Author's notes: At last I can update the Eighth Chapter! It's finally entering the Phantom Thief G Arc! What a long long way to go! It took me one prologue and six chapters at least to reach this arc. I'm currently on the middle of holidays so I can finish this chapter quite fast, faster than before in fact. Let's hope that I'm can update quite fast in these holidays.
About the review, just as like I said before, please don't hesitate to keep review this story because I love reviews very much even it's just one word. And for the reply time:
For kitsune630; Thank you for your support, it's really helping me a lot, you know. And yes, oh yes, finally someone mistook them as a pair of lovers! I'm enjoyed making this part because it must be funny when people often thought of them as a couple and I'm not wrong. :D Here's the new chapter and I'm hoping that you're enjoying it.
For InoriScorpion; Actually, it was the other guy who said that, not Jiji yet it doesn't stop him to think like that so do the others. LOL XD. I enjoyed making this part because I loved to imagine both Ellen and Noctis being close are making most of people mistook them as a couple. Thank you for your review and for favorite this story.
For BLACK SUMMERSUNS 88; I think it's alright for you to notice this story just now. You see, I found some very interesting stories and guess what, they're dated at least more than two or three years ago! Gah! DX I can't believe I missed them that long! Yes, I'm also notice that not many crossovers had FemAllen inside it. The only one I came across was the Crossover between HP and DGM named 'Dearly Beloved'. I loved that story but it seems the author hasn't updated it yet. Anyway, thank you for reading and follow this story, you have my biggest gratitude. Happy reading! :D
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Warning: This fic have gender bender, some spoilers, few swearings, and a lot of bad grammars. I from Indonesia in which my first language is Indonesian therefore English isn't my first language. T_T; …..meh.
The God's Clown and the Prince of the Sky
Story08: IUSTITIAM ET CONFLICTU
It was a quiet night that day at the Paris.
The sun had set long ago and the air dropped a lot, thus making the night colder than the day.
Yet despite this, the snow didn't stop falling in the middle of the dark night.
It kept fell to the earth gently, wind made them dance until they arrived on the mother of earth and covering it with pure white color.
Ellen was sitting with eyes closed, her hood up and covering her silver haired head. She leaned on the balcony with next to her was Link who also sat and read his note quietly. Between them was a box with only one donut being left because most of them eaten by Ellen. Few feet from them stood Noctis who had his back to them and stared at the fallen snow. They were on the roof of the Museum Louvre and waiting for the Phantom Thief G's arrival. From the note G sent to the police, he was intended to stealing a national treasure from the Museum of Louvre. This made the Inspector furious none less and ordering his subordinates to keep an eye on the said treasure. Since Galmar didn't let them involved in the end, they took a choice to keep an eye with clandestinely. Marie and Kanda would be on the ground while the three of them –Ellen, Link, and Noctis- would be waiting on the roof. They had been in there since few hours ago.
Although the three of them were seemed to enjoy the snow watching, they actually listened to the recorder which Timcanpy played recently to his platinum eyed master. Apparently it was a message from Ellen's master who presumed to be died few months before Noctis came or so he heard from Link. During played the recorder, Ellen disturbingly quiet as she kept closing her eyes. She heard it with full attention as if she didn't want to forget the words and the words itself sacred.
It was talking about Ellen must stopped wearing Mana's mask and told her to create her own path and therefore walk on her own.
Once the recorder was finished, the silence fell between them. Noctis shifted his body so he could see Ellen and Link from the corner of his eyes. Ellen still as quiet as like before but she lifted her right gloved hand and put it onto her face, hidden it from the view and sighed quietly. Her mind flooded by her own memories.
The memories of her foster father, the memories when she still used the polite manners to everyone even to her friends before she started to use the informal manners and many more of them were flashing before her eyes even though they closed. She sighed quite long as the warm breath she exhale became thin layer of white steam.
A moment later much to Noctis' surprise, she reached for Timcanpy and pulled the golem's cheeks until his sharp teeth were visible.
GYUUUUUTS.
"…No matter how many times I listen," Ellen began quietly, listened by Link and Noctis. "It's sound like a last request or something like that…It's keep pissed me off."
Noctis stayed quiet as Link was opening his mouth to question her.
"Surely that's what it is, though?"
"But stuff like this isn't just like my Master at all…" Ellen let Tim go and stood up from where she was just sitting with a determinate face. "But he's right on one thing. My path isn't set for me. I'll create it by my own feet."
Noctis sighed before he smiled faintly. "That's a good choice, actually. I can't see where the wrong of it is." He praised the silver haired Exorcist sincerely. Ellen couldn't help but began to chuckling heartily.
"It feels weird to hear it coming from you."
"Because I'm a stranger?"
Ellen continued to chuckling softly and shook her hooded head.
