Disclaimer: I don't own Blazblue. I own nothing but my thoughts.
Authors Note: Woot! With this, the prologues are now done! And now I can start writing the story!
I got Guilty Gear Judgment a few weeks ago, and I like beat 'em ups. It also has 2 player co-ops and I just love co-op... That kinda had nothing to do with anything, I know, so now to the point.
I hope you enjoy. Read and review please.
Prologue
Part 3
Tsubaki stared into her own reflection on Hakumen's helmet as she tried to pull away from him. His grip remained steady on her shoulder as the winds circling them both steadily increased. She slammed her eyes close, the winds felling like millions of blades whipping around her. She screamed out in pain but was silenced in an instant by the tornado. Gusts of air flew into her and scratched the inside of her jaws and throat then exited before she buttoned her mouth shut. She desperately tried to pull away again. A searing pain flowed through her right arm as Hakumen's claws dug into her skin. The pain spread into her face and forced her into tears. White symbols in blue circles glowed around them. Hot fumes of black smoke came off her dark clothes and mixed with the wind to form a black whirlwind.
Tsubaki's life flashed before her from the time of her birth to when she first met Jin. The memories sped up to when the Imperator first introduced her to Phantom after she had lost her sight. Tears ran with agony from her closed eyes as she saw all the encounters that she had with her former friends with the intent to kill them. At Phantom's orders, she was at every base and fought a different friend each time. Again the memories fast-forwarded to a few days ago, when she stood at attention behind Hazama in a secret NOL office. The memory went in slow motion as if she was reminiscing the briefing for the attack. Suddenly everything went black and she went numb.
A second later she felt relief in her shoulder as something moved away from it.
"Wait!" Tsubaki's voice cracked and shook. Her legs slowly bent to place her on the floor. Her whole body shivered as she clutched Hakumen's arm for all her life. Uneven breaths and tears fell from her face to the floor. "P-please. I, I can't see." She whispered as a puddle slowly formed around her feet. The recent events and all the depraved things she has done to her friends sunk her heart.
Hakumen's voice was at a soft that he only displayed with a few people. "Open your eyes, Tsubaki." She slowly opened her eyes and gasped. She stared at the ground until she heard his voice again. "You current sight is temporary as an aftereffect of Phantoms magic."
Again she saw her face in the reflection of his mask. Dried tears floated on her cheeks and dried blood out the sides of her mouth. He rested on one knee and extended his other hand out to help her up. She looked around to find all of her comrades dead. Behind her waited a hooded cat and a gothic dressed girl that stood at his height.
A plump red bat flew in front of Rachel. "Princess! Did it work?" He was smacked out of her sight with the last word that came out of his mouth.
She calmly walked up to where Hakumen and Tsubaki stood. Rachel looked up into his helmet with utter annoyance written on her face. "Mr. Hero, I hope that you have found the location of Phantom. Surely you have noticed that Mr. Red devil has shut off the power because the only light illuminating this room is the door to Takamagahara and time is of the essence."
He nodded. "She is in a secret office in the eighty-forth floor of this building."
Rachel lowered her gaze to Tsubaki, her expression now one of concern. "Ms. Yayoi, how are you feeling? I hope that the exorcism won't leave you too ill." Tsubaki opened her mouth but the cuts in her jaw opened with it, and she closed it. "Although it is vulgar, you may spit your blood out over there." She pointed to a darkened spot where Gii had just been flung to.
Ragna hefted his huge sword over head as he came down over the barrier protecting Relius. A loud scratching sound echoed throughout the Altar. "Damn thing break!" He turned around and flung his arm into the ars, a large serpent head following. Again nothing affected it. "You know what!"
He geared his arm back. The sphere on his glove opened up and absorbed all the dark energy around his body into his fist. "Fuck it!" His whole arm glow a dark crimson as he chucked his fist into the barrier creating a large crack in it. Relius and Ignis both jerked their heads to the crack. They saw the silhouette of Ragna as a bright blue arrow disappeared in the sky. Several lines in the clear hexagons broke apart from the main one.
