Episode 3: 町の端に闇! Darkness at the edge of town!
Across the skies lie the reflection in our future that is a meteor shower
With our dreams, and with our potentials that we shall…become…filled with such great excitement
It's a brand new start…with you…
Flashback A: 150,000 Years Ago: The Birth of Parkour
Around the edge of Bota Duniya and Olympus Desert
Mount Pelée Village
As the Silver War began to widespread to other nations, one of the remaining peaceful villages stood through its usual routine.
The terrible incident of Prince Julius and his Senshi were brought to this town as news from afar. Clearly it was a matter of time before the feared apocalypse begins.
Georges Hebert, the mayor lived in his office along with his only son David. The man knew the fathers of basketball (Dr. Naismith) and volleyball (Dr. Morgan) and even met them separately in person.
David on the other hand was abroad in the Southwest region of the Great Bota Valley in Keinari. Every few weeks, a letter would come by mail to him. As of late though, the mail box was empty.
Should I go there, he thought, but who will watch these people?
He wasn't an old man yet but his years of experience in track and other field sports gave him plenty of expertise. Despite this, there was no way his running speed could get to his son fast enough.
Realizing what he almost forgot, he walked up to a cupboard and dug through the plates to find the small vial of Aqua Aigean waters near the former palace of Julius. David was invited by Julius (years back) and gave him the vial. In turn, David sent it to his father as a souvenir.
As ridiculous as it seems, he opened the cork and drank the water. It felt warm through his throat but his body felt goosebumps as some sort of energy was being unleashed in his veins. Confidence increased his ego as he was determined to find his son.
He walked outside and took only a few steps when he found himself running faster than a tiger. The scenery changed into the dense woods as he jumped over logs, trees, some gaps between cliffy areas, and other challenging obstacles.
Th-this is impossible, how did I get here so quickly, the man thought.
Georges found himself finally at the entrance of Keinari when he saw fires broke out and smoke all over. His eyes widened in horror as he rushed in at normal running speed to find his son.
Moments Before:
David readied his pole, preparing to make his stunt jump of 3.75 meters as he could feel the gentle breeze sweeping through his senses.
His fiancée cheered him onwards while he concentrated on his target. All seemed well until he heard her screaming out but this time in panic. He turned to see two men grabbing her from the crowd as one of them used magic to knock everyone out of the way.
David turned himself towards the stands and launched himself with the pole, landing on the benches like a boss and narrowly dodged a blast from the blond-haired man.
"Men like you are nothing but monkeys," growled Jason Silver.
Nash Gold grabbed the fiancée but David managed to swing over and grab her safely before unlocking a strange skillset of running and jumping like never before. The two men hissed while Jason transformed himself into a gigantic beast of the Durabolix-Housaihashi Hybrid.
"Leave it to me," the fiancée said.
"Eh?" David replied but the lady twirled herself in a circle, unleashing crescent-shaped blasts towards the monster.
Nash Gold chanted a dark spell to unleash Chaos as the Dark One made his appearance. The Ultimate Dark One watched as the people fled the area in horror while he unleashed shadow lightning to set the area ablaze.
"I'm glad you got your powers," the fiancée said, running with him to escape the fire, "But I hope you didn't go too reckless."
"I did what I had to do," David answered, "Why?"
"…I am with child," she revealed.
David stopped as he looked at her, "W-WHAT!?"
"I wanted to surprise you after today…" she said, "But those men…"
"I know, but…" he answered, stunned.
"Don't worry. Our child will be fine," she replied.
The two escaped the field as the village area was forced to evacuate. A bunch of people were captured by Jason and Nash along with Chaos and were brought back to who knew where.
At this moment, Georges arrived and shouted out for his son. Moments later, he saw two people running towards him.
"DAVID! DEIDI!?" shouted Georges.
"FATHER!" David answered.
"Wh-what the hell happened!?" he replied.
"The Dark One…Chaos has led a siege here!" said Deidi, "The people are being evacuated now but it's only a matter of time before everything is destroyed here!"
"Let's get you guys back to the village!" replied Georges.
"No…we have to take refuge in Atlantis!" answered David.
"But that's holy grounds for…" the father argued.
"He's right," Deidi said.
"You haven't heard what happened there?" the older man answered, "Julius and his men fell into ruin!"
"W-what?!" gasped David.
Did Chaos get to Atlantis, thought Deidi, narrowing her eyes silently.
"We have to get out of here now!" said Georges as the skies grew darken from the smoke, ash, and shadow.
"No…" Deidi said, "We have to leave this plane entirely."
"Eh?" the two men were confused.
"The entire planet will fall into reunion and we must leave before it happens," she answered, casting them asleep.
The Northern Mountain Villages
The two men woke up and found themselves inside some sleeping cots. Georges lifted his head up and saw the fiancée washing David's forehead with a wet cloth.
David looked at his fiancée and asked, "W-what happened?"
"You both fell out so I brought you safely to my place," she answered, "However, I'm afraid you both won't like what you see out there."
Georges walked up to the open window and realized that the entire world was nothing more but a sea of sand and heat. However, little did they knew that they were already eons into the future after Deidi conjured a time-travel spell.
"We escaped the moment of apocalypse but the entire world has been into ruin," she explained.
"It doesn't matter now," Georges answered.
"Are you saying you'd give up?" the Mahotsukai asked.
"My time is over for this world," he replied, "But for David…I want to give him and you this best chance."
After a short period of time, Georges left a series of notes for David to read about the sport he was trying to come up with that would benefit them in this harsh new land. It was only some time afterwards that the two found him dead by the wolves
When the baby was finally born, the two decided to name the boy as "Shougo Haizaki Herbert". But that tale for the boy would be said for another day…as he would one day grow up to discover his abilities. However, it led him to corruption of all sorts of opportunities.
In an effort to bring back his "son", Deidi used her magic to settle a new home in a small mountain range not far from the soon-to-be Sportsbrooke. Carvings were written by her magic in foretold about the talismans, a new Suiei God, and the sport of Parkour that Georges and David were trying to create.
