Episode 1: アイスマグナ驚き;デンジャーガロアー！ - Surprise at Iglis Magna; Danger Galore!
Six Stars have been set in motion, together they finally reunite in a time of bloodshed and war. Five of the stars have remembered their past but the last star has struggled between his true self and his current self. That last star from the darkness shall link the others together and join forces with the constellations of heaven. They shall free the world from oppression; he shall become the will that destroys the heavens!
The six stars traveled through the desert together, heading to the city of Neo Tabuk. While Rin was really nervous on what will he find out, the others (even Alex) reassured him that it would be alright.
However, it has only been a month...when things were starting to get better, it grew troublesome. Neo Tabuk was undergoing an uprising ever since the disappearance of Rin and the invasion of the Megascolides. While the monsters were final subdued, the religion aspects of the Iwatobi-Sametsuka and the Six Stars have run wild and chaotic.
Rin stopped in his tacks and said, "It's a good chance that the minorities...the Starrists are dead. The majorities, the Tabukists are in no doubt trying to keep it all in control."
Haruka remained silent but Makoto replied, "Even still, we are by your side…Rin."
Alex grunted with a node of agreement and Rei commented, "Whatever happens, we will stay with you."
Nagisa held Rin's hand and added, "Don't worry. We are here."
Makoto turned to look at Alex briefly with a concern before holding Haruka's hand with a smile. Alex stood a bit away for a moment and felt that he recalled this area of the desert before.
"T-this place, I think I've been around here…" he muttered.
"Oh?" asked Rei, "You remember more now?"
"I wasn't talking about what you think who I was…" said Alex, "I'm talking about the days I have lived here in this world. Aside from "Destiny" and "Promise", and those mysterious people that I saw, I know nothing else about this world that you all talk about."
"That month that we had to deal with; I am glad we got to get both of our clans to understand...somewhat," replied Haruka.
Makoto turned to Rin and said, "Until Alex regains his Suiei God, only we can be sure to hope to end this mess."
"But what about the book?" asked Rin.
"Only we can see the book contents," said Nagisa, "Remember?"
Rei looked at Makoto and Haruka, while holding hands with Alex and said, "I thought they won't react like that...I expected them to don't like Alex, but trying to attack him was unexpected. But at least they calmed down after we explained it."
Alex gripped on his sword and muttered, "And this is why…I work alone."
"On the other hand," said Haruka, "They mentioned about a cloaked figure that had the ability to control those monsters."
"Rasputin," growled Alex, "He's fully awakened now…and he's making an army."
Rei turned to Makoto and said, "I'm glad your friends didn't agree to do away with him."
Nagisa looked at Rin and whispered to him, "Are you okay? I can see you are afraid of what we will find in Neo Tabuk."
"Let's go," said Rin as they all follow him.
They climbed across the sand dunes and finally made it to the top where they saw the city of Neo Tabuk before them in its majestic format. Nagisa as a bit surprised on how the city was not as damaged compared to the incident of the Megascolides.
"Megascolides," growled Rin with a spat.
"I hope we don't have to run into them again," said Nagisa.
"Is it just me or does it look like it's not damaged as you told us?" asked Haruka.
"The palace itself is enhanced with a magic thanks to the Sultans and our religion," explained Rin, "But there's no doubt that the city itself is damaged or destroyed in some areas."
Makoto walked up next to Rin and said, "It's time… we have to get them to understand what has happened...and get them to rally together in our battle against Rasputin."
"It's not doubt that they will agree that easily," sighed Alex.
"Especially with 3/4 of them are Tabukists," agreed Rin.
"I'm sure they'll try to listen to you," said Nagisa, "You are their prince after all."
"I don't know," sighed Rin, "The people there are very protective of their beliefs…"
The six stared at the kingdom before them as the desert heat breeze struck through the world around them. It was already a month that they made it this far and one month after the team finally reunited.
However, an uncertain future waits as the six held their hands together in a symbol of unity.
Rewind: 1 Month Ago…
Iglis Magna
After days of traveling Anne, Awilda, Matsuura, Shirahama and their crew finally arrived to Iglis Magna. They lost some crew members on the way; some of them got lost and some died from wounds they got in the battle with monsters.
