Jin: I believe it is time for the recap.
Makoto: Basically same as last time. Nothing really happened last chapter.
Hakumen: Jin Kisaragi and I had a little conversation about Izayoi.
Tsubaki: Izayoi? Why?
Jin: Do not worry about it Tsubaki.
Ragna: I wonder what Saya's up too…
Saya: Sorry brother, but I've been a little busy. Sorry I haven't kept in touch.
Yasha: Don't worry about it Ragna. Her man is just keeping her busy. Holding her on those cold nights so she doesn't really need you.
Ragna: Damnation! My sister doesn't have any damn guy clinging onto her! Do you know something I DON'T!? Alright then! Prove it! Bring him here! Right now! I'll knocking his fucking teeth in for laying a FINGER on MY sister!
Saya: C-Calm down brother! It's not like that!
Yasha: Oh man that was easy… Haha! Talk about overprotective.
Ragna: I will not let some random asshole do whatever he wants with my sister! They want my sister they gotta get through me! And oh…am I gonna put their ass through HELL!
Saya: You don't need to worry brother. I'm always here…
Kagura: Ok so note to self… Don't screw with Saya… Ragna will kill me.
Rachel: Well since we got that out of the way quickly we can move on to Ragna and his biggest shame.
Ragna: Hell. No.
Saya: Come on brother. I already know it and so does Jin so why does it matter?
Ragna: Because Saya there's more then just you and Jin here!
Noel: What is it?
Kagura: Just say it man. It can't be all bad.
Jin: You… You just keep thinking that.
Saya: Yeah… Hehe… It's definitely not bad at all… Hahaha...
Ragna: Both of you… Shut. Up.
Rachel: Now I am very interested. Tell us. What is your biggest shame?
Celica: Come on Ragna it'll be ok.
Ragna: No it won't!
Terumi: Oh just stop being a little bitch and say it. Or is little old rags gonna run and hide?
Ragna: Oh kiss my ass you green haired freak.
Yasha: I'd rather you kiss mine Ragna. Or it would be much better if you just came and fu—
Ragna: STOP! God just don't finish the sentence!
Yasha: Man… Trolling you is so much fun.
Terumi: Grr…
Hakumen: Hurry up Dark one.
Ragna: Alright fine damn it! When Jin, Saya and I were in middle school we made a bet and I was the loser! And the loser had too… Had…too…
Kokonoe: Damn is it that bad? Just say it already.
Ragna: The loser had to…wear the underwear of…the opposite gender…for a month.
Kagura: Wait so you…
Makoto: Oh…my…god…!
Yasha: Pft' Hahahahaha! AAAAHHHHH! I guess a man with a bitches name really is a bitch! Inside and out! Hahaha!
Kokonoe: Wait, but was this when you met us?
Jin: No. It was quite a bit before.
Ragna: It was so embarrassing…
Celia: Holy shit… Haha…!
Terumi: Haha… Ha…hahahaha!
Relius: Mm. I must say that is quite the embarrassing story.
Kokonoe: I can't even imagine how uncomfortable that must've.
Yasha: Ok then let me help you. Now everyone, think of the most horrific, most awful thing and close your eyes.
*Everyone closes their eyes*
Yasha: Now multiply that by cancer.
Hakumen: ….
Nine: …Oh…
Jubei: Huh. I reckon that is one hell of a picture in my head.
Kagura: Hahahaha! Oh man that's awful!
Noel: Oh wow…
Makoto: I feel bad for you Ragna… Damn you have some siblings that show mercy…
Ragna: I hate you...
Yasha: Oh! How about we hear it from the man himself. Tell me how they felt huh!? Hahaha!
Ragna: Bite me!
Yasha: Well I'm not into the kinky shit, but if you really want me too. But… I'll be sucking more then your blood you know…
Ragna: Wha!?
Celica: What!?
Kokonoe: Huh!?
Nu: Hey! Only Nu gets Ragna!
Lambda: No. I do. He doesn't belong to you.
