House of Alphas Chapter 18: Is this a Training Arc? (Patreon)

The armour? Oh, you mean the short little black dress with gloves and high-heeled boots that made you look like 2B from NieR Automata- THAT armor? Yeah, you were pretty sure in real life this get-up wouldn’t protect shit but alas in the fantasy world of armor logic, it was one of the best for the stats you were looking for. Weak against physical damage but strong magic resistance. Good dark and light energy boosts. It was a perfect match for you. With your brutes, you were sure they could soak up the physical damage for you but not the magic- that’s where the barriers come in. You had range damage covered.

As far as close quarters you had a sword for yourself- a magic sword of course. It worked well with fighting if you found yourself in a pickle. You could use it with your curse energy, though you will mainly use your spells. You typically wanted to keep the enemies away so you could do what you did best.

Healing, shielding, disarming, fighting, planning, etc…you had to do it all. Not one hair misplaced.

Fighting in a game on a computer was much different than fighting in real life. It was fucking terrifying. You had to train yourself for it though- no matter how scary it was you had to get used to it, this was your life and their life on the line.

So no… You did not fucking play when it came to training. You were like a drill sergeant. You pushed for perfection.

“Again.” You tossed them all stamina candy- aka senzu beans if you were in the DBZ universe, rest in peace Akira Toriyama- and then you got to fighting the next spirit.

You noticed that Sukuna and Toji did fine keeping up with your fast pace, but Nanami, Getou, and Gojo had a bit more trouble. Gojo was just being lazy. Of course, he didn’t understand the importance of all of the training. It was a peaceful time after all. So you wrote it off as, just in case.

“Baby girl~.” Gojo panted nearly out of breath defeating the third spirit. “Can we take a break?”

Your eyes scanned them over, Getou, Nanami, and Gojo looking like they were going to pass out. You were feeling tired too but you pushed through. Within the game, you didn’t do much training because the first level was always easy, and you were more concerned with making the alphas fall in love with you. You knew this extra training was in a sense overkill but you would rather be well prepared than not prepared at all. You wanted to train so hard that you one-shot the creatures and they did damn near zero damage to you. Luckily the game had no setting of difficulty such as easy hard, or normal, so you played the game to its set difficulty. So far the fighting stayed true to its source.

You should be well prepared for the first level.

“Quick fifteen- then back to work! - Not you two, you two keep fighting!” You pointed at the ones that were used to this. If they could keep going then good. You meant it when you said you were running them to the ground.

“Fight what?” Sukuna raised a brow, holding his trident over his broad shoulders with his wrists resting on them, sweat dripping from his muscles. If their lives weren’t in the palm of your hands you might have wanted to palm something else.

You blinked at Sukuna, death, destruction and chaos on the horizon kept your kitty kat dry and mind-focused. You throw up your hand. “Each other.”

Toji and Sukuna made eye contact before the tatted man shook his head, flicking his chin at you, “Naw, you fight me.”

“Me?”

“Toji and I are both close range, I’m good on that. Closing the gap is my weakness.” He flipped the trident around spinning it as he grinned at you.

Because the bastard knew he was right, and he knew that you knew that he knew and all that jazz.

“Fine.” You didn’t carry the holy and dark books with you because you wanted to memorize them. If you could do that you could shed the weight. You went over a few of the spells you knew in your head. Which one would be best for Sukuna…

Toji bowed as he stepped back with his hands up, giving both of you the stage.

You placed a hand upon your sword but then faltered, getting close range would be bad… you took your hand off the hilt and grabbed your energy, ready to fight. This would be good practice for both of you. You trying to learn how to keep him away while he learns how to get close.

Sukuna inched his foot forward with a crouch, a playful smirk on his lips, like a predator toying with its prey. “You done calculating your plan?”

“I was waiting for you to make the first move, thought you got stage fright.” You countered with a touch of smugness.

“I hope you can back up that attitude.” Sukuna pushed off as you swung your hand in the direction he was going.

