The Third Round
Disclaimer: From the author's note I do not own Marchen Awakens Romance anime or the characters. If I did though, Ginta and Alviss would be together and some characters would have been removed. The only characters I own is Kuno, Yukito, and Mary who I created. Naru is a crossover character from Love Hina. I also own Kuno's ÄRM. I also do not own the song Sleepless Beauty that is sung by Ryuichi Sakuma.
Me: The profile list is going to be SO long!
Yohko: You said in the last chapter that you would type the profiles down.
Me: Yeah…but…
Judai and Jun: Tooku de me wo hikarasete mezameru monotachi
matte iru
Yoru no jouheki sasowarete utsurisumu mure no nukegara
ni
Me: JUDAI! JUN! I'm trying to talk!
(Deguchi no nai) Shougeki ni taeru tsumori nara
(Kuzureru
hodo) Itsuwari wo misete
Yohko: They're good! Umare kawareru anata yo hitori
hohoemanaide hitomi wo irodoru
Nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni
nattemo kiseki ni mada meguriaeru
Me: I know but…
(Sotto dakishimete kowasu you ni) Muku na mama de
sarasarete hanabira wo chirasu hana no you ni
Migaku houseki te no
naka no hibi ni sae kizukihajimeteru
Guardians are cheering on the sidelines at Judai's and Jun's
new song. (Tsumetai te ga) Nuke ochita toge qo hirou
kara
(Madoromu hi ga) Kusuburitsuzukeru
Aussa: What's the song called? Ima mo todokanu
hikari no yukue azayaka ni mau omoi wo egakou
Michibiku kotoba ga
koborete shimawanu you ni utsuru toki wo osorenaide
Me: The song those two made (I know that Ryuichi made the song)
is called Sleepless Beauty.
(Deguchi mo naku) (Kuzure ochiru)
Aussa: Amazing.
Umare kawaru no anaa yo hitori hohoemanaide hitomi wo
irodoru
Nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni nattemo kiseki wa mada
megurikuru
Yohko: Those two are so serious when they sings. So intense…so focused.
Todokanu hikari no kanata azayaka ni mau omoi wo
egakou
Michibiku kotoba ga koborete shimawanu you ni utsuru toki
wo osorenaide
Me: No one can beat Judai and Jun with those amazing voices.
(Sotto dakishimete zutto tsukamaete motto kokoro made kowasu you ni)
Everyone claps at his performance.
Judai and Jun: Thanks Mina-san!
Alviss: That was awesome Judai!
Kosuke: GO JUN!
Me: Yep!
Yohko: People listen to this song when reading this story. Rolan will be making an appearance in this chapter, and the profiles will be at the end of the chapter.
Everyone: Encore Judai! Encore Jun!
Judai and Jun: OK!
Chapter 6: The Third Round (Part 1)
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Alviss POV
"Alviss? What's wrong?" asked Naru.
"Mary's being mean to me again!" the little boy complained.
"What did she do this time?"
"She…sniff made fun of homosexuals again…sniff"
"sighs I thought I told her to stop that talk. MARY! GET OVER HERE!"
Mary heard her mom calling her, so she stopped hanging onto Danna and walked over to her mother who looked rather annoyed at her.
"Mary, you know you're not suppose to make fun of gay people right?"
"Mom…"
"When you make criticize them, I take the blame, so…"
"MOM!"
"What?"
"You hate gay people, so why can't I hate them?"
There was a long silence before Naru told Mary, "I don't hate gay people. Just because I don't get along with Yukito doesn't mean…"
"Here comes Yukito now!" Danna warned as the spiky haired brunette appeared out of nowhere with a red vein on his head.
"Which one of you sluts hates gay people?" he asked in an angry tone.
"I did!" Mary declared.
"You bit-"
"Yukito stop it! She's only 10 years old."
Yukito turned to Danna then back to Mary and stomped off.
"sweatdrop That guy needs anger management," Danna told Naru.
"You said it. Anyway, don't make of gays again Mary."
"Yeah Mary!" Alviss shouted at his sister.
"Be quiet you cry baby. I was even directing the statement toward you!"
"But it still hurts when you say stuff like that!" Alviss protested.
"Fine…I won't make fun of homos anymore for my crybaby brother."
