Free! Iwatobi Suiei Gods 2: Voyage of the Magic Six –Epilogue Story–
フリー! イワトビ水泳神々二つ: マジックシックスのヴォヤージュ - エピローグストーリー -
Free! Voyage of the Magic Six
フリー! マジックシックスのヴォヤージュ
-Book 1: The World of Isolation アイソレーションの世界 (You are here) -
-Book 2: Fellowship of the Magic Six マジックシックスのフェローシップ-
-Book 3: Eternal Promise 永遠のプロミス-
-Book 4: Mirrored Voyage ミラーヴォヤージュ-
-Book 5: Heroes of the Gods 神々のヒーローズ -
~Author's Note:
Welcome, my dear Free!Fans and readers! Welcome to a new Saga of the Iwatobi Suiei Gods!
This is a "direct" continuation of the storyline but what you will see in the prologue are some "sample" flashbacks that will become the foundation to what this Pentalogy (5 book series) is all about. I have previously stated on tumblr that there will be new "characters" based on real life history, new Original Characters, and of course, our new relationships of the Free!Gang!
I will add a recap on the "Suiei Gods" just so you are all familiar with their powers and abilities:
Suiei Nanase - The Leader of the Legendary Suiei Gods. His cool, yet strict personality has made sure to keep the other Gods together and will not hesitate to fight if he or his friends are threatened. He has the ability to heal wounds quickly when injured and like the other gods, he possesses a wide array of various abilities of manipulating the water.
Suiei Tachibana - One of the Legendary Suiei Gods with a more open-like personality. He is very cheerful like Makoto and is fearless, using his ability to teach Makoto on to stop being so scared easily. He has the ability to use various magical spells to change the liquids and composition of the water into another substance through a magical vase that he obtains.
Suiei Hazuki - The Deputy Leader of the Suiei and his powers include the ability to speak with the deceased. He is also cheerful and open like Tachibana and Nagisa but he is not afraid to snap off at a threat if someone tries to get in his way, his friends or anyone who is dear to him. Like the other gods, he possesses a wide range of water-based abilities.
Suiei Ryugazaki - One of the legendary Suiei Gods with the ability to see strategic tactics and holds a vary of powers such as healing others and can communicate to the animals no matter how bestial or dangerous they are. He carries a war hammer as his primary weapon and he allows Rei to use it in times of battle.
Suiei Matsuoka - One of the Suiei Gods with some of the more unusual abilities. He wears more of a warrior like outfit to appear more tougher looking. His powers enable him to see through the dark waters and night/x-ray/irregular light-vision as well as being able to perform swift moves similar to Tachibana. He is also learning how to develop his teeth into a more shark-like resemblance to add a "bite" to his power.
Suiei Marotta - The "Last Star" of the Suiei Gods created by the "Universe" like the other gods but was "put to rest" until his time to join up with the others occurred in the Modern Era with the "heir" of the final human host. His ability to understand emotions and feelings of others allows a sense of comfort to the people around him. He carries a wide range of water abilities like the other gods.
***NOTE: Full-Cast List will be displayed on the "FINAL CHAPTER" of the "FINAL BOOK" (Book 5: Heroes of the Gods)
Previous Saga Recap: In case you are "tl;dr" types...
Part I: Early History
Upon the formation of the Earth, the globe was nothing more but a giant fireball of fire, energy, and other dangerous molecules. The universe, knowing that its deepest secret could only be used to make miracles; unleashed its magic to create the droplets of water which then took on a sentience life…creating "Six" Gods that would prepare the world for eons of life. Five of the gods: Nanase, Matsuoka, Tachibana, Hazuki, and Ryugazaki were put into action while the final god, Marotta (Originally Unnamed) was locked away for safekeeping, deep in the depths of the lifeless oceans, resting and sleeping.
The five main gods spread forth the oceans and water, allowing life to form over millions of years to evolve. Their magical presence caused suspicion to the humans (after they finally came to existence) and a group of people coined the term "Suiei" for swimming, thus granting them their team name.
