Chapter 1
The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
– Ferris, from Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(Opening theme time, This is introduction has been carefully written by my hands so please don't bash me for being inspired by other people's work)
The opening begins with flashes of Emilia, Subaru, Rem, Ram, and Diego. Then it cuts to Diego holding his hand guns in front of his face. A brief glimpse of his sword as it zooms carefully out to reveal the wing of a demon and an angel as the cross guard with a skull holding a sapphire and ruby in both of its eyes in the center of the crossguard. We see Diego's legs pass the camera as he walks over it with Emilia and Rem walking past the front door of Roswall's Mansion. Cut to the back of Diego walking through the city streets, with his brown hair moving in the evening breeze, with his sword on his back and his purple coat moving in rhythm as he walks. A shot of Rem running towards the camera with her flail in hand and her horn on her forehead to fight some dangerous monsters. A close up of Rem looking at Diego with a kind smile as she speaks when the purple coat moves in front and changes to Diego hanging it over his shoulder with Roswall and Ram watching as they look at him and then at each other. Cut back to Diego walking the city streets at night. A glimpse of the sky with rain coming down. A shot of Diego standing over a deceased mabeast with his sword placed firmly on the dead mabeast with cuts and bullet wounds as Diego's coat blows out behind him. Diego lowers his hand gun to the ground at his side, looks up at the audience, and shows a bloody tear about to roll down his cheek landing on a picture of his late mother which changes to Emilia raising her hand to perform Ice Magic on a group of demons, which briefly cuts to Rem swinging her flail then to Diego squaring of with Elsa by using his hand guns, then swings his sword cutting Elsa down. The camera pans to a shot of Rem smiling at Diego as a fire rages behind her with Emilia stepping in with a smile as they see a tired but triumphant Diego leading Subaru back to Mather's manner with the blood of his enemies upon his face and hair while holding his sword upon his shoulder as the words Re: Zero Starting Life with a Rogue Swordsman in Another World appear in both English and Kanji, with a brief flash of light revealing Subaru and Diego with their respective girl.
(You can play the theme from the Devil May Cry Animated Series which is 1:32 and picture the introduction in your mind's eye. That's the opening for the first half of the Fanfiction. The opening for the second half is going to be a surprise so don't spoil it for anyone.)
On the rooftops of the city, A young girl was running with an ecstatic grin upon her face, her short blonde hair billowing in the wind as it was tied with a black ribbon that connected her braids together into a small ponytail.
She had crimson eyes, brown fur gloves, a fur vest, a red scarf, a black top that exposed her midriff, a belt that contained her trusty dagger, black pants with one leg sort and the other long, a ribbon on her left ankle, and brown shoes.
In her hands was a special gemstone that she considered treasure. A grin split across her face as she leapt from rooftop to rooftop, carriage roof to carriage roof, then back onto the rooftops.
Meanwhile Diego and Subaru were now walking through the city streets, they began to take in their surroundings as carefully as they could.
Diego was amazed at seeing the reptile drawn carriages some of them were built by regular people while others had some more regal looks to them.
"Well from the looks of things Diego, I'd say this is some kind of fantasy world with Medieval styled culture," he said as saw a man who looked like an alligator pass by.
"A realm where demi-humans are commonplace, there's always a war and adventure to go on, and in this magical world I must've-" He was interrupted by a group of people panicking as a carriage was coming towards a young boy about to run him down. Diego watched not wanting to get involved but Subaru became excited.
"This is it!" he announced, "It's totally happening!" He began performing some over the top gestures while Diego just stood there with his arms crossed across his chest.
"This must be an event path where I'll learn to produce Magic!" he crowed, and gave a powerful shout.
Diego watched as a man in armor picked up the boy, and rolled out of the way of the oncoming carriage just in time. Everyone stood cheering and Diego had to applaud the man as well. Subaru was embarrassed at his actions but decided to carry on as Diego walked up to the man who he saw as a city guard.
"I'm actually impressed you saved the kid," Diego said to the guard. "It was nothing really citizen," replied the knight who slowly stood up. They exchanged names as Subaru watched surprised at what was going on.
"You can go about your business everyone," Diego called to the people around them. The knight, who identified himself as Sir Gideon added, "You heard Sir Diego, there's nothing more to see." Then he turned to Diego.
"I take it your strong," said Sir Gideon, "Are you practiced in Swordsmanship?" Diego grinned. "You know it Sir Gideon," he replied. "Then I hope to see you again," called Sir Gideon.
In another part of town that resembled a marketplace, Subaru was still feeling embarrassed about himself at the scene that played before his eyes. "Guess it's a little too early for me to use magic in this world," he said sheepishly.
He was walking when he saw a fruit stand near him. It was filled with looked like apples, pears, oranges, peaches, bananas, grapes, tomatoes, pineapples, plums, and eggplants. All of them had a price and a strange language that Subaru couldn't read.
I can't read any of this. Thought Subaru. A big burly voice interrupted his thoughts. "Hey boy, those are some weird looking clothes, you're not from around here are you," said the vendor. Subaru pointed to the apples in front of him.
"So are these-?" he asked the vendor. "Appas, the freshest you'll find," replied the vendor. Subaru could see that they spoke the same language as he reached into his pocket and pulled his money from his pocket.
The vendor gave the coins a cursory glance. "Where's that from?" he demanded. Subaru tried to explain but the vendor interrupted him again. "You can't use that stuff out here in Lugnica!" he said brushing Subaru's hand away,
"And if that's all you got then your flat broke. So don't waste my time freeloader, get outta here!" Subaru was pushed away and left the vendor and his fruit stand far behind. "That answers that," Subaru said dejectedly as he looked around for Diego.
"Guess I'll have to stick with good old information gathering," he muttered as he entered what appeared to be a restroom. Inside were girls and they screamed when Subaru saw them. One of them slapped Subaru across the face.
Diego heard the screams and saw Subaru being thrown out as one of the girls shouted, "Don't let us catch your perverted presence again!" Subaru was annoyed at that, but the girl saw Diego who apologized for the disturbance Subaru caused.
"Apology accepted," she said sweetly, as she turned on her heel and walked away. Diego and Subaru soon came to what looked like a bar. The Bartender saw Subaru and said, "This place is for demihumans only!"
One of the lizardmen walked in and shoved Subaru aside slamming his face on the door. "Ooh that's gotta hurt," said Diego as he watched Subaru stumble around, trip over the safety railing, and landed with a splash in the canal below.
"Don't say I didn't warn you to be careful Subaru!" Diego called to the water below. While Subaru was struggling in the water, Diego soon came to a stall with mighty weapons. The vendor in charge of the stall was busily polishing a mighty sword that shimmered in the sunlight.