Ragna jumped back and drew his sword behind him before dashing forward. Pink light encased Ignis and teleported her in front of him. Before she could do anything, he bunted his sword into her gut. The blow knocked her into the barrier. Ragna scraped Blood-scythe on the floor as he did a 360 turn. As he brought it up, a wave of darkness came from the ground. The barrier broke as Ignis collided with the side of the cauldron.
Relius' jaw dropped as he looked between his wife and the grim reaper. "This is impossible! You shouldn't- " He cut himself off and cleared his throat behind his fist. He looked around and saw that Terumi and Valkenhayn are missing and Noel and Makoto were making their way to him.
Ragna walked up to the mad puppeteer. "Just stay there and make this easy for yourself."
Ignis stood up and teleported by Relius. "Bravo, Mr. Reaper. It seems that Rachel's plan had worked benevolently. Not only has Terumi been defeated, but you also broke through the barrier." He clapped his hands together. Ragna ran towards them but Ignis hopped in front of him and blocked his attack. "This was a very unlikely possibility, but one that I had still set precautions for." Ignis pushed Ragna back and floated back to Relius. Pink light engulfed them both of them and then they disappeared.
"Fucking damn it!" Ragna yelled as he ran to where they used to be. He stood still while he scanned the area for any sort of surprise attack.
Takamagahara flashed pink for a second and Relius looked on, dumbfounded as he saw the Imperator seated in her older brother's lap. Both of their green eyes locked on to him.
Jin slowly lifted Saya off of him and picked up Yukianesa. "Relius Clover. You and Terumi have been a corruption that has plagued this world." His calm demeanor and increasingly cold voice echoed throughout the room. "I am the power chosen to judge this world and as such, I will not allow you to exist any longer."
"Shit!" Relius yelled while Ignis stood in the way of a speeding ice sword. Jin jumped up and quickly slashed at Ignis's neck. She leaned back and raised her arms to block the attack. He landed behind both of them and rapidly hacked in their direction. Relius jumped back from the attack, leaving Ignis to take the brunt of the raid.
Relius growled and snapped his fingers. Pink light again teleported Ignis to him. "You!" From behind his mask, Relius' face was a dark shade of red. "How did you do this to her?" He shouted and pointed to Saya hiding behind one of the three chairs in the distance.
A sword of ice formed in front of Jin again. "You and Terumi were mistaken if you thought that I would allow such impairment to my family to continue." Jin ran to Relius with the sword by his side. Suddenly the sword sped up and hit Ignis. She slid back a few feet and staggered, unable to block Jin as he sliced at Relius neck.
Relius barely jumped back in time to avoid being decapitated. He slapped his hands on the ground as Jin ran up to him. A hole filled with gears appeared underneath Jin's feet. Jin jumped onto an ice sword but several gears sprung up and destroyed the moving chunk of frost. He fell but rolled as he hit the ground and got on his knees in front of Relius. He grabbed Yukianesa and moved her in an arc motion over his head. The giant robotic arm that moved from Relius' cape to block the attack fell to the ground. The edges that had been sliced were covered in ice.
Relius looked down in shock and then to Ignis. She had several dents in her body from the fight with Valkenhayn and her eyes were dim. She looked back at him and started to glow pink. He looked back at Jin as he drew another metal arm to block his attack. The piece had also fallen to the ground, edges of it frozen.
"Damn!" Relius yelled as he tried to keep his balance and used whatever he could to shield himself from Jin's assault. Each one failing against the frost bite. And then the last one dropped.
Jin's assault didn't stop. He sliced his sword horizontally, causing Relius to stumble back. He then stabbed the ground with his blade. A replica sword sprung from the ground. The ice maneuvered around Relius, creating locks around his limbs to hold him in place.
"Jin!" Saya's scream resonated throughout the area as Ignis pushed aside the one chair in her way.
Jin pinned the skin on Relius's neck between his throat and Yukianesa. "Call off your doll!" He frantically shouted. Relius stared at him.
In the back of Jin's malicious eyes was worry, an emotion that is new to him and thus unpredictable. Relius sneered at this.
"Praecipio tibi, ut adducat ad me phantasma est." Ancient runes circled around Relius until he became a purple silhouette of himself and vanished.
