"When's the Zombie Maki Kagura DLC, SNK? Or is Maki a character that you actually prefer to keep death for the sake of the plot ala Bruce Wayne's parents/Spider-Man's Uncle Ben? I mean I could understand that, but it feels kinda unfair that Leona and Terry's dads are alive but she is still death... Just saying!"
Chapter 7 - Rebirth
The Void
"Did you just said Maki?!" - Chizuru approaches the Kagura of the white streak on her hair
"Yes, I know this is going to sound strange, but my sister. She is alive in my world." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"She never died in your world?" - Chizuru
"No, she did died. But Orochi... Well the Orochi from earth-3 brought her back." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Orochi? You mean that being who is similar to the creature know as Taitan in my world?" - Asks Ms. Puzzle approaching both
"What is your relation to Orochi? You did some kind of pact with him and why would he help you! Orochi is a creature that hates humanity as a whole." - Chizuru is confused.
"Wait, let me explain myself. Alot of things happened in a very short span of time, even I can't resume this with just a few words..." - Earth-25 Chizuru grabs her chin thinking
"But perhaps..." - The Kagura of the white streak on her hair then has an idea
"Could you two close your eyes?" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Close our eyes?" - Ms. Puzzle
"Yes, trust me. I will tell you both everything if you trust me." - Earth-25 Chizuru
Doubting in her counterpart but curious, Chizuru closes her eyes. Ms. Puzzle does the same
"..." - Earth-25 Chizuru puts her hand on both women's foreheads with her channeling her chi, her palms go from being charged with blue chi to white chi.
"(This is the only way I can show you both what has happened in my world.)" - Both Chizuru and Ms. Green see a bunch of strange images in their minds.
"(This-This are your memories?)" - Ask Chizuru shocked as she sees in detail what happened to Kagura and let to her strange appearence
"..." - Chizuru is shocked seeing a strange woman of blonde hair sending her counterpart of earth-25 to a coma state, a strange being making a deal with her in the astral plane, her becoming the host of this being with the condition of bringing back someone dear to Kagura.
"(Impossible!)" - Chizuru sees the strange ritual this being does with the help of Athena, Kensou and Elisabeth Blanctorche creating a copy of Kagura's body. And bringing the soul of someone from the limbo
"..." - Chizuru has no words realizing who this spirit was
Chizuru and Ms. Puzzle continue seeing the memories of Earth-25 Chizuru with her understanding the reason behind this appearence of her.
"And that's how I ended up here. Ms. Puzzle saved me from Vermilion when I was alone on the mansion." - Says Earth-25 Chizuru
"Yes, but I thought your hair was just dyed. Didn't imagined you had gone throught that." - Ms. Puzzle
"..." - Chizuru looks at the horizon as she finally opens her eyes, the confusion is visible in the eyes of the heiress of the Yata. Who slowly processes all the information
"Goenitz has a sister?! The three clans from earth-3 were souless monsters?! And the Orochi from that earth brought back your sister?! And the strange man you were kissing with, who is he?!" - Chizuru
"Patience, that's alot of questions. I did my best to try to resume everything that happened to me until this point. Is strange, I know. But like I told back in the Shadowcrest. This isn't my first time being involved into a matter with other earths." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Now I see. So the Orochi from this other earth... He gave you a portion of his power as a gift from what you did for him?" - Chizuru was confused, the simple thought of knowing a version of Orochi who doesn't hate humanity was the less believable thing from the story of her counterpart
"I understand how confused you must be. But what you saw is the truth..." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"So that's why you recognized some of the people in this place, they actually exist in your world as normal people, friends, neighbors... Then from where did this counterparts of them came from?" - Ms. Puzzle
"I don't know. In my world Reiji and Kyo's cousins are there but you told me you never had seen them in your life." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Yes, I don't recognize anyone named Reiji Oogami or this two cousins of Kyo you seen to be familiar with." - Chizuru
"So, in you-your world. She is alive?" - Chizuru cries having a strange feeling of happiness
"Yes, she was brought back. My sister Maki died with alot of resentment towards the Yagami, she was stuck in Limbo for ages. It was something that she told me when Orochi or well the Orochi from earth-3 brought her back." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"I see..." - Chizuru wonders if that was the case for her beloved sister
"Thanks for sharing your story with me." - Chizuru
"So Verse, eh?" - Earth-25's Chizuru becomes curious having seen both the memories of her counterparts
"Is a large story. I suppose you saw my memories too?" - Chizuru
"Yes, I saw the memories from both of you. The world where Ms. Puzzle comes from is certainly different than mine, but some elements remain intact. The eight fangs and Taitan are the counterparts of not other than Orochi and his Hakkesshu. Her group of partners despite looking different, they resemble some people that I know in my world." - Says Earth-25 Chizuru comparing the strange Snakeman to Yagami
"And in your case, I noticed you have been very depressed in the last weeks. I can relate to that alot. But I didn't know the situation on your world have been this chaotic." - Earth-25 Chizuru reflects on the stuff that she saw in Chizuru's mind
"I know. I have been feeling pretty depressed lately." - Confesses Chizuru as a small tear cames from her eye
"I been there too. But I think if we have managed to stay alive all this time is because our time in the world isn't over yet. Maki used to say how life can be tough sometimes but is the resolve to belive in what we think that is right what pushes us to-" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Never give up!" - Says Chizuru completing her sentence
Both Chizurus smile at each other, they both hug each other.
"I'm sorry for what I told you back when we were in the Shadowcrest. I acted terrible with you." - Chizuru
"Don't worry, I too was shocked to see a big portion of the other Chizurus not being so benevolent. But perhaps we judged them to harsh, at the end of the day. Nobody knows the path where we will end up. Perhaps they just walked a path that wasn't the right one." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Right, perhaps I was to harsh on them too. Even the Yata Trinity." - Chizuru
"The best we can do now is honor their memories by stopping Vermilion for ever being a threat to our clan." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"But how are we going to cross the endless desert?" - Chizuru
"We need a vehicle! Something fast..." - Thinks Earth-25 Chizuru
"..." - Ms. Puzzle looks at both Chizurus as they start walking back on town
"Ms. Puzzle, are you going to come out with us?" - Ask Chizuru as she sees Ms. Puzzle looking at the river
"Eh... Sure. I'm coming!" - Ms. Puzzle
"So this is the junkyard?" - Chizuru is taken to a part of the void where they see a bunch of objects lying around.
"Sasuke vs Commander?" - Earth-25 Chizuru stares at an old arcade machine lying there
"This objects are stuff that our god hasn't use for anymore." - Says Reiji showing them the strange junkyard of forgotten objects.
