Nightmare in Flames
Chapter 1: What the hell is going on?!
-A Fuzetsu forms at the center of Misaki. The Flame Haze rush to their aid along with the Mystes. Unfortunately, figures halt them.
Unknown guest: Hello. You must be the famous Flaming-hair and Blazing-eyed Hunter, the Flame Haze of the Flame of Heaven. I suppose the Mystes of the Reiji Maigo is fighting alongside you too. No wonder the rumors spread quickly. Say, are you lovers?
Shana: (blushing) Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
Yuji: Um, Shana, he's trying to be nice.
Alastor: Shana.
Shana: (Steam rises from hair) Hmph!
Margery: (sober) Hey, you! Are you blind and deaf to ignore us?
Marchosias: (amused) My amazonian van, Margery Daw! DOn't be so harsh to them, ya know! I bet they're here to-
Margery: (punches Marchosias' cover) Shut up, stupid Marco!
Unknown guest #2: Missy, we see you. Please don't burn your head off.
Wilhelmina: Silence. ~de arimasu
Tiamat: Refrain from useless conversations.
Unknown guest #3: Well then, battle begins. Suckers. (receives a smack on the head) Ouch!
Unknown guest #4: Fool. You can't battle them unless boss says so.
Unknown guest #5: Leader-sama, should we wait for him?
Unknown guest #3: I say we finish them off before he comes! (receives another smack, this time on the face) What's wrong with you?
Unknown guest #4: Just listen to boss!
-Noise continues. Eventually, Shana and company are now...frustrated. Not until...
Unknown guest #6: Man, it's too noisy around here, isn't it?
Unknown guest #2: I am afraid so.
Unknown guest: Go ahead. Let's enjoy ourselves, shall we?
Margery: And what do you mean by that?
Unknown guest: (evil grin) You'll die beforehand.
Marchosias: Tsk, you can't even lay a hand on us. We'll-
Unknown guest #5: (grabs Margery from behind) Can't?
Margery: What?! How'd you get here that fast?!
-The same thing happens to the others.
Yuji: (worried) I can't sense their presence at all. I can't decipher their plans. We're outnumbered.
Shana: I'll fry them until they're toast.
Unknown guest #6: Submissive. Is that how a flat-chested Flame Haze should act?
Shana: (nerve bulging on the head) Grr... How dare you call me flat chest...
Yuji: (thinking) Shana, I think he says the truth. But you're so cute to be brutal.
Unknown guest #2: Fight!
-On other side...
Wilhelmina: How can they evade the explosions? ~de arimasu
Tiamat: Observe.
Unknown guest #3: Wow, she uses ribbons as weapons? Kewl. (receives a smack...on the butt) Ow!
Unknown guest #4: Be serious!
Unknown guest #3: I know, I know. I'm just making things easy.
Wilhelmina: (thinking) Then, all this time I've been fighting them, they weren't serious?! ~de arimasu
-All Flame Haze, even the Mystes, are dead tired, ready to pass out. The guests tie them up.
Shana: What's wrong with them, Alastor? Are they Crimson Lords?
Alastor: Not quite. It's impossible for them to be Crimson Lords. But from their abilities, I can see that they are not to be triffled with.
Yuji: Actually, I did my best shot, but then... uh, they didn't even get a scratch.
Margery: Yup. I agree.
Marchosias: My beloved goblet, Margery Daw, is just jealous because someone besides the fiery kid and that Sydonay beat her.
Margery: (punches Marchosias) Shut up, stupid Marco!
Unknown guest: It looks like he wouldn't come after all.
Unknown guest #3: Let's kill them already! (places hands in defense) You can't hit me now! Nyahaha!
Unknown guest #4: (snort) Whatever!
Unknown guest: I'll try something even better.
-The first guest takes a gun from nowhere. He fills it with nine-caliber golden bullets.
Unknown guest: Let's see. Who will I pick? One, two, and three. (The gun points to Margery)
Margery: Hah, a gun?
Unknown guest: Even if we're not Crimson beings, and even if this thing is not a hougu... it can slay Flame Haze with a direct hit. It's a special kind of gun, but not the same as Trigger Happy. Its mere purpose is to emphasize our Dying Will Flame.
Marchosias: Dying Will Flame? Never heard of that.
