Eater Of Sin And Magic

It has been a little over a few months since Aku was finally given control of his strange ability.to consume the magic of the beings in this world. And the fact that he still hadn’t gotten out of the habit of wearing his shroud was apparent as well. At least when he went out into public anyway. It was more of a comfort to him rather than a need now. He was finally getting used to living in this new world. But in his mind, he still felt like an outcast to ninety percent of the population in Equestria, if not more. But, what could he do? He was still considered a magic eating monster.
Thanks to Twilight’s teaching him this world’s language when she had the time, he could now enjoy a book and do other everyday things without having to worry with what signs or labels read. It was definitely difficult for him to learn the language but thanks to Twilight's eagerness to teach and her patience, he was good to go. He just considered it strange that they spoke english while their written language was something different entirely.

Aku laid under a tree in the middle of the town park with a book in hand and a bottle of orange soda next to him. The book was titled ‘Buck My Life’ which contained short stories of ponies who have had those ‘fuck my life’ moments. Some made him laugh, some made him cringe and some of them even made him feel rather bad for the individual. He was about to start the next page when he heard someone approach him. He lowered the book from his gaze to see who it was and saw that it was Rarity with her usual shopping bags full of cloth and other clothing making materials. She looked like she had some rather fancy fabrics and frills in those bags.

Once she got close enough to him. She smiled down at him before crouching down beside him and setting ehr bags behind her. “I can see that you are enjoying this fine day, darling. Are you doing alright? It feels like it has been a while since I have had the chance to visit with you~.” She said as she watched him sit up and rest his back against the tree.”And you are still wearing that thing? You know you have no further need for it.”. Aku gently grasped at the shroud and looked back at her “I know I don’t need it anymore. But, you made this for me. It would be a shame to just toss it aside or get rid of it. And..I won’t lie. I seem to think of you quite a bit when I have it on. It makes me..comfortable.” he said as he averted his eyes and blushed slightly. He wasn’t sure why he said that to her. But the look on the mare’s face was a sight to behold. A heavy blush across her muzzle and her eyes shimmering as she placed a hand over her mouth. “A-Aku..I..that is so sweet..”.

Aku quickly got to his feet, grabbing his book and soda before making a break for it to avoid any further embarrassment. “S-Sorry. I shouldn’t have said something like that.”. Before he could get too far, she grabbed his hand with hers and shook her head. “You know..these bags are quite heavy. Would you mind helping me to the shop with them? I wouldn’t mind the company either. Please?” she asked while looking up at him with those big beautiful sapphire eyes of hers. Aku couldn’t say no to her. She was one of the few ponies who seemed to show that she cared about him. And she did make him new clothes. So it was the least he could do. He gave a nod and slipped the bags over his arms. He seemed to have no issue with them either, “Back where I am from, they called me ‘One Trip Man’ because i refused to go back for another trip when I brought groceries inside. Didn’t matter how heavy they were, I managed.”. Rarity gave a soft giggle and imagined the human carrying a mountain of grocery bags, “Well, I certainly find that impressive, but I do hope that you were very careful while doing such things.”. Aku gave a soft chuckle,”Well...there were times when I didn’t make it in with everything all the time. Plenty of drops and spills till I perfected my technique. Though most of it was to do with faulty grocery bags.”.

The two went on and talked the whole way to Rarity’s shop. Before long, they were in the parlor. She told him to set them near the entryway of her crafting room and that she’d get to it later. Once he had done that, he was on his way to the door when she called out to him. “Leaving so soon? You certainly don’t have to. I’d like to at least prepare you a cup tea or something as a thank you for your help.”. Aku lifted his unopened soda from his coat pocket and smiled to her,”I am good to go on refreshments. Thank you for the offer, though.” Rarity blinked a few times before calling out to him once more, “I forgot to tell you! Twilight’s brother is having a wedding. That is why I have all this stuff here. I was informed by the letter she received that you had been invited as well. So be ready. I am going to make you something really dashing to wear!”. Aku smiled again and waved before he headed off. Once the door had closed behind him, she lets out a huff and stomps a hoof in frustration, “Damn you, orange soda…”

Aku walked down the street with his soda in hand and shroud pulled down as he sipped on it. It certainly tasted better than the orange soda he could get back home. As if it was made with real orange juice. “Me? Invited to a wedding? Let alone a royal wedding? What the actual fuck? For what reason?” he thought to himself as he sipped from his drink again. He rolled the possible reasons why over and over in his head, but none of them seemed to make sense. Then again, it may be because they can keep an eye on him like last time. That seemed the only logical explanation to him. He finally makes his way back to the library. Once inside he spotted Twilight with a saddened expression on her face. Perhaps he could be a good friend for once and ask her what was weighing on her mind or heart? ”here goes…” he thought to himself before approaching her from behind, placing a hand upon her shoulder. “Hey, Twi. What’s got you so down? Usually you have your muzzle stuffed in a book. But it seems like something is bothering you.”.

