Task From The God

by gunner007

Thousand years has passed since the event of Dirge of Cerberus, leaving only Vincent alone. But then, an event turns up that requires his strength to join into the battle once again. Full summary in the Prologue chapter.

14. Chapter 13 and Side Story

To enigma95: Ha ha, too hasty to upload this without doing double checking.

To Han-Ko: Thanks for reviewing~

Not sure if there are some grammar error in this chapter… Please tell me if you find one or more, I will fix and upload again.

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I do not own these Final Fantasy 7, Mahou Sensei Negima, and Kara No Kyoukai.

[…After fought against Nero, an acquaintance of mine appeared suddenly that I didn't expected, Ryougi Shiki, a mysterious girl that I've met her before. But for some reasons the moment I sensed her presence, I felt relieved to have another extra hand to help. Both of us rendezvoused with Mana, Kaede, and Ku Fei while on the way there to help Asuna and Setsuna, Negi wasn't with them as he left them to quickly head to save Konoka at the pillar of light there, and battling against a horde of demons together with girls, making me reminds me of my old time, killing monsters and ended to save the world of Gaia with Cloud and others. And later on, we're seeing the giant ancient demon has been released from its prison there, that's where I have to go and help Negi, knowing he's exhausted too much, he's still too young and inexperienced. And luckily, Evangeline managed to arrive there and saved him, and I am going to cleanse the demon there.]

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Chapter 13: Kyoto Trip part 10 – Alexander, and end of the battle

~FFXMSN~

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To Vincent

As Vincent is standing there summoning out one of the powerful sacred beasts. "Alexander… Come forth…" Vincent summons out Alexander as his red eyes glowing. Then, the ground, even the lake, are started to tremble.

"W-w-what's going on!?" Asuna asked panicking as she felt there's something is coming out.

"Eva-san! What's going on? What did Vincent-nii do?" Negi asked at Eva as she's curious too.

"I don't know… but something's really is coming out… I don't know how he did that…" Eva replied with smirked and excited.

Then, everyone noticed there's something coming out from the spot beside the giant demon there on the lake there, the water being pushed up from below of it, and they're seeing a monstrosity thing coming out, it was Alexander (FF7). Everyone, even the demons are all jaw-dropped as they all seeing the monstrosity size of the Alexander, it was twice bigger than the giant demon beside there, the shape of the entire body and the scale is totally like a moving fortress, a giant massive sized fortress robot.

"Behold. The Alexander…" Vincent stated.

"What the heck is that giant thing?!" Asuna exclaimed as she seeing a giant looking castle appeared in front of them. Chigusa was totally overwhelmed by the size of the Alexander.

"W-wow…" Eva was amazed as her eyes sparkling to see something big and beautiful.

Slowly the Alexander opened its eyes, and slowly turns toward to Vincent. Vincent knows the Alexander is waiting for his command, "Judgment." he gives order as he points down the right thumb as his hand facing at the giant demon there.

The Alexander slowly turn his eyes toward the giant demon in front of its and says, "Acknowledged…" Its eyes begin to gather massive energies before releasing the power upon the giant demon, the eyes firing two lasers that marking below the giant demon.

"That's it…?" Chigusa asked as she thought there's nothing happened and almost about to laugh, but not. Then, beneath the giant demon started to glow brightly, and then followed up by the huge explosion, the giant demon was instantly been eliminated, the explosion has caused the body blown into pieces and falls into the lake.

'That attack… is made out of holy power!?' Eva thought as she shocked to see that.

"Wha-what-what just happened!? This is impossible!" Chigusa demanded as she managed to get away from the blast.

"Do you know demons are weak against holy?" Vincent stated, Chigusa hears that then she widens her eyes for realizing what's going on.

"You-you mean…?" Chigusa surprised.

Vincent looked at her, "…I have analyzed your demon's weaknesses beforehand, and apparently, it's extremely weak against Holy. And that is why I chose Alexander, it's an ancient weapon imbued with a sacred power, its attack as known as Divine Judgment. That is its attack and it's perfectly suitable against the enemy that is weak against Holy, like yours… I don't think your 'demon' there, won't be resurrected once again, and it's being eliminated forever." Vincent explained as he pointed at the giant boulder there. Chigusa has been swallowed by immense of fears and despairs. "So, do you have any other demons that would you like to release it out and want to try the Divine Judgment?" Vincent asked in threatening tone as his expression changed. Negi, Chamo, and Asuna scared by Vincent's scary expression, but Eva liked it, especially his threatening voice and his expression there.

"No…" Chigusa muttered as she clenching her fists, and Vincent noticed that. "No!" Chigusa shouted as she escaped.

"Hey!" Asuna shouted. "Stop right there!" But Vincent raised his hand to quiet Asuna down.

"It doesn't matter where she runs, she'll be captured soon." Vincent said as he knew that she'll escape, but he decided not to chase her. He looked up at the Alexander, "Alexander, you may leave now." Vincent commanded, and Alexander nodded slowly before it disappeared under a bright light. Eva and other are descending from the air and stopped on the boardwalk.

"Vincent! What was that just now?! That was awesome!" Asuna exclaimed as she was awed.

"Vincent-nii! I never knew you could do that! That was cool!" Negi commented.

"That was awesome!" Chamo exclaimed.

Vincent looked at them, "…I couldn't summon it out because Konoka was on there, until Setsuna rescued her and they've moved away from the giant demon." Vincent stated out the reason. "And that's where I have a chance to use it."

"Vincent." Eva calls, and Vincent looked down at Eva there. "Just now… that thing looks like a castle… it really impressed me so much… though it would be flashier with my ice..." Eva said excitingly. "And, Vincent, that gigantic moving castle just now… what was it called again?" Eva asked.

"Alexander is the name of it." Vincent replied, he then noticed that the demons that he spared them before are started to disappear, seeing them friendlily waving at Mana and Ku Fei. Tsukuyomi also walks away as her job is paid. Then, he noticing Shiki has arrived and stopped beside them.

"I didn't know you could pull something like that out, Vincent." Shiki commented. "I'm amazed by that."

Vincent looked at her, "…Thanks." Vincent replied with a faint smile, and Shiki looked away with a faint blush on her cheek. Vincent then look around to see Kaede, Yue and Kotarou as Kaede watching over him as they arrived as well, later Mana and Ku Fei has arrived too, and lastly Konoka and Setsuna arrived as well, Konoka was holding a cloth wrapping around her. "Everyone's here." Vincent said.

"Listen up boy." Eva started, and everyone looked at Eva. "If we were to say today was one of those Japanese Video Games I play in my spare time… Then this would be the part where you ask why the last boss helps you when you're about to die in the first dungeon." Eva started her lecture to Negi. "If something like this happens again, don't expect to rely on my power or Vincent to help you. At times like these, you've got to show them your own guts!" Eva continued as she walks toward to the edge of the walkway.

"Ha… hai!" Negi replied as Negi trembling a bit.

"Hm… I guess that was rough on you after all, boy." Eva said, and she noticed Negi's acting strange. "Are you ok?" But then, Negi's suddenly fall down and Vincent quickly hold him from falling as he kneeling down and examine on Negi's condition, the others went there as well. "W-w-w-what's wrong, boy!?" Eva surprised.

"Negi! What's happened?" Asuna surprised too, and others as well.

Shiki noticed Negi's right side has turned into stone. "Vincent! His right side…!" Shiki said.

'…He's being inflicted by this petrification for around few minutes ago…' Vincent thought as he done checking. Chachamaru went beside Negi and help examine it.

"Negi-sensei's magic resistance is incredibly high, so the petrification process was very slow. But at this rate, he will be unable to breathe when his neck petrifies, and he'll suffocate." Chachamaru stated as she's done examined.

'…This explains why I couldn't sense…' Vincent thought. 'So Negi possessed a high magic resistance…'

"Hey! Get a hold of yourself, Negi!" Kotarou went beside Negi and shouted.

"…Can't you do something, Eva-chan!?" Asuna asked worriedly as she begged Eva.

"I… I'm really bad at healing magic… Plus I'm an undead!" Eva replied as she grew worries shaking her head.

"But…!" Asuna keep on begging.

"The reinforcements arriving at midday could probably heal him, but they won't make it in time…!" Chamo told them.

"I'll stop the petrification process." Vincent said as he readying a spell, their hope rise up. But then, someone's interrupting them, it was the white haired boy as he appeared behind the group coming out through the puddle of water there, and the group caught their off guard.

"You've dropped your guard down." The white haired boy said as he's readying an attack, but being stopped by Shiki as she sliced off the boy's hand from behind him.

"At the time like this... don't interrupt!" Shiki said as her Mystic Eyes already activated. Follow up by Vincent's right hand already reached Cerberus.

"Shiki, move!" Vincent told Shiki to move away from the white haired boy, and Shiki quickly step beside away. Then, Vincent pulled out his Cerberus and fired at the unwelcomed guest and he just destroyed an illusion made out of water. 'An illusion…?' Vincent thought. Then, his eyes widen up as he realized something, he quickly bring Negi up and toss Negi away to Chachamaru on impulse, and he pushed her away from him right before three spikes suddenly impaled Vincent from behind him through his stomach, his chest, and his left thigh. The girls are seeing Vincent being stabbed from their horrified eyes, blood gushing out from his impaled areas, and from his mouth.

"…Vincent!" Shiki shouted first as her eyes widen.

Vincent has expected that the white haired boy will ambush at him, but that was too late for him to react fast. He seeing himself has been stabbed from behind, he could have easily dodged those incoming spikes, but there's a reason why he couldn't dodge, he just simply cannot. That is because he's seeing Chachamaru and Negi are in front of him the moment he realized, he couldn't just dodge it and let them get impaled instead of him, so he had to become their meat shield to take those spikes to protect them, becoming a meat shield is one of his advantages for being immortal. Vincent raises his right arm to use his strength and elbow down the spikes stone and destroy it, freeing himself from those spikes. He stood up and brings up his Cerberus, and aimed at the lake on his right side there.

"You can't hide from me, boy." Vincent said before he fired three bullets to the target without hesitation. Meanwhile to the white haired boy, he's surprised that Vincent already found him in such a short time as the boy seeing incoming attack as he raised his barrier but it was no use, the bullets powerful enough to pierce through the barrier and hit on the boy's right shoulder and bleed.

"Argh!" The boy cried in pain as he exposed his hiding in the lake, he squeeze his wound tightly to close the wound. The boy then stares at Vincent with cold stare. "Vincent Valentine… Now I can see why Weiss and Nero really hate you…" The boy started. "You're an immortal… and really are the strongest one…" The white haired boy said, and then he switched his eyes on Eva. "I'll be retreating for today… it would be a big disadvantage if I were to fight both of you and that true blood vampire…" The white haired boy said as he sunk down in the lake and his presence disappeared, Vincent can't find his presence in the lake, and Vincent concluded that the boy has retreated from here.

"He's running away… huh?" Eva said gritting her teeth.

[Start Music: Calm before the Storm – Final Fantasy 7 Dirge of Cerberus]

Then, they heard a sound of something been pulling out from the flesh, they look at it and seeing Vincent have pulled out the spikes from his chest, his stomach, and his leg. He threw those spikes away, but what's surprised them is a large amount of bloods gushing out a lot from his wounds.