"Is that a spaceship?" - Chizuru sees a strange ship in the background, she and the other two Kaguras approach seeing the name Ozma in the wings of the ship
"Ozma? What do you think it means?" - Chizuru
"I don't know but maybe we could use this ship to cross the endless desert?" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"..." - Ms. Puzzle looks at the ship
"You know how to pilot this?" - Chizuru
"No, I doubt this drives like a bike." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"I could drive this!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Really?!" - Both Chizurus see Ms. Puzzle taking a look at the driver cabin, there's enough space for four people inside
"Yes, this seens to work very similar to the Javelin. The ship that the Ultra Fighters use to move around when we need to visit other planets." - Ms. Puzzle
"I have drived the Javelin before, so maybe I can make this ship work." - Ms. Puzzle sits on the driver seat, the button layout seens familiar despite her not knowing from where this strange ship came from
"And... Start the engine!" - Ms. Puzzle surprises both Chizurus as the ships starts floating
"Get in!" - Says Ms. Puzzle as both Kaguras enter inside.
The Chizurus wave their hands saying goodbye to Reiji and his daughter. They leave the junkyard seeing the people in the void surprised to see the strange ship with the word Ozma on his wings leave the town
"How did you learned to fly this type of ships? I thought you were just a stage magician?" - Says Chizuru as Ms. Puzzle drives
"A friend of mine teached me... Snakeman might be like this Yagami guy you know. But he used to be a good person once... Before he fell to the darkness, made a pact with Taitan and was kicked from the team. We were good friends, perhaps we could had been more but he always had eyes only for that ex-mercenary turned thief of the blue hair." - Ms. Puzzle
*Sighs* - Ms. Puzzle
"..." - Both Chizurus look at Ms. Puzzle's apparent deception
"So, who was him?" - Chizuru blushes wondering who was this strange man Earth-25 Chizuru was having a romantic moment with
"Sorry, I can't tell you... " - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Tell me, I promise I'll keep it in secret." - Chizuru
"I wish I could tell you but I don't think you really need to think too hard on it." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"He looked familiar... Despite having his face covered by a hat." - Chizuru
"Lets just say he is a friend of mine, someone who worries about me. His name is Guard the Judge." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"He seens like a very close friend." - Says Chizuru with a sly smile
"Heheheh... I wish I could say that. But our thing can't never be. He isn't from my earth." - Says Earth-25 Chizuru
Chizuru wonders what her counterpart means. She looks at the window.
The Kaguras keep flying for some more hours. Chizuru looks at the window realizing they are very far from the town at this point.
"... No wonder they called this the "Endless desert" I'm starting to think there's no exit." - Ms. Puzzle
"Don't be so negative, there must be a way to get out of here. If that man of the blue hair Reiji mentioned did it." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"We don't know if there's an end or that supposed god of them pulled this man out of here." - Ms. Puzzle
"Mmh... Strange! The fuel of the ship seens to be intact, despite having been flying for hours." - Ms. Puzzle
"Regarding the plan, what are we going to do once we get out of here?" - Chizuru
"We still have the box." - Ms. Puzzle
"Once we return to my earth, we need to bring him to mount norikura. You two will follow my instructions. I'll distract him and then we will be able to seal him forever in the box. It wont take long for him to feel our presence once we are out of this place, he must be searching for us in this moment." - Ms. Puzzle
"I understand. But can I ask you something?" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"How do you knew Vermilion couldn't enter in this place?" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"..." - Ms. Puzzle turns around to look at the two Chizurus, she looks at them with a serious look.
"Hmph! I told you already, I used a spell with the powers of my Yata eye to send us to a place where he couldn't found us. I didn't thought we would end in this place." - Ms. Puzzle
"By the way, Chizuru. You really don't remember being here before?" - Ms. Puzzle
"I-I don't. Reiji and those three girls told me I was in this place for four years before his god pulled me out. But I don't remember anything like that happening." - Chizuru
"I feel kinda bad for them, you can tell they are desperated to come out of here but at the same time it seens they are used to be here at this point. But is easy to felt their emotions, their frustation." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"..." - Chizuru looks at the window again, she wonders why would the strange god that everyone in the void respect would abandoned them as if they were useless for him now. She wonders what is the meaning of the place, a desert were souls that apparently this god didn't knew what to do with ended up.
Two days later
"Nothing! is almost as if we were driving in circles." - Exclaims Ms. Puzzle seeing how the earth on the ground was just the same white and pale sand, nothing else. At this point even the town wasn't visible anymore
"We are moving, right? We can't give up yet, we need to continue driving." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"At this point we could drive for the rest of our lives and never come out of here anyway." - Ms. Puzzle
"This is like hell... There's no end to it. No wonder all of them gave up!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Huh?" - Chizuru suddenly sees a strange light appear on the window for a brief second, she wonders what is that looking at the window more firmly but the light has disappeared.
"Is something wrong?" - Earth-25 Chizuru notices Chizuru looking everywhere on both of the windows
"I saw a strange red light flying close to us... It was very close." - Chizuru
"A strange light?" - Ms. Puzzle
*Crash* - Suddenly the three women hear a strong sound as if something had hit them
"Something hit us! Something hit the engine.!" - Says Ms. Puzzle as she tries to control the ship
"What?" - Both Chizurus open wide their eyes in disbelief
"Hold on to something, we are going to land before we crash!" - Ms. Puzzle manages to descend the ship on the desertic lands.
As the ship lands on earth, the three woman slowly walk out of it.
"Fortunately the box is still intact." - Ms. Puzzle
"What happened? I thought Vermilion couldn't enter in this place." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"I thought so-What?" - Suddenly a strange purple rope grabs the golden box from Ms. Puzzle's hands. Landing on the hands of a strange girl of white-blonde hair
"Sorry for interrupting your little trip. But if there's someone who will escape from here it will be us!" - Says Duke standing alongside Jivatma, Ninon and Mignon Beart
"..." - The two Chizurus open their eyes staring at the four. Ms. Puzzle grits her teeth
"You damn brats, give me that back!" - Ms. Puzzle
"This box? Is made out of solid gold." - Ninon examines the box
"Probably a relic. Doesn't look that especial." - Mignon
"Yeah, just a useless, useless box. We don't need this." - Ninon uses her magic to melt the box for the three Yata's surprises
"NO!" - Ms. Puzzle, Chizuru and Earth-25 Chizuru scream
"So you three were trying to escape from the endless desert, eh? Lets make a deal, give us your spaceship and you can return peacefully to the town." - Duke
"No, the ship is our only way to get back home! We aren't going to give it up to your three so easily." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Hmph! So it will be the hard way then. Good!" - Duke
As the three Kaguras stand firmly looking at their opponents. Chizuru suddenly notices something strange appearing on top of her head, a strange white and blue arrow
"What?" - Whispers Chizuru seeing the arrow move changing its place moving to Ms. Puzzle and Earth-25's Chizuru's heads.