"It's the way you say it. It's sounded wise and confident. You sounded like an old man." Ellen walked to his side with Timcanpy flew around her.
Noctis forehead wrinkled in intrigue frown and his mouth gaped a bit. "Do I?"
"You do! And look at your face, it's so priceless!" Her chuckles soon became quiet laughter.
Noctis right eye twitched violently.
"Hahaha, very funny." Noctis rolled his eyes.
"It is funny! You should see it on the mirror by yourself." Her laughter died a few seconds later, leaving an amusement smile on her beautiful face. "By the way, we still have one donut left. Do you want it?"
"Thank you for offering me but I'm already full."
"Are you sure?" Ellen tilted her head to the right her voice showing concern. "I saw you aren't eaten a lot both this afternoon and at the dinner before we came here. Don't tell me you're still thinking about G's ability to control people."
Noctis flinched at the tone which she used but he decided to keep quiet. "More or less." He replied above whisper humbly.
She sighed in long suffering way, had expected the reaction which came from the young man. "I've told you to not thinking much about it. You've helped us so much, you know."
"But Mr.- I mean Inspector Galmar doesn't listening to us in the end." Noctis pointed the obvious. "I'm feeling useless like ever."
After the end of the conversation, Galmar took a choice to ignore the Exorcists at last. He wanted to stop the Phantom Thief G with his own way and he wasn't letting them to interfere his case, moreover involve. Of course the group wasn't taking this well, especially Kanda and Noctis. The euclase eyed young man wasn't happy to say at least but he just an ordinary in the Inspector's eyes and he wasn't an Exorcist either, so he couldn't complain much.
Instead he told to the Exorcists to keep their mind focusing and to keep calm no matter what happen since the people with empty mind or was in frantic condition could easily become a target. Ellen and the others took this advice and held it into their minds without hesitation a bit. They knew what he said had a point after all. They couldn't underestimate G's ability since everyone within this place was easily become his victim, included themselves.
"You aren't useless." Ellen retorted. "He just doesn't see it yet. In fact you're helping us to acknowledge Phantom Thief G's ability. Marie and even Kanda have said that you're being a help for them and now you're said to me that you're useless?"
"I'm indeed grateful at the fact all of you believing my words, but…" Noctis hesitated for a moment.
"You're what?" Ellen asked a bit forcefully and curious. "I'm wanted to hear to full sentence, Noctis."
Noctis huffed exasperatedly. She wasn't about to left this matter unfinished, was she?
"…I'm finding myself still annoyed at Inspector Galmar's ignorance."
…
…
Awkward euclase met surprised silver. "Do you think I'm a fool?"
Ellen blinked rapidly as his answer sunk into her mind completely. Not for a long, the silver eyed young woman huffed in 'you are an idiot' manner before she smiled in understanding.
"Oh, Noctis…" she shook her head and made the hood fell back, revealed her beautiful silver locks.
"It's a normal thing for every person to want someone actually take his or her words seriously, moreover when they're in serious situation. I can understand it very well since I'm also experienced it few times." Ellen said with a soothingly voice to him and cheered him up. "Just don't let yourself drowning too deep into the disappointment. We have more important things to do rather than just hold grudge toward Inspector Galmar. Let's just forget about him for now and do what we can do."
And she really meant it. There was a time where her warning being completely ignored by most of the people. It did make her upset however she never gave up and continue to watch and keeping them safe and sound. Believe or not, her work would be paid off successfully at most of the time. Ellen didn't want Noctis to be feeling useless when he did the contrary and she would make sure that he knew it. Ellen would make sure the euclase eyed young man acknowledged this.
Noctis nodded in acknowledge as he was digesting her words.
"I think you're right. I guess I'll just do that instead of sulking." His lips curved into a grateful smile. "Thank you very much for cheering me, anyway. It's really helping me."
"You're very welcome." Ellen responded happily. "By the way, are you really certain that you don't want to eat the donut?"
"It's yours; you can eat it if you want."
"Oh…" Ellen turned at the braided blonde and asked the same question. "What about you, Link? Do you mind if I take the last donut?"
"…Just how many have you eaten?"
"A Lots?" Ellen guessed with that innocent look.
"…Never mind." Link decided to gave up.
Noctis finally broke into a muffled laughter as he tried hard to suppressing it yet this action not entirely successful. Ellen and Timcanpy were following him soon after, although in the golem's case, it more like he was grinning very wide.
"…..Heh." Marie smirked amusedly as he heard the conversation that happened on the Louvre roof.
"What's up, Marie? You overheard something or what?" Kanda asked from above the statue.
"Ah…no." Marie responded in amusement. "It's nothing."
Kanda raised an eyebrow at the bald man but said nothing as he glanced at the black golem that flying near him. "You're hearing me, Moyashi?"
"My name is Ellen!" Ellen replied firmly.
