Disclaimer: I do not own any of the anime characters listed in the story. However, I do own Douglas Kreig (Father), Terry McCormick (Alchemist), Ivan Gredenko (Knight), Rina Kisungji and Vespin Otonashi (Queen).


When they came out of the portal, the camp site looked as though it has been razed. The tents burned down, stick figures lay on pools of blood on the muddy ground, a sight not welcoming for the return of Guardian Father.

"Don't tell me all the anime characters are dead," said Alchemist. The others became silent. They were all surprised about the destruction of the camp. They searched around the camp, looking for any dead anime characters. Thankfully, none of them were among the dead bodies of the stickmen. Then Father heard some movement in the forest. He drew out his revolver and pointed to the forest.

"There's no use hiding. I don't have to see to aim," warned Father.

"Hold it, hold it, it's just me, Knight, and Saber," replied Knight as he and Saber stepped out of the forest. Father put his revolver back to its holster.

"So what happened?" asked David.

"A few stickmen scouts spotted this camp and I tried to kill all of them, but one escaped, so we moved, razed the camp to cover our tracks and Saber and I waited here until the stickman army came here. Then we attacked them from inside the forest so they won't know what hit them," explained Knight. Then he got closer to Alchemist and whispered in his ear.

"Still think I'm a lazy bastard now?" said Knight sarcastically. Alchemist then shrugged Knight off.

"So where are they now?" asked Father.

"In the mountains at the edge of this world," replied Saber. Then they all took off to the new campsite. When they reached the new camp, they walked across assemblies of anime characters that will form the bulk of Resistance Army, but still miniscule in amount compared to Nick Owen's stickman army.

"That's the army?" asked Father.

"Yeah, most of them died in their world when Nick's army marched through," replied Alchemist.

"Then we have to summon them," said Father.

"Summon who?" asked Rina. The three guardians just kept quiet. When they reached the new command post, Shuurei and the other anime characters were having a meeting.

"Guardian Father, you're here at last!" exclaimed the anime characters as they crowd around him in joy.

"Yes, I'm happy to see you all still alive. We shall take that tyrant down soon," said Father.

"Oh, I just remembered. Where is Saya?" asked Father.

"Follow me," said Rin as she exited the tent. Father turned to Hagi.

"Hagi, I need you for Saya's awakening," said Father. David overheard the conversation.

"Father, what are you doing?! Are you going to artificially wake her up against her own wishes!?" exclaimed David.

"We have no other choice," replied Father softly.

"But do you know the consequences?!" shot David. Father didn't say a word. David then turned to Hagi.

"You don't actually believe his words, do you, Hagi?" continued David.

"Do you believe that Diva came back alive?" asked back Hagi.

"I don't but….." replied David before he was cut off by Hagi.

"But she appeared, didn't she?" said Hagi. David was dumbfounded by Hagi's answers. It seemed so reasonable and clear.

"Hagi, let's go," said Father.

"Wait, I'm coming," said Kai.

"No, you're not," denied Father.

"Why? She's my sister!" shouted Kai.

"It's because of the consequences. This is for your safety," replied Father.

"Damn you! She's my sister, god dammit!" shouted Kai as he tried to land a punch on Father. Father grabbed his fist and twisted his arm.

"Arrgh!" screamed Kai in pain.

"Still acting like a kid, huh? I thought that you're 21 you should've at least matured. I could easy break your arm if you were my enemy," said Father as he put pressure on Kai's twisted arm. Kai continued to scream in pain.

"Doug--I mean, Father! Stop this! Let Kai go!" exclaimed Rina. Rina has definitely caught their attention. After a few moments, Father let go of Kai.

"You had better thank Rina for this," said Father before leaving the tent with Hagi. Kai was still angry, but in pain, holding his injured arm close to him.


"Rin, please step outside. You don't want to get killed in the process," said Father, overlooking Saya's sleeping body.

"It will be done," said Rin before she exited the tent. Father then turns to Hagi.

"Have you prepared the syringes?" asked Father.

"Yes," replied Hagi as he drew out 2 syringes filled with blood out from his pocket. One is labeled 'Hagi' and the other labeled 'Father'.

"Hand me yours first," said Father. Hagi gave Father the syringe with his name on it.

"Okay, here it goes," said Father as he stuck the needle through Saya's arm and slowly injected Hagi's blood into her system. Saya showed signs of waking up.

"Quick, hand me the other one!" exclaimed Father and Hagi handed him the other syringe. He was about to stick the other syringe in but Saya awoke and became berserk. She started attacking Father who tried to stick the other syringe into her blood system, but Father dodged her attacks. Then she turned to Hagi and attacked him as well. Father dashed and grabbed Saya by the neck with his arm. Saya tried to struggle free but Father held her tight. Father turned her around and pushed her head towards his neck.