By the time of the height of Ancient Greece, the gods decided to take forth on human-like forms and visited the town of Athens, learning the civilization of the people living there. Friendships were made between some of the people while the "Final Star" was born as a hybrid of human and monster in the town of Macedonia. The gods visited the new baby, unknowingly that he would become their team in the modern times while Nanase suspected its significance to his people, giving blessings that would protect the boy at all costs.
Meanwhile, the gods were betrayed by the people who they thought they saved and were cursed and ended up locking away to a "time warp" dimensional void where they waited for thousands of years. But before they could be doomed to that fate, one of the people granted a wish for them to live on in five human bodies later known to be as Haruka, Makoto, Rin, Rei, and Nagisa. Fearing for the future, the gods placed a part of their souls into the boys before being sealed away by the darkness.
As for the baby, he grew to fighting the monsters and conquering the world before him, wishing to fulfill something he never embraced. He saw visions of the gods, never realizing their true importance. At the end of his conquest, he was betrayed by his own people and was poisoned to death until the "Last Star" reached out to him, foretelling his destiny in the modern era and placed a part of his own soul into his "human" future self.
Part II: Time Loop Arc
In hopes to live out in the Modern Era, the five main boys were born in Japan while the final star, Alex was born in the states. Four of them, Haruka, Rin, Nagisa and Makoto formed a team of their own while undergoing adventures and dangerous situations that would make them closer and closer to a team. Despite the hardships, they have won the race but Rin left for Australia in order to continue his father's conquest, becoming a change in the "balance" of the team.
Time passed and the trio tried to stay close together during their middle school years while facing new challenges with their schoolmates. By the time of high school, things grew a bit dark when a different "Rin" returns and is determined to defeat Haruka and fulfill his father's wish.
The fifth star, Rei showed up and became the new member of the team which caused tension to their long forgotten team mate. (This is where the storyline breaks away from the anime) Races began, friendships were tested and new bonds were made while they have forgotten who they "truly" were; the Suiei Gods.
Time passed and as the Iwatobi Team made it to nationals, one of the members disappeared without a trace. Knowing that the time was near for the gods to break free from their curse, they finally reached out to their human selves and guided them to rescue Haruka from the hands of a mad scientist, Daichi Kaede. Using resources from Deception MIA, the remaining gang tracked down and rescued Haruka from the Swim Cadet X but not without some painful surprises and revelations. Together, the five made it to the race together and won, becoming famous all over the country. Reuniting with the gods, the five gained their powers and vowed to be together once they finished their new year of schooling.
After a year of separation when Haruka, Makoto, and Rin were college students, the five finally reunited and shared horrifying events going around as people are being eaten alive and killed out of nowhere. Deciding to investigate this, the boys got help from a mysterious witch boy who provided them new information about their past and present as well as hinting about the future would be.
Collecting the three gifts, sharing their relationships through passionate love, trust, and hope, these five friends raced against time and discovered a horrifying secret about themselves and the gods; Arogean, the mastermind of their past triggered a Time Loop that would affect the boys by resetting the time back to the formation of the planet as a failsafe if he was unable to steal their powers completely each time. But by new revelations and shocking alliances from the past, the boys finally defeated the dark man and broke the spell, allowing living in a new life together as real humans, sacrificing the magic as the price.
Part III: Heart of the Sixth Magic Arc
Finally reborn again with memories intact and powers set to the side, the five friends (four at first) began to discover themselves once more and learned about their bondage to the Suiei Gods. Haruka, Rin, Nagisa, and Makoto won the relay race again but they vowed to hopefully find Rei in order to start a new journey once more. Finally, after many years of waiting and dreaming, the five friends finally rejoined together and began a new foundation of swimming!
By the time they were at the ages of graduation and college students, two mysterious visitors arrived in Japan. One of them, Alex, who would finally fulfill the "Six Stars", arrived with a curse embedded inside of him as he struggles to find means to heal his non-verbal Autisic brother, Sergi. After a chase between vengeance and swearing to protect, he finally gains the Suiei Necklace and uses his new-found abilities to heal his younger brother.
