Episode 6: 故人の村 Village of the Deceased; Herisia!

Flashback Continues: 18 Years Ago, Tragedy of Herisia

Moments before the Chiropterans took in the village, the villagers minded their own business and performed usual night duties to keep the people safe as well as having some camp fires to celebrate. However, after hearing low growls, it was too late to have fun as the Chiropterans jumped in and one of them tore off the head of an older man and blood exploded.

The gigantic-bat like monsters tore their way through the village as the people fled for their very lives. Alex arrives at the scene and begins slashing down the monsters one by one. He was actually shocked to see how messy it was getting as he saw several foreign armies trying to get the people out safely.

Alex continued to slash down the monsters as much as possible, hoping that at least the chaos would end; his eyes glowed blood red as he dodged the attacks from the monsters and put all of his effort in.

"Look at you my boy…" echoed a voice.

Alex stopped as he readied his sword, the voice was familiar to him but he couldn't put a finger on it.

"I can see how The Watcher's are trying to keep your existence away from your family...brother!" said Rasputin.

The older brother growled and chopped more of the beasts down as Rasputin continued, "I can give you a deal; allow me to give you my strength...and you shall be able to protect everyone..."

He stopped and hesitated for a moment before the blood inside his body ran wild, falling to knees and screamed as he felt a sharp pain going through his head. He turned to see a random child staring at him in fear. Alex picked up the sword and slashed the human down.

W-what…did I do, thought Alex as he saw the slain boy before him.

"Hehehehe...we are now one…" giggled Rasputin as Alex's body went wild, running over to a fleeing family and slashing them down as well as killing Chiropterans nearby.

"I hate everyone but because you hate yourself…I love you…big brother," hissed Rasputin.

Alex rushed over and sliced down the arm of an elder man and batted him down to the ground with his sword and turned to an elder woman and stabbed her through with her baby.

Jadwiga and Takeshi arrived at the outskirts of the scene and saw the humans slain on the ground and Chiropterans' remains from the attack. There, they saw Alex slicing everything down before them and were horrified.

"A-ALEX!" screamed Jadwiga.

"Something has disrupted the plan!" gasped Takeshi.

"This-this wasn't supposed to backfire!" replied Jadwiga.

"The other armies are here too," said Takeshi, "I hope they escape before it gets worse!"

Before Jadwiga could reply, Takeshi darted off into the village and she ran after. When they saw Alex, the boy turned to see them with his one eye glowing red and the other eye glowing green. Fires were erupting from the background as smoke and ash were in the air.

"I see your caregivers are here," echoed Rasputin "Shall you kill them too? What do they mean to you? They've only used you to be their tool for this world. Don't you ever want to be free?"

Jadwiga gasped as she realized that the voice of Rasputin was nearby, but where?

"He…he's controlling Alex!" gasped Takeshi, "Since Rasputin is his twin…that would mean that…"

"Their blood is tied together," finished Jadwiga.

Armies from Neo Tabuk unleashed some of their magic against the Chiroptreans but it was not proven anything to defeat them while the people from Aeuropa City used their sophisticated weapons but it was proven short lived. Alex turned to see them and slashed several of the foreigners down.

"You're becoming closer to me...brother...once I have you we shall rule this world with our kind!" laughed Rasputin.

Before Alex could reply, his body was beginning to shake as he felt dizzy. He turned to see two men nearby and sliced them down before he collapsed to the ground, falling unconscious.

Jadwiga and Takeshi rushed up to retrieve him while they saw several foreigners fleeing the area for their very lives while several of the remaining Chiropterans left the area since there was nothing more to feed upon (except for the people fleeing).

"We must flee before they find out about us!" said Jadwiga as she and Takeshi picked up the unconscious Alex.

That night was not forgotten by anyone...however, the two towns of Terra and Iglis Magna were blaming each other for the incident since The Watcher's have put a fake evidence that would hide Alex from the rest of the world. Even though it was only thought to be a temporally relief, these several sequences have led to a war between these two nations.

Neo Tabuk considered sending a handful of their armies out but due to a breakout of the Megascolides in the desert, they were limited on the amount of people they can send out. Aeuropa City chose not to fight but instead added massive walls around to make a stronger defensive area.

Iwamara, the peaceful town heard of the incident but decided to not to do anything about it. They feared that getting involved would affect their town in horrifying ways.

And as for Alex, was put back to the tomb in Iwamara but a resident there who worked for The Watchers, Georgia...was put on the task by the orders of Jadwiga to keep an eye out at the crypt and make sure that after he finishes his cycle, that he was to be subdued if he went to resume his hostile mode from the incident...


Present Time:

Jadwiga was lost in her mind after she explained the story to Rei. Alex stood there in silence and wondered how was Rei going to react to this…but there was one thing missing still.

"So Rasputin was responsible for all of this?" asked Rei.

"We have forgotten that one important thing about Alex while we prepared him…" said Jadwiga after she took a moment to get back in present, "Rasputin and Alex…are both…Chiropterans."

