Episode 8: ザバトルのロディニアマグナ! The Battle of Rodinia Magna!
Present Time: Planet Duniya, Village of Lha'li
The sun began to rise in Lha'li after a long night of helping the people in the destroyed village. Alex woke up to see the sunrise as Makoto yawned for a moment. Rin woke up too before he got hit by Nagisa's sleepy hand as Haruka woke up from Rin's yelp.
Alex rested his hand over his heart as he could feel the calmness before the storm. He turned to see Rei waking up as well while Nagisa was still trying to sleep.
"You sense him?" asked Haruka.
"Where is he now?" asked Rin.
"…is he going to attack again?" asked Rei.
"…He...he's in...Iwamara," said the Chiropteran.
The others gasped at the revelation as he replied, "He's heading to Iwamara…along with the Chivashi."
"Oi! Sexy Penguin!" said Rin as he shook Nagisa awake.
"W-we have to stop him!" gasped Rei.
"Huh? W-whats the matter?" yawned Nagisa as he rubbed his eyes.
"Rasputin is heading to Iwamara," replied Rin.
"W-what!?" gasped Nagisa, "NO WAY!"
"...it's worse than I feared. Iwamara is home to many mysteries...some of which are powerful and dangerous. If Rasputin gains something in that town...hope may be lost..." answered the Chiropteran.
"We have to fight them!" said Haruka.
"But how can we get the word out to the pirates?" asked Makoto.
"Word has been set out," echoed Suiei Tachibana.
"The armies are all heading to Iwamara now," echoed Suiei Nanase.
Alex gasped and replied, "B-but if everyone goes there…"
"Alex, this is our final chance to stop them...you know it too," said Rin.
"It will be a brutal fight, but it's our only hope left," agreed Rei.
"But that's not the worst part...our big enemy has discovered the secret of the temple," echoed Suiei Matsuoka.
"W-what!?" gasped Rei.
"H-how!?" asked Nagisa.
"The temple is tied to your powers and our essence...if Rasputin and the Chivashi take control of it...they will take over our existence," echoed Suiei Hazuki.
They all gasped in shocked by the revelation while Alex lowered his head down in silence.
"NO!" growled Rei, "How can we stop them!?"
"The pirates will be on their way to defend the temple after recent reportings by The Watcher's analysis," echoed Suiei Ryugazaki.
"I hope Anne and Matsuura can hold it for us," said Makoto.
"The same with Shira and Awlida...they probably have no idea how much danger we are all in," nodded Haruka.
"We have to get there really fast!" replied Nagisa, "They could be there by now!"
"I hope that they will be alright..." said Rei.
"But what about the people here?" asked Alex as he looked at the Tabukians and the Lha'lians.
"Resources from Neo Tabuk will take care of them at this point. Those who are able to fight will leave to Iwamara," explained Suiei Matsuoka.
"But first…" said Suiei Ryugazaki as he snapped his fingers, causing their clothes to patch up and are fresh and new in their Arabian form.
"T-thank you," blushed Rin.
"Is it just me or do they look so familiar?" shrugged Alex.
"What looks familiar?" asked Rei.
"Honestly, the more I am with you guys, the more familiar things are…but I still don't get it," replied the chiropteran.
"Let's say we are a family," said Suiei Nanase.
"Indeed…and a very important family," agreed Suiei Tachibana.
"And very close too," smiled Nagisa.
"You keep saying that there are six of you guys...but it's only five. Where is the last one?" asked Alex.
The others looked at each other for a moment before they nodded and prepared an explanation.
"Well…he's very important too," answered Rin as he hinted a smile.
"We're looking for him," nodded Haruka, "Because he's been a part of our lives from before."
"We believe that with you helping out with us will be beneficial for the Gods to find their final member...and us too," smiled Makoto.
"We think he is really close," said Rei, "Closer than we might think actually."
"So we think that we will find him soon if you can help us," chuckled Nagisa.
Alex stood there in confusion at first but he rested his sword on his shoulder like a boss and replied, "Well if you said that from the beginning, maybe I could have understand!"