“ShadowBolt!” You sent the shot at him while running in the opposite direction.

He twirled out of the way, flying into the air.

“Shadowbolt!” You cast the spell again but as soon as his foot touched the ground he was jumping out of the way again. Damn, he was fast. Much faster than you and without a doubt stronger. It was obvious by the way he was toying with you, but also helping you. He was giving you the opportunity to find a way to win. The two of you prancing around the arena.

Gojo whistled while watching from his spot. “My money is on Sukuna.”

“No she can get him, she just needs to find the right spell, shadowbolt is too slow.” Getou murmured.

“You need to slow him down Raven!” Nanami called to you.

That clicked in your mind. Yes-you needed a way to slow him down. Frost? No something in your shadow or light magic. That’s it! You crossed your arms in front of your chest “Miasmic Mist!” Throwing your arms forward you cast a black and blue cloud. It twirled and shifted as if it were alive, full of ghastly ghosts. Sukuna tried to stop but he ended up sliding inside of it, his steps faltering as he fought off the mist. You heard him hiss, his dark shadow all you could see.

“Atta girl!” Your alphas cheered.

You felt a spark of success, but you didn’t let it get to your head. You had to look at this like a real battle. Distance, keep your distance. “Shadow step!” You threw yourself back, dashing away from your spot in a wave of darkness.

“Feiro!”

Before your foot could reach the destination a fire arrow came at you within a flash, dispering the darkness. You gasp, panic caught you by a millisecond. That was all it took for the arrow to catch you off guard. You tried to dodge once your foot landed, but you weren’t quick enough, it stabbed your arm, burning your flesh. It was hot and piercing at the same fucking time. No- this wasn’t a fire arrow- it was his fucking spear- you had magic resist so the fire felt akin to being too close to the stove- but you had shit for amour. A scream released from your lips as you fell to your knees holding a hand to the spear that was stuck in your arm.

“Omega!”

“Fuck- my bad-“

They all stepped forward to help you but you screamed for them to stop.

“No!” You yelled while yanking the spear out tossing it to the ground and quickly healing your wound. You released a quick breath of relief once the pain subsided. You thought this sort of pain would cripple you but it only made you want to fight harder. The reality of your situation kept you stern. You cannot let anything make you falter, that’s all it takes for your opponent to get the upper hand and you can’t make your alphas worry about you, because then the idiots might really do something stupid. You had to be strong. “Keep going.” You stood brushing yourself off, your body tingling. This was your damn training arc- you have to push yourself to the limit.

“Raven, you should really take a break.” Toji tried. You could tell with the expression on their faces, that none of them liked seeing you hurt like that. All of them standing now with anxious fidgeting.

Well… except the fucking fiend in front of you.

“No no~.” Sukuna smiled with a lick of his teeth. “She wants to continue…” his lids lowered and you felt he was getting off on this. You could bet money he was by the looks and sound of it.

“I’m fine…” you readied yourself again, “Don’t hold back on me, it’ll do me no good Sukuna.”

“As you wish.” He ran at you with what appeared to be restrained excitement.

You ran from him again, trying to stop him from getting close. Yet, he whipped and dodged each shadow bolt you sent. He was too fast for you to hit from afar, so you had to devise a different plan, maybe you should let him get close. “SHADOWBOLT!” You yelled once more, this time he flew above you, his figure blocking the sun as he came down upon you like a hawk.

This was your moment!

“Got you!” He yelled.

You snatched your light energy, with one more trick up your sleeve. You weren’t good at aiming but maybe you could take advantage of this.

“HOLY LIGHT!”

His eyes widened as the burst of light blinded him, you sidestepped him as he tumbled and rolled passed you. Twirling on your foot, you ran up to him and slammed your heeled boot on his chest so he couldn’t get up. Snatching your sword, you pressed it to his neck, with a victorious smile.

“YES!”

“SHE DID IT!”

You taunted Sukuna as he blinked his vision back to normal. “No~ it is I who got you.” You put more pressure on his chest, as his lips pulled up in that lovely smile of his.

