Chapter 11 - Declaration of War


Mikazuki, Orga, Gaelio, McGillis and Isurugi took Cinder, and her two cronies back to Beacon, restrained, and still unconscious. When they arrived, they found out that Ironwood and Qrow had arrived to help with the situation regarding the Fall Maiden's powers. Orga allowed Mikazuki to rejoin with the others, as Biscuit and Fumitan just came as Orga ordered them ahead since they also know about the Maidens. They were on edge around McGillis, but Orga and Gaelio promise to deal with him themselves if he acts up. Ironwood informed them that his army would be arriving in a few days to act as security for the upcoming Vital Festival. After the exchange was done, Cinder's associates were taken by some of Ironwood's soldiers into custody on his ship. Meanwhile, they took Cinder down into the vault to prepare for the power transfer. They had to move quickly before Cinder fully regained her strength, and so this issue could finally be dealt with. They enter the vault, with Cinder tied to a dolly and walked forth until they stood in front of Amber's life chamber.

"So this is Amber, the Fall Maiden." McGillis said as he looks at Amber in the life pod.

"Yes. The scars on her face were from when this woman attacked her. She is very weak. We're keeping her on life support, with the help from Atlas, but that will not last forever. Unless we can reunite her with the rest of her powers, she won't survive." Ozpin explained, which saddened Biscuit.

"And how do we do that?" Fumitan asked.

Glynda steps forth, "Well, we originally knew that the power of a Maiden could only be passed down to young woman. But it's actually whoever was in their thoughts last. However, that person must be a young woman, but if that's not the case, then the power goes to someone random." Glynda explained.

"Which is why we need to figure this out quickly. It's not uncommon for a person's lasts thoughts to be their attacker." Ironwood added.

"The half currently within her assailant." Isurugi said, glancing at Cinder.

"Yes, that's why we must work quickly." Qrow added.

Orga, Biscuit, Fumitan, Gaelio, McGillis and Isurugi looks between Cinder and Amber, each thinking of an idea. Eventually, Bael has came up with one and delivered the instructions to McGillis, who immediately understood what his partner meant.

"Bael and I have an idea, thought I doubt you'll enjoy how it should play out, but desperate times call for desperate measures," McGillis explained before turning to Ironwood, "General, you told Orga that if a Maiden's last thoughts are on their assailant, their powers would transfer to them, correct?" McGillis asked.

"Yes, that's correct." Ironwood replied, nodding despite barely knowing the ex-brigadier general.

"How much strength does Amber posses right now in her current condition?" McGillis asked.

"Not much, and with each passing day, she loses a little more strength…Wait, you're not suggesting that-" Ironwood said, as Orga, Biscuit, Fumitan and Gaelio realize what's McGillis thinking, as did Kimaris having guessed this came from Bael.

"I should've known this was your plan." Kimaris sneered, which Bael only countered with "This is the only possible solution."

"Unfortunately, I am, but we have to be careful about this. Just follow the directions Bael gave me and hopefully everything goes well. With little time, we need to get started." McGillis said.

"Isn't there another way?" Biscuit asking Orga out of concern with what McGillis suggested.

"We honestly don't have a choice." Orga replied, causing Biscuit to sigh.

"And I thought I was cynical." Qrow muttered, before drinking another round from his glass.

A few minutes later, Cinder begins to regain consciousness, groaning in pain from her earlier battle with Gaelio. Opening her eyes, she soon enough finds herself restrained, and in some underground chamber of sorts.

"Comfortable?" She hears and looks to her left to see Ironwood standing near her.

"What?!" Cinder hisses and tries to move only to find herself restrained, "Release me now!" Cinder demanded.

"Oh, that won't be happening anytime soon," She hears to her right and looks to see Ozpin standing there, with Qrow standing behind him. "So we finally meet." Ozpin said.

"You!" Cinder mutters angrily.

"Forgive us for this, situation, but in a way, you brought this on yourself when you attacked Amber." Ozpin explained.

"Why you son of a-" Cinder says before she got punched in the gut by Gaelio, now in his Vidar Mobile Suit before joining Orga, Biscuit, McGillis, Isurugi and Fumitan, with the first four in their Mobile Suits as well. She coughs for a moment and stares at his group in the eye. "You did this to me." Cinder mutters darkly.

"You did this to yourself. If it makes you feel any better, I hate this idea that McGillis came up with it. If you have any lasts words, I suggest you speak them now." Orga explained and walks away from her.

