Heroes of the Arks

ESKK: Well let's start a new chapter people.

(Start Heroes vs Madoras)

Madoras held Dark Anima in his hand as he pointed it down upon the group who was on edge. "This looks bad." Taiyo said as he quickly added the monster parts he saved up into his spear to access the needed tools the others had.

"Now then let us put the might of Anima to the test." Madoras said and through his power alone he pointed the blade at the group.

Seeing this Shiro sprang into action. "Everyone get behind me!" Shiro called out and thus everyone got moving. Shiro in turn put his Rage Shield forward just before Madoras fired off a beam of dark energy at the group. The energy met Shiro's shield head on as he was pushed back a bit but managed to hold his ground regardless. 'What is this, it's so powerful my arms are starting to go numb.' Shiro thought as he held his ground.

Eventually the beam stopped and Madoras looked at the weapon. "Most impressive for a trial run." Madoras said as he admired his new weapon.

"Incredible we hardly had to pray and already it's so powerful." A Priest gasped at the raw power Madoras held in his hands.

"Emperor Madoras shall we." Miyuki began only for Madoras to glare at her.

"No... I shall deal with this, you three are needed elsewhere." Madoras said and thus looked to them. "For my empire to rise the Coups we set in place must be completed and with that you three must lead it." Madoras ordered and thus Shiba got the gist of it. "Those locations are too valuable of resources for Yshrennia not to possess thus you must claim them." Madoras said and thus Lezarg nodded with a grunt.

"Very well." Miyuki said and thus with advance teleportation magic the three Dark Heroes vanished from sight.

Once they were gone Madoras looked to the group and was ready to proceed. "Now then where were we?" Madoras said and thus lowered the dark blade to the side. "Oh yes that was it, our little disagreement." Madoras said and thus got to it. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you all, especially you, Shield Hero." Madoras began as he looked to Shiro.

"I wish it was mutual." Shiro growled as he glared up at Madoras.

"What do you want, Madoras!" Tsubaki yelled as she glared at Madoras in pure contempt.

"What is rightfully, mine of course, my place as the rightful ruler of this world of all worlds." Madoras said as he looked to the group who heard what he said. "As you are no doubt aware those Knights belong to my Empire. So would it not be logical for you all to aid me in ensuring a quick and peaceful resolution to this war to come." Madoras said as he glared down upon the group.

"Wait those Knights belonged to him?!" Motoyasu asked shocked to hear this.

"Sorry but that's not happening asshole!" Taiyo yelled as he glared up to Madoras.

"Yeah we don't like your current management." Tsubaki added as she was ready to do battle but was warry of Madoras and what he can do.

"Is that so and is this the response shared by all of you?" Madoras asked as it looked to Shiro.

"Hell the fuck yeah it is." Jun responded as she took a battle stance ready to fight this God of Destruction.

"And you young Shirogane." Madoras went on as he directed his attention down to Shiro. "Is this your response as well?" Madoras asked as he looked down to Shiro. "Please consider it carefully you may just come to regret it one way or another. After all you above all the others have ample reason to turn against this Kingdom who has caused you nothing but grief." Madoras said and thus Shiro already knew his answer.

"Yeah well too bad for you there are innocent people here still and more so it's the lesser of two evils." Shiro said as he took a battle stance to fight against Madoras.

"I see... perhaps some convincing will change your minds." Madoras said as he was more focused on Shiro then the other three Heroes. "Now then that prior test swing was formidable but let us switch it up a bit shall we." Madoras said and thus held the sword in both hands. Everyone watched as dark magic formed around it and thus allowed it to convert into a spear.

"Wow back up what?!" Taiyo gasped as he saw what Madoras had just did.

"Surprised the church had been hiding this weapon for some time so a day may come where they may begin a 'crusade,' for their God." Madoras said as he looked down upon his foes. "Truly a conniving scheme but alas doomed to failure for the fact alone it required a tremendous amount of magic one no army could supply by themselves." Madoras said as he looked to the group.

"Wait that means... your using the mimic weapon!" Melty gasped as she saw what Madoras was using.

