This is my Second K-ON fanfiction. This story takes place during the girls senior year.
The Cursed Guitar! To Save Ui! Into Brane's World (Nodoka's Arc)
Chapter 44: Brane's Message Delivers!
(Takes place after the events from the end of Azusa's arc)
Mari and her sisters were bored. They went to Brane to see if he could help spice things up a bit. The girls were kneeling down to Brane.
"Master...we seek some fun. We are bored out of our minds." Mari begged Brane.
"I don't know what to say." Brane chuckled and Ui poured more wine into his glass. A spark came to Brane. He smirked and came up with an idea. "Well...why don't you visit the group...and send them a message. Don't kill them...but you may fight them...just don't get hurt so bad. I might not heal you."
"That's ok sir...Aina can heal us. What shall the message be?" Mari rose up and so did Silica and Sherry.
"Tell them that I have Azusa Nakano as my pet. And if they want to rescue her...well...they know what to do...that is all. Now go! Pina will guide you."
"Yes master!" The girls saluted and were off to deliver Brane's message to Nodoka, Yui, Mio, Ritsu, Tsumugi, Jun and Jun Ishimine. And have some fun while doing so. They went on to find the group, with Pina's help. The creature flew above the Triplets.
"Make sure we follow it. Don't want to get lost." Mari said.
"We'll be fine." Silica said with a smile. Silica snaps her fingers and Pina grew bigger. It was now giant. Mari and Sherry were in awe. They hopped onto Pina's back and it flew.
"Now this is much faster!" Mari cheered.
"Weeeeee!" Sherry giggled.
Nodoka's group were still walking on the trail. "How much longer to town Nodoka-chan?" Yui asked her. "I'm so hungry. It's already gonna be four."
"Not sure. But I think we're almost there." Nodoka replied and looked at the map. "Good news. We took the right path, it's a shortcut."
"Ah, that's great." Mugi smiled.
"It sure is. We are getting hungry." Ritsu said and her stomach growled.
"Don't worry. I'll treat you all to a big meal once we get into town." Jun Ishimine said and winked. Jun Suzuki blushed deeply and turned away.
"Sounds good." Mio gave a thumbs up to Jun Ishimine. She had to admit, he was cute. Mari and her Occult Club found them.
"Let's surprise them." Mari said and Pina drops the girls into bushes. Pina returned to normal size and was gonna fight by Silica's side. They sneak on the group, walking slowly, trying not to cause a scene; alert them. Mari reached for her dagger, as did Silica and Sherry. Pina was on Silica's shoulder, not making any noises. The group kept walking, unaware that Mari and her club were about to strike. Meanwhile Brane was upset, his lunch hadn't arrived.
"What is taking so long for lunch Master?" Ui asked.
"I don't know. I wonder what's taking him so long." Brane growled. In the forest, inside a big hut, Brane's minion was captured and binded by black magic as girl in a cloak was doing to him. She had her hand out and made the minion stuck to the wall. Three other girls were in the hut as well.
"So...tell me. Where are they?" The girl asked. She removed her hood and it was Tiffany of the Occult Club. Beth was also there and was the one that the minion stuck on the wall. The other two girls were twins. They came to the figure holding katanas.
"Black Frill...when I give the signal...make him talk." Tiffany told the two. They nodded and the minion looked at them. It snickered.
"You think these two 'Japanese Dolls' are gonna make me talk?" The minion cackled. Both girls huffed and shove their swords by its neck. It gasped.
"Kusha...weapons down. Both of you." Said Tiffany. The two twins lower their weapons down, but did not put them away.
"If you want the group, they are on a journey to Brane's castle. To rescue Ui and Azusa. I don't know where the group is." Said the minion.
"That's all we needed to know." Tiffany said and looked at Kusha and Sasho. She nodded and gave the signal. The two decapitate the Dark Figure. He turns to fog and died. Beth stopped her spell.
"Shall we go?" Beth asked. Black Frill simply nodded. The girls head out to search for the group and join them. But...they had their hands full with Mari's Occult Club and Silica's pet Pina. Mari's Occult Club had already introduced themselves. Pina was still giant and easily took out Nodoka, Jun Suzuki and Jun Ishimine. Mari and her two siblings focused on Yui, Mio, Tsumugi and Ritsu. The triplets had shortswords with them, for melee. Mari took on Yui, Silica took on Mio and Sherry took on Ritsu. Pina took on Mugi, transforming into a feather knight, armed with a long sword. Mugi swings her bat at Pina, who blocks it. Pina shook it's head and knee Mugi in the gut and back hands her in the face. Mugi went down hard as Pina smirked.