It was 4 ft tall in length, the blade was double edged, the pommel had a sapphire that glowed a bright cerulean, the handle was made of leather, and the crossguard had the wing of an angel on one side, and the wing of a demon on the other meeting with a skull that had a ruby in the left eye, and a sapphire in the right.
Diego was impressed. "How much for this sword?" he asked the vendor. The vendor turned and saw who asked that question. "Ah, this sword was used by a man who asked me to ensure that it's master would come here," said the vendor. Diego was unsure but when he heard the word master, he pondered what he meant by that word.
Carefully he took out some money from a pouch that he had been given. The money was a strange currency that he was given by the stranger he met back in San Francisco, but gave it to the vendor.
"I'll take it," he said presenting a pouch full of money. The vendor was impressed as he took the sword from it's rack and gave it to Diego. "Use it well and use it wisely," smiled the vendor as Diego placed it upon his back, "that sword has the power of both an angel and a demon." Diego nodded as he went into an alleyway, placed his two desert eagles into their holsters, and proceeded to look for Subaru.
Drenched and soaked from struggling in the canal, Subaru sat in an alleyway waiting for Diego. "Is this how its supposed to be, cause none of it makes sense!" screamed Subaru.
"This is a different world summons, right!? WHERE'S MY MAIN CHARACTER SETUP AND STATUS BAR!?" Subaru cursed loudly, then spat on the ground. He reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and began searching through it.
"Looks like my cell phone still works," he said feeling relieved until he saw the words no service on the upper right corner of the screen. "BUT THERE'S NO POINT IN EVEN HAVING IT NOW!" he shouted, as he placed it in his pocket and looked at his food.
"And the gear they've started me off with is a joke," snapped Subaru, "If your gonna summon lazy ass kids like me to your world, YOU BETTER OVERHAUL YOUR CRAPPY WELFARE PROGRAM! START ME WITH OFF WITH AN EXCALIBUR SWORD OR A MAGIC CLOAK!"
he sighed heavily as he looked back down to the ground. "And besides, if I were transported all this way, where's the cute girl who brought me here? Why would she do that and bail on me?" he asked himself.
As if to answer his question, three figures appeared from the shadows of the alley causing him to look and see them. "Yes!" Subaru cried out in excitement, "You're finally here!" But his excitement dimmed down when he saw they were just three men with nasty looks on their faces.
"It's nice to meet you cute girl." Subaru was aghast at what saw. What are you going on and on about?" asked the man with a bowl cut. The other man with messy silver-pink hair slowly stepped forward with a sadistic grin.
"If you don't wanna get hurt, cough up whatever you've got!" snapped the other man grabbing Subaru by his shirt. Now Subaru was rattled by his indecisiveness. "Ah crap its already compulsory event time," he muttered.
The four of them soon heard a girl's voice shouting, "Move it, move it! Move it you guys! Hurry, out of my way!" Subaru saw a girl running towards him and the three goons, but there was no sign of Diego behind her.
The three goons looked and they could also see the girl too. "YES!" Subaru cried out ecstatically, "I knew you'd find me eventually cute girl who summoned me!" the girl stopped in her tracks and stood with a confused look in her eyes.
"Summoned?" she asked. "I don't know what your talking about but I'm really busy." She smiled at Subaru and slowly passed him and the three thugs that were holding him down. "Sorry," she said with a cute smile, "Now live strong, okay?"
then she leapt up onto the rooftops and disappeared from sight. "Wait what!?" cried Subaru, "Where are you going!?" But it was too late, the young girl was gone in a flash.
In another part of the city Diego was walking past when he saw a girl with long silver hair, beautiful purple eyes, a white flower in her hair, a white hair clip shaped like a clover, White and purple robes with a diamond shaped emerald on the collar, a pleated skirt with a purple trim, white boots that reached her upper calves, and purple stockings.
Diego was surprised that she had pointed ears behind her hair. "You looking for something sweet cheeks?" asked Diego. The girl stopped as she studied Diego carefully. "Yes I am," she said her eyes narrowing at Diego's strange outfit as she hurried on ahead while Diego followed close behind.
"Then you won't mind if I tag along and help you find what you're looking for do you?" he asked. The silver haired girl was a bit surprised but then said, "Be my guest." In a rush the two of them raced off into the alleyway.
Back in the alleyway Subaru turned to the three thugs that were about to attack him. "So did seeing that make you feel any less hostile by any chance?" he asked. The burly thug began cracking his knuckles. "Actually it rained on our parade and made things worse," he answered.
"Of course it did," replied Subaru raising his hands . Calm down Subaru Natsuki, he thought to himself. Since ancient times it's the rule that anyone summoned into a different world displays supernatural powers. He clenched his fists tightly and glowered at the thugs. If I just believe in myself hard enough those powers will kick off and pave my way to future glory!
He charged at the burly thug and attacked screaming, "You've lots of EXP!" the first thug went down pretty easily as Subaru turned and roundhouse kicked the second thug sending him crashing to the ground as he waved his hand about after punching the first thug to the ground.
"That's the first time I ever hit somebody," he said, "guess I never expected it to hurt me." He turned quickly to his right to see the burly thug lying on the ground. "But it doesn't matter, because this world is setup so I'll be strong!" he proclaimed loudly, "my adrenaline is surging, I can do ANYTHING!" he charged at the last thug, who had drawn from within his belt two shining daggers to cut Subaru down.
Subaru looked in shock and quickly stopped himself bowing before the third thug on his hands and knees as a sign of apology. The thug however had heard enough and quickly kicked Subaru away from him as his allies got up on their feet and advanced on him.
"Play games with us will you!?" snapped the second thug, as he and the others proceed to pummel Subaru to screamed in pain and anguish at the beating he was receiving and tried to escape, but the thugs refused to let him go and until their leader placed his boot on Subaru's face and proceeded to crush him to death underneath it.
They looked at him with murder in their eyes. "That's enough!" came a voice from behind them. Everyone looked to see where the voice came from. There standing before them was Diego Valentine and a girl in white robes with a golden eagle on the sleeves. "And just who in the hell are you?" demanded the murderer.
"Stop now and I'll forgive you, if you would be so kind as to give back what you stole," commanded the girl. Subaru was shocked to see that the girl Diego was standing with was so beautiful he thought his heart would burst. "You can't be serious," said the burly thug. "Oh she is deathly serious boys," he said as he eyed the villains menacingly.
"This man is right, so please, it's very important to me," she added, "I'll turn the other cheek concerning the other belongings but I can't let you have that, so hand it over." the murderers were confused. "You mean you didn't come to save this kid?" asked the burly thug. Diego however pulled out his hand cannon and pointed it threateningly at the villains.
