Gingka's smile became so bright and sincere, that you could tell how relief he felt of having Chris on his team. Then, the redheaded boy pulled up and helped his new friend to get back on his feet.

"There."-Gingka giggled.-"Now it's official, we are friends."-

Chris silently gasped under his breath after that statement, but shortly after sighing with what appeared to be a sentiment of content, he smiled. It was a smile as similar to Gingka's.

"Thank you..."-The blonde boy whispered.-"I-I hope you can forgive me for...W-well...Everything up until this point."-

"No problem...Uh...Oh shoot, I don't think I learned your name."-The warrior of the Autumn laughed with embarrassment as he scratched the back of his head.

The blonde boy opened his eyes with surprise and got nervous all of the sudden.

"Chris."-He interrupted abruptly before clearing his throat, now he was embarrassed.-"My name is Chris."-

Gingka smiled and levitated slowly.

"Let's go to introduce you to the rest."-He started to fly to the right.

"Okay."-

Chris was about to follow him, but then he was stopped by Gingka's arm.

"Wait."-His tone sounded kinda different now.-"Before we go, there's something I need to make clear."-

"Yes?"-The legendary warrior of the Winter wasn't sure of what he needed to know now that wasn't said before.

"Chris...You need to know that I'm giving you my absolute trust..."-Gingka's expression now was serious.-"Please. I'm begging you to not take advantage of it."-

The new member of the legendary warriors was taken aback by what his teammate just said, but in the end he nodded.

"Because if you do."-Now Gingka's gaze upon him looked pretty menacing.-"I'm going to give Kyoya free range to do whatever he wants with you."-

"And so you know."-A voice called them from the back.-"That would end up with the loss of one of your eyes. So don't you even think about betraying us."-

Both teenagers turned around and saw Kyoya carrying Dynamis over his shoulder. The lilac haired warrior looked in pain but still smiled.

Chris looked nervous, but quickly shook that feeling off of him. He did deserved that threat after all.

"Fine."-Chris looked up with determination.-"I'm going to do everything in my power to be deserving of your trust."-

"Awesome!"-Gingka exclaimed with pure joy and threw an arm around his new friend.

"I'm glad to have you on our side."-Dynamis nodded, he looked content, but you could tell he was still stressed by this situation.

"I-I'm sorry...Uh..."-The blonde warrior hesitated for a second before Gingka whispered something in his ear.-"D-dynamis! I'm sorry for what I did to you and the other two..."-

"I accept your apology."-Dynamis nodded politely.

"I'm serious."-Chris insisted.-"I'm really sorry for what I did, and I hope that I can prove to be worthy of your forgiveness."-

"That's good."-Dynamis nodded once again.-"Because we are going to need you to stop Nemesis' awakening."-

"The ceremony...I don't know if it's already started!"-The warrior opened his eyes in realization.

"Quick, let's check if the others are okay."-Dynamis told his teammates and they nodded.


Two pairs of blue eyes were opened abruptly, and this action was quickly accompanied of short breaths and moans of pain.

Madoka could only see the ground, the poor girl tried to move her head in order to look up, but quickly realized how difficult that task had become.

Yuki was breathing in an accelerated manner, he was in pain, but the reason he hadn't moved yet was because of how heavy his body felt.

It was as if his heart was screaming at him in terror.

He just can't believe how Pluto used his sister's powers in order to get her hands inside his body.

It feels so...Wrong.

He can still gets the taste of what he can only guess was blood, but the whole feeling of what happened just a few minutes ago...

It may be blood, but Yuki's mouth seriously tastes like nightmares right now.

"A-ah...Ugh! Ow!...Ow...Everything hurts..."-A weak voice mumbled, but it was loud enough for the warrior of Mercury to hear.

That voice alone made Yuki's mind snap and the boy with glasses got back on his feet as if his whole body wasn't going through some serious feeling of a traumatic aftermath.

"Madoka!"-The boy got to his twin's side in no time and kneeled down.-"Madoka? Are you...You?"-

Yuki slightly backed off, he thought it was because he didn't wanted to get his hopes to high. But in reality: The poor boy was just afraid.

"H-huh?"-The girl had managed to use her hands and push her torso away from the ground for as much as she could.-"Yuki?"-

The young warrior of Mercury felt the tears on his eyes.

"Yes! It's...Yes, It's me."-Yuki nodded and brushed off his tears.-"I'm here, Sis. It's all okay now! You are back and you are safe."-

"B-back?"-Madoka whispered before her brother grabbed her by her arms in order to support her.-"What do you mean wit- Ah!"-

The young girl had her eyes go wide and had let out a sharp and high pitched scream of horror.

Yuki got scared by that action, but managed to kept still in order to not drop his sister.