"You're going down!" Ritsu said and smacked Sherry in the face. She stumbled and giggled. She took a swing at Ritsu and two clash. Mari was avoiding Yui's strikes. Yui had to admit, she was acrobatic. Mari put both hands out and began to fire a spell of dark magic. Yui charged at Mari and she smirked. She fires the spell. Yui swings her staff, thinking she could backfire the spell at Mari, but that didn't work. Yui got hit and couldn't move. She groaned as she tried to move. Mari cackles.
"Fool! This spell cannot be deflected back at the user. It stuns you for a while too." Mari said and stabs Yui in the gut. Yui gasped and spits blood onto Mari's face. Mari pulled out and jumps kicks Yui down. The spell wore off and Yui held her stomach, forming tears. Mio had Silica pinned down on the ground.
"PINA! HELP ME!" Silica cried out to her figure. Mugi got kicked down once she stood up and Pina turned his attention to Mio. He glides at her and takes her down onto broken tree branch. Silica got up and grabbed her short sword and went to Mio. She was struggling against Pina's blade.
"It's all over for you!" Silica growled and raised her sword up. Ritsu kicks Sherry and slices her back. She saw that Mio was in trouble. She ran and launches herself, tackling down Silica. Pina gasped and Mio kicks Pina in the gut and slices it's chest and uppercuts it. Pina turned back to it's creature form, hurt. It cried softly as it was bleeding. Mari saw Pina and was angry. Mari charges at Mio, Nodoka makes the save and kicks Mari in the chest. Mari goes flying but caught herself. She flies at Nodoka and tried to stab her. Nodoka moved out of the way and Mari went face first into a large tree. She fell down and was out.
"Thank you." Mio said to Nodoka.
"Welcome." Nodoka nodded and went to go help Ritsu with Silica. Ritsu got hit with the same spell Yui did and was in trouble. Jun Suzuki saw that Pina was healing and faking being down. She then saw it open its mouth and aiming at Mio and Nodoka. Jun gasped and ran after Mio and Nodoka. Pina saw her and decided to change targets.
"HEY! Be careful! Pina is gonna strike you two!" Jun Suzuki yelled out at Nodoka and Mio. They turned their backs to see Jun running. Ishimine saw that Pina had changed targets. It fires at Jun. Ishimine dove in and takes down Jun Suzuki, getting hit instead. He groaned in pain and landed hard with Jun Suzuki in his arms.
"Ishimine! Are you ok!?" Mio gasped and ran to both Ishimine and Jun. Ishimine laid down in pain as the blade went through his stomach. Mio gasped as she saw this and looked away. Nodoka told Ishimine to hold on and stay still. Pina turned back huge and swooped and took Silica, Sherry and Mari away to Brane's castle. Mugi stood up, slightly hurt. Ritsu helped Yui to her feet and went to Nodoka and the Ishimine and Jun. Jun was crying as Ishimine had saved her from this brutal attack. Ishimine was panting and in pain. Nodoka helped him up to his feet.
"We have to get to town now and fast! Ishimine is hurt!" Nodoka called out.
"So is Yui." Ritsu said and Yui was crying a bit. Mari threw a paper out as she awoke.
"From Brane." Mari said and told Pina to fly away. Mio caught the paper and read it aloud.
"Dear Light Music Club, if you ever wish to see Azusa, my pet, again? Come to my castle and fight me...if you dare."
"Holy crap. So he does have Azusa." Ritsu said and not at all surprised. "I knew it."
"We...have to...go and save her..." Yui said and coughed roughly.
"Not until you're one hundred percent!" Nodoka scolded her. "Ok...let's head to town quickly." Nodoka took a sigh and looks at the map, with Ishimine, Jun, Mio, Ritsu and Mugi behind. About 20 minutes later, the group had arrived in the town. Nodoka asked for directions to a hospital.
"Right over here." Said the man. He leads the group to the hospital and opens the door for them.
"Thank you." Nodoka nodded at the man. Doctors saw the condition that Yui and Ishimine were in and quickly rushed them to the emergency room. Also in town, were Tiffany, Beth and Black Frill. They were having a late lunch in a restaurant.
"I hope that the others are here." Beth said, looking at Tiffany. Black Frill eat their meal and do not say a word.
