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"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others."
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— Lewis Carroll
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Prologue
Virtue Is It's Own Reward
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Tenko Chabashira was walking down the street on good night. She has a fair skin tone, warm green eyes and long dark-brown hair put into two long, loose braids. Her hair was tied by long white ribbons, a large green pinwheel bow with a white floral pattern and she also wore a purple, Alice headband with a star-shaped adornment on the left side of her head. A mole is located right under her mouth. Her uniform was otherwise just a regular double-breasted, blue sailor uniform, but it's considered rare for 2 layers of frills.
She also wore waraji, believing the stereotype that all martial artists wear them. She wore white, knee-high socks as well. She has a beauty mark under the left side of her lip and she had a pink choker with a yellow bell. Tenko's body is quite fit and has notable abs due to her intense Neo Aikidō training and superhero activities by night, and of course only girls were allowed to touch it. She had just left a convenience store after acquiring some snacks for her nightly patrol. After all, even a Hero of Justice had to eat.
"Now that Tenko's got her snacks," she grinned, "it's time to go to work!" She kept walking down the street when she heard a loud thump coming from the alleyway she was walking passed. She turned to her left to see a group of degenerate males beat on a girl in the darkness of the corridor. Tenko glared at the scene and growled, "Oh, no, that's not happening! Leave her alone already!"
The thugs took notice of Tenko's presence before looking at the fallen girl and taking off. This action surprised Tenko a lot. They ran away without a fight? How odd. That's never happened before.
Shaking away of her confusion, the Aikidō Master ran to the girl, completely unaware of the web she fell into.
"Hey! Are you okay?" Tenko asked, "Those degenerates didn't hurt you that much, did they? Tenko can make them pay if you want."
"… No need," came the response. A dark response. The 'victim' looked up with a smile that made Tenko's concern for her melt away like acid. The girl had deathly black hair and grey skin. She wore a matte gray cowboy hat.
And her eyes… The sclerae of her eyes were jet black and her irises were grey and resembled a snake's.
"After all…" she hissed as she sent a punch flying at the unsuspecting future Ultimate, "… for a bunch of human bugs, they did their job perfectly!" With one hit, Tenko was sent flying into the wall behind, the back of her head knocking on to the brick. As she fell to the ground, she was slowly beginning to black out as her assailant rose to her feet, completely unharmed.
The assailant walked over to the Aikidō Master and, dominantly, stood over her, as if poor Tenko was beneath her. Laughing at Tenko's plight, the Assailant said, "Ya humans really are dumb as dog shit, ya know that? Ya see a 'defense' gal being 'attacked' and, immediately, you assume she's the 'victim'! Ya must really be an idiot, huh sweety?"
"Wha…? Why…? Why are you-"
Laughter interrupted Tenko as the Assailant burst with cruel amusement.
"Ya stupid, human trash!" She grinned. "I PAID them thugs to attack me. I had to get your puny attention somehow.
"It was a fly in a spider web! As for why, it's simple, darlin'...?" As Tenko's world went black, she heard the following words.
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"We wish for Humanity's self-destruction..."
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HOIS
The Rabbit King
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Junko Enoshima has a tall, hourglass figure, light blue eyes, and long, thick, bleached blonde hair tied in two twin pigtails. Due to her talent, she wears heavy make-up along with (possibly fake) long red nails. Despite not being identical twins, Junko and her older twin sister Mukuro share several physical characteristics. However, Junko has a considerably larger chest than her sister, and weighs two pounds more than her. Junko's eyes are more round and larger, and are blue with her contacts or naturally red compared to her sister's light purple eyes.
Junko also lacks freckles. Junko's usual outfit includes a black cardigan over a white dress shirt, with both left open to the third button to expose the top of her black-and-red bra, a red pleated miniskirt, and mid-sized black boots with platform heels and red laces. Her cardigan is accented with white symbols of her Former High School. She accessories with a long tie that hangs loosely around her neck with a design alternates between pure white, a thin black choker, and two buttons on her right side. Junko was two things: a Model and an Analyst.
Her Analytical Prowess allows her to quickly analyze her surroundings with near superhuman fast and detailed thinking. This talent gives her an excellent ability to make very detailed plans in a short amount of time. She is also excellent at reading and thus manipulating others. She can often predict what a person is going to do before they do it - an ability she can use to defeat opponents much stronger than her.
However, the fact that she never predicted this surprised her. Junko Enoshima was waking up on a cold, hard Floor of what appeared to be a warehouse, surrounded by a bunch of other girls. At least thirty at each one was slowly waking up from the ground. Two were hanging on a wall in chains, Celestia Ludenberg and Sakura Ōgami. Celes wore a white lace-bonnet with white ribbons and has black hair in two large twin-drill pigtails.
She has pale skin, red eyes, and gold circular earrings which have an image depicting the cross engraved into them with a red gem placed in the center in each. She also has long, black nails. Celestia wore a gothic lolita-style outfit, consisting of a white blouse with a Long-point collar, a white ribbon tied around her neck, a black jacket that includes white ribbon lacing down the sleeves, fastened by a simple white ribbon across her chest to reveal her red tie (consisting of a butterfly pattern layered on top of various spears with skulls attached to it) and the waist of her skirt, which is many-tiered and features white lace. Celestia wears knee-high stockings trimmed in ladder lace, dark red mary-janes with a thick heel held on her feet by three grey buckles, a white lace headband and a silver, Gunmetal plated ring layered in overlapping sections on her index finger. Sakura is 6'4" and weighs 218 lbs, making her the largest of the captive girls.
Her large build, deep voice and stern appearance often causes Sakura to be mistaken for a man. She has long white hair, reddened-dark skin; very pale blue eyes, and a scar on her face and right shoulder. She often wears her expression with a slight frown. Her school uniform consists of a traditional seifuku style Japanese school uniform comprising of a white shirt a blue sailor collar, a short blue skirt, and a red tie. The sleeves on the uniform were torn off to make room for her muscular upper arms.
She wore bandages wrapped around her calves and forearms. Her shoes were grey and resemble Uwabaki, with the kanji for her last name on the toe box. Junko looked around at the other girls and immediately recognized one of them as family.
"Mukuro-nee!" Junko cried as she ran to her sister, "What are you doing here!?"
Mukuro Ikusaba has short, layered, bobbed black hair and freckles across the bridge of her nose. She has a Fenrir tattoo on her right hand, which she covers up with foundation when disguised as Junko. In her Fenrir profile, she is noted to have no scars or marks whatsoever on her body. She is often described as thin, sometimes even worryingly so, by fellow students and even her own sister. Despite not being identical twins, Mukuro and her younger twin sister Junko Enoshima share several physical characteristics.
However, Junko has a considerably larger chest than Mukuro, and weighs two pounds more than her. Mukuro's eyes are less round, more slanted, and are also light purple as opposed to Junko's blue eyes. She had a white button down blouse with a pocket which she rolls the sleeves up to her forearm, a red ribbon tied as a bow around her neck, tan fingerless gloves, a light brown pleaded skirt, black knee-high socks, and brown loafers. Slowly, the older twin rose to her hands and knees, shaking her head.
"Ugh…" she groaned. "Wh-What happened? Wh-Where am I - J-Junko!?"
"What are you doing here, sis? What happened?" Junko asked.
"… I-I remember fight someone who broke into our apartment," Mukuro answered, holding her head a bit. "I tried best to fight back, but she was too strong. Almost like she wasn't even human." Laughter, a cruel, chorus of laughter echoed through out the warehouse.
