My MEGAMI (Mechanically Enhanced Genetically Augmented Materializing Interface)

Chapter 06: How now said that spider to the wolf/A samurai's oath

It was night now and Yukino and Haruka had finished school, it had been three days since the massive battle at the fields and so Haruka had finally recharged her energy reserves and healed her wounds thanks to her link with Yukino. MEGAMI recovered very quickly being just spirits. Natsuki had also manage to heal herself enough to continue carrying out her duties although there was still a dull ache still present comparable with being only really stiff though. Yukino had guessed right that this warrior had an incalculable amount of mana in her body which meant she didn't take as long to heal as Haruka.

All of the Masters had gathered at Mai's dorm room located in an adjacent building where Mai was keeping Tate who was still unconscious. The MEGAMI stood guard while Yukino the most knowledgable (but otherwise weakest of the three girls) examined his body to find out what was wrong with him.

"Something is wrong with Tate-kun, I examined his body and found traces of psychic Tamperings and physical Augmentations," Yukino explained.

"You mean memory manipulation and body strengthening. Are you saying somebody made Tate attack Mai?" Shizuru questioned.

"Yes, I'd have to say that was why he so hard to beat besides the Masamune sword but the detail is impressive it had to have been done by a Master magus someone well above us."

"Tampering?" Mai asked.

"Unlike varieties of mind control such as Provocation Tampering doesn't involve direct influence of the mind's though processes in real time. Instead it's a form of magical brain-washing where one edits memories so the actions he carried out were no different than someone who suffered from amnesia and were then tricked into thinking their best friend was their enemy."

"Do you know who it is?"

"No, but I was able to extract one memory from him. It was an image."

"A face in his mind?"

"Yes, it was a man with black hair and yellow eyes but I didn't recognize him. Also whoever this is also conditioned him to commit suicide if beaten. Don't worry I already editted that out but that's not the most disturbing thing."

"This Master knew that Tate was also a Master," Shizuru concluded.

"Correct, that means he probably knows who we are as well. This goes without saying but we'd be better extra careful this man seems very devious."

Yukino and Haruka decided to stay for the night to watch over their new allies while Yukino and Mai got to work trying to undo the Tampering done to Tate's mind.

"Can it be done?" Mai asked the wiser mage.

"Maybe, memories are like words in a book or data in a computer. You can write over or delete them and write new things into the mind. It's easy to undo the editting done to make him attack you and commit suicide but I think it's presumptious to assume he'll ever get all his memories back," Yukino gravely explained.

The remaining girls decided to head home to give Natsuki a few more hours to rest towards midnight before hitting the town for a little personal investigation into the matter of this new Master whoever he was. They hoped that one of the two would be able to sense a trace of magic in Fuuka City or at least that Hunter's clairvoyant eyes would notice something. While back at their dorm room Natsuki had taken Shizuru's broken naginata and replaced the blade, it wasn't Cortana from last night but a blade of similar origin. Natsuki had explained that Ichors often changed with new users and that the three swords of hers had different appearances prior to her using them. The sword she attached to Shizuru's naginata looked like a European longsword but once attached with more barb-wire it became something closer to a falchion that hung from the pole. The whole thing once complete transformed into metal and elongated to repair the lost length and even turned purple Shizuru's favourite color.

"This is Almace a sword made from the remains of the magical metal that made my blades. Unlike the others vhich was given to warriors this one was given to the Archbishop of Reims so it's a veaker than my blades but still. It's a Divine Ichor. May it serve you vell."

With her new weapon ready Hunter presented it Shizuru in the same fashion samurai presented their swords to the Emperor. Natsuki knelt before her Master and bowing her head raised the weapon above her and to her Master. Shizuru gracefully accepted.

"Thank you," she hugged her new weapon.

Time passed and the girls went into town to seek out their enemy.

Yukino worked away tirelessly and precisely to undo the damage done to Tate, Mai followed her matching her every order and movement as with hands placed on his temple pieced his mind back together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

"Well at least he didn't delete the memories he just jumbled them up in fashion that he's still Tate but with a completely different perspective on people. That's a real talent whoever did this."

"What happens if he just deleted it all and left a single memory of hating me?" Mai asked.

"Then he'd be a vegetable with that memory people need their memories to guide them otherwise they're not different from newborns, that's why it's such a masterful piece of work. On the opposite end if you simply insert the memory without giving it any history or justification it'll be little more than just a thought not a motivation."