The others shared a sweat-drop of nervousness as Haruka said, "Well you did sleep quite a bit in the beginning."
"But no worries now, we're together and we're going to find our friend back!" added Makoto as Rei smiled.
"And after finding him and defeating Rasputin we will have our party!" cheered Nagisa.
"I see…" replied Alex, "Well I am sure he's waiting for you…maybe I should meet him too and ask him a few questions of my own."
"Well, he will be most happy to talk to you," said Rei.
"It's time…" said Suiei Matsuoka, "Gather forth."
The six stood together in the circle as they linked their hands together as one; everything was making a lot more sense now for Alex but he had no idea who this "Last Star" was but he was curious to meet him and hopefully he won't have to deal with these guys any more…but at the same time, he could only wonder if he had met them in a different place as well…
The Gods chanted their magic as they send the six of them to Iwamara; swirls of water of all different, rainbow colors covered them and sealed them away, teleporting to the Tottori Region of the continent. Once they vanished, the gods floated around for a moment as they knew the battle was near.
"It's getting weaker…that connection," said Suiei Tachibana, worried.
"I can feel him…" replied Suiei Matsuoka, "Barely…"
"They have get Alex to remember who he is or we will lose him and Marotta!" said a panicked Suiei Hazuki.
"They can't force him to remember. He needs to defeat Rasputin first..." replied Suiei Ryugazaki.
"As long as more memories flow into him..." said Suiei Nanase, "I'm sure he's almost there."
"I just hope it will all turn out well in the end...I look forward for a true reunion of our team," answered Suiei Matsuoka.
As the world begins to draw focus on the battle, time is ticking away for both parties and more and more tensions were in the air. The Watchers have allied with the Pirates while Aeuropa City and Neo Tabuk are beginning to join up along with some Lha'li residents.
Rasputin and the Chivashi are slowly making their way to Iwamara to uncover the deepest secrets of this world...
On en route to Iwamara from the "Direct South"
Anastasia, Jadwiga, Takeshi, Aki, Sousuke, and the pirates rode on the Hover Motor Bikes in a northern Direction. After The Watcher's arrived in Terra Magna and taught the pirates on a quick driving lessons. They have ridden for several hours non-stop as they were all getting anxious and ready for the battle ahead.
"I'm amazed by your ambitions, princess," said Jadwiga, "Pretty soon you'll be able to get back home."
The princess nodded and turned briefly to the pirates as Awlida and Matsuura were on one of the floating bikes while Shirahama and Anne on another.
"Wow, this is amazing!" said Awlida as she looked around the scenery as Matsuura drove.
"I hope that we will be able to win with those monsters..." muttered Anne.
"So uh…what about the new weapons you promised us?" asked Shirahama as he steered the vehicle towards Takeshi.
"They're designed to have the same substance as Alex's blood...Chiropterans are not immune to his own substance...a blood of his that enters inside will crystallizes and kill the Chiropterans," he explained while trying to stay aloft on his vehicle, "Of course you could slash them in half if you please. However, some of them can heal quickly if you don't kill them properly…so the liquid inside these weapons will do the job for you."
"Alright! Sounds good, I can't wait to slash these awful things down!" smirked Shirahama.
"So the killing will be easier? Good," agreed Matsuura, "I want those awful suckers done and out!"
Anastasia saw the ground exploding ahead as she screamed, "WATCH OUT!"
Jadwiga and Takeshi pulled on the breaks as the pirates drifted around in a circle to avoid the oncoming rubble as several of them landed and readied on the arms while others kept hovering in the air to see what would happen.
Anastasia, Aki, and Sousuke readied on the radioactive guns and got off from their vehicles. Out of the rubble and dust were several Megascolides screeching and standing on full height before descending down towards the army.
"Me-Megascolides?!" gasped Awlida as she and Matsuura narrowly dodged the giant worms while the others dodged the rubble that rained down from worms.
The worms smashed down to the ground with their mouths as they dug through another tunnel before emerging from the ground to attack again.
"Shit!" growled Matsuura as he and Shirahama readied this swords.