Footsteps walked down a platform and Tenko gasped from her spot as she recognized her cowgirl assailant. The… thing… turned and looked down at Mukuro and said, "Oh, little Darlin'. That's because Cyanide ISN'T human." One by one, the girls' individual assailant walked out from the shadows, each with grey or black skin, grey or red eyes, and all of them girls. One of the fellow captives, Sonia Nevermind, step forward and glared at the leader standing on her platform.
She is a tall, young woman with long light-blonde hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. She wore the standard issued school uniform with a brown vest over her white dress shirt. She also wore a brown hairband with a four-leaf clover on the right side of her hair, black thigh highs, and brown loafers. Her hair was also styled differently.
"Who are you?" Sonia commanded. "I demand you tell us your identity! And what have you done to us?" Before anyone could react, the Leader shot herself at Sonia with inhuman speeds, grasping the princess by the neck with a single hand.
"The name's Encel Malevo," she answered as she drew a gun. She pointed it at Sonia's temple and said, "and I'm gonna blow your brains out if ya ever take that tone with me again." After her threat was made, Encel then threw Sonia to the floor, allowing an orange haired woman to check on her.
"Sonia!" Chisa cried out to the Princess, "A-Are you alright!?"
Sonia struggled to open her eyes again. She looked at her teacher and groaned, "I-I'm fine, Miss Yukizome." The normally smiling woman, who comes across very cheerful and friendly, sighed before glaring at Encel. Chisa Yukizome is a young, petite woman with large green eyes and orange hair almost always tied into a ponytail. A small part of hair on the right side of her head is curled.
Chisa wore a light blue skirt suit with a white dress shirt underneath. She also wore an apron over her dress, a habit from her days as a housekeeper.
"You…!" Chisa growled, "You could have just put her on the floor! No need to throw her like that!"
"Ha! Why should we care about whether we hurt her or not?" Their captor laughed in reply, "She's a stupid li'l bug just like the rest of ya'll! Besides… your all gonna die soon anyways."
"D-Die!?" Chihiro Fujisaki whimpered. She has a small, lithe stature and doll-like appearance with short, light brown, layered hair and hazel-colored eyes. She wore a girls' winter school uniform set, featuring a long-sleeved dark green jacket, a white shirt with a large Peter Pan collar secured with a thin dark ribbon, suspenders, a box-pleated brown mid-thigh length brown skirt, knee-high black socks, and white, ribboned mary janes. The logo of her Former High School, St. Elbandia Academy, is featured on her buttons and the sides of her socks.
"Why!? Why would you even do something like this!?" Tenko cried.
"Easy!" Encel answered coldly, "Humanity's destruction." The room went quiet as horror drowned the girls into shock. Encel continued, "We're usually asked by them Goody Two-Shoes Hælosíans Dogs why we seem to 'dislike' humanity, too. But my question to them is what's to like about ya, huh?
"You humans are weak and pathetic! Just tiny insects made to be crushed under foot!" Miu Iruma growled at the Där'könian's insult. Miu is a tall, young woman with a hourglass figure. She has long, strawberry blonde hair and two ahoges.
She has icy blue eyes, and her irises, as well as the rings around her pupils, have an unusual, ragged pattern, making them appear slightly mechanical-looking and thus possibly referencing her talent. Miu wears brown goggles with yellow accents on her head. She wears a modified pink sailor school uniform and a matching skirt, her collar noticeably exposing her cleavage, lacking the cover on her chest. She wears black and studded fingerless gloves, with black heeled-boots with gold buttons and buckles on them. She has black straps connected with gold rings attached to her white socks, and over her clothes, gold ring covering her blue ribbon around her collar.
She wears a black choker, and two smaller black collars that resemble barbed wire made out of rubber around her neck. On her uniforms collar, she wears a pin of the mouse mascot from Niko Niko Happy.
"The fuck you think you're talking to, pigshit!?" Miu barked.
"All of this… to affirm your superiority…?" Kyōko Kirigiri growled. She has purple eyes, and a pale complexion. She wears long her lavender hair down with a single braid on her left side, tied with a black ribbon. Kyōko's outfit consists of a dark purple collared jacket with six brown buttons over a zipped up long-sleeved white blouse and brown tie with a bird-like symbol on it.
She also wears a black short skirt, heeled knee-high purple boots with equally knee-high light purple socks. She notably wears custom-made black studded gloves to conceal the burn marks on her hands she received when she was still a young detective. "This is simply foolish. Senseless. Even stupid."
"Ya humans do far worse for much less, L'il Darlin'." Encel countered the detective. "You humans slaughter each other for gold, simple lumps of metal that, in reality, have no true value at all. Ya'll fight over land and material possessions, both of which mean nothin' in the end. In short, you human will destroy yourself eventually.
"We Där'könians simply wish to help ya'll speed up the process. Then, we can have the Earth in exchange for your extinction."
"Holy shit," Junko mumbled to her older twin, "these nutjobs are fucking serious." Mukuro replied, "I think that much is obvious, Junko."
"Do you honestly think that you will get away with this?" Kyōko agrued, "Messing around with lives like that… for the sake of a worthless cause?"
"Even if we didn't, what, pray tell, are ya human bugs gonna do about it?" Encel asked, "Ya don't have superhuman strength we do, ya can't fly, ya couldn't out run us if ya tried. You are literally ants against boots. We'll be honest and admit that there is only one race we truly fear: the demigod descendants of the Sun, Moon, and Sea. Those damn, Goody Two-Shoes Hælosíans."
Encel points to Sakura and Celes, still chained to the wall in the back. "… Their kind." Sakura and Celes' faces become ridden with shock and disbelief.
"W-We're what…?" Sakura asks.
"I'm… a demigod…?" Celes also said with disbelief. Sonia narrowed her eyes and, with Chisa's help, rose back to her feet.
"Now I understand your full plan," the Princess spoke defiantly. "You kidnapped each of us because we are students at Hope's Peak Academy.
"We are considered symbols of hope to the public." The other girls realized what she was getting at. Junko took Sonia's place and continued, "You intend to kill us, but leave those two alive to frame them for the crime. This will cause despair among humanity strong enough to throw it into apocalyptic discord. It will cause these Hælosíans guys or whatever to go to war with the humans in order to defend these two since they are also these Hælosíans people.
"They'll finish us off and you'll take over the world!"
"Close," replied Encel. "Unfortunately, Miss Celestia is a Ludenberg. They'll believe she did this on purpose and will most likely be executed for her crimes. Ōgami will be seen as an accomplice and will face imprisonment if the Hælosíans be that merciful for her betrayal."
"WHAT!?" Sakura and Celes cried out.
"The human race will destroy itself in despair after the Tragedy and whatever's left of y'all will be exterminated like the human bugs ya are." A girl with lilac eyes, short strawberry blonde hair, and a petite, cheerful appearance glared angrily at Encel. She wore a pink coat with puffy white fur trimming, yellow shorts, white thigh high socks and pink boots with multiple straps. She also has a yellowish hat with a small strawberry on top of it. There was also a triangle pattern on the back of her hat.
Ruruka Andō yelled, "Wh-What tells you that anyone would fall for that, huh!? Some people must have noticed something odd already!"
"Hahaha!" Encel laughed, "Because, Darlin', we have one more thing ya humans don't have." She got into Ruruka's face and spoke one word. "Magic."
"M-Magic!?" A witch girl cried, "Are you for real!?" Himiko Yumeno has pale skin, reddish-brown eyes, and chin-length red hair. Her most notable trait is her black 'witch hat', with a red strip around the middle of it, a small pin on the cloth. She also has a quite short stature and round face, giving her quite a young appearance.
