The two shattered growled at the Akrema staring at her, while she was waiting for the enemy first.
However, it didn't took long for the shattered with an axe to rush at Akrema, trying to swing its axe, but as soon as it, Akrema quickly ducked, dodging the axe, before then swinged her fist, hitting the shattered right in the stomach and then sending it flying.
"…"
(Wait what?) – though Akrema as she did not expected the shattered to get send flying at all.
"!"
Akrema lifted up her arm, blocking the second shattered club with ease.
"…"
(Holy shit.) – though Akrema before then swinging her fist, hitting the shattered right in the face from the side and then smashing it against the shattered, causing the wall to dent and crack from the impact.
"…."
(WHAT THE FUCK?!) – though Akrema as she saw the shattered body slide down.
"?!"
(W-what the?! M-my body?! Fuck! It hurts!)
Akrema body started acting up weirdly inside of her, causing her pain.
But while she was stagnated by it, the first shattered could be heard running towards her, causing Akrema to lift up her arm and protect herself from an axe it hit her, slashing her flesh.
However, before the creature tried to do anything else, Akrema swiped the creature, slashing the creature and dealing critical amount of damage that surprised Akrem, with also caused Akrema to take additional action by swing again, slash the creature before then punching it with full power in the chest, with resulted in the creature getting killed.
However, moments later, Akrema once again stagnated as the pain spread towards her entire body, causing her to breath heavily.
*Whine*
"?!"
Akrema looked behind herself and saw the almost dead shattered.
Akrema slowly walked up to the creature before then stepping on its neck, killing the creature.
"…"
*Huff* *Huff*
(F-fuck! What is going on!?)
(Why does my body feels like this?!)
(There was no problem at first!)
(Is this what Shuten warned me about?!)
(It feels like my whole body is experiencing giant cramp while also being twisted around…Oh fuck, oh, fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck…. This…. This is really bad.) – though Akrema as she got on her knees and hands while staring on the ground.
"…."
"F-fuck! M-move!" – Akrema tried getting up while having an obvious difficulties with moving around.
(The one outside must had heard commotion…. And there is good chance that its not just one here…. Fuck…Shit…. SHE SHOULD HAD WARNED ME ABOUT THIS SIDE EFFECT!) – though Akrema as she tried getting away while using the wall to support herself while walking.
"…"
(Oh common.) – though Akrema as she could hear the Shattered approaching, causing her to speed, with also caused her to in much more noticeable pain.
Akrema quickly moved thought the building corridors, before then finding an window with its glass missing, with led Akrema to though it, leaving the building as she stumbles out of it, while the sound of the shattered could be heard coming form the inside of building, causing Akrema to walk faster while trying to cover her mouth in order to silence her groans of pain as she tried moving away, noticing the broken part of the war destroyed by the roots, before then slithering through the cracks, leaving the high school grounds and then heading straight towards the back streets.
Akrema continued walking through the back streets while being in pain, before then stopping for an moment to catch an breath and moments later resuming.
(Dammit… If those can really track my scent, then staying in one place for too long is way too risky…. Still…. Fuck me. Everything hurts too much…. I need to hide…)
(…Building… I need to hide inside another building…. But not too big…..)
(…House… I need to go inside some house…. I think there was an residence area somewhere in that direction….)
Akrema began wondering around in the forested city while sometimes stopping from exhaustion and pain, before then resummoning walking.
Akrema traveled through the streets and forested areas, avoiding the monsters.
"…"
(It doesn't look like there are any monsters here….) – though Akrema as she found herself in the residence area where she spotted several houses.
(Well, I think I'm lucky this time since the distance between them and school was the same…) – though Akrema before quickly rushing over toward the nearest house and trying to open it, only to realize the door was locked.
"…"
Akrema looked around, making sure that there are no monsters around, before then attacking the door and finally breaking the lock with some strangle, and then entering the house itself before closing the door somewhat.
"…"
"F-fuck!" – Akrema lost any strength she had and got on her knees once again.
*huff* *huff*
"N-not so close here…." – said Akrema before staring to walk on all fours slowly, entering the main part of the house that was somewhat in the good state, as if nobody was living in it for few years, as if it was abandoned out of a blue.
Akrema noticed the nearby sofa and crawled up to it, managing to somewhat climb on top of it before then finally stopping moving.
"…Nope…. Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope." – said Akrema in pain.
(Fuck me! I'm really fucking over did it…. I really can't move my fingers as soon as I relaxed…. Oh, fuck me.) – though Akrema as her eyes started slowly closing on its own before then they completely shut and the girl lost consciousness.
"…."
"…"
"…"
"?!"
"FUCK!" – shouted Akrema as she gotten up.
(What happened?! Enemy!? Where!?!) – though Akrema as she looked around in panic, looking around and realizing that there was nobody here.
"…"
(Did…. Did I fallen asleep?) – though Akrema as she got up and approached nearest window, spotting an sun that was just rising.