Present Day:
Deidi and Pandora sat down with the heroes as the former explained herself about the child and his corruption into darker magic.
"So Shougo is more dangerous than I thought," said Kagami, "I'm surprised he didn't kill me back then."
"Partly because I cursed him with a memory loss that takes effect every so many days. It was to hopefully make him get away from the drugs but it clearly didn't work," she answered.
"And he was also into Parkour himself?" Rin asked.
"Yes…until he met those two gentlemen…that gave him the drug and turned him into a Housaihashi," Deidi answered, "He retains his human form but…his hairstyle changed the moment he took the drugs. He wasn't the same after that. I tried to fight him back to the light but he resisted. I tried to use the nightmare staff to hopefully see the horrors of the drug but it was ineffective."
"What can this staff really do?" Alexa asked as he looked at it.
"As a whole…the staff is powerful…it holds light and dark magic through dreams," said Deidi, "But you must not let The Dark One take it. If he even knows that it still exists…I'm afraid it will start a new war."
Alexa nodded and turned it over to Pandora for safekeeping.
"Can our magic save these druggies?" asked Makoto.
"As long as they don't mutate into the Durabollix," Deidi replied, "A healing spell should work. As for those who were far too late…I'm afraid they cannot be saved."
"As the Savior of Olympia," Kagami answered, "I must keep my duty to help."
"Your power is strong indeed," Deidi said, "But I'm afraid not even the three saviors combined can heal this curse from those who are already mutated."
"No…there is a way," Alexa answered, "I won't give up on them…I know there is. If I am to become Neo King Julius, then there is definitely a way."
"Your heart is strong with persistence," said Deidi, "May it continue shine with the brightest light."
"So the what about these drugs?" asked Rin, "Where did they even come from?"
"The Darkness itself," Deidi replied, "They were used as early prototypes during the war that poisoned the humans, turning them into steeds. However, they were weak and the monsters weren't lasting."
"So you've seen the war too?" asked Alexa.
"Indeed…I've seen some events before the destruction of your kingdom. But soon, it will be time for you all to restore it to its former glory," she explained.
"We'll need to evacuate the inhabitants to Sportsbrooke," suggested Pandora, "I can bring them to downtown until you guys break this curse."
"What about Rei and Nagisa?" asked Nitori.
"I'll keep them guarded under my watch," replied Deidi, "You should all go now and fight off this plague."
Once plans were made, Pandora, Riku, Heath, and Riku returned to Saisei while the Iwsame Senshi made their way to Hounan Valley. It was going to be another quest to fulfill but this time, they will win.
"We need to remove the addiction from Shougo," Sousuke said, "Without killing him."
"But will it be for the better?" Kagami asked.
"He is her son…whether we like it or not," replied Rin.
"And we have to watch out for any other Durabolix or Housaihashi," said Makoto.
Nitori's mind raced back to the day before the Magic Six departed to Olympia. It was several months back it seemed like but…
"You guys, what was that vaccination you took before you left?" he asked.
"Oh the one we took…" replied Haruka, "I'm not sure…but we were told that it was to combat any potential infections?"
Before either could respond, that same foul odor returned to the area. It smelled of dead corpses, prompting them all to suffer on their knees.
However, their Suiei necklaces glowed as energy coursed through their veins. The smell was getting stronger and stronger until their new enemy appeared.
Three gigantic Durabolix monsters appeared with the drug odor spreading out. However, it seemed to not harm each of them.
"Are…we immune to this?" asked Makoto.
"Alexa…your solar crystal?!" gasped Rin.
"No…it's not me!" he said, "Something else is keeping us safe!"
"THUNNNDDDEEEEERRRRRRR GEYSER!" shouted Momo, erupting the ground with water.
"DOLLLLLPPPPPHIIIIIINNNN STREAMMMLINNEEEEE SWOOOORRDDD!" Haruka chanted out, twirling his Dolphin Razor Sword as chains of energy smashed through the ground with dolphins swimming around it.
The combined duo blasts took down two of the monsters while the third Durabolix charged towards Makoto and Alexa. However it suddenly stopped charging but continued to growl.
"Let's take 'em down!" said Makoto.
"SHAAARRRRKKKKK SLAAAAASSSHHH!" shouted Rin.
Pandora, Riku, Heath, Nana, Ayumu, and Takeru began to gather the population of Saisei and Mihashi Heights as the walls were finally exploded down (after a flick of Pandora's limited magic). Time was of the essence as a mass evacuation began for the two cities, taking on buses to Sportsbrooke.
Nobuhiko and Joe helped settle the masses down while a handful of people who were at of age volunteered to stay to fight with their talented Parkour stunts.
"Are you sure we should be fighting these monsters?" asked Nana.
"It was our home," said Takeru, "It'd be nice to have it back."
"Yeah! We never got to embrace our high school years!" sighed Riku, "Who knows what remains at the old high school?!"
"Well it was rumored that a large supply of the drugs was smuggled there," shrugged Heath.
"I have an idea," Riku replied, "Let's make those bastards regret in bringing them!"
"By how?" asked Ayumu, afraid to find out.
"I might be able of some help," Pandora volunteered.
The gang led the Mahosukai through the abandoned town along with Joe (as he kept a watchful eye on the young adults). Pandora inspected the building from afar and replied, "I have brought some explosives that is designed to burn the drug into ash."
"Ahhhh!" Riku chuckled, "LET'S DO IT!"
"But it will destroy the last of our Hounan Spirit!" argued Nana.
"Like a Phoenix, it will be reborn from the ashes…as long as there are those who wish to grow it," Pandora said.
"I hate to break it to you but our friend is right," agreed Heath, "The old school was meant to be our home but…we can't afford disposing those drugs into landfills if there is anyone who will become addicts."
"But you said you had great magic," Nana replied, "Why can't you send them to another world?"
"Because that power is limited for me, it takes much of my own energy," Pandora said as she tried to keep her cool.
"Let's burn them bitches down!" Riku called out.
