"What do you mean they're not out of your reach?" Ruby asked as the group looked at Hex curiously. Inside the villa's lounge everyone had fallen silent as Hex had claimed that their friends who were isolated in the monster world behind an impassable barrier were in fact able to be reached by him regardless.

"Just what I said Ruby, I can still get to them without any trouble," Hex said with a shrug.

"But how, the monster world is sealed off, the dark lords have closed the gateways. We have no way of getting back to them right now, we're trapped here," Gin said shaking his head. Hex chuckled and looked at him amusedly.

"You may not have a way to get to them, but I do," he said. Luna giggled then looked to the group with a smile.

"We were just in the monster world, he took me to see Pandora inside her box before coming here," she explained.

"What? You were in the monster world, and with Pandora?" Kokoa said with a jump. Ceal narrowed his eyes slightly to that comment while the rest of the group looked at Hex with surprise.

"You actually saw Pandora? Like face to face?" Leon asked. Luna nodded with a small smile.

"Um, so, what's she like?" Render asked. Luna showed a weak smile and shrugged slightly.

"She's… very unique, just like Hex," she answered. She looked to Ceal as the boy was watching her while remaining silent.

"She doesn't seem to like you too much though, that much was more than apparent," she mentioned.

"I suppose she wouldn't, seeing as how my family and I have never set her free in all the times we've opened her box. Can't say I'm too fond of her either, she tends to twist any wish that is made around as a sick joke," he replied with a tone of discontent. Hex chuckled and glanced to him with a raised eyebrow.

"Now now, those that make a wish need to be careful what they wish for, we're not mind readers after all," he said with a smirk.

"Funny, that's exactly what she says," Ceal replied coldly. Hex merely watched the boy with a calm expression while the others looked at him carefully. Yukari shook her head slightly then tilted her head.

"I don't understand how you can travel around like that though, are you using the time stream like Luna does or something?" Yukari asked. Hex shook his head amusedly at the witch.

"No, not quite. I move about behind even that of the time stream Yukari, through everywhere and nowhere," he explained, even though his explanation caused more confusion with the group.

"You really don't make much sense when you talk, you know that?" Kurumu said shaking her head.

"I'm explaining it to the best of your comprehension Kurumu," Hex replied with a shrug.

"To the best of our comprehension? Are you patronizing us?" Ruby asked insulted. Hex laughed and looked at her amusedly.

"I see you're just like the other Ruby, she said the exact same thing to me before," he mused with a curious smile.

"Yeah, that's making this more confusing, we've never seen you before. How do you know us and when have you met us before?" Kurumu asked with puzzlement. Luna looked at Hex curiously, also wondering the same thing.

"Um, when did you meet my friends before anyway? You seem to know them very well," she asked. Hex nodded and looked around at Ruby, Mizore, Kurumu, Yukari, and Kokoa.

"Oh I do, I was just spending some time with them before coming here," he said casually.

"Ok, seriously, start making more sense here!" Kurumu shouted out. Hex laughed then walked towards her, the girl showing a nervous expression and backing up a bit.

"I've seen you before Kurumu, you and all your friends. I've seen you all chasing after one boy in particular too, Tsukune Aono," he said with a cool smile. The group looked at him with wonder as Hex tilted his head curiously.

"Tell me, where is he anyway, I'm rather curious. I thought you girls didn't go anywhere without him, you were all very attached to him before," he asked.

"How do you know Tsukune, and when have you seen us before?" Mizore asked. Hex chuckled and looked over to her.

"Why, here and not here Mizore, in this world in another reality," he answered.

"Another reality?" Ruby asked.

"Yes, you don't think this is the only reality do you? There are endless realities out there, countless Rubys and Mizores and Kokoas, all living different lives as their own timelines move along in their worlds. You see this is but one of many realities out there, and it just so happens that before coming into this one I had the pleasure of getting to know all of you girls very well," he explained. He chuckled then pointed to Kokoa.

"I've seen you too Kokoa, living a very different life than how you are now," he said with a curious tone.

"You have?" she asked with wonder.

"Yes, I have. You and Tsukune, such a happy couple," Hex mused. The group looked to Kokoa with surprise as she stared at Hex with shock.

"What? Me… and Tsukune? A couple?" she said with a stunned expression. Hex laughed and nodded.

"Why are you so surprised, I just told you there are endless realities out there, countless different timelines for all of you. Is it really so hard to believe that out of all of those worlds there would be an instance of you and him being together?" he asked simply. Kokoa opened her mouth to speak then looked down with wonder.

"She and Tsukune were together in another world?" Kurumu asked. Hex nodded and glanced to her.

"You as well Kurumu, in another reality you and him were together. In fact, I believe I saw you and him having a daughter, it was very touching," he said casually. Kurumu stared at him with shock as her jaw dropped.

"I… I had a family with Tsukune?" she asked. Hex laughed and looked at her amusedly.

"Again, why is that so shocking? In one reality you could be a wealthy model living the highlife, in another you could be a slave in a dark monster's dungeon, or perhaps there's one out there with you and Moka falling in love with each other, anything is possible after all," he reasoned casually. Kurumu stuttered something incoherently while the group stared at her with wonder.

"You've met us all before in different worlds?" Ruby asked. Hex chuckled and glanced to her.

"Well, I've only caught glimpses of you all throughout my travels for the most part, always seems to be something happening with you girls in every world. So, curiosity won me over and I decided to pay you all a visit in another reality, one in that none of you were taken yet and were still all chasing after that lucky fellow Tsukune," he explained. The girls looked to each other then to him as he smiled curiously at Ruby.

"You were all so desperate to win his heart, all so attached to that boy like no other, I have to say that as far as luck is concerned that guy had it in spades," he continued with a shrug. The girls smiled slightly at that then glanced to their boyfriends.

"That sounds like how we were alright," Yukari said with a giggle, with Ahakon smiling amusedly at her.

"Sounds like us chasing after Tsukune was a common thing for us in any world," Ruby said with a small laugh while Razico smiled curiously at her.

"Yeah, but I prefer how this world turned out. I'm much happier this way," Kurumu said at Rason, the boy smiling back at her as well. Mizore smiled and held onto Dark's arm, with Arial growling at her. The snow girl looked to her with an innocent smile and shrugged.

"I couldn't agree more, it couldn't be better than this," she said with a twitch of her eyebrow. Arial narrowed her eyes at the girl while Dark glanced between the two with a blank expression.

Kokoa smiled at Gin then looked to Hex curiously.

"So, which one of us got Tsukune in that world? Just wondering," she asked. Hex laughed then glanced to her.

"I'm not sure to be honest, I left after I was done with my game," he answered.

"Game? What game?" Yukari asked.

"My game with all of you girls of course," he said looking to her with a cool smile. Yukari looked at him puzzled then shook her head.

