It was a hard, long day for the Commander.

There was so much tension going on with his army as they were assigned the task of bringing down their enemy's flying ship known as "White Base". Housed within that ship was a powerful Mobile Suit weapon known as a Gundam, and it was up to him and his team to stop them before they reached Jaburo, a station in South America.

This was the every day task that Char Aznable has been faced with for some time now, and he could only wish that he could get his tasks done quicker so he could be at peace once again. His only solitude he would get was the small chances he would get to rest up, as he managed to on this one particular day as his crew was stationed in a floating red armor vessel in a harbor in Zeon territory.

He had told his men that he would resting up for a few hours and to inform him if they spotted White Base on their radars. It was enough peace of mind to know that he could remove his uniform, which revealed his white tank top and grey boxers, as well as his mask, which further showed his elegent blue eyes and wavy blonde hair. He sighed as he rested on the bed, looking upwards towards the ceiling.

When would he be able to be at peace?

Who was the pilot of that Gundam?

And the most looming question his entire life:

When will he get his revenge?

He tried to cast away his worries as he let his eyes close. Slowly, his thoughts drifted away as he began to gain his inner peace...

...

"GAH!"

His eyes opened immediately as he heard one of his men ambushed by what sounded like a hard punch. He heard several more sounds from them as it sounded like they were being punched some more and even thrown to the wall hard.

He got to the corner immediately, grabbing his pistol from the side of the wall.

Someone from the Federation must of spotted their vessle. But how did they manage to infiltrate their territory so well? It made no sense at all!

The door busted wide open and as he saw the figure walk up, he holstered the gun towards the person.

"Don't move..."

However, his eyes showed confusion as he saw what appeared to be...

A cat... human... girl?

The girl, whom was in a large black trench coat, black hair with 2 bangs to the side of each of her green eyes and a ponytail for her long hair, did indeed seem like a cat girl with her brown fur replacing what should be human skin and a tail that swooshed left and right, like a cat seeking it's prey.

Her eyes gave a side glance to Char as she gave a small smirk, raising her arms up slightly.

"Who... or what are you?" Char questioned as he got up, gun still pointed at the girl.

He felt a chill down his spine. The girl smiled a bit more, deviously even, as she muttered:

"Gotcha!"

WHACK!

The sudden impact he felt on his neck was unlike any blow he ever felt before, even though it clearly felt like it was coming from the base of a sword. He should have sensed this attack far sooner, but the being somehow managed to sneak behind him, completly disallowing his Newtype abilities from sensing this unknown foe.

He didn't even have a chance to ask why as his vision blurred and fell to the ground. As he blacked out, he could only see this unknown foe grab his body and carry him. He would not know where, as that's where he would completly black out.

SnS
Written by: CG
Co-Written by: CP


Chapter 01:
The Great Escape! The Force of Justice VS The Insanity of Freedom!

Part 1

"Char, baby, wake up..."

He felt his cheek being smothered by fur as his eyes slowly opened back up. He began to notice that he was inside what seemed to be an ancient dungeon of sorts, complete with grey brick walls and a small window on the corner that billowed out light from the sun. As he looked to see whom was rubbing him, it was clear it was the same girl he just saw a while ago. Or at least, it seemed like it was a while ago.

"Oh goodie, you're awake!" She exclaimed, smiling with glee and staring at his eyes with awe, her tail swooshing left to right in excitement, "Oh, I want to know SO much about your personality!" Her eyes then started looking around his whole body as she continued "Well, you seem to be like a less attractive version of Zechs... without the long hair. The outfit you were wearing could really use a makeover too, and that gun looked SO dated on you. If I just get you a new gun and a better outfit, though, then I'm sure I could..."

After ranting for some time, she FINALLY noticed the utterly disturbed and confused look his face was giving.

"Sweety, why are you frowning?"

He was lost in thought. What... kind of prisoner did he just become?

"SHOOT! I almost forgot!"

Her furry hands plucked a single strand of hair from his sideburns, which made him wince a bit, "What are you-"

She gave him no chance to ask as she darted up the stone stairs, "Don't worry, Char-ry-kins! I'll be back soon!". She then opened the door and closed it shut. He tried to race up against her, but as he tried to open the door, it was clear it was locked. He slammed his head to the door and sighed, "Perfect. I can't believe this meer girl could-"

"She ain't no mere girl", a male voice in the shadows spoke. Char got on a defensive position, unable to feel his gun that he had on him as the voice continued, "That creature is Rose Angel. A cat girl as you can plainly see. Dangerous as hell." A slight chuckle was heard, "... watch your back, newcomer. I pity you."

"Who's there!"

The mysterious person emerged out of the shadows, closer to the light to show himself as a man whom had short blond hair with a long grey trench coat and a scar on his face.

"The name's Seifer Almasy. And you better calm down. RA doesn't like her bishounen hurting each other... well, at least not TOO much." A slight smirk grew on his face as he side glanced at a particular person as an example. As Char focused his eyesight to see the person he was looking at, he could see a brown-haired man, about the same age as Seifer, wearing a black jacket with a furred collar and leather pants. His bangs covered his face at first, but when his eyes looked up to see Seifer, it was clear he too also had a scar.

"Come on, Squall, don't tell me that little fight STILL has you weakened so much!"

He showed a sense of enragement, but Squall said nothing as he lowered his head once again.

What kind of twisted dungeon was this? It made absolutely no sense to Char as he walked down the stairs.

"Can someone help me down from here!"

Both Char and Seifer looked at the direction of the ceiling, where the voice was coming from, to see a man whom looked somewhat similar to Seifer (Sans the scar) tied up from the wrists above the ceiling. Seifer remarked, "Aw, god damn, Shinra boy! Don't tell me she tied you to the rafters AGAIN!"

Angrily, he replied, "She made me take off my SHIRT this time so she could spray cold water on me!"

Seifer shook his head. Despite being her first capture, he would think that Rufus Shinra would've been use to this torture by now, "How am I going to get you down this time, pansy?"

"I don't know, how about you use your GUNBLADE!"

Seifer chuckled, "I don't know... you know what happened the last time I tried to use it. Almost sliced your face off."

"I know..."

"Are you sure you want to risk that, Shinra?"

"Yes..."

"Are you absolutely su-"

"JUST DO IT ALREADY!"

Meanwhile, in her own room upstairs with various posters, wall scrolls and action figures of various bishounen from anime and video games, was Rose Angel, whom was typing up a storm with a large computer in front of her. As she was analyzing various data that was being shown in front of her, a particular silver-haired bishounen with a black trench coat and a very long blade floated down next to her.

"NYAH!"

Rose Angel couldn't help but scream as she suddenly noticed him, "OH MY GOD, I told you not to do that, Sephiroth!"

Sephiroth slightly smirked, enjoying the scare he gave to the girl. However, as he noticed her inputting data, his curiosity brought him to ask, "What are you doing?"

She turned around and continued her work, "Cloning again. Corolect is really uping the income on clones right now."

"Why is that?"

"The less travel we all have to do to multiverses, the better. Especially with SnS increasing their hunt on us as of late."

"Ah..." With those questions answered, Sephiroth decided to get another thing off of his chest, "I have a request of you, woman."

She sighed, "What is it this time, Seph?"

