Camphrier Town [ Pokemon X&Y]
Ziden and co had arrived in this town and as per the norm, were resting in the Pokemon Center, which was of course, the hideout for many trainers, which was saddening as the world, once filled with battling trainers and Pokemon battles. But now? That dream was long gone, replaced with the dread of death and murder due to the monsters than have come free.
" Tch. This is disgusting, this was supposed to be a fun and relaxing trip but now, these guys turned it into a nightmare for this world." Reimu pointed out before slumping down on a nearby couch, somehow tired from that walk from the school to this place.
" I somehow doubt traditional Pokemon Battles will occur in this journey and if they do, they'll be rare." Kaguya stated while sighing, looking out the window into the town, looking at the burning craters from their fight with the Combatmen.
" Yeah, brought our pokemon for no real reason it seems." Ziden said while relaxing on a couch and bouncing up one of the pokeballs in his hand while Yorihime was gazing through the Pokedex.
' Are there any Pokemon worthy of being my ally on this world?' Yorihime thought while beginning to search through it, spotting an odd pokemon, or rather two. Lunatone and Clefairy. ' Pokemon with connection with the moon, perhaps I shall search for these beings.'
" But what about what Nurse Joy said? About the Jenny of this town being slain by an odd knight?" Marisa asked while looking out to the body of Jenny, it was odd, a giant hole through her chest but her body was the truly odd part. Stone from top to bottom but weird stony crystals formed all around her chest and back region.
" I've never seen anything like this. Even on the moon." Eirin stated, looking at the fragment of stone they got from her body.
" Its weird, it kinda feels like a curse of sorts, so maybe its a new strain of curse we've never seen before?" Yuyuko asked while ziden shuddered.
" Dunno why, but it feels like I know what happened to her but its not coming to my mind." Ziden said while rubbing his temples.
" Think this might be a thing you've seen in the past but that God of yours is blocking it from your memories so you can't pre-empt it?" Mokou asked while Ziden nods.
" Might be something from a game or book I've read but it tells me that we should avoid any blade capable of causing that curse, we have no clue what the hell is happening." Ziden sighed.
" Even if we restored her, she would remain dead, wouldn't she?" Takeru asked, looking down.
" Not exactly, if we were to kill the being that killed her, we can revive her with one of Ziden's powers right?" Reimu asked while he scratched his nose.
" Isn't askin' an injured man a bit too much for him to revive someone?" Komachi asked as Youmu nodded.
" Indeed, from what we saw, him forcing Marisa to revive almost knocked him on his ass, it'd probably kill him in this current state." Yuyuko stated before covering her mouth. " Huh? Where'd that vulgarity come from."
" Maybe being bonded to Ziden messed your manner of speech up?" Remilia wondered while Sakuya was at work making everyone breakfast, everyone including even the young trainers.
" Mister Ziden is a vulgar one." Flandre pointed out as Meiling let out a snicker.
" Bah, shaddup, my manner of speech is just fin-"
" If we are to return back to the point, it seems all this has to do with that castle up there, so we eat and we go up and deal with it." Sakuya explained, looking at everyone.
" Seems like a good idea to me and if we can save that woman, then we must try." Byakuren stated, causing ziden to sigh.
" More like I have to try. But I am getting some real bad vibes from that castle, do we really have to go into that place?" Ziden asked before sighing.
Hours pass before the Heroes were now entering the castle, empty of life and barren as well.
Castle/Fortress [ Yoshi's Island]
"...I really don't wanna go in here now." Youmu was quick to try and head back to town, only to have Sanae grab the back of her collar.
" Nonsense! There is nothing in here that deserves our fear!" Sanae was brave in the face of danger, of course she was, she was quite airheaded when it came to things.
" the music makes this place feel spookier than it actually is." Utsuho said, quick to Piggyback on Ziden's back.
" Yeah, not even fitting to this world-" Ziden pointed out before flinching and staring at a familiar man coming out of the castle, the male known as Lightning Ace.
" Humph...so you people are even here, why do you continue to fight this losing war against Shocker?" Ace asked, the lunarian far more somber than the last time they faced each other.
" Because we're here to save this world from their grasp, no matter how badly they want to take it over!" Takeru answered.
" Doesn't matter, they have my technology that I outfitted the Brigade with, the tech that can summon beings from other worlds. I came here and found it was used to bring 2 beings not from this world here." Lightning said before looking to Kaguya.