"Yes and no it was ONCE the Mimic weapon but I have made it whole and in turn Anima the Dark Mother was born. The Dark Weapon creates and births all Dark Weapons." Madoras announced as he pointed Anima against his foes.

"Wait a weapon that creates weapons?" Motoyasu asked and thus Madoras smirked to the group. "That's gotta be cheating or at least over powered!" Motoyasu yelled and thus Taiyo growled.

"Fuck that!" Taiyo called out and thus got his first attack ready.

"Taiyo stop!" Jun called out but it was too late.

"Dragon Lighting Spear!" Taiyo invoked and thus fire off his attack that was a thunderbolt in the shape of a dragon at Madoras who erected a shield to stop it.

"How adorable." Madoras taunted as he then decided to do the same. "Now my turn, Dark Lighting Spear!" Madoras invoked and thus fired a black bolt of lightning at Taiyo.

"Taiyo!" Rino cried out and thus Taiyo was defended by Shiro who had his shield up.

The attack hit and thus the shield stood tall stopping it in its tracks. "Dude you ok?" Shiro asked as he looked over to his best friend.

"Yeah I'll live." Taiyo said as Shiro then looked to Madoras.

"A barrier and a strong one at that." Tsubaki said as her hub noted the barrier.

"And worst yet we can't get a proper read on his stats." Jun added as she looked to the scene before her.

"Try flanking him see if we can find a hole in his defenses." Shiro said and thus the group nodded. Shiro and Taiyo then ran off one side while Jun and Tsubaki went the other way. As they did this Jun and Tsubaki attacked first.

"Lunar Shot/Phoenix Talon!" Tsubaki and Jun invoked and in turn fired off their attack upon Madoras.

He simply yawned to this and thus let his barrier handle this. He then looked to the other side and saw Taiyo sending his next attack. "Meteor Thrust!" Taiyo invoked and thus Shiro used his Rage fire with a roar to give Taiyo cover. When the attacks hit smoke covered the area as they group saw this with hope.

"Did we get him?" Taiyo asked as he looked to the scene.

But alas as the smoke began to clear it was shown Madoras was still standing and was quiet well.

"Nope." Shiro said as he realized they were in trouble now.

"If I was the pope using the mimic weapon that attack would have no doubt broken through." Madoras taunted as he seemed unamused by such a poor attempt of attack. "I believe it is now my turn." Madoras said and thus with a flick of his hand he swung the spear and caused explosive magic to hit the group forcing them back with a cry of pain. They hit the ground hard as their prior attack on Madoras was shown to done close to nothing and Madoras counter attack did more damage than they did.

"A simple flick of a hand I best start to exercise a bit of self-control, after all too much use of power can be just as bad as too little use of it." Madoras calmly said as he admired Anima some more. "Now then Motoyasu I suggest you run, I had promised you sister you would be spared after all." Madoras said as he intended to keep his end of the bargain if it can be helped.

"Give her back you bastard!" Motoyasu yelled as he glared at Madoras.

"If she so chooses then of course but she chose to follow me so I shan't force her to change that choice." Madoras said as he seemed bored with Motoyasu's idiocy. "But if you intend to remain then I'm afraid it's time to." Madoras began until from across the area what seemed to be magic bolts fired forth and hit his barrier. "Oh?" Madoras hummed and thus all eyes went to the source to find Three Mech Knights standing there.

"Itsuki, Ren?" Motoyasu asked as he saw the two Mech Knights standing there with the Third on what looked to be a massive cart ready for use.

"Looks like we got here at the right time," Itsuki said as Jun with a sound of disappointment in her voice as she said, "Great they are alive… and here."

A priest ran up to Madoras and asked him, "My lord, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, nothing to worry about," Madoras said as he look to the knights and went on saying, "Even this is a bit unexpected, I am prepared for any sort that may arise."

Madoras look to the heroes as he felt his control of them has vanish but his crest were still upon them as he sees them through his site as he said, "Even my power over them is gone my chest still remains, no doubt they are focusing all of their power and acting like anchors to keep them in this world sense the weapons they once possessed were the ones that was doing so. Interesting, but annoying as well."

