"Is this wise?" TA even if they shared one mind, one mentality his or its prime directive was to doubt. During the parallel tests they did on the Yuuki Terumi, he proved sometimes to be….uncooperative. The idea proposed by TB was in a sense very sound, humans as was the form to be given to the Yuuki Terumi were prone to making connections and other logical human interactions such as love, empathy and, companionship. Humanity has proven to be controllable, as such TB proposed to add if not outright force Yuuki Terumi into having the ability to love and feel empathy while keeping his original design in mind. The adding to his personality would in theory at least make him a more controllable asset to their ultimate goal to destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.
"Yes our test are inconclusive with the normal Yuuki Terumi as our agent, I perceive adding this more human element will make him more controllable. Allow him to from a connection and send him to the prime time line." TB explained the rest of the collective hummed in agreeance. TA shared his information and the rest replied with their own share and an agreeance was reached, the Yuuki Terumi would have empathy and love.
Yuuki Terumi awoke in a situation that pissed him off to no end. The Black Beast had just spread its damn Siether into the world and disappeared. Hands in his pocket he walked out of the alleyway he had hidden appeared into. From what he remembered or at least that damn Takamagahara system allowed him to remember they saved him from being damaged beyond repair but Relius Clover was swallowed by the Cauldron. Looking at the streets he tried to find his Barings into where he was. He was in the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi, and the fact that he could smell the fear in the streets as people walked around, The Black Beast had only recently disappeared. Looking up he saw a newly minted airship fly with a man droning on in a megaphone.
"The Orbis Librarius Norma is here to protect you, even now weapons are being made to combat the evil of the Black Beast! Do your part and join. Become the hero that humanity needs." Terumi scoffed and walked down the street slinging his yellow hood over as the dark sky crackled and signaled rain. Stopping by a crossing, some cars passed by before he reached Kagatsuchi port. Airships where everywhere coming in and out with heavy NOL security, shrugging he walked to the nearest NOL airship stopped at the door.
"Hey stop there this a Librarius military airship. State your name and purpose" Terumi growled and leaned forward.
"Who do you think dumbass? I'm Yuuki Terumi" Terumi said and the right guard looked nervous but the left one wasn't convinced.
"What? How am I supposed to believe that!?" he said and reached for his gun Terumi groaned he didn't really enjoying killing piss ants that weren't fun to kill.
"Because it is the truth, soldier" the two guards turned to see Relius himself stand on the open door of the airship. Terumi smirked and walked up the ramp. Joining his colleague the two found privacy in Reliu's private quarters where they sat down and Relius offered him a drink, Terumi agreed and with a snap of his fingers that doll of his Ignis served them tea.
"Thank you Ignis, you may leave" the doll bowed and disappeared in a flash.
"So…how did you know I would be here?" Terumi asked his finger sliding on the rim of his cup slowly.
"Hmm, an odd sense told me you would show up here after I returned from the future." Terumi hummed in thought the damn Takamagahara again was interfering with him. Well in the end he needed to regroup with him anyways more importantly how did he get another body? And how did get another body along with his spirit form being healed and…tampered with. Takamagahara really was pissing him off with their damn machinations.
"So how are we on the war?" Terumi asked, as he planned ahead. The Master unit was his goal destroying god…even if it wasn't his goal by his own choice the thought of killing god was very appealing after all.
"The Black Beast has disappeared and we are in the process of making Ars Armagus, most notably the Nox Nyctores Causality Weapons, to destroy the Black Beast using its own strength against it." Relius smirked as he explained the state of world affairs.
"The Librarius is gaining power further on, they and the Mages Guild are working hand in hand to create the Nox Nyctores weapons. Something I believe you should get your hands in one of them" Relius smirked.
"How many are they then?" Asked Terumi humming in interest. Weapons this powerful where bound to be fun to play with?
"Ten in development almost done…I take it you wish to get your hands in one" Relius chuckled with a smirk.
"Oh you bet, I do, so how can you get me one" Terumi smirked in glee his eyes looking predatory under his hood.
"That is entirely up to you Terumi, I already arranged to make you a student in the Mage Guild's academy, if you prove yourself a worthy student you might be chosen to wield the weapon….or offcourse you could always sneak into the Cathedral and take it. Though I recommend the first option. The Ten Sages aren't to be trifled with." Relius said and Terumi took the words to heart the man knew the Council better than him, might as well go with it.
"Fine so how am I getting there?" Terumi said sneaking in would be difficult.
"Now this ship is heading there, as I said I already arranged for you to be my student and personal assistant, Yuuki Terumi the creator of the Librarius isn't good so your name is Kazuma Kval." Terumi nodded and Relius from his desk gave him some papers and a uniform neatly folded for him to wear.
"Alright by the way what did you do with that body I asked from you when we were eaten by the Cauldron?" Terumi asked as he gathered the uniform student I.D and some books Relius provided for him.
