Disclaimer: 3 doesn't own Elsword or most of the OCs appearing!
3: *still in SO FYUFFY MODE* *^*
... The chapter before was... too... fyuffy... XwX
Elysea: =w='
Lorelei: I'll reply this time! :D
For Kamichi77:
Well, some are pretty obvious, but you won't be able to guess what's coming! XDDDDD
Thanks for the review! :D
For Infinitespada:
Nope, sorry QwQ
For Shirayami:
Sure! Just fill the OC form that 3-san just gave you! :D
For Risingwind:
I SHIP YOU AND ASASHIN ARIA, IS THAT BAD? owo
YEP. 3-SAAAANNNN! *shakes 3*
3: The fyuff... XwX
For The ReprisalSniperM:
3: I know... XwX
Lorelei: OAO DON'T DIE! *shakes you alive* (?)
On to the story~
Lorelei kept giggling on their way to Altera, confusing the other Lazuli members.
"Lorelei?! Are you alright?! Are you still sane?!(?)" Sana asked, worried for her best friend. "Nah~ Don't worry bout me, Sana-chan~" she giggled.
Lorelei had spied the other members at Bethma Lake, and she kept giggling at how cute they were to this day. (?)
'Yosh! I'm gonna play matchmaker~' she thought to herself, grinning.
Sana still doubts that her friend is okay and starts shaking her. "LORELEEEEI! ARE YOU REALLY ALRIGHTTT?" she asked, half-yelling. "W-Who am I..?" Lorelei asked, becoming dizzy. "LOREEELEEEEEEEI!"
Lin just sighed. "You two... We're already in Altera, so stop it already!" she said after the plane they're riding on stopped.
Sana stopped shaking the violet girl. "Phew..." Lorelei sighed in relief.
~In Altera Village~
"Welcome to Altera, pong! What is your business here, pong?" Adel asked, 'pong'ing away. (?)
"Well... We heard that things are happening here, so could you tell us?" Aria asked. "Ooooh, it's about what happened yesterday, pong?" Adel asked back. They all nodded. "Yesterday, the chief's office exploded, pong. Our chief died in the explosion, pong, so today we're going to elect his son as the chief, pong." he informed.
"Could we come?" Aria asked. "Of course, pong!" Adel exclaimed, smiling.
A bell rang, signalling that the election is almost going to begin.
"Oh my, pong! I have to hurry and deliver these papers before the election starts, pong!" Adel gasped, looking at the clocktower nearby.(?)
"Let me help you!" Riku said before he gets half of the stack. "Thank you very much, pong! We have to put these in my house, pong! Follow me, pong!" the ponggo keeps 'pong'ing and started to walk away.
"You guys go ahead, I'm gonna catch up later!" Riku exclaimed to them, running after the ponggo.
"Alrighty, pong!" Lorelei replied, cheering. The others stared at her. "What? It's pretty catchy~" she said cheerfully. Sweatdrop.
They soon went to the town square, where the crowd is.
~With Riku~
The Gunner ran after the ponggo into an alleyway before raising his eyebrow. "Adel-san? Your house is in an alleyway? Isn't that dangerous?" he questioned.
Adel came to a stop before doing an evil grin. "Of course not..." he replied.
"Huh?" Riku soon froze and let go of the papers when he saw a head come out of 'Adel'.
"This is just a costume." A boy came out of the costume that looks like Adel, throwing it into a nearby trash can. "You're so easy to trick, aren't you?" he asked as another boy appeared from the shadows.
The boy that disguised as Adel has neat black hair with a red streak going from the base of it. He has dark blue eyes and wears dark blue jeans with a black belt, and a dark blue v-necked shirt. Upon closer look, he's also wearing a necklace with the Yin and Yang symbol.
The other boy has messy white hair and silver eyes with bandages covering his right eye. He wears a black jacket over a black and white striped shirt with a red tie, black jeans, white shoes, and mismatched arm warmers. The one on his right matches his shirt, while the left is red. He also wears a large, heavy metal collar with chain restraints wrapping all around his body, making him look like a prisoner of sorts. Spiked chains stick out of his back like six arms or stingers.