"HEY!"
Mary left Naru's and Alviss' side to be with Danna again. Danna complained about her being heavy, but she didn't care. Naru sighed as she turned to her son and told him, "Alviss you'll going to have to stop defending people like Yukito."
"How come? Is it wrong for someone to be gay."
"No…it just doesn't feel right…in my POV."
"So…if I was gay, then would you treat me like Yukito?"
"HELL NO! You and Yukito are two different people. The only difference is that he's a baka and you're a smart charming little boy."
Alviss blushed at that comment and tried to hide it, but it was futile and Naru just smiled at her son.
"If you met a guy that you like, please introduce him to me, and if he's someone I can rely on, then you can be with him forever."
"Forever…"
I woke up from my dream…or was it a vision of my past? It was another bright and sunny morning. Bell wasn't on my pillow like she usually was. Chances are was that she was taking a stroll around the castle. Didn't see know how dangerous the castle was with the Chess Pieces roaming around in it. Chess Pieces…
I sighed as I recalled the events of what happened yesterday. What Team MAR discussed in the meeting room, and what Ginta said…just thinking about what he said made my heart beat faster.
I tried not to let those words get to me as I got ready for the next match, and went out the door only to see Bell with a shocked face.
"What's wrong Bell?" I asked my fairy.
"The old man is back!" she told me.
I looked behind her to see Alan-san. "Took you long enough to show up Alan-san."
"Sorry, that stupid inu had insomnia."
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Ginta's POV
The sunlight shines brightly on us. Oh do I love mornings! To bad the morning wasn't perfect because Alviss was late again. It's kind of odd though because I thought people like Alviss were always on time, but in this case maybe I was wrong.
But maybe I'm not wrong and its just Alviss. Now that I think about it Alviss has been acting strange ever since I gave him that pendant. I wonder what was inside the pendant? Why did I get the reaction that I got when I gave it the yellow pendant with a rainbow jewel embedded in it? Why is Alviss being targeted by the Chess Pieces and of course, WHY AM I ASKING MYSELF SO MANY QUESTITIONS? (Me: Because you're being you Ginta!)
I snapped back to reality when I saw Alviss approaching.
"What took you so long Al-chan?" Nanashi asked him.
"It's none of your business…"
"Just admit it that you overslept."
"…"
Eventually the referee Pozun came out of the castle asking who would fight today.
Alviss POV
It was annoying to be hassled by Nanashi, but when Pozun came I was able to get him to stop.
"Now," Pozun began, "Who will be the five members of MAR to battle?"
Ginta-chan being as energetic as ever stepped up. Jack stepped up next and then Snow. I didn't want to be left out (or feel like I needed protection because of the discussion last night) so I stepped up too. The crowd was wondering why there were only four members.
"Hey what's wrong, Dorothy, Nanashi?" Ginta asked them.
"Today's match needs five people," Jack added.
Dorothy being the witch that she is said in a innocent (not to me) voice, "I'm not in a mood to fight today."
Ginta and Jack fall over.
"Today's the day to flirt with these girls." was Nanashi's excuse as he had to ladies clinging on him.
"Nanashi you baka!" I yelled, but what I really thought was FUCK YOU NANASHI!
"W-Why?"
"Is MAR getting disbanded already?" Babbo asked in a sarcastic tone, "I knew I should have been the captain since you got no respect from others."
"Nani?" Ginta punches Babbo and declares, "Then I'll fight as two people!"
Ginta you baka.
"No I'll fight!" Babbo put himself on Ginta's head as the two start to get into a very violent disagreement yet again.
Not wanting to hear them fighting any longer, I ordered Bell to go over to them and proclaim about Alan's return.
"QUIT IT!!!!!!!!!!"
The fighting stopped. Bell's good…
"Ehm. Don't worry, there is one more person."
"One more person?"
"Come on out the fifth one!"
With that said the doors opened by itself (Aussa: Scary!) and out came Alan who made a dramatic entrance. He's better…
The crowd was astonished that Alan had returned and started cheering his name.
"Old man!"
"You sleepy head."
"If you've got complaints, you'd better complain to the inu for taking so long to go to sleep."
Pozun told Alan-san that he couldn't participate because he didn't take the test at the beginning. When Pozun said that, Alan called out Tomato and Halloween appeared on one of the higher floors of the castle.
