Okay, so I know I said it was gonna be uninterrupted, but just as a note, Chapter 64 is where the new stuff begins, since I had to swap the update with that it didn't give a notification for adding a new chapter. So make sure you read 64 first, since it didn't give a notification, and you'd be lost without it. Just in case you havent done so yet, just a reminder for anyone coming straight to 65, go back to 64.
-Aftermath-
~A Heroic Heart~
Violet smirked, as she ducked under a swipe of Tyler's Keyblade, coating Oathkeeper in blue flames, she slammed it into the ground, creating a shockwave of blue fire around her, her Uncle jumped away from her, adjusting his stance a bit, and bracing Unbound on his shoulder, while he held Darkgnaw in his other hand.
Violet spun Oathkeeper around, the blade was enveloped in a bright light, once it cleared Violet held two daggers in her hands, the blades facing outward, she charged them with Lightning, and dashed at Tyler quickly, swinging at him as she passed, her Dagger slid across Unbound, before Darkgnaw slammed into her back, sending her flying into a nearby tree.
Tyler hummed, and glared at Violet as she picked herself up, and dashed at him again, , once again her dagger slid across Unbound, and Tyler swung Darkgnaw at her back once again, this time however he was met with a Barrier, that exploded on contact, sending him flying. Violet turned on a dime, and dashed after him, she jumped in the air before sticking her daggers out in front of her, and spinning towards him, she landed several hits, before she came to a stop, planting her foot in his chest, and using a gust of Aero magic to push him away from her once again, as she kicked off him.
"Okay, that worked." Violet muttered, before she could see him move, Tyler zipped up to her, using a burst of Aero magic, he swung Unbound at Violet's chest, while bringing Darkgnaw behind her aiming to trip her. Violet dove away from harm, jumping over Unbound, and Darkgnaw.
Violet turned mid-air, and Oathkeeper reformed in her left hand, she pointed it at him, and shot a Blizzara at him, Tyler blocked the ice spell as Violet landed on the ground, and dashed at him immediately, aiming to keep him off balance, and overwhelm him with everything she had. Violet swung Oathkeeper at him, Tyler blocked of course, Violet then spun on her heel, and Oathkeeper became two daggers once again, she ducked, and made a small cut on his leg, before dodging the incoming swing from Darkgnaw.
Her feet back on the ground, she transformed Oathkeeper into a spear, and trust the tip at him, he naturally dodged the spear, before a large shield slammed into him from the other side, Violet had spun as soon as she thrust her spear at him, and Oathkeeper became a large shield as she did so, before she had used it to slam into Tyler, knocking him off his feet.
Violet charged a hand with Lightning before gripping Tyler's wrist, and shocking him, he roughly pushed her away from him, breaking her grip, and creating some distance between them, as soon as he did so Violet snapped her fingers, and a bolt of Lightning came from the sky, striking Tyler's hand that she had previously electrocuted. He smiled a bit, and shook his hand, Violet was certainly more creative now when fighting, the last time he trained with her she used basic magic, and mostly kept to Oathkeeper's base form, it was amazing seeing her growth over these two years.
"I think you're ready." Tyler said, as he relaxed, Violet tilted her head at him, not completely dropping her guard, this could very well be apart of training still. "You deserve a reward for your progress, I don't believe there is much more I could teach you…" Tyler said, as he Banished Darkgnaw, and Unbound, Violet visibly relaxed at his words, as she banished Oathkeeper.
"Really? But, I haven't learned your… Special ability yet." Violet said, Tyler simply nodded, as he walked towards her.
"You are in the process of learning it, may take more time because of how it functions. It typically heals me as soon as I get hurt, but being born with it, I can't tell you how, or when it awakened, it was always there for me. I'm sure now that your Adaptability is this strong you'll get it eventually." Tyler told her, Violet nodded.
"Right, so what is my reward gonna be?" Violet asked, Tyler smiled at her, and unclipped a Key-Chain from his belt, holding it out to her, it was a light blue metal, with a glass Wayfinder on it.
