I am so, so sorry for the long wait. If you didn't see the announcement on my profile then I should tell you the reason for the long wait. My computer crashed and I was writing this on Word so I needed to get the file off of it or start this chapter over. Thankfully I was able to retrieve it, but writer's block is still one pesky son of a *&$%! . Anyway, here's a reply to a review:

Someguy (guest): I was already hoping to bring in Hades somehow, but it wouldn't be during his first year at the school. *heheheh*

Anyhow, with that out of the way, enjoy.

Chapter 9: Summer Time Mysteries

A couple months passed and Pit managed to ease up. He was still suspicious around Pandora but he was able to put that behind him during other classes. Despite being concerned about the goddess and their friend, the girls were happy to see Pit acting like he usually does. However, Pit made them promise never to tell anyone else about Pandora, not even Gin and Ms. Nekenome. They reluctantly agreed but knew that someone would have to say it someday.

One morning Pit was at the bus stop with his arms folded, pacing back and forth as he waited for his friends. He had a backpack that he got from the school store and even had on a white T-shirt with green trim, navy blue shorts, and black sandals. In his bag were spare clothes that he also got at the school store. His friends helped him get the stuff since it was summer vacation and the only thing Pit had were the swim trunks Yukari had made him before. As he paced he was thinking; the Newspaper Club was taking a trip to the human world for the summer but Pit was somewhat confused. Ms. Nekenome assured them that it would be alright as long as she was with them but Pit wasn't too sure about it. Where are they? Pit thought to himself. Although I did wake up pretty early so I can't blame them if they— "Morning!" A familiar voice called out.

"Oh, morning Mo-" Pit couldn't finish his sentence upon seeing his friend Moka in a yellow dress with a light pink vest over it; seeing that he couldn't help but blush.

Oh wow, he thought, she looks amazing today.

"What are you doing here?" she wondered, smiling. "We weren't supposed to be here for another half hour or so."

"Right, s-sorry." Pit stuttered. Seeing Pit's expression she looked away slightly.

"I must look pretty ridiculous to you don't I?" she asked him.

"What!? No way, you look great!" He sputtered. She was surprised but then smiled.

"Really?" She asked.

"Absolutely." Pit responded, nodding twice and making Moka blush.

After a while, Pit and Moka stood by the scarecrow while they waited for the others. When he thought about going to the human world, Pit took a deep breath. "Nervous?" Moka asked him. He nodded and Moka exhaled as well. "Same here." She said.

"Hm? Why would you— oh, yeah, that's right." Pit replied, remembering the story Moka told him at the beginning of the year.

"Yeah." She sighed. "I'm a little concerned too. Even now I'm having a little trouble with the fact we're going there." Pit looked over to her but then she snapped. "But I'm totally fine with it! It'll be okay as long as I'm with you Pit! Really!" She said quickly, waving her arms up and down, but then fell towards him and he caught her right away.

"Moka?" He checked. She then looked up to him.

"No matter what happens, you'll be there, right Pit?" she asked softly, smiling. Pit didn't say anything; he merely nodded while blushing at the position he was in. Before he knew it; Moka was moving her head closer to him with her lips parted, and found himself doing the same.

"C'mon, hurry up!" A voice rang out, making the duo jump. Moka stood straight again and they looked over to see Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore heading their way. Yukari and Mizore were in their normal clothes but Kurumu was wearing a white T-shirt with black shorts and a black bowtie that was a bit loose. Like Pit, the girls all had a bag with spare clothes in it. Seeing Pit and Moka together, Yukari gasped before puffing her cheeks. "Just what do you think you two are doing huh?" She asked irritably.

"Can't leave them alone, can we?" Mizore sarcastically wondered out loud.

"That's for sure." Kurumu replied. Moka and Pit both chuckled and blushed a little. Just then they heard the horn of a bus and Pit looked to his right with the others following his gaze. They saw the bus heading their way and could see Ms. Nekenome waving to them.

"Hey guys!" she called to them. The bus pulled up next to the group and the door opened revealing their teacher. "This is the Newspaper club's first trip to the human world." She stated happily. "Are you guys ready?"