"How are they here?" Tsubaki said as she thought that they were killed with the three dark heroes of Yshrennia had said to them as Motoyasu said, "Did you guys come back from the dead?"

Ren step up with his knight as he said to him, "Don't kill of us off yet." Then the knight raise its sword preparing a skill move as he stab it into the ground many swords made of mana came forth as Ren called out, "Hundred swords!"

Soon enough the sword shot out towards Madoras but they simply hit his barrier as it held up without breaking, as the God said, "This is just pathetic to see."

"Looks like these mech knight can't even break that barrier either, let alone scratch it," Jun said now sounding happy to the situation and maybe seeing that the other two stooges alive still as Shiro said, "We need to come up with a plan of attack soon or else we all could be toast."

With Madoras as he watch all the heroes try to come up with a plan to somehow beat him, even if would be futile, he wasn't going to attack just yet and let the real and fake heroes do what they wish for the time being, with the same priest that came up to check on his new lord as he ask him, "My lord do you need any help at all dealing with them?"

"No I do not, in fact I need all of you to start prepare everyone to retreat and start preparation for the rise of the Yshrennia empire, as soon I am done here, we stall take over these land," Madoras said as the priest understood and back away to tell the others to start packing thing up, but their talk didn't go unnoticed as Tsubaki said, "We won't let you harm anyone else in this world!"

She soon raise her bow and prepare an attack along with Conan and Ali to try another combination magic attack, with Itsuki step up as well with his knight next as it drew back the bow using a basic skill move as well, with both archer soon fire their bows, many arrows of energy came forth from the knight and large piercing attack of Tsubaki came and struck against Madoras's barrier.

The attacks soon stops and dissipated with the barrier still holding as it shows both attacks did almost nothing, as cracks did form around the edges before they heal themselves quickly like the attack never happen, as Itsuki said, "That force field is annoying."

"Even a combo attack like that didn't do a thing," Tsubaki said as she knew that attack was powerful but it barely made crack in the barrier itself as Shiro said, "We can't give up now, there is a limit to that barrier, we just need to figure out where and how to hit it."

"Wait hold on, I thought you two were dead?" Motoyasu said as he yell up to the knights as Ren said, "We nearly were, but we're fine. Their trap didn't do the job. That all there is to it?"

"So what happen to you guys?!" Motoyasu said as Jun smack him upside the head and said, "How about you shut up and let all of us to get to even ground, as it seem Mr. Untouchable isn't paying attention to us right now."

She pointed up to Madoras as he seem to be occupied looking at his weapon no doubt going over the statue and skills to get a better handle on it. Of course he had nothing to worry about from such weak foes such as them so it allowed him the time to appraise his Anima. No doubt as all the parties gotten out of the hole with some help, with Ren and Itsuki coming out of their mech for the time being to talk more face to face instead of someone yelling out to them as Ren started to tell the story of what happen as he said, "Itsuki and I thought something was strange about the church, thanks to Jun's hint, so we quietly started to investigating them."

Jun smile at her work as no doubt if it wasn't for her, the church dirty little secret wouldn't come into light which no doubt started all of this as Ren went on going with his story as he said, "We discover a secret file that was hidden in the Cathedral archives."

"It describe the mimic weapon of the cardinal weapons where it was hidden, and we decided it was a good idea to check it out for ourselves," Itsuki said but then Taiyo spoken up cutting the former bow hero off saying, "But it turns out that idea wasn't so good after all no doubt running into your old friend no doubt."

"And nearly killed by the weapon itself no doubt, but the question is that… how are you guys still alive?" Shiro asked with Itsuki soon said, "We were saved by a group that said they serve the Queen."

"The Queen's shadows no doubt," Jun said as those people were skilled enough to avoid situation like that while saving both fake heroes it seem as Itsuki said, "Yea, and we owe them our lives."

Shiro was thankful that the Queen is aiding them still, and was surprise that the shadows were watching over the fake heroes even after Tsubaki and Jun took back their weapons as, but soon that thought halted when Itsuki soon said, "I think the church stole my reward when I overthrow that tyrant, I understand that you and your friends were framed for it, Shiro."

