"Hey...who are you?" Gauche demanded.
"And what are you doing inside our hideout?" Grey asked.
"He's creepy." Gordon mumbled.
"He's creepy?! Like you're one to talk. Now tell me who you are!" Gauche said.
"Certainly. My...name...is…." the figure said slowly.
"He's talking so slowly!" Milly faulted.
"Knock off the funny business! Who are you?!" Jim asked.
"Doesn't matter to me! I'm gonna kill all of you either way. Starting with him!" Rades said as the Wraith unleashed a joined magic attack before the parts of the building moved apart making the attack just pass through a hole. "What the?"
"Did you guys see that? Parts of the building moved." Captain Cold pointed out.
"Don't freak out. Least not completely. There are cases when some areas can be influenced by magic if a person has some connection to it. For it to be able to move like this, he has to have been living here for a long time." Ivy said.
"Where...was I? Oh yes. My...name...is…" the man said slowly.
"Don't start over!" Theo said.
"That figure they've been seeing. This guy is the ghost?" Gauche said.
"No. He is definitely a living breathing person. But there's something...odd about him." Korekiyo said.
The man's hair then started to move randomly before small birds popped out of it. "Ah...so...cute." he said.
"He's got a family of birds living there." Petra said.
"Grr...quit making this into a joke!" Rades said as the wraith went at them before the building parts formed an arm and smashed it into the ground.
"Cease your...attacks...right now." he said slowly before looking down at them. "Gauche, Grey, Gordon, Brave Adventurers, Mythos Hearts, Emi, others...I'll help."
"Huh? He knows us?" Theo asked.
"I...have heard of you. From a boy...that found my room one day...a boy without...magic." he said.
"Asta, huh? Heh. I figured he'd be the one to give a good word in." David said.
"As for the others. I know them well...because I...live here to." he said.
"Wait…this is your House?!" Sissi asked.
The truth is, this man had lived here all his life, even before the Black Bulls formation. He was approached by Yami one day in order to make this place a hideout. He had been born with an illness that made it hard to move and tended to sap magic from those who got too close to him. So he lived and kept on living, knowing of them without actually meeting them.
"(Even though you all never realized it, you've been keeping me alive all this time. I guess we've never been properly introduced. But... you are all my cherished friends.)" he thought. "Anyway...you can call me...Henry." he said.
"It's quite an honor to meet you." David said with a bow.
"He's so strong… And the way he used those attacks… He's like the will of the entire fort itself!" Milly said.
"Now...please...let me fight." Henry said as the building began to shift and change before it took the form of a bipedal bull. "Recombination Magic: The Raging Black Bull! This will...not stand. I will...protect my squadmates." he said donning a Black Bulls robe.
"Awesome! He turned the building into a giant robot!" Theo said in awe.
"Doesn't matter how big your toy is. It's no match against Michael Caesar!" Rades said as the wraith began attacking again.
"Mana...Corkscrew!" Henry said as the buildings fist spun before punching it. "Mana...Rocket Punch!" he said as a fist flew out and pummeled the wraith.
"Damn it! Get up, number 0! You're better than this!" Rades said.
"Hey, he may be dead and all but a few more hits like that and he'll be double dead." Sally said. "I sure would love to take a peek at that guys organs. Dark Magic Item: Black Scorpion Necklace." she said as the scorpion necklace she had on stung her. "This'll increase my power ten fold...even if its only for ten minutes!" she said as massive amounts of gel formed under her. "Gel Magic: Mega Sticky Salamander!" she said as a massive salamander formed from the gel.
"Great. And we can't even lay a dent in that thing." Theo said.
"Not quite." David said. "Gel is a liquid substance. And therefore, it can be frozen." he said as he rushed up to the salamander and grabbed its leg.
"Hah! Go ahead and try! There's no way you'll be able to freeze it...especially when I do this!" Sally said injecting something into it. "Property boost! Increase gel viscosity and fluidity!" she said as the gel turned a light blue and became more fluid like.
"She really is an idiot." Gauche said revealing his mirror eye and showing it to David. "Mirror Magic: Mirage Brigade!" he said creating multiple copies of him.
"Seriously. How very careless of you. Haven't you taken basic science?" David asked. "Increasing its fluidity makes it all the more liable to freeze!"
"Good grief, and she calls herself a scientist." Theo said. "Also, have you MET David? They call him something I think you…"
"I'm so sick of listening to that idiot. Kill him! Michael Caesar!" Rades said as the wraith got up.
"Excuse me, but I was talking!" Theo said dodging his attack. "Combat of the Stars! Cosmic….Strike!" he said thrusting his blade through the wraith before it fell apart into stardust. "Live a peaceful life among the stars!"
"Now… Where was I? Oh yes. I was showing her how much of a mistake she made using her method against me." David said as the salamander construct starts to freeze.
"And since it's becoming something solid...we don't have to worry about our attacks passing through." Lycan said as he and Emerald bashed through the construct.
"Damn it...this isn't over!" Rades said.
"Yeah...but I feel sorta woozy." Sally said.
"Enough. Both of you. We are to retreat." Valtos said emerging from a portal. "I've got the item we wanted. Let's go."
"The item he...wait...was he inside during the entire fight?!" Cobalt said.
"Are you kidding? We can't leave like this! We…" Rades said.
"I will not be suaded by your selfish whining. Failure is not an option this time." Valtos said.
"Grrr….Damn you Black Bulls!" Rades said as a portal opened under the three as they started to sink in.
"Hehehehe. Everything is going as Master Licht desired." Valtos said holding the magic stone in his hand.
"He's getting away!" Milly said.
"Don't even try it. There's no telling where they're going and odds are, we might end up outnumbered." Citrine said.
"That's never been much of a problem for us." Dynasmon said.
"But even so, this is only the first of many battles. We'll come back from this slipup." David said.
"Now...the important part...the building. Can you change it back?" Gauche asked.
"Well...actually…" Henry said.
"If any of my Marie treasures are broken. I'll…" Gauche said.
"I'm...sorry. But...I can't...help what...happens inside." Henry said.
"No. MARIE!" Gauche shouted in anguish.
"Oh man… I pray for the future…" David said.