"I wonder... Are the other members really this gullible too?" The one with black hair asked. "Maybe." the other one commented.
Riku got both of his guns and pointed it at them, glaring. "Leave them out of this." he hissed.
"Hm... Nah." The black-haired one replied as a chain sickle hit the guns off of the gunner's hands. "Akh!"
"Nice job, buddy." he grinned. The boy with white-hair stayed quiet. "Man, you're no fun..."
"Well then..." The one with the dark blue eyes swung one of his swords at the paralyzed boy. "Goodbye..."
SLASH
~Meanwhile~
Sana accidentally bumped into a girl around her age who has black-hair that is tied into two with purple ribbons and pink eyes. She is wearing a white and purple witch hat, a white and light purple dress with a light purple tie and black shoes with black socks.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" she scolded. "S-S-Sorry..." Sana stuttered. "Don't be mean to Sana-chan!" Lorelei pouted. "Who in the world are you people anyway?!" she asked, giving them the deja vu effect.
"WHO IN THE WORLD ARE YOU PEOPLE?!" Mikey yelled.
Yup, deja vu. They all sweatdropped.
"News reporters~" Aria said childishly, causing them to sweatdrop again. The girl raised an eyebrow. "You don't look like one to me." she commented. "Looks can be deceiving~ That's why we dress like this~" Aria replied with an innocent face.
"Oh, really? Care to explain the plushie over there?" The girl pointed at the teddy bear Lorelei is hugging. "This is... a camera that looks like a plushie!~ I made it~ Unique, right?~" Lorelei played along.
"No. You're definitely lying." She simply said. "Aw... How'd you find out?" Both of them pouted. The girl did a face that says, 'that's-pretty-obvious'.
"Anyways, I'm Ethereal. Who are you guys?" the girl, Ethereal, asked.
"S-Sana..." Sana stuttered.
"Lorelei here~" The Puppeteer cheered.
"I'm Lin." Lin said.
"I'm Aria~" Aria exclaimed in a sing-sang voice.
"Asashin." Asashin had a mental note on just how many times would he introduce himself.
"I'm Mikey." Mikey said. "There's supposed to be one more of us, but he went to help Adel with his papers." he said.
Ethereal looked puzzled. "Adel? But he's-"
"Today we have come to elect the chief's son, Arvel, as our new chief, pong." A ponggo began to announce, a smaller ponggo stood at the middle of the stage.
"As you all may know, Adel, our chief, had died in an explosion and-"
The Lazuli members widened their eyes at that.
"Then who was the Adel from earlier?" Lin asked, still in shock.
"Don't tell me... A rebel?" Aria said. "But Riku went with him..." Mikey said.
They became quiet.
"Wait, pong!" A ponggo ran towards the stage. "What is it, pong?" the announcer asked. "T-There's someone murdered in an alley, pong!" the ponggo stuttered in panic, alarming everyone present.
"Are you serious, pong?" The other ponggo nodded. "W-We already put his corpse in a coffin, but t-there's something I need to show you, pong!" "What, pong?"
The ponggo showed a pair of guns covered in blood. A very familiar pair of guns.
Sana fell to her knees and started to sob. "N-No way..."
Lorelei felt herself turn cold as she froze, hugging her teddy bear.
"He was..." Lin muttered, looking at the floor.
"B-But we just met him for around a week and he already..?" Aria said, her eyes widening.
"Riku..." Asashin muttered, clenching his fists.
Mikey became quiet, mourning silently at the lost of his friend who once shared the same pain as he did.
"AAAAAAAHHHH! MY LIFE! WAIT, NO, MY SOUL! IT FEELS LIKE I'M GONNA DIEEE!" Riku screamed in terror.
"I AGREEEEEE! I FEEL MY SANITY LEAVING MEEEE!" Mikey yelled, running alongside him.
(... Sorry for the mood-destroying flashback and note owo)
"... Let us let him rest in peace, pong. Make sure that a funeral is made for him, pong." Arvel said. The ponggo bowed. "As you wish, Arvel-san, pong." he said before leaving.
