"Wake up." The voice begged, a hand reaching out and shaking Mayday. "You need to wake up, now!" The voice whined.

"Ugh…" Mayday moaned, rubbing her eyes. 'what an annoying voice.'

"I heard that." The voice said. "There is no independent thought here, since this is where independent thought happens. Also…" Mayday could tell the woman was smiling. "AN insult against me is insulting yourself."

Opening her eyes, Mayday looked at her companion. She was dressed in a pink designer baby tee with the words "Daddy's Princess" written in glitter across the chest, 500 dollar jeans and the best sandals one could find in Europe. The woman looked at her strangely, clicking her tongue.

"Wow…we look weird apart."

"Samantha." Mayday hissed. Somehow, whatever puck had done to her had caused her to split apart. Before her was her human half, her old self before Arlen.

"Seriously, have you seen yourself?" Motioning towards a mirror, Mayday glanced at her reflection and gasped. She was dressed in her normal coat and outfit, sure. But her body was living shadows…glowing purple eyes, wild hair…she looked like some sort of beast. "My dark side."

"Actually, it is your shadow side, mistresses." The two turned to see another version of themselves, only this one was dressed as a harpie. "The Harpie Queen…your Ka, mistresses."

Mayday nodded, standing up fully, towering over her human self. "What happened?"

"We were nearly taken over!" Samantha wailed. "5 years we've worked together, you and me. Perfect tandem! Now…now our other two sides are fighting for control."

"What other sides?" Mayday demanded.

"The glowy one and the sick one."

Harpie Queen frowned. "The trickster Puck used his power to merge us fully, my mistresses. But he also made the most primal part of you stronger, and corrupted it with Anarchy's will. We were nearly lost. When your mate, Arlen, and my spirit ally Grani kissed our merged form, he separated us much the same way he before."

"Before?" Mayday asked.

"Arlen, when he first gained his powers, caught a glimpse of the being known as the Horsemen of War. Thinking it was a dream, the two did battle, until Arlen sought aid, calling out to Arliss. His brother's power split him into pieces: Arlen, Alexander, Grani, Neo and the Horsemen. Neo, Arlen and Alexander agreed to fight the Horsemen, and merged into the man you married, the complete Arlen. Grani feared the union of himself with the others would give the Horsemen his in, as it was Grani's darkness that first gave Anarchy his hold, and left, waiting for his master to call."

"That's why Grani just recently appeared."

"Yes." Harpie Queen said. "The merged Arlen defeated the Horsemen, and absorbed him. Only now has he had the power to tap into the Horsemen's form…which he has done so now."

"Yea…Arlen is using the Horsemen's body to fight for us!" Samantha said, bouncing happily. "We have to help him."

Mayday nodded. "And to do that, we have to defeat the Horsewoman Puck created."

Harpie Queen shook her head. "It is worse, my mistresses. The goddess Samantha was reincarnated from Aera, refuses to side with us. She wishes to take back this body and use it kill the Horsemen of War once more."

"And kill Arlen." Mayday whispered.

"NO!" Samantha cried. "That would kill Alex…we can't let Alex die!"

"We won't!" Mayday snapped. "We'll face both of them…and do our best to win."

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"My bloodthirsty corruptor, fighting for his blushing bride…" Anarchy taunted, punching Arlen in the gut and sending him crashing to the roof. "I would find it amusing if it weren't so unbelievable. What is your game, my friend?" He dodged Arlen's swipe of a sword, firing off several magical blasts. "Do you wish for something I have not given you…more power? I once said I'd make you a god…I will do that now if that is what will aid you."

"I will be a god, but not by your hand. I serve a better master: my brother, Arliss."

"Arliss?" Anarchy asked. "Your brother?"

Arlen sneered, stabbing forward with blinding hating. "Soon you will meet him, if I do not kill you here, and you will see why this world is his. The greatest mind the world has known…and I am his sword." He swung, just missing the titan-god.

"That I doubt." Anarchy replied, grabbing Arlen and smashing him into a wall, leaning in close. "You are mine…and mine alone…you need to remember this."

Arlen shook his head. "I only belong to 3: My King, My Queen, My Bride. They are who I serve, and you harm one and try to steal from the others. For that, Anarchy…you will die."

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Aera fired out a blast of winds, trying to hit he opponent. The Horsewoman laughed as she did so, dodging the attacks. Aera was finally back in a form she recognized, and decided the first thing she would do when she took over the body was change it to her godly form.

