" So that's the Heartless, huh?" Ziden observed the creature and pulled out a book, wondering if what he was about to do was going to work.
A blue light light came from the book and scanned the Heartless as the book opened up and recorded information on the creature. The book began to speak with a female voice.
" This is the Emblem Heartless known as the Ruler of the Sky. It resembles a skeletal parrot with purple plumage and a finely designed jeweled, gold collar. It had several skulls comprising its tail and its wings were made of four golden cutlasses with red and purple gems alternating between the swords. Its mouth looks like a brown treasure chest with black spikes making up the teeth. It had a violet and gold crown that had its emblem on it. Beware! This Heartless has unrivaled speed and power in the air, hence its name. Capable of using water based attacks. Recommended Hunting Level: S!"
RoTS sped past the platform and blasted Ziden and Sora off the platform as they began to fall to the clouds below. A barrier ends up sealing off the island and stopping them from helping in this fight.
Ziden and Sora felt a strange sensation running through their body as they heard a voice calling to them.
" Believe in yourself and take flight against this foe!" A voice rang out around the duo as they took its advice and began to rise into the air.
They both had golden sparkles around them as they got ready to fight the RoTS.
Struggle Away The Fight For My Friends ( Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days)
RoTS began to fly around the duo while staring at them with his trademark yellow eyes. Sora glided over to the Heartless and swung his keyblade at the Heartless, only for it to disappear.
" Sora! Its over there!" Ziden got an idea and began to run on the air, using the Geppou technique he saw Lucci use. Ziden ran at high speeds to catch the Heartless, but it kept dashing out of his range.
A blue light was forming on the Heartless' tail as a ball of water slammed into the back of Sora before he quickly recovered. Ziden appeared behind the RoTS and slashed it across the back with Hero's Strife.
Sora followed up with a powerful flurry of keyblade strikes to the bird's face while Ziden rained fiery kicks onto its back, sandwiching the Heartless between a barrage of attacks. The Heartless fell beneath the clouds as Ziden and Sora felt cold air around them. Ziden feels something pierce through his stomach as his eyes widen in shock. A sharp ice pillar slammed into Ziden's stomach and knocked into the air. The Heartless flew through the sea of clouds and started to circle the duo while firing a large number of water balls at them, forcing them into a defensive position.
Ziden was being comboed by his elemental weakness while Sora was blocking them the best he could. Yukari decided to send aid to the keybladers and opened a gap to send everyone to aid them.
Several wind gusts wrapped around Ziden and protected him from the water barrage. Aya decides to chase the speedy Heartless as they sped through the air.
" Tch! Don't think you're faster than me, bird monster!" Aya kicked it into high gear as she hit Mach 1 in a matter of seconds. She was speeding around RoTS so fast that it gave the illusion that there was multiple copies of her.
The Heartless disappeared into thin air and appeared above Aya with its mouth open.
Ka-ching! Ping Ping Ping Ping!
A barrage of coins fired from its mouth and tried to hit Aya, to no avail, but it still continued the monetary assault. The girls had trouble dodging the coins due to their speed and unending rate.
The coins found their mark on the gluttonous ghost and sent her flying into an island. Youmu shot a sword wave into its face, stunning it and stopping the coin barrage.
" I got you now!" Aya flew towards and tried to tackle the Heartless, only for it to sidestep the attack and raised its swords, ready to cleave through the body of the now frightened Aya. She closed her eyes and screamed as she heard flesh got torn apart by steel. She opened her eyes and saw a bloody Ziden staring at her with angry eyes.
Ziden slaps her across the face and grabs her by the shoulders. " Aya! I know that getting your wings chopped off was traumatizing for you, but you've got to snap out of it!" The swords in Ziden's back were digging deeper into his body and caused him to cough up blood onto Aya's shirt.. " I told you that I'd never let something like that happen to you again didn't I?! Now stop being such a spineless coward and become the Aya who was and is my best friend! The one that never gave up and was able to beat me in a race and several fights! Not this lily livered chicken that I'm looking at now!" Aya clutched her heart as Ziden's words struck her heart.
Aya knew that Ziden was her best friend and that he would always be by her side. She smiled and calmed down. " Thanks Ziden. I can't say that I'll recover immediately, but I know with your help I will get over this." Aya sees the swords tear through Ziden's body as he melted into black sludge.
Meiling took this opportunity and slammed her foot into the Heartless' back. The Heartless' tail reared up and stabbed Meiling in her side, forcing her to place some distance between them as she clutched her bleeding wound.
The Heartless gained a pink aura before he took off at supersonic speeds while leaving a trail of water bullets behind it. It crashed through several members of the group as they tried to dodge the attack, but were too slow to dodge the fast creature.
A red chain wrapped around the Heartless as Remilia yanked the RoTS towards her. She clenched her fist and pulled it back. She slammed it into the face of the Heartless, with the impact causing visible shockwaves to be seen.
Remilia looked at her fist while opening and closing it, admiring her newly obtained strength.
Reimu saw the Heartless slam into the Island that Link went to in order to learn the songs to enter the Silent Realms. She summoned several Yin Yang orbs and threw them at the Heartless, dealing intense amounts of damage via the holy attributes of the orbs.
The Heartless proceeded to fired more coins at the group as they barely grazed the attacks. Mario and Luigi slammed into the back of the Heartless and began to spin in place. At first, it would look like they doing nothing to the avian but after a while puffs of smoke were coming from their feet. They were creating friction by spinning on the creature's back and set it on fire.