" Ace, is there truly-"
" No...my only path is to be freed of my life and repent for my sins in the after life. Be careful, the beings here have strange powers." Lightning flashed from the sky and struck the ground before them, causing everyone to flinch.
"...Nothing is ever easy for us, isn't it?" Remilia asked, her wings flapping with annoyance at this, Flandre even mimicking her action but lacking the emotional output.
" This place certainly reeks of evil, so its highly likely that something truly has appeared here, so we should be on guard." Meiling was the one to point this out, which was the oddest part of this ordeal.
" Something about this place has me on edge. Like its sending jolts down my spine or something." Mokou pointed out before the group began to explore the castle, the pokemon were all on edge.
" Hmm, a being from another world we haven't visited? I thought you visited them all?"Reimu asked while Zziden shrugged.
" Nope, I haven't explored all that much aside from the Smasher's worlds and several Miscellanous worlds. But not all of them." Ziden said while walking down an odd hallway, this place seemed to have been left behind since long ago.
Utsuho was floating around, looking around with her singular eye, almost getting lost in the place from the group.
" Such a tragic place, abandoned from all forms of care." Sakuya pointed out, dragging her finger against a dusty and broken table.
" Long left behind before these Shocker Guys got here." Yuyuko pointed out while floating around Ziden, soon moving up stairs.
" From battling over religion to helping to save a land from evil. Gensokyo was a grand choice to come to live in." Miko stated, a soft smile formed as her rival nodded.
" Indeed, I even got to meet that Riku fellow, such a strong willed young male, though he fears the dark within him." Byakuren stated.
" Though a certain Shrine Maiden has been hanging around a certain Keyblade Master." Remilia pointed out before a Sealing Needle flew right past her cheek, causing the vampire's blood to run cold.
"...Wwhat a weird group of people these are." Takeru stated as Youmu nodded.
" Yes, but you shall get used to their presence, it shouldn't be too hard." Youmu gave him a reassuring smile as the stairs led them down a long hallway of mirrors.
Eerie vibes came from around them, the group was on guard. " Mirrors...can never trust them, according to Earthling fables I have read about." Eirin stated as Yorihime looked to her.
" Mistress Eirin, what can you mean about that?"Yorihime seemed confused.
" Oh, I've heard Patchouli talk about this, about worlds that lie within Mirrors." Sakuya pointed out while Marisa scratched her nose.
" Sounds kinda farfetched honestly, but if it was true, couldn't we be sucked into a world walking down this hallway, ze?" Marisa asked before a presence was felt at the end of the hall way.
" Guess we won't know, because we have company." Meiling was quick to try and run down the hallway, only to hit a part with two doorways near them, only to be sneak attacked by Shocker Combatmen.
This prompted the group to run only for Ziden and Takeru to hear a loud ringing noise in their heads. The pain was immense from the sound of it before the duo looked to the mirror and was quick to dodge an attack from a man in golden armor.
Sanae was quick to gasp at the sight of the man who was seperating Ziden and Takeru from the others, yellow armor and a claw right on his left arm, soon holding it up. " That man! He's Kamen Rider Scissors!"
" What? Another Rider? Thought those guys were supposed to be like Heroes of Justice or something." Mokou asked before Sanae shook her head.
" Not all Kamen Riders are good, some use their powers for evil or for their own agenda and this guy, he fed people to his Monster in order to make it stronger." Sanae explained as Ziden and Takeru were already transforming and standing before the Rider. " Be careful! The Mirror World might do terrible things to your body if you remain there for too long!"
Ziden and Takeru listened to her warning before seeing Scissors leaping into the mirror, the duo soon following right after. The others were focused on trying to help Meiling as Mokou, Kaguya, Youmu and Yorihime noticed something down the hallway, in which they ran down it and stood before the odd knight before them.
The knight was imposingly big and carried a massive blade, his shield was just as massive but the biggest sign was the weapons it carried on its person, which seemed far too small for someone to carry.
Kaguya was messing around in her robes before bringing out the Beastiary and scanning the knight, confused by his appearance in the hallway.
" Unknown Being detected, scanning being now to determine what it is. Scanning Complete. Being known as The Pursuer has been identified. Threat Level: A-Rank. This Mysterious Knight seems to be hunting down those that Bear the Curse and has alot of powerful and fast moves. IT even has the ability to float and inflicts an odd attack known as Curse Lunge, if struck by this, the person will be cursed and likely die."