But times of darkness will not stop as the Tokyo Government and their secret resource, Haus of the Heavens tracked down while the hacking organization of Terran Nost fought back. It was later revealed that the Terran Nost were the ones who knew about the gods and guided their foreign friend to find them but new relationships between friends and lovers were made and formed to stay as a team. Together, they all fought and rebelled the Haus and brought the rising of a new order to the country.
Alas, the most important thing of Alex…his younger brother, was vanished by the hands of a deadly enemy who set up the entire madness of the storyline, the Shadow Mafia! These rouge of shadow beings prepared for the Six Stars by poisoning Alex and transferring his darkness to Rei in hopes for the two to form a bond and have the megane kill the foreigner and breaking the team apart. Tension rose between the team mates as the gang traveled to Italy to face the final confrontation. The dark plan almost was fulfilled despite the Suiei Gods making precautions about the boys' relationships since the beginning of the arc, but the team finally pulled it off and healed Rei before deaths were committed.
The final battle begins and a shocking revelation occurred; the Mafias were nothing more but classmates from Alex's hometown due to jealousy for his talent of swimming from long ago. After a long, massive fight, the Mafia were finally defeated but not without the cost of a life of a hero. But a surprisingly miracle was made when it when a promise was created back in the ancient times which enabled the price to be fulfilled as well as allowing the one lost to return at the cost of many payments.
The "Magic Six" team took on a new continent before them, Lynwin and trained up for a challenging race in the Iwami Stadium, promising to fulfill their destiny together both swimmers and heroes. After a memorable victory, relationships were finally settled as a new life begins on the new continent.
At the end of their reign, the gods were called forth to start a "voyage" that would take them to new worlds out in the universe before them. However…what has truly happened after the saga ended?
A lot of mysteries are still being asked…"What happened to the boys while living on the continent?" "What are the new characters going to do in this new 'world'?" "Why are there such lands out there?"
But most of all, "What will become of the team in this new land?"
Welcome…fans…gather your members and team mates as the long-awaited new saga begins!
~AveraxMagna
Prologue: ピース、カオスの時間の終わり End of Peace, Time of Chaos
Planet Earth: Year 1918; the Russian Revolution, Yekaterinburg Russia
A young lady scurried over her way across the dark forests as she could hear the shouting of men not far from behind. The forests were filled with shadows and the unknown as she ran deeper and deeper through the woods.
She was already horrified on what has been happening in the last several months of the Revolution but this night was almost as if she was living in a nightmare. From the family being under house arrest to Nicholas' abdication as Tsar of Russia, she could only wish that she would just wake up and see her beloved family again.
It all happened so quickly; at first they were taken to a shelter somewhere far from where they reigned but they were cornered and shot down one by one. However, an unexpected twist happened when there was loud booming coming from the outside and the traitors turned to see the ceilings collapsed down towards them.
"Run sister!" screamed Alexi but he got shot behind as he fell and blood poured out of his body which worsened his hemophilia conditions.
"Alexi!" screamed Anastasia as she tried to reach out to him but she saw the guns pointing towards her face. She rose up her hands and her legs were shaking in fear.
"Another step to your brother and you'll be with him!" hissed one of the Bolsheviks.
Before she could respond, another part of the ceiling collapsed as the captors freaked out and fled the area as the house was under attack by the Anti-Bolsheviks.
"Anastasia you must flee!" moaned Olga as the rubble fell and took her life, "GO!"
Anastasia turned to see her parents and her family all down on the ground, some of them were shot down while the rubble from above buried them. She heard footsteps coming from the stairs but was too frightened to see who the arrivals were.
The princess turned to see a small doorway that led to who knew what. She didn't hesitate and opened it and rushed through the exit, heading up a series of stairs back to the outside in the midst of a forest, running from there.
Oh this has to end, she thought, as she jumped over a log while her dress got caught in the twig. It tore off a part of her material but she kept on running.
