PART II: The Last Voyage - ザラストヴォヤージュ
Synopsis: The Long-Awaited thrilling conclusion of what all began in Free! The Last Race and Free! Memories of the Sea and many others! Now fully aware of the nature of "multiverses and alternate realities", the Magic Six makes their destined return back to their friends and family as both Earth and Duniya face an evil villain so driven by her wish that she will even destroy all realities to fulfill her dark aspiration! Everyone in every realities are at stake and before it is all said and done, many new secrets open up but the final truth of the entire voyage is about to be revealed! A secret so powerful that it may be the only key to save everyone…or to end it all in eternal hell of destruction!
Don't miss out in the riveting finale of this series!
~Episode 7: 無敵必然的な！Invincible Inevitable!
"I swim only free…and relays. But, I travel to find the truth about myself and my friends,"
- Haruka Nanase
Flashback 1: The Future Beyond
The five friends stood in side by side, holding hands as they prepare to face their lives to a new world. Watanuki casted five magical circles beneath the boys' feet and they began to float in the air as well.
"Go then...the future awaits you..." chanted Watanuki, "Be free…Haruka, Rin, Makoto, Rei, and Nagisa…"
The magic circles spun faster and faster beneath their feet as gigantic wings encased them, turning them into Sakura Petals and water, flowing across time and space once more…heading to a promised destination…
A Point between in Time and Space…
Rin opened his eyes and found himself floating in the middle of nowhere but turned his head to see a small looking boy in front of him. His body was back to a young kid's for back in elementary school as he thought he remembered talking to someone just moments ago.
"W-who are you?" asked Rin.
"You have destroyed the time between two dimensions," said a cold voice as her footsteps echoed all over, "And in order to fill in the gap that was destroyed…a new form took its place."
Rin turned to his left and right as he saw the others floating side by side but their eyes were shut. In front of him, five other boys stood before them and their eyes were closed.
"All of you have to pay the price by filling the hole in the relationships you have formed. A new existence has been introduced for that," said the cold voice.
"But I don't…" began Rin, "That's not Gou!"
"He is not your brother…he is yourself," replied the voice.
"W-what in the name of…" he gasped.
"The others are the same existence as those who they line up with," said the voice, "And eventually the five of them will suffer a horrible fate in which that they were never meant to exist."
"No," replied a young, yet ancient voice of a man, "The future…has not been decided yet."
"Are you meddeling this again?" asked the female voice.
"Your wish cannot be granted…Pandora Le Fay," said Watanuki while he stood by the five boys on the opposite end of Rin while Pandora stood behind Rin, Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei.
"Absolutely," chuckled Pandora sarcastically, "Not even Camelot…could completely make that wish come true out of nothing…"
"You know that it is practically impossible," he answered.
"I could kill them right now yes…but where's the fun in doing that," she replied, "I will wager everything…to bring back my sister."
Pandora looked at Rin and hissed, "You will pay that price! You and the others will be placed in a world that you were all meant to go originally…but your memories will be wiped clean. You will have to start over and you will never remember what you have done!"
"W-what are you…?" asked Rin.
"Thanks to your friend Nagisa, I have broken free of my prison…to take revenge on those who exiled me…and then I will take your lives and use them for my own plans," she answered.
"NO DON'T!" screamed Rin.
Watanuki casted out a talisman against Pandora, shooing her back as he said, "Their PRICE is their memories yes…however, even though these five here share the same existence as them…they are NOT their names. They will never fall into your hands."
"I see," mutterd Pandora, resting her hand on Rin's shoulder, "So this is the grand plan of the Compendium after all…? That one becomes two…five becomes ten…and five becomes six?"
Rin started to feel his existence fading again as Pandora called out, "You must pay the price…oh descendant of the Suiei Gods!"
A swept of cold energy flowed through their existence as Pandora continued, "YOU FIVE! You are nothing more than the double of their hearts! You have no right to exist! You are the symbol of the distortion thanks to this wish! Your existence is nothing more than pain to the originals here!"
"No!" said Watanuki, "These children here will help the Magic Six…and they will find love from them and others that will keep their existence as long as possible until their destiny is fulfilled!"
One of the boys opened his eyes as Rin could barely make out a color of aquamarine irises.
"DO. NOT. VANISHHHHH!" screamed Rin as he and the others disappeared into time and space…waiting to be reborn once more…
Flashback Continues: Arrivial of Pandora
Pandora opened her eyes and found herself in the midst of a sand storm. She was not expecting her first destination to be in such harsh weather conditions but she knew that there was little time to get started.
I'll grow out some wings, she thought as her back extended out vampire-like wings and tried to maneuver her way through but the wind pushed her in the opposite direction, heading over to a series of mountains before her.
"This almost looks like home," she muttered as she landed down at the base of the mountainside while turning her head to see the storm finally slowing down.
She tried to call out her powers of the Fourth Dimension and realized that she couldn't access to her extreme spells. She snapped her fingers again but nothing much happened.
"Dammit," she growled, using her wings to get her way up, "They will pay for what they've done to me!"
She soared her way towards the summit where she saw a valley down below where she saw a sign that said Chirottori. She snapped her fingers again and was able to disable her wings and make some minor adjustments on her form, looking like that of a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes.
The region of Chirottori was filled with various wonders, endless beauties, and sights that one could stay in this region forever. However, the people in this land knew that their world was far vast beyond the mountains, home to other cities and lands that were explored long ago.
To her, it almost looked like the world of Camelot as she recognized some of the plants and saw a few Sakura trees before sneezing.
That's going to have to go, she thought, as soon as I take over this town.
The village itself was like a medieval style with a castle that stood on a moat with a drawbridge. She saw groups of people that were following her with curiosity and fascination.
At the bridge, a group of guards stood where they saw her.
"Milady, who are you?" asked one of the guards.
Pandora closed her eyes and readied on her strategies, replying, "I've been known by my people as Pandora Le Fay. I have come here to bring greater beauty to this land as future queen."
"But we never met you before," said the second guard, "The name doesn't…"
"And what of my beauty?" she asked, "I would like to meet the one in charge here."
"The king is not amongst like us," said the first guard, "He's far super-human."
"Oh?" she asked, "I'd be fascinated to know what he is."
