Chapter 49
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(A/N: It seems some of you is mistaken something. Some of you think 'Okame' means 'Tortoise'. Actually, in Japanese, 'Okame' means 'Wolf', and is pronounced 'Okami'. It's like how 'Kitsune' means 'Fox'.)
Third POV:
Ahri has been walking through the halls of the Institute until she reached the dining hall. She started looking around until she found the person she was looking for.
She walked towards a table that had Aki, Brite, Solas, Sona, and Tiara. The Nine-Tailed Vastayan hesitantly brought a chair from another table and sat with them.
The Dancer groaned, "What do you want now, fox?" she asked.
Ahri took a deep breath and prepared herself for what's next. "Look, I know you are angry, and I'm… sorry," she apologized.
Everyone looked at her confused. "Sorry for what?" Tiara asked.
"Everything," Ahri replied shaking her head. "I know I've been acting like a…" she trailed off looking for the word.
"B*tch?" Tiara suggested.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan nodded. "Yeah, and despite what you think. I really care about Grey."
"I know," Tiara said making the others look at her either deadpan or confused. She rolled her eyes at their looks. "Please, I'm the second-best assassin in history. If I really thought that you didn't care about my brother, I could have had you killed with, literally, no one knowing what happened."
Ahri shivered slightly realizing that Tiara was being serious. Lux noticed something in what she said. "Wait, second-best in history? Why not the best?" the young Crownguard asked.
"Because I'm not egotistical enough to believe that I'm better than Ciaran the Lord's blade," the Dancer replied. She knew full well that Ciaran didn't become one of the Four Knights of Gwyn for nothing. Tiara looked back at Ahri. "So, what do you want? I don't think you just came here to say that."
Ahri sighed and brought up the question that recently haunted her. "I want to know… what does Grey fight for?"
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They were all taken back by the question, but they couldn't help but be curious so they all looked at Tiara.
The Dancer just sighed. "Lots of things," she answered. "But, not one of them is selfish. He always, and I mean always, fight for the sake of something or someone else."
Ahri looked at her confused. "Always something else? What about himself?" she asked. She knew that Grey can be selfless, but not to this extent.
Tiara scoffed. "Himself? To Grey, it's always been everyone but himself. In fact, I don't think that I saw Grey fight for himself even once in his life."
All of them, but Brite, Look at her shocked. "That can't be right," Lux said shaking her head. "He's a person, he has to have at least ONE selfish desire."
All of them had to agree. Everyone who is a person had something they wish for themselves in this world.
Ahri knew that more than most people. After all, she used to have the selfish desire to steal memories, and now she has the desire to find a way to live peacefully, which is selfish if you think about it.
"You're right, he does have a selfish desire. Although, it doesn't sound selfish at all." Brite said drawing their attention. "I'll be honest, after I've seen Runeterra, I can safely say that… it's soft, to the point where it's not even funny."
The others who are from Runeterra looked a little insulted. "What do mean?" Aki asked.
"Please," Tiara scoffed crossing her arms. "The thing you people are worried about the most is the Void, and honestly, it's just a cheap knock-off of the Dark Abyss. In fact, you can't even compare them."
"What does that have to do with Grey's selfish desire?" Ahri asked. So far, all Tiara and Brite did was compare their worlds.
The Outrider Knight sighed. She knew this part was coming. "Because, in our world, no matter how good your intentions or actions are, there is always, and I mean always, an innocent victim that suffers."
Everyone but Solas and Brite looked at her surprised. Lux chuckled nervously. "What… do you mean? That can't be-"
"True?" Tiara guessed what the young Crownguard was going to say. "Sorry to tell you this, but that's just how cruel our world is. And the worst part is that it's a well-known fact by now."
They all just looked at her as their mood went down. Ahri glared at Tiara. "You still haven't answered my question."
The Dancer rolled her eyes. "You see, Grey knows that there is always going to be a victim, and he refuses that it's anyone else but him," she said making them look at her confused.
"In other words, Grey would rather suffer alone than let anyone else suffer. Like Tiara said, it's selfish but doesn't sound like that," Brite explained.
They all just stared shocked, except Solas. Truthfully, the Sun's First Born had already expected this when Tiara and Brite brought up their world.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan wasn't finished with questions. "Alright, one last question. On the off chance that Grey ends up being corrupted by the Abyss, what would you do?" she asked, but she was fearing the answer.
Much to Ahri's sadness, Tiara's answer was exactly what she feared. "I'd kill him, plain and simple," she said shocking the others.
"Okay, you can't be serious!" Lux yelled standing up. "How can you say that about your own brother!?" she asked. As a sibling herself, she knew that she would never say this about Garen.
"Didn't I already tell you that you can only offer those people a quick end?" Brite asked remembering that he already mentioned this subject.
"That's different!" Lux glared at them. "You and Grey are friends! But Tiara is his sister! How can you say that about your own family!?"
"Family?" Tiara glared at the young Crownguard, making her back down. "That word barely has any meaning in our world, and it definitely didn't stop Grey from killing Ghear."
They all stopped and looked at her in disbelief. "Grey… killed his and your father?" Ahri asked.
"Why?" Solas asked. "I thought Ghear stopped hunting because he retired."
"Oh for the love of…" Tiara shook her head before looking at the Sun's First Born. "Solas, Ghear was an undead. What is the only thing that can make an undead retire?"
Solas didn't need to think much to know the answer. "Because they're going Hollow."
The Dancer nodded. "That's right," she sighed recalling those days. "Ghear wanted one of us to come back and kill him after he fully turns Hollow, and Grey was the one to do it."
Lux sat down as they all let those words sink in. Grey always told them that he doesn't talk about his world because of how cruel it is, and now they realize to what extent of cruel it was.
Ahri just kept looking down before she asked one last question. "How do you deal with it?" she asked.
All of them wanted to know. From what Brite and Tiara just revealed, their world was a place of never-ending torture, mentally and physically.
"Everyone has their own way," the Dancer replied shrugging her shoulders. "For me? It's about taking my anger out at everything around me," she said, which honestly explained a little about her to the others.
"For me, it's protecting Dragon's Peak," Solas replied remembering the home he made for Dragons.
"My reason is that as long as the sun shines, there's always hope," Brite said his own reason.
The Fox Vastayan then looked up before asking, "And Grey?"
Both Tiara and Brite looked at each other before shrugging. "We don't know," the Silver Knight replied.
Ahri looked at them confused. "What do you mean you don't know?"
"Simply put, we have no idea how Grey handles our world," Tiara said. In all honesty, her brother amazed her when it came to this. "He just does."
Again, they fell silent as they let the words sink in. They realized that despite Grey's attitude, which was carefree, caring, and kind, he had quite the dark life.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan suddenly chuckled making the others look at her shocked. "How can you laugh right now?" Lux asked.
"No, it's just…" Ahri shook her head before answering. "I just realized that despite all that, Grey is still as much of a person as the rest of us," she said making the others look at her confused. "Everyone has their faults. For Grey, well, he can't lie at all."
