Abyss Watcher in the league V2 - Chapter 57

Chapter 57






It's a brand new day at the Institute of War. Grey, Ahri, Aki, Brite, Ezreal, Lux, Nidalee, Solas, Garen, Katarina, and Tiara were now in the dining hall.

Grey, Brite, Ezreal, Garen, and Solas were sitting on one table, while Ahri, Aki, Lux, Katarina, Nidalee, and Tiara were sitting in another one.

"So, what do you guys have planned today?" Ahri asked. They haven't had anything to do since the bands' creation, which was a day or two ago.

"I don't know," Tiara shrugged her shoulders. "Ever since the band stuff, things have been down. But, I did receive something called fan-mail," she added remembering the letters that were addressed to her.

"Oh, I've been getting that, too," Ahri noted before her tails shivered. "Some of them were… concerning," The Nine-Tailed Vastayan appreciated her fans, she truly did. But, she wished that some of them would know the difference between being a fan of someone, and being obsessed with them.

"I bet it's pretty good being an idol," Nidalee noted, some envy making it to her voice.

Ahri was about to make a remark, probably to gloat, when she noticed that Grey has been keeping himself quiet the whole time and hasn't even touched his breakfast. "Grey, is something wrong?" she asked. She remembered that he also seemed to space out a lot this morning.

The Abyss Watcher broke out of his thoughts and looked at her. "No, it's just…" Grey sighed, deciding to do something he's been planning on doing for a while before looking at The Sun's First Born. "Solas, we need to talk."

Solas, who was finishing up his breakfast, looked back at Grey and noticed his serious look. "What is it?" he asked.

Grey didn't exactly know how to say it, so he decided to just be blunt. "I have them," the confused looks he got around told him to be more specific. "The Souls of Life and Death, I have them with me right now."

Solas immediately glared at the Abyss Watcher. "That's impossible."

"Grey, if this is a joke, it isn't a funny one," Tiara said, apparently also not believing her brother.

"It's the truth," Grey replied as he started explaining. "They just appeared out of nowhere, and I was able to use them. I assure you, I have them," He tried to convince them, but Solas' glare told him that he was still not convinced.

"Wait, back up," Ahri suddenly said raising her hands and looking at Grey in confusion. "Life and Death? I thought you just had that Death soul?" she asked not remembering the Abyss Watcher use something like that.

"I recently acquired the Soul of Life," Grey replied, trying to avoid explaining his fight with Susano. "Solas, I know this seems mad, but I am telling you the truth," he said looking at said man in the eyes.

The Sun's First Born just held a firm gaze against the Abyss Watcher. He knew for a fact that Grey could NOT lie at all. So, he was either telling the truth or has gone mad, and he didn't look like a Hollow yet.


So, accepting that logic, Solas sighed. "Let's say I believe you, how did you get them?" he asked.

Grey looked down in conflict. "I… I don't know. They just showed up out of nowhere."

"What do you mean?" Brite asked looking confused. "Souls don't just pop out of nowhere, Grey."

"That's why I'm asking you, Solas," Grey turned his look back to the Sun's First Born. "What is going on? Why do I have those Souls?"

Solas put a hand on his chin, thinking of an explanation. He did hear legends about some Souls getting reincarnated, but that has never happened to the Souls of the Lords. Not to mention that Grey having two Souls sent that theory out of the window.

Then he remembered something. Something from the early days of Anor Londo. A legend that a firekeeper with certain eyes foretold. "Grey, how old are you?" Solas asked.

The Abyss Watcher, and everyone else, seemed to be taken back by the question. But, thinking that it might help, he answered. "Somewhere over a century old. Still haven't made it to two centuries," he replied.

The Sun's First Born clicked his tongue in agitation. For the theory he had, Grey needed to be as old as he was, or at least born from the time that the primordials were still around. "Then, sorry, but I can't think of anything," he apologized.

Grey sighed and put a hand on his forehead, rather angry that he didn't get the answers he wanted. "So, what's this about the Soul of Life thing?" Ahri asked, wanting to know why her lover didn't bring this up before.

The Lord of Cinder took a few breaths before answering. "The Soul of Life belonged to the Witch of Izalith, and she used it to create Pyromancy," he explained.