"We stalemated six years ago, didn't we? How about it? Don't you want to settle the score?"
We were all waiting for an answer, but he didn't respond. I could tell however that he was waiting for Phantom's approval. I could tell that he got the approval when the pumpkin started glowing red.
"Pozun!"
"Y-Yes Halloween-sama?"
"I just got a message from Phantom. Coincidentally, we have the same answer. We will accept Alan's participation in the War Game as a special case."
The crowd cheered for Alan being able to participate, but then asked about Gaira-san. Halloween just said that they don't need an old man to participate and then left.
Pozun was about to send us to the volcano field when Bell tried to hitchhike on my shoulder however that didn't work as only the five members of Team MAR could go. When we disappeared Bell was really disappointed.
At the battlefield Ginta-chan was checking his surroundings, "There really are volcanoes here…"
"So basically if we fall into the lava does that mean we-"
"Die? Yes."
"You don't have to be so blunt…"
Ginta then asked Pozun, "Where are the Chess Pieces?"
Pozun looked away from Ginta and mumbled, "Umm…one of the Chess Pieces…overslept…"
Ginta, Babbo, and Jack fell on the ground and laughed. "Our greatest enemy…overslept?!"
"Yes…"
They continued to laugh as Snow joined in too. I sighed. I wished they would realize that Alan-san overslept too. Yukito was like this too…
Eventually the Chess Pieces appeared. The problem was that there was only four of them.
"HEY! THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF YOU! WHERE'S THE LAST ONE?" Ginta-chan asked in a rather loud tone.
The Rook Pano (the girl that Jack lost to in the first round) pointed to something behind a rock and said "He tripped."
The Chess Piece that tripped was none other than a Knight from the last War Games. I'm sure the knight was named Rolan well known for being a pussy, but now that Kuno joined the Chess Pieces I think he is the second sissy.
Alan-san decided to fight first.
"Ha! You're raring to go huh, old man?" Ginta asked.
"Are you kidding? After all that time cooped up in that inu?!" Alan-san faced the Chess Pieces asked, "Where's my opponent? A knight I assume? Not that I care…"
Rolan and three other Chess Pieces stepped back. They didn't want to fight the man of legend. Sadly one stupid Rook decided to fight him declaring that when he kills the man of legend that he would be promoted to a Knight and that Rolan would be demote Rolan back to a Rook.
"Well, if that's how it's meant to be…good luck Alibaba!"
What a pussy.
"I don't want to go against that guy wither. Be my guest Alibaba!"
At least she knows what she's dealing with.
"Third battle, first match begin!" Pozun declared.
The ignorant Rook summoned a Guardian Genie (Me: It looks like Jafar!) and began explaining how there are Rooks stronger than Bishops (like Loco who defeated Nanashi) and worthless Knights like Rolan. Ginta-chan, Jack Babbo, and Snow laughed at that line because it was true. He then bragged about how his ÄRM would defeat Alan-san. Alan-san however was really bored as he just told him to hurry up and attack.
Snow just had to shout, "D-Don't Ed!!! You can't take this so lightly…THAT'S THE SAME MISTAKE NANASHI MADE!"
(Me: Outside the battle field you see an angry Nanashi with a red vein on his head. He actually got mad at a girl!)
"That genie sure looks powerful…" Jack mumbled.
I was getting really tired of Team MAR underestimating Alan-san, so I told them, "You guys don't understand how terrifying that man is."
The provoke worked as he attacked with his Genie. Alan-san took it out in one blow with a single punch like it was nothing. Alan-san wasn't done there as he walked over to the stupid Rook and punched him. He then started dragging him to the volcano.
The man of legend then gave a lecture, "You made three mistakes. First. It takes time for ÄRMs to completely synchronize. Concentration…sixth sense…gets built up during the battle. And if a Guardian is moving on its own volition, synching is even more essential. Showing your trump card from the beginning…was stupid. Second it was just too early for you to take on a fighter like me…"
The Rook realized his mistake and started begging for mercy. He wasn't spared as Alan-san tossed him into the volcano (after the second mistake was explained they were already at the volcano).
"Third. Who did you think you were talking to huh?!" he asked the Rook as he fell into the lava.
