Chapter 49: Siblings
"Now hold on a minute. Just listen to us for a second!" Ranma panicked. Kurumu didn't listen as she charged in and tried to hit Ranma, but he dodged it.
Kite and Balmung locked swords with Moka and they were locked in a power struggle. Zoey stared down at Gin. "Sorry lady, even if you're cute, I have to delete your character." Gin stated as he clashed with Zoey. "Well, I hope you won't get the chance!" Zoey snapped as she clashed.
Mizore and Ruby were about to strike down Kan'u and her group and friends and allies till they recognized who they really are. "Oh my God… Is that the cast of Koihime Musou?!" Ruby gasped in shock.
"It appears so, Rubie… But what are they doing here in The World?" Mizore asked confusedly as she looked the Koihime Musou cast strangely.
"So you have heard of us…" Kan'u stated. "Yeah! Like, you're based on famous historical human figures and on that novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Ruby nodded. "How do you know these things if you heard of us?" Komei asked politely. "Oh, I know many many things…" Ruby said dreamily as she stared off into space.
"Er, Rubie? Focus here. We need to know how Kan'u and the cast of Koihime Musou are in The World." Mizore sweat dropped. "Oh right. My bad. So, Aisha… How exactly did you and your friends and somewhat foes made it here in our world inside The World?" Ruby asked. Ensho's assistants did their best to hold down Ensho to prevent her from hurting Ruby for that foe remark.
"First off, those five, their friends, and the ones who are also anime characters like us are our friends." Bacho stated. Tsukune, Kokoa and Yukari were about to attack the Galaxy Angels but Mizore shouted "Stop, you three!"
"Eh? Why are you ordering us to stop hurting the bad virus people?!" Yukari gawked. "Those aren't the ones we're looking for. Don't you recognize them?" Ruby stated. "Y-Yes! You watched us all the time on your television in your world! I'm cute, innocent and warm hearted!" Mint begged. Forte and Ranpha looked at each other with annoyed looks.
Tsukune, Yukari and Kokoa looked at Kan'u's group, then at the Galaxy Angels and they gasped in shock. "No way… It's really the casts of Koihime Musou and Galaxy Angel… But how…?" Tsukune stated.
Then, all eyes turned to Kite and Balmung's battle with Moka aka Mokky, they knocked her away a few feet. Moka glared at Kite and Balmung. "Looks like I have to get serious… In the real world, Tsukune was the only one who can remove my rosary to unleash my true form… But in The World, I can remove it cause both my and my other self's minds are the same. …Brace yourselves…" Moka then removed her rosary and she now has silver hair, a bigger bust and her sword has enlarged.
"What the?!" Kite and Balmung both gasped at the same time. Reverse Moka has an evil smile on her face. "Now then, prepare yourselves for a merciless ass whooping!" Reverse Moka charged at Kite and Balmung, they blocked her attacks, but they were pushing them back.
Meanwhile, Zoey was clashing with Gin's axe, till Tsukune tapped him on the shoulder and he whispered something into Gin's ear. Gin's eyes widen as he lowers his axe. "Well I'll be damned… Turns out you and your friends are not the ones responsible for the comatose victims. Sorry about that, cute lady." Gin bowed his head in apology. "C-Cute lady?!" Zoey puffed her cheeks in anger as she punched Gin in the snout.
"Owwwwwww! Shiittttt!" Gin cried out in agony as he held his snout, in the real world, he felt the pain Zoey gave him. "S-Sorry! I didn't mean to!" Gin apologized. "It's alright, I suppose… Right now, we need to stop this fight." Zoey turned to see Kite and Balmung holding their own against Moka's Reverse Form.
"Agh! What the hell is that character?!" Kite gawked as he dodged a swipe from Moka. "It must be a modified character that allows players to transform, it's not illegal so CC Corp allows mods that allows characters to switch forms, but using a character with hacked stats is sometimes ok!" Balmung grunted as he blocked Moka's attack, but Moka did a leg sweep that knock him to the ground.
Just as Moka was about to deliver the finishing blow, Tsukune stopped her by grabbing her shoulder. "Tsuk! Why are you stopping me?! Can't you see we're about to wake the comatose victims by killing these ones responsible for this?!" She snapped.
"They're not the ones we're looking for! We got the wrong guys!" Tsukune told her. Moka looked at Kite and Balmung and then back to Tsukune for about 50 seconds before she sighed and puts back on her rosary switching back to her sweet normal self.
"Um… Who are you guys?" Tsusaka asked. "Tsusaka, can I talk to you in private?" Mimiru grabbed Tsusaka by the shoulder and dragged him near the Galaxy Angel. "Did you see that woman change from a sweet heart to some killing machine? She almost make mincemeat of Kite and Balmung!. So it would be wise if we don't get on her bad side and not get Kite or the others harm." Mimiru stated.
"Right. I'll keep that in mind." Tsusaka nodded. Ruby and Mizore stopped Kurumu from attacking. "So… Who are you guys?" Commander Mearill asked, adjusting her glasses.
A quick introduction was made.