"Vincent/-kun/-nii-san/-sensei!" They all shouted in unison as they all quickly went toward him, a lot of flesh bloods coming out from his wound and vomiting out some bloods, everyone can see there's a horrible view of hole through his wounds there.

"W-we need to do something here!" Asuna exclaimed as she worried about both Negi and Vincent.

"…I'm alright." Vincent told them as if it is nothing. '…Exactly how long was I wounded from last time…?'

'So many bloods coming out…' Eva thought shocked for witnessing the blood gushes out from Vincent's wounds. 'Damn it… I wish to know how to heal…' Eva curse herself for lacking the knowledge of healing despite that she is an undead. Then, they're seeing Vincent walking a bit sluggish toward to Negi.

"Vincent-nii-n…nii-san… You're not… a human?" Chamo said as he noticed that Vincent has not died yet from those wounds and huge amount of loss blood.

Vincent looked at Chamo for a moment, and he nodded for yes, this surprised them all. "I guess you all didn't know this yet… except Eva. I apologize for keeping this secret from you all. I'm not a human like you all… I'm a hybrid of human and monster, and an immortal." Vincent told them of his secret here, he keeps himself cool to resist the pains and the angers overcome his mind, otherwise he will lose control and accidentally releasing his Limit Break.

"…Immortal…? Do you mean that you're like Eva-chan here?" Asuna asked.

'…I knew it…' Shiki thought.

Vincent looked at Asuna and he nodded for correct answer. "Chachamaru… Slowly lay down Negi on the ground there, I can stop the petrification there." Vincent ordered as he looked back to Negi, and Chachamaru followed his order as she softly lay down Negi on the ground.

"Vincent-nii-san! Are you really alright with those wounds!?" Kotarou asked as he concerned.

Vincent looked down at Kotarou, "I'm alright, just let me purge that petrification…" Vincent said as he kneeled down beside Negi, "But first, let me regenerate my wounds first…" Vincent said as he breathes in to calm himself, then, they all can see his wounds regenerated back in incredible speed. He brings out his hands and both of his palms face onto Negi, but being interrupted by Shiki.

"Wait, Vincent." Shiki calls, Vincent looked at her for what reason. "Let me handle this, you need to take a rest." Shiki tells him as her hand already holding her knife in dagger style, then, she activated her Mystic Eyes, this caught their attention, especially Eva as her first time seeing that her eyes. Vincent looked at her face, seeing her that she has experienced dealing this kind of problems, and he decided to leave it to her to handle. They're seeing Shiki suddenly stabbed onto Negi's chest, this shocked them all.

"W-what are you doing!?" Asuna shouted.

"Calm down, Asuna." Vincent told Asuna to calm down, she seeing Vincent's face still remained as usual one, as calm as always. Then, they can see the petrification on Negi is being dispelled.

'…How did she do that?' Eva thought as her eyes widen seeing Shiki as she pulls out her knife, she closed her eyes and her eyes returned to normal. Later, they noticed Negi started to breathe normally.

"A-aniki!" Chamo shouted shredding tears as he's dashed toward to Negi.

"Wait Chamo," Vincent stopped Chamo as he went to check on Negi's pulse by placing his finger on Negi's nerve on his neck there, "Negi is still hasn't healed up yet… What Shiki just did was just destroying any negative statuses on a person, it doesn't restore back his magic power and his vitality back… even the healing methods are not enough for this…" Vincent explained.

"…Then what are we going to do?" Shiki asked. "We can't just leave this kid like this."

"Then Vincent, you must have an idea, right?" Eva asked as she knows that Vincent always know a way.

"…" Vincent went quiet for a moment as he looked around then he got an idea when he looks at Chamo and Konoka, he remembered what Chief Eishun said before, Konoka possessed a powerful healing power. "…Chamo, I know this is a bit ridiculous to do this now, but can you make a circle of contract just for Negi and Konoka?" Vincent asked, this makes them all get confused, but Chamo gets what he means.

"…I see!" Chamo responds as he quickly takes out a chalk and draw a circle of contract on the ground. Some of them get it what he means.

"…Oh." Konoka understood.

"Wait… does that mean…?" Asuna said as she might know what the answer.

"…You got it right, Asuna." Vincent replied. "Pactio Card. We need Konoka to make a contract with Negi under the circle of contract, if she kisses Negi, not only will boost her healing powers, and it can also heal Negi completely. And also she'll get a pactio card. It's like killing three birds with a stone." Vincent explained as he helps Chamo to explain the details while Chamo is busy. "…I know it's a bit ridiculous now, but it's the only way to save Negi right now, any complains that I want to hear…?" Vincent asked.

[End of the Music]

'Wha…? What kiss?' Shiki confused as she doesn't understand that and she blushed a bit.

"…I see." Eva said as she understands his plan. "I agreed with him if I were you guys…" Eva stated.

"Done!" Chamo shouted as he done drawing the circle.

"Lay Negi there…" Vincent told as Chachamaru lift Negi and laid Negi on the circle there.

"That's right…" Konoka stated as she stepped up. "Se-chan has told me everything, and I want to thank you all for the hard work you have done… but now… I think it is time I return the favor…" Konoka said before she went beside Negi and kneel down, she held Negi up bringing her face closer to his face, and kissed him, a bright light filled the area.

'…What in the world…?' Shiki thought as her eyes widen seeing something unbelievable.

Shortly later, Negi has regains consciousness as he slowly opened his eyelids, seeing others staring at Negi with concerned face, he felt glad that everyone is in one piece, and especially Konoka. Vincent sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness… You're ok… Konoka-san…" Negi said, and then everyone cheered for his return to good health. As they're looked at the sky there, its sunrise already and everyone walks back to the headquarters.

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~FFXMSN~

Headquarters

[Start Music: Gentle Breeze – Two Steps from Hell]

The hall of the mansion

Early in the morning right after they have freed from the petrification, they are glad to see them in one piece. Inside the hall, where Vincent is sitting in front of the Chief of the West Eishun as he wants to thanks at Vincent, everyone was in their room respectively. "Vincent-dono… we're all owed you a lot… for what you've done." Eishun said as he bowed down.

"…No need for the formality, Chief Eishun. I just did what I must do." Vincent said. "And besides, I wasn't the only one who helped this up, there are my students here offered helps, my acquaintance, and especially Negi for he done the most of it." Vincent added one more person, he was referring to Shiki as she was standing outside the hall leaning against the wall there, listening to their conversation. "So don't keep on thanking me only, you should thanks to everyone that have involved in this incident." Vincent told to Eishun as he looked at his left arm there, for he has resealed back the first sealing belt of his.

"I understand, Vincent-dono." Chief Eishun replied.

"Good to hear." Vincent said, and then Vincent sensed something and he grinned. "…Seems like Chachazero has captured Chigusa in the forest… I'll go carry her back here and we leave the interrogation to you, Chief." Vincent stated as he stood up.

"Oh, leave it to us." Eishun said as he nodded.

Vincent exited the hall via the entrance, Shiki stopped him. "Wait." Vincent looked at her from his left as Shiki took a step away from leaning the wall, and then walking toward to Vincent. "Let me go with you, once you've captured that woman and bring her to them, please drop me off at the train station nearby." Shiki requested.

"…Sure. Let's go then." Vincent replied to accept her request.

[End of the Music]

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Somewhere in the forest

Somewhere in the forest there, Vincent and Shiki have arrived by riding the bike, and they can see Chachazero was sitting beside the fainted Chigusa lying on the ground. "Good job Chachazero, for knocking down Chigusa like this." Vincent said as he hops off the bike.

"Ow… why you don't want let me draw out some blood of hers?" Chachazero asked.

Shiki looked at the situation like this, '…Demons… Vampire… Immortal… a talking ermine… and now a talking puppet…?' Shiki thought. '…I was right to follow him up to here…'

"I apologize, Chachazero. That we needed her to stay alive, so they could interrogate her for the reasons." Vincent replied.

"Aw… 'kay, I understand~" Chachazero said with a disappointed tone.

"Alright, Chachazero, I'll haul here out of here." Vincent said as he carried Chigusa over his shoulder and hop on the bike, and Chachazero hop on too and standing on top of Chigusa. "Let's go."

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Train Station

[Start Music: Peace of Mind – Two Steps from Hell]

After Vincent captured Chigusa and give the culprit Chigusa to the headquarters, the rest they will do by themselves, Vincent send Shiki to the nearby train station there and let her off. Vincent accompanying Shiki as they both entered into the train station and walks, she bought a ticket from the booth there for herself to ride the train back to where she from. Both of them are waiting for the train to arrive. Right now it's in the early morning there, not many passengers are there.

"…Shiki." Vincent calls.

Shiki looked at Vincent and ask. "What?" She asked with a bit cold tone, knowing that she has a cold and mean attitude, but that doesn't mean that she's not a nice person.

"I just want to ask, how long do you've followed me?" Vincent asked.

"…Since Cinema Town." Shiki replied.

'…I couldn't even sense her presence there…' Vincent thought, he sighed. "…I want to thank you for your helps back there." Vincent said with a faint smile as he thanking at Shiki for her demon exterminating assistance. "And also, thanks for saving the girls before." And he thanks her for her helps when white haired kid ambushed them suddenly and Shiki was the first one to notice that and stopped the boy.

Shiki blushed from that and his thanks, "It… it's nothing." Shiki replied as she turned her head away and looked back to the front, waiting for the train to arrive. Shortly later, her train arrived and the train stopped in front there, the doors opened and the passengers hop aboard on the train. Shiki stepped into the train and stand on near the door there, staring at Vincent there without saying anything before the door closed between them. Vincent just standing there staring at Shiki before the train started to move, and he waved her a goodbye. Shiki stood there doing nothing till she waved back, the train moving far away as well as Shiki as he can't see her anymore from his position.

[End of the Music]

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Morning

Kansai Magic Association Headquarters

Negi's room

Negi awake from his long sleep and looked around worriedly, "A… a dream…?" He muttered scratching his head, but when he was tying his hair, he heard some voices coming from the outside of his room.

"I contacted my partner and settled everything. We'll be handling the ringleader over to you now." Negi hears Evangeline talking to someone outside, Chachamaru is standing beside her.

"Thank you so much, Evangeline-san." Another voice and it was Setsuna. "It seems like Negi-sensei is fast asleep."

"Well, it was a hard night for him." Eva replied as she sees Setsuna is done packing her bag and haul over her shoulder.

Negi slowly slide open revealing a bit a view from outside and take a peek while hearing what they saying. "Hey, are you leaving already?" Evangeline asked as she was sitting on the railing. "You should say goodbye to them."

Setsuna stopped there as she keeps quiet, "…It would only be painful to see him face to face again…" Setsuna replied as a tear formed.

"Setsuna-san!" Negi suddenly shouted as he forcefully opened the slide doors, this makes them jumped, except Chachamaru. "Where are you going? What about Konoka-san!?" Negi asked concerned.

Setsuna looked back, "…It's the law of my peoples…! Once you've seen my true form… I have no choice but to leave…!" Setsuna replied as she looked back to the front with her eyes closed and run, but she crashed into a person that she didn't see in front of her, and that was Vincent standing in front of her stopping her.