Solas took over the explanation. "The Witch used her powers to burn the homes of the Ancient Dragons," he further explained remembering the days of War. "When the war was over, she went to Izalith with her Daughters, and… well, let's just say it didn't end well for them," He said remembering how the Witch failed at recreating the First Flame, which in turn created the Demons of Chaos.

Ezreal looked more than thrilled. "So, by the name, Can you actually create life now?" he asked looking ready to jump out of his seat. The others were actually just as excited to learn about that.

"I'd rather not try my luck," Grey said. He also heard of what happened to the Witch of Izalith, and he did not want the same results.

Solas was still in a thinking position. He was trying to figure out what was happening to the Abyss Watcher and why he has the Souls.

Suddenly, an idea popped in Solas' head. "Why don't we ask them?" he suggested gaining surprised and confused looks from around. "The Souls, have you tried asking them?"

Grey looked at the First Born as if he just grew a second head. "Talk… to souls?" he asked to make sure of what he heard.

"Maybe I should've explained better," Solas said rubbing his chin. "It's more like, let the Souls speak through you," he explained.

Ahri seemed to understand what he was saying. "So, you want Grey to use one of the Souls, and the let it talk through him?" she guessed and Solas nodded.

"Is that even possible?" Grey asked wanting to find out.

Solas shrugged. "It's worth a shot," he said.

Grey thought about it for a second, the only soul that he heard a sound from was the Death soul. True, he did meet the Abyss Watchers through the Wolf's Blood's soul, but he doubted they would know.

"Alright," Grey nodded, agreeing with Solas' idea. "But, we should probably get to somewhere private," Grey motioned to the dining hall and all the champions and summoners around them. But, it was mostly because he didn't want anyone to get hurt if something wrong happened while Using the Soul of Death.

"Can I come?" Ezreal asked practically shooting out of his seat. He's been planning to ask Grey or any of those of his world about more knowledge on how Souls work since the only other person he can ask was Kindred, and he did not want to go anywhere near Wolf any time soon.

Seeing the Explorer practically begging them with his eyes, Grey nodded. "Fine, but you'll have to listen to us," he said and Ezreal nodded while fist-bumping himself. "We should get to our room," Grey suggested thinking it would be the best place to do this. There was the garden, but he didn't want to hurt Zyra's children because he used the Soul of Death. The Sun's First Born nodded and stood up alongside the Abyss Watcher, who gave Silver Nidalee to take care of for a while, and the Explorer, only for Tiara and Ahri to stand up with them. "And what are you doing?" Grey asked.

"Yeah, there's no way I'm leaving you in this mess," Tiara said shaking her head. "The last time I left you to something mysterious, it ended up with you in a different world," she added and Grey wanted to say something about it not being his fault, but he knew his sister wouldn't listen, so he kept it to himself.

The Abyss Watcher then turned to his lover, who gave him a smirk. "The last time we got separated, you ended up missing, so I'm not going to make that mistake again," what she said caused him to smile and shake his head. He found it both touching and cute actually.

With that, Grey, Ahri, Ezreal, Solas, and Tiara went towards Grey's room. Hoping to get some answers. "Don't touch my stuff!" Nidalee cried out to them, reminding them that it was her room as well.

"Well, their gone now," Lux pointed out before smirking to the others. "So, who wants to hear about my last match against Ezreal?" she asked, making sure that said boy was out of earshot.

After a while of walking, the group of five has reached Grey's room and got in. Afterward, they all got in and Grey sat on the couch with everyone looking at him. "So… how do I exactly do this?" the Abyss Watcher asked looking at Solas.

However, it was Ahri who answered. "Just use the Soul's power and let it guide you," everyone looked at her curiously, wondering how she knew what to do. "My magic is all about the past of souls, remember?" she reminded them, creating an orb of magic before making it vanish.

Everyone accepted the answer and turned back to the Abyss Watcher. Grey sighed and relaxed his body before it seemingly went limb. Everyone stayed quiet and stared at what was happening.

