AN: Guys let me just say I am reaaaaally sorry for how late I updated this. I got an internship and I had to go to the interviews so I was really busy. Well I am finally back and I can happily say, welcome to another chapter of Dimensional Shift. Last time we left off on a cliffhanger where Carl and Relius had a "beautiful" family Reunion. Last time we also witnessed Azure be turned into a deadly threat to the heroes. Well guys it's time to begin the next chapter, well I hope you guys enjoy ^_^!
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Chapter 13: Declaration Of War
"Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato
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"Carl! Why are you here?" Makoto asked while looking at the blond boy who stared at his father full of Rage. Relius stared back at him with an amused look on his face, and Terumi being Terumi was clearly enjoying the situation.
"Oh my isn't this a beautiful reunion?" Terumi asked with his usual smirk. But although It didn't show on his face something had been bothering him for quite a while now. But he was still keeping up his grin and he was indeed enjoying the current situation.
"Well isn't this my lucky day" Carl's look was slowly turning into a glare. The tension was clearly rising and one wrong move could lead the situation into an all out fight. "So father why are YOU here? Surely you didn't come here for a family reunion" his glare slowly turned into a smirk as he stared at his father amusingly.
"Oh I see you can still use common sense, even if you are a failure" Relius responded in kind, an amused smile on his face. "Of course I didn't come here just to be reunited with you. Seems to stay alive I needed to accept a deal, it contains lots of strings to it though. I surely hope you are not one of those strings". Carl was surely angry he clenched his fist and grinded his teeth, he was reaching his breaking point. Seems Relius hit the bullseye no once or twice, noticing this Tsukuyomi jumped in between them.
"We have no time for such squabbles", Tsukiyomi's eyes were filled with worry and if anyone looked closer they would certainly realize that the others felt the same. "The enemy has gotten hold of Azure, which as the snake stated is incredibly bad" a smiled slowly formed on her face and she turned towards Carl. "Thank you for watching over the ship, both Tsubaki and I greatly appreciate it. Also thank you for watching over Taokaka. I was sort of worried that I might find the ship...well in tatters".
"It was no problem, but who exactly is Azure? Also why do you all look like you came out of a battlefield?" Carl asked as he raised his eyebrow. He was enjoying his father's new look, Relius was covered in ash and his cape was burned around the edges. Seems he had quite a hard time in whatever he was in, and Carl was enjoying every bit of this.
"We were in a battlefield" Shun let out a sigh and Carl immediately turned his gaze towards him.
"And who might you be?" Carl asked.
"His name is Shun" the white haired criminal said as he leaned against a wall of the ship. Carl stared in disbelief, Ragna the Bloodegde was in the same room as Terumi yet there was no bloodshed. This situation was getting confusing and Carl had no idea what to say.
Carl then pushed up his glasses and fixed his composure. "What do you mean you were in a battlefield?" Carl asked as he stared at the group filled with both friends, enemies and people he never met in his life.
"Master Carl, do you not know about the fate which befall Torifune?" Bang asked as he walked towards Carl, but once again Carl only gave him a look of confusion and Bang let out a sign. "Master Carl...today a battle raged at Torifune. Many people died, both civilians and soldiers. It's hard to say but Torifune is not more, the city was completely wiped from the map" Bang said as he looked down and clenched his fist.
"Ahahahahaha! yeah ok you I don't know what's going on but that joke is clearly not funny" Carl laughed but when he turned his gaze he clearly saw that the others were serious about what they said. "You're kidding right?" Carl asked but the look of both pain and agony on the others face clearly proved this was no joke.
"I'm afraid we ain't joking kid" Jubei said as he slowly approached Carl. "Good people died today...while others well...let's just say they turned" Jubei let out a sigh as he looked towards Saya who seemed to be in agony.
"Tao doesn't understand cat person meow" Taokaka said with a confused look.
"Ahahaha don't worry about it Tao" Ragna said clearly forcing a smile.
"If good guy says so then Tao doesn't have to worry meow!" her looks went from being confused, to being happy as she always was.
"We must make haste to the bridge. We need to locate Azure" Amaterasu said as she walked towards a room which laid up ahead. As she began to walk the others followed behind her and Carl and Relius were glaring at each other the whole time and Terumi was enjoying their little squabble. Once they made it to the room they came face to face with a room which looked like it was straight from a science fiction movie.