Rei gasped as he realized that all of the materials he discovered earlier were all true. Even though he knew something was wrong with the scene based on what he found out both the files and Alex, he didn't expect it to turn out like this.

"He…he's a Chiropteran!?" gasped Rei, "Bu-but how!?"

"Him and Rasputin are special ranks of Chiropterans," said Jagwida, "They were born of higher class. However, after we learned the horrible truth behind Pandora and Tesseract's true intentions...we escaped...and began our own rebellion organization. But that was long before the incident 18 years ago."

She took a breath and continued, "We escaped with Alex before he was going to be castrated by his mother. As for Rasputin, we couldn't get him back out of the test tube."

"W-why would she want to castrate him?!" asked Rei.

"He was supposed to born as a female…according to what Nygn told us. They live and breed on incest to continue the family line with a brother and sister," she answered.

Rei almost wanted to vomit at the answer but it was all making some sense at least.

"After we escaped, Pandora took the remaining materials and started to create monsters of all kinds...Chiropterans, Acephiterans, Megascolides...Oorn...and many others. For one purpose only…" said Jadwiga, looking at Alex, "To find you."

"Why?" asked Rei.

Alex answered, "It's obvious. She wants me dead."

"It's worse than that," replied Jadwiga, "She wants you…and you Rei…and the others dead; to prevent the Six Stars from reuniting together and ending her reign of terror."

"Th-the others!" gasped Rei, "They're in danger right now!"

"I have no intention of working with others," said Alex.

Jadwiga stared at Alex sharply as the Chiropteran continued, "I was always alone...though you and your crew kept your distance from me...in all of those years I fought before the incident."

The boy's eyes glowed red as he growled in anger, staring at Jadwiga, "You used me as a weapon for all of this time!"

"Alex do you really think I looked for you to use you!?" asked Rei sharply.

"It wouldn't be if you had to keep following me around like a stray dog!" he replied, turning his head to Rei, "I don't know who these other people are...but they are not my concern with. I'll defeat Rasputin alone."

Alex began to walk out of the room when Rei turned sharply as his feelings hurt by this and answered, "NOW YOU JUST WAIT A MOMENT! Who do you think you are…some kind of king?! I followed you because I was worried something might happen to you and I would LOSE YOU!"

Alex was about to step out of the room but stopped as Rei continued while breathing heavily in his anger, "I tried to ignore ALL THE INSULTS YOU THROW AT ME because I hoped that you would get your memories back! Do you think that it was easy for me to see YOU IGNORING ME?!"

The Chiropteran turned around violently and said, "This is NOT your war Rei. Go home, and forget everything."

Alex just took a few steps into the hallways when he saw Takeshi who said, "That's enough now."

Before he could reply, Takeshi stabbed his arm with a tranquilizer before knocking him out. Once Alex collapsed to the floor, the man took him to a different room.


Back inside, Rei felt like he was going to cry or even go insane at the moment. But thanks to that other night when they had sex, the Alex at that time told him that this was all part of the curse and such. However, it still all hurt Rei as he covered his face to spill some tears.

"I am deeply sorry to put you through this Rei," said Jadwiga, "But he doesn't remember his past life with you and the others as long as the Chiropteran blood dominates his body."

"I know that," replied Rei as he wiped his tears. He sat down on the couch to calm himself down. Jadwiga handed him some mints for him to relax.

"However," continued the leader, "There was a night…a long time ago…on a full moon. He cried out some names...including yours."

"M-my name?" asked Rei as he was a little bit shocked.

Jadwiga nodded, "He didn't want to fight or anything; he wanted those people to be with him. Then a cloud covered up the moon and he resumed his hunting duties as if nothing happened."

"I know that," said Rei, "Alex is the most human on those nights…but is there even a way to save him?"

The woman turned around for a moment before replying and said, "I…I think there is a way to save him. You and the other boys are the Suiei Gods…and he is one of them too. His Chiropteran powers are preventing him from returning to his "self" that you described."

"How!? What do we need to do?!" asked Rei, eager with hope.

"It's not guaranteed but you five should help him defeat Rasputin," she answered, "Maybe then as long as you are around him…he might begin to remember. But the blood in him will keep him from transforming back."

Jadwiga heard a knock on the door and turned around, "Come in."

Aki dragged Anastasia in as the princess remained silent. The other girl turned and saw Rei to her surprise as she said, "I see it's been a long time…butterfly."

Rei gasped as his mind was filled with visions of the past of this girl who knew Haruka and the others back when they were kids on Earth.

"A-Aki?!" gasped the megane.


Back in Aeuropa City, Makoto and Haruka rushed through the tunnels of the sewers, going through some disgusting muck before they arrive at some exit that led to the underground chambers of the mansion.

"Just how are we supposed to find the entrance form here?!" said Makoto, getting grossed out by the filth.

Haruka turned to see a larger chamber ahead with a set of stairs that had to lead to somewhere. Makoto sighed in relief as they emerged from the tunnels and rushed up the stairs, heading into some fancy hallway of some sorts. They walked in only a few steps when they suddenly saw laser beams being fired all around.