Suddenly, a screech was heard throughout the room. Grey's body started letting out some black smoke. The Abyss Watcher raised his head, his body twitching like his bones were being snapped and opened his eyes to reveal them being completely black. "Son… of Gwyn," what came out from his lips was a cold and dark voice.

It only took a total of two seconds for the Sun's First Born to know who was speaking. "Nito."

"The Gravelord?" Tiara asked in shock, Ahri and Ezreal were equally shocked.

The Gravelord gave a cruel smile, one the others agreed that it doesn't belong on Grey's face. "How… does exile feel?" he asked sarcastically.

That question was enough for Solas to realize that, despite thousands of years passing and that his soul was in another body, Nito has not changed a bit. "What are you doing in his body, Nito?" Solas asked getting straight to the point.

Nito's smile didn't falter as his neck snapped to the side. "You… really don't know?" he asked, obviously amused at how they didn't know.

The Sun's First Born narrowed his eyes. From Nito's reply, the answer should be ridiculously obvious, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Listen here, bonehead!" Tiara, much to Solas' shock walked in front of the Gravelord. "What the f*ck are you doing inside my brother?" Nito's responded to Tiara's threats by laughing. "What's so funny!?"

Nito's neck snapped in another direction, causing Ahri and Ezreal to cringe at the way it moved. Tiara and Solas weren't very disturbed, they had seen worse. "How…pathetic," he said causing everyone to look at him curiously. "Why… would I… answer the questions… of a reject… from the Gods descendants?" Tiara glared at her currently possessed brother, while Ezreal and Ahri were curious as to why he called her a 'reject'. "I have… existed… from a time before the fires were made… and you think you… can order… me?" he asked, making it known that he doesn't of anyone as more than insects.

"You're not in your world, you know," Ezreal said, believing that the Gravelord doesn't know that he is currently in Runeterra. "And we have our own version of Death here," he reminded him of Kindred.

However, Nito laughed again. "Please," he sounded somewhat insulted. "Don't compare me… to those animals," Ahri and Ezreal could not believe that he just called Kindred 'animals', and they were just hoping that they weren't around to hear it and blame it on Grey. "They only… let mortals pass through…" Nito raised his hand. "But I… rule the dead…" when his hand was fully raised, silhouettes of skeletons appeared around the room.

Tiara, Ezreal, and Ahri were shocked and took up a battle stance. But, they noticed that the skeletons weren't doing much. They all looked like they were on their knees, with their hands raised towards Nito, almost like they were praying. Suddenly, Nito clinched his hand, causing the skeletons to suddenly vanish. Solas wasn't affected by what just happened. He knew that, to the dead, Nito was God.

Truthfully, Solas knew that Nito might be the strongest of the original four Lords. The Gravelord didn't have Knights like his father, or children like the Witch of Izalith, yet he still hunted the Ancient Dragons to extinction.

"Nito, right?" Ahri suddenly asked after recovering from what just happened. "I'm not going to ask how you're inside Grey. But, I will ask you this, HOW are you inside him?" she asked. Truthfully, she did wonder why he was in the Abyss Watcher, but she knew that Grey wanted to find out how he was inside him.

The Gravelord looked at his arm, noticing that it was letting out less smoke than it was just a moment ago. "It seems… that the time… is over," he said. The others, upon also noticing the smoke getting less, realized that he was losing control over Grey. However, before he left, Nito looked and Solas' eyes and smirked. "... Elpis…" he mumbled before his body went limp.

After a few seconds, the smoke completely vanished, and they heard Grey's voice groan in pain. "That… was weird," he mumbled, pain and confusion from the experience.

Ahri immediately went towards her lover and sat at his side to make sure he was alright. Ezreal had taken out a notebook and a pen from his pocket and started writing down on them, possibly recording what happened.

Tiara turned to Solas. "What does Elpis mean?" she asked, thinking that he would know.

Everyone turned their looks towards Solas, even Grey, who just recovered from the recent events. The Sun's First Born put a hand on his chin and started looking through his memories for the familiar word, until he found it. "Elpis… is a word. A very old word from Anor Londo. From the First Age of Fire, to be exact. It means 'Hope'," Solas explained before turning his sights on the Abyss Watcher. "Grey, does 'Elpis' mean anything to you?" he asked. He couldn't figure out why Nito would say that word unless it was a clue, the Gravelord wasn't one for deception.