The village was on the mountains where the main town resided on the slopes while smaller villages scattered around the outskirts. The pirates were amazed at the sight of the empty city despite being it so vast.
"Finally…" breathed Anne as she could smell the old days, "Home sweet home!"
Matsuura turned to the gang and said, "Welcome…dear friends. Welcome to Iglis Magna!"
"Wow, it really does look nice!" replied Awlida as she saw several places that were crystalized in design and structure.
"Very nice…but it's too quiet," said Shirahama.
"You're just being paranoid," sighed Awlida, "Stop being so sure that wherever we go we will get attack. Enjoy some calmness."
"We should look around then," replied Shirahama, "And see what needs to get done."
"Maybe we should split? Awlida and Matsuura will go with a group of people towards his house and we will go with the rest of the crew to my home?" asked Anne.
"Yeah," nodded Matsuura, "We can get more area searched through in shorter time."
Awilda and Matsuura with a small group of their crew went to the left side of the town while Anne and Shirahama with the rest of a crew turned right. Both groups were almost there when the ground started to shake.
"W-what in the name of…what's happening!?" gasped Anne as she felt the ground shaking.
Shirahama heard some scraping noises behind and turned to see a group of gigantic spiders with human-like faces on them. It stunned him as the others as they were never hoping to meet with these beasts.
"WEAPONS OUT!" shouted Anne.
"CUT DOWN THE LEGS!" barked Shirahama.
The crew readied their swords for combat as the Nachas Spiders unleashed their cobweb attacks, pinning down several of the crew members while the others that dodged them began to slice off their legs.
"Hurry!" cried Anne, "Slice as many as you can!"
One of the crew members almost slashed down the legs but got pierced through by its pinchers and collapsed to the ground. Another one got wrapped inside of a cocoon and a third was splattered by gigantic threads of cobwebs.
Shirahama turned to the one that killed one of his buddies when Anne replied, "Shira! We can't win with them! There are too many of them!"
"What are we going to do?!" he replied.
"We have to get to my house! My grandma has hidden some extra swords there!" she answered.
She turned to the crew and shouted, "Run to the Awilda and Matsuura! Don't look behind! We will distract them!"
Anne sliced off a spider's legs and rushed her way to the house where she lived with her father 18 years ago. To her surprise, the place was seemingly intact like most of the houses in the city.
"Come on!" shouted Shirahama as he closed the door and barricaded it with an axe.
Anne dashed her way through the halls and found a chest that she remembered and found a key on top of the shelf. She prayed that the key was to the chest which worked and found a set of swords and a mirror that she remembered from her grandmother long ago as well.
"Hurry!" said Shirahama, "They're making their way in!"
"I got what I needed," shouted Anne, revealing a mirror and placed it in her bag. Shirahama sliced down the faces of the Nachas as the spiders broke inside the house.
"T-this way!" said Anne as she grabbed his hand and the two dashed their way through the house, heading out to the back door as the Nachas spiders smashed their way through. The two escaped as they saw several Nachas and Cthulhu making their way to the western area of the city.
"Dammit," growled Shirahama.
"We have to get to the others!" nodded Anne, "Let's go!"
Awlida and Matsuura, along with their team felt the ground shaking and wings flapping from a distance. Matsuura looked up and gasped at the sight of the Cthulhu flapping their wings down and their tentacle faces like an octopus.
"I thought they were extinct!" shouted Matsuura as he readied his sword.
"Very rare species," muttered Awlida, "Swords at the ready!"
"Go for the tentacles and their heads!" ordered Matsuura.
The Cthulhu landed and attacked several of the crew members with a few blows from their powerful tentacles. The pirates managed to attack several of them and subdue but a handful of the monsters killed several of their crew members.
Awlida dodged a tentacle and sliced it down as blood splattered out while Matsuura took the chance to stab its eyes out from one of the monsters.
"Good job!" nodded Awlida.
"Awlida, we cannot stay here," said Matsuura, "I need to get to my house and recover something that I had from my family!"
"I don't know how long we can fight them off!" replied Awlida, slicing down a Cthulhu's tentacles, "Is your house nearby?!"
"Yeah! It's only down by the road here!" he answered, "I'll be back in a few!"
Awlida nodded and Matsuura rushed through the side streets and broke into his house. He tried to remember where the "treasure" was at since it was passed down from his family.