"First match, victory to Alan!" Pozun declared.
"Old man that incredible!"
"You smacked that genie down with one punch!
"An ÄRM with no magic coursing through it is no more than a balloon," Alan-san explained to Ginta-chan and Jack.
"You! Don't sleep a wink after today! We need you!" Babbo told him.
"It's not that easy, Globo!"
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For the second match Pano stepped up to fight.
"Huh, I thought we defeated her team…?"
"Ginta, you really are a baka!" I yelled, "You don't understand the rules at all!"
Ginta stared at me with confused eyes as I sighed, "One more time: Even if a team loses…those who won their individual matches…are able to enter to the next game. You should have gotten that part already."
"Well sorry if I'm not a genius like you!"
"Baka…"
Jack decided to fight her again. Everyone was unsure about that decision, but Ginta ensure that Jack is not the same person as he was in the first round. (Me: Does that mean he's not a pervert?)
"Second match Jack vs. Pano begin!"
The battle started with Pano throwing that evil ball from her weapon at Jack. Jack surprisingly caught it, but the bad consequences came when Jack started rolling around the ground complaining on how his hand hurts.
"That's what you get for showing off."
When he recovered from the attack. Jack left his Weapon ÄRM stuck in the ground as he turned toward Pano and jumped at her as she turned that evil ball into four smaller balls that were launched at him. Jack was able to dodge only three of them as the fourth one hit him in the stomach as he was so close to getting to her.
"Tsk…so close," she taunted to him.
"Nope close enough."
Suddenly thorns were planted into Pano's skin as they turned into mushrooms when Jack commanded them to.
"Magic Mushroom. Type one."
The Rook then started hallucinating stuff that weren't happening at all like the volcanoes erupting and stuff.
"I've seen that kind of mushroom before. It's a mararai!"
"Is it edible?" Ginta asked.
"Poisonous but survivable. Famous for its hallucinatory effect." Alan-san.
"An "up" personality might think they're meeting kami-sama," I continued, "But a "down" personality…well you can see…"
I was actually surprised that the hallucination was so strong. Jack really did change.
Jack asked her to give up, and surprisingly she gave up as she hugged him. (She probably thought that Jack was handsome in the new hallucination.) Jack basically won the match and everyone cheered for his victory.
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"All right Jack! You won!" Ginta cheered.
"I have a whole new opinion of you!" Snow added.
"You won with a trick monkey! Don't get so cocky!"
"HEY! IT WAS MY FIRST WIN! THROW ME A BONE!"
Warning: RANDOM PARODY
When Jack said that I threw him a bone as Jack went after the bone.
"Alviss…" Ginta began, "Where did you get the bone?"
"Oh…there was a dead corpse outside my room, so I just took the leg bone from it hoping that I could use it later."
"…Scary…"
END OF WARNING BACK TO THE BATTLE
"Okay, my turn next! Let's go for 3 to 0!"
As Snow stepped up to the field Rolan decided that the Bishop with the long hat would fight. Just as the match was about to begin…
"Just a minute!" -Snow.
"What is it Snow?" -Ginta.
"…It's hot here!" -Snow.
CHANGING!
Snow took off her first layer of clothes which was her pink jacket and then her red sweater leaving her top nothing but a pink tang top…
"That's good Snow-chan!" -Babbo.
"Right! SEXY SNOW!" -Ginta.
"ONE MORE LAYER! ONE MORE LAYER!" -Jack.
Again my heart started to hurt as Ginta and the other two bakas were going all pervert on her. DAMN IT SNOW! STRIPPING IN FRONT OF GINTA-CHAN JUST TO GET HIS ATTENTION! I swear that I will get you back! I screamed in my head. I could have sworn that Snow was snickering at me.
(Me: NOTE: Snow originally gets mad at Jack for suggesting that one more layer is taken off. However Alviss doesn't know this as he was pissed off that she was getting all the attention.)
The third match finally started. Mr. Hook already declared that he would beat Snow in 5 minutes. Alan-san agreed to what he said. I couldn't agree more, and I'm not saying this because I'm jealous of her…wait did I just admit that I was jealous of Snow for attracting Ginta-chan.