The Horsewoman of Disease laughed as she fired off her poison. Already the body had been made ready for her, and she wanted nothing more then to take control. Once she did, she would set about her mission. First would come killing the mortals. Next, she would use her power to strengthen the Horsemen of War, freeing him and then mating with him. Then, and only then, would the two return to Lord Anarchy, ready to begin his new reign.

"Stay here." Mayday snapped at Samantha, drawing her whip. "Harpie Queen…guard her. I got the two pretenders."

"Yes mistress."

"Good luck!" Samantha whispered.

Mayday nodded, shadows forming wings as she leapt up, joining the battle. "Hey…this is my body!"

Aera frowned. "It was once mine!"

"And now belongs to me!" Horsewoman snarled, lashing out at Mayday. "Possession is 9/10th the law."

"No its not!" Mayday shouted. "IF that were the case, criminals could steal freely."

"Exactly…meaning the body is mine!" Aera screamed, sending a wall of wind at the two. Mayday managed to slip through, while the Horsewoman was hit. "So let me have it back!"

"You're dead…your time is over…and you want to kill Neo!"

"He must die…his power is too great!" She shouted.

"Neo was a good man…everything he did in Anarchy's name was your fault!"

"Exactly!" The Horsewoman shouted. "But when I free him, it will be because of me!" She launched her poison, Mayday and Aera diving for cover.

"What's that?" Samantha asked, walking over to a strange pulsing light. "Its, like…so pretty."

Harpie Lady frowned. "I wouldn't…"

Samantha touched in.

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"Whoa!" Mayday's body said, shaking her head. "I'm totally big!" She cupped her breasts. "Sweet. About time I grew some of these!"

"What the?" Inuyasha stammered.

"Samantha." Arlen muttered in exasperation.

"Oh…hi Arlen! Can I talk to Alex…it would be so cool to neck with these bodies."

Arlen dodged Anarchy's attack. "Busy!"

"Oh poo…..hey!"

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The others, seeing what Samantha had found, began to fight for the control spark. Samantha cried out as she was torn away, Aera taking her place.

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"Free!" Mayday's body shouted. "Anarchy!" She shouted, waving her hand and transforming the body into her goddess form.

"Aera…you're alive." Anarchy said, surprised by this turn of events.

"The same can't be said for you! You and the horsemen!" She shouted, summoning a wind blast and sending it at Arlen and Anarchy.

"Truce?" Anarchy asked quickly.

"For the moment." Arlen agreed, the two pushing off each other to avoid the blast. "Go high, I'll go low."

"Deal." Anarchy said, firing his tendrils and catching Aera and Arlen punched her in the gut. "Like old times, my Horsemen."

"We'll get back to new times soon enough!"

Inuyasha and Souta watched on, confused. "Wait…who is the bad guy?" Souta asked.

"Beats me." Inuyasha said, not sure who to attack.

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"Come here!" the Horsewoman snarled, pulling Aera away. "Beauty before dust."

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Mayday's body twitched as it turned back to the Horsewoman form. "Lord Anarchy." She said, lowering herself to one knee.

Anarchy laughed. "My horsewoman! Disease…be a dear and bring out our Horsemen of War."

"Love to!" She shouted, tackling a surprised Arlen, trying to kiss him. "One peck…is all I need."

"No thanks, poison ivy!" Arlen snarled, shoving her away. "I want my wife."

"I am her…just a more evil version."

"Mayday is evil enough!" Arlen roared, attacking the woman, Anarchy darting in and out to help.

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On the other roof, Sesshomaru turned to Geno. While he was wise…he knew the demi-god had planned this battle out, and a second too early would end all their plans.

"Now it is time." Geno said. "Go."

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Sesshomaru leapt infront of Anarchy, blade drawn. "Your fight is not there, creature." He allowed Arlen and the Horsewoman to take to the skies, focused on the titan-god. "It is here."

Anarchy laughed. "A demon lord…ordering me around." He frowned. "So you wish to die too?"

"It is you that is dead!" Sesshomaru shouted, blade clashing against the iron tendrils of Anarchy. "Brother, if you are done cowering…"

Inuyasha snarled, drawing his own sword. "Not cowering, just waiting to see if you had the balls to fight!"

Sesshomaru scoffed. "So uncivilized." He spun his sword, driving it at the titan-god, who just managed to block it.

Meanwhile, Arlen and the Horsewomen bashed into each other again and again in the sky, claws and fangs and energy on a collision course that left each bleeding and torn. Two lovers, forced into a struggle for life and death, using every weapon, every trick at their disposal in order to last just one more minute, one more time.

"Kagome!" Geno shouted, landing before the three.

"Geno Roads? The billionaire?" Souta asked.