Madoka tried to talk, but she started to stutter. Her eyes were the pure description of fear, she started to shiver uncontrollably and even gagged a bit because of how disgusted she felt.

Wait.

Yuki looked down.

At the center of his chest there was a big stain of blood that passed through his clothes. It then hit him, it must have happened when Pluto tried to steal the fragment.

Another scream made him stop his small moment of hindsight.

Oh no.

Madoka was looking down at her hands. They were covered in blood.

Her brother's blood.

"Oh crap."-The boy flinched as he saw the terror rising on her once more.

The young brunette screamed once more; her breath became even more accelerated, her eyes were watering, and she kept breathing out the word 'No' like a mantra over and over.

"H-hey! It's nothing!"-The older twin wasn't sure of how calm her down. He was starting to enter in panic as well.

Unsure of what to do next, he hardened his grip on her shoulders.

"Breath. It's okay, just breath. Breath."-The boy with glasses ordered to his twin sister.-"Come on, Madoka. Just breath, everything it's okay."-

"B-b...B-bu-"-She couldn't even finish a single word without having her voice break between pants.

"It's going to be okay!"-He reassured her.-"I'm alive! And I need you to calm down."-

"B-but I!...B-but-"-The poor girl couldn't take her eyes off the stain.

She gave another sharp breath, but ended with her gagging with her own words once more.

"Madoka!"-Yuki tried to call her once again before her panic attack got worse.-"Madoka, it's fine. I'm fine! Look, there's no wound!"-

The boy unbuttoned at least two buttons of his shirt in order to reveal that although his chest was covered in blood, there was not a single scratch on it.

Madoka stared at it in shock, but then looked at her hands once more.

"See?"-The boy with glasses tried to smile. But it came out as awkward.-"I'm fine."-

The girl tried to reply, but it didn't matter how much she moved her mouth. She ended talking in fragments.

Yuki sighed and unbuttoned his shirt back.

"I-I...I...W-why...H-how..."-Madoka tried to speak more clearly but she couldn't stop looking at either her hands or Yuki's stained shirt.

"You didn't do anything!"-Her brother shook his head, he still wanted to calm her down. So, in another effort; he used a piece of Madoka's tunic in order to get the blood off her hands.-"You were being controlled by someone else, it wasn't you!"-

"W-what?"-Madoka looked up, there were tears of fear on her light blue eyes. Her breathing was still very shaky.

"What I just said."-Yuki nodded and tried to smile again.-"When you took that guy's hand, he teleported you, Mr. Aguma, and Mr. Dynamis and...Well, I don't exactly know what happened to you guys but when we got here you were all possessed by servants of Nemesis."-

"Wait...I-I think I remember..."-Madoka took multiple sighs before continuing. She had stopped shivering and tried to speak coherently.-"My eyes were blindfolded and...There was something on my neck...It felt like it burned...I could hear screams...And then...I-I could see...Things."-

"Things?"-Yuki was confused. Was she aware of their fight?

"Y-yeah...It was like little bits and pieces of...I don't know.. Was it a dream?...Wait. You were there!...W-well, it wasn't exactly you...Ugh, is like my brain keeps spinning!"-The younger twin grabbed her head with a feeling of dizziness. Instinctively, she touched her own chest and neck, but winced with pain in no time.-"Ouch! Agh!...Huh?...What am I wearing? What is- What the...W-what did they do to me?!"-

Then Yuki remembered something.

Pluto did said that since he was able to see her memories, Madoka should be able to do the same.

"Madoka..."-The older twin looked rather apprehensive before calling for her attention once again.

"Huh?"-The girl stopped focusing on her wounded body and looked up.

"Does the name Pluto ring a bell?"-He asked, and she jumped back slightly.

"What? Wait...I-it...It does."-Madoka mumbled and started to think hard.-"He was...Wait, He? Ugh, I can barely remember, it feels so weird."-

"Well...I guess this is what he warned me about."-The older twin explained.-"A man named Pluto was the one who possessed you, he is a...A very old spirit...So old that he actually met our ancestor and they...Uh...Had a bit of history together before...Let's just say that he wanted the both of us dead."-

"What?"-The girl with the blue eyes looked in shock.-"He was inside my body?"-

"...Y-yes."-Yuki nodded with a bit of awkwardness.-"Yes he was, but I got him out...It was difficult. Mostly because he wouldn't stop talking to me about his life and revenge against our bloodline."-

The younger twin looked at her brother in disbelief for a few seconds. Honestly, what he just said sounds like the plot from a bad comic book.