"Wow, this is a really fantastic job then."

The girls worked well into the morning but after hours of tireless ritual they were done at least mostly anyway. They editted enough to cover a good few years back from the present but his childhood was questionable. It didn't look terribly bad but on the other hand it didn't look terribly good either so in the end the girl's simply left it alone. Unfortunately there wasn't any memories of the man who did this to him other than that voiceless face staring down on him as though he were watching from above as Tate lay in a bed or a table. They did catch a glimpse of one interesting thing however, it was a shrunken head that appeared to have pink dreadlocks on it which they guessed must have the focus of summoning Tate used to bring Deceiver into the world. This revealed one very disturbing thing to the girl's, if this Master was able to spare a focus just like that there was no telling just who he was capable of summoning.

With their work done they decided to call it a night or more precisely a morning and get some sleep. Haruka didn't need to sleep so the Judicator decided to watch over her Master as she rested. Mai didn't sleep however, she couldn't and instead simply stayed with Tate while Mikoto snuggled up to her and watched too. Eventually even Mikoto fell asleep like a child in her mother's arm leaving Mai alone to watch them both.

Dawn came and with it the wayward samurai finally awoke and was greeted by Mai.

"Good morning, how did you sleep?" she asked simply not sure if she wanted to bite his head off or not.

He looked at her silently for a moment then furrowed his brow and rolled over.

"Sorry," he started. "For last night."

"That's alright, it wasn't your fault," Mai offered her sympathy.

Only silenced followed however as neither of them were able to find the right words for this awkward moment. Until finally Tate growled loudly in frustration, rolled over again and raised his arm where lo and behold his Master Seals were.

"I'm sorry for what I did and don't even say it wasn't my fault because it was, I should have done better," he yelled.

Finally he got out of bed and slowly walked towards Mai. She in turn got to her feet but as she did he feel to his knees before her.

"I descend from a branch of the daimyo line of the Date clan, from henceforth I swear to protect you and those allied with you. My life is yours to do with as you please," he swore but not having a sword to offer her he raised his arm carrying his Seals. "Because I have no sword to offer instead I can only offer you my Seals, take them."

"Wait a second I can't just take them! You still have a right to this Trial you should summon another MEGAMI and fight with us."

"I'm unworthy and I refuse to summon again. I will not let another fight in my stead not after what I've done. Take them it's all I can offer."

There wasn't much reason to refuse though Mai knew that she accepted his Seals it would only mean she could order around Mikoto more nothing more but Yuuichi didn't look he was going to back down. So finally with much reluctance Mai accepted. She lay Mikoto down on her bed and approached Tate who now stood in a ritual circle he had prepared. Bowing before her he offered his arm once again and she pressed a hand against the marks. In unison they chanted in a tongue of their country lost for thousands for years as light danced about them. The Seal painfully peeled off Tate's arm like a white-hot brand and crawled onto Mai's palm. They bit their lips stiffling screams and drew blood as the glyphs burned through them. The runes now on Mai spiritually bored through her hand causing pain but no injuries and onto the back of it then crawled up it like fire ants until finally they melded themselves into the skin of her left arm where they had been on Tate. A full set without use she now had.

Mai stood to admire them for a second before collapsing onto Yuuichi who embraced her on their way down. Although both were embarassed and blushed at the situation neither of them moved and instead simply enjoyed each other's warmth. Tate hugged her tightly while Mai simply rested on his broad chest and listenned to his heartbeat.

"Tate-kun?" Mai began softly. "What are you after?"

"…Nothing, I was only sent here because I wanted to get away from my parents."

"You're parents?!" she asked shocked.

"Yeah, they're always so annoying whining about this and whining about that. When I got the invitation I was happy just to get away from them."

"So there's nothing you want out of all this."

"I think…I think I already have all I need," he said as he squeezed her tighter.

Mai blushed harder as he did then her eyes started to mist up.

"Mai?" Tate spoke worried by her sudden tears.

"I think having a family is wonderful," she whispered.

Realization dawned on the dopy male and he quickly apologized.

"I'm so sorry…"

"It's alright."

"Is that what you're after? The resurrection of your parents?"

"Yes…I asked Fumi but she said she couldn't."

"Why? She's a Pure One right she should be able to do it right?"

"She could but…"

"She will, I'll make her!" Tate proudly announced which made Mai giggle.