Upon closer inspection, it appeared that the unicorn had been crying recently. This alarmed him slightly as she didn’t say anything at first. Did something possibly happen to her today? “Twi, what happened? Please talk to me.” He said as he got on a knee in front of her while resting both hands upon her shoulders now. She suddenly leapt forward and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. “Oh, Aku..my brother is getting married...I haven’t heard from him in months and he suddenly just sends me a letter out of the blue saying that he is getting ready to marry some stranger without telling me himself instead…” she said between light sobs as she held onto him as tightly as she could. Aku blinked a few times, but decided it wouldn’t be best to pull away as she seemed really saddened by this. “Twi..have you ever thought that something urgent has came up on his end and would have loved to tell you in person if he could? I highly doubt your brother wouldn’t send you a letter simply because he didn’t want to tell you himself.”

He reaches up and pets through ehr mane gently and looks down at her. “Your brother is captain of the royal guard. That is an extremely high position that requires one's time and energy. From what your brother has told me when I met him, he absolutely adores you. So he wouldn’t just think you aren’t important to him just because he had sent you a letter about his upcoming nuptials. Believe me, you are lucky to have a sibling who cares so much about you. I grew up an only child.”. He gently wipes her tears away with his thumb, offering her a gentle smile to assure her that all will be okay. “Just give it some thought before you go and get angry at him when you see him. Let him explain first. Last thing you two need is some bad blood between you two. You promise me?”.

Twilight was speechless with his words. Not in a bad way, but she was simply amazed that someone like him who hardly showed his heart to anyone here would be kind enough to try and comfort her. She looked into his eyes before nodding offering him a light smile before wiping her eyes of her tears. “Thank you, Aku. I was just so furious with him that my mind didn’t think of that being a possibility. But..I am still upset that he is marrying somepony I have never even met before. Princess Mi Amore Whosie Whatsits”. Aku nodded and gave her another pat. “Like I said, don’t blow up on him when you see him first. Let him explain.”. Twilight leaned into the pet and wagged her tail from the delight of it. She then gave him another hug with a nod afterwards. “I will do my best. Though, I wonder why you got an invite. I mean, not that I am not happy that you get to join us.”. Aku gave a light shrug and walked passed Spike who was cleaning up the library, both giving a smile to each other and a fist bump in greeting as Aku made his way to the kitchen with Twilight following behind.

“Who knows. Probably to keep an eye on me so I ‘don’t go on a monstrous rampage’. Because you know me, I am an absolute deviant according to most folks.”. He said as he tied his hair back then prepped the dishes and bowls. Twilight lowered her ears for a moment and averted her eyes before looking back up at him with her head down, one hoof circling the ground lightly. “Y-You know, Aku. You do have ponies here who have seen you as a good stallion with what you have done. All of us..even Applejack and Rainbow Dash know this. But those two seem to have some kind of issue with you for a different reason. I just wish I knew what it was so we could solve it and we could all be friends.”.

Aku simply shrugged and began making his homemade ramen noodles, nice and long ones too! As he began preparing the broth, he responded to her. “Honestly, Twi. If they have an issue with me and don’t want to resolve it, I am perfectly fine with that. Back in my world, you don’t have to be friends with everyone you meet.”. He began cutting up the veggies and adding the seasonings he had picked up a while back to the broth before returning to making the noodles before speaking again. “You just need the people who will be on your side through thick and thin. And so long as you have that little group in your life, you can get by just fine. So those two can even hate me if they want. I certainly don’t care one way or the other.”

Once Aku had finished making the ramen, he sat out three bowls of it on the table along with three parts of chopsticks and optional forks. The trio sat down for lunch and Aku broke the chopsticks into two. How did they acquire chopsticks? Well, Aku made them himself and has been trying to teach Twilight and Spike to handle them. Spike had learned rather quickly though, Twilight was still having a bit of trouble. And it was only natural to slurp that kind of food since the noodles were well over a foot long, something the unicorn hadn’t gotten used to doing. Aku watched her struggle to hold the chopsticks in her hands and couldn’t help but chuckle lightly. “Hang in there, Twi. You will get the hang of it. And remember, magic is cheating. You may as well use the fork if you go that route.”.