"Quit stuffing yourself. It's almost the time." Kanda reminded. "You better not let the police snatch the prey under our noses."
"We will not. Just remember what I've been said though." Noctis stated in dismissal.
"I am remembering it as clearly as day. You don't have to tell me twice, 'Niwatori Denbu'."
"…Are you just calling me 'Chicken butt'?" Noctis asked flatly, obviously wasn't very happy to hear it.
Kanda was referring the nickname to Noctis. Well, he referred it to the euclase eyed young man's hair to be exactly since the older young man had hair style in which very much reminded Kanda to chicken's butt, alright.
"'Chicken butt'?" Ellen confused.
"He's referring to my hair."
"Well, that's Kanda to you. I will be surprise if he doesn't have a nickname for you…" Ellen huffed.
Kanda snorted as he heard the silver haired young woman's comment.
"Whatever you say. Just get the prey before the police do it." He stated firmly.
"It's not 'the prey'. It's Phantom Thief G, Kanda." Marie corrected it. "You're ready in there, Ellen?"
"Roger to that." Ellen replied as she took a bite at the piece of donut. Link and Timcanpy ate the other piece of the donut which they were dividing into three pieces before. Noctis was sitting beside Link and glanced at them with hidden amusement. Her hood had been up again and covering her head.
The three of them now sat on the roof, prepare to catch the Phantom Thief G.
"It's already the time?" Noctis stole a glance toward the cell phone he still brought to everywhere. It showed 0:00 A.M already. He then slipped it back into his pants pocket.
"Yes." Ellen chewed the donut. "He must be already inside the museum."
"I'm quite intrigued on how he managed to avoid those policemen so far, until now. A part from being a thief." Noctis commented.
"That's why we're going to find out once he's in here and we'll catch him for sure."
"He's definitely coming." Link agreed tonelessly. "And we're ready for him."
PRAAAAANG!
At the clue at Link's words, a sound of window shattered was echoing hard from below them. And shouts of the policemen were following soon after.
They were glancing at each other with deep meaning.
"He's here." Noctis said.
"That's our clue." Link continued.
And then a few moments later, there was a loud bang or something like being hit so hard.
"It must be Kanda." Ellen concluded. She was wasting no time to stand up with Link and Noctis.
"You think we should worry about him?" Noctis asked in anticipation.
"He's more than capable to do his job with Marie. And it's time to do our job." Ellen took off her coat to drop it to the floor and walked fast.
"Is it alright to leave your coat in here?"
"I'll take it back when we're managing to capture him. Besides, it's easier to moving around without coat since it will limit your moves when you're engaging in combat." She stared Noctis. "You still remember the plan right?"
"I am. But are you sure you're going to do this?" Noctis replied a bit surely. He had heard the Exorcist's plan at this noon and to be honest he had a slight worry with the plan although he had agreed together with them.
Ellen smiled widely. "I'm very much confident and sure for doing this. I had facing the worse than this so it should be fine."
"If you're said that then fine." Noctis shrugged.
"Then what we are waiting for? Let's go."
They went walked away from their previous spot to move to the next place.
Meanwhile with Kanda and the policemen…
Just like as Ellen had predicted, Kanda managed to catch the thief without facing any trouble. He even gave back – read: uncaringly threw- the crown toward the Inspector Galmar who clearly didn't look so pleasure when he found the samurai was here. Well, it looked went out smoothly until a new Phantom Thief G, with the same weird costume, appeared on the roof dramatically right above Kanda and the policemen.
"HAHAHAHAHA….!" The new Phantom Thief G laughed hard and mockingly at them.
"W-What the…!?" Galmar looked shocked when he was seeing another G.
"Sorry to disappoint you, gentlemen! But capturing me is impossible!" The new Phantom Thief said loudly.
"Another one?" Kanda glared at the new Phantom Thief G with deepened displeasure. His right hand dragged the man who being possessed by G before and now groaned in pain because the injury Kanda gave to him. "Must another puppet he's using. So what Niwatori Denbu –a.k.a Chicken Butt a.k.a Noctis- has said is right after all. Ability to control people's mind and use them as his arms and legs…what an annoying ability."
The samurai then let go the previously possessed man that now free and hurt pretty much. Mugen was unsheathing and ready in his hand.
"I really should complain to stupid Komui after this whole sh*t." He cursed in low voice.
"Well then…, farewell!" The ridiculous costumed thief lifted the crown and pressed it to the cheek of his costume triumphantly.
"AAAAAAAGH! THE CROWN….!" Galmar shouted with all of his mighty.
"How the…!?" The one policeman shouted.
"Since when…..!?" Another policeman shouted this time.
"Hahahahah…"
"You're not going to take it anywhere." A new deep and cold voice suddenly was heard from nowhere and cut the thief's laughter.
