BLAZBLUE:CHANCE LENDER: 4
Author's Note: I don't own Blazblue, Arc System Work does. Well if you bother to read this story, you should have known anyway. I am a newbie in Writing and Fanfiction. Please, if you are benevolent enough to a newbie, please review this. Thanks a lot…..
Roses petals floats and flutters freely guided by the wind. One petal manages to flies inside a black mansion's room, landing in a light brown liquid on a cup. The room is filled with many doors and on the centre of it are a pair of chairs and a beautifully decorated round table. On the side were several sideboards that strangely located at each edge of the room. They all have candles lit on them and lastly above the room there is a huge lamp shining across the room right above a small figure girl.
The girl wore a black ribbon to keep her twin-pig-tails. She wears black gothic Lolita one piece with a frilly black gown and jacket. A big red ribbon bow tie can be seen on her neck, a red bat symbol design cross from the front to the back on her dress, another red cross on her shawl and bottom half, high heeled black boots with a red cross, and a red ribbon on her right ankle.
The girl lifts up her tea cup while looking at the red petals that rested on the center of the cup. A voice calls her, but she didn't turn her gaze from the rose
"My lady, Lady Nine's daughter has asked me to inform you that there is an unknown interference happening without our knowledge as we speak"
"Oh my? How impudent, she could have told me personally. Although I must admit, I do not appreciate her preferred way of communication"
"I'll be sure to tell her next time my lady"
"Well, let's hear what is this about. Speak, Valkenhayn"
The Elderly gentleman knows as Valkenhayn bows, the seemingly young girl then turn her gaze towards him. Her eyes flashes with crimson ray as she asks him to tells her what he is tasked to.
And now the scene has fade to black
"Hmm?"
A man in red jacket stop from his track and looks around frantically as if searching for something, after a while he starts to walk again with sweat visible in his cheek
'weird….what was that feeling just now. I feel shiver down my spine suddenly…'
The man keeps on walking until he stop again when he encounter another figure….whose coated in white,black…and grey custome…mostly white, especially his mask
The figure have no mouth and his leggings looks weird as it slightly bigger than his other body, he also wield a large katana on his back and….eyes on its shoulder
The man in red jacket immediately stop in his track again. His face is that of confusion and horror, he tries to open his mouth but nothing comes out. His body tensed up without reason, his instinct urges him to leave this man alone, but his body refuses to move.
The two figure looks at each other, with one calmly analyze the other, and that other frozen unable to move anything on his body…not even his pupil. Its only until the white figure spoke that he capable of escaping his "trance"
"Its been awhile, Black Beast…"
"What?...who are you…don't act as if we know each other and who are you calling Black Beast?"
"Hoo? You are trembling, is something scares you Black Beast?"
"Sh-Shut up, its none of your business"
The man in red jacket retorts at the white figure's mocking. He is visibly angry, the problem is even he himself have no idea what makes him so angry and so scared. The white figure keeps talking as if taunting him, amusement clear in his voice
"Fine…. It's a waste of time talking here anyway, come! I shall end you here and now under this blade!"
The white figure un-sheathe his Katana from behind his back, immediately adopting a stance which
"Fuck you…. I'll be the one to end you and your cockiness"
"Fools, you get ahead over your head and this shall be your undoing!"
"I am the White Void, I am the cold steel, I am the just sword,
我は空、 我は鋼、 我は刃
With blade in hand I shall reaps the Sin of this world, and cleanse it with the flames of destruction!
我は一振りの剣にて全ての「罪」を刈り取り「悪」を滅する
My name is [HAKUMEN]! The end has come!"
我が名は「ハクメン」！推して参る！"
Tired of the white figures whose name Hakumen's talking, the man in red jacket charge at him readying his sword in the mean time and ready to strike Hakumen…..however before he reach Hakumen himself, the white blade has magically close to his neck which prompt him to stop again in his track. Sweats, again visible on both of his cheeks
'What the…I don't even see him move? HOW?'