The group of friend reacted to that statement as Shiro soon thinks to himself, "Frame? It was your fault for you to lose your reward and well blame us for it anyways."

Motoyasu patted Shiro back hard as he said, "Get pin on that as well, you got bad luck."

He was soon smack away by Tsubaki with her bow as she said, "You were about to kill us for the same reason moron!"

"Also we got bigger problems at the moment if you guys didn't notice, we have a literal god as our enemy we're about to face and we are underpowered at the moment," Jun said as Madoras was just standing there like he was waiting for something as then someone else from the church came up and announced, "The Queen and her forces will be arriving soon!"

That freaked all the people of the church out with the heroes were surprise by this news as well with Shiro said, "The Queen is coming?"

"Wait are you saying that mother is going to be here soon?" Melty said as Itsuki said, "Yes, one of the shadows tipped us off."

He soon turn to the people of the church as he said to them, "Every one of you are traitors to the crown. Surrender now and I'm sure the Queen will have mercy on you."

"Drop your weapon and give up at once, and you as well Madoras. As once the Queen arrive you won't stand a chance against her at all," Ren said to the God, with the group of friends look to them thinking they were still idiots right now.

Madoras of course didn't seemed worried about this news. In fact he didn't seem bothered by it at all as he look at his finger nails to see if there was any dust underneath. But while everyone was panicking Madoras sighed to this and got down to it. "And why should I fear a mortal?" Madoras asked as he looked down upon his foes after he finished with his nails to speak to them.

"But Emperor Madoras she's the Queen." A priest urged but Madoras scoffed him off.

"Then by all means run and save yourselves but know this I do NOT tolerate turncoats." Madoras said showing he would not allow them to escape his ire. "So take your choice stay by my side and die as martyrs for Yshrennia or run and die as traitors." Madoras offered as either way they die but at least in one of them they die for the 'noble cause,' of their Emperor.

Down below the Four Heroes and Three False Heroes saw what was about to go down. "Well looks like we got no choice." Taiyo said as he knew what would come of this.

"Yeah that Mech Knight won't fall apart this time will it?" Motoyasu asked as he looked over to the others.

"The Queen's shadow confirmed it won't be so easily sliced like last time but to be careful." Itsuki said as he looked to Motoyasu.

"Good we'll need all the help we can get." Ren said as he looked to the area.

"We may not have our weapons but we're still the legendary." Itsuki began as Taiyo then sneezed.

"Sorry." Taiyo said as right now the Four Heroes and their parties were gathered.

"Ok Melty and Rishia will provide support magic, Tsubaki and Ail will attack from a distance, while the rest of us try to tear down this shield." Shiro said as he passed a potion over to those in his party who need it.

"What about those bozos?" Jun asked as she glared at the false heroes.

"Bozos?" Motoyasu asked as he glared at the group.

"Oh right, you guys get the hell out of here." Shiro said as he looked to the false heroes. "Madoras isn't some minor monster, he's leagues ahead of us all and right now your levels have been reverted to the beginning." Shiro said as he looked over to the group. "Well Motoyasu's at least." Shiro added as he knew Ren and Itsuki had leveled up some since losing their Legendary Weapons.

"What?!" Ren asked shocked to hear this.

"It's like he said we won't fight along you morons you'll just get in the way, you've become so reliant on those weapons you can hardly do battle without them." Tsubaki said as she was not going to be fighting alongside the now former false heroes.

"Hey you three are the one who stole the weapons form us, at least let us." Motoyasu began only for Jun to hold a knife at his throat making him gasp in shock.

"Are you still on about that?!" Jun asked as the Sword Heroin glared at Motoyasu in contempt.

"She's right you idiots are the ones who let the Three Heroes Church do what they wanted it's your fault it came to this." Taiyo said as Shiro nodded.

"Though I guess not all the blame can be directed torts you Malty played you like a fiddle Motoyasu while she fell into their schemes as well." Shiro said as he knew this was a long time coming.

"What no how dare you accuse me of." Malty began but Jun cut her off.