"You are hungry," said Father. Saya just bit his neck and started sucking his blood. Father withstood the pain of Saya's fangs penetrating his neck. He started to grow weak but knew that Saya needed his blood in order to stop going out of control. After a while, Saya finished her meal, but then fainted. Father then collapsed after Saya had drained most of his blood. Hagi called out for Rin outside and Rin called for the paramedics to take them to the medic tent.


When Father regained consciousness, he found himself in the medic tent. He looked around and saw a packet of blood hanging above him, dripping blood to restore his blood supply. He then looked to the right and saw Rina sleeping by his bedside. Behind her is Saya, still unconscious from the awakening. There was a blond woman checking on her pulse.

"How's she?" asked Father as he sat up. His question attracted the blond woman's attention.

"You're lucky that you're not dead after she sucked you dry," replied the blond woman.

"I'm a guardian. It takes more than being sucked dry to kill me," said Father. The blond woman nodded in agreement. Then, she turned her attention to Rina.

"She's been worried about you. She even came to your bedside when you came in here unconscious," said the blond woman. The she walked to Father's side, trying not to awaken Rina. She then whispered into Father's ears.

"I think she has feelings for you, Father," whispered the blond woman.

"I practically don't agree with you, Julia!" he exclaimed. That woke Rina up.

"Doug—I mean, Father! You're awake!" exclaimed Rina. Julia turned to the exit.

"I'll leave you two birds alone," said Julia with a giggle. Julia then sped off when Father showed one of his angry faces.

"So, what happened?" asked Rina. That got Father's attention.

"Oh, um…..that……," stuttered Father as her tried to give a clear answer.

"How could you possibly wake her up like that? You do know that when artificially awakened, she'll go berserk. See what you decision has did to you," said Rina.

"So?" asked Father.

"Now that your efforts are wasted, she has gone into her 30 year slumber again," answered Rina.

"No, she didn't," said Father.

"Yes, she is," said Rina, sternly.

"You don't believe me? Watch," said Father. He stared at the sleeping Saya for a while. Then Saya woke up.

"Where am I?" asked Saya.

"Hagi….," said Father. Hagi came through the entrance of the tent and headed towards Saya.

"Hagi!" said Saya as Hagi came to her bedside and hugged her. Rina was astounded.

"Father, how did you do that?!" exclaimed Rina.

"It was in the process of waking her. We prepared two syringes, one with Hagi's blood, and one with my blood. His blood was to wake her, my blood was to control the effects. So now she is partly a guardian, I suppose," explained Father.

"You can actually do that?!" exclaimed Rina again. Hagi and Saya turned to the bewildered Rina and stared at her. They definitely wouldn't like their moment being spoiled by a sound. Father noticed their stares.

"Sorry," said Father as he sighed.

"Rina, call Dr Black Jack in to remove this," said Father as he stared at the blood pack and the tube that has been inserted into his arm to feed the blood into his system.

"But Douglas….." and before she could start, Father interrupted Rina.

"What did I say about my name?!" said Father, almost shouting. Rina kept her mouth shut for a while, feeling hurt, then left Father. A few moments later, Dr Black Jack came in.

"So you want this pack removed?" asked Dr Black Jack.

"Yeah, I'm feeling healthy already," replied Father.

"It doesn't seem so. You lost a lot of blood during her awakening," said Dr Black Jack as he indicated by looking at Saya and Hagi.

"I said, take the needle out," said Father in a stern voice.

"All right, the patient knows better than the doctor," said Dr Black Jack as he removed the needle and the blood pack.

"I overheard the conversation," said Dr Black Jack. Father stared at him for a few moments before looking away.

"That's none of your business," said Father.

"But she is very concerned about you. She wanted to object the removal of this life support, hoping you wouldn't die," said Dr Black Jack.

"I'm a guardian. I can't die," replied Father to Dr Black Jack.

"I know that is the case. But you shouldn't have acted coldly towards her. I saw her run off crying," said Dr Black Jack. Father was surprised at first, and then he saddened.

"I'll apologize to her," said Father.

"Good to hear that," said Dr Black Jack as he exited the tent.


It was nightfall. The full moon shone brightly in the sky, like an egg waiting to hatch. Rina sat on the grassy hillside alone, looking at the full moon. A gust of wind blew past and her hair waved with it. Then she heard some footsteps behind her. She turned her head around to see who was coming.