"Ain't that the truth," Tiara chuckled at her brother's inability to lie.
<I think it's kind of cute, really.> Sona wrote down, showing it to everyone.
"He's modest to the point where it's annoying," Ahri added.
"He seriously needs to start taking credit for himself," Brite said shaking his head.
Lux nodded. "Yeah. Seriously, there's a difference between modesty and self-doubt."
"He also takes unnecessary risks," Ahri said remembering what Nidalee told her about the fight with Vordt.
"From what I've seen so far, I can say that this is a fact," Solas said remembering some of the stories the others told him about Grey.
"And, he honestly has weird sleeping habits," Ahri chuckled remembering each night she spent with the Abyss Watcher. "He either needs someone to wake him up or he doesn't sleep at all."
Tiara shrugged. "Hey, don't look at me. That's something he got from the Old Wolf of Farron, not the Ashnex family," she said blaming Grey's sleeping habits on the Old Wolf.
"Doesn't matter," Ahri shook her head. "The important thing is, he has things he wants to do in this world. And, WHEN he gets back, I'm going to make sure he experience them."
They all noticed how the Nine-Tailed Vastayan pointed out the word 'When'. They all smiled seeing her believe Grey will return.
With Grey:
Meanwhile, the Abyss Watcher had just walked finished walking down the stairs provided to him by Susano.
Apparently, the stairs led him to the other side of the mountain, avoiding the fog in the process.
Honestly, the Abyss Watcher was grateful. He honestly did not feel like fighting. Even if he gained another of the Lords' Soul.
Back to the subject at hand. The area around him was the complete opposite of the other side of the mountain.
Unlike the garden full of life and the blue sky, this place was like a dead forest. Dead trees were everywhere, and the sky was pitch black where the full moon was shining.
"Well, Well, that's interesting," Someone said and Grey looked to see Ama sitting on a fallen tree near the entrance of the forest. "Usually, Susano is far more chaotic. You must have impressed him to gain the Storm Medallion, Okame."
The Abyss Watcher wasn't surprised that she knew Susano since he mentioned her, but he was surprised by something else. "How do you keep showing up wherever I go?" he asked.
Ama simply smirked. "Now, now, it's not nice to ask a lady to give secrets about herself."
Grey just narrowed his eyes but kept his comments to himself. He remembered that she might be his only lead to find the other two Medallions.
"Where can I find the other two?" he asked deciding to ignore the woman's sudden appearance.
Ama knew what he was talking about and simply pointed to the dead forest beside her. "In there you will find the Medallion of the Moon."
The Abyss Watcher looked at the forest before looking back at the black-haired woman. "I suppose you're going to warn me of what is in there?"
Ama chuckled. "You are right about that," she said before narrowing her eyes. "THAT is the Forest of Dead Dreams. In there, what you believe in will be tested."
Grey couldn't help but chuckle thinking of how it sounded like the Judgement… and his daily life. "Been there, done that. Many times."
The dark-haired woman chuckled again. "Well, Okame, I wish you luck."
The Abyss Watcher barely cared for her words as he walked towards the forest, passing through the dead trees.
Ama just smirked at his direction. "He keeps getting interesting," she said before she turned her now angry gaze to the mountain. "I'm just glad that idiot Susano didn't mess this up."
Meanwhile, Grey was walking through the dead trees of the forest. In all honesty, he didn't know what to expect.
First, he was really hoping the incident with Susano wouldn't happen again. Mainly because he was really leaning towards the Soul of Death.
Second, he was experiencing some nostalgia. The dead trees and the pale moon in the sky, all this place was missing was snow and it would look exactly like the Boreal Valley.
While walking, Grey couldn't help but feel that he was being watched. He stopped to look around him.
There wasn't anything, but he wasn't stupid enough to believe he was alone. He knew that there was definitely something here.
The Abyss Watcher slowly reached for the handle of his sword and waited. But, nothing came out.
Grey narrowed his eyes. Whatever was out there, it's obviously waiting for him to go deeper into the forest.
Shrugging his shoulders, the Lord of Cinder decided that, if that thing isn't coming for it, then he's coming for it.
So, Grey started walking through the forest again, ready for whatever is hiding in the shadows.
After a few minutes of walking, he walked in towards a small clearing. The Abyss Watcher stopped and looked in confusion at what he found.
The clearing itself wasn't the problem. However, the fact that there were sheets in the middle of the clearing was confusing.
Something was obviously under the sheets, and Grey didn't need to check as it crawled out to reveal… a naked man.
The man, however, looked like the life had been drained from him. He was skinny to the point where you can see the bones and his skin had lost color. Grey almost thought it was a Hollow.
The man groaned before he stopped moving and died. Suddenly, something else came out of the sheets.
It was… Ahri. But, there was some difference. For one thing, she was also naked. Second, she looked more feral than normal.
Her slit eyes were thinner than usual. Her hair was slightly messy. The fur on her tails looked dirty. And, her fangs looked longer.
Seeing the man naked, along with Ahri, it wasn't hard for Grey to realize that she had 'fun' with him as he died.
"Oh, there you are," Ahri said grinning deviously, not bothering to cover herself. "I was wondering what happened to my favorite toy."
The Abyss Watcher paid her no mind. He didn't even care that she was naked. "What happened to him?" he asked in an emotionless voice motioning to the dead man.
"Him?" Ahri looked at the corpse in front of her. "Oh, you know. I just… 'played' with him before I took his memories," she said. Grey remained quiet which made her give a sinister chuckle. "What's wrong? Can't stand to look at me in my true nature?"
"True nature?" Grey asked raising an eyebrow.
"You didn't think I care about you, did you?" the Nine-Tailed Vastayan asked mockingly. "Please," she scoffed motioning to herself. "Like I would waste my time caring someone like you. You were just another toy for me. All this time you thought I was just teasing, but in truth, I just wanted to finally have my fun with you so I can ditch you and look for more toys. But, I got tired of waiting."
The Abyss Watcher just stayed quiet. With the neck of his shirt covering his face, it was almost impossible to tell what he felt.
"Awe, you usually get so flustered when you see my body," Ahri gave a sinister laugh. "Are you Heart-broken? To know that I never cared for you?" She grinned like a madwoman. "Face it! This is the real me! The only one who can actually care for you is someone who uses you! I will never-"
She was cut off… when Grey's sword pierced her chest as he suddenly appeared in front of her.
The Abyss Watcher's eyes showed no pain, just boredom. "You're annoying," he said as he pulled out his sword making her fall to her knees. "Also, why would I get flustered over someone who isn't even half as beautiful as the real Ahri?"
'Ahri' fell on the ground and laid motionless for a few seconds before she, the man, and the sheets suddenly turned to dust and vanished in the air.
The sound of wood creaking was heard as the trees in front of Grey suddenly started moving, creating a path for him.
Seeing no other way, the Abyss Watcher started walking through the bent trees, headed towards whatever they led him to.
Once he reached another clearing, he noticed the major difference between it and the last one.