Vincent can see the situation as he looked at Setsuna's bag and her nodachi, he can instantly know that Setsuna is leaving without saying goodbye to others. "…Setsuna, you're not the only one who can't really reveal themselves to others, such as me, I am a hybrid of human and monster, and also an immortal. For Negi here, if his master from his headquarters found out someone knows about his magic, he'll turn into an ermine. Chamo is a talking ermine, Evangeline is a true blood vampire, and Chachamaru is a robot, but everyone knows about Chachamaru as a robot and they're still treating Chachamaru like normal." Vincent convincing to Setsuna, and Negi nodded to agree at Vincent's statement. 'Should I mention Mana is a half-demon in front of Negi? Better not…' Vincent thought.

"That's right! All of us have our secrets! That is why you should stay here with us and protect Konoka-san in person together!" Negi begged her as he knelt down next to her.

"Let me ask you this, did Konoka say something that she's hate you when she saw your wings at that time you saved her?" Vincent mentioned this to her.

Setsuna hesitated, "Ah… no…" Setsuna replied.

"Then, what does she say?" Vincent continued.

"…She says… my wings it's so beautiful… that's all…" Setsuna replied, then, Vincent patting Setsuna's head.

"Hmph… See? Konoka didn't hate you after all." Vincent said as he points at her, "I know that your 'Shinmeiryuu' thingy has abandoned you, and now you've left nothing. But, you still have us, Negi, your classmate friends, people from here, and everyone in the Mahora Academy." Vincent continued. "You're not alone, anymore…"

Slowly Setsuna shows out tears and begins to cry, Vincent pulls her to his chest to ease her crying. Slowly, she's stopped cry and has calmed down. Setsuna pull away from him and thanking him. "Th… Thank you, Vincent-kun…"

Vincent got a surprised by that when Setsuna called his name added with '-kun' honorific. '…I don't know what to say… about that honorific… never mind of that.' Vincent thought. "No need for that, and besides… you promised to come back to Konoka, remember at Cinema Town?" Vincent reminded her as he patting on Setsuna's head, she then again shows out a bit tears.

Then suddenly, the rest of the girls who came with them to the mansion are calling them over something.

"Se-chan! Se-chan! We've got trouble~!" Konoka arrived as she pushed Setsuna away.

"Big trouble, Setsuna-san!" Asuna arrived as she sent a flying kick onto both Negi and Setsuna.

"W-w-what happened?" Setsuna asked.

"The paper copies of us back at the hotel have gone berserk!" Asuna answered, and this surprised both of them.

"Eeeh!?" Negi exclaimed.

'…Knew this will happen soon. Luckily I've told Chief Eishun not to make a replacement of me.' Vincent thought. He seeing others are coming out from the building there, Kazumi, Ku Fei, Kaede, Mana, Haruna, Yue, and Nodoka are prepared to leave.

"Come on, Setsuna! These copies are your specialty, right?" Mana shouted at Setsuna.

"Hurry up, Se-chan~!" Konoka shouted.

"…You still have your friends. Setsuna." Vincent said as he began to move. "Let's go." He walked off as Konoka, Mana, Kaede and Asuna come out and dragged Setsuna with them, Setsuna smiles and happily and went along with them, because she finally found her place. Vincent looked at Setsuna smiled with innocent, cheerfulness and happiness. In truth, Setsuna truly didn't wanted to leave, because she has someone she wanted to protect, which is Konoka, and also, she had someone she totally admired, and that is Vincent. She's started to follow as her new life begins, as their friend. '…Setsuna, live on with others and be happy.' Vincent thought.

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~FFXMSN~

Arashiyama Hotel

The group has returned back to the hotel peacefully. As for Kazumi, she was holding six pieces of substitution papers on her right hand that she managed to convert back all those substitutions, while Chamo was on her shoulder.

"Man… that was a real mess, wasn't it?" Kazumi said panting as she holding those papers.

"Damn right…! I had no idea what we were going to do when the paper copies of the all the nee-sans started to do a strip show… Somehow we managed to get them all back." Chamo said as he remembers the entire group 5 started to do strip show, most of the girls surprised and sweat-dropped as well.

"But yesterday was an even bigger mess, right, Chamo-chi?" Kazumi said as she remembers.

"Yeah, but we were saved, thanks to my quick wits, so hey, it's all good." Chamo said proudly to himself, although it's a lie. 'Actually thanks to Vincent-nii-san and Evangeline-san….'

"Is everyone asleep? It's midday during a school trip!" Kazumi asked.

"They can't help it, after what they've been through." Chamo said, and then Shizuna appeared behind them.

"Asakura-san, I'm counting on you for the group photos!" Shizuna tells her.

"Gotcha. Shizuna-sensei." Kazumi responds. "What's she talking about? Just a job I have to do~" Kazumi said while readying her camera and she doing her job usually.

Kazumi went and took every group pictures.

Group 1 is Sakurako, Misa and Madoka are taking picture with Fuuka and Fumika in kimono style, along with geisha makeup.

Group 2 is Kaede, Kasuga, and Yotsuba are eating nikumans, while Chao and Hakase are holding down Ku Fei, her mouth filled with many nikumans.

Group 3 is… well, they all currently in changing room, Chizuru, Ayaka and Chisame are only wearing garments, Kazumi dragged frowning Natsumi to the camera view, and Zazie was behind there.

Group 4 are all naked, because they're all taking bath, Mana hesitate grab the hidden gun beneath the wood water bucket, Ako sweat-dropped while Makie showing peace sign on Ako's head, Yuna and Akira was in the water bath, Akira covering her front with cloth.

While the group 5, except Yue, Haruna and Nodoka, are taking rest in their own room.

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Inside group 5's room

Inside the group 5's room, Asuna, Konoka, Setsuna, and Negi are laying on the mat there sunbathing. "Haaah… I'm so tired…" Asuna started. "But… lying around in the hotel like this… it makes what happened yesterday seem like a dream, doesn't it?"

"Ah… you're right. Our wounds have disappeared too." Setsuna added.

"I wonder where Vincent-nii is..." Negi said.

"Vincent-kun is eating in the dining hall just now~" Konoka replied.

"How did you know, Konoka-san?" Negi asked.

"Just now I saw him eating a lot in the dining hall. The girls are giggling at his appetites, and Eva-san and Chachamaru-san are also with them." Konoka replied as she also blushed.

"Yeah, it can't be help right? He used more energy than us, I mean… Vincent-kun can summon out that giant moving castle, right?" Setsuna commented as she recalls back, she having a nice conversations with Konoka. '…I'm wondering… Who is that girl that with Vincent-sensei…?' Setsuna thought as she recalls back about Shiki, her movement, and her skills, until she's snapped out when Eva opened the door. Kazumi, Nodoka, Yue, Haruna, Mana, and Kaede as both of them insisted to join, along with Vincent for being dragged along by Eva.

"Hey! Boy and company! Wake up! You all are going sightseeing around Kyoto with me today!" Eva shouted at them, later they learned that they will have a meeting with Konoka's father.

"Eeeh? A meeting with the Chief?" Negi asked as he surprised.

"And we're going sightseeing until we get there! C'mon, get up!" Eva shouted excitingly due to her released from the seal, and as well Vincent accompanying them. "These three from the library are coming too! First, we're going to Kiyomizu Temple!" Eva continues.

"Eeeh!? We've already been there!" Haruna exclaimed.

"Let me sleep, Eva-chan…" Asuna rejects.

"Less talk, more getting up! Don't you girls are lucky to have a hot guy with you girls today!?" Eva keeps on shouting excitedly.

"…" Vincent is speechless seeing Eva's reaction.

…

~FFXMSN~

Somewhere at Kyoto shopping area

[Start music: Under Her Control – Final Fantasy 8]

The music started at the part of where Eva shopping around the Kyoto, Eva bought a lot of stuff from shopping, Negi and all the girls were sweat-dropped for seeing Eva was so happy and so excited, and Vincent is carrying her shopping bags, others can see Eva act like a spoiled princess, but Vincent understands Eva and sigh.

'…At least this isn't very stressing.' Vincent thought as he looked up at the calm sky.

Kazumi are taking a lot of pictures of them, they all drinking and eating under a restaurant, shopping, and taking views of the scenery, even she was included. And mostly the pictures taken are showing Vincent with others, some of the girls are cling onto Vincent's neck in the pictures.

After their breathtaking journey, the groups have done their shopping and on the way to meet the Chief Eishun.

[End of the Music]

"Hello, everyone," Eishun greets them while smoking. "Did you get some rest?"

"Are you satisfied, master?" Chachamaru asked.

"Yeah~ I'm satisfied." Eva replied, Setsuna bow at the Chief, and Konoka noticed that her father smoking.

"He looks sophisticated in plain clothes, too!" Asuna commented as she seeing Chief Eishun's appearance that he's in casual clothes.

"Hello, Chief-san!" Negi greets him.

"Chief Eishun." Vincent greets him while still carrying Eva's bags.

"It's in these back mountains. We're looking for a narrow, three storey building." Eishun told them the building details, while Konoka went and took away the cigarette from her father and throw it away.

"Hey, hey, where are we going?" Haruna asked whispering to Yue.

"We are going to Negi-sensei's father's holiday house…" Yue replied while holding a juice box.

"Negi-sensei's…" Nodoka muttered as she hears.

"To be honest, I've never thought Sukuna that has been destroyed forever… all thanks to Vincent-dono here." Eishun said.

"It's nothing, it won't bother anymore." Vincent replied.

"Chief-san… about Kotarou-kun…" Negi asked as he concerns about Kotarou.

"Don't worry about him. I don't think they'll punish him too harshly, even if he was working with Amagasaki Chigusa. Anyway… please leave that to us." Eishun replied.

"Chief Eishun, did you find anything about that white haired boy?" Vincent went and asked. "For what I know about him, he's one of the strongest among them, and very cunning one." This caused Eva wanted to hear too.

"That boy… we are still currently looking info into that boy, Vincent-dono. From what I know about that boy, he's currently calling himself 'Fate Averuncus'. He came to Japan a month ago under the Istanbul Magic Association to train here. It's probably a false name, though." Chief Eishun replied as Eva are carefully listening this. Later, they arrived at the destination. It was like an observatory from outside view, hidden behind the trees. "Here we are." Eishun stated.

…

Observatory

When they stepped inside, it was really clean and tall. The walls were lined up with books and various stairs. The library girls were amazed by the many books. "I've kept it as clean as always it was when he was last here."

"So, this is where father once was…" Negi said with a hint of longing, the girls then began to go around the house, checking out books, and everything.

Vincent put the shopping bags on the sofa nearby, and began to look around the place, Vincent saw some history books and he took some of them to read. The library girls climb on stairs to check out the books.

"Hey, is that all right?" Eva asked as she points at those girls.

"Don't worry. Normal people wouldn't understand those books anyway." Eishun assured her before he shouts. "Ladies! Please take care of those books! They belong to a good friend of mine!"

"So Negi, how's is it, find anything here?" Vincent asked.

"No, there's so much that I want to check out here Vincent-nii, I just wish I had more time to see everything here." Negi told them both.

"Hahaha, you can come over anything you want." Eishun replied.