"THIS WAY!" shouted one of the shooters as they traced the girl's steps through the mud.
I…I'm not going to make it, she thought, everyone…mother…father…Alexi…Olga…Tatiana…Maria…I…I'm sorry…
She tripped over a rock and fell into the dirt and grass as she could hear footsteps approaching to her. It was all going to end…here and now!
"Long live the Romanovs!" hissed one of the hunters as he pointed out his hand-held gun to Anastasia. The girl was so paralyzed that she couldn't even move away as she knew that she was going to die here.
"Воды небес ... защитить младшую девочку последнего государя!" chanted a nearby voice.
(English: Waters of the skies...protect the youngest girl of the last sovereign!)
"Bastard! Where are you!?" growled one of the captors.
A blast of water encircled the princess as she was trapped inside. They fired the bullets at her but the water shield reflected the bullets back to them and they were shot down by their own fires. Once the men were down, a tall, blonde hair man appeared to the clearing and saw the water sphere as he already was told on what to do.
His mission here was completed as it was foretold by the witch.
"Tree-sama," said Abram Goldsmith, "Give her the means to protect her…and a place where she can survive for a while before she is destined to return here."
A series of Sakura petals few down and swirled around him and the princess as the water shield dissipated while a circle of light swirled beneath their feet, sending them to the void beyond dimensions. He picked her up while the princess was still unconscious from the cold and the horror but the man smiled to himself.
"Anastasia...The Last Romanov…" he muttered, "Your journey has only begun…"
The world turned white as he carried her over to the Sakura Tree and saw the witch boy standing not far behind.
"I can see you," said Abram, "witch..."
"Indeed," replied Watanuki as he took a smoke from his pipe, "I see you have brought over quite a piece of legend."
"The Terran Nost's duty is to help those in need," he answered, "This path has been a pact since the dawn of the universe…when the universe made the Suiei Gods."
"The Sixth Star has not yet been reborn, and neither have the others. The gods still await them to be free from their curse," said witch boy, "However, it appears that this world will hunt her down for their own reasons…so with that said, she must be sent to another world…to hide."
"T-to hide?" asked Abram, "But why! Our organization is…"
"I am afraid that even as advance as your Terran Nost is…the Bolsheviks will stop at nothing to destroy the last of them," said Watanuki.
"And what about Maria, her grandmot-…" began Abram.
"She will never see her again," replied the witch boy, "For they will be watching her like a hawk and should she reunite with her, they will be sure to eliminate her and the former queen."
"Then where?" he asked, "Where the hell is she going to go!?"
"A world where the gods will go to once they fulfilled their mission here on Earth…" replied the witch boy while taking another smoke from the pipe, "Someplace where it can be a temporally relief."
"Then I suppose I got no choice," replied Abram as he could feel the age taking on him slowly, "I too will need an heir for my organization."
"You've been doing this for eons now, haven't you?" asked Watanuki, "And not once you have a need to form a family."
"As almost immortal that I am…I know that my days are coming to a close," said Abram, "I will name him…my son…Leon…"
Copenhagen, Denmark; Months after the Downfall of Romanovs
Maria Feodorovna stood from her balcony as she stared out at the sunset. She heard the horrible tragedy of her son and the family but reports of Anastasia's disappearance were still a mystery. Since then, she and a few of the survivors have been on the run to the western edge of Europe in hopes to avoid death and the rebellion.
She turned to see one of her guardians, Lilia Matevi standing by the doorway.
"Your majesty…we," began Lilia.
"No need to call me by title," sighed Maria, "It's no more."
"But still you have done all what you could," replied Lilia, "The train to Paris will be here soon."
The former empress nodded and walked her way over, knowing that it was almost time to leave this place and further go into hiding.
Anastasia…she thought, oh how I wish we could have fulfilled our promise together.
Lilia led her down to the steps and up to the carriage as the former empress sat down inside and continued forth her journey, knowing that there was no hope left for the land that was once her home and her family's home.