"Seph..." He snorted at the nickname. He was never too fond of it. Nonetheless, he continued, "I request that you allow me to fight that new capture."

"We just went through an army of soldiers not even like two hours ago."

"They were not enough. Besides, I thirst for a challenge..."

"Then use the simulator program that we have installed here to kill people or something."

"I thirst for a REAL fight, not artificial."

"No."

"But-"

"NO."

"But I-"

"NO!"

He showed a sense of frustration as he looked at a silver ring that was on his right index finger. This seemed to infuriate him more as he stomped the ground in anger. Rose Angel couldn't help but snicker slightly at Sephiroth's misfortune.

Back in the basement, Rufus (Whom was finally let down from the ceiling), Squall and Seifer rested their backs on the stoned walls, with Char doing the same on the opposite wall. The Zeon soilder wanted to see if he figure it all out from the explanation the 3 men have given him, "So... This Rose Angel... She 'glomps you, huggles you, hurts you', and various other assortments of love and torture... because she adores you?"

Rufus nodded in confirmation, "Precisely."

"And this 'Sephiroth' is her bodyguard?"

"Right."

"And there is no escape?"

Seifer forced a laugh, "HA! Even if you DID manage to escape with all the traps and mazes this place has, you wouldn't be able to last for long as long as that ring is attached to your finger."

Char raised an eyebrow as he looked at his right hand. Sure enough, on the index finger, there was a silver ring, embedded with various characters on it. Seifer continued, "That ring is the Corolect Capture Ring. It's place on any person who's captured by the Corolect Capsule or placed on by a Collector. With that ring, your abilities are limited and you can't even raise a single finger to even harm a strand of hair on your capturer. Not to mention you'll always have a trace on to remove it is pretty much useless as well, as it's hard bound onto your DNA."

"What if someone were to cut their finger off, though?"

"Sephiroth already tried that." Squall remarked, eyes lowered down, "But the ring protect the finger itself from even being cut. The only way the ring can be removed is if the capturer in question removes it."

Char shook his head in disbelief, "I can't believe this... and this 'Corolect'... what is it?"

Rufus answered this inquiry, "Corolect is a group of pirates whom are into 'Bishounen Collecting', as they call it, sharing the same qualities as Rose Angel. Considering their methods are illegal in this world, they're always on the hunt from an organization called SnS, whom seems to act as the law enforcers here. Beyond that, there's not much else we know about SnS or what this world even is." The man gave a smirk as he waved his hair, "Though I have to admit, it does feel a bit honorable to be admired by someone." His smile then quickly turned to a frown, "I can't say the benefits behind such love is all fun and games, though... as you saw with my situation..."

Seifer sighed as he twirled his Gunblade, "Shinra's got a point. It's so bad that we don't even know what the outside world really looks like beyond these walls. Though, to be honest, it really isn't that-"

"Well, I am certainly not going to be trapped here like some type of animal! I have to at least try!" Char forced himself off the wall as Seifer simply chuckled, "Suit yourself. But beware of Sephiroth. While RA likes to avoid her bishounen from getting beaten to hell and back, Sephiroth seems to be the only rule breaker."

"And he's got that Muramuse too." Rufus said, "That sword is deadly. Just ask my father. Although he's not around anymore... which is a good thing."

Char gave a cocky smirk, "A weapon such as a sword is no match for a trained soldier such as myself, whether my abilities are limited or not." He then nodded at the three, "Gentlemen. Thank you for your assistance."

Rufus looked at Char as he walked up towards the stairs, brought out a lock pick that he found earlier and unlocked the door, out of the basement.

"He doesn't know what he's getting into..."

High above the blue skies, a flying crystallized ship of sorts was racing through the air at high speeds. It was so high up in the skies that no living being could see it from the ground below. As it continued onwards, the woman who was in command of this ship, despite showing no control of it by hand, stood proudly in the shadows.

However, her attention was grabbed when she heard a jingle play in a device that was next to a floating table next to her. As she grabbed it and pressed the screen, a young teenage boy appeared on the screen with black, spiky hair and a black tank top shirt with brown eyes.

"Hey!" He exclaimed, "Where are you?"

"I'm on my way to take care of that new capture you talked about."

His eyes blinked... and then he face palmed, "I thought we agreed we'd come up with a game plan first BEFORE we rushed into these things."

"I'm sorry, Seif, but it's too boring no matter where I go right now." A devilish smirk formed from her face, "I gotta create some chaos so I can satisfy that boredem."

"You CAN'T underestimate RA, though!" Seif said with concern, "We haven't even analyzed what kind of traps, guards or what not she has! The last forces we took care of were simple enough, but I know her; She won't simply leave her fortress unguarded!"

A chuckle could be heard from the woman as her yellow eyes focused more towards view seen through a window of sorts that showcased a large, dignified fortress, with a large moat around it and an energy barrier barely viewable around it.

"Then this will just end up being more fun for me... now won't it?"

"Wait, you have to-!"

She pressed the screen on the bottom and the video feed was cut off, as she laid the device to rest on the floating table once again.

Back at where the teenage boy was calling towards the woman in question (with his Key Tool, looking more different than it looked when he was a kid), he sighed as he grabbed a white jacket with insignias on both sleeves. With a quick whisk of the jacket, he put it on, then looked towards his Digimon partner, Patamon, "Start up Rose and get her engine warmed up." He then looked ahead.

"We're going to have to proceed with our mission a lot sooner."

Char continued to sneak down the corridors of the huge fortress, constantly keeping his guards up. The corridors themselves were covered with a red carpet with tan wallpaper and various pictures of art and bishounen all around. Char then stopped as he eyed the wallpaper, "... this is quite odd... I could've sworn there was a picture of a man with a cowboy hat on this just a moment ago..." He raised an eyebrow... then noticed that there was an open door right next to this wallpaper in question.

He felt no need to check this door... and yet, some sort of instinct brought him towards walking to this door. He stepped inside to look. However, the door immediatly closed and dissapeared behind him, covering the room in darkness.

"Oh! Who has disturbed my beautiful slumber!"

A prissy voice was heard in the darkness. The ruffling of a bed, as if getting off, as well as footsteps, were heard. Then, a set of curtains were pulled away to reveal the sunlight which bathed in the room. Char could only see a shadow of the person whom was speaking. He assumed at first that it may have been a woman, but the figure of the person, as well as judging the voice a bit more, confirmed to him that this was likely a man... a feminine man but a man nonetheless.

"You! The new one! How did you get yourself upon my marvelous lair?"

As the sunlight's rays got less blinding, Char noted what seemed to be a vanity desk with various make-up items and accessories on it. He looked back at the person and soon found out as his eyes adjusted that the person was indeed a man... a silver-haired bishounen-kind of man to be more specific. Regardless, he responded, "I suppose you could call me 'The New One'... but my name is Char. Char Aznable. And you are?"

The bishounen smiled and bowed elegantly, "My name is Kuja, and I am the Head Stylist of Miss Rose Angel's Fortress. But never mind that!" Kuja then yanked a bit and went over to the vanity desk, "Were you sent by her? She wanted me to do her hair later on." He then brushed out his gorgeous silver hair. Then, he plucked in his feathers, "She likes my taste, you know."

