WARNING

THIS BOOK HAS SOME MATURE THEMES SUCH AS HARASSMENT, UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS, GORE, MURDERS, PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR, SEXUAL ATTEMPTS AND HAS SOME DEADDOVE DO NOT EAT ELEMENTS!! PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CONTINUING ON.

My pov

I woke up...only to see black.

I felt something underneath my head...I saw red shoes.

I knew where I was...and I wasn't alone.

"Hello Exetior...been a while." I said, as I looked up.

I saw a dark blue hedgehog, with black and red eyes.

He looked at me and smiled a bit.

"Hey kid...been a while." He said, as I sat up.

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If you need background info on this...here's the catch.

The exe's are basically like the venom symbiote, they need me to survive...if I were to be in trouble or hurt, one of the exe's would come to my aid and defend me.

(Sorta like Guardian's). But despite being my Guardian's, and basically big brothers...they won't like any of my friends at first, until they get to know them.

They see everyone as a threat and will not hesitate to kill them if needed...so I am the only thing standing between my friends and the definition of death.

Sans is different.

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He rubbed my head as he healed me.

"You good?" He asked.

"Yeah. Just concerned and worried." I said.

"I don't trust those guys...especially that red guy." He growled.

"I know. Chill out, bro. I'm sure it'll get better later on." I said, patting his shoulder.

Then the whole place began to shake, making us get tossed around.

"Seems like it's time for me to wake up." I said, my eyes spinning.

He groaned and rubbed his head.

"Yeah...better." He said.

"See ya late-"

I woke up...on someone's lap.

It was a man with glasses.

"Uhm...hello?" I said.

He looked at me and blushed.

"H-Hi there. Are you okay?" He asked.

"Eh. Somewhat. Where am I now?" I asked.

"In Pigsy's van. By the way, I'm Mk. The guy with glasses is Tang. The girl is Mei and the one driving is Pigsy." Mk said.

"Akito. Nice to meet you guys." I said, sitting up only to get tossed into Mk's lap.

He turned bright red.

"Pigsy! Can you NOT try to kill me a 4th time?!" I asked.

"Wait, what?!" Everyone yelled.

"Story later! Where are we going? Isn't DBK at large or some crap?" I asked, sitting up.

"Don't worry! It's the reason to get this staff back to Monkey King. Flower Fruit Mountain. It's the only place he could be." He said, before turning to Tang. 

"Right, Mr. Tang?"

Tang nodded then pushed his glasses up. 

"Indeed. However, Flower Fruit Mountain is hidden away, deep in dangerous and unknown territory....."

"So I guess we better turn back!"

"WHAT?!" Me, Mk and Mei yelled.

'Nigga, I will knock you silly.' I thought.

"Oh sure, we can turn back. As long as you're okay with being homeless after DBK destroys everything." I snapped back. 

Pigsy pushed Tang back. 

"Shut it, you big baby! I know a guy that can take us there. The most dangerous, deadly, raged-filled warrior I've ever known."

"Sandy."

--------Timeskip--------

Everybody was just quivering while I just stood by, confused. 

The guy called Sandy threw down his butcher knife on the table.

I will admit...I was a bit intimidated...but I dealt with scarier things...Exetior doesn't really count.

"That's a lot to take in. You know what I do to people who disrupt the peace?" He said, coming towards us.

Mk and Mei clutching onto me, terrified. 

I rolled my eyes and patted their heads.

Sandy then showed us a cute little tea set.

"Serve them tea!"

Okay...not so bad.

The big blue man started offering us some tea, which me and Tang gladly took. 

He's just so sweet. 

"Certain noodle shop owners could learn a lot from your hospitality, Sandy." Tang said. 

"Oh, you're right piggy, this guy is dangerous. He'll kill us with cuteness!" Mei said, placing a cat on top of his head.

A blue cat, that looked like Sandy hopped on my head and nuzzled my cheek.

I chuckled, took it off my head and rubbed it.

A black cat nudged my arm, as it purred.

I noticed something odd about this cat.