"You're not making sense again," she stated flatly.

"Yes I am, you're just not seeing it. You see Yukari, you were so desperate to win Tsukune's heart, you all were in fact, so you played a game of chance with me. You all played a game of chance with me to change reality so you could have him all to yourselves," Hex said looking around at the girls. He glanced to Luna who watched him with wonder.

"And as luck would have it for you then, you all lost," he said with a gleam in his eye. Luna looked at him with wonder then surprise.

"They… lost?" she asked worriedly. Hex nodded as the group looked to Luna curiously.

"Luna, what's wrong?" Rason asked.

"Wait, what did we lose? What happened to us?" Kokoa asked carefully. Hex looked to her with a slick smile.

"Why, you lost yourself Kokoa," he answered.

"What?" she asked shaking her head.

"Your heart," Luna said softly. The group looked to her as she was watching Hex with worried eyes.

"You lost your heart Kokoa, to him," she finished. The group looked to Hex cautiously as he nodded to that.

"What does that mean? What do you mean she lost her heart to him?" Gin asked cautiously. Luna breathed out and looked down with concern.

"In order to have your wish granted with Hex you need to play his game. You make your bet for your wish, and he makes his, then you both roll to find out who wins. If you win your wish is granted, if you lose then Hex claims his reward," she explained.

"His reward?" Dark asked cautiously while the group looked to Hex. The reality bender nodded and looked to Kokoa with a cool smile.

"You all wished so badly to be his, you were ready to give anything. I was prepared to make that your reality, however for those who gamble big then so do I in return, and personally nothing is more exciting to gamble for than a fair woman's heart," he said with a suggestive tone. Kokoa held a hand over her heart and backed up a bit.

"Wait, I gambled my heart with you?" she asked shakily. Hex nodded then pulled out his dice, holding them up between three fingers for her to see.

"You rolled a snake eyes Kokoa, and with that I won your heart. As soon as the dice rolled to a stop I was the only one you loved and wanted to be with," he explained. Kokoa stared at him with shock as the boy glanced to the other girls.

"The same with all of you. Yukari, Mizore, Kurumu, Ruby, and even Moka, you all gambled to win that boy's love, and lost your own in the process," he continued. The girls stared at him with stunned expressions as Luna watched him with worried eyes.

"We gambled with our hearts to win Tsukune?" Yukari asked with disbelief.

"You stole our hearts?" Kurumu shouted out. Hex laughed and looked to her amusedly.

"I didn't steal anything Kurumu. You all came to me to play that game, you all understood what was at stake and chose to roll anyway, you gambled on your own accord and lost, plain and simple. I cannot force anyone to gamble against their will, that's against my rules. They have to want to play my game on their own," he reasoned. The girls looked at him with disbelief then to each other.

"Would we really have done that? Gambled with our very hearts just to win Tsukune?" Kurumu asked worriedly.

"I can't believe it; we wouldn't have been so stupid, would we?" Yukari asked nervously.

"If I hadn't seen Hex's magic in action today I wouldn't have believed it, but… oh god, how could that other me have been so foolish," Ruby cursed while looking down with remorse. Mizore looked to Hex with a troubled expression.

"So what happened to us then, what did you do with us?" she asked, almost afraid to know the answer.

"I think I know what he did with me," Kurumu said dryly as she looked to Hex with a dull glare. Hex laughed and shook his head.

"They're not mine anymore, sorry to say that I lost them," he said with a simple shrug.

"You lost them?" Ahakon asked. Hex nodded then looked to him with a smirk.

"Yes, as lucky as I was, Tsukune was luckier," he replied casually. The group looked at him curiously before Yukari smiled.

"He won us back from you, didn't he? He played your game and beat you," she said hopefully. Hex nodded and looked to her with a calm smile.

"Easy come, easy go," he reasoned simply.

"He saved us from you," Mizore said softly.

"No, Tsukune saved you from yourself. Again Mizore, I never stole you away, I never twisted your arm into wagering your heart, you chose to do so on your own accord," Hex pointed out.

"He's right, its sounds like your selves from that world made a horrible mistake gambling their hearts like that," Razico reasoned.

"Hex wasn't the bad guy, you all just used him to steal Tsukune away for yourselves," Dark commented as he glanced to Mizore. The snow girl looked at him worriedly then smiled nervously.

"Um… sorry?" she said softly.

"You don't need to apologize Mizore, that wasn't you personally that made that mistake. You have done nothing wrong," Dark said with a slight smirk.

"I can think of a few things she's done wrong," Arial growled.

Kurumu trembled then quickly turned around and hugged Rason closely, the angel's face being shoved into her bosom as she started crying out of sorrow.

"I'm so sorry Rason; I promise I'd never gamble with our love, never ever ever! I love you so much my angel, I wouldn't trade this world with you away for anything! Please believe me, it was that other me that was stupid, I'm not like her at all!" she cried out.

"Actually, you are," Hex mentioned with a raised eyebrow. Kurumu looked to him with teary eyes.

"What are you talking about, I would never risk losing my angel's love for anything!" she cried out.

"I meant with the way you try to kill those around you with your breasts," Hex said pointing to something. Kurumu blinked then looked down to seeing Rason slowly falling limp in her embrace. She screamed then let him go, shaking him a bit as he gasped for air.

"I'm sorry Rason; I didn't mean to do that, really! Are you ok? Oh god, I'm so sorry!" she cried out.

"Seems that's consistent with her in any world she may be in," Hex said with a shrug. Ruby watched Kurumu apologizing to Rason while the angel was catching his breath then looked to Razico with remorse.

"I wouldn't dream of risking what we have for anything Razico, please believe me when I say that," she said genuinely. Razico nodded with a calm smile then smirked before leaning in close to her ear.

"Still, I think you deserve to be punished later for being so reckless like that in another world, just to make sure you know better in this one," he said softly. He leaned back to see her blushing brightly and looking at him with adoring eyes.

"Yes, please do," she said with an eager nod.

Kokoa turned to Gin with worried eyes and held her hands to his chest.

"I don't want Tsukune or anyone else, just you. That other Kokoa was an idiot for both gambling her heart like that and for choosing another instead of you, she was stupid and blind," she said softly. Gin held her close and smiled gently at his girl.

"All that matters for me is that I have you now, I couldn't imagine being with anyone else but you Kokoa," he said as the vampire blushed in his arms. Sun looked at Gin with worried eyes then to Kokoa with a glare as she held back her scowl.

'I bet anything this is the only world where she's with him; she's not supposed to be with him at all. Gin's supposed to be my werewolf, he loved me first!'

Yukari hugged Ahakon with a small whimper, the mage holding her with a caring smile as she shook her head.

"I'll never gamble with you Ahakon, I couldn't live with myself if I lost you," she said softly.