"I knew it is around here somewhere," he muttered as the ceiling behind him collapsed. He dodged the fall and ran into the bedroom and found a mess of things. He growled and quickly dug his way thorough and found the box that had the crystals inside.
"Mother said that these crystals will play a role when the war was going to end soon," he muttered, "This has to be it!"
He grabbed the box and jumped through the open window and could hear tons of screaming and hissing of the conflict. Matsuura dashed his way back to the others and saw Awlida joined up by the others. However, a tentacle from the Cthulhu grabbed Awlida and she screamed.
"AWLIDA!" shouted Shirahama as he turned to reach out the tentacle to slice it down while Anne jumped on the monster's head to kill it down. Matsuura caught her safely in his hands.
"We have to get out of here!" said Shirahama, "This home is not safe!"
"Let's get back to the gate and head down to the woods," nodded Anne.
"Is it even safe for the woods?!" asked Awlida.
"We have no choice," said Matsuura, "Let's go!"
The four grouped up the remaining pirates that survived and they all sliced their way out from the monsters of the Nachas and the Cthulhu, losing a couple more along the way. Shirahama took the back flank and made sure they all got out safely.
"Oi!" said Shirahama as he grabbed a fallen crew member, "Let's go! I'm not leaving you behind!"
"Almost there!" shouted Anne as she saw the gate.
The pirates rushed out and made their way down the hills as the monsters hissed and roared, watching them fleeing their lives. They made their way down safely and back to the plains and the forest.
"We lost about 20% or more of our crew," said Anne as she checked on the amount of casualties.
"Let's go to the woods as far away from this town," suggested Shirahama.
"I think it's best that we should find a clearing and then rest there," replied Awlida.
"Alright... I think there is a small clearing not far away from here. We will have to take a different route then before but we will make our plans to travel to Terra Magna," nodded Matsuura.
"But we need to take some days to rest and care for the wounded," replied Anne, "That needs to be done before we make any more serious traveling."
The group took another 15 minutes of walking before they finally found a clearing surrounded by trees; it appeared to be some form of a camping ground but they were at least not far from various resources.
Shirahama put the injured crew down and turned to Anne, saying, "We need to check on how many that needs medic help."
"I'm going to get some wood for a fire, you want to come with me Matsuura?" asked Awlida.
"Sure; let's go before it gets too cold," he answered.
Anne put on a form of bandage to a crew member's wound and asked, "How do you feel?"
"Better, thank you," she smiled.
Shirahama cleared off the blood from another crew' leg and said, "Done. Now don't move too much, okay? I need to bandage it."
He nodded as Shirahama wrapped it around with some cloth, adding pressure to hold back the blood. There were at least about 10 wounded or more but it was certainly less than 20. However with 20% of their crew gone, their numbers were down significantly.
After an hour or so, Awlida and Matsuura returned with a bunch of logs for the fire and set it down to the ground. Anne nodded in gratitude while Shirahama looked up to the stars in the night skies.
I wonder how Haru and Makoto are doing, thought Shirahama.
Meanwhile, the Six Stars have departed Iwamara, heading in a south-eastern direction. While Alex tried to keep himself isolated from the others, the Style Five knew that losing him would be risky to their safety.
But strangely enough, "Destiny" and "Promise" were all in his mind...and those two words triggered a sense of hope for their team to become complete once more.
Alex stopped for a moment and sees a small puddle, seeing his reflection of his Arabian clothes. He could somehow feel like that he had worn these clothes before but at the same time, nothing could ever make sense to him.
Haruka saw the puddle and was about to strip but realized it wasn't deep enough to jump in.
"W-what's the matter?" asked Rin as he saw Alex staring at the water.
"Did something happened?" added Nagisa.
Rei walked up to the Chiropteran and asked, "A-Alex?"
After a moment of silence, Makoto asked, "Well where are we even going anyway? You haven't told us much Alex."
"…hunting," he replied as he turned and dashed off, readying his sword.
"O-oi!" shouted Rin as he ran after while Haruka ran not far behind.
"And here I thought Nagisa ran the most," sighed Makoto as he remembered back in Italy.
"Hey! I'm not that bad!" smirked the blonde as he and Makoto followed along with Rei.