Once the battle was over, the 8 lied down on the ground, exhausted. It was more difficult to win this without Rei and Nagisa by their side. However, something else was in Sousuke's mind as he briefly reflects on his duties in the past life with Nitori and Momotarou.
We, the Samezuka Senshi were not allowed to leave our regions, he recalled, except in events or emergencies…does this mean that we…?
"What's the matter Sousuke?" asked Rin.
He sat up and said, "…It's about us…myself, Momotarou and Nitori."
The others got up and looked at the trio, curious about what this was going to be about.
"Prince Julius, your families gave us strict orders eons ago. We were not allowed to leave our regions except for emergencies and special events you hosted," Sousuke explained, "We could only watch our home from afar…and for Rin too."
"I was the leader of the Samezuka Senshi…wasn't I," Rin answered.
"Yes, only you were allowed to stay in Atlantis because you and the others had their own islands surrounding Alexa's," Nitori answered.
Momo held Click in his hands as he too remembered this sacred duty to the city. As much as he didn't want to separate…was it true that they could not be with the Magic Six?
"I'll just leave you guys to talk," Kagami answered, getting up and leaving the area while still maintaining some hearing distance.
"What are you saying?" Haruka asked.
"I'm afraid we should separate our ways," Sousuke replied, "We shouldn't be here…not with you guys."
"W-what!?" the others gasped.
"Sousuke, Momo, Nitori!" Alexa answered, "That's just all in the past! Atlantis is already gone and it's no doubt your homes are wasted too!"
"We know," Momo said, "But…our powers are far dangerous in battle. The more we use them, the more we get berserk. Especially Yamazaki-senpai. It's hard for him to use his powers at a mild degree."
"Please don't leave us!" Makoto replied, "This isn't how it should've been!"
"But it is," argued Sousuke, "The Samezuka Senshi was created to be used as emergency reserves."
"STOP SAYING THAT!" screamed Alexa, "YOU'RE OUR ALLIES TOO! WE SHARE THE SAME GOAL, DON'T WE NOT!?"
"Yes," added Rin, "We are all allies for each other!"
"We need some time," Sousuke answered, "To adjust some things. Plus, we don't even know if our outposts may contain clues."
"We should worry about our past later," Makoto replied, "We've seen Atlantis for ourselves…it's clearly destroyed by your ancient powers of the Rhincodon Glaive."
"Then I want to ask for request," said Sousuke, "After we finish this battle and save the Parkour gang, Momo, Nitori, and I want to visit those ruins for ourselves."
"If you must find those answers, then I will respect your wish," Alexa answered, "But like Rin said, for the team, we must stay united so we can defeat our enemy."
The eight got back up on their feet as Rin used his x-ray vision to find the location of the source of drugs. It was still many miles away but he finally saw a building towards the former village site where the drug trafficking was happening with a few Durabolix creatures swarming around.
"Let's get 'em," said Rin, "He's in the heart of the former city!"
Hounan Underground Hall
"So they are finally on their way…those pathetic Swimming Guardians," growled Shougo as he paid the prostitute for her service.
"My lord, they already found us!" shouted one of the servants, "They were spotted not far from here!"
"Let them come…" Shougo replied, "I'm ready to crush them all myself."
The walls around exploded as the entire chamber shook violently. Out of the dust was the Iwasame Senshi and Kagami.
"Hehe, welcome…Iwasame…to my home of my experiments! Ahhhh Kagami…I'd never thought we'd meet again after you banished me from Seirin Basketball," Shougo smirked.
"You were trying to poison them all!" Kagami said, "I wouldn't allow that to happen!"
"Perhaps not but…I will definitely poison these pathetic warriors before you!" laughed the villain as he snapped his fingers.
Before anyone could react, several darts few across the room, stabbing Haruka, Sousuke, Makoto, Rin, Momo, and Nitori. Their pupils turned red as their facial expressions grew darker.
"So...you disrespected our wishes to not follow us," Sousuke said.
"I hope you're ready to die!" Momo smirked as Nitori sided between the former and Sousuke.
"You definitely have a death wish," Nitori said.
"HAVE AT IT!" growled Makoto, "You can't beat us!"
Seconds later, the six began fighting amongst themselves as Makoto, Rin and Haruka charged at Sousuke, Momotarou, and Nitori.
"SHAARRRRRKKKKKK SLAAAAASHHHH!" Rin chanted as he unleasehed a direct wave of his water blast from his hands.
"DOLPHINNNNNN MAYHEM BLAST!" Haruka shouted, twirling his sword before unleashing a series of water-dolphin attacks. Nitori used the mirror to shield himself, Momo, and Sousuke.
Alexa and Kagami gasped as the six were too occupied by each other.
"W-what the hell is going on?! EVERYONE!" shouted Alexa but the six were too occupied by each other.
"I sense great power from the two of you…Alexa…Kagami…" Shougo said, sending four Durabolix monsters into the scene, "The drugs are great but your powers are eternal…I MUST HAVE IT!"
The Durabolix charged towards them. Alexa and Kagami narrowly dodged their blows as they both replied with blasts of light to burn them off. Shougo laughed as it was two more people dead on the list of the villagers.
"Didn't my minions told you about your influence?" the villain asked.
Kagami growled and charged up towards the drug leader with his sword. Shougo chuckled, snapped his fingers as a laser beam gun stabbed through Kagami's legs, paralyzing his muscles. He fell to the ground, unable to move his legs.
Alexa tried to get the others to snap out of this useless fighting but they pushed him out of the way, using their attacks against him as he crashed into the wall and floor. Shougo laughed at the sight of this scene.
I have to use my attack now, thought Alexa, getting up before chanting, "Prince Julius, grant me the strength of your past into the new power of the Dragon Creature Rod!"
He twirled on the rod rapidly and spun around, shouting, "IWAAAAASSSSSSSAMMMMEEEEEE…RRRRAAADDIIIIAAAANNNCEE!"
The ball of energy few out of the rod in the shape of the dragon made of pure light soared right towards Shougo but the attack did nothing; rather, it appeared as if he absorbed it.