After further convincing and persuasion, she managed to get inside where they met Dodecadron in council with his court when one of the people gasped in shock and moved to the side. However, one of them who wore in cloaks carried a tall-looking staff and stared at her with silence curiosity.
The ruler got up on his feet and saw Pandora and his two soldiers before him.
"We have a visitor that wishes to speak to you," said one of the guards.
"I see," he replied, looking at the beautiful woman before him.
"I've been told that you are beyond a human is that true?" she asked.
He grew out his bat-like wings in reply and said, "Yes, I am a Chiropteran, the king of bats and flying foxes. My blood has powers that allows the grounds to be fertile."
"So it seems," she replied as she was a bit surprised by his majestic wings. She closed her eyes and grew out hers, giving the man a surprise before her.
"A-are you one too?" he asked, shocked.
"Indeed I am," she answered, "I have traveled far and wide…but if you are willing to spare me a place here, I'd be more than happy to…"
"I would actually prefer if you became my bride," he answered.
"Dodecadron!" said one of ther servants, "You're risking your fertility abilities with this stranger?!"
"There is no other choice…for I have no sisters," he answered, "Besides, look at her sheer beauty...she's like that of a goddess."
"That's very kind," she smiled, "I'd be honored to be part of your life. I can show you my power that will help make this place a paradise to us all."
"By fairest blood…it shall be done," said Kaarina.
Pandora turned to her and asked, "Who are you to say?"
"She goes by as Kaarina," said Dodecadron, "She is our priestess here and has the powers to foretell the future."
"I see," replied Pandora, giving Kaarina an almost deadly look but kept her composure.
The very next day, the two would be wed for a massive ceremony in the throne hall. The civilians gathered together at the benches and boxes, waiting for the bride to walk in. The king stood by the altar with several of the priests, priestesses, shamans and other religious figures. A pianist played on pipe organ piano with deep music being played with choir in the background.
Finally, the doors opened as Pandora walked in her golden white dress that flowed behind her while four guards walked side by side in a square. She slowly walked her way up with grace, keeping a neutral face but smiled upon reaching to her partner before her, giving a soft kiss on his hand.
However, Pandora has secretly put a spell on the people including Dodecadron, turning the land into a volcanic, dead region while monsters began to form from the civilians, eating those who were fleeing for their lives. The skies turned to blood red with vengeance and monsters took over the region, instilling fear and pain into the hearts. Eventually, the main chamber transformed to darker hall and in it was a pane of glass that Kaarina created long before that was the adviser of the Chirottori Reign. Since then, Pandora turned the Crystal Mirror into her own slave, demanding answers everyday.
Pandora walked around in circles as she tried to remember on how to cite out the spell before chanting, "Crystal Mirror…on the wall, who is fairest…of them all?"
Silence was all that can be heard in the room before finally, a shadowed figure emerged from the glass whose body was covered in pitch black darkness with ripples of the fold in its skin-tight coverings.
"It is you my queen," it spoke, "And yet you are cursed in your current form."
"I know," she answered, "I discovered my limits in power thanks to my brothers that betrayed me."
"Your beauty is tied to those worlds created…eat up those dimensions and you will continue to stay young," replied the shadow, "The Mahotsukai are creating worlds and it is your beauty that demands those worlds."
"I see," she hissed, "Then I shall consume those worlds for my appetite and for my beauty."
With her remaining powers that she had, Pandora along with the Crystal Mirror worked together to take up a world that was once created by a Mahotsukai and each world she found, she consumed it as she shattered the planet into pieces and ate the civilians and inhabitants there, resuming her youthful form.
One day, a cloaked figure walked by the gates, storming in while knocking the guards out of the way.
"I wish to speak the queen," hissed the stranger.
"Only the queen is expecting those who have programmed ahead of time!" snapped one of the guards.
"Oh?" the stranger asked before he used his claws to kill them off before being knocked out.
Tesseract woke up and found himself in the main chamber where Pandora sat side by side with Dodecadron.
"This man was storming into the castle without warning," said one the guards.
Pandora tapped her claws onto the arm rest of her throne before getting up and said, "You…where are you from?"
"I am from the west," he lied, trying to keep his true identity a secret, "Where the unsound sounds were broken."
"Pathetic," said Dodecadron, "Such a thing doesn't exist!"
"Let him be," replied Pandora, "Clearly he's mad. However…you look like one of us."
"I am," answered Tesseract, "I am known for my engineering and my knowledge with monsters and animals just like what you have here. Permit me to work on them and perhaps I can make you an army."
"Interesting…" said the queen, "I think this will give us an advantage."
"We don't need the likes of him," replied Dodecadron, "He's clearly a flaw into our plan for the next generation!"
"Perhaps but if he says he can work on making our flock…useful, then let him take his studies," she hissed.
Tesseract bowed and said, "I will do what I must for this kingdom. And…I have also found a method to keep yourself in beauty, queen."
"I am very interested in your research," she replied, "You are to stay and help around, keeping my beauty in line."
However, Tesseract's stay put also a spell on Pandora; her memories of being a Mahotsukai were replaced by the breeding of Chiropterans, keeping her mentally trapped in that form. It would take another 150 years before the spell would be lifted and how she discovered him to be Iwatobi, casting him away to his seemingly death.
Flashback 2: Post-Chiropteran War
Pandora put the book down as she had plans to make both Earth and Duniya a living hell. However, there was something that she had to do first before she could start her plans.
She walked up the stairs back to the main throne room and walked around in circles again, chanting, "Crystal Mirror…on the wall, who is fairest…of them all?"
"My queen," replied the shadow, "At this day in age…one has become far greater than you. It is why that your powers were beginning to fail you for the last 150 years of your reign."
"Who is it?" she asked.
"Your survival son…" it replied.
"Alex!?" she slightly gasped, "H-he is my undoing?! I should've killed him back when he was a child!"
"Be warned from the dream seer, the last star will do what it can to destroy your reign…for his innocence and purity will destroy you," said the shadow, "But he is your salvation queen. Take his heart into your hands…and you will never again have to consume worlds, you shall never again age or feel weakened."
"Immortality…" she hissed, "Immortality…forever…"
Sensing someone in the room, she turned violently to one of her Chiropteran guards and said, "Prepare the Box of Dimensions…I think it's time we take a visit to my brother's creations."
