Chapter 31: D.E.M vs Yggdrasil Part 1: Counterattack

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RECAP: Hello everyone. It's me, Ellen Mathers. Last time, that foolish idol was attacked by a spirit we didn't know. Unfortunately for the poor girl, it gave us the opportunity to take her. The poor girl was then taken to the lab and chained up. She was none the wiser of our betrayal until the producer who made her life so miserable before appeared. I had to watch as the foolish man was about to take her by force like he failed to do before. Sadly the show was interrupted when an odd barrier appeared to shock the fool. Now we wait and hopefully that Yggdrasil brat arrives so I can make him pay.

CHAPTER 31: START

'What's happening to me? Why is this barrier around me?' Miku thought as she sat in the room stunned. She was still shaken from nearly being attacked by the producer and the situation completely went against her.

"That barrier just stopped you from being attacked. I suggest you calm down." A gravelly voice boomed in her mind.

"Who are you?" Miku yelled. "You aren't my imagination, are you?"

"No, close your eyes and I will reveal myself to you." The voice said again.

"Alright, I'll trust you, but only because you stopped that scumbag from getting to me." Miku said before obeying the instructions.

(Shido's house)

"It's time." Shido said with a large grin. For Shido this was the moment he'd been waiting.

"What happened, Shido?" Kurumi asked appearing from the floor in her astral dress. One of the reasons she stayed was that her ability made her well suited to alert the girls to any new happenings. Most of the girls were at the apartment next door. Ai, Mii, and Mai of course went to their houses to rest after the orgy.

"Thanks to Miku, I know the location for D.E.M's base. I can finally rid myself of them for good." Shido said with a savage grin.

"Although you were using her the whole time. This method wasn't exactly your best work" C.C. scoffed as she arrived into Shido's room the same way Kurumi did. C.C was in quite the outfit. She was in a form fitting white dress and white shoes that made for quite the appearance in Shido's opinion.

"You girls really need to stop that. I mean it's useful but can you at least use the door" Shido said sarcastically. Knowing it was time for actual work Shido's expression changed. "Anyway, I chose to help Miku because it gives us a chance to destroy D.E.M. Ellen was using her so I figured I'd return the favor"

"And here I thought it was because she had a great body." Kurumi teased.

"Her body is nice, but I've got plenty of beauties to choose from. Anyway, it's time to attack D.E.M." Shido said calmly.

"You really should tell Origami. She is still a member of D.E.M after all." Kurumi chided.

"Yeah, yeah I will. Gather everyone at Ratatoskr and prepare for battle." Shido said before preparing for the battle he'd been waiting for.

(Inside of Miku's mind)

When Miku opened her eyes she was in an odd world that was completely white as far as the eyes could see. She was in her astral dress to her own surprise and she was floating in the air.

"What's going on here? Where am I?" Miku said concerned. All of the sudden she heard a voice calling to her so she flew towards that direction. After flying for around thirty minutes she looked down and saw a vine. "Okay….this is weird." Miku said to herself as she followed the path of the vine and she was shocked at what she saw. A Giant tree at least a hundred meters high. The Tree was completely green and the aura coming from the beast was overwhelming.

"Ahh, you've made it." Yggdrasil said happily

"W-w-w-w-w-what are you!" Miku said shocked.

"I am Yggdrasil. I'm the being that essentially created your little voice." Yggdrasil answered.

"What do you mean created my voice?" Miku said shocked. Miku took a moment to reflect on everything that happened to her. She was Tsukino Yoimachi, a famous popstar. Everything was going well until the slimy side of the music world got to her. The same producer that nearly attacked her earlier was somebody she was told to sleep with. When she rejected him, he started a scandal that cost her everything. She was about to commit suicide when a mysterious being appeared before her. That entity shrouded in mystery gave her the crystal that gave her the spirit powers she now has. Realizing what the being meant she gasped. "You don't mean…."

"Yes, I sent the being that gave your powers to you. I felt you were once worthy of my power. What a shame to see how vindictive you've become." Yggdrasil scolded.

"How dare you. You have no idea what I've been through!" Miku yelled at the beast.

"I know exactly what you've been through. I've read your mind, just like the man who holds my power. Shido, I believe his name is."

Miku gasped at the mention of the man who had made her life a living hell. Realizing what his words meant she was once again shocked. "So you're connected to him?"

"In a sense. I gave him my power in order to help me destroy D.E.M. I hoped that the ones holding my power would've helped him. Though things aren't quite going as I anticipated"

Miku was confused. She understood what he wanted, but one question remained. "Wait a minute, what are you doing here then? I've never seen you before when I slept." Miku said calmly to the tree.

"The human who holds my power transferred me into you. It was I who protected you when that ugly fool tried to attack you. You're welcome by the way." Yggdrasil chided once again.

Miku was once again left speechless. The man who she had caused so much pain would go out of his way to help her. But the real question was when he did it. "He did it when he hugged me before my concert." Miku realized before blushing slightly.

"That's right and truthfully I was a bit surprised. He originally was going to let you suffer but the others convinced him to help you. However don't worry about that right now. For now my power will protect you. Just wait and eventually the others will arrive to get you out of here." Yggdrasil said calmly deciding that the time had come to end the conversation. Soon a bright light flashed and Miku was back in the real world on her bed

Miku tried to get a hold of the mysterious being again but couldn't do it. "What do I do now?" Miku said calmly as she sat down on the bed wondering when she'd be free.

(Ratatoskr)

"Alright everybody, so are you ready?" Kotori shouted in a small meeting room. With her were: C.C., Kurumi, the Yamai Twins, Tohka, and Shido. The group left Yoshino out of it because of the nature of the mission and not wanting her to be in danger. Interestingly enough, Origami and Mana were also there, despite their link to D.E.M.