"Take this, Brightcrest. I've saved this Keyblade for you, until I felt you were a worthy Keyblade Master. I don't have any official ceremony, but there are certain abilities that you can unlock if you visit Yen Sid, he can formally grant you the title, and all associated powers." Tyler explained, as he handed Brightcrest's Key-Chain over to Violet, the blonde took the Key-Chain in hand, and summoned it, smiling fondly at the elegant design.
"It's longer than Oathkeeper. But it feels just as good to wield, any chance I can get a stronger Keyblade out of you, like those legendary ones you got?" Violet asked, with a smirk, as she swung Brightcrest about, testing her new Keyblade out.
"You're ready, but these blades are mine, until you master my ability you are not fit to wield such blades." Tyler told her, Violet tilted her head at him. "Legendary blades drain your stamina immensely, they can kill those who wield them, that's why I try and keep most of them, they can't hurt me." Tyler told her, Violet hummed, as she Banished Brightcrest, and clipped it to her belt, next to Oathkeeper.
"Makes sense, powerful things usually have a drawback like that… So, we should probably continue our journey though, right?" Violet asked, Tyler nodded, with a smile, the two continued walking towards the large city. They were only a couple hours out now. "So, Uncle Tyler, can you tell me about when my mom first started training?"
"Well, she only really began training after some real bad shit happened to your mother, and her, you sure you wanna hear about it? I don't like telling stories without context." Tyler said, with a smile, truthfully, Violet needed to hear more about her parents' past, they were rather protective, and didn't go into as much as he would have thought, or they lied about certain things to protect her.
"Sure, I want to know more about how they were before me." Violet said, Tyler laughed a bit.
"Yeah, they were basically the same, but, I'll explain in detail…" Tyler said, as he began his story.
-Aftermath- Precipice, Toni's Home Town- Toni's Sophomore Year-
"You two going on a date?" Tyler asked, as he smirked at Toni, and Kelsi. He was sitting on the couch, smoking, and watching tv. The three lived together, Tyler having the two girls move in with him because they wanted a bit more room, and it would be awkward for Kelsi to live with Toni's parents when they were dating.
Kelsi hadn't lived with her parents in two months now, after she got kicked out for dating Toni, her mother not approving, and outright trying to harm Toni the last time they were around. Kelsi's father still wanted to keep in touch, but he knew his wife wouldn't allow that, if Kelsi was 'corrupted' from dating Toni, and not a nice religious boy like her mother wanted.
"Yeah, Toni's taking me to that new Italian place that opened like a week ago." Kelsi said, Toni shifted uncomfortably.
"Can we just go Kels?" Toni asked, Kelsi nodded, Tyler shrugged, and went back to watching tv, as the girls left the house. Toni smiled once they were outside, it was rather cold, due to the Winter season, and snow on the ground, but Toni enjoyed the cold, at least, more than she did sweating.
"Is something wrong Toni?" Kelsi asked, meekly looking to Toni, who gave her a confident and assured smile.
"Nah, I just wanted to get out of there. It's awkward with Ty around, you know." Toni said, Kelsi frowned a bit, nodding, she didn't really believe Toni.
"Sure… But that's not the truth is it?" Kelsi asked, Toni shook her head, and grumbled uncomfortably.
"I just… got a bad feeling is all." Toni told her girlfriend, Kelsi just nodded, and looked away from her girlfriend.
"Okay, I just wish you would trust me more…"
"Sorry… I'm not good at this." Toni said, blushing a bit, Kelsi giggled a bit, blushing as well.
"Neither am I, but I want to be a good girlfriend, the best you've ever had." Kelsi said, Toni smiled uneasily at her, their relationship was still rather new, and they weren't completely sure how to react to each other yet.
"Already doing great Kels." Toni said, with an easy smile, Kelsi nodded. The two made their way down the sidewalk. After several minutes of walking, and small talk, they began walking through a park, hearing some people off in the distance, one was a boy, he seemed to be laughing one moment, before he asked someone what was wrong.
"Haven't seem him before." Kelsi said, looking over to a black-haired boy in a white coat, trying to help a brunette away from a pole her tongue was stuck to.
"Seems like a jack ass." Toni said simply, frowning at the two people her age, people acted so stupid from her perspective, what reason did you have to get your tongue stuck to a metal pole like that. Though Toni got her tongue pierced because her last girlfriend said it would look cool, she couldn't say much.