Present Day: Chirottori Castle
Pandora looked at herself in the mirror and noticed her skin was aging. She faced this problem many times in the past both when Tesseract and Dodecadron were around but she had secretly hired a servant who had the knowledge of other worlds and was able to bring her books to feed on.
"Magic comes as a lofty price," said Kain.
"And the expense grows…" sighed Pandora.
"Do you look…?" he asked.
"Old," she finished.
"Tired," he said.
"My power…because of them…it fades so quickly," replied Pandora.
Kain smiled a little and said, "I have something that will turn it around."
Pandora turned and saw a book on the throne. She walked up to it and opened to a random page and saw the people living a happy life more or less in some village. The queen opened her mouth and sucked in the contents, destroying their world to oblivion and nothingness before it turned into pure energy, deaging her skin back to youth once more.
"You are the brother to her, aren't you?" she asked.
"I am…Kaarina and I were siblings," he answered.
"Unlike her, you cannot see the future…but you know the worlds beyond this one," she replied.
"Yes, and…I have been making sure to get books after books for you to consume to stay your youth and beauty…and for your power," he said.
"I need the Magic Six here, but I cannot just simply grab them into my hands because of their protection to the Compendium," she explained, "However, they have made a great mistake by getting that Original copy of their lives written by my…colleagues. With that book in my hands, I can destroy them."
"How will you get them here?" he asked.
"I sent the Box of Dimensions to someone…and she'll open it up that will connect to the world they are at to our world, and then I will send out my monsters for a global invasion," she revealed, "By then the Magic Six will be forced to return to this world to confront me…smashing their skulls on these stone walls…and bring me my prize."
"Your plan seems very precise, but I can tell you are up to another one up your sleeve," he said.
"Yes…a plan that will weaken them before they can make an attempt to return here," she hissed.
Santa Monica/Los Angeles, CA (Planet Earth – Suiei Timeline)
The City of Los Angeles (as well as other major cities in the world) was nothing but in ruins...ever since the green cloud poisoned the world, many people died from its effects. However, many others were mutated by the radiation from the cloud, transforming into mutants far beyond horrifying...
As the Magic Six arrived, they appear in Santa Monica where the old settlement of Alex's college home back before he met the team. Now here it was, nothing but an empty lot with a stench so foul for miles around.
Haruka opened his eyes and found himself and the others on the beach. Rin turned around and gasped at the empty lot that was once Alex's home long ago when he moved out to California. Makoto turned to see Alex staring at the ocean with Rei and Nagisa.
"How do you feel?" asked Rei.
"I…I don't understand, why did they sent us back here?" replied Alex, "To California?"
Nagisa turned to Rin and the others as he saw something from the corner of his eyes.
"You guys!" said the blonde, pointing to the Sakura petals drifting around.
"It's tree-san!" gasped Rei, "Maybe he's saying good luck for us…"
"Or showing us something?" shrugged Nagisa.
The petals drifted around in circles, heading in the direction of the empty lot. Before the others could ask, Haruka heard a strange moan coming from the rocky area. The area was deathly silent except for the water crashing but already, Alex was starting to feel sweaty.
"You guys we better…" he began.
"EAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" screamed Nagisa as he felt something pulling him rapidly towards the sea.
"NAGISA!" shouted RIn as he fired a blast of water, slicing the tentacle down.
Makoto turned his head and gasped in fear, hiding behind Haruka, "H-HARU!"
A bunch of strange-looking people with bloodied scars, scratches, and clothes torn appeared before them, walking like undead zombies.
Nagisa's eyes glowed from neon pink to vermillion red as his fear turned to sadistic laughter, "I'll show them not to mess with us!"
"Nagisa wait!" shouted Rin but the blonde already used his power to kill off a few of the mutants.
"The people…" muttered Alex, sensing their cries, "They're mutated from the radioactive materials from Chernobyl!"
"That's impossible," said Rei, combating another mutant with his pole-arm, "How could Chernobyl's radioactive elements reach out here!?"
"Pandora must have used them to mutate everyone," growled Alex as he used his sword to back a couple of the mutants away.
Haruka saw more of them coming, realizing they'll be outnumbered and surrounded. He grabbed Makoto's hand as the taller boy's eyes glowed green, tearing fear into courage. Makoto took out the vase and chanted, "Waters of the vase…buy us time to escape!"
He splashed out cold water that froze into a set of icy stairs with railings on it.
"Let's go!" shouted Rin as he grabbed Nagisa and heading up the stairs, towards the top of the cliff area followed by Rei, Alex, Makoto and Haruka. The mutants tried to shatter the stairs down but the solid ice was frozen enough. A few of them tried to follow but the team reached to the top and shattered the stairs.
"At least we're safe up here," sighed Makoto.
Alex turned his head around and gasped, "Not…quite…"
They turned and saw a horrible sight before them; dozens, no hundreds of skeletons all around before them, on the ground. It reminded them of Herisia with the undead skeletons but this was a different living nightmare of its own.
A few mutants were walking around in the streets, feeding on the flesh of various animals or even the humans.
"The mutants…I remember Beatrice said something about this," said Rin.
"Pandora poisoned the people with the radiation," replied Alex, "I guess it didn't affect just Lynwin…"
Haruka turned his head to see the petals floating around in the distance again before disappearing. Some of the mutants turned their heads to see new flesh and made their way over.
"Let's go before they get us!" said Rei as they followed after the petals.
The gang ran to the streets and made their way into town where they saw more dead bodies and skeletons and a stench so foul. Rin nearly vomited while Makoto was feeling light headed. Nagisa and Rei tried to ignore the sight as they saw the petals again.
"Where are they even taking us to?" asked Nagisa.
"It's not a doubt that Camelot is leading us somewhere…" said Haruka.
Makoto turned his head and saw the mutants making their way over.
"Let's hurry!" said Alex, running through the streets.
"Oi!" shouted Rin.
Rei grabbed Nagisa's hand while Makoto and Haruka stayed close together, running after Alex as more of the mutants began to chase after them across the area.
Rin turned on his x-ray vision and saw the petals floating fast and far ahead, "You guys! I think we're almost there!"
"Where to?!" asked Makoto, horrified.
Haruka blinked his eyes as he recognized this forestry region up ahead. There was a mansion at the end of the forest area with a massive gate before them.
"Is it just me or is this…" began Rei.