Nu: Yes he does! Ragna and Nu were destined to fuse! Ragna will hold Nu tight as Ragna takes me down and has my—!
Ragna: You stay out of this!
Setsuko: Yasha that is indecent.
Yasha: What? It's fucking halarious! I mean look at him. He's blushing red like he's about to explode!
Ragna: That's it! I'm gonna kill you!
Yasha: Oh? Is that massive sword gonna go into my realm of darkness? Is it gonna penetrate through my walls? Eh…Ragna?
Ragna: I-I can't even! ARGH!
Yasha: Yasha 1… Ragna 0.
Terumi: Grr…!
Tao: Is it just Tao or is green guy getting upset.
Rachel: No it is not just you.
Terumi: Who the hell does she think she is? And he's just eating it all up!
Kagura: What the hell are you talking about?
Terumi: If she thinks she can steal away my archenemy then she's in for a rude awakening!
Rachel: Well I think you have been replaced. It would seem Yasha is trolling him better then you are.
Terumi: That's it! Ragna you get away from her!
Ragna: What? The hell is up with you?
Terumi: What's wrong? Don't you dare say that to me! You two timer!
Ragna: Two timer!?
Makoto: Oh… This just got good…
Celia: This can only end in blood…
Terumi: Your just fooling around with other psychopaths even though I'm right HERE!? I thought we had something special! You damn two timer!
Ragna: Ok look it's not what you think.
Terumi: I bet you say that to all the crazy fucks who want to troll you! You know if I ever did have parents, because god knows I would've killed them at birth for fun, they would tell me you were no good for me!
*Terumi stomps towards the door and opens it up*
Terumi: Oh and you know all the times I got angry at you or trolled you? I WAS FAKING!
*Slams door hard and leaves*
Noel: What… What just happened?
Kagura: I think Ragna got dumped.
Nine: I don't… Can we just move on?
Izanami: Very well.
*Izanami goes into the box and draws a name*
Izanami: Tsubaki Yayoi.
Tsubaki: Me? Oh no…
*Tsubaki goes into the other box and draws a card*
Tsubaki: What turns…me on…
Kagura: Fuck yeah! Now we got something good!
Tsubaki: No! I want a redraw! Redraw!
Makoto: Sorry doesn't work that way sweetie.
Ragna: Oh man that's brutal…
Noel: No kidding…
Saya: Well anyway I think we spent enough time here. Let's get back to the main story. Lambda.
Lambda: Mission parameters set. Chapter begin.
Chapter 23: Arrival
It's been two months since they all decided to part from their families and head for Yabiko to finish what was started. They weren't able to keep in touch with each other, not wanting to risk any possible enemy listening in on them. They knew full well that Terumi and Relius were not to be underestimated. Not only them, but now they had a mage as powerful as Nine, the nox nyctores themselves and the imperator herself to contend with. Reaching the gate was the least of their worries. Protecting themselves against them was more of a pressing concern.
Still, they chose to continue and they weren't planning on losing, even if it is the imperator herself. As they walked Ragna couldn't help, but think back to the imperator. How she spoke and acted towards him, it was almost like she knew him already. Just who was she really? And why did he feel so sad when he looked at her. He had this unyielding urge to find this woman and speak to her, but he had no idea why.
'Is she someone I know…?'
Those thoughts ran through his head, but was stopped by a blow to the head. He hisses his teeth and curses.
"Son of…a bitch Tao! What the hell!?"
"Good Guy! Tao has been calling you for ten minutes meow!" Tao points ahead. "Look!"
Ragna groans and looks to where Tao was so eagerly pointing at. He looks to see a large city in the distance, a smile of relief coming across his face. "Finally here. Yabiko."
"Yes. The coordinates are the same. We have arrived." Lambda confirms.
"Finally! I can't wait to see Makoto, Tsubaki and everyone else!" Noel says cheerfully.
"I just hope they're all ok." Ragna says.
"They shall be fine. Let us make our way to Yabiko. From here I can feel something off. It would seem Terumi and the imperator have already arrived in Yabiko." Rachel says.