--On The Train, Bound For Canterlot--

Aku laid back in his seat while the others were going on about how excited they were about the upcoming wedding that was just a day away. Aku lowered his book that he was reading from his vision to look at Twilight who was looking a bit down. Once she made eye contact with him, he gave her a gentle nod to remind her of what they’d spoken about. Aku offered a quick smile in return before returning to his book. As Canterlot got closer, the group noticed a large pink orb surrounding the city. The train went through the wall and passed through Twilight and the others. Though once it came into contact with Aku, the sound of a hundred windows shattering echoed through the air as a quarter the shield began to crumble. Though within a short time, it was pieced back together.

Once at the station, the guards were immediately on the scene with weapons drawn as they laid eyes upon Aku right away. “You there, Magic Eater! Why did you create a hole in the protective barrier?! Are you a saboteur of the enemy who declared a threat upon Canterlot?!” Shouted one of the guards who had him at spearpoint. “Hey, back the fuck off! I didn’t do shit!” he said as he slapped the spear away. The guards were ready to pounce before Twilight jumped between them and a familiar voice called out to them. “That’s enough! Stand down!” bellowed Shining as he called off the guards. “He isn’t at fault for what has happened. Plus he has no control over what he did! The breach has been fixed and all is well. Now back to your posts!”. Shining Armor came down from the stairs that lead up from where he was standing. He approached both Aku and Twilight, giving his little sister a hug which she returned back hesitantly. “I suppose they all didn;t get the memo of my body negating magic upon touch?” asked Aku as she let out a sigh of relief.

Shining armor shook his head, “I thought I had posted it on the guard barracks bulletin boards. But...thankfully I was here.”. He then looks down to his sister who looked up at him with a mixture of sadness, and only slight anger on her face. “Shining, you and I need to talk…” she said as she looked back at Aku then back to Shining. Aku placed a hand upon Twilight’s shoulder”Remember, think about what he has been going through.”. Twilight nodded before another high ranking guard came up to Aku “You are summoned by Princess Celestia. If you’d please follow me.”. Aku shrugged and waved bye to Twilight and Shining and followed close behind as the guard lead him to the castle.

--The Throne Room--

Aku soon came through the large doors of the throne room after the guard had opened up the way in. Ask he made his way closer to the throne, he noticed not two, but three princesses standing before him. Twof of them being the ones he already knew, while the other seemed quite pretty and bubbly on the outside. But something didn’t quite smell right with her. It wasn’t her body odor persay, it was more like her magic smelled foul. It almost spoiled his never ending appetite. Though, his gaze fell upon Celestia quickly so that no suspicion would be cast upon him. “So, I was told you wanted to see me?”.

Celestia nodded with a rather serious look on her face. Her eyes intensely staring at Aku. But, not filled with anger or suspicion. “I had a feeling that you going through the barrier would have shattered a part of it, but not such a large portion. Your body certainly nullifies large portions of magic when it comes into contact with it.” Aku stuck his hands in his coat pockets and shrugs lightly. “Well, not like I intentionally want to destroy the thing. Your kingdom obviously has it up for a reason. I suspect that is why your student has been upset with her brother and this decision he has made. And telling her by a simple letter.”. He looked around the room and noticed that it looked like nothing has ever happened when the explosion occurred. “Ah, I see that crater is gone as well..sorry about that.”

The third alicon cleared her throat before standing up from where she was sitting and approached him before starting to circle him. As she got closer, the scent of her magic got stronger which made him cringe internally. It was absolutely disgusting. He was surely convinced that something wasn’t right here with this ‘princess’. But, it wasn’t any of his business. “Ah, so this is the infamous ‘Magic Eater’ I have heard my dear fiance speak about. You know. For a nonpony, he is quite handsome. And his abilities seem quite useful as well! I bet he’d be a fine infiltrator for the guard, Auntie Tia.” Aku could feel her lean in closer to him. It sent shivers up his spine, and not in the good way ”Get the fuck away from me! Good god you fucking stink!” he screamed in his mind. Though he plays it off by taking the compliment with a smile and even teasing back. “Careful there, I don’t think your husband-to-be would be very happy hearing you say that.”

The alicorn laughed and stood in front of him. “And if I remember, your name is Aku. A rather strange yet alluring name to be sure.’. Aku arched a brow, but then stuck his hand out to offer her a handshake. She was about to grab his hand but then pulled back quickly before curtsying to him. “And I am Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. It is a pleasure to meet you.”. Once the pleasantries had been dealt with, Celestia and Luna took Aku into one of the more private rooms to discuss why that had brought him here during the wedding. Cadence makes her way outside of the room to go and meet up with her fiance. Though she was shaking furiously under her happy facade. ”He is going to be a problem, I need to get rid of him somehow before tomorrow or my plan will crumble immediately…” she thought to herself.