The first thing he noticed was a house. From his short time in Ionia, Grey recognized it to be the same design as Ionian homes, only looked older.
On the entrance to the house sat a man with mid-length pale white hair. He had blue, slightly glowing eyes. He was wearing a green yukata with dark blue moon drawings.
The man, who was sitting cross-legged in front of a pot of tea, looked up at Grey. "Well, that was interesting," the man said with a smirk. "The last person to enter my forest had lost his mind in seconds, but you managed to see through it, and reach me."
"I guess you're the one who created the illusion?" the Abyss Watcher asked.
The man shook his head. "No, the forest did. Think of it as a defensive mechanism. A way to keep unworthy from reaching me."
"And who are you?" Grey asked curiously.
The man smiled and did a small bow while still sitting. "My name is Tsukiyomi, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Am I going to fight you for the Moon Medallion?" Grey asked. He already guessed that he had it.
Tsukiyomi scoffed. "Fight? No, thank you. I'm not like that barbarian Susano," he said annoyed. "If you want it, then here."
The man took out something from the sleeve of his yukata and threw it at Grey. When the Abyss Watcher caught it, he saw it was a medallion similar to the Storm medallion, but with the crest of the moon.
"You're just giving it to me?" Grey asked suspiciously.
Tsukiyomi shrugged. "The Gate of Spirits has to be opened sooner or later. Why delay the inevitable? Also, I got bored of holding on to the Medallion," he then smirked. "Besides, I want to see if you can defeat the demon there."
The Abyss Watcher was not amused. "So, I'm just entertainment for you?"
"To put it simply, yes," Tsukiyomi replied with harsh honesty. "It has been a really long time since someone came to Takama no Hara, and things get rather dull here. Other than Susano causing trouble like a child, or Ama making sure to give him an earful, nothing much happens."
Grey would have questioned it further, but he decided to simply forget about that and focus on finding the last medallion.
"Here," Tsukiyomi waved his hand and the trees behind Grey created another path. "This should get you out of the forest without encountering any illusions," the Abyss Watcher turned to leave but stopped as Tsukiyomi spoke again. "Before you go, can I ask, how did you know that what you saw was not real?"
Grey looked at Tsukiyomi over his shoulder. Seeing as the man was honest so far, he decided to answer with honesty as well.
"Simply put… I saw no humanity in her eyes," the Lord of Cinder said making Tsukiyomi raise an eyebrow. "Ahri is more human than most people I met, and the one I saw was just a beast with no humanity in them," With that, the Abyss Watcher continued walking through the path of trees.
When Grey can no longer be seen, Tsukiyomi started laughing. "Ama was right. That guy is interesting."
Meanwhile, the Abyss Watcher kept walking until he made it outside the forest. Surprisingly, the moon was no longer in the sky.
"My, my," Someone said. Grey looked to see Ama standing a few feet in front of him. "You managed to get the Moon Medallion as well. Well, Tsukiyomi never liked hanging on to it."
Grey just looked at her. "You know, showing up out of nowhere just makes you more suspicious."
The woman just smirked deviously. "Oh, I think men are drawn to a woman with mysteries surrounding her," she said before leaning forward. "After all, every time we meet you start trying to get to know me."
"The attention I'm giving you and the one you THINK I'm giving you are completely different," Grey said making her smirk vanish. "Where's the last Medallion?" he asked.
Ama rolled her eyes. "Very well," she then looked at him with her smirk coming back. "You will find the last Medallion at the end of the beginning," she said.
The Abyss Watcher sighed and shook his head. He knew it wasn't going to be easy, but he really hoped he didn't have to deal with riddles.
He looked at Ama to ask her for something else… only to see that she vanished, making him sigh again.
Grey started thinking about what she said. "At the end… of the beginning…" he mumbled.
After a few minutes of thinking, the answer was obvious. The Lord of Cinder then started walking towards the location of the last Medallion.
(A/N: Thank you for reading this. I hope you enjoy it.
Now, about the talk with the champions in the Institute. You have to admit, that it's about time someone finally told the others how the world of Dark Souls is far crueler than Runeterra.
And for those who don't know the world of Dark Souls, then let me tell you that what Tiara and Brite said is true. No matter what you do, there's always an innocent victim that gets hurt.
Ahri also had to talk with the others to show them how sorry she is about what happened. You can't expect all of them to simply forget it.
As for what Grey saw. I know some of you were expecting more, and I'm sorry about that. But, Ama already said that the forest test what people "Believe", not Grey himself.
Also, about the fake Ahri that Grey saw. It's actually based on most Fan Fics that are about Ahri. They all view her as some sl*t for life essence that keeps trying to f*ck people. Like a supernatural prostitute. So I decided Grey should encounter something like this and say how he feels.
Again, thank you for reading this. Please comment, review, and give me your thoughts on my story.)
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
(A/N: It seems some of you is mistaken something. Some of you think 'Okame' means 'Tortoise'. Actually, in Japanese, 'Okame' means 'Wolf', and is pronounced 'Okami'. It's like how 'Kitsune' means 'Fox'.)
Third POV:
Ahri has been walking through the halls of the Institute until she reached the dining hall. She started looking around until she found the person she was looking for.
She walked towards a table that had Aki, Brite, Solas, Sona, and Tiara. The Nine-Tailed Vastayan hesitantly brought a chair from another table and sat with them.
The Dancer groaned, "What do you want now, fox?" she asked.
Ahri took a deep breath and prepared herself for what's next. "Look, I know you are angry, and I'm… sorry," she apologized.
Everyone looked at her confused. "Sorry for what?" Tiara asked.
"Everything," Ahri replied shaking her head. "I know I've been acting like a…" she trailed off looking for the word.
"B*tch?" Tiara suggested.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan nodded. "Yeah, and despite what you think. I really care about Grey."
"I know," Tiara said making the others look at her either deadpan or confused. She rolled her eyes at their looks. "Please, I'm the second-best assassin in history. If I really thought that you didn't care about my brother, I could have had you killed with, literally, no one knowing what happened."
Ahri shivered slightly realizing that Tiara was being serious. Lux noticed something in what she said. "Wait, second-best in history? Why not the best?" the young Crownguard asked.
"Because I'm not egotistical enough to believe that I'm better than Ciaran the Lord's blade," the Dancer replied. She knew full well that Ciaran didn't become one of the Four Knights of Gwyn for nothing. Tiara looked back at Ahri. "So, what do you want? I don't think you just came here to say that."
Ahri sighed and brought up the question that recently haunted her. "I want to know… what does Grey fight for?"
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They were all taken back by the question, but they couldn't help but be curious so they all looked at Tiara.
The Dancer just sighed. "Lots of things," she answered. "But, not one of them is selfish. He always, and I mean always, fight for the sake of something or someone else."
Ahri looked at her confused. "Always something else? What about himself?" she asked. She knew that Grey can be selfless, but not to this extent.
Tiara scoffed. "Himself? To Grey, it's always been everyone but himself. In fact, I don't think that I saw Grey fight for himself even once in his life."
