Voyagers of Time
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Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here the story finally commences as the Layton family reunited and are planning to celebrate the professor's return.
However, this is also where trouble starts, and you'll soon we what I meant.
Well, read on and enjoy!
Several months later, Ken Ichijouji decided to live on his own after spending some time living with the Layton family, as he felt that he does not want to burden them or impose, and despite the professor and Katrielle insisting that he is free to stay, Ken kindly said that he wants to live independently so as to show that he is capable of taking care of himself.
The professor asked if he happened to have any relatives, which Ken sadly said that he does not, and stated that he does not intend to return to his parents, wanting to stay away from them for the time being despite the fact that he is aware that a divorce proceeding is ongoing.
"Do you have any relatives, Ken?"
"Sadly, professor…no. only my parents are residing here in London."
"Then perhaps you should…"
"Sorry, but I cannot go back. There's still bad blood between me and them."
"Ken."
"I'm not ready yet to forgive them."
"…"
"…"
The professor nodded seeing that Ken needed time and space to heal and opted not to pressure him, and about a month or so Ken happened to help an elderly man regain his stolen items from a crook, and in gratitude he gave Ken a one-story house that he intend to abandon as he is about to reunite with his family, and while Ken said that he will pay for the rent, the elderly man said that he is giving his house to Ken for free, saying it is his way for expressing gratitude.
The teen boy was humbled and asked if he is sure, which the man said it is okay.
"But, sir…are you…?"
"I'm sure, sonny. You can have it."
"Really?"
"Of course. I can tell that you're living on your own."
"…"
"At least you have a place to stay and all you can worry about is the electric bills."
"Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome. And good luck."
As the elderly man left, Ken decided to move in, feeling that he has a place to stay and as he is putting his things inside, he did not notice that someone is watching him, as the figure, dressed like a druid, watches on before pushing the hood of his head, revealing himself as a person in his mid-20's, having a European descent, and is holding the tablet-like book.
He smirked as he secretly watches Ken whole stating that the HANDS OF DESTINY has moved and that TIME has begun, where the KING will be BORN.
"In due time…you will be awakened…as the KING…"
Over-Quartzer by Shuta Shueyoshi feat. ISSA
(Opening Theme from Kamen Rider Zi-O)
Isshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready?
(Are you ready?)
Atarashī rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it!
(Crazy baby!)
Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite
Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out!
Ima wo susume yō
Madō hi mo Ikudo tonaku Asu no tobira tatake
Mitsumeta sono saki ni
Tobikonde mitara
Believe Yourself!
Now, Over "Quartzer"
Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni
You, Over "Quartzer"
Mirai wo koe yō
Kako no ishi wa Uso de wa azamuke nai
Kanjiro sō Nexus Future
Now, Over "Quartzer"
Mabayui sekai
Misete
Ch. 3: Yogen-sha no yokan
In the months that followed, Ken Ichijouji slowly got used to living on his own, while juggling between his school studying and working part-time as Katrielle Layton's assistant alongside Noah Montoir, and so far things are doing well with Ken. As he appeared to be instrumental in aiding Katrielle in solving mysteries, he is also shown to be doing well in school as a high school student, as he seemed to be good with History, though he seemed to be struggling with other subjects such as Math and Physics.
With Hershel Layton's return, Londoners celebrated as they are glad to see and have him back, and things went well for London and England in general, as peace was restored, and everything went so well that the year showed the prosperity of London as crime rate and mystery-ridden cases began to drop significantly due to the professor and Katrielle's exploits.
The professor's friends, including Remi Altava and Inspector Chelmey, were glad to have him back, and they told him that London, as well as England, wasn't the same without him, and Layton apologized for making them worried but they said that all is well and that peace is restored, and that he is reunited with his children.
"Sorry if I made you worry."
"Oh, don't be."
"We're glad to have you back."
"Really…it wasn't…"
"What's important now is that you are safe and sound."
"And reunited with your family."
"Thanks."
"Sure."
After that, Layton held a reunion of sorts as Londoners went to see Layton as they were glad to see him back and wanted to socialize with him and know more about what went on with him when he disappeared following the Sky Wall Tragedy.
Meanwhile, Inspector Alfendi Layton is wrapping up a case he is investigating in order to end it as he too wanted to spend time with his dad after finally seeing him after his disappearance, which his assistant, Lucy Baker arrived carrying a vital piece of clue that would ultimately solve the case, and a rather excited Alfendi thanked her, which she said it is nothing.
"Alfendi, sir…here is…"
"This is it!"
"The vital piece of clue that will solve this case…"
"Yes! Now the case will be solved!"
"…"
"Thanks, Lucy!"
"Oh, its nothing."
"Ha-ha!"
After that, the two left the office and head to a destination where they intend to solve the case and expose the culprit of the case and solve it once and for all so that it would have a closure and give justice to the affected party.