"Chizuru, don't get distracted! We can't let this four take away the ship. I'll deal with the man of white hair, you will deal with the two girls and she will have to deal with the man of the red outfit." - Says Ms. Puzzle as Earth-25 Chizuru nods, Chizuru is distracted looking at the arrow emitting a strange sound
*Clack* - Is the sound the arrow emits as suddenly for Kagura's surprise, the arrow vanishes
"If you have stopped talking between yourselves, allow me to do the first move!" - Says Duke as he launches to attack Earth-25 Chizuru, Jivatma attacks Ms. Puzzle as Chizuru sees both Ninon and Mignon running towards her
*ROUND ONE... READY! FIGHT!* - Chizuru hears a strange voice as both sisters land in front of her
"What was that sound?!" - Chizuru is confused looking everywhere
"Hey, you, Granny! Stop looking at the horizon and look at us when we talk to you. Don't you get it, this isn't a game!" - Ninon
"(Did she just called me granny? I'm not that old!)" - Chizuru's eye twitches feeling anger at Ninon's words
"My, this woman is either too stupid or doesn't realize that the fight already started, Ninon." - Mignon
"Probably both, but who cares really? I'll deal easy with her. Stand back, Mignon!" - Ninon
"No way! we will take on this fool the two of us." - Says Mignon standing alongside her sister, ignoring this one's orders
"Fine, but you better don't disappoint me like the last time!" - Ninon
As the two witch sisters stand in front of Kagura, Chizuru is surprised as she sees two strange bars floating on the air above her. One with her name on it and another one with the name of the Beart sisters. In the middle of the bars a time count appears. Making Chizuru feel totally confused staring at this
"Defend yourself!" - Says Ninon as she runs attacking Chizuru with her fist covered in a strange dark aura
Chizuru defends herself, she then uses her 100 Katsu: Tenjin no Kotowari to counter attack Ninon.
*Reversal* - Another strange voice is heared by Chizuru as she counters Ninon. Landing out of her attack, she looks everywhere wondering where that voice came from, Chizuru looks back at her counterparts still fighting with the two men
"Not bad, but you will have to do better than that!" - Ninon
Ninon jumps towards Kagura, she attacks her with three different moves. Chizuru blocks the first one but she is hit by the other two, for a moment Chizuru sees a yellow aura covering Ninon's body. She creates a pillar of dark energy injuring Kagura sending her to the ground.
"AH!" - Chizuru falls to the ground, she sees a trange counter with the word "Hits" In front of the numbers. She wonders what the hell is this and if only her can see it
Getting up Chizuru attacks Ninon with a series of punches and kicks, she then uses her move 212 Katsu Otsu Shiki: Choumon no Isshin, hitting Ninon, she follows it by doing a 212 Katsu Shinsoku no Norito making Ninon be launched on air again. She finishes her attack with 100 Katsu Tenjin no Kotowari
"Arhg!" - Ninon falls to the ground, Chizuru sees the strange bar with the name of both sisters decreasing.
"You little worm! This ain't over." - Ninon runs towards Kagura more angered than before, she attacks Chizuru with all her fury. She traps Kagura in the corner moving her arms, two waves of water hit Chizuru.
"You're up, Mignon!" - Ninon does a hand gesture making Mignon appear, she creates a strange energy ball with her hands. Making Kagura be trapped in some kind of bubble.
"Follow my lead." - Ninon and her sister create a giant sphere of dark energy, they throw it at Chizuru making Kagura fall from such a attack to the ground
"ARGH!" - Chizuru quickly recovers, she stares at the strange bar with her name on it having decreased alot. Kagura feels the pressure as she starts wondering what will happen if that bar of hers becomes empty
"Ah. Ah." - Chizuru grabs her arm, she stares at the two sisters who look at Chizuru with a confident smile
"(Have I finally go nuts? Or is this some kind of illusion?)" - Chizuru gets up
Suddenly, Chizuru sees another bar in front of her, this one had the number five on it and another small bar on top of it saying "Max Mode OK"
"(Max Mode OK?)" - As if it was by pure instinct, a strange idea comes to Kagura.
"Look at you, you're barely a challenge for us." - Mignon
"Enough talk, I'm bored of you already. Lets finish with her and reclaim that ship!" - Ninon
Kagura gets up, she waits for Ninon to attack her alongside her sister.
"Die!" - Ninon
"Huh?" - Chizuru rolls managing to dodge Ninon's attack. Before both sisters could react, Chizuru strikes a pose, a strange yellow and blue aura surrounds Kagura's body. She starts attacking both sisters with a chain of punches and kicks, then she uses her 212 Katsu: Shinsoku no Norito two times in a row, Ninon is sended rolling in the air, Chizuru jumps kicking the girl back and before Ninon could fall on the ground, Kagura uses her 100 Katsu: Tenjin no Kotowari on Ninon. Chizuru sees the small bar about to become empty
"I'll seal that power!" - Exclaims Chizuru using her Rimen 85 Katsu: Reigi no Ishizue technique.
"ARGH!" - Ninon screams as Chizuru sees the bar of both sisters becoming fully empty
*KO* - The strange voice is heared again, Chizuru once again turns around looking everywhere as both sisters fall, everything nearby becomes white
For Kagura's surprise, even Mignon faints falling unconscious after Ninon is defeated
"What? Did I beat both actually?" - Chizuru hears a strange music. Some kind of victorious theme in the background as she looks at both sisters' unconscious bodies
"Chizuru, are you ok?" - Earth-25 Chizuru approaches Kagura, Chizuru sees both of her counterparts were victorious too. With their opponents falling on the ground defeated.
Chizuru opens her eyes widely, surprised as the bodies of their opponents vanish in thin air
"Damn it! Without the box, the hope to defeat Vermilion is even lower than before." - Ms. Puzzle looks at the melted box
"..." - Chizuru looks down
"Maybe not everything is loss? I have a box similar to that in my library. My mother used to tell it was given as a souvenir of good fortune to our clan after our descendants accomplished a task given to them by a god." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"So, you have a box similar to this one?" - Ms. Puzzle
"I really couldn't tell you two if is the same box, but the story the Chizuru who had originally this box is exactly the same that my mother used to tell me. Perhaps if we manage to get out of here and return to my earth, we can use my box to seal Vermilion." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Then we need to escape from this place... Chizuru?" - Ms. Puzzle sees Chizuru is distracted seeing something
"..." - Kagura opens her eyes unable to believe what she was seeing
"Maybe they can help us get out of here?" - Exclaims Chizuru staring at the horizon
"They?" - Ms. Puzzle and the other Chizuru are confused
"Yes, don't you see them? We aren't alone in this void, they have been with us the entire time." - Chizuru points to the endless horizon of the void with a happy smile for the two women's confusions
"Can you help us to get out of here, reader?" - Asks Chizuru looking at the horizon
"This poor woman has finally become nuts." - Ms. Puzzle
"No wait, perhaps she is seeing something that we can't see. A friend of mine once said "You only need to see pass the barrier to see the truth." Who are you talking to Chizuru?" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"I'm talking with the reader. Maybe he knows how we can escape this place? But it seens the reader can't hear me." - Chizuru looks down
"Let me try it. Can you help us get out of here, reader? Please, give us your support, in moments like this we need it." - Says Earth-25 Chizuru looking at the horizon for Ms. Puzzle surprise
"(Have this two finally snapped? I don't see anything!)" - Ms. Puzzle was confused
"Ah, I see! Well, I don't know about that. But if you say so, I trust in you." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Wait, are you sure about it?" - Chizuru
"I mean, I trust in the reader. At this point we don't lose anything in trying." - Earth-25 Chizuru walks among the sand that covers the giant desert without end.
