Chapter seven
Black Rock Shooter turned around and started to walk back to the middle of the clearing. As she was walking, she bumped back into Levy. BRS quickly tried to merge into the crowd so Levy wouldn't notice her, but Levy grabbed her arm before she could get away. "Trying to hide from me?" she said, with a small, well hidden hint of annoyance.
BRS shook her head quickly. "No, I was about to leave when I heard the other guild had arrived."
Levy let go of her arm. Black Rock Shooter looked around, and was unable to see Gryphon's Eye except that most of the other mages were crowding around a large area. BRS started to walk towards the cluster when Makarov called out "All right, all right. Give them some room."
The crowd unwillingly parted, revealing a small group of teenage girls. There were around fifteen people in the group, and most were holding big weapons. A hint of recognition tugged in the corner of BRS's mind, but when she tried to reach for it, it always moved out of the way. In the front of the group were two girls with flaming eyes. One had long, black hair and green eyes. From her left eye sprouted a flame the same colour of her eye. She held a katana tensely by her side and wore a outfit similar to BRS's except her coat was shorter and not closed at all, revealing a black bikini top. The other girl held a giant sword and had purple eyes and flame. She sported headphones, a short black skirt and a black sweater. Attached to a sleeve of her jacket was a piece of white cloth with a small black star. All of the girls' faces were expressionless, emotionless.
Together, the girls at the front stepped forward. The one with the green eye pointed to Black Gold Saw, Chariot and... Strength? But she doesn't have her gauntlets and still, when did Strength get here? I thought she had perished, Black Rock Shooter thought. "You, you, you," the one with the green eye said then pointed to BRS and Dead Master. "And you two." she finished. "Come here. So we can finish what had started. We have been taken out of the otherworld, so let us turn this one into a new otherworld, so we can finish our duty." the girl with the purple eye said.
Murmurs in the the crowd broke out. BRS watched as guild members turned on the other otherworlders. Chariot backed away from an accusing Lamia Scale; Strength abandoned her guild, which BRS recognised as Saber Tooth, and tried to run, but was caught by the arm; Mermaid Heel started to furiously question Black Gold Saw. Twilight Ogre though, just backed away fearfully from Dead Master.
"Sutura! What is the meaning to this!?" Makarov yelled and BRS. She flinched. Her guild mates turned to face her. Some were angry, others confused.
Black Rock Shooter shook her head and backed away. "I don't know, I don't..." She was losing her composer, breaking down, her normal, serious, determined self disintegrating. This feeling only came once before, when she had first arrived in Fiore. Nothing made sense now.
Then, BRS felt a strange sensation on her arms. It was like a long, thin, metal hand was wrapping around her arm. The feeling brought back small, quick memories of the otherworld. A girl with three long, metal arms sprouting from a shoulder. Bone Sprout. BRS had fought her once before. The hand lifted her up and dropped her in front of the leaders of Gryphon's eye. Soon, Strength, BGS, Chariot and Dead Master joined her. They lay there, winded.
The girl with the purple eyes glared at them, "Now, fight."