They stopped at the gate as Rin tried to use his brute strength to push open but it was obviously locked. Behind them, a massive number of the mutants were rushing their way over towards them.
"Rei, do you know how to open this?!" asked Rin, pointing at the scanner.
"Give me a sec!" he replied.
Rei pushed up his glasses with the megane look and turned on his cell phone on the app, using the hacking devices technology. Makoto and Nagisa threw up a water shield to hopefully buy some time while Alex and Haruka prayed for Rei to break in.
The megane finally broke open the code as Makoto and Nagisa dissolved the spell and the six rushed in while the gates slammed shut behind. The mutants touched the gate but were instantly burned into ashes while several of them backed away in fear.
"This is Terran Nost!" gasped Makoto, recognizing the place.
"I'm surprised this place wasn't affected by the radiation," said Rin.
"Could there be anyone alive there?" asked Rei.
"I can feel something inside," said Alex, "Some emotions…"
"Let's go then," replied Haruka as they got up to the doors while Nagisa pushed on the doorbell.
Moments later, the doors finally opened as Rei looked at the others, "You think they were expecting?"
"I'm sure they'll remember us," replied Alex.
The six walked inside as they saw a bunch of people resting on stretchers of medical beds. Some of them had IVs while others had EKGs running. It was quite a horrifying sight before them.
"W-what happened?!" gasped Makoto.
"Shhh!" said Haruka, "Some are sleeping.
Alex rushed over to a little kid and saw scars on her head, "Must have had some head injury…"
"Are there any awake people? I'm sure someone is taking care of them," replied Nagisa.
"Maybe we should look around?" asked Rei.
"There's no need," said a voice.
The team turned around to see a short looking adult man, slightly chubby but had a bit of a hint of menacing look with his long, sliver, white hair. He was roughly a bit smaller than Alex but carried a sense of power and wealth.
"So you finally returned…Magic Six," said Abel Jacobs.
The Terran Nost leader brought the team to the dinning hall area with some small snacks around. It was still early in the afternoon but their appetite was rather narrow after the horror of the mutated people of all shapes and sizes.
Abel smiled and passed down some tea and some cookies to them. Alex sat down next to Rei and Nagisa while Rin sat between Nagisa and Makoto and Haruka.
"Thank you," said Haruka upon receiving his tea.
RIn took a small sip of his tea while Makoto tried to stay calm while holding his hands tight with Haruka.
"What happened to those people?" asked Nagisa.
"And are you the new leader?" asked Alex.
"I am," replied Abel, stirring his tea, "I lead the survivors of the Los Angeles civilians as well as maintain the organization of Terran Nost. Those people out there we not too fortunate because that day when the cloud took over Lynwin."
"The Green cloud," muttered Alex as he remembered it with Nagisa back when they ruled the land.
"When the cloud finally took over and the mutants destroying the city, the same cloud also spread out to various cities around the globe, destroying towns and killing people. Those that survived were turned into monsters or mutants with various tumors, abnormalities, and other problems," explained the TN leader.
"Then those people…" began Rei.
"Yes, those patients here, they were exposed to the radiation and suffered mutations," said Abel.
"Pandora…" growled Alex silently as he clentched his fist but Rei rested his hand on Alex's shoulder, calming him down a little.
"We got in contact with the people of Lynwin and thanks to help from Anastasia...she managed to get rid of the radiation," said Rin, "It's gone now…no one will suffer new mutations."
"I have heard of your struggles in Lynwin yes...Beatrice got in contact with me and Desya at the Russian Division," replied Abel, "In response, I sent out the battle vehicles that would help you all during the battle."
"Has something happened while we were gone?" asked Rei.
Abel put his tea down and replied, "One of the prisoners has escaped…the one who betrayed the people to the Bolsheviks."
Rin gasped as Makoto replied, "W-wait…you don't mean…!"
"Abigail has escaped!?" asked Nagisa.
"The Av-Matoran were dispatched by Beatrice and they are currently tracking her down. The city itself is under a lockdown in fear that she will try to attack the city," said Abel.
"So are they waiting for us?" asked Rei.
"Yes," he replied, "But for now, follow me. There's something I should show you all."
Abel led the group to the lower levels of the HQ, entering to a room where a massive Sakura tree stood. Alex sensed some magic power in this room while the others were stunned at the beauty of this tree before them.
"How did this tree…" began Haruka.
"It's so huge!" gasped Makoto.
Rei walked up to it and gave it a nice hug, saying, "It's so beautiful…"
"I knew he'd do that," chuckled Nagisa.
"Well it's quite obvious Camelot led us here safely," said Alex, walking up to the tree with Rei.
"But wait a sec…how did the land of Lynwin returned?" asked Makoto, "If what you said about Lynwin is true…"
Alex sensed a dark feeling inside of Abel, worried on what he was going to say.
Finally Abel replied, "After you destroyed the stone cord, the continent sank down into the sea as it was foretold. However, Anastasia used the last of her power...to bring the land back up, thus sacrificing her life."
"W-what?!" gasped Rei.
"A-Anya…" muttered Alex as he feel to his knees, crying silently, "ANYAAA!"
Rei hugged behind Alex while the others kept silent upon hearing this news. Alex knew that she would have to reunite with her family once she fulfilled her destiny but only wished he could see her one last time…
"I might not be related to her by blood," said Alex, sniffing, "But the memories we shared on Duniya…"
Abel took out a photo of Alex, Georgia, Aki and Anastasia while the last star summoned the compendium (Original Version) and found an empty page. Abel placed the photo inside as it glowed.
"You'll have that memory forever safe," said Makoto.
"She didn't fought just for her own happiness…but for the lives of theirs," agreed Rin, "She helped us save Lynwin."
"And now Lynwin has indeed returned to its original state," nodded Haruka.
Alex could only just cry while Rei comforted him as the former said, "I…I couldn't even say good-bye to her…"
"I'm sure there's a way you can talk to her," replied Rei, looking at Nagisa for a moment while the others remained silent.
"We will have supper later in the afternoon," said Abel, "I think it's best you all pair up to your rooms for now."
After a few hours of resting up, the gang returned downstairs to the hall where they remembered eating here long ago when they were trying to get Alex and to rescue his brother.
Alex spun the fork to his spoon for the pasta and took a bite while Makoto smiled and sliced his sandwich in half for Haruka while he was too busy tasting the new mackerel recipe.