Margery: Is that some kind of booze?
Unknown guest: Very typical, Margery Daw. The Denizens you killed proved you the be smarter, yet you consider high quality flames as booze.
Margery: Who told you my name?!
Unknown guest: Isn't it obvious that your book comrade called you that two times a while ago?
Margery: You're getting in my nerves!
Unknown guest: It's an honor. Now, for the time... of your death.
-As the trigger of the gun is pulled, a bullet came and rushed towards Margery. A blinding flash of light stops the bullet. Another figure emerges.
Margery: Kei...saku?!
Keisaku: (angry) How dare you!
Unknown guest: (smirks) Hmm... So you're finally here. I thought you got scared and backed off.
Keisaku: (in deeper tone) I wouldn't do that.
Unknown guest: And why wouldn't you?
Keisaku: Because... they're my friends... And I'll do anything to protect them.
Unknown guest: Protect? You're just a normal human, and as planned, we shall take you as the sacrifice for our sins.
Margery: Are you kidding me?! Sacrifice?! To atone your sins?! Why would Keisaku allow that?
Keisaku: Margery-san... (head lowers) What they are saying... is true. I accepted the request since everyone in Misaki is at stake. If I don't...
Unknown guest: ... Misaki city would've been obliterated by the bombs we implanted.
Margery: What the heck?!
Yuji: Satou, you should've called us.
Keisaku: Then you'd die too.
Yuji: Huh?
Keisaku: Just like what you said in that battle with Sabrac. People's lives are not to be risked.
Margery: Idiot! We couldn't die that easily!
Keisaku: ...
Shana: Then, if they're planning to sacrifice you, what gives? Who are these people?
Unknown guest, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6: We are the New Varia.
Alastor: Varia?
Wilhelmina: According to Outlaw, Varia is accomplice to the strongest mafia, Vongola. They are the ones who assassinate and spy for the mafia. ~de arimasu
Tiamat: Street thugs.
Unknown guest: Enough for the chit-chat. We wouldn't let you escape, especially the Mystes and the human. How much are you worth?
Unknown guest #3: I bet a thousand euros.
Unknown guest #4: Sheesh! Ryou, would you keep quiet for at least sixty seconds?!
Ryou/"Unknown guest #3": Unless you stop hitting me, Inoue.
Inoue/"Unknown guest #4": (sighs) Fine.
Unknown guest: Ryou, Inoue.
Inoue: Yes, boss?
Unknown guest: Please don't quarrel in front of our audience.
Ryou: In your pleasure, Sir Rui.
Shana: Are you forgetting something? We're still here!
Yuji: (thinking, again) She is a badass.
Margery: Head on!
Keisaku: Stay here. I'll fight.
Marchosias: Kid, do you want to make suicide?
Rui/"Unknown guest": Take your time, Satou Keisaku. If you leave with us without a word, we ensure your friends' safety. If you don't, visit their corpses on their funeral.
Keisaku: I choose the third option; I'll fight for them.
Rui: You really don't give up, do you? Then, I'll face you if it's to my advantage.
-Rui gives Keisaku a threatening uppercut, and unleashes a massive number of blades. To Keisaku's surprise, he barely managed the assault. Now, his body is filled with bloody cuts.
Rui: Surrender, and I won't fight you.
Keisaku: I... can't surrender...
Rui: You really are a daredevil.
-Keisaku collapses into the ground.
Yuji: (stunned) Satou!
Margery: (horrified) Keisaku!
Rui: Say goodbye.
Keisaku: (grabs Rui's foot) As if.
Rui: (turns) What?! I was sure your heart stopped beating.
Keisaku: (smiles strangely) I am Keisaku Satou.
Rui: We all know that!
-Flames begin to develop on the Keisaku's head. His eyes changed to a red-orange glow. Gloves can be found on his hands; and it read...
'XI'
A/N: First chapter. Before you judge it, lemme tell you these mistakes I noticed:
-Keisaku's acting weird.
-Yuji is a little bit... inner thinker.
-Shana acts childishly.
-Margery is NOT drunk (golly, it's impossible)
-The other guests' screentime reduced.
-Less battle scenes/Low action battles
I couldn't mention the others. Now, please review.
I beg you, no flames.
PS: The other guests' names will be mentioned in the next chappie.