(Author's Notice: Ah now that I've obtained a copy of Blazblue Continuum Shift for my computer, I can finally get some more ideas out into the field. I'm not following everything cannon as you all know, but just in case a new reader hasn't figured it out by now…xD. Anyways, thanks for the messages and continued support and I hope I don't ever let you down!)
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Chapter 10: Here Comes the New Challengers
"The NOL…host to some of the most grand and most powerful officers in all of the Kagutsuchi area. The sight from here reminds of how everyone is ants as opposed to us…haha! Everyone is my ant, what am I talking about?" Hazama smirked his evil smirk. It had been awhile since he was seriously able to crack a twisted little smile, since he had been under surveillance. Lately his senses have been going haywire though, picking up all kinds of crazy, powerful energy flying all over the place. It gave him a grand sense of satisfaction to know that there was going to be plenty of new toys to play with. A knock came from the large doors that led into his office, the captain of Section 0 turned his head with a cough, regaining his more "normal" composure. Slowly the door opened, and a very timid yet stern Tsubaki Yayoi entered the room. The soft pitter patter of the young lieutenant's shoes echoed in the empty room, her path met when she may contact with Hazama. She gave a stern salute, signaling the call to order.
"Lieutenant Tsubaki Yayoi, reporting at your request sir!" she spoke enthusiastically. Hazama smirked gazed her down, his hand waving in front of his face.
"No need for the formalities Lieutenant Yayoi, please have a seat," Hazama smirked and rose up his hat in a gentlemanly fashion. Tsubaki gives a gentle nod and sits. Hazama leans forward over his desk, resting his elbows on the desk using his hands as a bridge for his chin. Tsubaki softly gulps as the intimidation that Hazama is subconsciously emanating causes her to grow uncomfortable.
"Lieutenant Yayoi, I have called you here with a mission objective. I have been ordered to inform you that your new mission is to find and eliminate Lieutenant Noel Vermillion and Major Jin Kisaragi immediately…" Hazama spoke, the words slithering into her ears like an airborne plague, now coursing and stinging her heart. She took a minute to take in the shock, a dastardly grin forming inside of Hazama, the sick pleasure of having one friend annihilate the other coursing through his veins. He made another cough to himself, getting back into character.
"I wish there was something more I could do, but those are the orders. It truly is a shame but…" Hazama shrugged, putting on his favorite act; after all, he was a professional actor. Tsubaki stood up, her eyes hazed over with tears as she firmed up and proposed a salute.
"I understand. I, Lieutenant Tsubaki Yayoi is here by declared to fulfill the mission of executing Lieutenant Noel Vermillion and Major Jin Kisaragi. If you will excuse me, I will prepare myself for the mission sir!" she called fourth, fighting back the excruciating pain that was building in her heart. Hazama nodded and gave her a lazy salute then dismissed her from his office. As the doors closed behind her, a wicked smile graced Hazama's lips, his wicked toothy smile glowing from the desk along with his wicked yellow eyes.
"Looks like the fun is about to begin…" he spoke to himself, his grin growing ear to ear.
"Hang in there Major! We need to get you to the NOL hospital!" Noel cried out, Jin bleeding heavily from the confrontation with both Noel Vermillion and the holy knight Ky Kiske. He grunted with a step as he held his free hand to his head, trying to break away from Noel.
"Get off of me!" Jin barked at Noel, pushing off of her. As he tried to stand on his own, he felt his right leg give from beneath him and he caught himself by slapping his hand to the wall of the closest building. He grunted in pain as he started proceeding, keeping Yugianesa tightly gripped in his hand. Noel sighed heavily and proceeded to move to his aid again, and again being pushed off of his arm. Noel quickly became worried for Jin, watching him as he used Yugianesa as a crutch.
"Major…why are you being such a…wild dog?" Noel spoke, feeling silly as she tried to figure out the best way to put it into words. Jin glared at her before proceeding forward once more. He took one step out of line then tripped and fell on his face. Noel quickly came to his aid, forcing him up with a more firm grip on his arm.
"Major you must stop this! We need to get you to a hospital and you being stubborn is not helping!" Noel growled. Jin sneered and finally gave up, his arms and legs growing too heavy to resist. Slowly they made their way through the alley, doing their best to get closer to the NOL, where their unknown fate lied and waited like a lamb to the slaughter.
