Dark Magical Vicky
The sounds of cicadas echoed in my ears as I stared at nothing.
Work break. It sounded nice, but fifteen minutes wasn’t enough time to even stop my cheeks from hurting from oversmiling.
Japanese Consumerism was hell.
Summer in Japan was hell.
Squatting in the alleyway outside of my job and watching as a magical girl fought a dark clad faceless minion should have been exciting.
It wasn’t.
Both of them had the physical aptitude of middle school girls. The minion was probably some rival character of the week taking power to try and get back at the popular pretty girl with pink hair that the boy she liked kept paying attention to.
This was like… The second time this year this had happened.
I mean, sure. I think normally I’d pay at least something to watch two middle school girls go at eachother like their lives depended on it, but this was just sad.
Hair pulling and shrieking was pretty much the name of the game. I’m pretty sure Magical Girl… Was that Rosette Heart, or Pink Love?
Fuck keeping track of all the magical girl teams was hard.
Especially when I lived in the Magical Girl Capital of the world.
Three evil groups all trying to conquer the world, that I’m pretty sure barely know the others exist. And more than six magical girl groups all fighting against the Dark Forces.
I looked down at myself. WcDonalds uniform stained and greasy from all the fries, and just…
I was eighteen. Definitely too old to be a magical girl… Instead I was stuck in a dead end job and just…
“It should’ve been me.” I could have taken care of the villains in like a week. I knew where all the dark portals were. Knew all the Dark Generals. Hell I’d sold a WcKids Meal to Emperor End… He was 12, and liked Dr. Pepper.
I looked up at the sky, I knew my mouth was probably hanging open and I looked up into my dyed bangs. Black, I had brown hair underneath though. I’d thought about dyeing my hair pink or something…
I just liked black more, and it helped me fit in. Although I didn’t dye it to be a normal Japanese girl, I just liked it more.
“This is my life.” I realized. My springtime of youth, magical girls and battles, yuri yuri moments with other girls and all had passed me by.
“I-I won’t lose! N-No matter how much the Dark Forces try to stop me! That’s my vow as Magical Ruby Hope!”
“Huh. It’s Ruby Hope, not Rosette Heart?” Jeeze, the Red or Pink lead Magical Girls were so similar it was hard to tell.
Well the two girls were nearly out of power. Ruby Hope having completely forgotten she was a magical girl and just failing to blast the poor Minion.
Oh well, she’d remember right when the time is right for her to have the dark power burned away and the two will have a tear filled moment.
I got up and rubbed my ear. It felt weird without my piercings. Once I was off work I’d put them back in.
Back to the grind. Good luck girls. Enjoy your youth. It’s gone too soon.
—--
“You want a ride?”
“Thanks Miko.” I grunted as I hadn’t looked forward to the train ride home. There had been a battle on the tracks yesterday and the repairs were going slow.
The only time Japanese trains were late was when magical girls smashed the place up. At least they were respectful enough not to usually fight on the trains.
It was actually a pretty common occurrence for the Dark Forces, and Magical Girls to have meetings on trains to keep everyone respectful.
Except sometimes the newbies didn’t know.
Miko, my older coworker nodded. She was cool. But she worked at WcDonalds, and we both had an understanding that our lives kinda sucked.
At least she had a car, an old transport van, that I was pretty sure she’d stolen from her last job as a package delivery driver.
Whatever I wasn’t driving, so I wouldn’t get in trouble for it.
Hoodie now covering my shame of working at WcDonalds, I climbed into the passenger seat.
“I’m going to quit.”
“Good for you.” I said instantly, and she nodded.
“I uh… Got an offer.”
“Okay?”
“You uh… You ever hear of Dark General Korruption?” She asked hesitantly and I really wanted to snort.
So the fucking dweeb had finally had the guts?
“Good guy to his minions. About midline in the Dread King’s court. Not great, not bad.”
“Of course you’d know. I don’t know how you do it, you seem to know everything. You sure you’re not a magical girl?”
“If I was, I wouldn’t be working at WcDonalds.” I said with so much surety in my voice that even Miko accepted it.
“Yeah.” Miko sighed. “Anyway, I got a job offer in my email. Not sure how he found it, but… The pay is good, and the benefits are amazing. Magical Healing is… Hard to argue with.”
