A/N: Hi everyone! I'm sorry this chapter took a while, I've been busy with some stuff. This chapter kind of bounces around between all of the families and it shows them doing small battles, the next chapter with be the final battle with Noir and the outcome so I hope you all enjoy!

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Clashes and bangs could be heard all throughout the city. From North to South, East to West, battles raged. The magic knights were trying their best not to kill or injure anyone, but sometimes injuries were inevitable in order to stop them.

Each group was struggling against the mass of mages who were out of their minds with fear. But they wouldn't give up, instead they fought harder and harder.

Because they had a future to save.

In the center, away from the fighting, stood Finral, Vanessa, and Ezio. Vaness and Finral were keeping an eye on their surroundings, while also watching as Ezio struggled to try and figure out how to use his newfound abilities.

" Man," Ezio sighed with a defeated sigh. " I don't think I'll ever be able to figure this out." He added.

" What do you mean?" Finral asked as he walked over to his 'son'. " You've been doing good so far."

" Yeah, but not good enough." Ezio said as he hung his head in defeat. " I mean, how am I supposed to send someone somewhere I've never been to before? That goes against how my Spatial magic works."

Vanessa and Finral looked at each other, he had a point, Spatial magic really only worked when you've been to that area before. But was that same limitation applied to Spatial Thread magic? Well, that was the question wasn't it.

Vanessa patted Ezio gently on the shoulder, the pink haired boy raised his head and looked at his 'mother'. She had a warm, gentle, and patient smile on her face.

" You'll figure it out Ezio, the Witch Queen wouldn't have unlocked that true magic of yours if she didn't think you could." Vanessa told him kindly as she patted his back.

" She's right," Finral started as he also patted Ezio on the shoulder. " You're a bright kid, you can figure this out, and we're going to help you." Finral added with an encouraging smile.

Ezio looked at both his parents with wide, teary eyes. Memories of how much his parents encouraged and supported him throughout his life suddenly flashed in his mind. They haven't changed, not one bit, the only difference between them here in the past and in the future was that they were married.

Ezio turned around and immediately wrapped his arms around his parents in a tight hug. Which caught both Finral and Vanessa off guard a bit.

" Thank you," he cried into their shoulders. " Thank you both so much!"

Finral and Vanessa looked at each other in slight confusion, all they did was try to give him a bit of a pep talk. It seemed their words had a greater effect on him than they thought. But the two just gave each other a small smile before they hugged Ezio back as well.

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On the West Side of the City

" Brielle!" Mizuki shouted as she sent a wave of water towards her elder sister, Brielle quickly used her sword to hit the spell, and angled it towards the group of people that were headed towards them.

The wave of water was now double what it was when Mizuki sent it, and much more powerful. It was able to knock all the people back a few feet.

" Alright! Good job girls!" Asta shouted with a bright smile as he used his anti magic to get rid of some spells that were headed their way.

" If we keep it up, we might be able to finish all of them off and go help the others!" Noelle said as she used her Valkyrie armor to quickly knock out some of the mages.

But Kaiyo stood there silently as she watched her family, they were all doing so well and so amazingly, that she couldn't help but watch them in awe. But here she was, standing there, too afraid to do anything in case one of her spells might hit one of her family members.

" I'm nothing but a burden," she muttered to herself as tears of anger began to stream down her face. " I can't do anything but sit here and watch, I'm so pathetic."

" Kaiyo!" Noelle shouted as ran over to Kaiyo, a stern yet somewhat worried look out of her face. " Snap out of it!"

" But I-!" The girl started but Noelle wasn't having it, instead she leaned down to the girl's height and placed her hand on her shoulders.

" Listen, I've been where you are right now. I understand what it's like to feel like you can't help out, that you're a burden because you can't control your magic, but you're not Kaiyo! You never were a burden, I know you're helpful in different ways, and I'm certain that one day you'll get control of your powers!" Noelle shouted. " I'll help you figure it out even if it kills me, so please snap out of it and help us now so we can help you in the future!"

Kaiyo blinked in surprise, this was the first time her 'mother' had ever shouted at her. When she looked around she noticed the rest of her family smiling at her and nodding in agreement, they would all help her get control of her magic.

The young girl nodded before she began to try and use her Mercury magic to help her family.

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On the North Side of the City

Neva quickly ran through the crowd in her Effervescent armor, while it was completely made of Diamond, it was light and amplified her speed and agility. She paired it with her Diamond Daggers and effectively knocked everyone out.

" This sides done, how's everything going over there?" She shouted as she saw Yuno using his wind spells to knock out the mages on the other side.

" Everythings fine over here," Yuno said as he turned to look at her. " Are you trying to show off with your armor?" He asked in a slight teasing tone, Neva chuckled.

" Maybe, is it working?" She asked teasingly back, and Yuno just shook his head. The two then looked ahead as they saw more people coming towards them, the two let out a sigh before getting back to work.