Nagisa...Rei, where are you, Alexa thought, I wish you were both here!
Flashback B: ReiGisa Part 2, A newly developed power, Approx. 8 years ago
(Post-Incident in Part 1, but still before the incident of Rin, Haruka, and Sousuke)
Nanako, Natsuko, and Nanami sat in the infirmary in horror after hearing what happened to their brother during the last hour or so. Despite how the Hazuki family shares their own drama at times, all of the siblings never let go of each other.
"I never thought he'd do such a thing," said Nanako.
"We should've been there for him," Natsuko nodded.
"Instead we were just…" Nanami sighed, "We used to make fun of him when he was even younger…even though we grew out of it, Nagisa never told much about his swimming."
"We should've never intimidated him," Nanako replied, almost wanting to cry.
"Not to mention Rei lost his elder brother," whispered Natsuko, "I've heard the conversation earlier."
"What do you think we should do?" asked Natsuko.
The three girls turned to see their father returning to them.
"It's alright now," said Tsubasa, "Nagisa's heartbeat has been heard."
"NAGISA!" the girls gasped, rushing over to the room where the blond was sleeping while the EKG machine could hear his heart.
Rei opened his eyes to hear the beeping as Nagisa finally opened his eyes. Everyone gasped in joy as the youngest blond looked up to see them.
"Nagisa!" the sisters cried happily.
"Nagisa-kun," smiled Rei.
"Oh my smiling baby," the father answered, brushing his hand through his son's hair.
"W-what happened?" Nagisa asked.
"You had a terrible accident," a voice said.
Everyone turned to see King Daisuke as he explained, "Your heart was beating irregularly as your breaths were shallow. You collapsed while you were swimming and we brought you here."
"M-my swimming?" the blond replied.
"I was able to bring you to the infirmary," Rei replied, holding his hand, "I was really worried about you."
"Rei-chan, thank you," Nagisa smiled as they embraced a hug.
Daisuke smiled but turned around with deep regret for having to remove and alter the memories about this incident. The drugs were not meant to be discovered and there was still work to be done. He had to come up with a plan to prevent another incident.
Once the two families returned to their sectors, Daisuke returned to his lab and cast a simple enchantment to keep the vault from being opened by the wrong hands.
He took out a small vial of blood that belonged to Nagisa after taking out a small sample from him while sleeping. After a few hours of observation and recording, and manipulating chemical structures through reactions, he developed antibodies.
Each of them were stored away in smaller vials but in deep concentrations of preservatives and nutrients that would allow these antibodies to multiply overtime.
Before the day they must leave us, thought Daisuke, we must give them these shots…they will become immune to this drug no matter where it comes from.
1 Month Later: Water Manipulation Level 5 Magic Training
Rei and Nagisa were brought to a courtyard in the palace where a bunch of "Wooden Dummies" that looked like small soldiers made of wood were used for combat and magic practice.
The blond dodged a blow from these woodies and kicked one of them down while Rei mastered his "Stormy Mandala" spell.
"Nice job Rei-chan!" said Nagisa.
"I'm afraid it's only for a short time…" he answered, "Look!"
The pieces of the broken woodies reformed back into the soldiers as Nagisa gasped, "W-WHAT?!"
"Somewhere in this courtyard is a shaman…he can resurrect these minions," Rei explained, "You have to defeat him if we are going to win this fight!"
"Okay!" Nagisa answered as he looked around to find he shaman. Seconds later, Nagisa felt his butt being kicked by something hot. He turned to see the shaman firing fire balls towards him.
"Oh so that's how you're gonna play?!" Nagisa growled as he charged over. Just as he was about to hit him down, the shaman teleported away.
Rei turned to see where the shaman appeared at and cried out, "STORRMMMYYYY MANDALAAAA!"
The attacks struck down the shaman into broken pieces of wood before it dissolved away. Nagisa turned to avoid a blow struck by one of the dummies. He cried out and unleashed his attack but instead of water, a blast of ice froze the soldiers solid before it exploded into shards.
"W-what the…" Nagisa gasped while Rei was completely stunned by this.
"H-how is that possible?!" Rei shouted, defeating the last dummy, "How did you do that?!"
"I…I don't know," the blond answered, "I didn't use my water powers until just a few moments ago…but it turned to ice!"
"Come on, let's call this a day for our training," the megane replied, "We'll practice more later."
Back in the Pool Lockers:
Rin, Haruka, Makoto and Alexa were changing back to their clothes from swimming practice as they were almost running late for their magical lessons or education tutors. Makoto and Haruka were scheduled for the magical combat session after Rei and Nagisa while Rin and Alexa had their Ancient Runes Lesson after their swim.
"Haru-chan," said Makoto, "Is something the matter?"
"No, I'm fine…it's just…" he began as he remembered that strange feeling in the water earlier.
"You were feeling a bit off," said Rin, "Did you had a vision?"
"I don't know," he shrugged.
Alexa's ears perked up as he recognized the voices of the dummies coming this way.
"W-what the!?" he gasped.
The four turned to see a small army of Woodie dummies and a shaman out of bounds.
"W-what are they doing here!?" growled Rin.
"DOLPHIIINNNN, MAYYYHEEEEMMM BLAST!" shouted Haruka.
"DRAAGOONNN SEEEAAAA KING!" chanted Alexa.
The two powers smashed into the dummies but the shaman avoided the attack and used his magic to resurrect them back.
"Dammit! The shaman is gonna make this all out!" said Rin as he narrowed his eyes before crying out, "SHAAAARRKKKKKK SLAASHH!"
A blast of shark teeth stabbed the Shaman down and knocked the staff out of the way. Makoto called upon his acid splash attack to melt the shaman into dust as the newly reformed woodies attacked them.
Before the four could prepare for combat, the dummies were suddenly flashed frozen before they splintered into shards.
"I-Ice?!" gasped Makoto.
Nagisa and Rei showed up along with Asahi and Ikuya as the blond smiled saying, "What do you think?"