“Not bad omega.”

Pride swelled in your heart. You did it! You-

Sukuna knocked your sword out of the way and spun around like a breakdancer, kicking your legs out from under you. You hit the ground with a grunt, sword clattering out of your hand. Sukuna was on top of you before you could even process what the fuck happened.

“Aye! Cheater!” You growled trying to buck him off. The two of you scuffling around on the floor.

“You should never let your guard down, that’s but a simple fact.” Sukuna chuckled pinning your wrists beside your head.

You huffed, unable to get him off, your body reaching exhaustion. All your wiggling did was rub against the hard-on that pressed into your ass. Yep, he was definitely enjoying this. You were going to have to change gears before he got any ideas. “Alright! You win let’s get back to training!”

“This is part of your training, get me off.”

“Ugh! I can’t!” You panted feeling your body warm up. You were starting to feel sick.

“Aye, Sukuna she doesn’t look so good.” Toji nudged Sukuna’s shoulder.

“Pfft- she’s the one that wants to keep going.”

“Alphas?”

Everyone paused as they looked toward Kusakabe.

“Someone is here to see you.”

You furrowed your brows as Sukuna got off you and Toji helped you up, you were so tired he had to hold you, but you were more concerned about the person here. Was there an event you forgot about?

“We will be right there.” Gojo answered.

“Is there something wrong?” You questioned.

Toji placed a hand on your head, ruffling your hair as if you were a child. “Don’t worry your pretty little head, let your alphas handle it.”

“W-well, if I am your prime omega I feel… it would be good for me to know… you know certain things…” or canon events that are about to happen. “… maybe I can help.”

“Oh?” Getou smirked, “You are really taking this prime omega business to heart huh?”

“I mean, are you going to let me go?”

“Go where?”

Before you could get into an argument, Nanami stepped in.

“Little bird, it’s just about business, if it was anything serious we would let you know.” Nanami tried to ease your worry, but Toji gave you the final push.

“Go bathe and relax baby, you pushed yourself pretty hard today.”

You sighed through your nose, “Okay, but don’t forget about our deal. I’ll use the toys but you have to train, kapeesh?”

“I would personally like to help with the toys too.” Gojo tried with a sly smirk.

“Yes, we already train together, might as well stretch together.”

“Such a bonding experience Getou~.”

“I got it~ you guys go take care of business, wouldn’t want you to worry about little ole me~hehe…” you laughed nervously.

“Oh, our shy little birdie.”

“Gentleman?” Kusakabe coughed, hinting at the urgency of the meeting. “Mechanmaru tends to get impatient.”

“Mechamaru?!” You blurted out making everyone look toward you curiously.

“You know who that is?”

You released a light laugh, you know who that is- you as in you back at home playing the game you. Yes, Mechamaru is just an alias, his real name is Kokichi Muta and he is known for his high-tech. He’s one of the people who betrays you due to a promise he made with Mahito to heal his body, yet he dies and as a way to right his wrongs, he leaves information behind on Mahito’s next attack and plans to capture Gojo. He was labeled as a traitor… but all he ever wanted was to have a chance at a normal life. You always felt… kind of sorry for him. So yes- you know who that is but not Raven.

As Dove you don’t really get into the alpha's affairs, they handle them all off-screen, so you don’t know if this is still following the path of the game. Could he be here to spy on them? Are you still on the right track?

“Oh- sorry~ I just… I thought you said Shikamaru.” You laughed it off.

“Who the fuck is Shikamaru and why did you sound like so for this… person?” Sukuna narrowed his jealous orbs.

“I’m not going to do this with you right now mister. Go go~ I’m going to give this time to you all as a break so use it wisely.” You waved them away. As they moved passed you, Nanami stopped with a slightly shy breath.

“Raven… I would just like to say… you fight as beautifully as you dance, I hope you will bless me with it someday…”

You released a slight snort, “Nanami, that… um dance… I don’t even know what that was…I don’t think you can even call what I did for you guys dancing.”

