Ambition

Ryu's POV

"Huh?"

"You're obviously out here in the void for a reason." said Demon, "What is it?"

I looked at her then back at the sky.

"Don't you dare think about lying to me." she said

"I won't." I lied, "I just didn't feel so good."

"Feel so good about what?" she asked

"I just felt like throwing up." I replied

That's when she slapped the back of my head.

"Ow! What the-"

"And that's why you entered the void?" questioned Demon

She gave me those eyes filled with death.

"I-I uhh..."

Slowly losing focus on my soul I immediately retracted back to my body in the bathroom. I gasped realizing what had happened. I didn't want to alarm Thunder since he didn't know so I just wiped my face with a paper towel and quickly made my way back to my table.

"Ryu, you good? He didn't mean it that way." said Kishimoto

"I'm fine I'm fine." I babbled more worried about Demon

I couldn't warn Thunder since he would suspect something so I pretended like everything that happened in the last 5 seconds didn't happen.

"Anyways what does Thunder and Phoenix do lately?" asked Lydia

"Sleep like he is right now in my head." I replied as I knocked the side of my head with my pointer

I didn't want to bother him so I didn't bother even communicating with him.

"I see." I said

We finished eating and I quickly said bye to my mom before leaving but while I was walking I bumped into a girl so I slowed down time and caught her by the hips.

"Whoa sorry-"

My eyes widened when I realized this girl was wearing the same dress as Demon but when she looked up I sighed in relief realizing that it wasn't her. But when I looked at her closely I gasped and dropped her.

"H-Hannah?" I gasped

Hannah fell onto the ground and yelped but she looked up at me and gasped.

"You're the hero!" she exclaimed

Wait, this must be earth prime Hannah not Hannah I knew.

"Who's Hannah?" asked Kishimoto

"S-sorry about that I just thought you were someone else." I said as I helped her up

I quickly left but then someone grabbed my arm.

"Wait how do you know my name?" asked Hannah

I gasped and shrieked when she grabbed my arm.

"I uhh mistook you hehe, what a coincidence." I said while chuckling embarrassing

That's when my mom came out to say bye but she gasped when she saw Hannah.

"Oh my god, is your name Hannah?" she asked

"It is." replied Hannah

"I'm so sorry, you must not know us but we knew another version of you back in our earth." said my mom

"Oh really no wonder." replied Hannah

I don't remember Hannah being this pretty, usually she was just a nerd with glasses who would get bullied just like me. We were friends for a while until she moved to California and she suddenly cut off contact with me.

"But I'm so surprised that the hero of earth prime knows me." said Hannah while smiling

"I uhh-"

"Who's this girl?"

I gasped in fear and turned around to see Demon standing there with her arms crossed.

"Demon?!" gasped Kishimoto and Lydia

Earth Prime Ryu just hid behind Lydia.

"Care to explain?" she asked

"Oh her, back in my earth I was friends with her." I said

"Ahh friends huh?" she asked while frowning at me, "Is that so?"

'Oh no.'

"Yea it is." I replied

Demon sighed and rubbed the back of her neck.

"I see, thought you were just cheating on-"

Demon stopped talking and I didn't know why until I felt something tug on my arm scaring me. I slowly turned to look at my arm and my eyes widened when I saw Hannah hugging my arm while hiding behind me in fear.

Lydia and Kishimoto both had a bummed out look as well when they saw Demon and earth prime Ryu just continued to stay hidden behind Lydia.

"Isn't that her? The Demon?" whispered Hannah

"It is." I whispered back in fear, "And I think it'll be better if you let go of my arm."

"Why?" she whispered

"Cause neither of us want to die." I replied

She immediately let go but continued to hide behind my back.

"Come with me for a second Ryu." said Demon as she grabbed my arm and dragged me away.

"Wait wait."

I looked back at the others for help but they all just stood there giving me a thumbs up.

"Demon it's seriously not what you think." I babbled, "We can go back to my earth to meet my friend."

"Shut up." snapped Demon

"Demon please you have to listen to me." I pleaded

"Oh Ryu I was just-"

My eyes widened when I saw Aragorn making his way towards me but when he saw Demon he gasped and immediately grabbed the handle of his sword.

"Wait wait wait!" I babbled

Demon looked at Aragorn and he took a step back.

"Aragorn calms down, she's not here to harm any of us." I said

Aragorn looked at me then back at Demon who was glaring at him.

"If you say so sir." he replied as he slowly withdrew his hand from his handle

"Why were you looking for me?" I asked

"The queen asked for your presence." said Aragorn

"Huh? Right now?" I questioned

"Yes." replied Aragorn

"Sorry she's going to have to wait for a bit." said Demon

"That's against the rules, if you defy a single rule that means execution for you." said Aragorn

"Oi oi how about we both calm down, I'll go and come right back to you when we're done." I said

"You better..." she growled, "Cause right now, I'm pissed."

Her eyes widened and her eyes became entirely black and I shrieked and nodded. I quickly left and followed Aragorn and once we got far away from Demon Aragorn let out a sigh in relief.