The thief stance then snapped tight and very alarmed since he didn't sense anyone near him until now. In which was impossible because no one could sneak out behind the Phantom Thief. This pretty much made the thief cautious as he tried to searching the owner of the voice in the dark of night. He still had the crown pressed on his cheek.
"Wha…" Before he could say anything further, in fraction of a second of neglectfulness however…
WHUUUSSSH!
SNATCH!
JDAAARRR!
Something blurred, slim, and extremely fast was shooting past the thief's face and snatched the crown through one of its cavities in the same time. It landed few meters from the thief, it piercing the wall of roof tiles far across the thief with full force and destroyed few the roof tiles in the process. It impact sent thin layer of dust into the air of night. It revealed how much power to throwing what then seen by the thief as a black trident with odd mechanical design. It made the Phantom Thief G was jumping a bit.
"Aaaah! What the…!?" The thief shrieked as he was keep staring at the trident.
"That crown isn't yours since the very beginning…" The same voice spoke with the same quiet and cold tone as a figure stepped from the dark, appear from where the trident was being thrown at.
The calm sky blue eyes glanced at the thief with deep calculation. Phantom Thief G stared at the new figure stood before him from behind the costume in bewildered.
"Wha- Who are…!?"
BUUAAAK!
"Ungh!"
A hard kick was hitting the thief's head and flung him quite far before he landed on the floor hardly.
"I'm so sorry about that." The kicker turned out to be Ellen Walker as she landed smoothly and grinning victoriously with Timcanpy that also had the same victorious grin. "But you're not the only one who can pull an ambush!"
From below, the policemen were cheering when they watch the whole action with their very own eyes.
"Oh, nice work!"
"Who are they anyway!?"
"Those are the pretty boy's friends! After them…!" Galmar gave them an order.
"You've got the crown, Noctis?" Ellen yelled questioningly at Noctis who stood across her and the thief.
"I got it without harm." Noctis gestured at the trident which stuck in the wall of roof tiles at same side with Ellen's position. Around the main blade of the trident, the trapped crown was hanging. "Thank you again for your advice; I finally can do something in this."
"It's what friends are made for, right?" Ellen replied cheerfully and her voice lined with dismissal tone. "Speaking about doing something, that's a very nice shoot you have in there. Can you teach me how to do that move after this mission?" Ellen asked as the silver haired Exorcist was looking at the trident that pierced behind her.
There was another thing which she being intrigued at. Since the first display at the Black Order, Ellen had a suspicion the young man from another world could do more than just summoning the falchion. At the second he summoned the trident, her suspicion was proven to be right though she still surprised as well. She reached into a conclusion that Noctis perhaps could summon any weapons he wants, depending on the situation.
Noctis nodded calmly. "Sounds fine to me."
"Ooowww…" The thief groaned and got their attention back.
"Good job, Walker, Caelo." Link was climbing down from the higher roof. "Now make sure you two don't have to damage the crown. That thing is worth more than we could hope to just reimburse, you know…"
"How much?" Ellen asked.
"Enough to make General Cross' debts looks like nothing…"
Noctis frowned upon he heard this. "Link. Just how much exactly this Cross is having debts actually…?"
"…You don't want to know, Caelo. You don't want to."
Noctis hadn't any why Link would say that but from the way he was talking about the debts, it seemed to be some kind of…taboo topic so he shut his mouth for now.
"I'll protect it definitely even with my own life!" Ellen cracked her hands zestfully.
"Who are you guys? Police?" The thief's voice was sounded hoarse yet lined with curious.
"Not quite. But since we're trying to capture you, I guess that's close enough." Ellen gave him an apologized smile as she still cracked her hands.
"Oooh?" Phantom Thief G sounded intrigue.
Noctis suddenly feeling alarmed at the rather odd and disturbing response. His intuition was sharp enough due to the various enemies and battles he must face to protect the Great Crystal. Therefore, he knew this reaction well. Especially since it was his archenemy who was always did that. When your opponent gave you that kind of response…
Don't ever, ever, let your guard down because it would be only meaning a big trouble for you!
"Ellen! Link! Be careful, he's planning something!" Noctis shouted at the silver haired young woman and the braided blonde far across him.
Hearing the warning clearly, Ellen's and Link's eyes widened but before they could move from their own place, almost at the same moment the thief shot up from the floor with unbelievable speed and threw himself from the roof, ready for a free fall.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" The three of them screamed in unison panic when they saw the thief did the crazy act.
"He's getting away!" Link shouted.
At the clue, Ellen rushed with all of her mighty toward the already jumping thief and grabbed the thief's costume cloak with her left arm just in time. She quickly jerked the current Phantom Thief G and pulled him to the balcony so she could hold him without any difficult. Noctis let out the relief breath he was holding unconsciously. Well, at least he didn't have to use teleport ability to save the possessed people.