"Is something amiss? Grim Reaper: Ragna=the=Bloodedge?. Or perhaps you have realized your inferiority and ready to accept your death?"
"Uggh… Shut u-"
Ragna was about to kick hakumen but Hakumen thrust his blade once more which forces Ragna to stumbles, trying to dodge the attack and in panic he falls. Hakumen didn't waste any chance and immediately swings his swords to reap Ragna's head. Ragna, frantically rolls which saves his head but not his back. Right after he rolls to escape, Hakumen blade slice through his back revealing a huge wound that could be a mortal wound to untrained bodies
"Gah!"
Ragna in anger tries to tackle Hakumen by the feet, but again it didn't works. As if waiting for that chance, Hakumen jump at a precise timing and swings his sword in the air at Ragna's head again which Ragna guard with his Blade… the collision creat a shockwave that strong enough make Ragna Trembles.
Ragna leapt to his feet and charge again at Hakumen. He put a lot of force in his hands, swinging his blade with both of his hand to Hakumen's Head. Hakumen duckes, as planned by Ragna and the huge black-and-white blade is ready to swoop down at Hakumen…but as if predicted, Hakumen sweep on Ragna's feet with his blade, causing him to stumble and miss his attack. Hakumen don't even bother to block or dodge the blade coming down on him as it lands right beside him, he then ready to be the one who Butcher Ragna's Head
'Dammit how could he be so calm and indifferent?'
"Oziris Tackle!"
Ragna Brandish his Scythe from his blade and attempt to bring down Hakumen by slicing his feet. He swing his sythe vertically and thinking of drag in horizontally when he reach Hakumen's feet…. But again as if predicted before, Hakumen crouch and create a diagram around his arm. When the scythe hits the diagram which turns out to be a barrier, ragna could feel his body stops for a split second and before he realize it, Hakumen has lift him with his feet and slam him to the ground
"Guuhh, what? How…I didn't even see you move!"
Ragna gasp and rolls immediately when Hakumen has lift his feet ready to step on Ragna.
"You masked freak!"
Ragna coat his right hand in dark crimson and black energy and charge with it to Hakumen, intend to punch him in the gut as hard as he can but before he could do it…. Hakumen dodge while keeping his distance as low as possible and slash his arm, followed with a tackle with his kick and another kick on the face.
"Damn you, Gauntlet Hades!"
Tired of being tripped and stop Ragna decide to approach by another means, from the air! He jumps and ready to slam his feet towards his opponent….which once again as if predicted, Hakumen easily dodge with simplest movement and counter with…
"Crimson lotus"
Hakumen strikes ragna with the hilt of his sword, it hit ragna's side right on his transverse abdomen. Ragna flews and cough up salivas upon hit, once again end up on the ground.
"How? How did you able to-"
"Rending Steel"
Before he finish his speech Hakumen has lift his sword and about to end ragna. But Ragna in retorts immediately thrust his sword right in Hakumen's solar plexus which forces Hakumen to grimace in pain. Then ragna tackles him ready to strike him down this time, he climbs onto Hakumen's Body. In the end Ragna succeed in gaining the upper hand and in instant Hakumen is the one in disadvantages as Ragna ready to swing his blade that is just mere inch from Hakumen's Neck
"Heh, does not need much to beat you up at this rate"
"I wont be so sure if I were you"
Before Ragna realize it Hakumen has lift his blade and now it points to ragna's neck. At this rate If anybody even move for the kill, both will end up dead. After Staring at each other for a while Ragna decide to jump away from Hakumen's body and immediately strikes at him again
"Carnage Scissors!"
"Its futile….."
Right before Ragna's attack reach him, Hakumen has create another Diagram around his arm. This time its bigger and coloured red. When ragna's blade hits the "Barrier" time seems stop for ragna as suddenly he got cuts fatally around his waist. As if the Damage on his back, and abdomen is not enough now his waist is terribly wounded as he struggles to get up
"This ends here Black Beast!"
