Meanwhile at the Black Bull's Hideout, an owl had arrived inside with a letter.

"Huh...guess I'm going to be heading out." said a large muscular man with a sword at his side.

Captain of the Black Bulls

Yami Sukehiro

"What's going on, Captain?" said a purple haired man who was working on painting a carving.

Black Bulls

Gauche Adlai

"I just got a letter from the captain of the Golden Dawn. Guess he wants to apologize for the whole Langris thing. Though I don't see why I have to go there. Seems like the apologizer should come here." Yami said.

"Does that mean I can go visit Marie?" Gauche asked.

"I can't believe you just asked me that. You stay here in case a mission comes in." Yami said.

"Damn." Gauche said.

"I wanted to go check on Finral as well, so I'm off as well." A young woman in witch's clothing said. "How long can he stay asleep? Maybe if he senses me there…"

Black Bulls

Vanessa Enoteca

"And I guess I'm off too. I'm gonna get crazy strong by the time those guys get back here." said a young man with black and purple hair.

Black Bulls

Magna Swing

"Good luck, Magna. I know you didn't get selected for the Royal Knights, but don't let it go to your head." Vanessa smiled.

"Oh haha. I know there's an insult there somewhere, I just can't tell where." Magna said.

"I'm going out too. I'm gonna cook up a heck of a feast for when they all get back here." said a short girl with four sheep behind her.

Black Bulls

Charmy Pappitson

"Oh...please be careful, all of you." said a nervous looking girl with blue hair.

Black Bulls

Grey

"Please make it back in one piece, I can't imagine this place without your smiles." a creepy looking guy mumbled silently.

Black Bulls

Gordon Agrippa

Just as those four left was when the three groups choosing the stone job arrived right inside.

"Huh...now this is a nice place." Theo said.

"Gyah! Strangers!" Grey yelped.

"Maybe they can be new friends. Hello, it's nice to meet you." Gordon mumbled.

"Look, we don't have any valuables so get out." Gauche said.

"Actually, we came here to help." David said.

"You can trust us. Were friends of Asta's." Theo said.

"A-Asta?" Grey asked. "Oh...I guess...it's okay."

"We don't have anything you can do so just hang around till he gets back." Gauche said. "Besides, if a job does come in, I'll handle it myself. I need all the money I can to tribute it to my darling sister."

"That sounds like a noble goal. Nonetheless, I think we'll be fine hanging around here as long as it means keeping these three out of trouble." David said motioning to Milly, Tamiya and Sissi.

"Great…" Sissi said. "So not only are we staying here with you, we're hanging around a place like this with a sister loving Maniac, a shy and fumbling girl, and…" she said looking at Gordon. "I don't know what to make of you, I can't even understand you."

"Keep in mind that the reason he even suggested it is because you can't fight. At least, not as you are now." Cheetah said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sissi said.

"Trust me...you'll find out in the future." Jesse said.

"Oh...this is starting to get tense…" Grey said. "Gotta change the subject. Uh...that's an interesting project you're working on there, Gauche. What is it?"

"Hmm? Oh. When I was a nerd for a short time, I came to appreciate figurines so I'm making one of my darling Marie." he said showing it to them. "I'll let you all worship it once I'm done."

"So far it looks really good. That's your sister, isn't it?" Sachiko asked.

"Yes, this is my sister, Marie." Gauche said. "She is more precious than life itself."

Milly then looked to Gordon. "So uh… do you have any hobbies?"

"So Gauche likes dolls, it seems. This is a good thing. Behold." Gordon mumbled before opening his cloak to show several handmade dolls that looked creepy and almost voodoo dolls. "These are my homemade dolls. Cute, aren't they?" he mumbled.

"They're uh… something…." Topaz said.

"Between the three of them, I'm not sure how to get along with either." Ivy said.

"Actually, I think they're pretty interesting." Theo said. "Sure, they've got some quirks, but they don't seem too bad. But uh...you know, Gordon...you would get more friends if you smiled more."

"Huh? Oh...okay." Gordon mumbled before giving off a creepy looking smile.

"Ouch...uh...forget I said that." Theo said.

"Ouch...oh…" Gordon said kneeling on the ground in depression.

"Hey, not to point out something completely off topic… but why does this place look so weirdly shaped on the outside?" Tamiya asked.

"Yeah? I noticed that too!" Milly said. "From the outside, it looked really unstable."

"Ugh...I cannot listen to this. I need to use the bathroom." Gauche said. "Where is it today?"

"Second floor, first door on the right." Gordon mumbled.

"Right. Ugh. I don't get why this place has to change its layout everyday. I know it's some kind of spell but what's the point?" Gauche said.

"Wait, the layout changes everyday?" Jim asked.

"Yes. What were they mumbling about before they left?" Gauche pondered. "Right, seeing a ghost. Maybe this place really is haunted."

