Collision

*~Chapter 17: The Unfortunate Surprise~*

Aoru looked at his face in Sara's mirror. "What...WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ME??"

Razuka, Sara and Tobi looked at him with despair written all over his face. Aoru's hands, now claws, were shaking. His palms became sweaty as he saw the official marks on each palm. He obtained chains on his wrists as if he were some prisoner. He was breathing heavily as he sees devil's wings growing out of his back. Aoru slapped his face, hoping it was a nightmare. He took another glance in Sara's vanity mirror. It wasn't a dream. It really happened.

"Okay, now I know that you are safe, I'm going to get the others over here. See you guys later!" Razuka rushed before any other trouble came. *Let's hope it's not too late!*

Aoru looked at his glowing red eyes as he looked at the mirror. He noticed small horns on his head along with pointed ears. He tried to stay calm and asked again, "How...how am I a Sliek?" He turned to Tobi with his glowering beaming eyes.. "You know how... You know how I turned this way...change me back."

"I am sorry, but I don't know. I don't know how you turned this way. I'm surprised you're here at all. The air we Slieks breathe here is carbon monoxide. It's quite toxic for humans, so I don't know how you changed. But on the bright side, you have the power to harness the dark."

Aoru didn't like the answer he was receiving. "Liar!! Change me back!!" He snarled. He then, with a fit of rage grabbed Tobi by the collar of his clothing and pinned him against the wall which broke Sara's vanity mirror.. "You know how to change me back, so do it!!"

Sara ran over and separated the two. "Toro," Sara said sternly. "Taking a life won't do any good, nor will it change you back to normal. You have to have a clear mind to focus."

"Focus on what?! I'm not a human anymore! I only came to get you!"

"But you're scared now, aren't you. How will they judge if they find you?"

"I wonder if they're even looking for me."

"More of you are coming??" Tobi asked.

"I don't know! It's possible that they are."

Sara looked at Aoru, shaking her head. "Listen, they didn't know I was a Sliek until I told them. They'll know the real Toro from the fakes that are probably spread out by 'Mistress.' "

"Who is this Mistress anyway?" Sara looked at Tobi and nodded.

" 'Mistress' is actually my older sister, Suzuki Mito. Yeah, surprising that Slieks have last names. She is the ruler of the Demon Realm and the Leader of the Superiors. Her heart is now gone and has no mercy against anyone, even me. To tell you the truth, we weren't always planning on invading your world. We weren't always bad either. Suzuki, Sara and I used to hang out when we were kids, before she met you."

Aoru looked at Sara, just to confirm his story. He was really confused when she nodded in agreement.

"You're not the jealous type are you?"

"O-of course not! And here I was, trying to kill everyone of your kind on Earth."

"That's not really possible to kill us. It's not your fault though. It wasn't the humans fault. It wasn't Hemnos's fault, even though the barrier cubes sting a bit, but he was trying to keep us sane with it."

"Sane? Just what is the barrier cube trying to do?"

"It's a form of carbon monoxide when thrown in manually, but use it on weapons and it just sends us back here to the demon realm. We normally don't get enough monoxide here, so Hemnos was kind enough to help us out. But now, I'm not so sure."

"Okay, about your sister. Was she always a maniacal tyrant?"

"Not ever since her reign 200 years ago, that would be 5 years in Earth Time. Her personality got real dark and became merciless. Since then, the rest of us lived in fear. We were taught to hate love. The Sprite race hates us for it. I mean, that's what we think, anyway. We really don't mean any harm, nor do the citizens. They're just like you, except they are being misused to cause nothing but trouble."

Five years... That seemed to come up to Aoru as his memories started to come up. When he met everyone, including Sara. When things started to go strange. When he commited his first crime. When they formed Red Band to bring Sara 'back to life'.

"If that's all the questions you have, it's my turn to ask."

"Shoot."

"How'd you even get here? Did you consume something, or did a spell or something like that before you came here?"

"Now that you mention it...I drank a bottle of a neon liquid in the Princess's room. It was kinda gross, but I was thirsty."

Sara looked at Aoru in disbelief. "You drank the Sliek Elixir!? Oh no! That explains the transformation!"

"Why's that?" Tobi wondered.

"Don't you remember Tobi? Once consumed, five hours later, a mortal becomes a sliek too. Toro, you won't be able to turn back to a human!"

"Oh man, now how will I face everyone?? Do they even know?"

"It seems to me that you failed to execute Sara, slave. But at least I have a new recruit within our midst."

They all looked to find Suzuki in the room along with Baki and Blaze who was holding an unconscious Razuka.

"Well, well, if it isn't little Toro. How nice of you to join us." Aoru blood began to boil and began to only see red. He charged at Baki, who was still in Tsugumi's body, but Blaze put up a barrier which recoiled Aoru's charge.  "D...damn you,"Aoru muttered under his breath. Baki laughed excitedly when Aoru hit the ground. Mistress gave her a warning on not to laugh so hard. "Baki strong. Stronger than human! You will never defeat Baki!"

"Don't get your hopes up little boy," Blaze snickered. "You're only a half Sliek right now. but in about an hour, you don't have to worry about it."

"Can Baki tell? Pleeeease??" Baki begged her until she got slapped. "You know better than to ask for permission! Tell them already!" Suzuki was getting impatient.

Baki squealed with joy as she said "Ultima Destruction. No more Sara. No more Tobi. Half Blood need work before Baki kills and Mistress plans to-" She got slapped again by Blaze.

"Okay that's quite enough. It's not time to tell them yet anyway." Baki groaned rather loudly. "Goooooood, how long must Baki wait?"

"Not long, I assure you," Suzuki said in reassurance. And without warning, she looked at Blaze and pointed at Tobi. He smiled wickedly as he created a fireball and flung it at him. Tobi quickly rolled and replied with waterspheres. Becoming wet was one of Blaze's pet peeves. It set him off quickly enough to go into a rampage. He roared as he rushed up and punched him in the gut. Tobi staggered over and fell to the ground, with little strength left to resist. Blaze then grabbed Tobi and carried him as he went back to Suzuki

"No! Tobi!!" Sara screamed as she rushed to get him help. Baki stopped her by her hurricane hands which trapped her. Sara possessed the power of light and broke from the prison.

"You're a pain, you know that?" Baki threw some wind sickles as Sara dodged them. She then returned with a ball of light which made a scratch to Baki's arm. Baki became very infuriated that she frequently attacked her with her wind bullets. Growing numb and unconscious, Sara crawled to Aoru's side and slipped something before anyone could see. Before Baki could give the final blow, Suzuki stopped her.

"You idiot! Do you want this plan to commence? We need them alive for it to work." Baki grumbled and went back by her master's side with Sara on her shoulder. Suzuki then looked at him and finally said "Aoru, wait for your friends and meet us in the palace north from here. We'll be awaiting for your arrival." They deserted Aoru who was getting weaker and weaker until he finally collasped.