Grey looked down in thought. He didn't recall hearing that word ever in his life. However, the word definitely felt familiar. There was something about it that gave him a… warm feeling. Like he was being embraced by someone. Shaking those thoughts away, Grey replied, "No, it doesn't."

The Sun's First Born sighed, tired that this case just seemed to get more confused. Ahri held Grey's hand in comfort, seeing his troubled face. Everyone in the room currently just wanted answers for the many questions in their heads.

Time skip: (Brought to you by chibi Lamb shooting an arrow on chibi Wolf's head.)

It was now near sunset. Ahri, Grey, Ezreal, Solas, and Tiara had returned to the dining hall. When they first showed up, the others teased Ezreal about a banana, for some reason. And he seemed embarrassed by it.

Turns out, that in the last match between Ezreal and Lux, the young Crownguard managed to get the first kill of the game because Ezreal slipped on a banana that Wukong had left there.

After the Explorer spent a few minutes trying to pin the blame on his summoner for that match, the others asked about what happened during the meeting with Nito, to which Ezreal took out his notebook and started explaining.

It was a shock to everyone that they actually talked to Nito himself, mostly because they didn't believe that Solas' idea was going to work, which was somewhat insulting but still understandable to the Sun's First Born since he himself didn't know if it was going to work.

Now, they were simply chatting away, trying to get their mind off recent events and brighten up a little, until someone near their table cleared their throat. "Excuse me," when everyone looked, they saw none other than Xan Irelia, the Blade Dancer, standing near them.

"Uhmm, hello, Irelia," Ahri greeted. She can tell that something was off about the woman in front of their table, but couldn't point out what it was yet. "Is there something you need?"

The leader of the Ionian Guards nodded. "Yes. I'm here to take you to a meeting in Ionia, all the Ionian champions were called there," this caused both confusion and shock towards Ahri, especially when Irelia turned to Grey. "And you have been asked to show up as well. Someone … important wants to see you."

Even Grey looked confused at that. He looked at Ahri, who shrugged her shoulders, a sign that she has no idea what's going on. "Alright," the Abyss Watcher said as he sat Silver on his shoulder and stood up with Ahri from the table… only for Tiara to stand up with them. "What are you doing?" he asked sounding tired.

The Dancer of the Boreal Valley shrugged her shoulders. "You first showed up in Runeterra at Ionia, right? I gotta admit, I wanted to see that place for a while," she explained.

"I'm sorry, but this meeting is for Ionian champions only. The Abyss Watcher is a special exception," Irelia said, making it clear that she was not into the idea of Tiara going for political reasons… also, the comment Tiara made before about her 'backside' might have urged her to do this.

"I'm a neutral champion," Tiara replied, uncaring of Irelia's tone. "You can't deny me from paying a visit to Ionia, unless you have something from the Institute that says that," Truthfully, Tiara wouldn't care if she did, but she still wanted to rub it in her face.

Irelia glared at Tiara for a few seconds, before she sighed and nodded. "Very well," she said in defeat before she turned around and started walking. "Follow me."

"Be careful with those hips, your costume doesn't leave much to the imagination," Tiara teased causing the Captain of the Ionian Guard to blush and get the urge to summon her blades this instant.

Ahri actually found this all amusing and seeing the always serious Irelia so flustered was a bonus. Grey meanwhile, sighed and started massaging his forehead. "I'm truly sorry for her behavior," he apologized to Irelia, who nodded, accepting the apology before continuing forward.

Irelia led them out of the dining hall and started heading towards the Transport station… however, if one was to look carefully, they would notice that she has been watching the way she was walking carefully.

Along the way, Ahri decided to ask. "So, why were the Ionian champions called?" she asked. She was especially surprised that she was involved since she had nothing to do with Ionia's government.

"All Ionian champions were called back to Ionia," Irelia answered causing Ahri to realize that whether she did or didn't have anything with the government, she still would have been called in. "Of course, there were those who didn't come," the Blade Dancer added thinking of champions like Jhin, Maia, and Varus.

