Episode 7
"So…Nakago…are you sure this plan of yours will work…?"
Nakago felt a chill run up his spine. These fools had no idea of just what this plan of his was capable of achieving. They were oblivious. They were such fools to trust him, and yet the biggest fool was their lord. He offered him Godship, but he doubted this master would deliver. He doubted he'd deliver any of his subjects' desires when this endeavor reached its climax. All he planned on was achieving his own ends while he could. What those endeavors were, however, would remain under wraps until the end.
"Absolutely. Lady Yui only needs the proper motivation and powers, but both of those can be achieved without difficulty. We do not need any sort of magic to use her; that would undo this plan from the very heart of it. No…all we need to do is use her completely. And utterly. We shall uproot her very views of the world…and turn everything against her. It is not a challenge in the least."
"Why are you so certain?" Frieza snarled, "She is a strong willed person, it seems. She went with those morons for the sole reason to undermine them! How can you twist her views so completely?"
"I know…I have done so before…and ACROSS kidnapping them is all the necessary torture necessary…we will let them keep Cell…but we will turn Yui into a Goddess!"
"How…?" Scar asked, "I hope you mean that figuratively. Anything else would be blasphemy."
"Amen!" Anderson agreed.
"No…I mean literally. Keep in mind that not all worlds are like your own."
"But surely there is one all-powerful—" Anderson retorted.
"It is not my concern to know what is beyond our own dimension and realm, Anderson. I am not here to play philosopher…"
"Agreed," Gendo said. That fool was amazing. He was cold, emotionless, and manipulative on his own. And yet he trusted him. Nakago wasn't certain whether or not Gendo was using him as he was using Gendo. However, he wouldn't allow Gendo to use him. Not at all.
"When do we attack?" Frieza asked.
"Attack?" Gendo asked, confused.
"Yes…" Frieza said, "Already I sense one of those miserable monkies, Vegeta, plotting against me! When can I kill him?!"
"Not now…" Gendo said, "Wait for Ms. Hongo to reach her prime form…and become all-powerful…then, kill them all!"
Frieza looked agitated, and Nakago didn't truly blame him. He didn't care either way if Frieza got his revenge or not, but he knew the pain of having one's vengeance halted right when you thought it would be so easy to complete. It was painful to have one's dreams ruined.
That was why he wouldn't obey what their master told them.
Whoever he was.
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"Is she awake yet?"
"No clue…"
"If she's with those idiots, I'm sure she has to be full of secret powers…"
"Like what, Senior?"
"Agents Excel and Hyatt! Move away so I can see this girl…yes…hmm…it appears that she is very much human…and from a different world…"
"Wow. Lord Illpallazzo, how could you tell that?"
"Because normal people from our world usually wake up after people talk over their motionless body while dumping baskets of water on top of her. Observe…"
Yui lurched awake after she swallowed a mouthful of water down her throat. She spat out water all over the feet of a man standing high above her. She didn't look at the three shadows that surrounded her, nor did she want to. They were enemies, and she needed to seek out their tactics and abilities for Kurama. That was all.
"Well…it appears she has awoken…" Illpallazzo replied, taking a step backward, shaking the water off of his feet.
"No way, really?" the blonde haired girl spat, sarcastically.
"Do you like water too, Excel?" Illpallazzo asked her. Yui noticed a large rope descend from the ceiling.
"Uh…a little…"
"Good. Enjoy."
With a tug of the rope, Excel disappeared from sight down through the floor. She screamed in a high-pitched voice as she fell down and down into oblivion, disappearing into the shadows. Yui flinched slightly when she heard a splash.
"So…you are known as Lady Yui, correct?"
"It's Yui! And who the hell are you!?" she stammered, confused and disoriented.
"Welcome to the secret ideological organization known only as ACROSS!!!" the man named Illpallazzo shouted, spreading his arms out into the air for dramatic effect.
"What the hell do you want me for?"
"We are aware that you have a specific power…many kinds of power, at that…power we wish to exploit…Agent Hyatt!"
"Yes, sir…" the third shadow replied, weakly. She had blue hair, and seemed incredibly frail and pale.
"Did you recover Tetsuo?"
"No…another party had hired a thief known as Dark to capture him…however, we caught the employer, Yukari Tamazaki."
"Very good, Agent Hyatt. That is the exact professional behavior we wish to see continue in ACROSS!" Illpallazzo commended her.
Yui could come up with three inalienable facts now. One was that this organization was called ACROSS. Two was that three members were known as Illpallazzo, Excel, and Hyatt. Three was that they were all complete morons.
"Uh…why do you want me again?"
"Power! The ignorant masses cannot understand my grand vision. Therefore, we must force their hand…in other words we'll overpower them. Which is where you come in!"
"And why should I help you?" A better question was how. She couldn't summon Seiryu without the Seiryu Seven. And they were all dead.
Every last one of them.
"Well then…Agent Hyatt…please prepare the young girl for questioning…"
"Chibiusa!" Yui gasped. She had almost forgotten about her. They had captured poor Chibiusa, and she had done absolutely nothing wrong at all!