"So, uh… Why are you lot playing The World?" Yukari asked innocently. "To help the comatose players." Balmung stated. "And to defeat the ones responsible for the comatose players and broken areas… The Cursed Wave." Zoey frowned.
"The… Cursed Wave?" Moka asked confusedly. Kokoa thought about it for about 50 seconds till she figured out what they meant. "You meant the same evil force that appeared in the Epitaph of Twilight?" Kokoa asked them.
"Yes. We believe they're responsible for the comatose victims and problems in The World. There are 8 signs that signal the arrival of the Cursed Wave…" Balmung stated. "Skeith, Innis, Magus, Fichell, Gorre, Macha, Tarvos and Corbernik…" Ruby stated with a frown. Tsusaka's eyes widen in shock when he heard Macha's name. 'Macha… is one of the 8 signs? No, I befriended her when I was trapped in The World and she died to protect me… I wonder where she is…' Tsusaka looked down.
"Tsusaka, you okay? You looked kinda down…" Chohi asked in concern. "It's nothing." He told her. "Oh… OK…" Chohi nodded with a worried look.
"The reason we're playing The World… is because me and Zoey want to help our two friends, Orca of the Azure Sea and Bridge who have fallen into a coma because of the Cursed Wave." Kite told the Newspaper Club.
"Mmhm, and how are you supposed to defeat an enemy mentioned in a legendary poem?" Gin asked. "With these." Zoey smiled as she and Kite held out their arms and made their bracelets appear. "Whooaaaaaaa! Cooollllll!" Yukari gasped in awe. "I agree, Yukai." Moka nodded.
"What are those?" Mizore walked up to Kite and Zoey's bracelets. "Can you see them?" Zoey asked with a smile. She remember Mia seeing her and Kite's bracelets and she and Kite learned how to make their bracelets appear without using them.
"Those are bracelets that have the powers of Data Drain given to them by Aura." Balmung stated with a soft smile. "Data Drain?" Tsukune asked confusedly. "Aura?" Kurumu asked also.
Kite and the gang told the Newspaper Club about what happened so far, about how Orca and Bridge fell into a coma because of Skeith's Data Drain, how they met Aura and how she gave Kite and Zoey their bracelets and the trouble they went through to try to save the comatose victims.
"I have no idea…" Moka looked down in sadness. "Sorry about your friends falling into a… Sorry…" Kurumu bowed her head in apology. "It's alright. An ally of ours is formatting a plan to combat the Cursed Wave." Kite stated.
Suddenly, Balmung tensed. "What's wrong, Balmung?" Mimiru asked him. Balmung unsheathed his blade and pointed it at the girl from before. "It's that girl! You got a lot of nerve tricking us like that!" Kokoa growled.
Kanna said only one word… "…Kanna." "Kanna… So that's your name! Who are you anyway?!" Zoey gritted her teeth as she pointed it at Kanna. "…I am a servant of Naraku…" Kanna stated.
"I knew it! Another minion of Naraku." Kan'u frowned as she charged at Kanna, but Kanna reflected her attacks. "What the hell?!" Kan'u gawked as Kanna used an attack to knock her back. Kanna then summoned spirits of the dead and flung them at the heroes.
"She's no ordinary demon… We have to attack her from behind, that way, she won't reflect our attacks!" Cho'un stated. "Leave that to us! Everyone, on my mark…" Zoey, Moka, Tsukune, Kite, Mimiru and Balmung spin circles around Kanna, dodging her attacks.
"Now!" Zoey signaled as she, Kite and Balmung got behind Kanna and slashed her 10 times with their weapons. Moka leaped into the air and slams her blade down on Kanna's mirror, she blocked it, but Tsukune got behind Kanna and jabbed her five times with his spear.
"Calamity!" Mimiru slashed her blade at Kanna, giving her some damage, Kanna retaliated by firing energy shots at her, knocking her into the ground. Bacho decided to finish the battle by slamming her foot down on Kanna's face, followed by a slash by Sousou's staff scythe.
Kanna gotten up weakly as the parties pointed their weapons at Kanna. It was then, Kite decided to ask her something. "Kanna… Are you like Kagura? Do… you hate Naraku too?" He asked her.
Kanna slowly nodded and replied "Yes… He did… terrible things to people and he has teamed up… with an evil force to destroy the humans of both eras and three anime worlds…" Kanna stated sadly.
"She must mean the Cursed Wave!" Zoey gasped. "…Please. You must stop… Naraku…" Kanna begged as she vanished by a dark mist. "So, we know Naraku is teaming up with the Cursed Wave so he can accomplish his plans of destroying the five worlds…" Tsusaka frowned as he looked at the skies.
"And we got to make sure he doesn't do it, and after we deal with him, we once again focus on the Cursed Wave." Cho'un added. "Let's call it a day." Ganryo sighed in exhaustion.
Meanwhile, with Naraku…
Naraku sensed that Kanna failed to defeat Kite, Zoey and their friends. "Hmph… Kanna has failed. Kagura and Kanna are starting to outlive their usefulness. I have only one more minion to take care of them. This minion is special… They cannot bring themselves to harm him… Kohaku…" Naraku laughed evilly.