"Ah yes, he was…reworked for another purpose, I used a sample from your ghost form to use as a back-up body should anything happen to yours" Relius said.
"Well that's bound to be useful still I rather keep from another "accident" like the last one. We nearly fucked all of humanity with that one" Terumi laughed not the least bit remorseful for that.
"Indeed, well your quarters are two rooms down from mine, if you need anything ask the private stationed before you" Relius said and Terumi took his things with him, exiting Reliu's quarters the two guards outside saluted and Terumi promptly ignored them heading for his room. The room had Spartan accommodations despite being an officer's room, a desk with a personal terminal a closet and a television for viewing.
"Well let's try and remember my "name" and break out the old magic" Terumi said and took his coat off remembering his most useful spell he cast it the bindings on his arms unwrapping themselves and wrapped themselves up on the desk. Tossing himself into the bed Terumi turned the television on as he mentally went over the magic he knew. Terumi wasn't a half bad mage at all in fact he considered himself in the level of the Ten Sages. If he wanted to he could show off and show them where the pecking order lied. At the same time he needed to make his act convincing so he needed to fit in with the student persona and come off as gifted at best. Terumi grumbled as he watched the television bored already.
"The cases of Seither poisoning increases all over Eastrn Asia as the countries with the highest population are suffering casualties after casualties. The remants of the Black Beast as well continue to push against Lirbarium forces across the globe prompting us to wonder, how far are we from the return of the Black Beast" The reported ended with some anti-Librarius protestors about the state of military control gripped the world. The news saying the Black Beast could return at any moment was hardly helping the situation. Not that he minded the chaos would only be all the more enjoyable to savior. Then again even now he could feel his power wither little by little, as humans abandoned hatred for fear. Fear of death and fear of the return of the greatest evil they knew.
"Weak shit, if they knew my blunder made that thing man there would be hell to pay" Terumi laughed with a smirk. Before falling asleep turning the television off tired of all the depressing shit they kept playing from, memorial services among other things for the lost lives. In the twilight between consciousness and sleep he vaugly felt odd, a pain in his chest and unbeknownst to him this feeling was pity, giving way to empathy the modifications done to him beginning to take effect in a small and inconsequential way. As quickly as it came it left and Terumi was fast sleep in a dreamless sleep.
The Airship arrived at Ishana the last true safe refuge to humanity, even if the Black Beast returned today this is the one place still safe from its power that consumed all. Terumi just waltzed right into the city, with the airship docking by the Mage's Guild. In uniform Terumi looked himself in the mirror of the personal bathroom he found about after his sleep. However as he watched his reflection he found a problem he needed to correct. His eyes. Blending in would be difficult with his eyes, the golden orbs with cat like slits.
"Hmmm…" Terummi said and threw his head back and then forward his hair flopping forward over his eyes obscuring them from view. Looking at himself he was surprised by the transformation.
"Damn I look like some piss ant, pussy" Terumi grinned his smirk almost instantly destroying the docile image he gave off with his hair covering his eyes.
"Yeah little old me? Couldn't hurt a fly if I wanted" Terumi said laughing hand over his face, no he wouldn't hurt the fly he would crush it and then burn everything else for the fun of it! Exiting the bathroom he attached the black cape. A knock to his room alerted him of visitors and he opened the gate to see Relius dressed differently than before in a black suit with red tie and white shirt.
"Terumi? With that look you look rather…innocent" Relius said raising a brow even behind the mask Terumi could tell by the tilt of his head as he looked at Terumi in the uniform.
"Yeah well this is all part of the 'blending in' scenario, I just hope I don't have to stay too long here, I want that weapon like crazy!" Terumi smirked and walked out Relius walking next to him.
"Well Kazuma the moment we step off this ship we step off this ship it would be best to adopt a personality" Relius advised as they stood before the exit of the Airship.
"Right, right I got something in mind that won't bore me too much" Terumi said and as the gate's opened his smirk turned to an easy going smile as he put his hands in his pockets. The ramp lowered connecting it to the mainland and on further inspection Terumi saw there were a few people with long coats over what he assumed was the Mage's Guild uniform. At the head of them was a woman with pink hair and big witches hat. Tilting her head up Terumi saw it was the youngest mage to be made into one of the ten sages Konoe A. Mercury. She wasn't much as wearing but using her dark purple coat as a cape along with her dark purple uniform, blazer skirt and boots up to her thighs. Walking down with Reliu's he extended a hand which the woman if albeit cautiously took.
"One welcome back, what news do you bring of the Librarius?" Nine asked with a firm nod.