"Yeah!" The group chorused but Pit then realized something. "Wait, where's Gin?" he asked.

"Well, apparently he flunked a few subjects so he had to stay behind for summer school." Kurumu explained nervously.

"Like you're one to talk," Yukari said flatly, "you didn't exactly pass with flying colors."

Kurumu flinched at that statement. "Don't worry," she assured, "I managed to pass all of my make-up classes." She finished as she and Yukari got on the bus.

"More like managed to skip them, I bet." Mizore said softly as she boarded the bus. Pit only shook his head and let Moka go before him.

"So, you're the angel that has been causing a ruckus lately." Came a familiar voice as Pit boarded. Pit recognized the voice but was surprised to hear that the bus driver (who was in the driver's seat smoking a cigar with the window open) knew about him.

"Wait, how did you—?" The bus driver cut him off by raising a hand.

"Kid, at Yokai Academy, nothing's a secret." The driver told him.

"Oh. Okay." Pit replied awkwardly. He walked over towards the back and saw that the seat at the very back was connected to both sides of the bus. The girls had taken a seat there and Moka patted the spot next to her by the window so Pit could sit there. Once he took his seat, the doors to the bus closed and took off. Pit rested his elbow on the edge of the window and looked out of it. He could see that they went into the tunnel and saw the same alternating colors from before.

"Interesting, isn't it?" Came the bus driver's voice, Pit merely looked over to him. "This tunnel is made of energy that connects the human world to Yokai Academy." He explained. "In other words, once we're out of the tunnel it's farewell to the supernatural world for a while."

Kind of like when Master Hand gathers the members of Club Nintendo for a meeting or for a tournament. Pit thought to himself. He looked to his friends and saw they were a little nervous. Now Pit had to admit that he was a bit nervous too because the human world he saw when he first arrived here was nothing like back home; it almost looked like he was in the future. I still can't believe we're going to the human world. He thought. I wonder what new sights await. A bright flash of light took him out of his train of thought. He had to cover his eyes since it was pretty bright. He blinked a few times and then looked out the window. Outside were buildings that were almost as tall as a palace at most as well as people walking on a pathway that was next to the road they were on. The road itself was big enough for three vehicles on each side and had white stripes painted on it.

There were so many things here that Pit was speechless. The mid-air stadium Master Hand would take him to was nothing compared to what he saw here. When he looked over to the other side of the bus he saw the blue ocean he was used to. "What's up Pit?" Kurumu asked him, getting his attention.

"Huh?" Pit blinked. "Oh, well, this world's just completely different from mine." He explained. "I'm just surprised by what's here."

"Well I guess we should have expected that." Kurumu shrugged.

The group got off at a bus stop in a small forest not too far from the beach. After a 30 minute walk they arrived and found a set of bathrooms for them to change in. The girls and Ms. Nekenome had swimsuits on and Pit was in his trunks. While Ms. Nekenome was eyeing some fish that a man at a booth was cooking the rest of the group were playing with a yellow beach ball that Yukari brought along. "Pit, catch!" Yukari said cheerfully. Pit tossed the ball back to her who in turn tossed it to Mizore.

"So you're not afraid of being here are you Pit?" Yukari asked him as Kurumu tossed the ball to Pit.

"Nope." He responded as he tossed the ball back to Mizore. "Just surprised by this city," he then explained "plus I've protected humans for a really long time so I'm not scared."

"Wow, you're so brave Pit." Yukari told him admiringly. Pit blushed and failed to notice the ball move past him. When it did he looked in the direction it was going just as Moka slid across the sand to keep it from falling and tossed it back to Yukari.

"Are you okay Moka?" He asked her.

"Um, yeah, just got a pile of sand down my swimsuit." She replied with an awkward chuckle.

Pit was about to say something but—"Pit look out!" Yukari's voice rang out. Right as she said that Pit turned his head just in time for the ball to hit him square in the face and make him fall on his back. "Oops. My bad." Mizore said softly. Pit sat up and rubbed his face.