" That Curse they're talking about, you think this the guy that killed that cop?" Mokou asked while the Knight began to float through the hallways backwards, the four dashing right after it as they reached a large open area, illuminated by the shining sunlight.
" IF it is, then we shall slay it and save the Earthling." Yorihime stated, soon drawing her blade and letting it shine.
" This will be an excellent test of my blade's skill after all this time." Youmu said as the four got ready to battle the Pursuer.
Meanwhile in the Mirror World...
A Boundless Life [ Kamen Rider Ryuki]
Soon the Camera shifts to Ziden and Takeru running into an open area of the Mirrored Castle, ducking the blade swings that Scissors performed, the duo in their normal forms that they are mainly known for.
Ziden spots an opening and began to throw a kick at his chest, following up with a strong kick to the face of the Rider, sending the male flipping backwards befoe Scissors flipped onto his feet and goes to slice down Ziden, only for Takeru's blade to blade his Scissor.
" Hi-yah!" Takeru pushed back his blade and sliced the Rider across his chest several times, soon landing a strong kick onto his chest.
" Tch!" Scissors punched the ground after he stopped rolling, snapping his fingers as Combatmen came in and began to swarm around him.
Ziden held his blade tight as fire began to dance around it, soon swinging it upwards, creating explosive pillars up into the air and blasting the Combatmen around the place before he came in at Scissors.
" LEts turn up the heat buddy!" Ziden's fists slammed into the man's chest, giving his chest something to get hot over, sending the male flying into the sky. Fire and sparks spraying right out of the impact spot before drawing a card from his deck and sliding it into his Gauntlet.
" Card Set! Final Attack! Ready?" Ziden bends down as fire poured out from mini portals and formed around his leg.
Takeru was pulling on the lever of his Driver while getting ready to end this battle. " DAI KAIGAN! Ghost Omega Drive!"
Once their attacks were charged up, they leapt high into the air and soon began to flip and soon crash down to the Kamen Rider.
The Rider was seen pulling out a card to try and turn the tides but their feet slammed hard into his chest before he could even summon his Mirror Monster, soon sent flying and crashing to the ground, lightning arcing around his body heavily.
Ziden and Takeru soon turned their backs to the male before feeling him explode right behind him. " That kamen Rider was uh...really sad."
" Yeah, he wasn't that powerful but come on! We need to get back to the girls!" Takeru was quick to run back to the way they entered, not knowing what the group of four was facing.
Meanwhile on the upper level of the Castle...
Mokou was seen sliding back, clutching her broken arm while grunting and forcing it back into place. " Jeez, this asshat in metal is being a pain in my ass!" Mokou disliked this Purseur guy already, simply due to how fast he was during the battle.
Pursuer [ Dark Souls 2]
" And this music is not helping at al- EEEK."KAguya was quick to duck a blade coming for her neck, losing alot of her hair in the process. "Oh come on!"
" Told you that having such long hair is detriment on the battlefield." Youmu stated before clashing her blades with the massive one the unknown being used. Sparks raining down onto the ground around them before the separated. His sword and her sword clashing now and then with each ending with a powerful shockwave.
Youmu was not relenting with the strikes, the duo even gliding across the arena and leaving sparks of light raining down the area. Mokou was annoyed with the prospect of waiting, quick to leap up and throw a barrage of kicks into the Pursuer's back, flames erupting from each strike before the being pushed Youmu back and slammed that blade right down through Mokou's arm, tearing it clean off in a spray of red blood.
The blade was seen spinning as a follow up and smashing into her ribs, the audible cracks showing how hard she was hit and sent crashing down into the ground, kicking up rock and bricks while the knight soon locked back onto Youmu, not seeing that Yorihime was flying behind him and slamming her blade right down into his back, piercing right through his body.
" I won't even need to summon the power of the Gods to best this creature." Yorihime stated before seeing his hand quickly reaching for her, an explosion of dark energy blasting her right off the man and onto the ground, gasping in extreme pain from the sneak attack, the knight now floating once more above the ground, his blade was now glowing.
Youmu could feel the danger coming from the blade as she watched him lunge right at her, his eyes were now glowing red and black aura began to pool off of him, youmu did end up dodging but Mokou who planned on leaping over Youmu for a sneak attack didn't go so well as she was lifted high into the air.
Mokou could feel it, something unholy ripping through her body as that glowing blade was forcing Curse into her body before she ended up coughing up black blood, soon falling limp before she was dropped onto the ground, right onto her knees as she tried to reach up to the Pursuer, soon turning to stone and being covered in those same odd crystals from before.