"This kid is my best friend, so back off!" he ordered. The girl however had her attention on Subaru. "What strange clothes he has," she commented, "If you're asking me if I have any connection to him, I have to say no." She turned to her attention to Diego. "This one also has strange clothes, but he seemed kind enough to help me find what was taken from me," she said. "I have no connection with him either but whenever he gets angry it's so he fights to protect those he considers his closest friends."
The murderers turned and looked threateningly at the girl trying to keep their eyes averted from Diego's gun. "Well then you got no business with us little girl, if someone stole it from you it was that brat who just went by," said the second murderer. "Yeah, what he said," added the third murderer, "That way, she went that way."
Diego lowered his gun and put it away. "I see," he said, "thanks." then he turned to the girl who began pondering what the murderers said. "Those three don't appear to be lying, so I need to go after her," said the girl. And she raced off as Diego watched the thugs turn and sigh in relief. She had just stepped into the sunlight near Subaru's bag of snacks when she stopped and turned to face them.
"But," she said, "regardless of that, I can't overlook what's going on here!" The girl extended her right arm, palm facing outward towards the villains, and fired three ice crystals directly at the villains. Subaru was surprised to see that she performed a magic spell, but Diego was most impressed.
"I'll be damned," he said, "magic really does exist." The murderers got to their feet as Diego redrew his guns from within his coat. "Mess with us will ya?!" he snapped, "I don't care if you use magic! I'm gonna kill you!" the thug pointed an accusing finger at the girl. "You think you can win when it's two against one, do you!?" he demanded.
The girl stood her ground with a confident glare in her eyes. "Indeed," she replied, "Two against one may be unfair." There came a loud bang from behind them as a bullet ricocheted off of the ground and into the sky. "All right then, two against even things up," Said a voice that was unseen.
Hovering over the girl's hand was a small cat like creature with silver fur and white, a satchel on it's left hip, a golden earing on it's left ear, and bright cerulean eyes. Diego was amazed but still kept his focus on the thugs. "You use the spiritual arts?" asked the burly man.
"Correct," replied the girl, "retreat now and my ally and I won't chase you, but decide quickly I'm in a hurry." the snake eyed murderer pointed his dagger straight at the girl, "YOU BITCH!" he screamed, "NEXT TIME I SEE YOU I WON'T GO EASY ON YOU OR YOUR PARTNER!"
More loud bangs came from Diego's guns and it caused them to dance about in a wild panic. "Never call girls bitches!" he snapped at the thugs. The cat in the girls hand nodded in agreement. "Yeah, if you do anything to her, and I'll haunt you and your kin forever," he said waving his paw at them, "not that you'll have any kin if I take care of things now."
The thugs started to flee, but Diego soon followed them and leapt over them blocking their path, "Just to make sure this doesn't happen again," he said drawing his sword, "LET'S ROCK!" He lunged at them and brought the burly thug down with single swipe between his legs splitting him in two.
The snake-eyed dagger wielder was aghast as he attacked Diego, but he was brought down as Diego separated the villain's head neatly from his body. The third who was still unconscious was shot in the head. The three now deceased thugs were then cast up into the air and were now out of sight.
Then Diego raced back to Subaru, the girl, and her feline companion, leaped above them and landed with his sword safely stored away on his back. "And checkmate," said Diego as he turned to face Subaru who breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the girl he was standing next to.
"You really saved me, thank you," said Subaru. "Don't move," she barked, her eyes etched with anger. Subaru looked shyly away from her, but Diego stepped in between them. "Aha," she said, "you avert your eyes due to your guilty conscience, looks like my judgement was spot on as always."
"Are you sure" asked her cat, "I think it was just an instinctive male reaction to avoid tension or rudeness, I didn't sense any malice at all." Diego soon stepped back and leaned on a wall near them."That's enough out of you Puck," she snapped. She turned her attention to Subaru.
"Now listen," said the girl, "I want you to tell me who stole my insignia." Subaru was confused. "Yeah really sorry about this, but I don't have the slightest clue to be honest with you," he confessed. The girl was in no mood for games when Diego pulled something out of his coat pocket.
"So by insignia you mean something along the lines of this?" he asked unfolding a piece of paper containing a drawing of starbird that was colored bright crimson. The girl turned and carefully studied the symbol. Her expression slowly soften and a smile crept onto her face.
"That's right," she said. Then she came to a startling realization. "Wait," she said, "oh no it couldn't be!" She turned around and looked at Diego who had put the paper back in his pocket. "Did I really make a wrong turn or maybe come around the wrong way?" Subaru chuckled, but Diego gently placed his hands on the girl's shoulders.
"Don't worry," he said, his brown eyes fixed upon the girl's purple eyes, "We'll find her and get back your insignia." "Yep, if I were you I'd hurry after you before she gets too far," added Subaru as he tried to stand up, "I could help you if-" he collapsed on the ground after the beating he took from the thugs he met.
"Aww, you shouldn't have tried to get up," said Puck. He turned to Diego and the girl. "What should we do?" Puck asked. "It's none of our business," replied the girl, "he won't die or anything, we'll just leave him as is." Really?" asked Puck. "Yes really," replied the girl.
"He's pretty fragile so I wouldn't be surprised if you have the power to patch him up," piped in Diego. "Yeah, you'll say that but I bet you'll still help him," said Puck. "I will not!" protested the girl. "Uh huh, yeah right," smirked Puck. Diego was about to join in when he stepped towards Subaru and checked his pulse.
"Absolutely not!" said the girl, "there's no way I'm gonna save him, Understand!?" Subaru was looking at the scene with one eye barely open. Man, she's even super cute when she's mad, he thought, That's another world's fantasy for you.
A few minutes later, Subaru Natsuki was resting on a pair of legs that were soft and comfortable like a pillow. While Diego Valentine and the girl were waiting for him to awaken after his injuries were healed. Subaru slowly opened his eyes and looked at the legs. "Whoa, hang on!" he said, "Am I in somebody's lap?" "Yes you are Subaru." said Diego. "Are you awake?" asked the girl. "A little weird for a cute girl to be this hariy, but whatever," smiled Subaru.
But his eyes shot open and looked up at Puck's eyes. "Wait, this can't be right!" he shouted. Subaru jumped up and away from Puck who smiled at him. "We were just trying to make you happy and comfortable until you woke up," Puck said with a feminine voice, "There's no reason to get freaked out."
Diego couldn't help but laugh his head off. "Bravo kitty cat!" he said applauding his new friend. "First of all stop talking in that high voice!" cried Subaru, "nobody in half a mind would confuse a cat for the main heroine!" Puck placed his paw on his head, "Just listen to you," grinned Puck, "seeing you so happy made turning myself bigger totally worth it."
"I'm not happy at all!" screamed Subaru. Pucked chuckled while Diego laughed at what just happened. "Oh relax Subaru," he chortled, " Puck just wanted to make sure that you would be okay." "See, even your friend agrees," smiled Puck. Subaru hung his head.