"It's not that she didn't want to. It's because there's something about True Magic you must know. True Magic comes from the Gods channeled through the Twelve it is therefore their miraculous will that permits things to happen, if the Gods do not will it then it won't happen. Gods might be conceptual beings but they have some semblance to human sentience so even they can be quite petty even if their thoughts are nothing like ours."

"I see…I'm sorry."

"You can stop apologizing."

"Sor…Nevermind."

Mai giggled again while Tate fought the urge to complain like he usually did. Silence once again reigned until Mai decided to talk some more.

"My parents died in a plane crash," she revealed.

"Is that why you're afraid of flying?"

"Yeah."

The girls had taken to the streets dressed in casuals. Shizuru was wearing a simple set of clothes consisting of a skirt with a tank-top and jacket while Natsuki wore jeans with sneakers, a turtleneck and a long black trenchcoat. She wanted to wear a beret but Shizuru insisted against it so she could see her rather fetching and distinctive comb-over. Shizuru carried her new Divine Ichor the naginata with the blade of Almace which Natsuki gave her. Unfortunately since she didn't have the powers of a MEGAMI she couldn't dematerialize it thus forcing her to carry in a long bag slung onto her shoulder.

Natsuki explained that while most Ichors dematerialized along with their respective MEGAMI some were enchanted with a large store of mana or a continous source of mana to keep them in this plane. Natsuki Durandal and Haruka's Mjolnir were such examples. She explained that Cortana, Joyeuse and Almace now in Shizuru's possession were the same. But because Shizuru was neither a MEGAMI nor a particularly powerful magus with a lot of mana she'd never be able to draw out its full potential which is why as Natsuki explained it was generally better to use an Ichor to summon a MEGAMI to wield it rather than wield it oneself. Of course that is assuming one can even summon a MEGAMI in the first place since that was dependant upon the Gods themselves.

"Your sword is Durandal. Ah that's it!" Shizuru announced to her companion.

"You've figured out who I am?" Natsuki asked curious to see what Shizuru had come up with this time.

"You're…Helen of Troy!" she dramatically announced.

Natsuki had a massive sweat-drop and tripped over her own feet landing face first into the concrete.

"No!" she said with her face in the concrete.

"Then Hector of Troy?""

"Nein!" she got back to her feet.

"Then you're the Paladin Roland?"

"No!"

Hunter stomped off fuming at the ears that she was being so made fun of by her Master.

"I wasn't making fun of you I was serious!" Shizuru apologized.

"And I'm seriously molestado by you!!" Natsuki clamped her hand over her mouth as Shizuru lit up like a Christmas tree and had another nosebleed.

Molestado is the Spanish word for annoyed or bothered but when said it sounded like Molested a English word. But before Shizuru could add anything more to it Natsuki was thankfully interrupted by a mysterious presence she suddenly felt. Spinning around she searched for her target through the crowd until finally she settled on her target. Off in the distance beyond the lines of heads she saw spiky red hair that bounced up and down as Midori sauntered towards them. Hunter informed her Master quickly and the two decided to confront the unusual teacher.

They pushed through the crowd until finally they reached the busty teacher who didn't seem at all surprised to see them. In fact she looked as though she was expecting them. Without saying a word she smiled and pointed towards an alleyway towards the left. Nodding in agreement Shizuru and Natsuki followed her down it, then a flight of stairs and into a dingy bar where the only other people was the bartender, a guy passed out on the floor and one more sketchy looking fellow with glasses they ended up sitting next to. Midori completely composed and serious was the first to speak.

"I'll get straight to the point. I know you're Masters but as you are probably wondering I'm not," Midori announced. "I brought you here because I heard you were forming your own alliance between other 'good' Masters and MEGAMI. I want in."

"I see," Shizuru responded politely.

"Look I know there's no reason to trust me and even less reason since I'm not a Master but I need your help so I brought this guy along. His name's Yamada he's an information broker and a spy for the GMA," she gestured to Yamada.

"I see," Shizuru turned to Hunter. "Natsuki what do you think?"

Natsuki appraised the two before finally nodding.

"Alright, offer us some information I vill appraise that."

"Fair enough, Yamada."

"Alright here's one thing you should know. A while ago someone broke into the National Museum and stole the Seven-Branched Sword."

"Isn't that one of Japan's national treasures?" Shizuru gasped.

"It is, no doubt someone is aiming to summon a really nasty MEGAMI with it though who it is I have no clue. That sword is priceless but it's also history-less."