"So this is the spot, right?" - Earth-25 Chizuru points at certain part of the ground.
"Lets see if this is the way out-ARHGGG!" - Earth-25 Chizuru falls through the sand of the Endless Desert
"What?!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Oh no. Chizuru!" - Chizuru gasps in surprise as they see the Kagura of the white streak vanish falling through the sand
Both Chizurus run to the place where their counterpart fell, both start moving the sand searching for their counterpart of the white streak on her hair. But is useless, she is gone
Meanwhile
"Ahhh!" - The Kagura of the white streak on her hair falls out of a mirror, she looks confused at the room where she landed.
"This is my library. I'm back home!" - Chizuru gets up, moving in the room, she finds the strange golden box identical to the one the older Kagura had.
"Maybe I can get back with them and we can finally stop Vermilion with this." - Chizuru takes the box with her, she approaches the mirror where she passed throught to return home, only to see it was solid.
"What? I can't enter inside!" - Chizuru becomes surprised and frustated realizing the breach to the void had become closed
"Chizuru? Is that you, sister?" - A female voice approaches the room walking downstairs. Kagura stays silent looking at her reflection, realizing she can't help the other two Kaguras anymore. She falls on her knees with a sad face
The Void
"What did you do to her?!" - Ask Ms. Puzzle
"I don't know! I think she found the exit of the void, maybe if we had follow her. We would had escaped from here." - Chizuru
"There's no point in escaping anymore. Without her, we are doomed! We don't have the box anymore, we are only the two of us again and there's nothing we can't do to stop Vermilion." - Ms. Puzzle
"Perhaps we should return to the town. Accept our fate..." - Ms. Puzzle
"Accept our fate?.. Wait! Wait a moment... You brought us on purpose here, didn't you?" - Chizuru gets up, she looks at Ms. Puzzle with a serious face
"What? What kind of nonsense are you talking about now?" - Ms. Puzzle
"That spell you used to create the portal that brought us here, was something like "Emag eht morf su esare" Wich is just "Erase us from the game" Backwards." - Chizuru
"..." - Ms. Puzzle opens up her eyes, feeling shocked
"And here I thought you wouldn't realize it." - Ms. Puzzle looks down
"Yes, you're right! I brought you two here with me. I gave up the moment we were surrounded by Vermilion. I thought we would be safe here." - Ms. Puzzle
"Why did you do it? I thought we had a plan? I trusted you. And you were planning to never told us anything? What was your idea, to stay here for the rest of our lifes?" - Chizuru
"You don't get it! Is the best for us, Chizuru. In this place, we are practically inmortal. None of us can die and Vermilion can't enter here. Isn't how I imagined paradise but it was the best for us." - Ms. Puzzle
"Have you loss your mind? Don't you see how everyone that lives here is frustated, desperate and sad. You call this paradise? What is the point of being inmortal in a endless void of frustation and sadness. We have lives, I thought you were a heroine but now I see you're not different from a villain." - Chizuru
"Oh, please! Don't talk as if you knew me. You want to know what is to be like me? Is an endless fight against crime. Everyday I wonder if it will be my last one. I would like to see you fighting against the type of stuff I have to deal with, rich girl!" - Ms. Puzzle
"You're tired of your life, isn't it?" - Chizuru
Hearing this Ms. Puzzle holds her fists in anger. Chizuru had pulled a nerve this time
"Grr... Fine. You want to know the truth? I am tired of my life! Part of me wishes I had ended up like them. They were so lucky." - Ms. Puzzle
"Lucky? Our counterparts had lives too, they had families too! People that probably will wonder what happened with them. Let me tell you something, Magenta. The world doesn't revolve around you. If you want to stay here, fine by me! But me, I have a live I want to return to. Friends I want to see again. I dont plan to stay living here in a place where this god throws those who he doesn't need or care about anymore." - Chizuru
"You want Vermilion to kill you?! If it wasn't for me, you would had been already dead days ago." - Ms. Puzzle
"And I thank you for that! Perhaps my fate isn't pretty. Perhaps I can change it. I'll never find out if I stay here. I wasn't born to last long anyway, alot of relatives from my clan died young and they weren't even cursed like the Yasakani. But I prefer to face him than hide from him in a void where I'll never see anyone of my friends again." - Chizuru walks leaving Ms. Puzzle behind
Ms. Puzzle falls to her knees. She looks at the sand of the desert.
"Grrr..." - Ms. Puzzle feels frustated
"I'm sorry..." - Says Ms. Puzzle calling Chizuru who stops walking
"I was scared... But I was too prideful to even admit it. This isn't paradise... Just nothing but an endless void of frustation and sorrow." - Ms. Puzzle pulls out the two pictures she showed Kagura
"Isn't too late to recover our lifes. You may think of yourself as a failure. But for me you're not a failure... You're a heroine!" - Chizuru
"I thought you hated me? I tricked you, why are you willing to forgive me?" - Ms. Puzzle is confused
"Because I have been on your place too. At the end of the day, we are the same person deep down. I understand your fear, but we can't let a evil like Vermilion to win. We have to put a stop to the missfortune cicle he spreaded on our clan." - Chizuru
"Chizuru... Get me out here... Please!" - Says Ms. Puzzle as she and Chizuru close their eyes. Ms. Puzzle hugs Chizuru
"We will get out of here only if that's what our hearts desire." - Chizuru grabs the hand of Ms. Puzzle. Both women are covered by a strong sandstorm, making them slowly vanish from the void
As both women open their eyes, they see themselves in a strange place covered by fog.
"I can't believe it! We managed to escaped. This isn't the void anymore." - Exclaims Ms. Puzzle surprised seeing what appears to be Tokyo
"Is this Tokyo? This looks like a normal street." - Chizuru sees what appears to be a normal street in Tokyo despite the immense fog
"What a foggy day." - Ms. Puzzle
"Quick! We have to act, can you send us to the earth of that counterpart of us? Maybe we can use her-" - But as Chizuru was about to comment the plan suddenly they hear something close
"Grr... Is useless!" - Says a voice with a young tone calling the attention of Chizuru
"I haven't be able to mastered it! I must keep trying, if I don't dominate this technique, he is going to be disappointed again!" - Said a young kid hitting a tree.
