Act 2: The Requiem
As the groups headed back to Ikaruga HQ a pillar of fire erupted in their path as out came a woman wearing with black sclera yellow eyes, a witches hat and a slightly revealing outfit.
"Oh, mama…" AJ said.
"Seriously?" Hitomi said.
Dark Water pointed at the new face and looked at Ragna to ask who she is.
"I have no clue who she is, thought the hat does seem familiar." Ragna said.
"Yeah, who are you?" Kido asked.
"Oh, you don't recognize me? Why you nearly slashed me across the chest, you may know me as Nine the Phantom." Nine said as she introduced herself.
"Wait a minute, Nine the Phantom?" AJ asked. "I know that name, it's the name of one of the Six Heroes of this world."
"I also happen to be Kokonoe's mother, though I'm pretty sure you all already know who her father is." Nine said.
"Uh… no clue about that lady." Moth said.
"I do." Ragna said. "My master, Jubei, another of the six heroes who is Kokonoe's father and Nine's husband it seems."
"So, what exactly are you doing here?" AJ asked.
"Well, I can help you find two more of the six heroes, one of which is my darling Jubei." Nine said.
"I think I have a pretty good feeling who the other one is…" Ragna groaned.
Dark Water tilted his head to inquire.
"Platinum." Ragna said.
"If she's that much of a bother to you, she must be pretty intimidating or something." AJ said.
"Well, one of her personalities is a foul mouth brat, though I'm one to talk about being foul mouthed myself." Ragna said.
"So let me get this straight, you'll help us find these two? But what's in it for us?" Hyde asked.
"I will join this boy's cute little group." Nine said as she pinched AJ's cheek. "I've seen what Terumi and Izanami have been up to. Terumi managed to take over Hakumen's body and in turn became Susanoo. We don't have a lot of time right now."
"I'll take your word for it, but can you stop pinching my face?" AJ asked.
"Oh, sorry. It's just you look so adorable I could eat you up." Nine said.
"This lady is freaking me out…" Natalie said as Dark Water nodded in agreement.
"But I don't think we should turn down her offer, unless you're idiots." Hitomi said. "If you haven't already sensed it, she's one strong SOB."
"I have a feeling she isn't exaggerating about eating me either…" AJ sweated. "Deal. We'll find you your hubby and Platinum, and in exchange you get to join up with my group. But just to be sure you won't try anything funny like eating me, those two are coming on board the legion too."
"I know, besides I was kidding about the eating you part. Now then…" Nine said as she put her hand forward and opened a portal. "Shall we?"
Meanwhile…
The Hanging Gardens
Dark Water came out of the portal first as he looked around. He then spied something odd. There was a cat in a yellow robe with two tails walking on two legs nearby, and next to him were two girls. One had raven hair and wore a nun like outfit as she held a rapier in her right hand. The other had long purple hair in a ponytail and held a sword as tall as herself in her right hand. It seemed as if the three were talking.
Dark water was more interested in the walking talking cat, as he slowly walked closer to it, hand outstretched, but then…
"What the hell are you doing?! Stay away from Master Jubei!" A loud, bratty voice yelled. Dark Water then looked and saw a girl with green heart shaped eyes and blonde hair in two large pig tails in a sailor uniform holding a magical girl staff in her hands.
"So, you two are from another world, eh?" The cat asked as Darkwater inched closer without him or any of the two girls paying attention.
"Yes, that is correct Mr. Jubei. I ran into Miss Yuzuriha here when we were sucked into a portal and found ourselves here." The raven haired girl said.
"The same thing probably happened to my little brother. So that's why we were looking around." the girl called Yuzuriha said as Dark water got closer.
"Luna… he isn't listening to us." The little girl said. However, she was speaking with a bit of a boyish tone.
"Don't ignore us! You wanna get your ass kicked, huh?!" The bratty voice came back.
Dark Water then looked back at the girl, and despite keeping his cool, wasn't really fond of the girl trying to badmouth him. Although he didn't mean to do it that hard, he turned the girls way and punched her straight in the face.
"OW! You asshole, you're gonna pay for that!" The bratty voice said.
Dark Water didn't waste any time and got out his splattershot.
DARK WATER VS PLATINUM THE TRINITY
(Cue- Active Angel II- Blazblue Chronophantasma)
"What the… hey!" Yuzuriha said noticing the fight about to start as she, Jubei and the other girl ran their way.
"Don't worry Master Jubei, we'll take care of this jackass!" the bratty voice said.
THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING!
REBEL 1…
ACTION!
Dark Water began firing from his Splattershot as he covered the ground in ink as well as his opponent.
"Aaaah! What the hell?!" Platinum said before she turned her staff into a hammer and stabbed the handle into the ground. "Magic Missile!" She called out as a missile fired out of the end in front of Dark Water.
Dark water turned into squid form and swam around the baddlefield avoid ing the attack.
"Where the hell did he go…?!" Platinum asked before Dark Water popped up behind her and started attacking at close range before ending with a launcher.
KILLER COMBO!
"Alright, now I'm pissed!" Platinum said puffing her face before the other voice cutted in.
"Luna, calm down!" The other said, but the girl activated one of her distortions anyway. "Cute Dot Typhoon!" She called out as she slowly began to spin before she began spinning really fast towards Dark Water.
Dark Water dove back into the ink again and swam out of the way before popping back up and tossing a burst bomb that made Platinum cover her eyes.
"Ack, I can't see, I can't see!" The bratty voice called while still spinning as she nearly hit Jubei and the girls.
