65 Awakening Part 2 (1/2)
Not much surprised Axel anymore. He's fought against a giant snake after waking up in the body of a dead prince. Then, he made love with a girl from a famous family after only knowing her for a couple days.
To say that nothing surprised him was a fair assessment. However, what was currently happening infront of him was something he would have to add to the list of things that shock him.
Ann was literally dancing around the shadows as Carmen tore them to shreds. She was doing it so efficiently that she was actually gaining ground on the ever-spawning waves of slimes and phallic shaped shadows.
Axel and the boys could only watch in awe as Ann finished off the last shadow. She turned to target Kamoshida, who had just appeared with more shadows, but suddenly fell to her knees as she reverted back to normal.
Seeing she was back in her normal form, Axel's eyes widened as he took off towards her. Sadly, Kamoshida was closer to her and he noticed the fatigued state Ann was in.
With a chilling smile, Kamoshida tore the sword out her arms and kicked her in the face, forcing her to the ground. Dazed, Ann held back her tears as she tried to stand.
But Kamoshida wasn't just going to let her recover. Giving Axel a taunting smile, Kamoshida placed his foot on her stomach, making her unable to move. Then, under the horrified gaze of Axel and the boys, Kamoshida plunged his sword into Ann's shoulder.
She cried out in pain. With tears streaming down her eyes, Ann fell into a panic as the pain slowly grew stronger. To make matters worse, Kamoshida twisted the sword as he seemed to derive pleasure from Ann's howls of pain.
Axel felt his blood boil as he growled. This was the first time he's ever seen someone he cared for be hurt this badly. The pure anger he felt at this moment actually made him dizzy.
Suddenly, Axel froze in place as a massive headache assaulted him.
\”How… pathetic.\”
A cold and calculating voice whispered inside Axel's head as all he could hear was the sound of his heartbeat and the voice.
\”To think my new liege would be someone like this… how aggravating. Then again, I guess this is what I deserve.\”
Flames far darker than everyone else's circled Axel's body as he roared, \”WHO THE FUCK GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO CALL ME PATHETIC!?!\”
The voice scoffed in disdain, \”The right? I don't need to be giving 'the right' to call someone pathetic! Look at how your acting and tell me I'm wrong.\”
With an aggrieved expression, Axel clenched his fists hard enough to draw blood and growled, \”Then how should I act, hmm? My girlfriend is being stabbed right infront of me and instead of saving her, I'm arguing with some stupid voice in mind head!\”
The voice seemed to find his words amusing as it lightly chuckled, \”I suppose your right. You do realise WHAT I am, don't you?\”
Axel snorted, \”Obviously your some form of Persona. However, I really don't need an annoying persona.\”
\”Then your in luck since I'm not like the others. Unlike Gemini, I live for the battlefield! Summon me! Call my name! Shout it to the world and let my legend live once more!\”
The dark flames surrounding him stabilised as Axel's eyes colour changed to yellow. The flames grew larger and larger, forcing everyone to stop and brace themselves.
Luckily, Morgana took the chance to retrieve Ann when Kamoshida stumbled back from the force of Axel's flames.
After giving Ann a concerned look, Akira turned to Morgana and hastily yelled, \”Morgana! What the hell is going on!?!\”
Morgana was visibly panicked by both Ann and Axel as he screamed, \”I-I don't know!\”
From within the torrent of flames, Axel's amber eyes glared at Kamoshida as the voice slowly uttered, \”As a disgraced knight, I take up my tainted blade once more…\”
\”I am thou, thou art I... I shall become the blade that reaps the foes that stand before you.\”
\”As the knight of betrayal, I swear my loyalty once more… Speak my name and let my sword quench it's thirst!\”
Suddenly, the world went silent as Axel roared, \”COME TO ME! MORDRED!\”