"Kokonoe…what are you going to do with him exactly?" a muffled voice was heard from the barely conscious Potemkin. After the fight with the "Red Devil", he found himself barely able to move from all the force placed onto him. He tried to move, but in turn felt the restraints forcing his muscles to relax and stay still. Kokonoe briefly ran over Potemkin before returning to her computer.
"I have no idea. But I do find it interesting that he was nearly able to take you in a battle, that's pretty impressive…any who, I've heard disturbing news about a new encounter…" Kokonoe spoke, Potemkin finally waking up. He turned his head to notice the two talking, not being to be able to do anything but listen.
"These un-called for attacks upon me are starting to grow old…" Ky spoke to himself. After his encounter with that crazy stranger, it had been one disappointment after another. He found himself exhausted as he decided to sit down within a restaurant.
"Welcome stranger, what will you be having?" An elderly gentleman asked. Ky then placed in an order for some tofu ramen and then cupped his face with his hands, trying to think about where the next course of action should be.
"So far questioning people has been nothing but a problem from square one, I'm starting to seriously lose patience over it. Hopefully I can come up with some information about what the heck is going on…" Ky began ranting to himself, waiting on his food. Occasionally his eyes would glance at the door, hoping that some kind of information would just plop in his lap. About an hour later, Ky was back on his feet. He gave a good stretch as he left the restaurant, Thunder Seal at his side. He then turned to proceed in the original direction when something caught his eye. He had to rub his eyes to prove they were telling the truth. There, walking down the street with a Robo-Ky unit dispatched by the Federation Bureau. He gritted his teeth and immediately charged it, never allowing the copied abominations to live. Robo-Ky turned and spotted Ky Kiske, immediately dodging.
"Subject Ky Kiske identified…current Risk Rating: B. Target hostile, beginning termination sequence," the ridiculous robot proclaimed, it cold, lifeless yellow eyes glaring Ky down as it pulled up its copy of Thunder Seal. It immediately charged towards Ky with a reckless slash, easily dodged by Ky. Ky then quickly turned and made a vicious swing, catching one of Robo-Ky's arms, separating it from its body. Robo-Ky made a buzzing noise before launching several gunshots from its normal hand, again being avoided by the very skilled Ky Kiske. Immediately, Ky lunged and jammed Thunder Seal through Robo-Ky, quickly pulling it out after to cause the Robo-Ky unit to fall to the ground dead. Ky snarled to himself as the sour taste of the Federation Bureau put him at unease.
"The Federation Bureau is now involved too? There is definitely something going on, and I'm going to get to the bottom of this before innocent people get hurt…God, please show me the way," he spoke to himself softly, before sheathing Thunder Seal and proceeding onward, a new refreshed spirit in his heart.
"I request the Nox Nyctorus Armagus Izayoi under order of Captain Hazama. My mission is the execution of Lieutenant Noel Vermillion and Major Jin Kisaragi," Tsubaki spoke to the Squad Zero armaments master. The head master blunk once, a little unsure as to why Tsubaki was asking for such a dangerous Armagus. He took a heavy sigh and looked her right in the eyes.
"In accepting the Armagus Izayoi, you realize that it will be bound to you and you will lose your sight indefinitely in the end…you are aware right?" The head master asked. Tsubaki sigh and shut her eyes, giving a heavy sigh to the situation.
"Without its power to control my emotions intensely, I won't be able to achieve my mission. I have to handle them both and…emotionally I wouldn't be able to accomplish my task otherwise. So please head masters…give me Izayoi now!" Tsubaki ordered, her eyes misting up from her tears. The memory of that moment soon trailed away as Tsubaki found her traveling down the street from the Librarium building, her long cloak and body cover disallowing any part of her body to be seen. Many miles she found herself walking. With every step, the wonderful memories of herself and Noel back at the academy began to surge through her heart, hurting it harshly as she did her best to proceed.
"Heheheh, I guess it's time I kick some of this boredom," Hazama told himself, his little twisted grin gracing his lips once more as he jumped out his window, landing cleanly on his feet with ease. He cracked his back and neck as he proceeded to Kagutsuchi. It wasn't very long before he finally found himself in Kagutsuchi, his piercing and glowing yellow eyes looking over the city. Suddenly however, his eyes caught sight of something in the sky. It appeared almost to be a red blur, the object in question to far away to identify. Hazama grinned and began to follow it on foot in curiosity, wandering what it is.