"What do you mean...Ugh. You know what?"-Madoka ended sighing.-"I'm so tired to even want to know for now."-

"...Yeah...To be honest...I don't feel like explaining that psychopath's intentions and motivations after literally beating my sister up..."-Yuki mumbled with a tired sigh.

"Wait."-Madoka touched her face and stomach.-"You are the reason why I feel like I've been run over by a truck?"-

"...I-I did what I had to in order to save you."-Honestly, Yuki wanted to avoid this conversation. If it was his decision, he wouldn't have touched a hair of hers, but there wasn't anything else he could do to save her.

"Man, you developed a good arm."-Madoka laughed in a tired way. Then touched her cheek a few times only to make sure if there was a bruise on it. And there was.-"Aw, my little brother just beat my ass and I wasn't there to see it."-

"Is not that I am proud of it, but...Yeah. I guess I did."-The young warrior of Mercury slightly smiled as he did his best to help her getting back on her feet.

Somehow, Madoka found the strength to get up without too much trouble. Sure, it still hurts, and some parts of her body were starting to feel numb, but no good will come to her if she stays like that.

"There."-Her brother smiled.-"Can you walk?"-

She nodded.

"Then let's go."-

The older twin was about to walk away, but his sister pulled him into a hug all of the sudden.

"Thanks for saving me, bro-bro."-Madoka mumbled, as she pronounced that stupid name she gave Yuki all those years ago, it was obvious how her voice was breaking.

Yuki smiled and returned the hug.

"Hey."-He called her as he pulled away.-"What are twins for?"-


They were scared.

Aguma hadn't moved ever since they broke the necklace.

Tithi decided to climb to the chest of his friend and put an ear against it.

It sounded really slow...

The little pink haired boy did his best to not cry, he shouldn't do it.

Aguma was okay.

He had to be.

"Tithi...Tithi you are crushing me..."-

A pair of lilac eyes opened wide.

"Aguma!"-Tithi cried of joy before wrapping his arms around the guy's neck.-"I'm sorry! I didn't wanted to hurt you! I just wanted you back!"-

"B-back?"-Aguma Muttered as he slightly patted the little boy on the back.-"What do you mean with 'back'?"-

Tithi didn't answered, he just kept sobbing while grasping firmly on his friend. So, the warrior of Saturn looked up and noticed how right beside him, King was kneeling down and panting with exhaustion.

But even if he looked like he was about to drop dead, the soldier of Mars couldn't help but to smile in relief.

"Don't ever scare us like that again."-King laughed softly as he put a hand on Aguma's shoulder.-"And I mean it, okay?"-

The big guy wasn't sure of what to say, in fact; he wasn't sure of what was happening right now. But still, he nodded.

"Alright."-Aguma mumbled before gazing once more at his little friend, who was doing his best to try and stop crying.-"But...Can somebody tell me what's going on here?"-

"Fine."-King sighed with a tired smile.-"That guy who was trying to kill us? You remember him, well; he kidnapped you, Dynamis, and Madoka. We got here as fast as we could, sadly not fast enough because you guys got possessed by Nemesis' henchmen, we had to fight you and let me tell you: I nearly peed my pants! Seriously! I thought I was losing all of you guys! Do you have any idea of how scared I was?! For a second I thought that we would have to end up killing each of you in order to set you free! Can you imagine how traumatic that is?! I'm still a freaking kid!"-

King had to interrupt himself and brush his eyes with his right arm.

"B-but you are okay!"-He sighed heavily. But then blushed furiously and shook his head over and over.-"You are okay and I swear that if you guys scare me like that again I will shove Yuki's dirty socks on your faces! Don't think I wouldn't do it! I can take his shoes off right now if I have to prove it! And you know he hasn't washed them in weeks! So, don't test me!"-

"Oh my God! You have been living away for three months and you still not do your laundry?! Seriously?!"-

"I keep telling you, doing laundry is a waste of time! I'm a busy man!"-

The three of them turned around and noticed how Yuki was helping Madoka to walk into their direction, and of course, they were bickering while they were at it.

"Guys!"-King ran to their direction.-"You are okay!"-

"I was until you ratted me out!"-Yuki laughed with a lot of sarcasm in his voice.-"I mean, seriously, Mr. King. You didn't needed to shout out how forgetful I am when it comes to laundry."-

"You know that I talk too much whenever I have a near death experience!"-King responded in a defensive tone.-"Are you guys really okay?"-

"We are okay, King."-Madoka nodded and smiled softly.

"Just a few major injuries, but it could be worse."-Yuki laughed.-"And, how about you guys?"-

"Better than ever now that that garbage is over!"-The warrior with the blue hair sighed.-"I thought none of us would make it out alive."-He sighed once more.

"Wow, a bit more of faith wouldn't hurt."-The girl with the blue eyes giggled.

