《Blood X Bond》


 Prologue

    As the cold metal chains constricted around Tatsumi''s neck he began pondering just what were the odds he could have gotten himself into this situation.


    A simple trip to the store to buy a gift for mother''s day turned into a nightmare only nightmares could dream up. Captured, Tortured and dying at the hands of a psychotic killer, Tatsumi had heard on the news about a killer that was stalking the streets of Tokyo but the odds of him meeting the killer were slim to none, which made the situation he found himself in so ironic it was almost laughable.


    As his vision was fading into darkness Tatsumi began pondering the life he had lead before it was about to be snuffed out, allthough to say he had lead much of a life at all was a overstatement. As his vision went faded to black, Tatsumi could feel his senses become numb a perpetual void had engulfed his entire being.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    Is this it? is this all the after life is a world filled with nothing, no pain, no love, no anger, no peace, no life and no death. Suddenly a red flash of light appeared in the distance, getting closer and closer. as the light continued its outward stretch Tatsumi''s mind was being assaulted by images unknown to him, he saw beautiful young woman with long black hair and deep purple eyes elegantly straightening her hair in the mirror.


    The room the woman was standing in was barren and made of stone the only item of relevance in the room was the mirror she was standing in front of. Suddenly the wooden door to the stone room swung open with force, such force that shards of the concrete wall the door struck were flung away.


    A large shadow figure stood in the doorway, the girl in front of the mirror payed him no mind and continued to straighten her hair. The figure spoke in a muffled and dark tone. "It is time, your task has been set, the price you paid for revenge shall be completed here...... Yuna"

 Chapter 1: A bond is struck

    Tatsumi could feel the cold grasp of a concrete floor press against his body. Realizing he had regained the movement in his body, He raised his head up off the ground and looked around. The room he was in was dimly lit with the only source of light emanating from a pair of candles on a set of pillars that sat parallel from each other near the center of the room.


    Through the small light source Tatsumi could make out the room, it was barren the walls and floor made of concrete and the only items in the room was a chair that sat near the center of the room, and a large glass mirror pinned to the back of the room.


    "What the- Where am i? Tatsumi scrambled to his feet.


    "So you are finally awake tortured one" A cold voice called out of the darkness.


    Tatsumi''s eyes darted around the room trying to locate the source of the sound, but his eyes could make out nothing but the mere shadows being cast from the candles situated in the center of the room.


    "who said that, where are you, show yourself!" Tatsumi''s voice echoed around the room. There was a everlasting silence that seemed to mock his words.


    "As you wish" The voice spoke in a cold yet soothing tone.


    Through the corner of his eye Tatsumi could see something shifting in the shadows, he turned his attention to it and saw a beautiful young lady emerge from the shadows, Her hair was as black as the night, her eyes a deep purple, her body was long and slender with the exception of her sizeable bust. She wore a long black dress that seemed to split off at the waist and fall down around her legs.


    "It seems your motor and vocal functions are intact, which means my spell worked as hoped" The girl placed her hands on her hips seemingly impressed with herself.


    "Wha- what, what do you mean spell, i was dead and then-"


    "And then you weren''t" The girl cut him off.


    She stepped forward towards Tatsumi and reached her hand out, Tatsumi recoiled slightly be remained still. As the girls had touched his chest a faint red glow began to form, the light slowly morphed and shifted taking the shape of a circular sigil with the symbol of a raven in the center.


    "You were a broken soul, who met a fate so cruel, i cast a spell that ripped your soul from its journey to the other world to bring you here" The girl removed her hand from Tatsumi''s chest and stepped a few paces back.


    He looked down at his body where the Sigil had been and then he moved his eyes back up to look at the mysterious girl.


    "What is it you want me for anyway"


    A sly smile crept onto the girls face.


    "Quite simply i want you to be my underling you will serve me and only me, both in my mission to rid this world of the Angel filth but also to tend to the chores of this house"


    "I am gonna have to refuse"


    The girls eyes widened for a moment, in a flash she rushed forward closing the distance between her and Tatsumi, she raised her foot in the air and brought it crashing into his chest. The force of the blow sent Tatsumi screening across the floor hitting the concrete wall with a thud.


    "Worm, how dare you make remarks to me that make you think you have a choice, you should be grovelling at my feet, i gave you another chance to live and to make something of your worthless life!"


    The girls entire demeanor completely changed and her tone was as cold as ice.