Cinder looks in front of him to see none other than Amber, barely conscious, with Glyna using her semblance to hold up her right arm… which is holding a combat knife McGillis and Isurugi stole from a White Fang member… and is aimed straight at Cinder.

Realization dawns on Cinder, "NO… You can't be serious! I'll kill her before she kills me!" Cinder yells as she begins to conjure up her fire to free herself. However, Orga, Gaelio and McGillis each fired a few shots at her, making her stop her actions, and take down her aura. Biscuit then moves and punches her in the face first, before Isurugi swung his giant sword down on her hard, taking out the rest of her aura, but kept her conscious since the force wasn't his maximum.

Cinder coughs heavily, "You can't do this to me! I am the true Fall Maiden!" Cinder gasps out.

"You're not the Fall Maiden… You never were… Must I regret saying this - I'm sorry." Gaelio said, before pushing Cinder, still bound, straight towards Amber.

Cinder screams, but then the screaming stops when the knife Amber is holding penetrates her chest, and she gasps in pain. Amber's eyes widen as she realizes what she had done, but can do nothing to stop it. Cinder breathes a few weak breaths before finally, her life leaves her eyes and her head hangs limply. Suddenly, the part of the Fall Maiden's power that Cinder stole rise out from her dead body in an orange ball of energy. The energy then moves into Amber's body, and she can feel her strength returning. Biscuit removes Cinder's body from the knife, and then takes the knife away from Amber. Amber breathes a sigh of relief at the ordeal being over and getting her powers back.

"Amber." She hears and looks to see Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, and Qrow standing around her. "It's good to see you've regained your powers. You've had us worried." Ozpin commented.

"Professor Ozpin? What… what just…" Amber trails off.

"Relax, you're still a little weak. Just know that this ordeal is over." Glynda soothing Amber's worries.

Amber looks around and then notices Orga, Biscuit, Fumitan, Gaelio, McGillis and Isurugi glace at her with genuine smiles before they walked away with Cinder's body.

"Who are they?" Amber asked, gesturing to Orga's group.

"That's Orga Itsuka, along with Biscuit Griffon, Fumitan Admoss and Gaelio Bauduin, along with who two people I haven't been introduced to yet. But as surprising as it may seem, they're the ones who saved your life today. A lot has happened since you were attacked." Ozpin informs her. Amber just watches on as Orga and the others walks away.

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Venator - Orga's Office

The next day, Orga and Gaelio buried Cinder's body near the ruins of the Emerald Forest. Though they were enemies, he didn't like the idea of not giving her a proper burial, so he did so. Ozpin informed him that Amber was recovering nicely, but given how long it has been since she lost some of her powers, and her injuries, it would take some time for her to fully regain her strength. McGillis and Isurugi meet up with Tekkadan after burying Cinder, and while tons of tension were in the air, Orga promises Tekkadan they will deal with McGillis personally if he acts up. Right now, after being the first to wake up around 5:15 AM, Orga decided to contact Naze after so long, which made him feel a little anxious to speak with his "brother".

The screen opened up, revealing both Naze and Amida alone in their room, having been expected to hear from Orga.

A small smile was shown on Orga's lips, "Hey… bro."

Naze chuckled, "It's good to see you in high spirits again, brother. Remnant's been kind to you?" He asked.

"Wouldn't say kind, but I've been worse." Orga replied.

"Lafter's told me everything here and back in our old world." Naze explained, which made Orga stiff.

"I-I see…" Orga muttered.

"Relax. I know you had to make tough calls time-to-time. Least you got payback on Jasley." Naze explained, which confused Orga before Amida jumped in.

"That guy had it coming for what he did. Glad you boys delivered the payback." Amida said.

"And besides, you're now trying to do what's best for your family here. Lafter says she's really glad she's with you." Naze explained, which made Orga chuckle.

"Having her around really keeps up with our training. And Akihiro's becoming more relaxed now that…" Orga couldn't finish the sentence.

"About her and Akihiro dating? We already knew." Amida said, a glint of teasing in her eyes, which caused the Tekkadan boss to laugh sheepishly.

"Amida and I talked it over with Lafter. Personally, she is still one of my wives, but I want her to find her own happiness with someone who loves her." Naze explained.

"I'd say her child her might get a half-sibling if they-" Naze joked, only to receiving a slap to the back of the head from Amida. Orga was dumbfounded.