"That's mean."
"Oughta be used to that by now…" Toni muttered, Kelsi just frowned at her, but dropped the subject, her girlfriend was about as far from her in terms of personality that they could be, and yet they worked together rather well, made up for each other's faults, or at least Toni made up for her faults, Kelsi was sure Toni didn't really need her help.
"Okay, okay, um… Well, Janice I don't see a real solution to this…" The boy said, causing the girl with her tongue stuck to the pole to panic, and shoot him a glare. "Relax, don't stress out, I'm sure something will…" The boy used one finger to summon a small flame, causing Janice to panic, and shake her head, though she couldn't move too much.
"Um… Hey, you two, got any ideas on how to help us out?" The boy asked, in a friendly voice, as Toni, and Kelsi passed, Toni shot him a glare, he just smiled back at her.
"Just… breathe on her or something, I don't fucking know!"
"Uh… That'd be… awkward, can one of you two do it? You seem okay getting close to other girls." He said, he had noticed them holding hands, and standing rather close. Toni and Kelsi exchanged a look, and Toni let out an annoyed sigh, pulling Kelsi with her.
They had managed to get Janice unstuck, and the girl was rubbing her tongue. Toni looked like she just wanted to leave, while the boy was smiling at them, and patting Janice on the back, Kelsi was curious about who these two were, she could have sworn she had seen Janice before looking at her, and the boy was vaguely familiar too.
"Jeez, Zack, last time I ever take a dare from you." Janice muttered, blushing, glaring at the boy, who just laughed at her.
"I thought it was a myth, sorry about that. Oh, right, we should introduce ourselves. I'm Zack Domino Keire, and this is my best friend, Janice Dani Witnornde, we're from Winniplex, and you two?" Zack asked, with an easy smile, Toni glared at him, and Kelsi's eyes lit up, as she looked at Janice.
"Oh, that's where I saw you! Toni, you remember the documentary we watched the other day? The one about Amy Witnornde? Janice was in it, and I think Zack was too." Kelsi said, Toni just shrugged, she didn't remember a thing. Janice let out a sigh, and Zack smiled a bit.
"Wow, that wrapped on filming a while ago, it just now came on tv?" Zack asked, Janice shrugged.
"Well, we gotta get going now…" Toni said, as she tried to pull Kelsi away, she just nodded. Zack perked up.
"Where are you two going?" He asked curiously, he wanted to give the two a proper thank you for helping him, especially since what happened was mostly his fault.
"Nowhere." Toni growled at him, he just shrugged, smirking a bit.
"That works too, we can talk if you aren't going anywhere." He said, Toni just glared at the boy, Kelsi laughed uncomfortably, and pressed closed to Toni.
"Toni, we can just leave if you're uncomfortably, the restaurant isn't far." Kelsi said, Zack perked up.
"Oh, is it that new Italian place that opened up here? We were coming to check it out ourselves." Zack said, Toni just groaned out loud, Zack seemed very annoying and pushy, and she just wanted to get away from him with her girlfriend.
"Yeah, just stay out of our way, we're on a date." Toni said, Zack smiled easily.
"Sure. But you can at least let us pay for your meal, we can stay away as much as you like, but I want to repay you." Zack said, Toni glared at him.
"You're an idiot." Toni told him, before she turned, and pulled Kelsi away with her, the blonde stumbled a bit at the sudden and abrupt movement Toni made, before she caught herself, and pouted at Toni for yanking her so hard. "Sorry Kels." Toni apologized, Kelsi shrugged it off, with a small smile.
"You're gonna follow them, aren't you?" Janice asked, Zack shrugged.
"We're going to the same place, and she didn't say we couldn't pay…" Zack trailed off, the two followed Toni and Kelsi. They arrived at the restaurant within five minutes, ordering and sitting down, in two separate booths, back to back, as Zack had insisted.
"Kelsi, I ha-" Toni stopped, she was about to say she hated that Zack and Janice had followed them, but she stopped when she thought she saw a familiar face near the back of the restaurant.