Many Years Later: The Deep Space…
The Suiei Gods soared through time and space as the stars, galaxies, black holes, planets, asteroids and the dust of matter swirled around them so quickly as if they were inside a spinning container. Memories of the past and present were also flashing around as they soared through the unknown void.
This journey lasted for who knows how long it was ever since they left Earth; to them it all felt as if time stopped and warped around and around in an endless transformation.
They have seen many different lands before them, some were friendly…others were deadly. However, they were not satisfied on what they were discovering and kept on moving. To them, the other worlds were not like Earth.
Waves of power struck them and pulled them around as if they were battling through the universe itself. Their powers were only dwarfed that to the "nature of the universe" but strong enough to defeat their enemies back on Earth.
"Brothers, it is time we fulfill our next step," said Suiei Marotta.
"You mean now is the time to do that!?" asked Suiei Matsuoka.
"There's not much time before we finally arrive at our next destination," argued Suiei Ryugazaki, holding hands with Marotta, "And also…"
"The bondage must change…" said Suiei Nanase as he turned to Suiei Tachibana.
Suiei Matsuoka turned to Suiei Hazuki as they held hands to each other. They formed three pairs of the bondages as a glowing sphere of circle floated in between of them, holding their beloved human selves hibernating in their fetal positions. One sphere contained Rei and Alex, another with Rin and Nagisa, and finally with Makoto and Haruka.
"This love, that continues to transcend time…" chanted Suiei Tachibana, looking into the eyes of Nanase, "May they all swim…"
"May they be free to change up and protect the ones dear to them…" said Suiei Nanase.
Matsuoka and Hazuki stared at each other while the blonde was getting all acted up again and said, "I swear, no one really messes with my Nagisa!"
The other god ignored him and chanted, "Oh waters of our past and future…give our hosts the strength and courage they will need to rebuild themselves…for the team!"
"And give them a chance to form new precious bonds," sighed Hazuki, "And don't let them fall and wander into the darkness!"
Ryugazaki looked into Marotta's eyes and said, "Waters of the calming, beautiful sea…allow them to fulfill their promise that they swore for each other."
"And may their destiny no longer be a…" began Marotta when waves of power struck them, knocking them away from each other. The spheres that contained the boys dissolved away and blacked out.
"NANASE!" screamed Tachibana as swirls of energy trapped him in while the others were beginning to fade away and trapped in energy spheres also.
"What the hell is going on!?" growled Ryugazaki.
"BROTHERS!" shouted Matsuoka as he tried to use his powers to reach out to them but it was no use.
Someone was waiting for them…it was hungry…very, very hungry.
The Six gods were trapped inside spheres of light as they saw six portals ahead of them, leading to who knew where!
"We're going to be separated!" screamed Hazuki as he tried to break free but the gates approached to them faster and faster.
"Waters of the angry sea go break the cage!" chanted Marotta but the spell did not even put a dent.
"I swear to whoever did this will certainly pay!" hissed Nanase.
They closed their eyes and thought about their beloved friendship amongst them and their human selves as the six gates swallowed them in, never to be seen again…
Planet Duniya: Tragedy of Herisia
The skies were filled with back and red as the fires burned across the landscape. All over, one of those "middle of nowhere" villages was filled with chaos as several monsters were slaughtering men, women, and children all around. Beasts with gigantic vampire wings gobbled on whatever they found to feed on the human flesh, ripping heads off, twisting arms off and drinking crimson.
An army of men from foreign lands heard the invasion and tried to defeat the beasts but none have succeeded in killing them. Two flares of light soared in the skies as a mysterious boy stood in the distance with a katana in his hands, staring out at the monsters and the village.
The beasts turned to see their new prey as the boy charged in with his eyes glowing red, slashing the beasts down in one stroke of his blade. One of the children saw the horror before his very eyes as he watched this mysterious visitor single-handedly killing them off.