All of them, but Brite, Look at her shocked. "That can't be right," Lux said shaking her head. "He's a person, he has to have at least ONE selfish desire."
All of them had to agree. Everyone who is a person had something they wish for themselves in this world.
Ahri knew that more than most people. After all, she used to have the selfish desire to steal memories, and now she has the desire to find a way to live peacefully, which is selfish if you think about it.
"You're right, he does have a selfish desire. Although, it doesn't sound selfish at all." Brite said drawing their attention. "I'll be honest, after I've seen Runeterra, I can safely say that… it's soft, to the point where it's not even funny."
The others who are from Runeterra looked a little insulted. "What do mean?" Aki asked.
"Please," Tiara scoffed crossing her arms. "The thing you people are worried about the most is the Void, and honestly, it's just a cheap knock-off of the Dark Abyss. In fact, you can't even compare them."
"What does that have to do with Grey's selfish desire?" Ahri asked. So far, all Tiara and Brite did was compare their worlds.
The Outrider Knight sighed. She knew this part was coming. "Because, in our world, no matter how good your intentions or actions are, there is always, and I mean always, an innocent victim that suffers."
Everyone but Solas and Brite looked at her surprised. Lux chuckled nervously. "What… do you mean? That can't be-"
"True?" Tiara guessed what the young Crownguard was going to say. "Sorry to tell you this, but that's just how cruel our world is. And the worst part is that it's a well-known fact by now."
They all just looked at her as their mood went down. Ahri glared at Tiara. "You still haven't answered my question."
The Dancer rolled her eyes. "You see, Grey knows that there is always going to be a victim, and he refuses that it's anyone else but him," she said making them look at her confused.
"In other words, Grey would rather suffer alone than let anyone else suffer. Like Tiara said, it's selfish but doesn't sound like that," Brite explained.
They all just stared shocked, except Solas. Truthfully, the Sun's First Born had already expected this when Tiara and Brite brought up their world.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan wasn't finished with questions. "Alright, one last question. On the off chance that Grey ends up being corrupted by the Abyss, what would you do?" she asked, but she was fearing the answer.
Much to Ahri's sadness, Tiara's answer was exactly what she feared. "I'd kill him, plain and simple," she said shocking the others.
"Okay, you can't be serious!" Lux yelled standing up. "How can you say that about your own brother!?" she asked. As a sibling herself, she knew that she would never say this about Garen.
"Didn't I already tell you that you can only offer those people a quick end?" Brite asked remembering that he already mentioned this subject.
"That's different!" Lux glared at them. "You and Grey are friends! But Tiara is his sister! How can you say that about your own family!?"
"Family?" Tiara glared at the young Crownguard, making her back down. "That word barely has any meaning in our world, and it definitely didn't stop Grey from killing Ghear."
They all stopped and looked at her in disbelief. "Grey… killed his and your father?" Ahri asked.
"Why?" Solas asked. "I thought Ghear stopped hunting because he retired."
"Oh for the love of…" Tiara shook her head before looking at the Sun's First Born. "Solas, Ghear was an undead. What is the only thing that can make an undead retire?"
Solas didn't need to think much to know the answer. "Because they're going Hollow."
The Dancer nodded. "That's right," she sighed recalling those days. "Ghear wanted one of us to come back and kill him after he fully turns Hollow, and Grey was the one to do it."
Lux sat down as they all let those words sink in. Grey always told them that he doesn't talk about his world because of how cruel it is, and now they realize to what extent of cruel it was.
Ahri just kept looking down before she asked one last question. "How do you deal with it?" she asked.
All of them wanted to know. From what Brite and Tiara just revealed, their world was a place of never-ending torture, mentally and physically.
"Everyone has their own way," the Dancer replied shrugging her shoulders. "For me? It's about taking my anger out at everything around me," she said, which honestly explained a little about her to the others.
"For me, it's protecting Dragon's Peak," Solas replied remembering the home he made for Dragons.
"My reason is that as long as the sun shines, there's always hope," Brite said his own reason.
The Fox Vastayan then looked up before asking, "And Grey?"
Both Tiara and Brite looked at each other before shrugging. "We don't know," the Silver Knight replied.
Ahri looked at them confused. "What do you mean you don't know?"
"Simply put, we have no idea how Grey handles our world," Tiara said. In all honesty, her brother amazed her when it came to this. "He just does."
Again, they fell silent as they let the words sink in. They realized that despite Grey's attitude, which was carefree, caring, and kind, he had quite the dark life.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan suddenly chuckled making the others look at her shocked. "How can you laugh right now?" Lux asked.
"No, it's just…" Ahri shook her head before answering. "I just realized that despite all that, Grey is still as much of a person as the rest of us," she said making the others look at her confused. "Everyone has their faults. For Grey, well, he can't lie at all."
"Ain't that the truth," Tiara chuckled at her brother's inability to lie.
<I think it's kind of cute, really.> Sona wrote down, showing it to everyone.
"He's modest to the point where it's annoying," Ahri added.
"He seriously needs to start taking credit for himself," Brite said shaking his head.
Lux nodded. "Yeah. Seriously, there's a difference between modesty and self-doubt."
"He also takes unnecessary risks," Ahri said remembering what Nidalee told her about the fight with Vordt.
"From what I've seen so far, I can say that this is a fact," Solas said remembering some of the stories the others told him about Grey.
"And, he honestly has weird sleeping habits," Ahri chuckled remembering each night she spent with the Abyss Watcher. "He either needs someone to wake him up or he doesn't sleep at all."
Tiara shrugged. "Hey, don't look at me. That's something he got from the Old Wolf of Farron, not the Ashnex family," she said blaming Grey's sleeping habits on the Old Wolf.
"Doesn't matter," Ahri shook her head. "The important thing is, he has things he wants to do in this world. And, WHEN he gets back, I'm going to make sure he experience them."
They all noticed how the Nine-Tailed Vastayan pointed out the word 'When'. They all smiled seeing her believe Grey will return.
With Grey:
Meanwhile, the Abyss Watcher had just walked finished walking down the stairs provided to him by Susano.
Apparently, the stairs led him to the other side of the mountain, avoiding the fog in the process.
Honestly, the Abyss Watcher was grateful. He honestly did not feel like fighting. Even if he gained another of the Lords' Soul.
Back to the subject at hand. The area around him was the complete opposite of the other side of the mountain.
Unlike the garden full of life and the blue sky, this place was like a dead forest. Dead trees were everywhere, and the sky was pitch black where the full moon was shining.
"Well, Well, that's interesting," Someone said and Grey looked to see Ama sitting on a fallen tree near the entrance of the forest. "Usually, Susano is far more chaotic. You must have impressed him to gain the Storm Medallion, Okame."
The Abyss Watcher wasn't surprised that she knew Susano since he mentioned her, but he was surprised by something else. "How do you keep showing up wherever I go?" he asked.
Ama simply smirked. "Now, now, it's not nice to ask a lady to give secrets about herself."