"Do your best! The fight has begun!" shouted Jadwiga as the pirates and The Watcher's attacked the gigantic monsters.
"Stay balanced on the vehicles!" shouted Aki as she saw several of the pirates riding their vehicles up towards the monsters to slice their heads off. She wasn't sure about this since they only learned how to do the basic drivings.
"We got no choice," said Jadwiga as she took out her radioactive gun, "We have to fight now!"
Anastasia, Takeshi, and Sousuke fired the radioactive guns, turning the Megascolides into ashes. Awlida turned her head to see a Megascolide sneaking up behind them as they dodged it while Anne readied her sword to slice off the head of the giant worm.
"You four need to get to the temple!" said Takeshi.
"I'm going with them!" replied Anastasia.
"Anastasia, we need you here," answered Jadwiga.
"I can't! I know my brother will show up in Iwamara...please let me go," said the princess.
"Remember that you are the last hope for your homeland...do not lose your life!" replied Jadwiga after she paused for a moment to recall the family of Aki, Alex, and Anastasia.
Takeshi steered his vehicle up to his daughter and said, "Your mother will forever smile on us...no matter what. You know that she's proud of your courage..."
"You think so?" asked Anne as she sliced off another head from the worm.
"Go you guys! We'll hold them off for a while! We'll send backup!" shouted Jadwiga.
"Alright, be safe!" replied Anne.
She, along with Awlida, Anastasia, Shirahama, and Matsuura soared through the conflict, heading further north while the other pirates and The Watchers battle against the Megascolides. However, Anne deep down was really worried for her father...after all; it has only been roughly a month since their reunion.
I don't want to lose him again, thought Anne, not after all of these years…
In the Southern-Eastern and Eastern Directions:
The armies and generals from Aeuropa City (AC) and Neo Tabuk/Lha'li (NT) joint forces met up for a brief word of talk. Tensions were in the air as both cultures were having different beliefs and opinions about this whole mysterious war and the monsters.
"It's been a long time...18 years per say?" asked the AC General.
"Indeed it has...how such a relief it is finally to end all of this," replied the NT General.
"More help is coming from the Far South...they say they're known as "The Watcher's," answered the AC.
"I never imagined possible people living down there...it's filled with monsters as they say but I guess it's only rumors now as of this point," replied the NT leader.
"Monsters are everywhere and they will continue to hurt us if we stay and hide in our towns...but...you don't think we'll see him again, do you?" asked AC general, "The one from the tragedy?"
"18 years...it does sound suspicious...but I don't think they'll be any trouble. Ever since the Six Stars showed up and..." began the NT.
"You really still believe in that legend of yours?" asked the AC.
"How dare for you to question our culture; it has only been recently that everyone learned the truth of their existence!" replied the NT.
"We don't have the time to discuss about legends…real or not. Now, the battle is in Iwamara where most of the monsters are at," said the AC General, "Let's get this done and over with and pray for the end of an era."
"Head on forth!" shouted the NT General.
"Let's end this!" agreed the AC.
The armies joined together and continued heading in a western direction as the skies above began to darken.
Iwamara
Rasputin and the Les Cinq Frères walked their way though the wrecked town of Iwamara as they saw the ocean and the sands as well as several buildings around. While most of the town was destroyed, there were a few handful of areas that were semi-intact.
"Soooo…my big ol'bro lived here," muttered Rasputin, looking around, "It will soon be decorated with crimson."
He grew out his wings for a moment and soared up to where the Chivashi were at and said to Rikuto and Natsuhisa, "You know what to do."
The two Chivashi joined their powers from the staffs and aimed it at the seas, causing the Oorn Crabs to take on ashore while several Byatis Frogs nearby from the forests croaked their way out and onto the roads as well.
Rasputin turned to Haruto and Reiji and said, "Go find the source of power! It lies here in this town!"
The two nodded and left while the Chiropteran King turned to Mariko and said, "You're coming with me…with my precious ones."
"To where?" asked Mariko.
"A place to where we can battle with my brother…a real life stage not the ones in those artificial theatres…" he answered.