"Wow what in the hell!?" Kokonoe said her eyes were almost glittering from happiness. She was someone who worked with many things which were out of this world but this was her first time seeing a room so high tech. "This place is out of this world! Who exactly build this hunk of junk?" Kokonoe turned her head towards Tsukuyomi who smiled at her.
"According to my vessel it was built by the parallel version of you, Relius and Yuki Terumi" Amaterasu then turned her head towards the seat in the middle of the bridge and a sad look began to form on her face.
"Hey guys check this out" Makoto called out.
"What is it?" Celica approached Makoto to see what she was pointing towards. What she saw was a seat with Makoto's name. "Hey these seats have names on them" Celica said as she turned over to look at the others.
"Indeed they do" Tsubaki of Azure's world stated. "Each seat are meant for a specific person. They were assigned based on their specific skill" she said with a smile.
"There's a seat with Azrael's name. What skill gave him this seat?" Ragna asked with a smirk on his face.
"Take a guess" Tsubaki said as she let out a sigh.
"Hmm knowing myself I would guess that the skill would be destroying things" Azrael said proudly.
"No comment" Jin face palmed.
"Hey I found Kagura's seat" Noel said. She then looked to the next seat to see 'Homura Mitsuki' written on the back of it. "Homura Mitsuki?" Noel asked out loud and Kagura's eyes widen. "Who is Homura Mitsuki?" Noel turned her head towards both Kanade and the Tsubaki of Azure's world waiting for an answer.
"Well...she is or was the wife of out Kagura" Tsubaki said as she looked down.
"Oh I didn't know Kagura was into little boys" Terumi said with a wide smirk.
"You bastard...so you know about Homura's existence!?" Kagura asked in Rage.
"Of course we do dumbass" Terumi stated plainly. "The Imperator knows everything and the survival of the brat wasn't something so hard that we couldn't notice it" Kagura then charge towards Terumi and tackled him.
"You bastard!" Kagura started punching Terumi multiple times only to then be pulled away by Ragna.
"Is that all you got?" Terumi asked as he wiped the blood from the side of his mouth.
"Terumi knock it off" stated Jubei. "Remember we don't have the pleasure of killing each other before we solve our current problem". Terumi let out a sigh and turned away.
"So could you tell us more about Homura Mitsuki?" Celica asked trying to change the mood.
"Before I can start I'd like to correct someone first. Terumi" Tsubaki of Azure's world called out grabbing his attention. "In our world Homura is not a boy, but a girl with the age close to Kagura's. She was a rebel like us and fought alongside us" Tsubaki stated with a smile.
"So umm...how did the me from your world end up with Homura" Kagura asked scratching the back of his head.
"Well...It's quite a funny story really. But a way to simplify it you could just go ahead and say it was because of Azure" Tsubaki said. "After the war ended the parallel you and the other version of Homura were reluctant to admit their feelings. So...Azure made a perfect master plan. Well I would call it pure genius" she said with a slight blush.
"Oh I see that Azure is a great womanizer, ahahahaha" Jubei's word made Tsubaki's blush grow wider. "Since we need to know each other better let me ask ya question. How did ya meet Azure?" Jubei asked.
"Well...let's just say he saved my life" Tsubaki looked down. "Bu-but we have more important business to attend to" she said as she tried to change the conversation. "All systems activate" the room slowly began to restart and all the computers opened. In the middle of the room there was a hologram of the world.
"Welcome back Tsu" a random voice resounded throughout the room. Suddenly a hologram of a person they least expected appeared in the middle of the room. Lambda stood there in front of them with a smile on her face. Ragna looked at her not knowing how to react or what to say. "How was the operation? By the look of things you found Ragna" she said as she circled around Ragna.
"Lambda..." Ragna finally managed to utter.
"Hm? You sound like you just saw a ghost Imperator" she said as she let out a giggle.
"Lambda...the operation failed. This person is not Ragna...well not our Ragna at least" Tsubaki said as she approached the hologram.
"I see. But no worry! I can still sense master's heart beat so he must be alive!" she said as her mood went back to being happy.
"That's why we're here" Tsubaki stated. "I need you to find Azure's location"
"Who is Azure?" Lambda asked innocently.
"Azure is Ragna. It's new name he took so no one can get confused with the name"
"Oh ok. Do you have one?" Lambda asked Tsubaki.
"Well not yet..." she then was suddenly cut off by Lambda.
