Hello readers! Sorry for take a long time until I put new update. I was very busy with my college study so I had small time to writing this story. Any way, let's start the story, shall we?

Change me – part 4 : First teamwork / Who are you?

(Ciel POV)

I dashed toward those monsters after I proclaim myself. It was first time for me to say something like that before battle, where I just kill them all in first glance. But that was something that needs to worry about later.

'I was transforming without second though, again. I need to hurry to finish this off before the symptoms occurred again.'

I can't transform for long time. It was thanks to the fact that I don't have nation with people to put faith on me. Because of that, I have limit of time before I was exhaust of Share energy that I collect by few times doing some quests.

"...kill...!"

Those monsters are also charging toward me. How foolish. One of them jumps at me with its arm turned into blade to attack me. I take side step to avoid its slash before counter it with powerful kick to it side.

My kick not only hit it but I can heard some cracking sound as it bone broken by it. Without waiting, I increase my power on my leg and send that monster fly to building, possibly kill it.

'I can feel they're desperate. So that's why they're attacking me in first glance rather than take more caution on moving. But why? What their reason for be desperate?'

When I was thinking, I can sense something lunge toward me. It was another one with also it arm turn into blade and trying to attack me. I reflect by catching it blade-arm with one of my hand before thrusting my other hand to its body, completely pierce it before I take it out with heart-like organ was in my hand. I crush it as the body also turns into stinky black goo.

"So..." I pointing on the remain of monsters, "Who's next?"

(Noire POV)

I was watching his fight from the side. He's good fighter I admit, except the fact he was very brutal in some part. Thinking that, I start to remember his fight before. Ugh... I think I want to puke out again.

"Ugh... I don't want to remember it... wait a second," I realize something, "Why I was stay here watching!? I need to do something too!"

I see that the peoples who got attacked are still here. What are they doing!? Why they don't running away!? Oh... they're so scared about what happen so they can't think clearly.

"Hey, are you okay?" I get close to them, "Anyone got hurt?"

They're snapped from their fear before looking toward me. Hah... How troublesome.

"You're better going now. This place will be battle ground soon enough."

They're look to each other before nodding and run away. Oh Goddess, are they my citizen that put faith on me? Well, it's good if they're put more faith to me, but at least can they be more... competent?

"At least they're safe, now—"

I stop my words as I defense against one of those creature that lunge on me. Hey! I think you're only concerned to him! Wait... of course! I let their prey getting away so of course they're angry at me. Well, it was my fault but I wouldn't say sorry!

"It is actually good time," I smirk to it, "I have some grudge to you all after all!"

I deflect it blade-arm and starting to continuously slash it. After my lost before, I train more so I won't lose next time. This is the right time to settle the score!

"This is the end for you! Lace Ribbon!"

I give some slash to that monster before I end it with somersault kick to it. After I end my attack, I can see it growl before falling down and become stinky black goo. Yuck...! It smells terrible from close!

"Ugh... rather than defeat them, I'm more worried about how I can hold up everytime I defeat them with this kind of smell," I say while cover my nose.

Then I look toward Ciel again. He's still fighting the remains of monsters. I wonder, how he can hold up everytime he defeat them? I think... maybe his sense of smell is broken due fight them for long time.

"For your record, my nose still normal you know!?" he answer me.

H-how she knows what I am thinking!? I don't say it aloud, right?

"Just from seeing your eyes looking to me," he said while blocking attack, "I can tell you're thinking something rude!"

"I-I don't!"

"You're! You know that you're very bad on laying you Tsundere!"

"I'm not Tsundere!" I retort back.

"See on Nepedia if you dare!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" I retort back, again, "Moreover, focus on your battle!"

"Say that after seeing what in front of you!"

"What—"

I turn around and see one of those freaks already in front of me with its claw hand want to hit me.

"Tch!"

I can't react to it and my defense has broken as I thrown out toward Ciel. I think I will hit his back, but he suddenly turn around and catch me.