"Dammit…why is this guy so tough?"
Hakumen about to cut ragna's head for real this time. Ragna seriously considers accepting his death and stop struggling. However deep inside, he still wishes to escape this situation alive. There is still a lingering of fighting spirit inside his heart. And as if GOD took pity on him, Hakumen's immediately stopped with a block of ice suddenly emerged from the ground about to hits Hakumen.
""!""
But he dodged, the ice rapidly grows and become a huge wall that seperates both Fighters. either way both Hakumen and Ragna are surprised by the sudden interruption. Turns out its none other than…
"Jin Kisaragi…"
"Brother…are you okay?...who are you?"
Jin rush towards ragna side and starts to freeze his wound, it stops the bleeding and the cold numb ragna's nerve which relieve him from the pain. Although the feeling of could on his body all over is annoying…Jin turns his head towards The white figure after freezing his brother's wound, caution visible in his tone.
"My name is Hakumen"
"Hakumen? Hakumen, the leader of the 6 heroes? Don't joke around! What is a hero doing all the way out here? Fighting my brother at that?"
"Careful Jin, that guy's strength is not normal. And he somehow able to read my movement and counter it as if knows beforehand"
The ice wall shatters, and disappears. Jin worriedly looks at Ragna, now paying more attention towards his wound than before. He noted the fact that the wound on the feet and the waist are inflicted with much more power than the arm, however the wound on the back is the worst problem. He figures this white-coated person is determined to kill his brother. But no matter what he thought he cant think of a reason why would the leader of 6 heroes aim for his brother…..he can be aiming for him because of the bounty isn't it?...heck, is this guy even the real HAKUMEN? and amongst all things, why did he feels something weird just by nearing this "Hero"? Its familiar but at the same times…..alien…
"Hmm….does not matter. Ragna=The=Bloodedge! You are the filth of this world that need to be cleanse without mercy! And you Jin=Kisaragi, you are the shame of this world. I shall give unto myself the responsibility of getting rid of both of you from this world!"
"You bastard! You can say whatever you want about me but not about my brother! Fuck you"
"Wait brother. You are still wounded even if I've frozen it, it may get worse if you are not careful"
Ragna goes in rage and ready to attacks Hakumen again which stopped by Jin. Worry clearly visible on his face. Everything seems to be so weird for Jin lately, first an old man who talks nonsense, then a ninja and a squirrel who appears to help him out of nowhere, now a man who somehow able to beat his brother effortlessly. And that man keeps giving him a strange vibe that he cant explain.
"Heh, What can you do? Ragna=The=Bloodedge?"
'what can you do….brother….'
"I'll at least punch him in the Face jin!"
"What? Brother are you okay?"
"What? Didn't you ask what I can do just now?"
"What? I didn't! He did!"
Ragna suddenly shout in anger to answer Jin, however Jin was not asking anything which turns the situation to be very awkward. Hakumen simply stares at those 2 for a while; the brother pair decides to shrugs it off and prepares for the in-coming onslaught of HAKUMEN. For Jin in particular, everything starts to become even more confusing and weird….his brother answering his question which he never asked
But to everyone's shock, Hakumen's Body starts to fade.
"Dammit, a teleportation device? Don't interrupt me! Grimalkin!"
Hakumen starts to scold relentlessly at nobody in rage, soon enough his body disappear to nowhere.
"The fuck? He disappeared? Does not seems like its intentional either…what just happen?"
'is it rachel?...nah…does not seems like her…'
"Yeah….what was that?..."
"By the way….why are you here Jin?..."
Ragna turns his attention to Jin. Finally remember he just ask his blonde brother to stay away from this problem.
"I want to go too, I cant let you do this all alone. And besides, without me you would've been killed by that….freak just now"
"Tch…fine come with me…"
'I really don't want jin to be involved with this…but all parts of my body are still shaking, it will be bad to fight like this…may as well bring him.'
With that, the two figures decide to continue on their path….