"It's fine." He told her. "I've suffered worse." Much worse actually. He thought.

"Hey Pit." Kurumu spoke up, getting the angel's attention. "Do you miss it? Skyworld, I mean." She then asked. Pit looked down to the ground.

"To be honest," he started, "I actually do miss being home." A sliver of sadness could be seen in Pit's eyes.

"Hey, how about we get off this topic and have some fun?" Moka told them. "It is summer vacation after all." Pit had to agree to this, he may be homesick but that didn't stop him from wanting to have fun with his friends. He got up just as the ball was tossed to him, to which he tossed back.

"You know, I completely agree with Moka." Yukari stated. She was about to pass the ball but it was intercepted by Kurumu. "HEY! Kurumu stop stealing my ball!" She exclaimed.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there. You're just so tiny." Kurumu said with a mixture of playfulness and sarcasm. This made Yukari puff her cheeks.

"That's enough. This means war." She said in an irritated tone. Pit could only guess what was about to happen and decided to step between them.

"Please don't, because I really don't want to cause a scene and draw attention." Pit slightly pleaded. The girls calmed down a bit but Kurumu had a slight smirk and Yukari was still glaring a bit at her.

"Whatever you say Pit." Kurumu giggled slightly as she hugged Pit around the neck and pressed her chest against him, causing him to blush. This made Yukari glare even more and Moka and Mizore started to fume, with Mizore squeezing the ball since she was the one holding it at the time.

"Wow. I knew you made friends but I didn't know it went that far." A new voice spoke up. Pit was shocked to hear a familiar voice and looked forward with the girls looking in the same direction as him. Sanding a few meters from where they were was a girl that was about the same age as Yukari with fair skin and a blonde, mid-length pony tail held up by a dark red ribbon with a purple rose on it and was off to the left of her head. She wore sunglasses that had a burgundy frame and a swim suit that had the same color along with black and dark green detail. "It's been a while Pit. I've been looking everywhere for you." She then said.

"Um, can we help you?" Kurumu asked awkwardly, letting go of Pit. Moka and the others looked to him to see he had a speechless expression and saw he was trying to put a sentence together.

"Wha...h-how...w-when did..." He stuttered.

"Do you know her Pit?" Yukari asked. This question made him snap out of it.

"Of course I do! That's Viridi!" He stated.

"THAT'S Viridi!?" The Yokai girls exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmph, looks like my fan club just got bigger." Viridi observed sarcastically with a smirk. Pit felt a heavy sweat drop.

"What are you doing here anyway?" Pit asked her, still a little bit surprised.

"Did you not hear me before?" She replied with a hand on her hip. "I told you that I've been looking for you." She then took off her glasses revealing her dark golden eyes. "Long story short: rumors went around that you disappeared and everybody that knew you decided to help look, and I mean everybody."

"Even Master Hand?" Pit deadpanned.

"And the other members of that little club you're a part of." Viridi clarified.

"Master Hand?" The girls repeated in unison.

"I'll explain later." Pit told them. "But how did you know to find me here?" He asked the goddess in front of him.

"That glove's brother of his suggested we look in worlds that haven't been explored yet and suggested a few places." She explained. "And soon enough shortly after I arrived here you suddenly popped up out of nowhere and I told everyone who was searching that it was off. I'm surprised that he was crazy enough to think of that."

"His name says it all: he's nothing but crazy." Pit said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Who?" Kurumu asked; a bit confused.

"Master Hand's brother, Crazy Hand." Pit responded. The girls could feel sweat drop.

"These guys have some really weird names." Yukari muttered.

"You can thank Ninten—." Viridi cut Pit off by shushing him.

"How many times do I have to tell you guys to stop breaking the forth wall, huh?" she whispered.

[Out of Story]

Me: Like you're any better!

Viridi: Just shut up and keep writing.

Me: Fine.

[Back in Story]

Ignoring that little outburst: A couple of minutes past and Pit explained what happened during his stay at Yokai Academy while they walked around the beach. The girls also told Viridi about the kinds of fights he's been in and Pit told her about his new found abilities, which only made the little goddess scoff. "Yeah right," she started, "flying on your own and conjuring your own weapons is not something you'd be able to do Pit."