"Erm… Chief-san, can I ask something about my father…?" Negi asked.

"Hm… I suppose…" Chief Eishun said as he couldn't hold any longer to tell him about his father. "Konoka, Setsuna-kun, you too Asuna-kun, come here please, there are things that you all might need to hear." Chief Eishun summoning them, they went up to the main office of the house, and then he showed them a photo. It was a group of picture, there's a young boy standing beside a red haired young man in mage coat, his right hand holding a staff similar to Negi's staff, a man wearing a white cape who looks like a mage, a man wearing a turtleneck shirt beside, holding a sword, a man in white suit was smoking at the right there, that man was similar to Takamichi, and last but not least, a tall and big tanned man behind them carrying a large sword.

"…What's this photo?" Asuna asked.

"This is a photo of the Thousand Master's comrades-in-arm." Eishun replied.

"Comrades…?" Negi asked.

"Yes, this is a picture from 20 years ago." Chief Eishun replied.

Negi looked at his father from the old picture there, as he's keep staring at the picture as his desire of searching for his father getting stronger.

"Eeehh!? Show me, show me! Which one is Negi's father?" Asuna went and asked as she holds the picture. The moment she sees the picture, her mind suddenly drifted away a second, as she's recalled something back as her expression changed.

"I was still a young man during the war. I was fought alongside with your father. And then, when peace returned 20 years ago, he had become a known for his many heroic deeds. They called him the Thousand Master." Eishun explains as he lean against the railing.

Negi were carefully listens, Setsuna nodded for understanding, Konoka doesn't get it, and Asuna also doesn't get it and left speechlessly. Yue was hiding behind and listen. 'A war…? They're not talking about World War II…'

'So there's another world… magic world huh…' Vincent thought while still reading history book. 'I remember what headmaster said before… a world called 'Mundus Magicus'…'

"Amagasaki Chigusa's parents died in that war. That's why she's still bears a grudge against the Mages from the West. That might have been why she did what she did." Eishun continues to explain. Then he lowered his head. "I thought we were inseparable friends… but 10 years ago, he suddenly disappeared." This surprised them. "Where he was last… what he was doing… no one knows. The official records have stated his date of death as 1993. Even I don't know any more than that… I'm sorry, Negi-kun…" Eishun apologizes to Negi.

"No… no, there's no need for that. Thank you very much." Negi replied as he forgave, and then he went to railing.

"We couldn't find any clues after all, huh? It's a real shame, right aniki?" Chamo said to his buddy.

"No… that's not true, Chamo-kun. Somehow I feel something just from seeing father's room." Negi replied.

"Really?" Chamo asked.

"…" Eishun feel uneasy when seeing Negi like this, and so does with Vincent, for understanding that Negi work so hard to try to see his father. "Negi-kun, about this…" Eishun took something out and gave it to Negi. Yue noticed that.

Then, Kazumi suddenly barged in, "Hey, everyone! Have you finished your complicated conversation? I'm going to take a memorial photo! Come downstairs!" Kazumi shouted at them.

"A memorial photo?" Eva and Negi asked.

"Yeah! I forgot all about it! I've already taken one for the other groups!" Kazumi replied.

The entire group 5 came together and Kazumi took the group 5 picture, then on next picture, add in Negi, Eva, Chachamaru, and both Mana, and Kaede, while Eishun was standing on top where they shows Negi's father office, and Vincent standing behind them and Kazumi take picture.

…

Arashiyama Hotel

"Eva." Vincent calls.

"…Yeah?" Eva asked as she looked back.

"I have something to give it to you." Vincent said as he pulls out something, and it was an armlet, it was made of gold in 3 rings. "This is called Aurora Armlet from my world. I couldn't find any suitable gifts in this place, so I forge one of the accessories from my world, try it." Vincent gave it to Eva, and she wore it on her left wrist. "Does it fit?"

"It's beautiful…" Eva replied as she looks into it.

"I apologize that I couldn't find a suitable souvenir for you, so I make one for you. It's a special one and can help you." Vincent said.

"…What does it help?" Eva asked confusingly.

"This is very suitable accessory for you, its boost your defense up and your magic defense, and also, it can absorbs any incoming Ice based attacks, and it is absolute anti-ice protection." Vincent explained.

Eva heard his explanation then she looked at it again. "Convenient… I like it…" Eva commented as she liked the armlet.

…

~FFXMSN~

Tomorrow morning, station

Today is the day that they're departing back to the Mahora, and everyone was prepared and ready to go back to Mahora Academy.

"Ok, everyone! We'll be arriving at Mahora Academy by lunchtime today! You'll be dismissed at the academy station, after that, you all can go back to your rooms. Did everyone have fun~?" Shizuna announced.

"YEAH!" Some of the students from 3-A together yelled in unison.

'They're all idiots…' Yue thought as she sweat-dropped to see her classmates' behavior.

'Am I in kindergarten?' Chisame thought sweat-dropped while adjusting her glasses. She hates to mix with idiots, and that's her personality.

"It's a shame we couldn't find out about your father's whereabouts, Negi." Asuna said that to Negi.

"Ah, no… actually, Asuna-san…" Negi replied as he took out the item that he received from Chief Eishun. "I spoke with Chief-san for a while afterwards, and he gave me this clue!" Negi said while shows out the object that Eishun has gave it to him before.

"I was planning to open it when we got home…" Negi said but been interrupted by Shizuna.

"Negi-sensei! Please speak a few words to the students too!"

"Ah! Ok!" Negi went over to but got tripped by a bag on his way, and nearby girls quickly go and tend Negi.

"Sheesh…" Asuna sighed. "He's a totally different person to yesterday…"

Vincent was standing beside other teachers as he is watching at the girls and Negi. 'I was too naïve… thought that the crystal was in this place…' Vincent thought sighing. '…Weiss and Nero are in this world as they're also clueless like me to find the crystal's whereabouts, I cannot let my guard down.'

…

Bullet Train

Inside the train, all the students are riding home to Mahora, everyone from 3-A was asleep, even Negi, Vincent was standing beside Shizuna and Nitta, watching at the class 3-A, sleeping soundly.

"Well well, the noisy 3-A class has finally falls silent." Nitta commented.

"Fufu… you're right, they're probably tired from all that playing." Shizuna commented. "Ara, take a look at those two, they're fast asleep." Shizuna looks at both Negi and Asuna, Negi's head was on top of Asuna's left shoulder, and Chamo was been squeezed between two persons.

"Just like a cute pair of lovers~" Shizuna said.

"No, they're still just children, although they look more like sister and brother to me." Nitta said, and Vincent chuckled.

"What's wrong Vincent-sensei?" Nitta asked.

"Oh, nothing… Just from the part 'pair of lover' that Shizuna-sensei said just now." Vincent replied as he went to take some towels, he went to cover his students each by each.

Vincent covering his students before he went back to his seat at the aisle, he took out a book he borrowed from Eishun and started to read. 'What a trip…' Vincent thought.

"How is it going Vincent?" Lady Cosmos is telepath to Vincent.

"Lady Cosmos. No trace of crystal, or any history regarding of the crystal. I believe that this crystal, no one in this world have ever found it or known it so far, it's been hidden very well, even from the eyes of the gods, and also, there's a possibility that the crystal might not in this world, but might be lie in the other world called Mundus Magicus, I learned about this new world few days ago."

"I see… Mundus Magicus… I believe it needs a special way to travel to that place."

"Is it about the teleportation?"

"I'm not really sure about their magic and their technologies, but there's a possibility it may be a teleport gate. Good luck on your mission Vincent."

"Thank you Lady Cosmos."The telepathy cuts off.

…

Meanwhile~ at the headmaster's office in Mahora Academy

The dean was stamping a lot of papers on his desk in his office due to the seal release of Evangeline.

"I'm going to die at this rate… seriously…" The dean said while stamping the papers at the very fast rate.

"Give it your best! Not long to go!" Chachazero cheered at headmaster.

"Seriously, I think I really need Vincent-kun's help for all of these." The dean said.

…

To Vincent

Vincent continues reading his book, then, he felt a familiar presence coming from the carriage behind, very similar that makes his eyes widen up. He stood up suddenly and quickly went to the carriage behind there. He opened up the door and went through, seeing the person that he sensed the familiar presence, it was Shiki that she was staring outside, and Vincent can see a bag on the empty seat beside her. Vincent is totally speechless that he doesn't know how to react, for a girl that he didn't expected to be appeared right in front of him again.

"Good afternoon." Shiki greets as she looked at Vincent.

"Shiki… I thought you're going to your place…" Vincent asked. "Why in the world are you doing here…?"

Shiki gave an annoyed look to Vincent, she sighed before she reply, "…I've told you before, you're one interesting person, it won't be boring if I stick with you for now. I can get some chances to see more bizarre things like yesterday one." Shiki replied, and this surprised Vincent. For the first time, Vincent is totally surprised by a girl that is sitting in front of Vincent that he couldn't read her movement.

'…For my first time… I've underestimated this girl…' Vincent thought as he sighed as he felt a bit relief inside his heart.

…

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END OF THE CHAPTER 13

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End of the Kyoto Arc

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Side Story: Days when Vincent and Shiki met each other

The night of the second day of the Kyoto Trip

[Start Music: Night of Seclusion – Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core]

It was the night right after both Kazumi and Chamo's scheme, the Kiss Negi game. And once everything went quiet down, everyone backed to sleep, even Negi and others are went to sleep, leaving Vincent remains active in night. Right now he's sitting on the rooftop. '…I should take a walk to a nearby city just to sightsee…' Vincent thought of something as he jumped down to the road there and started to walk toward to a city nearby.

…

City

Vincent arrived at the city that is quite farther away, and the town has more people in the night than the day. He stood on the top of the tall buildings there to get a better overview of the town, and it was a colorful and beautiful town from the top view. '…This world is quite vast… not sure if this is much vaster than Gaia… Somehow I like it. Luckily I've put my Cerberus back in my backpack in the hotel there.' Vincent thought viewing at the city, and he decided to jump down and started to walk amongst the pedestrians.

[Change Music: Oppressed People – Final Fantasy 7]

Under there from the tall buildings, it is much louder than hearing from the top there, the crowds are lively, and the streets are almost fully flooded with people. Vincent can sees there are many drunken people after their works, young girls that wear some flashy clothes that almost expose their skins, especially short skirts. Some people wearing traditional clothes like kimono or others. Some of them are schoolgirls that have finished their cram schools or school activities nearby. And last, Vincent can sees there are some people like youngster punks that give unfriendly looks as they're wearing some black leather jacket that have piercing, track suit, wearing shades even its night, tough looking faces, scars on their cheeks, dyed hairs and they're usually stick with a yakuza that wears some expensive suits.

Vincent can see that are some people afraid of them and walk to the sideway to clear path for them without causing trouble. '…This place is like in the Slum… beneath the Midgar… But this one is much livelier than that, and the aggressiveness, is still the same.' Vincent thought. '…Are they what they called yakuza… right?' Vincent thought as he seeing the yakuza group is walking toward, as they're getting closer to Vincent, Vincent didn't want to cause any ruckus as he walk to the side, letting them pass. However, one of them purposely bumped into Vincent's arm by his shoulder as planned, this is how yakuza inflicting fears to nearby people. This is Vincent second time fighting the punks, and this time added yakuza.