"Ah…" Her whole body trembled from the shock. Ellen almost thought that she wouldn't make it at all. She let out a shaky breath. "T-That's was close…"
"So…what was that?" An amused voice suddenly heard from behind them. Both of Ellen and Noctis were frozen on their place. That voice…
It couldn't be…
"You're wanted to capture G, eh?" The very same and very familiar voice sounded wanting to confirm Ellen's previous words with slight mocking tone.
O-oh.
"Oh no…" Ellen muttered under her breath. She then turned her head at the blonde's direction with disbelieve stare. He looked all the same to her; he wasn't wearing that stupid costume. But the expression he wore right now…
"Link?" Ellen's silver eyes widened in shock.
"Oh, Dear Etro…" Noctis mentally face palmed. His throat suddenly felt dry. "To think I've told him to not losing his focus and since he doesn't look like a fool…"
The possessed Link stuck his tongue. "You think you two can do it?"
Ellen eyed the blonde cautiously. Now this was more like a crazy dream than a reality. It was so weird to the point Ellen almost thought if this only a dream and she would woke up in the morning. She couldn't believe the fact it was Link who looked like an intellectual type from all persons who got possessed by the said thief. The young woman Exorcist pulled the previous possessed man from the balcony and put him gently on the floor before she went into a fight stance. Timcanpy growled quietly at the possessed Inspector. From the corner of her eyes, Noctis also had this tense yet wary stance.
"What if we can?" Ellen asked back challengingly yet carefully.
He then smirked before he was dashing straight to her and threw a punch aimed to her body.
"Ellen, Look out!" Noctis warned.
Ellen dodged the first attack easily but another attack was coming soon and she had to dodge it again and again. It kept repeating like that for a quite long moment.
"Link!? Link!" Ellen called the blonde by his name as she dodged another round kick from Link but the attempt was futile. Link kept continue to attack the pure white haired young woman.
Then, a kick as fast as like lightning struck on her face when her guard was down and completely hit her right cheek so hard.
"Ukh!" Ellen fell back and rolling to get her balance. Ellen finally stopped rolling once she got the balance and stood up to face Link. He was strong!
"Ellen!"
"I'm fine, it's just a bruise!" Ellen replied.
"Now then…" Link suddenly moved to another direction. Ellen quickly realized to where he would go.
"Noctis, he's want to retrieve the crown!"
"Keh!" Responded her warning, Noctis summoned his gun and cocked it before he was starting to shoot at the possessed Inspector. Not to kill him but to keeping him in order to put a good distance between the blonde and the crown. Link stepped back at the first shoots and quickly backed away from the long range attacks.
Seeing an opportunity, he leaped toward the trident as he kept shooting at the blonde Inspector that managing to get away from the rain of bullets with good reflects so far. When Noctis managed to get near the trident, he pulled it out from the roof tiles along with the crown. The trident then disappeared, left with only the crown to be holding firmly in his hand.
"Catch!" He spun his body and threw as hard as he could at her direction.
Ellen opened both of her hands and ready to catch the flying crown however Link who saw this then stretched out both of his arms and a pair of switchblades came from beneath his sleeves. The blonde was moving to her with his switchblades ready at any given movement.
"Hah! I will not let it!" He exclaimed.
"Like h*ll I will let you too!" Noctis cried out in fury. Gun was changed into falchion and he attacking the blonde Inspector. At the moment Ellen catch the crown, Falchion and switchblades clashed at each other and sending sparks of fire to around the contacted blades. It didn't stop until there, they were kept slashing and clashing their weapons over and over again. Their shadows were dancing in the darkness, sounds of metals and sparks always followed them. Both exchanged their blows and attacks while trying to dodge and search their opponent weakness.
CLASSSH!
SRAAAANG!
WHAAMM!
SRAAANK! SRAAAANK!SLAAASSH!
"Hahahaha! You're good, Onii-san!" Link laughed between the exchanging attacks. "Can you dodge this!?"
WHOOOMF!
This time he attempted to kick at Noctis' gut very hard and to make it worse, Noctis didn't have time to block or dodge it therefore he got the whole hit. Not finished in there, he spun his body and sent another kick to the euclase eyed young man's chest. Noctis's breath hitched while he chocked from the kick aimed to his lungs.
"Ugh!" Noctis forced to jump back and gained his balance as he stood up above his feet once he was out from the blonde's reach. He happened to stop few meters not far from Ellen.
"NOCTIS!" Ellen was screamed worryingly and concerned at her friend. Her grips on the crown tightened so closely. Timcanpy growled and his teeth were now being visible as his dislike expression.
Noctis winched slightly as he shifted his position. His stomach throbbed badly and felt numb a lot if not some. His chest didn't better either. Perhaps it would be left him a bluish bruise but nothing serious.