"But it's true!" Yukari told her.

"Yeah, we all saw it with our own eyes!" Moka added in with Kurumu and Mizore nodding in agreement.

"Whatever." Viridi said, still not really believing it. Pit sighed and looked around. He could see humans either in groups or alone and they seemed to pay no attention to the group. After looking around some more he spotted a cluster of yellow on a cliff that was a ways upward.

"Hey guys, look." He told them, pointing to the cliff. They all looked for a little while before Viridi spoke up.

"Are those sunflowers?" She wondered.

"Looks like it." Pit replied.

"Why don't we go take a look?" Yukari offered.

"Well it is interesting." Kurumu said.

"Let's just go and get it over with." Viridi stated. Pit could only shake his head at the goddess.

After grabbing a few things from their spot and telling Ms. Nekenome where they were going the group headed for the cliff. After following a road for about three minutes at most the group finally arrived at their destination. Once they laid eyes on the place though they were all breathless (Viridi not so much). In front of them was a massive field of sunflowers with a house in the center of it surrounded by trees. Pit whistled at the sight. "Man, now this is something." He said as he led the group down to the field. They walked down a path for a little bit and took in the sights. Viridi stood on her toes so she could smell a flower.

"I could see why someone would want to live here." She said. "This place is pretty nice."

"This field has definitely gone up to #2 on my 'Visit Again' list." Pit said thoughtfully.

"#2? What's #1?" Moka asked him.

"The Galactic Sea of course." He told her, looking behind him.

"You should take us there sometime Pit." Kurumu told him.

"I'll say." Mizore replied as she appeared behind Pit; making him jump and wrapping her arms under his from behind. "It'll be so romantic." She said as she blushed.

"Yep," Kurumu started as she wrapped her arms around his left one, "especially since it'll be just me and him at the scene." She finished.

"No, it'll be me." Mizore countered as she grabbed Pit's other arm.

"Yeah right! It's gonna be me!" Yukari told them both as he wrapped her arms around his neck from behind.

"No, it's going to be me!" Moka exclaimed as she hugged Pit around the middle. The two grabbing his arms started to pull on him and a tick mark appeared on his head out of slight annoyance; like he needed this on his vacation. Viridi was trying her best to hold back a laugh while at the same time couldn't help but feel sorry for Pit. He sure had a lot going on.

"Oh no. How'd we get here?" Came a new voice. The girls stopped fighting over Pit and the group went to one side of the path towards the flowers. Despite the foliage they were able to see a man and a woman in their twenties wearing hiker's clothing. "Come on, let's get out of here." The woman said; she looked worried.

"Whoa, what's the rush?" The man wondered, not knowing what the problem was.

"You mean you haven't heard?" The woman asked her partner.

"Heard about what?"

"The locals say that a witch lives on this hill, and she kidnaps anybody who comes here." The woman explained, catching the group by surprise.

"A witch?" Pit said under his breath.

"C'mon. It's probably some old fairy tale." The male traveler assured.

"But people who have come here have gone missing." His partner countered. "They say that plans were made to build on this hill and the witch became angry at the people and started kidnapping anyone who came here. Come on let's go."

"Okay, whatever you say." The man told her. The two then left, and once they were out of sight Pit started to feel another presence. He looked around but no one was there.

"Ya hear that?" Kurumu's voice rang out, interrupting his thoughts. "Apparently some of your relatives have been going around kidnapping people." She told the witchling teasingly. Yukari got a little bit irritated at this.

"And apparently you believe everything you hear." She retorted. "You're just about as dimwitted as you look."

"Well I know one thing: that witches get on my nerves." The succubus countered.

"Yeah? Well I know I don't like succubae whose only goal is being a sex pot!" Yukari shot at her. The rest of the group (Viridi included) felt sweat drop as they watched the two argue.