"Ouch! That hurts!" The one who bumped into Vincent shouted angrily as he looked at Vincent.

'…It seems I was wrong, their aggressiveness is much more than I thought…' Vincent thought as he sighed right before he stares down at the punk that bumped him, the punk shivered up the moment he looks up seeing Vincent stares down at him, the punk suddenly fall down for being frightened. The other punks and the leader of the group started to surrounds Vincent and looked up at Vincent, knowing those punks' height are shorter than Vincent, but those punks did not afraid of Vincent because of their numbers. People nearby started to avoiding them that they don't want to be involve into.

[Music Stopped]

"Hey you! What's your business messing with us, huh!?" One of the punks shouted at Vincent.

"Are you from other gangs!?" The other one yelled.

"Hey leader… I think he's a foreigner…" One of the punks told their group leader.

"Huh…!? A foreigner…?" The leader said loudly with his angry tone. "Damn, his long black hair makes us think he's an otaku!"

"B-but, none of us are able to speak English…" One of the punks told.

'…You people thought that I don't understand your language…? And what does he mean that they can't speak English…?' Vincent thought. That moment he has a thought and started to consider, whether he wants to act friendly like other people to avoid any ruckus, and in the end being humiliated. Or just act like usual to remain his statuses. Then, he chooses to act as usual. "Hmph, this person just bumped into me on purposes. This is not even my fault." Vincent said as he points his finger toward to the punk that sat on the ground there with his cold tone as he chose to oppose them, this startled them all, and as well with the people around there, for a foreigner that understood their language perfectly, and also his courageous for opposing the fearful yakuza group.

[Change Music: Isolated Fight – Yakuza 5]

"O-oh…!" The leader seems amazed by that. "You seem to understand our tongue ah!" The leader spoke as he clenching his fist for he doesn't like how Vincent talked back to them. "But I don't like your tone there!" The other punks are readied to beat Vincent up as they're doing their boxing stance.

Vincent just gave them an intimidating look, showing no fear of them. '…Here we go…' Vincent thought sighing as he remembers back when the first day he arrived into this world, fighting a group of punk that harms Konoka. 'Guess I'll have to minimize my strength here… Don't want to send them to hospital like last time. And as a teacher, I'm kind of ashamed of myself up.'

"Get him!" The leader shouted. One of the punks started first as he throw his right horizontal sweep kick toward to Vincent's left side. Vincent just jumped a step away to dodge the kick, at that moment he used his left hand to help speed up the punk's kick by pushing his leg to swing faster on its way, and for the result, the punk accidentally kicked on one of his teammates directly to the face, sending the punk away and landed on the ground knocked out. People are surprised by that, including the yakuza and those punks.

"W-what was that!?" One of the punks yelled.

"I-I didn't mean it…!" The punk that kicked his own teammate apologized.

The leader looked at his fallen lackeys, then, he looked back to Vincent. "Tsk! Let's get him together!" The leader yelled, and all of them charged at him.

'…Going on minimized strength…' Vincent thought as he leaps toward to them and jabbed one of the punks directly to hit face using his right fist. Follow up by a right elbow to his right side, elbowing on another punk directly to his face, and continued with the back of his right fist as he swings it to the elbowed punk's head again.

One of the punks gives a thrust kick from behind Vincent, but Vincent saw through as he lift up his left leg and stomp on the punk's leg to the ground hardly, enough to make that punk cried in pain. "Ahhh!" The punk cried in pain as his leg being stomped hardly, and later being jabbed in the face, sending the punk away to the trash can there. Vincent's attacks enough to break their formation, and their morale.

"Come on." Vincent taunted them. But then, another same group of yakuza appeared in the scene, and also seems like the reinforcement appeared. '…Good, more punching bags…' Vincent thought as he looked at them, incoming more tough looking punks arrived.

"…What the hell's happened here?" The center big sized yakuza yelled as he's seeing four of his lackeys are down, and it seems like the one yelling was their group boss, the boss is a big and fat one, and his height is taller than Vincent, around 2 meter.

"B-boss!" The leader of the small group shouted as he glad to see his group boss appeared. "This bastard's causing the trouble here!" The leader told as he points his finger toward to Vincent.

Vincent gave them an irritated expression as he heard that, "…Calling me a bastard… You're the one that caused the trouble first, you know?"Vincent said to them as his face showing no fear, people are amazed to see how bravery Vincent are, even though he's alone facing large numbers.

"S-shut up!" The leader of the small group shouted back.

Vincent can see them their numbers increases as he looked around his surrounding, seeing these punks started to surrounds him. '…This is a nice welcoming for me, 15 of them.'

"So, a foreigner dares to mess with us ah?!" The boss yelled. "Do you know we are from Nishiki family!?" The boss yelled again as he shows his badge there on his suit to Vincent. (The family name I just picked randomly)

'…Family…? What are they talking about… his family is a big shot?' Vincent thought as he doesn't know anything about yakuza stuff. "Not interested. I don't give a damn about your family whatsoever here." Vincent replied back without any fears, this surprised the yakuza punks for someone who actually dares to oppose them, the yakuza.

"Oh… oh! You'd got guts after all ah!?" The boss yelled. Vincent can see how angrily the enemy boss is, he grinned.

[Music paused]

…

Meanwhile

Somewhere on the streets amongst the crowd, there was an extraordinary teenage girl walking among the people on the street, passing through many people as she categorized them as annoying people. Ryougi Shiki, a quiet and unsocial girl who wore blue kimono and red leather jacket, and lace boots. At her back there's a knife hidden there for her to use when meeting troubles. She was bored and alone, walking around with her hands in her jacket pockets, wandering around the streets, looking for something to do, staring at the night sky, staring at the colorful signs on the buildings, hearing loud noisy sounds from the crowds and from the buildings as well, she doesn't seems to really care on her surroundings. For her, this is boring for her, inside her thought, that she wants something new, something bizarre to happen in anytime, for example like ghosts or demons to appear out, so that she could slice them off with her knife with enjoyment.

'…Same night as always… I want to…' Shiki thought as she closed her eyes to have her daydreams. Then, she snapped out of her thought as she heard a ruckus just few steps away in front of her.

"There's a fight in front of there!" One of the people said as they're rushing there to spectate. "C'mon!"

Shiki heard what the man said and she seems interested to see a fight as she plans to walk toward to where the ruckus from. '…Better than nothing to do here…' Shiki thought.

When she broke through amongst the wall of people there surrounded the fight there, she sees a long black haired person fighting 15 of them all by himself, and she can see there are 4 persons are lying on the ground there, and one is lying next to the trash can there. She got interested to see the fight continues on later.

'…A foreigner alone, messing with yakuza? He sure got guts.' Shiki thought.

…

To Vincent

[Music continued]

Back to Vincent as he's ready to fight all of them at once, if they wanted to. 15 of them seem too much for an ordinary people to fight. But for Vincent, it's like 15 ants to have a fight against a mature mammoth.

"What'd you all waiting for? Get him!" The boss shouted as he commanding all of his lackeys to go attack him as they are charged at him all at once, Vincent then readied his stance of defense. One of the punks charged at him readied his right fist to punch straight, Vincent just side step away, at the same time he grabbed on the punk's collar shirt and lift him up, and he throw the punk to others to make them caught their guards off, the others quickly dodge the incoming human missile, except there's one that still standing there unmoved, and crashed on the punk there, sending both of them far away, and knocking two of them out. Vincent then walks casually towards to them and gave one of them a thrust kick, with his strength he sent the punk flying backward far away and clashed onto a car. He then looked at another punk as he started to dash toward to him, he jumped and gave them a powerful thrust kick, sending five of them flying backward, five of them clashed onto the wall and landed on the ground unconscious.

"W-wow!" The people are amazed.

'…He got some strength there…' Shiki thought.

The other remaining punks charged at him as they're readied their weapon, pipe, knife, brass knuckle, etc. Vincent then aimed at the one holding the pipe as he wait for that punk getting near in his range, the punk swing down the pipe vertically to Vincent, he just dodge the attack and took away the pipe from that punk, later he forcefully pushed the punk toward to another trash can there, and crashed on it. This caused to seize their movements for seeing Vincent armed with a pipe. With the pipe on his hand, he forcefully bend it with his strength there, everyone just startled to see that, seeing a person bending a metal pipe easily like that, and that's not all, he then bend it again to make the pipe unusable to be as weapon, causing all of them surprised to know that the foreigner had some strength. Vincent just threw the unusable weapon pipe over his shoulder and it landed into the trash can that was beside the unconscious punk there.

"Weapons are prohibited." Vincent warned them with his menacing glares, this shivered them up. "You could hurt someone with those."

'…Woah, so he could speak Japanese after all…' Shiki thought. 'And his voice is deep…'

"I… I don't need you to tell me that! Get him!" The boss angered as he commanded the punks, the punks charged at him, Vincent clenching his right fist as he planned to aim at their hands armed with weapon to disarm them, by punching their hands with his strength, and as well destroying the weapons also, even he just straight punched at their hands armed with brass knuckle, and they can heard bones breaking. All of them screamed in pain holding their broken hand, what's makes them surprised by that is that Vincent's bare punch can easily break the brass knuckle. All of them are downed to the ground holding their own broken hand crying in pain, leaving only the leader of their group there.

'I've shown mercy to them… they're still young after all.' Vincent thought. "You better call the ambulance as fast, or it will be too late to save their hands." Vincent told to the boss there, standing alone without any punks accompanying him.

The boss surprised to see all of his lackeys are downed easily, the fears totally overwhelmed him up, but still it's not enough. He took out his knife there and charged at Vincent and shouted out war cry, Vincent dodged the knife by moving to left, and readied his right fist and gave the boss a straight punch to his stomach there, causing the boss vomited out all the contents in his stomach there and dropped his knife there, leaving the boss become weakened and unable to do anything right before he unconscious. Vincent then lift up an over 150 KG person with a hand and put him onto one of the unconscious punks, this makes people are amazed by Vincent's strength.

'…He's one tough person…' Shiki thought.

[End of the Music]

'…I just want to sightsee, and unintentionally caused a ruckus here…' Vincent thought sighing as he scratching his head for the messes. Then, he can hear all of the people there are clapping at him for seeing such a fight. '…Why are they cheering at me?'

"That was awesome!" One of them cheered.

"He's so amazing…!" One of the girls admirably shouted.

"And hot too!" Another girl shouted.

But then, some of them gasped and screamed suddenly when they saw one of the punks that regained consciousness and held up a handgun aiming at Vincent from behind. '…A handgun.' Vincent seeing a punk aiming at him with a pistol, as he can see that punk's hands is trembling.

'…Damn! That idiot's going to fire soon!' Shiki thought as she ready her knife to aim at the hand of that punk, but then she seeing Vincent is still standing there doing nothing but staring at the armed punk there as well with his hand facing at the armed punk there.

'Judging by how he holds the handgun… he's an amateur. Better if I stop him before he randomly fire…' Vincent thought as he raised his hand facing at the punk there, "Sleepel" Vincent silently cast a sleep magic onto the punk there, causing the punk suddenly feel sleepy right before the punk fall to the ground there and started to sleep soundly, this caused the people there confused and surprised to see the punk started to sleep all of a sudden without knowing what are the causes to made a person suddenly sleep in the middle of the fight.