"It's alright Yukari, like Hex said there's Yukaris out there leading all sorts of lives, you can't be held accountable for their actions. What matters is that we're together in this world, that's all that counts for us," he reassured. Yukari nodded while holding him close as Ran watched the mage with a curious smile. She sighed quietly then looked down curiously.

'I wonder if there was a world out there where Ahakon and I were together. Could that have been a reality for me as well?'

Luna looked around at all the girls then to Hex with worried eyes.

'He gambled for their hearts in another world, just like he did with mine in this one. Easy come, easy go… sounds like he didn't really care or love them at all, he just wanted to take them because he thought they were attractive. Does he see me for anything, or am I merely a gold coin to be won?'

She sighed quietly then looked down while holding her arms around herself.

'But… even if I am just a means to an end for him… just a tool to save his sister… I can't stop feeling this way. He saved me from the worst possible fate I could have endured, he protected me and even offered to take me away to keep me safe, and he's so charming. Even if I'm just a treasure for him… I don't want him to leave. I want to be his.'

"Luna?" Gabriel asked. Luna blinked then looked to see the angel watching her worriedly as the group looked over to her. Gabriel glanced to Hex then back to Luna with concern.

"Is that what you gambled with, to save us today? Did you wager your own heart in his game?" he asked. Luna nodded slowly as the group watched her with surprise.

"Sister, you gambled with your heart?" Complica asked with wonder.

"I had to, it was the only way to save everybody. If I didn't they would have died," Luna reasoned.

"But what if you had lost, you would have become his just like that, you would have lost your heart to him," Complica asked worriedly. Luna smiled softly at her and shrugged.

"I wouldn't have mind Complica, to be honest… I'm thinking of rolling again just for the fun of it," she said looking to Hex. The boy chuckled and looked to her with an amused smile.

"Really now, pushing your luck still even after winning twice in a row?" he mused.

"What can I say Hex, you make me feel like a very lucky girl," Luna said with a coy smile. The group looked at her with wonder then to Hex as the boy watched the chronofly with a calm smile.

"Perhaps we'll play another game soon, but for now however how about we see how your sister is doing?" Hex asked casually.

"That sounds like a plan to me," Luna said before quickly eyeing him over. Gabriel looked at her worriedly then glanced to Hex with a raised eyebrow. Hex nodded then took a few steps away from the group while looking up with a thoughtful expression.

"Now then, let's see here, Yokai Academy," he said to himself as he drummed one hand's fingers at his side.

"Wait, how are you going to get us there? What are you doing to do?" Rason asked shaking his head.

"We're not going through that dark world with those monsters are we?" Arial asked nervously as she grabbed Dark's hand. Complica cried out and ran behind Luna while shaking her head.

"I don't want to go back in there, not again, no no no!" she cried out. Luna looked to her with surprise.

"What are you talking about, you were in that world Complica?" she asked worriedly. Complica looked up to her and nodded fearfully.

"I went through there looking for you and for Arial but I didn't find you I only found this dark creepy place with shadows everywhere and lightning in the clouds and there was this palace built into the mountain and all these scary monsters were there and one of them chased me around and tried to kill me it was horrible so I ran away and when I ran I fell through the clouds and came out down here and now I'm stuck down here and I can't go back up and we don't know what to-" she said before wavering and stumbling off to the side. The group watched as the girl lost her balance and dropped to the ground with a thump as she tried to breathe again.

"Does that girl even know how to end a sentence?" Render asked shaking his head. Luna looked at her dazed sister then to the others.

"She was in that dark world? Where I was?" she asked worriedly.

"I'm afraid so, both she and Arial went through the rift in heaven, and they wound up in the same place you did Luna. Luckily they managed to flee before they were captured or worse, and when they got out of that realm they were in our world," Ruby explained with remorse. Luna looked at Arial then to Complica as the young chronofly caught her breath and slowly sat up.

"I hate it when that happens," Complica said weakly before she got back onto her feet.

"Oh my god, you two were in that place?" Luna said worriedly. Complica looked to her and nodded.

"I'm sorry but I wanted to come find you I wanted to be brave like you and I thought I could be brave like you but I couldn't handle it that place was too scary so I ran away but after I got away I couldn't-" she said before Luna rushed over and knelt down, hugging her sister closely with concern.

"Oh Complica, you shouldn't have done that, you should have stayed home with mother and father where it was safe," Luna said shaking her head. She leaned back and looked at her sister with worried eyes then over to Gabriel.

"Why wasn't anyone watching them or the rift? Somebody should have stopped her from going into that thing," she said while holding her sister close. Gabriel showed a nervous expression as Rason glanced to him.

"Yes, somebody was supposed to be watching over them as were his orders from the elder," Rason said dryly. Luna looked to him then to Gabriel as the redheaded angel rubbed the back of his head slowly.

"Gabriel? You were the one watching them when this happened?" she asked with disbelief while standing back up.

"I was trying to, but I had a lot of other things to be doing as well. I mean Arial destroyed her parents' home with another tantrum over Dark and we were trying to figure out what happened to you and-" he started before Luna marched over to him with a stern expression.

"You let my sister fly into that thing? You let her fly into that rift after I never came out of it?" she demanded with anger. The group watched Gabriel as he stammered something nervously. Luna shook her head then slapped him across the face, the boy recoiling then looking back to her with a stunned expression while holding a hand to his cheek.

"How could you? I know they're dead and nothing can happen to them now, but still, to let my sister fly into that place, there's no excuse for that!" Luna shouted out.

"Um, actually," Ahakon said raising his hand slowly. Luna looked to him as the mage shook his head.

"They may be dead, but… that doesn't mean nothing can't happen to them down here," he said with a slight cringe.

"What do you mean, what else could happen to her?" Luna asked looking to Complica worriedly. Rason showed a concerned expression as Luna turned to him.

"They're disembodied souls Luna, pure lifeforce. Should they die down here outside of the heavenly realm, they'll vanish forever. They'll be wiped from existence," he explained with remorse.

"What?" Luna breathed out with wide eyes. Felucia looked to her bracelet then to Luna.

"This bracelet is acting like a temporary spirit anchor for me, with it my spirit body here can regenerate just like before. But they don't have such a thing; they're pure souls from heaven. If they're dealt a fatal blow here in this world, they'll cease to exist," she said while Luna stared at her with shock. The chronofly then looked to her sister who was nodding with a worried expression.

"No… Complica. Oh no," Luna said shaking her head with fright. She then looked to Gabriel with fury as the angel backed up a step.

"My sister could be wiped from existence all because of you? This is because you didn't watch over her like you were supposed to? How could you Gabriel? My little sister is trapped down here all because of you, what do you have to say for yourself?" she yelled out. Gabriel glanced around at everybody then looked at her with a nervous expression.

"Sorry?" he said worriedly.

