Book 2: Chapter 12 (1/2)

With murder in her eyes, the newly appearing Netori lunged at me, her hand bursting out in a strike that could crush someone’s throat. However, it wasn’t my throat she was lunging towards. Rather, she attacked south, her hand whipping down towards the location of the girl under me. The girl gave a shriek and then her body evaporated like smoke. The shackles that had been binding her were not present anymore, now that I was finished.

Netori’s hand hit the couch, and the pillow that was under the other girl’s head exploded, showing the strength and killing intent of the blow. Netori’s eye shot up, and the other Netori was now dressed in a robe just like the one I had torn off her, a defensive wronged look on her face.

“You attack your sister? He’s the one who defiled me!” She pointed at me accusingly with a shaky hand.

“Netorare! Don’t think I’m not aware of the games you’ve been playing with my champion! I should destroy you where you stand!” As if to do exactly that, she lunged again.

This time, the other girl blocked her attack. Both girls slid back, almost about equal in strength. “Your game is boring! I was just trying to lighten it up!”

“You… bitch!” Netori growled.

“Wait… wait… what’s happening? I demanded, scratching my head as I stared at the two nearly identical women.

I said nearly because now that they were standing next to each other, I was starting to recognize a few subtle differences. Netorare was just a tad shorter. Her breasts and butt are a tad bigger. She had a small clip in her hair that I never noticed before. Her robes were also a bit different. That was to say, the colors were completed inverted. I was pretty sure the ones I ripped off of her were more like Netori’s.

Netori spun to me. “Don’t you start! You haven’t called on me in a week! I was waiting for you to come groveling back, and then I see you’re fraternizing with the enemy!”

“The enemy? I called you three times and you didn’t come!”

Netori’s expression shook and then she shot the other girl a look. That girl turned and whistled, looking the exact opposite of innocent.

“That is… that’s because I was busy!” Netori didn’t meet my eyes.

“Busy?” I responded incredulously.

“Busy is busy!” Netori stomped her foot, “This isn’t about me!”

I stood up and walked right up to Netori. “Then let’s make it about you. When you ran off and fucked Jack in front of me, it crushed me! I spent the last week dealing with it. And when I invited you to my bed, I was rejected by your lookalike and even had to spend my points just so I wasn’t abandoned! How can I be your champion when you’ve been such a shitty goddess!”

Netori suddenly did something I never expected from her. She broke into tears. Suddenly, her hands wrapped around me and she hugged me. I was so surprised by the sudden affection, that I could only stare in disbelief. After she cried for about a minute, I cautiously reached up and patted her head. Meanwhile, Netori wiped her tears and nose on my shirt.

“Look how weak you’ve gotten.” The other girl spoke up. “You’ve seriously chosen a man like him?”

“Yeah, this isn’t over,” I growled shooting her a look. “Who are you anyway?”

Netori still held me, speaking into my chest with a muffled voice. “She’s Netorare. My sister. The Goddess of Loss.”

“There are two of you?”

“Hmph… there are three of us. You forget sister Netorase, the goddess of sharing.” The girl named Netorare crossed her arms and frowned at us.

“When I started this game…” mumbled Netori. “It was supposed to be between the three of us. It was Netorare who told the other gods about the game and blew this into a bigger deal.”

“And why not?” Netorare sniffed. “What you’re trying to do will fail. I will never accept your champion.”

“And what of yours.” Netori finally pulled away from me and glared at her. “You weren’t even trying.”

“Trying? Look at yourselves! I’ve already won!” Netorare laughed. “He has no one left. My guy has already conquered all of his women.”

“You did that by breaking the rules!”

“No matter?” Netorare shrugged. “What’s done is done, and you weren’t even there to see your failure.”

“That’s because you cheated…”

“Don’t talk to me about cheating! Just face it, you lost everyone!”

“I haven’t lost everyone,” I said definitely, trying to support Netori.

“Oh… are your talking of your sister? ” Netorare’s eyes flashed. “You haven’t heard? Oh my, it turns out my champion has already conquered her completely.”

“You…” I backed up, a flash of fear shooting through my heart. “No!”

“Hakaru, wait!” Netori called to me, but I ignored her, unlocking the door to let myself out.

“And don’t think I will forgive you for what you did to me!” Netorare shouted. “I will absolutely never forgive you! You’ll never succeed with what Netori wants, because I won’t allow it! Never!”

Netorare vanished as I locked the doors behind me and jumped on my bike. I pedaled as fast as I could, speeding down the street towards my home.

Netori’s voice sounded in my ear. “Don’t go home. You don’t want to see it.”