"You did this?" Alexa gasped.
"Yeah," the blond chuckled, "I never thought I could do that."
"But you're still in the beginning level of attack magic," Rin answered, "Ice is super advance levels!"
"Now, now," Makoto replied.
"I…I don't know how it happened, it just like…came to me," Nagisa shrugged, "But I kinda like it."
"Just don't freeze up the pool," Haruka answered.
"Awwww but we can have ice skating times!" Nagisa answered.
"No," the tsundere replied.
Butterfly Spectral Lab - Ryugazaki Manor
Daisuke wrapped up the remains of his elder son into a bag and said, "I am so sorry…rest in peace."
With a simple enchantment, he casted the bag to a grave with a foreign alias written on the tombstone. From there, cried silently briefly before resuming his work.
Moments later, the door opened as Rei and Naigsa stepped inside.
"Wh-what are you guys doing here?" Daisuke asked.
"It's Nagisa…" said Rei, "How does he have ice magic?"
"Ice?" Daisuke replied, "You mean he has learned how to cast ice spells instead of water?"
"It sounds crazy but do you know anything?" the megane asked.
"I'm afraid that magic and science don't always relate to things," he answered, "Now if you both excuse me, I have to return my work. I got a lot to do tonight."
Later in the Evening:
Nagisa sat on his bed, feeling uncomfortable about this new magical ability. He tried to create a simple water ball attack but it turned into ice and it crashed into the wall into shards.
However, the loudness of his magic woke up one of his sisters as Nanako walked in to check up on him.
"Can't sleep?" she asked.
"Why am I different?" Nagisa replied.
"Nagisa…you're special. Look at you. You've swam the breaststroke like no other…and now your powers have expanded into new talents you never thought you could do," she answered.
"It's not that," he said, "Rei-chan even said to me earlier that this new power…changed me."
"All of you guys are changing…when I was your age, I never believed I could become a healer…but I didn't give up. I only adjusted my surroundings," Nanako explained, "I help heal the Water Knights when they are in emergency conditions."
"Then what should I do?" he asked.
"That's something your heart must tell you," Nanako smiled, "You'll find your answer…"
Days Later: Water Knights Training Facility
Momo dodged another strike of energy from the Woodie Shaman as Sousuke aimed his weapon to blast the boss down.
As of late, he, Sousuke, and Nitori were becoming more advanced warriors as they were practicing with these dummies similar to the Magic Six's training. However, they also confronted gigantic Woodie Warriors that swung huge, spiked-shaped flails around.
It had been an exhausting battle and in fact, this was the first time that the trio were about to suffer terrible wounds soon and not pass this difficult exam.
The woodies gobbled in their weird language and readied their spears to attack them severely. Suddenly, a blast of ice froze the soldiers solid. Before the shaman could attempt to unfreeze them, the ice attack struck him as well.
"W-what in the name of…" began Sousuke.
"N-Nagisacchi!?" gasped Momo.
The blond and the butterfly senshi in training stood side by side.
"You do realize that this was our exam," Nitori called out.
"Never mind that," Rei replied, "We were told to gather you three for a mission with us."
"A mission?" asked Momo.
The five were brought by Daisuke and Tsubasa as the two kings explained how the increased population of woodies were bringing more chaos to the kingdom. This "Woodie Training" was brought upon by King Magnus who learned about these soldiers from another realm.
It was an intense deal but after speaking with the Shaman King, a covenant was arranged that a small sample of them were to be brought to this world to allow combat practice. But it seems as if the Woodies had other plans and they now had to be eliminated completely before they could take havoc or worse…bring their population into this world for an all-out war.
However, they weren't alone in this quest as Alexa, Makoto, Rin, and Haruka were summoned by the Six Kings. This would be the first time they would all work together as a team.
After creating a portal, the nine walked into battle for the ultimate test…
Pocket Dimension: Gloomleaf Arena, Gloomleaf Swamp
During the heat, the nine used all what they had to fight off the woodies one by one; from splitting off into smaller groups and standing united as a single force.
However, the King Shaman was not going to give mercy as he complicated things by combining three massive warriors together to form a gigantic beast with two flails.
"H-How are we going to defeat this!?" Makoto shouted.
"The Shaman King…it's the answer!" said Rei, "He's been manipulating all of these beings!"
"Then let's get 'em!" Rin replied, "He's gonna pay for this mess!"
"My father…I don't understand him sometimes," sighed Alexa.
My son…always remember…the greatest power lies in the people you love…
"M-mother's voice!" Alexa gasped.
He grabbed Makoto's hand as he felt a surge of energy flowing through. Alexa grabbed Rei's hand as he said, "Form a chain!"
The nine linked their hands together as a great wave of power intertwined them together. From that moment, everything was a blank (except that they all returned victorious).
Present Day: The Netherworld's Vision
But now, Nagisa and Rei saw what was happening before them; they watched their memories revealing a more powerful version of Alexa who defeated the Shaman King with a single blow of his sword before they all woke back up in the kingdom of Hawakoto.
"W-what was that just now?" Nagisa asked.
"Beats me…but that version of Alexa…he was stronger," Rei nodded.
The vision around them dissolved back to the void as they returned back to their families. Rei spilled a silent tear as he finally remembered his late brother Yukio.
"I am so sorry Rei," said Daisuke, "I should've never done such a thing but…I had to spare some pain back then."
"Nagisa…Rei…" said Rika, "You have finally learned the truth about yourselves, your team mates, and the drugs. The drug gave you your ice powers…Nagisa after Daisuke managed to save you. You were lucky that it only mutated a small part of your genes but it unlocked your potential to create colder temperatures."
"My ice?" Nagisa gasped, "But…"
"You can control both of them," the mother smiled, "You just have to believe."
"When we get home, I want to visit my brother…so I can respect him," Rei answered.
"Yes. Now that our business is fulfilled…we shall move on to a better place," smiled Mana, "Please give rise to Neo Suiei Marotta."
"And take care for each other," added Tsubasa.