The right corners of her upper lips are slightly curled up, and her eyes are lazily lidded, reflecting how easily tired she gets. She also wears brown medieval boots with white ribbons tied around her ankles, dark brown tights, and a pleated bubble red skirt. Around her shoulders is a black blazer with grey accents, with a grey blouse underneath a brown sweater vest. On the pocket of her blazer is an insignia of her previous high school, and gold buttons adorn her blazer. Some of her hair is hidden underneath the witch hat she wears on her head.
She also wears a hairpin on the right side of her bangs, which resembles a blue gem. The same similar gems appear as cufflinks on her sleeves. Encel grinned as she summoned a purple mist of energy to her hand. Encel hissed, "Satisfied, human mage?" Himiko was nearly in shock with what she was witnessing.
"This is… so unreal…" she said. Tenko looked at the Magician in shock and asked, "Y-You never seen something like this before!?"
"Y-You're crazy… !" A girl with glasses yelled out, "All of you are lunatics, you know that!?"
Tōko Fukawa has long dark purple hair she keeps in two braids behind her. She has grey eyes and large wire-rimmed round glasses. On the left side of her chin is a small mole. Toko's outfit is a typical purple Japanese school female uniform with a noticeably lengthy skirt compared to those worn by other girls. On the upper sleeves of her top is her Former High School symbol.
She also wears white socks and purple loafers. Encel laughed before pulling out her high-tech, fantasy-like revolver.
"No, sweetheart," she began to correct. "We are superior… We are the demigod descendants of Shadowynn, the Goddess of Darkness of the Realm Hǣlosìs.
"We… are Där'könians…" Encel points the mysterious weapon at the girls, "… and we're the closet things to gods y'all ever gonna meet." Kotomi Ikuta's yellow eyes glared fearlessly at the Leader of the Seeds of Darkness. She has long red hair, with some strands flaring out rather dramatically. She wore a white headband and the standard uniform of Hope's Peak Academy. She growled, "Gods... Gods...! You only have this word in your mouth! Do you even know what it means!?"
A young girl stood behind the Vice President in fright. Kotoko Utsugi is most likely an 11-12 year old girl. She has very long pink hair tied into pigtails and matching pink eyes with speech bubbles acting as the irises. She wears a pink hairband with horns, which is branded with the emblem of the 'Fighter' class. She wore a frilled white shirt with a matching black jacket and skirt which both have pink accents.
The jacket has the silver Warriors of Hope badge. She also wore mismatched pink thigh-high socks, and boots. She has unusual proportions and quite long limbs, which makes her more adult-like. Gulping, she tugged of Kotomi's jacket and tried to urge, "I-I don't think you should make them angry…"
A blood-curdling scream erupted from Kotomi as her arm was cut clean of by one of the other Där'könian women who had launched a blade of darkness at her. Kotomi fell to the ground to other girls horror as Encel walked forward and placed a foot her chest. Kotomi looked up in pain to see her assailant pointing her revolver at her face.
"We were hoping to wait for the cameras to get here to y'all," she said with an evil grin, "but I don't think they'll miss one of ya. Right…" Click! "… Li'l Miss Thing… ?"
Before she could fire, a green blur explosively breaks through the ceiling and crashes in to Encel. The green figure uses the momentum to propel over to the platform. A shepherd's crook with a large, C-shaped arch perfectly land on its end on the platform before the figure lands the crook's arch, perfectly balanced. He was wearing a green, red lined haori that has a hood, along with slightly shorter than normal, light-colored hakama. Underneath his haori, his wore a black shirt with a large white X pattern on the front. He wore pieces of armor, too.
Silver and red armored boots and a dull green section that covered his abdomen. This second piece of armor sported a six-point star emblem near the top with the kanji for sun in the center (サン). He also wore a large, wide-brimmed, green hat with large, floppy rabbit ears. The Rabbit Boy smiled at the Seeds of Darkness who glared in return as they ready their weapons. Encel rose back to her feat and barked, "Damn you, ya Goody Two-Shoes, Hælosían bastard!"
The girls stare in shock at the Rabbit King who continues to smile at the Där'könians. The darkness of hood obscured his upper face, his eyes glowing bright like two small suns, leaving a visible trail of light as they move.
"H-He's a Hǣlosían?" Tenko breathed in away at what she just witnessed. "I-Is he here to save us?"
"Wow… Nice outfit." The other girls deadpanned at Aoi Asahina's statement. The girl has tanned skin, blue eyes, and an hourglass-shaped figure. She wears her brown hair in a curled ponytail, which becomes spikier when she gets upset and droops when she's sad. Aoi wears Hope's Peak Academy-branded blue athletic shorts, a red track suit jacket over a white tank top, white knee high socks, a red knee brace on her right knee, and Hope's Peak Academy-branded green sneakers.
Hǣlosían giggled impishly and asked, "Mind if I crash the party?"
"Encel," another Där'könian spoke up, "we have to surrender!"
"WHAT!?" Encel yelled.
"That's the Rabbit King, one of the members the HOIS and a King."
"A king…?" Sonia whispered.
"Even if we could kill him, which we can't," the Där'könian continued, "killing would be declaration of war and, instead of reducing our race to near extinction, this time the Hǣlosíans will kill us all!"
"I refuse to back down to a Hǣlosían Dog!" Encel roared.
"Of course you Där'könian Trash opt for the choice of stupidity!" The Rabbit King chirped, pissing off the Där'könians with his words.
"I beg your pardon!" Encel hissed. The Hǣlosían answered, "Let me explain. Number one, Där'könians are stupid! Number two, Där'könians are all idiots...!"
The Hope's Peak girls watched as the Rabbit King went on insulting the Seeds of Darkness as Chiaki Nanami connected the dots. Chiaki has short, pale mauve hair which is slightly curled. She wore a white clip in the shape of the spaceship from Galaga to the side of her face and has pale pink eyes. She wore a one button teal-grey cardigan with a symbol on the chest pocket and a hood that has pointed ears on the top and two pink eye-like markings on the front. Chiaki is often seen wearing a pink cat-like backpack as well.
Under her hoodie, she wore a white buttoned shirt with a pink ribbon and a pale beige skirt. Chiaki also wears black thigh high stockings and pink mary-jane style shoes. Chiaki said, "These guys sound like cats and dogs. Hǣlosíans must be like humankind loyal best friend while Där'könians are snoby cats looking down on us all." Maki Harukawa, who stood next to Chiaki, looked at the Gamer to respond.
Maki has red eyes and very long, dark brown hair that she ties into twintails held by two big, red scrunchies. She has straight bangs that hide her eyebrows, as well as two small strands of hair that fall at the sides of her head, the one falling at her right side being a bit longer. She also has a beauty mark under her left eye. Despite having a slender physique, she does possess some muscle and strength. She donned a red sailor-uniform accompanied by matching colored thigh-high socks, a short, pleated black plaid skirt, and brown ankle boots.
The scarf on her uniform was a pale pink with a very slight visible star design on it. A pin of her previous high school was on her breast pocket, and an emblem at the bottom right of her shirt. Her accessories included a dark grey wristband that looks similar to magnetic bracelets athletes wear, small, silver stud earrings, a white hairpin at the side of her head, and a flower brooch on her right shoulder.
"I think that much was obvious," she said to the upperclassman. "But… he really could be more serious about this."