Utsuho pointed her arm cannon at the roasted bird while charging up an icy ball. " Freezing Glacier!" The ball slammed into the Heartless, putting out the flames and healing the Heartless.
" What the!? That thing just healed from that attack!" Mario noticed.
" Don't use water or ice based attacks! Just pound the crap out of him with other magic and attacks!" Ziden said, reappearing behind Reimu scaring her in process.
" Fine. Lets go!" Reimu flew around, throwing several amulets at the Heartless.
The Heartless began to fly around, creating ice pillars that tried to impale the group. Ziden and Mokou proceeded to melt the ice with fire while Kaguya fired several colorful lasers into the back of the Heartless.
Of course the Heartless countered by firing coins at the Princess who used a stone bowl to block the attack. Link was firing arrows in tandem with Eirin as they exploded against the creatures back causing it fall.
Sora decided he would be the one to finish the Heartless as he slashed through the creature at fast speeds. The bird began to thrash around and crashed into the clouds below while a crystal heart floated up into the sky and disappeared.
" Hahahahaha! So you really are heroes! Very well, I shall tell you where to find the Triforce. They are in the hands of the three dragons of the surface." Levias said.
" Great. I think we should head to the Desert first. After all, we heard about the Dragon of that area having a shield that couldn't be broken. It would be nice for Link to have for future fights." Reimu said.
" Hurray! We are going back to the desert. That...extremely hot...and dry desert." Meiling said.
They began to fly towards the desert as Komachi caught up to them with Terra and Kirby in tow, still sleeping.
They landed in the desert and made their into the cavern and rested before seeing the dragon.
Mario and Luigi took a nap, preparing to rest up for this journey. Kirby was playing with Yuyuko and Chen. Sora was sparring with Reimu and Marisa in order to improve his newly obtained flight. Nitori was observing Utsuho's third leg and making sure it was acting right, after all, nuclear fission doesn't involve ice and she has never fired ice from the control rod before.
Youmu was training Link who was keeping up with her speed. Meiling decided to practice her Martial Arts and practice her artes while Remilia and Sakuya watched. But of course Ziden was not having a fun time. You see, Ziden was in the middle of tug of war match between Kaguya and Mokou while Eirin and Patchouli just watched, drinking tea and coffee.
" Back off, Mokou! He's my husband!" Kaguya pulled Ziden over to her.
" In your dreams, princess!" Mokou pulled Ziden back towards her.
Ziden was obviously annoyed by this which was evident by the tick mark on his temple.
" I think Ziden doesn't like being the center of their conflict." Patchouli said, taking a sip of the coffee that Ziden made.
" Yes. I do believe he is about to run away or do something stupid." Eirin said.
" Don't I get a say in this?" Ziden asked as the two immortals glared at him.
" NO!" They said in unison.
" I'm guessing that you two over aren't going to help at all, are you?" Ziden asked.
" You are smarter than you look, Mister Ziden." Eirin said.
" Wonderful. All right, let go!" Ziden yanked his arms inward causing them fall forward.
Mokou got up and glared at Ziden as Kaguya mimicked her action. Mokou tackled Ziden to the ground and sat on top of him with her nails digging into Ziden's shoulders.
" Got you now!" Mokou declared.
" Hey get off of him you flaming wench!" Kaguya yelled while clenching her fists.
" Time to claim my prize!" Mokou took her hand and tore off Ziden's shirt while he stared at her with an emotionless face. Mokou closed her eyes and moved her face closer to Ziden's, in an attempt to kiss him.
" *Sigh* Repel." Ziden's body released a focused burst of energy that blasted Mokou into the air and held her there. " Time for a timeout, you psychotic rapist." Ziden kept her in the air as Terra walked over to him.
" Ziden? What was that woman about to do to you?" She asked.
" You'll learn when you are older." Eirin answered.
" Ziden~!" Ziden was grabbed into a hug by Kaguya and stuck her tongue out at Mokou.
" You know... this love thingy is going to either get me killed or kidnaped by one of you guys, lock me in a basement and forced me to love them forever." Ziden said while staring at Mokou.
" Please! I'd do the former before I'd ever do the latter." Mokou said while blushing.
" I don't know about that." Ziden said.
" I doubt that Kaguya would ever do anything like that. Although I would expect desperate people like the gatekeeper and Mokou to do something like that." Patchouli said.
" Hey!" Mokou was about to yell at her before she felt Eirin's gaze on her.
" Ziden~!" Kaguya lifts up Ziden and spins around, slowly but surely making him dizzy.
" Would you let me go!?" Ziden asked.
" No~! I don't wanna!" Kaguya replied while dragging him over to Eirin.
Mokou ends up falling on her face and got up looking angry. Ziden, based on his memories of Mokou, knew that she would try and attack him, but Ziden had a ace in his pocket.
" Mokou! If you attack me, I'll tell Kaguya all about that 'thing' Keine forced you to do." Mokou doused her flames as she glared at Ziden.
" You better not." Mokou said as she sat next to Patchouli.
Ziden broke free of Kaguya's grip and scuttled over to Eirin.
Ziden noticed that Eirin was staring at Terra who walking over to Ziden and rested her head on his arm.
" That girl... she doesn't seem to understand her own emotions. Can you tell me what happened to her." Eirin asked.
Ziden gives her a brief recap of Terra's story and her battles against the forces of evil on her world. He even told them about her enemy whom Ziden calls the 'Crazy God Clown' who absorbed the power of the Warring Triad and became the source of all magic on her world.