"…"
(Sunrises?)
(But wait…. If…. Wait. How long I was sleeping?! I think it was in the middle of the day before?!)
(…Was I knocked unconscious because how exhausted I was?)
(…Still, considering that none of the monsters attacked me so far nor found me…. I think I'm this time really in the safe spot….)
"…"
"And I'm still this." – said Akrema as she stared at her transformed limbs.
"…Huh…. At the pain in somewhat gone…. Well, somewhat."
"Still, I think I can now move somewhat."
(Should I transform back into humans? Do I use something like "MP" or stamina by keeping it up?)
"…"
(But then again, I don't know if some monsters may show up….. And I'm hungry as fuck right now. Maybe there is some food here.) – though Akrema before starting to look around, trying to find kitchen.
"…Ah, there it is." – said Akrema as she found the kitchen and approached the refrigerator, before then opening it with her beastly claws.
"?!"
*Cough* *Cough*
"What the shit?!" – said Akrema as an unpleasant odor blasted right her face.
"?!"
"The fuck!?" – said Akrema as she stared at the insides of the refrigerator.
(Everything is rotten?!)
(…. No wait…. Why does….. Why does look like it was here for years?)
"…."
"Wait."
Akrema began looking through the different part of the kitchen, trying to find some food, but not succeeding at all.
"Fuck! What is going on?!"
(All food is completely destroyed and rotten! None of it are suitable for consumption at all!)
(You got to be….. FUCK!)
"…."
"But why the fuck everything is rotten?" – said Akrema as she looked around, before then picking up the unopened bag of pasta.
"…?"
(Wait…. The… Expiration date on this thing has ended few years ago?!)
"…. Wait."
Akrema began checking out different product that had somewhat retained their expiration date, finding out that each of the products had around the same expiration date rate, with almost all dates being over for over 9 to 8 years.
(The hell is going on?!)
(If I look at it, all of this food is old, it was produced years ago.)
(…. Shuten said that this world appeared one day…. But if I look at it, this would suggest that this world maybe used copy of our world from years ago? Maybe 9-10 years ago?)
(So does that mean that this world could be possible here for over 10 years?!)
"…"
"Wait. Shit! This isn't the problem right now!"
"I don't have any fucking food!"
"…"
(And Shuten still hasn't found me…..Don't tell me that she can't find me or that she is dead?!)
(FUCK ME! THIS IS JUST GETTING WORSE AND WORSE WITH EACH PASSING MOMENT!)
"…"
*Sigh*
"Okay…. Calm down…Panicking won't get you anywhere….. Well, maybe instead I will end up in the stomach of the shattered or something…. Fuck." – said Akrema as she sat down on the ground.
"…"
"…. Still…. What is this?" – said Akrema as she stared at her beastly arms.
"…"
Akrema gotten up and looked around for an bathroom, before then finding it, alongside the mirror inside of it.
"…"
"Huh…..Those…..Those are not human ears." – said Akrema as she stared at her reflection, noticing that her human ears were gone… And instead, she had an pair of an bear like ears sticking from her head.
(…. Those are bear ears…..And I also have small weird tail….. This is bear tail isn't it?)
"…. Am I an fucking bear?!"
"…. Well…. These claws…. Looks bear like?"
(But aren't they also somewhat human looking…. How does that many any sense?)
"…"
"Still, it doesn't look like my entire body is bear like… I'm…. Like what? 50/50?" – said Akrema as she inspected her own body, even checking her mouth and noticing that she now had an sharp set of fangs.
(I think I'm also somewhat bigger?)
"…."
"Honestly this looks like some sort of cosplay…. Like for real, this does look like some sort of cosplay."
"…"
(And why bear?)
(…. Was it because of that thing murdering me?)
(Welp… I literally took an form of my killer…. I don't know how to feel about it….. Still, I can't say that this thing didn't saved my ass.)
(If my arms didn't took on bear form, I would definitely have them broken or something…. And what was that strength?! I just wrecked their shit!"
(Hell! If I knew that I had gotten that kind of power up, I wouldn't hold back and just killed them on…. Huh…. I really killed them…. But I honestly don't feel anything…. Was it because they were monsters?)
(Anyway, I know I have power to kill these fuckers…. But what the fuck was that with that FUCKING PAIN?!)
(It felt as if my whole body was experiencing cramps through the whole thing…. Honestly, I still feel them, but not as bad as before…. I think Shuten talked about not being used to the transformation or something…. I didn't felt anything back then when I did that claw thing before…. But now that maybe somewhat properly transformed, my whole body feels like shit! Hell! I also felt completely drained out of any strength as well!)
"…"
"Still, how does that work anyway? MP? Mana? Stamina? Life force? Do I use something like that for the transformation? I felt exhaustion from the lack of stamina…. So maybe I used that for the transformation? Or maybe it was an side effect of transformation without "getting used to it"?)