"Shit," growled Haruka as he and Makoto dodged them. They struggled their way through in hopes to not get caught when they saw a corner that seemed safe. Once they got to that area, Makoto sighed in relief.

"T-that was close," he said,

"You two are getting closer and closer...however you will need an escape path though when you reach the goal," echoed Suiei Tachibana.

"If something happens, we have prepared the waters of travel spell and it will send you two back outside to the forests," replied Suiei Nanase.

"We only got one shot for this," said Haruka.

"Oh Haru-chan," smiled Makoto as he hugged him.

"You need to stop saying –chan," sighed Haruka.

The taller boy chuckled before turning back to his serious mode as he saw several of the lasers rotating around and around. Haruka's eyes glowed neon blue in hopes to find a path to get through the mess.

The lasers here, thought Haruka, they are somehow being triggered when there is heat in this room which is coming from us…

"Waters of sealing, make a barrier on our skin," chanted Makoto as a thin layer of water covered him and Haruka, causing the heat radiation on their bodies to not be detected. To their surprise, the lasers were turned off.

"I-it's working," said Haruka as he got up and rushed to the door

The doors strangely opened before them which revealed a tunnel with axes and knives swinging across. Makoto sighed in annoyance and touched the wall with his hands, hoping to use the moister in this area to cool down and freeze up. Haruka joined in and the two managed to freeze up the trap and quickly dashed through the coldness and reached the other end.

The other doors opened and they walked into a white room as they saw a small vase inside a glass case. Makoto's memories grew as he remembered getting it back from the Iwatobi High School as part of their mission in the time loop. Makoto rushed up to the glass and rested his hand on it as his eyes glowed green.

"MAKOTO!" shouted Haruka as he tried to remove him from the glass.

"Haru," said Makoto, his eyes still glowing neon green, "I did this twice already…I will not lose a limb."

"M-makoto!" gasped Haruka as his eyes glowed neon blue, "Please…I don't want you to suffer again!"

The two concentrated on the glass as Makoto dug his hand through the cracks of the glass and increasing the pressure. To their surprise, the glass shattered as Makoto had several cuts on his fingers and hand while grabbing the vase.

At that moment, the alarms went off as Haruka's eyes widened. Once Makoto pulled the vase out, they tried to run but the doors were locked as the walls were beginning to crumble down.

"Waters of travel, get us out of this deadly mist!" chanted Haruka as swirls of water and a magic circle floated beneath their feet, teleporting them back outside to the forest.

Once they opened their eyes, they realized that they were on the other side of the mountainous region than where they stood earlier. They could hear the faint of alarms going on but it was time to move onwards.

"Well Haru," smiled Makoto as he looked at the vase.

"We are one step closer to our past," nodded Haruka.

"Yes that," agreed Makoto, "However…"

Before Haruka could ask, Makoto put the vase done and looked at his deep blue eyes. Haruka could almost feel what his partner (and for you, MakoHaru fans!) wanted and it was far overdue.

"Ma-makoto," whispered Haruka as the taller boy pinned him down, never looking away from those blue, ocean eyes.

"Since our days on Earth, I swore to my Suiei God that I would be with you while Nagisa planned out his next life to be with Rin," said Makoto.

Haruka's eyes widened a little as he suddenly recalled his days of being with Alex on Earth and how the events unfolded after that night.

"I love you, Haru-chan," continued Makoto.

The tsundere sighed and answered, "I…I love you, Ma-Makoto. You were always there for me back before we discovered our magic…although things changed since then, you would always visit us. And please drop the –chan."

Makoto chuckled as he moved his head down to Haruka's face, reaching at his lips for a kiss. The two locked together and their mouths explored each other vigorously while grinding each others' pants.

When they finally took a breath, Haruka could feel his tower growing through his pants. He blushed a little while Makoto smiled and began to open the zipper and pull down. The taller boy pull down his own pants and frottage their sticks together to add more tension. Haruka moaned with pleasure as Makoto licked on his neck and beginning to undo his top clothing.

Haruka looked into the deep emerald eyes of Makoto and wrapped his arms around the muscular lover before him, feeling his strong, intense back. The two kissed again as they could feel themselves drenched is warm saliva filled with the love between them.

After the kiss, Makoto went down to start licking at the tower as Haruka grunted and felt the intensity of passion increasing.

"Aaaah…aah-aaaa, Ma-Makoto," moaned Haruka.

Makoto shoved his mouth in and tasted Haruka while the other boy gripped his hands on the grass and arched his back. He knew that this was a no turning back but only the beginning of this new love.

I-I wonder what will happen to the others, thought Haruka as he moaned a bit more.

Makoto continued to deep taste him as he could feel the pressure building up in his mouth. Haruka moaned loudly as he felt the explosion reaching the climax. The two bodies were beginning to sweat up in the heat as the tsundere climaxed and unleashed a wave of whiteness inside.