"Hm? Something wrong Toni?" Kelsi asked, Toni shook her head, and looked to Kelsi with a slim smile.
"Nothing." Toni lied through her teeth, if she saw who she thought she saw, this night was about to get a whole lot worse. Kelsi frowned at her, but said nothing about it as a waitress came to take their orders for drinks.
The two ate in peace for a while, only interrupted by the loudish laughs from Zack, and Janice's booth as the two joked around with one another. Toni noticed someone leaving the restaurant, glaring at her, she was all too familiar with that scowl. Toni shifted, immensely uncomfortable now.
"I have to use the bathroom…" Kelsi said, Toni snapped out of her thoughts, and nodded mutely, watching as the blonde left the table. Toni let out a sigh, and leaned against the booth, thinking.
"Trouble in paradise?" Zack asked, Toni glared up at the annoying boy, he and Janice were standing side by side.
"Fuck off." Toni told him, Zack simply shrugged at her attitude, and gave a smile.
"Got it, well, I suppose we'll see each other when we see each other then. Hope you can warm up to me eventually." Zack said, Toni rolled her eyes at him, Zack simply shrugged, and left with Janice. Toni looked around, noticing that Kelsi hadn't come back yet.
"Man, where is she?" Toni asked, to no one in particular, as a girl came to the table, her brown hair tied in a pony tail, with dark green eyes. Toni glared at her.
"Evelyn wants you to come with me to meet her, that is, if you want your little girlfriend back." The girl said, Toni glared at her, and stood up, following the girl out of the restaurant, and into the alleyway. Neither noticed Zack, and Janice watching nearby, not having completely left yet.
"I swear, if that bitch hurt her…" Toni muttered, the girl leading her simply smirked. Standing in the alleyway, holding Kelsi with one arm by her throat, with a knife lazily dangling in one hand was Evelyn, Toni's ex-girlfriend, dark blonde hair, and deep blue eyes, and a sick smirk.
"Long time no see Toni…" Evelyn said, in a sing-song voice. Toni glared at her, as the girl, no doubt Evelyn's current plaything stepped to the side.
"Let her go." Toni ordered, with a growl, Kelsi shrank a bit, as Evelyn tightened her grip.
"I don't think I will, at least, not until I have a good reason to." Evelyn said, Toni shook her head.
"What do you want then?" Toni asked, Evelyn's smirk grew wide.
"I want you. Toni, none of the other girls are as fun as you were." Evelyn said, Toni glared at her.
"Go to hell, I'm not going back to you, delusional bitch, just move on." Toni said, a couple months ago Toni would have jumped at the chance to be back with her, but not now, not after she had met Kelsi, their relationship may be newer, but Toni sure as hell enjoyed it more than what she and Evelyn had.
"It's because of you little girlfriend isn't it? I guess we'll just have to eliminate that then." Evelyn gave Toni a sick smirk, and Toni shook her head, rushing at Evelyn, as soon as she saw the hand with the knife move, Toni pushed the girl that tried to stop her aside, and grabbed Evelyn's hand, yanking it away.
Evelyn smirked, and pushed Kelsi away, using the hand that was holding her close to grasp another knife, she smirked in Toni's face as she jammed in in her ribs. Toni gasped, and fell against the alley, Kelsi tried to go to her, but Evelyn stabbed her in the ribs before she could get to Toni.
"You two can die together then." Evelyn said, as she grabbed Kelsi's hair and threw her towards Toni, Kelsi simply fell against her. Evelyn was smirking until a large ball of fire was shot at her head. Evelyn jumped back, barely avoiding it, before someone zoomed up to her, and gripped her hands, and squeezing, making her drop the knives.
"You get off on hurting people? You're pathetic." Zack said, a glare on his normally calm face, Janice rushed over to Toni and Kelsi. Zack placed his hand on Evelyn's head, and sent a large pulse of Light through his hand, knocking her out cold.
"Zack, you need to heal these two quick." Janice said, Zack turned to her, and nodded, moving over to Toni, and Kelsi. He smiled at them, and cast a powerful Cure spell on them, healing their wounds, Toni just looked up at him in gratitude, before turning to Kelsi.