"I'm sorry about all of this," he said, "you stayed with me the whole time I was unconscious." "Don't get the wrong idea," replied the girl, "I only stuck around because there are somethings I want to ask you." "I took the time and trouble to heal your wounds for you," she continued, "I also made Puck act as your pillow until you woke up, this was for my own benefit. But, now that you're up I need you to repay me in kind."
Subaru looked at her in confusion. "Well for such a normal favor your making so I really owe you big time," said Subaru. The girl stood up and approached Subaru. "That's not the way I see it," she said, "now then, you have an idea who stole my insignia, right?" Subaru blinked in confusion.
"Hang on is your insignia one of those badge things that shows your social status?" asked Subaru. "A rather crude description," replied the girl, "but that's it more or less." extended her hand and placed her second finger and thumb far apart to make a C shape. "About this big with a jewel in the center," she said descriptively.
Subaru held up his hand in surrender. "I'm sorry but no matter how many times you ask I still won't know," replied Subaru. The girl turned away from Subaru and looked inquisitively towards the entrance of the Alley "I see," she said, "I guess there's no helping that. But, you've given me the information that you know nothing, and that answer was in exchange for healing you. So I'm somewhat satisfied with how things turned out."
Subaru stood with a look of confusion in his eyes, as Diego stepped forward and whirled about with his purple coat trailing behind him. "Well, I'm in quite a hurry," said the girl, "so I have to go." She turned sharply and pointed a warning finger towards Subaru.
"Your wounds should be better now, but I strongly suggest you don't do dangerous things like wander into deserted alleyways alone," she said, "I'm not concerned, I'm just warning you." "Well when you put it that way for my friend here," he said, "I'll make sure he has some protection."
The girl smirked pridefully at Subaru. "If anything like that happens to you again," she added ominously, "I already know that saving you won't be of any benefit to me so don't expect any help." The girl then turned to look at Diego. "And as for you," she said to the rogue swordsman, "Just make sure to stick close to your friend and as you said before, 'make sure he has some protection,' bye."
Then she walked away leaving Puck with them. Puck looked at the two boys. "Sorry, she's so insincere at times," he said, " but don't think badly of her, okay?" Diego put his hands behind his back as Subaru glanced at Puck. "No sweat kitty cat," smirked Diego, "I got nothin' against this babe."
Subaru then looked at the girl as she was getting further away from them. "Insincere, huh?" he asked Puck and Diego. Puck looked at him while Diego kept his eyes on the silver haired girl. "I think this goes beyond that," he said, "she was in such a hurry to find what was stolen from her, yet she stopped to help me, and yet Diego followed her to rescue me.
She even came up with that lame excuse for a favor so I wouldn't feel I owed her even though Diego and I are total strangers. Anyone who lives like that is just gonna end up wasting their whole life!" he went to get his bag of snacks and his jacket and raced after the girl.
Diego however turned and looked at Puck as Subaru ran out of the alley. "Yep, this is gonna get ugly," he said to Puck who chuckled and vanished. Diego soon caught up to Subaru asking the girl to wait for him. Diego slowly stood aside as people were walking to and fro across the streets.
The girl turned and looked at Subaru and Diego with an inquisitive look in her eyes. "Was there something else you two needed?" she asked. Subaru nodded sheepishly at her. "Just so you know," she added, "I can only spend a little more time with you two, okay?"
"Figured you were gonna shut us down," sighed Subaru, "Anyway, you lost something important, right?" he asked. The girl nodded. "Well then, let us help you find it," said Diego. "Your friend said he didn't know anything about my insignia," replied the girl. "I can remember her face," protested Subaru, "if I see her again I'll let you know."
The girl turned looking sternly at Subaru. Diego on the other hand, made sure that his sword didn't have any blood on it polished it until it was shiny again. After placing it back on his back he turned back to Subaru and the girl. "You're so strange," said the girl turning slightly away from them, "well anyway I won't be able to offer you two any reward."
"Listen we don't need one," replied Subaru, "I'm here because I want to thank you, and to show how much I appreciate your help-" "I didn't do anything deserving of that," interrupted the girl, "I told you I've already received amicable compensation for healing your wounds."
Subaru grinned softly at her. "In that case," he said as Diego pulled out his bottle of Coca-Cola and began to drink it, "I guess I'm gonna help you for my own sake too." Subaru looked up away from the girl as Diego closed his bottle and placed it back into his holster.
"I should probably set an objective so," he paused. "Right," he said firmly, "One good deed per day!" The girl looked confused and hesitant as Diego said, "One good deed per day, huh?" Puck soon reappeared on the girl's shoulder. "I don't sense any malice here, so I you could just accept his offer," he said, "after all the more shields between you and the ruffians the better."
"SHIELD!?" snapped Subaru, "THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME AROUND FOR!?" The girl looked at him inquisitively. "I meant what I said though," she said, "I can't do anything to reward you." Subaru smiled at the girl with his hand clutching his snacks as Diego took out his glazed honey bun. "No problem at all," he said to the girl, "just leave everything to me and my friend."
They traversed Lugnica for a long time, asking people if they had seen the girl's insignia being taken by another only for the citizens to say they hadn't seen it at all. Then Subaru wanted to see if there was anything that was taken inside a building but the girl stopped him and told him that it was abandoned because of thieves and murderers.
They tried asking people if they had seen the girl that Subaru saw while he was being held up by the thugs that tried to kill him. They even thought that a young girl at a vendor that was selling jewelry and other items was the girl that passed by only to be severely mistaken.
Although the search took a very long time they decided to rest on a staircase that gave them a good view of the city. Diego, Subaru, and the girl were all still very determined to find the insignia. Diego soon leaned on the railing near the girl and took a drink from his bottle of Coca-Cola.
"I know what I told you before," said Subaru who was sitting in a cross legged position nearby, "But isn't this town too huge to find one little thing in?" Diego slowly stood up from his perch and walked towards Subaru his coat trailing behind him. "This town is the capital of Lugnica," replied the girl who was looking out towards the buildings below them, "How could you possibly not know that?"
She then turned towards them looking unsure of who they were. "Hey that's right," said Puck glancing towards his master, "how rude of us, we haven't asked their names yet." Diego nodded at Puck's statement. "Shouldn't we introduce ourselves yet?" he asked.
Subaru turned his head and glance at them. "Oh yeah, guess so," he smiled nonchalantly. Diego smirked as well, walking towards and turning around looking at the girl noticing her ears. "Yep, I guess exchanging names should give us a chance to learn more about ourselves," he added as Subaru stood up.
