System: Transcending Happiness (BoyxBoy)

Arc 4.6

Where was this place? Kyuwa honestly didn't know what was happening. It was dark though and cold. The last thing he remembered was picking plants with Numen and walking to find more. Then... someone attacked him. 

There had been red eyes. 

His teeth began chattering as he shifted and attempted to sit up from whatever he had been laying on. Chains clinked together as his body moved within the small space. 

"Where the hell am I?"

He listened carefully and could vaguely tell that he was inside of some type of carriage or something. There was surprisingly some type of field surrounding the enclosure which kept his own 'magic' from being of use. 

His prison began to rock as it was moving over a rather bumpy road. Kyuwa couldn't see anything outside of this black pit and could only try to sense wherever he was by using his soul. It seeped into his soul and seemed to stick like melted taffy, the demonic energy outside. 

Within the Demon's conquered territory, it is well known that the newly risen Demon King was capable of creating crystal made of vast amounts of Demonic energy. They made thousands of these rather large crystals and began planting them within the ground to make the environment more livable. 

It didn't harm Kyuwa but is did feel strange after living off the shadows within the Forest. He felt around at his waist and found that he still had his flask surprisingly. Whoever kidnapped him probably thought that a flask wouldn't assist him in breaking out anyways. 

Kyuwa popped open the bottle and took a couple swallows until his strength was back. He looked down at his hands and enhanced his eyes, causing a red glow to light up the surroundings. Demonic chains were locking his wrists together and it looked like the rest of the box was made of a type of demonic material. 

Unfortunately for them, Shadow Blood were born to destroy or enrich the Demon race. Kyuwa leaned forward and sank his sharpened teeth into the fleshy side of his wrist. His blood began to spill from the wound and the chains as well as the cage began to simmer and sizzle. They melted away as he watched, creating a hole beneath where he sat. 

He tucked his wings closely to his body as he rolled out from the bottom of the moving cart without the two Demons driving it even noticing. Kyuwa crouched low to the ground and watched the carriage move away from his position. 

After they had disappeared in the distance he finally gave his surroundings a good look.

"Where the hell am I?"

There was no Dark Forest in sight. How was he supposed to find his way 'home'? This land had turned black from the Demonic Energy; however, this black was the complete absence of color as opposed to the Dark Forest's black that had many different lights shimmering within.

"Krrrawwwwwww!"

Kyuwa held his hands over his head but nothing seemed to show up so he glanced up to see what had made that sound. Above, flying within the orange stained sky was something that closely resembled Old Earth's Dinosaurs. It had a long skeletal beak with hollowed out eyes and leathery skin that sunk in as though starved; truly took 'skin and bones' to another level.

"First things, first.. which way should I be heading? Since they were going that way," he looked the way they headed towards and glanced in the opposite direction, "Maybe I came from this direction?"

He didn't have any other choice and chose to take this strange path. Along the side of the road were random bones belonging to beasts and humans. If he wasn't accustomed to sights like these, he'd have probably cowered somewhere and refused to trek on. 

A day later was when he began to think that he was heading in the wrong direction. However, how could those men be going back towards the forest if they were planning to do something with him?

Thankfully Kyuwa was a Shadow Blood and could survive off eating Shadows and he still had his flask if need be. But, he was still beginning to become lethargic from this never ending walking. It was truly strange. There were roads but no buildings, no lively trees, just barren land. If he tried to sleep on one of the many dead trees littering the land here, it would possibly crumble beneath him. 

He hadn't seen another Demon this entire trip though; maybe he could just rest for a bit. Definitely shouldn't though because everytime he slept, something happened. It almost felt as though he was sleeping and walking at the same time. 

"Maybe I should just stop and meditate to regain my strength," he mumbled aloud.

Kyuwa sat where he was standing since there wasn't any specific place he needed to sit and began to pull in the surrounding Source Energy.

The Source Energy here seems different from the other land and the Dark Forest's Source Energy. It tastes as though I just smoked a clove; sort of leaves the tongue tingling.

Kyuwa pulled the source energy in and began sending out his soul to seek out the next town if possible. What surprised him though was that it was so close. Not only that but... his heart began beating a staccato in his chest. It kept thumping in a strange pattern that soon seemed to echo in his ears. 

A frown marred his face as he felt his face begin to heat up and his wings shot out without his knowledge. Without realizing it, Kyuwa's hair began to lengthen and unfurl into glowing white strands that waved within a nonexistent wind. His body was not under his control as his heart picked up pace and those previously closed eyes slightly parted, giving a glimpse of those glowing rubies. 

Vaguely he could make out the figures of a couple people standing not far from him but he couldn't tell who they were. Suddenly two of the figures seemed to release their own wings and all Kyuwa could see was that two beings made of shadows stepped closer to him. 

If Kyuwa was an observer he would see that he was completely glowing white but it almost seemed as though he was a shadow of the light instead of a pure white. Those two figures who stepped forward was none other than the Demon King and his younger brother; both Incubi of the highest standing. 

The Demon King's strong chiseled jaw was clenched as his golden eyes glowed with heat and lust. His twin horns curled over his slightly pointed ears through the purple strands of hair that was pulled back in a  clasp at the nape of his neck. Dark black feathered wings with gold strands spread out around him in a hypnotic manner. 

His brother didn't have horns but instead his eye teeth and nails were elongated and a tail grew from his tailbone, wrapping around his leg in a way that made the bulge in his pants more prominent. Like his brother his wings flared out behind him, shimmering black but instead of gold strands spread throughout, his was flecked with a shimmering silver glitter; tips stained silver as though dipped, matching the color of his eyes.

Both stepped forward to the man glowing and singing a sirens song to them. 

This.. was the Erthris' mating dance, calling out to their destined mates. It only happened when their mates were upon them.

A/N: Meow. I'm tired. Going to sleep.