" I see. That explains why she doesn't understand her emotions. Being mind controlled for so long would have adverse effects on someone." Eirin said.
Mokou looked at the girl, surprised at how hard life must have been for her. Having your world destroyed twice must be a horrible event to experience.
" The magic on that world sounds interesting. I would to see her use it someday." Patchouli said.
" I can use it too. After all I have been to several worlds that use that kind of magic." Ziden said.
" Wait a sec. Didn't that girl say something about that clown being brought back to life? Shouldn't we be worried?" Mokou asked.
" Yeah. He may be the closest thing to a god that we will fight on this journey." Eirin said.
"...Kaguya? Please get off of my back." Ziden said as she nuzzled her face on Ziden's cheek.
" Did she drink that cactus water like you tricked Marisa into drinking?" Eirin asked.
" Not as much trick, more of ' I wanna drink it because Mokou drank some and I want to be better than her at everything'." Ziden said.
" That would explain their behavior." Patchouli said.
Sakuya made her way over to the group and sat in Ziden's lap, causing the knives strapped on her legs to scratch him.
" What?" Ziden asked. Ziden recieved no answer as Sakuya fell asleep on his shoulder.
" When I first met Sakuya, she'd always say that her Master would come and save her from my grasp. Everyday she'd defy me day in and day out, always saying that Ziden would come and save her. I'm starting to see why she trusted you so much...a bit too much. She obviously has strong feelings for you. I found by reading her diary while she is sleeping, that she is in love with you." Remilia said, startling Ziden. She had returned to her child-like form.
" I've noticed. I may be dense in certain subjects, but I've can tell when my student is in love with me. I already told her that I don't date my students/adoptive daughters." Ziden said.
" Hmm? That is quite the statement there." Remilia thought for a second and found the courage to ask Ziden something. " Ziden? You said that a black haired vampire killed Sakuya's parents...was he wearing black slacks and clogs and had extremely pale skin?"
Ziden was shocked, but then quickly recovered. " Yes. So he attacked you and Flandre when you were little and turned you both into vampires. Looks like you want revenge as well, huh?" Remilia nodded. Ziden clutched his chest as he felt a sharp pain in his heart. Yukari and Yuyuko immediately ran to Ziden's side, forcing everyone out of the way.
" Ziden! Are you alright!?" Yuyuko was worried about Ziden and knew why he was pain.
" I'm fine, Yuyuko. I don't know where that pain came from and I don't care." Ziden calmed down and forced his head onto Yukari's lap and passed out.
Yukari and Yuyuko both looked at each other and remembered what happened to Ziden all those years ago.
Flashback...
Yukari and Yuyuko were in the living room of Yukari's house, relaxing and enjoying the nice peaceful day.
" What a nice day! I'm glad you invited me over for visit!" Yuyuko said.
" Yeah. After all, I could use the company. Ran and Chen are out shopping for supplies with that girl that Ziden brought here, leaving me and Ziden with a grouchy baby." Yukari was not happy.
They remained silent as they sensed someone standing in the room with them. " About time you noticed me, Demoness of Boundaries." The duo turned and saw several men standing along the wall, eyeing the women with lustful eyes.
" Don't try and resist us either. Our boss sealed off those abilities of yours so we can have some fun with YOU two." The men began to surround the girls.
" Ah man! Look at the rack this ghost lady has! It looks divine!" The man reached out and ripped off the front of her dress, revealing a pink bra with purple butterflies on them. She screamed as several men began to grab at the remaining parts of her dress.
" Why did you scream!? We didn't do anything to you yet!"An American man said.
" And you aren't going to." The men turned and saw a 17 year old Ziden leaning against the doorway.
" Huh? Wait a sec. I thought the boss said that these two hotties were the only people here?" A surfer dude asked.
" Who cares! Just waste the punk so we can rape these broads!" An Italian man said.
Several men began to walk towards Ziden while cracking their knuckles. Ziden summoned Crimson Edge to his hand and slashed a man across the throat, killing him in seconds.
" You little bastard! I gonna bust your ass for that one!" The African American charged at Ziden only to be throat slashed by him as well.
Ziden pounced on the Italian man and strongly thrusts the blade through his eye and began to stab him multiple times as the blood sprayed onto his face. The other men back away in terror and ran out of the door screaming for help.
Yuyuko was shocked at Ziden ruthlessness before she covered herself.
" Are you two alright?" Ziden asked while still stabbing the man.
" Yes and I think that man is far past alive Ziden, so you can stop now." Yukari said.
Ziden stopped and got up and walked over to Yuyuko. He stopped when he heard the sound of flesh being torn apart. He turned the door and saw a black haired man leaning on the doorway wearing only black slacks and pure silver dress shoes. His hands were covered in blood and his smile revealed two sharp fangs.
" Who are you!?" Ziden asked.
" I don't tell my name to little boys who are about to die and become my lunch." The vampire said while walking towards him.
Yukari's eyes widdened when she sensed how powerful the vampire was. " Ziden! Get away from him!"
Ziden turned around to ask Yukari why when the vampire's fist slammed into the side of Ziden's head and sent him crashing through the wall.
Yuyuko was in shock before she and Yukari chased after Ziden. Ziden sent flying into the abandoned village next the home of Yukari Yakumo and slid across the ground. Ziden struggled to get up as he saw the vampire standing in front of him. Ziden tried to stab the vampire in the heart with his blade, only for to be blocked by the vampire's finger.
" Surprised, weakling?" The vampire asked.