He found you because he’s the simp that’s been coming into WcDonalds to pine after you for the last six months, ever since you gave him a WcCoffee after he’d gotten beat up by Magical Shining Quartz. That girl normally couldn’t beat herself out of a paper bag, but she’d been on the back of a friendship power up.
Poor guy hadn’t taken it well.
He was a good customer though. Came in, paid, and even cleaned up his table when he was done, so I‘d given him advice on how to Woo Miko a few times.
Never had managed to work up the nerve to do it though.
“Anyway… You uh… Want me to put in an offer for you?”
“What?” I blinked because… Me? As a Dark Enforcer Minion? In those stupid suits? I swear I’ve talked to a Minion before when they’ve tried to drain my “Sin Power” And they’ve assured me it’s not cheap Lycra, but actually magic.
I still don’t believe them.
“You know they have to wear the-?”
“Please don't bring it up. I hope it comes in bigger sizes.” She muttered looking down.
Yeah Miko had some real anime porn tits. Those fuckers could knock you flat on your ass if she turned too fast.
I knew.
Also probably a good reason poor Korruption had fallen so hard. She had uh… Bent at the waist to hand him the coffee when he’d been out front sitting on the sidewalk.
Korruption got corrupted by the titty monster that was my friend.
“Your stop.” She said and I looked up. Yep.
“Thanks Miko. Keep in touch even if you join the forces of evil or whatever.”
She smiled and nodded. “I will Vicky. Thanks for not like… Freaking out.”
“Pfft.” I just waved her off and headed home. To my empty apartment…
Should I get a cat? No, I'd tried that before hoping for some mascot character, but the feral little shit had pissed and shit everywhere before just breaking out my window and I never saw him again…
“I miss you Mittens.”
—--
A week later I saw Miko again. My smile still stretched across my face as she entered.
Korruption or KTion, his ‘foreign’ human persona from… What did he say? It wasn't Mexico was it? I shook it off, he was following in behind her, but just from the way they were moving…
He’d still not asked her out.
Jeez Korruption you’re a Dark General, and you now have the perfect chance at the woman of your dreams working for you, and you’re still simping too hard to even do some workplace harassment? You’re evil! Just fucking… I don’t know. Have her sit in your lap while you sit on your throne and motorboat those tits! Fuck.
“Vicky!”
“Welcome to WcDonalds!” I cheered out and then when she got closer I let the smile drop for a second. “Sup Miko. Good day?”
“Yes! You remember KTion?”
“Sup K.”
“Ah, Miss. Victoria. A pleasure to see you again.” He offered in his overly dramatic way. Miko even giggled at him. She was totally into him if he’d just-
“Vicky! KTion works at the new ‘job’ I got. Isn’t that crazy?”
“Yeah crazy.” I commented at the same time KTion jerked at Miko just outright saying it.
“Wha- Miko?”
“Relax. Vicky already knows. She’s like a Magical Girl Connoisseur. She knows all the Dark Forces, and Magical Girls in the area. I actually asked her about General Korruption before accepting.” She whispered to General Korruption who suddenly looked anxious.
Idiot still didn’t realize I knew who he was.
“Yeah she picked a good one to work for. Takes care of his Minions. Isn’t that right KTion?”
“Of course! The Glorious Dark General Lord Korruption treats those serving him with respect as he corrupts their morals into evil!”
“Probably shouldn’t yell that out. This is a WcDonalds.” I deadpanned. God, if only I’d been a magical Girl, I could have taken out these idiots. “You two want to order something?”
“Oh! Not really. I was just stopping in. But Vicky, did you think about my offer? I’ve done two jobs and while… Well it wasn’t fun exactly, it paid really well, and it’s only like an hour or two a week!”
“I am sure the Dark General would accept you as a Minion if you desired.” KTion offered surprisingly kindly.
I just stared, feeling myself space out.
This… Was this my life? A nameless faceless minion working for an evil corporation?
“Hey! Hikineet! We have a rush order, sixty WcHappy meals coming through.” The boss called out from the back. Calling me of course. The asshole. I turned and looked at the evil power that I’ve subjected myself to. A soulless faceless minion in service to the dark power of Gluttony…
“Yeah fuck this I quit.”