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New Tekkadan Base

As Orga was talking with Naze and Amida, Mikazuki also woke up at the same time and continued reading one of his books, which is based on industrialized agriculture. Luckily, his reading has been getting better, though there are still plenty of words that he does have trouble understanding. Barbatos helps him out from time to time, but still wants his pilot to learn these things on his own. Getting help is a certain issue with Weiss, who'd lose her patience with him. Blake was never a problem, except the one time he read a book in his Mobile Suit (which was entirely his fault at the time) accidentally damaged the pages and made her into a crying mess. Yang can read, but isn't a big fan of it. And Ruby is…Ruby. At least they did help him get better. Speaking of which, Yang, who got dressed in her main attire after waking up walks in a few minutes later as Mikazuki gets halfway through his current book.

"Hey, Mikazuki. How's it going?" Yang asks as she walks up to him.

"Yang-Yang. Just reading." Mikazuki says, not even paying attention to her as he turns another page.

Yang has her hands on her hips, "Really, a gorgeous girl wakes up at the crack of dawn, comes all the way here just to see you, and that's your reaction? Come on, you particularly had two girlfriends back home, one of which you're going to have a kid with. Surely, you must care at least a little bit of this stuff?" Yang asked.

"Huh?" Mikazuki asked, still not looking at her. Barbatos inside, chuckled.

Yang huches over and sighs, "Never mind," she says and then glances over a small black picture frame, which had the group picture of Tekkadan with the once-giant, severely damaged Barbatos Lupus after the battle against the Hashmal. This one is a copy that Orga held onto as the original is back home at Sakura's Farm.

"Do you… you miss them sometimes? Atra and Kudelia back home?" Yang asked, in a slightly saddened tone.

This actually gets his attention as Mikazuki looks up at her and then looks over the picture, "I do sometimes… But, I believe they're gonna be okay… That's what I believe." Mikazuki explained.

Yang takes this opportunity to sit next to Mikazuki, "Did you have any other family back where you came from?" Yang asked.

"Tekkadan…We were all family. We fought…and died together. They were all family to me." Mikazuki replied.

Yang pulls her knees close to her and rests her chin on them, "It's always nice to have family be there for you." Yang mutters, thinking about her mother for a moment.

At this point, Mikazuki turns to her, "Isn't Red Hood your little sister?" Mikazuki asked.

"It's Ruby. And yes, she's my little sister. Though, technically we're half-sisters." Yang replied.

"What's a half-sister?" Mikazuki asked.

"It means that only one of our parents is the same for the both of us. We both have the same father, but we have different mothers. However, even though she's just my half-sister, she's still my real sister and I'll love her like one, no matter what…That's what family's for." Yang replied.

"…What's your family like? Mikazuki asked.

"Well, you've already seen me and Ruby. Our dad is Taiyang Xiao Long. He's a teacher at Signal, and he taught me how to fight. He loves us a lot, sometimes to the point of being a little overprotective. But, he is always there for us. He have a pet dog named Zwei who is just a bundle of joy, energy, and cuteness. Then there's our uncle, Qrow Branwen. He teaches at Signal too, though he's drunk pretty much all the time. He's the one who taught Ruby how to wield a scythe. Like our dad, he cares about us a lot as well, and can be a bit of a jokester whenever he feels like it. And then there is…was…our mother…" Yang explains, before trailing off.

"Your mother?" Mikazuki asked, feeling now a bit concerned with Yang when she stopped.

Yang sighs, "Our mom's name was Summer Rose. She was…super mom. Baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters. Our dad taught at Signal and she would go off on missions. But…then one day, she went on a mission and never came back. It was tough for all of us. Ruby especially, though I think she was too young to really understand it, you know. And our dad kind of just shut down. It wasn't long until I knew why. Summer wasn't the first love he lost. She was the second. The first…was my mom. Her name is Raven Branwen, my uncle Qrow's twin sister. Apparently, all four of them had been on a team together when they were students here at Beacon. At some point, my mom and dad got together, and not too long after that, I was born. However, shortly after I was born, my mom left me with my dad and just…disappeared. When I found out, I started looking for her, trying to find anything that could lead me to her. I just wanted to know why she left me. At one point, I found a clue that may lead me to her. So, one day, when dad left the house, I put Ruby in a wagon and went off to find this old house that my mom may have been at. We were moving for what felt like a long time, and by the time I finally got there, I was exhausted. But, I didn't care. I made it…but that's when I saw them. Those burning red eyes. There we were, a little kid asleep in a red wagon, and a stupid girl too tired to even scream for help. We might as well have been served on a silver platter…But, as luck would have it, our uncle showed up just in time and saved us…I almost got myself, and my little sister killed because I was so stupid and so stubborn. I made a promise after that day. A promise that I would still look for my mother, but that I would no longer let that search control me. That search almost costed me the life of my sister, my family. I won't make the same mistake again." Yang explained, as she finishes telling Mikazuki about her family.