"T-thanks..."

"Be careful next time."

He let me down on my feet. Those freaks suddenly already surround us as we stand back to back to each other while ready ourselves for their next attacks.

"We're surrounded," I say.

"Pretty much," he answers me, "I think I have enough to fight bare-handed this time."

"What are you—"

Before I can say more, he suddenly thrust his arm to ground and pierce it. I don't know what he was doing but he seems like taking something from ground.

"Come forth!"

{ACTIVATED VIOLENT FANG}

He was take out his hand from ground, while bring out such a big weapon!? His weapon is the same shape as Plutia's whip sword but it has some blade part turned like a sharp fangs. Just from it looks, rather giving maximum pain to enemy, I think it created for the purpose of dissembling enemy body apart. Ugh... not only his fighting style is pretty brutal, but his weapon is brutal as well!

"Get down..."

He had suddenly raised his weapon to the side of his head. I have very bad feeling and as I thought, he's suddenly swing his sword!

"Uwaaa...!"

As I follow my reflex, I dive down to avoid his sword that he was swing around. I see upward as I saw his sword extend longer and longer and hitting all monster those surround us. To be honest, I don't want to know what happen to those things because their scream of pain is more than enough to image what actually happen. As he was done, he retracts his sword it its original length.

"Well, it's done at least," say him.

"It's done... but at least warns me before you do it!" I stand up and yell on him, "I can get caught to your attack!"

"...My bad."

"Why you...!"

I really want to complain and yell at him now, but I stop my thought of it as I heard a strange growl come from somewhere. I looks toward the source as I saw the remains of those monsters join together and become a massive new monster!

"What the—"

"Now that's really troublesome," he cut me off, "Not like it matters anyway."

"Not matters!? They becomes one giant freaks and you call it not matters!?"

"Take it easy girl," he try to calm me down, "I happens to face it before so, I know what I need to do."

"And that is...?"

He's turn around his shoulder, left and right before brought his sword on his shoulder. He's looking toward the giant freaks wit smile on his face.

"Get ready for big battle!"

(VS Gigantus Plagiarons) (3rd POV)

Party member: Noire/Black Heart, Ciel/Azure Heart

Special condition: None

Battle Hint: Ciel had once faced it; he will give a good lead to defeat the enemy

"ROARRRR!"

The giant has charge forward toward those two. Saw that, Noire also getting to battle stance and facing it with Ciel.

"Evade to the side and counter its attack!"

The giant raise it hand and slam it down to where those two stand. Noire and Ciel evade it by jump out to each side of it and land some counter-attacks before jump back to evade another attack from it. Noire takes initiative by fly to its face and trying to attacks it upper side. Meanwhile, Ciel respond to her attack by striking its legs to make sure she wasn't the target.

"Haaaa...!"

Noire lands few slash to its body before kick it and jump back from evading its hand try to grab her. Using another hand, the giant try to attack her but was stopped by Ciel that catch its hand with his extended sword that riled up to its hand and hold its movement.

"Attack its core! The core!"

Heard his command, Noire is looking to the core. After few gaze, she found a strange stone on its head.

"That stone?"

"That one!"

"Alright!"

Noire fly out, ascending to its face while readied her sword. The giant try to do something, but Ciel increase his hold to holding down the giant. It had launched it arm to catch Noire on sky, only for her to evade by fly down near its hand and goes toward the stone. Using all her might, she crashed her sword to the stone and destroys it, making the giant scream in agony. Ciel release his hold and turn his weapon back to original length.

"It's done?" Noire ask Ciel while fly toward him.

"Not yet," he answered, "All I need to finish it down."

"Then what are you waiting for? Do it!"

"Huh?" he seems confused for her words, "Aren't you want to do it?"

"I-it's fine! I'll let you do it!" she look away, "Think this was my kindness for you! Nothing else!"