"When you know EXACTLY where your enemies lie on the power scale," the Hǣlosían King said, overhearing what the 'Child Caregiver' said, "and have the wisdom to neither overestimate nor underestimate them, you really have no reason to take anything seriously." Akane Owari step forward to the Green Rabbit. She is a tall, young woman with an athletic, curvaceous physique. She has tanned skin, dark gray eyes, and unkempt, long chestnut hair. Akane wore a short-sleeved white shirt with the top few buttons undone, exposing a large amount of cleavage.
The bottom button also appeared undone, exposing her navel when she moves quickly. She also wore a red miniskirt and cream-colored loafers with no socks. She looked at the Rabbit King and asked, "I'm not sure if I get it. You're saying that all you care about is fighting them? Because if so, really can't blame you on this one.
"I ain't the thinking type either, to be honest. And these punks definitely earned it."
"Actually, all I care you all safely back where you all belong," he replied. "However, if fighting them mean save you, then let them have at me! I'll set them straight!"
"As expected of a Hǣlosían, especially one like you, Ya Majesty!" Encel mocked, "You Hǣlosían are True Heroes by nature, so it makes sense for ya to come anyone's rescue. It's disgusting! You Goody Two-Shoes coming to the rescue of these weaklings!" Makoto spoke, face serious, "It is the proud duty of Hǣlosíans to protect those who need it.
"Whether they deserve it or not. It may be my be my nature, but I see nothing wrong with my nature forcing me to do what's right. Being a Hero's better than being Där'könian Trash like all of you."
"W-Well… Tenko definitely agree there! She cannot believe she is going to say this, but… this man definitely proved his worth here!"
"Too bad it's in vain!" Encel growled, "Hǣlosíans or no Hǣlosíans! Kill them all!"
With that, a fight between the two forces began. The Hǣlosían used his feet to spin his crook before kicking at Encel, launching the villainous Där'könian into the girls.
A green portal ripped open from under the Rabbit King who fell through, the portal closing behind him. Then, Encel sent flying into by the Rabbit's foot, the former having appeared from another portal he had opened underneath the Där'könian. She fell onto the ground while the Rabbit landed on his, catching his crook which was also tossed back into the air. The Rabbit smiled back at his foes.
"You want to hurt them," he twirled the weapon around, striking it into the ground before looking up, "then you must go through me first."
Monaca Tōwa, an elementary school-aged girl, looked from behind Miu in fear. She has short green hair tied with a red ribbon and matching eyes with a distinct manji pattern as the iris. She wore a knee-length black dress with a decal of a pelvis and spine on its back. Monaca wore the silver Warriors of Hope badge on the collar of her dress.
Her legs are incapacitated, so she uses an electric wheelchair. The footrest bears the emblem of the 'Mage' class.
She also wore black knee highs and white shoes. She whimpered to Miu, "I-Is he going to be okay?"
"B-Better him than us!" Miu said, "At least he can defend himself, apparently." Sayaka Maizono watched the Hǣlosían from behind.
She is considered very attractive, as she has a large fanbase of both boys and girls. She wears eyeliner and blush, which suggests that she wears makeup to help keep this appearance. She has long, dark blue hair, which she holds in place with several clips. Her eyes are also dark blue.
Her school uniform is a traditional seifuku-style Japanese school uniform comprising of a long sleeved white shirt with a blue sailor collar and a pink ribbon bow tie with tails, a blue tartan skirt, black thigh-high socks and brown, buckled shoes.
Her school crest is visible on her undershirt and on her sleeve.
'This Rabbit King…" she thought, "… he seem so… familiar…' The Där'könian dash forward, with three of them simultaneously and literally flying at the Rabbit. The Hǣlosían King skillfully eliminated any of the Där'könian that attack him. until one, flying in midair, fired a gun at his face and knocked him off balance.
The Hǣlosían proceeded to charge at the Där'könian whilst dodging her shots. He jumped up to the Där'könian which proceeded to shoot at him. Suddenly, the Hǣlosían flew up around the shots and flew the Där'könian. The Hǣlosían proceeded to punch the Där'könian with the end of his crook with such force that he flew high into the air before ricocheting off the ceiling in order to land back on the ground.
"W-Well, he seems to be able to handle things just fine!" Hiyoko Saionji cried.
"Come on, let's get out of here!" She is a very petite, slender girl with long, blonde hair that is generally seen tied into curved twin tails. At first sight, one would remark that her voice and her appearance don't give off the air of a high schooler at all. She has orange eyes and keeps her hair up with two hair-ties, both of which consist of a green ribbon with a cat face in the middle. Hiyoko is dressed in an orange, traditional furisode kimono with a white floral print pattern, and a green obi sash which is tied around her waist and secured with a bow at the back.
She and the other girls ran for the exit. Meanwhile, Mahiru Koizumi couldn't help but stay behind to watch Rabbit Clad Hero. She has dark red hair in a bob cut, olive green eyes, and a pale face with light freckles across her cheeks. She wore the standard uniform with black knee length socks and the same shoes.
"I-I don't like this," she whispered, "but… he seems like he can handle himself alright!"
Suddenly, screams resonated behind her. She turned around to see the exit had been sent to flames of deathly purple, a Där'könian now standing in the path to freedom.
"Foolish Humans," she gave a mocking chuckle, her hand enveloped in the same flames. "I stole the Authority of Hellfire from a demon. Did you truly believe you could escape me?"
Akane, anger painted on her face, stepped forward.
"A-Akane!?" Chisa gasped.
"This bitch and I have score to settle!" The Gymnast growled.
"Ah, eager to be defeated again, are we?" The Där'könian asked arrogantly, confirming she was Akane's attacker. With pure venom, Akane growled, "I'm not going to lose to you scum again! Not after everything you've done!" The duel commenced when Akane launched herself the Där'könian, who blocked the kick with her elbow.
After she landed on her feet, Akane took fighting stance. Hovering above the ground, the Där'könian casts a hellfire-ball. Akane charged towards the Där'könian, dashing from side to side in order to avoid the incoming fire. She finally closed the window between herself and the villain by charging forward through the hellfire, before spinning in midair and attempting to punch the Där'könian once the hellfire stopped… only to have the enemy catch the blade with her left hand and send a fiery palm blast to Akane's stomach with her right.
"Akane!" Chisa cried out.
As Akane recovered from crashing into a wall, the Där'könian propelled herself forward, attempting to ram Akane into the wall. Akane jumped upward, grabbed her opponent, and used the momentum to hurl her opponent onto the floor. As her opponent recovered with a back-flip, she is tackled by Akane, who proceeded to land a flurry of blows. The Där'könian blocked them before she back-flipped and kicked Akane up into the air. After she landed on her feet, Akane prepared to fight once more. Tenko looked around to seeing why the Hǣlosían wasn't coming to their aid only to find that, though he was fighting pretty well, he was fighting to many of these Där'könian scum as it was.
He was currently outnumbered 20 to 1.
"This… There's just too many of them!" Tenko cried out.
"H-How are we going to get out of here!?" Mikan Tsumiki cried.
She has long, choppy, dark purple hair that is cut unevenly as a result of bullying. She has light, greyish-purple eyes. There is a beauty mark under her left eye's corner. She wears a nurse uniform which consists of a pale pink, collared short-sleeved shirt with puffed sleeves. She wore Hope's Peak Academy uniform.
She had a band-aid on her right cheek and bandages wrapped around her right leg and left knee. The Där'könian that Akane was fighting laughed before giving the Gymnast a cruel smile.
"Tell me something girl," she asked, "are you sure you're a human? You're strength is rather on par with a demigod's. Though, of course, it comes no where near my power."
"The hell are you implying, huh!?" Akane hissed in frustration. "Riddles ain't my thing. Try again, punk!" Akane launched a kick at the Där'könian who easily blocked.