Char was being even more confused and disturbed by this place the more time he spent here. "If I may say... you are quite feminine."

Kuja smiled and made a curtsy, "Why thank you!" He then puckered up his lips and cleanly slided on the lipstick. "I consider make-up an art, really. To be frank, I didn't see this as my true ambition until Miss Rose Angel brought me here one day. How about you?"

Char was astonished. His face was more than enough proof of this. But he quickly became calm, "I... was always under the assumption that make-up... was for women."

"Oh, come now!" Kuja said. He then got up and walked over to Char, grabbing his shoulders and pushed him to the vanity, "That's all wrong! ANYONE could wear make-up! Even just a tad touch up can bring out the true inner beauty of one person! Come!" He made Char sit down on the royal red chair, "Let me show you!"

"I'm sorry, but I believe I must be on my way-"

"Nonsense! It is a common procedure for every new member here to be given a brand new look by moi." Kuja's smile grew as he stated:

"So let Sir Kuja make you BEAUTIFUL!"

Meanwhile, as Rufus and Seifer played a game of Poker in the dungeon, a demented, terrified scream could be heard.

"He ran into Kuja?"

"Oh yeah."

Char quickly ran out of the door (Which, thankfully for him, somehow reformed) and slammed it behind him. He leaned against it, breathing heavily, "In all my years, I never..." He paused for a moment to wipe off the foundation and blush that was put on him in a matter of seconds, "I have to stay focused. I must escape..."

Kuja's voice was then heard on the other side, "You don't like my CREATION! 'Tis ART! 'Tis BEAUTY!"

"It was... an interesting experience, Mr. Kuja, but I'm afraid I'll have to decline your services."

Kuja mummered behind the door, "No one appreciates my work... Ah, only Miss Rose Angel loves me..."

Char then wiped the sweat off of his brow and began to walk away. However, he only managed to take a few steps before someone phased in out of nowhere behind him, back resting on the wall.

"If you're looking for a way out, then I know the way. But it won't be pretty..."

Char questioned as he turned around, going into a defensive stance, "Who are you!"

"Another voice! AND IT'S A GIRL! FINALLY someone else besides Miss Rose Angel that I can relate to!" Kuja said behind the door, "Are you here for a make-over too!"

The mysterious woman gave a smirk as she got off the wall, ignoring the voice behind the door. Revealing a yellow tanktop shirt with black jeans, she also seemed to have long blue spiky hair with two red earrings. She only needed one sentence to introduce herself:

"The name's Ryoko."

She then grabbed Char's hand and with all of her might, pulled him with her, "Follow me!". Then, to Char's utter surprise, they both flew down the corridors. He couldn't help but yell out a bit in surprise as they zipped down the hallways, going from right to left. Just when the process was starting to get a bit dizzy for the man, she brought out her hand and formed three small energy balls, throwing them at the upcoming wall and causing a pretty big explosion, allowing the both of them to drop down into what looked to be a pipe system. He yelled even more as they slid down the pipeline... and eventually exited out of the end of the pipe, right into a huge dark sewer.

Char landed on the side path on his butt, while Ryoko floated above. Ignoring the fact that this woman was floating in the air and the fact they were in a sewer of all places, he asked, "Where are you taking me?"

"Shhh."

Ryoko kept her finger to her mouth, which silenced Char. As he got up slowly, Ryoko brought back her hands, looking to the left and to the right as they both heard what sounded to be something rolling down a metal path.

Finally, they saw what looked to be a purple and white ball pop out from one of the smaller pipes. As it hit the ground, it broke open and brought out what looked to be several pieces of a figure of sorts, with a small brown base.

Ryoko no longer seemed to be worried, but instead seemed confused as she and Char walked up to the broken figure base.

"I suppose they dump out toys here too, huh?" Char questioned. Ryoko smirked as she grabbed the pieces, letting her playful attitude get the best of her, "Huh, I wonder what this is a figure of..."

As they walked down the corridors, she began to attach each of the bronze colored pieces. Meanwhile, though, Char questioned, "So again, I ask. Where are you taking me?"

Her eyes stayed glued to her task, "I'm going to take you back to your world."

Char stopped, surprised by what Ryoko said, "What do you mean 'Back to my world'?"

"You're no longer in your world. This is another world entirely called Entra."

He should've gotten the hint that something was amiss the second he saw so many out-of-this-world elements in this fortress, as well as with this girl too, and the out-of-context people he has met. But yet, it seemed so unbelievable to him.

"How are you going to take me back to where I come from then?" Char questioned the woman, "I can't even escape while I have this ring on my finger, and I can't even remove it."

"We already delt with one mission so far regarding a Collector from Corolect, and we managed to successfully free him as well. Don't worry, Seif and SnS have their ways of taking care of obsticles like that."

"But who is this 'Seif' and what is SnS?"

She stopped in her pace, while Char then questioned, "What is it?"

She looked at the completed figure in her right hand, with the base that connects to it in the left.

"Wait... I know this face..."

Suddenly, the base and the figure began to glow as they attached together on their own will. They floated away from Ryoko as the light got brighter and brighter, forcing Ryoko and Char to cover their eyes.

Her instincts then kicked in as she brought out a beam saber and struck a blade which was being thrusted downwards towards her.

Ryoko's eyes focused towards the man with the long, light blonde hair and large black trench coat, struggling to keep the blade from going more forward.

"You again, Ryoko?" The man spoke with a bored demeanor, "You are trying to help another escapee?" He shook his head as Ryoko finally forced him away, allowing him to land gracefully on the opposite end of the path, "I may have failed Lady Ria, but in the name of Lady Rose Angel, I, Alucard, will defeat you this time."

Ryoko smirked in response, "So that's how the capsule system works... heh heh... kinda beating myself for not noticing that sooner." She then thrusted her beam saber towards the mysterious bishounen, "Hey! Aren't you tired of being used as nothing but a tool, Alucard? Only being summoned when there's an intruder?" She then put her fists on her hip and gave a smirk, "Come on, why don't you come with us and I'll get you back home."

Alucard thrusted his sword towards Ryoko as well, "My home IS here, you vile old wench!"

Wench?

WENCH!

If there was one thing Ryoko absolutely hated, it was being called anything related to "old".

"Grrr... I'LL SHOW YOU WENCH, YOU ASSHOLE!"

Ryoko quickly thrusted forward at Alucard, slamming her saber down to the ground as Alucard quickly avoided the blow. He landed a few feet away from her and raised his arm, summoning a hoard of bats from behind him. They all proceeded to swarm around Ryoko while Alucard stated, "Your treachery will stop here and now."

Ryoko sliced through several of the bats and managed to successfully get through, lashing out yet another blow with her beam saber to Alucard's sword. As they kept exchanging blows, Ryoko could only continue to question why a simple blade such as the one Alucard was wielding was somehow managing to deflect a powerful saber made of pure energy like Ryoko's. She knew as these exchanges of blows were being dealt that neither of them would go anywhere fast.

She had to think of a weakness...

Meanwhile, back in Rose Angel's room...

"How about this? You let me go back in time with your devices so I can kill Cloud."

"No!"

"What will one pathetic universe count for the infinite amounts of multiverses that exist out there? Even you infiltrate them without a care in the world."

"I told you Seph, NO."