Ziden was angry at being called weak so he swung his sword wildly and with no control. It was obvious that Ziden was not skilled in using a sword nor did he know any form of hand-to-hand combat or magic.
The vampire was blocking the attacks with only his finger and was yawning which pissed Ziden off even more. " Is this all that the slayer of Overlord Oscura can do?" The vampire asked.
Ziden swung the sword at faster rates in an attempt to hit him but the vampire was still blocking all of his strike with ease.
" Enough of this." The vampire slashed Ziden across the face with his claw, causing Ziden to stop his attack and clutch his bleeding face.
The vampire pounced on Ziden and began to tear the flesh off of Ziden's body and devouring it. Ziden was screaming in pain as the vampire feasted on Ziden's flesh. Ziden's body was trying its hardest to heal the damage but the vampire was eating the flesh way too fast for his regeneration to catch up and heal.
The vampire grabbed Ziden's arm and ripped it off, causing blood to spray out which the vampire happily lapped up similar to how a cat laps up milk but much more fast.
Then the vampire proceeded to beat Ziden over the head with his own severed arm and was laughing while beating Ziden to death. Tears were now flowing from Ziden's eyes as he cried for someone or something to help him.
The vampire stopped and threw away the arm while licking his lips. His fangs glistened in the sunlight as he sunk his fangs into Ziden's jugular. He was drinking the large amounts of blood with pure ecstasy as he was moaning and his eyes were rolling into his skull.
He then stopped drinking and wrapped his teeth around Ziden's throat and ripped it out before swallowing it. Ziden could no longer scream as his throat was ripped out.
" Now for my favorite part of the feast!" The vampire took his claws and dug them into Ziden's ribcage and gripped them with hungry eyes. He pulled them out of Ziden's body, leaving Ziden's heart and lungs exposed to the vampire.
He reached into Ziden's chest and carefully pulled out Ziden's heart with all of the veins still attached to it. He began to lick the heart all over while staring at Ziden with sadistic intentions.
" You look like you are in so much pain, Ziden Icrim. Allow me to end your suffering!" He raised his other hand, ready to pierce through Ziden's heart when a large flock of bats slammed into the vampire and sent him flying into an abandoned building.
" Ziden! Are you alright!?" A woman ran towards Ziden and picked him up in her arms.
The woman had spiky pink hair and blue circles around her orange eyes that was obviously eyeliner. She had black spiked armbands around her wrists, neck and ankles. She wore a black undershirt with a white skull on it as well as the undershirt showing off her cleavage. She wore a black miniskirt with ruby red Mary Janes on her feet. She looked like she was no older than 19 but she was much more older than that.
Ziden couldn't answer his vampire friend because his throat was still healing.
Ziden heard the sound of a paper bag being dropped as he heard his name called. He felt strong arms wrap around as he sees Ran crying over his mangled body. He also saw Chen and Rena, now sporting her natural dark blue hair with light blue wave designs, standing around him.
The vampire walked out of the building, looking completely unharmed and glares at the female vampire who struck him. " Disgraceful. A vampire saving a human. What a disgusting creature you are." The vampire said.
" You! How dare you do this to Ziden!?" Ran's claws were out and her rage was visible.
" Damn. I forgot that the Gap Youkai had a Kyuubi working for her. But that doesn't matter, I have inflicted more than enough damage to cause trauma to this boy, so my job here is done." The vampire turned away from the group. " I hope the boy grows stronger and faces me in the future. My name is Nosferatu the 2nd and I shall become the God of the Night!" Nosferatu laughed before dodging a flurry of butterflies and landed on the roof.
Nosferatu looked off into the opposite direction of Yuyuko and Yukari and straight towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion. " Ahhh! So the two brats I changed all those years ago are here! What a surprise!" He laughed again as Ziden glared at him angrily while he clenched his bloody teeth.
" Clair! Are you okay!?" Clair looked up and saw Yukari floating down towards them.
" Who hired you to do that to my nephew!?" Yuyuko asked with anger lacing her words.
" A man by the name of Dark Ziden." Nosferatu said as Ziden, Rena and Clair's eyes widdened.
Nosferatu transformed into a dark mist and floated into the sky.
" Thank you for saving Ziden, Clair." Rena thanked the female vampire.
" Whatever! I only saved him because I'm the only person that can drink his blood!" Clair said, punching her chest to show her pride.
Ziden's eyes felt heavy as he began to slip into unconsciousness.
Flashback ends...
" After we took Ziden back to the house, Ziden ran into his room and locked himself inside. Ziden was truly traumatized by the attack and was plagued with nightmares that destroyed his chances of rest. I tried to seal off the memory of the event, but Ziden refused anyone's help in the matter. So I got an idea, I'd let his mother help him through this trauma and train him to get stronger over the course of two years. I would even send Ran and Chen to go with him so they wouldn't miss him or be worried about him. Of course they didn't come back within the two years and I got worried." Yukari looked sad while looking at Ziden who didn't really seem to care.
" I learned that Ziden was given a job to save to Heaven from four invaders, only to later learn that he was tricked and cursed with the inability to age. When Ziden returned to me and Yuyuko, we were shocked at how strong he had gotten. Apparently he fought with his mother daily and began to expand his skills with the Prime Elemental Fire and gained new powers through it. His swordsmanship was alot more diverse and flashy and he learned various Martial Arts from his Older Sister Selena, who is a vampire by the way, and learned magic from his Mother and older sister Eris. We were so happy. Ziden had overcome his trauma and had become stronger, but he picked up on his mother's mannerisms and... behavior." Yukari and Yuyuko didn't seem happy about that last part.