The six made their way through the Great Plains and headed further southern and eastern for at least another hour or so. Alex readied his sword and his eyes turned red. Rin arrived not far after and he and the others felt the ground shaking.
"M-megascolides?!" growled Rin.
"I hope it's not them," sighed Nagisa.
"W-what's a Megascolide?" asked Makoto.
The ground in front of them exploded as three gigantic Megascolides emerged and screeched with its teeth. Alex readied his sword as the others stood together side by side.
Rin closed his eyes and readied his small dagger, "These guys are gonna go down! We are a team!"
"I guess we got no other choice," said Makoto as he summoned his vase.
"I really hate those things," sighed Rei as he called upon his sword.
"Finally I can use this!" hissed Nagisa as he readied his spell book with the pages spinning.
The gigantic worms turned to attack as they soared down with their mouths, trying to eat them whole. The six jumped out of the way and Alex turned to the left one and made his way for the kill.
"Waters of freestyle, take the blade down to those beasts!" chanted Haruka as he unleashed a blast of water in the shape of knives.
Makoto twirled his vase and threw acidic solutions at the central megascolide while Rei sliced its head down. Alex's eyes glowed red as he charged up from behind and sliced off the head of the other.
"Waters of knives, slashes down those monsters!" chanted Nagisa as he unleashed more blasts and stabbing at the monsters down. One of the defeated ones screeched and four more giant worms appeared.
Haruka and Makoto gasped at the sight while Rin growled to himself. Alex wasted no time and readied for more of the monsters.
"Shit!" growled Rin as he nearly dodged an attack.
One of the worms snuck behind Haruka; Makoto turned and grabbed him to safety as the monster missed them and shoved its way back underground.
Another one snuck behind Rei and the megane dodged it while it ran towards Haruka and Makoto to kill off the worm. Nagisa turned to see a monster heading for Rin and shouted, "Waters of the anger, take the life of that beast with fury!"
Alex chopped down one of the worms and saw Haruka shouted at Rei of another one sneaking behind. He swooped his way over and grabbed the megane safely while slicing the monster's face in half.
"T-Thank you, Alex!" gasped Rei as he was shocked.
Makoto summoned a spell with his vase as he chanted, "Waters of the Hydrogen…make it acid rain!"
He unleashed a storm of acidic rain from his vase as the acid burned down the last of the gigantic worms, burning them to death. Nagisa turned to see Rei and Alex and shouted, "Are you guys alright!?"
"R-Rin!" said Makoto, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah that was a close call though," he replied as he stumbled over towards Makoto and Haruka, "That was quite a battle there."
"…it's not safe here," muttered Alex, "they'll be back."
"We do need to get out of here," agreed Rei.
Nagisa nodded and turned to see Rin with Makoto and Haruka. The blonde rushed over and hugged him in surprise, saying, "I am so sorry Rin! I should've stayed closer to you!"
"I-I'm okay," blushed Rin as the blonde hugged him from behind while Makoto chuckled.
Alex checked for injuries on Rei but saw nothing but simple scratches from the battle. Rei blushed a little but smiled happily and said, "T-Thank you."
"Rin, do you know where we should go?" asked Nagisa.
"H-Haru?" asked Makoto as the tsundere kept silent.
The chiropteran broke away the hug and began walking in an eastern direction while the other guys were catching up to him.
"W-where the hell are we going?" asked Rin.
Alex remained silent as he wasn't so sure what to tell them about; he knew something was not right but was he going to have to tell them?
"Do you know any places that we must visit?" asked Rei.
"Your silence won't help us," said Haruka, "You need to tell us what's in your mind."
I really hope we can end this gloom and doom, thought Rin.
"Please Alex-chan," said Nagisa, "We have to find this Rasputin and kill him…if you can tell us what we are doing?"
Finally the chiropteran answered, "…Iglis Magna."
Makoto and Haruka gasped while Rin asked, "W-what are you saying…?"
"Remind me what that town was about," said Rei.
"It was my home," answered Makoto, "The land were Anne, Matsuura, and myself are from; it's a village in the mountains."
"Right, thanks," nodded Rei.
Makoto turned to Alex and asked him, "Why the hell are you taking us there?"