Once he finished, Makoto took some in while kept some of the fluid of love and kissed Haruka again, tasting each other while enjoying the passionate wetness from Haruka. Meanwhile, the taller boy poked one finger at the entrance, surprising Haruka as he wiggled his way around. After a moment, a second finger joined and further opened the gates.

Haruka moaned in passion as he slightly smiled at Makoto, wondering what it would feel like for him to be inside. He felt Makoto poking his shaft to the entrance.

"H-Haru," whispered Makoto as he looked at Haruka's ocean blue eyes.

Haruka nodded and Makoto made his way inside, trying to go as deep as he can. They were both grunting and feeling each other as the intensity of this love increased further and further that it was almost painless through the thrusts.

"Ma-Mak-oto," gasped Haruka as he could feel himself tightening.

"Ha-Haru…" replied Makoto as he held both of Haruka's hands while shaking his way in.

The two looked into each other's eyes as they were lost in passion, enjoying their shared heat. Makoto could feel his climax reaching fast while he rubbed his hands on Haruka's chest and sucking on his neck for a hickey. He swayed faster and faster as the heat continued to rise up.

"Aahh…aaaaah!" they both grunted as they struck finally, unleashing a wave of love radiating both of their bodies to each other as a river of white flowed inside of Haruka's tunnel. Makoto collapsed on top of Haruka as their chests rubbed each other. Both of them chuckled happily as they shared another kiss.

"T-thank you," breathed Haruka, "Makoto…"

Makoto smiled and replied, "I will always be by your side…together with the others that are waiting for us."

Haruka kissed Makoto on the cheek and answered, "I know. We can only hope for the best."

Makoto withdrew himself as they both separated and got dressed again even though they were both exhausted. However, there was not much time to stay around so they used their strength to continue their journey, holding hands along the way while their necklaces glowed in faint colors of green and blue.


Meanwhile, Rin and Nagisa have run for what it seems for days. They were traveling through the Las Jangwa desert and encountered a few monsters but with help on their limited powers, they were able to defeat them. They did stop occasionally to find something to eat or whatever while the gods provided them some guidance to leave the desert region of Neo Rodinia Magna.

At least 2 days they spent traveling through the desert but they managed to get to a grassland area with a lake before them.

"Such a relief we made it!" smirked Rin as he wipes his head from the sweat.

"Let's go swimming!" said Nagisa.

"Hell yes!" he agreed as the two stripped off their garments and jumped into the lake, going for a nice skinny-dip.

Rin splashed his way around while Nagisa giggled and plunged down underwater for a moment. He followed too to submerge his head when he suddenly saw the bloody massacre again with the same boy and the sword. Rin struggled his way to the surface and breathed heavily while coughing the water out.

"R-Rin!" gasped Nagisa as he swam up to him, worried, "W-what happened just now?"

Rin was about to answer when they heard strange clanging noises of something hollow nearby. The red-hair didn't want to find out what it was.

"Get down!" he said as they submerged in the water again.

On the land, a group of Undead Skeletons were walking their way around the lake, heading for a certain destination after a day's worth of outing. Rin took a small peak to the surface and gasped in his mind while hushing Nagisa on his lips. At this time, the skeletons sang a dark hymn of bloodshed and war as they passed by the water.

After a minute or two, the skeletons left and the two boys took a breath of relief at the surface which haunted Rin from a nightmare he had back on earth about his late father. Nagisa hugged him to calm down as the red-hair explained, "My father…I remembered his death; he was out at a stormy night and drowned with his fishermen crew."

The blonde hugged him and said, "I'm so sorry Rin. But I wonder what those beings were doing though…where are they heading to?"

"I'm not sure," replied Rin, "But they look suspicious. Let's follow them; perhaps your power of seeing the dead may help."

Nagisa nodded as the two got dressed again and made their way to follow the strange parade, keeping enough distance to not get noticed.

"H-how is this even possible?" asked Rin, "Are they enchanted!?"

"Maybe they're going to the place they died?" shrugged Nagisa.

They saw the Skeletons taking entrance to the abandoned and semi-destroyed village ahead. Rin's eyes blinked twice in confusion of how they appeared one moment but disappeared after passing through the gate.

"Let's go!" said Rin, "We can't waste too much time but a quick investigation may be helpful!"

The two arrived at the abandoned village and saw the sign that said "Herisia". Nagisa brushed his hand over the sign name when he saw the vision of the boy running with the sword covering in blood with the background in flames and monsters.

"R-Rin!" gasped Nagisa, feeling frightened by the visions. Rin hugged around him as Nagisa saw what looked like the same boy from their vision from the pool but saw three strange-looking beings in the far distance.

Wh-who is that, thought Nagisa as he saw the smaller of the three people turning its head to him with a sinister smile, frightening the blonde for a moment.

The stranger's eyes glowed green and was starting to laugh sadistically when the vision finally stopped after Rin shook Nagisa away from the visions.

"A-Alex…" said Nagisa sadly, "It-it's him! It has to be him…he was here when the tragedy happened! He wasn't acting the same one we knew back on Earth."