Grey just narrowed his eyes but kept his comments to himself. He remembered that she might be his only lead to find the other two Medallions.
"Where can I find the other two?" he asked deciding to ignore the woman's sudden appearance.
Ama knew what he was talking about and simply pointed to the dead forest beside her. "In there you will find the Medallion of the Moon."
The Abyss Watcher looked at the forest before looking back at the black-haired woman. "I suppose you're going to warn me of what is in there?"
Ama chuckled. "You are right about that," she said before narrowing her eyes. "THAT is the Forest of Dead Dreams. In there, what you believe in will be tested."
Grey couldn't help but chuckle thinking of how it sounded like the Judgement… and his daily life. "Been there, done that. Many times."
The dark-haired woman chuckled again. "Well, Okame, I wish you luck."
The Abyss Watcher barely cared for her words as he walked towards the forest, passing through the dead trees.
Ama just smirked at his direction. "He keeps getting interesting," she said before she turned her now angry gaze to the mountain. "I'm just glad that idiot Susano didn't mess this up."
Meanwhile, Grey was walking through the dead trees of the forest. In all honesty, he didn't know what to expect.
First, he was really hoping the incident with Susano wouldn't happen again. Mainly because he was really leaning towards the Soul of Death.
Second, he was experiencing some nostalgia. The dead trees and the pale moon in the sky, all this place was missing was snow and it would look exactly like the Boreal Valley.
While walking, Grey couldn't help but feel that he was being watched. He stopped to look around him.
There wasn't anything, but he wasn't stupid enough to believe he was alone. He knew that there was definitely something here.
The Abyss Watcher slowly reached for the handle of his sword and waited. But, nothing came out.
Grey narrowed his eyes. Whatever was out there, it's obviously waiting for him to go deeper into the forest.
Shrugging his shoulders, the Lord of Cinder decided that, if that thing isn't coming for it, then he's coming for it.
So, Grey started walking through the forest again, ready for whatever is hiding in the shadows.
After a few minutes of walking, he walked in towards a small clearing. The Abyss Watcher stopped and looked in confusion at what he found.
The clearing itself wasn't the problem. However, the fact that there were sheets in the middle of the clearing was confusing.
Something was obviously under the sheets, and Grey didn't need to check as it crawled out to reveal… a naked man.
The man, however, looked like the life had been drained from him. He was skinny to the point where you can see the bones and his skin had lost color. Grey almost thought it was a Hollow.
The man groaned before he stopped moving and died. Suddenly, something else came out of the sheets.
It was… Ahri. But, there was some difference. For one thing, she was also naked. Second, she looked more feral than normal.
Her slit eyes were thinner than usual. Her hair was slightly messy. The fur on her tails looked dirty. And, her fangs looked longer.
Seeing the man naked, along with Ahri, it wasn't hard for Grey to realize that she had 'fun' with him as he died.
"Oh, there you are," Ahri said grinning deviously, not bothering to cover herself. "I was wondering what happened to my favorite toy."
The Abyss Watcher paid her no mind. He didn't even care that she was naked. "What happened to him?" he asked in an emotionless voice motioning to the dead man.
"Him?" Ahri looked at the corpse in front of her. "Oh, you know. I just… 'played' with him before I took his memories," she said. Grey remained quiet which made her give a sinister chuckle. "What's wrong? Can't stand to look at me in my true nature?"
"True nature?" Grey asked raising an eyebrow.
"You didn't think I care about you, did you?" the Nine-Tailed Vastayan asked mockingly. "Please," she scoffed motioning to herself. "Like I would waste my time caring someone like you. You were just another toy for me. All this time you thought I was just teasing, but in truth, I just wanted to finally have my fun with you so I can ditch you and look for more toys. But, I got tired of waiting."
The Abyss Watcher just stayed quiet. With the neck of his shirt covering his face, it was almost impossible to tell what he felt.
"Awe, you usually get so flustered when you see my body," Ahri gave a sinister laugh. "Are you Heart-broken? To know that I never cared for you?" She grinned like a madwoman. "Face it! This is the real me! The only one who can actually care for you is someone who uses you! I will never-"
She was cut off… when Grey's sword pierced her chest as he suddenly appeared in front of her.
The Abyss Watcher's eyes showed no pain, just boredom. "You're annoying," he said as he pulled out his sword making her fall to her knees. "Also, why would I get flustered over someone who isn't even half as beautiful as the real Ahri?"
'Ahri' fell on the ground and laid motionless for a few seconds before she, the man, and the sheets suddenly turned to dust and vanished in the air.
The sound of wood creaking was heard as the trees in front of Grey suddenly started moving, creating a path for him.
Seeing no other way, the Abyss Watcher started walking through the bent trees, headed towards whatever they led him to.
Once he reached another clearing, he noticed the major difference between it and the last one.
The first thing he noticed was a house. From his short time in Ionia, Grey recognized it to be the same design as Ionian homes, only looked older.
On the entrance to the house sat a man with mid-length pale white hair. He had blue, slightly glowing eyes. He was wearing a green yukata with dark blue moon drawings.
The man, who was sitting cross-legged in front of a pot of tea, looked up at Grey. "Well, that was interesting," the man said with a smirk. "The last person to enter my forest had lost his mind in seconds, but you managed to see through it, and reach me."
"I guess you're the one who created the illusion?" the Abyss Watcher asked.
The man shook his head. "No, the forest did. Think of it as a defensive mechanism. A way to keep unworthy from reaching me."
"And who are you?" Grey asked curiously.
The man smiled and did a small bow while still sitting. "My name is Tsukiyomi, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Am I going to fight you for the Moon Medallion?" Grey asked. He already guessed that he had it.
Tsukiyomi scoffed. "Fight? No, thank you. I'm not like that barbarian Susano," he said annoyed. "If you want it, then here."
The man took out something from the sleeve of his yukata and threw it at Grey. When the Abyss Watcher caught it, he saw it was a medallion similar to the Storm medallion, but with the crest of the moon.
"You're just giving it to me?" Grey asked suspiciously.
Tsukiyomi shrugged. "The Gate of Spirits has to be opened sooner or later. Why delay the inevitable? Also, I got bored of holding on to the Medallion," he then smirked. "Besides, I want to see if you can defeat the demon there."
The Abyss Watcher was not amused. "So, I'm just entertainment for you?"
"To put it simply, yes," Tsukiyomi replied with harsh honesty. "It has been a really long time since someone came to Takama no Hara, and things get rather dull here. Other than Susano causing trouble like a child, or Ama making sure to give him an earful, nothing much happens."
Grey would have questioned it further, but he decided to simply forget about that and focus on finding the last medallion.
"Here," Tsukiyomi waved his hand and the trees behind Grey created another path. "This should get you out of the forest without encountering any illusions," the Abyss Watcher turned to leave but stopped as Tsukiyomi spoke again. "Before you go, can I ask, how did you know that what you saw was not real?"