" So that's what he does, well, Mokou will be fine. More than likely. "Kaguya was more mourning the loss of her long hair, almost crying over her loss of it.
Youmu was more focused on actually fighting this being, seeing that it was now sporting glowing red eyes and black aura, which was now launching black projectiles.
This prompted Youmu to be on the move, dancing and dodging the projectiles with pure ease, her training against Danmaku users was pretty much making this easy, her blades glowing before swinging across his body, leaving red streaks and the spray of blood from his body.
" I will not allow you to persist in this battle any longer!" The Exsphere on the back of her hand began to shine before she drew both of her blades back and began to rapidly thrust them through his body with heavy amounts of force, causing small booms to come from the impact. " SWord Rain:Alpha!"
Each blade stab shot through his body at insane speeds, spraying out his blood from each strike tearing through his body before the final slice shot the man high into the sky, and flying off of the roof, his body dissolving into the nothingness it spawned from. The woman landing on her feet while sheathing her blades, the fog wall blocking off the others was finally freed as the others came through the door.
Mokou's body was now being cured of the odd affliction, her body awfully stiff from the experience while she was getting up to her feet. " The hell happened to me?" Mokou asked while she looked to everyone.
" You got inflicted with some curse, so I believe you were cured of it." youmu stated before the castle began to shake heavily.
" What's going on!?" Takeru asked, almost falling over.
" the castle is coming down! We gotta get moving!"Remilia yelled before the group escaped out of the castle before seeing it begin its own demise, watching the place begin to fall apart.
While this was occurring, they could see that Jenny's body was no longer stone but now more normal and fleshy and with that gaping hole in its chest. Ziden was seen reaching into his pocket and holding up a large orange feather and dropping it down on the dead woman.
" Hmm? What's that?" Reimu asked while standing next to him.
" ITs-"
" That is a Phoenix Down, something used on another world to revive those that are dead, right?" Eirin asked before Ziden grumbled before the wound on Jenny's chest closed and he lets out a sigh, seeing her chest rise and drop.
" HAh! So this is the rascals that have been messing around with the Dar Youkai Army?" Everyone looked up to see someone standing atop one of the roofs atop the town as Reimu and a majority of the girls there grimaced at the person.
" I should have known, heard you ended up vanishing after that incident with you, Seija Kirin!" Reimu pointed her Gohei right at the woman known as Seija, the fabled trickster was here.
Yuyuko was quick to grab onto Ziden's ears and cover them incase she blabbed about her incident.
" Ah, smart, shame, I was gonna blab to him to join us in helping us overthrow the Gensokyo hierarchy!" Seija said before softly sighing and looking down at the group . "Shame you punks won't be stopping what the Army has planned for the whole world. Hell, we might even branch out and take over more worlds."
Ziden was seen freeing his ears. " Jeez, you guys think I'm deaf, I might help the weak but I'm not helping em if they're gonna be doing shit like this when they get strong."
" Shame, but they are right, I am one of the Commanders for Dark Youkai Army and I will take great solace in knowing that you will all fall by our Master's hands who shape the entire world into his image." Seija said before vanishing into a dark void behind her, everyone stiffening up from this.
Later on...
Ziden and crew were gathering up supplies for the road ahead to the next town which held a gym there, which mean another Maverick to best.
" But you guys should be careful, we heard from the folks there that an odd creature lies there." One of the trainers warned them while Eirin raised her brow.
"What kind of weird creature?" Eirin asked while the trainer shuddered.
" IT was like some skeleton of some sorts, wearing really fancy attire, kinda like a bullfighter." The male answered while Ziden rose a brow. Never heard of that monster before.
Elsewhere...
The very same skeleton was standing in Cyllage Town, waving his red cape around while softly chuckling in the darkness of the night. " So, new prey shall come to me? I hope they are powerful."
Elsewhere again...
A certain blue haired woman was riding into the area on a massive rock with a loud grumble, her ALtaria flying with her. " Those jerks! Leaving me on that ship and being lectured by Iku, no way am I missing out on a fun journey on this world!"
Trivia:
1. Kamen Rider Scissors comes directly from Kamen Rider Ryuki and is considered the weakest Rider out of the entire city.
2. The Pursuer hails directly from Dark Souls 2.
Author's Notes: Sorry about the delay, guess who decided to get into Persona via Persona 3? This guy, I will try to update alot faster in the future!