We entered the house, and as the door closed behind us, the faint sound of thunder echoed in the distance. I didn't know it yet, but that night would change everything.
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Aya stopped in the doorway and looked around my house for a moment.
"Well, are you happy now?" I asked her.
As she kept looking around, she answered, "Yes, very much. I wanted to show you something anyway."
"What do you want to show me?" I asked curiously.
She smiled at me and said, "First, let's go to your room. I'll show you there."
We made our way to my room carefully, since I didn't want my mother to look at my hand again and possibly see my tattoo.
Once we got to my room, I asked her, "So what do you want to show me?"
"First of all, let me explain, then I'll show you." She said.
I looked into her eyes with a bit of hesitation and said, "Alright. Go ahead." I was a bit scared because I didn't know what she wanted to tell me.
Then she started speaking, "Do you remember what I told you about your holy sign? That I can't enter your body to give you power?"
I slowly nodded my head.
"I can give you power without entering your body through lightning. But only for a limited period of time, your body quickly eliminates any demonic energy inside you." She continued.
"What? How" I asked.
She replied, "If I make physical contact with you, I can channel a small part of my energy directly into your body. But since you have holy blood, I think you'll only be able to stay in that form for a few minutes."
Curious, I asked, "What do you mean by physical contact? Do you need to punch me or something?"
She laughed in a playful tone. "No, nothing like that. I just need to touch you and focus some of my energy inside you. Let me show you, take off your shirt."
My face instantly turned red and embarrassed I said, "My shirt? Why do I need to?"
Aya looked me in the eyes, smiling, she told me, "You need to see the results too, not just feel the power."
Still embarrassed, I took off my shirt. She came closer and placed her hand on my abs. Quickly, I said, "What do you think you are doing?"
Smiling, she said, "Look at your body now."
I looked down and saw my body much bigger than normal, with defined abs, big arms and chest. Just as I stood there in shock, my mother burst into my room without knocking and...she saw us.
"Mom! It's not what it looks like!" I told her.
She immediately backed out and closed the door. From the other side, she said, "I'm sorry! I didn't know you two were…doing something! The dinner is ready!"
Embarrassed, I put my shirt back on and went to the dinner table with Aya. My mom wasn't in the kitchen, she had gone to her room.
While eating, I asked Aya, "What was going on with my body?"
She looked at me and answered, "It was a bit of my demonic energy transferred into your body. It made you stronger and more powerful looking."
"So, can I move fast with that lightning too?" I asked her.
She slowly replied, "No, it only made you physically stronger. You can't use other powers because your holy sign quickly eliminates all the demonic power inside of you."
"I see…" I said.
We finished eating and went back to my room. I told her, "I'll sleep on the floor so you can take the bed."
She said, "You can sleep with me if you would like to, but however you want! Thank you and good night!"
"Good night, Aya!" I told her.
I fell asleep on the floor almost instantly after that long day. In my sleep, I suddenly heard Aya yelling, "Ryuu!"
I tried to get up and said, "What's happening?" but as I was standing up something hit me in the head.
When I regained consciousness, I found myself hanging upside down next to Aya, both of us tied by the legs to the ceiling of a large, dark room.