"Natsuki?" Shizuru turned to her protector who simply shrugged.

"I have no clue either, however…I think that information there is a bit dated I read the papers, the sword vas stolen more than a veek ago so by now whoever stole it must have summoned the MEGAMI that vielded it."

"I see, anyway that brings us to another problem we'd like to share with you if you're willing to listen," Midori explained.

"Alright speak," Shizuru responded.

"There's a Master out there who's presently searching for a powerful artifact known as the Sword of Izanagi," Yamada explained.

"The Sword of Izanagi?"

"It's an ancient Ichor once used to tame a Dragon known as Kagutsuchi, you've heard the name before I'm sure?"

"Yes, Kagutsuchi was the Child of Izanami and Izanagi who burned his mother during child birth killing her. Izanagi killed him afterwards by decapitating him with his sword creating a volcano."

"That's the official story anyway," Midori added. "Izanami was actually an ancient Japanese MEGAMI and Izanagi her treacherous Master. Izanami once summoned a powerful Ichor in the shape of a destructive Dragon named Kagutsuchi and wielded a sword Ichor however her Master wishing to become a God himself and not just the proxy of one tried to rape and kill her in order to steal her MEGAMI powers in a ritual which failed. However he hadn't any Master Seals left after so she burned him to death and sent him to Yoma the Underworld."

"So historians reversed that as well?"

"Yes, Izanagi was the Emperor of Japan at that time before any other recorded Emperor so his historians favouring him made up a new story none of it true. However the artifact sword still exists."

"So he's planning on summoning Izanami then?"

"I'm not sure, the GMA states that Izanami can no longer be summoned since she ascended after selecting a new Master and two servants to him."

"Amaterasu the magus who became the Sun Goddess as her Master, Tsukiyomi the Vise mage who became the Moon God und Susanoo the Samurai the Storm God who serve and guard the Sun Goddess. I've heard this story before," Natsuki added.

"Correct, Amaterasu became her Pure One so it's not Izanami but…"

"The Ichor still makes a powerful veapon," Natsuki concluded.

"Exactly. Information is a bit sketchy but they're saying it's probably buried somewhere in the city."

"Here!" Shizuru gasped.

"Yes, which is why we want you to help us find it before this Master and his minions do," Midori finished.

Shizuru glanced at her friend who nodded.

"Alright, we'll help but first I must ask do you know who this Master is?"

"Unknown but Yamada has seen him once." Yamada nodded then offered his knowledge.

"He's quite tall, he has a sinister face with black hair and yellow eyes."

Shizuru and Hunter turned to each other at the same time blinking then smiled.

"I see, good then this must be him."

"Him?"

"Someone attacked and Tampered with the memories of one of our friends. In his memories we found an image of a man fitting that description."

"I see, then we both have a mutual enemy. Good let's work together then," Midori offered them a handshake which Shizuru politely accepted.

"I suggest we split up, Yamada has to report back in or he'll get in trouble. I can take of myself but I'll leave splitting up to you to."

Hunter turned to her Master and awaited a decision. Shizuru paused for a moment while she considered her options.

"Well I really should keep Natsuki by my side but I imagine that we don't have much time so alright. Natsuki you handle the northern section of the city. I'll take the southwest while Midori handles the southeast since we can't move as quickly as you can. I'll summon you if I need to."

"Understood Shizuru, I'll be off then."

Complying with her Master's orders the MEGAMI sped off up a wall donning her battledress in a flash off light as she took off to the northern section of the city. Midori and Shizuru nodded to each other and took off for their sections to search albeit at leisure walking paces since the city was huge and they were only human.

Shizuru walked and walked for hours but found nothing of interest. Yamada had explained that the sword was a powerful Ichor but hidden in a unique fashion. The sword had been sealed within a container of iron that magically blocked the mana it emitted preventing people from finding it however the box itself gave off its own signal which could be detected using a special amulet that glowed red when it was near. He had given to them each one amulet and so they searched and searched but Shizuru had not hear a telepathic peep nor a cellphone call from either Natsuki nor Midori.

Despite this however she continued on until Midori suddenly appeared off in the distance and waved to her. At first she was curious as to why Midori had entered her territory of searching and decided to find out why.

"Midori-san, what might I ask are you doing here, this isn't in your radius?" Shizuru politely asked.

"Ah-haha, I got lost," she apologised scratching the back of her head.