"He attacked pretty hard but I'm alright." Noctis tried to catch his frantic breaths.
Ellen didn't believe him completely of course. Link was a strong even he wasn't an Exorcist. He even saved her once from Akuma level 4 and known to the strongest Akuma ever created by Earl and the hardest Akuma to got killed. Exorcists like her still found them difficult to destroy completely. It proved how far his skill was. And from the way Noctis moved, she could see that the injury quite took him.
"Hey, not bad! You managed to stand up again even after I gave you two hard blows! Any ordinary people will have to keep lay after taken those hits." G praised from across the two of them.
"You will not just stay calm, aren't you?" Noctis spoke coldly, his anger rising slowly but surely.
"As if!"
"Ellen!? Noctis!?" Marie called from Ellen's earing which happened to be a communication tool. "Ellen, what's wrong?!"
Ellen snapped from watching the fight and contacting Marie back. "Marie! Link…"
"The Inspector? What about him?"
"He has been controlled by G now."
"What!?"
"Now, what's with this guy!? He's so high- spec!" G gestured at the possessed blonde's body with proudly.
"Link seems to have been taken over by G and Noctis is trying to keep him away from the crown by now..."
"Ah yes, rather…I'm heard him and Noctis just then."
"Now then…" Link smiled widely yet threateningly. "Could I have my crown back, Onii-san? Onee-san?"
Ellen smiled drily and gave him 'you must be kidding, right?' look. Instead she gave the crown to Timcanpy with shoved it into the golem's mouth. "If I give you, you will just run, wont you?" Ellen questioned. "That would be a bit of a problem; after all we came here to capture you."
At the given moment, Kanda was already leaping behind Link with Mugen in his grip and ready to attack the blonde Inspector. Out of reflect, Link was pulling something small, thin, and white from his sleeve and threw it to Kanda. Those things immediately circled around the dark long haired young man and let out some kind of energy. They turned to be papers with odd kanji written on it and they immobilize Kanda in quick phase.
'What the…!? My body is feel heavier…!'Kanda tried to move his body but soon he found the attempt was fail.
"Hijutsu: Shibaribane. Baku." Link chanted.
Kanda was being thrown as a result and it sent him flied through Noctis who hadn't move since then. Sky blue eyes widened instantly and in recognition.
"What!?" Noctis gasped in shock. Just now... The energy which Link just used. It was different from his own but the familiar sensation he sensed from that technique... 'He can do magic!?'
Ellen herself also didn't hide her own shock when she saw the attack. She remembered those talismans enough well although it has been more than three months since she being restrained when she met her master for the last time. 'That technique! It's the same as when I was restrained before…!'
"Not good!" G exclaimed through Link's mouth as he saw Kanda got away without a scracth.
"Che! Don't tell me that Inspector is a member of CROW!" Kanda landed near Ellen.
"Wait, he's a member of what...?" Noctis bemused at the unknown term Kanda was using.
"CROW?" Ellen echoed quizzically, obviously also didn't know the term.
"A special combat unit that working for Central." Kanda explained loftily at Ellen and Noctis. "I don't know or care too much about them, but they're supposedly trained from a very young age and have incredible combat skills."
"HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE!?" another voice they were growing to familiar shouted from behind them.
"!" Ellen and Noctis were taking a look at the arrived policemen and Inspector Galmar. They circled the previous possessed man who happened to be the policeman who Galmar gave the crown before he went possessed by G.
"This G over here!" Galmar exclaimed as he gripped the costume of the policeman. "Why, you're a police officer!"
"I...I'm not really sure what's going..." the poor policeman stuttered with confusion. "I took the crown...and after that, I don't remember a thing..."
Galmar then started to lose his composing and shouted in disbelieve at the policeman while the poor subordinate tried to tell his supervisor that he was innocent.
"I don't know if I should pity the policeman or Inspector Galmar himself..." Ellen heard the euclase eyed young man's dry comment.
"Then pity the policeman, he's really being clueless after he was possessed by G after all." Ellen answered helpfully.
They heard a series of chuckle coming from G while he watching the scene before him. G was looking and found that the policeman and Galmar's act very amusing and worthy to laugh at. Ellen didn't like the act he was doing while people suffered because of what he was doing to them.
To Jiji and the Finder squad.
To those who being controlled by him and left once they not useful anymore.
To her new friend who was hurt by Phantom Thief G through Link's body.
Ellen couldn't take it anymore as she made a decision to give the thief one or two lessons and she would not let him do as he wants. It seems it was the right time to execute the plan. She steeled herself and already took a good few steps before Noctis or Timcanpy could ever stop her, to approach the possessed Link before she stood gallantly face to face with him.
"Is something funny?" Ellen asked sternly.
"Hm?" G turned his head a bit.
"I said is something funny?" She repeated more stern.
"Well, it is funny, right? Watching big ol' grown-ups acting like that!" G reasoned.