"Well then-"

Sephiroth then paused as his ears twitched.

Rose Angel asked, "What is it?"

Sephiroth responded as he listened carefully, "... footsteps running... someone is trying to escape..."

"Maybe someone just ran into Kuja by accident or something."

Sephiroth shook his head, "No... these are panicked."

"All of them are panicked when they run into Kuja."

"No, woman!", Sephiroth shouted, "I've heard footsteps like this many a time in my training in Soldier, and I know an escapee when I hear one!" He then immediatly dematerialized out. Rose Angel simply rolled her eyes and continued her work.

"... I got it!

After deflecting several blows from Alucard, she finally recalled how she won her last fight with this man: Apparently his weakness was water itself, as she remembered forcing him into a fountain during the last battle.

As she continued to back herself towards the flow of water, she used this as her chance. She ducked down and kicked Alucard over, into the water below. She smirked as she expected to hear Alucard cry out in agony like before and dissapear...

... however, he simply raised his head above the water with an unamused expressed.

"What! But how...!"

He then brought out his hand to reveal yet another ring on his middle finger, along with the Corolect Ring on his index finger, "Protection against the water elements. Lady Rose Angel got this for me in the event I would have to deal with this situation again."

"Damn it!", Ryoko exclaimed. However, as she looked around, she noticed that Char was nowhere to be seen, "Wait... where the hell did he... GRRRR!" She then looked at Alucard, quickly changing to a smile, "Hehehehe, well, sorry, but I got a blonde rat to find. We'll finish this later." She then quickly phased out.

Alucard was surprised, "Running away...?" He then simply backed his hard afterwards confindently, "Hmph... coward."

Meanwhile, Char was continuing to dash down the hallwall. He knew that this Ryoko person was claiming to be helping him, but he also knew that if he didn't move, he would be a sitting duck...

Suddenly, Sephiroth materialized right in front of Char, causing the Red Comet to smash right into him.

Sephiroth looked down as Char rubbed his head once again, "Going somewhere?"

Char looked up and recognized the man by the description his new found comrades gave him, "You are the Sephiroth they spoke of."

Sephiroth gave a slight smirk, "You're smart... for a mortal." He then grabbed Char by the neck and lifted him off the ground and into the air, forcing him to choke and gag, "I made a deal with the Cat Girl, so I'm bringing you back to her."

Char's eyes were wide open as he held onto Sephioth's arms. Why was it that he was not sensing all of these sudden attacks as well as he did before? This ring that he must be wearing must be affecting his abilities a lot more than he initially assumed. He felt intense pressure from the choke hold, nearly feeling himself black out once again.

Just then, out of the blue, Ryoko materialized in front of Sephiroth, giving a hard punch right into his gut. As he lowered his face from the blow with his silver bangs covering it, the grip was loose enough for Char to get out of, landing on the ground, barely on his feet.

Ryoko looked at Char and exclaimed, "Hurry and run! I'll catch up to you!"

Char nodded and dashed down the hallway once again. However, Sephiroth chuckled as he raised his head once again, "So, a demon fighting against another demon. This should prove to be interesting..."

Ryoko smirked as she replied, "... I'm always up for a challenge!"

As the fight between Ryoko and Sephiroth began, Char kept running down the brick hallway. Eventually, he leaned against the wall to rest briefly, breathing heavily. He kept looking at the silver ring that was attached to his index finger.

That silver ring.

He started to loathe it very much. It made him feel like he was a tagged animal. A weakened tagged animal.

He wanted to get back to his own world already.

If this "Seif" and "SnS" could somehow remove this ring for him, it would bring much ease to the stress he was feeling now. All he could do was continue to hope that they could help him... that is, if he could escape.

As he was racing in his thoughts, however, a particular blue-suited man walked down the hallway and looked at him. Char, not trusting anybody at the moment, tackled down the man and, with a shard of glass he managed to find earlier, drew it out to his neck, "Are you on her side!"

"H-Her?" The man questioned. However, he quickly figured it out, "You mean RA? No. I'm on neither side! I'm a neutral guy! Honest!"

Char grimaced at the opportunity as he brought the shard closer to his neck, "I'm not taking my chances right now with no one, so you will direct me to the exit. Please."

The man, now a hostage, simply sighed, "... I always seem to get into things like this..."

Back at Rose Angel's room, Sephiroth materialized once more as he seemed slightly weakened as he held his shoulder, "RA."

"WHAT?" Rose Angel said as she looked over the computer in an annoyed manner. Though she should be concerned about how Sephiroth looked, she's seen him in enough fights not to get too concerned.

"... Char is trying to escape. And Ryoko is helping him escape."

Ryoko.

She knew only one person who'd have Ryoko as a partner.

She sighed, "I see... no bishounen is allowed to leave here, unless it's by my direct orders. I have a reputation to keep with them after all; If one escapes, then all of them will try." She then got out her jacket once again and put it on.

"Get me the Gasha Shot. Ryoko will soon be mine."

Meanwhile, Char and his hostage, who earlier mentioned his name was "Reeve", continued to walk down the sewers, Reeve still having the shard of glass close to his neck. He pointed at certain directions whenever they got to a fork in the pathway. As they continued to walk down, Reeve decided to say for no reason, "You know, I helped RA design this place. I'm quite proud of it, really."

"Yes, it's lovely..." Char said sarcastically, "So you would be the one I would want to kill for this, then."

"Er-nevermind."

As they continued to walk down the hallways, Ryoko finally managed to phase in next to Char, although appearing a bit exhausted. Char had to ask, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, don't sweat it." She remarked, wincing a bit in pain, "Eh heh heh... maybe I underestimated him a bit, but once we're out of here, we'll be fine."

Char nodded respectfully, "I appreciate your help, Ryoko. I wouldn't have gotten this far if it wasn't for you. You too... Reeve, was it?"

Reeve was sweating as he pointed right, "Y... yeah."

They continued to walk a bit further until they came to a large, steel door. Char gave a sigh of relief as he flung Reeve to the side. As Char opened the door, however, Ryoko felt being kicked from behind by the man whom led them here, forcing her to tackle into Char and have both of them stumble into the room, with the door immediately shutting and locking itself.

All the while, Reeve sighed as he clicked his wristwatch, "RA? Do you copy?"

Her voice was heard from the wristwatch, "I suppose you took care of them?"

Reeve nodded, "I caught a glimpse of Ryoko before she arrived, so I set up Alucard's Capsule as a trap, then mislead them into your GF Chamber. They are definitely trapped. The walls are too thick for her to blast through and the GFs will keep them in line."

He could hear a sigh of relief from the intercom, "Good work, Reeve. A reward will await you... you're a grand spy."

Reeve once again nodded, "I'll provide you with the information I heard once I arrive to your room."

"No need. I'm going to head there personally to get Ryoko for my own."

Reeve quickly raised an eyebrow, "But I thought Corolect was only focus on Bishounen?"

He could hear a mischievous chuckle from the girl.

"There are more things we can capture than just Bishounen. Especially for experiments."

Part 2

Ryoko and Char both tried to open the door in the dark room, but they realized soon that they were completely trapped in. "Well this is just perfect...", Char muttered as he sat down on the ground. Ryoko smirked as she powered up several energy spheres, "Heh! I wouldn't count us out just yet!"