"I see, alright let's take a break shall we?"

"Hey that's a great idea, hey I know this nice bar and we could invite your MEGAMI."

"Hmm, actually that's a good suggestion I'm rather tired myself though I'm afraid I'm going to have refrain from the alcohol being underaged an all. However…I'm not sure Natsuki would want to join us."

"Call her."

"Alright why not."

Using her magic once more Shizuru created a telepathic message and transmitted it through her life-force link and was rewarded instantly.

"Yes Master?"

"Natsuki, Midori and I are going to take a break would you like to join us?"

"Danke but nein I'm fine to keep going for as long as necessary. I'll find the artifact you two should rest since you're both human."

"Alright, thanks Natsuki."

Following the odd teacher Shizuru was led to a bar but she never let her guard down. She wasn't quite sure if should could trust this teacher then again at the moment she had no reason not to trust her. The bar they entered appeared occupied but almost immediately Shizuru noticed a tiny flicker of energy across the room that gave away everything. With a practiced speed she brought her naginata still in its bag to her front and like the wind thin red wires flickered briefly and cut through the bag stopping only at the blade of the polearm brought up to guard her throat. An illusion she automatically realized, this bar was empty and the patrons here were just glamours, likely the fight that had just begun was invisible from the outside as well.

Shizuru pushed against the wires but the more she tried the more she angled them poorly causing the wires to cut the sides of her neck drawing trickles of blood that slid down the red threads.

"How now said the spider to the fly how would you like to die," the voice Shizuru heard was Midori's voice and when she inched her face slightly to the side she saw Midori press her check against hers.

Out of the corner of her eye however she saw the Midori who led her here. Another illusion she realized before the first Midori punched her across the face knocking her unconscious before she could act.

Shizuru awoke to the sound of chatter somewhere out of her field of vision. The first thing she realized though was that her head was still on her shoulders but there still small cuts at her neck. The side of her head throbbed and she could taste blood in her mouth. She tried to move only to find she was being restrained by ropes, upon closer inspection she realized that they were spider webs, magically conjured spider webs.

"Well looks like she's awake," the voice she heard was Midori's but they were echoes and she saw two Midoris step into her field of view.

"I take this means the alliance is off," Shizuru joked and heard some laughter in response.

They were still in the bar and she was bound to a chair when they moved into view, two Midoris perfectly identical until the one on the right flickered like a bad TV screen revealing a shorter and younger woman likely even younger than herself in her place. This girl had short strawberry red hair, a slightly greyer pair of green eyes greyer than Natsuki's bright emerald green eyes and a face like a kitten. She was wearing however the Olympia school uniform of a middle schooler so Shizuru guessed she must have been around 13 or 14 though she certainly looked older. The new girl walked up the Kyoto-girl in an unusually haughty and sultry manner, as she did her skirt bounced up a few times revealing pink stripped panties. Provocatively she started to stroke her hand against Shizuru's neck which she would have bitten on not wanting anyone but Natsuki to touch her that way if not for the cord of web around her neck and forehead.

"You're rather pretty but don't worry I prefer your servant over you," she stated menacingly and dragged her nails across her cheek.

The nails were sharp and drew blood but Shizuru didn't make a peep. The other Midori whom Shizuru assumed was the real Midori just sat at a distance while continually drinking out of a bottle of sake. Shizuru searched for her naginata and found that Midori had it still in its bag. In an oddly seductive fashion the younger redhead licked the blood of her fingers and as she did Shizuru noticed it; Master Seals on her tongue.

"So you're the Master and she's the MEGAMI," Shizuru stated calmly.

"Correct," the new Master clapped. "I'm Nao by the way Zelle Nao. And this is my MEGAMI Sigiura Midori," she gestured to Midori who quickly waved but kept drinking out of her bottle of sake.

"Heeelllloooo!!!," the busty redhead greeted loudly.

"I see, so it was you posing as Ms. Sigiura that day to make Natsuki and me and think that the real Midori wasn't a MEGAMI."

"Bingo-ish, no I knew Hunter would immediately recognized the real Midori as a MEGAMI the second she laid eyes on her but…not you. I figured it be easier to handle you if I tricked you into taking on Midori rather than handling you and Hunter one on one. Which brings us to the point…"

"You either want me to join you or hand over my Seals?" Shizuru asked defiantly.

"Well you're pretty quick. But to be honest I'd rather just kill you and take her for myself 'cause you know I really hate slow people like you who take so long to get to the confessing."