Silver eyes flashed in determined. "You're like a child, aren't you?"
...
...
"Huh?"
'Ah...' Noctis swore he could see to where direction was this conversation going. This wouldn't be ended so well from the way of it seemed. He just hoped that Ellen had calculated this.
And she did.
"Well, I think you're terrible. All those people who were turned into G- you have messed up their whole lives. Not to mention you're also hurt someone now." Ellen stated calmly and steadily, silver eyes never left the blonde. "You are...the worst."
That snapped G in anger toward the young woman. "Shut up!" He roared as he rushed and charged at Ellen and Kanda.
"Noctis, please stay in where you're standing right now." Ellen told at the injured Noctis as she invoked Crown Clown and white coat with feathers line wrapping around her upper body. "Let me and Kanda who take care of him for the rest."
"Can you do it?" Marie confirmed through Kanda's golem which flied above the two of them with Timcanpy.
"Being up against a CROW's body just make it easier, I don't have to hold back." Kanda prepared Mugen at battle position.
"Marie, just stay back and concentrate." Ellen responded.
Clown Belt!
She released two white ribbons like from the cowl of her white coat and aimed at both Link's wrists, quickly tied strongly around them.
"Huh?!" The blonde said dumbly.
Ellen smiled sweetly at him before she threw him with all her strength to the wall and made him hit the tower's wall and made it destroyed in the process.
"Oww!" The blonde cried in pain.
Not even giving the slightest pause on the young Inspector, Kanda stepped in and attack him with Mugen continuously. The blonde was being forced to parry it with both of his switchblades. They were balance at first but it quickly turned that Kanda more skilled in this fight. Without any difficulties, Kanda began to force him back.
"Ah! Hey wait!" The blonde tried his hardest to keeping up with the wielder of Mugen however he instead got few cuts on his right cheek. "Aaahh!"
"What's wrong, G? Never been in real fight before?" Kanda asked mockingly and kept swung Mugen, maimed it toward the currently being possessed member of CROW. "You're backing away."
Kanda gave him some hits which few of them actually landed on the blonde successfully.
"Oww!" The blonde cried out once again when the attacks got him in few places on his body. Suddenly, Kanda was kicking him very hard at the stomach and caused him to throw backwards.
"Gaaah!"
Right when he was completely caught off guard, Ellen used the chance to suck up behind him and…
JLEEEEB!
DEG.
"Ah? Huh? What is this...?" possessed Link glanced with extremely confused at the sword which Ellen had piercing from behind through him.
"It's a sword...You've just been stabbed." Ellen answered cooly and nearly emotionless.
!
"WAAAAAAGGGGHH...!"
He screamed as hard as he could once he knew what the thing which stabbed through him was and held his head in completely panic. He continued to screaming in disbelieve and frightened.
"A sword...a sword...STABBED!? AAAAAGGHH!"
Noctis who was already finishing cast Cure spell on himself surreptitiously while Ellen and Kanda countered the blonde, jumped when he heard the scream. Snapped his head in wonder and cautious, he found of what he was seeing right now; possessed Link had this huge sword stabbed on his body while Ellen looked with emphatically way. Noctis rose his eyebrow as he noticed how the sword was seemingly stabbed Link yet he didn't die and even able to screamed.
Felt as curious and intrigued as ever, he walked in quick phase to Ellen's side. Ellen who saw Noctis' figure walked toward her direction then approaching the young man with clear concern and worry.
"Noctis, how's your injury? Do you need some bandages or even medication?" She stole a glance at Noctis' stomach and tried to search any visible injury from the dark haired prince.
"It will leave a bruise surely but other than that, I'm perfectly unharmed." Noctis couldn't let the petite young woman knew about his magic, just like he didn't want her to know about his true identity yet. "By the way, is he...?"
Understood Noctis' confusion, Ellen smiled wryly before she began to explaining to him. "That is the part of my Innocence, Crown Clown." She began. "See how my left arm's gone? That's how I have to active it. You can say my arm can become a sword just as like you see now. My sword, the Sword of Exorcism can't harm human after all, it only harm Akuma and Noah. If you're asking if he's fine then yes, he's very much fine. That sword can't kill him. I'm made him learn his lesson and I think I've gone too far. But well, I guess the shock was effective enough."
"Oh..." Noctis sounded lost. "Is this still can be considering as a part of our plan?"
"I think it's still can, maybe..." Ellen also sounded unsure because to be honest, this wasn't exactly how she must do to the phantom thief, and moreover it came beyond her estimation.
Ellen and Noctis then heard strange sounds from the blonde. As if to confirmed their suspicion, Link was letting out a weird sob once more. Confused, they take a closer look at Link.
"Hm?" The two of them stared at the blonde's back.