(…. Either way, I think I have SOME means of defending myself….. But what good it will do if I just starve to death?)
"Shit. I need to- "
*Creeeeck*
"?!"
(Doors?!) – though Akrema as she could hear the front doors opening, alarming Akrema.
"…."
"Akrema? You here? It's me Shuten." – said the female voice.
"?!"
"Shuten?!" – said Akrema as she walked out of the restroom.
"!"
"Oh. So, you are…..Alive…. What the fuck?" – said Shuten as she stared at the Akrema.
"Why... Wait, did you managed to transform?" – said visible surprised Shuten.
"Well…. Yea… Do or die kind of moment popped up. Didn't had any choice…But my body feels like shit right now and I'm starving…" – said Akrema.
"Hm….. Wait an moment." – said Shuten before putting her hand into distorted space and taking out some food supplies.
"Anyway, mind telling me what exactly happened?"
"Y-yea." – said Akrema.
[Few moments later.]
"Huh. So, you just lost conscious like this?" – said Shuten.
"Hm… Well, at least you lost now than when you were still at school. If you lost it back then, you would pretty much just died. That area is now crawling to the brim with shattered and I don't know if there won't be any coming this way."
"…"
"Anyway, is everything fine with your body? Besides the crams and stuff, I mean."
"Well…No? Maybe…. I don't know…. My body feels weird, but I don't know if its in good way or bad way." – said Akrema while eating some sandwiches.
"…. Hm…" – Shuten stared at the Akrema, inspecting her body.
"…."
"Say…. What happened to you?" – asked Akrema.
"…You are asking what had happened once you run away?" – asked Shuten.
"Yea." – replied Akrema.
"…"
"Sorry. But for your own good I won't be talking about it. It's better if we don't talk about it right now." – said Shuten.
"If anything, we now need to get you out of here way faster."
"?"
"W-what do you mean?" – asked Akrema.
"Your transformation." – said Shuten.
"You are not shapeshifter type pretender but instead an transformation type."
"You transformation was sudden and drastic. Hell, you only look half human."
"There maybe chance that the transformation damaged your body from inside or other sort of effects. Considering what you had told me; there is an good chance that you DID had something damaged inside of you. I can somewhat use my alcohol to heal you up, but it may be better idea if somebody checks up your body professionally."
"Honestly speaking, it's better if you don't fight at all, unless necessary."
"…. So…. Should I…. Transform back into human?" – asked Akrema.
"Yea. Its better if you do." – said Shuten.
"We don't even know if you staying in this hybrid form for too long will affect you in some negative way, so it's better safe than sorry."
"Don't worry. If something does happens, I can use my alcohol to somewhat heal you or reduce the pain."
"…."
"But can you even do that? I mean the transformation you did is way different than the one from before."
"Em…..I don't know?" – replied Akrema.
"I think I can try at least?"
"…"
"…"
Akrema closed her eyes and focused. imagining her bear side disappearing, calming down her beastly nature, making it shrink while also imagining the process of her changing her body back to normal.
(Oh? She is doing it for real?) – though Shuten as she saw Akrema body charging right in front of her, turning back to her human form.
"…"
"Huh… I did-?!"
"!"
"Akrema!" – said Shuten as she noticed something wrong with Akrema.
"…. I… I'm fine." – said Akrema.
"But…. I think… I think this drained bit of my stamina…. And I feel crams all over again…..Of fuck… Yea, that doesn't feel nice…"
"…"
"Is it done?" – asked the voice from outside.
"?!"
"Who is there?!" – said Akrema.
"Easy there. Its not an enemy." – said Shuten.
"And you. You couldn't wait until the end?" – asked Shuten while the sound of the footsteps could be heard approaching.
"Well, I get it that you want to calm her down and stuff, but isn't it better if we move her out of here already?" – said the young looking adult woman with long black hair and pair of glasses that had behind them an pair of eyes that had two colors, the right eye was green while the left eye was blue.
The woman clothes looked completely ordinally and she herself looked like normal civilian.
However, when Akrema looked at the woman, she felt something…. It was fear.
"…"
"Do I know you?" – asked Akrema who had her guard up.
"…Huh. No." – said the woman with smile.
"But I guess you may had retained some memory fragments, since I was the one that killed you."
"?!" – Akrema got up, but then Shuten grabbed her arm, stooping her.
"Can you stop trolling the girl? She is already an mess." – said annoyed Shuten.
"What? Its not like you are any better knowing you." – said the black haired woman.
"Hell, I bet you did something stupid that even scared her."
"…"
Akrema looked at the Shunte who tried avoiding eye contact with her.
"…"
"Anyway, that girl maybe annoying as fuck, but she is good person."
"Meet Ayako Imai."
"Also known as the "Black Witch"."
"She is also the bitch that had saved you from the Tale that you had now fused with it."
"Sup gyaru girl. Nice to meet ya." – said the black haired woman.