Just a pinch of salt but still good, thought Haruka.
"Wow, I am amazed by the warm food," smiled Rei as he ate up some curry chicken while Nagisa enjoyed another slice of pizza.
"I am glad," replied Abel, taking another sip of his tea, "However, it seems you have appeared here once before long ago back when a different master was in charge."
"Yes that's right," said Rin, "We had to find our sexy dragon after he lost his brother to the Shadow Mafia."
Alex could only blush while Makoto chuckled while the others nodded with a slight smirk.
"But what happened here though, really?" asked Haruka, "The patients outside…?"
Abel put his tea down and replied, "It happened after you "disappeared" back when Lynwin was still a paradise. Radiation from Chernobyl in conjuction with the green cloud that spread news all over the media...well I am sure Beatrice told you on their perspective on Lynwin, right?"
"She did," replied Rei, "Certainly it wasn't beautiful…"
"Lots of people were fighting because of our blood...but we know who started all of this," said Rin.
"Did Pandora damaged people here too in this country?" asked Makoto.
After a moment of silence, Abel answered, "Not just here...but the rest of the world as well. The human population declined down from 8 billion people to about 1.75 million people left."
They all gasped in shock at the massive bottleneck effect as Rei and Nagisa looked at each other with increasing worry.
"I remember ama-chan saying something about that...but to think that it was all over…" began Makoto.
"I still have one question," said Alex.
"Yes, go on," replied Abel.
"Nagisa came here a while back…I remember he told me this…but how is it that you guys have such magic abilities but yet kept it hidden and used the world's technology of hacking and stuff?" he asked.
"It's simple…" said Abel, "The Mahotsukai of Camelot crafted the Terran Nost…or at least the Compendium that wrote this world's story. Thus, this is a partnership. With that, we were able to get in contact with you guys since you're all the "Main Cast"."
"H-how?!" gasped Rei.
"The Tree…the Sakura Trees," smiled the TN leader, "That tree we have downstairs is linked to Camelot. That's why when you were sent back, you were brought here in Los Angeles. However, any Sakura Tree that was blessed by Camelot himself is linked to that particular dimension."
Hmmm, I wonder how many of these trees were blessed, thought Rei as he blushed a little.
"Oi Rei, this isn't the time to daydream," said Rin.
"So this whole time you were a liaison?" asked Makoto.
"Abram and Leon were…the Goldsmiths family were descendants from Camelot," answered Abel, "Abram passed down his abilities to Leon but then sacrificed his own life to save you Alex…back when you fought against the Shadow Mafia."
Alex kept silent for that reply as he remembered that fateful day.
"So then…why haven't you used any magic to begin with?" asked Rin.
"To keep our existence hidden from Pandora...or anyone that would try to bring about our existence," said Abel, "That was a top priority of the organization."
"Well that makes sense finally," shrugged Nagisa, "Cassi wouldn't tell me much when I spoke to her."
Alex summoned the Original Compendium and said, "While we were in Camelot…we made a wish to the Mahotsukai. We wished that none of their worlds should be under their control...the same with ours. We wanted at least our own story to be independent and have their own endings of some kind."
Abel's eyes widened a little and asked, "How did you come across that?"
"Pandora separated us once again," sighed Rin, "She threw us into different Earths…"
"We didn't realize it back then when we first met the Mahotsukai but after seeing how the nature of a universe works...we came to a decision," said Makoto.
"That we want to make decision about our own lives," added Nagisa.
"Then I guess…this too…shall pass," sighed Abel, "If the Mahotsukai release all their works into the universe, their world will cease to be but...the story will live on…it may as well be…for the best."
"I know the Mahotsukai meant well on how they made our worlds," said Alex, "But it's unfair for the people who suffered enough…to not have any hope for their future. I know I was one myself…and how I was unable to swim anymore for almost a decade…I don't want to suffer that fate again!"
Before Abel could reply, Tasha Barnes dashed her way in and said, "Abel! I received word from Lynwin, one of the Av-Matoran was slaughtered into pieces during a scouting search!"
The others gasped as Rin replied, "WHAT?!"
"WHO?!" asked Nagisa.
"And how?!" asked Nagisa.
"They didn't want to disclose who yet but from what the other Av-Matoran reported, they found Abigail in the Celestial forest with five other strangers. However, the one that was slaughtered is being investigated by them and it's no doubt that they will try to track down our organization since they were a product made by us!" replied Tasha.
"So the Av-Matoran were…" began Alex.
"Yes, we crafted the Av-Matoran...based from the BIONICLE universe's Av-Matoran," smiled Abel.
"No surprise," smirked Alex, "You used them as templates to make the ones you have made now."
Abel clasped his hands together and replied, "Well then, it is getting late now. I assume you're all still a bit tired from today's journey. Please rest up and tomorrow, we'll prepare for your return to Lynwin."
The team smiled as they knew that tonight was going to be a "good night" finally…
Afterwards, the couples got their rooms for themselves; Rei and Alex in one, Makoto and Haruka in the next and Nagisa and Rin in another.
Alex slumped down on the bed, finally relaxed from the whole journey thus so far. He waited for Rei as the megane washed his face and dried up before walking out. Alex made a dirty smile at Rei as he looked at the megane before him.
"We haven't had any fun for a long time," he said.
"I'm ready," replied Rei as he wiggled his eyebrows with a smile of his own.
"Is there any positon we haven't tried yet?" asked Alex but Rei was not thinking clearly, looking at his partner before him while feeling a bit hard.
"Oh fuck this," he said as he got up and jumped onto Rei and wrapping his legs around while he gripped on his butt to hold him steady. They were already kissing with their tongues and drenching their saliva. Rei moved his hand into Alex's pants to reach for his erecting tower while the latter breathed heavily and moaned.
Haruka and Makoto were trying to sleep at first but the latter was already bored and couldn't keep his eyes shut. He turned over to Haruka with a smile.
"What?" asked Haruka.
Makoto leaned down for a kiss as the two shared a nice warmth of love for a moment. Once they took a breath, Makoto answered, "Haru...I really want to do this at least one more time...before we go and fight. I don't want to end up with regret and…"
Makoto's face was beginning to tear up a little as Haruka wiped them and answered, "It will be alright. We do this now and we'll win…we just have to return to Duniya safely."