"Don't say stuff like that, man." Kaito said.

"Don't tell me you believe him…" Maki siad.

"It's not my fault I hate spooky stuff! James made me that way!" Kaito said.

"Somehow I don't think that's true." Lycan said.

"Kehehehehe… if there really is a poltergeist here, perhaps it is this hideouts guardian spirit." Korekiyo said.

"Please stop saying stuff like…eek!" Grey screamed seeing a sort of zombie pounding on the window.

"We're under attack!" Cobalt said as more zombies broke down the door.

"Damn it. We're surrounded." Gauche said.

"Don't worry. We're used to zombies." David said.

"I never realized there were so many people who would come here to become friends." Gordon mumbled.

"This is the opposite of wanting to become friends." Gauche said. "We need to fight." he said before one of the zombies flipped the table and broke the figurine of Marie that was on it. "What do you think you're doing?!" he shouted in anger as multiple mirrors appeared across the room.

Outside the hideout….

"So this place is Asta's hideout, huh?" a black haired woman in white robes with her arms in her sleeves asked. "But I guess he's not here. Too bad, I was really hoping to dissect him alive."

The Eye of The Midnight Sun

Sally

"I'm sensing someone outside. I think that's the one controlling those zombies." David said.

"They're called Wraiths. And I guess that makes him the one called Rades." Gauche said looking at a purple haired man.

"You're darn right I am. And we happen to be on the hunt for something!" Rades said.

"In this run down mess of a hideout?" Gauche asked.

"You might not know about it, but it's definitely here. And it's something good too." Rades said.

"The stone. They're after the stone!" Sectonia said.

"So you do know. Oh well, not like it matters right now." Rades said. "And since this is the Black Bulls hideout, think we'll have some fun and tear the place down while we're at it too!"

"Like hell! This place is cool, and you're not touching it!" Theo said changing his keyblade to Sagittarius mode. "Sagittarius Mode: Light Arrow!" he said firing an arrow of light.

"Gel Magic: Sticky Salamander!" Sally said creating a salamander out of slime as the light arrow just passed through it harmlessly.

"The hell?!" Theo asked. "That didn't work?"

"Hey, the gray haired guy's name is Gauche right. Relax, you aren't my target. In fact, I was asked not to kill you at all." Sally said.

"What do you mean?" Gauche asked.

"Beats me. You'd have to ask Master Licht about that." Sally said.

"Seems like there's a lot more guys than we planned for. So what? We'll just kill them all!" Rades said.

"Okay! Let's get it on then!" Sally said sticking a syringe into one of the fallen Wraiths as its muscles grew and skin turned green as it got back up.

"They've got Dark Magic Items too?" Ivy asked.

"Poison Curse Magic: Aufwachen Dachs!" Gordon said as three dogs of poison bit into the wraith, decaying it with their powerful poison.

"Nice try! My gel can easily neutralize any poison." Sally said getting on her salamander as it leaped into the air.

"Uh...this might help but I learned a new spell recently. Transformation Magic: Magic Conversion!" Grey said as the gel transformed into crystal.

"She turned the gel into crystal. Which means…" Theo said, shattering it with an arrow. "I can hit it now!"

"Wow...that was incredible. I can't wait to dissect you later." Sally said.

"This lady is starting to give me the creeps. Let's hurry this up." David said.

"Oh don't start getting impatient, kid. The real fun's about to start. Valtos!" Rades said to a man behind them as a portal opened in the air. "Meet number 0: Michael Caesar!" he said as a corpse in a white mask stood before them.

"What is with this thing? Something about it feels unnatural." Emi said.

"Now...show your stuff!" Rades said as out of one hand of the corpse came some powerful wind magic and from the other was a large metal whip with spikes.

"Wind and Metal Creation magic at the same time?!" Ivy asked. "Not only that but he's using two different attributes. The people of this world can only use one type each."

"Hahaha. The reason for that is because he's made from two corpses! And that's not the best part...both of them were Magic Knight Captains!" Rades said.

"To openly desecrate the dead like this… How disgusting." David said.

"Say what you want! You all can't stop me!" Rades said as more Wraiths rose up. "Attack!" he said as more of them started to lay siege on the base.

"The base...we...can't let anything happen to it." Theo said. "It means...so much to these guys...even to Asta."

"Say all the fancy speeches you guys want. None of you can beat this wraith I've made. It's my true masterpiece! Go ahead and kill them all, Michael Caesar!" Rades said before a loud alarm went off inside the hideout. "What the?"

"Emergency! Emergency!" a voice said as various parts of the building began to shift around as well as ejecting any wraiths inside.

"What's happening?!" Ivy asked.

"This just in!" Milly called from an open door. "We have breaking news! We have discovered something amazing! Behold… the ghost!"

Up above, a door opened, and out came what looked to be a man with ridiculously overgrown silver hair. "What...is...all...this?" he said.