"Damn it… Let's hurry then!" Ragna started to speed up as the rest of them followed suit. They made their way to the city and walked up to the lower entrance, Noel sighing in relief as they finally made it inside the city. Walking up to the middle sector of the city they look around the vibrant city, one thing catching all of their attentions, especially a certain cat.
The food.
The entire area was surrounded by an aroma of food. Tao started to sniff around as her mouth began to water, drool running down the kittens face. "Tao smells food! It smells so good!" she looks around frantically. "What is it!? Where is it!?" she took a big sniff as a tear fell down her eye. "The exquisite taste of this fabulous cuisine must've been crafted by the gods themselves! Tao will devour this delicious food when I find it! Tao will partake in this glorious and absolutely divine dish!"
"What the hell? Who are you…? And where's Tao?" Ragna questioned, wondering where in the hell she learned those words from. Last time he checked she couldn't count past two.
"I think your smelling Yabiko's deep fried fish. They're amazing." Noel explains.
"Really!? That's all Tao needed to hear!" with that she takes off at blinding speeds, following her nose to the source of the smell.
"Should we chase after her?" Noel wonders.
"You guys go on ahead to the branch. I'll go after Tao." Ragna says. Noel questions him if it's ok, but he said just to go on without him. Rachel said not to argue with him as they all head towards the branch, Ragna going the direction of where Tao ran off too. He knew she would be ok, but with what's going on right now he didn't want her to get into any trouble. Especially knowing her and how she acts, she would have hell to pay.
He scurries around the city, checking the restaurants and back alleys. After hitting up a few restaurants he couldn't find her as he decided enough was enough and didn't want to waste anymore time. Tao might be an idiot, but she knew how to take care of herself so she should be fine. "Ok, time to head to the branch."
Before he could move he felt as if time itself has been halted as he looks around to see everyone and everything stop moving. He was then engulfed by complete darkness and felt a very powerful force looming over him. Ragna puts his hand on the hilt of his blade and calls out to the nothingness. "Whoever you are! Come out here! If you got beef with me, then come at me!"
"Well I guess you never change."
Ragna heard a rather alluring voice and looks to see someone coming out from the darkness. A drop a sweat trickles down his cheek as he could feel just how powerful this person was. But this sensation was also very familiar. He knew this and he knew it well. 'This presence… It's just like…' "Nine?"
"Oh… So close." The person emerged from the darkness as it was Akahana. She continues to make her way to him and spoke. "Look at you, still standing after all that. You're pretty tough Ragna."
"Your… Akahana…am I right? But…why the hell do you have this air about you… What's your relationship to Nine?" Ragna takes a step back, his teeth grinding against each other and turning into a small scowl. 'The hell does she want with me?'
'Ragna be careful… She's way out of your league…'
'I know that… But it kinda sucks to hear it though…' Ragna groans.
'Well the truth hurts Ragna.' Azure says bluntly.
'Ok seriously!? Are we REALLY doing this now? I said I'm sorry. So why the hell are you still pissed?'
'Well then don't ignore a woman.' Azure pouts.
'Can we drop it for a fucking second!? Kinda got something big here!'
'Ok. But later you and I are going to have a LONG talk about feelings and women!' Azure says sternly.
'Ok, ok! Just let me focus!' "Now who are you!? And what's your relationship to Nine!?"
"Well I am her big sister. I think we should have some similar qualities after all besides bust sizes." Akahana taps her hips. "But I think my caboose is a bit bigger. So, what do you think Ragna?"
"I-I… What the hell are you asking me for!?" Ragna blushes.
"Aw, your so cute when your flustered." Akahana vanishes and reappears right in front of him.
Ragna gasps and jumps back. "What are you trying to do!?"
"Oh just have some fun. Just teasing you a bit and man is it fun! You have the cutest reactions Ragna, do you know that?"
"S-Stop that damn it!" Ragna demanded, his voice cracking a little out of the sheer embarrassment he felt. She was the complete opposite of Nine and he wondered how in the hell they were even related or associated with each other in anyway. To be honest he wished that Celia was here rather then her.