"Well you know what they say slow and steady wins the race."

Shizuru managed to cut herself free with a small enchanted she hid in her sleeve that she could direct telekinetically and lunged at Nao. But Nao didn't flinch and in the blink of an eye Midori appeared before her Master and swung the flat of Shizuru's own polearm at her throwing her across the room and through the door of the lavatory. She skidded to a halt only for Nao to drag her back with her wires painfully attached to her legs. They cut deep through boots and skin as she was dragged back. She tried to ready a spell on the Master but was cut short when Midori pressed the blade of Almace against her throat.

"Actually I have an idea, call your MEGAMI over and let's all have some fun," Nao suggested.

"Actually I already did," Shizuru cockily added and pulled up her shirt revealing one Seal missing.

"Eh?"

A second later the bar exploded as if a bomb hit it. Midori and Nao jumped to the roof of an adjacent building courtesy of Midori's strong legs. Moments later Hunter and Shizuru joined them.

"Well that was pretty slick," Nao commented coyly while coughing up dust.

"Shizuru, do you vant me to fight here or should ve move to a more appropriate place to fight?" Hunter asked concerned over the safety of innocents.

"There's never a bad place to fight honey," Nao flirted. "Fighting is like sex anywhere is good."

"That we agree on but I agree with Natsuki this place isn't very private," Shizuru added but with a confident and somewhat seductive tone.

"Oh don't worry about that Midori and I might not mind killing innocents but I want this to be private so I used my magic to clear out the area for a good few miles."

"Oh in that case neither of us have a problem then," Shizuru replied.

"In that case I say we get this party started eh Midori?"

"Oh yeah, I say let's party all night and party all day!" Midori announced with extreme enthusiasm.

"Who are you anyvay?" Hunter asked quite randomly breaking the mood.

"Oh me, why…I'm the Great, Young, Beautiful and All-powerful ARBITER!!" her enthusiasm and spirit went up several notches as she transformed into her battledress before Natsuki used her inattention to tackle the Arbiter off the building.

The pair exchanged fist-to-cuffs while Shizuru dueled Nao naginata versus razor wire. Shizuru and Nao were evenly matched as they exchanged slashes. Shizuru tried to stab her but discovered seconds later when she tried that Nao had hidden steel clawed gauntlets with glamours when she slashed her side. Whincing slightly she lunged for her neck but was only rewarded with a few strands of hair.

Midori and Natsuki hurtled to the floor however the Arbiter unable to match the strength and speed of the Hunter found herself being slammed head first into the concrete. The girls smashed through the road and into the sewer system which they quickly exitted bounding back up. Shifting into spirit form they pass through the muck without it touching them and came to the surface clean as whistles.

Natsuki took a second to observe her new foe. She wore long baggy black pants adorned with trinkets from a dozen different nations strapped to her legs. She wore thick furred boots with greaves and a charcoal grey tunic with a breast plate above it carved in the shape of a woman's body. She wore gloves and bracers but otherwise her arms were bare. One of the bracers held a jade dish-shaped gem held in the mouth of a lion. She wore a lion-skin cloak over that cast a regal appearance about her but otherwise she was indistinct and Natsuki couldn't guess who she was not that it mattered now.

"You look Greek, this might be interesting ancient vone," Natsuki commented.

"Ancient…I'm only 17!" Arbiter protested which made the Hunter quirk an eyebrow.

"Vhatever, Jagdstaffel! Jagga!" she summoned her twin bladed pistols and charged at the regal warrior.

"Farsha!" Midori cried out and a large pole-arm battle-axe a labrys appeared in her hand with an axe-head shaped like the letter Z.

The two warriors exchanged rapid blows to each other however Midori seemed to fight in a wild and showy fashion. Her blows were well intended and brought down hard but Natsuki was faster and more skillful and easily deflected her blows.

"Not bad, you're good," Natsuki commented as they parried.

"Thanks."

"But Judicator was tougher and I'm a lot faster!" she ducked under the swing of her battle-axe and thrusted her blade into her enemies belly firing away but something was wrong and she pulled back.

