Your Worst Nightmare (NN1/FF/Felix)

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"Gah!" Skywise cringed. "...good on ya."

"Kyle!" Ed beamed, well aware of the circumstances, which did nothing to damper his cheer. "We got worried!"

"...yeah, sure, as we weren't worried about Sockhead enough--oof!!"

"Eddy!!" Ed pouted after elbowing him hard.

Raz coughed, stepping up. "What they mean to say is... if you're looking for Double D, he's... resting right now. Might not be the best time to..."

"B-but Double D was REALLY worried about Kyle!" Ed turned sharply, apalled. "Seeing him will make him feel better, right?? Th-there's no full moon right now, so...!"

(hope it's okay, let's get some sweetness into this thing XD)

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Kyle looked alarmed as the others continued talking. But he most of all looked guilty. Only one person there was reacting the way they should have been... the others had been worried about him. They should have been reacting like Felix was. That was the kind of reaction Kyle was expecting, not this worry everyone else was having. He blanched when Ed mentioned the full moon. Kyle couldn't remember having mentioned anything like that... had Oni said something about it? Kyle didn't know. All he knew was that he was tearing up and finally pushed past Masahiro and the restrained Felix, running to Double D's room.

He shoved the door down as forcefully as he had getting into the apartment itself. When he saw Double D collapsed in bed, he ran over to Double D's side, and just as he got over to the bed, his knees finally gave out on him.

"Oh god... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Double D... I didn't mean to... I didn't want to... I'm so sorry..." Kyle cried. He really was crying by this point; there was a practical river of tears falling from his eyes.

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"Yo! It's Tree and her party, and we're here with gifts!"

Tree, of course, chose the most inopportune time to appear. To be fair, she did have gifts. The contents of them, considering they were being gifted from Tree should probably just be chucked into a trash can, but they were gifts. Following behind her were Snowy (in gerbil form, of course) and Ark. Snowy was being forced to carry Todd, as usual.

Tree took a look at the serious expressions on everyone's faces, and frowned. "Aw geez, what's going on in here? Is this a bad time?"

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The bedroom was awfully quiet. The Angel of Light was laying on his side, exhausted, his wings sprawled out behind him. They pulsed ever so subtly, like a throbbing wound, but the otherworldly feathers were slowly, very slowly, but surely regaining their shape.

Marion was there with him, nuzzled behind his head; she refused to leave his side. Not only did she miss him during his absence, but it went without saying that she was naturally worried. She looked up quickly when Kyle broke in; after the events of the night before, she grew slightly afraid, but then clutched at her father's shirt somewhat possessively, as if she was willing to protect him in his weakest state. But her firm pout faltered as Kyle began to cry, and she too began to whimper, finding forgiveness instantly.

Double D himself was slowly awakening. He could hardly move, much less open his eyes more than half-mast; much of his energy was draining into the regrowth of his wings. But when the blurriness in his sight sharpened into Kyle's face, Double D was much more motivated to awaken.

"...K...Ky...oh, Kyle...!" he moaned, cracking a weak smile and dragging a shaky hand up to clasp over Kyle's. "You're... you're safe... I'm... so glad..."

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The others turned sharply at Tree and the gang's entrance, half-expecting ANOTHER attack.

Raz made a face. "Uhhh... might be..."

[Felix Falora]

"Hold Felix for me," Masahiro said, kicking the boy over to Trevor, who caught him under his foot.

"A sad day when we have to resort to treating our friends like soccer balls," Trevor said, looking at the angered Felix.

Masahiro closed the door behind him and looked at Kyle. He shrugged, then walked over to the window and opened it. "A strange day it is when one of our own is to be banished... A sad day, a hard day, and yet... Kyle, you're big secret is known to all now, yet they do not hate you for it. Only the overly emotional fool of an angel hates you, and even then he will soon come to learn that everything is beyond your control and will seek your forgiveness on that day... that day that good triumphs, as it always should."

"But that is besides the point. The demon inside you is sacrificing every sanctity of goodness inside you. Though your spirit in itsself is kind, it radiates evil thanks to him and the deeds of evil he caused you to commit. But what worries me the most, the greatest reason I choose to help you, other then for the sake of my friends as is obvious in itsself, is that I feel Oni damning you with every misdeed he commits. I am an Angel of God. I feel the salvation of people and Oni is killing yours. It is beyond your control, beyond your knowledge, and entirely not your fault. It would piss me off to see a good kid go to Hell thanks to a shadow spirit posessing him."

"So yes, Kyle, we do need to talk. But first, I'm afraid I have to take these certain precautions in order to keep... bad things from happening." Masahiro suddenly grabbed Kyle and pushed him into a chair, quickly tying a rope around him. "You'll be freed when we're done talking. The rope has been powered with holy energies. If Oni tries to break free, he will suffer a severe pain, a pain great enough that it might cause him death. In this manner, we can best communicate without him breaking free."

