Hi everyone! Welcome to the first item of a drabble series inspired by Vesperian-Ivia-Elemental's oneshot, Doppelganger.

First element of this series: Noelle decides to do her come-back…but methinks she could have chosen a better time. This drabble is born from my theory on why did Noel survived Noelle's attack in Doppelganger: Mu wanted Noel to stay the active tenant and so repelled Noelle's assault.

"Text written in roman" denotes someone talking in the real world, "Text written in italic" denotes someone talking in Noel & Noelle's shared headspace and "Text written in bolded italic" denotes someone talking both in the headspace and outside in the real world..

Disclaimer: BlazBlue and its characters are not my property, but are Arc System Works's. Noelle is Vesperian-Ivia-Elemental's property.

Before closing this author note, I'll thank Vesperian-Ivia-Elemental for her authorisation to use Noelle and for having served as my beta reader.

Please enjoy that story!

Noel was at the Cauldron, locked by an ars and she was quite perturbed with Hazama's revelations. "Yes, YES! That's that pretty face I wanna see! More…MORE! Feel the hate!"

And, naturally, the scene wasn't much better in Noel's headspace…"You know Noel, he's right. Being a pathetic push-over of a goody two shoes like you are only brought us harm and misfortune. If you had reacted to Jin's hate, Tsubaki wouldn't have believed you wanted her place in Jin's mockery of a heart. If you had left that blasted major to his devices, Hazama wouldn't have manipulated you. Let me out and I'll show you how you should have acted!", whispered Noelle to Noel's ears, in the bedroom that serves as their headspace while Noel is in control.

"U-ugh…N-no…I won't let you…You'll harm my friends…", replied Noel to her dark double.

"Ugh, all right, all right! Damnit. I won't hurt your stupid little friends — even though it's strongly appealing right now — okay? Unless you consider that poor excuse for a superior officer a friend. Jin will rue the day he crossed me!", said Noelle.

"Or should I start killing the people you care about? Hmm… Let's see… Maybe I'll do Tsubaki first… Or Jin?", said Terumi, oblivious to the conflict in Noel's mind, but not to her turmoil.

"You're pathetic, a wuss! You can't do anything right...Let me out and I'll stop him from ever harming those inferior losers you call your friends!", said Noelle, a taunting edge to her voice.

"Wha…!? I…I…can…save…them…", said Noel, more and more doubting herself.

"You wouldn't want me to do that, would you? You better hurry then!", said Hazama, taunting Noel.

"Ah…aaaah! I…I…can…I…can't", said Noel, finally giving up.

"Yes, you're right, you can't stop him. So let me out! I'll show you how to fight, I won't be as clumsy as you. We're a talented gunslinger and we were almost stopped by a boy playing with dolls! That should never have happened! Let me out and I'll show you what should have happened: I'll crush him like a bug!", ranted Noelle.

"No, I don't want it…I don't want this world! I don't know anything! Myself!", whimpered Noel, breaking down and retreating in the depths of her mind.

"At long last!" said Noelle, chuckling dazedly from her vantage point in Noel's headspace which was steadily crumbling into a grey void. "Your will is crumbling, my liberty is at hand! Ha-ha-ha! Finally!" She raised her apathetic gaze and looked over the area. "Hmm…time to redecorate too." she muttered to herself, while shifting the grey void into the dark forest which is her realm.

"Now…! Murakumo activate!", said Hazama, calling upon Noel's true self.

"What? What's happening?", said Noelle, frantically looking around her while her headspace was shifting to a white, featureless expanse with a blue light shining in the distance.

"Bolverk is breaking down and Noel will awake to her true calling. As for you…", said a cloaked girl shimmering into view, in all points similar to Noelle if it were not for her eerie blue eyes and the horns on her head. At a second glance, said horns are revealed to be part of her headpiece.

"Shut up! You won't deprive me of my freedom any longer! I will taste the world and you won't stop me!", said Noelle, rushing towards the girl, rage twisting her features.

"This world…", bitterly said the girl, shaking her head. Then, in a flash, she was suited in a light armor with wings of blades and, before Noelle's strike could connect, she caught her and trapped her in a cage of energy.

"No! You won't!", shrieked Noelle, frustration and a hint of fear plain on her face.

"This world of unending suffering…This world of everlasting torture…This world of endless despair…The world created by the hands of the gods…Everything is false, everything is a lie! The final days have come…Now, let everything be destroyed…starting with you!", said the girl, while unsheathing a flaming sword. Then, she vanquished Noelle with a heavy sword strike, "You fulfilled your role pitiful being, you weakened my shell. Now, it is time for me to destroy the world so that I, at last, can die.". And with these words she faded out of this now empty headspace.

Perhaps next time Noelle won't attack when Mu is just behind her gunning for the exit…

Before leaving, some information on the series: its name comes from the fact that neither Noel nor Mu are quite the landlord of the Eye of the Azure's body: at best, Mu is the former landlord who got knocked out for a long time by Take-Mikazuchi — to the point of losing her claim to ownership — and Noel is just acting landlord.

This drabble series will star Noel Vermillon, Mu-12 and their doppelgängers: Noelle — Noel's doppelgänger and an OC of Vesperian-Ivia-Elemental, who stars in this drabble — and Mu's as of yet unnamed doppelgänger, who might make her appearance in the next entry.

I'll stop that rambling author note, thank you for reading and ask you to please review. Goodbye *bows and exits*