“No~ not that one. Toji much preferred the one you did for us, but I liked your other one.”

Oh~ ooooh~ that’s what he was talking about. Peeping alphas already witnessed your true dance. Suddenly you felt timid because you knew there would be a time you’d perform the routine again anyway. In front of people and as the prime omega. You don’t know why, but the name added that heavy weight to your dance. The prime omega dance. He had already seen it, so maybe it wouldn’t be a hard task to practice it for him before you’d have to do it in front of him and a bunch of other people.

“Perhaps…” You nodded making the blonde smile.

“I hope my good behavior will change that to a yes.” He picked up your hand and kissed the back of it, saying his goodbyes.

“WAIT! I didn’t kiss her goodbye!” You heard Gojo shout but you were already leaving out of the arena. You rolled your eyes as you waited for the blue-eyed alpha to run to you and place a big kiss on your cheek before running back.

“Behave.”

“No promises love.”

Such a rotten boy.

Walking toward the home you heard a noise, the sound of shuffling and soft talking. Sniffing the air you caught the scent of something weird and metallic. You didn’t have to be a wizard to know that the scent was of the machine Muta used.

You ducked behind the bushes, hiding your scent as you moved to the area. He was in the garden. What was he doing? Spying? Attacking? Plotting?!

“This one is a special fruit! It’s absolutely delicious if you cook it right!”

You raised a brow, that sounded like Miwa. Inching your head forward you peeked around the bushes to see the two together. Miwa standing on a ladder to pick the shiny rainbow fruit known as Gusha. It was literally like a gusher on steroids… and make it a fruit… that looks like grapes. Man being healthy in this game was fucking easy everything tasted good.

“How interesting…” Mechamaru cocked his head while he held the ladder for the girl. “…could you…explain to me, what it tastes like?”

“Of course!”

Listening to their conversation made your chest ache. How could you save him? He was an enemy but while Miwa talked to him… it just sounded like he wanted to experience the world. Eat… run… feel. The poor guy sits in a damn tub hooked to tubes looking like Nagato from Naruto. You don’t blame the alpha for working with Mahito… but maybe… just maybe you could help him? You could heal him. Would that mess shit up?

“Excuse me, but eavesdropping is rude.”

You gasped standing up straight before revealing yourself.

Miwa lit up when she saw you. “Hey Raven! Are you hungry?”

“Hey~ no no I’m fine… sorry I just didn’t want to interrupt… but the alphas are ready for you Mechamaru.”

The robot nodded, looking toward Miwa. “Thank you for keeping me company.”

The blue-haired woman jumped off the ladder with an excited leap, “I loved talking with you- so it was no hassle on my end. Thanks for um…listening to me babble! I know I can talk a lot! Master Sukuna yells at me to shut up quite often.”

Her statement made you inwardly squeak. You will need to talk to Sukuna so he doesn’t kill Miwa for just speaking…

Mechamaru shook his head stiffly, “I enjoyed hearing you talk, so it was also, no hassle on my end.”

Miwa beamed at the robot, “That’s really sweet of you.”

You watched the exchange and if you weren’t such a hopeless romantic you would have looked past it but something in your brain picked up on some connection between the two. Or maybe you were looking too deeply into it. The guy was a robot so there wasn’t much to go off by, but for some reason that gave you so much at the same time. A young man talking to a chef through his robot about food and the world, never to have stepped out in eighteen years, living through the words of a sweet excitable woman- ugh you ship it. You gotta figure out a way to save him. It seemed like you were adding more to your already heavy plate. You were a very busy woman, and it was going to stay like this until the mating moon. This was just the tip of the iceberg.

You lifted your hand for Mechamaru to follow, “I’ll walk you.”

The two shared another round of goodbyes as you walked the robot toward the meeting room. You tried to think of a good conversation starter. Something that could get the two of you talking. So far he seemed to like Miwa. Maybe you could use that. “She’s a sweet girl.”

“Who?”

“Miwa.”

“Hm.”