"…I never really knew my parents," Mikazuki suddenly said as he looks away with a saddened look, getting Yang's attention. "To be honest, I don't even remember what they looked like. Before CGS, before Tekkadan. I was just on the streets, doing what I could to survive. That's all I can remember of my time as a little kid." Mikazuki explained.

"Mikazuki…" Barbatos muttered, in a sad tone.

"Mikazuki… I'm sorry you had to go through that. But at least you still have family here and back home. Orga, Kudelia, Atra, and Tekkadan. They're your family now. They will always be with you." Yang commented, trying to comfort him.

Mikazuki looks back at her, "And you still have yours," he says, showing a sympathetic smile.

This made Yang smile, "Yeah. You're right. I still have my family. And now that I'm a part of Team RWBY, that family has gotten bigger…Thanks Mikazuki…for listening," she says as she leans on his shoulder.

For a moment, they remain in silence, but then suddenly Barbatos felt a strange sense that alerted Mikazuki.

"Barbatos?" Mikazuki asks out of concern.

"Something's coming." Barbatos said, which made Mikazuki get up that concerned Yang.

"Hey… are you alright?" Yang asked, but then Mikazuki quickly leaves without answering. "Mikazuki!" Yang hollered.

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Beacon Academy - Courtyard

Having woken up minutes after Yang left, Ruby, Blake and Weiss were immediately getting ready for the first thing to do in every student's schedule as they walk through the courtyard.

"Do you know where Yang went?" Weiss asked.

"I think she went to visit Mikazuki. She has done that quite a bit. I think she enjoys his company. Well, that or the fact that he appears to be immune to her so-called 'charms' and she views that as a challenge." Blake replied.

Weiss groaned, "And she forgets he's going to have a child with someone. Sometimes I wonder whether she's the older sister, or if Ruby is," Weiss commented, making Blake chuckle.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" Ruby retorted.

Suddenly, they and everyone who got up heard an incredibly loud and demonic roar in the skies, a roar no one is familiar with. Quickly exiting their dorms or any facilities they look to see eight mysterious, humanoid male figures that are between the height of 8 to 12 feet tall, their body mass and weight vary, but what's most distinguishing about each of them is each of these individuals have the physiology of a Grimm: black substance, red eyes, and bone-like appendages and weapons shaped like swords, rifles, you name it. Coming out of the craters they've made to appear, the lead individual, who appears to be the leader, courses a dark power around his left hand and swings it wide, sending out large black drops of ooze that land in front, which several Grimm appear and attempt to attack, only for Mikazuki, in his MS, to intercept and slash his way through, cleaving most in half.

"Never seen Grimm like this before." Mikazuki said.

"Don't let your guard down, Mikazuki." Barbatos said.

Gunshots were heard as Orga, Biscuit, Akihiro, Masahiro, Lafter, Ride, Elgar, Aston, Pedro, Shino, Gaelio, McGillis and Isurugi joined the fray in their Mobile Suits along with Fumitan, followed by the rest of Tekkadan with some combatants in Shiden's, Man Rodi's and their Landman counterparts, or some in Tekkadan Mobile Workers. Teams RWBY, JNPR and NEGL also came as all the students were ordered to evacuate, but the three teams may have disobeyed orders to find out themselves. Ozpin and Glynda also followed to see what's going on themselves.

"Mika! You alright?" Orga asked, continuing to fire his rifle at some stray Grimm.

"I'm fine. But these aren't ordinary Grimm." Mikazuki replied.

"And where did they come from?" Akihiro asked.

"Why are you twelve still here? Get inside at once!" Glynda ordering the three teams.

"But we can't leave Tekkadan!" Ruby hollered.

"Ozpin. So nice of you to join us… Lady Salem sends her regards." The lead humanoid Grimm said, which surprised the Tekkadan members, the students, McGillis, Isurugi, Ozpin, Glynda, and even the Gundams that a Grimm… can TALK!?

"DID THAT GRIMM JUST TALK?!" Gusion, Biscuit, Masahiro, Lafter, Ride, Elgar, Aston, Pedro, Shino, Flauros, Gaelio, Kimaris, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, Natasha, Gideon and Elizabeth thought in unison, extremely flabbergasted.