    "Allow me to simplify this for you, either you serve me wholly, or i will subject you to more pain and misery than you ever thought possible. your soul was implanted into a Doll, which means the body you currently inhabit is not your own its indestructible but you can still be hurt and you will still feel every iota of pain.


    Tatsumi clambered to his feet.


    "So i either serve you or be subject to a eternity of pain and misery"


    Tatsumi tilted his head to look at the ground.


    "My choice.... My choice is-"


    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM


    A massive tremor shook the entire room, it was so strong that pieces of concrete were falling from the ceiling. The wooden door to the room swung open with such force it came off its hinges and collapsed to the floor.


    Scraping could be heard coming closer and closer....


    A huge dragon crawled into the room, the sheer size of this dragon was unbelievable, it dawned white scales and pale white eyes. Atop of the dragon Tatsumi could make out a figure, they wore white armor and a helmet to hide the riders face.


    "You will meet you end here Demon" The figure shouted whilst looking at the girl.


    "It will not be my end but yours, you filth! I am Yuna Godfrey the Demon Princess of Destruction and i will not tolerate you defiling my home like this"Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    Yuna stamped her foot on the concrete floor with such force the ground beneath her shook violently.


    "I call to you, most dangerous weapon of destruction SUMMON BLOOD TAKER!"


    A large sword with a serrated edge rose out of the ground. Yuna grabbed the handle of this sword and lifted it with ease, her hand gripping tightly on to the blade.


    Tatsumi looked over at Yuna, the weapon she had just summoned look menacing, the serrated blade was tinged red, the handle was pitch black and was molded into the shape of a serpent with its jaw wide open.


    The knight that sat perched on the large dragon seemed completely unfazed by Yuna''s new weapon.


    "DIE DEMON"


    The knight commanded his dragon to attack, the dragon opened its mouth and released a breath of fire towards Yuna. The flames engulfed the entire area where Yuna was standing.


    Tatsumi recoiled from the sheer force of the blaze.


    "Yuna"


    The flames and smoke slowly cleared, the ground where the attack had struck was scorched and black but Yuna was nowhere to be seen.


    A look of confusion shot up on Tatsumi''s face, had Yuna been killed, burned to nothing more than ash?


    "You know that is no way to treat a lady" Yuna''s voice called out.


    A small choking sound could be heard emanating from the knight. Tatsumi looked up at the knight to see him being held by Yuna who had one hand around his throat.


    "For your persistent rudeness and annoyance i will grant you the only thing you deserve oh brave knight" Yuna mocked the knight as her grip on his neck tightened.


    "DEATH"


    Yuna opened her mouth, revealing several sharp fangs, her eyes were no longer there deep purple but had changed to a bright red. She sunk her fangs deep into her victims neck with shocking ferocity. Screams of anguish and pain roared out of the knight filling the room, Blood was pouring out of his neck and began spraying over his once white armor that was now turning red as more blood gushed from his wound. Finally Yuna removed her fangs from his neck and with one quick pull of from her hands she yanked the knights head completely off his shoulders. Blood shot up like a fountain covering the surrounding surfaces a bright red, The knights body jerked slightly before falling limp he feel from the Dragons back and hit the floor with a thud.


    Yuna wiped the remaining blood from her lips.


    "Now all that''s left to do is kill your beast"


    Yuna threw her Demonic Sword into the air and in a flash she had lept from the dragons back into the air, she caught the sword in her hands and propelled herself in a downwards motion, she sliced straight through the dragons neck with scary precision. The dragon stood still for a moment and then slowly its head slid from its body and landed with a thud on the ground.


    The blood from the beast flowed out of its body and into the sword that had slain it. the sword began to glow a bright red before settling down to its usual form.  She stabbed the sword into the ground and chanted the word "return" upon hearing the command a large cylindrical pool of blood surrounded the sword engulfing it for a moment before disspearing into the ground.


    Yuna strode across the concrete floor, with all the grace and pride of a princess but her cold violet eyes betrayed her outward fragile demeanor. She walked up to Tatsumi who was still reeling from the shock of the events that took place before him.


    "You were saying something" Yuna said with a slight smile on her face.