It had a red scarf and a scar over its eye.

"Aw, poor little guy. What happened to you?" I asked, as it licked my nose.

"Oh Mr. Sandy sir. We could really use your help. We've gotta get to Flower Fruit Mountain!" Mei begged with the puppy eyes.

Mk also got on his knees in front of Sandy too. 

"Please, the fate of the world is at stake."

I rolled my eyes, as the cat had a look on its face.

"Okay!"

"Wait, what?" I asked, as I tuned back into reality.

"Really?"

"Anything for Pigsy. I can get you there, but it ain't a pleasant trip." Sandy said, as Mk and Mei bounced around in excitement then grabbed me.

"Uh-? Let me go please." I said.

------Third pov------

"What?! You let them get away?! EVEN MY KITTEN?!" Red Son yelled at the bull clone who came back to report.

"Aww, so your plan didn't go according to plan, huh?" PIF said, coming towards Redson in a tornado. 

She then pinched his cheek. 

"Mother will get the staff and your bride. I'm not about to let anyone stop us."

"Not this time."

--------Timeskip/My pov--------

On Sandy's boat after we set sail, Mk was practicing with the staff, Mei was on her phone, I was with Sandy, looking out into the water.

The cat I was holding, jumped out my arms and pawed at my leg.

"What little guy?" I asked.

I picked him up, as he pawed at my mouth.

"What? I don't speak cat." I said, holding him close to my chest.

I looked out to sea again.

I felt bad for the people here...they didn't deserve this...any of this.

"So, Akito, right? You're different from everyone. I can tell you're not from around here of, how you look." Sandy said, as I nodded at him. 

"Yep. I'm not from around here." I said. 

I watched MK trying to hold the Monkey King's staff properly.

"Do you sing? I'm not being nosy, Akito. I'm just very curious of you." Sandy said, as I turned to him. 

"I'm trying to get to know you. It's good to get to know someone, who...is new around here if, they're from a different dimension." Sandy said, as I just smirked at him.

"To answer your question...I can sing, but I haven't sang in years. Eh, but it would be nice to sing again." I said.

Nobody pov

Mei was watching Mk mess around with Monkey King's staff, Pigsy and Tang were watching him, until four of them heard a nice, soft voice.

https://youtu.be/pBfbC27JaFY

Baby, I know you miss your dad, and I know you miss your mom
When I'm gone, but I'm tryna give you the life that I never had
I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you wanna cry
'Cause you're scared, I ain't there? Mama's with you in your prayers
No more crying, wipe them tears, mama's here, no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
Lainie, uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it
We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls
When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

Mk and Tang were shocked and amazed of her voice as they listening to her singing, causing them to blush.

Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you
Mama's always on the move, daddy's always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow, it seems
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
All the things growin' up as mama that she had to see
Mama don't want you to see, but you see just as much as she did

Pigsy had to admit it. Akito was a beautiful singer, who was a nice girl. 

'She can win a talent contest with her voice.' He thought.

We did not plan it to be this way, your father and me
But things have got so bad between us
I don't see us ever being together ever again
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But it's just something we have no control over, and that's what destiny is
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day, we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little baby, I told ya
Mama's here to hold ya through the night
I know daddy's not here right now, and we don't know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise daddy's gon' be alright

Mei was going crazy of how amazing Akito was. She was recording Akito on her phone as she was still singing. 

She was planning on making her new bestie famous.

Huh, it's funny
I remember back one year when mama had no money
Daddy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
And said some of 'em were from me, 'cause mama couldn't buy 'em
I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying
'Cause mama felt like a bum, see, mama had a job
But her job was to keep the food on the table for you and dad

And at the time, every house that we lived in
Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed
Or shot up on the block
And your dad was savin' money for you in a jar
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your daddy's heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

Mom and dad was arguin' a lot
So daddy moved back on to Chalmers in a flat one-bedroom apartment
And mom moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that's when mama went to California with her CD
And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and daddy out to see me
But mama had to work, you and daddy had to leave me
Then you started seeing mama on the TV, and daddy didn't like it
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
Mama was a rolling stone, papa developed a habit
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first-hand
'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house
Just reminiscin', lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
Wow, guess you pretty much are, and mama's still here
Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, mama's still here
I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?
Shh, daddy's only gone for the moment

Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little baby, I told ya
Mama's here to hold ya through the night
I know daddy's not here right now, and we don't know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise daddy's gon' be alright

And if you ask me to, mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'ma give you the world
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine
I'ma break that birdie's neck
I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat, don't f-ck with mom

When Akito finished singing, her ears twitched as she heard someone cheering and clapping. When she turned around. It was Mk, Mei, Pigsy and Tang.

My pov

My heart nearly jumped out my chest, as I turned around.

"How long were y'all standing there?" I asked.

"Long enough! Akito, you didn't tell me you're good at singing!" Mei said, as she was jumping up and down. 

"Your so going on public video for you're amazing voice!" Mei said. 

"Wait, what?! No don't-!"

"And send!" She said, making me face-palm.

"Mei...seriously." I said, before the boat stopped.

"Welcome to the Flaming Mountains, gang! A volcanic ring surrounds the mountain making it virtually impassable. This path is the only safe way through. That's as close as the boat can get. Just...be careful." Sandy said.

We got off the boat, the cat(whom I named Kuro) sat on my shoulder.

Nobody pov

"Stupid Sandy, stupid Tang, staying cozy in their stupid boat!" Pigsy grumbled, as the four of them made their way up the mountains, Akito right beside him. 

"What did I do to deserve this noodle gods?!" He yelled.

His complaining was cut short when he was pulled away by Akito before a lava geyser hit his face. 

"Well...not like we can do anything about it but to just go forward Pigsy." Akito said, hoisting him up.

"Careful piggy! Careful Aki!" Mei said. 

"Sheesh, you gotta wonder why Monkey King decided to live here off all places." She said. 

Mk turned towards them.

"You know, when Monkey King had to get through the Flaming Mountains, he actually used Princess Iron Fan fan's to blow-"

"Well, well, well. Aren't you a little Monkey King fanboy~"

"ACK-!" Akito screeched, as her tail spiked up in alarm, before pointing behind Mk.

It was Princess Iron Fan!

She smiled darkly, dipping her fan in a lava pit and throwing fireballs towards them, they quickly dodged, Mei grabbing Akito's hand.

"Kids! Everyone okay?" Pigsy asked.

"I'll be taking that staff now..." PIF said, as she looked over at Akito and chuckled darkly. 

"And while I'm at it, might as well take the kitten too. My son wants her for a bride~."

"Bride?! Yeah, not happening!" Akito said, as her eyepatch began to glow, causing her to cover it.

"This belongs to the Monkey King! And Aki is NOT going with you! There's no way I'm letting you take them!" Mk said.

"Oh your just a little Noodle Boy playing at being a hero. Sorry to disappoint. Playtime is over." She said.

Mk charged at PIF.

"MK/KID NO!!!" Akito and Pigsy screamed. PIF chuckled and summoned the same gauntlet that Redson used before, stopping Mk by grabbing the staff.

Smirking, she threw Mk towards the fire pits. 

"MK!!!" Akito yelled. 

"No! Mk!" Mei cried, attempting to go towards where Mk was thrown at before Pigsy carried her over his shoulder. 

"Kids, we gotta go!" Pigsy said, as he ran towards the boat with Mei in tow.

"Wait up!" Akito yelled, running after them.

"Oh no you don't little kitten." PIF said, as she summoned a wind tornado towards Akito.

My pov

I was running towards the boat like Pigsy instructed me to, before I felt myself being snatched off the ground. 

I screamed out as I floated off the ground...towards that wind carrying creep.

No, no, no, no, no, no, NO!

"HEEEEELP!!"

"AKITO/AKI!!" 

PIF caught me in her arm after she let her mini tornado go away, causing me to fall. 

I started struggling and kicking. 

"LET ME GO!! I'M NOT GOING WITH YOU!!" I cried.