The two exchanged another kiss while Makoto moved down to Haruka's neck, licking around there before tasting it further, making a hickey mark while Haruka gripped on the bedsheets. Haruka moaned as Makoto reached his hand through Haruka's pajama pants and reached for his shaft for a moment, hardening it up.
Finally, the two began to strip of their clothes and kept their bodies together as they continued to kiss on each other.
In another room, Rin was already clinging onto himself with the bed sheets while Nagisa was going about over his body, kissing his way down to the underwear. The blonde was about to open up to see his tower but decided to tease up his nipples again while grinding himself on a frottage.
"N-Nagisa…ahhh!" moaned Rin, feeling hardened by his growing tower poking up and making a tent.
"Someone is happy to see me," smirked the blonde as he peeled off the underwear and was already taking it to his mouth.
Rin turned his head to the left and grunted while trying to enjoy these moments with pleasure. Already, his body was getting warmer and warmer as the blonde continued to bop his head back and forth.
H-he's so natural at this, thought Rin, brushing his hand through the blonde's hair.
"N-Nagisaaaaa!" he shouted as he was feeling about to climax.
Alex pinned down Rei on the bed and hovered above him, "It's been a long time that I topped you…back on Duniya."
The megane blushed but nodded as his partner kissed on his chest while two of his fingers went to work on opening the tunnel, causing Rei to moan and grip on the bedding.
"Ahh…aahhh!" he moaned.
He lined himself up after readying the tunnel while holding hands together and kissing briefly. After a nod, Alex dug himself inside, trying to get deep into his lover as much as possible.
"A-Alex!" gasped Rei, trying to keep his breath.
"Oh Rei…" he smiled, touching his face as they shared another deep kiss while the seme began to sway back and forth a little.
"Ahhh…ahhhH!" moaned Rei as he was trying to keep up with the beat while his shaft was ready to climax out.
"R-Rei…I-I'm close!" gasped Alex, as he massaged on Rei's chest and his side to add more passion and feeling of their close bodies.
Finally, he unleashed himself inside just as Rei exploded his climax, splashing his juice on both himself and his partner. Alex rested on top of Rei as the white fluid glued them together.
"Was I too rough?" asked Alex.
"You were perfect," smiled Rei as they shared a light kiss.
"I'm so sorry from what I have done to you all," he said, "I was totally lost in my past self...when I had problems with my own beauty."
"Please don't worry," replied Rei.
"I know but… I gave up so much back then...I should've never submit to that pain," he explained, "dreamed of being a beautiful model like body but…"
"You were always beautiful," said Rei as he looked into the sun-colored eyes, "Don't think too much about it. The past is history, the future is a mystery and today is a gift, that's why it's called present. Let's just enjoy this moment together."
"I-I love you," smiled Alex as a tear drop of happiness landed on Rei's cheek.
"I love you too," he smiled back as the two rested up together.
Rin walked through a dark void, running alone in fear as the footsteps left a sharp echo across the darkness. He stopped when the scene around him changed, sending him back to Neo Tabuk on the night when he and the others stayed at the palace.
"T-this is…" he began.
He saw Nagisa going in the room with Alex and Rei which was sort of odd but he did somehow recalled that he only had a single divider between both rooms but…
What shocked him was what they were doing…
"N-Nagisa…" trembled Rin as he saw Nagisa going at it with Rei and Alex.
"NAGISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
In the same nightmare, Nagisa ran through a field of flowers as he strangely saw an unusually bright day. He was about to pick up some roses when he saw Makoto, Haruka…and RIN!
"R-Rin-chan!" shouted Nagisa, "What's going…"
The blonde gasp as he saw Rin going happily with Makoto and Haruka as Nagisa dropped the flowers and stood in shock.
"T-this can't be…Rin-chan" he muttered, before screaming, "RIN-CHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"
Three shall become the spirit of courage…and three shall become the spirit of fortitude…but a heavy price comes to pay…
Outisde of Terran Nost Headquarters, up in the skies, the Six Suiei Gods floated around as they have watched their human selves from behind. They were astonished and surprised about "Other Worlds" and "Different Timelines" and when the stars were separated, they were dormant and unable to help the boys bring them back (hence it was why Alex was able to since they were powerless at the time).
But ever since that night at Neo Tabuk back on Duniya…the gods had put a blockage in their memory to prevent a breakout but the seal was broken after the team were separated into the two other realities.
"The seal is broken," muttered Matsuoka.
"Do you think they'll forgive us?" asked Marotta, worried.
"I don't know but let's hope they will," replied Ryugazaki.
Suiei Hazuki was looking rather sad as he replied, "I didn't want to do this to him! Oh just why did such a prophecy had to result in such cruelty!"
"But the time for their powers to fuse is upon us," said Suiei Nanase.
"Powerful figures that they'll become...if they can accept that fate..." agreed Marotta, "Alex calls those fusions...Kaita."
"Don't tell me that's part of Bionicle, is it?" asked Tachibana.
Marotta sweatdropped while Hazuki answered, "I really hope they forgive us...I don't want Nagisa to be mad at me..."
"I still find it strange...maybe almost horrifying on how we were originated from," replied Matsuoka, "We were created by 'nature' herself but it turned out that these Mahotsukai has created our concept."
"Easy for you to say, we were all pawns to them," pouted Hazuki, "I never agreed to that!"
"Just let us put our faith in them," said Nanase, "Our faith and our trust."
Rei was rushing through the darkness as well, hearing strange whirling noises of a drill or something. He saw a pair of yellow lights that glowed but several of them glowed around.
"A-are those eyes?" asked Rei.
Out of the shadows, a strange looking creature appeared with a massive robotic shell with strange looking pinchers. It also had strange masks on its face with jaws attached. As for its "feet", they weren't legs but rather wheels like a tractor…
"W-what in the name of!?" gasped the megane.
The creature propelled itself forward, about to crush him…
Early Morning:
Rei woke up with a gasp as he clinged himself onto the sheets, shaken in fear by the strange attack of some monster. He never seen such a creature and was covering his face to hide some tears.
Alex woke up moments later and saw Rei holding the blankets to his naked body.
"R-Rei!?" gasped Alex, "Did something happen?!"
The megane calmed down finally and replied, "*I had a nightmare... I saw some weird looking crabs, they were really big..."