"Sorry? SORRY?" Luna yelled before she tried to rush him, with Kurumu and Rason quickly holding her back while Gabriel watched her with a pained expression.

"You let my sister fall from heaven, she's trapped here and it's all your fault! You bastard, what kind of guardian angel are you?" Luna yelled out with tears forming. Gabriel watched the girl try to charge him out of anger then looked down, feeling his heart aching from her words.

"I'm sorry Luna," he said softly. Luna screamed as she was pulled back by Kurumu and Rason, the rest of the group watching her with remorseful eyes.

"It's ok Luna, we've been watching these two ever since we found them, we won't let anything happen to either of them," Rason assured gently while holding the chronofly back.

"He's right; we'll protect them until we can figure out how to return them both to heaven. Your sister will be safe with us," Kurumu added.

"They speak the truth. Look around you, they have a large escort down here in this world, they will be kept a close eye on," Fang Fang said gesturing around to everybody. The group nodded in agreement. Complica ran over in front of her sister and held her as Luna looked down to her with teary eyes.

"It's ok sister, your friends have been taking care of us, we're alright. And Falla's boyfriend has been watching over me, I know I'm safe with him," she assured with a small smile. Luna stopped struggling in Kurumu and Rason's grip and looked to her with worried eyes, then to Ceal as the mage nodded in agreement.

"I assure you your sister will not come to harm here," he said calmly. Luna looked to Complica then to him again while wiping her tears away.

"Thank you, for watching out for both of my sisters. I don't know who you are, but thank you so much," she said softly. Ceal nodded as Complica smiled at him, the young chronofly's wings fluttering gently.

"He's my big brother," the young girl giggled. Luna looked to her with a small amused smile while Render held back his laughter.

"Aw, big brother huh? Wow Ceal, you really do have a weakness for butterfly girls, they actually bring out your human side. Agreeing to be Complica's big brother down here in this world, that's so cute," Render said before laughing. Ceal showed a dull expression then snapped his fingers, in doing so causing black tentacles to shift up through the floor around the battlemage. The group watched, with Luna staring with surprise along with Felucia, as the tentacles grabbed Render and swung him around in the air, the boy yelling out as he was whipped back and forth.

"What the hell is that?" Felucia said with a jump. Luna backed away before she heard Complica giggling. She and Felucia looked to the young chronofly as she watched Render being swung around in the air with an amused smile.

"That's Ceal's pet, Xarai," she said simply.

"His pet? What kind of pet is that?" Felucia exclaimed while shaking her head.

"A necro demon, don't worry, he's friendly," Complica said with a smile at her. She looked back to seeing Render swinging around in the air screaming then shrugged.

"Well, he is to me at least," she reasoned.

Apoch formed her blade of light and swiped through the tentacle, severing the limb causing Render to drop to the ground with a thud. The group looked at him then to Ceal as the catalyst mage glanced back to the dazed boy.

"Anything else you wish to say?" Ceal asked flatly. There was a pause before Render spoke up.

"If I say yes…" he said weakly.

"Just be quiet!" Leon and Astreal yelled out at him together. Ceal snapped his fingers again, the tentacles retracting back into the ground and vanishing as Felucia and Luna looked to Ceal with surprise.

"What… the… hell?" Felucia asked glancing to Dark.

"We'll explain later," Dark said simply.

"Don't worry about it," Mizore said shaking her head.

"As odd as it may seem Luna, that demon has been helping us with staying alive during recent events," Ruby mentioned with a small smile. Luna looked at Ceal with a stunned expression then to Complica as she smiled at her.

"Isn't it so cool? We never had pets like that before," she said with a giggle. Luna showed a nervous smile and nodded then glanced to Ceal.

"Well… still, thank you for watching over her, really," she said carefully. Again Ceal nodded while not showing any further reaction to the matter. Luna looked to Complica with a small smile then to Gabriel with a stern expression, the angel showing a remorseful expression.

"It's good to know somebody was watching out for my sister," she snapped. Gabriel looked down with closed eyes as the group glanced to him. After a moment Luna then turned to Hex.

"We need to make sure Falla is alright too, please Hex," she pleaded softly. The boy nodded then looked behind him as he held a hand to his chin thoughtfully.

"I think I can arrange that," he said as he held out his hand, causing an etching crack through the air as if breaking a mirror. The group watched as the cracks carved through the air and shattered apart into a dark void, the shards of reality breaking away as a large circular gateway was formed into the darkness.

"What is that, a gateway into the monster world?" Yukari asked. Hex shook his head and glanced back to her as the edges of the gateway started to burn slightly with red and black flames.

"Not quite. This is merely a looking glass for us, a window through reality if you will. I need to keep Luna hidden from my father, and if Falla is also of value to my father then he may likely be keeping an eye on her right now. Before I take Luna anywhere I want to make sure the coast is clear for her first," Hex explained as the group watched the dark void start to flicker with a soft light. Luna glanced to him with a soft smile then looked back at the portal again. Within the window a few stars floated by along with streaks of cosmic light.

"You didn't just leave her at the school all alone did you?" Luna asked looking back to the group.

"No, Kyouko is there with her, and so is Rin," Ruby said with a small smile.

"Kyouko's there too? Why? And who's Rin?" Luna asked.

"Kyouko sort of got dragged into this, another story for later. And Rin is Ran's sister," Ruby said gesturing over to Ran. The siren nodded with a small smile and wave. Luna looked at her curiously then shook her head.

"She's protecting my sister? How?" she asked. Ran smiled at the girl as the group looked to her.

"She's a siren, just like I am. We were actually once slaves to Hex's father; we were used to charm legions of monsters into joining his army. Your friends helped free us, so in return we've been keeping them somewhat safe. If any warriors tried to go after your sister Rin would be there to uncharm them from their enslavement," she explained. Hex glanced back to her with a raised eyebrow while Luna looked at the girl with wonder.

"You were once slaves to that monster?" Luna asked softly. Ran nodded then looked down with a slightly saddened expression.

"For a long time, we were sent out to bring more and more monsters and warriors for him to command. But we're not under his control anymore, and are helping you all however we can as thanks for freeing us," she said softly. Kurumu smiled softly at the siren then looked to Luna.

"Plus your sister has her chrono magic restored now, she won't go down without a serious fight," she added. Luna nodded then smiled gently at Ran.

"I see, your sister is very kind to be helping us like this, I look forward to meeting her," Luna said kindly.

"Actually, you may have already," Ruby mentioned with a raised eyebrow. Luna looked to her curiously as the witch glanced to the portal.

"Rin is a special case Luna. When she was young she accidently cast a spell over her mind, one that keeps her in a clueless state constantly. Nobody could cure her, until she visited your kingdom," she continued.

"Really? She came to our kingdom when it was still around?" Luna asked curiously. Yukari nodded then looked to the portal as well.