Mr. Hook attacked first as Snow countered all the attacks. The problem with her attacks was that it wasn't stable as her Weapon ÄRM Sword of Ice began to lose its shape.
"…The main attribute of Snow's ÄRM is ice," I began to explain to Ginta because he noticed that Snow was struggling in the battle. "Since she's forced to be synch with that ÄRM constantly she's physically predisposed to be weak against high temperatures and fire. And in this land of volcanic mountain ranges, she is expanding more physical strength than anyone else. That physical and mental stress detracts her synchronizing with her ÄRM decreasing her magical powers. She has no chance of winning!" I just had to blurt that out…
"So that's what he meant! This is bad, Ginta! We should have her give up…"
"SNOW!"
Snow stopped her movement when Ginta told her, "It's okay! I'll get it done next!"
Snow being the stubborn princess she is informs him that she can keep going.
Snow used all her remaining magic powers to summon her Guardian ÄRM Yuki-chan, but it was easily defeated by Mr. Hooks Anger Anchor. Snow collapsed from her Guardian being destroyed.
"SNOW!"
Ginta was worried about her, but I certainly wasn't. I mean if that Bishop killed her now I would have one less rival for Ginta-chan's affection…wait that's what I call selfish! I won't my selfishness take over!
I stepped into the battlefield and asked him to stop the fight since it was clear who won and who loss. Surprisingly the Bishop agreed. Why can't some Chess Pieces be this generous? Kuno isn't!
I frowned as I saw Ginta run over to Snow, "Are you all right, Snow?!"
"Yeah…I'm so sorry…but I didn't give up…I didn't…"
"I'm going to have Snow withdraw from battle for a while. She's at the end of her rope, Alan-san started, "The day's spent running, trying to escape from Lestava with me…the terror of pursuit, the accumulating fatigue…of encasing herself in the ice…the feeling of loneliness and despair…making the decision to fight, and then the long, grueling training. It's all exhausted her spirit…and pounded her body to tatters. After all this time getting to know her, Ginta, I guess you never saw…she's still a 14 year old girl. Let's let her rest…just a little bit."
"…Can you stand Snow?"
"Y-Yes!"
Ginta tried his best to support Snow as Pozun declared the winner.
"…Hey Ginta…Am I holding you guys back?"
Ginta was upset by the question and decided to piggy back her, "NO WAY! You're fighting well! Just…from now on don't give up. Just don't push yourself too hard either. If you die, Ed, Jack, Nanashi, and everyone else will be sad, and so would I…"
"Okay…"
My heart was really hurting this time. Just seeing Ginta and Snow together smiling and giggling at each other…it just really damn hurt. Ginta…
(Me: Note: When I was watching this episode I thought I saw Alviss frowning at Snow because of how Ginta was paying attention to her. It may be just be, but I could of sworn he was frowning…)
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For the fourth match the Bishop with the clown face decided to fight (after he fell of the rock he was sitting on. He was asleep the whole time.)
It was me and Ginta-chan left. It's too risky for Ginta to fight the Knight, so I would fight the Knight leaving him with the Bishop.
"I'll take the Knight. You go Ginta."
"Red vein Getting ordered around kind of pisses me off!"
"Jeez…that's true…" Babbo added, "What sort of talk is that towards my number one servant?"
"Right! Right! Right! You think so too Babbo? It pisses you off too right?"
I guess I'm going to have to persuade him. I thought to myself, "Don't forget that you're the captain. It's still too dangerous for you who is lacking in battle inexperience, fighting against the night."
Ginta-chan was actually listening to what I had to say.
"No matter what happens, you have to win. The loss of the captain is the loss of the team. You know what that means right?"
Silence. Time to make my move!
"I'm counting on you captain-sama."
I notice his ear perked up.
"So your best captain!" -Snow.
The ears seem to get bigger.
"We're counting on you captain!" -Jack.
That was enough to persuade him as he rushed to the battle field, "Let's go Babbo!"
"He's…"
I'm glad he's stupid…
"Chess Piece, Kannochi, MAR, Ginta, Captain! Third round, third match begin!"
Good luck…Ginta-chan.
Kannochi started the battle by planting a curse on Ginta. He took off the hat he was wearing on his head revealing a candle and warned, "When this candle burns out, you'll also disappear since you become a candle."
"Na-" -Ginta.
