The Married Life Of Immortals

Bane's body was spat out in a dark and desolate wasteland covered in strange green dirt. Looking up, he could see a black sun overhead, but his attention was quickly brought back down as he saw the giant worm that had just shot him from its mouth.

The demon, or creature, whatever it was, looked like a giant worm, except it had four mouths. The biggest of them was the one Bane was sure he had come from, but that didn't really make sense to him. Though, it was par for the course.

"I don't suppose you are here to help me, right?" Bane asked, and then three smaller heads looked at the big one that just shook its massive head.

In the next moment, the worm attacked, shooting forward at Bane. It was so fast, it was like an invisible line connected the worm to Bane, and then they were gone, and Bane was flying through the air. The impact didn't hurt, and hitting the ground was the same. When Bane got up, he took a deep breath in.

Demonic energy. It was everywhere, but hundreds times as potent as in the Domain of Dead Kings. Bane could feel his body filling with energy, but if anything, he felt weaker than before. Not only that, but his body felt slow and sluggish.

'If I let you run wild here, you will end up causing more harm than good. You're here to do training, so you don't need to be strong. You also have the constitution of a cockroach, so I am not worried about you dying.'

Bane let out a growl, but he knew there was nothing he could do. Onyx was right, so he needed to find somewhere safe to lay low, and then work on controlling the demonic energy.

"This is going to be fun," Bane muttered, and then started running, trying to get a feel for his body now that he had become weaker.

Unfortunately, Bane didn't make it more than ten steps before something tripped him, and he was set face first into the ground. Bane tried to push himself back up, but he suddenly felt small wires being cast over his body, and he was pinned to the ground. Looking around, Bane spotted a large number of ugly looking three inch tall humanoids wearing scraps of cloth.

"Oh, isn't this cute? And what do you little bastards want?" Bane growled, but then one of them poked him in the eyes with a small stick.

Bane tried to swat them, but the wire around his arm seemed to cut deeper into his skin as he struggled. Soon, the area was swarming with them, and Bane found his arms and legs were pinned.

'This is so stupid. Why would a place like this even have a race like this?' Bane asked himself, thinking back to the massive worm he had just been bashed by.

"Okay, I get it, you don't like me. But can't we talk about this?" Bane asked, only to receive another poke in the eye.

The large group then got under Bane, and over one hundred of them started to carry him away. He wanted to call for help, but he knew that what would come would more than likely be much worse than anything here. Rather than fight, Bane sighed, and closed his eyes to take a nap.

A short while later, Bane was rudely woken up by being dropped on the ground. Bane opened his eyes, and found that he was inside of a cave. He was also free, and the small humanoids were gone. Bane was just happy he was free of them, and was about to stretch his muscles, when he saw something moving in the shadows.
"Don't suppose you are going to attack me, and I can punch you to death?" Bane asked, but his hopes were quickly dashed when a large figure emerged.

"Oh, so you are the new meat," the humanoid demon said, and Bane's eyes bulged, then he screwed up his face like he had just eaten a lemon.

Not being able to hold himself back, the comments spilled out of Bane like the morning after a bad night of drinking. "Good lord. You, sir, are thee ugliest thing that I have ever seen. I have seen piles of shit with more redeeming qualities than your face! Did your mother ask the doctors to try putting you back when you were born? Your face looks like the back end of a male dog from the tail down!"

The demon had a large round body, and a thick tail that ended in a flat disk. He had stubby arms, and a large, bulbous head, with two glowing eyes. He was a dull green, but had black spots, and a mouth that had three rows of jagged teeth. He wore nothing but a loin cloth, and a pair of sandals.

"You have a foul mouth, don't you, kid?" the demon asked, not seeming to care about the comments.

"The only thing foul around here is the smell coming from the lion cloth. Do you even know what the word wash means?" Bane snapped, but then the big demon dove at him fast as a whip. "Hey! I am talking, you oversized frog!"

Bane tried to block the demon's attack, but his body was slow, and the demon hit him like a cannonball. Bane was thrown across the cave, but rolled into a crouch, and then launched himself back at the demon.

Bane brought his hands back to summon Yume in both hands, but nothing happened. Bane rolled to the side, and tried to summon Agarta, but none of the throwing knives appeared. As a last hope, Bane looked at his finger, but even the storage ring he had gotten to put his new sword was gone.

"What the fuck!" Bane cursed, but then the demon slammed into him, knocking him on his ass.

'Your body isn't used to this level of demonic energy. Until you learn to control the energy, your powers are sealed,' Onyx said in Bane's mind as he got up.

"I really hate you right now, so if you aren't going to be helpful, Piss off!" Bane snapped out loud, and the demon frowned at him, and Bane rolled his eyes. "You can piss off as well! What do you even want with me?!"
"To eat you."