"Oh, it's you," said Rina to Father. Father just stood behind her. Moments passed as another gust of wind blew past.

"I'm sorry about just now," said Father as he moved and sat beside her. Rina looked away.

"I didn't know why you so concerned……" continued Father before he's being interrupted by Rina.

"Why so concerned?! You have passed out for 3 days! I thought you were dead when I saw you lying on the bed," exclaimed Rina. Father kept quiet. Rina then turned away.

"Father….," said Rina before she was interrupted by Father.

"It's okay to call me Douglas. Just as long as not in front of those anime characters," said Father. They both started gazing at the moon. The Rina asked a question.

"Douglas, why was I in your prophecy?" asked Rina.

"Well, it's not actually you," answered Father. Rina stared at him in disbelief.

"Then how come….?" asked Rina before being interrupted by Father again.

"They were desperate, we were desperate. She was to come before the month ends, but she never did. But you came anyway, so we had to take you," explained Father. Everything was quiet for a while. Then Rina broke the silence.

"So who was supposed to be in your prophecy?" asked Rina. Father just kept quiet. Then Rina let out a sneeze.

"It's getting cold out here. Here, use my coat," said Father as he removed his trench coat and wrapping it abound Rina's body.

"Feeling better?" asked Father.

"What about you?" asked Rina.

"I'm okay," replied Father. Rina snuggled up to Father. Father looked surprised.

"I feel better this way," said Rina, sheepishly. Father did not hesitate to wrap his arms around her, as if she was his child, to make her feel protected and warm.

"Ahem," sounded a voice came from behind. Rina and Father looked back and saw Alchemist and Knight, standing.

"Sorry to spoil your moment, but dinner's done. Can't fight if you don't have energy," announced Alchemist. Rina's stomach started to grumble. Rina blushed, feeling embarrassed about the sound.

"Well, looks like we can't help it anyway," said Father. Both of them got up and went back to camp.


It was early dawn, and Rina exited her tent because she couldn't sleep, and what she saw stunned her. She saw a huge transmutation circle, with Alchemist standing in the middle of it, Father outside the circle. Father then noticed Rina.

"Oh, Rina. You're awake," said Father.

"I couldn't sleep. How 'bout you?" asked Rina.

"Oh, helping Terry out there to create the army," replied Father.

"So this was the 'summon them' you talked earlier?" asked Rina.

"Yep," replied Father.

"But I don't see any of them," said Rina.

"Just wait. This is just beginning," replied Father. They waited for 15 minutes and they still haven't started.

"Where's that bastard?" cursed Father.

"Who?" asked Rina.

"That guy's probably making love to Saber again. 'Mana' it seems," said Alchemist from afar. Rina got the point.

"I'll get him," said Father as he left. It wasn't a while later that Father returned with Knight.

"Didn't we tell you to come here by now?!" scolded Father.

"I'm sorry. She wanted more 'mana', so…..." reasoned Knight.

"No excuses!" scolded Father again, slapping him on the head. The trio assembled in the middle of the circle.

"What are you doing?" asked Rina.

"The summoning may begin," said Alchemist. The trio clapped their hands and put their hands on the lines of the transmutation circle. The transmutation circle glowed red and then a red light shone brightly. Rina shielded her eyes from the blinding light. It was over after it began. When Rina opened her eyes, she saw a battalion of soldiers in full combat gear, and helmets that prevent people from seeing their faces, carrying somewhat futuristic weapons. There were three soldiers that stood out from the rest, with ranks clearly stated by the side of their helmets. Father, Alchemist and Knight walked through the battalion and reached outside the formation where Rina was standing.

"Here we have the finest army of the anime world," said Alchemist, patting himself in the back.

"So who are they?" asked Rina.

"What do you expect? They're soldiers," said Knight, ridiculously. He finds Rina's question quite stupid.

"No, I mean, who are they behind those helmets," said Rina, clearing any doubts.

"Do you really wanna know?" asked Father. Rina nodded. Father then sighed. He turned to the three outstanding soldiers.

"Three of you, remove your helmets. That's an order," said Father.

"Sir," responded the three soldiers. The soldiers removed their helmets. Rina got a shock of her life when she saw the faces of Father, Alchemist and Knight on these soldiers. She then fainted. Father managed to grab her before she landed hard on the ground.

"Passed out, didn't she?" asked Alchemist.

"Should've warned her before ordering them to remove their helmets," replied Father.

"You can put back your helmets," said Knight.

"Sir," responded the three look-alikes and they put on their helmets. Father carried Rina to her tent and laid her on the bed. Then he left.


Author's Note: Chapter 7 is live