"Hell yeah, we might as well get the ball rolling first then," replied Subaru as he whirled around to face the girl. My name is Subaru Natsuki," he announced placing his index finger in the air, "Not only am I totally clueless I'm also broke beyond repair! Nice to meet you." he extended his hand outwards towards the girl and Puck.
"If that's how you introduce yourself you really do sound hopeless," replied Puck who floated in front of the girl. "And my name is Puck," said the cat, "It's nice to meet you!" he rushed towards Subaru and landed in his hand. "My name is Diego Valentine, I'm a rogue who is partially responsible for my friend here," said Diego who was leaning on a nearby wall.
The girl looked at Puck as Subaru felt his soft paws in the palm of his hand until she saw Diego's sword on his back. "It's very unusual to see someone who can touch a spirit so casually like that," said the girl, "Where are you from exactly?" "Well," replied Subaru, "things follow the usual pattern, it's a small island nation to the east."
"But Lugunica is the eastern most nation on our continental map," she said inquisitively, "there are no more countries in that direction." Subaru was aghast, but Diego kept himself composed. "No way, really? There's nothing east of here?" asked Subaru. "You have no idea where you are, you have no money, you can't read, and you seem to have no one around who can help you save for your friend who calls himself a rogue," said the girl, "you might be in an even more precarious position than I am, uh Subaru right?"
Subaru looked away as he blushed bright red. "Yes that's my name," he said. Then the girl turned towards Diego. "And by the way you're dressed, you have a coat that is made of a rare material that I've never seen before," she said until her eyes saw a beautiful heart shaped sapphire necklace on his neck that made her smile, "and you have a beautiful necklace that I've never seen before." Puck turned looking surprised as well as Diego explained to them what the necklace was.
"It's an item called the Heart of the Ocean," said Diego, "It's a rarity that not even the bravest or more daring of souls would attempt to find." Everyone turned towards Subaru as Puck rose up to be near his head. "All that aside," said Puck, "I gotta admit you seem like you're in pretty good shape."
Subaru smirked, "I do try to work out every day," he said flexing his hand, "you see, when you're the shut in protector of your own house, you gotta stay fit as much as possible." "I'm not sure if I understand exactly what a shut in is," replied the girl, "but I assume it means you're from a reputable family, right?"
Subaru suddenly felt her hands gently touching his own hand as if to examine them carefully. "Hey what are you-" he protested. "Your fingers too," she said, "they're very pretty, they don't look like the working hands of a peasant at all, and your muscles don't look like the kind you gain from doing field work."
Subaru looked shyly away from the girl. "Yeah, so anyway I know your cat's name now, but I still haven't heard your name yet," replied Subaru. "Yeah same here," added Diego who was drinking from his soda bottle. "Oh, my name?" asked the girl. Subaru chuckled sheepishly as Diego swallowed every last drop of his Coca-Cola bottle before placing it on the ground. "It's," she said hesitantly as the wind blew her hair. "It's Satella."
Subaru and Puck were surprised, but Diego did not flinch at the name. "No family name," she added, "so that's the way you should address me, all right?" Diego looked at Satella and smirked as Puck looked warily at him. "I see," said Subaru, "Satella it is." He then looked at her with grin.
"That's a nice name," he said proudly. Satella was looking stoically towards the city but glanced at Subaru as Puck breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay then, time to find your insignia and part ways when our objective is complete," grinned Diego. "You have got terrible taste," whispered Puck as he circled around her and vanished behind her.
"Right," said Subaru, "Time to get back to asking around." Diego stepped up and high fived Subaru. "Let's rock BABY!" he announced, and in a rush they raced back down to the city streets with Satella looking bewildered at Diego's rebellious attitude.
They walked through the city streets continuing the search for Satella's insignia when they spotted a young girl all alone with no one around to help her. "Subaru, Diego," Satella said pointing to their left, "that child over their, do you get the feeling that she's lost?"
The two boys looked and saw a young girl standing, and hesitating about asking for help or doing nothing. "Maybe, but what about our questioning?" he asked as turned towards Satella. "That's also important," replied Satella, "But if she's lost we have to do something."
Diego stretched his arms behind his head and smirked at Satella. "No worries princess," he said, "We'll put the search on hold for now by helping this kid out." Subaru was a bit surprised by Diego's statement. "I'm in no place to talk after you saved me," he protested, "But do you fully comprehend the position we're in?"
Satella glanced at Subaru. "I do," she replied, "But Diego's right, there's a little girl who's crying, you can see that, right?" Subaru was shocked by Satella's words. "If you don't want to do this with me, that's fine," she said, "thanks for your assistance Subaru, I'm sure I can handle things on my own from here on out, but first I'm gonna go help that little girl with Diego."
She walked off as Diego followed closely behind as his sword clattered behind him. The girl still looked around as tears fell from her cheeks, but then smiled as she saw Diego and Satella approach making her nervous as she saw Diego's sword on his back. Satella slowly got to her knees looking into the girl's eyes.
"Hey there it looks like something's the matter," she said soothingly at the child, "maybe my friend and I can help you." Diego was standing near some crates beside Satella as he listened carefully. "Did you come here on your own or with your mommy and daddy?" she asked the child.
But the youngster quivered and whimpered as tears started rolling down her cheeks. "Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry," Satella said hurriedly, "I'm just here to help, not to do anything bad, I promise." Diego facepalmed at Satella's attempts to comfort the girl.
I'm starting to think that this Satella chick is having rotten luck with kids, he thought as Subaru stepped forward with a coin in his hand. "What you see before you is a rarity around here, a jagged edged ten yen coin," proclaimed Subaru surprising Satella as Diego looked up at him.
"Observe closely as take this coin and clutch it tightly in my hand," said Subaru as the clenched his fist as tightly as he could. "Now where did it go?" asked Subaru. The girl was amazed as Satella was. "Only one way to find out," said Diego as Subaru smirked and chuckled brightly and touched the girl's head.
"Well, take a look at this," said Subaru, "I figured out where the coin was hiding." Diego and Satella watched as Subaru pulled the coin gently out of the girl's hair. She was surprised and impressed by Subaru's magic trick, that Diego couldn't help but feel impressed by what just happened.
"Here you go it's yours," Subaru told the youngster, "like I said it's rare, so take good care of it." The girl smiled and took the coin. "Thank you sir," she said. "You're welcome kiddo," replied Diego giving Subaru a fist bump. They set off to find the girl's parents, with Subaru and Satella on either side holding hands, and Diego trailing behind them with a vigilant look in his eyes.
"I see, you got separated from your mom, huh?" asked Subaru, "Yeah that can be kind of scary. Well, don't worry, we'll help you. Me, my friend, and this young lady right here, we'll find them in no time for you." Diego was behind them glancing around for the girl Subaru met, whilst staying close to his friends passing stalls and vendors that were giving out food, drinks, potions, weapons and apparel for people of many appearances.