"And why was I called in?" Grey asked. The only time he actually walked in Ionia after he and Ahri joined the Institute was when he went on that mission that led him to meet Ama.

There was a small, almost unnoticeable stiff in Irelia's posture. "Someone important wants to meet you," from her blunt answer, it was obvious that she wasn't going to say who it was.

"Is it the Ionian Elders?" Ahri guessed thinking that they probably should be the only ones who can order Irelia.

However, much to her surprise, the Blade Dancer shook her head. "Higher," she said causing shock to Ahri. She couldn't think of anyone higher than the Ionian Elders since they pretty much governed most, if not all of Ionia.

Time skip: (Brought to you by chibi Ahri and chibi Grey sitting on a tree and looking at the stars.)

Ahri, Grey, and Tiara have made it to Ionia with Irelia leading them towards the inside of a large temple. The front of the building had a few layers stacked up together, the crest of Ionia on it was in the middle for every to see. The ceiling of each layer was red, and the wood between each ceiling was dark brown. All and all, it looked like a traditional Ionian building, only larger and fancier.
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Walking through a pair of gates that were opened to them by the guards, Irelia led them through a hallway that was lit by weird, blue crystals on the walls. The floor had a black carpet with golden outlines and root-like decorations.

After making it to the end of the hallway, they were greeted by another pair of doors, one where Irelia herself has opened, revealing a large chamber.

The chamber was apparently at the center of the entire building, you can see the higher levels of the building, up to the ceiling at the very top. Like the hallway, this place was lit by weird blue crystals, only slightly larger than the ones they have seen before. The room was occupied with a few relics spread out near the walls. From ancient-looking swords to very old paintings. There were also a few more odd crystals hanging from the ceiling. Ahri can tell that those were meant to help spiritual energy travel through the room.

There were also people occupying the room. There was Shen standing on one side of the room, who had both Akali and Kennen standing beside him. Rakan and Xayah were also there, the latter glaring at the humans around her, while the former was checking his hair on his pocket mirror. Standing on the opposite side of the room was Zed, also with two people beside him.

The first one was a young man, barely in his mid-twenties. He has long black hair tied to twin braids and a single blue strand on the front. He wasn't wearing a shirt and was wearing baggy pants instead. However, what was odd about that young man was that his left side didn't look human. His entire left arm, a part of his chest, and his left eye were covered by demonic-looking dark skin. In his left arm and slung over his shoulder was a scythe that looked like it was a mixture of flesh and metal, with a big red eye between the blade and the pole.

The other person beside Zed was a woman. She had white hair tied into a ponytail under a black and purple crown with a purple gym on it. She was wearing a black and purple leotard with a v-neck and a robe tied around her waist. She had long gloves on her hands and her eyes seemed to be glowing purple. She also had a few orbs made of dark energy floating behind her.

Wukong was also in the room. Beside him was a man wearing silver armor and yellow robes. The man's head was covered in a helmet that had many lenses. From the back of the helmet, the man's hair can be seen tied in a ponytail. He also had a beard and a sword, which was strapped to his waist.

There was also another man, who was apparently keeping it to himself in one of the corners of the room. He wasn't wearing anything on his chest other than some pointy shoulder armor and a few blue robes on his neck. He had his hair tied into a messy ponytail and was wearing blue pants with a katana strapped to his waist. The man also looked like he hasn't shaved in a while.

The final person in the room was a dark-skinned woman with short dark hair. She had the calmest posture among everyone in the room. She had an odd circle made of crystals floating behind her. She was wearing a mixture of dark purple and white dress that was cut at the sides of her legs. There were a few green drawings on several places on her body, along with a small crown with a glowing green crystal on top of her head.

"Ah, you made it," the dark-skinned woman saw them come in, and Irelia walked towards her before standing at her side. "Thank you, Irelia," the Blade Dancer nodded, acknowledging the gratitude before the woman turned back towards Ahri, Grey, and Tiara. "Welcome, I am Karma, a fellow champion and one of the Ionian Elders."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lady Karma," Ahri greeted giving a small bow of respect. She wasn't usually the type to do this, but this woman in front of he has earned the respect of most of Ionia.