"That's what we believe; she says she remembers monsters with butterfly wings when she was little, and the name chronofly. Even with her bad memory she still remembers those things clear as day. To cancel out the spell over her mind she wears a pair of enchanted headphones, they allow her to remember things while she has them on. We think your healers enchanted them for her," she reasoned. Luna looked at her puzzled then down in thought.

"A siren with a memory spell over her mind, and enchanted headphones?" she asked. After a moment she blinked then looked to Ran.

"Wait, I remember that girl, she was about my age I think," she said curiously.

"You remember her?" Ran asked with wonder.

"Yeah, she was wearing a large pair of headphones on her head when she came to visit with her father. The poor thing, she was so scared about where she was," Luna said looking down in thought. She then looked back to Ran.

"But I was told our healers couldn't do anything for her, that she left while still being inflicted by her spell. I wasn't aware we had anything enchanted for her," she said shaking her head.

"What? But, her headphones were enchanted, your healers must have done that for her, my father even said that's what was done," Ran said with puzzlement.

"Our healers don't enchant anything to cure our mental conditions; we use magic to heal the mind directly. We couldn't have enchanted anything for her, that's not how the process works," Luna explained.

"But… her headphones are enchanted, they even work and help her think properly," Ran said with confusion.

"Are you sure you were told Rin couldn't be cured?" Rason asked. Luna looked to him and nodded.

"Yes, Falla was the one who personally oversaw her examination, she informed my father about the siren's condition and that she couldn't be helped by any of our healers," she said with a shrug.

"Falla said that?" Ruby asked carefully.

"But your healers did help my sister, they enchanted those headphones for her," Ran said with puzzlement.

Luna looked at her carefully then to the portal as it flickered and flashed a soft white light. The inside of the gateway wavered as it shifted into a soft purplish glow followed by a dull yellow, then a dark red followed by a light blue. The colors swirled around and faded away in waves as stars streaked by inside the rift. After a while the portal wavered with ripples rolling around inside of it before shifting into a view of inside the infirmary at Yokai Academy. The group saw Falla seated on a chair near the side while the windows were straight across from the portal, daylight being seen outside along with the familiar rotting forest that surrounded the academy. At the angle of the portal the group also saw a sheet pulled over in front of a bed, with a figure moving about behind it. A moment later Kyouko walked out from behind the sheet, dressed in her nurse's apparel while Falla was just looking at somebody who was lying on the bed behind the sheet.

"You even got him new clothes? Seriously?" Falla asked flatly.

"His were all bloody and cut up, he needed something to wear again once he gets better. Luckily I found some like his previous ones, I hope he likes them," Kyouko said looking back to the figure who was remaining silent behind the sheet. Falla rolled her eyes then glanced over to the side, then jumped with a shocked expression as she saw there was a circular rift inside the room with the group from the human world watching them.

"What the hell?" Falla cried out as she stumbled back and onto the floor. Kyouko looked over then jumped with a scream while pointing to the rift.

"Wha… where did that come from?" she asked with surprise. Luna rushed over to the portal and pressed her hands against it, being held back still as if pressing on a window.

"Falla!" Luna called out. Falla stared with disbelief then shakily stood up, walking towards the rift as Luna stared with equal wonder at seeing her sister.

"Luna? Luna!" Falla called out as she raced over and pressed her hands against the rift across from Luna's, being unable touch the girl as the portal only allowed sight and sound to pass through.

"Oh my god, Falla, you… your eye, you really do have your eye again, it's a miracle," Luna said with wonder.

"Luna, wha… where are you? Are you ok?" Falla asked franticly. Luna nodded with a smile as Falla looked at her sister with growing relief.

"I'm fine, I'm alright Falla. I'm in the human world with the others," Luna said assuredly.

"Oh god Luna, I was so worried. What happened to you, those monsters in the dark world didn't touch you did they? Please tell me they didn't do anything to you," Falla asked worriedly as Kyouko slowly walked towards the rift. Luna showed a saddened expression and looked down, with Falla whimpering and shaking her head to seeing her sister's reaction to that question. Kyouko held a hand over her mouth as Luna took a shaky breath.

"The important thing is that I'm ok now Falla, I'm perfectly ok," Luna said looking back to her sister.

"Oh Luna, they did, didn't they. Those monsters… they… I'm so sorry, I'm sorry," Falla said with tears forming in her eyes. Luna shook her head and smiled gently at her sister.

"Don't cry, I'm alright, really," she said softly.

"Luna," Falla whimpered as she rested her forehead on the portal and cried, with Luna leaning close and resting her forehead across from hers.

"I'm ok Falla, someone saved me from the darkness, saved me from… what would have been my fate in that world," she said softly. Falla looked to her with wonder as she wiped her tears away.

"Who? Who got you out of there?" she asked. Luna looked to the side as Hex walked over and smiled curiously at Falla.

"So, you must be Luna's sister, I can see the resemblance," he said casually.

"Who are you?" Falla asked.

"His name is Hex, he saved me from that hell and brought me to our friends," Luna said gratefully. Falla smiled softly and nodded at the boy.

"I can't thank you enough for saving her, I'm never going to forget this," she said softly. Hex nodded then looked down as somebody slowly made their way between him and Luna, with Falla looking down with wide eyes to seeing Complica standing there.

"Sister," Complica said softly. Falla blinked then dropped to her knees, her hands remaining against the portal's surface as she stared at her younger sister with disbelief.

"C-Complica? Wha… but… how…" she shakily said. Complica smiled softly at her as Luna and Hex backed up, with the rest of the group watching curiously.

"Complica… is it… really you?" Falla asked under a whisper. Complica nodded and held a hand against the portal across from Falla's hand.

"It's good to see you again sister," she said softly. Falla choked back a sob then held a hand over her mouth as more tears welled up in her eyes, the girl looking to Luna who smiled and nodded gently.

"She came looking for me and Arial after we both went into that dark rift. She's really here Falla, she came down from heaven to try to help us," she said looking to her younger sister while gently resting a hand on her shoulder. Falla looked at Complica with wonder then over to see Arial standing next to Dark and Mizore.

"Oh my god…" she said quietly. Luna nodded with a smile as Falla stared at Arial with wide eyes.

"She's… she's…" Falla said shakily.

"Yes, they're both here with us, safe and sound," Luna said gently.

"She's standing right next to Mizore! Run for your life Mizore! Run for your life, she's going to kill you!" Falla cried out while looking to Mizore. The group turned to Mizore who merely raised an eyebrow at Falla.

"Seriously, where were all these warnings yesterday?" she said flatly.

"Again, we tried to tell you," Kokoa said looking away with a shrug. Arial crossed her arms while glaring at Mizore then looked back to Falla with a raised eyebrow. Falla stared at the snow angel with fright then to Luna who shook her head with a weak smile.