"Nani?!" -Jack.
"That ÄRM is!?" -Snow.
"In one sense, we gave Ginta the most troublesome guy to fight against." -Alan-san.
"Break his ring Ginta! He's telling the truth! That's the Darkness ÄRM Body Candle!!"
I cautioned him too late. The Bishop ate the ring…
Ginta began pounding on the Bishop with Babbo Version One Hammer Version. Kannochi managed to dodge all the hits except one that sent him backwards.
"I almost coughed it up…this is not a laughing matter…"
He jumped away from Ginta and decided to change his tactics. The staff he was holding sprouted flames from the tip of it. He put the flames on the candle on top of his head as the candle started melting. "Having you burn out as soon as possible isn't bad either. Darkness ÄRM Body Candle. What that means is this thing on top of Kannochi's head…is you right now. You're a candle. You'll drip, melt, and finally disappear."
"Ginta…" -Snow.
"This isn't good! A Darkness ÄRM user of all things!" Alan.
"Darkness has too many unknown tendencies which make them hard to counter. Just like the second battle in which Nanashi lost, the way in which you can directly counter them are limited."
"Is there a way to defeat the skill?" -Jack.
"One of the two ways to defeat it…" Snow began, "Is destroying the ÄRM itself, which isn't possible anymore. There's only one way left."
"What's that?"
"But for Ginta right now…"
"Damn, if it was going to be like this, I should have let Ginta take out that baka in the first round!"
Ginta was going to die if he didn't think of something fast…
Ginta asked Kannochi why he served the Chess Pieces.
"Kannochi doesn't care about killing people. Kannochi just loves thrills and drama. War Games, how dramatic. It's not bad, is it? I like games that put lives on the line. Even if I die…that's not so bad. But beating you in a life and death battle isn't bad either!"
"So you're just a battle freak/ huh? Not really a bad guy?"
"I could just as easily have fought on your side. Fighting the Chess Pieces also wouldn't have been so bad."
There was silence until Ginta-chan told Babbo that they were going to use "that form". Ginta's magical wavelength changed.
"Gargoyle right?"
"That's not good! Even if he defeated Kannochi, that ÄRM he swallowed won't break! Ginta will still melt!"
"That's not it! It's not Gargoyle!" I corrected her.
"Version 4 The Holy Protector Alice!"
Alice used her healing powers to remove the curse.
He really is the person that Mary said he would be. I thought, Unpredictable.
"Okay! Let's start this fight over from square one!" he declared, "From now on it's a simple fight!"
"That's no good…I messed up…" Kannochi began as he started to melt, "I shouldn't have…used the Body Candle…against and baka like you… I should have fought you normally from the start…"
"Kannochi?! Why?! You can put out the flame on the candle now!"
"I can't put out this flame…anymore…"
"Kannochi!"
"What does this mean?" Jack asked me.
"It's the condition."
"Condition?"
"Yeah. All Darkness ÄRM have a condition with the user. The condition of the Body Candle is that, if it fails, the user melts."
"Babbo, we need to help Kannochi with the Holy ÄRM…"
"It's too late for that…" Babbo mumbled.
"For you, starting with the Knight class, is where the real battle begins…That means that the real enemy start from now on!"
"Why?! How can you…Now way…"
"Don't lose…Sending these words to the enemy and disappearing isn't bad either…"
Kannochi completely melted and Ginta was declared the winner.
"With that it's three wins! MAR wins."
"Not yet…The fighting hasn't ended yet…"
"It is MAR's victory, but in order to determine the fighter's eligibility, the battle will continue..." Pozun told Team MAR.
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Me: That is the first part of the third round. The second part will be Alviss' match and his connection to Phantom. Sigh I which I didn't get kicked out of my office…
Kosuke: I know…
Kosuke and I were kicked out of my office because we were disturbing Judai's and Jun's song.