[Firebreath Fishslap]

There were still tears streaming down Kyle's face as Double D grasped his hand. He hung his head. Double D was just glad he was safe... even though he'd done so many things to him... why didn't anyone here hate him?

Of course, he didn't have much time to be emo, as Masahiro had pulled him away from Double D into the other room before shoving him into a chair and tying him up.

Tree was more concerned with the pinned Felix and bend over to look him in the eye. She smirked, took Todd from Snowy, and started poking Felix in the face with the not-so-dead fish.

"Hey, foo, stop doing that," Todd complained.

"Haha, you're too dangerous to be used as anything besides a soccer ball," Tree teased. "Stupid MPreg angels~"

"Tree, that's not nice," Snowy said. Tree stood up again and looked over at the tied up Kyle. She understood everything immediately.

"Oh. This kid again," Tree said. "Well, that explains a lot. Wasn't he hanging out with Sockhead and Gantz before?"

Kyle wasn't struggling much as Masahiro tied him up, but that had a lot to do with the fact he wasn't really all that strong. However, as Masahiro spoke, Kyle looked even more panicked. They expected Oni to possess his body like he had the previous night?!

"No! He can still--"

"If you wanted me that badly, all you had to do was ask..."

From behind Kyle, a large shadowy shape rose up. It looked almost like a demented shadowy version of Kyle, with a clownish face almost resembling that of Nyx Avatar's mask. Had Minato been here instead of off being emo about said avatar of Nyx in a different plot, he would have voiced that exact comparison.

"'Angel of God', it seems that Ddwen wasn't specific about what I possess," Oni spoke. "My blood pact with this boy bound me to his shadow. Not his being."

He moved around in front of the whimpering Kyle, examining Masahiro. He nodded. "Oh yes. You're as much as an idiot as all of the other angels I've met." He surveyed the room, hovering on Tree for a moment. "Oh, and if it isn't the Knight of Ragnarok. How nice to see you again."

"Shove it, Oni," Tree growled.

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Double D gave out a tiny smile, but winced and moaned when Kyle was pulled away and tied up. Understandable precautions, of course, but...

...please... he's not... he's not a monster... he..."

He flinched tightly when Oni revealed himself, and deeper still when he voiced his soul name.

"Shoot!! AGAIN with this!?" Raz glared at Oni, knowing better than anyone else what that was. "Don't call him that, you creep!"

[Felix Falora]

"You bastard!" Trevor drew his swords.

Felix stared in shock, but slowly picked himself up and drew his one sword.

Masahiro held his hand up, signalling them to stop. "Oni... I was not looking for a direct audience, but it is true that I did not know you were bound to Kyle's shadow." He smirked. "But you underestimate me. I'm not a psychic... I'm a planner." Suddenly a rune underneath Oni glowed and engulfed him in light. If Oni wasn't able to resist it well, he'd be severely weakened and possibly forced to retreat back into Kyle's body. "I've prepared defenses for this place. Since we never seem to have a lock, I decided one night to set this place up with multiple runes to react to intruders and daemons. You, Oni, are a shadow spirit, so the rune's reaction was to cover you with light, a shadow's natural weakness."

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Oni and Kyle simultaneously winced as the light rune appeared. However, Oni's strength at the moment was enough that it didn't force him back into sleep in Kyle's shadow. He gave a slow clap.

"I see. You wish to force me into possessing Kyle's body so I can't attack anyone while you negotiate with me. Well, this rune pretty well keeps me from attacking anyone in the first place," Oni said, smirking all the while.

"Hey, blonde-haired pretty boy!" Tree called. "This guy's a Puppetmaster Demon. Those guys are bad shit; they can take over people's bodies if they know their true name." From how the others had reacted to that name earlier, Tree was guessing that Ddwen was Double D's true name. But Oni obviously wasn't controlling the Sockhead, so why...?

Ark was already in a battle stance, holding his Happy Hammer defensively. It would probably be a good thing for everyone in the room if he didn't use it, considering its special ability was changing size. And this wasn't a particularly large apartment.

"Unfortunately for you, I can't possess this boy's body unless you knock him out. And I doubt Ddwen would like it if you did," Oni said. He moved back behind Kyle and put a shadowy claw on Kyle's shoulder. Kyle winced as the demon clenched it tighter. "If we are to talk, we will do it like this."

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"..ngh..!" Double D cringed again, trembling slightly at the soul name once again. Marion shook as well, holding him by the shoulders.

"S-stop!!"

"SERIOUSLY!! CUT IT OUT!!"

"Y-you big jerk!"

"What the hell is there to TALK about with you, anyways!?! Why can't we just kill tha~!"