As she threw the energy spheres and saw them explode, leaving behind no opening at all, however, it was clear that they were indeed trapped.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, demon."

The low, growling voice brought a sense of fear to both of them as they backed up to the door. The glowing red eyes of a three-headed dog demon that they could barely see was seen in the darkness.

"What are you?" She questioned.

"We are the Guardian Forces" A being with wings named Siren explained as her body illuminated the room more, "And as soldiers of Lady Rose Angel's defense system, it is our duty to subdue you until she arrives."

Another being, this time a fire demon named Ifrit, appeared and spoke, cracking his knuckles, "So until then, we get to beat up little punks like you!"

Char could only look on in pure disbelief as he saw several demonic beings appear, ready to fight. He felt like this all had to be a dream. No way could he be encountering so many out-of-this-world monsters. It was clear that the only way HE could beat such beings was with a Mobile Suit... and even then, he had to question if that would have helped at all.

Ryoko seemed to keep her cool, despite the situation looking grim, "Heh heh, come on guys! Don't be so hard on us! Why don't you just let us go..." It was then that she gave a demonic smirk, "... before I hurt YOU all."

The water snake known as Leviathan hissed as he spoke in a slippery snake voice, "We cannot do that... We would disssssapoint the Massssster..."

A hoard of Knights, whom were known as the powerful Knights of the Round, appeared. They're leader stepped forward and proclaimed, "We shall defend our Lady's cause to the very end, demon! Prepare to be punished!"

They slowly started to back up to the wall as Ryoko got her beam sword out, "Last chance guys... let us go..."

The ice goddess known as Shiva spoke in an echoing, icy voice, "Truly, you should be afraid, darling Ryoko. I do not wish to harm you, but you leave us no choice..." An icy shard then slowly formed in-between her hands. Seeing that all the Guardian Forces were preparing their attacks, Ryoko focused hard as each of them prepared their attacks. Then, they all unleashed their powers, with Shiva unleashing her's first.

"HERE WE GO!"

Ryoko dashed right towards the attack and deflected it straight at Ifrit. Not seeing this sudden deflection, he was stabbed with the shard and sent down to the ground. Siren unleashed a wave attack towards Ryoko, but Ryoko pulled through and gave a hard elbow right to her neck, sending her down. All the Knights of the Round prepared to attack her once she stopped, but she simply phased out as their blades clashed with one another. She phased right back in and unleashed several more energy blasts right towards the Knights.

However, she barely was able to give a side glance as Cerebus thrusted his paw down to slam Ryoko to the ground, holding her down. Ryoko, weakened from the previous battle, was starting to feel the scars from it as she cried out in pain. Char tried to run to Ryoko, but Shiva immediately got in the way, putting a sharp ice shard right to his chin, ready to strike.

Ifrit managed to get up, weakened from the blow. However, his enragement fueled his energy as he looked at Ryoko, "YOU WORTHLESS WENCH! I'LL BURN YOU TO THE GROUIND!"

As he stomped towards Ryoko, she immediately braced for what she expected to be a long, LONG set of painful days... or just flat out close to death altogether.

But Ifrit stopped as soon as he, and all the Guardian Forces heard a sound. A very rocky, rumbling sound.

They stared the the direction of the sound as it got louder... and louder...

Suddenly, a crack was seen on the wall...

And out of nowhere, the crack exploded with a robot drilling out and punching Ifrit with a powerful metal fist, sending his body carening into the steel wall. It managed to quickly flip to the ground, drill right into Cerebus' face and grab Ryoko. Then, it careened itself onto Shiva, forcing her to the steel wall as well. This gave it ample time to turn it's drill hand into a normal hand and grab Char as well.

The actions were so quick that the Guardian Forces were barely given any time at all to attack, so they rushed right at the bot. However, as it threw both of them into an opening cockpit, and quickly shut the opening, it made it's last seconds count and dash right back into the hole it created.

"DO NOT LET THEM ESCAPE!" The leader of the Knights shouted as his men dashed foward, following the escapees into the hole.

Further inside the sewers, as Rose Angel got a capsule ball back together with her left hand (and her right hand now looking somewhat like an arm cannon), red lights were blinking all around with an alarm sounding off. Sephiroth raised an eyebrow as he looked up at the lights, "He made it out...?"

Rose Angel, furious as she could be, slammed her fist on the ground, "DAMN IT! How can this be!"

Sephiroth shook his head, "I can't imagine how they even made it out."

She quickly put the capsule in her jacket's pocket and ran down the hallway, and as Sephiroth followed her, she brought out her Key Tool attached to her right wrist (which seemed perfectly connected with the arm-cannon-like Gasha Shot) and pressed a few commands. Then she stated as her voice could be heard all around the base, "We got an escapee from the Guardian Force chamber! Repeat! We have an escapee from the Guardian Force chamber! I need every last men available to head outside RIGHT NOW! Let's move it, you bums!"

Rufus dropped his poker hand as he looked up in shock, "He... He made it out!"

Seifer, however, shook his head, "Even if Char made it outside, he won't get far. As long as he has that ring on his finger, they'll find him and bring him back. One way or another..." Seifer's eyes then glanced at something, "Hey."

"What?"

"I noticed your hand."

"Huh? DAMN IT!"

"Hm?" Kuja said, perplexed as he heard the announcement. "Oh! That Char fellow! Ha!" He then gave a salute, facing to the ceiling, "I wish you the best of luck!"

Meanwhile, inside a hanger separate from the fortress, a particular brown haired teen with a cap on and a braid behind him turned his head when he heard the alarm sounded. "Whoa! Aw yeah! Someone made it out! Kick ass, it's fight time!"

As the man ran down the hanger and opened the double doors, he saw before him three mobile suits. One of them was, of course, his partner: Deathscythe.

As he ran down the hanger and got up the staircase, he saw one of his partners run next to him, "Hey, Quatre!"

The yellow haired pilot nodded, "I know, Duo, I know! This Char fellow must know the kind ways of RA!"

Duo shook his head and sighed, "Well, I wouldn't say KIND, but... yeah. Do you think he wasn't told about the whole preparation the fortress was going through for Rose Angel's upcoming birthday? Maybe he thought the basement was where everyone was kept!"

Quatre shook his head as well, "Even if he was told this, I'm sure the negative qualities of Corolect was likely spoken to him by the likes of Rufus. If that was the case, then I would understand why he would think this place is unusual. But that is why he must know the full truth of this place and! Come on, Duo!"

"Right!"

Both pilots then got up to the top, jumped inside their Gundams as the eyes started to glow green. However, they noticed that the Mobile Suit in the center, which was a red Mobile Suit called Epyon, began to move before them. Duo quickly called out, "Hey, wait up, Zechs!"

The man with longer blonde hair than Char shook his head and smirked, "I feel like I need to get out there first before you two do... call it an instinct, if you will. I heard this man was similar to me..."

"I want to find out how exactly."

He then got on a platform and with it, darted out to the open skies.

As Rose Angel put aside her Key Tool, Sephiroth couldn't help but ask something he thought of, "RA."

"What?"

"Couldn't you ask for support from Corolect in the event he makes it outside our area?"