"Let go of my sweetheart you-you bully!" Mei shouted. 

PIF could only laugh. 

"Your sweetheart? Sorry little girl, this kitten is my son's sweetheart now." PIF said, with a smirk. 

"GUYS! Get out of here! Don't worry about me!" I yelled, as Kuro hopped off me and ran towards them.

"....sorry kids" 

I heard Pigsy say before running away with Mei, who was just struggling to get to me. 

I could only sigh and struggle some more, knowing damn well I couldn't get out of it.

'Exetior...are you there?' I asked.

I heard nothing.

'Exetior? EXETIOR?! ANYONE??!!' I called out.

'He's probably out cold...sh!t!' I thought, as I continued to struggle.

"At last, the full power of my beloved will be unleashed!" PIF laughed, before looking at me.

"Now now now, precious lovely kitten. Sit tight and relax. After we take over everything, you shall become my son's bride and rule alongside us!" She said.

"What?! Hell no! Just because you're my favorite, doesn't mean I want to rule alongside you!! I'm not a damn object-!"

My words fell on deaf ears as she sent us away in a tornado.

The only sounds in the air being her wicked laughter and my screaming.

--------Timeskip--------

We made it to some house, where I saw Redson and DBK. 

I struggled and tried to get free, before Redson grabbed me and held me in his arms.

PIF presented the staff to DBK, he absorbed it in his chest plate, making him more powerful.

"No...no..." I said, eyes going wide.

I growled as I felt something take over me.

I yelled in pain, as Redson dropped me.

"Aki! What's wrong?!" He yelled. 

I gripped my head, as my hands grew sharp.

I looked up at them, only for them to back away in fear.

'Exetior...is that..'

"Not quite...hang on. This...is a friend of mine." He said, as I screamed in pain.

Redson pov

We could only watch as my kitten screamed in pain.

Her eyes changed, black veins were all over her skin, her ears turned sharper.

She looked different...and her aura felt off.

I felt so much power coming off of her...so much it nearly blew me back.

Then, something came out of her... the power was coming from a....rat?

He stood in front of Akito, as she slowly got up.

"I was right about her after all..." Mother said.

"Who the-?"

"GЦIᄂƬY ." He said, pointing to me.

"Fire.exe..?" Aki said, before she fell.

I was about to catch her, but the rat caught her first.

Fire.exe pov

Exetior sent me to help his sister, I knew her very well.

Akito was the only one who helped me maintain my form.

He told me everything about that happened...I was pissed.

I caught Akito before she fell, black crack-like marks were around her eyes.

"Who the heck are you?! Get your hands off my kitten!!" The boy yelled.

I growled, placed Akito down and pointed at him again.

"GЦIᄂƬY." I said, again.

He rolled his eyes and lunged at me.

I grabbed Akito and dodged out of the way.

"Mother, father...I will join you soon as I deal with this...rat." He said.

"ΉΣDGΣΉӨG...ПӨƬ ЯΛƬ, BЯΛƬ." I hissed.

His mom and dad nodded, before vanishing.

I placed Akito down, somewhere out of harm's way.

I changed the scenery around us, making him a bit confused.

We both dashed to each other and fought.

https://youtu.be/xF3mSsvc86U

(Fire.exe, Sonic. Sonic.exe, Redson. Just imagine the battle more anime like.)

After I defeated the brat, I changed the area back to normal, grabbed Akito and ran away.

I looked around for her friends, before seeing a bright light.

'I guessing that's her friends.' I thought as I ran over to them.

"We know when we've been bested. But this won't be the last you see of us, Noodle Boy. We will get the kitten if its the last thing we do." The lady said, as she carried the bull guy away in a wind tornado, laughing.

'Creepy ass.' I thought.

"Hey, who the heck are you?! And what're you doing with Aki?!" A shrill voice asked.

I looked and saw a girl with green and black hair, a pig man, a big blue guy, a man with glasses and a boy with a red bandana.