As Miku used her Wind magic to send some of the mages flying, she turned to watch her parents. The way they worked as a team was a sight to behold, sometimes they would finish each other's sentences, sometimes they would give one a look and they would understand what they were trying to say, sometimes they wouldn't say or do anything at all, they would understand.

It was an amazing thing to watch, especially considering the two really hadn't changed much.

Suddenly Miku saw something bright out of the corner of her eye, as she turned she saw it was a bolt of lightning. There was nothing she could do, if she tried to react now with her wind magic it wouldn't do anything.

'I messed up, I should've sensed it like father taught me!' She mentally scolded herself as she closed her eyes and waited for the bolt of lightning to hit her.

But it never did.

Instead she heard the lightning crash against something, when she opened her eyes she saw a wall made completely out of Diamonds in front of her, and she felt two arrows made of wind whizz past her and hit the lightning mage in the chest, knocking him out.

" Miku!" She heard her 'parents' shout as they ran towards her, their usually serious faces were now etched with worry.

" I'm sorry, I-." She started but didn't have time to finish as both Yuno and Neva knelt down and wrapped her in their arms.

" You have no reason to apologize," Yuno told her. " None."

The dark haired girl felt their grips around her tighten, and she hugged them back tightly.

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On the East Side of the City

Gauche, holding Maelie in his arms, quickly used his mirror magic to attack the mages that were coming towards them, and Maelie did the same. The two were nearly identical in their spells, movements, and mannerisms when it came to fighting.

Behind them Grey and Aloys were using their transmutation magic to transform themselves, as well as the objects around them. They were just as good a team as Maelie and Gauche.

After a few minutes the four let out an almost collective sigh as it appeared they had gotten rid of all the mages in the area. Gauche put Maelie down and she quickly walked over to Grey.

" I-Is that all of them?" Grey asked nervously as wrapped an arm around Maelie and looked around. Aloys nodded.

" Looks that way." Aloys said as he rubbed the back of his head and looked around as well.

" Aloys move!" Gauche suddenly shouted as he ran and pushed Aloys out of the way, the boy looked over and saw his 'old man' use his body to block what appeared to be stone magic.

" Dad!" Maelie shouted before she used her mirror magic to knock the stone mage out.

" Gauche!" Grey also shouted as she ran over to him and Aloys.

" D-Dad?" Aloys said, his voice barely above a whisper as the older man fell forward onto the ground with a thump. Aloys just stared at him in shock, disbelief, and anger.

But he quickly moved over towards Gauche, who let out a groan before sitting up.

" Why the hell did you do that, old man?!" Aloys shouted as he grabbed Gauche by the collar of his shirt. " You could've gotten killed! What the hell were you thinking?!" He added as tears of anger and fear streamed down his face, Gauche let out a sigh before he hit Aloys on top of head, much like Captain Yami would.

" Because you're my kid, you idiot!" Gauche shouted before he ruffled Aloys's hair. " And I'll always protect my kids, even if it costs me my life."

Aloys stared at Gauche with wide eyes, but the older man just blushed and looked away. Aloys had never heard his father say anything like that in the future, so maybe this Gauche was keeping his promise to try and do better with Aloys now and in the future?

Maelie and Grey both looked at each other, sighed, and shook their heads.

" Men."

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On the South Side of the City

Zora and Josslyn both grinned like crazy as they set their traps up all around the area, they couldn't wait to see the reactions of the unsuspecting mages as they accidentally set the traps off.

Of course it wouldn't harm any of them, but they would get their blocks knocked off. They even set some of the traps up with Rainbow Stink bugs, because the smell of that alone would knock out the strongest mage.

On the other side Nebra used her Mist magic to make the mages become disoriented, while Ace used his Arrow magic to knock them out.

" Looks like that's all of them huh Ace?" Nebra asked as she looked around, Ace nodded as he walked up to her.

" Looks like it, Mama!" He agreed with a firm nod, Nebra sighed. No matter how many times she told him not to call her that, he still continued to do so. Nebra suddenly saw a flash of light and quickly moved Ace out of the way, the Fire magic hit the wall behind them.

" Ace!" Josslyn shouted as she and Zora quickly knocked the Fire Mage, the girl quickly ran over to her brother and picked him up. " Are you okay?"

" I'm fine, mama protected me just like always!" Ace told his sister happily, the pink haired girl sighed as she looked over at Nebra. The silver haired woman looked away, as did the pink haired girl.

" You okay?" Zora asked Nebra as he walked towards her, Nebra nodded. Zora held out his hand to help her up, and she looked at it with a slight glare, before sighing and taking his hand.

" Thanks, for saving Ace." Josslyn grumbled as she held Ace in her arms, Nebra nodded.