"Ok then! Let's give you a new name!" she cheered in happiness
"Lambda we don't have ti-"
"Let's do it!" Noel joined in.
"Ah what the hell" Ragna said as he let out a sigh.
"So any suggestions, I want this to move along quickly" Jin said as he let out a sigh. He looked around to see everyone was thinking. Even Terumi for some weird reason, but knowing him Jin probably knew it would be a weird name. After a few minutes everyone seemed like they had a name to offer, and that was good. Two Tsubaki's was confusing. "So let's hear it".
"Emilia Yayoi" Makoto shouted out.
"Iria Yayoi" said Relius.
"Tsuku Yayoi" Said Amaterasu.
"Sayori Yayoi" Ragna said as he let out a sigh. He was really not enjoying how they were spending their time. Tsubaki's eyes widen at the name and a smile began to form on her face.
"That one..." she said with a slight blush.
"Yay! Problem solved" Lambda cheered once more.
"Ah damnit, that means I won't get to say mine" Terumi said with a grin.
"Knowing you I doubt we want to know" Hakumen said. Terumi swore under his breath and then went back to his current topic.
"We settled the name thing, now let's go back to finding that damn monster" Terumi said.
"Watch your tongue!" Izanami said with eyes filled with rage. Terumi had never seen her so angry so he assumed it was safer if he didn't push it any further.
"So do you think you can find Azure?" Kokonoe asked.
"I don't think so, I know so" Lambda's eyes began to grow red and a punch all the screens began to show multiple tabs. "Now hacking all satellites and cameras in the world" after a few seconds she yelled out. "Got him!" she cried out.
"Alright!" cheered Ragna. "So where is he?"
"According to the data he is within Naobi, shall I bring him up on camera?" Lambda asked.
"You can do that?" Ragna asked.
"I can do anything as long as it involves technology" Lambda stated proudly. "Bringing up the footage now" a screen appeared and within the footage Azure stood alone leaning against a wall as if waiting for something or someone.
"What is he doing?" Terumi asked.
"Well he's not killing anyone so that's a good thing at least" Ragna said. "But it's weird why he's just standing there". Suddenly a door next to Azure opened and Azure turned his head and bowed before the white haired girl who came from the room.
"Welcome back Hikaru" Azure said as he looked at the girl. She then let out a sigh with a slight blush on her face.
"Have you been waiting here the whole time?" She asked as she looked at Azure. Azure then stood up and grabbed her hand and planted a soft kiss on it.
The others within the ship started feeling killing intent and a whole lot of heat. When they turned their heads they saw that a dark aura surrounded Izanami and Amaterasu was heated, literally. The floor underneath her had began to melt. Sayori turned back into Tsukuyomi and she tried to calm her sister and Izanami down.
"Ca-calm down both of you" Ragna said only to receive a glare from both Izanami and Amaterasu. Seems that him looking like Azure was not helping the situation.
"Gotta handed to the boss. He sure knows how to win a woman's heart" the black beast said. His words clearly were not helping the situation and upon realizing this he just let out a heatful laugh. "Ladies you can both tear him to shreds after he's back to his normal self, but for now let's just see where this goes". The mood went back to being normal again and they all turned back towards the screen, where Azure and Hikaru were still talking.
"I suppose I should take you to master Kira now. I need to inform him of everything that happened", Hikaru then turns her gaze towards Azure after realizing the look on his face. "Is something wrong?" Hikaru asked in a caring voice. Only god could handle the anger which began swell within Izanami at that moment.
"It's nothing..it feels as if the others here don't like me. It's almost as it...I don't belong" he then looked down then shook off the thought. "Forget it it's nothing. Sorry for bothering you..mistress Hikaru"
"No it's ok Azure, we should get going now. If everything works out they will all respect you" Hikaru began to walk and Azure followed behind her. The others stood there trying to process what they had just witnessed.
"So we can now assume that Azure is a full fledged bad guy" Makoto said as she stared at the screen and let out a sigh.
"What will we do now?" Noel asked.
"Well infiltrate the city" a man clothed in black said as he walked into the room. His yellow scarf behind him.
"Ah if it isn't my fellow comrade" Bang said as he approached Kaidou.
"You're the one who saved my life" Bullet said as she stared at the man. "I have to thank you for your help. If it wasn't for you I might've lost my life"
"There is no need to thank me. I just did what the situation require me to do" Kaidou said in a humble voice.
