As Break left the library he tapped Elliot and Leo on the shoulder and told them they had to leave. Leo brought a rather thick book back to Ruby's room so he could read as they got ready to leave. Seeing the book, Ruby laughed quietly and told Leo that he could keep it until he finished it, which made the ravenette smile happily. Justin took Ruby's suitcase and took it to the carriage ahead of them, leaving his friends in an awkward and tense silence as they walked to the carriage. "What happened to Akira?" Elliot asked as they walked outside. Earnest turned a questioning glance toward Ruby, who shrugged nervously as she replied. "He said he had something to do in Reveille. He'll meet us at the mansion later." With that said, Break took the empty place beside Sharon, having decided to have the same seating arrangements as when they arrived. The ride back was relatively quiet and caused Ruby to fall asleep, Justin discreetly listening to her heartbeat from the other carriage to monitor her health. "Hey, Justin." Earnest said irritatedly. "What?" Justin replied in a bored attitude. "Stop listening to her heart. I bet you want her blood right about now, huh?" Earnest stated with a smirk.
Justin turned to him with serious eyes and glared at him, Elliot and Leo wishing they were in a different carriage. "If I bit her, the walls her mind built to protect her from a horrible pain and loss she witnessed would drive her insane. I have no intention of killing the girl I'm supposed to be watching over." Justin stated angrily and turned towards the window to watch the trees fly by. In truth, he did want to taste her blood once more, but knew he would hurt in more ways than one by simply taking her blood: Her memories would return too quickly, her powers would begin to rise-the spade seal he had placed was useless unless he could fix the seal on her charm bracelet. In the end, her inner hollow would rage out of control and kill anyone and anything within its sights after she gained a terrible fever.
That was something he couldn't allow to happen, as he would lose Ruby for good. 'As long as I don't taste blood, I'll be fine.' Justin thought and stared off into space the rest of the ride. As he was oblivious to the world outside the carriage, Justin missed the conversation coming from Break and Sharon's carriage. "I'm curious about how she made the contract without a blood mirror. Akira hasn't showed signs of craving meat yet, but I shall keep a close eye on them just in case." Break said as he stared at a sleeping Ruby across from him. Akira was curled up cutely on her lap and Kisa was sitting next to her, keeping her upright when they got a bump in the road.
"We promised not to inform Pandora or the four dukes. I feel bad talking about her when she's asleep and right here." Kisa said sadly as they passed another bump. "Then maybe you shouldn't bother thinking about it." A voice stated. The three contractors turned their attention to the puppy now lying awake on his own contractor's lap, eyeing them with guarded eyes. "I can see into people's memories and thoughts be making eye contact if I wish. Since you're now Chris' friends you must know that the man who killed her, those she ever cared about, and destroyed her home. He is not dead." Akira said in a cold voice as he manipulates the shadows and closed the curtains of their carriage.
"But the stories-" "The stories all end the same: their enemy vanished and remained dormant and silent after slaughtering the Natsudori family. If someone possesses so much as a drop of the family's blood, he will return and kill them." Akira said seriously as he turned back to the three. Shocked into silence, Break, Sharon, and Kisa remained such until they finally reached the Rainsworth mansion. Upon entering a Pandora agent ran up to them with a panicked look on his face. "Lady Sharon! It's terrible! The Shadow Harpy was sighted at the opera house again!" He shouted, causing Justin, Ruby, and Akira to tense at the name as Break replied with his usual happy-go-lucky attitude. "Oh~? Was he now? How very interesting, quickly now before he gets away then~" As the agent ran off, Break turned to see an unfamiliar emotion appear in Ruby's eyes, and before they knew it, she took off in the direction of the opera house. Elliot, Leo, Kisa, and Akira ran after her with Justin, Earnest, Break, and Sharon following quickly. When they reached the opera house, Pandora agents were surrounding the building and keeping civilians away.
The doors burst open and a man dressed completely in black with white edges and a black cloak stepped outside. Taking one look at the man, Ruby stopped and stared in disbelief as everyone continued to call him the Shadow Harpy. "You people must be idiots." She stated incredulously and ignored the glares directed at her. Justin and Akira glanced at their friends to see Leo, Elliot, and Break simply stared at the man as a chain appeared from behind him. It was simple trump, easy to defeat. Ruby's covered her eyes as she explained why she thought the people in front of her were idiots. "The Shadow Harpy is a teenage girl. She wears black with silver accents, a black cape with no hood, and a black masquerade mask. There is a reason for the name Shadow Harpy: she appears solely at night. And most certainly does not possess a chain!" By the time she had finished a threatening aura had surrounded her.