"Grr... Cry! Scream! Then die!" - Says the voice as Kagura finally gets a good look at who this person was
Chizuru and Ms. Puzzle stare at a young kid of red hair with white shirt and red pants standing in front of a tree
"Grr... I hate him! I hate him with all my being! I hate him for forcing me to do this. I don't want to be like him..." - Says the kid hitting the tree with all his anger
*Gasp* - Chizuru is surprised looking at the kid, she quickly realizes who this person is as the shadow of his future self is seen behind him
"Iori?" - Whispers Chizuru approaching the kid
"Chizuru? What are you doing?" - Ms. Puzzle
"..." - Chizuru approaches the kid
*Mew* - A strange brown cat appears approaching the kid
"You again? I thought something had happened to you. You're fine?" - The kid pets the little cat grabing his head on a soft way. He looks at the cat as this one begins purring
Chizuru looks at the kid petting the cat, she is unable to believe this is the same kid who will grow into become certain someone she knows
"I wish I could take you with me... But my father would probably get angry." - The kid pulls out something. A small bag with cat food for the small kitten
"You're hungry, isn't that right? I brought this one for you yesterday, but you didn't returned. I was worried something had happened to you." - Says the kid
"Huh? You? Who are you?!" - Suddenly the kid turns around feeling a presence approaching him. He turns around looking at the strange woman
"..." - Chizuru looks at the kid. Staring at the tree she sees marks left by the kid
"You're Iori, isn't it?" - Chizuru
"What? How do you know my name?" - Iori turns on his flames
"Argh!" - Yagami grabs his hand in pain, he quickly turns off his flames
"(I still haven't got used to them.)" - Yagami
"Wait! I can explain it... I'm not here to hurt you." - Chizuru slowly approaches the kid, something about her voice makes the kid feel some strange calm. Still he walks back feeling confused
"I don't understand it, where did you came from?" - Iori
"Do I know you?" - Iori is surprised as the woman puts her hand on his shoulder. She looks at him with a smile.
"Don't worry... You will. Let me introduce myself, my name is... Yuna." - Chizuru
"Yuna?" - Iori
"(What is she doing... Oh no. Is she trying to change his fate?)" - Ms. Puzzle stares at Kagura behind a tree
"Tell me, Iori... You're a Yagami, isn't it?" - Chizuru
"Yes. My father tells me the Yagami are the strongest clan in all japan. He wants to train me to kill a man... Certain Kusanagi." - Iori confessed, the strange woman stares at him with a serious face
"Your father is training you to kill someone?" - Chizuru
"Yes, he told me is my duty as the heir of the clan to accomplish this... To put an end to this Kusanagi." - Iori
"I see. Tell me, Iori. Is becoming strong enough to kill this person what your heart truly desires?" - Chizuru
"..." - The Kid stays silent
"That's what dad wants me to do... To get strong." - Iori
"I get that. And I know why he wants you to do that... He is running out of time, isn't it?" - Chizuru
Yagami opens his eyes shocked.. He remembers his dad mentioning running out of time in the last sparring session they had.
"Tell me, Iori. Is making your dad happy what your heart really wants?" - Chizuru
The kid stays silent again
"What happened to your mother?" - Chizuru
"She died. I never got to meet her." - Iori
"I'm sorry." - Chizuru
"She was a pianist... With a beautiful voice." - Unlike talking about his dad, the kid talked about his mother in a more calmed tone. Kagura realized how it seens the kid had certain admiration for his mother.
"You admire her?" - Chizuru
"... Yes. Finding her stuff and recordings has make me start to appreciate music more." - Iori
Hearing this, Kagura realizes the true passion of the kid isn't training to become stronger but music... The Legacy of his mother.
"Can you answer to me... What your heart truly desires?" - Chizuru
"I-I want to be like her... A recognized musician." - Without thinking it twice, Yagami confesses to Kagura
Chizuru smiles looking at Yagami
"(What is it about her? Her strange appearence looks familiar for some reason. But her voice... For some reason I felt calm when I hear her voice.)" - Yagami feels strange. Because of his powers, he was considerated a freak among other kids of his age. And the only adult he ever talked to was his dad, who never cared about his feelings, insegurities and passions.
"I bet you have a nice voice... Care to show me?" - Chizuru
"Me?" - Iori is confused
"Yes, sing along with me... I know! This was one of my sister's favorite songs. Follow me if you know it." - Chizuru has an idea
"Blown." - Chizuru starts singing, she looks at Yagami signaling to continue with her
"Round by the wind..." - Chizuru
"Thrown." - Iori continues the song, recognizing the melody Kagura is singing
"Down in a spin." - Iori
"I gave you love, I thought that we-" - Chizuru
"Had made it to the top." - Iori
"I gave you all I have to give." - Chizuru
"Why did it have to stop?." - Iori
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Both sing
"By telling me a lie." - Chizuru
"Without a reason why." - Iori
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Both sing
"You, you've blown it all sky high." - Both sing
"Our love had wings to fly." - Chizuru
"We could have touched the sky." - Iori
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Both sing
"Up." - Chizuru
"Round I have flown." - Iori
"Then down." - Chizuru
"Down like a stone." - Iori
"I gave you love, I thought that we." - Chizuru
"Had made it to the top." - Iori
"I gave you all I have to give." - Chizuru
"Why did it have to stop?." - Iori
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Both sing
"By telling me a lie." - Both sing
"Without a reason why." - Both sing
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Both sing
"You, you've blown it all sky high." - Both sing
"Our love had wings to fly." - Both sing
"We could have touched the sky." - Both sing
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Both sing
"You, you've blown it all sky high." - Iori
"By telling me a lie." - Chizuru
"Without a reason why." - Iori
"You've blown it all sky high!" - Iori
"You know. I'm sure one day you will be a great musician... You shouldn't give up on your dream." - Chizuru
"..." - The kid looks at the sky hearing this
"Thanks." - Says The kid surprising Kagura
"Chi-I mean Yuna. We have to go..." - Ms. Puzzle comes out of a nearby tree
"Who is she?" - Ask The kid confused
"She is a friend of mine... Magenta." - Chizuru
"What were you trying to do? Don't you realize, you could change his future. This might or not be your earth. But you can still create something worse by interacting with the past." - Ms. Puzzle
"... I'm aware of what I did. Wherever he is the one I know or not. It doesn't matter... This is a conversation I would never have with his adult self." - Chizuru
"You still don't understand it? We can't risk to create a worse timeline that anything you saw from our counterparts only to know someone better. Remember, Vermilion is still out there." - Ms. Puzzle
Yagami stares at the two woman having a conversation
"I-I'm sorry... Take us back to earth-25. Please." - Chizuru
But before the two Yata could leave this past. Suddenly they hear someone
"Argh! H-Help m-me..." - Says a man of red hair, blue gi, white pants and dark gloves approaching grabing his stomach. Chizuru and Iori open their eyes shocked to see this man injured as he leaves a trail of blood by walking
"..." - Ms. Puzzle sees Chizuru approaching the man
"Are you ok? What happened? Who did this to you?" - Chizuru approaches the man of red hair. She is surprised to see a big cut in his body
"My name is Sasuke and it was him... Shin Natsu Kikaku. He did this to me!" - Says the man crouching feeling pain.