—--
“It’s riding up my ass, and I can smell the cheap Lycra.”
“It’s Dark shadow captured int-”
“It’s cheap Lyrca, I snuck into the workroom and checked.” I glanced up although behind the faceless mask KTion couldn’t see it.
No I mean, Dark General Lord Korruption. This was his real form and he looked much more like an evil snake man.
Hope Miko was into that sort of thing.
“You really shouldn’t be entering locations marked as-”
“So when are you going to tell Miko?” I interrupted.
“W-w-what? M-Minion Miko has been-”
“Has been dating her boss without her knowing. Yeah I know… Well not dating because you haven’t asked her out, and are just following her around.” I rambled as I looked over the goofy thing on my wrist. A transform bracelet. I’d listened to the whole spiel, and it basically came down to evil evil corruption evil transformation.
Only all it really did was put you in the suit in a flash and it had like a radio receiver in the mask to get your orders.
I looked over realizing General Korruption wasn’t speaking, and the poor snake man was just gaping.
“Listen, she digs you, and obviously is okay with working for the Dark Forces. Just tell her. The sooner you do, the better chance she’ll be willing to ignore the fact you kept it from her…”
He continued to look shocked for a while before coughing a bit into his fist. “I… How?”
“Dude. I can’t date her for you. She’s into you already-”
“She is!?”
“So just ask her out on a date, and when you’re alone tell her… Wait, make sure you tell her before you actually transform. Don’t surprise her with it. Surprises are good except when they’re bad. So tell her first. Let her ask to see you transform. It’ll go fine… Probably.”
“Probably!?” He shrieked at me and I just rolled my eyes once again glad that he couldn’t see.
“Probably. Nothing is certain, but you both seem compatible. Alright listen, I’m going to go do the job. You said I’ll get paid after right?”
“Correct, win or lose minions are paid. Although putting in effort for victory is required.”
“Yeah I got that… I’ll go do the job now. You go talk to Miko.” I ordered and he stood up straight and nodded before seeming to realize what he’d done and then hurrying away.
Good luck Dark General find that busty minion of your dreams dude.
I sighed. “Spring Time of Youth huh.”
—--
“Fuck.” I groaned as I was carried in between a few minions.
“Yeah that’s why we don’t try to really fight back.”
“I think she broke my everything.”
“Yeah, those beams hurt best to avoid those. Good job though newbie, I’ve never seen someone go so wild.”
“Bitch called me a man. Fuck. Ow. Deserved that tit punch.” Even if it felt like I punched a wall thanks to those stupid magical girl suits.
“C’mon we’ll get you healed up.” The other minion said as he dragged me to the healing station…
Okay it was basically a horrible room of flesh walls and tentacles. I wondered if I was in some Hentai world sometimes, but so far everything I’ve seen has been pretty PG-13.
“Alright best to hold your breath.” I was told as I was swung once and then twice before being thrown over the goop pit.
“Oh fuck off-Grbrbl!”
A bit of trashing and struggling to swim through solid goop and I was helped out of the pit.
“There, right as rain.”
“Fuck you.” I gasped out as I caught my breath, although… Huh. “Damn that works.”
“Of course! C’mon dry off, and we’ll hit the rec room while we wait for our pay.”
“Sucks, we lost the Sin Power extractor though.” I muttered. We’d hit some shopping district started extracting Sin, not much though. I mean. There wasn’t a whole lot of Sin in normal people going shopping.
Strip clubs, or Red Light Districts. That’s where we should go. Or hit some Yakuza or something.
“That’s normal. The Magical Girls target the extractor. C’mon! We always party after a job!”
I followed them into a… Perfectly normal work rec room. TV with some game consoles. A sort of Psuedo kitchen so people could heat up food, and a fridge.
What a weird situation. “Hey Newbie! We’re going to play Smash, you want in?”
“Yeah I guess.”
—--
I got my ass beat twice before deciding that all Magical girls were little fucking monsters.
Giving Middle School girls the equivalent of Artillery meant they had a big hammer, and everything looked like nails.
“STOP FUCKING BLASTING ME!”