"Fight side by side with your allies with the truth…" concluded Daisuke.
"M-mother…f-father," replied Rei with a tear while Nagisa hugged his parents.
"You must hurry and help Suiei Marotta and the others," said Daisuke as the vision around them broke apart.
Nagisa and Rei found themselves walking in the dark void but they could feel their friends in deep danger.
"I'm sorry Nagisa…if I made you believed that I called out your differences," Rei answered.
"Don't worry about it, Rei-chan," Nagisa smiled as he tipped up his toes a little, "After all…my love goes for you."
"And I to you," he smiled as they both briefly kissed.
"It's time," said Rei, his symbol of the butterfly glowed in neon on his forehead, "My brother's life and our team mates will not go in vain!"
"Yes," replied Nagisa as his penguin neon symbol appeared also.
"PENGUIN PRIMAL POWERRRRRR…MAAAAKKKEEEEE UP!" Nagisa cried out, raising his Penguin Creature Wand Dagger. His nails glowed pink while the neon symbol of the penguin spun off of the wand. The background turned to magenta, fucsia, and hints of red while his hair flowed through the breeze.
The blond kept his grip on the wand while skating around with the water with a bunch of penguins swimming side by side as if they were flying. Nagisa jumped and made a somersault into the air as his body donned the red and white vest, golden cuffs, and a two-shaded colored pants with red sashes.
Nagisa's spell book floated by him as his hands reached out to it. The pages flipped rapidly as his left hand welded his Two-handed Broadsword while his Suiei Necklace appeared beneath his vest with the rest of his jewelry.
A pair of ruby slippers glowed on Nagisa's feet that matched his vest while he lifted his head up to don his light green and yellow head veil with a stripped color crown and head jewelry. His right hand waved in the air from his chest to mimic the breaststroke for a few moments as he finally opened his eyes.
His right hand clutched the book tightly while the penguin neon symbol glowed on his forehead before taking his battle stance.
"BUTTERFLY PRIMAL POWERRRRRR…MAAAAKKKEEEEE UP!" shouted Rei, raising his Butterfly Creature Wand Dagger. His nails glowed purple as the butterfly symbol spun out from the wand. The scenery turned violet with indigo vibrant, and lavender swirling around.
A swarm of butterflies flew side by side as he skated around in circles while his hands and arms circled the butterfly stroke. He kept tight on the dagger as he unleashed an explosion of light and butterflies from it that donned his clothing piece by piece.
His red glasses turned to silver while Rei stretched out his shoulder, biceps, and triceps to don a pair of black sleeves and golden cuffs each side. The lower half exposed his white pair of loose pants and black shoes after lifting each leg up by the stretch as his purple, black and golden vest grew out from the sleeves.
The butterflies fused together to form his red turban with a white feather while Rei spun around in place to unleash his sash on his waist that was multicolored. The Butterfly Long Riffle landed in his hands after more butterflies joined together to shape out the weapon. A few smaller butterflies fused together to form his Suiei Necklace.
A single butterfly landed on his nose, prompting him to open his eyes and ready himself for battle. It turned transparent as the symbol glowed neon on his forehead. He took out his riffle and narrowed his eyes with his badass expression and beauty by his side while the butterfly landed on his left shoulder for good luck.
Deidi gasped as she saw the bodies of Rei and Nagisa glowing. Moments later, they vanished into thin air as body and soul rejoined these two warriors to the site of battle.
Suiei Marotta watched in horror to see his fellow teammates fighting among themselves. Shougo laughed in a villainous manner as he threw electrical bolts to redirect their attacks. Kagami was still stuck on the ground with his paralysis.
"Your will is weak, Suiei Marotta!" Shougo answered, "Your survival does not meet those who are the most fit! Not even your pathetic crystal will save your friends! Nonetheless, I shall take it and the drug will become widespread! Everyone will become addicted to its curse and become my pets!"
The Drug Lord laughed and took out his Radioactive Crystal that he managed to obtain from a past encounter. However, it was colored in lime green from the drug coatings that was commissioned prior to. It glowed, prompting his body to twist and morph into a gigantic-demon in deep green skin. The monster roared and unleashed fire blasts at the savior of Aqua Duniya.
Alexa dodged them as swiftly as possible as he blasts melted through the walls.
Makoto threw his acidic splash at Momo while the latter used his scarab shield to protect himself. Sousuke unleashed his whale scream towards Haruka but the latter called upon his counterattack to resist the blow. Rin and Nitori clashed blows between their swords and firing small blasts of water to hit each other.
I will not give up, thought Alexa, not until I see Rei and Nagisa again…
"Alexa…Alexa!" a voice echoed in his mind.
His eyes widened as he could hear Rei as if…he whirled around to see the two standing with him. Alexa's brooch glowed violently as Shougo gasped to see it happening.
"JUST HOW…!?" growled the beast, realizing that Rei and Nagisa showed up and weren't affected by his curse, "THAT DRUG SHOULD'VE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE TO THEM!"
Alexa's eyes glowed golden as the spirit of Prince Julius became one with his body. He turned to look at Nagisa and Rei as time slowed down of this futile battle. In that same moment, Kagami broke free from the paralysis and joined up with them.
"We know the truth about ourselves," said Rei, "Because of what happened between us, we know how to defeat this monstrosity and end this drug outbreak."
"You must become stronger than you are now currently your majesty," Nagisa added, "Our combined power must be given to you."
"Then let's awaken our new power," said Julius's voice, "You three…take my hand…it is time to gather our friends and put an end to this mess."
Rei, Nagisa, Kagami nodded as Alexa reached his hand out towards them. The three linked together as they closed their eyes with Alexa. A soft glow of light shimmered their connected hands. Nagisa and Rei linked their hearts closer together with Alexa, realizing that despite what happened, their efforts will not put the others in vain under this curse.
"Let's save Mako-chan, Haru-chan, Rin-chan, Sou-chan, Momo-chan, Ai-chan and everyone!" Nagisa smiled.
