Reiko!" Kuri calls. She runs to her and wraps her arms around her. "Reiko! Is it really you!? Reiko!?"
"Sister," Reiko says. "No, Weilder of the Black Wings. I have come for my important mission."
"Important mission?"
"What is it..." Kuri thinks. "She's not like the Reiko of before. Stronger. Bigger."
Lenalee activated her innocence, her dark boots.
Kanda activated his innocence, the Mugen.
Reiko activated her innocence, the Hoshi, draped in vines and growth, looking like a giant flower.
"Lenalee!? Kanda?!"
Allen recognized the innocence and fell to his knees. The others followed suit.
"Greetings," he says. "I haven't seen something like this in many generations."
"I wield the Dark Boots, shackles of sound and power."
"I wield the Mugen, sword of the Otherworld."
"I wield the Hoshi, crystal of the kitsune."
"We are the three soldiers of the Otherworld!"
"Destroyer of Time," Reiko says to Allen. "We will do whatever is necessary to make reparations for our rudeness. Forgive us, so we can protect this world. Since ancient times, we fought as spirits against invaders. We defended the Otherworld from a distance. You and the Otherworld have been resurrected again in this world. And we, too. Like you, it was promised we would be reincarnated. We have newly awakened on this planet. But it seems we are too late. Our full awakening came in the time of crisis. They are already invading. Deeply, quietly, they built their fortress. We've let these invading enemies slip through. It's our mistake."
"This woman who calls herself Queen Bandiane..." Miranda says. "Where did she come from?"
"Queen Bandiane?" says Lenalee. "Is that what she's calling herself? She was once a spirit like we are, protecting this world. She consumed part of Allen's innocence, making her immortal. She has taken part of his soul"
"The Bandiane comet," says Kuri. "That's what she said... Is that where they're from?"
"Yes," says Reiko. "She was banished by the Black Order long ago, but she has returned. This land sparkles with a great power. The area of the Order is veiled in the great aura of a hidden power. She's probably been drawn to it."
"Intentionally... Accidentally..." Kanda says. "A twist in the time and space here is occurring. They could be coming from it. And, unless we defeat this being, this world will be cornered into ruin."
"This being?" Allen asks.
"The one we are supposed to defeat," says Kanda. "The biggest enemy. We almost had them. Until somebody interrupted us by barging in."
"Kanda!" Lenalee says. "We're sorry for dragging you into this."
"But! You're like us!" says Allen. "Right?"
"But these enemies, against this false Queen," says Lenalee. "We must face against them. Interference is useless."
"We'll help you!" says Kuri.
"Don't," says Kanda.
"What?"
"It's too much for you," says Lenalee.
"But! We've been fighting until now!" says Allen. "We're fighting too!"
"Until now it's been different! The form the akuma are taking, and the way they're invading, is a complete mystery. So defeating the biggest enemy is something you can't do. This is our jurisdiction."
"But...!" Allen says. "We can't even help you?"
"Allen," Lenalee says. "Don't waste our time. The mission must be accomplished smoothly."
"Come on, you can't be serious," says Miranda.
"We had to leave the Black Order because our cover was blown!" says Kanda. "The enemies might come looking for us! Is that the kind of danger you want to face!? We live in those condominiums, to keep an eye on the Order. We will not fail. We will take out the being."
Allen stares at him.
"Don't look like that, moyashi," he says. "We didn't want to confuse you."
"We three have special powers you don't have. We've been awarded stronger powers and stronger items. Leave things to us." Reiko said.
"Wait," says Miranda. "What kind of thing is this biggest enemy? Is it that powerful an enemy?"
"Miranda." Reiko said.
"The stronger items you carry," Miranda says. "Are they the three talismans that will lead to ruin?"
"The ominous oracle..." says Kuri. "If the talismans must not be gathered... The talismans you use as weapons... What are they!? Your mission..."
"The talismans we carry, and our biggest mission, are to bury the biggest enemy. The god of ruin." Lenalee admitted.
"The god of ruin!?" Allen said in shock.
xxx
Later: Miranda reads the newspaper in the kitchen.
"'Members of the Black Order have gone missing. They are looking for the responsible party. Dead bodies were found in the botanical garden. The garden has been closed, and the land development has been stopped.'"
"What next?" She thinks. "The akuma. And Lenalee, Kanda, and Reiko. What do they want to do? The god of ruin. What could its true form be!?"
"So the mad scientist is causing an uproar again," says Miranda
"Miranda, do you know him?" Allen asks.
"He was a world-famous scholar of genetic engineering. Seven, eight years ago. But he was probably too quick to announce his research, and he was banished by the scientific community."
Allen sat reading.
"Wherever I searched," he says, "there was no data on Professor Komui's past. Finally I found something."
"Life's work: 'Superhuman'?" Kuri said.
"He continually repeated his genetic experiments on animals, and was outcast by the scientific community. He put his experimental know-how out for sale, and it was bought up by the Infinity district. Two years later, there was a fire while the buildings were under construction. Sister Lenalee (8) Critical condition.
"After that, all life vanished from the professor's face."
xxx
"Ohh..." says Queen Bandiane. "The source of life, the Snow Crystal, is losing strength. We must get it quickly... We will eat up the tiny souls of the humans soon. For my revival, take the infinite power similar to that of the Snow Crystal! The lights of protection should be gathered. Our ruin will be eliminated! We've finally found the land of peace. We won't give it up to anyone!"