“D-Don’t say naughty words! Vile Minion!” Topaz Smile yelled back her face red at my cursing.
“Grow up already you little shit! It’s modern day! Go on the internet and learn gamer words like the rest of us!” I yelped as she released another of her stupid yellow ‘Love hope Beam.’
The fuck it was, that thing had ripped a hole through a concrete wall! The concrete wall I was HIDING BEHIND!
I ducked down and winced as the rubble snagged me a few times.
Good thing these stupid Lycra evil minion suits actually did have some protection against magical attacks.
Fuck it. I guess it was time to ditch the Extractor so she’d let me go…
Wait.
I looked at the Extractor. I knew how it worked now of course. Well not the magic stuff but it was a tool for Minions…
I pulled out the Sin Power container, which was just a tube that was filled with purple dark glowy goop. I stuffed it under the rubble, and then ran.
A few moments later I was ‘knocked out’ and the extractor destroyed.
I just lay there as the stupid brats all congratulated themselves on a job well done and how amazing they were.
The stupid bird Mascot they had flew around their heads congratulating them.
Stupid bird.
When they finally left, I groaned and sat up. I’d definitely need a trip to the vat again. “Everyone alive?”
I watched a hand wave out from underneath a collapsed wall and winced.
“Hey someone help me get Dave from out from under this wall!” I called out, and soon had the poor kid pulled free.
“Ow.”
“Yeah it hurts, suck it up. You wanted the money for that limited edition Honey Frost figma right?”
“Yes. Ow. With all my heart. Ow.”
“Well no pain no gain kid.”
I sighed as I helped him up. Stupid kids joining Dark Forces for money… Tale as old as time that.
“Oh wait.” I hurried over and checked, yep. They’d forgotten all about the energy when they blew up the extractor because they were idiots… Or the minions were idiots for not trying to slip the power past them.
I picked it up.
“Whoa! Is that the Sin Power!?”
“Yeah Sam. I yanked it when I had a chance and let them break the extractor, but the power is safe.”
“That’s… Holy shit! That’s the first delivery we’ve made in weeks! General Korruption is going to give us a bonus for sure!”
“Yeah yeah, c’mon let’s go. Celebrate the bonus after we take care of the kid.”
—--
“Need a ride?”
“I guess.” I looked up from my new phone. Finally had the money to buy one, and smiled at Miko.
“You know… That hickey looks-”
“Bu-bu-bu! I don’t want to hear it!”
“Sure.” I agreed standing up and scratching at my ears, which now had way more piercings. I was no longer constrained by evil corporate dress code! Let the Goth Flow!
Well it was Japan, so most people just thought I was trying to be Goth Lolita or something.
Nah. I’m a pure blooded American Goth!
Just you know Japanese now.
I slipped into Miko’s truck pointedly not mentioning the giant Snake Hickey she had barely hidden under her shirt.
Fucking finally.
“KTion told me you made it back with Sin Power.”
“Yep.”
“That’s amazing! It’s really hard to gather energy!” She chirped and I looked at her for a second. I could feel it. That sense that something was fucking weird about this world…
Hard?
Bitch I could extract energy in my sleep if the plans weren’t the most dumb shit I’ve ever heard of. Why fucking attack the shopping district in broad daylight!?
It’s the fucking shopping district! Of course the Magical Girls would be close by!
“I’m jealous. You’re going to get so much money.”
“What? Oh, the bonus right.”
“Yeah! It’s almost a million Yen!” She said happily and I just nodded as I stared out the window. Yeah a million Yen huh… That was… What converted to real money? Fuck I always hated doing the conversions something something… 1 million yen was like… six and half grand?
…
“A MILLION YEN!?” I yelled as I sat up straight and whipped my head to Miko.
“Wha-” she jerked a bit startled, but then laughed at me. “You didn’t know? The bonus is a Million yen for a full Sin Power Canister.”
“Well mine wasn’t full, but that’s…”
Oh fuck. I could buy a bike. Like a motorcycle! Or move to a better apartment!
Okay that’s it. I’ve been playing by the rules so far. Time to step up my game. These Magical Girls won’t know what hit them.
“Hey Miko… You doing anything right now?”
“Um… No?”