"What do you mean break into the city?" Jin asked as he looked at the mysterious figure which stood in front of them.
"As we speak Kira is turning Naobi into his own personal fortress. When it's finished, which it will be soon. It will be almost impossible to break in, and from there he will plunge the world towards chaos and create the world which he desires", his words were honest and true which left the others in a daze.
"If what you say is true how exactly do you plan to break into the city. If what you say is true it's impossible to get in" Hakumen said.
"I said almost impossible but I didn't say there isn't a way to make it in" Kaidou said with a smirk. The others raised their eyebrows at this mysterious person. " I can get you guys in but I can't promise to get you guys out without help".
"You...how come you know all of this?" Relius asked the man which stood in front them.
"My name is Kaidou, I am or...I used to be Kira's second in command". The others immediately pulled out their weapons and pointed them at the man. Kaidou then let out a sigh and raised his hand up. "I am here to help but if my help is unwanted I will walk awa-"
"Do you really think I will just let you walk away!?" Izanami asked as her armor appeared on her. She was angry, really angry and at this rate she would kill anyone who angered her any more than she already was. "You all took Azure away, YOU WILL PAY!" her dark aura was malicious and it was almost as if it was seithr.
"Say-I mean Izanami calm down!" Ragna said as he put a hand on her shoulder. "Azure is still alive and there must be a way to get him back. So please stop this" Izanami's aura began to die down and her armor where once again replaced with her normal clothes. Her personality went back to being that of Saya and she hugged Ragna. Ragna hugged her back trying to make his sister feel a little bit better.
"So you must be a Gen then" Relius said.
"I am, but not a normal Gen" Kaidou then closed her eyes and seithr began to surround him. "I am the first Gen!" the pressure from him alone made some of the people unable to use the power of the Azure tremble in fear.
"Why do you want to help us? That's what I want to know" Kagura said as he slowly put his sword down. Kaidou then sat on the floor and crossed his legs.
"Would you believe me if I said that Kira wasn't always like?" Kaidou asked with a nostalgic smile on his face.
"Well after witnessing what he has done so far, I would have to say no" Rachel said as she let out a sigh. "Never in my life have I seen someone so heartless and cruel" Rachel said with anger no one has ever seen her express.
"Well I can't say I don't understand why you would think like that, but it's true he wasn't always like this" Kaidou then stared up to face the others. "Once Kira was nothing more than a normal scientist who wanted to create a new life" the others began to listen in carefully because this was an opportunity to find out more about Kira. "In his research he discovered the power of the Azure grimoire. Using his newfound knowledge he created a Gen...me"
"Let me guess. Him getting tangled up with the power of the Azure is what turned him into...well what he currently is" Ragna said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yes. But the power of the Azure alone wasn't what twisted him. Takamagahara is to blame" just from mentioning the name anger seemed to consume Kaidou as he tightly held his leg.
"What did Takamagahara do?" Sayori asked.
"One day while he was trying to finish training me, we were summoned before three blank chairs well that's what we first thought they were"
"Propostures!" Rachel jumped in. "No normal human can make it into Takamagahara!"
"It's not that impossible" Amaterasu jumped in. "Both my vessel and her friends made it into Takamagahara after it was shut down. There was probably an error in the system after it was shut down after so long"
"Well if you put it that way it could be achieved" Relius stated. "Now carry on with your story" Kaidou nodded and started talking again.
"While being within Takamagahara Kira was told about an event known as the Dimensional Shift. It sounded more like a fairy tail than something that could be done, but they explained the plan bit by bit and they promised Kira that he could become the leader of the new world" Kaidou's look intensified once more. "At first Kira wasn't willing to do it...until his daughter was killed". At this statement the others froze. Kira was heartless that's what he had proven so far, but if all this was to bring his daughter into back into this world it was something which made sense. "The Dimensional Shift brings all the world's together to create a brand new one, one exactly to what the creator wishes it to be. Kira viewed this as an opportunity to bring his deceased daughter back to life" Kaidou then looked down and resumed again. "But his goal changed...he was corrupted by the wishes of Takamagahara and he just became obsessed with creating a brand new world. He lost sight of what was really important to him and what was left is the Kira you currently know"
"Well wasn't that a touching story" Terumi said as he yawned. "Now can you please explain to us what happened to Azure".