The Chiropteran remained silent and the taller boy replied, "Oi! Why are you ignoring us?!"
"…It's probably too late," muttered the chiropteran.
"W-what? What do you mean it's too late?" asked Rei.
"Like he's going to answer us?" sighed Makoto.
"Guys!" said Nagisa, "Can you all stop fighting?!"
Alex turned around and explained, "While you both were away…Makoto….Haruka, and while I slept in my hibernation cycle; someone made a new home in your town. As I hibernate, I can feel the outside world but I am powerless to do anything."
"But you know who lives there, right?" asked Rei.
"…Nachas…and Cthulhu," he answered.
Makoto freaked out and jumped behind Haruka while Rin asked, "More monsters?"
"I thought the Cthulhu were extinct?!" gasped Rei, stunned to realize that these monsters were even around."
"They exclude themselves from the normal habitats," said Alex, "I remember I used to hunt them down while I was with "The Watcher's". It is my job to hunt down and destroy any monsters including Chiropterans, Acephlipterans, Oorn, Megascolides…even the Nachas and Cthulhu. I was known as the "Weapon of Duniya" for over 100 years."
"So then…how old are you exactly?" asked Nagisa.
Alex closed his eyes for a moment as a cool breeze swept in and the group stood as one, waiting for an answer.
"A-Alex," began Makoto, "I-I'm sorry…to having to be so judgmental on you…clearly I should've…"
"No," he replied, "It's nothing to be sorry for."
"Look," sighed Rin, "I know you're used to hunting alone, but you got 5 more that will help you. We are a team!"
"Yeah, we won't let you go away!" smirked Nagisa, "Once you go in you never go out!"
"We'll always be next to you," smiled Rei.
"…I am 144 years old," said Alex, "But I spent 120 years of it sleeping."
"Well then," smirked Rin after an awkward moment of silence, "At least we're glad that you're still living after all of this time!"
"Perhaps, but so is my brother…we are the same age," replied the Chiropteran.
"But it must have been lonely…" said Nagisa.
"Not really," answered Alex, "I had The Watcher's still...but they would drive me crazy too at times."
Makoto took a deep breath and answered gently, "Please tell me the truth; why are you taking us to Iglis Magna?"
Alex looked at Makoto's green eyes and replied, "…because, I want to put an end to all of this…these last 18 years of bloodshed and war."
Makoto gasped, "Y-you mean…?"
"You're going to get rid of those monsters?" finished Haruka.
"…yes, I need to put an end…" said Alex.
"Well for one thing, you're not doing this alone!" smiled Rin as he turned to Nagisa.
"Yeah, we won't let you fight those disgusting things by yourself!" agreed the blonde.
Rei took Alex's hand and said, "We'll fight by your side, no matter what."
The chiropteran blushed and turned his head to the side while Makoto finally smiled and chuckled at this.
"T-thank you," said Makoto, "Please forgive me on what I have treated you before."
"I…" began Alex when his heart began to race again and he clasped his hands over his head, grunting at the pain going on in his mind.
"A-Alex?!" gasped Rei as he tried to hold him.
Alex blinked his eyes and saw strange visions before him; he saw a pool of water at some place that was unfamiliar to him but he saw a group of people standing together for a photo.
"W-water? A…pool?" asked Alex as he shook the visions away.
Makoto smiled even more as he realized what scene he was describing about; the day when they won the beta-relay of six people per team. The others smiled a bit as the warm breeze swept through with hope and joy for the group.
"We should get moving," said Haruka.
"Hell yeah!" smirked Rin, "We go this!"
"But wait! Mako-chan, Haru-chan!" said Nagisa, "W-what about your crew? Where did they ended up going?"
"Well…the Suiei Gods told them that they had to return to Terra and Iglis Magna…I think they're heading first to Iglis Magna…" replied Haruka.
"They're going to be in great danger!" gasped Makoto, "We have to hurry!"
"Now you understand," smirked Alex, "This is what I have to deal with when it comes to protecting humans."
He turned to run again as he shouted, "Come on!"
"O-oi!" replied Rin as he and the others followed while Makoto smiled with hope and determination to save their friends.
"I swear, we'll protect them and save their homes from those monsters!" said Makoto.
"I am sure they'll be okay," nodded Rei as they followed the Chiropteran.