“Good. Take us back to base.” I felt the idea solidifying in my head. Yeah…. This could work. A plan that would only work in Japan. In the most sinful place within the heart of Japan.
—--
“Yes! Come and shake hands with Evil Minion Idol Yeye!” I called out in the middle of Shibuya through a loudspeaker.
Miko was standing nervously beside me behind a meet and greet table, and her awkward shuffling was doing more to draw in my prey than the loudspeaker.
I did mention she has hentai tits. The Lycra Minion suit stretched terribly to compensate.
When the boys walked up eager to shake hands with the ‘real’ Minion Idol, I just hit the extractor that was on a pile of boxes under the table and drained the poor sucker dry.
No one really cared. This was Shibuya, Neet’s having sudden fits when they found some waifu was like the norm.
And best of all? We were way outside the magical girl zones.
Magical Girls didn’t stay in Shibuya for long. This wasn’t a Hentai world after all. So this place was practically a feast.
Come on, give me that Sin. Mama wants to buy… Fucking everything!
—--
There might have been repercussions for bringing in more Sin Power in a day than the entire Dark Force group under Dread King bring in monthly.
General Korruption had cried. Like actual snake tears when Miko had opened the back of her van and showed all the glowing Sin.
I’d expected a slap on the back. Good job, and a hefty bonus…
Instead I was being escorted, through another portal deeper into Korruptions base right into the Dark Realm, and up to the throne room itself. I was also pushing a cart that was full of my Sin, but was hidden under a tarp.
KTion in his real form was talking me up. As we walked while giving me warnings.
“You’ve done amazing with this! It will be a great reward… Just don’t talk unless spoken to by the Dread King. But I’m sure he’ll want to speak to you! Just don’t forget to bow and then kneel.”
“Yeah I got it.” I assured him. As we finally reached the heart of the Dark Forces,
The Evil Throne Room of the Dread King.
We walked in, and I instantly bowed my head, but the mask hid my eyes so I could look around.
Huh.
I knew everyone in here already. Not in person like with KTion, but I could recognize and name all the Dark Generals, and the Elites under them that were hanging around…
It honestly felt like everyone was just lazing around waiting.
“My King! I, your most capable General, have grand news for all to hear!” KTion called out as he pushed the towards the throne. I followed him at a more sedate pace.
This Cart was made for tile floors, and the Throne room was sort of rough. It made a lot of noise as I pushed it forward.
“My Genera-” KTING KTING KTING KTING. I did my best to ignore the way it had totally interrupted the Dread King as I pushed it to a stop besides KTion like he’d asked. Then I bowed and kneeled.
“My General.” Dread King called, his voice honey and gravel. Nice. Very evil overlord sexy. “What have you brought to me? I grow weary with hearing of your minor successes treated so… Grandly.”
“No my King! A grand success!” KTion roared and pulled off the tarp.
Every Evil in the room sat up straight as the glow of Sin washed over the faces of the monsters in the room.
King Dread stepped off his throne and walked down the steps and then across the room until he was standing before the Cart.
He pulled out a canister, a very full canister and shook it like he had to test to make sure it was real.
I held back my snickers.
“A Grand Victory.” KTion once more repeated to the room, and the cheers were equal with the sullen looks from the evils that he’d just completely shown up.
“How?”
“My Minion! You all laughed at me when I spoke of pay! Hah! I laugh at you! My minion learned of the monetary bonus, and with my masterful secret plan, this is the result!”
I decided not to comment on KTion taking credit for my plan. 1. He was evil. And 2. He was already giving me a lot of credit.
“A Minion did this?”
“That’s right.” And KTion waved a hand at me.
“You? A worthless human managed this?”
I didn’t answer because that was a rhetorical question, and I was capable of understanding that I would probably die if I pissed this guy off.
Something something. Successful minion shows up Boss, and gets blasted for it despite them being integral to some plan.
“Hmm. Then we shall celebrate!” The Dread King roared, turning away from me.
Cool… Now when do I get paid?
—--
“Minion.” A sultry voice called out and I did the smart thing stopping and bowing.
“Mistress.” The dark General in front of me was dangerous. One of the Femme Fatale types. Very likely to kill me just to stop KTion from getting any use out of me.
I guess there were downsides to this whole Evil Minion thing.