"My my…this isn't something you see every day. I think I'll take a peek into what that is before I make my "quest". Hah! My quest…that sounds so lame it's funny!" Hazama laughed to himself, following the red figure.
Finally making an unhappy landing, I-No shrugged to herself, trying to figure out what other kind of chaos she could come up with. She swung her guitar over onto her back by its strap as she began to walk down the unfamiliar road. As she walked, a few suspicious looking guys began to slowly follow her, as if she were bait for fish. She smirked and licked her ruby red lips, loving this kind of game that people set themselves up for. She suddenly stopped, then slowly turned to the trio of idiots that had followed her to the sushi bar.
"Well hello boys, is there…something I can help you with?" she said seductively, slowly pulling them into her little web of pain. They all smirked to each other, ready to try and take her down at any moment.
"Hey baby, you interested in joining us for a good time tonight?" the man spoke, the disgusting scent of his cheap cologne making I-No's nose twitch. She smirked and slowly swung her guitar around, not wasting any time before she made a quick crack to his school with her mighty "ax". The man soared through the air into a brick wall where he laid unconscious. His buddies began to cower in fear as they tried to run away.
"Oh come on boys! I'm not satisfied yet!" she spoke sadistically, a hint of playfulness in her voice. Before she could fire off a musical not shot from her hat, an unfamiliar voice came from behind her.
"I'll be happy to show you a fun time my beautiful flower," the voice sang. She turned around with a grim expression, catching eyes with a person she had never seen before in her life. He wore a black suit with a black brimmed hat. His short emerald green hair amplified his glowing yellow eyes as he spoke. He took off his hat and gave her complimentary bow, immediately catching her interest. She turned all the way and smiled at him seductively, a she-devil grin slowly printed itself upon her ruby red lips.
"Who are you supposed to be my charming friend? Just another little piece of trash trying to grab my attention?" she said with an almost apparent laugh. I-No always knew how to put on a good front when she recognized a worthy challenge.
"No my beautiful flower, I was looking for a rose that I could trim for my garden, and it just so happens that you fit the bill," he said with a smirk, his hands flipping around a pair of butterfly knives like a blur before returning them to his pockets. I-No smirked with a suggestive smile, a very sadistic battle ready to rumble.
"Jeeze, how am I going to get Major to a hospital at this rate…if only he'd help me instead of having me drag him there…" Noel grumbled to herself, extremely worried about her Major as they both grew closer to the Librarium. She softly knelt down and propped Jin up against a wall, looking around for the next route she would need to take for them to get to their destination with more haste. As she peered in the direction of the headquarters, an unfamiliar figure began emerging from the distance, their heavy cloak signifying that they were a member of the Librarium forces. Noel growled to herself softly, making sure Jin was safe as she stood up, ready to meet with person in question. Soon the person arrived, bearing a message of ill meaning.
"Lieutenant Noel Vermillion and Major Jin Kisaragi, I am here by order of the Librarium to place you under arrest for treason. I don't want to hurt you so please come quietly," the voice urged. Noel's ears twitched as the somewhat familiar voice. Quickly, Noel recognized the cloak and uniform.
"Squad Zero right? The Wings of Justice…why would they send an execution unit to arrest us? What have we done wrong? How have we committed treason?" Noel stated, her voice shaking from a sense of panic. The Squad Zero Lieutenant sighed to herself, returning their gaze to the two.
"Please Noel…please come quietly…" the familiar voice rang. Noel took a step back and her eyes widened, the voice now creeping up on her memory even more so now.
"Who…who are you!" she cried. Slowly the soldier's hands moved to the hood of the cloak and swiftly removed it. Noel's eyes widened in horror as the red hair of her former friend blew in the heavy wind gust that was destined to meet them.
"TSUBAKI?!" Noel cried out in terror, the very thought of her friend out to kill her stabbing her through the heart. As the gears of fate continued to term, it seemed that new gears were continually added to the tickling clock of fate and destiny. Rachel Alucard watched through her little bubble at all the mess, her expression growing very grimly as she noticed Hazama. However, her senses were torn from the orb as she felt an unfamiliar presence in her midst. She quickly turned behind her to see an elderly gentleman standing there, as if he emerged from the shadows. He was softly smoking on an ebony wood pipe, with old crimson eyes looking into hers. The two looked each other down with an odd sense comfort, as if they had met each other some place before.
To Be Continued…