"The cauldron….its awakening…"
A girl walking slowly on the golden stair alone, her red hair flutters gently. They shine bright with the blood color enhancing the female's beauty. She held tight her blue cap on her chest as she walk upstairs with each step slower than before. Her "journey" is stop when suddenly a familiar voice calls out to her
"Wait! Wait, Tsubaki!"
"Eh? Makoto? Why are you here?"
The girl named Makoto stop right below Tsubaki and catch her breath. It seems she ran all the way out here from the museum, and thanks to her physical capability there does not seems to be any sweat running down on her cheeks and neck nor she seem tired of course.
"Great! I am on time, maybe I am not so unlucky hehe"
"What are you talking about?"
"Nevermind that…anyway you are going to Major Kisaragi's place right? "
"Eh? How do you know that, ah right I am"
With a gentle smile, she look upon her long time friend. The jittery feeling inside her heart is no longer present, just seeing someone she could deeply trust in time of need is enough to make her calm down. Then she put more attention at her friend's body…
"Gosh, Makoto what happen to you? You have bandages all over your body!"
'dammit, nothing seems to escape her eye…'
"Nevermind that, I just got into fight with someone on the job before coming here. And I was walking around in my break when I happened to be around here, and then I saw you so I follow you hehe"
She feels relieved wash her mind again as her friend talks without any burden in her voice. She realize she may soon remember the negative feeling and thoughts that appear on her mind if she is alone, so she wish for Makoto to join her
"Hey Makoto….this is just if….if you do not mind….would you go with me? Please?"
"Eh? Well, I don't mind but….i'll just ask you one thing first"
Makoto glanced at her friend, her eyes tight and sad. Tsubaki was puzzled by her friend's sudden reaction. She wonder if at this rate Makoto won't accompany her, but she immediately throw that thought and prepare herself for the question. She was however didn't expect the question that is going to be thrown at her
"Do you know a girl name….[Noel=Vermillion]?"
"Eh?...hmm I cant say it rings a bell.. who is she? Someone we knew from the academy? Or is it a member of the 4th squad? Hmm but I never heard anybody with that name in the 4th squad before"
"Never mind forget it…I'll go with you…I'll definitely go with you"
'as I thought….Noel does not exist here…but at least I can help Tsubaki'
"Ah, Thank you Makoto. Now I feel safer and better…..but why are you looking for her?"
"I said never mind, c'mon lets catch up with Kisaragi-senpai!"
….Nor she did understand why her friend would ask something so strange out of the blue and just dismiss it later on. Judging from her expression though, Tsubaki knows she isn't just joking around but decide to not give it another thought. Unknown to them however, Jin Kisaragi is not far above them, and when they are talking he has run as fast as possible to his brother's location without noticing the ladies. He run like his whole life depends on it…
"I deeply apologize. But it seems I must intrude your reunion and peaceful afternoon walk, my ladies."
The shining black suit and the green hair appear suddenly in front of them, holding his shining black fedora while bowing down in a polite manner. He quickly raises his head and smile "Peacefully" towards the two ladies. Makoto of course, is not impressed. With a dark expression she talks formally…
"Oh my, Captain Hazama! Forgive my rudeness, but I would like to accompany my friend here towards her destination. I'll go back to my work after that, do you mind?"
"Oh of course I don't mind, lieutenant Makoto Nanaya~. You have done a good job for us, this is the least I can do for you as your higher up. There is…one thing in particular that makes me curious though"
"Oh? And what may that be?"
"How are you able to reach here? Hmm?"
"Excuse me?"
"How are you able to reach this place hmm?"
His eye change, they now open instead of almost completely closed such as before. The menacing look on his eye is enough to jerk Makoto up, fears crawling up from her toes to her head. Then scenarios playing in her mind, She cannot risk Tsubaki get injured because she know if she fight Hazama then Tsubaki will help her. Or there is a high chance Rachel will save her again, but that means leaving Tsubaki Alone…to her death. But she doesn't feel its right to just tell this man everything about her. Decides to no longer thinks…she immediately grab Tsubaki's hands and run
"Eh? Makoto! kyaah"
"Well then excuse us captain, we are in a hurry. Nice to see you, until next time!"