Ah well. Possible death, or a bitching motorcycle, and all the good food I could eat? And most importantly no longer working at WcDonalds.
Death my sweet! I seek you!
“Hmm. So you’re the one that boosted Korruption so.” She hissed, and I took in this woman. She was… A spider witch? I looked down. Only two legs though.
Fucking weak.
Give her a full on Arachnid body! Lame. Lame! So fucking lame! Whatever company that made this show for Japanese audiences was slacking in the costume department.
“I serve the Dread King.”
“So do us all. But I wish for you to serve… Me.”
“General Korruption has stated in his contract that I am of course at the service of any and all Dark Generals Mistress of the Dark Crawler.”
“Hmph. That stupid contract!” I heard her whisper nearly growling. “I don’t use that stupid human money like Korruption! Damn that snake!” She was throwing the beginnings of a real hissy fit as I stood there…
I coughed.
She stilled.
“I believe Mistress that… We could come to some form of… Alternate payment. For my services in acquiring Sin… For you.” I heavily emphasised that last bit. Suddenly she approached, looming and…
Okay so Spider Witch lady was kinda hot.
“Alternate payment?” She questioned huskily.
“I wish to learn magic… To better serve. Some minor lessons for Sin… Wouldn’t be too much to ask for, would it?” I asked, and her many eyes narrowed a bit, as her black coated lips spread showing fangs and… Yeah I think that was spider limbs in there.
“Training?” She asked, sounding almost disappointed. “That can be arranged.”
—--
“WHY IS MAGIC THIS EASY?” I demanded back in my normal clothes as Cara looked on from her spider web chair.
“Ten thousand years trapped with nothing to do but research and sharpen magic will do that.” She muttered, bored yawning a bit.
Cara was Mistress of the Dark Crawlers. Turns out while a total Femme Fatal and a tease. She liked to put her hair down when she didn’t have to keep up the act.
Considering I actually had been serious about my offer, and delivered, we’d become…
Allies. Not friends. She still definitely thought of me as a lesser life form, but allies was good.
And magic was… Easy. You really just needed the power, and a basic understanding of how to define it.
“It’s like Coding for reality, and once you have the power.” I waved at a bottle of Sin. “It’s… Simple.”
“Many things are. But it is only simple at first. The more… Esoteric things you touch on, the more difficult. And the more power you need.”
“So how come the magical girls have so much power?” I asked, and she hissed a bit.
“The Ancient God Kings held many grand rituals gathering power for centuries to empower their champions. Who then offered their power to the brats.”
“The Mascots?”
“Hmm… Correct.”
So the Mascots were all ancient things created by God Wizards…
Cool.
Now as I looked at the book she’d given me, and the sand which made for an easy tutorial to practice making spell circles I realized…
I could totally just do magic.
This circle was complete. I looked to my teacher and she nodded.
A moment later I activated the circle and the dark magic reached up.
It wrapped around my wrist. Creating a sort of tattoo.
Then I pointed my finger. “Fiore!” I called out, and a fireball exploded from my hand. Slamming into the wall. And burning away the Tattoo.
Yep. I could do magic with a bit of preparation.
“And to make that permanent?”
“More power of course. To alter the world is a powerful task. Minor or temporary alterations are easier.”
I nodded and looked down.
My fingers tingled in a good way. I… I had just done magic. I felt my face shift into something that I didn’t do much.
I smiled.
—--
“Lightning Whip!” I roared out as an arcing whip of lightning shifted around me like a wild animal, but one I had full control of, and then I launched it forward.
“Aaaaae!” The Magical girl shrieked as it clashed against her, but just that was enough. Stupid Magical Girl Defenses. The whip deteriorated, as the spell couldn’t hold together.
And another spell mark had burned away.
Shit.
Temporary magic might be super rad, but now I had a full team of angry magical girls glaring at me.
I looked back. Okay the swap for the fake Sin canister was done. I’d distracted them.
Time to take my punishment.
—--
I groaned a bit. Getting kicked through a brick wall hurt even with magic.
“You… You really don’t hold back, do you blondey?”
“Why would I hold back against evil!” The Magical Girl said with a snarl. Most of the time these idiots were easy to deal with, but sometimes you run into an older more experienced Magical girl.