The Där'könian laughed, "It's true what they say! Like Father, like Daughter."
"That ain't funny! The fuck you mean, huh!? I'm nothing like my father!"
Akane sent a flurry of blows at the Där'könian who blocked them. She then leaned in and said, "I do not speak of your human stepfather." With shocking, inhuman force, Akane's opponent sent her flying away. Meanwhile, the Rabbit King, though outnumbered, wasn't even breaking a sweat. He created another portal to fall through and created another under a Där'könian, coming through upside down and kicking her in the chin, knocking her out.
The Hǣlosían then ricocheted off the roof again and dropped down feet-first onto Encel's face. Encel growled and yelled, "What do you Hǣlosíans even see in these worthless bugs!?" The Där'könians charge at the Rabbit King. As the first one reaches him, he kicked her away and dodged between several others, punching and kicking them away, and finally rolling away. As The Hǣlosían rolled away, he used his crook to beat down on several opponents that neared him, then slammed it down onto the ground, causing a massive, sun-golden shock wave that knocks most of the Seeds of Darkness members down.
Watching his fight, small bunny girl named Aiko Umesawa had nothing to say but, "… Wow. Just… wow." Aiko is a notably small and short girl with short, wavy, brown hair and a noticeable blush on her cheeks. She has heterochromia; her left eye is green, while her right eye is blue. She donned a yellow bunny hoodie over the standard Hope's Peak Academy's uniform.
The ears seemed to mimic her expressions—when she is frightened, the ears droop. She also wore black socks and white slippers that have a bow on the instep. Next to her stood her fellow Student Council member, Karen Kisaragi. Karen has short brownish green hair, which falls just above her shoulders and is slightly curled; notably, two of her bangs cross over each other on either side of her eyes. She has blue-green eyes behind her thin white glasses, and she wears the standard uniform of Hope's Peak Academy.
She said, "W-Well, at least we don' have to worry about him… I-I think." Things can be better in this big universe, but tempting karma is literally asking things to get worse. As if to tell Karen 'fuck you,' a black fist punched into the Rabbit King, sending him flying into the wall. The Hǣlosían stood, holding his shoulder, and looked up with a frightened squeak as he caught sight of what hit him. A Bersemoth postures, beating its chest before roaring.
Bersemoths are agile and erratic, attacking enemies with its claws. It is very durable and displays impressive strength, destroying structures with blows from its bare hands. Bersemoths are large creatures with black skin. They have eight massive arms, each with a set of 4 digits with venom purple claws. While it is muscular and has large hands and feet, it also has rather thin limbs.
It has two large, curved tusks sprouting from its lower jaw. Like all Impurities, their glowing eyes also leave a visible trail of purple light as they move.
"Wh-What is that!?" Himiko cried out. "Its magic level is unreadable!"
"Not the time!" Kotoko and Monaca yelled.
"Why do you idiots have an Impurity here!" The Hǣlosían exclaimed, "This thing will try to kill you just as much as me and everyone else!"
"Bein' killed by an Impurity will be worth it if we can destroy the human race!" Encel laughed with crazed glee.
"So a Bersemoth is you back up plan?" The Rabbit King sweatdropped, "Wow, Där'könians are stupid."
"Ya won't be saying that when this monster puts ya in the grave!" The Bersemoth charged forward toward the Rabbit King. The Rabbit King flipped over its head and landed, sliding around in a circle on his feet until he faced the Bersemoth again and propelled himself toward the dark creature.
He sunk the tip of his crook into its hip, but doesn't get it any further through the Impurity's body. The Bersemoth turned to look at him and the Rabbit King backed up with another squeak.
"Uh oh," he said in small voice. It grabbed him and lifted him off the ground, his entire head fitting in its fist and his legs dangling in the air. The Impurity used one of its other hands to punch him and the Rabbit King is launched across the warehouse.
He landed face first into the ground before mumbling, "… Killing… Killing will happen…" He slowly rose to his hands and knees and groaned, "Okay… which one of you girls taunted the universe?" Karen shamefully raised her hand with her head bowed. As the Hǣlosían rose to his feet, he failed to realize that his hat fell off his head, allow Sayaka a good look at his face and made her gasp in surprise.
He has spiky, desaturated brown hair with a prominent ahoge, and washed-out hazel eyes.
"M-Makoto!?" Sayaka cried. Makoto gave a cute, but blank look as he turned his attention down to see, what he believed, one of his nightmare made true.
"NOOO!" He cried to the heavens. "MY HAT! MY SISTER PUT HER HEART AND SOUL INTO MAKING THIS FOR MEEE!" While Makoto was distracted, the Bersemoth's was drawn to something else.
Akane had her opponent in a choke-hold, however the latter simply smiled before she elbowed Akane in the abdomen. The windows shattered and Akane goes flying across the room. The Bersemoth pounded it's chest once more as it joined the Där'könian's charge towards Akane. Before their fists could deliver the finally blow, they were blocked by Makoto who wore a look of calm, yet godly anger on his face, his eyes glowing two furious suns. An expression that didn't seem to feel right on his appearance.
"Uh… Tenko doesn't think we should stay near him for the moment." Kaede Akamatsu gulped as she gazed at the fury in the Hǣlosían's eyes. She has smooth ash blonde hair, reaching just below her shoulders, which is somewhat curved outwards to each side, making it look a lot bigger than it is. Her hair is parted to the far right, her bangs hanging low over her eyes before they're swept behind her ears, with a single arcing ahoge poking out from the back of her parting and two thin clumps of hair sitting over each shoulder, which curve outwards at the ends. Her eyes are tilted inwards a little, and are framed by quite long and pronounced upper and lower eyelashes, and in her game sprites their irises are a warm plum color, although in her official reference sheet they're more of a light purplish-brown.
Kaede wears her high school uniform, which consists of a pinkish off-white dress shirt with an orange tie at her neck, over which she wears a sleeveless pale pink sweater with a darker pink hem and v-neck collar, her school's insignia adorned on the left side of her chest. She wears a short, dark purple skirt, which is patterned with 5 thin black lines with musical notes decorating them, which creates an actual melody, although it doesn't seem to be any relevant tune, and in her bangs she wears five hair-slides of a similar design. Her knee-high socks are a much colder purple color than her skirt, bearing the same crest as her sweater on their outer sides, and on her feet she wears tan lace-up shoes with thick brown soles. She also carries around a plain white backpack, which has a flap lid, fastened with a rectangular golden clasp, and two small pockets on the sides.
"I-I concur with that…" the pianist agreed, "… and he's like this… because of his hat?"
"He looks… so cool…" a blushing Sayaka whispered to herself, "I didn't know he could be like that…" With their fists still in his grasp, Makoto slammed them together like a pair of pots before punching the Där'könian and Bersemoth with a force enough to shake the building and to send his enemies flying. Makoto then took eye blinking flight at the Impurity before flying up into the air only to slam a fiery punch into the downed Bersemoth, turning monster to dust and sending a ripple through the floor, knocking the incoming Där'könians off their feet. Makoto summoned his crook again as Akane's assailant then charges at him, followed by her compatriots.
Makoto slammed his crook into the floor, the force summoning hurricane winds which blew his adversaries away, knocking them out.
"Holy shit!" Akane cried out. Makoto turned to the girls and asked, "Are you all alright?" Kotomi stood up, the stump that was once her arm sewn and tended to by Mikan.
"Y-Yeah," Kotomi said, as she held her stump, "I-I mean, the question is welcome, but maybe you should worry about yourself first!"