'…What was that?' Shiki thought as her eyes widen, she got a feeling that that wasn't a hypnotization. Then she looked at Vincent. 'He isn't an ordinary person…!' Shiki thought as she noticed that Vincent isn't an ordinary human.

'…And that's my night of the second day of this trip.' Vincent thought sighing. Then, he faced at the people there. "Excuse me, could you please call the police and the ambulance?" Vincent asked as he points at the unconscious punks on the ground there with his thumb.

"Ah-ah! Sure!" One of them replied as the person took out the phone and calls, another one standing beside also helps to call.

'…I better get going… I've done lot of mess.' Vincent thought as he was about to calmly leave the area before attracting more attentions, he walks through and shrouds himself among the crowds, and Shiki started to stalks him.

…

~FFXMSN~

On the bridge

Vincent was walking back to the Arashiyama Hotel through the bridge where there is no one around, and later, he stopped his movement there as he already noticed that someone is following him a while ago. "Why are you kept on following me, girl?" Vincent asked as he looked behind over his shoulder. As what he said, Shiki came out from the corner, and walks toward to him.

"…You're not an ordinary person, that's why I follow you. To see what you're up to." Shiki replied with her unfriendly face on as she stopped in front of him and looked up.

'…She looked like those Japanese dolls…' Vincent thought as he sees Shiki's face, a beauty and expressionless girl. '…This girl gives out an unfriendly looks… followed up she's readying to fight me.' Vincent thought as he can see what she'll going to do. '…And, she must have noticed that the moment I used Sleepel onto the punk just now, guess she isn't an ordinary person. I'll try asks to confirm.' Vincent then asks a question. "What makes you think that I'm not an ordinary person like others?"

"Seeing you did something funny to that punk there, knowing you're not an ordinary person, some more, you're holding back when you fought them." Shiki replied.

'I was right… she's not an ordinary person, though I don't know how she managed to see that, and I am not sure that is she working with the mystery woman from before…' Vincent thought as he turned around facing at Shiki there. "That means you're working with that woman?" Vincent asked Shiki if she's worked with the enemy.

Shiki gave him a confused look, "…I don't know what you're talking about, mister. But…" Shiki replied before her left hand reached her knife on her back, she pulled it out and ready to fight. "You're dead if you fight against me, demon." Shiki said as she pointed her knife facing at Vincent.

Vincent gave her a confused look, then, he realized that she didn't work with them or know them in the first place. '…My mistake… seems like she's not working with them… and she's mistakenly thought that I am a demon. Well, I'm a hybrid, kid.' Vincent thought. He then looked at her for a short moment. "Sorry, kid. I think you've mistaken that I am a demon or some sort. Well, I am not of what you've described there, or what you're thought of me." Vincent said as he turned around and started to walk away. The moment Shiki heard that she's being called 'kid', she shocked to hear that.

"What… did you called me…?" Shiki asked as her voice become angry, clenching her fist, and gripping her knife more tightly, as her anger almost burst out. "You're dead, demon!" Shiki yelled as she leaps toward to Vincent and planned to stab him at his back. Vincent turned around and stopped the knife by holding it between his left hand index and middle fingers. Shiki's knife being stopped easily, she struggling to pull it out with her own strength, but she couldn't pull it. '…Damn…! What is this strength…?' Shiki thought. '…Damn, looks like I will have to do this…' She then activates her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to gain her advantages.

Vincent noticed that her eyes changed suddenly, this makes Vincent increase his alertness for try not to underestimate an unknown ability, he let go of her knife, and she jumped back in few meters away. '…Her eyes…?' Vincent thought as he narrowed his eyes as he become serious a bit. 'I don't know what those eyes of her can do, it's best to stay alert.'

With Shiki's Mystic Eyes on, she can see Lines of Death that applies to all form, living beings, objects, and any other living organisms that are inside of a living being such as bacteria or diseases, just by stroke those lines, and it would be an instant kill, the effects are like instant death or reject. And right now, Shiki is surprised for unknown reasons the moment she has activated her Mystic Eyes and sees Vincent, there isn't any Lines of Death on Vincent. "…What… in the world?" Shiki muttered for this is something that she had never faced before. A living being without any lines of death is standing in front of her. "What, what are you!?" Shiki asked angrily as her voice increased with her knife pointing at Vincent.

Vincent stood there remained silent, '…What am I…? How should I describe this to her…?' Vincent thought, he didn't expect of this kind of question in his life, no one ever asked what kind of being is he, he had never thought of this. He sighed before he looked at Shiki with his eyes of serious expression on, "…I don't have any classification to specify what I am." Vincent started.

"…What do you mean by that?" Shiki asked.

"…I am a hybrid of human and monster that comes from different dimension. In other words, I am a being that came from another dimension." Vincent replied, and Shiki remains silent there. She then felt that the person in front of her is not a threat. "And let me introduce my name to you, Vincent Valentine, an assistant teacher of Mahora Academy." Vincent introduced himself to her. "What's yours?" he asked her.

Shiki stood there remained silent as she surprised to learn that this person in front of her is a teacher of some academy beaten up some people, "…Ryougi Shiki, demon exterminator." She introduced herself as she sheathed back her knife. "You're one interesting person. Let me ask, you said you're from another dimension… what are you doing here?" Shiki asked with her doubtful expression.

'…Demon exterminator…? Her occupation same as Setsuna and Mana…' Vincent remained silent as he can see her doubtful expression, and he decided not to tell. "…Should have guessed that you won't believe. Sorry, I cannot." Vincent replied as he turned around and jumped away, he doesn't want her to involve into his mess. Shiki surprised by his jumping capability, seeing Vincent jumped far away from her. For Shiki, this is her first time meeting such an interesting person.

'…He's quite an interesting person… despite that he's not a human…' Shiki thought, and she decided to track Vincent from now.

…

~FFXMSN~

The following day, also the third day of their Kyoto trip

Arashiyama Town

Shiki stayed in a hotel there just for a day in order to keep track on Vincent there, she woke up from her slumber, check out and exited the hotel. She looked around wanted to know where to start to search, she knew Vincent had some business in Kyoto the moment she seeing Vincent had a fight with yakuza, and she knew Vincent just having sightsee around this place. '…Judging by his sudden appearance, he should be staying in Kyoto just for few days, what's his business?' Shiki thought as she started to walk around for her investigation.

Shortly later, the moment she was about to cross the road, she noticed a group that is hastily heading toward to somewhere that came out from the right side cross junction street just in front of her, she's seeing six girls heading toward to the Cinema Town there, that they are Mana who are on the lead there, Setsuna was behind her as she dragging Konoka, Haruna and Yue beside them, and Kaede was behind them.

Then, she sees Setsuna carried Konoka in bridal style and jumped over the building. Shiki was surprised by that, 'Wow… seems like Vincent wasn't the only one that isn't ordinary… And, they're seems running away from someone…' Shiki thought as she looked around, then, she noticed a gothic person is standing on top of the pole there, it was Tsukuyomi, no one noticed a person stood on the pole that except her. '…Okay… now who is that gothic girl…?' Shiki thought with her confused look, she then noticed around her, there's no one noticed there's a girl standing on the pole there. She then realized that girl isn't normal too, she sees Tsukuyomi entered into the Cinema Town as well, knowing that the girl is chasing them. '…A girl chasing one of them… this isn't normal. Best if I go in and check it out…' Shiki thought as she decided to enter into the Cinema Town.

…

Cinema Town

Inside the Cinema Town, Shiki started to look around through all these people to find those girls that she's looking. '…So many people… I need to find those girls, because I got a feeling that they will lead me to Vincent.' Shiki thought as she started to run around the whole place to look for them.

…

10 minutes later

After a while, she couldn't find any of them as she stopped and resting under a shop there. '…*Sigh*… I couldn't find them among these crowds…' Shiki thought as she sipping her tea. Then, her mind wandered as she looked at the people walking pass in front of her, children, young people around her age, students on their school trips, parents, senior citizens, and so on. She seeing their face filled with joy, satisfaction, and happiness. And as for her, her own self filled with emptiness, cold, heartless, and merciless sometimes. But, she occasionally reacts in surprisingly feminine ways, proving that she's not completely a heartless girl, but a girl with feelings like others. Then, suddenly she heard a person said loudly to all of them, as if that person is announcing something exciting.

"Hey, you guys! Quickly follow me! There's something interesting is going on there, seems like they are filming a movie over there! Let's go!" A person announced to them right before that person heads toward to the location, and the others are following that person, this somehow caught their attention, as well as Shiki too.

'…They are filming a movie…? And the word 'seems like'…' Shiki thought as she heard what that person announced, and she had a hunch that those people must be the girls that she's looking for, she stood up and followed too.

…

Later

Later on, Shiki has arrived into the scene, but she couldn't see what's happening on the other side. She's passing through those people that are watching, and once she passed through them, she seeing Tsukuyomi dressed as an English woman, behind her there's a horse carriage, and in front of her was Setsuna dressed as a swordswoman, Konoka dressed as princess, Mana dressed as arquebusier, and Kaede dressed as kunoichi. Shiki is standing amongst the crowd just behind Tsukuyomi there.

'…Finally found them… huh?' Shiki thought before they noticed someone landed down from the sky there right in front of them. All of them surprised by the sudden appeared of the person there, the person wore a samurai outfit, in blue color and in uncommon design, and a classical helmet with a golden crescent moon, along with 6 swords at waist. '…Wow, now that's something I've seen in the TV… Wait…' Shiki thought as before she realized who that person is.

The person slowly stood up and says, "It seems I'm arrived at the right time." The person said, and his voice so familiar.

"Ah…" The princess realized.

Then he turns around facing them, slightly push his helmet up a bit and revealing his face (didn't show his forehead) to his students. "Did I miss anything?" It was Vincent.

"Ah, Vincent/-kun/-sensei!" The girls all said in unison. Shiki was surprised by hearing the girls calling Vincent as their teacher.

'…He's telling the truth… he is a teacher of them…' Shiki thought as her eyes widen.

"Oh? Who are you?" The English girl Tsukuyomi asked at the blue outfit samurai there.

The samurai Vincent seems ignored Tsukuyomi's question as he looked back over his shoulder to the girls, and asks. "Setsuna, Mana, and Kaede, do you all need any assistance to help protecting our princess here?"

Shiki got a bit annoyed look on her face as she heard what Vincent said. '…Nice drama acting…' Shiki thought. Then, she heard Tsukuyomi said something.

"Oh… Setsuna-senpai… your face got red… did you like that samurai-nii-san there?" Tsukuyomi said, causing the swordswoman surprised with her blushed face.

"WHA… What!? N… No! No!" Setsuna replied with major blushed while moving her arms around.

"I was kidding, samurai-onii-san~ how about you join me for the lunch later?" Tsukiyomi said and asked, this caused Mana and Kaede got tick mark on their head.

Vincent looked back at her for a moment silently, "…Not interested, girl." Vincent replied.

Tsukuyomi then asked again the question, "Hey you samurai-onii-san, you haven't answers my question just now, who are you?" Tsukuyomi asked again.