"What!" Jin's shock only lasted for a moment until Saya's scream again echoed through Takamagahara. He turned around and saw Ignis flashing pink take hold of Saya. Her claws were digging into the little girl's skin as she struggled to get free. Jin summoned a large chunk of ice and hopped on it. He was too late, as the room flashed pink again and he was left alone in Takamagahara.
Runes appeared in a small laboratory. The room was bathed in a red emergency powered light. Giant test tubes and table tops covered in notes and other science equipment decorated the area. In the center of the runes a purple silhouette of Relius appeared. As he steps through, the runes and purple shadow disappear afterwards. He slowly clutches his chest, his heart beating at an alarming rate. He looked to his left. In a far off corner, Phantom floated. Her large wizard hat sagged over her eyes.
"I understand, phantom." Relius gasped while standing up straight. "We are both exhausted from today's unfortunate events." He hastily walked over to a set of giant tubes. In the middle was an empty slot where a tube should be. His chin rested in between his index finger and his thumb. "They have retaken Arakune, liberated the Imperator, captured Terumi, and have both remaining Prime fields." His nervous voice contradicted his body's calmness. "I hoped that it wouldn't come close to this situation." He paused. "They have won."
Bright pink mixed in with the emergency lights as a wailing girl's voice filled the room.
Relius inhaled deeply before calmly saying, "Phantom. We need to use the rest of our power to open the portal to go back in time." He pointed to a wall that had a few tables in front of it.
While holding Saya in one hand, Ignis proceeded to push the tables out of the way. Saya coughed uncontrollably as she wailed out in pain. Once the wall was clean Relius walked to stand in front of it, Phantom floated by a second later. The air became dense as both of them stared into the wall. Wind from nowhere raged around in the room. A small swirling hole much like the portal to the boundary slowly grew on the wall.
Behind them a different portal opened. Jubei rushed through with lightening speed and struck Phantom. A flash of purple light and they were both gone. Hakumen speed through next and attempted a slash at Relius. Ignis pushed him just in time to avoid losing his legs. She threw Saya at the last person to enter through the portal. Valkenhayn caught her by her robes in his wolf form. He transformed back and told her to go through the portal.
Hakumen's voice seethed with anger. "Relius! You will not escape from the repercussions of your actions!" He pulled Ookami back and thrust forward. Still in wolf form, Valkenhayn jumped over Hakumen. Ignis sidestepped and pushed Hakumen's sword aside but she missed Valkenhayn soar above her. He dove at Relius. Gears popped up from under him and grinded into Valkenhayn's face.
"Today's endeavor is all for naught. Tell Rachel that I applaud her victory," Relius growled as he put one leg into the portal. "and," He looked between Hakumen still fighting Ignis and Valkenhayn getting ready to launch another attack. "That I will expect her encore performance to misrably fail." He laughed as he jumped into the portal and a blinding white light erased the world.
Relius found himself sprawled out on the ground in a forest. His whole body ached and he felt dehydrated.
Using his elbows for support he lifted himself slightly off the ground. Information hit him like a ton of bricks and he instantly clutched his head while taking heavy breathes. "This… isn't… the right…" Before he could finish he quickly turned to his side and vomited. "Ugh."
"Bending the fabric of reality takes a lot outta ya huh?"
Relius looked up and saw a man in a black suit standing over him. His hand was on his hat, holding it up above his golden serpent eyes.
"Come on Relius." Hazama looked down at him, agitation clearly written over his face. "Let's rap."
Authors Note: Ha-ha! Now you know how my story will end, and now you get to watch me fuck everything up with my OC! Baw-ha-ha-ha! Well, actually that won't start until about chapter 3 or 4. It should be fun.
Don't forget to review! Because I'm a review hoe! Jk. Let me know what you did or didn't like as it will help me improve and does inspire me to write.
In closing, don't forget to spam that 5A not D… unless your Ragna. Spam 5B because it's funny.
If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to PM me, I'd appreciate it.
Peace.
1/15/2012 l3largus
*Edited on 7/22/2012