"Oh shut it Baldy, we all know you did and the minute Motoyasu lost the spear you tried to trick our moron like you did him." Jun scolded as this shut Malty up on that.

"Yeah!" Taiyo agreed and then realized the insult Jun gave. "Hey wait a minute!" Taiyo began but Melty cut him off on that.

"Jun is right the fact Motoyasu was unaware that you were manipulating him also fits right into your regular schemes." Melty said as she knew that Motoyasu and Malty were both guilty for varying reasons.

"Now just hold on a minute. There's nothing wrong with me trusting a member of my party." Motoyasu said as he looked to the group showing he was not taking this lying down.

"Trusting needs to be tempered by mind otherwise you're just blind." Taiyo said as he looked to Motoyasu. "If you had exercised some forethought you would have seen Malty's actions for what they were and we wouldn't be in this mess!" Taiyo said as Shiro recalled the incident back in Lute.

"Taiyo has a point oddly enough." Ren said as he put a hand on Motoyasu's shoulder.

"Take it easy Motoyasu is sorry for what he did so let's put this all behind us and get to work." Itsuki said but Jun went on and cut him off on that.

"Bullshit your just as guilty, both you and Ren." Jun said as he glared at the two former false heroes. "In case you forgot Ren after you killed that Dragon its rotting corpse poisoned the air and nearly decimated an entire village with sickness and plague." Jun scolded as she glared at Motoyasu recalling that event as did Shiro.

"That was an accident." Ren defended but Shiro cut in on that.

"In video games when you kill a monster it just disappears their remains don't stick around to rot." Jun said but she had more to tear into Ren on. "But this isn't a game you should have been smart enough to figure that out, what did you try to find a save spot before going in?" Jun asked as boss battle 101 states to always save before entering.

"But let's move on to Itsuki." Tsubaki cut in as she and Shiro recalled the state of the kingdom Itsuki helped overthrow. "Your little vigilante adventure left an entire town in economic ruin forcing its people into poverty. I literally had to escort those I could off the land to greener pastures when the mercenaries the new ruler hired tries to stop them!" Tsubaki yelled as she glared at Itsuki.

"But I had to teach that lord a lesson those people would have suffered under his rule forever!" Itsuki defended but Tsubaki had enough.

"You lying dumbass!" Tsubaki yelled causing the group to jump a bit in shock. "You did it so you can look like a fucking hero you kittle attention whore!" Tsubaki went on as she had enough of these three. "Here is a lesson on politics and economics, it takes MONEY to run a country you can literally ask any noble or government official about it!" Tsubaki yelled as she had it with Itsuki's blatant superiority complex.

"You could have used your position to pressure the leadership AFTER you performed an investigation on his finances and even then you should have stayed to make sure a better leader came in not what those people currently have!" Tsubaki yelled but she was FAR from done. "I investigated and found the leadership wasn't even doing it out of malice or greed the WAVES were causing the need for the increase." Tsubaki said but she wasn't even done. "But NO you just had to get your five minutes of fame in the spotlight and to make it worse your over expensive bill has pushed these people to the edge!" Tsubaki lectured as she now had Itsuki verbally cornered. "Shiba was right about you Itsuki you're a spoiled brat who will turn on everyone and anyone who outshines you, it's pathetic." Tsubaki scowled and thus went to the group.

"Melty, Ail lets cover everyone with some protection." Tsubaki said and thus the two nodded before the three went on and applies Aqua Shield to the four parties.

"You three are why we're here today, you three paved the road for the Church to do what they did, you three make it that easier for Madoras to arrive and cause such chaos." Shiro scolded as he glared at the three former heroes.

"Well if you all are so smart what have you been doing all this time?!" Itsuki snapped back and thus Rino spoke up.

"By the sound of things cleaning up your messes." Rino said as she glared at the opposing group.

"Master complains about you all the time because he's always having to straighten up after you with his friends." Filo said as Melty was applying the magical protection on Filo.

"So it is our fault." Ren said as both he and Itsuki had no room to argue anymore.

"That's right you're both the reason we're in this mess." Motoyasu cut in but alas Taiyo was not having any of it.