" Roxy sure did love making offensive remarks and causing trouble whereever she went." Yuyuko said.
Yukari and Yuyuko both sighed and noticed how silent everyone was after seeing the flashback. Remilia looked furious and Sakuya did not look happy at all. Meiling was biting her lip and Patchouli looked saddened. One could assume that they all met the vampire and something tragic happened to them. Ziden had a look of pure hate written across his face as his eyes changed from blue to red.
Mokou came up from behind Ziden and gave him a strong hug while kissing his cheek. Ziden's eyes returned to normal as he tried to fight off Mokou's advances.
" *sigh* For Ziden to start acting like Roxanne was terrible! Ziden became sarcastic and lazy, but he also became sadistic and hard headed as well. His interest in woman also showed up when he'd hit on Clair and Rena, neither of which ended well for Ziden. But Ziden was nice enough to build me and Yuyuko a nice little mansion on his property, so we could live near our beloved nephew and our best friend." Yukari said. To the listeners of tale, it looked like the story would never end.
" Um Yukari-" Marisa was about say something to stop this tale when Ziden's 'love interests' shot deadly glares at the teenage witch ( not Sabrina,...not Sabrina).
" Please continue." Kaguya shoved Sakuya off of Ziden's lap and sat herself in Ziden's lap.
Sakuya forced herself from stabbing the immortal in the face when she felt Eirin's glare on her. Man, nurses can be scary sometimes. Especially super smart, space nurses.
" Well after those attempts, we learned that Ziden's regenerative abilities increased which was good because Clair kinda ripped out Ziden's reproductive organs and system." The males in the room flinched at the sentence as Ziden shuddered. " I found it quite hilarious and I recorded the whole thing too! But that's all I'm going to tell you about Ziden's past for now ." Yukari placed a fan over her mouth and stared at Ziden.
" Jeez. Just tell them all my dirty little secrets, will ya?" Ziden sarcastically asked.
Ziden didn't notice until now but he noticed that Mokou and Kaguya were passed while holding him, rendering him immobile. Ziden also noticed something else.
" I smell poison! And its coming from that building over there!" Ziden pointed to that building as a Soul Reaper captain walked out holding a golden blade with a face on it that was spewing out poison.
" My my. I was hoping that I could catch you off guard so that capturing you would be so much more easier!" The Soul Reaper said.
He had a black paint on his face with several white lines going down his face. He wore a golden headdress that extended down to his midback. He wore a purple scarf around his neck and a white jacket over his black kimono. His sheathe was between his legs and he had blue fingernails with one being really long.
Ziden was creeped out by this man as he slowly approached Ziden. Ziden sensed danger as he jumped into the air to dodge a sudden attack by the weird man. Mokou and Kaguya were awakened by Ziden's sudden action and saw the strange man with the golden sword.
" Just who the hell are you, bub?" Ziden asked.
" I am Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Captain of Squad 12. Anything else you wish to know can until I've dissected you!" Mayuri said.
" Sorry, but you aren't dissecting anybody today!" Mokou declared.
" Oh! Then let us hear what my Zanpakuto, Ashisogi Jizo, has to say about that." Mayuri began to release a strange pink energy.
Vim and Vigor ( Kingdom Hearts II)
Mayuri suddenly appears behind Ziden and slashes his left arm. Ziden threw a kick at the crazed Soul Reaper and knocked him into the ground. Mayuri got up and dusted himself off before looking up at Ziden.
Ziden noticed that he had no feeling in his left arm and he struggled to move it, to no avail. Eirin noticed this and saw a purple mist coming the face on the blade.
" Everyone! Watch out for that blade! It is releasing a powerful poison that is capable of paralyzing limbs!" Eirin said.
" Hmm? My my. Being able to figure that out from just one attack, you must be a Lunarian! How remarkable to see another one after so many years!" Mayuri said.
" How do you know what a Lunarian is?" Sora asked.
" Simple! One of them wandered into the Soul Society, preaching nonsense about she was far superior to us Earthlings. The look on her face when I started to cut into her body. But it was so disappointing to learn that Lunarian's organs are not that much different from a human's organs." Mayuri said as Eirin felt rage in her heart.
" You sick freak! Who gave you the right to go around and start slicing people!?" Ziden demanded.
" Why, being the Head of Research and Development in the Soul Society, I can do whatever I want to those little test subjects! Just like how I'm going to dissect you, Ziden Icrim!" Mayuri said as he disappeared again.
Ziden's eyes were covered by a shadow as Mayuri swung his sword at Ziden's neck. Ziden blocked the attack with his left arm and grasped the blade with his hand. Mayuri was visibly suprised at this before he smiled. Ziden wrapped his right hand with blue fire.
" Take this! Blazing Spector!" Ziden threw a barrage of burning punches into Mayuri's body while walking towards a newly discovered cave. Ziden added his other arm into the assault as the distance between Ziden and Mayuri increased, but Ziden's fiery punches were increasing their range and power.
Ziden slammed a final fiery fist into Mayuri's chest and sent him flying into a pillar. Mayuri got up with no difficulty as he disappeared.
This time, he aimed at Patchouli and aimed at her back. A large stone bowl appeared behind her and blocked the attack with relative ease. Meiling slams her fist into Mayuri's fist sending him flying towards Remilia. Remilia raised her hand and slapped Mayuri across the face, knocking him through the wall.