"BЯӨƬΉΣЯ ӨF ΛKIƬӨ...ПIᄃΣ ƬӨ MΣΣƬ FЯIΣПDƧ." I said.

"Brother...how are you her...brother?" The glasses man asked.

"ΛDӨPƬIVΣ." I said.

I handed Akito to the blue guy.

I felt myself beginning to fade.

I pointed to them.

"IППӨᄃΣПƬ...ЩΛƬᄃΉ ӨVΣЯ ΛKI...KΣΣP ΉΣЯ ƧΛFΣ..." I said, before vanishing.

Mk pov

I was glad to have Akito back, that guy's words echoed in my head.

She groaned as she woke up....to reveal semi black eyes.

"What...happened?" She asked, as Sandy placed her down.

"Some cat guy brought you here! Are you okay?" Mei asked.

"Cat...guy? You mean Fire? He's a hedgehog, not a cat. He hates being called that." Aki said, as she rubbed her eyes.

"He said that he was your adoptive older brother...is that true?" Tang asked.

"Uhm...okay. I think you all should know...but...can we go somewhere else? I don't want anyone else to listen in on us." She said.

We all looked at each other.

"Sure kid. Let's go." Pigsy said, as we walked to his shop.

"Wait...where's Kuro?" She asked.

"He ran off somewhere. Sorry." I said.

"It's fine. He'll pop out somewhere again." She said.

--------Timeskip/My pov--------

We were back at Pigsy's shop, I fixed the ceiling, much to his delight.

As we were eating noodles, I began to explain my situation with the exe's.

"Okay...long story short...the exe's are basically like the venom symbiote, they need me to survive...if I were to be in trouble or hurt, one of the exe's would come to my aid and defend me. Sorta like Guardian's. But despite being my Guardian's, and basically big brothers...they won't like any of you at first, until they get to know you. They see everyone as a threat and will not hesitate to kill them if needed...so I am the only thing standing between people and the definition of death." I said.

Everyone's eyes were wide with concern and a bit of fear.

"So if they wanted to kill us...they would?" Tang asked.

"If needed yes. Hopefully, it won't come to that! If anything, they'll be defending me against villains...hopefully not you guys." I said, as I played with my food.

"How'd you meet them?" Mk asked.

I sighed.

"I met the exe's through...a horror game." I said.

"Say what?" Mei asked.

"Yep. A horror game. I was playing and the next thing I knew...three fudging hedgehogs entered my room, behind my back...trying to kill me." I said.

Everyone spat out there food.

"WHAT?!" They asked.

"They had a reason. Bare with me here. Okay, so, the world they used to live in....was getting erased. To save their world, they had to collect souls from unfortunate people/animals. How many souls they needed, I don't know. I was the 6th thousand person they were about to kill, before something happened. They couldn't enter back into their world...resulting in them almost dying. Even if they were using the original hedgehogs as hosts, they were still dying. I offered them...me. They had nowhere else to go, so...they came to me. As a price, they offered to protect me if needed." I said, as I placed a hand on my chest and pulled out three glowing souls.

Blue, Black and Silver.

"But...we grew to be...attached. We grew to be a sibling bond. It's been like that for 8 whole years. 8 years, I had to be stuck with three, if not, more souls in my body. That's partially the reason I wear this patch. Having souls in one body can...have some side effects." I said, as I took the patch off.

I moved the hair out of the way and opened my eye, making everyone gasp.

"This is what happens when you have multiple souls in your body." I said, as I put the patch back on.

"That's....disturbing." Tang said.

"Yeah. It can be...but they're not that bad when you get to know them. Exetior can be fun to be around, Shadow is....shadow. Silver can be fun to be around as well. Even i he's a exe, he's very innocent and nice once you get to know them." I said.

"I guess you're right. Wait, do you have a place to stay?" Mei asked.

That hit me, hard.

"I do....not." I said, ears going down.

"You can stay with me! I'm always open, and I have an extra room." Mk said.

I smiled at him.

"Thanks, Mk." I said.

Things were about to get weirder here...and I noticed....nothing was gonna be the same ever again for me.

To be continued...

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