"Likewise," Karma returned the greeting before turning her gaze to Grey. "Abyss Watcher, I suppose you are wondering why you were brought here?" she guessed and Grey nodded, giving her a confirmation. "Well, I suppose now is a better time to start," she said motioning behind her were another pair of gates was there.

Suddenly, those doors opened and two people walked in. Grey immediately recognized them as Ama and Susano. However, what surprised him was the clear shock on the faces of all the Ionians in the room, even Ahri. When Ama and Susano reached the middle of the room to stand in front of the Abyss Watcher, all Ionians, including Ahri, immediately got on one knee bowing their head in respect.

To say that the Ashnex siblings were surprised would be an understatement. Grey couldn't see Shen bowing to anyone, and Zed was pretty much the same. Despite how much they hate each other, they actually had a lot in common. He was also surprised that Ahri bowed as well, which means that Ama was far more important than what she made herself out to be.

"Ah, the Abyss Watcher," Ama greeted as she stood in front of him, wearing her usual knowing smile.

"What's going on, Ama?" Grey demanded, wanting to know what was happening.

However, what he said was obviously not right in the eyes of those around him, and that was proven when Irelia immediately summoned her blades. "How dare you!?" she yelled thinking that he was showing disrespect.

Irelia's anger seemed to vanish as Ama's laugh rang through the entire building. Even Susano seemed to be chuckling. "Be calm, Blade Dancer," Irelia seemed to follow Ama's orders as her blades immediately moved back to harmlessly floating behind her. "I already gave him permission to address me as such."

Everyone understood what that meant and immediately looked at the Lord of Cinder in shock. "Grey… you met her before?" Ahri asked, not knowing how to respond.

Seeing the way everyone was acting, the Abyss Watcher narrowed his eyes at Ama. "Who are you?" he asked wanting the truth.

Ama smiled believing that it was probably enough. "I am Amaterasu, the Ionian goddess of the sun," she introduced herself, giving out her true identity.

The only reaction she received from both Grey and Tiara was a simple looks of surprise. "And you didn't tell me before because…?" he trailed off wanting her to finish.

The now revealed Amaterasu shrugged her shoulders. "I just didn't want to," her answer immediately got her deadpan glare from Grey while Tiara and Susano chuckled. However, the goddess of the sun then turned her look towards Ahri, who kept her gaze down. "Nine Tails," Ahri tensed at the flat tone that was used to address her. "I know about your past, Nine Tails, about the lives you have taken, simply out of hunger for their memories," Ahri lowered her head further as her eyes moistened. She knew what she did was wrong. She always did. And she always blamed herself. But, for the goddess of her own nation to say it to her was the equivalent of her own mother kicking her and telling her she doesn't love her. "I have one thing to say to you," Amaterasu continued and Ahri got ready for any kind of verbal abuse. "I'm proud of you," the Nine-Tailed Vastayan immediately raised her head. A look of pure disbelief on her features. "You did what many can't, or simply aren't willing to do. You changed for the better. I am proud of the life you achieved for yourself, and you should be, too," Ahri's eyes were filled with tears, but those were out of happiness and joy.

Grey gave Ahri a few seconds to take in what was said to her before looking at the sun goddess again. "What do you want, Ama?" he asked since she still didn't explain her reason for having this meeting, or why he was included since she can just show up and vanish like usual.

Amaterasu smiled and looked back at Grey. "You see, Abyss Watcher, I am here to give you an offer," she said before motioning to herself and Susano. "To join Ionia's deities. As Ionia's new God of Blood," the only thing that happened was the Jaws of everyone around immediately hitting the floor. Not a single one of them could believe their ears. They just heard their gods ask the Abyss Watcher to become a god. They couldn't even begin to imagine being in Grey's pla-

"No," if the people around weren't shocked about what Amaterasu said, then they were definitely shocked about Grey's almost instant answer.

(A/N: Thank you for reading this.

First, sorry for the late update. I took a break to both relax from the stress I've been getting, and get back my inspiration, so I hope you understand.

Second, Ama and Susano are back and revealed who they are, that should be interesting.

And third, about Amaterasu's offer, that will be explained in the next chapter.

Again, thank you for reading this. Please comment, review, and give me your thoughts on my story.)