"Hey, has he killed anyone?" She said deny asked. "Yes, he has. Forty-five people. All innocents." Kisa answered hesitantly and watched as Ruby walked through the Pandora agents and stood before the impersonator, Akira being engulfed by a cloud of black and reappearing as Phoenix, red violet flames appearing at the tips of his feathers. "Oho? Have you come to be killed little girl?" The man asked with an insane smile on his face. "No. Rather, it is you who has come to die. Phoenix, destroy his chain." Ruby replied coldly as her eyes became darker until they were a deep red violet, almost amethyst color. "Gladly." Phoenix stated and sent flaming feathers at the trump until it was completely on fire, and watched in satisfaction as the trump disintegrated and the man fell back.
There was ultimate fear in his eyes as he stared into Ruby's red violet ones, his thoughts and memories flashing before the two and making the girl sick. Taking a step closer the Pandora agents finally began to move but were too slow as a black hole opened beneath the man and watched as he sank into the darkness of the Abyss. When the hole closed, Ruby looked into the opera house and walked inside, drawing her sword. Justin knew what she was going to do, as did Akira, but didn't stop Break as he rushed in after Ruby.
~Inside the opera house~
Break watched as Ruby approached a young girl of about twelve and kneeled in front of her. "Are you scared?" She asked, to which the girl nodded silently with unshod tears in her eyes. When Break stopped to stand next to her, he noticed a rather long silver chain on the little girl's chest, and immediately understood what Ruby was about to do. "It's dangerous for you to be here. I'm going to send you to a better place, the Soul Society, okay?" She explained reassuringly and tapped the pommel of her sword to the girl's forehead when she nodded. A light blue circle appeared beneath the girl and she breathed a sigh of relief at the comforting warmth she felt, disappearing and turning into a black and purple butterfly that flew into a glowing orb of light that appeared in the palm of Ruby's hand and faded. "So that is how a Konso is done." Break stated quietly.
Ruby nodded and stood, but when she did, a sharp pain flared to life in her body and she collapsed to both knees coughing violently into her right hand while keeping herself upright with her left. Slightly panicked, Break dropped to the ground beside the fallen girl and took her sword, which had changed back into a hair clip, and caught Ruby as she fell forward, blood dripping down the side of her mouth. Break inhaled sharply and carried Ruby bridal style outside quickly, ignoring the agents that questioned him and demanded that he hand the unconscious girl over.
Sharon and Kisa ran over to him and gasped at the blood in Ruby's hand before using Eques, Sharon's chain, to return to the mansion. Akira-now in his human form-ran after Break and Justin as they placed her in one of the guest rooms and returned to everyone in the parlor, Akira staying behind to rest as well. Upon entering, the two were bombarded with questions. "Is she okay?" "What happened in opera house?" "Why was there blood on her hand?" "BREAK?!" "Enough!" Break shouted, his composure slipping in the now shocked into silence room before sitting down at the table and eating a cake tiredly. Justin sat down on the couch and sighed in exhaustion. As Break was about to answer the questions, a door appeared on the wall and opened to reveal a girl of about sixteen with waist length blonde hair and dark orange eyes. She was wearing a light orange T-shirt, light blue skinny jeans, brown belt, and black converse.
She had orange stud earrings, a golden yellow crystal on a thin silver chain around her neck, a silver bird shaped ring with a yellow eye on her right middle finger, and a black and green wristband on her left wrist. "Eevee...!" Justin gasped in shock as he locked eyes with his long time friend. "Hey Justin. It's been quite a while, hasn't it?" Eevee asked with a bright smile as entered the room. "Hello everyone. My name is Eevee Haruneko. Or, so I've been told you know, Eevee Spring. It is a pleasure to meet you." Eevee introduced herself and smirked at the gasps she received in return. "The Eevee Spring? One of the people who were killed three thousand years ago?" Elliot asked in shock.
"I'd rather not be reminded of that, please. In the case that I am here, it has come to our attention that Chr-Ruby-a Miss Ruby Wolfe summoned the power to send souls to the afterlife an hour ago. I have been sent to check her health, as it has not been the best when she was younger. Would you be so kind as to show me where her room is?" Eevee explained patiently and followed Break as he lead the way, everyone following behind to know what happened. Akira opened the door and was surprised to see Eevee standing there before allowing her into the room, along with everyone had followed but more warily.