Youmu, Ike and Link began to rapid fire sword waves into the dust cloud, hoping to deal damage to this monster in human flesh.
Mayuri appeared behind them and slashed their legs and arms, crippling them in the process. Mokou tried to slam a fiery fist into the man's face, but he sidestepped the attack and slashed her arm. " Damn!"
" Dammit Mokou! I thought I told you to DODGE!" Ziden yelled.
" You didn't tell me anything, you idiot!" Mokou replied.
Ziden ran outside and jumped into the air, using the Geppo technique to stay airborne. Mayuri was really impressed with this research specimen. " Remarkable! Not only is his body capable of healing itself, but he is also capable of walking on air! This boy could very well be the first superhuman I get to dissect in my entire career!" Mayuri was consumed with thoughts of studying Ziden like a test animal and slicing him open to see his organs.
" Yeah right! This is the only thing that you are getting from me! Augmented Skill: Rankyaku Raiba ( used Google Translate for this one. Translates to Lightning Fang...hopefully.)!"
Ziden fired a blade of lightning that transformed into a wolf's head and opened its fang filled maw, ready to electrocute the crazy researcher. The attack exploded in a burst of dust and lighting as Ziden brought up his sword to block a back attack from Mayuri.
" Ziden! Move!" Ziden jumps away to dodge an arrow that pierced through Mayuri's shoulder. Eirin began to fire a barrage of exploding arrows that exploded against Mayuri, forcing him back.
Ziden appeared behind Mayuri and slammed the heel of his foot into his skull and slammed him into the ground as Ziden tucked his thumb inside of his fist. " It's gonna feel odd using this type of attack, mainly because of the element." Ziden gathered icy energy into his hand and Mayuri noticed as well and smiled.
" Nemu!" Mayuri called out what Ziden thought was an attack name when he felt a strong force strike him from as he is sent flying by the attack, straight towards Mayuri who had a smile on his face.
Ziden was slashed across the throat, causing the poison to rapidly spread through his body. Eirin looked up and saw a woman floating in the air. She had green eyes with long black hair that is pulled back into a long braid with barely parted bangs. She wore a short kimono that barely made it to her midthigh.
" Good job, Nemu! Now then, be a dear and take care of those friends of his while I deal with the boy and the Lunarian archer." Mayuri turned his sights onto Eirin who glared at the man.
Nemu disappeared and reappeared in front of Mokou and slammed her foot into the jaw of the Immortal woman. A loud audible crack was heard as Mokou's jaw shattered like glass and she was sent crashing into the ceiling of the cave.
Kaguya is shocked at how fast the woman was and nearly emptied her stomach's contents when Nemu's foot slammed into her stomach and threw her into the wall.
" Oh boy. She just took out both of the Immortal girls! In one attack, no less! Everyone, keep on your guard!" Reimu said.
Nemu appeared behind Patchouli and threw a powerful kick at her head, only for Meiling to intercept the attack with her leg. Meiling had a smile on her face as she stared into the empty eyes of Nemu.
" Sorry, but I'm going to be your opponent today!" Meiling proudly declared. " This will be a one-on-one fight!"
" Very well. I shall win for Master Mayuri's sake." Nemu said with no emotion at all in her voice.
" Do you think Meiling can take her?" Nitori asked.
" Of course she can. She is my gatekeeper after all. Also, Marisa, I want you to pay very special attention to this fight and I want you to thank Reimu and Meiling for two things; Reimu's spellcard rules that prevent us fatally harming each other in a Danmaku Duel and the fact that Meiling views you as a friend otherwise...you know what?" Remilia shows her fangs, startling Marisa. " We'll just let see how powerful Meiling really is."
Eirin was running around firing several arrows at Mayuri whom was batting them away with his sword. Eirin focused energy into the arrow with a golden light. " Moonlit Arrow!" The arrow takes flight and slammed into Mayuri's chest, leaving the faint image of a golden moon that disperses into golden balls of light. The balls of light slammed into Mayuri, dealing extra damage that stunned him.
Ziden struggled to get to his feet and breathed fire on the mad researcher, setting him ablaze. Mayuri rolled on the ground and doused the flames, getting with an annoyed look on his face.
Ziden refocused the icy energy into his right hand. " Augmented Skill: Tobu Shigan Shimo no Dangan!" Ziden fired a frozen bullet into Mayuri's leg, freezing it and rendering him immobile.
Eirin throws an explosive flask into the back of Mayuri, causing him to stumble forward.
" Tch! Enough of this! Time for you test subjects to learn your place. Bankai!" Mayuri released a powerful burst of energy from his body as Ziden and Eirin felt a large opponent enter the battlefield.
Meiling was exchanging blows with Nemu as their blows rang out shockwaves as the group watched in awe. Meiling and Nemu were moving around at lightning fast speeds, clashing with each other every so often as Sakuya and Patchouli watched with shocked expressions on her face.
Back in Gensokyo, they had always thought of Meiling as a semi-competent Gate Keeper whom would fall asleep every so often while on duty. But now, they saw that she was alot stronger than they would have expected.
Meiling was using her forearms to block the strong kicks coming from the unexpectingly strong Soul Reaper. Meiling slammed her foot into the ground and threw a strong punch into the solar plexus of Nemu, taking every last drop of air out her lungs as Meiling delivered a spin kick to her face.
Nemu recovered and kicked Meiling square in the jaw, sending her flying into the stalactite filled ceiling. Meiling grabbed one of the stalactites and threw at Nemu. Nemu's arm spun like a drill and smashed through the rock, creating a dust screen that blocked her line of vision.