The six continued their journey, knowing that they are beginning to feel closer with each other slowly. Their journey was far from over as they begin to make way to Iglis Magna in hopes to help the Tachibana and Nanase Pirate Clans.
Meanwhile, Rasputin stood at edge of Las Jangwa Desert as he heard Pandora's message of Les Cinq Frères making their way to him. He was at least relieved to have his own team by his side in against of his brother's Magic Six Team.
Haruto landed on the ground and hissed while Reiji sniffed around and screeched. Mariko aimed his staff at some random rock and exploded it to bits and Natsuhisa twitched his neck. Rikuto twirled his staff around and smirked with an evil grin.
"I see you have finally been awaken," said Rasputin.
"Yes my lord, we have finally awakened," echoed Haruto.
"What do you plan to do now that we are here? We were given no other orders but to listen to you," asked Reiji.
"We are going to play a game of tag with my...brother," replied the Chiropteran King, "Already my plans for Iglis Magna are flawed because of the Nachas and Cthulu there...but that gives us time to put an uprising in the remaining places in this world."
The five Chivashi stood in a circle around Rasputin as the younger brother continued, "We're going to stage up murders, set up rebellions, and even perhaps set up a stage for them when the final battle draws near. They will fall into our trap and they will die right on the spot light!"
"As long as there are explosions involved," echoed Natsuhisa.
"I want to swim in Haruka's blood…" muttered Haruto with a cold laugh.
"You couldn't even wait 5 seconds before you even saw him!" hissed Mariko.
"Enough! All of you will follow my orders!" growled Rasputin, "We got a job to do now…so let's begin!"
The team, known as Les Cinq Frères set up the tasks and plans; Rikuto was to attend to Neo Tabuk and to start his own reign while Natsuhisa would set up a base in Lha'li while Rasputin and the others plan to go to Aeuropa City to set up a "show" in order to begin making their army of Chiropterans.
It was all in a matter of time but they all shared evil laughs as they departed, knowing that the plan was finally going to begin.
Iglis Magna – The Outskirts
The Six Stars made their way through the hilly slopes of the plains where they see a chain of mountains before them, standing where the city of Iglis Magna stood. Haruka was amazed at how high up the city was located.
"Home sweet home…almost," said Makoto.
Alex kept on running and replied, "We don't have time to slow down!"
"I feel like this is a marathon and not swimming," sighed Rin.
"Track isn't always bad, you know?" smirked Rei.
"Rin, are you not curious about Makoto's hometown?" asked Nagisa as he was a bit confused.
"It's not that I don't want to see his town!" he replied as he was getting annoyed, "It's just that how did we managed to run without getting super tired?"
"How are you holding up?" asked Haruka while he looked at Makoto.
"I'm doing okay, I hope we're not too late," he answered.
"I'm sure we're not…" began Rei when Alex stopped and sniffed the air. His eyes turned violently red seconds later.
"A-Alex?!" gasped Rin.
"W-what's the matter?!" asked Makoto.
"…blood," replied the chiropteran, "I can smell it…from there."
Makoto, Rin, and Haruka gasped when Alex pointed to where he smelled the blood at Iglis Magna.
"A-are we too late!?" asked Rei.
"We have to hurry!" said Nagisa.
They resumed running as Alex explained, "As a Chiropteran, I can smell all kinds of blood given that it is still fresh and recent."
Makoto felt a bit nervous so he held Haruka's hand while Rin looked at Nagisa as the blond felt a bit worried.
"What's wrong?" asked Rin.
"Rin…" said Nagisa, "I have a bad feeling something horrible happened."
"You think their friends are dead?" asked Rei quietly as he made sure that Makoto and Haruka didn't hear his question.
"I don't know," said Alex, "I cannot identify the blood's individual...but I can tell that a lot of humans were slaughtered."
"H-Haru!" gasped Makoto as he held onto Haruka's hand tighter in fear.
"I'm sure your friends are safe," replied Rei, "We cannot be sure if they got there before us."
"Yeah, Mako-chan, Haru-chan, I really do hope your friends survived," agreed Nagisa.
Makoto nodded a thank you while Haruka blushed for a moment. The group finally reached at the base of the mountains where their uncertainties grew into nightmares as they saw limbs of human flesh and skulls cracked open as well as traces of monster's guts and remains all around.
