AN: Hello there everybody and welcome back to another installment of Phantasmal Fate. I'm pretty sure you guys know but if not the name is Edward the Pure, but please, just Ed. I already have an OC named Edward and I've already explained somewhere that it gets confusing when the two of us around each other. Usually I have two of the main OCs, and occasionally a few others as well, but for now I'm just here. But I must announce this now. This is the first chapter I've written, since college started for me. We started on Monday and I've been meaning to update this, but the whole summer school incident rammed my inspiration into the ground, and I've only updated a total of 4 chapters, two in two different fics. I hope to get a few updates on here to make up for it. But for now, how about we get this started with our very first official installment, or as I like to call it…

Chapter 1

*Rin's POV*

After we had been sucked into that void thingy, my head was pounding. I couldn't think straight and my thoughts jumped from one to another in almost an instant. I slowly opened my eyes as the headache began to fade away. Light filled them and they slowly began to adjust.

My eyes were about half open and the first thing I noticed was that Nami was fairly close. But when they fully opened, a blush formed across my face, realizing that I was in probably the most awkward position I'd ever been in. I was on top of Nami, and that's really all I want to disclose. I'd probably just seem like a perv if I said were to talk about it. The worst part was that if I moved from my position at all, she'd wake up, punch me and then do many horrible things I don't even want to think of.

I stayed perfectly still, fearing what she'd do to me if I moved. Eventually though, she began to stir. Her eyes fluttered open, and she noticed the position, a blush forming on her face quicker than mine had on me. She screamed, hurting my ears, and then punched me directly in the middle of my face with enough force to send me a good foot away from her. Soon after she stood up and brushed herself off. "What the hell Rin?! Why were you touching me like that?! What even came over you?!" A blood vessel could be seen pulsing on her forehead, several others forming as well and a face so filled with anger that a demon would be jealous of her rage.

I sat up from where I had landed, holding my broken nose, now bleeding badly. She was very strong so I wasn't surprised she had broken it and made it bleed. I tilted my head up to stop the bleeding. "Don't blame me, blame that friend of yours. When I woke up I was in that position. I knew that if I moved you'd wake up and do what you just did," I said as I stood up and tried to figure out where exactly we were, but all I could see was a clear blue sky from how I was tilting my head back. "Wait, what made you wake up anyway?" I said as I stood facing her, only barely seeing her head. "Usually if an alarm or something wakes you up you could be asleep for days." Even though I knew she had sighed and that she was probably shaking her head with an annoyed look on her face, I couldn't see it.

"You can blame that pounding heart of yours. It was beating so hard I could feel it in my back," she said anger still evident in her voice. I heard wood splinter and I moved myself so I could see the source and saw that Nami had punched a tree, leaving a very large dent in it. She sighed and turned to me, more calm than before. "But we can't worry about that. We have bigger fish to fry." She turned around and looked around. "Can't believe I'm back after all this time, how long has it been?" She said, a bit loudly despite knowing I was confused.

"Um, what are you talking about? You've been here?" I could feel warmth in my nose and knew that it was probably bleeding again so I corrected myself so that I was looking at the sky again.

"Yeah, this is where the three of us were born," she said a little sadly, but also a bit sentimentally. I heard footsteps and wondered where she was going before several flashes of light filled the area. There were a few metallic clangs that stopped as soon as they had started. I tried to position myself so I could see what was going on but a spear poked my right side, causing me to stop.

"Stay where you are. Move a single muscle and you're dead," someone from farther away said. I gulped loudly and felt myself shake harshly. "State your name and business? Why are you here?" I was about to announce when I heard Nami speak up.

"I am Nami Odairu, and that is Rin. I'm his legal guardian. Now if you don't mind, please lower all these Ärms at once," she said cool and collected. There were many murmurs among the people who had surrounded us. It went on for a few moments before laughter sounded from around us.

"You're Nami Odairu? Yeah right. She was sent to the human world and left there to rot by Queen Snow herself. There's no way that's you," one man said in a dead pan voice, speaking the words bluntly. I heard Nami snicker and tried to move to see what was going on, only to have the blunt end of a spear slammed into my face, causing me to fall to the ground.

"I thought we told you not move. Guess we should have expected something like that," another voice said, this one of a girl barely younger than me, at least she sounded it. But something about the tone made her seem more mature. There was a rustle and the sound of a few grunts of pain.

"Honestly, I thought you were at least Rook class. But you're no better than Pawns," I heard Nami say. The fall had fixed my broken nose but it still bled a bit. I looked over to see that her uniform had been replaced by a tight fitting, sleeveless white shirt with a blue oval with a few white bubbles on it and her skirt had changed to a pair of jeans, rolled up to her mid-calf. "What have they been teaching you guys?" She began to laugh, one that terrified me horribly. There was the sound of scraping metal as the people began to step away.