"Don't worry, Sis."-The older twin giggled along with his sister.-"He was just frightened because of how much he loves us."-

"Shut your mouths, you beautiful mistakes of nature!"-

In the end, King couldn't help himself and threw his arms around both siblings and hugged them tightly. In less than a second, Tithi had just ran in their direction in order to join the group hug.

King then turned around and noticed how Aguma was just standing there.

"Come on, Aguma!"-He made a gesture in order to tell his friend to join them.-"It's warm in here!"-

The soldier of Saturn rolled his eyes and walked over their direction. He was a bit hesitant at first, but ended wrapping his arms around his friends, giving a soft sigh of relief not too short afterwards.

"Guys. If you would let me say it."-Madoka mumbled without breaking away from the group hug.-"After what just happened...This is pretty weird. A few minutes ago, we could have died."-

"It's not weird."-King shook his head.-"Don't make it weird."-

"Aw! I missed the group hug!"-

As Gingka's voice made itself present, little by little the embrace had started to break. As the team looked at the direction their friend's squeaky complain had manifested, they noticed how Dynamis was alright.

The second they spotted him, Tithi had already wrapped his arms around his dear friend.

Kyoya was also alright, he looked more annoyed than usual, but hey; better than nothing.

Gingka was floating, the poor boy had scratches all over his face and arms, but he still smiled brightly as always.

What called on their attention was how behind him, almost hiding, was the warrior of the Winter.

Yuki could swear that the second he noticed the blonde's presence, the weight on his left shoulder had gone away.

But that could be due at how Madoka had thrown herself at Chris' direction in order to punch him in the face.

...

Yeah, you could tell she was resentful of how she gave him a chance to listen and to be heard and the guy literally took advantage of that offer in order to kidnap her, and two of her brother's friends, to a most certain death.

...

Honestly, because of that reason, Yuki didn't minded that his sister had found the extra energy she needed in order to slap him repeatedly right after punching him in the nose.

"Madoka! Wait!"-Gingka flew as quick as he could in order to interfere.-"It's alright! He's on our side now!"-

"You! You sneaky! Traitorous! Slimy! And edgy motherfuc-!"-

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"-To his credit, Chris wasn't even trying to defend himself. He just kept repeating over and over how sorry he was.

"Make good choices! Make good choices!"-The warrior of the Autumn kept repeating the same thing as he tried to separate them.-"Ow! Please! Stop!"-

Somehow, Gingka managed to push her away.

"Everyone!"-He yelled with tiredness.-"This is Chris, he is my friend now and our teammate!"-

Gingka paused in order to take a deep breath.

"Yes! I know he screwed up royally like, up until and hour ago I guess, but he is very very sorry! Please, treat him nicely!"-

After a few blinks and expressions of shock, all of them ended sighing and nodding. Except Tithi, he just tugged on Dynamis's leg and did his best to not make eye contact with Chris.

Eventually, they introduced themselves, even Madoka got up and welcomed him.

"I-I'm really sorry for...Well, everything..."-Chris mumbled.

The girl nodded, but didn't said anything.

However, Yuki did had something to say.

"I'm glad you are on our side."-The warrior of Mercury said as they shook hands.

"Y-yeah...So am I..."-The warrior of winter mumbled.-"S-sorry for...Uh...Our last fight."-

"I-it's fine...Uh...S-sorry my sister almost broke your nose."-Yuki nodded and tried to smile. But it was the most awkward smile he had ever shown somebody.

And that was saying something.

"It's fine...I deserved it..."-Chris also smiled awkwardly.

"Yeah...You kinda did..."-Yuki mumbled, knowing full well that the person in front of him could hear what he just said.

"Hey, you okay, buddy?"-Gingka asked with a smile.

"Y-yeah..."-The blonde boy turned around in order to follow the others.

Yuki blinked a couple of times and then gazed at his friend.

"Honestly, Mr. Gingka."-The boy with glasses sighed.-"You just made a miracle happen for all of us."-

"Uh?"-

"I mean, I tried so hard to make him join us...Guess I should leave the motivational speeches to you, huh?"-He giggled with relief.

"Nah, he just needed someone to understand him."-Gingka shook his head.-"Uh...By the way, Yuki."-

"Huh? What is it?"-

"Is Madoka always that cute whenever she beats someone up?"-The warrior of the Autumn mumbled as his cheeks got as red as his hair.

Yuki couldn't believe what he just heard.

"Seriously?"-He asked to his teammate.-"Now is the time for that?...Shouldn't we focus on our mortal enemy that's hiding somewhere in this temple?"-

"R-right! Right! S-sorry I asked!"-Gingka flew away, laughing with embarrassment.-"Alright team, let's go!"-