PREVIOUSLY…
"Prepare to give my friends back, Haou!" Aqua Dolphin! Flare Scarab! Air Hummingbird! Grand Mole! Neos! MIRACLE CONTACT FUSION!!!!!!!"
The five heroes nodded and jumped into a bright vortex.
Emerging was a white superhero with four colored wings; one blue, one red, on green and one brown. The hero's eyes were grayish-white. Millions of rainbow swirl patterns graced his spandex flesh.
"Meet… Elemental Hero… NATURE NEOS!!!!!!!!" (ATK: 4500 DEF: 3000)
"His first effect activates. First all cards on your field are returned to your hand, whereas Malicious Devil goes the Fusion Deck!"
Haou grunted. "Damn…!"
"Next is Nature Neos' second special ability! For every card in my hand, you gain 1000 points. (Haou: 13000 ) But, Neos gets to attack thrice per Batte Phase!" "THRICE!?!?!"
"Attack! Mother Nature's Wrath!!!!!!!!"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
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Chapter 14: Curse Called Color
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"Attack! Mother Nature's Wrath!!!!!!!!"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
Haou took the full blast of Nature Neos' attack. Blood erupted profusely from his mouth. (Haou LP: 0)
Haou knelt on one leg, breathing hard. "Guh…huh…huh…heh…heheh…heheheheh…hahahahaha…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!"
Jaden raised his eyebrow, confused. "What's so funny?"
Haou's maniacal laugh reduced to a maniacal giggle. "You're the funny one. You didn't even bother to pay attention to your 'wittle girlfwiend'. The last part he exasperated mockingly.
"Huh?" Jaden looked to where Alexis was. She was gone! "Alexis!! Where is she, Haou!?" Everyone can tell that Jaden was pissed. Haou smirked. "Before I tell you, I got one thing to say… 'Look out'." "Huh? –GACK!!!-"
Jaden looked down. He didn't see anything, but for some reason, he felt a piercing pain in his chest. He looked again. There was a sword edge, impaled through his stomach from behind him. 'This…pain…can't…breathe…'
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Meanwhile, in a large mass of trees, a blade was extended from one of two men's blade. Only one eye could seen from the man; a red eye covered by a hollowed eyepatch. The man's hair was unruly, with several large bangs of various colors. The other, however, was recognizable. "…Exactly as planned…"
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Jaden definitely saw a sword edge go through his stomach and definitely collapsed. The odd thing was… there was no blood on the edge. Not a single drop.
"JADEN!"
"MR. JADEN!"
Sonic's and Allen's voices were the last he heard, whereas a golden blur and a silver blur running toward him was the last thing he saw.
Before losing consciousness, that is.
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"Is he alright?" Sora asked. Guy, who attempted to use his G-Stone's power to find the wound, found an anomaly. "I don't get it… My G-Stone couldn't find any wounds on his skin, but there seems to be a large cut already healing in his stomach. Like a blade wound. As to how it's healing, I'm guessing it's from Jaden's powers."
Silver looked impressed. "Wow. That's one heck of a hypothesis, Mr. Guy."
Guy sweatdropped slightly. "Please don't call me 'Mr.' I'm only 20 years old." (NOTE: Guy does say this several times in the GaoGaiGar anime. Honest to God.)
Silver cocked his head, embarrassed. "Oh… okay…"
Allen stepped up looking at the image the G-Stone produced, particularly the wound itself. 'Something doesn't fit with that wound… the stomach muscle was obviously hacked through, but the flesh itself is completely fine… I know for a fact I've seen this kind of attack before…' Realization dawned on him. "TYKI!"
The latent memory of his experience with the Noah who obliterated Allen's left arm dared its way to the surface of Allen's train of thought. Allen shivered at the horrifying experience.
"Could it be possible…?" Guy, Sonic, Silver, Shadow and Sora looked at the young English boy with interest. "Could it be possible… that the Noah could be in on this whole thing…?"
A new voice interjected. "I was thinking that myself, Mr. Walker…" The others turned, revealing L at the doorway.
"The Noah Clan. A small clan of superhuman beings that are in with a man named the 'Millennium Earl'; Allen's enemy, much less the organization he works for: the Black Order."
Allen looked dumbfolded. "How did you know?!" The others looked fairly surprised.
L made a gun-like gesture with his hand, pointing as his head. "Eyes and brains, my dear Walker. That, and I have your world's profile."
Allen fell over anime-style. 'That's how…?'
L's humorous demeanor quickly turned to a frown. "So… if this is the ability of the Noah, I can hypothesize three things. One: The Millennium Earl is among the enemy. Two: The Noah were able to gain the ability of inter-worldly travel. Or three…"
There was a deadly silence in the room. Even Jaden, unconscious, did not dare to stir.
"Three… the enemy has gained the power o the Noah."
Allen was shocked by the idea. You could tell; his eyes were literally the size of period dots. "What…did you say…?"
L frowned. "There's no avoiding that at least one of the possibilities are accurate. I'd hate to admit it, but the inter-dimensional footage Tails captured less than an hour ago only proves it on a bigger degree."
Several depressing minutes later, Sonic finally spoke. "So…Tails caught the footage?" L smirked. "He's a natural." Sonic grinned, removing the 'emo' atmosphere in the air. "Heheh! I guess Tails isn't a kid anymore. So how is he? He okay?"
"If Tails' eyes glued to the screens is normal, then yes, he's perfectly fine. Though I never seen someone scarf down a quarter of a cake so fast before. Heheheh… Well, except for myself, of course."
Everyone's mouths dropped to the floor faster that Phoenix Wright could yell 'OBJECTION!'
Sora' eyes were visibly twitching. "Him? Eat a large cake chunk? Someone that skinny?? Oh, God, why did I even consider thinking about that?!" Now traumatized by the apparent image, he failed to notice L grabbing his wrist, speaking "Follow me."
L looked back at Jaden and Naruto, both still unconscious. 'I pray that they'll recover soon. Still, I can't help but wonder if that wound in Jaden's stomach… could that have been…? … No, it couldn't have been… Light, could it?'
After leaving the room, Sora and L were a few doors away from the medical bay, out of earshot. "Sora… listen carefully. I think you should consider not going on missions for a while…"
Sora raised an eyebrow. For a split second he saw a flick of sorrow in L's eyes. "W-why is that?"
L's shoulders slumped, and looked down at his feet. Something big was coming; Sora could tell.
"This is on a 4.7 percent hunch, but… I have reason to believe that… the enemy… wants to kill you."
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Next Time: -Tune to the Death Note preview- "The black moon… is rising early."
NEXT TIME: "Smile Be The Demon"