"Alright, alright. I guess it's time to get to business. Can't play too much or the imperator could get jealous and have my head." In that instance her whole aura changed as Ragna could feel a dangerous presence swirl around her. "I hope you can handle it… If not," the ground began to shake as her eyes turned callous. "Your gonna die."
With a click of his teeth he unsheathes his blade, both hands on the hilt of his blade. Ragna looked down to see fire swirling under him. The fire soon came up into a massive tornado as Ragna puts his arms in front of his face to defend himself, but it wasn't doing much against the heat. With a grunt he stabs his sword into the ground as a vortex of seither came up and dispelled the tornado.
"Damn you!" Ragna charges at the mage and jumps up high in the air. His blade soon transformed into it's scythe form as he swung down.
The mage extends her hand upwards as a barrier appeared and blocked his attack. Ragna soon felt an electric current run through his body as he was repelled by her barrier. Ragna spun a few times in the air, but manages to catch himself and lands on his feet. His blade switches back to his normal form as he spun it around a few times, holding it in a reverse grip and charges back at her.
Akahana snaps her fingers as spears made of pure light and darkness appeared next to her and with another snap they all launched at Ragna. Zooming through the air at blinding speeds, the spears seeming to even cut through the air itself as they launched one by one.
Ragna swings his blade hard left and right, deflecting the speeding spears, dodging and weaving around some of them as he made his way to the mage. He finally got in close and sent a bevy of wild sword swings at her, swinging up and down, left and right. However none of his attacks hit their marks as she was very agile and seemed to be avoiding his strikes with ease.
"Is this really all you've got? "Grim Reaper"." Akahana ducks under his swing and opens her hand as she blasts him with a heavy torrent of flame. He was engulfed in the flame as the surrounding was set ablaze. She saw a shadow in the fire as Ragna jumped out, his fist surrounded in seithr. With a yell he slams his fist into her stomach and sends her up high into the air.
Ragna jumps up to meet her, his foot surrounding in heavy seithr. He gets up to her and with a power ax kick, she's sent down to the ground, a cloud of seither surrounding her landing zone. He lands on the ground and grips his blade, readying himself for her.
"I guess your not too bad…" the cloud of seithr disappeared with a strong gust of wind as Ragna looks to see Akahana with almost no injuries on her.
"Your kidding me…"
"Ragna, are you actually afraid of the Azure Grimoire?"
"What? The hell did that come from?" Ragna questions. He drops his guard as he felt that strong pressure around her vanish.
"Exactly what I said. You hesitate a little too much." She vanishes and reappears right in front of Ragna. He jumps back a little, startled by her sudden appearance. "So are you afraid?"
"Why the hell would I be afraid!?"
"So you are. I guess that's understandable given your situation." Akahana says.
"I'm telling you I ain't afraid of the damn grimoire!" Ragna claims.
"Ragna… Your way too weak."
"What?"
"You can't protect anything like this. Your going to lose those you wish to protect if you keep this up. You've already given yourself to the Azure once before… Do you remember when?" Akahana questions.
"Gave myself up? What—?" Ragna stopped as he felt a sudden pain in his head. He dropped his sword and went down on a knee as holds a lock of hair with his hand and grit his teeth in pain. 'What the hell…is this!?' pain coarsed throughout his head, but through the pain came images. Images he recognized very well. A major event that took place only a few months ago. He gasps at the realization of what it was. "When I…defeated Terumi…"
"Looks like you figured it out… That's exactly what I'm talking about Ragna." The mage let's out a sigh. "…"You" can't change anything… Nothing at all Ragna."
"Quit the crap…!" Ragna growls.
"If you continue the way you are now, you'll fail. To be honest I don't really care if this world is destroyed. However I have a few people I want to see keep on living. I'll await the day you throw your fears away and use "your" power. Then we can talk "buisness"."
"I am using my power." Ragna stands back up and picks his blade up. "I don't know what the hell your talking about, but I'll tell you right now," he gives her a hard glare and went on, his tone steady and stern, his eyes showing no falter. "I use my own power to shape my destiny. Don't forget that."