The monster laughed and unleashed another attack of electrical bolts towards them. Suddenly, an invisible shield encompassed the four and it repelled the blast, knocking him across the area.
The six senshi were still combating one another, ignoring the new light happening before them.
"ENOUGH FIGHTING!" shouted Alexa/Julius's echoing voice as his forehead glowed with the neon dragon. A simple ring of light shimmered across the area as the eyes returned to normal on the Iwasame Senshi.
The six men gasped and landed back on the ground as the Solar Crystal shimmered on Alexa's chest. The Mirror and Sousuke's Deep Sea Sword also began to resonate with the crystal. Nagisa, Rei, and Kagami joined them as they all observed what was happening to Suiei Marotta:
"Awaken…my Senshi…to the combined powers we share as the lost sea of Aqua Aigean…"
"A-Alexa…no…P-Prince Julius…he's calling for us," Makoto gasped.
"The talismans…are they summoning new powers for our prince?!" Momo shouted.
"Rei! Nagisa!" shouted Rin.
The Deep Sea Sword glowed as Sousuke looked at it sharply. Nitori looked at the Mirror and realized that it was doing the same. The light of the Solar Crystal summoned them to call forth their powers.
Sousuke raised his sword up while Nitori did the same with the mirror. The others raised their fists up and combined their energies into a sphere of light. The gigantic sphere shattered into 8 rainbow-colored spheres before it reshaped into a fancy treasure-chest box with symbols of all the animals along with two special symbols resembling a larger-shark and a rock-hopper penguin on the lid.
"COMBINE OUR POWERS!" the eight warriors shouted in union, unleashing their purest hearts, "INTO OUR PRINCE!"
Kagami contributed as well with his own heart energy, sending the ninth sphere towards the box. The giant monster growled and covered his vision from going blind.
In the temple of Time, Kuroko and the rest of the Vorpal Swords linked their hands together to witness the battle happening in the north eastern suburbs.
Despite not being able to see the future, Kuroko did whatever he could to pray for their safe return.
"Is that…" Aomine began, seeing the box in his mind.
"That's the Holy Arena Covenant!" gasped Akashi, recalling that ancient object back in the old world.
At the Hawakoto Prayer Chamber: Aqua Duniya
Magnus, Toraichi, and Tatsuhisa gasped at the new power being unleashed as they recalled the last time the nine of these heroes worked together.
"The same power Alexa used to defeat those woodies," Magnus said, "Back then though it was slightly overwhelming for him."
"He'll definitely master this!" Toraichi replied.
"With everyone's powers together," agreed Tatsuhisa.
The Holy Arena Covenant was a box used in the Ancient Olympics. It was said to have the source of great power as a prize to each champions of different sports. But its true purpose was a mystery to what the powers inside the box could do…
And now at last…after many years of hibernation, it was finally awakened for this great event unfolding.
The box slowly opened as the nine spheres of light drifted inside. The Suiei God of Destiny lifted the box up, taking a sip of clear crystalized liquid and shouted:
"DRAGON GENESISSSSS, MAAAAKKKKEEEEE UP!"
The box exploded into a massive dragon of white light swirling around his body. The eight animals of Dolphin, Orca, Shark, Penguin, Butterfly, Whale Shark, Sea Otter and Duck danced in the background of golden-yellow, white, and sky blue lights. Alexa sat with his knees close to his face while spinning around gently in this newly transformation.
He got up on his feet as his frontal armor changed into shimmering silver and crystal with a blue cape grown from his back. The jewelry also transformed into a more-mosaic style of the dragon and his boots were even slimmer but yet still durable for hard core battles.
Alexa's hair flowed gently in the wind in slow motion as the newly upgraded armor grew into life. The cuffs and shoulder armor were silver and gold mixed together in pattern as the chest armor redesigned further to symbolize a new dragon etched out on his left side.
In a similar fashion from the BIONICLE realm, a little golden dragon clipped onto his back as he donned a pair of dragon wings from his shoulders and back while his helm shaped into place from the creature's head. The Dragon Stellar Beast Brooch appeared on the side of his buckle as the Golden Julius locket glowed with warmth on his necklace.
The dragon symbol on his forehead shimmered into a thinner golden headband with ancient markings of Atlantis on it. At long last, the Neo Suiei God was ready for his battle. He opened his eyes and grabbed his Dragon Jeweled Creature Sword, twirling it for his pose.
The eight Iwasame Senshi gasped as their Suiei Heart Necklaces transformed into a new shape pendant; each of them turned into their respective animals: Dolphin, Orca, Shark, Penguin, Butterfly, Whale Shark, Sea Otter, and Duck. Kagami's chest armor also etched a new design, symbolizing the shape of a tiger.
"T-that's…" Nitori began.
"Just like what mother said…" Rei gasped, "And it's the same transformation back in Averax Magna!"
"Neo Suiei Marotta…" Nagisa said.
"NEO SUIEI MAROTTA?!" the others cried out.
"W-what?!" gasped the beast as Neo Suiei Marotta stepped into the scene.
"You're wrong...Shougo," Neo Suiei Marotta replied, "The drug has destroyed many lives of innocent people. The Housaihashi are not true humans who were exposed to the drug…they were creations made by the Dark One along with his allies."
Shougo growled and unleashed a wall of darkness but the Solar Crystal flickered and a ring of rainbow light destroyed it.
Alexa twirled his Dragon Creature Sword and shouted, "IWAAAASAAAAMMEEEE…SOOOLLAAAARRRRRIIIS!"
A magical circle represented the eight animals was designed around the center featuring the dragon. In sheer yet effortless concentration, Alexa adjusted the spell to not kill the man but healed him from the drugs.
The monster screamed violently as the warmth coursed through his body before being transformed back into human. His black, dreaded hairstyle exploded back into his blue-gray coloring, and longer length. The Drug Lord collapsed to the ground while the building dissolved away with the drugs into oblivion. Kagami and Sousuke picked him up on his side.
Neo Suiei Marotta flew high above the three villages and raised up his sword, transforming it into the Dragon Jeweled Creature Rod.