"Wow look at us," commented Subaru, "people who don't know us probably think they're looking at young married couple and their kid, huh? Is that embarrassing or what?" "At best, I can't really see as more than her older brother," replied Satella. Diego smirked and laughed at what Satella said.
"What makes you think I'm so young, HUH!?" snapped Subaru. The girl on the other hand saw ahead of them and raced towards a woman that she said was her mother. Diego watched as mother and daughter were happily reunited. "It looks like she finally found her," said Subaru. "Yeah, I'm so relieved," smiled Satella. Diego on the other hand looked a little sad. "I once had a family as she did, but now they're all gone and I'm just an orphan," he said somberly.
On the bridge of a water fountain with four faucets shooting water into the air, Diego, Subaru, and Satella were now recounting what they were planning. "Okay, so in my opinion that whole string of events with the little girl was nothing but a sidequest," muttered Subaru.
Then he turned to Satella who was sitting near Diego. "But what benefit will you insist that you got out of it?" he asked her, "Go on tell me." "That's easy," replied Satella crossing her arms, "Now we can continue our search with our minds at ease knowing we did the right thing."
Diego stood up and jumped down onto the causeway path. "Anyway, Why'd you end up helping me with that?" she asked., "Thought you said you were against the idea." "Could say I just wanted to show off my magic trick, but that'd be a lie," replied Subaru, "Like Diego and I told you before, finding your insignia will be our one good deed for the day."
"I know that was the plan, but since you helped the little girl isn't your one good deed over?" Satella asked. Diego shrugged but Subaru was mildly annoyed. "You are being super nit picky!" he snapped, "It doesn't hurt to do more than one nice thing in a day, does it!? I just got tomorrow's out of the way. My plan is to get a week's worth of good deeds taken early!"
Diego sighed and turned to look out to the horizon. "If I were to guess, you're the type that basically wastes their whole life, right?" asked Satella. Subaru leaned over the bridge railing in mild annoyance. "Seriously, you're the last person to say that to anyone," he complained.
"I admit you're not a bad boy though," she complimented. "Why do you act like I'm so much younger than you?" demanded Subaru, "Honestly I'm guessing there aren't that many differences between us." Satella then slowly looked at Diego. "Well you may think that but all of your guesses would be wrong," Satella said somberly, "Because, I'm actually half-elf."
Subaru was a little surprised, but Diego was impressed as he sat next to her on the railing. "Ah no wonder," said Subaru, "it makes sense now. From the moment I saw you I thought you were cute." he then turned to see Diego sitting near Satella. "Elves are always beautiful, aren't they?"
Satella turned looking mildly surprised. "What is it?" asked Subaru. "Didn't you hear what I just said?" she asked, "listen I'm trying to tell you that I'm a half-elf-" Yeah, we heard you," said Subaru. Satella slowly got down from her seat as Diego stood up and dropped down in front of her.
Suddenly, they noticed Satella drop down and grasp her head as if she had a headache making Subaru concerned until Puck leaped out from behind her hair and punched Subaru. "Nice one kitty cat," chuckled Diego. "What the heck did you do that for?" asked Subaru. "I just had to do something for this unbearable tingle I'm feeling," shuddered Puck.
"That's the weirdest reason for punching somebody I've ever heard," replied Subaru, "though I'll forgive you since it was squishy." "I didn't hit you in the face of anger or anything," said Puck, "In fact it was quite the opposite." Satella whirled round looking angry. "Subaru!" she snapped, You are such a dunderhead!"
"Yeah, so who says dunderhead in this day in this day and age? And why are you insulting me in the first place?" he asked. Satella looked away from him. "Whatever," she said and calmed down, "more importantly, we have to get back to the search, so let's go." Diego whirled about and straightened his coat so that he looked more presentable as Satella walked past him.
"Okay, back to our main objective: find Satella's insignia," he said and walked after her. "Hey wait a minute," called Subaru, "Just running around without a plan is not a good idea. There's a basic rule of searches." Satella and Diego stopped and looked at Subaru. "What are you talking about?" she asked. "Yeah like revisiting the scene of the crime," said Subaru, "Where exactly was your insignia stolen?"
"And then she insisted that it was right around here, so after I insisted that she'd leave everything to me I valiantly came back to this fruit stand to look for some clues," said Subaru. "I thought I had a customer, but you're that same broke kid from earlier," say the vendor looking mildly annoyed. Subaru whirled round and faced him.
"You really want to take that attitude?" he asked, "Haven't you noticed I'm not who I was before?" The vendor was even more confused as Diego picked up an appa, breathed upon it, wiped it on the sleeve of his coat, and put it back in it's basket. "Just look who I brought with me!" exclaimed Subaru, "I bet it's someone who just might become a regular."
Diego turned around and looked Satella. "Uh Subaru, Diego, I'm not exactly sure what you expected of me," she said shyly, "but I actually don't have any money either." Subaru was aghast at what he heard. Diego on the other hand wasn't in the mood for games as he had to help Satella fulfill her objective in finding her missing insignia.
"S-s-seriously?" asked Subaru. Satella giggled while Diego huffed sharply through his nose. "So what did you want to ask me about now that I'm stuck here with not one but two broke customers boy?" the vendor asked grumpily. Diego was looking carefully around as he walked past Satella who was still confused.
"Well, we're actually looking for someone and we were hoping we could ask you a few questions if you wouldn't mind," Subaru said sheepishly. The vendor rounded on Subaru. "That was a sarcastic way of saying I don't have time for broke losers," He said sharply raising his voice, "Now get outta here! SCRAM!"
This made Diego very annoyed that he pulled out his hand cannons: Silver and Shadow. "Quit your bullying!" he snapped, "Or do I have to make you dance a jig!?" Satella quickly ran towards Diego forcing him to hold his fire. "Stop it Diego!" she said, "We don't want to look like Lugunica's first most wanted criminals."
"Hey mister!" came a voice from nearby making everyone turn as one. It was the little girl and her mother. "Thanks for your help earlier," said the woman. "What brings you back this way?" asked Subaru. "It's my husband's shop so we just wanted to stop by," replied the woman.
The vendor was about to round on Subaru when the little girl ran towards him and wrapped her arms around him. Diego carefully put his hand cannon away into it's holster behind his coat. "Hey, there's my girl," he said stroking her hair. "Now wait a second, how do you know these three good for nothings?" he asked pointing at Diego, Subaru, and Satella.
"She got lost, and these three found her and then helped bring her back to me," replied his wife. The vendor looked at them sharply. "Thanks again lady," said the vendor's daughter. Then she presented Satella something that looked like a flower with a clamp under it.
"She was hoping we'd find you," said her mother, "Please accept that token as her way of showing gratitude for what you've done." Satella picked it up in her hands. "Thank you very much," she said. Diego watched as Satella placed the flower on the left part of her robes.