"Certainly" Kaidou said with an annoyed look. "You see each Gen who is a commander or general has a special little ability. You may even call it magic" Kaidou stated. "Mine is to cause Illusions, Shuu's is extreme speed and Hikaru is the ability to rewrite and control someone's memory".
"I see" Relius said as he put his hand on his chin. "Using that information we can just conclude that Azure's memory has just been changed".
"Yes, but snapping your friend from her ability is going to require a lot of effort" Kaidou stated. "That's why I made that proposal earlier"
"You mean the breaking into Naobi deal?" Lambda asked.
"Yes" Kaidou then smiled as continued. "By infiltrating the base we can find an opportunity to not only free Azure, but also put a stop to Kira's forces".
"That's good and all, but how exactly do you propose breaking into a fortress?" Ragna asked.
"Simple. By using my ability to cause Illusions" Kaidou said. "I can change your appearances with my power and no one will ever be able to recognize you, even you won't be able to see through the illusion"
"Well if you can do that we're all in" Azrael said.
"Well the thing is I need a specific team for this mission"
"Well say what you need and we will do our best to provide it" Amaterasu said,
"Well I will need someone who is good at making traps, a womanizer, someone who is extremely smart, and someone who can do nothing more than destroy things".
"I think we can provide all that you need" Ragna said as he looked towards Kagura and Azrael. "Right now I know who is the muscle and who is the womanizer" Ragna stated.
"I also found the person who can make traps" Karin said as she smiled at her brother.
"I know who will be the brain" said Sora as she looked towards Kirino. "Seems the team is already figured out"
"That's great then. Now let's talk about how we plan to do this" Kaidou said.
"Alright, our ears are all yours" Valkenhayn entered in.
"Hmm I see so you failed to retrieve any of the goddesses" Kira said with something that looked like less than an angered look but more like an amused one.
"I am sorry, Shuu decided to play out his plans instead of trying what you had suggested master" HIkaru said as she looked down in disappointment, well disappointment in herself that is.
"Well it doesn't matter that much boss. We have all the time in the world after all" Shuu said as he approached Kira. "And anyways..we brought you something worth more than a goddess"
"Oh? Is that so? Amuse me then" Kira said with a wide smirk.
"Come in" Hikaru called out to Azure who just came in an bowed before Kira.
"Oh this is a great gift indeed, and it might actually be worth more than any of the goddesses" Kira's face looked like a kid in a candy shop. Never had he expected that he would have Azure within his grasp.
"I knew you would like it" Shuu said.
"Master Kira, how can I prove of service?" Azure asked.
"Hmm I see, so he's under the influence of Hikaru's ability. I guess I should play along with this" Kira thought as he looked at Azure. "Well how about you watch over Hikaru for me. You would prove to be an outmost powerful body guard"
"Master Kira such a thing is unnecessary" Hikaru said.
"Oh do you question my decision?" Kira asked.
"N-no it's not like that it's just...Pay it no mind. Sorry for my insolence" Hikaru said as she bowed.
"I see. Well Hikaru show him around. Later on I will need him for something very important"
"As you wish" Hikaru turned and walked towards the door and Azure followed behind her.
"So it's finally time" Shuu said with a grin.
"Yes, I know you've been waiting eagerly for this moment to arrive. So I will try my best not to disappoint you" Kira said as he looked at Shuu.
"Oh don't worry I will not be disappointed at all. The only thing that would disappoint me at this point would be if we didn't get this started"
"I see. No need to worry, only a few more hours left until we can get the show on the road" Kira and Shuu began to laugh and whatever they were planning was surely not good for the world.
"How long will you keep following me?" asked an annoyed Hikaru who was now being followed by Azure.
"I am just doing as I was instructed, henceforth I shall go wherever you go" stated Azure.
"Well I am going to the ladies room" Hikaru said with a slight blush. "Do you intend to follow me in there as well"
"I intend to do no such a thing, but if you wish me to accompany you in there I shall not question you" Azure said in a monotone voice. HIkaru's blush just brew wider and she raced to the ladies room leaving a dumbfounded Azure alone.
"Hey you! You're the one who killed my friend!" a random Humanoid Gen called out to Azure grabbing his attention. "You will pay for that!" the gen tried to punch Azure who just simply dodged him and punched him in the face.
