to be continued

(chapter originally by faith on writing.com)

"Well?"

Yukari sat on a bench somewhere in the main hub of the high school, currently deserted as classes had begun. She was as naked as ever, but her current body language displayed less embarrassment and more abject torment as she hugged her knees tightly against her chest.

"Not. Talking. About. This." She said, her eyes closed.

"Just going to keep hiding from it like a coward?"

"Your just going to tear into him like you do everyone. You can say whatever you want about anyone else. Including me. But I won't listen to one word about him."

"You won't listen to the truth, you mean."

"Won't listen to your bile! He saved the world! He died protecting us. He's a hero. You have no right to attack that."

"Anything I have to say is how I feel. And how you feel. Everything I feel about the old bastard comes from you."

"....."

"Let me guess. That's why your afraid, right? Your thinking any mean thoughts directed towards daddy means his precious daughter betrayed him in a moment of weakness. Because we could never afford to tarnish that pristine little memory we built in our heads, could we. Without that, what on earth would we cling to for dear life instead of letting go and moving the fuck on like the rest of the world!"

"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" Yukari screamed, trembling as she did.

"....Fine. Fine. You aren't ready. Maybe I'm not either."

A moment of silence passed.

"Besides, its more fun to mock you with the truth anyway."

Yukari sighed. That didn't last long.

"So daddy is off limits. Cool. I'd much rather talk about mommy anyway."

Yukari glared daggers at a floor tile for a long moment. "...what about mom?"

"Heh. Knew you'd take the bait, even though you know its a trap. I was just thinking..we should really apologize for all those things we said to her."

"Excuse me? No way. She spent years sleeping around with other men and ignoring me! What the hell do I have to apologize for?" Yukari said indignantly.

"Calling her a slut, for one."

"I never called her that!"

"Not to her face, maybe. Not out loud. But you definitely told her. The disdain in the voice, the contempt in the body language. She knew what you thought of her."

"Well...what I thought of her is her own damned fault!"

"Oh, no argument there. Sleeping around with all those strange, leering, pervy men. So gross. Such a slut."

"....Y-yeah..." Yukari stammered. "Ummm...why do we agree on this? Where are you going with-"

"All that sex, with all those different people. Loving it so much. Remember hearing all those loud noises at night when we were still living with her?"

"I'd rather not. Is there a point-"

"Or how we got leered at by that one behemoth and his pals that one time we came out of the shower in that skimpy towel?"

"M-managed to forget about that until now! Thanks for that!"

"The way he convinced her to wear sluttier and sluttier outfits, too. So disgusting. Its a good thing we moved out when we did."

"Yeah, I know, but why are you hammering on and on like this?"

"Remember how we were afraid it would just keep on getting worse? She was acting more and more submissive, getting sluttier and sluttier. Pretty soon she was probably gonna stop wearing anything around the house at all. Remember how we were dead certain she'd just give up any pretense of respect for herself, just stop dating one guy and let herself be the play thing of as many men wanted to crash there at any time? How she would become the ultimate slut?"

"...okay, maybe that was being unfair...I was letting myself get carried away. Not even mom would-"

"Not even mom would go around totally naked and have sex with a whole harem of other partners? Yeah. Your probably right. I mean, your mom is definitely a huge, huge slut, but its not like she ever let herself be seduced by her best friends into stripping naked, right? Or let herself be totally and completely okay after one little day with getting boned silly by those same slutty friends. Or getting super turned on by all the people leering at her naked body, to the point where she's honestly wondering if being a full time sex **** for the rest of her life wouldn't be so bad after all. No way your mom would ever fall that far, am I right?"

".....I fucking hate you."

"I know *Heart* *Heart* *Heart*"

"....Its not like I had-"

" 'I had ****!' Is that what you want to say, me? That's so cute! It just ignores a few critical little points. First off, don't act like being puppeted around at my whim, totally helpless and **** and oh so very naked, hasn't been a constant turn on since this all began! You fucking love it- its done nothing but add to your humiliation and your horniness! Second, temptation aside, the one pulling your strings is...you! I am the shadow, the true self. I am all your dirty thoughts, your pervy little dreams, your naughty fantasies, given life. So when I subject you to one humiliation after another, keep that in mind. I do it, eagerly and gleefully- because I am you, and your just a big enough slut to want all of this to happen!"

Yukari had begun to sputter, trying to form a denial and blushing all the harder.

"Think about it. All those times you were berating mommy dearest? Sure, some of that has to do with how she was 'betraying' daddy (but we're not getting into that right now- your daddy issues are off the table by your own request). But wasn't some of it...you getting jealous?"

"Wha! No! What on Earth-"

"After all, you had to be daddy's good little girl. And good little girls definitely do not go out with lots of strange men. They don't dress sexy for them. They don't let themselves get leered at. Of course...good little girls would be offended when THEY were leered at in a towel. They definitely wouldn't sneak off to their room to touch themselves!"

"What? I never...I...oh. Oh god!" Yukari wailed.

"Tried hard to forget that one. Also managed to forget how you started invented excuses after that day to take your showers at the weirdest times in the tiniest towels just so it would happen again. You think that's why the love hotel shadow hypnoed you into soaping up in front of Minako? It sensed how much a slut for shower you already were?"

Yukari blushed. "S-stop!"

"Awwww, but we still haven't talked about those late nights you spent listening to the sex...and imagining what was happening and letting your fingers do the rest...and those OTHER times..."

"Stop! I'm begging you!!"

"Those times were the noise was too faint, so you decided to creep creep creep down to their bedroom and just slide the door open just a itty bitty bit and.."

"No! Stop! This is too much! I don't want to remember this!"

"Course, that wasn't enough sometimes, so before you sneaked out, you'd slip off your robe and sneak around totally-"

"STOP!!"

"But then she caught you, and your ass got the spanking of a life time, and the whole time her current date was grinning and staring, and-"

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"

"Hey, Me, I'm just trying to explain how...we won! Mom was a slut, and we were so jealous how much fun she had being one, and now with a little help from Temptation and your better half, you finally made it! You have exceeded, in every possible way, your mom at being a total and complete slut! Your like one of those fighty cartoons Ken pretends he doesn't love- the ones where the bad guy is kicking everyone's ass but then the hero finds deep within himself the power to become a thousand times stronger. Its like that, except you've transformed into a slutty disgrace to society 1000 times more shameful than your dirty mom ever was!"

"I SAID SHUT UP! I'M NOT A SLUT, DAMMIT!" Yukari said, screaming out loud.

There was a long pause. Slowly it dawned on Yukari that a figure was standing behind her, privy to her inner monologue and her outburst. Slowly she turned around, to see Aegis staring at her.

"A-a-aegis!" She stammered. "I was...I was..."

"Do not fear, Yukari-san. I will refrain from making any insinuations or comparisons regarding your behavior and that of a slut."

"....you knew she was standing there." Yukari thought silently.

"Yep. You were too wound up to notice."

"And you wanted me to make that outburst."

"Uh huh."

"I fucking hate you. I hate you so goddamn much."

"I know *Heart* *Heart* *Heart*."

"....."

"Well, you have things to do, and the robo girl probably wants to talk, soooo I'll see you later. Stay out of trouble, slut."

For one final moment Yukari could do not but mentally scream as her counterpart laughed inside her mind.