" No problem." She grumbled as well as she wiped the dirt off her clothes. Zora and Ace looked at each other, sighed, and shook their heads.

" Women."

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Back at Lumi Castle

Many of the walls inside the castle were broken and shattered as Nacht and Discordia fought, their spells strong and fierce as they both tried desperately to win.

" I won't let you take her Nacht! So it's probably better if you give up now and go home!" She shouted as she used her Blood magic to try and bind Nacht and his devils, but of course they didn't hold long.

" Well I'm not leaving without her, so maybe it's better if you give up first!" Nacht shouted, he used his Shadow magic to quickly dodge her spells as well as try to restrain her.

As much as the two disliked each other, they were both trying their best to avoid seriously injuring one another.

" Please just leave Nacht!" Discordia shouted as she sent knives towards him, but Nacht blocked them instantly.

" I can't do that Discorida. I can't stand being around the Black Bulls longer than I have to be, so I need to take Noir and send her away so those kids can go back to their time, and I can get away from the Black Bulls." Nacht told her. Discordia sent more knives towards him before using her magic to try and bind him.

The two breathed heavily as their fight wore on, both refusing to give up and relent. At the rate they were both going they would either run out of mana or the castle would fall around them.

Suddenly, Nacht heard footsteps approaching, and by the sound they were of a young child. Both adults paused in their fighting as the person appeared out of the shadows.

It was Noir. But much younger. She appeared to be at least four or five years old.

" Noir!" Discordia shouted before quickly moving to block the devil from Nacht's sight.

" Mama, who is he?" Noir asked as she tried to peer around Discordia's legs, Nacht scoffed.

" She even calls you 'mama'? Geez, you really are that far gone aren't you?" Nacht asked as he stared at them.

" Shut up!" Discordia shouted at him before kneeling down and turning to face Noir. " He's no one, sweetie, just go back to your room."

" I'm your 'mama's cousin, and I've come to take you somewhere." Nacht told her as he tried to put a smile on his face.

" Where am I going?"

" Nowhere! Don't listen to him." Discordia said as she wrapped her arms around Noir.

" Actually you are, see there are some kids who are displaced because of you and they really want to go back home, but in order to do that you need to go away too." Nacht told the girl, and he watched as tears streamed down Discordia's cheeks.

" Shut up Nacht!"

" I tried to reason with you Discordia and you wouldn't listen," Nacht said, his voice dangerously low but the smile never left his face. " So now I'm going to reason with your devil daughter."

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Back in the Center of the City

The five of them all panted as they finally stayed still on a rooftop. They had been running and jumping from building to building for a while, mostly chasing after Noir. Anytime they felt like she was trying to pull them away from the center one of the members in the group would use their magic to knock her right back.

" Heh, I thought you were going to make me eat my words." Yami said as he took a deep breath. " But it looks like you're the one who's arrogant." He added, and Noir began to laugh.

" This body is more of a hindrance than a help these days." Noir growled as she and the others took a small pause in their battle. " If I wasn't trapped in this body you wouldn't be able to say that so lightly."

" Then Maybe you should have picked on someone your own size instead of an innocent kid!" Hikari told her as she sent another slashing spell towards Noir, but the devil dodged it and a wicked smile appeared on her face.

" You know, I think you're right. Maybe I should quit picking on an innocent kid." Noir said with a chuckle, everyone's eyes widened.

William and Yami looked at each other as Charlotte and Hikari began to panic, they were hoping Noir would do this. But now they just needed an opening, even a small one where William could grab Kya and get her out.

" Be careful what you wish for though." Noir said as she chuckled, she then appeared in her true form behind Kya.

She had long dark hair, greyish colored skin, dark eyes, and a truly devilish grin.

" Ah, that feels better." She said as she rubbed her neck, Yami and William looked at each other before they nodded.

Yami quickly sent a few Dark slashes at her before running towards her, and Noir quickly dodged them. Charlotte and Hikari watched with a frown, but as they noticed William was using his tree magic to stealthily get Kya, they realized what they were doing.

But so did Noir.

" What do you think you're doing, Tree Boy?" Noir shouted as she sent a spell William's way, but Charlotte quickly used her Briar magic to block it.

" Get her out of here Vangeance!" Yami shouted as he and Hikari used their magic to try and divert Noir's attention.

" I leave the rest to you Yami!" William said as he quickly scooped Kya up with his tree magic and ran as far as he possibly could, he didn't dare try to use his Yggdrasil spell here. Noir would do whatever she could to interrupt him, so he had no choice but to quickly go somewhere safe to perform the spell.

Yami, Hikari, and Charlotte quickly covered William's escape, much to Noir's annoyance and anger.

" You three have really tested my patience. But luckily now I'm not hindered by that tiny little girl's body, so I can use 100% of my magical capabilities." Noir said with a dangerous look. " So come at me with everything you got!"