The two continued their way into the village when they saw several skeletons surrounding them. They were all moaning in various tones, keeping the two trapped.

"W-what do you want!?" asked Nagisa.

"W-why have you come here?" asked a male voice.

"W-who are you…?" asked a female voice.

"Travelers…we'll be leaving here," said Rin as he held Nagisa's hand.

The third skeleton laughed and replied, "Oh how long has it been since we needed a miracle here...too bad it wouldn't have worked 18 years ago."

"This village was cursed after the fallen tragedy..." said the male skeleton, "A man in blade...blood of the Chiropteran in his name."

"C-chiroptrean!?" asked Rin.

"Alex can't really be a Chiropteran, can he?" replied Nagisa, worried.

The skeletons walked closer to them as Rin shouted, "Keep away!"

"What do you want from us!?" asked Nagisa.

"This is the village of Herisia...the village that we lost everything. Monsters appeared here on that left a curse behind...a curse that we are suffering. All we want is to rest in peace," said the female skeleton.

"But that's to that monster we were unable to…" said a forth skeleton.

"Maybe I can do something," replied Nagisa, "Please…what do we need to do."

A pause of silence occurred before the male skeleton answered, "Kill him. Kill the bastard, and we shall be released from our curse."

"W-what?!" gasped Rin, realizing that they would have to kill Alex (though they were not sure if he is a Chiropteran or not but their suspicion has increased).

"W-we can't!" said Nagisa, "H-he's our friend! Please, there has to be another way to…!"

The Skeletons grew closer to them as they moaned in anger. Rin had enough so he chanted, "Waters of the blade, grant us a path out of here!"

He unleashed a wave of water and sliced them in half, grabbing Nagisa's hand and said, "This way!"

The two raced across the village while the skeletons took forth and chased after them.

"W-we have to get out of this village!" shouted Nagisa.

"There has to be an exit somewhere!" said Rin as he turned his head to see an army of them making their way.

"This way!" answered Nagisa as they turned right and rushed through but saw more skeletons heading towards them.

"Shit!" snapped Rin as his eyes glowed red.

Nagisa's eyes glowed hot pink and chanted, "Waters of travel…ease a way out for us!"

The two felt a wave of water swirling around them as they could feel themselves teleporting from the village and out toe the forest nearby. Once the two opened their eyes they turned to see the village before them.

"I can't believe they want us to kill Alex…but was it really him that he killed them?" asked Rin.

"I don't know... I saw somebody looking like him in my vision but I don't know..." said Nagisa.

"Let's go then," sighed the red-hair as they continued on from there.


The Watcher's HQ

Rei's eyes widened as he saw Aki standing before him along with a strange-looking girl with dark red/brunette girl with blue eyes like Haru's.

"You don't remember much of your past still," said Aki.

"I know that, but I feel like we have met before," replied Rei.

"I remember a lot of things," she answered, "But this is no time to talk about the past."

"So you got her back…right…Anastasia?" asked Jadwiga.

Anastasia kept silent as she turned her head to the side. Rei turned to the princess and wondered on the familiarity of this person. He seemed to have recalled Nagisa having a dream about this and Russia. Shaking his head, he took out the family photo and showed it to them.

"Here," said Rei, "It looks like you and Alex were all happy."

Anastasia took the photo from Rei and smiled slightly but was still shaken by the dreams and visions she had earlier while swimming.

"I want to see him," said Anastasia.

"The Alex that you were with cannot be with you," replied Jadwiga.

"Where is he?" asked the princess, getting firm on her words.

"This isn't the time right now your majesty," said Aki, "You have to get back to Russia…but that will require a trans-dimensional traveling and we don't have the full capability yet."

"I remember Nagisa telling me something about some Russian family who asked him in his dream to find somebody..." muttered Rei when Aki looked at him sharply.

"Where is Alex?" asked Anastasia.

Jadwiga sighed for a moment and answered, "He's been put to rest now…Takeshi locked him in a cage."

"W-what?!" gasped Rei, "Why!?"

"You saw how hostile he was to you…but it's only a temporally thing," explained the leader.

"I'm going to find him!" said Anastasia as she dashed off to the hallways.

"O-oi!" replied Aki, chasing after the princess, "Anastasia!"

"H-hey wait!" shouted Rei, rushing out while almost tumbling over, "I'm going too!"


Alex woke up and found himself in a cage and has some IVs connected to him while Takeshi sat on a chair with some computing programming on and checking for vital signs and other things.

They both heard footsteps nearby as Anastasia, Aki, and Rei stood by the doorway.

"O-onii-chan!" gasped Anastasia as she rushed up to the bars.

Aki remained silent while Rei joined with the princess and said, "A-Alex! Are you okay!?"

"A-anya…A-Aki…" he answered as he was a bit shocked to see them okay, "R-Rei..."

"We're here now! Can you remember me!?" asked Anastasia.

The other boy grunted and turned his head to the side while Aki still not said a word.