Meiling came through the dust cloud and slammed both of her feet into Nemu's chest and forced onto the ground, shattering it beneath them. Meiling raised a chi empowered fist and slammed it into Nemu, releasing a shockwave that spread through out her body. She countered by punching Meiling in the nose, forcing her to grab it and get drop kicked by Nemu. Meiling was sent flying by the attack, but recovered by landing feet first on the wall. She vaulted off the wall and began to spin like a buzzsaw with her leg stretched out.
" Hi-yaaaahhhhhh!" Meiling slammed her leg into the right shoulder of Nemu, knocking her off balance as Meiling followed up with her Spiral Light Steps attack. Nemu was buffeted by the attack but countered with a drilling punch into the gut, causing a hole shaped wound to be made in her stomach.
Meiling ignored the pain as she crouched down. " Not bad, Nemu! I think its time for you to see how strong I really am! Tiger Chi Release!" A burst of chi erupted from her body as she cracked her neck and stood up.
Ziden and Eirin looked at the large creature towering over them. The large creature had a golden baby like face with pupil less eyes and a large silver halo over its head. The creature was wearing a red scarf around its neck and it had a caterpillar like body.
It was releasing a purple mist that Ziden and Eirin both breathed in, causing their throats to start turning purple.
" Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo." Mayuri named this creature as Ziden and Eirin glared at him. " I thought I should let you know that unlike the previous poison that you were dealing with before, this one is fatal and I shall enjoy watching you two suffer!"
" Tch! Eirin! Are you alright?" Ziden asked as they both looked fine after inhaling the poison.
" Yeah. It's a good thing that Mokou bought these Antidotes back at Hollow Bastion, otherwise we might have been in trouble." Eirin got up and dusted her clothes off.
Ziden draws Ama-no-Murakamo and Nosada and activates their power. Ziden crouches down, tightening his grip on the swords and lets out a breathe of cold air from his mouth.
Mayuri was watching Ziden with eager eyes as carefully watched what the young hero was about to do. An aura began to wrap around Ziden's swords, resembling eastern dragons coiling around him, letting off roars every so often.
At the same time, Eirin's bow was taking a green glow with golden aura surrounding her and the arrows. Her eyes were showing sharp look of hatred for the soul reaper captain.
" Let us end this so that I can return to the Soul Society and begin experimenting on you, Ziden Icrim!" Mayuri commanded his weapon to lurch forward and attack the duo. A multitude of large swords came Ashisogi Jizo's mouth.
Ziden jumped into the air while spinning like a fiery drill, surrounded by frosty cloud of sleet and snow. " Final Move: Soaring Dragon Emperor-" Ziden dashed through the large creature and faster than the eye could perceive, landed next to Eirin with his back turned to the creature and his swords were partially in his sheathe. "- Twister!" An audible click was heard as an explosion of blood came from the creature as it disappeared and Mayuri feel from the attack.
Eirin aimed her bow at the falling captain. " Calming Winds: Halcyon's Flight!" She fired a golden arrow that transformed into a giant golden bird that exploded into the body of Mayuri, sending him crashing into the earth with pure white eyes and blood pouring down his head.
Ziden fell to his knees as he feels Eirin helping him to his feet. " Man. That attack always did take alot out of me." Ziden rested his head on Eirin's shoulder and passed out.
In a dark and Mysterious castle somewhere unknown...
The 12 Rulers of Darkness were sitting at a purple round table, discussing their future plans.
" Tch! So it seems that Ziden was able to fend off that Soul Reaper. Damned pain in the ass brat!" Ruler 4 said.
" I'm still furious that he and that damned android girl defeated me a year ago!" Ruler 7 said. He was a bald man with no pupils and purple scars over them.
" Yes, I forgot that you told us that were a part of the Ultima Brigade once." Ruler 1 said.
" Those idiotic dreamers. Believing that they can erase darkness from the universe. How preposterous!" Ruler 9 said.
" They also seem to be aware of us as they sent several Zealots and Devastators after us." Ruler 8 said.
" Pathetic creatures. Although those Zealots were a good source of nutrition!" Ruler 3 licked his fangs. He was a pale skinned man with long silver hair and wore regal clothing that gave off an air of elegance in the room.
" Back to the subject at hand, boys." Everyone turned their heads and looked at Ruler 11. " Ziden and his posse of friends are becoming a thorn in our side. I was hoping that the Gap Youkai wouldn't involve those girls from Gensokyo, but of course she did."
" Ziden, I've heard stories of him when I was alive." Ruler 5 said.
" Yeah, before you got blasted into a volcano by a muscle bound idiot." Ruler 2 said, angering Ruler 5.
" At least I didn't get killed by an elf in a green skirt!" Ruler 5 retorted.
" Jeez. Are we really going to play the ' you got killed by so and so' card?" Adachi asked.
" Such tasteful conversations! It makes me drool excitement from my soul!" Fawful said while laughing his trademark laugh.
" Pathetic. Why am I messing around with you idiots when I could be killing those disgusting Lunarians!?" Ruler 6 said.
" And what? Get killed by them again, Zemus?" Ruler 1 said, revealing Ruler 6's identity to the readers.
" Indeed, Zemus. Such foolishness will get you killed quickly." Adachi said.
" How dare you talk to me like that!? I'll crush you where you stand!" Zemus threatened as a surge of power came from Adachi.
