A Premeditated Strike!

"Ha!" Zane quickly jumped out of bed and darted his eyes around quickly. He was back in his room.

"Zane!" Freyr flew over to his friend and landed on his chest.

"Freyr? What happened? Where are we?"

"We're back at the guild, duh." Freyr responded.

"Really? How?!" He asked some what panicked, "What about Lydia?!"

"You saved Lydia! You defeated that Gouzen guy don't you remember?" Freyr asked.

"Uhh...I just remember fighting him. That's about it."

"Oh, well you defeated Gouzen and saved Lydia. Lucky for us Peggy helped bring you guys all together. Our time was starting to run out. If it wasn't for her we never would've left the Celestial Spirit World. She sent us right back through the portal."

"Really...wow..." Zane thought, "How long have I been out?"

"You've been out for a week or so."

"Are you serious?! It's been a whole week?!"

"Well yeah. You were drained of magic when we got back. You slept this whole time, and good thing too." Freyr smiled.

"Wow..." Zane then slowly got up out of his bed, "Well is everyone okay?"

"Yeah, everybody's fine. They all used up their magic as well, except for Reggie. He's just sick." Freyr shrugged.

"Well that's good I guess then." Zane stood up and held his stomach that had bandages all around it

"Come on! Everybody's waiting for you downstairs!"

"For me? Why?!" Zane asked as Freyr pulled on him and dragged him downstairs.

"Zane!" Everyone shouted as they saw him come down stairs.

"Hey guys." He waved. Everyone quickly rushed him and embraced him.

"Aaahhh...come on guys I just woke up." He groaned. Everyone celebrated and cheered as Zane had finally awoken from his week long slumber.

"Zane you idiot." Kali mocked, "You defeated that old geezer without me?! Haha!"

"Heh...sorry?" Zane shrugged.

"You really saved Lydia!" Kihone hugged Zane.

"We're so glad you're awake! We were afraid that you'd be in a coma!" Laura said hugging the White Dragon Slayer.

"Hmph...Zane!" A voice shouted. Everyone stopped and turned to see Master Balthazar looking at him dead straight in the eyes.

"Yes Master?" Zane asked. Balthazar simply closed his eyes and grinned slightly.

"Good job!" Balthazar then opened up his eyes and gave him a thumbs up.

"Thanks Master!" Zane gave him a thumbs up back.

"Now!" Balthazar shouted, "Let's party!"

"YEAH!"

Later that Night...

As the Demigod Guild partied their little hearts out Zane had to step outside for some fresh air.

"Huh..." Zane stepped outside on the balcony of the guild and there he saw Lydia as well.

"Hey Lydia."

"Oh, hey Zane." She responded.

"What are you doing up here?" Zane asked.

"I'm just chilling. Thinking. What about you?" She asked.

"Just needed some fresh air." He responded, "It's getting crazy in there. As usual."

"Heh...right..." Lydia then just hung her head.

"You okay?" Zane asked.

"Huh...yeah."

"No you're not what's wrong?" Zane asked her once more.

"I-it's just that...I was scared. That whole time I was being used...I felt as though my body was going to explode from the inside out. I had no control over it. I was useless, powerless. I couldn't even stop myself from being captured. If I had stopped myself, then none of that would've happened. Everybody's life was in danger because of me." Lydia groaned hating the fact that she seemed useless.

"Hmph...yeah I know how you feel." Zane sighed lightly.

"What do you mean? You defeated Gouzen by yourself! He was strong, I don't even think that Ritsu would've been able to beat him. And Ritsu's one of our strongest mages!" Lydia responded shocked at what Zane had said.

"Maybe...but the whole time I was fighting with Gouzen I had a few doubts every now and then. I didn't think I was going to be able to stop him once he used his Leo Soul to fight me. Just his Magical presence alone I could tell was pure destructive."

"So even you were scared Zane?"

"Yeah, but...I knew I needed to stop him to protect all of the new friends I made with the Demigod's. So I gave it what I had. Sometimes you just have to keep moving on. Even when everything is against you, just keep moving. The second you stop, is the second you die."

"Uhh..." Lydia just looked at Zane.

"Well...I'm going back inside." Zane turned back and walked back inside the Guild Hall.

"Z-Zane..." She muttered.

Meanwhile...

In a large dark room a group of people sat at a large table with a man at the head. The man at the head of the table seemed to be sitting in a throne of some sort. On one side of the table was a line up of five, and on the other a line up of four.

"Seems like everything went as planned huh Master?" One person asked the man at the head of the table.

"More or less it appears." The man replied.

"What are we going to do now?"

"That's an easy enough question. We're going to move to the final phase of our attack."

"Really Master? It's time?!" A voice cheered.

"It is. They will never see it coming. They'll thought that everything we've done up to now was nothing compared to our final attack phase." The Master informed, "They'll be lucky to survive this whole ordeal." The man then stood up with a large smile on his face, though he remained hidden in the darkness.

"Dream Reapers...let us bring an end to the Demigod Guild! Tomorrow...we strike!"

"Yeah!" Everyone at the table then bursted into cheers.

"Finally..." the Master thought, "It's time...the all out battle between the Dream Reapers and the Demigods starts tomorrow...say your prayers Demigods!"

Next Time: As Zane sleeps in his bed at home he feels a sudden explosion surge through town. Thus waking him up, he quickly rushes to his window only to see a massive battle between the Demigods and the Dream Reapers taking place. Unaware of why it is happening Zane knows he must join the battle, in an attempt to help his guild and make sure that they win at all costs.

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