"You think you got room to talk?! You're so thick headed you still don't understand how much of this is your fault!" Itsuki yelled as he glared at Motoyasu in contempt.

"You wrapped yourself so tightly around your girlfriends little fingers you didn't even realize it." Ren scolded as he glared at Motoyasu who was dealt a hard blow there.

He was at a loss for words at first but eventually Motoyasu managed to find his bearings. "You leave the girls out of this alright." Motoyasu said before calming himself down some. "Let's just stay focus on what's really important for now specifically all the trouble you two have caused Shiro and his friends." Motoyasu scolded but Taiyo spoke up next.

"You've been causing trouble even before you came to this world." Taiyo said as he glared at Motoyasu and began to tear into him. "When I fought Miyuki I saw her memories of you, she always had to get you out of the situations you found yourself in and not ONCE did you even thank her for it." Taiyo said as he glared at Motoyasu. "It boggles me why she kept doing it when all you cared about was getting both of the girls you liked unaware how insane they were." Taiyo said as he glared at Motoyasu in rage over what he did. "Hell you grades weren't even good enough for the college you wanted she sacrificed hours of sleep to tutor you and to add insult to injury had to jump through hoops to get you where you wanted to be in life, it was a miracle you kept your grades up after so no one got suspicious." Taiyo scolded as he saw just how much Miyuki cared for her brother that despite being younger she was basically his parent.

"The amount of love that Miyuki has for you is astounding she's been trying to protect you and support you and you basically spat in her face every time while she just smiled and took it!" Taiyo yelled and thus Motoyasu looked away and in turn began to feel guilty over what he had learned. "But not just that after you came to this world when you brought that sealed seed to that village shit went down fast!" Taiyo yelled as he glared at Motoyasu.

"That Seed was sealed for years because of what it did after being planted." Taiyo scolded as he glared at Motoyasu who had no room to retort. "That entire village was overrun by those vines when they grew and became monsters! I could barely keep them at bay because I didn't have the ability Shiro had to enhance potions!" Taiyo yelled as he did grind some levels while he tried to fight off the vines as best he could. "Of course they shouldn't have taken it because a hero gave it to them, they even had a legend about it and why it was dangerous but that just shows how much blind fate the people have in the heroes! But that should have been obvious from the beginning" Taiyo yelled as he glared at Motoyasu ready to cause him harm if he pushes his buttons.

In turn Shiro cut in as all three false heroes were scolded by the true heroes whom weapons they had stolen. "In the end you three let the hero's welcome go to your heads and let your egos do the talking embarrassing yourselves when you could have been working together!" Shiro yelled as he glared at the group. "Even when evidence was given that you weren't the intended targets you still refused to accept it and hand the weapons over. You three were so drunk on power and believed so much this world was a game we now have an even larger threat then before!" Shiro yelled and thus it was clear Shiro was well passed angry with these morons. "If it wasn't for us Glass would have made even bigger jokes out of us!" Shiro added but in turn Ryuko and Filo jumped in.

"I lost where Uncle Shiro was in that." Ryuko said and thus Filo jumped in.

"But I do know its Blond Guys fault." Filo said as she stood with Melty, Ryuko, and Pete.

"Filo, Ryuko." Motoyasu began but was in turn blocked by Pete and Rino who the latter of the two went on to shield Ryuko.

"Are you all quiet done down there." Madoras called from above as he was seen sitting on a conjured seat fanning himself with a small fan as he held Anima in his other hand. "As amusing as it is to watch the heroes argue with my three pawns I am a busy man after all." Madoras said as he then pointed Anima at the group. "Thus I must cut this short." Madoras said as he in turn had his attack ready.

"Oh no he's going to attack again!" Melty cried out as she saw this.

"Shiro watch out!" Raphtalia called out and thus Shiro got moving. In response Madoras fired off his attack and thus Shiro held the Rage Shield to stop the attack in its tracks.

Eventually the attack came to an end with a powerful blast and thus Madoras was impressed to see this as Shiro glared up at him. "You jerks are all the same." Shiro said as he glared up at the Pope.