Ms. Puzzle opens her eyes hearing that name, sounds familiar for her
"Resist! I'll heal your wounds." - Chizuru
"No! Is too late for me." - Says Sasuke
"But there's something you can do for me..." - Sasuke
"What is it?" - Kagura crouches trying to help the man
"..." - As Kagura crouches, Ms. Puzzle remembers something.
"(Is me, Reiji Oogami! Remember? Don't you recognize me? What are you doing here again? Did our god Shin Natsu Kikaku got bored of you and sended you back here?)" - Reiji
"(They are just desperated, despite the peaceful look of this place, the reminder that we aren't useful to our god drives us insane deep down. It doesn't pass a day without any of us wishing we were rescued by Shin Natsu Kikaku!)" - Reiji
"(Shin Natsu Kikaku?)" - Ms. Puzzle
"Chizuru, get away from him!" - Screams Ms. Puzzle
"Huh?" - Chizuru hears Ms. Puzzle
"You can give me your flesh and blood!" - Sasuke lifts his head looking at Chizuru with dark yellow pale eyes without pupils. He grits his teeth as his skin turns grey
Iori opens his eyes shocked seeing this
"Die!" - Sasuke rises his hand as the flesh of his hand falls out revealing a sharp blade made with his bone
"Vermilion!" - Exclaims Chizuru surprised as she barely manages to dodge the attack
"Hehehehe... " - Sasuke laughs staring at the three confused trio
"I finally found you... But it seens one of you is missing. Where's she?" - Sasuke
"She is fine. She is in a place you can't reach her." - Ms. Puzzle
"She must be somewhere across the dimensional plane. Hehehe.. Still it doesn't matter, I found you two. Once I kill you... It will be only a matter of time to find that little rat and kill her too." - Sasuke
"But I don't understand... How did you manage to camouflage like this?" - Chizuru
"Camouflage? Hehehehe... This used to be my real appearence once." - Sasuke
"Y-You eaten the brains and hearts from the others!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Exactly! It was a banquet for me... And the best thing. A step to become more powerful and recover my real face." - Sasuke
"Why are you doing this? What do you get from going after us!" - Chizuru
"You wouldn't understand... I need to devour you and your people... Is the only way I can get my revenge." - Sasuke
"Revenge? Against what? Shin Natsu Kikaku? Did he throwed you to the void too?" - Ms. Puzzle
"Ah, so you know him." - Sasuke
"I hear from him. Is he the person you want to get your revenge against." - Ms. Puzzle
"Yes... He didn't throwed me to the void. What he did to me was something worse. But you, your clan were blessed by he! He had high consideration and high regards for the people of the Yata Clan." - Sasuke
"Not matter the earth. You clan was blessed by him and by destroying you... I can reclaim that blessing for myself and become powerful enough to dethrone him!" - Sasuke
"(Does this means. This god was the one who?)" - Chizuru remembers something
"(My ancestors used to say this box was once closed, a strange being gave it to them for the mission of bringing it to a certain part on the outskirts of Osaka. After fullfilling it, the box appeared empty on their garden some days later. My ancestors decided to keep it as a relic from that tale and the only prove of the existence of this being.)" - The words of Earth-70's Chizuru are heared
"(Maybe not everything is loss? I have a box similar to that in my library. My mother used to tell it was given as a souvenir of good fortune to our clan after our descendants accomplished a task given to them by a god.)" - Earth-25 Chizuru
"(He was the one who created the box!)" - Chizuru
"Are you insane! You think you can become a god by erasing us?" - Chizuru
"Yes, I can... He did this to me... He turned me into this creature. But once I eat your hearts out. I'll be able to kill him... " - Sasuke
"The god of creation... Shin Natsu Kikaku! Will pay for what he did to me. Once after I'm done with you!" - Sasuke launches to attack the three
Ms. Puzzle throws three fireballs at Sasuke... He cuts them as if it wasn't nothing
"Chizuru, look out!" - Ms. Puzzle sees Chizuru being targeted by Sasuke
"Iori! Get out of here... Return with your dad!" - Says Chizuru signaling Iori to run. She focuses trying to dodge Sasuke's attacks, Yagami leaves the area
"ARGH!" - Chizuru recieves a cut in the shoulder, she rolls escaping
"Hahahahah! What's wrong, Kagura? Are you scared?" - Sasuke
"(His speed! He has become more faster than the last time I fought him!)" - Chizuru stares at the cut in her shoulder
"Groan!" - Sasuke jumps with the intention of impaling Kagura
"Not so fast!" - Chizuru uses her 100 Katsu: Tenjin no Kotowari to counter attack Sasuke
"Huh?" - Both Kagura and Ms. Puzzle are surprised as they see Sasuke had vanish dodging the attack
"Ah!" - Ms. Puzle
"Behind you!" - Ms. Puzzle
"DIE!" - Sasuke appears behind Kagura, he tries to impale the back of her head with his blade
Chizuru manages to roll dodging, she and Ms. Puzzle reagroup
"He is faster than before." - Chizuru whispers
"Yes. Is this the blessing he was talking?" - Ms. Puzzle
"Nobody will stop me from having my revenge. I'll rule above all creation!" - Sasuke
"You damn monster! No wonder this god turned you into a beast!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Stop talking as if his actions were justified! You're pissing me off!" - Sasuke
Sasuke runs towards Ms. Puzzle. The magician and Sasuke dodge each other's attacks
"Arh!" - Chizuru tries to attack Sasuke using her 108 Katsu: Tamayura no Shitsune. But Sasuke vanishes. Making Chizuru almost attack Ms. Puzzle
"Huh?" - Chizuru
Both Kaguras look at every corner.
"DIE! You pieces of scum!" - A voice is heared as the angry Sasuke is seen descending from the sky wanting to kill both
"Jump!" - Ms. Puzzle and Chizuru avoid being squashed by Sasuke
"Stop trying to fight with me! I'm almost a god now!" - Sasuke
"Ha. Ha." - Both women pant as they get up
"(Is useless. We won't be able to seal him if we can't even trap him. He is just too fast.)" - Chizuru
"We have to run! Rethink our strategy!" - Ms. Puzzle creates a quick portal with her wand.
"Oh no! You're not going anywhere!" - Sasuke vanishes as the two Yata run towards the portal.
For both women's surprises, Sasuke appears in front of the portal. He slashes the breach with his blade
"WHAT?!" - Ms. Puzzle is surprised
"He-He destroyed the breach!" - Chizuru is baffled
"Your luck ends here!" - Sasuke moves his arms, he runs moving like crazy trapping both Kaguras in a circle
"Chizuru... You have to go with. I'll create another breach. I'll distract him! You have to go!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Are you crazy? I won't let you behind! If he kills you, he will become even more unstoppable!" - Chizuru
"As long as one of us survives. There will be a hope to stop him! I'll send you with the Chizuru of earth-25." - Ms. Puzzle was about to create a portal.