"Let's end this nightmare of the drugs and bring Parkour back to Sportsbrooke!"
"IWWWWAAAASSSSAMMMMEEEEE…OLYMMMMPUUUSSSSSSS!"
Rainbow beams of light shined down across the valley, restoring all the worn-down houses, monuments, and public plazas. The entire land shifted as the entire region was torn off from the land it rested on and was brought closer to Sportsbrooke in a new location, bringing the two separate societies together. All the remaining Durabolix mutants returned back to normal in this miraculous cure.
The people of the mega city watched with awe and fascination as the three villages were now landlocked just a bit to the west and north of Sportsbrooke in a massive empty lot region, filling in the gap.
2 Days Later:
The Parkour friends followed the Iwasame Senshi through the downtown Sportsbrooke where the Vorpal Swords and a bunch of the White Doves Volleyball team greeted them for their safe return. Nagisa and Rei explained the others about their past experience with the C-Durabolin Drug, Nagisa's ice powers and the vaccines/antibiotics they were given prior to leaving Aqua Duniya.
Shougo was put in a psychiatric ward instead of jail as Deidi gave a large portion of "bonds" to give her son the treatment necessary to end the addiction. However, he has forgotten so much of what he has done thanks to another episode of a memory wipe curse.
The citizens of Sportsbrooke were in awe to hear the wonderful news about the Iwasame Senshi bringing together another sport's legacy back to the city. Now that the three villages were reunited as one whole region, a new culture blended in to replace the former druggies that plagued the area.
Joe Sakurai and Akashi Seijuurou sat down in a conference room to discuss several topics in order to ensure the safety of Parkour's integration into Sportsbrooke's Tri-festival, upgrading it to a new name: Sportsbrooke All-Athlete Fes. Good Morning Sportsbrooke and other local news channels were broadcasting this scene.
Back outside, Riku, Takeru, and the others were being asked for interviews as the Iwasame Senshi were already on camera with fans cheering onwards.
The three cities were physically brought closer to the city and rested just west-northwest of downtown in a new home to allow the civilians have closer access to the attractions for both worlds.
Once the Senshi and Kagami got their peace from the media, they regrouped just outside of the town line.
"Do you really have to go?" asked Alexa.
"Suiei Marotta…our Prince Julius," Sousuke replied, "We will return to you and your protectors. We just want to find our origins in this land."
"We will be back before you know it," smiled Nitori, "Here, take this mirror as proof of our promise."
"Like you guys, we want to self-discover ourselves so we can become a stronger team," Momo explained.
Alexa took the mirror and answered, "Don't overdo yourselves. We need you."
"And we will return to you all, that's our promise," Sousuke answered as he, Momo, and Nitori waved a farewell before vanishing across the desert.
Already, Alexa wanted to cry but Makoto hugged him from behind and whispered, "Give them their time."
"Right," he said.
Nightfall:
Theagenes, Oikawa, and Midousuji arrived at the outskirts of Sportsbrooke where they reached the town line. Oikawa reported his findings from the recent events to the Dark One as they began to sketch out a plan.
"I've already read that scribbler darling," Oikawa said, handing the scroll over to Midousuji.
"This looks like something my family would write," shrugged Midousuji, reading the scroll before he finally saw the megacity.
"They won by the way," Oikawa replied, "I saw the destruction of that city…I never thought those guardians had the balls to set off a premonition."
"The powers of the saviors are strong indeed," Theagenes replied, "But only one of them has enough potential to become one of us. We need to find that one and give him the darkness in order to fulfill your happy endings."
Theagenes coughed quite a bit as if something was hacking his throat. Once he cleared it off, they marched through the town line as their work was now finally the beginning.
"I can't wait to show off to Iwa-chan and the others," Oikawa laughed with a sinister hint.
"I just wanna ride the dirt and grass," sighed Midousuji as he hopped on his bike and starting to pedal.
"You both might want to take it easy before you use your greatest potential," Theagenes replied, "We have to bring back the perfect monster first. He's been in slumber of ashes for too long now after he refused to take our deal. Hopefully by now he's learned his lesson."
"I still don't understand how time travelling is done yet a taboo," shrugged the bicyclist.
"I need to take care of something first," Oikawa replied, "There's this pink bitch I need to say hi to."
Kisumi sat down in his new apartment after his return to this world. He heard the wonderful news of the Magic Six as well as Sousuke, Ai-chan, and Momo.
He thanked himself for Hayato's safety in Hawakoto as he planned to move out from the apartment in West Sportsbrooke as soon as possible. Kisumi tried his hardest to forget that night but yet…
"Hello darling," a voice said.
J-just how, Kisumi thought as he turned around slowly to see him…
"Did you forget?" Oikawa chuckled, "Oh how gorgeous you look. The more I see you, the more I want you…again…and again…"
Kisumi narrowed his eyes and replied, "What do you want?"
"Oh? I guess you didn't realize how long it has really been," Oikawa laughed a little before getting serious, "Did you forget that night we had so much fun and then I twisted you for that unforgettable passion?"
"We sinned so much that night," said Kisumi, "But why now?"
"Well in order to make up for what I promised you," Oikawa answered, "I figured it was only fair that I bring someone…to join us for a bit."
"I'm in no mood for a threesome," Kisumi growled, "Not after what you almost did to Hayato!"
"And here I thought going smooth was helping me…I guess I got no choice," Oikawa replied as he turned to his snakes and said, "Kill."
~Episode 3 END~
~Episode 4 PV~
Kagami: Looks like we got a bigger problem now that these trouble makers are in town...
Kuroko: This is worse than I feared, we have to stop them before they...
Aomine: We'll stop them!
Makoto: What do you think of this house?
Alexa: I don't know...it seems a bit too intense?
Rin: I'm worried Haru...
Haru: You know they'll be fine.
Sousuke: MOMOOOOO! NITORIIIII!
Kisumi: Next Time, Free! Enter the Spider! Someone is coming back...with a vengeance!