"Fear is the only news these days, the Remnants of the Black Beast continue's to gain ground although with the Ars Magus the Librarius has begun pushing back. However Seither poisoning is still a problem…it permeates the world too much, quite a lot of countries continue to brink on anarchy with their population being killed off by the poison" Relius calmly says, without pity, empathy or emotion in general. Terumi would have probably been a lot more colorful but he was now just Kazuma a student under Reliu's care.
"Whos is that?" a youthfulc voice asks and peeks from behind Nine brown-reddish hair and auburn eyes looking almost sickly sweet at him.
"Celica!" Nine scolded her shaking her head and closing her eyes cocking her hip to the side and putting her hand to it.
"Sorry I'm curious sister!" she smiled sweetly and Terumi rolled his eyes behind his hair and let Relius introduce him.
"It's quite alright Celica, this is my ward and assistant Kazuma Kval he shall be attending the Mage's Guild as he is quite gifted with magic" Relius explained calmly.
"Oh it's nice to meet you Kazuma!" Celica said as she approached him, doing so Celica paused as she walked up to him and offered her hand. She felt something off about Kazuma an aura around him that shifted and felt…wrong.
"Yeah sure, nice to meet you too Celica" Kazuma said with a grin. And shook her hand she snapped out of it but looked a little less enthusiastic than before.
"Celica, come on go back you have class remember?" Nine said although it wasn't much of a reprimand. Celica nodded glancing at Kazuma before trotting off.
"Sorry about that, we should go to the guild and discuss the progress of the Nox Nyctores" Nine said and Relius nodded and walked Kazuma following closely behind simply hearing their conversation. They spoke of the Ars Armagus, and the state of affairs as well as options on combatting the Black Beast when it is bound to reappear. The consensus was it would re-awaken in Japan once more, the country that was devastated and turned into rubble. The world using the Librarius was slowly pushing back even through all the fear the sparks of hope seem to drive humanity onward. Which was fine to Terumi, the Black Beast could prove useful into destroying the Master Unit with that kind of power.
"What of this Hakumen? Has he contacted you further?" Asked Relius and Terumi resisted the urge to groan. The one that had his Susano'o unit, no matter he could still use the power of it and there was always his Azure Grimoire. Reaching the Mage's Guild Nine turned to Kazuma and even she seemed to find him uneasy as she stared at him.
"No he's been investigating in japan for some time now…I haven't heard from him" Nine said
"Kazuma right?" Nine asked.
"Yeah that's me" Kazuma said shrugging his shoulders casually.
"Well you should be shown to your room, and as it happens we have here someone who can help you." From the building they arrived to in the Guild walked out another mage with a hood on her. Her face was tilted down as she clutched some books to her chest.
"Trinity" Nine said and the girl in question looked up, she had honey blond hair in pig tails with blue ribbons. The green eyes behind the spectacles where gentle and when they turned to Kazuma she looked at him with an expression Terumi couldn't comprehend, if he couldn't comprehend it he couldn't make Kazuma either. Still he figured might just retaliate as he should, so Kazuma lifted his hand and waved at her with a grin that seemed to becoming his trademark.
"O-oh hello nice to meet you Kauzam I am Trinity Glassfille. Konoe, what can I do for you" Trinity Glassfille said adjusting her glasses on her nose. Nine smiled at her friend motioned towards Kazuma.
"Mind showing him to his room? It should be room 666. Fourth floor" Nine said as she had gotten the paperwork from Relius sometime before his arrival.
"Oh yes please come this way" Trinity said as she walked towards him and used her hand to motion towards the building adjacent from where Relius and the Sages where heading to. Nodding to Relius Kazuma followed behind the quiet mage. In relative silence Kazuma after some time felt eyes so he turned his gaze to Trinity blushed and looked forward again clutching her books tighter to her impressive chest.
"Uh you okay?" Kazuma asked oddly feeling odd being stared at.
"Y-yes! I am" she replied rather hastily ducking her head down. She was shy for what he felt was a powerful mage. Her ability to manipulate magic could be felt even to him, still she was an awkward girl wasn't she?
"Okay so how do I go about getting books here I want to catch up on my offensive magic" Kazuma said to her.
"O-oh you like to read too?" Trinity sounded excited at the prospect and for no other reason he simply agreed.
"It passes the time man I've read almost six hundred books by now" a truth when he was experimenting with the Cauldrons quite a bit of waiting had to be done so to pass the time he read, and he read quite a number of books from magic to science to fiction to keep the boredom at bay.
"Ah that is impressive, where do you find the time I have read two hundred myself" Trinity says as they stopped just in front of the elevator on the fourth floor. Kazuma rubbed the back of his neck with a smile playing his part and he figured befriending someone close to a sage would put two sages in his pocket to get chosen to use one of the Nox Nyctores weapons.
"Thanks but if I got this much time in my hands I must be pretty unpopular" Kazuma joked with a laugh. Trinity shook her head smiling at him with her gentle demeanor giving away to excitement at talking with him.