Queen Bandiane walks to the pool of water. "The lights are rapidly gathering in this land. They're being drawn to the land's aura. Something is going to happen. The lights of the protection of three new spirits... This does not bode well. These lights are stronger than the others. Are these the carriers of the three talismans!? Is it too late to stop the path to ruin!? My reflecting pool is always clouded. The sailor soldiers are sending out a strong vortex from the innocence lights! Or else, is the cloudiness the fault of the increasing abnormal aura power in this land? This sacred land has seized the Black Orders abnormal aura, and the strong lights of the innocence protection. We can't escape..."
Pofessor Komui walks in as Bandiane orders the last of the Witches, Cyprine, to do away with Allen.
Xxx
"Hey, Allen," Miranda says, holding the chalice. "This is pretty. What is it?"
"Oh, Miranda! That's the legendary holy chalice. I made it with Kuri! Say, Miranda, do you know about the holy chalice? During a sacred ceremony, it's a special cup you use to drink the wine and holy water."
"You've been working hard, like a soldier," says Miranda.
xxx
"Kanda," Reiko calls. "The movie's starting!"
"Lenalee hasn't come," thinks Kanda. "I've already waited nearly an hour. What's wrong?"
"You go on ahead," he says to Reiko. "I'll call Lenalee's room." He goes to a phone. "Nobody's answering... Maybe... she's fallen down again, and can't contact me..." He walks to the Research Labs.
"It's so cold here..." he thinks. "All those dark clouds..."
xxx
"I've completed the procedure to get you in the hospital," Komui said. "I'll go visit you there. Do you need anything?"
"Thanks, brother, I'm all right. After I stop by the lab, I'll head for the hospital."
Lenalee entered her room and gasped. The petri dish lies broken on the floor. A large crystal sits beside it, with a figure inside. "The crystal... It's growing this huge!? But how? It looks just like the form of a person...! What on earth..." He moans and doubles over. "It hurts... The number of fits is increasing... Am I starting to lose it...?"
Lenalee lies in a hospital bed. The spirit floats outside the window. "I was lonely..." Lenalee sits up. "Who's there? The window's opening?"
She floats out of the crystal she was closed in. "You have gotten the first piece of me," she says. "I am Queen Bandiane. I was named by you."
"You came to meet me...?" says Lenalee. "I'll probably die soon. I see. I don't worry. My parents died so long ago, and there's no one else who will grieve... I can die in peace. You can take me at any time."
"Lonely... I can somewhat understand your loneliness. I was also alone. All alone for four and a half billion years..."
Kanda sits outside the hospital in the falling snow. "Lenalee..." he thinks. "There's nothing I can do for you. But I want to see you..."
A nurse enters the room. "Lenalee-san? How are you feeling? If anything's changed..." She sees the spirit over Lenalee's unconscious body. She screams.
Kanda runs into the room and sees the nurse frozen in crystal by the spirit. "That thing!? That form... Oh no! An enemy!?"
"Who the hell!?" the spirit says.
Kanda attacked with his Mugen, melting the room easily.
The spirit cries out. "I'll retreat for now!" She leaves.
Professor Komui rushes into the room. "Lenalee!?" She runs to him. He looks up at Kanda. "Kanda?! What's wrong? What happened?"
"Kuri was attacked."
"Kanda!?"
Lenalee opens her eyes. "Brother?"
"Lenalee!?"
"That crystal..."
"The crystal!?"
"It suddenly appeared from there... Queen Bandiane..."
"Queen Bandiane!?"
Xxx
"The dark clouds are spreading from the direction of the Infinity School," thinks Kanda.
Cyprine appears outside. "Yu Kanda," she says. "I've found you."
The glass in the window shatters.
"Kanda!?" Lenalee and Reiko think.
"Heh, you're here, Snow Dancer," Kanda says, attacking with Mugen.
"Kanda!" Lenalee calls.
"Lenalee! Reiko!"
"Carriers of the spirits!" says Cyprine. "The new warriors! You've appeared!"
"Kanda! Lenalee! Reiko!" The others run in.
"Everyone!?" Kanda says.
"Look!" says Kuri. "It's serious! The whole city... Hail is assaulting the city! All the people are suddenly bloodthirsty!"
Cyrprine unleashes some form of witchcraft making the two groups hungry to kill eachother.
"We will be the ones to kill you three!" Kuri said, under the spell.
"Kuri! What's wrong with—" Allen realized they were all under the spell. "What have you done to them?!"
"My spell only attacks the depths of the spirit and magnifies the blackness within, their true intentions are exposed and those are to prey on eachother." Cyprine cackles.
Allen attacked her, and A burst of light flashes. When it's gone, two identical figures smile.
"I am Cyprine," says one.
"And I am Pitol," says the other. "Together we are one."
"She split!?" Allen thinks.
"Where is the power similar to the Snow Crystal, Cyprine?"
"Together, no one can stop us, Pitol! Not even the innocence! Look!"
"We'll kill you, scum!" Kanda, Lenalee and Reiko shout.
"Die!" shout the others.
"Everyone!" Allen calls. "Wake up! Don't fight! Be friends again!" He tried blasting them back.
"Nuisances!" Kuri shouts as she attacks them.
Allen holds Kuri down.
"Kuri!" Allen calls. "Miranda! Everyone! Stop it!"
"Damn!" says Miranda.
"Stubborn fools!" Allen says. "You're still attacking!"
"Heh heh..." says Cyprine. "Ahahaha!"
"Why must we fight!?" Allen thinks. "Are we all hostile in our souls!? No! Those three always came to save us."
"We defended the Otherworld from a distance."
"They fight to defend what's important! Their goal is to fight, just like us. We can't be led astray! Make our spirits one, to fight! We are exorcists!"
Kuri's eyes cleared.
Kuri and Allen join hands.
"Make our spirits one..."
Light glows around them.
The holy chalice appears above them.