"… Salem?" Ruby questions Ozpin.

Seeing that the cat is out of the bag, Ozpin walks closer to the lead humanoid Grimm, "Why are you here? Did your master send you here to attack us?" He questions the Grimm.

"Yes. The Eight Princes of Hell have come to deliver this message from her Lordship." The lead Grimm explained.

"Eight Princes of Hell?" Orga asked.

"A group of eight powerful demons that command most of the 72 demons to maintain order in hell. And if I were to guess…" McGillis replied, explaining what Orga doesn't know.

"Lucifer. Mammon. Leviathan. Alistair. Belphegor. Satan. Asmodeus. Beelzebub. We eight were named by Her Lordship to carry out her mission." The lead Grimm humanoid, revealed to be Lucifer, introduced.

All the while, Teams RWBY, JNPR and NEGL listen in, "What are they talking about? Who is this Salem?" Weiss asks.

"Now is not the time, Miss Schnee." Glynda replies.

"What is your master plotting?" Gaelio asked, keeping his handguns trained on the enemy.

"To deliver Lady Salem's declaration of war. Humanity's time on this world has come to an end. The Grimm have remained on this world for far longer than they have. This is our planet, and we will take what is rightfully ours. Humanity is weak, fighting amongst themselves, and when they are not fighting with each other, they are scheming against one another. But the Grimm have always been united, thus making us the dominant race on Remnant. And the time has come to show you all this truth. You will die at the hands of Lady Salem!" Lucifer hollered.

"That's what you think." Mikazuki said, charging to strike Lucifer, only for one of the Princes, namely Belphgor, intercepted with twin bone mace weapons.

"You have to deal with me if you want our leader, space rat." Belphgor said.

"Then you'll die first." Mikazuki said, before the two began clashing in a ferocious manner.

This kicked off an all-out confrontation with each major Tekkadan combatant to fight each Prince with Ozpin, Glynda, Team NEGL and the Tekkadan minor members protecting Teams RWBY and JNPR, much to their dismay as they want to help.

Mammon, the second Prince is locked in combat with McGillis and Gaelio, the former clashing against their blades with twin bone swords of his own. Gaelio attempted to strike but Mammon easily blocked the attack before kicking him and dashing towards McGillis, who had his back turned.

In a surprising moment, when McGillis attempted to retaliate with a backslash thanks to Alaya-Vijnana System's reaction speed, Mammon easily jumped over and kicked McGillis into Gaelio, shocking them both.

"He countered the Alaya-Vijnana?!" Bael exclaimed, that such a Grimm that has intelligence, has the quickness to react to someone with the Alaya-Vijnana!

"Unlike those defective enhancements you rats have… the gift Our Queen granted us is something much stronger." Mammon said.

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Orga, Biscuit and Isurugi were dealing with Leviathan, who wields a battle bone staff, and let's say he's not some easy opponent to take on.

"Don't tell me that's all you idiots got!" Leviathan hollered, swinging his staff against Isurugi as he blocked it with his Buster Sword only to be pushed back.

"Damn…" Isurugi muttered.

"I never imagined Salem could create such intelligence Grimm before!" Biscuit hollered, firing bullets from his submachine gun only for Leviathan to twirl his staff in front to deflect all the bullets.

"These guys are pretty powerful." Orga said.

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Alistar, who wields a bone battle bow, fires bone arrows at Shino and Elgar, the former who managed to swat some with his Partizan while the latter blocking with his shield.

"Creepy bastard!" Shino hollered, charging towards Alistar with intensity, but Alistar dodged and kicked Shino to the ground.

"Mr. Shino!" Elgar hollered.

"Ha! Did you really think that would work?!" Alistar mocked, making a dash towards Shino.

"This is getting ridiculous!" Flauros exclaimed, which Shino couldn't agree more, "No kidding!"

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The Muscle Team and Lafter were having their hands full with Satan and Asmodeus, as Satan wields a large bone mace and Asmodeus wields a bone spear and shield, the former easily whacking Akihiro/Gusion Rebake and Ride/Riden-Go to the ground.

"Akihiro!" Masahiro and Lafter hollered in unison.

"You okay, Ride?!" Aston asked out of worry as he raced to check on his comrades while Lafter and Masahiro lay down covering fire in the air on Satan and Asmodeus, but the two weren't affected by their weapons.

"Don't tell me that's all you brats got." Satan commented, before jumping into the air and with intense strength and speed, he slammed Lafter and Masahiro to the ground.