A hand grabbed the wrist of Eddy's shaking fist, although weakly. Somehow, Double D had managed to at least force his hand up enough to clench at his friend and calm him down. Slowly, he forced his gaze up, glaring at the demon weakly from under the brim of his hat.

"...do not think.... you have control over me," he wheezed. "This isn't the first time... I've been used like this. I didn't let HIM break me... and neither will I let you."

[Felix Falora]

"Why can't we kill him indeed, Eddy," Masahiro said with a sigh as he pushed Felix close to Edd. "I believe the answer lies with Kyle. I have a theory that, if Oni is killed, Kyle dies too. Yet, if you kill Kyle, Oni will not die, just be free. It's lose-lose either way and no one here wants Kyle's blood on their hands." Masahiro glares at Oni. "I'm right, aren't I? Not that I expect you to tell me if I am or not. Why would you?"

"So you're saying that... no matter what we do...?" Felix asked.

"Kyle dies and Oni wins... I fucking hate these moments where no one wins except the bad guy!" Trevor snapped.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Oni smirked as the others continued to speak. Especially with the theory Masahiro suggested. Masahiro was wrong, but Oni wasn't going to say that, especially since it gave him an extra measure of security. And Oni wasn't worried about Raz; he knew the man was a psychic, but that wouldn't be able to do crap to something like Oni. There wasn't a mind to read. Oni was, at his most essential form, a spirit attached to a shadow, after all.

"Correct," Oni said, squeezing Kyle's shoulders a bit more. "This boy..." And at that moment, Oni's voice became more sinister, more raspy, and a lot darker. "...Is mine. Mine from the day he was born until the day he dies. And will forever be mine!"

Oni gave a laugh. Tree just glared at Oni.

"Have you always been this much of a douchebag or did that happen recently?" Tree asked. Oni glared at Tree.

"You don't know how to shut your mouth, do you?" Oni asked.

"Is that a trick question? I mean, really. Obviously you couldn't have been too much of a douchebag otherwise this guy wouldn't have agreed to make that blood pact, after all," Tree said. Oni growled and ignored Tree.

"Are you going to leave the boy tied up like this? It's obvious that these ropes have no use," Oni said, crossing his arms.

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"Would you give it a rest?" Raz made a face at Tree. "Geez, this is hard enough ALREADY now that we know his soul name AGAIN..."

"...ngh...engh..." Eddy looked down, surprised when that hand grabbed on his shoulder and used it as leverage for Double D to haul himself up, somehow.

"Wha... D-Double D, what're you doing!? You shouldn't be...!!"

"Just... get me... over there... please..."

No one spoke as Eddy bit his lip, then granted the sockhead his wish. With his friend holding him steady, Double D trudged across the room, his weakened wings trailing behind him with a small shower of sparkles. When he reached the other side, he heaved his hands to rest on Kyle's shoulders, grunting deeply at this extertion, but managed a firm gaze all the same. He didn't even give Oni a second glance.

"...Kyle..." he wheezed, his gaze dropping. "...I don't care... what they say... I'm... ngh.... going to find a way. WE'RE... going to find a way... to get this... odious creature... out of you..."

His gaze came right back up; though drained of energy, a righteous fire was lit behind it. "...I swear it."

[Felix Falora]

"So we can't kill Oni," Felix growled.

"On the contrary, Felix... That was a test. Oni literally told me that I was correct... but the theory in itsself was so far-fetched and so spontaneous that even I would not believe it. Basically I'm playing a gamble of chance here, but something Oni tells me..." Masahiro smirked. "He can be killed after all. My theory is wrong and Oni's proven himself in my eyes as someone who can be slain. Now the real reason we can't slay him is because he's beyond us and because we're bound by morals not to kill him in this position." Masahiro then muttered under his breath something about a plot and being unable to go against the will of the gods, but Felix shook his head.

"So you're saying he can die," Felix said.

"I'm saying he can't die for more complex reasons, but not because Kyle would die if we killed him," Masahiro said. "Either way, we need to focus on exorcising him."

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Kyle flinched as Double D approached him. He looked pained as the injured angel spoke. Get Oni out of him...? Was that even possible? It didn't seem to be... De'Marcus had analyzed the terms of his blood pact pretty thoroughly previously. The only way to get Oni away from him would be to force him on someone else, and that was a hell that Kyle would wish on no one.

"I don't want to hurt you anymore..." Kyle mumbled.

Oni scowled. "Exorcising me? You think the boy hasn't tried that? I've been with him for five years now, after all. He's gone to priests, mikos, angels, demons, goddesses. None of them can do a thing because of this blood pact. Personally, I'd love to see you all try to do a thing about it."

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Double D's gaze snapped up, a growl tugging at his upper lip. "...that's just what we'll do."

"HELL yeah!" Eddy shook his fist again. "Shoot, if Double D thinks so, then we'll do it!" He nudged Felix. "Right? Right??"