The boy's eyes glow a brighter red rang as he felt the blood in his body going wild; screaming in rage and killing the villagers one by one as well. A blast of energy knocked him down but he got up a moment later and turned to see an army of men dressed in oddly designed clothes.
The army before him was unleashing blasts of some form of magic towards him as he dodged the attacks and sliced down a few of the men while screaming in silent vengeance.
A handful of the villagers tried to escape but they have only fallen to the blade of the monster as the child growled and screamed a bloody cry. He sliced more monsters off while slaughtering the people who tried to escape from the danger.
The child, frightened to watch all of this ran off in horror, fleeing to the forest but the boy turned to see him running for his life. He charged up to him and sliced him down to death while turning to see another monster and sliced it down as well.
"W-what is that thing!?" gasped one of the surviving men from the army as they fled, "And those monsters?!"
"Chiropterans…" replied the other, "…but that child, it's just as what the rumors have said. However, he is not a true monster for he is in a human flesh."
"What rumors?" asked the other guy.
"You can't possibly forget…he's one of them…" said the first guy, "Or rather…the only one…"
But before he could finish, they too, were slain by the monster before them. The skies were filled with smoke as the hunter fell to the ground, entering back to the period of resting; waiting for the day to rise once more.
In another faraway place, the blind stare-gazer, Kaarina slammed her staff to the ground twice before lifting it up to the air as streams of energy were unleashed, striking six different circles around her while chanting:
"Six stars have traveled from afar…but divided they are as trouble struck them down before safely arriving here. Separated from each other, born in different lands…their destiny shall be set by their own deeds. They must embark together if they are to reunite the lost nations of our home before the bloodline meets its end. As one, they shall become the will…that destroys the heavens!"
Castle Chirotteri
"So he's been spotted in the village of Heirisa?" asked Tesseract.
"Affirmative," replied Niygn, "I have seen it with my own eyes…apparently something went wrong with the hunt and he made a big mess. However, the watchers are taking him back to his nest to sleep again."
Tesseract nodded as he walked over across the chamber with Niygn where they headed to a crystal-gel ball filled with blood drops of red and black. To the left of the ball was a central star on the floor with six small gems in representation of the "legend".
"So my son is one of the six stars…" said Tesseract, "Does Pandora know about this?"
"Apparently she does not," said Niygn, "It is obvious that if she finds out you and your son will…"
"I know," he answered, "But even with what I can do…is only limited."
Pandora, the Queen of the Chiropterans hissed as she could hear the conversation from nearby. Ever since their son was born, a long, shattering prophecy was retold which feared her status as the queen.
If this child reunites with the five other stars…your reign will end…
I will never allow that, she thought, and now my husband knows where he is at…how delicious. I will be sure to bring his downfall when the time for my revenge is near. And Niygn…he'll certainly die before this can happen.
She walked down to her lair where she kept various vials of blood and specimens of various Chiropterans to herself. They were all experimented and created from using the powers of the 4th Dimension as well as the blood of the lineage.
Pandora flipped opened a switch as she saw the monsters emerging and breaking from the tubes.
"The time has come," she said, "The War has begun! Go forth and seize them all! Do not let the Six Stars Fulfill the prophecy!"
The Chiropterans hissed and screeched as a handful of them jumped out of the window and soared into the dark skies.
She then walked over to an undestroyed stasis tube and smiled, whispering, "Don't worry my Rasputin…your time is almost here…again."
Pandora rested her hand on the glass and could feel the power coming from the tube. She knew that it was all in a matter of time before he could rise once more to take havoc and waste to this world.
As for that other, she thought, I cannot believe he is still alive…I had hope he would die…but no matter, that's the job for my Rasputin…
"To kill the other," she said, "Rasputin…twin of your twisted brother…you are to kill him and stop the legend from coming true!"
She laughed wickedly as the power radiated from the tube flowed into her body, knowing that the time is finally here.
~The Saga Officially Begins Serialization: Water Wednesday April 2, 2014!
Count down your water days! This is a new saga of Free! and a sight that you've definitely NEVER seen!