Makoto trembled at the sight of the mess as the others gasped.
"A-all of this!?" said Rin.
The taller boy broke away from Haruka and ran up the stairs to the main gate.
"Makoto!" shouted Haruka as he followed after him. Alex turned to the others as they were already looking over the dead bodies.
"So many people were killed…" said Rei.
"They are all confused...They died too fast to notice that they lost their lives... It's so sad…" muttered Nagisa.
Alex grunted and rushed up the stairs to find Makoto and Haruka.
"Come on! We have to catch up!" shouted Rin as he followed Alex. Rei and Nagisa followed them as they reached to the top of the steps where the village stood before them. Makoto and Haruka and the others saw nothing but remains of bloodshed of both humans and monsters all scattered around.
Makoto was shaking really badly at the sight and even Alex was a bit surprised on the outcome of the mess. Haruka stayed close to Makoto and held their hands tight together while Nagisa could not stop looking at all of the blood.
Alex took to the left and looked at the puddle of blood before him and dipped his fingers in. Makoto grimaced at the sight and covered his face on Haruka's shoulder while the Chiropteran took a taste of the blood.
"Do you recognize anyone?" asked Nagisa.
"I'm not sure what his abilities are,"" said Rei, "Maybe he can tell us."
Alex's eyes glowed right red as he stood there in shocked, his theory about what he said earlier…was it all true?
It, it can't be, he thought, if they really do still exist…
"Oi!" shouted Rin, "What's the matter? You look horrified!"
The Chiropteran turned to the others as Rei asked, "W-what do you know?"
"…This blood…it's not a Chiropteran's…or a Megascolide's," said Alex.
"W-what are you talking about?!" replied Makoto.
"Listen to me, we don't have time to stay around and investigate...we must leave or…" he answered when they all heard a loud roaring coming from the walls of the mountainside.
The others glowed their eyes in their respective neon colors while Haruka said to Makoto, "We'll fight our way out, listen to your Suiei."
Alex, Rei, Rin, and Haruka readied their swords as they heard rumbling noises of the Cthulhu and Nachas making their way towards them. Nagisa hissed and took out his spell book and muttered, "I'm ready to kill these whack-ass-monsters!"
The Cthulhu roared and charged their way down while the Nachas spiders unleashed blasts of cobwebs towards the gang. Alex sliced down the cob web while Haruka unleashed a wave of water knives at the Cthulhu.
Rin narrowed dodged a blast from the Nachas and unleashed his Shark Teeth attack in conjunction with his water abilities to form a gigantic shark water that gobbled several the spiders. Rei sliced off a head of the Nachas while Nagisa was chanting various spells.
"Waters of pain, take forth of thy prey!" chanted the blonde while Makoto threw more fluids out of the vase and splashed it on the spiders' eyes.
Haruka jumped over a Cthulhu and tried to kill it from the top while dodging the tentacles from the monster. Alex turned and sliced down the bunch of tentacles while Rei pierced the monster in its head.
"Waters of the freestyle...go slice down those problematic beasts!" chanted Haruka as he unleashed multiple water blasts.
"Waters of the Hydronium...go make dissolving to our beasts!" muttered Makoto as he transformed the water into pure acid from the vase and splashed the heavily concentrated chemicals on the monsters, dissolving them.
"Waters of anger, slice down those bastards!" growled Nagisa as he unleashed more blasts while the Cthulhu roared in pain by the attacks. Rin took his chance to use his sword and slice off the legs of the Nachas.
Alex charged up to a Nachas also but a tentacle from the Cthulhu punched him in the face, throwing him to an abandoned hut and smashed into the mud-clay walls. Rin turned to see what happened and he unleashed water spears at the monster.
"ALEX!" shouted Rei as he rushed up towards the Chiropteran while Nagisa killed off several monsters again with his magic. Makoto growled in anger and splashed more Nachas out of the way.
Alex got up to see Rei running towards him just as a tentacle was sneaking up behind the megane. He gasped and cried out, "GET DOWN!"
He grabbed Rei down to the side and dragged his sword up to cut it down. Once Rei got back on his knees he looked at Alex's injuries and asked, "A-are you okay!?"
