The Insatiable

Yasumi fell into an abyss of hopelessness, she didn't dare believe that the person she wanted to see would appear in front of her. However, the truth is right in front of her. Those red eyes of his that's like staring straight at her soul. Nobody could ever have those red eyes other than him.

She wanted to shout at him, tell him that he should leave right now and leave her. She didn't want him to suffer because of her as well but all those thoughts stayed inside her head. Yasumi didn't have a chance to tell him anything.

Haruhiro pulled her into his embrace and hugged her very tightly. This shocked her. 'Ya-chan? He's been looking for me? Why?'

Confused she didn't notice that Haruhiro's shadow split into five different parts. Each part heading towards the five teens.

The teens of course noticed this and freaked out.

"What the hell is that!?"

"Mons.. Monster!!!"

"Run!"

"Freak!!"

"I'm out of here!"

Their outbursts was heard by Yasumi, she tried to look at them but Harihiro removed her from his embrace put his hands on her cheeks and gently made her to focus her eyes on him. "Just look here Ya-chan. Ignore them all. Close your eyes and trust me, okay?"

Those words worked like a charm to her, she closed her eyes as he said. She then felt her body being embraced once more. Her head buried in his chest, she can smell his manly scent and it made her heart skip a beat.

Haruhiro gently stroked her hair.

He then looked at the five teens that have now been caught by his shadows. He looked at them coldly, his eyes that turned red gave them a suffocating feeling. He's like a predator staring at its prey, and unfortunately for these teens.

They have been treated as the prey.

"So its like this, right?"

He said to no one in particular as he looked at the five hanging in the air. Their feet being held on to by the shadows and their mouth gagged. Their eyes all had the looks of anxiety, fear, and panic.

"She told me before... She said to me 'I wouldn't have turned into this monster if that night never happened.' She told me that while she looked into my eyes. Those eyes. Her eyes.... There was nothing in those eyes, there wasn't any hint of hatred nor the will to continue living. She told me that she didn't want to continue her agony, nor does she want to continue killing but she couldn't.

Because that night already took her life."

Haruhiro said that and closed his eyes, he could hear Yasumi breathing and the pleading moans of the gagged teenagers. When he opened his eyes once again, tears threatened to fall.

"Her body continued to live, she didn't know why... She didn't know how. All she knew is that her soul was no longer inside it. That nothing she does could stop her body from doing the things it does. She wanted me to run because she knew I'd get hurt, I couldn't fight back. That it was only that time that she could somehow limit her body.

I was afraid, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to save her, to end the pain but I couldn't. I wasn't powerful enough, I had nothing. That was the second time I felt so powerless and the cause of it was the same. Because some men couldn't keep their things in their pants.

I could only touch her cold cheeks and tell her that in the next life, I will protect her and give her the best life that I could offer."

He then stared at the teens once again. His red eyes radiating fierce killing intent as he moved the shadow to swallow the two who were bickering.

The predator made his move to swallow his prey.

The two shadows moved simultaneously, it started first with their hands. Small tentacle-like shadows slowly crawled into their hands. These tentancles are as big as their hands, wherever it pass by that part would disappear as if being hidden in the darkness.

This made the two panic even more, they tried moving their hands to see if they still could but not talking about moving, they can't even feel their hands anymore. The shadow continued to move about in their bodies. They slowly lost their sensations from the parts that been swallowed by the shadows.

The two felt their heart skipping as they see their body slowly disappearing. The shadow however did not care, it continued to do what it was tasked to do.

The other three on the other hand only found this scene creepy. They didn't know that the other two right now, are being swallowed by the shadow.

After a few seconds, the two came was swallowed whole, not a trace of their existence was left. The two shadows then merged and went back to Haruhiro.

"Three left, I'm not really the type of person that will make the opponent suffer before I end them and also considering the fact that I've seen just how worthless you all are... Let's end this quick."

Haruhiro said a few words before the the shadows moved, the shadows formed tentacles that this time swallowed the three at a faster pace than earlier.

"Abilities are really useful huh."

He watched the three die without any hint of emotions nor a change in his expression. This is the world where he is used in living, a "strong prey on the weak" world.

A notification is then heard from Ava telling him a mission was completed.

[Side Quest: Killing the Hypocrite

Quest Objective: As Greed, you will not allow yourself to be threatened by anyone nor will you allow someone to take what's yours. Kill Matsumoto Riku.

Rewards: +3 CON, 1 Slave Brand, 20 Greed Points

Status: Complete]

Another surge of warmth spread over his body until it faded completely. He got stronger once again.

He didn't believe in coincidences before but now... Isn't this one incident a coincidence itself? He can't believe that the one who killed the original Haruhiro and the one who ruined the life Sin of Lust from his past -from his timeline... Is one and the same.

Even in this time when society still has its law and order there are still people like these. People that will do whatever they want to do. The law can't do anything about them since their family backs them up, they will all cover for their mistakes.

Those with power search for even more power as they trample on the weak and powerless who could nevef fight back. What's even worse is that some of those that could have helped would turn a blind eye, only because they were given benefits or they're afraid to be implicated.

After he killed the five, he looked up at the night sky and sighed. He still has Yasumi in his embrace, and she decided to just listen to his heartbeat, she even found it quite melancholic.

'There is something that's bothering him, he's sad,' is what she thought as she listened to it.

"Ya-chan, did they hurt you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Yasumi found it quite strange. This person kept on being too familiar with her yet she didn't find it disgusting, in fact she felt that the way he's acting is only natural.

"I'm alright. Thank you for saving me."

She said that as she shook her head, her head still buried in his chest. "It's okay to open your eyes now. They're gone, they won't ever bother you."