"How do you feel?" asked Rei.

Alex was about to say something when he suddenly felt the blood boiling in his veins, forcing him to scream/yelp in pain as Takeshi checked the heart rate levels and set up a drug into the IV.

"Rasputin is trying to control his body again," said Takeshi as he read the levels. Alex fell into a slumber as the pain and intensity knocked him out.

"I-is he going to be alright? What will happen to him?" asked Rei.

"His levels are going back to normal at least...but he's going to need some more medication that will increase the mental barrier from any telepathic invasion," explained Takeshi.

"W-why…why is he in a cage?" asked Anastasia.

Takeshi lowered his head and answered, "He…he was born from a family of Chiropterans over 100 years ago. He was temporally raised by his family until his mother lost sanity and vowed to kill him because he was not a female.

"The family is tradition for incest...of a boy and a girl...to continue the powers of the Chiropterans but the generation of Rasputin and Alex has messed up the blood line...causing the Chiropterans to go unstable," he explained.

"W-what happened after that?" asked Rei.

"We defected our leaders and took Alex with us, starting our own rebellion known as 'The Watchers'. Our main objective is to kill Rasputin…and Pandora," said Takeshi.

"How are you going to get him to meet the goals?" asked the megane.

"Rei, you have to take Alex with you…to find the others," he replied, "Aki, you and Anastasia must stay here until we proceed with further instructions."

"Do you know where we should start looking for them?" asked Rei.

"…It is said that the Six Stars will reunite at the place of their beginnings…a place of memories," replied Takeshi.

"I'll stay with him," said Rei, "I want to stay close."

"Let's go Anastasia," said Aki as she led her out of the room while the princess looked at Rei and Alex.

"Please take care of him for me," answered Anastasia to the megane as she left.


Castle Chirottori

"Why didn't you ATTACK THEM!?" growled Pandora, "You saw him that he was with that boy!"

"The one who he was with had a sense of powers…besides I only would play with him if he was alone…it's more fun that way," replied Rasputin.

"That other boy was one of the stars you idiot!" she hissed, "But…since you only woke up recently too, you obviously need to regain more of your memories when you and him were only children…"

"My apologize on the failure," he said.

"Oh never mind," she sighed as she walked over to a gigantic mural picture of the family. She put her nail on Alex and scratched a line down the middle.

"I was so close to killing him..." she explained, "I was going to castrate him and turn him to slime...and see if your father could use his 4th Dimension to turn Alex to a girl...but our organization has collapsed and took Alex with them!"

"And that's what they are…The Watcher's?" asked Rasputin.

"Indeed," said Pandora, "Those fools think they can rebel against me. They may have some of our equipment but they don't have the power of the 4th Dimension."

She stabbed the family mural with a spear and hissed, "Kill him…"

Then she muttered to herself, "I think it's time we make a visit to my fellow puppets that failed to comply with me."

Pandora made a sinister laugh as her chuckling could be heard from all over the area. She has yet to hear the report of Lha'li once Tesseract returns and hoped that he recovered the Compendium.


Back at the HQ, Rei watched Alex sleeping in the cage while Takeshi left the room for other duties. He could only wonder if Alex was going to be okay after all of this.

I have to concentrate on what I know now... Alex is Chiropteran because of his family he was born in... His mother and brother are trying to kill him, he thought, the worst thing is that his brother has some limited control of him.

He wondered about Aki and Anya and continued his mind, His foster siblings: Aki and Anastasia... I know Aki from our past life and Anastasia's history is connected to Russia. Now to defeat Pandora and Rasputin we need to find the others before those monsters find them. But where is the place that everything started?

Alex finally woke up as he felt a bit dizzy but was still feeling angry and outrage from earlier after he saw Rei sitting down at first before walking up to the bars.

"How do you feel?" asked Rei.

The Chiropteran could only tremble as he could almost feel tears coming down but he held it back and said, "W-why…is it always me?"

Rei wanted to hug him but he realized that the cage was still locked and there was no way to hack it without his cellphone.

"I don't know you," said Alex, "I really have no clue who you are and why you kept following me. I got hostile to you is because I don't trust myself when I deal with humans…so I'm going to ask you one last time."

"Y-yes?" asked Rei.

"Are you willing to face danger and death that awaits you?" asked the Chiropteran.

"I am," replied the megane as he removed his glasses and his eyes glowed neon purple for a moment, "I will do whatever it takes for me to stay with you…and hopefully we can love."

"There are more battles to come. I must face Rasputin alone...for he is my sin...I don't know what Jagwida said about four other people besides you," he answered, "But they need to stay out of the way…and you too...Rasputin will do anything to claw anyone down to reach me."

"You don't need to be alone!" said Rei, "We will help you fight him! I swear! Haruka-senpai, Makoto-senpai, Rin-senpai, Nagisa-kun and I…we'll stop him with you!"

"I have nothing more to say," said Alex as he sat back down, leaning on the bars.