"I know not of what you speak of, but if I was you I would refrain myself from doing such attempts" Azure then continued walking leaving the Gen rolling on the floor in pain. When he approached the bathrooms he saw that Hikaru was nowhere to be found. "I guess she must've headed to her room. I shall go and see" thought Azure as he continued walking. He then noticed he was being followed by a group of Gens which slowly kept growing by the second. After he reached a dead end he turned his face towards the large group. "How may I help you fine gentleman?" Azure asked again in a monotone voice.
"You can start by falling dead!" one of the gens screamed out and he tried to slash Azure. Azure then let out a sigh and unsheathed his sword.
"Dragon's Infernal Flame" as he descended his sword the blackfire blasted all the gens away making them all fall unconscious. "What is going on? I am their comrade yet this is the second time they've called me an enemy or tried to attack me" Azure thought to himself. Something was very wrong here. He simply couldn't put his finger on what though.
"Azure whe-" Hikaru snapped Azure out of his thoughts. "What exactly happened here?" Hikaru asked as she looked at the group of unconscious gens lying all over the floor.
"These gentleman attacked me so I knocked them all unconscious" Azure simply said.
"I see.." said Hikaru in a concerned look. "Follow me to my room. It's too dangerous to let you roam around free"
"As you wish" Hikaru began to walk and Azure followed after her. One of the fallen gen began to awaken so Azure kicked him in the face as he passed by him knocking his lights out once more. While following Hikaru to her room Azure couldn't help but wonder why they've tried to attack him. It's a thought which has been bothering for quite a while, and one he couldn't shake off.
"You're worried aren't you" Hikaru said as she walked ahead of Azure.
"Yes but do not concern yourself...I will be fine" Azure lied.
"You're clearly lying..." Hikaru said as she sighed. "If something's bothering you, you can tell me. You know that right?"
"I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want to keep bothering you over such feeble matters".
"Azure I am in charge of you" Hikaru then stop and turned to face him. "So from now on I command you to tell me anything which bothers you" she flashed him a smile and Azure let out a sigh of what seemed more like relief than annoyance.
"As you wish" Azure said. "Master Kira said he would require my presence later, so how about we do some sparring in the meantime?" the girl was getting confused by this. This was the man he wanted dead not so long ago and now he's one of the kindest person she's ever met. She nodded to Azure's request and she led him to the training area where they both would experience each others skills.
"Hmm that's quite the plan" said Bang in his always loud voice.
"I have to agree It seems to have no downsides to it" Relius added in.
"Hmm thing is how we will get into the city" Azrael said. Although the plan was flawless; they still needed a way into the city.
"Don't worry. You will know how in one more hour" Kaidou said with a smile.
"Hey guys, have you seen Saya?" Ragna asked.
"Well last I saw her, she was with Sayori and Kanade. Nu, Noel and Celica joined them too a few minutes ago" said Kirino in her cheerful voice.
"I wonder where they went" Ragna then let out a sigh. Suddenly the hologram of Lambda appeared next to him giggling. "Hey Lambda. Do you know where they went?" Ragna asked the cheerful hologram.
"There is only one place in this ship they could've all went to, considering the mood"
"And that is?" Ragna waited for the name of the location. He was really worried about Saya. Her mood has not been so great ever since the whole Azure ordeal.
"Azure's room!" Lambda said happily.
"Thanks" Ragna then walked out the room only to come back again. "Where exactly is Azure's room?" Ragna ask in embarrassment.
"I'll show you!" Ragna followed the hologram to a room with two sets of doors and he entered Inside only to find a huge bed with a lot of sleeping girls on top of it. "Wow they must've all been tired".
"Well considering the day we had that's not very surprising" Ragna said as he let out a sigh. He walked to the bed and ran his hand through the sleeping Noel's hair, but he then realized something. Saya wasn't there. "Lambda is there someplace in this ship where someone can go to clear their mind?" Ragna asked as he turned to the hologram.
"Yes, there is a garden on a few levels above where we currently are"
"Can you show me here that is?" the Hologram nodded and began moving. Ragna followed right behind her. Upon reaching the garden she found Saya's who sitting by herself in a bench. Ragna slowly approached her and sat next to her. "Hey..." Ragna said catching Saya's attention.
"Hello" Saya simply said as she looked down.
"Saya...You know..if you have something you need to get off your chest you can just tell me" Ragna said as he scratched his head. He just met his sister lately after being away from her for so long so this conversation was kind of awkward.
"The world has changed a lot hasn't it" Saya simply said. "It's nothing as I remembered it years ago..."