"You're being foolish. Ellen will be expecting you and she won't show any mercy this time." Origami warned. She recognized how cunning the woman was and knew that they were walking into a trap.

"Yes, we know that, Origami. If she wasn't a spirit I'd leave Miku to her fate. Ellen kidnapped her because she knows my mission. She planned everything just to force me to make an appearance. Plus if D.E.M gets Miku's power we have a big problem."

"Besides, Shido can disable any weapons with his power. No matter what she throws at us we'll be fine." Kurumi said with a grin.

"No, Origami's right. Ellen is well aware of what you can do, so she'll prepare them with weapons that won't stop your effect." Mana said nervously. She was well aware of how dangerous Ellen Mathers could be.

"Geez, don't worry. We can handle anything they throw at us." Kurumi said happily ignoring the concerns of her old foe.

"That's right. Trust in the power of the Yamai." Kaguya and Yuzuru affirmed.

Shido could see things were getting crazy so he decided to chime in. "The truth is as Kurumi says, I can probably fight them myself. Thanks to Kurumi's power I can create an invincible army. However, Ellen will expect the gung-ho approach. That's why we're here discussing a plan."

Kotori was glad that the group managed to work things out. "Exactly what my brother said. Thanks to Origami, we have a true map of the D.E.M base, and thanks to my brother's power, we can send everybody into the base to attack in waves. Prepare for battle and this will be fun." Kotori said before everyone left.

(D.E.M base)

"Is everything ready, Ellen?" Isaac Wescott said smiling as he looked at the base.

"Yes, Ike. We're ready, so when Yggdrasil attacks, we'll able to stop him." Ellen responded confidently. The truth is Ellen recognized the spell that was placed on the idol. She realized that the boy she had been hunting would soon arrive.

"Excellent. So why don't you get ready yourself." Wescott said with a savage grin. Isaac Wescott realized that everything that he had desired would soon be in one place and only question left was what would happen next.

"What about Origami Tobiichi? She's clearly left us." Ellen said concerned. The truth is she hadn't trusted the girl for a while. But there was little doubt the girl would become a liability. Of course Ellen placed her at the front because she wanted to ensure that she wouldn't directly ruin their original plan.

"Origami leaving us was within my predictions. Her teammates likely know this as well. As long as she continued dating Shido she was not part of our plans. However, she may still be useful." Wescott remarked coldly.

"What do you mean, Ike?" Ellen asked in wonder.

"Let me worry about that, Ellen. For now prepare for battle." Wescott said once again.

(Miku's room)

"Yggdrasil, may I ask you a question?" Miku said calmly as she went into her mind. Something had bothered her about Shido and it never quite made sense.

"What do you want, girl?" Yggdrasil said irritably. The truth is that while Yggdrasil agreed to the plan originally, the more he looked into the girl's mind, the less he liked. True like Shido he understood why she was as vengeful as she was but some things went too far.

"That man, Shido, I was told he could do so but I don't see how" Miku asked wondering. After all, he had disabled her power and all but admitted he could steal them but how could see do it.

"Hmph, he has two options. First: the spirit opens up to him and he takes their power through a kiss. Secondly, and I'm surprised he doesn't do this more often: He takes the power by force."

"Wait, you mean he could've taken my power by force? Why didn't he then?" Miku asked wondering. Once again the young man who had given her so much trouble had proved to be an enigma.

"He did it because of the fact that if he stole your voice in the middle of the festival, it would have caused more chaos than those fools from D.E.M ended up causing. My my, you're such a foolish girl." A voice said coldly in the room. This voice was different from Yggdrasil though she knew exactly who it was.

"Hah! Omni I know that's you. Come on out because I know you can't touch me right now." Miku taunted. True to form a hole appeared in the ground and out popped the familiar visage of the spirit, Omni.

"I suppose you've gotten your punishment already, so I don't need to do a thing this time. You should've taken the young man's warning more to heart." Omni said with a taunt.

Realizing she was talking about Shido's words, Miku was shocked. "How do you know Shido Itsuka?" Miku exclaimed.

"That's easy." Omni said as her astral dress vanished."I'm his teacher."

"You! It can't be!" Miku gasped. Instead of the fearful Omni,in front of her was a woman named Clara Cambridge who she met when she went to see Shido. When she went to Shido's school, she was the woman who gave her the opening to use her voice on all the fanboys.

"Yes, I'm a spirit too. Oh, and before you ask, no. My little attack on you was not something he wanted. It was my own personal act honestly" C.C. said as she walked towards the shield.

"Hmph, either way I'm protected by an electric shield. If you try to harm me this, you'll be electrocuted." Miku taunted.

C.C. sighed at the girl's foolishness. "What shield?" C.C. said as she snapped her fingers. To Miku's shock the shield that had been protecting her was absorbed by C.C.

"What did you do!?" Miku cursed.

"Simple version I have the same power as Shido. Now let's get going, things are about to get interesting." C.C. ordered.

"What are you talking about?" Miku asked incredibly confused. So many things didn't make sense to her and this was yet another one. As her musings continued she felt the building shake due to some crazy pressure.

"That's what I'm talking about. Shido is about to attack D.E.M. You don't want to be around when this gets fun." C.C. said smiling as the sound meant that her teammates had arrived.

That's it for Chapter 31. I hope you've enjoyed the first part of this next piece. As many have likely guessed this next series of chapters will cover the attack on D.E.M and the end of the Miku arc. In case there's any confusion, Miku got Yggdrasil's spirit when Shido hugged her. He transferred his power and the shield was a manifestation of that. C.C. being the second being to hold his power was able to absorb the shield back, but don't worry there's more to come. Next chapter the attack on D.E.M begins and things get pretty wild for all parties involved.