"No, not at all you must just be very into your magical work" Trinity said fidgeting with her stance a little. Terumi smirked inwardly she really was getting into him it might be easier to get in after all.
"If you say so Trinity, mind if I call you by your first name?" Kazuma asked with a shrug.
"Oh not at all please I would prefer It if you did" She blushed looking down again fidgeting with her books. Kazuma smiled and nodded in agreement and was amazed by his own ability to look like a normal boy.
"Well I suppose I have kept you long enough come let's show you to your room you must be tired from such a long journey" Trinity said and walked forward with Kazuma not far behind. The young man followed and his body felt light as they walk in this new silence as he found her precense wasn't…unwanted an odd feeling he wasn't used to. It wasn't at all like when he was with Relius a man he could consider a fellow colleague in the interest of science and ally to achieve a mutual goal. His precense was a mere constant to him nothing more nothing less. He helped him and he returned the favor. Walking by his new home for the time being Kazuma turned to Trinity who in turn smiled a bit less shyly at him. Extending his hand he seemed to have caught her off guard as she jumped a little and dropped her three books. Clumsy was his thought as he knelt to help her pick them as a kind man should. So in a cliché fashion to Terumi's mind their hands touched when they reached for the same book his hand slightly rougher from handling his butterfly knives. Her hand was incredibly soft to the touch and Terumi not Kazuma ended up making a mental note of keeping that information to heart. The thought was so foreign to him he actually recoiled his hand back quickly from Trinity's.
"S-sorry about that" he apologized before she felt offended and his chances of befriending her took a hit.
"No uhm thank you for helping me and sorry for dropping my books in the first place" Trinity apologize as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as she stood clutching her books to her chest once more. Kazuma shook his head rubbing the back of his hand with a chuckle.
"Its fine I might have moved a little hastily and caught you off guard is all" Kazuma said the hand that touched hers in his pocket.
"Well let's try this again shall we?" Trinity said and offered her hand, un-pocketing his hand he clasped hers watching his strength as her more gentle hand squeezed his. Again he felt the softness of it and Terumi's mind wonder how the hell did someone kept their hands so bloody soft. So mesmerized by her hand he didn't noticed the flustered Trinity as he held on to her hand for longer than she had expected.
"I-is something the matter" Trinity said blushing red as Kazuma blinked and looked down to their hands clasped together.
"Oh no sorry" Kazuma said smiling but made no motion to let go of her hand.
"Y-you can let go now" Trinity said with a smile as she looked at him and Kazuma realized his hand was still in hers and he let her go with a laugh.
"Sorry about that your hands are just so damn soft I couldn't help it" Kazuma said laughing.
"T-they are!? I don't really take much care of them. Konoe always says I need to take better care of my skin" Trinity laughed at her friend.
"Well a lady is supposed to take better care of herself you know" Kazuma said shrugging casually as Trinity nodded again looking down trying to keep her flushed face from him.
"Well I will endeavor to do so if you as well think so as well" Trinity said excited for reasons Kazuma wasn't sure of but nodded none-the less.
"Well I should get some rest I am pretty tired thanks again Trinity" Kazuma said with a shrug.
"Yes please do and…well" Trinity said bringing her hand up to her lips covering them with her closed fist.
"If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask" Trinity said finally with a fond smile and taking her leave. Kazuma smiled and nodded entering his room his things set to be taken there later that day. Closing the door behind him Kazuma was forgotten and Terumi returned. Looking around his new quarters it held a bed with a wooden canopy with red covers. A vanity mirror with two folded uniforms waiting for him as well as a mages coat. A shelf for books empty something he would fix in his time there and a television of all things to have in a dorm. Terumi walked by the vanity sighed putting his hand to his face and slid it upward slicking his hair back again into his usual spiky self. Staring into the mirror his reflection reflected his slightly confused scowl, what the hell was happening to him to have trivial and just useless thoughts. Thinking on it just got him angrier because the only explanation he could perceive was the ever intrusive fucking Takamagahara system messing with him.
"Whatever so long as it doesn't fuck with my plans I don't care" Tired already Terumi kicked his shoes off and took his cape off and fell asleep.
Okay so while fairly new to the BlazeBlue universe I started playing with Chronophantasma. However I watched the story through Youtube, as well as the wiki. So with lots of study of the wiki I wanted to write this little….prologue if you will. This is something that I have been mewling around my head for a bit as when the Black Beast first appears. The Takamagahara system picks up the injured Terumi and tries to add a ittle more to make him more obedient to them….or it as it where. So Terumi has been "forced" If you will to have empathy and the capacity for love more to the point form human connections.
So yeah it's gonna be a Terumi x Trinity and I'm in the process of deciding a either Ranga x Noel or Ragna x Rachel…that's my peronal favorite at least. Ragna and Rachel is my favorite one but who knows...who knows.