"Th-tha-that really is her!" The blunt one said, a little timid. "Th-the Fury of the Ocean, Nami Odairu!" There was rustling where his voice was coming from. "R-retreat! All of you!" he yelled as he began running away. There multiple other sounds of people running away except the person who had hit me with a spear and whoever the little girl was.

She soon sighed and there was a shuffling from where she stood. "Well, looks like there's no confrontation after all. That's good to hear. I hate confrontations anyway." There was a crunching sound but it was very short. "But next time, maybe you won't be so lucky Mr. Ghosty." And with that she walked away, as did the one who had hit me with a spear.

I slowly got up, my head really hurting now. "Um, what were they talking about?" I asked as I looked at Nami, confusion written all over my face. Whatever was going on was very, very complicated.

"I'll tell you later. For now I need to get us out of here," she said as her clothes changed back to the uniform she had on earlier. "And fast, I'm not sure how much magic energy I have left." She started walking away and I followed suit.

"But where are we anyway?" I asked, the blood from my nose getting into my mouth, making me shake a bit at the disgusting taste. She stopped suddenly and turned her head towards me.

"This, Rin, is Mär Heaven. Where we were originally born before," she stopped there. "Nevermind, let's just keep moving." She continued and I followed, more confused than ever. Where exactly is Mär Heaven? And why were we here? These questions were all forming in my head, but I knew that they wouldn't be answered for awhile, so I decided to just let it be until I had actual time to. Unknown to me, it wouldn't be too far off.

*Third POV*

Three shadowed out figures stood before a man. He looked somewhere in his twenties, kind of tall with grey-ish black hair, slightly tanned skin, a green eye and a bronze eye, and had a very slight muscular build. He had on a long sleeved black shirt tucked into a pair of jeans that were held up by a brown belt and black shoes. The figures seemed to be kneeling before him. "So, that girl is back again huh?" The man asked the figures, one beginning to shake. "And you ran from her?" He was speaking calmly at first, but it had now gained a slight undertone of anger.

"Please forgive us," the one who had been shaking asked. "But you know what people say of her." The man just sighed.

"Yes, but she's been trapped in the human world for several years. Her magical power has been reduced to less than a tenth. That costume change probably nearly ran her dry." One of the figures stood up, barely standing taller than the ones on either side of them.

"If I may sir, she did have that kid with her as well," the small figure asked, sounding a little younger than the first. The man looked at her with some interest.

"Really? Then I guess it was a good idea. Give them a false sense of security for now." He looked at the only one who hadn't spoken yet. "And then lead them to the Cross Guard. If you do you'll have your leader once again." The figures slowly faded away, but it was so slowly that he could say once last thing. "And make sure that he'll destroy the seal holding the last beast. With him unleashed Mär Heaven will be yours once again; it shall belong to you Chess." And with that their images faded.

The man turned around to see multiple people fighting. Three had already finished their enemies off, and that had gotten rid of 5 of his pawns. Even that doll he thought would have lost quicker to that weird professor with the screw loose. But oh well; he knew that it would happen. "Now, let's see if the Knights are truly better than these Pawns here." He kept watching the people below them continue their pointless fight, knowing that his forces would lose. "And that they do all that they've been told. Otherwise that kid will kill them with no hesitation." He thought of the scene and snickered. "Well, I shouldn't expect mere humans to understand." He sat down on the edge of the roof he had been standing on. "That's our opening move. Now show me yours, Cross Guard." He then looked back to where the figures had just been. "And of course you should as well, little Ms. Melody."

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AN: And that is it. Just realized I didn't put this up there at the opening AN but Nami is 19 and Rin is about 14-15. If you want to know the position just ask I'll be happy to ask. You can thank one of the people in my Chemistry class for giving me the idea for it, since they helped a bit with this chapter. But yeah, I didn't want to put it but I wanted to start out with something humorous and I think that that fit it, what happened after Nami woke up that is, not the position part. I do feel slightly ashamed for putting it in, but I got a reaction I was hoping to start out with. But anyway, there are a few references here, one only I get because it has to do with one of my other fics, and there are two for people to get. I know one at least two people will get, hopefully (one being Blaze and the other raging akuma d) and the other another two should get, again hopefully (Blaze and Aaron). If you can't guess it, I will actually give a few hints, just say you know it in your review, or you think you do, and send over your theory via PM. This originally wasn't supposed to happen, but I couldn't think of anything else. I'll try to get a chapter up tomorrow, but no promises. If not tomorrow, definitely over the weekend. But yeah, I'm saying 'but yeah' too much, or at least it feels it, or just the 'but' part. Any who, rather long AN rambling out of the way let's end this off. You know the drill about reading and reviewing. Hope to talk to you guys soon. Until next time, ciaossu.