Me: Anyway, I got the profile right here:
Naru is 39 because she marries Keitaro at the age of 24 (the rest is fictional after this), and is pregnant one month later and gives birth to triplets (two girls and one boy) at some time in the fall. The two raise them for five years before Naru fines the door to MAR and disappears. There she finds a baby girl in a forest and decides to name her Mary. (Mary is not her real name. Her real name will be found out much later.) Naru starts to raise Mary on her own when she came across a village attacked by the Chess Pieces. There she saw two parents begging the Chess Pieces to spare their life by giving them their only son. Infuriated Naru defends the boy and the two parents are in the end killed by them. Naru escapes with Mary and the baby boy in hands and decides to call him Alviss because whatever name his parents used was probably a bad name used by unloving parents. She doesn't get along with Yukito that well when in front of Alviss and Mary, but she does care for him. She sees Danna as her husband, but more perverted as in later chapters in Alviss' flashback, Danna will start doing perverted things to her which will result in a slapstick. Naru was trying to figure out what was the birthmark that was on Alviss top part of the leg, but never got to figure out what it was and what it meant because of her death.
Mary is 10 years old when she dies. Mary is actually Dorothy's and the Queens's younger sister. (As in chapter 4 and 5 Alviss sees Mary in Dorothy.) Mary was separated from the other two when she was still an infant. Naru found her and raised her into the Sarah (Love Hina character) type of girl. Mary's real name is Dory (which will be started when Team MAR goes to Dorothy's home town.) Mary loves sheep (hence Mary had a little lamb) and is always seen wearing wool on her. She has very strong magical powers that if used the wrong way could kill 100's of people. Only Danna, Alan, Gaira, Yukito, Naru, and Alviss (he overheard the conversation when he was playing hide and seek with Mary) are aware of this, but keep it secret. She is aware of her strong powers, but only uses some of it for things like fortune telling and predicting the future. The girl also hates homosexuals because she thinks that Naru hates them because of the way she treats Yukito in front of her and Alviss. Mary did plant a humorous curse on Alviss that will be revealed in the next two chapters. (I really don't want to say what the curse is. It's too funny, and the only way too remove it is to have the person you love confess their feelings for you, or when she is really laid to rest.) When Mary dies trying to protect Alviss she mumbled a curse saying that her soul would not go to rest until the zombie tattoo that is on Alviss is completely gone. She is basically a spirit that follows Alviss around that Alviss does not notice. In fact he doesn't notice until after the semifinals. Danna seems to be her first love. She was aware of Alviss' birthmark and thinks that it's weird to have a birthmark that resembles Suzaku from the Universe of the Four Guards.
Yukito is 26 years old meaning that if he was alive (and he is) he would be 32 years old (probably 3 years younger than Alan since I think that Alan is like 35 years old.) He has spiky brown hair and blue eyes. (He kind of looks like Sora from Kingdom Hearts. However he looks more like a character I created on my Yu Gi Oh GX Spirit Caller game for Nintendo DS.) Yukito is very rude, immature, clumsy, reckless, and irresponsible, but his incredible magic power makes up for it. He's also very manipulative in some situation that concerns Naru's and Danna's relationship. Alviss idolized Yukito as he looked up to Danna. Yukito was well known for taken our his opponents in one hit, or without using a single ÄRMYukito is gay (obviously) and will constantly scare the other cross guards by asking them out. Only a stupid or drunk person would go with him. Since he's gay however Alviss took it to heart that if he wanted to be like Yukito he would be asking every cute guy he met out too…that wasn't the case when Phantom did the most terrible thing to Alviss after Alviss finished his training and after Mary and Naru died. Only Alviss, Danna, Alan, Gaira, Phantom, Yukito, and Mary (ghost) knows exactly what happened to Alviss. What is strange though is that Kuno seems to know what happened too, but he never witnessed the scene and Phantom did not seem to tell him what happened. When Mary and Naru died he thought he lost a part of himself which he told Alviss. After Danna was killed (Phantom died too) Yukito felt that he was weak because he lost three of the four important people to him. Yukito decided to train somewhere that he would not state where he was going and would return to fight in the War Games when the Chess Pieces rose in power again. Before he left to train, he gave Alviss a pendant that had a picture of him, Naru, Mary, and Alviss in it. (The original picture was too big, so he had to trim it, so Danna, Alan, Gaira, and some other Cross Guards were cut off.) He swore that they would meet again, and that was the last time Alviss saw him. Everyone assumed that he was dead because no one has heard from him since. Yukito came from the Tokyo Mew Mew world (the pendant really looks like Ichigo's and Corina's (I like her American name better than the Japanese name) pendant when they transform. In other words the pendant has a power when tapped into it can transform the person into the animal that they resemble. Yukito however could not use it. He figured that because he was a guy that it wouldn't work, but when Mary tried to use it, he realized that only a certain person can use it, so he gave it to Alviss hoping that he would bring out it's power. For some strange reason in Alviss' POV, Kuno seems to remind of him of Yukito, but he decides not to tell anyone this until much later. Note that Yukito was very interested in Alviss' birthmark (which is on Alviss' top part of the leg.) that resembles a Phoenix or in other words Suzaku from the Universe of the Four Gods.