"...Tsundere."

"What do you say!?"

"No~thing~!" he looks toward the giant, "(It's near the time limit, I must end this now) let's end this!"

Suddenly, surges of azure flame energy rise up from inside of him, making Noire stand back from him. He's raised his sword to sky as the energy engulfing his sword and charges it.

"Your fate," he pointed his sword to the giant and pull it to his back, "had been decided!"

{EXECUTION BREAK!}

He's brought his sword forward as he was thrusting it. The sword extends in incredible speed engulfed by azure flame energy toward the target, the giant chest. The giant try to block the attack, but it's too much for it as its hands was destroyed as the sword thrust directly to its chest and pierce its heart to the back of its body. Not end it all, Ciel take his extended sword back and finish his attacks as the sword come out from the chest that was burned up by azure flame and spread to entire body.

The giant let out final roar before becoming stiff as stone and break down slowly to the ground into large mess of black goo.

(Battle end)

Ciel and Noire have looking toward the remains of giant. Ciel only stood there silently while Noire only lost on her thought about how she can dispose that smelly goo away before her citizen protest about its smell.

"Hey, what do you—"

Noire stop her words as she saw Ciel suddenly transform back to his original form and fall to the ground. She's worried to what happen to him as she try to checks what happen to him, only to found his body temperature increase beyond normal body's temperature.

"He's burning up!? H-hey! Are you okay!?"

He doesn't respond. Not only his body feels hot, but his breath also become frequent than normal.

"Not good. His condition is not normal. I need to take him back to my place for treatment!" she's trying to brought him by her shoulder, where she found it was hard, "Ugh... You're heavier than you look, you know?"

Using her strength, Noire take him back to her Basilicom. On her mind, she's also thought to asking few more question to him when his condition return to normal. But for now, she needs to treat him.

Meanwhile...

The citizens that Noire and Ciel save were currently running to saver place. However, they were intercepted by other Plagiarons that coming from darkness.

"Kyaa!"

Thinking that they will meet their demise, those citizens had stepping back in horror and despair. Just as one of those monsters want to touch them, it was suddenly pushed back by something that suddenly crushed back to its face. The citizen's looks forward as they saw who had saved them, again.

*Kring kring*

Swathed in tight black suit, an unknown figure had standing between citizen and those monsters. His attire consist tight black suit with dark purple line on his side, a strange belt-like device on his waist, a light chest plate with game controller accent on it, some small light armor on some parts and his face covered by mask with large goggles that strangely have red badass-looking eyes on it and a black top that shape looks like typical of anime's male hairstyle. It can be said his attire like a combination of cool and badass fighter.

If not the fact he was riding a bicycle right now.

He gives hand signals to the citizens to escape and they're responding by nodding and go away from location. Of course, it makes the Plagiarons angry and they're trying to attacks him.

The figure only responds by swinging his bike and hit the one that lunge to him, before starting to ride toward those freaks. He's crashing directly to them one by one before raise his bike's front and keeps riding forward, crashed to more of those freaks. He's stop and turns around with swiping to them and destroys some of them. Not to mention that he has run over some of them with his bike.

The figure stops as he presses the button on his belt-like device and activated something on it.

{GAME SKILL}

The energy runs through from his belt to his mask and his bike, charging the front wheel with some sort of energy. He's then start to riding before raise his bike's back wheel while turn to front then using the back wheel to jump up while raise its front wheel that engulf with energy.

{ENTHUSIAST CRITICAL STRIKE!} {ABOLITION IMPACT!}

He's swing around in air, creating a vortex of energy that hitting all Plagiarons on site and destroys them. After that, he's just ride off to somewhere and disappears.

*Kring kring*

And that's the end of "Change Me" chapter. Woah... It takes 4 parts for just 1 chapter? It was very long chapter I wrote off. Anyway, I put some cameo in the end of chapter. Can you guess who is it? Anyway, see you on next chapter!