"I truly wonder about that. I can say you did use your own power to save your little friend so I need to congratulate you on that. I would like to see more of that. Don't fear the grimoire," Akahana closes her eyes. "If you do, well," she opens her eyes again and finishes. "Your dead." With that said bluntly she vanishes as does the black space, Ragna finding himself back where he was before.
He stood there contemplating what he was just told. He raises his hand and looks at the shell on his glove. "The Azure Grimoire… I'm afraid of it? Am I?"
'You can't protect anything like this...'
"…"
'Your going to lose those you wish to protect if you keep this up…'
"Grr…!"
'…"You" can't change anything… Nothing at all Ragna…'
Her words echoed through his head. It was like a song you wanted to get out of your head, but was unable too. Her words were like that. They were annoying and he wanted to forget, but he couldn't. He felt them stabbing him over and over again as he yells in frustration.
"Damn it!" Ragna slams his fist into the wall next to him as he clenched it tight. He removed it from the wall and looked as grimoire. He looked at it in silence for a few minutes, taking in what Akahana told him as he couldn't help, but feel she was right. "Fear…"
"…"
"Azure…"
"So there you are." He heard a familiar voice say. He heard footsteps coming his way and turns around to see a man in a white opened shirt that showed off his chest and long pants with a massive belt hanging slanted on it, his hair a spiky black and his eyes a purple color. Ragna recognized him from anywhere. It's only been two months so he wasn't expecting much change with him. "Found you…"
"Yo what's u—" he stops and jumps back as Kagura lunges at him, sword in hand and swings down. The blow causes rocks from the ground to shoot up, covering Kagura. Out of the dust Kagura came at blinding speeds at Ragna. With no other choice he quickly unsheathes his blade and fends him off. Their blades clashed hard, the sound of metal rang heavily in the air and with one final clash the two jump back from each other.
Ragna winces as he feels a sharp pain on his left arm as he looks to see his jacket cut and blood beginning to run from it. He covers the wound and breathes through his teeth. If anything that's new with Kagura he seemed to have gotten a whole lot stronger. But right now it was more of a bad thing then a good thing, given his rather uncomfortable situation.
"Damn…" Ragna looks back at Kagura. "What the fuck are you playing at!?"
"We've been expecting you, Grim Reaper." Kagura leans his large blade on his shoulder and smirks. "Ragna the Bloodedge himself. Looks like you really WERE coming."
"What!?" he looks around to see soldiers surrounding him. Their blades, axes and guns in hand. Even if he wanted too he couldn't escape them as he was heavily outnumbered. "You fucking bastards…!"
"Sir! What do we do? You want us to apprehend him?" one of the soldiers asks.
Kagura puts a hand up to stop him and steps forward. "Na I got this. You all just stay back. He didn't earn the Grim Reaper nickname for nothing you know." The soldiers saluted him as he walked closer to him.
Ragna didn't really get it, but right now really wasn't a time to think. "You want a piece of this!? Bring it asshole!"
"Heh… This is gonna be fun." Kagura lunges at him, sword gripped tightly in hand. Ragna raises his sword above his head to block. His sword came down heavy on him as the two came to a stalemate, but Kagura seemed to be the more advantageous one. Ragna raises his foot to kick him as he jumps back. He runs after him, closing the distance between them. He swings his sword in all different directions as Kagura manages to block his heavy swings. He counters by swinging his blade hard against him. Ragna grunts as he was sent back a few feet by the heavy blow and uses his feet to stop himself. "That is it!"
Kagura watches as his blade started to move up the hilt as a stream of red energy came out from the other side, forming a massive scythe. "Ok… That's not good."
"You want to see the Grim Reaper!? I'll fucking show you!" with a yell he swings his weapon upwards. "Seeds of Tartarus!" three massive waves of seither came at him. Kagura did his best to hold his ground but the attack flew him back as his sword flew out his hand.
"Crap!"