"And demon lord of the North. Sesshomaru and I came to help." He turned to Kagome, ignoring Souta. "Only you are strong enough to win this battle."

"Me?"

"Yes…Mayday is the key. Listen…you've dealt with souls being split before. You know the pain. You must help Mayday take control of her other halves." His dagger glowed. "I will create a portal to let you into her mind. I will keep it open as long as I can…hurry!"

Not sparing a moment, Kagome leapt through, just as Anarchy managed to knock Sesshomaru down. "THE DAGGER!" He roared.

Geno nodded, turning towards his father's ancient enemy. "Greetings, Lord Anarchy. I am Geno…son of Destiny…I'm here to stop you."

"Your father defeated me once…I will enjoy taking my pound of flesh from you."

"Funny." Geno quipped. "For I am the man that killed my father…and if you could not defeat him…what hope do you have against me!" He raised the dagger, elongating it into its god-sword form. "If you focus on me, Lord Anarchy…mark my words…you will only lose."

"I will never fall to the likes of you!" Anarchy roared in rage, summoning his own twisted sword, glowing pale like moonlight, betraying his one time professionas god of the moon.

Geno dodged his first swipe, his own thrust parried away. "Who said I was talking about me." He muttered, the battle on.

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Kagome tumbled out of the portal, looking around wildly at the chaotic expanse of darkness before her. Blinking, focusing her eyes, she was finally able to see the battle taking place.

Mayday and the Harpie Queen held the line, protecting Samantha against Aera, the goddess raging and stirring up her storms. To their left was the Horsewomen, holding the orb that represented control of their body.

"Hey!" Samantha called out, motioning for Kagome to come closer. "Be careful…these two are dangerous!"

Kagome nodded, wishing she had her bow. "We need to get the Horsewoman away from that orb. She's going to kill everyone."

"Even Alex?"

"Who?"

"Alex…he's like me…Arlen's human half."

It would be a moment Kagome would always ponder. That "What If?". What if she had used the purifying magic, killing the ones known as Mayday and the Horsewoman, restrained Aera…and left just the girl, Samantha, free to rule her own body. What if she did that?

Instead, she nodded, towards the horsewoman, her and Samantha darting forward and ripping her from the orb, the creature snarling in outrage as they did so. Mayday was ready, using the power of her own mind to create a cage, of the hardest diamonds and stone, and trapping her other parts inside, leaving only herself, the Queen, and the girl.

Kagome only watched on as the portal pulled her back…and Mayday seized the orb.

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The blow stopped an inch from her head. Mayday blinked, tongue worrying her new fangs as she looked at Arlen, knowing he felt the change within her…felt her regain control.

She smiled.

"We have a lot to talk about." She said.

"There's nothing to talk about." Arlen said said, grabbing her face. "I love you…and no past life will make me say otherwise." He pressed a heated kiss to her lips, and mentally cried out for joy when she returned it. "You are not the horsewomen…and I am no servant of Anarchy." He whispered. "We are the guardians…and we are going to rule this world, you hear me baby?"

"I hear ya…loud and clear." Mayday whispered, before kissing him again. "Now…let's kill the bastard."

The two turned as one, weapons glowing in the sun as the flew at Anarchy, slicing through tendrils and arriving at the side of their allies. Anarchy looked at Geno, his words taking true meaning: His battle with the son of Destiny had cost him his horsewoman forever.

As the two guardians made their approach, Anarchy merely glared at them. "You will see in time my point of view…after I burn this world to the group." With that he was gone, leaving the rest of them staring at where he had been.

"Coward." Sesshomaru muttered, sheathing his sword. "Geno…we've much to discuss."

"Indeed." Geno said, the two lords leaving without a backwards glance.

"Feh! Just like him to go trotting away." Inuyasha muttered, returning his own blade to its sheath. "Kagome…you alright?"

"I'm fine." She said, glancing at Souta. "Have some questions about your friends…"

"Then we'll leave Souta to answer them." Arlen said, returned to his normal form, Mayday mimicking him. "We still have a dinner date." He looked at his suit and sighed. "And I have to go buy another monkey suit."

Mayday nodded. "I saw a little black number for myself downtown…"

Souta just shrugged when Kagome and Inuyasha stared at him, the guardians leaving them. "Uh…they're nicer then they seem?"

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Next Time on G/X Hunters- Sartorious has grown disgusted by the acts of the Hunters, and has made now the time to strike against them and Jaden. As the Monarch Duelists take on Jaden, Vera and Antonio are sent against Arliss and Nessa. As the men battle with their hands, Vera and Nessa duel with their cards…the rage of the gods vs. the power of darkness.

Chapter 76- Causality