"We should go looking after we are done eating." Said Tiffany.
"Yes. Is that a good idea Black Frill?" Beth asked the twins. They simply nodded and wiped their mouths. They finished eating and Tiffany and Beth continued to eat. "The only wave to save Mari and her sisters is to kill them. Their souls have been trapped for months now."
"Right. Let's hope they haven't hurt the Light Music Club." Tiffany finishes her food and so does Beth. The two get up and Black Frill follow them out of the restaurant. Mugi, Nodoka, Ritsu, Mio and Jun were all in the waiting room. Yui and Jun Ishimine were being treated from their wounds by doctors. Ishimine took about an hour in surgery to get the feather blade removed from his body. Yui only needed about 20 minutes. Jun visited Ishimine, while the others visited Yui.
"Thank you for saving me." Jun said to Ishimine, blushing. She then held Ishimine's hand.
"You're welcome." Ishimine chuckled. He then stared into Jun's eyes and Jun leans closer to him. They were about to kiss, only for Ritsu to burst the door open. Jun gasped and quickly turned around to face the wall, blushing a deep red. Ishimine coughs in response.
"I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that...anyways. Yui is recovering quickly...and we should stay at a rent house in town until Ishimine gets better." Ritsu said.
"Right...ok...bye Ishimine. We'll check on you later." Jun said and waved goodbye. She and Ritsu leave with the others. Yui also was able to leave and changed back into her clothes. She got her staff back. Nodoka leads the girls to the two story rent house for a couple of days. The Occult Club and Black Frill also rented a home for a couple of days. Mari's Occult Club went back to Brane's castle.
"Master. We delivered the message...but some of us got hurt." Mari said as her nose was broken.
"I won't heal you." Brane said and chuckled. Aina came and heals the three girls. "But she would." Brane grunted. Azusa was starving. Aina didn't give her anything to eat. She hoped her senpais would rescue her again, like they did before. Brane went to go see her and abuse her, for spitting in Aina's face.
"Naughty kitty." Brane smirked and pulled Azusa's chains down and throws her to the floor. Azusa groaned and stood up. Brane grabbed her by the hair and dragged her to the castle. Mari, Silica and Sherry were eating an early dinner, as it was 5 PM. Azusa smelled the food and she really wanted it. Brane was not going to give her anything...but a punishment. The Light Music Club were gonna be on their way to Brane's castle once Ishimine was perfectly healed. Jun did not tell anyone about her almost kissing Jun Ishimine. Ritsu wasn't gonna say anything but she did snicker at the thought. The girls had pick up for dinner, while Ishimine got food at the hospital. Mio gave everyone the note to read, from Brane.
"So he does have Azu-nyan again? I hope we can get their soon." Yui said and ate her food.
"Once Ishimine is good to go, then we will start the journey again." Nodoka said to her. Yui nodded.
"OK." Yui said and takes a small bite of her food.
"Let's just enjoy ourselves in this town." Mugi said and continues eating the food.
"Right. After this, we could look around. See what they got here." Jun said and sipped her soda.
"Sounds like a plan." Ritsu said. Brane had punished Azusa again, in his bed. She got thrown to the floor passed out. The minions took her out of Brane's room and back into his chamber. Brane puts his clothes back one and went back to this throne. Ui and Mari's Occult Club were eating dinner at the table with some Minions and Aina. Brane had made the food since the minion never came back with his takeout. Brane deiced that wasn't gonna bother him. He figured the minion got killed by someone. Pina flew in and told Brane that the girls were in town. Brane chuckled.
"It still would take them a while for them to get here. I can wait...there is no rush after all. Besides...I want more fun with Azusa." Brane licked his lips and cackles.
"Wonder what he's laughing about?" Mari pondered on it.
"Who knows. At least we delivered Brane's message. Or else we would've been punished." Silica said.
"Got that right sister." Sherry said and continued eating.
"Azusa is still going to starve yes?" Mari asked Aina.
"Right. She will have food tomorrow morning." Aina responded.
"And we will make it for her." Ui said and smirked. "With special ingredients." As the girls and minions laugh, Azusa was being cleaned by two minions. Azusa opened her eyes and saw them. They just finished cleaning her as Azusa spoke to them, asking for food.
"No. Brane said you will starve tonight. No food until tomorrow morning." Said the minion. Azusa begged it to give her something. "NO! No food!" The minion yelled and left with the other one. What would Azusa do now?