Me: Gasping for air My throat hurts…Kosuke I need…water…
Kosuke is nowhere to be found.
Me: WTF?!
Umare kawareru anata yo hitori hohoemanaide hitomi wo
irodoru
Nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni nattemo kiseki ni mada
meguriaeru
Me: They're still singing?! No wonder I can't find Kosuke! That song is amazing though, so I'll go back in whether they like it or not! By the way. Readers please review this chapter. Also review my other stories like Dark Memories (I need 7 people to continue) and The Song of Hope (new story that is a Prince of Tennis, Yu Gi Oh GX, Negima, and Chrono Crusade crossover) I really need encouragement for those stories like Purplemonkeycover's Mysteries of the Subconcience story that has 43 reviews. She has a lot of love and encouragement, so I need it too! Please review and I hope you can wait until next week when I post the second part of the third match.
I turn toward the door and run in just in time for Judai and Jun planning another encore of Sleepless Beauty with Judai singing the English version and Jun translating it in Japanese.
ENGLISH VERION
From far away, let your eyes shine those who have awakened
are still waiting. (Without an exit) if you intend to survive the
impact You who have been reborn, color your eyes without
smiling alone. (Hold me gently in order to break me) Be exposed
in a state of purity like a flower whose petals have fallen. (A cold hand) gathers up the shed thorns, so Let's depict the vividly
dancing thoughts found in that place of light that is unreachable
even now. (And
there's no way out) (I'm falling further down) To the
reincarnation of you, I say color your eyes without smiling
alone. To the
reincarnation of you, I say color your eyes without smiling
alone. (Hold me
gently, always catch me, more and more, in order to break my heart)
Seduce the ramparts of the night in the
cast-off pile of skins left by things that now live
elsewhere.
(To the point where you fall apart) enrapture the
deceits
Even if the world you've longed for has suddenly
burned to ash, in some miracle we could still brush into each
other.
You're
just beginning to notice the days are shining jewels cupped in your
hand.
(A
banked flame) continues to smolder
Don't fear the passage of time, so that words of
guidance won't completely spill out and flow away.
Even if the world you've longed for has suddenly burned to
ash, the miracle could still happen to come again.
Even if the world you've longed for has suddenly burned to
ash, the miracle could still happen to come again.
Japanese VERSION
Tooku de me wo hikarasete mezameru monotachi matte iru (Deguchi
no nai) Shougeki ni taeru tsumori nara Umare kawareru anata yo hitori hohoemanaide hitomi wo
irodoru (Sotto dakishimete kowasu you ni) Muku na
mama de sarasarete hanabira wo chirasu hana no you ni (Tsumetai
te ga) Nuke ochita toge qo hirou kara Ima mo todokanu hikari no yukue azayaka ni
mau omoi wo egakou (Deguchi mo naku) (Kuzure
ochiru) Umare kawaru no anaa yo hitori hohoemanaide hitomi wo
irodoru Todokanu hikari no kanata azayaka ni mau omoi wo
egakou (Sotto dakishimete zutto tsukamaete motto kokoro
made kowasu you ni)
Yoru
no jouheki sasowarete utsurisumu mure no nukegara ni
(Kuzureru hodo) Itsuwari wo
misete
Nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni nattemo kiseki ni mada
meguriaeru
Migaku
houseki te no naka no hibi ni sae kizukihajimeteru
(Madoromu hi ga)
Kusuburitsuzukeru
Michibiku kotoba ga koborete shimawanu you ni
utsuru toki wo osorenaide
Nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni nattemo kiseki wa mada
megurikuru
Michibiku kotoba ga koborete shimawanu you ni utsuru toki
wo osorenaide