"Well it's not like I'd expect you to understand." Kurumu told her. "You being a little kid and all." Just then a gold washtub hit her on the head. She immediately got up after it did. "Hey! Just what was that for huh?" She scolded.

"What are you talking about? All I did was drop a gold washtub." Yukari replied innocently.

"That's exactly it you little brat!" Kurumu told her as another washtub hit her. "Hey!"

Unknown to any of them a girl was hiding in the foliage watching everything that happened and was surprised to see that Yukari was a witch. "Come on guys, cut it out." Pit told the duo; deciding enough was enough.

"Okay Pit." Yukari replied with a light giggle. Kurumu however was irritated and even had the scowl to prove it.

"Let's just get back to Ms. Nekenome." She said irritably.

"It is getting close to the evening." Mizore spoke up.

"By the way Pit," Viridi started as they headed back to the beach, "are you sure that Pandora's at this school you're going to?"

"It's like I said Viridi..." Pit's voice got quieter as the girl in the foliage watched them leave.

Once they were out of sight she stepped out of the flowers. She had long raven black hair that had two pigtails done up on both sides, dark violet eyes, and wore a pink and black old fashioned dress. "That girl, there's no doubt about it." She said to herself as she held a flower close to her face. "I must report this to her ladyship at once." She then dropped the flower and started heading for the house.

The sun set behind the ocean and the Yokai group along with Viridi were setting up camp. With all the humans gone Viridi took the opportunity to change her swim suit into a nightgown of sorts and changed her hair into its normal length, which is down to her feet. At the moment she was reading tarot cards after they got the tent set up and Yukari walked over to her curiously. "Taking a look at the future?" She asked her.

"Yeah," Viridi replied, "and so far it's not looking too good." She then flipped over one of the cards that was face-down and got more concerned.

"You know," Yukari started, "you never struck me as the type to read fortunes."

"And you never struck me as the type to actually be a witch." Viridi replied.

Yukari just shrugged it off but then a thought struck her mind. "Um, Viridi. When you leave, are you taking Pit with you?" She asked; a little worried.

Viridi took a break from her cards and looked to the witchling. "That depends actually." She responded. "It's still a little hard to believe that Pandora could still be alive, though after reading my cards I have a feeling that Pit could be right."

"Well I was a little skeptical at first about Pit going up against gods and winning." Yukari told her. "But he explained it very well like it actually happened."

"Yeah but then again Pit was never really the brightest when it came to making up something clever." Viridi replied.

"Okay," came Pit's relieved voice, the duo looked over to see him near the firewood pile, "that should last us for the night."

"Alright kids, I'm going to go get some fish for us to eat." Ms. Nekenome called to them. The group looked over to her.

"But Ms. Nekenome," Moka started, "we have enough food here to last us the trip."

"True but one could never have too many fish." The teacher replied. "Oh, the fish they get in the human world are amazing." She then said in a moment of slight bliss. Pit was now curious.

"Um, is that one of the reasons you wanted to come to the human world or the only one?" He asked. This made the teacher flinch a little.

"Uh, well, I'll be right back." She said somewhat quickly. "Don't go anywhere!" She then took off, with her tail sticking out. Viridi could feel sweat drop.

"Hey Pit," the goddess started, getting the angel's attention, "is your teacher..."

"Weird? Yeah, she kind of is." Pit replied, making Viridi sigh at his teacher.

The group continued setting things up but Yukari was left out. Every time she had an opportunity to help it was either denied or taken from her. She saw Pit having trouble carrying a cooler and went to help him but Kurumu quickly stepped in. She asked Moka or Mizore if they wanted help but they told her they didn't need it. Viridi was off talking to Palutena through telepathy apparently and Pit joined shortly after they finished setting up camp. All this made her want to be alone for a while and she ran off for the sun flower field.

About 28 minutes passed and Pit noticed that Yukari was nowhere to be seen; and he started to get a little worried. "Hey, does anybody know where Yukari went?" He asked the group. They all looked around and saw she wasn't there with them.

"I haven't seen her for a while." Moka responded. "Where could she have gone?" Pit had a pretty good feeling where she went, and why.