"Well guess that makes sense. After all you've been asleep for so long" Ragna said as he looked at her.
"I was shocked when I saw you and Jin, You guys have grown" she then smiles at him.
"Yeah although we're not in the best of terms like we use to be" Ragna said as he sighed.
"I see"
"You're worried about Azure aren't you?" Ragna finally asked.
"...Yes..I haven't known him for long but Izanami has spent some time with him. Right now she's in pain and I feel it too"
"I see..." Ragna then puts his hand on her head and smiles at her. "I haven't known Azure for a long time, but one thing is for certain. And that's the fact that he won't go down without a fight. Right now as we speak he's probably struggling to get his memory back into place" Saya then turned to face him and he smiled at her. "So you and Izanami can't lose hope. At least not yet". Saya hugged him and he hugged her back and from the distance two figures watched this moment unfold.
"Heh? Aren't you jealous Jin?" Terumi asked as he leaned on one of the trees.
"Hmph, I have no time for such pitiful feelings" Said Jin with a slight smile.
"Heh? So you grew a pair of balls. I can say I officially respect you now"
"You're more annoying than captain Hazama" at the mentioning of the name Terumi got nervous. But suddenly someone burst into the roof.
"*pant*...*pant* H-here you guys are" said Shun as he tried to catch his breath.
"What's wrong?" asked Ragna as he and Saya approached the others.
"You guys have to see this!" Shun said with a look of horror. The others looked at one another and followed the boy down the stairs to the bridge where everyone, besides the NOL soldiers on board were.
"What's going on?" Ragna asked the others.
"See for yourself" said Hakumen as he pointed to the screen. The image which was being broadcasted worldwide was of Kira, and next to him we're Shuu, HIkaru and Azure.
"Citizens of this world" Kira said in an high and mighty voice. "My name is Kira and I come to you with a declaration...A declaration of War" those within the ship stared in horror, for this was going to be in a larger scale than they had first planned. "We are not needlessly declaring war but we are doing it so we can bring salvation to this world and those beyond. I am not such a heartless person to go around and Kill anyone so I shall give those we wish for salvation a chance for them to join me. So I will say this now, those who want to be saved come to Naobi, but those who wish to oppose me shall be mercilessly be killed". This was certainly not heading in such a good direction so far so the others knew whatever he was going to say next was also not going to end well. "I shall now present to you my new general" Azure stepped forward and Saya looked as if she was at the brink of tears. "He shall lead my army through the cities which do not give in, and I should warn you his strength is not to be underestimated. WIth that said I shall leave you all to make your choices. Farewell and I hope you make the right decision" a smirk formed on Kira's face as the screen faded to black.
"What now?" Kagura asked as he leaned against one of the chairs.
"Damn didn't think it would come to this so quickly" Ragna said as he let out a sigh and held Noel's hand.
"This is actually good" Kaidou said.
"Care to elaborate on that?" Carl asked.
"Sure" Kaidou said with a smile. "Now we don't even need to sneak into the city. All we have to do is put on a different face and we're in"
"So this is what you were waiting for?" Shun asked.
"Yep, but we still need a disguise" Kaidou said.
"Why?" asked Kagura.
"Hikaru is careful, really careful. She won't trust someone so easily just because they joined Kira's group. Also Azure will immediately not trust us and that will be a problem" Kaidou sighed.
"I see but the plan will indeed work, correct?" Rachel asked.
"Yes it will"
"Well then what are we waiting for, let's start getting ready" Azrael said with a grin.
"Not so fast" Jubei cut in. "We need to be ready for war so preparations for battles should come first".
"He's right" Terumi entered in. "We lived through war before and without preparations we will always be one step behind the enemy".
"Oh I see I gave you all some trouble in the past"
"Damn straight you did" Terumi added in.
"Alright guys, Azure is not here so I will speak in behalf of him" everyone focused on Ragna after those few words. "I Azure was here there is only one thing he would tell us and that is to put our differences aside. Because in this war were all comrades, there is no enemy beside the enemy who threatens to the destroy life as we know it".
"He's correct" Izanami said. "We fight as one and we shall die as one, so whoever is willing to lay their life down for this world speak now or forever be a coward".
"A heck I got nothing to lose, so I'm in" said Terumi with a smirk.
"We will fight as well" said Akashi followed by his fellow student.
"Hmph, as Terumi said before. I also have nothing to lose, so count me in" Relius said.
"I will do the best I can" Celica added in.