-x-
Several more months have passed, which now makes it a year since peace was restored to England, and the Londoners are enjoying the peace they got, and life was never this good. Though there are certain cases that reached newspapers and TV, Hershel and his children, Alfendi and Katrielle, are there to solve it, and despite a slight resurgence of mystery and puzzle-related crimes, the Layton family managed to solve it in a rather peaceful manner.
As for Ken, he is now on his second year in high school, and aged 16 years old. He is enjoying his independence away from his now-divorced parents, and showed no signs of wanting to reunite with them, as he still harbored resentment towards them due to his mother's refusal to accept her mistake while his dad did not make any efforts to show that he is sorry for his shortcomings.
As he is heading for his adopted home due to him living alone, he passed by a bench where he saw what appeared to be a Rolex-type watch, which appeared to be metallic and lacked the watch straps, and upon inspecting it, he is baffled at the materials used, as he never seen such a watch made from such materials and wondered who left it here.
"That's odd…I know rolex watches are meant to entice people due to its metallic elements…but this…"
Out on an innocent whim, Ken picked it up and proceeded to head home, but as he left the park, the figure, who is dressed like a druid, was standing there as Ken passed by him, and the figure began pushing the hood off his head, revealing himself as a person in his mid-20's, having a European descent, and is holding the tablet-like book.
He then made a rather crypt message as if it were a premonition, which seemed to piqued the teen boy's curiosity.
"Congratulations."
"Eh?"
"According to this book…today is a special day for you."
"Really?"
"Yes. However…"
"Huh?"
"You should beware of a red robot."
"What?"
As Ken turn around, the figure seemingly vanished from plain sight, which baffled him to a degree, and thus made him feel somewhat uncomfortable, feeling like he was talking to a fortune teller, but eventually decided to ignore it and proceeded to head to his adopted home, wanting to get some rest after spending the day at school.
-x-
Several weeks later, Alfendi called his sister Katrielle and proposed to have a family get together to celebrate their dad's return and intend to invite only their closest friends, which Katrielle liked the idea, and suggested that they invite the following persons who are closest to their dad, and mentioned the names which Alfendi readily agreed:
- Luke Triton
- Flora Reinhold
- Remi Altava
- Inspector Chelmey
- Ken Ichijouji
Alfendi then asked Katrielle for suggestions on where the venue should be held, which she said that she already solved it, and he is rather surprised when told of the planned venue, and asks if she is sure about this, which she excitedly said yes.
"Are you sure, Katrielle?"
"Of course! I am sure!"
"Of all places…why…?"
"It's a perfect venue! I am sure of it!"
"Still I doubt it would…"
"We're having a private affair…meaning no public stuff…we can celebrate in peace…"
"Seriously, Katrielle…"
"Trust me on this, brother! I am sure of it!"
Hearing his younger sister's overly-excited tone, Alfendi sighed and lets her do the planning. After putting down the phone, Lucy asked him if it's okay, which he nodded, saying that Katrielle has already laid out the plans and that he felt that it may be okay to have the venue, saying that his dad would prefer a private reunion over a lavish one.
Lucy nodded as she noted that the professor is already in his 50's and he is not young anymore to have over-the-top get together and such, which Alfendi said that he could not agree more as all they wanted is a private reunion for the Layton family with only a few close friends invited.
"I may have to agree with Katrielle's suggestion, Alfendi."
"Me too."
"Your father is not young anymore."
"Indeed…"
"Perhaps it would lessen the stress your father have given the recent events."
"Could not agree more, Lucy."
"Then it's set?"
"Yes."
-x-
Ten days later, it was the day that the Layton family is going to have a reunion party, and the venue was revealed to be the Nascita Café shop, where Kibo Idabashi and Masaru Daimon are now working, having taken over the business from a friend of theirs. Surprisingly, despite their lack of experience in running a coffee shop, the business somehow thrived well enough to keep it going.
There Kibo and Masaru were surprised to see the customers, and they were quite happy to see them again after several months since saving Europe and the world.
"Whoa! Kibo…look who we got for customers!"
"Katrielle Layton?"
"Not only that!"
"Whoa…"
"It looks like the Layton family is here!"
"Must be a private event. Masaru…prepare the table and seats?"
"Right now?"
"Of course."
Inside, Katrielle and Noah led the professor inside where minutes later, Alfendi and Lucy arrived, and there Masaru began to serve coffee and tea, where Hershel noticed that three more guests are not around yet, which he asked Katrielle if they are also coming. The three guests in question are identified as:
- Luke Triton
- Flora Reinhold
- Ken ichijouji
Katrielle smiled and told her dad that the trio are on their way here and said that they have plenty of time, as there are other guests that she invited to come, which she revealed the guests as:
- Remi Altava
- Inspector Chelmey
- Darjeeleng Aspirot
Hershel smiled as he felt that peace has returned to London, and looked back at how his early childhood was marred with tragedy and yet now he has a family and are together, which he mentally wished that his parents are here to see this. He glanced at his children, Alfendi and Katrielle, who are now adults and are having fun. He also mentally wished that they would not suffer a tragic situation like he went through as he does not want them to experience what he went through.