"I'm gonna go look for her." He told them. "I'll be right back."

"Be careful." Kurumu called after him as he left.

Pit traveled up the road toward the sunflower field. He thought about what he talked to Palutena about when he jumped into the telepathic call. Like with Viridi he told her about his adventures at Yokai Academy and the abilities he acquired. At first she didn't believe him but when she saw a change in his energy she thought it was possible. Viridi said that it was because he spent a bit of time in this world but he took the opportunity of having no humans around to conjure his Rosario Blade in front of her. Palutena sensed a spike in power and started to believe it and Viridi (as stubborn as she is) confirmed it for her despite being breathless. Palutena told Pit that she wanted to bring him back but he told her Pandora was at the school he was going to. She didn't believe it at first but Viridi told her that they should leave him there just in case; she was actually starting to believe it since Pit was able to actually forge a weapon by himself. He was hoping that the goddesses would at least let him keep going to the school for the sake of some education and Palutena said she would think about. In reality, Pit wanted to stay because of the girls.

He was getting close to the spot that overlooked the sunflower field when he heard voices. Wait…voices? Pit's pace quickened and he could see Yukari on the same ledge they were all on earlier but she wasn't alone; a girl with long, black hair, wearing a dress, and holding a staff with a purple gem in it and raven feathers around the outside was with her. He got curious and walked closer. "Hey, Yukari!" he called out. Both the girls were surprised and looked to Pit.

"Oh, hey Pit!" Yukari responded, happy to see her friend. The girl next to her, however, lifted the staff she was holding and the gem in the center started to glow. Pit stopped walking and heard rustling to his right. Just as he looked in that direction a vine lashed out at him and he dodged it in the nick of time.

"Human scum. Die!" the new girl said.

"But Ruby, he's not-" Yukari was cut off as the gem on "Ruby's" staff started to glow more. Pit heard more rustling, all around him this time. Seconds later about a dozen plant like monsters with red glowing eyes surrounded him.

"Sure glad Viridi doesn't have these kinds of creatures in her army." Pit thought out loud. He then sighed as a thought crossed his mind. And she won't be happy that this girl's messing with nature. Wait a minute! He thought to himself as he looked to Ruby with a look of realization. She must be the witch that the women from this afternoon talked about. One of the plant monsters charged at Pit but he dodged it and conjured a Rosario themed bow, which shocked Ruby. However, she quickly got over this and ordered the plant monsters to attack.

They did as they were told but Pit was able to hold his own with a combination of crimson arrows and blade slashes. Despite his best efforts, he found himself tiring out after a while and saw he was surrounded by more plant monsters. Just great. He thought to himself. And here I thought I could get a break from all this. As he took a stance and his opponents were about to charge, a flash of bright, aqua-blue light had blinded him and his enemies. About a few seconds later, Pit opened his eyes to see all the plant monsters he was facing sliced to bits. "What the…" He whispered in bewilderment. He looked over to his left to see Yukari on one knee holding up her wand with a few cards with wings flying in a perfect circle above it and the other hand on her hat. The cards disappeared and she stood up and looked to Pit.

"Are you okay?" She asked him.

"Yeah." He replied and took another look at the massacred plants around him. "Did you do this?" he then asked her.

"You bet I did!" She told him with a confident smile.

"Guess that wand can do more than just create washtubs that fall down on people huh?" He wondered with an impressed chuckle. Yukari giggled in response and Pit turned his attention to Ruby, who was still on the hill and was glaring at him. His face took on a serious expression but it faded when Yukari stood in front of him and faced Ruby.

"Listen, Ruby," Yukari started, "I've decided that I don't want to come with you." Pit and Ruby were surprised for different reasons; the former put the pieces together and assumed that Ruby wanted Yukari to join her for some reason and the latter was shocked that Yukari turned down her offer.

"Pit!" Came Moka's voice. Yukari and Pit looked behind them to see Moka, Kurumu, Mizore, and Viridi running towards them. They stopped a few feet in front of the two and looked around. Viridi had a somewhat disappointed look on her face and sighed.