"They worked that little problem out Falla, don't worry," she said with a shrug. Falla nodded slowly then looked back to Complica as the young girl turned her attention back to her sister.

"Complica…" Falla said softly. She started crying and shaking her head as Complica watched her worriedly.

"Oh god, I'm sorry Complica, I'm so sorry. I… I never wanted… oh please forgive me!" she cried out as she broke down into tears, the group watching her with worry as Complica shook her head with a sympathetic smile.

"It's alright Falla, it's not your fault," she said gently.

"Yes it is! I killed you! I told you how to use that damned spell, it's all my fault you're dead! Complica, I'm so sorry, please believe me!" Falla cried out while looking down with closed eyes, sobbing while holding her hand to the portal still. Complica held her hand over her sister's and shook her head again.

"It wasn't your fault sister, I killed myself," she said with a few tears forming as well.

"No you didn't, I told you how to cast that infernal spell, I'm the one that got you killed," Falla whimpered. Complica looked down with closed eyes and wiped away her tears.

"You didn't kill me sister, I did. I knew what would happen if I cast the spell from the start, I knew I was going to die," she said sadly. Falla whimpered and looked to her with watery eyes while Luna looked to Complica with wonder.

"What?" Luna asked softly.

"You… you knew you would die?" Falla shakily asked. Complica nodded and looked to her again with remorse.

"I knew I would die, I knew that after one day I would be gone, but I didn't care. I didn't stop to think about what I was doing. I was so blind; I thought I was in real love and that I would never be in love again, so I killed myself to spend one more day with that boy. It was the worst mistake of my life sister, but it was my mistake, not yours. If you didn't tell me how to use the spell I would have found out another way, I would have broken into the archives and searched for it myself, I would have killed myself one way or another in my foolishness," she explained with sorrow. Falla looked at her with a pained expression while Luna held a hand over her mouth. Complica shook her head and smiled gently at Falla.

"Please don't blame yourself for what happened to me, I made the mistake. This is all my fault, and… I've accepted that. I didn't think, I didn't think at all about what I was really doing and threw my life away. You're not to blame for me being dead, you never were," she said softly.

"Complica…" Falla said as she started crying again. Complica smiled gently as she held her hands against the portal, with Falla doing the same across from her.

"I heard from Ceal about how you killed your inner demon," she said softly. Falla nodded while looking at her sister with teary eyes.

"That monster's gone forever Complica; I made sure of it myself. I'm not her anymore, and I never will be again," she said shakily.

"I know, I can see it in your eyes. The Falla I used to know was always so cold to me, she wasn't like a real sister at all. But I can see you're not her, you're my sister that I never had before, the one I should have had from the start," Complica said gently. Falla whimpered and smiled with tears dropping from her cheeks.

"I love you Complica, I know I never said it to you before, but it's true. I love you so much," she said lovingly.

"I love you Falla, don't ever forget that," Complica said softly. Falla smiled and gently moved her hand down slightly across where Complica's would be, the two watching each other through the rift in reality.

"That's so beautiful!" Kurumu cried out before burying her face in Rason's shirt, the girl sobbing loudly as the angel held her with a sympathetic smile at Falla. The other group members had warm smiles on their faces, except for Dark and Ceal of course, as they watched the sisters having their moment. Sun wiped a tear from her eye and looked down with a gentle smile while Kyouko was blowing her nose with a tissue while crying near Falla.

"Complica," Falla said softly. She wiped her tears away and smiled gently at her sister.

"I forgot how beautiful your wings were, I've missed seeing them so much," she said gently. Complica giggled softly as her wings fluttered behind her, with Falla then looking to Luna.

"She's been ok with you guys right?" Falla asked. Luna nodded then looked to Ceal, the boy walking towards the portal as Falla turned to him with loving eyes.

"Yes, our friends have been watching over these two, including your new boyfriend," Luna said with a glance and smile at her sister. Falla got back on to her feet as Ceal held his reptilian hand to the portal, the red eyed chronofly holding hers across from his while smiling softly at him.

"Ceal…" she said softly.

"Are you ok Falla?" he asked. She nodded as she smiled at seeing him again.

"I'm alright, I'm just so glad to see you again. You have no idea how much I've missed you," she said while wiping her tears away. Ceal nodded then looked back to Ran, then to Falla again.

"Falla, as much as I've missed you as well I'm afraid we have another matter to deal with. Where is the siren that was with you?" he asked. Falla looked at him curiously then over to seeing the others watching her with careful expressions.

"Rin? I don't know she… she went off for a walk a while ago; she's probably wandering around somewhere. Why, what's wrong?" Falla asked.

"We need to talk to her, something isn't right about that girl," Ceal cautioned. Falla nodded with a worried expression.

"I know," she said softly.

"What do you mean you know?" Ruby asked. Falla looked around at the group then to Ceal.

"Ceal, I've been getting a real bad feeling about that girl. I know I've seen her somewhere before, and not in a good way," she said with growing concern. Luna stepped forward with a cautious expression.

"Falla, don't you remember her? She came to our kingdom when we were young, she had a spell over her mind that prevented her from remembering anything, her father brought her to us so we could try to heal her mind," she said. Falla nodded then looked down.

"I know what's wrong with her, but I can't remember where I've seen her before exactly," she said shaking her head.


Rin sighed quietly in content with a smile on her face as she opened her player, taking the CD of classical music out and setting it back inside its case.

"I don't know what I'd do without music in my life," she said as she examined the CD case. She slowly traced her finger along the cover then looked up while closing her eyes.

"I never want to stop listening and singing such wonderful melodies," she said softly.


"Falla, do you remember trying to help Rin when she came to your home?" Rason asked. Falla looked to him and shook her head.

"I don't remember… I think she came to our home, but… I can't remember when or how," she said before looking down. She grabbed her hair with frustration and shook her head.

"Something's not right, I just know it. I keep getting a horrible feeling about her, like she's dangerous or something," she said looking to Kyouko.

"But she's so nice and friendly, I don't think she could hurt a fly," Kyouko said shaking her head.


Rin looked to the next CD on the stack, this one having a group of tough looking singers in leather jackets with the words on the cover being in red and black letters. The siren smiled curiously as she took the CD out, examining the disc as she tilted her head slightly.

"This kind of music looks familiar, I think. Where have I heard it before?" she asked herself.


Falla shook her head and looked down with frustration, the image of a young girl with blonde hair that shifted to orange on the bottom and wearing headphones flashing before her mind again. Luna watched her sister carefully then spoke up again.

"You were the one who was watching over her with our healers, you said she couldn't be cured and had her and her father sent off," she said. Falla looked to her with confusion at that.

"What? I did? But… she has headphones that cancel her spell out, our healers had to have helped her," she reasoned.

"Yes, but that's not what you told father. Try to remember, why did you lie back then and say she couldn't be cured? And why were the headphones enchanted, our healers don't enchant anything to cure mental conditions," Luna asked worriedly.