    Tatsumi swallowed hard, "I have decided i will become your underlining and help you in your mission, but you must promise me that you will EXPLAIN everything to me and leave nothing out"


    Yuna paused for a moment as if complementing the demands of her would be underling, a smile crept up on her face once more, she stepped even loser to him so there faces were almost touching. Tatsumi could not help but notice how beautiful Yuna was from this close up, her beautiful violet eyes gazed longingly into his, he almost mesmerized by her looks. Yuna placed a hand upon his shoulder, "I am glad you accepted my offer, not that you had another choice of course but....." Tatsumi felt insurmountable pressure on his shoulder as if it was being crushed by something heavy, Yuna had tightened her grip on his shoulder her strength was truly other worldly she effortlessly pushed him to his knees with one hand. "Don''t ever demand anything of me, you will know what you need to know when you need to know it nothing more nothing less" Tatsumi struggled and strained as he felt as if he should would be crushed into dust any minute, he gave a pained nod in response to Yuna''s statement.


    Yuna removed her hand from his shoulder.


    "Good, now if you have finished making idle demands, we can move on. You asked what was going on and serves my interests for my underling to know, so i will tell you as best i can. I am Yuna Godfrey and this location in which you reside in is my castle. The world in which you have come to be in, is in a war between Angels and Demons and i have been contracted to kill the 10 highest ranking Angels, one of which you just saw"


    Tatsumi looked back at the floor and saw the corpses of the dragon and his rider. "So he was a-"


    Yuna Interrupted.


    "An Angel yes..... A knight in service of heaven" Yuna raised her right hand, A feint red glow emanated from her palm, the light slowly manifested itself and took the shape of a crimson chessboard with several pieces placed on the board.


    "The 10 Ranked Angles, 4 knights, 2 Bishops, 2 Rooks, 1 King and 1 Queen These are my targets, they will all fall to me, for it is the price i paid" Her voice was cold as ice.


    "Price" Tatsumi hesitatingly asked not wanting to anger Yuna again.


    Yuna responded "Indeed, the price for revenge, i made a deal in order to exact revenge against someone who deserved to die, that is all you need to know"


    Tatsumi paused for a moment and looked at the ground. "Fine, Ill help you, I may not fully understand your motivations, but i understand your emotions, i know what its like to feel wronged, to feel hate and anger and to want to revenge against ones who have wronged you. He lifted his head up to face Yuna.


    A sweet yet sinister smile crept across Yuna''s face.


    "Then step forward"


    Tatsumi obeyed and moved closer.


    Yuna''s eyes turned from their usual Violet to a crimson red, sharp fangs protruded from her mouth, she brought her right wrist up to her mouth and bit hard into her own flesh, Blood smeared over lips, she reached her hand out and took a hold of Tatsumi firmly pulling him into her, Her lips quickly met his. The feeling of electricity shot through Tatsumi''s body he felt a surge of energy rush through him, it was unlike anything he had ever felt before.


    Yuna parted the kiss and stepped backwards a few paces.


    "W-ww- what was that" Tatsumi asked with a look of pure shock on his face.


    "A blood bond, some of my blood now courses through your veins, which means you will be able to utilize some of my powers in due time, can''t have you being useless should a battle ensue and i am not here, it would be a waste for you to die after i put so much effort into summoning you here" Yuna stated with an aura of pride surrounding her.


    She quickly spun around to face the door leading to the exit. "Now come with me, we have somewhere to be" she began to walk out the room, with Tatsumi following close behind.


    "Ummm where are we going Yuna" Tatsumi asked.


    Yuna shot a glance in Tatsumi''s direction. "I found the location of the Bishop, Maria and i am going to eliminate her"

 Chapter 2: The Bishop: Maria

    Yuna and Tatsumi arrived at the location where the Bishop they were seeking named Maria was said to be located. except the town they arrived at was desolate filled with decaying buildings which had vegetation growing wildly across them. As they walked Tatsumi couldn''t help but wonder where everyone was, it was mid day surely this place would be busy with people.


    Out of an alleyway just ahead of them a figure stepped out of the shadows, A large hooded black cape concealed any noticeable features, except for the fact the figure was indeed human at least in appearance.


    Tatsumi slowly stepped towards the figure.


    "Excuse me, are you ok, what happened here" Tatsumi asked as he moved ever closer to the mysterious figure.


    As he got closer he could hear the figure mumbling something it was muffled by Tatsumi could make out what was being said.


    "Praise her, for she has granted us salvation from the devil, praise her for she has granted us salvation, oh great and powerful Maria praise our holy matron for she is our world"


    "Maria, So you know her, we are looking for her can you tell us where she is" Tatsumi asked.


    The figure gave no response aside from repeating his previous phrase.


    "Enough of this" Yuna called out from behind Tatsumi.