"Giant Crabs?" asked Alex, confused, "Do you recalled what they look like?"
"They wore strange masks. Instead of legs they had some kind of robotic wheels. From what it seems, they looked more like robots than living creatures," he replied.
Alex gasped as he recognized the description of those robots, 'T-that's impossible! T-those are the Manas Crabs!"
"M-Manas?" asked Rei.
"Yes, they were one of the fauna from the Bionicle Universe…" he answered, "But how is it possible you met them in the dream if I am the one with that otherworldly knowledge?"
"I…I don't know," said Rei.
Before Alex could reply, they both heard a faint of some shouting in the other room before they heard a loud slam of a door.
"What was that?!" asked Alex.
"That sounded like Nagisa…and Rin!?" answered Rei.
Another door was slammed shut which made the two of them quickly get dress. Once they were dressed up, they left the room and saw Rin rushing down the hall quickly.
"You want to talk to Rin?" asked Alex.
"Yeah, you go to Nagisa," replied the megane, fixing up his glasses.
Alex arrived in the room where he saw Makoto and Nagisa hanging out on the bed. Makoto turned his head and asked, "Oh hey Alex, did you guys sleep well?"
"Not really, Rei had a strange nightmare…" he replied.
"A nightmare?" asked Nagisa, "What did Rei-chan see?"
"Strange monsters...I guess they were trying to attack him. I recongized the description though...it was a "Rahi" from the BIONICLE universe," said Alex.
"Eh?!" said a confused Makoto, "W-what's a Rahi?"
"Wildlife for the Matoran Universe inhabitants. The one type of Rahi Rei found in the dream were gigantic robotic crabs called Manas," he answered as he walked his way over and sat down next to Nagsia.
"Did you not sleep well either?" asked Alex.
"I could barely sleep…but there was no monster involved," said Nagisa, looking away.
"Did he tell you anything?" asked Alex to Makoto.
"He refused to tell me," sighed Makoto.
"Nagisa, listen, if we don't know what happened to you or Rin…" he began.
"THEN GO TALK TO HIM!" snapped Nagisa, "It's HIS fault we are fighting!"
In the hallways, Rin kicked down a trashcan and was about to go down the stairs when Haruka grabbed his hand and pinned him to the wall.
"Haru, let go!" he snapped.
"Rin, what's going on?" asked Haruka, "We all heard you guys shouting and…"
"It doesn't matter!" growled Rin, pushing Haruka back, "I hand enough of this bullshit!"
Rei arrived and said, "Rin-san! What happened!?"
The red-hair turned away for a moment and sighed, "We got into a fight, okay? It's nothing serious."
"No, that's a lie," said Haruka, "I may not be Alex but I know a lie when I see one."
"And it did sound very serious," agreed Rei.
"Why don't we ask the Suiei Gods?" suggested Alex.
"I believe the fight is between Rin and me. We don't need to discuss it with them," replied Nagisa bitterly.
"You're missing my point," said Alex.
"Huh?" asked Makoto.
"You guys don't remember, do you? The gods prevented my death by Rei when they put me in the hands of Haruka...and Rei was in Rin's hands. What if this is the same concept? Is one of us cursed…?" asked Alex.
Nagisa turned to Alex and said, "I think this is between Rin and I. Stay out of our way!"
"Look, maybe we should go back to Nagisa and…" said Haruka.
"Forget it, it's done. We're over," replied Rin.
"W-WHAT?! What are you!?" gasped Rei.
"He said that I can have Makoto and Haruka to myself," said Rin, "And I told him the same could be said for you and Alex."
Before Makoto could give an answer, the three heard Rin growing at Rei and Haruka as they dragged the shark boy back into the room.
"R-Rin!?" gasped Makoto.
"Okay we're going to settle this!" said Rei, fixing up his glasses, "What is going on?!"
"We heard you guys shouting this morning," said Haruka, "I don't know what it is exactly but…"
"What did you mean by having Rin ending up with Makoto and Haruka?" asked Rei.
"Well he can tell you what HE DID WITH THEM!" snapped Nagisa, glaring at the red-hair.
"I can say the same to you with Rei and Alex!" snapped Rin, with his shark teeth.
"I ain't scared of you!" replied the blonde, "What were you doing with Makoto and Haruka?!"
"Well what were you doing with Rei and Alex?!" asked Rin, "I saw you making out with them!"
"Says the one who fucked with Makoto and Haruka," snarled Nagisa, "I didn't do anything, you did!"
Rin was ready to throw his magic at Nagisa when Rei and Haruka pulled him back, trying to keep him in place while Alex and Makoto tried to keep Nagisa at bay.
"When did we even had threesomes anyway?!" asked Makoto.
Alex sensed dark clouds in Rin and Nagisa minds so he linked them together in his own mind, trying to recall where and when did this 'cheating' happened. He gasped as he finally found the answer before him.
"N-neo Tabuk…" he muttered.
The others turned to him as Nagisa was a bit shocked, "W-what?!"
"Neo Tabuk?" asked Rei.
"Forgive me but…I had to look both into your minds…Rin…Nagisa…I remembered it now, you Nagisa were staying with us while Rin went to Makoto and Haruka due to the way the room setup was," he said.
"You don't think Pandora tried to manipulate our relationships?" asked Haruka.
"Just why the fuck can't I remember," sighed Nagisa.
"But if it was Pandora that…" began Makoto.
"It's not," echoed a familiar voice of Suiei Tachibana.
"Then who!?" asked Nagisa.
The Six Suiei gods appeared before them as they were in great worry in knowing that this could break a long-time trust that might cause their relations to be destroyed. However, the truth was going to have to be the way out of this mess.
"This is something we have put on our shoulders…" said Suiei Matsuoka.
Alex gasped as the others were in a state of pure shock before them; just how could the gods do this to them?! This whole time?! It was like having their family turning against them!
"What did you DO!?" growled Rin.
"I am so sorry sweet Nagisa!" cried Suiei Hazuki, crying.
"Yo-you couldn't have!" gasped Makoto, still in denial.
"Tell us the truth!" said Rei, glaring at Suiei Ryugazaki, "What did you do to us?!"
Ryugazkai sighed while Nanase answered, "We'll explain it all…but let's go outside in a familiar environment."