"I don't know. I don't know why I would have lied, and I didn't think our healers did enchant anything to fix mental conditions. I don't understand, what did I do back then, what happened with Rin?" Falla said shaking her head. She grunted with frustration while holding her head.

"Heavy, heavy, heavy," she said repeatedly.

"Heavy?" Render asked.

"What's heavy?" Leon asked.

"I don't know! That word, it means something with Rin, I know it does. Something about this… it has something to do with heavy," Falla said with frustration.

"Hey, are you calling my sister fat?" Ran asked insulted. Falla looked to her and shook her head.

"No, I know she's not fat. But something about the word heavy is driving into my head and I can't get it to stop," she explained before looking down with a strained expression.

"Heavy?" Gin asked looking to the others questionably.


Rin blinked then tapped her headphones, her mind lapsing for a moment as she only heard static before regaining her senses. She groaned and looked down with closed eyes.

"How many times are they doing to do that?" she muttered. She sighed then looked around with a puzzled expression as she stood up and took a step away from the music bench.

"Wait, what was I doing again?" she asked curiously. She then looked to the CD in her hand and smiled again.

"Oh yeah, I was going to listen to music. That would suck if I forgot about something like that," she laughed turning back and putting the disc into her player, then clipping it to her hip again.

"There, I'm not going to lose you now," she giggled.


"Heavy what? Heavy what?" Falla shouted while holding her head. Kyouko looked at her worriedly then to the others with a shrug.

"Um… heavy duty?" she said unsurely.

"Heavy lifting?" Render suggested.

"Heavy weapons?" Kokoa asked.

"Heavy weights?" Ran said.

Arial looked around then shrugged.

"Heavy metal?" she asked. Falla froze in place with wide eyes as the words echoed in her head. Slowly she looked to Arial as everybody watched her curiously.

"Heavy metal," she said quietly.


Rin looked at the artwork on the music case then giggled with an amused smile.

"Wow, wonder what this music is like," she said before pushing the play button on her player.


Falla stared at Arial with wide eyes then looked down as her mind started racing, memories suddenly coming back into focus as the words of the snow angel resonated with something.

"Princess Falla," a chronofly wearing white robes said, walking towards a young girl with butterfly wings and red eyes who was standing in a hallway within their palace, the young princess looking out at the sky through an open window while she had her arms crossed before her. She glanced to the man with a dull expression as he approached her.

"I've conducted a thorough check on the siren, her mind is indeed locked away by a powerful spell," he reported.

"I'm aware of that, just as everybody else is you idiot," Falla snapped at him. The man jumped a bit then smiled nervously.

"Yes, well, um, the good news is I believe we can remove the spell from her mind. Our healers will be able to save the girl by… um, Princess Falla?" he asked as he saw the girl glaring out the window with a scowl on her face.

"Save her?" she asked dryly. She scoffed then looked down with discontent as the man watched her curiously.

"Well, yes, isn't that what we are being asked to do for them?" the man asked. Falla looked back out the window at the sky above their kingdom, the celestial backdrop having a few green and blue streaks flowing by in the air.

"We are going to be doing no such thing for her," she ordered. He looked at her puzzled as she shook her head.

"What? But…" he said before she turned to glare at him.

"Don't argue with me, these are orders from my father, your king! These sirens are not to be trusted, they're going to expose us to the monster world, inform the dark lords of our true power and have all of us locked away because the world fears our mighty power," she declared. The man looked at her with wonder as she looked down and away with a scowl.

"The king's orders? But… I thought he wanted us to save this girl's mind," the man asked. Falla glared at him with a growl.

"Are you questioning me?" she yelled out. The man jumped a bit then shook his head nervously.

"No Princess Falla, not at all," he said quickly. Falla glared at him for a moment then looked down the hall towards where the young siren was being monitored.

"Good. Now, these are orders from your king, my father. The sirens will not be telling anyone about where we are or what we can do, nobody will know of our power until we are ready to assert ourselves in this world without fear of being caged like butterflies," she declared. The man nodded slowly then looked down the hall.

"Do… you want us to execute that little girl?" he asked worriedly. Falla shook her head as a cold smile came across her face.

"No, she's going to help us," she said with a small chuckle.

Falla shakily looked to Luna as everybody was watching her.

"Falla? What's wrong?" Luna asked. Falla trembled as another vision flashed before her eyes.

Inside a room within the chronoflies castle Falla was walking towards a bed where a young siren was seated. Next to the princess the robed man waved a few others into the room, all of the chronoflies who were Falla's personal guard walking in and standing around the bed. The siren looked around at them worriedly then to Falla as the princess had a dull expression on her face.

"What's going on, where am I?" she asked.

"She keeps asking that every 30 seconds Princess Falla, don't concern yourself with answering it, she'll just forget anyway," the man next to Falla said. Falla nodded then walked towards the siren who watched her with curious eyes.

"Like I would waste my breath trying to explain anything to this one anyway," Falla scoffed as she examined the siren. She smirked then looked over to the table nearby that had Rin's headphones on it.

"So, you like music huh?" she asked looking back to the siren. The girl stared at Falla for a moment then tilted her head.

"What's going on, where am I?" she asked. Falla chuckled then walked over towards the headphones, snapping her fingers so two of her guards would follow her.

"Well then, let's make sure you listen to plenty of music. Who knows, one day you might just hear that special song that'll make everything all better," she said slyly.

"Oh my god…" Falla breathed out.

"Falla? What is it?" Ceal asked.

"What's wrong sister?" Complica asked worriedly. Falla looked to Luna with fright as she slowly shook her head.

"I… I…" she said shakily as she remembered.

The young princess watched as the carriage started off for the sirens' home away from the castle, the girl watching with a cold smile from a window up in the grand building while the robed chronofly stood behind her.

"Should I inform the king?" he asked. She shook her head and glanced back to him.

"No, I'll tell my father. What you all have done is to be kept a secret, nobody else is to know. Speak nothing of what happened to anybody, as far as our history books shall be concerned those sirens never existed nor came to our land," she ordered. The man nodded as Falla looked back out to seeing the carriage heading further away.

"I trust everything went accordingly?" she inquired.

"Yes, we had the headphones enchanted as you specified, as long as they're worn she'll be able to remember her experiences properly. However should they be taken off she will fall prey to her spell once again," the man answered.

"Good, she'll have to keep them on all the time then, which means it'll only be a matter of time before she hears the appropriate melody, correct?" Falla asked expectedly.

"Yes Princess Falla, as soon as she hears any melody of heavy metal music the headphones will trigger within her consciousness," the man reported. Falla nodded slowly as a cold smile appeared on her face.

"As soon as that girl's trigger is pulled she'll wipe those sirens and herself from the face of our world, and nobody will ever know about us once again," she said with a cold look in her eye. She chuckled then looked back to the man with proud smile.