"WHAT! Are you kidding me!" She exclaimed, "The Captain would have a fit if she heard of my situation! It's our own responsibility to keep our Bishounen at bay! It's absolutely VITAL that we keep this between us! If she finds out I lost even ONE of my bishounen..."

"But they HAVE told you and all the other Corolect Collectors that if this situation happens, to contact them."

"I KNOW THAT!"

"So why must you keep this a secret from them if this is the case. Clearly if they told you to contact her if things get bad, then it's clear they do want to know."

Rose Angel face palmed as she looked back at Sephiroth, "Look. I KNOW they said we should contact them. But to me, it's do or die! The last thing I want to do is tell my head officer that I goofed up."

The cat girl kept her determined look as she looked forward:

"We CANNOT afford to lose Char."

As Ryoko and Char came to, they both realized they were inside the robot that saved them. Ryoko began to notice where she was in, but Char was confused as ever; It certainly looked like a Mobile Suit in a way, but at the same time.

"I see you two finally decided to wake up."

Char moved his head to see that a girl with brown hair and a spike on each side of her hair, with a pink clip on, as well as a pink outfit and two earrings that looked like skulls of sorts, was the pilot.

The girl's green eyes looked at Char and smirked, giving a thumbs up, "The name's Tron Bonne."

"Char Aznable. It's a pleasure."

"Wow, Tron!" Ryoko exclaimed in a sigh of relief as she looked at the girl from the other side of where Char was at, "If there was a time as any to be grateful that you're here for us, it's now!"

"Don't get too cocky yet, Ryoko." Tron commented as her eyes focused on the screen, "I'm picking up readings of an alarm set off. Almost everyone in Rose Angel's fortress knows that we're trying this operation now."

Ryoko rolled her eyes as she placed her hands behind her head, "Well that's just fantastic..." She then felt a jolt of pain down her shoulder, which brought her to hold onto it. Tron gave a side glance, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah... just fantastic..." She said sarcastically. When she looked at her hand, she noticed that she got a bit of blood on it. Tron then reaffirmed, "Don't worry. We'll be at the rendezvous point with Seif momenta-."

Suddenly, the entire robot shook violently and then a huge g-force brought them to the side of the consoles.

"Whats going on Tron!" Ryoko shouted. As the shaking finally stopped, Tron winced as she got back to her seat and brought up her monitors to see the mecha raised high above the ground by a large hand. When they looked to the side, they saw what looked to be a dark red mecha."

Char's eyes narrowed as he looked at it, "It's a Mobile Suit."

Both Tron and Ryoko looked at Char with confusion as another monitor popped up, this time showing Zechs.

"Sorry to cut your escape parade short, but we cannot allow any of our members to escape."

Tron got off her seat and raised her fist, "WHY YOU...!"

"Now now, no need to get fired up." Zechs remarked, cool smile and all, "If you all stay calm and don't do anything rash, maybe I can convince Miss Rose Angel to go easy on you and let you go."

As Tron showed much anger, however, she felt a hand placed on her shoulder. She looked to see that it was Char, whom kept a determined face.

"Let me pilot this robot for a moment."

"What!" Tron shouted out loud, "But this is MY mecha! I can't simply let you-"

"Trust me. I'm an excelled pilot with these sort of things in my world."

Tron kept looking at Char for a while before she sighed and nodded, moving out of the way so Char could sit down.

"Well, I see the notorious Char Aznable is in the driver seat now." Zechs remarked, "But I have to wonder what you're going to do in such a small, puny mecha."

Char smirked as he muttered one phrase:

"Don't underestimate me."

It was at that moment that an electro whip emerged from the right hand of the Bonne Mecha, wrapping around the huge hand that was grabbing it and gave it a huge electric shock. With the shock generating enough power to overload the hand, the Mecha managed to free itself and swung down to the ground, where it proceeded to unleash all of it's energy weapons at Epyon's green orb chestplate while running backwards. Epyon threw it's whip, and yet Char was able to dodge it (albeit barely). A huge fist was thrusted right towards the Bonne creation, but another jump was all Char needed to do to get on top of it and run down, continuously blasting right at the green orb.

"What's your plan?" Tron asked as she looked on with determination. Char, with similar emotions, replied, "The cockpit on that Mobile Suit is as clear as day. If I shoot at it enough, it should create enough of a weakness to strike it with the drill weapon installed on this."

Ryoko scratched her head a bit and chuckled, "Wow... even for me that'd be a bit bloody."

Char smirked in response to this comment, "Well, when you're brought between a life or death situation, it's kill or be killed."

The machine gun from the top of Epyon's head continuously blasted right at the Mecha, despite doing slight damage to it's own arm. The Bonne's Mecha then did a leap of faith right towards the cockpit, it's left fist now ready to drill right into the orb.

Char felt like it was weak enough to go for a finishing blow: "HERE'S OUR CHANCE!"

As it struck however... it became clear that it was NOT weak enough. It took about 2 seconds before Zechs gave a cocky smirk and punched the Mecha down with it's own fist. The shock was unbelievable as it nearly knocked out Ryoko and even Char (Tron wasn't as lucky). Circuit was exploding and a fair amount of smoke was billowing out from the mecha.

Char raised his head slowly, clearly showing a bit of bleeding from his forehead from the resulting blow. It was no use. As long as that stupid ring of his was still attached to his finger, EVERYTHING he would do would be all for naught. He felt some logical instincts kick in, but if his actual abilities were still intact, he would've been able to dodge that blow with no problem.

And as he felt himself black out once more... he knew it was over for him.

"CHARRY HONEY BUNS!"

He felt his body getting slammed by a lightweight force, forcing him to wake up. He saw the same cat girl he was trying to escape from huggle him to death, "OHHH I WAS SO WORRIED YOU ALMOST ESCAPED US! BUT IM GLAD YOU'RE HERE!" He continuously felt the cat girl's fur rub on his face once again. But as he looked around his surroundings, it was clear he was still outside of the fortress, the intimidating Epyon next to them, with it's foot on top of the mecha he was trying to pilot. He saw that Sephiroth, Duo and Quatre had Ryoko and Tron pinned down, their hands tied behind their back.

His allies... that were trying to escape...

His attempts to escape.

Char couldn't help it.

He was getting very agitated... and then...

"WHAT THE HELL IS WITH YOU, WOMAN!"

Her eyes looked at him with a hint of surprise as he ranted off, "You capture men for your own PLEASURE and you go through all of this mess, these fights, just to keep ME! WHY! Do you even UNDERSTAND what I have been through my entire life! By you doing this, you're ruining everything that my life has been leading up to! If I don't go back to my world, I'll NEVER be at peace! The tyrants who took away my life..." His fist began to shake a bit as he looked at it, "...Artesia's life..." He then looked back at the girl and shouted:

"YOU MUST LET ME GO!"

As the cat girl looked at Char for a while, he was beginning to wonder if he managed to get through to her. How this wasn't just a game to him. That all of this craziness, all of this wackiness... this was all pointless to him. Childish even.

"Nope!"

His eyes opened in shock as he saw the girl smile, "I think you'll be much better with me and the other bishies in my fortress."

This girl...

It was like trying to talk to a kid!

It was useless as he saw the cat girl walk towards the hostages and pointed the arm weapon on her wrist at Ryoko, "And I'll make sure there's no more distractions by making Ryoko an honorary top guardian of my Bishounens!"