"Got you!" he looks to see Ragna right in front of him, his foot surrounded by seither as it formed a claw like shape. "Gauntlet Hades!" he roundhouse kicks him right in his jaw, Kagura gliding on the floor and stops right next to his sword. He quickly picks it up off the ground and charges right back at Ragna. He sends a barrage of quick, yet powerful strikes his way. Seeing an opening Kagura slams his blade down hard, getting him off balance.
"Shit!"
"It's over Grim Reaper. So for now," Kagura quickly twirls his blade, his blade now being held back handed, and grabs the hilt of his blade with both hands. With a grunt he slams the hilt of his blade into his stomach as Ragna's eyes widen as he topples over a little. "Take a nap."
Ragna's eyes widen as he wheezes a bit. "Bas…tard…" His sword fall out of his hand as he stumbles a little and falls to the ground with a thud. Kagura takes a breath as his sword vanishes. The soldiers ran up to the unconscious Ragna as one stops in front of Kagura and asks.
"What do you want us to do with him sir?"
"I want you to take him back to the branches prison holding cell in district number one. Put several ars magus restraining barriers on him so when he wakes up he doesn't escape." Kagura commands.
"Yes sir!" the soldiers solute him. They do exactly what he asks as a white seal surrounded Ragna's upper body. The took him up and carried him away. As soon as they were out of sight Kagura felt something ringing in his pocket as he fished into it and pulled out a communicator and puts it to his ear.
"It's me. The soldiers are currently carrying him to the prison holding cell in the branch. I'll be there soon." He hangs up and puts the communicator back in his pocket and let's out a tired sigh. "Man the work she gives me…"
Akahana stands in front of a large test tube, arms folded and eyes set on the large container. Within the container a sleeping Nu floats within with several other tube linked to it. "She should be ready, but I don't know…" the mage puts a finger on her chin and examines her. "Her mental state isn't the best… Can she really do this?"
"Akahana. Are you done yet?"
She heard someone call her name and turns around to see a woman with platinum hair and blue eyes coming her way. "Imperator? What are you doing here? Weren't you with Relius?"
"I was. He finished implementing the last test on his little project. A good insurance plan if Nu isn't up to it. Though…weren't you with Ragna?"
Akahana smirks and puts a hand on her hips. "Is someone jealous?"
"Not in the slightest."
"You sure?" Akahana smirks.
"Shut. Up."
"I thought so." Akahana snickers.
"Now back on topic." The imperator clears her throat with a cough and reasserts herself. "Is it ready?"
"Almost, but I wonder is this really the best decision?" Akahana questions.
"In order to open the gate we need a lot of souls and I do not want to recreate the Black Beast. All we need now is the successor of the Azure. Terumi said that he will handle that, but I told Relius to be on stand by if he fails." Akahana saw the sheer amount of disgust on her face the moment she mentioned his name.
"You really don't like him…"
"Of course I don't. He is down right annoying, but I do need him. If I did not I would have killed him by now. My blade itches for his blood. But more importantly," The imperator looks at Nu. "How is her synchronization? Is it proceeding as we planned?"
"Yes actually. She's like the perfect core. Though her mental state… I wonder if she can handle the strain..."
"Do not fret over that. Once she fuses with the little "enhancer" Relius created, it should be able to lessen the burden. But," The imperator looks up at the ceiling as if she could peer through it and look up at the sky. "To think I would actually be using that "thing"… I'd rather not, but it's power was able to rival that of the Black Beast. Even in the state it's in now, it should have no problem destroying that piece of junk."
Akahana folds her arms and asks. "What about Rachel Alucard? You know that she will interfere. Along with Izanami who is more of a threat then anyone else."
"I will cut them down personally."
"What about Ragna the Bloodedge?" the imperator says nothing as she continues. "Will you kill him? I'd rather you not. I actually kinda like him. He's interesting."
"Only in a worst case scenario and I have no other option…"
"I see… Also about my sisters…"
"I shall not lay a hand on them as our agreement is. But if they do stand in my way… I will be forced too."