"None shall know of us, or our power, until we are ready to take the world as our own," she declared.

"Yes Princess Falla," the man said with a bow. The girl looked back over to seeing the carriage vanishing as it left the kingdom.

"Rock on siren, rock on, hahahahaha!"

Falla trembled as everybody watched her with concern, the group seeing the frightened look in her eye as she remembered where she had seen Rin before, and how the headphones were enchanted.

"I… had them enchanted," she said shakily with a whimper.

"What? You did?" Luna asked. Falla started breathing heavily then looked around quickly in a panic. She then grabbed Kyouko by the shoulders and shook the girl franticly.

"Where is she? Where did she go?" she asked desperately.

"I don't know, she went to take a walk, she didn't say where she was going!" Kyouko cried out as she was shaken back and forth.

"What's wrong Falla?" Yukari asked worriedly. Falla looked to the group and shook her head.

"I had those enchanted, I rigged them!" she cried out.

"What? Rigged? What do you mean?" Kokoa asked. Falla looked down while grabbing her hair as the group watched her with concern.

"I didn't want anyone to know about us, I didn't want anyone to find out about our race or what we could do. I rigged those things to trigger with heavy metal music!" she said with fright.

"What are you talking about, trigger? Trigger to do what?" Kurumu asked. Falla looked to the group before lightning struck outside the academy with a powerful boom, her and Kyouko then looking to the window where light was fading outside.

"What the…" Kyouko said running over towards the window. She saw dark clouds above as thunder and lightning crackled through the sky, the wind howling and causing the trees outside to sway about. A large bolt of lightning struck into the forest, causing a powerful explosion of fire and light as Kyouko jumped back away from the window.

"Whoa, is the weather here really wild like this?" she asked looking back to Falla. The chronofly slowly shook her head as the building rumbled a bit.

"Oh no…" she said looking back towards the portal to where the door out into the school was. A bolt of lightning struck into the building from above, causing a loud explosion and the infirmary to shake about. Falla and Kyouko screamed as they tumbled back towards the windows while Talon awoke with a jump, the hybrid quickly looking around as the room had part of its wall behind the portal blown apart from the strike.

"What's going on? What's happening?" Ruby asked urgently as the group saw debris flying into the room. Falla and Kyouko stumbled to their feet before another loud explosion was heard, the girls looking towards the wall behind the portal as the rumbling in the building increased. Another explosion detonated before the infirmary seemed to erupt into a firestorm, with Falla grabbing Kyouko before they were thrown through the window and out into the courtyard below the raging storm above. Talon's bed toppled over as fire and debris crashed through the room, the hybrid quickly extending out his wings and covering himself on reflex.

"Falla!" Luna screamed out.

"Kyouko!" Kurumu cried out.

"Sister!" Complica screamed as the group saw flames and debris blasting past the portal and destroying the infirmary.

"Oh my god!" Ruby cried out.

"What happened?" Rason said with shock.

From outside Yokai Academy a powerful bang erupted with a sonic boom, the school then blasting apart from the middle with a furious explosion as flames flared out and ripped apart the building violently.

"What's going on?" Ms. Nekonome cried out before Ms. Ririko tackled her to the ground in the teacher's lounge moments before the room collapsed with flames streaking through along with charred debris. The hallways of the school were annihilated as a loud wailing shriek echoed out before another powerful boom of flames erupted out along with the ground exploding and blasting up violently. Students in the dorm buildings watched with shock as the entire academy blasted apart with lightning bolts striking into the hellish inferno and waves of debris that rippled out from the building.

"Oh my god, the school!" a girl cried out. A moment later a powerful bolt of lightning struck down through the boys' dorm building, the girls watching with fright as the dorm was blown to pieces with fires and debris erupting out. Glass and chunks of the building crashed through the windows and walls alongside the girls' dorm before a wild tornado ripped through the structure from behind, the students scrambling about before the building collapsed into a large cloud of flames and debris along with the screams of those still inside.

"Falla! Falla!" Luna screamed out as she grabbed her hair.

"Holy shit, the school!" Gabriel cried out.

"Wha… what happened?" Arial said shaking her head.

"It can't be…" Ran said fearfully. The group looked to see her and Sun watching the chaos with wide eyes, both of them recognizing the storm as they had seen it before.

"That's… that's just like the storm that destroyed my home," Ran said shakily. Sun nodded and pointed to the gateway.

A horrible shriek was heard as the group looked back to the portal, seeing the flames and smoke flaring about before parting as a figure swooped down and landed on the scorched ground. Her white wings were arched behind her, her blonde hair with the orange tint at the bottom flowed in the wind, her fists were clenched as her skirt fluttered about from the storm around her. Ran stared with shock and slowly shook her head.

"No… it can't be… it couldn't be…" she said shakily.

Slowly the winged girl turned to glare at the group with red eyes filled with rage, her normally innocent and cheery expression having turned to hatred and fury. The group stared at Rin with shock as the siren looked around at the chaos surrounding her, the lightning above striking down wildly into the remains of the academy.

"Rin…" Ruby breathed out. Ran slowly shook her head with disbelief and terror.

"Rin… it was you…" she whimpered as the images of her home being destroyed by a sonic boom flashed before her eyes. The memory of her village being annihilated by the horrible storm played again in her mind, with the sight of the winged monster that caused the destruction of her home and the death of her parents. The obscured silhouette of the winged monster flashed before her eyes then faded to reveal Rin standing there while flames flared around her wildly.

"Rin… it really was you… it really was you!" Ran screamed as Rin let out another shriek, her voice causing the ground around her to explode and erupt away violently as flames and wind blasted away from her. Rin started to sing a dark and heavy song, her voice causing the storm around her to pick up and the ground to shake.

"What happened to Falla? Where is she?" Complica cried out as she held onto Luna's side with fearful eyes. Luna shook her head as she watched the blonde siren singing her dark melody, the air around her wavering and turning hazy before exploding into a fiery sphere that erupted and expanded out. Sun watched the siren with shock then looked to Ran who was shaking her head with tears in her eyes.

"No! Rin! Rin!" she screamed as Rin let out another horrible shriek in her song, causing the area around her to explode violently with charred debris and fierce winds. The portal flickered then shattered as all the lights in the lounge exploded, the group ducking a bit and backing up as the room shook from the force of the discharge. The group looked at where the portal vanished then to Ran, the girl crying and shaking her head.

"No! You can't be that monster, you can't be! Rin!" she screamed out before dropping to her knees crying. The group looked to each other then to Ran with stunned expressions as Luna turned to Hex with fearful eyes.

"What just happened?" she asked shaking her head. Hex glanced to her then to where his portal had collapsed from the power surge by the destructive siren.

"I believe your sister's guardian may have been chosen poorly."