“…”

This is going fucking swell. Why when you tried to get someone to like you it goes south? You can’t come on too strong but you also can’t be too passive. You needed him to trust you.

“Where are you from?”

“We do not need to have idle chatter. It’s a waste of my curse energy.”

THIS LITTLE PUNK.

“And here I thought I was the bitch.”

“Hm.”

Well, you got a little laugh. A blow through the nose kind of laugh.

“I…ah…” you suddenly felt dizzy staggering to the wall as you placed your hand upon it. Woah your stomach felt like it was doing flips.

“Are you alright omega?”

“Yeah… I just overworked myself today.” You squish Toji’s worm pulling out the stamina candy so you could take it. Once you did you thought you’d feel better but you didn’t. You still felt sick. Are you coming down with something?

“I’ll grab someone.”

“I’m- mmm…” you hummed realizing you were not fine. Stomach in knots. You did your best to not throw up. You hated throwing up. So you stayed put with your eyes closed, hand to your stomach hoping the moment would pass. Perhaps you ate too much stamina candy. You didn’t think you could overdo it. Yet here you are. You will need to look it up, and see what you could do to settle your symptoms.

“H-heal…” You attempted to heal yourself but not even your curse energy would glow for you. It withered past your hands and you couldn’t find it. “Ugh…” you fell to the floor, confusion sending you into a dizzy panic. What the fuck is happening?

“Raven?” Momo called within your wavering mind.

Soon you felt her soft hands pick you up, and that was it.

~~~~~*~

You woke up in your bed, a groan slipping from your lips. You were feeling so uncomfortable. You felt like you had been run over, chewed up, and then spit out to be run over again. No matter how you positioned you couldn’t get comfortable. You were definitely sick. Feverish, mushy head, upset stomach, and cold chills. This must be the equivalent of the flu.

You rolled around with a heavy sigh, peeling your clothes off. At this point you didn’t even care if they saw you naked, you were so uncomfortably hot. You lay upon your bed spread eagle, enjoying the cool air upon your hot flesh. Then the weirdest thing happened. Your breast began to throb, nipples aching. You rubbed at them with a painful moan. It felt good to touch them. You didn’t realize that you were pinching and pulling them, only searching for relief. Your cunt ached and then you felt yourself gush so hard it was like you peed yourself. “Fuck- fuck fuck!” You rolled onto your stomach while squeezing your legs. Everything tingled, you felt hot between your thighs. You reached down to touch yourself but the sensation awakened something almost primal inside of you. Another wave of crying left you as you massage your clit to completion. Yet you couldn’t stop. No matter how much you came and soaked your bed you were not satisfied.

“FUCK!”

“Hey! How are you feeling Raven?” Momo poked her head into your room, she must have knocked but you were too lost to answer.

You gasped when you saw her, “Momo! Momo something- something is happening to me Momo I can’t- I feel so terrible I- hick-.” You began to cry. You had no idea what was going on. You were so overwhelmed with emotions you couldn’t even think straight. Body on fire, mind in a dizzying mess. You promised to never push yourself this hard again and overdose on stamina candy.

“Oh! Don’t cry! I brought you some medicine to help calm you down a bit.” Momo was at your side helping you sit up, her cold hands felt nice upon your skin.

You didn’t think twice when she handed you the medicine. You just wanted whatever was going on to fucking stop. You tossed the drink back and gulped down the sweet nectar like a starved woman in the desert. Then you flopped on your back. The feeling yet to subside. You sniffled with a whiny groan, “*Sniff* I-I feel like I’m on fiiiiireee….”

“I know I know~.” Momo fluffed up your pillow not sounding concerned for you at all. You were DYING! Does she not care? Where are your alphas? Death was at your door and they were acting like it was just another day!

“I'm dying Momo!”

Momo giggled as she shook her head, “Heats can be a bitch but I don’t think anyone has ever died from them.”

You froze eyes going wide, no fucking way.

“What did you say?”

“Bitch?”

“No! The other thing!”

“Heat?”

“I’m in heat?!”