Akihiro, Ride and Aston didn't have time to see their comrades being hit as they were getting attacked by Asmodeus, who rapidly thrusted his lance towards the three fighters despite Akihiro/Gusion and Ride using their defensive weapons (shield for Akihiro and twin gauntlets for Ride), leaving strong marks that surprised them.

"I hope you rats aren't too disappointing!" Asmodeus hollered, continuing his assault.

"We're not gonna last, captain!" Ride hollered, seeing the situation fruitless.

"I know!" Akihiro hollered, as Gusion growled in fury, "Just what did this Salem conjure before us?!" He asked, in a furious manner.

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Hush and Pedro were having their hands full with Beelzebub, armed with a pair of chain scythes with sawtooth edges, overwhelming the two with sheer speed as the chain wielding Grimm maintained a calm air.

"I wonder if this is all you've got?!" Beelzebub asked, continuing to swing his scythes around with deadly reach.

Hush and Pedro hoped to maintain their distance and fire, but Beelzebub's weapons proved to be difficult to dodge as the chains wrapped around their arms and with great force, Beelzebub threw them up before slamming them to the ground. Both the Hekija and Man Rodi pilots slowly got back up.

"Dammit… just what are they?" Hush thinking to himself, as Pedro was starting to shake a little which Hush turned his attention to, "Stay focused, Pedro! We'll get through this!" This managed to snap Pedro out of his fright, "R-Right!"

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The huntsmen-in-training, Fumitan, Ozpin, Glynda and the Tekkadan troops couldn't believe their eyes.

"This is a nightmare…" Gideon muttered.

"We gotta help them!" Jaune hollered, which Nora couldn't agree more, "You're right, fearless leader!"

Glynda spread her arms to keep the students with her and Ozpin back, "No! It's too dangerous!"

"You can't be serious!?" Elizabeth exclaimed, that being ordered to stay put while most of Tekkadan's fighting for their lives.

"We'll just… get in their way…" Natasha said, gripping her fists hard as the leader of NEGL tries to control herself.

"So we do nothing?!" Liam thought, furious his leader isn't jumping into the fray.

"W-What can we do?" Pyrrha asked, sadly as she tried to hold back the tears.

"Nothing…" Ren and Fumitan said in unison, heads down as they sadly looked away. The rest of Tekkadan were consumed with fear. Even Ozpin stood silent without saying anything at all.

Team RWBY were scarred the most as they could stand by, and do nothing as their fear and the orders of their teachers are preventing them from helping Mikazuki and the others dealing with the seven princes as Lucifer just stood and watched.

Yang gritted her teeth in anger and frustration at seeing Mikazuki just getting kicked by Belphgor; Weiss watched in horror as Orga was slashed to the right by Mammon; Blake was wide-eyed at seeing the others getting overwhelmed, unconsciously holding a very saddened Ruby's hand as she begged in her mind for the enemy to stop hurting them.

Mikazuki was slammed to the ground by Belphgor's twin maces, with one swatting away his sword-mace and both feet stepping on his arms, making Mikazuki grunt in pain.

"Mikazuki! Are you okay?!" Barbatos asked, out of extreme concern.

"It's no use…" Belphor said as he slowly raised his left mace arm, getting ready to pound it on Mikazuki's face, "… time to DIE!" He shouted as he slammed his mace down.

Time began to move slow, as everyone in Tekkadan and their allies watched in horror as Mikazuki/Barbatos was about to get ready for the impact.

But then…

In an instant, a silver blur bashed Belphor back, saving Mikazuki and shocking everyone, including the rest of the Princes of Hell.

Mikazuki slowly used his elbows to extend himself to see his savior… and was surprised to see a familiar silver, red and gold Mobile Suit armed with a club shield and a mace. The Mobile Suit turned its attention to Mikazuki.

"I knew you're alive… Mikazuki." The voice said, which greatly shocked Mikazuki as he immediately recognized who the voice belongs to.

"A-Atra?" Mikazuki asked, in shock of seeing the person he's known since childhood, AND having a baby with, saved his life in a Mobile Suit of her own!


Salem has declared war! And her Princes have made the first move! There are secrets in them that will be revealed soon. And Atra/Hajiroboshi arrived in the nick of time to save Mikazuki! Hold onto your hats, 'cause next chapter is gonna bring the rest of "you-know-who"! We also get to see Naze and Amida for a while, and Amber's saved with Cinder dead. Never did like that power-hungry witch, so my thanks to "RyuJudge6614" for thinking of a way to get the Maiden Powers back.

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