"Leave weapons to me" said Kokonoe. "And me!" Kirino yelled from behind Akashi.
"If Kokonoe is In no doubt I will fight too" Tager said.
"We goddesses will give it our all for both this world and who we care for" Amaterasu said as she took over Kanade's body and the other goddesses nodded in agreement.
"A heck what the hell. This world has never done anything for me, but it's where the people I care for live. So I'm in too" Ragna said as he smiled and tightened his grip on Noel's hand. Noel smiled at Ragna and nodded.
"I fight for Justice, so I will let no evil lay hand on this world!" Yelled Bang.
"We old timers will fight too" Jubei said as he looked at Hakumen and Valkenhayn.
"Hmph It's not my style to get involved in such needless battles. But I suppose at this point I no longer have a choice" Rachel closed her eyes and let out a sigh.
"I'm in as long as I get to break some bones" Azrael said with a grin and everyone sweat dropped.
"Count me in. I don't have any heroic or fair reason to fight in this war, but if you all are fighting then it's only fair if I also fight" Bullet said with a smile.
"Well if the ladies are in, then so am I" Kagura said with a smirk.
"Tao's in for the food on the ship! meow!" Tao said as he happily chowed down on the food that she got from the kitchen of the ship.
"Hmph, I shall join you too" Carl added in.
"Don't count me out. I'm ready to roll too!" said Makoto.
"So we're all In then? Alright, let's show Kira and his army a taste of rebellion!" Kaidou raised his hand and cheered and the others followed his lead. Their spirits were high and none of them we're ready to give in to Kira's demand. This was the start of a brand new friendship and the start of a brand new rebellion. Kira was In for it now and as soon as Azure came back to the side he was meant to be on, there was no way they would lose. This was what each of them were wishing for and hoping for at the same time. The time for war was beginning, so it was time to start bringing on the pain.
"Hey Azure wait up!" Hikaru called out to the white haired man as he walked ahead of her. Azure then stopped and turned back, his now red colored eyes focused on the girl.
"Is something the matter?" Azure asked the girl who just blushed.
"I..I came to congratulate you in becoming a general. You did a wonderful job" Hikaru said with a smile. Azure then smiled back at her .
"Thank you, your words make me happy" Azure said as he patted her head. "So what shall we do now?" he asked her. He was going somewhere until she had stopped him. Now he had forgotten what he was planning to do and what even made him want to do it. Something was not right with him, and this was something Azure was sure of.
"I was going to go spar again...want to come along?" Hikaru asked. Azure nodded and the two began walking. Little did they know they were being watched by two other people.
"Eavesdropping again?" Kira asked Shuu who was leaning against the wall. "That hobby of yours is not very professional".
"Oh it makes me feel so happy to hear it from you" Shuu said with a grin. "So do you think Azure has really been fully controlled by Hikaru?" Shuu asked Kira who just let out a laugh.
"Who knows. Thus far no one has ever managed to break free from her ability, but he might actually be the first one to be able to resist it a little" Kira said as he let out a heartfelt laugh afterwards.
"Heh, he's really something. But that doesn't matter to me" Shuu moved away from the wall and began to walk. "Just a little while longer until we unleash hell on earth. I look forward to it" a dark aura surrounded Shuu and he started laughing as he walked. He was going to enjoy every little bit of this war, it was going to be a fun year.
"That guy is as much of an asshole as I am" Kira said to himself as he let out a sigh. "Well guess I should be heading to that city now. It's time to craft a brand new little toy, let the fun officially begin. I am going to enjoy this as well" Kira smirked and began heading back to his throne. "Azure is now In my hand. For now I shall shape him to what I see fit. But when I free him I need to make sure he shall be the most dangerous opponent that I've ever face. This is moving along better than I planned, now all I need is the other pieces of the puzzle and everything will be in place". Kira continued walking to his room, and everything was going exactly his way. The world is now faced with war and Ragna and his crew were all in the heart of it. Now as Friend turns to foe and foe turns to friend the fate of the worlds depends on what each and every citizens of the world wishes to do. The wheel of fate is still turning now let's see which way the world will head into.
AN: Well there goes another chapter. Once again I'm reaaaaally sorry for the very late update. Well I kinda gave a spoiler with this chapter of the story of what might happen later on in the future. Well I hope you all enjoy this chapter and see you guy later. Thank you for reading and appreciate the support ^^!