Ryoko smirked as she spat out, "Heh! Like I'd ever serve a crazy otaku like you!"

A frown was seen on Rose Angel's face, "Calling me a nerd? Oh come now, I don't wear glasses! ... at least, not all the time... but that's besides the point!" Then her devilish smirk returned as she turned the dial on her weapon, "I doubt I'll hear any quips from you once you have MY Corolect Ring on your finger!"

Ryoko kept her smirk as she saw the girl aim the weapon once more, ready to fire a capsule sphere at her. As that smile was kept, however, Rose Angel's ear perked.

It sounded like... an insect...

"You finally hear it, huh?" Ryoko chuckled, "Took ya long enough."

No... it wasn't an insect...

It was getting closer... that sound... was it...

... an engine sound?

Suddenly, from behind them, a red Volkswagen Beetle launched high above the two hostages, racing over them and landing down right in between Rose Angel and the captured girls, driver side facing towards her.

Her expression showed surprise at first, but as she saw the figure emerge out of the car, she immediatly began to recognize who it was.

That fancy SnS classified jacket.

That black hair.

Those brown eyes.

And that futuristic pistol and long-bladed sword he wielded in his left and right hands respectfully.

"Well, well, look who SnS decided to bring into the scene." Rose Angel quipped as she put aside her GashaShot, smirking. "It's been some time... Seif."

Seif's expression seemed neutral as Rose Angel shrugged her arms and kept her smile, "I figured Ryoko was one of your assigned partners. You did obtain her during the last year at SnS Academy, after all."

"I didn't 'Obtain' her, Rose Angel." Seif replied back, "We agreed to work together as a team in our missions. That is what SnS is established for; Encountering various life forms in other multiverses so we Alters can assist them. I thought you would have kept that ideal in mind."

"Eh, I slept through that class."

Seif sighed as he gave a dissapointed look at Rose Angel, "What happened to you, RA? You, Junsei and several others left SnS Academy just a few months before we all graudated! Why? Why are you two especially insisting on being law breakers?"

Rose Angel waved her finger at Seif, "Si-lly Seif! It's a girl thing. We capture bishies, we torment them a bit, we give them much love and a great home to live in. And the best part is we can go to WHATEVER universe we want! Our fearless leader came up with the great idea of cloning our captures and place THEM in their world instead, so that way, they got nothing to worry about! It puts a fair balance on everything, don't cha think?"

"No it doesn't."

Seif seemed to show more of a serious demeanor as he continued, "You may hold the continuity of things in balance by bringing a CLONE of an important key figure in the universe you stole someone from, but it's not right to the person you're cloning to be taken away from his own world by force and being unable to accomplish his goals." Seif then looked at Char and pointed his blade at him, "This man, for example, is very important to his own world. He has his own goals to accomplish there. If you take away his privilages to finish his objectives-"

"Aw, come on, Seif!" Rose Angel interjected, keeping her smile, "You can't say you haven't done the same with Ryoko and Tron over there! That's why SnS is so biased towards Corolect! Both of our organizations take beings from different multiverses into our own world. So why can't we be allowed to visit as many worlds as possible and just bring in whomever we like?"

"Because we have to keep the laws in check!", Seif replied back, "It's our partners' right to have freedom, not be caged up like animals."

Rose Angel was starting to show a bit of agitation as he remarked back, "I'm not keeping them like caged animals, Seif! Me and Junsei only have dungeons as a safety precaution for the ones who want to escape."

"Then why not let them escape?"

"Because I..." Rose Angel's eyes began to shake up a bit, "... I don't want them to go..."

"They're not your slaves, Rose Angel!" Seif exclaimed, "They're people with their own minds, their own goals. We acknowledge that at SnS, which is why we allow them to choose once we tell them of our goals. We become friends with them first. They get to know us. We don't simply CAPTURE them and FORCE them to be our friends!"

Rose Angel thrusted her arm out in anger. NOW she was starting to get ticked off, "SnS IS THE SAME THING, SEIF! You're doing the exact same thing we do, except from a psychologic point of view! You get into their minds by visiting their world, getting to know them. All WE do is the quick and easy method! In the end, Ryoko and Tron are just as much your captures as Sephiroth and Duo over there are mine!"

"THE DIFFERENCE IS WE HAVE FREEDOM!"

Rose Angel showed a hint of surprise as she looked at Ryoko from over the red Volkswagen's hood, "We chose to follow Seif in his missions because he's our nakama!"

The cat girl tilted her head, "N... Na... ka... ma? What's that?"

Ryoko smirked, feeling pity for the cat girl, "A word a crazy woman like you would never understand. The closest way to translate the term 'Nakama' is 'True partner', but it means far more than that. We accept Seif as our Nakama because of everything he's done for us. Everything he's gone through with us. He visited my home to check up on me and Tenchi's family, and when things got rough, he helped us. With Tron, he helped her steal and plunder as much treasure as she wanted-"

"Within reasonable terms of course!" Seif interjected, smiling and scratching his head.

"Point is, Seif became our Nakama and we're still free to visit our own worlds whenever we want, while YOU sacrafice your captured individuals' freedom for YOUR own pleasure!"

"But Miss Rose Angel DOES make us happy!" Quatre interjected, which gave some surprised to Ryoko as he continued, "Sure, the first few weeks are a bit ackward with the initiation and what not, but after a while, we grow to like it here."

"Even if... you're no longer in your home world?"

Duo smirked as he replied, "Well, it sure as hell beats being a grunt soilder in a mobile suit in a war that we have no idea if we'll make it out alive or not, that's for sure!"

Tron finally decided to speak out, "But you're important individuals in your world, so you would have survived the w-"

"They wouldn't have unless I came by." Tron and Ryoko showed curiousity at Rose Angel who continued, "Do you think that Corolect captures individuals out of whatever universe we want? THIS is why the concept of creating clones is perfect! Each of our bishounen are grabbed from a reality in their universe that either had all of their goals in their lives completed..."

Her eyes then looked at Char's...

"Or would have had their lives taken from them before completing their goals."

Char's eyes slightly widened as he heard this. He finally decided to speak out, "Wait a moment, woman! So are you telling me that... I would have never succeeded in my mission!"

Rose Angel simply nodded. He couldn't believe what these people were saying. They KNOW of his fate? They KNOW what will happen to him? How? Were they psychics of sorts? How do they know that he, being a well trained pilot, would die before he would exact his revenge against the Zabi family?

No.

This was the purpose of his life. Since his youth.

He had no other purpose.

"Tell me how."

Rose Angel simply shook her head, "If I told you, the-"

"According to my Key Tool, you're the Char Aznable of Mobile Suit Gundam RU# 200015." Seif remarked as he had his Key Tool pointed at the man, displaying a hologram image display in front of Seif, "You would have died at the hands of your Gundam rival, Amuro Ray, during the climatic battle at (the last base), near the end of the One Year War. Amuro would ha-"

"STOP IT SEIF!" Rose Angel shouted out, "IF YOU TELL HIM, IT'LL-"

"Amuro would have killed you by a gunshot to the heart during the fight."

Shot... to the heart?