After the election, there was a funeral for the ex. 4th member of Lazuli for three days.
3 won't explain the funeral cuz it's too sad to be typed... So you're welcome to imagine how the funeral is like... *insert QwQ face here*
~Later on~
~In Arvel's office~
"Ugh... There's so much paperwork, pong..." Arvel sighed as he started doing the paperworks.
Stamp here, stamp there, signature here, signature there...
He stared at the mountain of paperwork. "When is this going to finish, pong..?" he groaned.
From afar two figures stood up on a nearby tree.
"Target the guards first." A figure said to the other one, who nodded.
Two lasers shot the two guards outside, killing them instantly.
Arvel flinched at the sound and took a look out the door, revealing his face to the culprits.
"Target him, now." Came the order as another laser shot the chief who had just been elected a few days ago, killing him.
"Good job." The first figure said, giving a pat on the other one's head.
The other one, still not understanding what he just did, nodded in reply.
"Go back to the headquarters while I fix all of this mess." The one who gave the orders said. "Alright." The other figure disappeared.
~Later at night~
~In Mikey's room~
Mikey is currently just sitting on his bed, reminiscing about what happened a few days ago. He sighed. "Everything's messed up..."
They had lost a friend, and it was partly their fault for letting him go on his own, leading him to his death.
They had already stayed in Altera for four days. The first day was terrible, the day their friend died. The second day, Ethereal had joined their group, but they felt terrible. It was almost like they were replacing him with someone else. However, he knew that it was not true, since no one could replace anyone. Everyone was different in their own way.
Then he thought about the conversation he once had with their lost friend.
"Something will happen to me soon." Riku told him. "Why?" Mikey asked.
The gunner stayed silent. "I... had a feeling..." he replied quietly after a while.
"Mistiff." he started. "If something happens to me, please... Take care of Sana."
Mikey raised an eyebrow at that. Riku just smiled his usual smile. The Marine Trapper sighed. "I don't really understand what you're talking about... But Sana's my best friend, so you don't need to worry about that."
The gunner only smiled. "I'm glad." he said before leaving the living room. Leaving Mikey alone in the inn they were staying.
"You idiot..." he muttered.
~In Lorelei's room~
"Sana..." Lorelei muttered, feeling especially sorry for her best friend. She knew that the girl had a crush on the gunner, but now that he died...
She doesn't even know what to say to her anymore.
"People die, right? Big deal..."
The Puppeteer looked at the teddy bear she placed on the side of her bed and pouted.
"It is a big deal!" she exclaimed. "How so?" The doll asked her.
"... You lost someone precious to you. Won't you feel sad?" she asked back.
"Dunno. I've never had someone precious in my life before. It was just... me..." The plushie replied.
"Oh, yeah... You were alone in that mansion, weren't you? But why were you, a doll, in there of all places anyway?" she questioned. "You wouldn't believe me." "Why?"
"... Just rest. Tomorrow would be a long day." It said. "Fineeeeeee."
~In Feita~
A giggle echoed throughout Feita as a girl danced around with a skeleton. However, she stopped once someone appeared in front of her.
"You have a mission to do, Milyana." He/she said.
The girl pouted. "Yana just wants to have fun though..."
"We know." He/she gave a piece of paper to the girl, who grinned as soon as she read what was written in it. The hooded person disappeared as soon as he/she gave the paper.
"This is going to be really fun, ne, Stick?" she asked the skeleton beside her. "Kkkkkrrkkkrkkk."
3: Doneee~ XDDDDDDDDDD
QwQ RIKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! WAI DID U DIEEEEEEEEE! QWQ
Riku: You typed me to owo
3: Oh, yeah owo
BUT... QWQ
WAIIIIIIIIIIIIII QwQ
Elysea: SHUTTAP e.e
3: T^T
Akira: 3-saaaaan! Why did you make the last chapter fluffy and now this chapter became so freaking... QwQ
3: SORRRYYYYYY QWQ
Thanks for reading~