Grey looked at Tsukiyomi over his shoulder. Seeing as the man was honest so far, he decided to answer with honesty as well.
"Simply put… I saw no humanity in her eyes," the Lord of Cinder said making Tsukiyomi raise an eyebrow. "Ahri is more human than most people I met, and the one I saw was just a beast with no humanity in them," With that, the Abyss Watcher continued walking through the path of trees.
When Grey can no longer be seen, Tsukiyomi started laughing. "Ama was right. That guy is interesting."
Meanwhile, the Abyss Watcher kept walking until he made it outside the forest. Surprisingly, the moon was no longer in the sky.
"My, my," Someone said. Grey looked to see Ama standing a few feet in front of him. "You managed to get the Moon Medallion as well. Well, Tsukiyomi never liked hanging on to it."
Grey just looked at her. "You know, showing up out of nowhere just makes you more suspicious."
The woman just smirked deviously. "Oh, I think men are drawn to a woman with mysteries surrounding her," she said before leaning forward. "After all, every time we meet you start trying to get to know me."
"The attention I'm giving you and the one you THINK I'm giving you are completely different," Grey said making her smirk vanish. "Where's the last Medallion?" he asked.
Ama rolled her eyes. "Very well," she then looked at him with her smirk coming back. "You will find the last Medallion at the end of the beginning," she said.
The Abyss Watcher sighed and shook his head. He knew it wasn't going to be easy, but he really hoped he didn't have to deal with riddles.
He looked at Ama to ask her for something else… only to see that she vanished, making him sigh again.
Grey started thinking about what she said. "At the end… of the beginning…" he mumbled.
After a few minutes of thinking, the answer was obvious. The Lord of Cinder then started walking towards the location of the last Medallion.
(A/N: Thank you for reading this. I hope you enjoy it.
Now, about the talk with the champions in the Institute. You have to admit, that it's about time someone finally told the others how the world of Dark Souls is far crueler than Runeterra.
And for those who don't know the world of Dark Souls, then let me tell you that what Tiara and Brite said is true. No matter what you do, there's always an innocent victim that gets hurt.
Ahri also had to talk with the others to show them how sorry she is about what happened. You can't expect all of them to simply forget it.
As for what Grey saw. I know some of you were expecting more, and I'm sorry about that. But, Ama already said that the forest test what people "Believe", not Grey himself.
Also, about the fake Ahri that Grey saw. It's actually based on most Fan Fics that are about Ahri. They all view her as some sl*t for life essence that keeps trying to f*ck people. Like a supernatural prostitute. So I decided Grey should encounter something like this and say how he feels.
Again, thank you for reading this. Please comment, review, and give me your thoughts on my story.)
A/N: It seems some of you is mistaken something. Some of you think 'Okame' means 'Tortoise'. Actually, in Japanese, 'Okame' means 'Wolf', and is pronounced 'Okami'. It's like how 'Kitsune' means 'Fox'.Third POV:Ahri has been walking through the halls of the Institute until she reached the dining hall. She started looking around until she found the person she was looking for.She walked towards a table that had Aki, Brite, Solas, Sona, and Tiara. The Nine-Tailed Vastayan hesitantly brought a chair from another table and sat with them.The Dancer groaned, "What do you want now, fox?" she asked.Ahri took a deep breath and prepared herself for what's next. "Look, I know you are angry, and I'm sorry," she apologized.Everyone looked at her confused. "Sorry for what?" Tiara asked."Everything," Ahri replied shaking her head. "I know I've been acting like a" she trailed off looking for the word."B*tch?" Tiara suggested.The Nine-Tailed Vastayan nodded. "Yeah, and despite what you think. I really care about Grey.""I know," Tiara said making the others look at her either deadpan or confused. She rolled her eyes at their looks. "Please, I'm the second-best assassin in history. If I really thought that you didn't care about my brother, I could have had you killed with, literally, no one knowing what happened."Ahri shivered slightly realizing that Tiara was being serious. Lux noticed something in what she said. "Wait, second-best in history? Why not the best?" the young Crownguard asked."Because I'm not egotistical enough to believe that I'm better than Ciaran the Lord's blade," the Dancer replied. She knew full well that Ciaran didn't become one of the Four Knights of Gwyn for nothing. Tiara looked back at Ahri. "So, what do you want? I don't think you just came here to say that."Ahri sighed and brought up the question that recently haunted her. "I want to know what does Grey fight for?" Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting.They were all taken back by the question, but they couldn't help but be curious so they all looked at Tiara.The Dancer just sighed. "Lots of things," she answered. "But, not one of them is selfish. He always, and I mean always, fight for the sake of something or someone else."Ahri looked at her confused. "Always something else? What about himself?" she asked. She knew that Grey can be selfless, but not to this extent.Tiara scoffed. "Himself? To Grey, it's always been everyone but himself. In fact, I don't think that I saw Grey fight for himself even once in his life."All of them, but Brite, Look at her shocked. "That can't be right," Lux said shaking her head. "He's a person, he has to have at least ONE selfish desire."All of them had to agree. Everyone who is a person had something they wish for themselves in this world.Ahri knew that more than most people. After all, she used to have the selfish desire to steal memories, and now she has the desire to find a way to live peacefully, which is selfish if you think about it."You're right, he does have a selfish desire. Although, it doesn't sound selfish at all." Brite said drawing their attention. "I'll be honest, after I've seen Runeterra, I can safely say that it's soft, to the point where it's not even funny."The others who are from Runeterra looked a little insulted. "What do mean?" Aki asked."Please," Tiara scoffed crossing her arms. "The thing you people are worried about the most is the Void, and honestly, it's just a cheap knock-off of the Dark Abyss. In fact, you can't even compare them.""What does that have to do with Grey's selfish desire?" Ahri asked. So far, all Tiara and Brite did was compare their worlds.The Outrider Knight sighed. She knew this part was coming. "Because, in our world, no matter how good your intentions or actions are, there is always, and I mean always, an innocent victim that suffers."Everyone but Solas and Brite looked at her surprised. Lux chuckled nervously. "What do you mean? That can't be-""True?" Tiara guessed what the young Crownguard was going to say. "Sorry to tell you this, but that's just how cruel our world is. And the worst part is that it's a well-known fact by now."They all just looked at her as their mood went down. Ahri glared at Tiara. "You still haven't answered my question."The Dancer rolled her eyes. "You see, Grey knows that there is always going to be a victim, and he refuses that it's anyone else but him," she said making them look at her confused."In other words, Grey would rather suffer alone than let anyone else suffer. Like Tiara said, it's selfish but doesn't sound like that," Brite explained.They all just stared shocked, except Solas. Truthfully, the Sun's First Born had already expected this when Tiara and Brite brought up their world.The Nine-Tailed Vastayan wasn't finished with questions. "Alright, one last question. On the off chance that Grey ends up being corrupted by the Abyss, what would you do?" she asked, but she was fearing the answer.Much to Ahri's sadness, Tiara's answer was exactly what she feared. "I'd kill him, plain and simple," she said shocking