"Not really Hǣlosían nature," he shrugged. "We naturally put the lives of others before our own." Then, there attention was drawn to one Där'könian in particular who was rising back to her feet. Encel glared at Makoto with what appeared to be irritation and confusion while the Hǣlosían stood his ground. With authority in his voice, he said, "This is your last chance. Stand down."
"… Do ya want to know why I hate humanity so much?" Encel sighed.
"Because, like I all Där'könians, your arrogant and believe they're beneath you?" Encel chuckled at Makoto's cold answer before pulling a handkerchief from her pocket.
"Of course your kind would believe that's my only reason." She wiped her face as the girls gasped in shock at what they saw. Makoto's eyes went wide before turning his head to the side. "Humans hurt me long before we met… All sorts of people in all sorts of ways..." her face was burned, scared by who knows what, " ...which is why I can't understand why you take their side when humans hurt just as much.
"Sure, not in the same way, but… when the person ya fell in love with ripped out your hear before burning it to ash… is there really a difference?"
"Wha…? What do you mean by that?" Tōko asked, "D-Did something happened to him?"
"While ya humans are considered mature adult at age eighteen," the Där'könian explained, "Hǣlosíans reach mental maturity at age five due to ichor that runs through their veins. Thus, they are considered adults and are allowed to do everything adults do. Including marriage. There were many lost humans who found their way to our realm, and one treacherous, deceitful, little vixen stole the heart…" she gestured to Makoto who shook his head with frown, but the sadness could still be seen, "of his majesty, Makoto Naegi. He loved that human brat and he was the perfect husband.
"Treated her right, loved her, protected her, would give his life for her. And she repaid his love by sleep with a fellow Där'könian woman. She cheated on. A human betrayed the trust and love of the Hǣlosían race, not just their Imperial Family. Because that's what ya humans do; destroy any good and pure."
"Makoto…" Sayaka whispered.
"So, why, pray tell, are ya defending a race that hurt you just as much as me?" Silence for a moment.
"Because I don't simply judge an entire race based solely on the actions of one individual," he finally answered. "Yes, Alexandra hurt me. I loved her and she hurt. And yes, there are humans out that are as bad as you say! But I refuse to be like you and forget of all the good ones!"
He gestured to the girls, "Like these ones here. They have a done a lot for the sake of others instead of thinking solely of themselves!"
"Well, half of us anyway." Hiyoko grumbled, feel like this guy may be over exaggerating how good they are.
"So I'm not going to stand by and allow you, of all people, to judge and execute an entire race because of a stupid reason like revenge!"
"W-Well, this is something Tenko can definitely get behind! N-No matter who's the one who has such principles!"
"You bet!" Akane agreed with the Aikidō Master, "And at least he didn't try to kill us for that!"
"Th-There's no way I would hate someone like him after that!" Chihiro also said.
"So, I've heard enough," the Rabbit King glowered. The two combatants began to stare each other down. Encel made the first move, delivering a series of quick shots and shadow arcs that knocked Makoto back a short distance. Eventually, Makoto started to strike back, managing to land some hits on Encel that she wasn't able to block. Makoto knocked Encel back a good distance before kicking her.
Encel then quickly ran in circles around Makoto before letting out another Semblance attack that causes Makoto to slide back a short distance near the girls.
"Go!" He ordered as tilted his head the back doors, "Get to the exit!"
"B-But what about you, Makoto!?" Sayaka cried out. However, the Idol was pulled away by the Traditional Japanese Dancer, Hiyoko yelling, "Come on, don't slow us down! I'm certainly not dying here right now!" Sayaka took one last and Makoto before being pulled away.
Makoto and Encel their battle against each other. They struck each other with a flurry of vicious shots and strikes. Makoto jumped above Celes and Sakura who were still chained to the wall, taking each chain and breaking them. Freed from their restraints, Makoto ordered them, "Go!" All of the girls gone, The two eventually clashed, the strike disarming Encel of her guns.
Makoto glowered at the Där'könian who conjured another weapon while glaring back at the Hǣlosían King. The two proceeded forward to clash again. As their battle intensified, Encel conjured a giant, shadowy sword while Makoto twirled his crook, summoning forth two eastern dragons, one black and the white.
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Meanwhile, outside the large warehouse, the girls watched in horror as Makoto and Encel fought from inside. Sayaka looked at the building in panic, fearing for the life of the Rabbit King. Because, even though Hǣlosíans new a lot, they were not gods and didn't know everything. Sayaka and Makoto went to the same middle school but never talked to each other due to being in different social circles. However, she became interested in Makoto after seeing him nurse an injured crane when it got lost and stuck in the pool at their school.
She wanted to get to know him more, but unfortunately, both of them ended up graduating without ever contacting each other. However, there are other ways to find out about someone. Though the Hǣlosían made it difficult for reasons Idol now understood, Sayaka had much of her time 'following' Makoto every chance she had. Weird, true enough, but there is an old saying. People do crazy things… when their in love.
Sayaka Maizono had grown infatuated with the boy. Little too anyone's knowledge.
'Makoto…' Sayaka thought, blushing as her hand rested to her heart, 'I didn't think you would go this far for us…' Kyōko looked around at everyone and spoke, "Can anyone tell me how everyone got here? I want to verify something."
Tsumugi Shirogane raised her hand to speak. She is a tall, young woman with long, knee length, cerulean hair which starts out smooth and becomes wavy the lower it goes. Her eyes are soft teal and round. She wore rimless glasses with white temples. Her uniform consisted of a white blouse, a knee length pleated skirt, adorned with six white buttons on her waist; her skirt seemed to be held by suspenders.
She wore an orange bow, black socks ending under the knee, and grey shoes. Her blazer had two pockets on both sides and is adorned by the same white buttons as her skirt.
"I-I was in my apartment all alone." Tsumugi said, "W-Well, I thought I was alone… b-but then I felt something on the back of my head and… w-well, here I was…" Kirumi Tōjō said, "I was heading to a client's house, but unfortunately, the usual route was blocked because of some unfortunate accident.
"So I needed to take a shortcut… which was a very bad idea of mine, I will let you say." Kirumi is a tall, thin young woman with pale, sandy blonde hair with a green tint and long bangs that obscure her left eye (but her left eye is occasionally drawn over it when she's expressing certain emotions). Her skin is fairly pale, and her eyes are a warm green. Her maid uniform consists of a long black apron dress in a pinafore style with a spiderweb motif, four white buttons along the middle of the torso of her dress, and the button of her previous high school's emblem on the left. A white dress is donned underneath her apron dress with a black collar, and a purple tie around her neck.
The sleeves of her shirt had elegant frills at the end, which went along with the bubble skirt appearance of her dress. She wore a black headdress with black lace and frills attached to it, with four white pins on it, a common appearance that maids take up. She wore black, form-fitting gloves with silver rings attached to the back of her hands. Underneath her dress is a chic-combination of a petticoat with black lace and black tights, which she deems practical by not exposing her legs. She also wore grey, high-laced pinwheel shoes, the laces white and wrapped around her ankles and settling into a neat bow at her feet.
A tall, young woman, who wore a black/dark turquoise schoolgirl uniform with a red ascot stepped forward. Her skirt is somewhat short and she wears dark tights underneath it with white loafers. She has long, silver hair that she ties up into two braids on either side of her head with white ribbons securing each braid at the top, and two red ties to hold each braid together at the bottom. Her eyes are also bright red. She also wears thin framed rectangular glasses.
Peko Pekoyama then said, "I was trying to protect one of my classmates. Only to realize too late that they've been after me… and to think I was overpowered so easily…" Junko entered her clinical sophistication to speak.