Waving her hand with happy expression on her face, she turns her head side way to see Hazama on the corner of his eye
"Tch…she ran away again…oh well does not matter. She will soon know anyway hihihihihi"
Hazama slides his left hand to his trouser's pocket and held his Fedora with his right hand. Standing and watching the two females flee to their own destination.
"Fuck this shit…"
A pink haired girl smacks her computer, the she place her palm on her face. Turning her attention to the plafond above, she roughly takes a hell lots of marshmallow besides her and puts it all inside her mouth.
"Owui, Twree ibioots"
Still looking at the plafond, she starts to mumble incoherently, her tones indicates that she is calling something or someone. But nobody answer nor came…
"God dammit those bitches, OI COME HERE!"
Immediately, 4 figures comically enter her room with the blonde one in the front slumped and ends up tripping the whole "Squad". The 2 on the middle are touching their heads because they bump into each other, the one on the back simply laugh nervously and the one in the front which is now the one in the bottom struggle to breath
"….."
The pink haired half-cat looks down in pity and disbelief, silence fills the whole room until she decides to go back to her computer. The action prompts the other 4 occupants in the room to immediately search for a place to sit as well, destroying the silence with their noise….if only the noise of them moving
"I have good news and bad news, you girls choose which one you want to hear first."
"Bad news, good things usually taste better after knowing the bad news!"
The brown haired girl, otherwise known as Celica puts her hand up in excitement. Her mood is clearly different from the other occupants of the room. Sighing, Kokonoe turns her attention to the three especially the squirrel girl. Her eyes devoid of emotion, her breathing is calm but faint, and finally with deep voice which makes Makoto tensed up she deliver the bad news.
"I can't locate which timeline and dimension Makoto currently at…"
Everybody shoots their eyes open; breathing seems to be forgotten by their brains. Tears about to falls from the corner of Noel's eyes. Tsubaki open her eyes wide and her mouth open in smile, but her head and voice is shaking. She gets up from her seat and tried to convince her friends that there is still hope.
"Wait, lets…not be pessimistic okay? what about the good news Professor Kokonoe?"
" The good news is that: This Makoto, is "our" Makoto it seems"
""""Eh?...""""
Gasps Celica, Makoto, Noel, and Tsubaki at the same time…
"Hey, you two!"
The squirrel girls shout towards the two men in front. They give a quick glance towards the incoming girls, then turn back their attention towards the opening cauldron.
The gigantic machine or…machines opened up and burst out lights. One above and another below. The light covers nearly the whole room, and the steam that comes out with it shadows the figures that comes out from within. The machine at the below starts to get taller and bigger, while the one at the above starts to get wider and bigger.
Two figures comes out from the cauldrons, they both are girls with fairly young features. Their eyes consist of no emotion. Silence fills the whole room, the two new figures did not talk for awhile, only mumbling something in robotic manner.
"Ahh! Ragna, you've come again for NU, NU is so happy!. How long has it been since we saw each other. Ooh? You bring some others with you… Hmm…NU is sad, NU want to just be toge-"
"Shut up, I am not here to talk to you nor to be together bullshit with you"
"Aww…why are you so grumpy? Oh by the way this is my sister! Say hello to her Ragna!"
"Sister?...since when do you have sister? I was about to ask who is that as well"
The grey-haired Girl known as NU gestures towards the blonde beside her. Unlike her sister, this blonde still have no emotion on her face nor change in manners of speaking.
"My name M-"
"No way….Noel?..."
Makoto feels her worlds fall apart, she can 100% confirm this is not the world she stranded on before. Now her brain and heart panics towards the realization…..
she might need to fight her friend…again….
-The Wheel Of fate is Turning-