"Well, it looks good on you princess," he smirked as he turned around. Satella smilled. "Thank you Diego," she said. The little girl smiled as well. The vendor cleared his throat as everyone turned to look at him. "Sorry about all that before," he said, "you helped my daughter and I want to show my appreciation so ask me anything."
Satella, Subaru, and Diego looked at each other. "It's no big deal pops," said Diego. There, you see, a little bit of extra effort on our part came back around and worked in our favor," grinned Satella. "Okay then, have you seen a nimble little blonde haired kid carrying something that's called an insignia?" asked Diego.
"Yeah I saw her," replied the vendor, "since you said she's a nimble little blonde, 'cause it might be that Felt girl I see around from time to time. She's well known in the slums. To know where she lives though, that's about all I can tell you." "All right then, we'll head to the slums," said Subaru. "Thank you for your help," added Satella bowing to the vendor. "No problem," he replied, "be careful out there." "We will pops," called Diego. In a rush they raced off to the slums.
The sun was already beginning to set as Satella, Diego and Subaru continued their search for the Insignia. They were now in a run down part of Lugunica which had several people in alleyways, under tarps to protect them from the rain, children who were orphaned and didn't have any parents to adopt them, Urchins running to and from places, by picking pockets and running messages to keep their ribs from meeting their spines, and grungers who hiding in run down houses.
"The air, the atmosphere, and most likely the attitudes of the people living here are awful," said Subaru, as Diego carefully pulled out his sword. "Are you sure she's really out here?" he asked Satella. "Maybe someone will tell us if we ask," said Satella.
"No one would sell out their own especially to a couple of strangers so asking would be useless," Puck said. "Maybe we should just come back later," replied Subaru turning to Puck. "Whatever it is you wanna do, I suggest you decide quickly, 'cause I've just about run out of time here," Puck said groggily.
"Out of time, what do you mean?" asked Subaru. He, Diego and Satella were now looking at him. "I'm able to take on this cute appearance, but I'm a spirit," inquired Puck, "it takes a lot of mana for me to be in this physical form." Puck was about to droop down when he slowly stood up again.
"So when the day becomes night," he continued, "I return to the crystal I was summoned from and prepare for the sun to emerge. In average my ideal time to stay out is roughly nine to five." "Nine to five, sounds like you work in an office," said Subaru, "Employment terms for spirits are pretty severe."
"We'll be fine without Puck, we need to keep moving forward on this," Satella said hastily. "Sorry but I'm at my limit," yawned Puck, "Good luck you three." "It's almost like he's dying when he disappears," said Subaru.
"Sorry to have worked you so hard today Puck," Satella assured her spirit, "We'll handle things from here, so settle in and get some rest." Puck slowly clambered onto the stone in Satella's hand. "Don't do anything reckless, understand?" he warned his contractee, "If it comes down to it, you can always use the ode to summon me again."
Satella nodded at him. "I'm living things in your hands Subaru and Diego so good luck," he said. Diego slowly approached her and gently patted Puck's head. "Okay, sleep well Puck," he said. "I will," replied Puck, and vanished into several balls of light that merged with the crystal Satella's hand.
Satella looked at Diego then smiled sweetly at him. "I'm amazed Diego, even though you and Puck aren't contracted with each other he accepted your suggestion to sleep well," she said. Diego smirked and soon lead the way across a bridge to another part of the slums.
"Hey wow, I don't think I've been one of these alone with a girl situations since I was in grade school," said Subaru looking shyly away from Satella with his hand on his chest. "Don't get any pervy ideas Subaru," warned Satella, "I can use magic you know." I won't okay?" he grimmanced, "the more important issue at hand is how we find Felt now." Diego kept himself alert as Satella stopped on the bridge.
"I'll contact the lesser spirits," she said. "Lesser spirits?" wondered Subaru. "Precisely, they're beings that haven't quite become full fledged spirits yet," she explained, "They grow little by little over time and when they gain enough strength and self-awareness they become full spirits just like Puck."
Diego sheathed his sword and pulled out Shadow and Silver from his holsters and began searching around for anything suspicious as Satella began concentrating her will power into all the plants and water around her. Orbs of light surrounded her as her body was enveloped in a brilliant azure light. Subaru stood transfixed upon Satella as he thought she looked more like an angel of light.
Night came as Subaru, Diego, and Satella walked along the dusty road. "It's getting more desolate and quiet," said Satella, "Hard to believe that she actually lives out here," replied Subaru. "Whatever this Felt kid looks like we'll find her, get that insignia, and get the hell outta here before we get ambushed by thugs or assassins," added Diego.
"I know but, the lesser spirits specifically said they saw someone who looked like Felt headed in this direction," replied Satella. As they were walking they someone approaching their direction. They had bare passed when Subaru turned to face him. "Excuse me man, know if a girl named Felt lives up this way?" he asked. The man turned and looked at them. "Ah, You lookin' for Felt?" the man asked.
"Yep," said Diego. "There's nothin' that way except old man Rom's loot house," replied the man. The stranger chuckled. "I guess she must've stolen somethin' pretty important for you three to come out here," he stated, "well I wish you luck on bargaining for it to get it back, livestrong, Okay?"
"Gotcha," smirked Diego giving the man a high five as Subaru and Satella looked at each other. The full moon above their heads gave them a sign that they were getting closer as wolves howled in the distance. "What was he talking about? Why do I have to pay money to get back something stolen from me?" asked Satella. "Who knows? I'm not even sure myself," said Diego. "Don't worry about a thing," remarked Subaru, "Just leave everything to me."
"Are you sure Subaru?" asked Diego. "Don't worry Diego, I can handle negotiations," Subaru said to his friend. "All right then, I'll just leave everything in your hands," said Satella. "You agreed to that pretty easily," chuckled Subaru, I figured you'd say somethin' like, 'you want me to leave this to a useless boy like you? That's such a ridiculous idea it actually hurts my stomach.' And although that would stomp all over my feelings, I'd still decide to keep helping you anyway."
Satella started to blush. "I'd never say something that mean to anyone," she said, "of course to tell you the truth, I'd be lying if you haven't been holding me back a little bit." "Oh great that's good to know," spluttered Subaru. "But again, I'm leaving this in your hands." Subaru looked at Satella with confusion in his eyes.
"If it actually goes well I'll consider it a bonus," she added. "Now you know if you said somethin' more like, 'Work hard for me okay?' I'd probably feel a whole lot more motivated," replied Subaru. "Sorry I can't force myself to say something like that," she said, then sighed deeply.