By then Lucy gave Hershel a cup of a coffee and commented that he must be proud to have such children like Alfendi and Katrielle, which Hershel said that he is, taking pride at how his two children have become independent and becoming superb investigators.
"Professor Layton…"
"Yes?"
"You must be proud…"
"Hmm…?"
"Having such children like Alfendi and Katrielle…"
"Yes, I am. I could not ask for anything more."
"It's good that they followed your footsteps."
"I am."
-x-
Meanwhile, Ken is seen walking the sidewalk as he left school to head for the venue where the reunion party is taking place, as he already informed Katrielle that he would arrive late, and he expressed desire to have a one-on-one talk with Hershel.
Along the way, he meets up with Luke and Flora, who are now adults, and they decided to head there together. As the trio walked, Ken stopped momentarily to pick up a discarded can and threw it on the garbage bin, where the person with a druid-like suit suddenly appeared, and finally spoke to him while reading the tablet-like book where he gave him a crypt message.
"Congratulations."
"Huh?"
"Today is the day…"
"What?"
"According to this book of Twlight…today will be a very special day for you."
"Really…?"
"However…be aware of your surroundings…and beware of a red mecha. It is bound to appear…"
"What are you…?"
As the mysterious person smirked, Ken was baffled but then realized that he is being left behind, and as he called for Luke and Flora, he turned around and is surprised to see that the mysterious person vanished in thin air. By then Luke and Flora turn around seeing that Ken was left behind so they called out for him saying that they need to get going.
"Hey, Ken!"
"Come on!"
"We're going to be late!"
"Hurry up!"
"The professor isnwaiting for us!"
"We'll miss the food!"
"Yeah, and the professor would like to have a chat with you!"
"So hurry up!"
As Ken joined the two, the trio were taken by surprise when a huge hovercraft-like ship, colored red, suddenly appeared, where a voice emanated from the ship's speaker, and the pilot's tone was that of someone reeking of vendetta, and is aimed for Ken Ichijouji!
"I found you, you devil!"
Luke and Flora were surprised to see this and they asked Ken if he knows about that red ship, which an equally-baffled ken deny any of this.
"Luke...did you...?
"I heard it, Flora. Ken..."
"What?"
"Are you familiar with..."
"Don't look at me! I never seen that thing before!"
"Eh?"
"Seriously?"
"Honest!"
"Luke...Ken...the ship it's...!"
Suddenly the ship began to transform, assuming a humanoid mecha-like form and began a punching attack, which Luke, instinctively grabbed Ken and pulled him away, which narrowly saved his life. As Luke and Flora helped Ken up, the pilot inside the mecha told Luke and Flora to move away from Ken, claiming that this is for their own safety.
However, Luke and Flora blinked their eyes as they were able to discern the voice emanating inside the mecha, and they felt that they recognized the voice of the pilot, but were unsure at this point to make a correct assumption.
"Luke...did you hear that...?"
"Yeah, I did."
"It sounds familiar..."
"Can't be too sure...we need to see the pilot's face before making an assumption, Flora."
"But...why is it after Ken?"
"Not sure...but we should get away and outwit that thing."
"Seriously, Luke?"
"Yes."
Looking around, Luke saw a parked motorcycle and motions Flora and Ken to follow him and told them to hop on, which Ken asked if they really need to do this, which Luke said yes, as they need to outrun the attacker.
Ken appeared hesitant but was persuaded to do so as Luke pointed out that the attacker appeared intent to kill him.
"We have no choice, Ken!"
"But..."
"That thing is after you!"
"I know, but...!"
"You want to die?
"…"
"Then hop on!"
"…"
Using a pick, Luke was able to start the motorcycle and out of desperation, Flora and Ken boarded and the trio sped off, and the ship began to chase them, and spoke via the speaker to abandon Ken, saying that he must be killed in order to prevent him from becoming the DEVIL KING.
"You two! For your sake and for the sake of the future…discard that guy! He must die in order for him not to awaken as the DEVIL KING!"
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, and while there is no action showed in the first half, it did feature life after the events that happened in the Katrielle Layton anime, taking place after the Millionaire's Club conspiracy case that happened in the game and anime…
In the second half of this chapter, that's where the story commences, and someone appeared to attack Ken Ichijouji, and both Luke and Flora are caught in the middle despite the attacker telling the two to discard Ken.
What is going on here?
We have guest characters from another series. They are from the visual novel and anime, Danganronpa (Danganronpa V3 and Danganronpa: Another Episode). What are they doing here and what role will play? More on that in the next chapter.
Preview:
As Luke and Flora tried to help Ken outrun the mysterious attacker, the Layton family run into some trouble as London is suddenly besieged, which seemed to have affected the FLOW OF TIME…or something like that…
Reviews are welcomed…