Shiki sees Vincent remained silent, "…I think you know who I am. Just think harder a little more." Vincent replied.

"No, not unless you take off your helmet~" Tsukuyomi said.

"Hm… You got a point, alright then…" Vincent said before he takes out his helmet, he took the helmet half-way and blocking the view of his face, and when he took away the helmet from his head, everyone able to see his fully viewed face, and that moment of time, all the girls just stunned and their heart just went a skipped for a moment, and then all the girl's and women's heart started to racing fast when they look at his face, especially all the girls among the crowd and his students, even Tsukuyomi, and herself Shiki as their faces went all straight major blushes. They are all seeing Vincent has a very attractive and very cool and dead serious expression looking face without his usual red headband that wrapping his forehead, which hidden partial of his face, his red eyes are now revealed much brighter. "Well, how about now… little girl?" The samurai Vincent asked the English girl Tsukuyomi.

'…W… Wow… he's quite a hottie…' Shiki thought, even she's being affected by Vincent's handsomeness face as her face blushed.

"H-hey… he looks like foreigner… right?" One of the people asked nearby Shiki.

"…You're right, a foreigner… he can even speak Japanese perfectly…" Another one replied.

"Hmph… Still can't recognize me yet?" Vincent asks as he smirked smiling still with his serious face, and the moment he smiles with his fully serious expression face, all the girl's nosebleed slowly increasing flowing rates, plus their blush face becoming even more, some of them fainted for unable to resist, and Tsukuyomi still remain speechless, but Shiki was able to resist. "How about this…" Vincent said as he put his helmet on the ground, then he took out his headband and wears it back, and now his usual expression backed, which caused them snapped out of their fantasies thoughts, and then he shows out his Cerberus from his right thigh. Everyone is gasped at the size of his gun.

'…He used gun?' Shiki thought.

"Recognize now?" Vincent asked and his appearance backed to the usual one.

"AH! Now I recognized you!" Tsukuyomi exclaimed with smile as her eyes widen for finally recalled back. "You're that scary onii-san (Big Brother) who interrupted me fight against Setsuna-sempai and stopped me last time! Are you going to punish me again like what I did last time? It's really painful!" Tsukuyomi said and asked like in almost perverted way, which caused most of his students are mistook as something totally different, except Setsuna.

Vincent ignoring her comments while he putting back his Cerberus into his holster on his right thigh, took off his red headband and putting it back inside, and straight equip back his helmet.

Then, suddenly two silhouettes appeared from the sky, and landed on the ground right in front of them. Shiki was surprised once again by their sudden appearance. '…I couldn't felt their presences…!' Shiki thought as her eyes widen. Weiss and Nero, as both of them arrived at the scene. Vincent just glares them unfriendly eyes as he took away his helmet and tossed it aside.

"Weiss and Nero, you two just come here nothing but trouble…" Vincent started as he begins to draw out the katana, regular katana without being enhanced.

Shiki see Vincent brought out a katana as he is going to fight them, '…This time he use sword…? And…' Shiki thought as she looked at Vincent's eyes, filled with menacing eyes. '…Quite a fearsome glare he had there…' Shiki thought as a sweat flow down, knowing Vincent is serious, and also knowing both Weiss and Nero are his enemies.

"Vincent, Vincent… nice outfit you got there." Weiss said as he drawn out his swords and tapping his right shoulder with the blunt side of his sword. Shiki noticed both of them are talking something, but she couldn't hear of what they are saying due to the loud crowds around her.

"Ow… you two wanna fight that onii-san…?" Tsukuyomi asked childishly.

"Ha! Of course, little girl! And don't interrupt our fight!" Weiss replied loudly. Shiki realized that the fight will start soon, she seeing Vincent ordered his students to back away from him, and the girls followed his order as they're moving beside the buildings there.

[Start music: Truth behind the Project – Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core]

"Shall we start?" Weiss asked as he ready.

"Let's go." Nero said as both of them initiated dashed forward simultaneously, and Vincent prepared his stance to defend. Weiss use his dual swords to send two horizontal slashes from Vincent's left side, he blocked it while Nero using the metal claws from his back to attack on Vincent's right side, and he blocked it again, the attacks are so fast that any regular fighters are find it hard to block them continuously. Vincent blocking those attacks on both of his sides simultaneously using a katana, their movements and attacks are so fast that the people are awed. Weiss and Nero jumped back on each side, Vincent standing in the middle between them, they both dashed toward to Vincent simultaneously and preparing a double horizontal attack swinging to his front, Vincent step back a bit and bring up his katana as he gripping his katana like dagger and blocked their attacks, the clash of their metal weapons creating many sparks as they are struggling, and he pushed them back.

Slowly the numbers of people are increasing as they are attracted to their fight. Weiss jumped back away from those two, leaving Nero keeping Vincent busy by rapidly attack, and he dashed in incredible speed, crossing his swords in front of him in X form, incoming an X slash. Nero jumps away and Vincent saw the incoming attack, and quickly reached the hilt of his sword from his left side, drawn out and blocked the attack, the clash gave a shockwave, which blows a wind to everyone.

"Kyaaa!" Some of the girls got screamed by the shockwave as they cover their eyes from the dust.

'What a power…!' Shiki thought.

The attack was strong enough to make Vincent's feet sunk into the ground, then Weiss give another strong push by push his swords against Vincent's left katana that were used to block Weiss's X form attack, sending him flying behind, he recovered back in the midair and safety landed on the ground. But Weiss already appeared in front of him, as Weiss ducks down to the ground there, then he jump upward and do a crushing combo of attacks upon to Vincent, and Vincent can only block and dodge those attacks. But then he managed to push back the attacks, Nero appeared behind him and try to backstab, Vincent saw through and blocked it with another katana and armed himself a dual katana.

"Oh…! You're good with swords! Which is made you more worthy to be killed!" Nero said loudly as he's going more aggressive.

'…His swordsmanship is nice…' Shiki thought as she amazed.

"What an awesome fight!" The crowds cheered.

[Change Music: Chaotic Battlefield – Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core]

This ruckus attracted all the crowds from nearby areas to come watch the fight between a samurai against two persons, they all thought they were acting, and some more CG. The fight have now become more intensively that the crowds are backing away, giving them more spaces. Weiss and Nero both of them rapidly keep on sending melee attacks to Vincent, giving him no chances to fight back but to keep on blocking.

Then, Vincent saw an opening and gave a thrust kick to Weiss, sending him flying backward few meters away, but Weiss recovered back and raised the sword of his pointing toward to Vincent.

'…What's that…?' Shiki thought as she seeing Weiss is aiming at Vincent with his sword, then, she realized that wasn't an ordinary sword, it's a gun-blade type. '…A rifle?' Shiki thought as her eyes widen. She then sees Vincent lunge forward to Weiss, but he's being stopped by Nero as he appeared behind him and distract, Weiss smirked as he was about to fire.

"Vincent-sensei! Behind!" Setsuna alert Vincent as Weiss was about to fire a bullet.

"Tsk." Vincent cursed. Shiki can sees Vincent threw away his katana from his right hand, and brought out his Cerberus gun from his holster by reflex, instantly deflected the incoming bullet by shooting at the bullet behind him without turning his sight away from Nero, three bullets were fired from Cerberus, one of the bullets clashed onto the incoming bullet, and the other two are heading to Weiss, he sensed the two more bullets are coming, he quickly use the sides of his swords to block those, but the bullets has a lot of force, making it hard to deflect. The bullets impacted on the sword, the impacts capable to knockback Weiss a bit away, all the peoples and the girls had to shut their ears from the loud bang that came from Cerberus.

"Tch!" Weiss cursed.

'…He's a pro…!' Shiki thought.

"Brother!" Shiki heard Nero shouted at Weiss as she looked back at Vincent and Nero were, seeing Vincent grabbed at Nero's back metal claw there, and threw him to the sky. Vincent then jumped toward to the sky heading to Nero there, and attack at him. All of them are stunned and amazed by that as they sees Vincent can jump extremely high.

'…You've got to be kidding me… he's strong…' Shiki thought as she's amazed watching at both of them. Then she's being interrupted by Weiss as he suddenly jumped to the sky towards to them. '…Another one… who in the world are they…? They're not like the demons I've fought…' As they're spectating of their fight there, Nero suddenly fired something purple orbs toward to Vincent, he then use his katana to deflect and cut those orbs, afterwards they're seeing those orbs are coming back to Vincent and exploded when contact him, surrounding him with a sphere of purple flames, this frightened and amazed all the crowds.

"Kyaaa!" Konoka frightened by the blast as she shut her ears and eyes.

"Vincent-sensei!" Setsuna shouted as she worried, the others are too, even Shiki.

'…That attack's so powerful… no way he could withstand that…!' Shiki thought.

"That CG is so awesome!" One of the crowds commented as they're amazed.

They all staring at the purple sphere of flames to see any reactions, and suddenly the sphere being slashed into two from inside, seeing Vincent came out of the flame sphere unharmed as he's heading toward to both Weiss and Nero.

'…I take it back then…' Shiki thought as she surprised.

Both Weiss and Nero started to send him many slashes, and Vincent block those attacks again, Vincent then grabbed Weiss's face with his empty hand, and threw him to the empty area.

"Brother!" Nero again being distracted, this gives Vincent a chance to quickly landed on the ground softly for ready a move, he readied a stance by moving his sword behind his head (He's holding the sword with his left hand), their eyes focused on Vincent's sword, seeing Vincent's sword suddenly glowing white, then he swing the sword facing to Nero far above him, the sword releasing a large energy blade form toward to Nero, Nero seeing an incoming powerful attack and quickly use his claws to block it, but the force was too strong to block it directly that blow away Nero to the side, everyone can felt the energy blade can cause everything vibrates while staring at the energy wave flying toward to the sky, and it split the clouds, leaving a large mark there.

'…He's too powerful…' Shiki thought.

"Argh…!" Nero cursed as he's slightly being damaged.

"Wow! That's one amazing CG!" The crowds cheered.

Shiki later can see Vincent's katana suddenly shattered into pieces, she now know that the sword can't even withstand his abilities.

[End of the Music]

"Ha ha ha! Amazing! That was a surprised, as expected from Vincent Valentine!" Weiss said loudly as he suddenly appeared back to here without harmed, his swords are already sheathed and everyone didn't even notice that when did he appeared there. Nero landed beside Weiss, suffering slightly injuries from the energy slash.

"…Brother, you're right. He has become much stronger than last time, and much more dangerous, even without using the power of his Chaos." Nero stated as he done analyzed Vincent's capabilities, then, he looked at his opponent Vincent. "…We are temporary stopped our fight here, for now. We're changing our fighting place." Nero stated. Vincent sheathed back his katanas.

"Such amazing fight… It's more than what I'm expected, onii-san really, really strong~ but too bad you wasn't the one I wanted to fight right now, my target is Setsuna-senpai~" Tsukuyomi comments with some blush and shaking with excitement, with a sweat flowing down.

"Hmph, girl, you're not wanted to fight on him at the first place, right?" Weiss said smirked as he hit a bull's eye to keep Tsukuyomi quiet down, she flinched a bit.