the others."Okay, you can't be serious!" Lux yelled standing up. "How can you say that about your own brother!?" she asked. As a sibling herself, she knew that she would never say this about Garen."Didn't I already tell you that you can only offer those people a quick end?" Brite asked remembering that he already mentioned this subject."That's different!" Lux glared at them. "You and Grey are friends! But Tiara is his sister! How can you say that about your own family!?""Family?" Tiara glared at the young Crownguard, making her back down. "That word barely has any meaning in our world, and it definitely didn't stop Grey from killing Ghear."They all stopped and looked at her in disbelief. "Grey killed his and your father?" Ahri asked."Why?" Solas asked. "I thought Ghear stopped hunting because he retired.""Oh for the love of" Tiara shook her head before looking at the Sun's First Born. "Solas, Ghear was an undead. What is the only thing that can make an undead retire?"Solas didn't need to think much to know the answer. "Because they're going Hollow."The Dancer nodded. "That's right," she sighed recalling those days. "Ghear wanted one of us to come back and kill him after he fully turns Hollow, and Grey was the one to do it."Lux sat down as they all let those words sink in. Grey always told them that he doesn't talk about his world because of how cruel it is, and now they realize to what extent of cruel it was.Ahri just kept looking down before she asked one last question. "How do you deal with it?" she asked.All of them wanted to know. From what Brite and Tiara just revealed, their world was a place of never-ending torture, mentally and physically."Everyone has their own way," the Dancer replied shrugging her shoulders. "For me? It's about taking my anger out at everything around me," she said, which honestly explained a little about her to the others."For me, it's protecting Dragon's Peak," Solas replied remembering the home he made for Dragons."My reason is that as long as the sun shines, there's always hope," Brite said his own reason.The Fox Vastayan then looked up before asking, "And Grey?"Both Tiara and Brite looked at each other before shrugging. "We don't know," the Silver Knight replied.Ahri looked at them confused. "What do you mean you don't know?""Simply put, we have no idea how Grey handles our world," Tiara said. In all honesty, her brother amazed her when it came to this. "He just does."Again, they fell silent as they let the words sink in. They realized that despite Grey's attitude, which was carefree, caring, and kind, he had quite the dark life.The Nine-Tailed Vastayan suddenly chuckled making the others look at her shocked. "How can you laugh right now?" Lux asked."No, it's just" Ahri shook her head before answering. "I just realized that despite all that, Grey is still as much of a person as the rest of us," she said making the others look at her confused. "Everyone has their faults. For Grey, well, he can't lie at all.""Ain't that the truth," Tiara chuckled at her brother's inability to lie.I think it's kind of cute, really. Sona wrote down, showing it to everyone."He's modest to the point where it's annoying," Ahri added."He seriously needs to start taking credit for himself," Brite said shaking his head.Lux nodded. "Yeah. Seriously, there's a difference between modesty and self-doubt.""He also takes unnecessary risks," Ahri said remembering what Nidalee told her about the fight with Vordt."From what I've seen so far, I can say that this is a fact," Solas said remembering some of the stories the others told him about Grey."And, he honestly has weird sleeping habits," Ahri chuckled remembering each night she spent with the Abyss Watcher. "He either needs someone to wake him up or he doesn't sleep at all."Tiara shrugged. "Hey, don't look at me. That's something he got from the Old Wolf of Farron, not the Ashnex family," she said blaming Grey's sleeping habits on the Old Wolf."Doesn't matter," Ahri shook her head. "The important thing is, he has things he wants to do in this world. And, WHEN he gets back, I'm going to make sure he experience them."They all noticed how the Nine-Tailed Vastayan pointed out the word 'When'. They all smiled seeing her believe Grey will return.With Grey:Meanwhile, the Abyss Watcher had just walked finished walking down the stairs provided to him by Susano.Apparently, the stairs led him to the other side of the mountain, avoiding the fog in the process.Honestly, the Abyss Watcher was grateful. He honestly did not feel like fighting. Even if he gained another of the Lords' Soul.Back to the subject at hand. The area around him was the complete opposite of the other side of the mountain.Unlike the garden full of life and the blue sky, this place was like a dead forest. Dead trees were everywhere, and the sky was pitch black where the full moon was shining."Well, Well, that's interesting," Someone said and Grey looked to see Ama sitting on a fallen tree near the entrance of the forest. "Usually, Susano is far more chaotic. You must have impressed him to gain the Storm Medallion, Okame."The Abyss Watcher wasn't surprised that she knew Susano since he mentioned her, but he was surprised by something else. "How do you keep showing up wherever I go?" he asked.Ama simply smirked. "Now, now, it's not nice to ask a lady to give secrets about herself."Grey just narrowed his eyes but kept his comments to himself. He remembered that she might be his only lead to find the other two Medallions."Where can I find the other two?" he asked deciding to ignore the woman's sudden appearance.Ama knew what he was talking about and simply pointed to the dead forest beside her. "In there you will find the Medallion of the Moon."The Abyss Watcher looked at the forest before looking back at the black-haired woman. "I suppose you're going to warn me of what is in there?"Ama chuckled. "You are right about that," she said before narrowing her eyes. "THAT is the Forest of Dead Dreams. In there, what you believe in will be tested."Grey couldn't help but chuckle thinking of how it sounded like the Judgement and his daily life. "Been there, done that. Many times."The dark-haired woman chuckled again. "Well, Okame, I wish you luck."The Abyss Watcher barely cared for her words as he walked towards the forest, passing through the dead trees.Ama just smirked at his direction. "He keeps getting interesting," she said before she turned her now angry gaze to the mountain. "I'm just glad that idiot Susano didn't mess this up."Meanwhile, Grey was walking through the dead trees of the forest. In all honesty, he didn't know what to expect.First, he was really hoping the incident with Susano wouldn't happen again. Mainly because he was really leaning towards the Soul of Death.Second, he was experiencing some nostalgia. The dead trees and the pale moon in the sky, all this place was missing was snow and it would look exactly like the Boreal Valley.While walking, Grey couldn't help but feel that he was being watched. He stopped to look around him.There wasn't anything, but he wasn't stupid enough to believe he was alone. He knew that there was definitely something here.The Abyss Watcher slowly reached for the handle of his sword and waited. But, nothing came out.Grey narrowed his eyes. Whatever was out there, it's obviously waiting for him to go deeper into the forest.Shrugging his shoulders, the Lord of Cinder decided that, if that thing isn't coming for it, then he's coming for it.So, Grey started walking through the forest again, ready for whatever is hiding in the shadows.After a few minutes of walking, he walked in towards a small clearing. The Abyss Watcher stopped and looked in confusion at what he found.The clearing itself wasn't the problem. However, the fact that there were sheets in the middle of the clearing was confusing.Something was obviously under the sheets, and Grey didn't need to check as it crawled out to reveal a naked man.The man, however, looked like the life had been drained from him. He was skinny to the point where you can see the bones and his skin had