The next day…
Mimiru was waiting for Bear, BT and Crim. She gotten an email about meeting in Sigma server. It was then, Bear, BT, a woman with blond hair, ndeterminate age dressed in light green robes. She wears a gold circlet on her forehead, and has a blue gemstone attached to the front of her robes. Strangely, she doesn't appear to have a visible wave pattern anywhere on her character, and Crim, a Long Arm in red that looks like Nuke, only with blue hair logged in.
"So, you finally returned to The World, eh Mimiru?" BT smirked. "Long time no see, BT and Crim." Mimiru waved with a cheery smile. "Yeah, it's been long. How long have we been together since Tsusaka started playing The World?" Crim nodded with a smile.
Bear chuckled. "What's so funny, Bear?" BT asked, giving the Blademaster a frown. "You won't believe who's back…" He smiled. "No way… Tsusaka's back in The World?" Crim gasped. "Yes. And this time, he's on a mission." Mimiru added.
"…Does it have something to do with Subaru's coma?" BT asked, feeling guilty. "Yes. Also, The World has changed." Bear stated. BT and Crim looked around, the corruption of this server is creepy to them.
"Some say it was hackers. But I don't believe that stuff." BT sighed. "But we do know what's causing the infection and the comatose victims… The Cursed Wave…" Mimiru frowned, now Bear, BT and Crim were interested.
"The Cursed Wave? You mean the same evil force that was mentioned in the Epitaph of Twilight?" Bear asked her. "Yeah. Tsusaka met two players who are fighting to save their friends. A Twin Blade and Blademaster." Mimiru added as she sat down on a ledge.
"The Cursed Wave is nothing but fiction. Only an idiot believes the Cursed Wave exist." BT frowned again. "Let me get to the point, damn it!" Mimiru growled, an small vein on her forehead. "These two players… have the ability to rewrite a monster's data." Mimiru stated, telling her friends about the power she and Tsusaka saw in Kite and Zoey.
"Wait… Rewrite a monster's data? Does such a skill exist?" Crim's lower jaw dropped slightly. "Yeah. Their names are Kite and Zoey. The friends they're trying to help are Bridge and Orca." Mimiru nodded.
"Wait a minute… Orca of the Azure Sea? …Don't tell me he also met the same fate as Subaru." BT's eyes widen in shock. "Yeah… Orca was also investigating something that Subaru was investigating.. ..Ya know, things have changed over two years… Silver Knight is MIA and I haven't seen that idiot, Sora around. I wonder what happened to them?" Mimiru stated worriedly.
Suddenly, the friends noticed Kite, Zoey, The Koihime Musou and Galaxy Angel casts talking near the Chaos Gate. Tsusaka was also there. "Well, what do you know? Tsusaka has made friends with people who share the same goal as him." Bear smiled.
BT was silent for a moment. "…If it is alright if I speak with those two players that are with our little Wavemaster?" She asked politely. "Sure, go ahead." Mimiru nodded. BT nodded as she walked to where Kite and Zoey are.
"…And then, this huge Data Bug appeared in the area where we first met Mistral, it was the same one that appeared when me and Kite got our Data Draining powers." Zoey smiled, telling the Galaxy Angels about the time she, Kite and BlackRose first met Mistral.
"No way… What happens next?!" Milfeulle squealed. Tsusaka noticed BT coming towards them. "BT… It's you." Tsusaka smiled. "It's been awhile, Tsusaka. I see you finally logged back into The World. I want to chat with your two friends, the Twin Blade and the Blademaster." BT asked.
"Hey, Tsusaka? You know this woman?" Bacho asked him. "Yeah… She's a Wavemaster like me. Her name is BT, she can be tough to get along with, but she's really nice." Tsusaka stated.
"You wanted to talk to us about something?" Kite asked BT. "Yes… I heard a lot about you two from Mimiru. But what I don't know is… How are you two able to rewrite a monster's data? What is your connection to Orca of the Azure Sea? Who are you two?" BT asked, Chohi, Komei and Juniku got shivers from BT's glare.
"Well…" Kite and Zoey told BT everything, about how they met Aura, how she gave them their bracelets which originally belonged to Orca and Bridge, how Skeith put them into a coma, the friends and foes they met, their friends from the Feudal Era and two anime worlds which they don't know how they entered The World, their battles with Skeith, Innis and Magus, Cubia, how Aura was broke into three pieces by Skeith's Data Drain, they also told them how they know Helba and learned about the Epitaph of Twilight.
"I see… I have no idea that these events happened… The World may be more than just a game. I believe you since you're friends with Tsusaka and know Aura." BT stated.
"So, you'll help us?!" Ryubei gasped happily. BT nodded with a smile. Then, BT noticed someone. Her eyes turned to who that person is, the rest followed her glaze and saw a boy.
"A… boy?" Zoey blinked.
To be continued…
Next chapter: Bloodlines: The Exiled Warrior
A/N: Next up, the battle with Kohaku and then, our heroes meet Reina Vance from Queen's Blade! Stay tuned!