"Well I do," replied Rei, "I told you earlier that when we first met in Japan, I suspected you were a spy. We had a few rough times in the beginning but we began to trust each other. You were always cheerful to all of us even when I was down and sad. I want that part of you to come back! I will GO with you!"

"I have nothing to remember," answered the Chiropteran, "Except for my mission…and my sin."

"When we went to Italy to defeat your high school rivals that stole your true brother away, we made a promise that in our next life we would be together no matter what!" said Rei, "And now you are pushing me away after I found you in Iwamara. I understand why you're like this but you don't understand that there is no way that I will let you ever leave without me! Or the others!"

Alex remained silent as Rei continued, "As soon as I started to remember our past life, I looked for you. And now that I did, I can't let you go away!"

"Even after you learned the truth...that I am a Chiropteran? And that I killed people with my own bare hands?" asked Alex.

"Even after that I still won't let you go. You are very important to me and I don't want to lose you!" cried Rei.

W-who is this guy, thought Alex as he felt a wave of headaches going on his mind, d-does he…?

"Go on," said Alex, "This story is quite entertaining…"

"During that final battle in Italy, we almost lost you…in fact you died for us. I tried to save you so we could all be together but the wound from your enemy took your life and we felt like we lost everything! Our team was incomplete…but a miracle happened and you and your true brother created a new home for us! I don't want to feel that pain again!" said Rei, trying to hold back his tears.

"I…I am moving forward to my destiny," replied Alex, "If Rasputin is not stopped, he'll pull a greater disaster!"

"But to stop him, we need to find the others!" answered the megane.

"How are you going to be able to fight?" asked Alex, "You don't have a weapon of your own."

Rei took out his Suiei Necklace and showed it to Alex as the megane remembered this scene when the boy came to Japan and he showed the necklace as well.

"My magic is limited, but when we find the others, we'll have more abilities to fight," said Rei.

T-that, thought Alex, w-why does it look so familiar?

"I see…" said the Chiropteran.

Takeshi walked back in and told the two, "Jadwiga says you must get moving. There's another lead of them on the rise."

He unlocked the cage as Alex went to retrieve his sword and said, "I wish to rest here."

"Then both of you must leave no later than sunrise tomorrow morning," replied Takeshi, "The others are somewhat detected on our radar systems, but they have not much of a destination in mind."

"I see," said Rei.

"There are rooms for the both of you, please follow me," answered Takeshi as he led the two boys out of the cage room.

W-what will I do if my daughter knew all of this, thought Takeshi.


After a few more weeks on the ocean, the two Pirate Clans finally arrived at the Eastern Region of the continent. It was a long journey ahead still but they were all filled with curiosity of the forgotten land that they were once from.

They agreed to attend to Iglis Magna first since the place was said to be filled with ancient technology which may be useful for an upcoming battle and event that may help Makoto and Haruka fulfill their "mission".

However, one person was still lost in memory...for she wondered what happened to her father.

"So we still got a long way to go but thank the heavens we are back on land!" said Anne.

Mastuura turned to a group of the Nanase Pirates and ordered, "I want you guys to check and make sure here is enough food and water. We have to make sure if we need to stock up anything or not before we move inland!"

Meanwhile, Awlida was talking to Shirahama, "Do you think that if we hadn't fought in all those years we would have been friends with them? They are all nice and now I regret killing some of their crew..."

"I don't know," he replied, "I hate to dwell on the past like that…the future is more important now. And you should try to look at it my way. Yes we killed some of their people but they did the same. But now we stopped fighting and we managed to get back to land finally."

"Yeah, you're right," she smiled and gave him a hug.

"You're my little sister no matter what…related by blood or not, that was our promise we made with Haru," said Shirahama.

Matsuura got the report on the supplies and turned to Anne, "The food and water should last for 2 weeks. That's plenty of time for us to get to Iglis Magna."

"Alighty," nodded Anne, "Oi! Shira! Awlida! What do you guys think?"

"About what?" the other two asked as they joined up with them.

"Well we have to get to the Felix River which should lead us to the Amara Waterfalls," said Anne, "From there we can follow the Tren River that will get us to Iglis Magna."

"Oh I love waterfalls!" smiled Awlida, "Haru-chan loves them too!"

"H-haru? Oh, you mean Captain Nanase?" asked Matsuura.

"Yes! We're friends of course but I don't think we'll ever see each other again," she replied, feeling a bit sad.

"Oh I am sure you will and I know we'll get to see Makoto again too!" said Matsuura.

"Oi! Awlida!" replied Shirahama when he turned to see her sad, "Did this guy make you sad? You want me to beat him up?"

Before Matsuura could reply, Shirahama playfully grabbed him and headlock his head to rub across his hair. Awlida laughed while Matsuura struggled and blushed.

"Le-let me go!" he cried out, "Awlida, stop laughing!"

"That should teach you not to make her cry!" smirked Shirahama as he released him.

"Shira, he didn't make me cry!" blushed Awlida, "He was only trying to…"

"Oh my bad!" said Shirahama as he had a sweatdrop of nervousness.

