there???"

Turning around and walking deeper into it, I said as she was following behind me, and I opened my hand calling up a flame in my hands for light down this cave tunnel.

"For the last 3ish months, since we were in basically the underworld, since coming back and some other thing, I guess they told you, but there was like a clan war..."

"Yeah... I heard from the others"

"Well, since then, I've been going beserk for weeks and months at a time. For the last 2 weeks I've been at this teifling stronghold and they've been helping me...Calm"

"But earlier today, the elder of the hold told me that this calming technique they taught me wasn't enough an he gave me scroll to find someone who he thinks will help"

"So that's why you've been away this whole time"

"Yeah... I'm sorry, it's just, I can't control it anymore"

"I... I understand, you are a? A shadow demon after all?"

"Pfff, so you forgot already, no, I'm a darkness, Anita"

"Yeah yeah that! I didn't forget I was testing you"

"Mmhm"

"Hey, don't sas me! I knew the whole time!"

"Anyways, so that's why I'm going to the underdark. To meet someone named Hermon, he's supposedly known there, I think a blacksmith or forger in the underdark"

"Hm? I think I know of him?"

"Really?"

"Basically he forges our war chief weapons from time to time, so that's only how I know of him, that's kind of all"

"That helps, if your with me this'll be faster then"

"I don't think so, even though he's friendly with our chief I heard he's got a nasty temper, and he hates everyone else, doesn't matter your background or who you is"

"Damn"

"Yeah, so, sorry, I'm no help, though I can direct you to his town, it's not that unknown that he has a shop out there, you just have to figure out which shop he's at"

"Oh, so he doesn't have just one"

"He's a powerful dwarf, he's at every one of them, but it depends on the day he wants to show up to one of them and resupply then, now that's a whole other things too"

"That doesn't make sense"

"That's the only way to put it, dwarves are mysterious"

Hearing her, I just shut my mouth, anymore talking like this was just going to hurt my head, but thinking about it an him, if we just hang 'round one were bout to see him.

"Then all we have to do is find one of his shops an hang around there till he shows up, it could work you know"

"That could work, let's do it then, but wait... Do you even have the money to pay him to make you something, his custom gears are expensive you know, and I'm broke"

But hearing her I'm now realizing I don't have money either... And thinking about that, holy fuck she's so right, how the hell am I going to pay this man! I could... Uh...

Patting my shoulder, "Don't worry, the underdark has cities and town and kingdoms of such, so if we find a guild or some shop that needs help and supplies, we can just hunt and sell them stuff, mainly to merchants though, they love any new product available you know"

"Or we could hunt a greedy dragon and rob them, hehe"

And hearing her I looked over, "Aren't you supposed to be an angel?" and smiling, she grabbed her halo and it faded along with her wings, "Not today, now I'm like..."

But then stopping to think for a sec, her galaxy textured halo and her pure white wings reappeared, "And yet I am still a Flugal, and so I will do as I please you know, I just can't be too bad, though~ I'll be bad for you if you want"

Blushing, "Anyways! Let's continue on!" I said and she hugged me from behind, "Aww, no fun~ But I mean it" she said and walking still with her grabbing on to me.

Looking straight ahead, "I'll... Think about it" and she flinched, "Wait! No! Don't tease me like this!" she let go and grabbing her face, her face turned super redish.

But thinking back to what she said, she might be able to fight but I doubt I'll be able to do that without going into some sort of beserk state, so I guess I'll just have to do the hagglin using my incubus powers, and I guess I can also I guess I can see about finding work around there.

I can be of some use too! These powers aren't useless!

. . . . .

Walking for a few hours, we found are ways deep under the surface layer of the earth, an as its gettin darker and my flame was dimming due to the lack of mana in me. I looked back to see Anita dossing off as she was holdin onto my sleeve as we continued walking, but then....

Seeing a purple light illuminate in front of us, bouncing off the walls, I grabbed her by the hand, getting her to fully wake up as I said, "Hey, I think I see the rift!"

And dragging her with me, we came to a corner and turning it, it was there, in a large carved out room, there was a spiraling mass of this bazzar purple energy.

"Damn, the dimensional energy and here is insane!"

I heard her say and turning to her I said ignoring that.

"First to it wins" I said with an overjoyed smile.

And breaking for a spring, I dashed going into it.