lost color. Grey almost thought it was a Hollow.The man groaned before he stopped moving and died. Suddenly, something else came out of the sheets.It was Ahri. But, there was some difference. For one thing, she was also naked. Second, she looked more feral than normal.Her slit eyes were thinner than usual. Her hair was slightly messy. The fur on her tails looked dirty. And, her fangs looked longer.Seeing the man naked, along with Ahri, it wasn't hard for Grey to realize that she had 'fun' with him as he died."Oh, there you are," Ahri said grinning deviously, not bothering to cover herself. "I was wondering what happened to my favorite toy."The Abyss Watcher paid her no mind. He didn't even care that she was naked. "What happened to him?" he asked in an emotionless voice motioning to the dead man."Him?" Ahri looked at the corpse in front of her. "Oh, you know. I just 'played' with him before I took his memories," she said. Grey remained quiet which made her give a sinister chuckle. "What's wrong? Can't stand to look at me in my true nature?""True nature?" Grey asked raising an eyebrow."You didn't think I care about you, did you?" the Nine-Tailed Vastayan asked mockingly. "Please," she scoffed motioning to herself. "Like I would waste my time caring someone like you. You were just another toy for me. All this time you thought I was just teasing, but in truth, I just wanted to finally have my fun with you so I can ditch you and look for more toys. But, I got tired of waiting."The Abyss Watcher just stayed quiet. With the neck of his shirt covering his face, it was almost impossible to tell what he felt."Awe, you usually get so flustered when you see my body," Ahri gave a sinister laugh. "Are you Heart-broken? To know that I never cared for you?" She grinned like a madwoman. "Face it! This is the real me! The only one who can actually care for you is someone who uses you! I will never-"She was cut off when Grey's sword pierced her chest as he suddenly appeared in front of her.The Abyss Watcher's eyes showed no pain, just boredom. "You're annoying," he said as he pulled out his sword making her fall to her knees. "Also, why would I get flustered over someone who isn't even half as beautiful as the real Ahri?"'Ahri' fell on the ground and laid motionless for a few seconds before she, the man, and the sheets suddenly turned to dust and vanished in the air.The sound of wood creaking was heard as the trees in front of Grey suddenly started moving, creating a path for him.Seeing no other way, the Abyss Watcher started walking through the bent trees, headed towards whatever they led him to.Once he reached another clearing, he noticed the major difference between it and the last one.The first thing he noticed was a house. From his short time in Ionia, Grey recognized it to be the same design as Ionian homes, only looked older.On the entrance to the house sat a man with mid-length pale white hair. He had blue, slightly glowing eyes. He was wearing a green yukata with dark blue moon drawings.The man, who was sitting cross-legged in front of a pot of tea, looked up at Grey. "Well, that was interesting," the man said with a smirk. "The last person to enter my forest had lost his mind in seconds, but you managed to see through it, and reach me.""I guess you're the one who created the illusion?" the Abyss Watcher asked.The man shook his head. "No, the forest did. Think of it as a defensive mechanism. A way to keep unworthy from reaching me.""And who are you?" Grey asked curiously.The man smiled and did a small bow while still sitting. "My name is Tsukiyomi, it's a pleasure to meet you.""Am I going to fight you for the Moon Medallion?" Grey asked. He already guessed that he had it.Tsukiyomi scoffed. "Fight? No, thank you. I'm not like that barbarian Susano," he said annoyed. "If you want it, then here."The man took out something from the sleeve of his yukata and threw it at Grey. When the Abyss Watcher caught it, he saw it was a medallion similar to the Storm medallion, but with the crest of the moon."You're just giving it to me?" Grey asked suspiciously.Tsukiyomi shrugged. "The Gate of Spirits has to be opened sooner or later. Why delay the inevitable? Also, I got bored of holding on to the Medallion," he then smirked. "Besides, I want to see if you can defeat the demon there."The Abyss Watcher was not amused. "So, I'm just entertainment for you?""To put it simply, yes," Tsukiyomi replied with harsh honesty. "It has been a really long time since someone came to Takama no Hara, and things get rather dull here. Other than Susano causing trouble like a child, or Ama making sure to give him an earful, nothing much happens."Grey would have questioned it further, but he decided to simply forget about that and focus on finding the last medallion."Here," Tsukiyomi waved his hand and the trees behind Grey created another path. "This should get you out of the forest without encountering any illusions," the Abyss Watcher turned to leave but stopped as Tsukiyomi spoke again. "Before you go, can I ask, how did you know that what you saw was not real?"Grey looked at Tsukiyomi over his shoulder. Seeing as the man was honest so far, he decided to answer with honesty as well."Simply put I saw no humanity in her eyes," the Lord of Cinder said making Tsukiyomi raise an eyebrow. "Ahri is more human than most people I met, and the one I saw was just a beast with no humanity in them," With that, the Abyss Watcher continued walking through the path of trees.When Grey can no longer be seen, Tsukiyomi started laughing. "Ama was right. That guy is interesting."Meanwhile, the Abyss Watcher kept walking until he made it outside the forest. Surprisingly, the moon was no longer in the sky."My, my," Someone said. Grey looked to see Ama standing a few feet in front of him. "You managed to get the Moon Medallion as well. Well, Tsukiyomi never liked hanging on to it."Grey just looked at her. "You know, showing up out of nowhere just makes you more suspicious."The woman just smirked deviously. "Oh, I think men are drawn to a woman with mysteries surrounding her," she said before leaning forward. "After all, every time we meet you start trying to get to know me.""The attention I'm giving you and the one you THINK I'm giving you are completely different," Grey said making her smirk vanish. "Where's the last Medallion?" he asked.Ama rolled her eyes. "Very well," she then looked at him with her smirk coming back. "You will find the last Medallion at the end of the beginning," she said.The Abyss Watcher sighed and shook his head. He knew it wasn't going to be easy, but he really hoped he didn't have to deal with riddles.He looked at Ama to ask her for something else only to see that she vanished, making him sigh again.Grey started thinking about what she said. "At the end of the beginning" he mumbled.After a few minutes of thinking, the answer was obvious. The Lord of Cinder then started walking towards the location of the last Medallion.A/N: Thank you for reading this. I hope you enjoy it.Now, about the talk with the champions in the Institute. You have to admit, that it's about time someone finally told the others how the world of Dark Souls is far crueler than Runeterra.And for those who don't know the world of Dark Souls, then let me tell you that what Tiara and Brite said is true. No matter what you do, there's always an innocent victim that gets hurt.Ahri also had to talk with the others to show them how sorry she is about what happened. You can't expect all of them to simply forget it.As for what Grey saw. I know some of you were expecting more, and I'm sorry about that. But, Ama already said that the forest test what people "Believe", not Grey himself.Also, about the fake Ahri that Grey saw. It's actually based on most Fan Fics that are about Ahri. They all view her as some sl*t for life essence that keeps trying to f*ck people. Like a supernatural prostitute. So I decided Grey should encounter something like this and say how he feels.Again, thank you for reading this. Please comment, review, and give me your thoughts on my story.