"Pwaaaaaaahh!" Link, or G in this case, was cried out of sudden as the tears flooded from his eyes.
Both of young woman and young man were feeling shock upon saw this way of crying came from the blonde. To seeing Link cried with that way was...they didn't have any words to describe it but weird perhaps the most accurate word to describe it, despise the fact that he possessed by G.
"L-Link...?" Ellen sweat dropped.
"It hurts! It Huurts!" He cried over and over again hysterically.
"Eerr..." Completely speechless, Noctis stole a glance at Ellen. Saw that she hadn't had any choice; Ellen quickly took an act to calm the possessed blonde.
"It doesn't hurt," Ellen explained with soft and soothingly tone. "Really it doesn't hurt. See, this sword doesn't work on humans."
"It's all your fault...!" G accused her still with tears in his eyes. "You murderer...!"
A moment later, G lost control of the blonde Inspector and caused Link to go collapsed.
"Ahh!" Ellen and Noctis immediately held him from behind so he wouldn't hit the floor hard.
"I think he's gone now." Noctis concluded quietly.
"You think he'll be fine after he was being possessed by G?" Ellen glanced at Noctis.
"Seeing the other victims that regain their conscious back rather fast, I guess..."
"Oh…That's a good thing to hear." Ellen was somewhat glad.
Link stirred a moment later and opened his eyes as he rubbed his hurt head. "Unh...Ellen Walker? Noctis Caelo?"
"Link? You're completely back to normal?" Ellen asked in relieved. Noctis who knelled beside her also let out relief sigh.
"What happened?" Link was blinking with narrowed eyes.
"You're had taken control by G for a while." Ellen answered shortly.
"Am I?" Link tone went slightly alarmed.
"You are. You even fought me, Kanda, and Noctis even though we manage to free you from G's control in the end."
"...Walker?" Link called her flatly with slight questioning tone after a brief silence and wore a deep frown expression.
"Hm?" Ellen responded quizzically.
"What exactly are you doing to me?" Link brown eyes pointed at the still piercing sword at his body.
"Ah..." Ellen and Noctis sweat dropped. Oh right, they completely forgot about that part.
This surely could take a while to explain the whole thing to the blonde Inspector.
Near the Museum of Louvre, Marie stood above some kind of tower and used his sharp hearing ability to track a certain voice from the city's direction.
"He's ran away...Well, Marie? Can you trace him?" Ellen asked though the communication link. "Just for finding out who he really is, I may have gone a little too far and Noctis also got hurt..."
"No, no, you're actually made him much easier for me to find. It's a good thing G turned out to have proper emotions. And it's helpful his cries also distinctive too." He smiled faintly as he heard the same strange way of crying echoed from a certain direction. They finally spotted their target at last. And now time to move to the next plan.
"Speaking about Noctis, just how much he's hurt? Does he need to be treating soon?"
"I have checked on him. He had few bruises on his body but it's in small scale. He should be fine and recovery fast from them." Ellen reported.
"I've told you I'm perfectly fine. Why you don't believe me and even forced me to open my shirt?"Noctis sighed and Marie could imagine he was shaking his head while putting back his shirt and coat.
"Noctis, Link is a very strong opponent for you to handle, not to mention he's a CROW trained since very young age, and you got hit by him not only once but twice! How can I'm not worry...!?" Ellen reasoned and pouted at the Caelum prince.
"Ellen, you don't have to yell at me..."
"I'm sorry." Ellen quickly apologized. "I can't help it as well but really Noctis, can't I'm feeling concern and care toward my friends when they're obviously hurt?"
"Uuuh, of course you can but..."
Marie tried to hold his chuckles as he was hearing the squabble between Ellen and Noctis. "If I don't know better I would have thought the two of you're a couple of loving birds..."
"We're not a couple! Why everybody's said that...!?" Both of them retorted at the same time.
"See what I mean?" Marie pointed the obvious and still smiling.
"/He's/She's not my /boyfriend/girlfriend....!" Ellen and Noctis retorted again, this time louder and clearer.
From the background, Kanda was huffing and seemingly sheathed Mugen to its scabbard judged from the sound of the said sword.
"Let's just get the h*ll out of here before that hardheaded Inspector decides to interrogate us. I'm tired being in here."
"Hnnh."Link grunted as a response.
Today was a long day for them.
So that's the end of the Chapter Eight! It's really took me long enough to finish this but I'm finally made it! It's like forever for me to finish this chapter! Because for some reasons, I will re-think about giving Noctis Summon or Eidolon since it maybe difficult for the readers since they don't know much about Summon. I feel stupid for asking such a impossible task. T_T;;;; I'm so sorry for making you felt weird or even disturbed about the polling. I'm too excited to choose one Summon for Noctis, so I erased the polling part. Once again, I'm very sorry about this. Thank you once again for your supports! Please give me your reviews in here!