Char couldn't believe it. How... would he allow himself to get shot? Was this mysterious Gundam pilot really that great of a soldier? Would his skills really be beyond his?

"DAMN IT SEIF!" Rose Angel cursed out, now completly angry. However, Seif retorted right back, "THIS is why SnS exists, Rose Angel! We help out individuals who need help!"

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Rose Angel shouted out in anger as she brought out her GashaShot, pointing right at Ryoko again, "I'm going to get Ryoko and Tron on my side so that they may never be a burden to me again, and there's not a damn thing you're going to do about it, Seif!"

Seif smirked as he brought out his gun and blade sword. Then, unexpectedly, he spoke out:

"You're right. There's nothing I can do about it."

Rose Angel showed a hint of surprise, but nontheless ignored the weird action and shot a high powerful energy blast right towards Ryoko, over the car's hood...

... however, the car unexpectedly moved on it's own, hitting the blast with it's own body and rendering it ineffective.

"But my partner can."

Rose Angel was stunned briefly by this action as the car did a 180, opening it's doors and causing a huge amount of dirt to be thrown right at Sephiroth, Duo, Quatre, Ryoko and Tron. However, Ryoko and Tron knew what the plan was as soon as the car started to move, so they jumped right in, with the VW Bug closing it's doors and beginning to drive off.

While everyone was distracted by the actions of this vehicle, Seif quickly ducked down and pointed his Key Tool at Char. Char noticed this and felt his hand moving towards the device. A few seconds later, the ring on his finger simply broke off.

He was free.

Seif smirked and nodded, as if to tell him "Go. Fulfill your destiny."

Char nodded and quickly ran off from Rose Angel, which she quickly noticed, "WAIT, COME BACK CHAR!"

Seif, however, brought the Key Tool out and shouted "ALPHA 10! OPEN THE PORTAL FOR CHAR'S LAST KNOWN COODINATES IN HIS WORLD!"

The Key Tool then suddenly unleashed a large portal which caused a huge wind storm, forcing Rose Angel to cover her eyes. Char attempted to run towards the portal, out of pure instinct. If he could follow what this man told him about his destiny, then he may be able to change it.

However, Duo suddenly appeared from the side and attempted to tackle him. With his abilities restored, however, Char quickly dodged Duo's tackle attack. He heard him shout, "CHAR! JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN DOESN'T MEAN YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE! THIS IS WHY WE CHOOSE TO BE HERE!"

Char gave a glance towards Duo, which was enough of a distraction for Quatre to grapple him and speak out, "IT'S TRUE! IF YOU DODGE THAT FATAL ATTACK, WHO IS TO SAY THE UNIVERSE MAY BRING YET ANOTHER FATAL ATTACK TO YOU INSTEAD OF THAT SHOT!"

Char, however, countered the grapple and got Quatre's arms behind him, almost snapping his arms, "THIS IS MY CHOICE! I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HOW TO LIVE MY OWN LIFE AND I CHOOSE TO CHANGE MY FATE! IF I HAVE ANY CHANCE TO GET MY REVENGE, THEN I CHOOSE TO GO FOR THAT GOAL!"

He shoved Quatre aside, and despite his pleas and Duo's, he continued to run foward. However, his instincts kicked in and he did a quick roll as he dodged a leathal strike from Sephiroth's Muramase Blade. Sephiroth turned around and attempted to thrust his blade once more at Char's back...

But Seif suddenly stepped in and brought his own blade to strike Sephiroth's. Seif then shouted out to Char, "IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, I'LL BE THERE!"

Char looked back at Seif, smirked and nodded, "THIS IS MY FIGHT! BUT IM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP!"

Seif gave a similar smirk and nodded as Char jumped into the portal, with it immediatly closing afterwards. The blade's pressure finally wore on Seif as he backed off to stare as Sephiroth, Duo, Quatre and Rose Angel all seemed rather peeved at what had just transpired. Seif chuckled as he remarked, "Mission complete."

Sephiroth seemed pretty agitated as he prepared to bring out his blade. But Rose Angel walked in front of Sephiroth and brought out her hand, stopping him from his attack. As he stood down, Rose Angel asked, "Why did you do that?"

"SnS has made it clear that they don't approve of your actions, or any of Corolect's actions, RA." Seif responded, "Because of this, they've made it clear that they are to obtain all of your bishounen and bring them back to their worlds."

"WHAT!" Rose Angel exclaimed, clearly shocked at this, "But it's not right! Not when so many of them have already adapted here!"

"It's your own fault for joining a group of rulebreakers, RA. If you had stayed in the Academy and graduated like a lot of us did, then you could have your own partners. The right way."

"Right Seif, and follow their corrupted rules of only using them during missions and what have you, while keeping them in their own worlds where they could be in danger."

"You don't realize that your own rule breaking is sacraficing their own freedom outside of these grounds, RA! Don't you get it!"

"And YOU don't realize that YOU'RE sacraficing your own freedom for your own partners, Seif! Why don't YOU get that!" Rose Angel's eyes then began to tear up a bit as she remarked, "We use to be great friends Seif. Me... you..."

"And Ai."

Seif's eyes gave a bit of shock from the name alone. His eyes lowered down as she continued, "Why can't you just leave SnS so we can be friends like we use to be? You can keep your philosophies about bringing your own teammates in as you want, but we can do it the way I and the rest of Corolect does it: Through our own ways. I'm sure our group would understand if someone like you joined. In fact, it could help expand the focus of our group if-"

"DON'T SPEAK LIKE I CAN BE LIKE YOU!"

She was surprised at Seif's outburst as his eyes continued to look down, speaking out, "I've dedicated my whole life towards fighting for justice. For the greater good. Just like Michael." He then looked at Rose Angel, "I can't be a law breaker like you. I'd be going against who I am if I succumed towards such a deal. Ai would have never approved of this-"

"My sister WOULD have, Seif!" Rose Angel countered, "She was as much into Bishounen as I was!"

"But she would have never betrayed SnS like you did!"

"How would you know!"

"Because I knew her better than you ever did!"

"YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER AS WELL AS I DID!"

Seif simply kept quiet for a while, before he looked down and sighed, "Believe whatever you want to believe, RA."

He began to walk away, past the group as she exclaimed, "I believe that because it's the truth!"

"If you believe it is... then ok. I didn't know her. I'm the one doing the wrong doing. You're the right one for stealing all of your bishounen."

Rose Angel was starting to feel pretty emotional at this point. Seif knew how to tug her guilty strings, and it annoyed the shit out of her every time he did this.

"If I'm wrong for taking back what you stole and placing them where they belong... then I'd prefer to stay as the wrong do'er in your eyes." Seif remarked, back now facing the others, "I'm just warning you of whats to come... for the sake of our old friendship."

As Seif continued to walk away, it only further hurt Rose Angel, seeing how things were going to turn out soon.

Why did they have to be from two different sides?

Why couldn't SnS just accept the freedom her and Corolect were trying to obtain?

Were they right for doing what they did? Maybe not, but so many Bishounen eventually accepted their lifestyles. Many even agreed it was better to be in their own private rooms and enjoy life with others than to be stuck in their depressing worlds.

It was clear of one thing, though. Seif was part of SnS now.

And the next time they would class heads... she knew she couldn't hold back.

TO BE CONTINUED