"I promise, I won't let this happen ever again." Toni swore, Kelsi just smiled at her, and leaned against her, just happy that whole ordeal was over.
-Aftermath- Unknown World- Present Day-
"The next day your mom came to me and told me why she wanted to train, and asked me to teach her what I knew. I taught Kelsi a bit too, but she learned more from Zack than she did me." Tyler finished his story, Violet nodded, she felt an unbridled rage at this Evelyn girl, she hurt her parents.
"What happened to Evelyn?" Violet asked, Tyler hummed, and tried to remember.
"I think… She… No, that wasn't her." He stopped, before it came to him. "Oh, right, yeah, she was taken under ZaZick's wing, and taught by him, Zack, and them stopped her, I think she's in jail now." Tyler said, Violet nodded.
"Good, well, at least we've reached the city gates…" Violet said, as she smiled up at the gates, Tyler nodded.
"Keep on your guard, the New Guardians could be around here, watching us. In fact, we should just assume they are, and move forward with caution." Tyler told her, Violet nodded.
"Got it." Violet, and Tyler made their way inside the city on that note, hoping they made it in time to escape the book.
-Aftermath- Honnouji Academy-
"Did you seriously just tell me that you killed my dad?" Damon asked, glaring at Vani, who simply nodded, an unpleasant look on her face.
"I did, I regret doing so, but Zack thought it was necessary, as did I, and Fiona, it was the only natural response to an impossible situation." Vani told him, Damon shook his head, and let out a shuddering breath, Jesse didn't say a word, he just looked between them.
"You guys didn't have to lie. I get it, I just… I got what I wanted from him back then, it's not important anymore." Damon said, forcing a smile, Vani frowned, and shook her head.
"I still did a horrible thing, I just wanted to come clean." Vani said, Damon just nodded, closing his eyes for a few moments before glaring at her.
"I want you to give Rose my resignation." Damon told her firmly, Vani nodded, as Jesse looked at Damon in surprise.
"I understand." Vani replied, Damon nodded.
"Damon, are you sure about this?" Jesse asked, Damon nodded grimly.
"Yeah, I don't wanna be apart of a group that lied to me about killing my father. You and Violet don't have Factions, I'll just be like you two. We aren't affiliated with any Factions, we don't have to follow their rules, we're the goddamn Flower Trio." Damon smirked at Jesse, who sighed exasperatedly, with a weary smile.
"While you are technically correct, it's rather demeaning to be called the Flower Trio, it makes no sense, it's a name bestowed upon us by strangers." Jesse said, Damon shrugged.
"Violet doesn't seem to mind, and we got it because of her anyway." Damon smirked, Jesse chuckled a bit, shoving a hand in his pocket.
"You are correct on both counts. Vani, is it wise to stay here?" Jesse asked, Vani shrugged.
"I need to get some more info on these machines, but that wont take much time. After that we can move the Book, and ourselves to a more secure location, I assume that school you are helping." Vani said, Jesse nodded.
"Would probably be for the best, and we should destroy these machines once you finish getting your information." Jesse said, Vani nodded, and walked up to the furthest machine, pulling a device from her sleeve, and attaching it to it. She then began typing on the computer attached to the machine. Damon, and Jesse just kept watch by the Book while Vani did her work.
"Are you really okay?" Jesse asked, quietly, Damon smiled a bit, nodding.
"Yeah, it's better this way, and at least I know now. My dad wasn't around much anyway." Damon said, Jesse simply nodded.
"My father died when I was young to a disease. Katie barely got to know him before that… I don't know if I envy her or not." Jesse said, Damon shrugged.
"I don't know man, regardless he'd be damn proud of who you are now, just like my dad is proud of me I'm sure, and Violet's parents… She's probably got it worse than either of us." Damon said, remembering the girls cut wrist, she was in so much pain, and felt like she couldn't even tell anyone about it.
"No kidding, she saw her parents get… We shouldn't dwell on that, I'm sure Violet wouldn't appreciate us talking about this either." Jesse said, Damon nodded, and crossed his arms, he was getting increasingly worried about Violet as time went on, as was Jesse, and Vani, though she was currently busy.