"It's true you guys are just like the Pope you use and walk all over people for your own benefit." Jun growled as she stood with Shiro.

"You talk about justice but while using your power with no concern for the consequences and you see nothing wrong with it!" Tsubaki added as she stood up with her friends.

"But worse of all you keep trying to take stuff we hold dear." Taiyo said as he realized why his parents were so overbearing on him at times. He wanted to protect his little girl and even if Ryuko wasn't his by birth she was his daughter in everything else that counted. Rino was one Taiyo cared for the most, she was the one whom Ryuko called her mother and even if they weren't close like that he will protect her so Ryuko can still have that. Shiro had similar thoughts on Filo that Taiyo had on Ryuko and looking at Raphtalia he also cared for her he just wasn't sure on the how yet. Jun saw Pete and Demonicon as the brothers she never had possibly the ones who would have set her straight before Kizuna bit it. Tsubaki saw her party as her family and she would do whatever she could to protect them.

(With Fitoria and King)

King and Fitoria stood across from each other as they were soon joined by two more figures hidden in the shadows. "You all sensed it didn't you?" A young woman said as she was dressed in a regal outfit that had frost on it that seemed to add to its design.

"Yes... but can they do it?" The larger young man said as he looked to his massive feet worried for the outcome.

"They can, they have to I have faith in them." King said as he all eyes then fell to Fitoria.

Fitoria then but her hands together almost praying as she hoped above all hope that Shiro and his friends will be able to go beyond their troubles. "Please Heroes rise." Fitoria prayed as she knew whatever this power was the Heroes had to stand against it to prove themselves.

(Back with the Battle)

"But despite all of this... we can't beat him as we are." Shiro spoke as he got everyone's attention. "We need to join forces even if we don't like it, we just need to hold out till an opening can be presented to us." Shiro said as he looked to the battle to come.

"You guys." Ren began but Jun cut in on this.

"Don't get the wrong idea, we haven't forgiven you." Jun defended until Taiyo cut in.

"But even after all that you guys were just unwitting pawns to that jackass up there." Taiyo said as he glared at the mastermind behind everything thus far.

"So let's bring the heroes together even if some of them were fakes." Tsubaki said as she was ready to roll out. Thus in turn Ryuko and Filo transformed and with Takaya were all ready to charge into battle as they all took a battle stance as Taiyo saw themselves.

"This is some next level Final Fantasy shit here." Taiyo said with a grin on his face.

"I see so you will all face me in battle." Madoras said as he looked to his foes down below. "Then let us have it." Madoras said as he was fully ready to do battle.

"Motoyasu, take your party, Ren, and Itsuki and attack from outside we'll keep the battle in here a two pronged attack is our best bet." Shiro said and thus Motoyasu nodded in agreement to the Shields plan of attack.

"Right!" Motoyasu said and thus Ren and Itsuki returned to their mech Knights. Once they did so they boarded the armors and thus after grabbing Motoyasu and the girls headed upward.

While they did so Madoras smirked as he knew it was time to do battle. "Well then the Heroes vs the God of Yshrennia let us see the full extent of your power and resolve." Madoras said and thus spread his arms outward. "Allow me to send the venue of our fated duel." Madoras added as he then began to cast his spell upon the area. "I cast Cathedral of Final Awakening!" Madoras invoked and thus summoned the forth a powerful magic.

A ball of dark energy flew upward before it reached the center of the crater at on high and then in a burst of power it spread out. From there it began to construct a familiar sight to the White Knight Chronicles vets as around them a new area began to form up. As the Cathedral formed it didn't take long for everyone to see what it was.

"This is where..." Jun began as Tsubaki nodded.

"Yeah this is the chamber where Final Awakening had begun." Tsubaki said and thus it was clear what was going to happen here and now.

"So the Four Knights vs their King." Taiyo said as he knew that this was a due or die moment for them.

"The Four Cardinal Heroes vs the Emperor of the Yshrennian Empire... this is where our fates will be decided." Shiro said and thus glared at the foe above them in pure contempt.