"Ah!" - Ms. Puzzle becomes confused, sensing Vermilion in alot of places. She is unable to track him.
"Chizuru move out!" - Ms. Puzzle pushes Kagura
"NO!" - Chizuru falls, she turns around, she sees Ms. Puzzle spitting blood
"..." - From the heart of Magenta, a sharp bone blade is seeing impaling her.
"Ah..." - Chizuru
"C-Ch-Chizuru... ARGH!" - Ms. Puzzle tries to talk but she spits more blood
*Slash* - Sasuke cuts Ms. Puzzle in half.
"N0! MAGENTA!" - Chizuru sees the corpse of Ms. Puzzle falling to the ground
"Your ticket back home is gone, Kagura. Why do you keep fighting against fate? You can't defeat me!" - Sasuke approaches Kagura
Kagura walks backwards, she almost trips herself with tree.
"Ah... ARG!" - Chizuru tries to attack Vermilion but she is stopped, Sasuke grabs her by the throat
"ARGH!" - Chizuru
"In the end, his blessing wasn't enough to save you from me!" - Sasuke rises up his blade, ready to impale Kagura's heart
"BURN!" - Screams a young voice as Sasuke is hit by a purple flame, the attack manages to make Sasuke drop Kagura who looks at who attacked Sasuke
"IORI!" - Chizuru is surprised to see the young Yagami who she ordered to escape standing in front of Sasuke
"Hehehehe... You have guts, kid. But that was a big mistake." - Sasuke
"I'll tear you to pieces, damn bastard!" - The Angry Yagami stares at Sasuke, his angry expression makes Sasuke smile.
Yagami launches trying to attack Sasuke with everything he has, but Vermilion easily dodges all of Yagami's attacks. Stopping his fist covered in flames.
"You really should have stayed away from my business, stupid brat!" - Sasuke punches Yagami with his normal left hand. Yagami is tossed to the ground
"Now I'll have to devour you too!" - Sasuke jumps in the air ready to stab Yagami, the kid closes his eyes, unable to reaction.
*Slash* - The sound of Vermilion's blade penetrating something is heared
"Huh?" - Sasuke is surprised, noticing that what he attacked wasn't the kid
"NO!" - Iori exclaims seeing the strange woman covering him with her body, recieving the attack from Vermilion on her back
"Iori... ARGH!" - Chizuru screams in pain, being face to face to Yagami
"Hehehheheh... Well, that was admirable of you, Kagura." - Sasuke tries to push his blade deep in Kagura's body but she is pushed foward by Yagami who manages to free her from the blade
"AH." - Chizuru falls to the ground as Yagami tries to help her.
"You were willing to give up your life for a small kid, now I understand why your clan was blessed by him. All these years looking for those who managed to complete his test. I hated you Yata rats since I knew of your existences." - Sasuke
"Remember your uncle? Your grandfather? All of them thought they could escape from me!" - Sasuke
"Bastard! How many years have you been tormenting us?" - Chizuru
"Ages ago, I loss the count. But I'm guilty... My curse at the end was proven to be stronger that the blessing he put on your people. Just imagine how strong I'll be once I finish with you!" - Sasuke rises his arms
"Argh!" - Iori spits blood, he falls to his knees slowly lossing consciousness
"(Oh no! He loss alot of chi by touching him!)" - Chizuru
"I can't wait to become a god!" - Sasuke rises up his arm ready to kill both
"ARGH! WHAT?!" - Sasuke is shocked as he feels his arm unable to move as if something was holding him back
"ARGH!" - For Chizuru's surprise, something pulls Sasuke back clashing against the tree
"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" - Sasuke
"(Don't you remember me, Sasuke!)" - A voice familiar to Kagura is heared with a supernatural echo as a strange spectral being appears, the being has the appearence of a ghost
"MAGENTA!" - Chizuru is surprised as she sees the spirit of not other than Ms. Puzzle holding Sasuke in place
"WHAT? YOU! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE! I thought I had killed you!" - Sasuke
"You did! I'm death... But my spirit hasn't transcended to the afterlife..." - Ms. Puzzle
"I can't rest knowing a bastard like you is still alive!" - Ms. Puzzle
"Magenta!" - Chizuru
"Chizuru! You were right... I messed up things." - Ms. Puzzle
"What are you doing?" - Sasuke
"I'm doing what it has to be done. Chizuru! Listen to me, because this is the only chance we will have!" - Ms. Puzzle
"We have to seal him... On the tree!" - Says Ms. Puzzle making Kagura opening her eyes
"But-But what about you!" - Chizuru
"Forget about me! I'll drag this bastard alongside me as long as I can... You have to hurry up!" - Ms. Puzzle
"But if I seal your soul with him... You will be unable to rest, your soul won't transcend to neither heaven or hell and you will not reincarnate! You will cease to exists!" - Chizuru
"You're wrong! I'll keep existing! My will is going to live on with you... My essence will be with you! Trust me, Chizuru. For this once... I have made my decision. I know you can do it! After all... For me you're not a failure!" - Ms. Puzzle
Chizuru opens her eyes hearing that. She starts focusing her chi on her palms
"We will be free from his curse, Chizuru. I was dead before you and I meet. Meeting you made me feel alive again, it made me understand everything." - Ms. Puzzle
"I understand... If that's your decision, I respect it!" - Says Kagura as some tears come out of her eyes
"YOU BITCH! You should be rotting in hell by now! I killed you!" - Sasuke
"Perhaps my soul was to stubborn to go away... But don't worry, we will have enough time to talk about that... An eternity to be precise!" - Ms. Puzzle smiles looking at the terrified expression of Sasuke
The tree where Sasuke is being held is covered by a circle, Chizuru starts the process of sealing both souls inside
"No! This can't be!" - Sasuke screams
"Do it, Chizuru! Seal us both!" - Ms. Puzzle
"NO! NO! I was going to get my revenge! You fools! You don't get it! We are all of us just puppets for him! STOP!" - Sasuke
Chizuru recites the preparations to start the seal. Putting the kanji sealing the circle, a strange steam starts coming from the circle
"ARGH!" - Both Sasuke and Ms. Puzzle scream as they are sucked into the tree
"NOOOOOOO!" - Sasuke slowly starts looking again like Vermilion. He and Ms. Puzzle are sealed inside the tree
"ARGH!" - Both scream as their souls are finally sealed inside the tree
"Ah. Ah." - Chizuru pants, feeling totally weakened after doing this. She stares at the tree
"Magenta... Thanks. At the end of the day... You were a heroine" - Chizuru cries
Feeling totally weakened, Chizuru falls unconscious next to the young Yagami
After a few seconds of silence, a strange shadow is seen approaching Chizuru
"I'm late... Like always." - Says the strange supernatural voice staring at the two unconcious bodies
"To think they were in the past of earth-44, now I understand why this sudden memory came to me." - Strange man
