Hello again and welcome back to 'Corrupted Symbol'!

So yeah, first actual chapter. Just saying, the only reason I updated so soon was that I had this chapter pre-written, still working on the next one. Oh yeah, I'm also using whatever limited knowledge of Japanese honorifics I know of. Not words, I don't know how to spell them. Anyway, with that aside, enjoy the chapter! (If any characters are OOC I'm sorry)

Disclaimer: I don't own Battle Spirits in any way or form.

Started chapter: 1/29/16-Finished: 2/2/16

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The moment they arrived back on Miroku's ship, Nakes had left the bridge, much to Miroku's and the Galaxy Triumvirate's confusion, to ponder. Specifically about the Number One Star.

Everything Nakes knew about him was from Miroku's thoughts and that he was the cause of the darkness in the boy's heart. But after the two of them defeated both the brunette and the Shooting Star, he managed to get a good look at the human. Normally he would think of them as nothing but insects, but this particular one caught his attention. It was the only reason he didn't consume the two when Miroku said not to.

Nakes felt disgusted at himself for fussing over such a thing, but he couldn't help it. He knows that he has seen that human's face before, possibly long before he met Miroku. Like a forgotten memory...

The Reverse Zodiac user felt his eyes slowly widen as he came to a revelation. How could he have not seen it sooner? And if the conclusion he had come to was true...

A dark smile crept onto Nakes' face. If his suspicions were correct, then all he has to do was play his cards right, both literally and figuratively, and he'll be able to accomplish more than uptaining the Ultimate Battle Spirits and consuming all of space. All he had to do was summon a few old friends of his and everything will be be set into motion. Although, calling them 'friends' was more of an exaggeration.


The moment Nakes was released he knew it was only a matter of time before he would be free to cause chaos and destruction once again. Just the thought of hearing the screams of all of those pathetic humans made him tremble in excitement.

He suddenly paused in his excitement. He wondered, once he free, which of the three crews should he kill off first? Perhaps he should start with 'his' crew? Oh how he would love to see their horrified faces as he tears them apart, which brought in an off-hand thought that he smiled at.

It is nice to finally have a vessel that actually looked like him.


The last thing Eris remembered before finding herself in this dark, misty area was arriving with the others at the place Rei and Kiriga were when her Ultimate Symbol reacted.

First thing she had noticed when she found herself here was that her decks were missing and that she was the only one here. At least, for the moment.

The Morning Star was tense. Something was terribly wrong, not just because of her surroundings but the fact that she felt as if she wasn't entirely here, wherever 'here' was. Then there was that sense of foreboding...

After a few seconds of standing, Eris realized that the fog bank was slowly lifting.

She wished it didn't.

The female barely held back a gasp, much less a scream, at what laid before her. Corpses. Corpses of people, card battlers from the scattered cards around them, and, shockingly, spirits as far as the eye could see. Eris forced the building bile rising up her throat down as she cautiously walked forward, looking to see if there anyone was sill alive. There wasn't.

A flash of light stopped her in her tracks, forcing her eyes to close. When she opened them again, Eris no longer found herself among dead bodies and was now floating in darkness, her Ultimate Symbol the only source of light.

Before she could even begin to wonder where she had been sent to now, a sharp pain emerged in her head, her hand flying up to her temple as images flooded her mind.


Ghoats, and the 2 other currently summoned Reverse Zodiac users, cornered the Shooting and Morning Stars just moments after they had entered the holding chamber. Whenever they tried to get through him, one of the Brave users would summon a spirit to stop them. Ghoats smirked.

"Did you really think you could get in here without being caught?"


" Where am I?" questioned Zero as he looked upon the dimly lit area. He squinted his eyes. "It's way to dark."

"Really? Personally I like the dark." A voice whispered into his ear. Zero spun around in surprise to whoever had said that. His face morphed into shock when he saw their face.

"You're...!"


Kiriga glared at his opponent's cold, yet mocking eyes for any sign of struggle or of his friend. Currently there was none. He looked at the cards in his hand.

"I know that you're still in there...," He whispered. "And until we find a way to break through to you," The Ultimate user paused as he raised his head.

"Keep fighting!"


Eris' body hit the ground soon after she had left the battle field. She had just barely managed to win. Had she not drawn Ultimate Saviour when she did... Eris didn't even want to think of the outcome.

Her sore body could barely register the frantic footsteps of her comrades as she faded into unconsciousness, thinking one last thought.

'The damage in that fight was real.'


Laila, Rikuto, Salt, and Mugen found themselves in a dark, barely lit yellow corridor after being separated from Kiriga, Ian, Eris, and Chocola. As they walked, or in Mugen's case floated, along the path, they eventually came to a large door made of yellow crystal. The group of four looked at one another before nodding. Laila steeped forward and pushed the door open. Her eyes widened.

"This is...!"


Eris let her hand drop to her side once the pain had subsided. Her eyes were still closed as she calmed her breathing. Just what had she seen?

The Morning Star opened her eyes, hoping everything she had just witnessed to be some odd nightmare. Her eyes only widened as she started forward.

"Number One Star!"

In front of her, while some distance away, was the laying body of her fellow card battler. She briefly noticed that he was wearing something similar to a battle form but decided to wonder about that later. Mostly because of what she saw.

'Tear marks?' This worried the female card battler. Rei, as far as she knew, never cried, and probably never had a nightmare ether.

"Rei?" Cautiously asked Eris. She wouldn't admit it out loud, but by this point, Eris could defiantly say for sure that she was scared, if not terrified. She reached towards the brunette's shoulder only to gasp in surprise as she pulled back.

Her hand went straight through him.

Eris' mind went into a brief panic before reminding herself of the possibility that she was, most likely, just dreaming. Though why she would dream of something like this was beyond her.

"You bastard..."

Eris jumped, she seemed to be doing that a lot now, as she looked towards the source of the voice and was greeted to the sight of Kiriga's back. His arm was outstretched and, from the looks of it, had targeted whoever he was talking to. She rose to her feet and walked next to the Shooting Star to see who could cause such hate in her fellow card battler's voice.

In front of him was, as best as Eris could describe, something straight from a nightmare in human form. Back bangs covered their face keeping Eris from attempting to find out who it was. Even so, Eris couldn't help but shudder. The air around them was cold and held a sense of danger that would send anyone weak-willed running. Thankfully, Eris wasn't one of them.

"I'll never forgive you..." Kiriga continued, "Never!"

The man in front of him just gave him a playful smirk and placed his hand, the one not holding his deck, to his chest.

"Why Kiri-kun," He chided, his smirk growing as said person growled at the nickname, "That really hurts. Is that really how you speak to your, what was it again, 'serious friend'?"

Eris' eyes narrowed. While she hasn't seen their face, the female space pirate knows that she's hear that voice somewhere, despite it sounding distorted. All she could tell was that he and the Shooting Star know each other, and not in a very good way if Kiriga's voice is anything to go by.

"Don't you dare confuse yourself with him!" Kiriga snarled. "You are the reason for all this chaos and everyone's suffering!" Said person just looked proud of himself for earning such a comment.

"So," He smiled as his deck glowed brighter, "Are you just going to stand there, or are we going to fight?"

"Gate Open! Release!"

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...Yup, first chapter. Oh yeah, I most likely forgot to say this last chapter but any sort of criticism is welcome, so leave a review if you want to! Btw, did this chapter seem to obvious to the plot or is it just me?

Until The Next Raid!