Meanwhile Madoras smirked down upon them as he was looking forward to this. This will be where he finally put to rest the question of what and who the Shield Hero truly was to him. But such resolve such strength Madoras suspected his suspicion was in fact accurate on the boy. His nemesis truly was a sly vixen to pull this off but for now it was time to do battle and Madoras had no intention of losing here.

Meanwhile Shiro and his allies knew that this is where it would both begin and end. If Madoras was allowed to escape he will undoubtedly recruit more kingdoms to his cause and in turn rebuild the Yshrennian Empire. They had to stop him here and now no matter the cost no matter the sacrifices involved and in turn they stood their ground and prepared for the battle for the ages the battle for the future of this world of heroes.

(Meanwhile in an unknown Realm)

A woman of true divine beauty watched the battle about to occur as now all the pieces were in place. Yet as she watched it she could not help but feel sadness over it. She had been in eternal conflict with Madoras for time immortal ever since the age of the Dogma she and Madoras were at odds one reason or another. She had learned long ago there was no true way to end him so all she can do to keep him at bay was to keep him entertained. They set the stage which leads to many battles to be waged and at the end win or lose they reset the stage and begin a new one.

They can never truly end this struggle and for that she had felt nothing but guilt. Interfering with the boy who would have been the Shield Hero was her only chance. Yes she had seen his struggles and knew that interfering with him that day was her best bet. Thankfully she was grateful that his other self was understanding of her plight.

Just then footsteps came behind her and thus the woman sighed to this. "How much did you hear?" She asked without even looking to the owner.

"Enough." A male voice spoke and thus the woman went silent. "Why do you do this to yourself Mureaus." the male asked as Mureus then sighed to show how tired she was.

"Because if I do not, Madoras will no doubt go on to cause chaos wherever he so desires." Mureaus said and thus the man in question looked to the side.

"I could erase him and all versions of him if you let me." The man said as Mureaus understood why the man would offer.

"I cannot ask you of that, Madoras revived Medea forcing me to reset this world to stop him causing the two to come into conflict with each other as well as myself... I caused this so I have to set it right." Mureaus said as she looked to the world beyond.

"Well at least you're not that God Bitch." The young man said and thus Mureaus smiled a bit.

"Speaking of have you been to see Jun." Mureaus asked and thus the young man scoffed to this.

"She may have started out as the bitch but she made up for it, now if only she can forgive herself." He said before he looked to Mureus. "Still I can't help but feel you had something to do with her change." The young man said and thus Mureaus gasped a bit.

"Me? I can't help if her birth and baptism were glitched. But it seems you've taken a shine to her. I suppose she reminds you of someone does she not... Naofumi?" Mureaus asked and thus Naofumi scoffed as he approached his fellow God.

"Let's not talk about her, let's talk about my replacement down there." Naofumi defended as he approached Mureus. He wasn't exactly angry with her like he should be but at the very least she tried her damn hardest to make the right decisions for everyone's sake even sacrificing her own happiness to do it. "Madoras probably figured out who he is, and if not then he soon will." Naofumi said and thus he sighed to this.

"I caused him unneeded suffering and yet I continue to do so... I truly am a terrible person." Mureus said as she looked to Shiro and his struggles yet to come.

"Don't worry if things go south... well a shield for a shield." Naofumi said and thus Mureus nodded and thus the duo continued to observe the battle down below that will decide if Shiro will walk the path of light or accept the darkness of hatred. Only time will give the answer to this question for these near omnipotent beings. But until then they could only hope for the best outcome because while the board and its players may change the game isn't always so lucky to change either. Still it is amusing to see his own story but with someone else as the lead... maybe he should pay a visit to a particular time line and share the story with a certain hero and his party. But that was food for the thought as now they had to focus on the battle about to begin.

"Come on kid you can do it." Naofumi said as he knew Shiro had a bigger and warmer heart then he did at that age. Almost made Naofumi envious of the kid. But he was still in his corner and will continue to do so and help if ever the time comes that he is in need of such aid.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well here we go a new chapter I hope you all enjoyed it because next up we get to the bit you have all been waiting for the battle between good and evil. So until then I will ask you leave a review on the way out and as I always say here ja-ne.