" Remember who you are talking to, Zemus! My power is that of a god and I am one! I will not hesitate to kill you or anyone else here!" Adachi was enraged and his eyes turned golden.
Everyone minus Ruler 1, 2 and 3 flinched from the monstrous presence that was enveloping the room. They found it hard to believe that this being was killed by a group of teenagers.
" Enough! We must continue to enlist more people to our cause. We already have the Space Pirates and that evil looking F-Zero racer willing to join if they can kill those meddling heroes." Ruler 1 said.
" I am in the process of recruiting that egghead doctor." Ruler 11 said.
" I'm recruiting that fat kid from Eagleland." Ruler 10 said.
" I'm recruiting that Demon Lord and King from that world that they are currently on." Ruler 2.
" We plan on facing those fools on that world as well." Ruler 8 said while getting up and leaving with Rulers 2 and 4 following him.
Back to the Adventure!
Ziden woke up and found himself sleeping in Patchouli's lap, with her running her left hand through his spiky hair and the other was holding a book. Ziden felt something laying on top of him as he looked down and saw Aya and Okuu sleeping on his chest with blushing faces.
" Adding two more to the Harem." Patchouli said before she giggled.
" W-w-what?! No! Me and Aya are just friends!" Ziden said as one of Aya's eyes popped open.
" Oh? I couldn't tell, judging from where your left hand is." Patchouli said. Ziden instinctively clenched his hand and felt something soft and firm as well as hearing a yelp from Aya. Ziden's face turned red as he looked down and saw his hand on Aya's bottom and saw her looking at him.
" Oh my! So brazen!" Aya said. Ziden immediately pulled his hand away from her. " Hey! You didn't have to stop!" Some blood dripped from Ziden's nose at Aya.
" Um Ziden? Why is your hand on my butt?" Ziden looked and saw that he was groping Okuu and she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she didn't seem to understand what was happening.
" Yukari did this, didn't she?" Ziden said as Patchouli nodded.
Ziden sat up and pushed the duo off of him. The temple felt a powerful earthquake rip through the area as the rest of the group entered the room. They set their gazes on Ziden and Aya, mainly the latter because she was latched onto Ziden and breaking his back with the force she was applying.
They also noticed that Ziden's hands were gapped onto Aya's bottom as they glared at Yukari. " I'm going to kill you, Yukari!" Ziden yelled as Aya was giggling.
Reimu looked at the sight while thinking for a few seconds. Reimu came to realization and turned to Yukari.
" I get it! You're forcing Ziden to do this to Aya because it will help her overcome her trauma." Reimu said as Yukari clapped her hands.
" Plus! This is a good way for Aya to show her hidden affection for Ziden. After all, she did mouth rape him when he returned to Gensokyo when he was 16." Yukari said as she heard Ziden yelling at her.
Komachi and Sakuya looked at the sight and were frowning for two different reasons.
Sora looked at this sight and wondered if he ever would have to go through situations like this when he got older. The accidental kiss with Reimu and then finding out that she has crush on him is very awkward, especially when Marisa picks on them for it.
Ziden heard a door opening as he saw Zelda walking through it, wearing a white dress. She was about to say something when Ghirahim crashed through the group and nabbed Zelda, taking her into the Gates of Time with everyone giving chase.
They saw that Groose and Impa were badly beaten and were struggling to stay conscious.
They ran outside and saw Zelda surrounded by two people, Ruler 4 and Ghirahim. Ziden jumped into the spiraling abyss and waited for his comrades to join him.
" You're too late! Demise is about to be reawakened and there is nothing you can do!" Ghirahim boasted.
" Then we'll just take you both down!" Marisa declared.
" Such cockiness! You remind me of that blonde street fighter who fought alongside Ryu against me, all those years ago." Ruler 4 said. He took off his cape and took his trade mark battle stance. " I am M. Bison! Leader of the Shadoloo organization and a Ruler of Darkness!"
Ziden sensed an attack coming from above and jumped back, dodging a stab attack from Ruler 8.
Ziden looked at the man and his face turned angry. " I knew it!" Ruler 8 stared at Ziden with an emotionless face as he spoke. " Damn you! I knew you were a traitor Dante!" Ziden said as everyone minus the Rulers of Darkness fell down.
Dante appeared out of nowhere and punched Ziden in the head. " That's not me you jackass!" Dante turned his attention to a man he had not seen since his death.
" Hello...brother." Ruler 8 said.
" It can't be...Vergil. You're alive." Dante said.
Author's Note: Whew! School is almost out and I'm extremely happy about it! I should let you guys know that the Kingdom Hearts worlds are going to be shorter than the Smash Bros worlds, mainly for reasons you should know if you played the game. Also I should let you guys know that the following news only applies for 3DS owners that live in America. June 25, the biggest crossover in handheld History comes out and you should buy it if you saw the trailers. Project X Zone!, Back to the topics I wanted to talk about, I wanted to talk more Ziden. I've noticed that in most fanfics I've read, the OCs of the stories are always the ones to save the other chars when most of the time, the OC is just some regular guy or girl that gains some cool power and begins to outshine everyone else. Ziden isn't going to be like that at all. As you've seen so far, Ziden has been saved by his comrades in fights I've deemed to tough for him to fight alone and I've even killed him several times as well. I don't pick favorites in stories I write and I let everyone get there chance to shine, especially when the battles against the Org XIII get started. I also think that my writing skill in depicting fight scenes are improving. Next Time: Demon King Revived: Struggle Against The Forces of Darkness! R&R!