"Should I even ask?" the goddess said flatly.

"Did you do all of this Pit?" Moka asked the angel, who shook his head.

"Nope. It was all Yukari." He told her, looking down to the witchling with a smile. Yukari giggled while the others were a bit surprised.

"Not bad, I guess," Viridi replied, "but who's the girl behind you?" She finished, pointing to Ruby.

Pit glanced behind him and turned back to the group. "From what I've heard her name is Ruby, and I'm guessing that she's the witch that people around here are talking about."

"Guess that explains it." Viridi said, figuring that Ruby was the one that made the plant creatures attack Pit and Yukari.

"By the way," the angel started, "how did you guys know that we were in trouble?"

"When we saw that bright flash of light we figured something was wrong." Moka told him.

"Well we're fine now so we can head back to camp." Yukari told them.

"Whatever," Kurumu spoke up; walking over to the witchling, "let me carry you on my back and stop playing tough." She said in a flat tone. Pit shook his head and sighed; Kurumu may not admit it but she was actually worried about Yukari.

"Um, I'm pretty sure that if she could take out these plant creatures by herself then she can walk on her own, right?" Viridi wondered with an impressed smirk.

"Yep," Yukari responded as she skipped over to the goddess, "I'm also capable of healing myself."

Kurumu was slightly annoyed. "Ooh, I swear you're too proud to ask others for help." She said, crossing her arms.

"Yeah well you're too proud to admit how you really feel!" Yukari retorted, which prompted Viridi, Pit, and Moka to laugh a little.

Moka walked over to Pit after they finished laughing. "Well, I'm just glad that you're both okay." Pit looked to Moka and felt her arms around his left one. She moved her head closer to his and Pit's thoughts mildly snapped as he realized what she was planning.

Oh boy, here we go. He thought to himself as he prepared for Moka's bite. Suddenly he heard rustling and saw three vines moving towards Moka, and he knew what was about to happen. "Moka look out!" Pit exclaimed as he grabbed Moka's shoulder and moved her to the other side. Before she could ask what was wrong the vines had cut into Pit's back causing him to fall to the ground, with a small trail of blood following him. Moka and the girls (even Viridi) were shocked to see Pit hit the ground on his stomach with three clean cuts in his back, unconscious. Most of them looked to Ruby who was holding up her wand and grinning menacingly but Moka hadn't taken her eyes off of Pit.

"I will bring Yukari home, no matter what it takes, because it is my wish." She told them. "Also, because her ladyship demands it!"

Moka was staring at the unconscious form of Pit with a worried and saddened look. "Pit?" Moka whimpered, but nothing happened. A tear or two escaped her eyes as she saw the stain around the cuts on her friend's back. Her friend. Her best friend. Her very FIRST friend. "PIT!" Moka cried as she was engulfed in a beam of crimson light. Her form then became cleary visible in the beam but instead of the pink-haired Outer Moka, it was the silver-haired Inner Moka. Once she became aware she opened her now glowing, crimson eyes and glared death at Ruby, which made the latter take a step back.

"Ruby, what have you done?!" Yukari exclaimed. She looked to Kurumu and saw her eyes glowing purple and watched as she changed into her succubus form, followed by a purple aura that surrounded her. Yukari then turned her attention to Mizore and saw a light blue aura surround her and her eyes glowing the same color as claws of ice formed around her hands and the air around her began to get colder. A power spike that was slowly growing could be sensed by Yukari before she took a look behind her and saw Viridi with her head down, her fists clenched, and a golden aura as the wind was starting to pick up.

"There's only one person here that can control nature," the goddess said in silent fury as she held out her hand and conjured a nature-themed scythe, "AND THAT'S ME!" She then shouted as she along with Moka, Kurumu, and Mizore charged at Ruby. She held out her wand in response and the gem in it lit up brightly. As both sides collided a pillar of purple light mixed with red, blue, and gold shot up into the air. Shining brightly as the fight began.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Bet you didn't see Viridi's appearance coming did you?

Well, expect more as soon as I can upload it.

Please review, and until next time, see ya!