    Yuna rushed forward fast than Tatsumi''s eyes could have tracked, she grabbed the figure by the throat and lifted him several feet of the ground with one hand. "Now lets see what you have to tell us"


    Yuna''s eyes shifted from their usual Violet color to a crimson red, sharp fangs sprang out from her mouth, she pulled the figure close and viciously sunk her fangs into his neck. The figure let out a few pained groans, blood pooled out of the horrid wound in its neck. Yuna eventually relented her attack as the figures frame went limp and collapsed to the floor with a THUD.


    Tatsumi could now see the figures face, it was an ordinary person, a male, looked to be middle aged, who was now lying perfectly still on the ground with a pool of blood accumulating around the gaping wound in his neck.


    He knelt down next to the corpse, "Is he-"


    "Yes he is dead, but more than that by feeding on his blood i was able to see everything he has seen and i have located where our target is" Yuna responded bluntly whilst wiping fresh blood from her black dress.


    As she turned to carry on walking through the town, Tatsumi stopped her.


    "Wait..... Did he have to die" he said with a look of concern on his face.


    Yuna stopped in her tracks, shot him a cold glance and then continued to walk her heels making small clacking sounds against the concrete.


    "According the the information i received from the individual in the town we will find the Bishop Maria at the church just outside the town" Yuna announced as she flicked her hair behind her shoulder.


    Tatsumi gave no response.


    Yuna did not bat an eyelid at her underlings new found silence. the pair set off in silence towards the old church.


    Yuna Pushed the large doors to the church open, A large resonating THUD echoed through the room as the doors swung against the walls. A large rectangular room lay ahead, with 2 rows of benches each with individual seats on either side of the room.


    Tatsumi could see a person sitting at each seat, from the looks of them they were the townfolk from the wasteland that WAS the town they arrived in. each individual was wearing a gold cross around their necks and had their hands clasped together as if they were praying.


    At the very end of the room was a Large alter with a decorative statue of a priestess hanging over it. In front of the Alter stood a woman, she wore a beautiful white dress that flowed down to the floor, her hair was beautifully golden and her eyes a emerald green.


    "Maria" Yuna called out.


    The girl stared at Yuna intently. "Ahhhhh Miss Yuna hello there, i was wondering when you would make your presence known to me" Her voice was like running water smooth and fluid.


    "I trust you know why i am here" Yuna stated.


    "Yes, you are here to complete your task of slaying me and my brothers and sisters in arms, you are leading a crusade against heaven and its angels" Maria spoke with a voice as calm as water.


    "Then this talking nonsense is pointless and time consuming, now lets end this shall we" Yuna stated with fiery intent.


    "Ever the impatient one aren''t we miss Yuna"


    Yuna stretched out her right hand to her side.


    "SUMMON BLOOD TAKER" Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.


    A large cylindrical pool of blood erupted out of the ground beside her, it stayed swirling in motion for a moment and then dissipated revealing a large sword with a serrated edge that tinged red, the handle was decorative and took the form of a serpent with its jaws wide open as if greeting the blade itself.


    "Head hunting reaper" Yuna shouted her command as she swung her sword in an arch in front of her, a large wall of crimson blood erupted in front of her revealing a hooded black figure wielding a large scythe. The reaper wasted no time in unleashing its unrelenting assault as it swing the large weapon aiming for the neck of Maria.


    "Veni" Maria said in a cool and calm voice.


    Before the scythe could complete its path of destruction towards its angelic target, one of the individuals who was seated in the church praying lept to its priestess defense taking the full force of the blow. the head of the praying individual was now rolling grotesquely and somewhat comically along the floor.


    Maria gave a slight chuckle.


    "Is that your best Yuna Godfrey, i honestly expected more of the so called Queen of the Abyss, but you have proven to be a disappointment, and now for the crime of killing my servant i think i will have the rest of them tear you limb from limb" Maria said in a confident voice.


    Maria raised both of her hands high into the air.


    "Mutatio" She said in a commanding voice.


    Screams and groans suddenly bursted through the room as all of the people in the room began screaming and babbling, Tatsumi could see that there skin was bubbling and shifting, turning from its usual color to a bright blue, the heads of the individuals split open revealing what could only be described as spiderling like creatures occuping the gap where the victims head was. Tatsumi almost threw up just looking at the grotesque sight.


    Yuna noticed Tatsumi''s reaction.