The strange shadow carries the unconscious Yagami close to the tree
"For him, this will be nothing more than a strange dream." - Says the shadow looking at Yagami
The strange shadow of the red outfit grabs Kagura, carrying her in his arms
"I'm sorry, Chizuru. I wasn't fast enough... She told me everything that happened." - Says the voice of the strange man of red suit with a hat covering his head and eyes, he starts remembering something
"(She left this with me?!)" - Earth-25 Chizuru finds a strange paper on her pocket while being on her room. The paper reads "The entrance to Shadowcrest." She quickly realizes it was something Ms. Puzzle wrote for her
"Damn it! If I only could know what happened with them." - Earth-25 Chizuru
"Chizuru." - A supernatural voice calls Kagura, she turns around with a smile recognizing the man of the strange outfit
"Guard!" - Chizuru
"Where have you been? You sister was worried about you, you were three days missing." - Guard
"(She told me everything... I had to act quickly... I had to help you two, but it seens I arrived late.)" - Guard takes Kagura away walking out
The silence covers the area as the fog finally disappears
*Chip Chip* - The sound of birds is heared at Kagura's state
"AH... Magenta. Iori. What?" - Chizuru wakes up in her bedroom, she is surprised to see herself on what is her mansion
Chizuru stares at her hands, she feels a slight pain in her right shoulder
Chizuru sits on her bed, she grabs her wallet feeling dizzy, from the wallet a small card falls out
"Huh?" - Chizuru grabs the small card
Chizuru reads what the card says
"A believing heart is the magic that resides in all of us, never forget what matters at the end, our spirit... Our essence. Ms. Puzzle wish you a lucky day!" - Was the quote in the note advertising Ms. Puzzle's magic show
"Thanks, Magenta!" - Chizuru smiles grabing the note putting it inside her wallet. She prepares for another day
As Chizuru walks out of her mansion, she sees a sparrow flying approaching her
"Huh?" - Chizuru is surprised as the Sparrow lands on her hand, the sparrow sings and chirps, Chizuru grabs the head of the sparrow on a soft way
"What are you doing here, little one? Are you loss?" - Chizuru
Chizuru waits for the sparrow to go flying away, but the sparrow doesn't go, refusing to leave Kagura's hand
"..." - Chizuru
"You want to stay with me?" - Chizuru sees the sparrow enjoys being with her.
"Fine! You can stay with me. I think I have the perfect name for you." - Chizuru
"Your name will be... Ms. Puzzle!" - Chizuru returns inside to her home with the sparrow
Unknown to Kagura, a strange shadow is seeing watching in front of the main gate as she enters inside her home, the shadow leaves walking away after seeing her enter
"No Chizurus were harmed in the realization of this story."
THE END.
Shadowcrest - Earth-777
"Ms. Puzzle!" - Two female voices are heared inside the castle calling on for Ms. Puzzle
"Ms. Puzzle!" - The two female voices are heared approaching the main hall
"Ms. Puzzle, sorry for arriving this suddenly! But we need your help, Rootstar The Conqueror is attacking Canada, Firelord and I have been trying to contact you!" - Says the voice of a purple haired woman dressed in a greek armor entering alongside a brown haired woman wearing a fox mask and a strange red outfit
"What the hell happened here?" - Says Red Dove as both women find themselves with the hall covered with bodies of strange woman whose facial features resemble Ms. Puzzle
"By hera! What just happened here! Is almost like the aftermath of a massacre!" - Xana
"I don't know. Who are these women and why they look exactly like Ms. Puzzle?" - Red Dove is confused
"Where's is Ms. Puzzle?" - Xana is confused
"Huh?" - Suddenly Xana feels a strange presence, she turns around noticing this energy is coming from under a table
Xana looks under the table, she sees a strange wooden object lying there
"What is that?" - Red Dove
"A strange mask!" - Xana grabs the object, she sees briefly a strange green glow coming out of it.
She blinks only to see the glow isn't there anymore, Xana is more confused
"What happened to Ms. Puzzle?" - Says Red Dove as both women stare at the bodies of the other women who look like Ms. Puzzle in the room
Ms. Puzzle's Recruitment list, provided by The Yata Trinity
"The Yata Trinity gave me this list, the four of us have decided to work to bring our counterparts to my Shadowcrest, while they have their own lists. I must be sure to bring the ones from this list they gave me."
Earth-69 Chizuru - "A Succubus! I better go prepared for anything, you can never trust in a creature of the night."
Earth-44 Chizuru - "I would hate to live in the world where this woman lives."
Earth-63 Chizuru - "Shisui Kagura II eh? He looks like a normal man, shouldn't be harder to convince."
Earth-25 Chizuru - "She looks relatively normal, but what is it with that white streak on her hair?"
Earth-68 Chizuru - "No, I don't know why she has a green face."
Earth-11 Chizuru - "A vampire, how quaint!"
Earth-86 Chizuru - "She looks like a humanoid tigress... Maybe the result of some freaky experiment?"
Earth-34 Chizuru - "She looks depressed for a teacher. I better avoid any personal questions when approaching her."
Earth-22 Chizuru - "The sheriff of Neo Geo Town, shouldn't take long to convince.. Unless she is a corrupt woman."
Earth-24 Chizuru - "I have the feeling Red Dove would love to meet this woman, both are Kunoichis anyway."
Earth-26 Chizuru - "Her body is the host of a strange parasyte... For some reason the Yata Trinity told me to bring some chocolate with me when I visit this woman."
Earth-12 Chizuru - "Looks like a small teenager girl, now that I think about it. She looks like this character from that novel I was watching the other day... Days of Memories it was called? I don't remember well."
Earth-98 Chizuru - "Why is her head a skull on flames? Gives me the creeps."
Earth-31 Chizuru - "Oh, she is a Mercenary. Interesting. Reminds me of certain ex-mercenary turned thief I know."
Earth-54 Chizuru - "She looks so small and cartoony. Looks like a character of some handheld console game."
Earth-96 Chizuru - "Makirita Bugler... From some medieval earth where Fantasy is king."
Earth-23 Chizuru - "She is just a cat, I don't like the idea of stealing the pet of a little girl... But the Yata Trinity were very strict about what they said."
Earth-43 Chizuru - "A mouse! Well I doubt anyone mind if I bring her with some cheese."
Earth-45 Chizuru - "A lizard! Ok, what's next a bird?"
Earth-32 Chizuru - "A sparrow... No comment."
Earth-21 Chizuru - "She has a chainsaw for a hand... Isn't that Groovy?"
Earth-30 Chizuru - "Looks strangely like actress Francoise Yip."
Earth-1 Chizuru - "I must keep an eye on her, her earth is very far.. So it will take awhile to travel to her dimension."