"However, please do your best," she added. Subaru smiled at her. "Yeah, you got it," he replied, "I'll go in first, you stay outside and keep watch. I won't be back to late but you can have dinner without me if I don't get back." "Don't say dumb things like that, and be careful," she stated. "Sure, sure," replied Subaru, "now don't come in til' I say it's alright Satella."
Satella said nothing making Subaru a bit concerned. "What's the matter?" he asked. Satella shook her head. "Nothing never mind," she replied, "If you can manage to get insignia back, then I'll apologize." "Gotcha," said Subaru, then he turned to Diego. "I'll go to Subaru," said Diego, "besides you're gonna need someone to watch your back after what you went through."
"Thanks Diego," replied Subaru. Soon they entered the house and began to search the area. "Anybody here?" asked Subaru. "Not a peep," replied Diego. With his lantern in hand Subaru began to scour the interior from top to bottom. All around them were armor and weapons that were barely touched.
"So are we walking into a demon nest or snake pit?" Subaru asked himself, "The fancy world either is totally plausible." Subaru looked carefully at the items and was surprised to see it came from the nobility of Lugunica. "This is all stolen loot?" he asked, "Impressive, but why isn't anyone here?"
"Beats me Subaru," replied Diego. "Strange, a shack full of stolen goods and no one around to guard it?" he asked again. He was searching around for felt as he slowly stepped forward keeping his eyes sharp while Diego pulled out his pistol and began holding it in both hands. There came the sound of a liquid being stepped on as Subaru stopped in his tracks.
He looked down on the ground to see that he was in a pool of blood with two bodies near him. Subaru slowly stepped back his eyes wide and full of fear. Diego looked back to see that it was old man Rom and Felt that the slum dweller mentioned before. "Whoa, that seemed like it was brutal," said Diego.
They could see that Rom had a nasty cut upon his neck indicating that his jugular vein had been cut wide open with blood pouring from his mouth. "Oh dear you found that?" asked a feminine voice. "Yep, this is real ugly looking," replied Diego. "Well, I have no choice then," came the voice, "no choice at all."
Subaru looked behind him, but was knocked to the floor as Diego leaped up and landed on the counter. Subaru began struggling to stand up. "It hurts," he groaned. Then he looked at himself to see that he had a nasty wound on his stomach with blood trickling down. He lifted his hand and saw his own blood upon it.
Oh crap! He thought, is all of this my blood!? Suddenly he began to cough up more blood from his mouth as he placed his hand upon it to try and hold it in. No this is bad! Very bad! He thought more desperately. Diego soon heard the door open and saw Satella coming in. "Subaru, Diego, what's wrong?" she asked, "Are you two okay?"
"Don't come in!" cried Subaru, "Run away! Get out of here!" Satella was walking towards them when she quickly looked behind her. There came the sound of slashing and Satella fell to the floor as well. "SATELLA!" shouted Diego. And he ran towards her side. "Dead," Diego said grimly.
Subaru was aghast. "Stay with me," he said desperately as he reach out to take her hand. "No matter what happens, I'm gonna save you." But it was too late for Subaru, as his life came to a bitter end. "Now for you," said the voice. Just as Diego was about to be struck down time seemed to stop completely in it's tracks and the figure of a woman obscured by shadows appeared before him.
"Take my hand," said the voice in the shadows, "I'll take you back in time to the point where you started." Diego hesitated, but took the woman's hand, and was immediately brought back through time. "Who are you?" he demanded to the woman. "I am the true Satella," said the woman, her voice echoing around him.
"The sorceress who brought you and Subaru Natsuki to this world, Diego Valentine," she explained briefly. Then she vanished as Diego surged through the vortex back in time to where Subaru met the vendor at his fruit stand.
(Ending sequence time and the song is Dancing in the Velvet Moon by Nana Mizuki from Rosario + Vampire, so I'll try to interpret it with my careful writing. Once again, please don'try to bash me)
The ending starts with Diego's sword flying away from the camera with two circles both red and blue appearing. It cuts to Diego standing on one knee with his sword on his back as the mist rolls away from him. Cut to a close up of Diego as he stands up with his coat billowing in the wind. Then we see a full body shot of Diego on the right with his eyes closed, then he opens them as he looks to his right as a piece of his hair flies up into the sky towards a full moon which changes to bright crimson, as the words Re: Zero Starting Life with a Rogue Swordsman in Another World appear passing in front of the moon with the sword appearing behind it in a flash of light on a black background. We see a shot of Diego lying content in his bed, followed by a close up of him with the sheets on him covering him up towards his collar bones as his eyes open and he rolls to one side then slowly gets up as he looks at his sword lying near him with blade shimmering like diamonds in a mine as the ruby and sapphire in the skull's eyes glow. Cut to Diego in front of his bedroom window with a look of deep thought in his eyes, which cuts to a wide shot of him and a candle giving light and warmth in his bedroom. He places his hand upon the window as the sheet comes down from his body revealing him in his usual clothes without his coat. Then it cuts to a wide shot of him looking at Rem with his hand upon the sapphire pommel of his sword. There a brief glimpses of Emilia, Subaru, Rem, Felt, Ram, Roswaal, and Rom as the fangs of a Mabeast close then flash to Diego charging at a horde of demons and cultists of unknown origin. With a manic grin lunges at them with his sword in one hand and his gun in the other, slashing and shooting at anything that is trying to stop him. He delivers a powerful kick towards a cultist sending him flying out of his sight as darkness and light surround him. Diego then cuts the head off another cultist as he punches another, throws a demon to his left with one hand, then cuts at several more demons and cultists with his sword. He lands with a look of ferocious determination as he sees Elsa, and the three thugs that attacked Subaru only to be defeated by Emilia ready to attack him. Diego then has his arm on Rem's cheek and then gently kisses her lips. Prompting his four enemies to charge at him. Diego pushes them all back and defeats quite easily. We see him charge forward with his coat billowing behind him only for the dark hands of Satella to extend and restrain him in front of a portal of darkness, then a villain obscured by the Darkness so that only his mouth is seen reveals a sadistic grin, which cuts to a horde of demons and cultists charging at a pillar of purple light erupting from the ground.
(Hope that was the best I could do for the ending sequence. Go ahead and play Dancing in the Velvet Moon, from Rosario + Vampire on YouTube which is 1:41 and picture it in your minds eye as the music plays. Hope to see you in the next Chapter everybody, peace out!)
Oh snap folks, what a way to end the first chapter. And by the way I decided that the true Satella is capable of speaking only to Diego.
But what did you guys think of this chapter? Feel free to post your reviews on it. Oh and by the way, the ending to the first half is Dancing in the Velvet Moon, by Nana Mizuki, from the show Rosario + Vampire.
The ending of the second is also a surprise so you'll have to be patient. Anyway if you have questions about my Original Character Diego Valentine in this Fanfiction, feel free to post it in the review section of this chapter. Once again peace out.