    "You see now Tatsumi, this is what the angels do, in this world even the mightiest of heavens warriors can be corrupt and they are corrupt. Maria has the power to change the genetic make up of any living thing she touches, she turned all the citizens of this innocent town into these abominations, there is nothing we can do for them now, that one outside and all these innocent people are lost to us because of her,  and Maria does not scratch the surface as to what these angels are capable of so tell me..... Do they deserve to live" Yuna shot a glance of conviction at Tatsumi.


    "No she deserves to suffer for what she has done" Tatsumi said whilst clenching is fist tightly, a look of rage was spreading across his face.


    "And suffer she will" Yuna responded coldly.


    Yuna stamped on the ground with such force the entire building they were in shook violently, a massive circle of blood erupted around her, the blood eventually dissipated revealing Yuna however she was not wearing her usual black dress, instead she was clad in dark metal armor with short sharp spikes protruding out of the arms and shoulders, Her head was largely covered by a black hood, but her piercing eyes that had no shifted from their usual violet to crimson red started daggers into Maria.


    Maria had a surprised look on her face, not outwardly wanting to show any kind of fear to her adversary.


    Yuna suddenly dashed forward with incredible speed she was so fast that to Tatsumi''s eyes it looked like Yuna was everywhere at once, sounds of slashing and slicing could be heard ringing throughout the church but no sword strikes could be seen, the movements were lightning quick. Yuna ceased her relentless assault and returned to Tatsumi''s side which he hadn''t noticed straight away as his eyes were still trying to catch up with Yuna''s movements.


    "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT DID YOU DO" Maria''s loud of voice echoed throughout the church.


    All the mutant creatures that Maria had created were standing perfectly still, slowly one by one large gashes appeared on their necks as their grotesque deformed heads slid of their shoulders completely landing on the floor with a Thud.


    "Oh its not just them, you severely underestimated my power, you were so confident in your CREATIONS to do your dirty work, you neglected to think perhaps it wasn''t just them i was attacking" Yuna smiled sadistically.


    "What- what is she- ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Maria let out a bloodcurdling scream as she looked at the left side of her body and realized her left arm and leg had been sliced off. her body crumpled and fell.


    Yuna held out her hand with the sword held tightly in.


    "Return" She let go of the blade and it sank into the floor in a dance of blood and crimson.


    Yuna walked up to Maria who was kneeling on her one remaining limb groaning in pain.


    "You may have bested me today Yuna, but my brethren will see to it that you pain for this, YOU WILL KNOW PAIN AND SUFFERING BEFORE THE END HALF BREED, THE DEAL YOU MADE WILL BE YOUR UNDOING AND I WILL BE LAUGHING WHEN YOU ARE SCREAMING IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL!" Maria yelled in defiance.


    "Half Blood" Tatsumi said as if pondering Maria''s meaning behind those words.


    Yuna gave no response to Maria''s verbal onslaught.


    "You angels truly are heartless being aren''t you" Yuna said as she reached her right hand backwards before thrusting it deep into the chest of Maria, with tremendous force, Maria''s body jerked and shaked at the physical trauma befalling it. Yuna clutched onto Maria''s still beating heart and ripped it out of her chest, Maria''s body feel to the floor in a clump of flesh and blood and sinew.


    "Now you truly are heartless" Yuna coldly stated as she took a bite from the heart in her hand before throwing it against a pillar on the far end of the room. Yuna span around and made for the exist, as she did she stamped on the ground with her left foot and her armor quickly dissipated in a pool of blood revealing her usual black bondage dress.


    "Come on Tatsumi we are going home, we have much work to do, there is still 8 other targets out there that we need to eliminate" Yuna said in a cold yet surprisingly calm voice.


    Tatsumi took one last look at the carnage of blood, bones, corpses and death that littered the church floor and walls, he then looked back at Yuna who was still making her way to the exit.


    "This girl..... what is she, she is so violent and cruel but she cares, she killed those people because they were already too far gone.....who are you Yuna Godfrey". Tatsumi said internally.


    He reached his hand forward.


    "Hey Yuna" He called out.


    "Hmmm" Yuna said in response.


    Half Breed what did that mean...... this is a question he wanted to ask but seeing the carnage Yuna just left in her quake and knowing he himself is not exempt from this violence he thought better of it.


    "its-n-nothing" Tatsumi said hesitantly.


    The Pair made their way back to the blood Sigil just outside of the town in which they arrived in and headed back towards Yuna''s Castle.