"Oi oi you good?" I asked

"I don't know what I was doing back there." said Aragorn

"Oi oi you did good, I've never seen anyone as brave as you." I said

"Thanks." he replied

"Let's go." I said

He nodded and we entered the palace and into the throne room where the Queen was sitting.

"Your majesty." I called out

"Ryu I'm so sorry I had to interrupt your fun." apologized the Queen

"Oh it's nothing I just-"

She hugged me, catching me by surprise.

"I didn't get to properly say my greetings to you." said the Queen

Aragorn gave me an 'oh shit' look.

"Oh it's my fault I didn't approach you when I had the time." I replied all awkward

"It's fine it's not your fault." she said

"Why did you need to see me?" I asked

"There's someone I would like you to meet." replied the queen

She turned around and nodded to Aragorn and he quickly opened the door and a woman entered the room. She was an elf but she was wearing what a sorceress would wear, she seemed really elegant.

"Ryu, this is Aerin a sorceress." said the queen

"Oh it's nice to meet you." I said

"It's an honor." replied Aerin

"Aerin has told me she's been feeling a very dangerous presence coming for all of us." said the queen

"Oh that's uhh bad." I replied, "How bad is it?"

"I've been getting visions of terrible things, one was including your death." said Aerin

"My death huh." I said, "Anything else? Do you know who's going to kill me?" I asked

"No nothing has been given to me." she replied

"I uhh, don't know but maybe we'll find out soon." I said

But then I felt a strange presence around me.

"What's that?" I questioned

"Is something wrong?" asked the queen

That's when I saw a ghost appear at the door but my eyes widened when it was that same hooded guy we met during the mission.

Aragorn and the knights in the room immediately circled around the queen and Aerin protecting them.

"You again." I said

"I apologize for intruding, but if you have a moment I would like to show you my ambition." said the hooded man

"I don't like it." said Thunder

'Well, this is a chance to finally learn.'

"I have time." I said

"Good." replied the man

"Sir is that really a good idea?" asked Aragorn

"Stay put, I'll be back." I said

I quickly pressed something on my watch and it changed into my gear.

"Tell Demon to wait just a bit." I said

The hooded man raised up his arm and then I began to slowly disappear like a fog until I was now standing on a devastated earth.

"Why are we here?" I asked

"Follow me." he said

He began floating, while I walked behind him.

"This world has been devastated by a war, a very unnecessary war." said the man

"What kind of war is this?" I asked

"A war between man and woman." replied the man

"That's uhh unnecessary." I replied

That's when we got to what I think was the remains of the battlefield. There were dead bodies everywhere, both male and female but I noticed that these people looked Asian. I began checking some of the men and the style of clothings was a Korean traditional hanbok. It was like one of those Korean soldiers back then during the Joseon dynasty in Korea.

"But that isn't all." said the man

The man led me somewhere and it was a camp, all with male soldiers. They didn't notice us so we stayed hidden from the guards but I heard a lot of screams inside the tents but they sounded like moans.

"Those who surrender are raped, since both sides are divided most of the regular civilians do not experience such deeds but this created chaos amongst the earth. A lust for sexual desires." said the hooded man

"That is weird but what's your point?" I asked

"Let's proceed." he replied

We began disappearing again but this time we were in a modern time but I immediately recognized it as Japan from the symbols on the buildings.

"During this time, Japan's economy was struggling so they resorted to having sex slaves, women only." said the hooded man

"Why is everything you show me have to be sex?" I asked

"Lust for sexual desires leads to corruption and more lust for other desires." replied the man

I sighed and just watched as we were on top of a roof of a building and there was a whole bathroom filled with women tied to toilets and every man was just raping them.

"This is really stupid." I said

"Let's proceed." he said

"I swear, if it's another sex thing I'm going to flip." I said

But he didn't respond and we disappeared and we ended up on top of a stadium. I overlooked four women but two of them were fighting one woman who seemed to be unwilling to fight them.

"This is a world with humanity and orcs who live together. But some of them rose up and took advantage of that and created a corrupted government that manipulated many." said the man

"This is a waste of my time, sorry but I don't know your ambition." I said

I was about to leave but then the hooded man stopped me.

"My ambition is to destroy worlds that are corrupted. Destroy them entirely." he said

"Destroy corrupted worlds huh? Sorry but that's something you can't decide by yourself." I said

"Don't you agree, there are so many worlds where humanity is failing to live up to their purpose." said the man

"Look, just don't destroy any worlds. There are innocent lives." I said

"If you're not going to destroy the enemy then I will." said the man

He suddenly disappeared and appeared in the ring.

"You gotta be kidding me." I sighed, "I can't allow this."

I jumped towards him and crashed into him.

"Everyone run!" I yelled

I summoned a storm and forced 8 lightning bolts to hit me and the hooded man. I watched as everyone in the stadium began to scream and run but then I saw the women continue fighting.

"Dammit I told them to run." I groaned

But I lost focus and the hooded man somehow just used my lightning bolts and hit me. I flew back and into the four women who were fighting.

"If you choose to stand in my way I will have no choice but to destroy you."

"Who the hell are you?" I asked

"The angel of lust." he replied