"Now…as for Cell, we shall—"
However, the room was illuminated in a blue light. Hyatt exploded into an array of blood. Illpallazzo only shook his head and sighed, "Oh, not again…" The blood smashed into his face. He stumbled backward. Instantly, the floor opened up underneath him, and he fell down into the darkness beneath the floor! Yui didn't flinch this time when she heard the splash.
"Lady Yui!"
She felt a hand clasp around her wrist, and she felt her feet leave the ground as she tumbled through the air. She felt her stomach lurch. She felt as though she was freefalling off of a cliff headfirst. She expected herself to smash down hard to the floor, and suffer great pain in doing so. She closed her eyes in tension. However, when her feet touched the ground, she felt as though she were standing on the ceiling of a room. And then everything made sense all over again to her.
"Lady Yui. Are you alright?"
Yui recognized that voice so clearly. She sighed. She should have known he would be coming, "Aren't you supposed to be dead, Nakago?"
"Is that how you great an old friend?" His voice was just as deep and calm as ever, "Lady Yui…I have been resurrected from the dead for the sole purpose of protecting you…and aiding you in your mission."
"Mission?" What was he talking about? Yui had no idea what he meant by that, but she was curious now.
"Lady Yui, in the afterlife I realized the horrors that the crimes that I committed caused. I admit, I was horrified to discover all that had happened as a result of my sins. I vowed I would do anything to atone. The Gods looked down on me, and accepted my request. They said if I wanted so desperately to atone for my sins then return from the grave and prove it."
"Prove it?"
"They charged me with an objective. You know that the worlds are connected. I need not ask that. You also know that parts of the world will cancel each other out, correct?"
"Uh-huh…what do you want?"
"Lady Yui…the worlds were never meant to be separate. Years ago, they were one. But, as wars broke out between the heavens, divisions were made, and soon an infinite amount of worlds were formed. You have experienced the difference even two worlds can have enough with your expedition into my world, Lady Yui. The Gods, however, want these worlds to be reconnected, and merge into one all over again. That is why I am here. Lady Yui…that is why you must summon Seiryu…"
"Summon Seiryu?! How?" This was the old adventure all over again! Summon Seiryu? Certainly. And then Nakago would have his way with her…and everything that had happened all those years ago would reoccur! She couldn't listen to him! She mustn't…
"Lady Yui…I am not certain if you understand what I mean…you know well of my ability to use others, correct?"
"Yes…"
"I have infiltrated the Organization responsible for merging the worlds. I am a double agent among them," Nakago's face was so honest. Yui could tell he wasn't lying, "I claim to be their servent, and have gained the trust of even Gendo. However, I have no intention of summoning their master."
"Who is their master?"
"A soul of great power. He is a God, but I do not know where he could have come from. No doubt he has more power than anything. Once freed, he will no doubt destroy the old worlds, and replace them with one of his own. I intend on merging all the worlds together. And only you can do that…Lady Yui…"
Yui knew Nakago wasn't lying. She had known him too long to tell that. She never did hate him. Even after all the things she experienced. Nakago had helped her after his death as well. He wouldn't allow Tomo to manipulate her to serve that demon god. In any case, Yui was ready to listen to Nakago. She couldn't wait to tell Miaka and the others about their newest ally! And in the Organization itself! Even Kurama didn't have that information! And he thought he was so smart, too!
"Lady Yui…time waits for no man…or woman…and I shall tell you about the way you can summon Seiryu…"
"Just let me know…can you avoid me being consumed by the God?" This was the one thing that made her nervous. Being consumed by Seiryu was the last thing she wanted to do all over again.
"Make no mistake…the Gods only devour their Priestesses for dark, selfish wishes. Last time, almost all your wishes were for vengeful reasons. Save your last one. I must thank you for that, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten this chance. Now, however, you are doing this for all existence. So naturally you will not be devoured this time."
"I see…makes sense…" Yui sighed. She didn't have a reason not to believe Nakago this time. Everything seemed to add up. He was probably one of the strongest people in existence.
"Lady Yui…the only way you can summon Seiryu, though, is through the souls of the departed members…"
"How do I do it?"
"The earring."
"You mean, your earring, right?"
"Yes. If you approach a Seiryu warrior, like myself, or the alternate universe form of one—"
"What do you mean by that?"
"You are unaware of the alternate forms? In every universe there is a creature that is parallel to another from another universe. They may share a physical trait, a power…a voice, even a name"
"Tomo!"
"Exactly…two of the five warriors, Lady Yui…are in your grasp…"
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"So…Nakago…you have her under your control?" Sesshomaru said, coldly.
"She is standing before you, isn't she?" Nakago replied, gesturing toward Yui, who sat beside him. She was so easy to use. And so were all of them. Yui was safely under the delusion that they were fooling all of them, and in a way they were. But Nakago was the one who held all the strings now.
"You agree, Miss Hongo, to summon Seiryu for our purposes, then? To summon our Master?" Gendo asked, looking into her eyes in his normal position: his interlocked hands directly under his nose.
Yui glanced coldly into his eyes, and said, clearly, "I would like nothing better…Lord Gendo…"
Yes, everything was going according to plan.