“I’m just here for the paycheck. Better than working at WcDonalds.” I offered in explanation as I groaned, before slumping. Shit think something was broken.
“A paycheck!? To do evil! You’re terrible!”
“Yeah yeah. Morale crusade this. Righteous fury that.” I offered as I lay there and just watched her face get red.
“Whatever. I don’t have time to waste dealing with some old hag minion loser!”
I blinked as she turned away.
I wasn’t old.
I’d just turned 19.
It had been almost eight months since I’d joined the Dark Forces, and…
You know if not for the whole evil trying to take over the world, I’d say it was actually kind of fun.
Most of the time.
“I’m not old! Or a Hag!” I called out, but no response…
Did getting insulted by a middle schooler really bother me? Nah I was above that sort of shit.
…
“Fucking little bitch. I’m gonna fuck your day up for that.”
—--
“And why did I need to help with this?”
“I need someone to carry all my stuff. Can’t do it on Miles.”
“Stop naming your Motorcycle.” Miko said first but then sighed. “And do I even want to ask how you have crates of Sin Power?”
“I’ve been skiving off the top, and doing side jobs using company equipment.” I answered back instantly. Miko might be the boss's girlfriend, but she was still a minion.
And Minions didn’t tell the Boss about using company property. It was a pact.
“Dread King is going to kill you.”
“Bitch. That’s enough power to turn the sun off. The Dread King is going to be my bitch… Right after I find Sugar Sweet, who is neither like sugar or sweet, and show her the difference between a teenager and a hag!”
“Vicky… It’s been like five months.”
I very pointedly didn’t respond and focused on my phone. I’d worked hard to make this Magical circle. It was…
A culmination. I’d even had Cara look it over, and she’d laughed telling me I’d need more power than the Dark Forces made in a year to get it to work, but that yes. It would work.
All I needed.
Bitch the Dark Forces are all incompetent idiots. Right now Korruption was trying to take over a Cruise Liner. Which wasn’t a terrible idea, but in his idiot mind he’d wanted more people so he’d been giving away free passes to people at shopping districts.
What is it with Korruption and shopping districts?
Anyway I would put a Million Yen on there being Magical Girls on board that supposedly safe and secure Cruise ship.
So I had called in sick. Cause I didn’t want to get thrown into the open ocean by a set of pissed off middle schoolers angry their fantasy vacation was being interrupted.
Never again. The little hyena’s got vicious if you interrupted time with their wannabe boyfriends and shit.
We’d been driving for a while, way out of the city. And then further still. Up to an old rural farm town. Then out past that.
I’d rented a weekend home, and double checked there were no surprise field trips, or family members that had young grandchildren with pink hair nearby.
It was quiet, exactly what I liked.
We pulled up off the dirt road a while later, and Miko was glaring at me.
“Sorry.” The bumpy ride hadn’t been great for her suspension… Whatever, I’ll buy her a new car or something. I was rolling in money now.
Or I’d convince KTion to buy his girlfriend a new car… Yeah that was the right path. Remember Vicky you’re evil now. Don’t do something yourself if you can make someone else do it.
Correct mindset enabled I quickly helped Miko pull the heavy crates of Sin out of the back of the van and out to the correct spot.
Remember kids, being a villain doesn’t mean you don’t do the important tasks.
The large concrete pad that was the entire reason I rented this place. It was flat. I even pulled out a level to make sure it would work when I’d come up here to rent the place.
“Okay… So now I start forming the Circle.”
“Perfect… I’ll be in the hot spring.”
“Yeah yeah. Have fun.”
I pulled out a ritual knife that could cut through concrete. Cara had helped me make it.
Time to magic the shit out of this.
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I’d used masking tape to form out the circle, and only after triple checking every corner, did I started cutting. Then with a bit of time pulling up the tape to check the cuts I was ready.
The Sin was poured into the circle one bottle at a time. The dark purple liquid was weird. It didn’t have a smell, but your mind still tried to apply a smell when you were looking at it.
It smelled like fear.
But I wasn’t bothered. I’d been extracting this from people for a while now.
Soon the outer circle which was the battery for most of the power filled, and the Sin flowed down. Slowly bottle after bottle. Until it was all gone.