The Magic Six and the Suiei Gods sat on benches and chairs while both parties were in deep silence. The Suiei Gods were indeed aware that a time like this could ruin the relationships but they hoped that after all of this, at least survival will become a success.
"Begin, the sooner the better," said Nagisa, annoyed.
"Long ago, you all remembered there was a time when relationships were put into a test and only by the power of love and team were the way out," said Suiei Nanase, "One known battle was when Rei and Alex fought for Haruka even though Rin took care of Rei and Haruka took care of Alex."
"Yeah, yeah, get to the point," answered Nagisa.
"The Compendium has the ability to see to the near future but only given in an amount of time it can foresee," said Suiei Tachibana.
The others gapsed as they only recalled that the Compendium only recalls from the past.
"This original version has an ability to see the near future which often times…that future cannot be avoided," explained Suiei Matsuoka as he summoned the book.
"But what did you guys find out?" asked Nagisa.
"One of which three shall walk in the path of fortitude and the other three walk in courage. If that prophecy does not fulfil, all of you…will die!" replied Suiei Nanase, pointing to one of the "possible futures" in the book.
"W-wait..I…I think I remember this…from a dream!" gasped the blonde.
"W-what?!" gasped Rei as he looked at the blonde while RIn kept a cold silence.
"What did you see?" asked Makoto.
"I saw two giant figures in armours. I think the armours' colors were resembling our team. They said that three shall become one with courage and the other three will become one with fortitude," he explained.
"Sounds like something Kaarina would say," shrugged Rin.
"Courage…Fortitude…three shall become one…" began Alex when his eyes suddenly widened in shock, "NO! IT CAN'T BE! Is this VALOR AND WISDOM!?"
"W-what are you saying?!" asked Rei.
"Sounds like Bionicle again," sighed Haruka.
"Why do you think so?" asked Makoto.
Alex sighed and called forth the Compendium as he explained his memories of his BIONICLE days before, during and after he stopped swimming.
"Toa Tahu and his team went underground to face Makuta, but there was an obstacle in their way; the Manas crabs appared out of the shadows and beat them as hard as they could. Realizing that their only survival lies in their power of Wisdom and Valor, three of each fused together to become stronger, more power beings…Akamai and Wairuha…" he explained.
"Gali, Lewa, and Kopaka formed Wairuha, Spirit of Wisdom...and Tahu, Pohatu, and Onua formed Akamai, Spirit of Valor. The two Kaita managed to defeat off the manas with their combined powers."
Rei looked at his teammates and asked, "You think that this story will eventually be like our own where we do have to combine our powers?"
"R-Rin-chan," muttered Nagisa.
"But what I don't understand is this…why did we have sex with the others…assuming if these 'Toa' cannot…" began Rin.
"Unlike them, you're human… in order to unlock those powers, one of the pairings had to be cleaved temporally," replied Matsuoka.
"And also…while you were all separated to Alpha and Beta Earths…we couldn't be able to get you out of there…but the Mahotsukai were able to show us your lives there and we saw how your relations grew and changed overtime," said Suiei Nanase.
"Nagisa, you cared for Rei too, right?" asked Suiei Hazuki.
"…yes," he answered.
"Rin, you cared for Makoto and Haruka also?" asked Suiei Matsuoka.
"I think you all know the answer to that," he replied.
"The six of you have faced many trials, joys, pain, and near defeats," said Suiei Marotta, "You remember what Alex said to you after you saved his life back in the Chiropteran wars?"
They nodded as they remembered that fateful day when Alex returned back as a human being completely (before finding out later as his true form as ½ human and ½ mahotsukai).
"For the team…" said Rin, "That's what we are."
Makoto smiled a bit and answered, "I agree. However, we cannot appreciate on what you have done to us though but we do understand now WHY you did what you had to do against our will."
"You had to make a hard decision…and I can only imagine how much pain it was to hold such a burden," nodded Alex.
"I wouldn't be so forgiving for this…but…" said Rin, "Without you guys to hold our powers for us, we wouldn't be able to stand where we are now."
"Which means that we have to decide on what we'll do from here on out," said Haruka.
"We will let you decide your own future," replied Suiei Nanase as the other gods nodded in agreement.
"We only wanted to keep you safe," said Suiei Hazuki, brushing his hand through Nagisa's hair.
"I will continue this journey…to defeat Pandora…so we can grow our love for each other," said Rei, standing up, "As much as I still have a few questions in mind…at this point, our enemy will try to stop us even further."
"I'm very proud of you," smiled Suiei Ryugazaki.
Rei turned to the others and continued, "I love all of you guys…Alex is my partner but that doesn't mean we don't just look after our parterns alone. Even though we were brought against our will to develop some new relationships…I am glad we have been a team."
"R-Rei-chan!" said Nagisa.
"I'm sorry Nagisa…" replied Rin, "I…
"Oh Rin-chan!" answered the blonde as the two hugged while Nagisa dripped some tears.
Makoto, Alex, Rei, and Haruka joined in the hug as they all shared a new sense of hope and happiness. The sun began to rise up as the skies were lit in bright colors. Abel found them outside and led them in for breakfast.
Even though they wanted to stay and help the sick people, Abel told them that they had to return to Lywnin to help out with the people there.
The Magic Six stood together, all dressed in their Arabian outfits once more as they were back outside by the front entrance. There were no mutants lurking around at the moment so it was their time to at least get out safely.
"Thank you," said Makoto as the others nodded in gratitude.
"I am glad I was some help," replied Abel.
Alex took out his sword and pointed it up to the skies, "DRAGON SEA KING!"
The sword glowed bright light as it grew into its massive dragon form with its wingspan as huge as the mansion. They each got on the dragon and Alex pulled on the reins, whispering the dragon to take them back to Lynwin. The beast roared and flapped its wings as massive winds drove through the town before it finally reached to the skies, heading south-west.
"I wish you the best of luck on your journey…" smiled Abel, "For the last voyage…"
~Episode 7 END~
~Episode 8 PV~
Makoto: We're finally home!
Rei: It's great to be back!
Rin: I'm ready to party up together again!
Sousuke: I'm going to need a few words with you...
Haruka: ...*strips off for the pool*
Alex: And there he goes again...
Nagisa: W-wait! What's in the skies?!
Alex: I-I know that power...and it's the...
Sousuke: Next Time, Free! Pandora's Box of Unparalleled Power...what new evil has taken in this world?