When she did she noticed that her enemy was uninjured. Midori threw her axe like a boomerang which Hunter easily slid under. The axe cut through a line of mid-sized buildings that slid off their bases at perfect angles before collapsing to debris under their own weight filling the air with dust and smoke. The flying axe sang as it flew before coming back around. Hunter timed her attacked and unleashed multiple shots at every angle in her enemy before distracting her long for Farsha to crash in Midori's head. But that didn't work instead the flying axe simply bounced off her skull as though it was made of steel. None of her attacks worked forcing Natsuki to wait a moment to see what was causing it. Arbiter didn't give her a moment of respite though.

"Sudarshana Chakra!" she cried and summoned a chakram which she unleashed immediately.

The spinning disk unleashed a powerful light so powerful it blinded both of them however it suddenly went out and when Midori opened her eyes to see what had happened she was shocked to see that Natsuki had caught with one hand.

"Chentu! Kaumodaki!" Midori called out and a horseship appeared in one hand while a huge steel mace appeared in another.

She cracked her whip at Natsuki who caught it with her other hand. With a massive tug Midori pulled her enemy off her feet and straight into the swing of her huge mace. However Hunter managed to twist around at the last second and the swing went wild smashing into a building bringing it down along with two other huge buildings alongside it from the shockwave. Hunter swung around her enemy and chucked the stolen chakram to the back of the Greek's head which again bounced of it like her skin was made of metal. She jumped to safety from the collapsing buildings and dust. Arbiter followed with her axe in hand and tried to parry with her foe in mid-air but everytime Natsuki landed a blow it bounced of something then she realized what it was. They landed on another roof-top not far from their Masters.

"I get it now, it's that gemstone. It's an Ichor projecting an invisible shield around your entire body."

"That's absolutely right, this is my ultimate Ichor Olympias the Bracer of the King," she announced proudly showing it off. "While I wear this nothing and no one can harm me."

"I see," Hunter replied and fired a shot to her side which screeched to Nao and struck her legs freezing her in the spot. "But I can harm her," she noted slyly and leapt back to the other rooftop.

"Oh crap! Nanayanastra!" she screamed materializing a small curved dagger while leaping into the air to make chase.

She hurled it down on Shizuru and Natsuki and it burst into a million (literally) golden projectiles which rained down upon them. Midori quickly ran to her Master Nao while the blades rained down on their enemies kicking up dust and debris as it grinded away the building like sand being blown away by the gale. She cut away the ice and jumped to another building.

The pair landed and turned to see if their enemies had been beaten but they were only meet by the sight of an ice fortress around the ruined roof of the building. The ice shattered into a billion pieces as the occupants jumped to the new building to continue their fight.

"That was cheap!" Midori spat.

"So?"

"So?" Midori grinded her teeth.

"Natsuki do you know who this wild woman is?" Shizuru asked.

"Yes I do. She has Hindu Ichors vhich means she conquered India. She's definitely a Greek und she has a Bracer Ichor called Olympias named after her mother. This woman is Iskander Magnos also known as Alexander the Great."

"It's Alexandria the Great, I had a friggin' city named after me for Zeus's sake!" Midori ranted and raved in outrage.

"Oh so that's why it's called Alexandria and not Alexander. Now it makes sense, thank you Natsuki," Natsuki thanked her MEGAMI.

"Ok fine whatever!" Midori cursed.

"Well since you know who she is now then you'll know that you can't beat the King of Conquerors! So give up already and join us," Nao angrily demanded.

"What makes you think Natsuki can't win?" Shizuru asked defiantly.

"This," Midori presented her bracer. "You're MEGAMI is fast and strong but this Bracer grants me total invulnerability, there's no way it's defences can be breeched. I cannot be harmed by anything while I wear because this Ichor matches the power of the Gods!"

"The Gods?" Shizuru asked.

"She means that if A++ is the peak of MEGAMI power than beyond that is the coveted EX rank which vould be only the level of Gods."

"Good description, that's correct this Bracer is perfect nothing but the power of the Gods can break it!" Nao added.

"Power of the Gods eh?" Hunter scratched her chin.

Then without warning the skies darkenned and the temperature dropped so coldly that the windows cracked and all the moisture turn to ice and snow. Shizuru and Nao tried to wrap themselves up in their clothes to keep warm as everything suddenly started changing to winter.

"Natsuki what are you doing?" Shizuru asked through chattering teeth.

A huge surge of mana flew from her MEGAMI's body like hurricane winds that chilled the Masters' body's so quickly small icicles formed on their clothes and their hair froze solid. Even Arbiter was starting to feel the cold biting into her flesh. The mana kept on increasing and increasing until it was like the cold inferno of the deepest pits of the Abyss to be near her.