The circle glowed in the evening light.
I went back to the last box, and pulled out the next part.
Demon parts. Horn, Adamantine metal that I’d ‘found’ sneaking around the base. And a whole lot of blood. Demon Blood.
Funnily enough there was nothing sinister about my collection of that. I’d gone to the Dark World and found the butcher that prepared all the food for the Dread King and the Generals. The blood was usually thrown out, and I’d just saved it.
Each part would substitute some of the changes the Magic would make upon the world. Giving the spell more oomph, and making me that much stronger.
Then… I was ready.
“No chickening out Vicky. Do this or just be a minion for the rest of your life.” I looked around. Good no one was around. I striped down, shivered a bit at how chilly it was and walked to the center of the circle. I put my feet in the right spot and raised my hands up.
“I Vow.” I called out, my voice echoing. Suddenly the wind whipped up, the trees swayed around me.
“Nothing!” The skies rumbled threatening to downpour on me.
“I Demand!”
The bugs and birds went silent. The entire place went so quiet, I could hear it.
“EVERYTHING!” I roared! And the Sin below me turned red. The barrels of Demon Blood exploded. But the blood didn’t wash over everything. Instead sliding into the circle.
The Adamantine melted, without heat. The Horn powdered and flowed into the concoction.
“I THROUGH THE POWER OF SIN, PROCLAIM MY ASCENDANCE!”
I could hear it. A Shriek as the world was altered. As my magic ritual stabbed into the core programming of the universe and forced an update.
You know, with demons.
“THIS IS MY DEMAND! AND AS SUCH IT IS BEYOND CONTESTATION!”
The light of the circle glowed bright, becoming a solid, flowing upwards and over.
And it felt cold and hot as it touched me, flowing into and through me. Altering what me meant.
I had nothing else to really say. That was sort of the chant that I’d prepared but it was still going…
Aw fuck it.
“BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!” I shrieked maniacally into the sky as the power surged.
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Miko Takanashi
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“Vicky? That explosion was you right?” She called out, just a towel on as she’d raced out of the little hot springs built into the rental house.
Miko had known Vicky was doing something crazy. That much Sin.. Yike, but still Vicky was… Her friend. A bit snarky, a bit bitter, but quick to help, and Miko really enjoyed being around her.
She came out of the back porch and swallowed.
The entire backyard looked like a charnel house. Blood dripped from everything. The trees, the grass.
“Vicky?”
From the center something rose up, and Miko flinched as the blood seemed to flow upwards. And then, it split and burst open. She gasped as it revealed Vicky beneath, but as the blood shifted up they turned into dark wings of blood and shadow, rising up higher and higher two massive claw-like things attached to her back.
Nothing like Miko had ever seen.
Even the Dread King didn’t look so… Frightening.
In her hands she held something. A pole? But she couldn’t make out…
Oh Vicky was naked.
“Vicky?”
Suddenly it was gone. Vicky, and the wings, and instead just the empty blood filled field.
“Yes?” A voice whispered in her ear, and Miko shrieked in terror, she felt something on her ear!
“Hehehehe!” The familiar cackling laugh of her friend reached her as she turned and there Vicky was, naked and laughed as she held…
“Is that a Scythe?”
“Yep! I decided to make a magical focus like the brats, of course mine is cooler. Not some scepter or wand. Death Scythe! Blood Scythe!... I’ll workshop the name a bit!” As she spoke her wings came down and wrapped around her shoulders, and then. She was clad in clothing.
“Really Vicky?”
“What? I like Gothic Lolita fashion too.” She muttered petulantly.
“Isn’t that a little… Cliche?”
“Hey! I’m a Demon, Vampire, Witch, and part of the Dark Forces! I can’t even be more cliche if I tried.”
Miko couldn’t help but giggle at the response. Well Vicky was still Vicky.
“Hey the hot spring any good? I’m all sweaty and gross from carving the circle.”
“Yeah, it was nice.”
“Great. I’m taking a break from any evil plans and going for a soak.”
“Well I’ll join you then.” Miko offered, laughing as the two women one Minion, and one… Dark General? Demon Queen?
Miko would ask Vicky what she was later.