"Whoa!" Yuzuriha said nearly evading.
"Watch it, ya darn kids!" Jubei said evading as well.
"Oh dear." The girl the said as she spun gracefully out of the way.
"Alright that's it. You're going down!" Platinum said before she and Dark Water started fighting and formed a cartoonish dust cloud.
Dark Water then managed to break free of her assault, but Platinum kept on the brakes until Dark Water finally broke out.
C-C-COUNTER BREAKER!
He then activated his level 3 distortion, Blackout Splashdown. Dark water Turns into a Kraken and charges the opponent and slammed into Platinum, turning back into a human and punches in first person, extending his arm to slam the opponent backwards, throwing them up and encasing them in ink, before launching into the air, throwing them down and slamming them to the ground before following up with the Splashdown Special Weapon, causing a torrent of black ink that covers the screen completely.
ASTRAL FINISH!
Dark Water then rose up from the ink puddle as he looked at the screen.
DARK WATER, WIN!
PERFECT!
(End Song)
"Owowowowowowow...!" Platinum said as she sat on the ground.
"Aw, did you get hurt? Don't worry, Big Sis is here!" Yuzuriha said as she patted her head.
"Will you stop doing that?!" the bratty voice said.
"My, my, I didn't expect my darling husband to watch over Trinity who is trapped in a child's body." A voice said as Nine and the other groups stepped out of the portal. "How have you been, darling~?"
"Hey, Nine. It's not like I had a choice." Jubei said.
"Dark Water, did you seriously just beat up a kid?" AJ aksed
"Who are you calling a kid, dumbass?!" The bratty voice asked.
"Whoa, girl's got a short fuse!" Haruto said.
"Wait...is that...Yuzu? Harada?" Hyde asked.
"Hyde, there you are!" Yuzuriha said as she grabbed Hyde by the shoulder. "You really had me worried there, running off like that."
"Sorry, it's just something was going on and I had to check it out." Hyde said.
"I'm just glad you and Linne are safe." The other girl said.
"What were you doing with Yuzu, Harada?" Hyde asked.
"You see...I left the Licht Kreis, I couldn't accept what Erika's Wagner's actions were causing, so I left." Orie said. "So here I am, just a normal high school student that decided to help Yuzuriha look for you and Linne."
"So, I guess you know these two?" Moth asked.
"Yeah. The one with the long sword is Yuzuriha, my uh… big sister. The other one is a friend of mine from school, Orie Harada. That was before I knew she was part of some religious cult obessed with justice." Hyde said.
"Well, due to recent information, it turns out Licht Kreis isn't as noble as I thought." Orie said. "I joined only to bring peace to the world and put an end to the void that killed my parents."
"Oh…. erm… sorry." AJ said.
"So I guess we found em, huh? These two are Six Heroes?" Hitomi asked.
"I think so… but this Hero thing is weird… ones a talking cat who happens to be NInes husband, and the other is some little girl." Natalie said.
"Don't call us a little girl!" The bratty voice said.
"Please...forgive Luna." The boyish voice said.
"Whoa, it's like I'm hearing two people in one body." Moth said.
"The bratty voice is Luna, and like I told you, she's a little foulmouthed. The sensible one is names sena. She's a bit easier to talk too." Ragna said.
"Ah! Luna, it's that pedo, Ragna the Bloodedge!" Sena said.
"What are you doing here, pedo?! Come to take away master Jubei again?!" Luna asked.
"Where is Trinity?" Jin asked.
"Uh… well I don't think we can get her out right now…" Sena said.
"Wait, so there's another personality in you?" AJ asked.
"Yes, her name is Trinity, the real Platinum you could say, before her consciousness was transferred into this girl." Jin said.
"She's a little hard to talk too, mainly because the two of us are in this body and she's not active as much." Sena said.
"Well, we do have a big problem though. Terumi has possessed Hakumen's body and is now Susanoo." Nine said as Jubei and Platinum widened their eyes in shock.
"Kazuma…." A young woman's voice said.
"Trinity?" AJ asked.
"Yes. I am glad to finally speak with all of you, and it seems this world is in a crisis once more." Trinity said.
"It's funny, you came out as soon as we mentioned Hazama." AJ said. "Kido, you think Trinity and Hazama are connected somehow?"
"Hazama reminds me of my old friend, Kazuma Kval who was used as a vessel for Yuki Terumi before they were split apart. He deceived myself and the rest of the Six Heroes after the Black Beast was destroyed. But now that Yuki Terumi has returned along with Izanami, you will need our help." Trinity said.
"I'm not gonna deny that. We need the help of the Six heroes as much as anybody." AJ said. "What do you think, Kido?"
"Yeah, we'll need all the help we can get, this will probably be our final battle against Terumi and Izanami." Kido said. "Hey AJ, after all this blows over, how about we explore the multiverse together. I'm sure Kokonoe will be able to convince the Universal Police to clear you all of your charges."
"That's not a bad idea. I'll have to think about it, but at the end of the day, were still criminals, vigilantes. But that is a great offer. I'll have to get back to you on that once we take care of this little problem." AJ said. "I can say though that we've got one more in our ranks. Deals a Deal Nine, we found Jubei and Platinum."
"Count us in as well." Yuzuriha said. "And don't get it twisted, we're not joining you guys. I'm going on Hyde's new friend's team."
"I will go with them as well." Orie said.
"Alright, back to Ikaruga HQ." Haruto said as Nine opened a portal and they all stepped through to prepare for the final battle.