"If only an EX God Ranked Ichor can pierce it then I'll materialize one just for her!" Natsuki announced against the pelting winds that whipped up her hair and coat granting her an unholy appearance as her body glowed a deep blue.

"Oh crap!" Midori cursed honestly and completely frigthenned by the huge energy she was feeling. "Nao, I don't think the Bracer can take that! Let's leave."

"You don't have to tell me twice," Nao replied and they vanished as though they were never there to begin with.

Seeing her enemies gone Natsuki deactivated her powers and the climate slowly went back to normal. Seeing her Master's discomfort the ice wielder took off her coat and wrapped it around her then hugged her tightly while rubbing her arms. Shizuru was grateful for the warmth and simply pressed herself into the strong arms of her protector.

"What…was…that?" Shizuru asked slowly.

"My strongest Ichor, an EX rank one though I'm not sure if I could have managed it."

"Not… sure?"

"I've never been able to fully summon it before only partially, still I think it would have been enough to kill that MEGAMI."

"A…little…warning…next time…ok?" her teeth were still chattering but somehow she wasn't sure if she wanted a little warning next time if it meant not being able to snuggle up like this after.

"Let's get you warmed up fast," Hunter announced before picking up her Master and carrying her to the nearest bathhouse as quickly as possible.

Next Step:

Natsuki: AAAHH!!! Shizuru I had a really bad dream.

Shizuru: What was it?

Natsuki: In my dream every girl in the series is a lesbian and they all want to XXX and XXX with some XXX and XXX to me in XXX and XXX.

Shizuru: Natsuki. That's not a dream.

Natsuki: It isn't?!

Shizuru: No it's reality. Pulls out XXX and XXX.

Natsuki: NNNOOO!!!

Mai: You want to know what's even more disturbing?

Natsuki: What?

Mai: Viola means violate as in rape in Spanish.

Natsuki: What?!

Shizuru: Ooohh!!

Mai: And Kruger is German for Potter.

Natsuki: You're kidding right? As in Harry Potter?

Mai: Nope I'm not kidding that's what it means, as in Harry Potter.

Natsuki: Are you saying I'm related?

Mai: Well you do own a magical girl school and have a thunderbolt hairpin like his thunderbolt scar. Harry Potter suddenly appears.

Harry Potter: Onee-chan?

Natsuki: WTF!! OMFG!!

Mai: LOL!!

Shizuru: ROFLMAO!!

Natsuki pulls a big cannon and makes Harry Potter mince meat.

Shizuru: And now for something completely random. Haruka you will jump off a cliff Uses mind control magic

Haruka: Hah! Try all the mind influencing spells on me as you want you damn bubuzuke woman my EX ranked Indominable Will power prevents all mind spells and tricks from working on me.

Shizuru: Haruka don't jump off a cliff.

Haruka: Hah! You ain't gonna trick me. Geranimo! Jumps off cliff.

Yukino: Haruka-chan! Jumps off cliff.

Natsuki: That's the wrong cliff.

Author's Note: Date is not a typo of Tate or the word Date accidentally put in it's an actual samurai clan. It's most famous member was Date Masamune one of the most famous samurai in history. Tate just sounds a lot like it so like with Shizuru's Fujiwara to Fujimura I'm making Tate descend from the Date line. I know way too much history I think. Sorry for the cheesy samurai-ness but honestly Tate strikes me as a samurai inspired character…with lots of cheese…maybe that's why he's blonde. o More clues to Hunter's identity have been given, why not look up one of the named Ichors in wiki and see what you get ;).

Arbiter is a cool title even if it is a Halo character as well. snerk

I'm pretty sure Viola means rape while Kruger really does mean Potter. Natsuki Kruger you are so related to Harry Potter. Now all someone has to do is make a Harry Potter/My-Otome crossover and everything will be complete. Here's to the completion of that series.

Gemini Nao's sign governs over the tongue so I used that as the site of her Seals. It also works because Nao always licks her claws but we're never shown where her Hime sign is. I decided to use Tate's left arm which had his scar from the manga for his Seals. I was originally going to make her the MEGAMI as Mata Hari the legendary WWI femme fatale spy (Zelle is Mata Hari's real surname) but her character power average wasn't high enough to make her particularly unique so I choose Midori instead who had a really high average.

I'm on holiday until the 6th so I can update nearly daily till then.