Akahana glares at her. "Don't kill them." She started to walk and stops right next to her. "If you kill them… I'll be coming after you and you better believe your gonna have to sleep with one eye opened."
"To think you would threaten me. You have my respect." The imperator smirks. "At least you are more entertaining and a bit more of a talker. It gets a little boring when you have no one to speak to and the only one you can tolerate is someone like Relius. But let me ask you," she takes her blade a bit out of it's sheath, only a bit of silver being seen as it shined a glorious clear silver. "If I was to kill them. Would you be able to follow through with that threat?"
"I will."
"So you will…" The imperator and Akahana share glares, the room dead silent. The platinum haired woman lets out a "Hmph" before sheathing her blade and cracking a small smile. "I see you are not lying. I promise you that I will not kill them. You have my word."
"You actually sound a bit nice. What's with the change?" Akahana asks curiously.
"I like you. That conviction you have is radiant. I shall leave your sisters to you. Think of it as a gift." The imperator says.
"I'll keep that in mind." Akahana was about to walk out, but stops. "Imperator… You've noticed haven't you?"
"Of course… The question is, is just who has he aligned himself with."
"Not sure… Just keep an eye out for not only Relius, but Terumi as well... Try and keep information from them as much as possible, but don't make it look obvious."
"I could tell you the same. All that remains is when they will decide to betray me."
"Well," Akahana began to walk out, her heels clapping on the floor. "For that question is on left up to time to tell." With that she walks out the room, leaving the imperator with an unconscious Nu.
"The day of reckoning is on it's way… Soon…very soon." She puts a hand on the test tube and looks at Nu with saddened eyes. "Poor girl… The only thing you have been used for is as a weapon. Never given the chance to live… It's a shame really. I will not ask for your forgiveness Nu, but I shall say it anyway. Please forgive me and my petty selfishness, but I need you. Please hang on a little longer."
"So the first major event is about to start. I gotta say I'm excited." A man in a pink kimono stands on a building looking at the branch from afar. Pink umbrella in hand, in twirls it around, letting out slight chuckles and giggles. "I must say… I haven't been this excited in so long… Nothing is going as expected. Ain't that right Izanami?" the man turns around and looks to see a woman with violet purple hair floating right above him. She touches down on the roof and glares at him.
"You again…"
"Isn't this just great Izanami dear?" the man asks in a stoic tone. "The future seems to be like a blank canvas that can be painted any color now. I can't even see it anymore and I doubt the Master unit can either."
"What are you getting at?"
"I'm just curious on what you plan on doing? You've be actin' pretty sketchy lately ya know." Amane closes his umbrella and leans it on his shoulder. "Gotta keep up with the times ya know. Ever changing my dear."
"Are you trying to infer something observer?"
"What is the Master unit up too…?" Amane asks suspiciously.
"Up too? I do not follow."
"So even you're being left in the dark?" Amane smirks.
"Preposterous. If the Master unit was up to something I would know." Izanami says.
"Then why are you hatching this odd plot of yours? Or are you fully aware that you are being kept in the dark?" Amane asks as he looks to see a slight scowl appear on her usually emotionless face. "It looks like I just hit a nerve." He lets out a playful chuckle. "Sorry for being so disrespectful. Just speaking from a third person point of view."
"Do what you wish. It has nothing to do with me." With that Izanami vanishes, leaving Amane alone with a suspicious expression.
"Just what is the Master unit planning…? And if it's what I think it is then…" The man trails off as asense of danger loomed over him. He closes his eyes and lets out a tired sigh. "So much work and so little time... How am I suppose to do my performances like this? But I do wonder who will win… The Master unit…or Amaterasu… Though that battle might be decided on him…" Amane let's out a quiet chuckle and looks up to the sky.
"Oh Ragna the Bloodedge… You really don't want to be you right now my dear."
That ends this chapter and the first real chapter in this arc. As always R&R and tell me what you thought about this. Also I'm not gonna do the preview anymore. I was going through an odd phase. Anyways here's where I bid you all farewell and I'll see you all next chapter.
Next Chapter 24: The plan