"It seems like those people are masters of stealth," she said as a clipboard appeared as she pushed up 'her' glasses, "mastering the art of hiding in the shadows without being noticed… a little like ninjas." A glasses-less Tōko glared at Junko and deadpanned, "E-EXCUSE ME! Those are MINE! Give them back!"
"Well, if they are demigods like they claim," Himiko joined, "then that makes. For reasons I can never fathom, supernatural beings are always living in the shadows. Maybe even that Rabbit King Guy. In fact, supernatural people usually revert to two options when exposed. Either kill the witness or erase all memories of the event."
"H-How do you know all of that!?" Tenko asked, "Is… Is that related to the fact that you're a magician?"
"Mage," Himiko deadpanned, "and the answer is yes. The supernatural wants to keep their existence a secret be as much as possible. Don't ask me why, I think it's stupid."
"Maybe not," said the Detective. "There is probably a reason why they erased our memories... and I feel like our savior might do the same thing to us." Then, the girls attention was drawn to the sound of Celes and Sakura breaking through the doors as the earth began to shake.
"GET DOWN!" Sakura roared, "GET DOOOWN!" The building exploded into a beam of light shooting into the night sky, the Black and White Dragons swirling in its core. As the winds raged around, the girls looked on in awe and fear before Celes and Sakura tackled them to the ground. Soon, the Dragons began to swim back down, the building's large chunks of debris twirling around the vortex also started to drop.
Lying on the girls watched as Makoto took a massive leap into the air and landed on top of one of the falling chunks of concrete. He looked down and noticed Encel survived, flying up to him. The two fight their way around the falling debris. Eventually, the building landed back on the ground, and Encel was on her knees, panting in exhaustion. Makoto now stood before the girls triumphantly.
"Had enough yet?" Makoto demanded.
"Shut up!" Encel yelled. But Makoto didn't.
"If you were smarter or more clever, then maybe... you'd remember to watch your back!" Encel glared at him, wondering what the Rabbit King is talking about, but then gasped as she looked behind her. But it was too late. As the Där'könian quickly tried to return to her feet, Encel was blasted away and sent to Makoto's feet, falling unconscious. Everyone looked down at the Där'könian, their adversary finally defeated, before Makoto looked up the sky with smile and said, "Perfect timing, little sister, as usual."
"Huh?" The girls looked up to see a girl flying in the air before floating down. She has short, dark brown hair and desaturated green eyes. She also sports an ahoge, similar to that of her brother's, which developed as she grew. She wore a long, green, slightly pleated skirt tied with a bow, a white haori (kimono jacket), and some green hair ribbons on the sides of her. She wore green soldier cap and jacket, giving her a sort of delinquent vibe and ruining her shrine maiden (Miko) image.
"You flatter me, Big Brother," Komaru replied, "but I assure you, I'm late. If I wasn't, then how did I already miss the party?" Landing on the ground, Komaru brought a hand up to heart, the muscle glowing from within. "Let's clean this mess up, guys." Out of nowhere, more Hǣlosíans flew on to the scene and, quite literally began reconstructing the warehouse perfectly.
It was almost halfway done before the girls knew it.
"… Okay, I don't even care anymore at this point." Kotomi said, "And the worst part is that I SHOULD!" Suzuko Kashiki agreed and said, "Like all of us! This… this is really too much! I-I think I'm going to…"
Suzuko has short brown hair and bright blue eyes. She wore the standard uniform of Hope's Peak Academy with a red ribbon instead of a tie. She also has slightly darker skin than her fellow members. Tsubasa caught her fellow student council member as she fainted. Tsubasa Kamii has long, light colored hair which reaches down to her waist.
It's left mostly loose but some of it is tied back with a hair ornament in the shape of a butterfly surrounded by leafs. Her eyes are a pale blue and her skin appears fair. She wore a customized Hope's Peak uniform consisting of a white dress shirt, a standard red bow, and a dark blue skirt. Additionally, she wore black, thigh high stockings and a low cut, caramel colored cardigan. Her shoe wear were typical school shoes.
"Suzuko, please hang in here!" Tsubasa cried out in alarm, "I-I know this is really freaking you out, but you can't collapse yet!"
"Here catch!" The girls all turned in time for Makoto to throw each of them of a bottle of glowing blue liquid. Miaya Gekkōgahara is a short woman with blue hair, held by a light gray headband. She has blue eyes and long eyelashes. She wears a gray headphone and a long, dark red scarf which hides the lower part of her face.
She wore a pale brown jacket, a black vest, a white dress shirt, and a black skirt. She also wore long black socks and white slippers. Her facial expressions never changed and her eyes lack emotion. Miaya used a wheelchair equipped with a modern PC screen, which is where Usami appears. Usami is a white rabbit with white feathered wings and two upright ears accessorized with a pink bow.
She wore a pink and white skirt similar to Sayaka Maizono's stage costume, a pink bib with white hems, and a gold necklace similar to Sailor Moon's Crisis Moon Compact. She carried a pink staff which is topped by an upside-down and right-side-up golden heart with a red gem in the center of it, framed with a pair of small white wings.
[What is this,] Miaya asked via Usami.
"A choice," Makoto answered.
[Huh?]
"That potion we gave you will erase all memories of what has happened today," he explained. "The choice to drink it however is entirely up to each of you."
"S-So…" Mikan stuttered, "we have the choice… to forget it all?"
"A-And you're not forcing us? Why?" Tenko asked.
"Hǣlosìans are naturally born to be True Heroes, people who live to help others," the Rabbit King answered, "but in a way that show those people how to help themselves, in the face of danger, combats adversity through impressive feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength, often sacrificing their own personal concerns for a greater good. One way to do that is letting you decide for yourself. Unlike other humans, have seen enough to integrate you all into Shadows, humans who know the secret of the supernaturals but are required by Absolute Law to keep it secret. A law one of you unfairly had to learn the hard way." Himiko looked away, anger of her fate still sound at the mention of her exile.
"That is where you choose. You can remember if you choose, but keep the Secret of the Shadows. Tell everyone what you seen hear with zero evidence and look like group of crazy people crying Bigfoot, while also painting a target on your backs with the Supernatural Community. Or, drink that, forget all that happened tonight, and return to the blissful ignorance of life. All in all, once you decide, you're on your own."
"We may cross paths again and we will help out if the choice appears," said Komaru, "but we are not gods. We are born, we live, and we die just as you. We also have limitations will not always be there to save you. Thus, why we are simply being honest with your choices. Blunt, yes, but honest.
"There pros and cons with all roads before you. Remember and keep it secret, and your life will never be normal again. Remember and try to reveal the truth, and you will be marked as lunatics and hunted by the Supernatural Law Enforcement to be silenced. Forget, and continue to live a lie, blissfully and safely unaware of the beautiful, but dangerous universe that truely surrounds you."
"You're…?" Chisa gulped, "You're also taking a huge risk for us, aren't you?"
"What who made the Absolute Law is the Three Primordial Goddesses of the Universe, Solstice the Sun, Lunia the Moon, and Aquarianna the Sea." Makoto said, "And we Hǣlosìans descend from them directly, hense Demigod Descendants of the Sun, Moon, and Sea Goddess. But yes, we are taking big risk in trusting you all, but as you humans say - 'Faith can move mountains.'"
"That's… That's pretty generous." Tenko said. However, Himiko no longer able to stomach her rage exploded.
"I still don't understand." The Mage asked, "Why must all of this be a secret?" Makoto and Komaru looked at each other before sighing sadly. Komaru pulled out an orb which project a holographic image and what the girls saw was disturbing. The date and location: Salem, Massachusetts; February 1692 - May 1693.