"And I want a pony!" Bane snapped, and then put his fist up. "Like hell am I going to just let you eat me!"

The demon laughed. "I like to play with my food, so I will entertain you a bit. I do have to tenderize that flesh before I rip it off your bones!"

The demon roared and rushed at Bane, and Bane rushed to meet him. The demon was much faster than the worm, and was almost a blur as he moved. Still, Bane was not the weakest person on the planet, and his fighting skills were more than a match for a dumb brute.

The demon swung his thick arm at Bane, and he easily ducked under the blow. Using his own momentum, Bane spun, and brought his knee up into the demon's chin, making it snap shut, and sending the demon to the ground. Bane was not done though, and stepped on the demon's neck, and grabbed the wrist of the other hand that was trying to grab his ankle.

Bane put pressure on the demon's neck, and then twisted the arm hard enough for the shoulder joint to pop. The demon tried to roll away, but Bane jumped back and used a foot to stomp on the demon's chest. The demon was forced down, and Bane put his full weight on his right foot, and his left foot came back down on the demon's head.

Just before Bane's foot could land, the demon opened his mouth and a black energy ball shot out, and struck Bane in the chest. The blast threw Bane back, but his feet didn't leave the ground. When he stopped, his eyes glowed black and gold, and the skin of his chest burned with black fire.

"Now, you made me angry," Bane growled, and the demon jumped up.

"That's what I was going for," the demon laughed, and then launched himself at Bane.

Bane stood his ground, and then at the last moment, he dodged to the side, and the demon crashed into the wall. Bane turned, and ran at the demon, who was just now getting up. Bane brought his fist back, and punched the demon in the face as hard as he could. The demon's head snapped to the side, but when it turned back, it had a smile on its face.

"That felt like a pillow. I can't believe you think you are stronger than me," the demon laughed, and the ground started to rumble.

The demon's skin changed, and grew thicker and tougher. Bane could see spikes emerging from the demon's body, and knew this was a bad turn of events. Bane went to punch again, but the demon caught his fist, and then grabbed his head, and threw him across the room.

"You aren't very bright, are you?" the demon laughed. "Do you not notice that your punches are doing nothing to me, while mine can send you flying?"

"I was a little preoccupied with how much of a pussy you are, and how you are trying to use your size against me," Bane taunted, and the demon roared in rage, and launched itself at Bane again.

Bane ducked the blow, and then jumped up, and threw his own punch. He struck the demon in one of his big black beady eyes. The force of the blow pushed the eye to the side, making a disgusting squishing sound, and it popped out of the socket. Bane had just enough time to jump back, as the demon roared in pain.

"How the hell did you hurt me!" The demon screamed as it held one hand over its injured eye.

"I can't believe that was your eye. That was one ugly fucking eyeball," Bane laughed, and then looked down at his hands. "Gross."

"You fucking little bastard. I'm going to kill you!" The demon roared, and then rushed Bane, but this time, his skin was like armor, and his hands were in the shape of giant claws.

"Man, don't you have any chill? Why is there always another form?!" Bane cursed, and then the demon was on him.

This time, Bane was unable to dodge, and the demon slashed his claws across his chest. Bane felt the air get knocked out of his lungs, and the demon's claws left behind five bloody gouges on his chest. The demon's other arm came around, and grabbed Bane by the head.

"Now, you will die," the demon said, and then Bane grabbed the demon's thumb.

"Funny, I was about to say the same thing," Bane smirked, and then snapped the demon's thumb back, causing him to let go of his head.

Before the demon could recover, Bane jumped, and slammed both his feet into the demon's chin. This did little damage, but it knocked the demon off balance. Before the demon could fall, Bane landed behind him, and kicked the back of the demon's knees.

As soon as the demon hit the ground, Bane launched on top of him, grabbing the demon by its tongue, and pulled as hard as he could. The demon roared, and then his claws tore at Bane, shredding his back, but Bane didn't let go.

The demon's claw tore into Bane's flesh, but the wounds closed just as fast as they were opened. The demonic energy fueled his body more than ever before, and it was turned into mana to heal him at almost instant speeds. It was a strange sensation, but Bane couldn't be more happy at that moment.

Finally, the demon's tongue ripped out, and it roared in agony, and Bane threw it on the ground. "Man, that is disgusting," Bane muttered, as he held the long, slimy, and bloody tongue. "You are really gross."

"Ooo ill ie or ih!" The demon screamed as his tongue started to heal back, but Bane only laughed, scooping the slimy tongue back up and tossing the tongue into the demon's mouth.

"I'm not going to lie. That's pretty funny!" Bane laughed, but then the demon roared, and black fire emerged from its mouth, and burned the tongue and spit.

Suddenly, the demon blurred, and connected with Bane, sending him cartwheeling out of the cave.