"I'll get back at that," smirked Matsuura with his own smirk as Shira walked away.

Shirahama got back to the map with Anne as they began to pinpoint the location, "Oh gosh, did you see his face?"

"I don't remember the last time someone made me laugh so much," giggled Anne.

"So when do you think we'll get to the village?" asked Shirahama.

"I would hope about 7 – 8 days," she replied, "If we don't get into conflicts."

"It is a wishful thinking but I really do hope we can get some peace for now," agreed Shirahama.

"Do you think we'll see them again?" asked Anne.

"Makoto…and Haruka?" replied Shirahama.

"Yeah," said Anne, "They were such great guys."

"I know," answered Shirahama, "But we have to wish them the best of the journey."


After a few days of settling in and camping together, they began to start on the move again. Awlida felt a bit worried as she remembered her encounter with the Byatis Frogs back on the Island of Ackins.

"S-Shira," said Awlida, "I'm nervous about fighting the monsters again. I nearly lost my life if it wasn't for you or Haru-chan."

"It'll be alright," replied Shirahama, "You got us and now we have a combined team here."

"Awlida," answered Anne, "I know we haven't talked much. But I promise you, as long as we are all together to fight, we will not lose."

"You know that we'll protect you!" smiled Matsuura.

"T-thank you!" she smiled as she grouped hugged them. Anne blushed a bit but she smiled and knew that it was going to be alright for the journey.

The four began their journey and led the combined clans through the forest that awaited them; it was going to be another journey by foot but they knew that Iglis Magna awaits for them. As soon as Shirahama and Anne weren't watching, Matsuura held Awlida's hand which caused her to blush at first for a moment.

"I just don't want you to get scared," he whispered.

"T-thank you," she whispered back.


The path was twisted and challenging as they encountered several slopes, hilly regions, a few swamps and some small patches of the desert from the Las Jangwa region. There were hardly any monsters around ever since their days at the sea which was relieving but at the same time, filled of suspicion.

"We should be at the Felix River soon," said Anne as she checked on her map.

"My legs," sighed Matsuura, "They're gonna fall off."

"Ugh, drama queen," muttered Anne.

They arrived at a clearing on a gentle slope. Towards the bottom was the Felix river which made them all smile in relief; they were finally beginning to make progress across the mega continent. Before anyone could cheer at the sight, they all heard a soft, whistling sound.

"W-what was that!?" asked Shirhama.

"That didn't sound pretty," replied Anne, "Be on your guards!"

Before their eyes, they saw a swirl of shadow in the skies that was heading towards them. They readied their swords but the swirl broke into several pieces as Chiropterans roared and screeched.

"We fight now!" shouted Matsuura when the ground suddenly shook.

"W-what's going on!?" shouted Awlida.

The ground in front of them exploded with dirt and dust as a group of Megascolides erupted from the ground with their gigantic mouths filled with hunger. Shirahama slashed down an oncoming Chiroptrean while Awlida and Anne took down a Megascolides. The pirates fought off as much of the monsters as possible as more of them were replacing the defeated ones.

"LOOK OUT!" shouted Shirahama as he jumped to slice down a Chiropteran.

"YOU WATCH OUT!" screamed Anne as she sliced down another Chiropteran.

Awlida turned to see Matsuura struggling between two Megascolides; the boy ducked the two of them but the gigantic worms ended up tying a knot which prompted Awlida to slice the knot down and killing them in the process.

"Nice job!" said Matsuura, "We better get…"

A dark, thundering evil voice rumbled across the area as they all stopped to hear it. The monsters were frozen in place as well as a signal from their master.

"Whoever is laughing now is going to die!" growled Matsuura.

"Foolish ones…" hissed a voice, "Pirates of Rivals…how amusing that you joined forces!"

The pirates were resuming their battle but the time and space on the monsters were frozen to the point that their weapons were useless.

"W-what the hell is happening!?" asked Anne.

Before their eyes, a shadow swirl struck on the land as a cloaked figure emerged from the cloud while hiding his face from the pirates, smiling before them. Awlida hid behind Matsuura while Anne held hands with Shirahama in shock.

"W-who the hell are you!?" growled Shirahama.

"I…can be your salvation from these beasts," replied the figure, "All you have to do is join me…and my mother."

~Episode 6 END~


~Episode 7 PV~

Anne: Who the hell is this man here!?

Rasputin: I am your salvation…hear me out and you shall be rewarded!

Shirahama: We do not take orders from strangers like you!

Alex: R-Rei…you really are persistent to join me.

Rei: I am going to fulfill my promise…to that special person before me!

Makoto: H-Haru…I hope we can find the others soon!

Haruka: …me too Makoto, I remember how Rin taught me what it really takes to enjoy your teammates

Nagisa: Rin-Rin! What is that temple before us!?

Rin: I don't know…but it looks familiar…

Awlida: Next time, Free! "The Path to Freedom!" We will not lose this battle…we got a home to recover!

~See You Next Water Time! (Wednesday April 23, 2014)