A woman was being burned at a stake buy the towns people. The image changed to something further back, the medieval ages. Fairies and other fae creatures were trapped in jars and cages. The images continued to change, each more horrific after the other. And the worse part were the wars. So many wars.
"It may be a hard truth to swallow, but you humans have a terrible habit of being afraid of things that are different." Komaru said, her voice calm, but sharp as they cut into the humans and filled them with shame. "Anything you know nothing of or cannot understand, fear breeds prejudice, prejudice breeds discrimination, and discrimination… breeds hate. There are many Alternate Earths in this Universe, but none of them had faced such punishment than this one. The Three Great Mothers punished your race by dividing you.
"Those who know of the existence of magic, and those who believe it to be myth. Because only some human can still be trusted."
"Well, it may be blunt, but I feel like it's the truth." Hiyoko sighed.
[Well, considering the subject of the matter.] Miaya agreed.
"But… what do you think we should do?" Tenko asked.
"As we said," Komaru turned, "that is up to you. Oh, and by the way…" Komaru waved a set of pictures of the Hǣlosìans, causing Mahiru to scream, "… it is awfully rude to take pictures of people without their consent." Mahiru fell to the ground in despair as Komaru burned the photos.
"H-HEY! You didn't need to go that far!" Chisa yelled as she started comforting Mahiru. Unfortunately, Komaru didn't really seem to actually care, more concerned with her nails. Thus, Makoto had to apologise in her stead.
"Sorry about Komaru," he said. "She just really hates people taking pictures of her and other Hǣlosìans. Makes her feel like some kind of freak for some reason."
"O-Okay, but she could have just at least asked me to dispose of it!" Mahiru cried. "Even if I don't like it in general, I would have understood!"
"Yes! That was rude of her!" Chisa yelled. Makoto sighed and looked to his sister.
"Komaru, could you please apologise?" He asked.
"Would you apologise to a child you spanked for misbehaving?" Komaru said, "Those who spare the rod spoil the child."
"She's not going to let go, is she?" Chisa deadpanned.
"She will if you just drop it. Sorry." Makoto apologized again for his sister. Mahiru sighed in defeat.
"Alright, fine…"
"Jeez, she can really be childish." Hiyoko whispered, "And that's coming from me."
"Onii-chan, I believe we are done here." Komaru began walking away. The girls looked around and noticed that the building had been completed, as if it was never destroyed to begin with. The Där'könians were being handcuffed by the Hǣlosìans who then looked to the sky. There was silence before a humming sounds echoed through out the night sky.
The winds blew all around them, and the girls looked up to see the searchlights of majestic, alien, and fantasy-like ships flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the area and extending a ramp out for the Hǣlosìans who began escorting the villains towards it. The girls stared in awe before Makoto spoke again.
"Oh, I didn't notice your arm!" Kotomi flinched as the Hǣlosìan king walked up to her. His hand ignited into solar plasma before he aimed it at her stump. It became covered in solar plasma as her arm began to grow back. By the time he was finished, Kotomi's arm was good as new.
"Ladies, this is where we part ways," he said.
"H-Hold on!" Seiko called out to Makoto. The Rabbit King turned around to see a short woman with purple eyes and a sickly complexion. She has pale grey hair and a respirator mask covering her mouth. She wears a dark-colored jacket, a white dress shirt, a dark miniskirt held by a purple belt, long black stockings, and purple Mary Janes. Under her respirator mask, she wears braces.
She also wears purple gloves with a single white stripe in the middle. Her eyes give her a frightening look. "Will we… Will we see each other again?"
"Maybe, maybe not," he answered. "You might not see us, but we Hǣlosìans will see you. Hiding in plain sight, but watching over you all in secret. Guardians. Protectors. Saviors.
"Heroes." Makoto and Komaru walked backwards towards the shadows. "We're like the Cheshire Cat you hear about. One minute we're here. The next…"
Shadows consumed their forms and the Hǣlosìans were gone. Vanished without a single trace, leave the girls standing by the perfectly rebuilt, abandoned warehouse. No evidence that anything they saw was real.
"That… was freaking awesome," said Junko.
"Yeah… w-wait, really!?" Mukuro looked at her sister in shock. The Soldier was surprised that her sister was actually showing interest in something other than despair.
"I… I don't think anyone would believe me if I would tell them what happened…" Kotoko looked at the potion the Hǣlosìans gave her. "What should I do? I-I'm really scared right now…"
"M-Monaca understands you. All of this is so unreal… and what if they come back?"
"Those Där'könian creeps or the Hǣlosìans?" Aoi asked. "I didn't mind the latter, except for that Komaru girl. She seemed rather aloof, ya know?"
"Y-Yeah… she really scared Monaca when she reacted so quickly."
"Well at least…" Kiriko gulped, "the other one seemed nice. On top of being strong…" Kiriko Nishizawa has violet eyes and light magenta hair, with part of the latter styled into a pair of small buns. She wore the standard dress shirt of Hope's Peak Academy and a dark gray/black skirt with white undergarments. She also wore a red headband with a bow on top of her head.
"Y-Yeah… but Monaca was talking about those… Dark people…"
"Well, something tells me that those Hǣlosìans will return to put them back in check," said Kyōko.
"W-Well… if that's the case, Tenko can't complain… especially with what he did earlier…"
"I do hope I have a chance to meet him again." Sakura said, "I have… so many questions in my mind as of now."
"As do I," the Gambler agreed. "I mean… about my name…"
"… I want to fight him," said Akane. Celes and Sakura looked at the gymnast, confused by her outburst. "I mean, who the hell wouldn't!? He tossed those fuck like it was nothing…! I couldn't even do the same that's why I… I've got to learn from him!" Sakura and Celes looked at each, the latter shrugging.
Meanwhile, Sonia walked next to Chisa as her mind wander over the Rabbit King.
"He… He really looked like… a person in the tales of my country."She said to her teacher, "He was a… a hero. Just like him… b-but does that mean-" Meanwhile, Sayaka found herself glaring at all the other girls, jealousy written across her face.
'So many rivals already,' she thought. 'But it's fine. I can handle them alright. Now that I know he's worth it.' Kotomi stared at the hand Makoto grew back for her, flexing it in and out as if Encel had never cut it off in the first place.
"W-Wow… I can't believe this all really happened," she said as she rubbed her new hand. "I really owe that guy a lot, don't I?"
"H-Hey, Junko," Mukuro whispered to her sister, catching the Fashionista's attention. "These guys are going to be a big threat to your plans, right? Do you want me to… do something about it?"
"Forget about it." Junko said without hesitation, "I think that little conflict might bring more chaos than I originally planned."
"H-Huh!?" Mukuro stared in shock as her sister began to giggle a tad bit obsessively and… girly. Junko doesn't do that. Ever.
"I don't know what's going to happen… and I love every second of it. Looks like I've got someone to thank for that."
"U-Um," everyone turned to Chihiro who raised his hand. "I have a question…"
"I'm pretty sure everyone has questions right now." Hiyoko said.
"Well, I think we can still hear it. What is it?" Chisa asked. Chihiro looked around and said,
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"… How are we going to get home?"
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~Next Time~
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Chapter I
No Safe Haven
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AN: This story will be a Makoto x Harem. I'd like to give a shout out to Putain de Plagieur, who has helped me and supported me through many of my stories. You're the best, Kemosabe! Well, that I got for now. Next time, Chaos will ensue! Mwahahaha!
Till then, this is King Kimi sayin': See ya later, Storytellers!
PS: Please review! 😊