"Enough with the talks, what do you exactly want with Setsuna, my student here?" Vincent asked as he points his sword toward to Tsukuyomi.

"Your student…? That means you're a teacher?" Weiss laughed as he heard that.

"…You got a problem with that...?" This time, Vincent is angered by that that he unconsciously released a massive killing intent that is capable to make any ordinary people fainted of overwhelming fears. This frightened everyone as they felt Vincent's sudden burst of killing intent, even Shiki can feel it.

'…What a killing intent…!' Shiki thought as she felt that and started sweating nervously, for her first time that she felt nervous, and sweated. She sees her hand is trembling, with fear. '…I couldn't stop the trembling…'

"Woah woah. Calm down there Vincent. I was just surprised to hear that." Weiss said as he can felt the massive killing intent, Vincent snapped out of it and he calmed down, so with his killing intent disappeared. "I'll let this little girl to say what she wants, it's not our business."

Vincent calmly breathes a bit, and sighed. "Tell me, girl. Why are you seems interested in my student Setsuna here?" Vincent asked as he calmed down. "Is it regarding about your 'Shinmeiryuu' thing?"

Shiki's hands has stopped trembling, '…Shinmei…ryuu?' Shiki thought confusingly as her first time hear this name. 'Is that name, an art of sword?'

Tsukuyomi went silent before reply, she steps forward, "My apologies onii-san, my business is with Setsuna-senpai there." Tsukuyomi replied. Then, she took off one of her glove and threw it at Setsuna and caught it.

"…" Setsuna remained silent after received the glove, throwing a glove to their opponent means the challenger wants a challenge.

"Setsuna-senpai, I'll challenge you for Konoka-sama… The place will be at the 'Nipponbashi' (Japanese Bridge), opposite of the main gate to Cinema Town." Tsukuyomi announced the venue of the challenge. "Oh ya, you cannot ask that onii-san for help~ we both don't want to have anyone to interrupt our fight, and… we also don't want to have any innocent peoples get injured if both of you are busy… though I would like to see how onii-san's blood tastes like…" Tsukuyomi reminds, and this triggered Setsuna grew anger as she heard that sentence. Weiss and Nero are impressed by that.

"Vincent, better if we change somewhere to fight without people around here, how about…" Weiss suggested as he looked around, then he found one. "…How about that pagoda? That looks more suitable." Weiss pointed his finger toward to that pagoda that is few blocks away. Vincent looked at the building, and reply.

"Whatever." Vincent replied as he agreed. Shiki just looked at where Weiss pointed, it just right in front of her view there, few blocks away.

"Ha ha ha! Good! I'll be looking forward to kill you!" Weiss said loudly. "If you don't come at the end, you'll know the result!" Weiss added again, Vincent was probably know what the result will be if he absent to attend his challenge, they will probably kill some innocent people, and they know Vincent also didn't go all out.

"It may be troublesome, but I'll make sure you play along… Setsuna-senpai~" As Tsukuyomi done saying, her eye's irises turned into white and the sclera turned into black, and with a wicked grin adopted on her face, causing Vincent noticed she wasn't a human also, and Konoka was scared out of her and hid behind them.

'…She isn't a human also!' Shiki thought as she noticed too.

"I'll see you in next 30 minutes~!" Tsukuyomi said before she got on her carriage and drove away.

"Same goes with us, Vincent!" Weiss reminds before they suddenly disappear by the black smoke shrouded them.

Shiki surprised to see them disappeared simply like that, '…They're strong… very strong one… and it doesn't seem like they're demons…' Shiki thought. Later, Shiki seeing a swarm of fan girls swarming around Vincent, and she has lost her sight of Vincent among the fan girls. '…Damn! I've lost sight of them again…' Shiki cursed herself for lost sight of them again. '…Guess I'll have to go to the Japanese Bridge there… and wait.' Shiki thought as she recalls their venue.

…

Japanese Bridge

Shiki arrived at the Japanese Bridge there and wait for them as she hiding somewhere where nobody sees. Few minutes later, she could see a group including Vincent has arrived at the venue there. Shiki is watching them carefully as she can see the English girl Tsukuyomi was already on the Japanese Bridge there, and swordswoman Setsuna is walking on the bridge as they're about to fight soon. She can hear the swordswoman's classmate Ayaka shouting at her as she was cheering.

"Sakurazaki-san! We are willing to lend you our strength!" Ayaka shouted.

"You all still don't understand!" Setsuna shouted back.

Then, Shiki could see the English girl Tsukuyomi releasing few papers, and then some odd assortments of Japanese folkloric little creatures are come to life, and heading toward to the girls behind there to cause chaotic scene, and Shiki lost her sight again due to the crowds there.

'Drat! Lost the sight again! This is why I hate places had many people…!' Shiki thought. Then, she can see the swordswoman Setsuna and the English girl Tsukuyomi fight on the Japanese Bridge there. Shiki quickly went out from the building, passing through many people, and arrived at the Japanese Bridge there, seeing both girls are fighting each other. Few minutes later, they all heard a loud crash from somewhere, Shiki looked at the direction where the sound from, it was from the Pagoda there, seeing three persons came out of the hole on the top floor of the Pagoda there.

"Look! Above there!" One of the people shouted.

'Found them!' Shiki thought.

Three of them are fighting while they are descending from there, and she hears both girls are talking something.

"Oh dear~ It's seems that your nii-san there are in trouble later~" Tsukuyomi said while they both stop for a moment to watch, Setsuna having a worry face for seeing her teacher been pin down, she shook her head to strengthen her mind.

"…No! I have faith to Vincent-sensei!" Setsuna shouted before leap toward Tsukuyomi and attack. "He won't lose!"

'…Too bad I can't do anything here to help you, girl.' Shiki thought.

Their attention has been caught as they heard a loud explosion together with the ground shaken up, Shiki know that it's coming from Vincent as three of them landed somewhere. Afterwards, another event caught their attention as they're seeing something happened on the rooftop of the Pagoda there, a young ninja there with princess Konoka there as both of them are being pinned at the very edge corner of the rooftop, in front of both of them there are three demons together with a woman.

'…They're in trouble…!' Shiki thought.

"Ojou-sama!" Setsuna shouted shocked as this distracted her.

"Ara, you shouldn't look away!" Tsukuyomi chirped as she send attacks and force Setsuna unable to go help.

Later they're seeing the demon readied its arrow, Shiki started to head toward there to help them. Although Shiki is a cold and merciless girl that doesn't care what happened around her, but she cannot just standing there doing now. However it was too late, she looked up seeing the demon already released the arrow and the arrow heading towards to princess Konoka, the young ninja there attempted to stop but it's futile, the arrow penetrated through the young ninja's hand and straight toward to princess Konoka. '…Damn!' Shiki thought cursed, but then, the people cheered suddenly, she looked up to see what's going on over there. They can see the blue samurai arrived and saved both of them from the attack.

"Woah! That samurai arrived just in time!" One of the people shouted.

'…Phew…' Shiki sighed in relief. 'Luckily you've arrived.' But that wasn't last for a moment as she could see Nero is going toward to them as he launches again the Soul Orbs aimed at Vincent. '…Is that attack…!' Shiki thought as her eyes widen, seeing again the powerful attack heading toward to them. She could see Vincent is doing something to the young ninja. White wings appeared behind the young ninja as he carried the princess Konoka, and then they flew away from Pagoda. Her eyes looked at both of them are flying in the sky seeing they're alright for now, she then switched her sight onto Vincent as he jumped away from the rooftop to the sky above them, and those orbs are following and clashed on him, huge purple explosion engulfed around him, this time it didn't form out a purple sphere of flames. The explosion is powerful enough to create a shockwave because this is much closer to the ground than previous one.

"Ugh!" Shiki shielded herself from the shockwave, the other people as well.

"Awesome! Again with that CG explosion!" The crowds commented.

"Yeah!" The crowds continued.

Many people are staring at the explosion, then, they can see a person came out and landed on the ground, that's Vincent, but this time the blast he received managed to injure him, there's a lot of blood, mostly from his head. The girls looked at Vincent in horror, his bloods almost covering his entire body, his outfit almost completely destroyed and torn off. Shiki was shocked to see Vincent being injured badly as she seeing there are lots of bloods covered on him.

Shiki cannot hold any longer as she was planning to go help him out, but his students shouted, "Vincent/-kun/-sensei!" The girls all exclaimed. This stopped her movement as they seeing Vincent stood up and jumped on to the building roof, the young ninja descending together with princess Konoka there and landed beside Vincent, seeing Vincent is doing something right before he threw something to the sky there, something just came out from the cloud, a giant sea serpent (Leviathan) made out of wind then flying toward to the group on the pagoda, this makes the spectators and the girls stared in awe.

'…Wow…' Shiki amazed.

"Wow! More awesome CG! I knew coming to Cinema Town today was the best idea!" One of the spectators shouted, and the others agreed.

The Leviathan release wind tycoons from its mouth and heading towards to the enemies, instantly destroying the archer and then crashed the top of the pagoda, blow away Chigusa and the others, one of the water dragons flying toward Tsukuyomi, Setsuna saw and jump away from Tsukuyomi before it crashed on Tsukuyomi, "AAHHH!" One of the tycoons heading toward and dragged Tsukuyomi away from Setsuna and charging toward to Chigusa group, and then the entire tycoons follow by and crashed to each other, causing havoc upon their group, and this is where Vincent and others used this chance to escape. And once again, Shiki lost sight of Vincent after the wind serpent causing havoc here, and one of the tycoons dragging some waters along with it, creating rains.

'…Damn… I've lost sight of them again… This is embarrassing…' Shiki thought as she looked around her. '*Sigh* …This will take a while…'

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Late Night

Shiki has spent few hours tracking down their position just by asking people around, it was a pain in the ass for her to keep on asking people for information. Despite that she hates to talk with other people that she doesn't know, but she has to, and with her intelligence, she can find them within few hours. Later, she finally has a lead where she can find them.

'…Judging from all the people I've asked, each of them are pointing at the mountain direction from where I start… According from them… there's a building just lies deeply in the mountain there…' Shiki thought as she took a train and heading to near the mountain area.

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Entrance of the Kansai Magic Association Headquarters

Once she has arrived in front of the entrance there, she looked around the place, noticing it was too quiet. '…Too quiet… as it's like something has happened…' Shiki thought right before she has entered in and passing through many wood gates.

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After few minutes, she heard an explosion sound coming from her far left side, due to the forest bamboo she couldn't see what's happening outside there, so she jumped onto one of the gates there, and jumped again to get a better view. She couldn't find where the explosion come from, but she could see there's a pillar of light there, it's quite faint, but she got a lead.

'…A pillar of light…? Well… at least I got a lead where I can find them…' Shiki thought as she landed on the ground, she started to head toward there by passing through those bamboos. Shortly after she passed through those bamboos, she has entered into the forest and heading there without hesitation, and out of the sudden, she heard a very loud explosion, this gives her a surprised all of a sudden. '…A powerful explosion!' Shiki thought as she felt a land shake, she quickly looked up, seeing a pillar of flame just happened not far away from her, she then quickly rush toward to the pillar of flame there, and when she has arrived, they met each other once again.

The story continues later on in Chapter 12.

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End of the short story