"I told you," he replied, "I am a Chiropteran, wounds are nothing to me."
Just after he said that, a sneaky Nachas was about to pierce its tentacles at the chiropteran when Alex stabbed it in the face from sitting down while Nagisa casts more spells like crazy.
The background began to rumble and shake as Rin cried out, "W-what's that?!"
Haruka looked up with Makoto and they both saw rocks beginning to tumble down and crashing into the village.
"HURRY!" shouted Nagisa as he narrowly dodged a Nachas spider.
Makoto grabbed Haruka and Rin and began to run while Rin grabbed Nagisa. Rei grabbed Alex's hand and the six ran their way through the village, trying to escape from the monsters and the rocks and more boulders collapsed down to the ground, burying the village.
Some of the rocks almost rained on them when Makoto threw up a water shield to protect themselves but there was no way they could escape by foot; it was going to be done with magic.
"Waters of the travel…get us out of here!" chanted Makoto as Haruka and the others felt swirls of water enveloping them to escape the danger. The monsters were crushed by the rocks and rubble as Nagisa looked at Rin and hugged him tightly.
The waters swirled around them and teleported them out of the town safely as they vanished into the mists, returning back to the grasslands outside of the mountains. Haruka opened his eyes and sees himself and the others safely back.
"H-Haru!" cried Makoto as he hugged him tight.
Rin woke up and saw Nagisa and Rei hugging in relief and he joined the two for a glomp as well. The five hugged together again and turned to see the mountain side completely collapsed as a tear fell from Makoto's eye.
"M-my home…" said Makoto while Haruka held his hand to relax a little.
Rei turned and gasped, "W-where's Alex?!"
"Oh no!" replied Nagisa, "D-did he not make it!?"
"We have to find him," said Rin as he linked hands with Nagisa and Rei and the five formed the circle again like how they did it earlier, locating their Last Star of the team.
Alex woke up and found himself alone in the forest. He got up on his feet and grabbed his sword and began to walk around.
At least I managed to be alone again, he thought as he began to make his way through the forest.
After a couple minutes of walking, his foot stepped on something and he was thrown into a trap as a net was unleashed and grabbed him upwards. He tried to claw his way out when he heard footsteps from all around and saw a gang of people dressed up in various clothing of some sorts.
Th-this can't be, the thought, The Paleolassa pirates!
"Who are you?" asked Anne as she saw the boy struggling.
Alex grunted in annoyance and sliced down the net with his eyes glowing red. The pirates gasped and took a step back at first as Anne could almost recall on the legend about the monster from long ago.
"W-wwhat are you!?" she cried out.
"Answer her question!" shouted Shirahama.
"…leave me alone," said Alex darkly as he tried to leave but saw more pirates coming closer to him with their swords ready.
Alex readied his sword as Matsuura stepped in front of him, saying, "Where do you think you're going, kid?!"
"Matsuura!" shouted Anne, "Get away from him!"
"I have no intention to deal with humans…" grunted Alex, "Move."
Anne rushed towards Alex and stood in front of Matsuura and repeated her questions, "Who are you?! Do you know about the Tragedy of Heirisa!? Were you there?! Answer me!?"
Alex said nothing and only wanted to move out of the way when he didn't pay attention to a dart with a sleeping dose, knocking him out by the tranquilizer effects. He collapsed to the ground and dropped his sword. Matsuura checked to make sure he was out cold.
"Let's tie his hands and get him back with us," said Shirahama.
"Anne, a-are you okay?" asked Matsuura.
Anne ignored him and turned around, rushing back to the camp alone while Awlida looked at Matsuura with a shrug and said, "Let's go."
Episode 1 END
Episode 2 PV
Rei: Where can Alex be!?
Rin: I'm sure we'll find him; he can't be too far!
Shirahama: Answer our question boy! Who are you?!
Anne: Did you murder my father during the tragedy of Herisia?!
Alex: I have no intention of dealing with humans.
Matsuura: Why youuuuuu….!
Awlida: STOP IT! It's not going to do any good if we keep it like this!
Haruka: What is the meaning out of this?!
Makoto: Did you try to hurt him?
Nagisa: Next time, Free! A Shaken Truth; The Monster of Duniya!, don't you dare hurt our Alex-chan!