Mariko and Rasputin left the area as they soared out in a western direction and discovered some sort of fancy, yet ancient building before them. After arriving at the site, it turned out to be an abandoned castle of some sort.
"Ah, yes…the Tottori Castle," smirked Rasputin.
"It will be quite a fitting end," agreed Mariko, holding onto the cocoons.
In the darkness of the void, a sole entity lied on the ground. He could feel the darkness crawling closer and closer...his master...changed...his power...almost gone...his life...almost dead...
"A-Alex," coughed Suiei Marotta as he vomited up water while his powers were draining from his body, "D-Don't f-forgeeet, wh-whooo, y-you…aa-are…"
Chirottori Castle
Tesseract stumbled his way over through the stairs, making sure no one was following him, including Pandora. As of late, he knew that the battle going on was going to be the beginning of the end. The future remained uncertain and he could only fear that many things will change once it was all said and done.
He could only remember how it was only yesterday when he and his "friends" created the Compendium and allowed the universe to exist thanks to their past experiences.
But now…the prophecy was getting closer and closer…and time was short before the future can be decided.
He arrived at the false wall where he has hidden a set of books, notes, and documents in one place. He took out a specific book and read over the notes that he written long before Alexa and Rasputin were born.
I have hidden the true secret of this world for a very long time...ever since the laws of the universe were written, he thought, and…it's just as we promised…right? Sametsuka?
"The Wings of Iwatobi," he muttered, "The fangs of Sametsuka…only then we can…"
Before he could finish, he heard a noise nearby. Tesseract set the book down and called out, "Who's there!?"
Back in the forests of Iwamara, the Six Stars finally arrived as a gigantic drop of water exploded and swirled around, allowing them to wake up and see where they were at.
Haruka opened his eyes and Makoto asked, "T-this is…?"
"Yes," replied Alex, as his eyes flickered red for a moment, "This is Iwamara."
"We should head out to the temple," said Rei.
"I just hope everyone is alright," nodded Nagisa.
"Rasputin is not going to the temple…but he is here in town," replied the Chiropteran.
"Do you know where?" asked Haruka.
Before Alex could answer, they all heard noises of vehicles nearby. They turned to see Awlida, Anne, Anastasia, Matsuura, and Shirahama on the hover bikes.
"I-it's them!" gasped Nagisa.
"Anastasia?" asked Rei.
The princess pulled the brakes as the pirates hovered down and landed on the ground safely. Anastasia turned to her brother and said, "A-Alex…"
"Y-you never said my name!" he gasped in shocked.
"I just thought I would at least say it once," she answered.
"Anne! Matsuura!" shouted Makoto.
"Well at least we got some back up," smirked Rin.
"A-Anastasia…t-that's you, right?" asked Nagisa, "I didn't get a chance to observe you earlier but you are the princess, right? I had this dream and…"
"And who might you be?" she asked.
"Wait a second, what dream?" asked Makoto.
Haruka got glomped for a hug by Awlida and Shirahama while Nagisa replied and said, "I had a dream of some royal family telling me that we had to find her…"
"I'm so glad you're okay Haru!" answered Shirahama.
"Me too!" smiled Awlida before she whispered, "Did anything go between Rei and Alex?"
Rei gasped as he blushed when he heard that whisper while Awlida giggled to the side.
"I don't even know what I am anymore...but I am told that I am from the same world as you guys..." said Anastasia.
"Yes you are," answered Nagisa, "You are a princess from our world…but from a different era of time."
"What dream are you talking about?!" asked Makoto.
Before Nagisa could answer, Alex's eyes glowed red as he muttered, "R-Rasputin…"
"Hold on now," said Haruka, "The temple. How are we going to protect it?"
"Well defend it," answered Shirahama.
"We have special weapons to fight with the monsters so we should be fine," smirked Matsuura.
"Alex has to kill Rasputin. Now the monsters and armies are going to appear here," said Rin.
"But the Chivashi...they're not even defeated yet," said Alex, "They're not easily defeated unless if my blood is used on them…or if their heads are chopped off…or burned by radiation. If you fight them alone, you'll die."
"We'll be fine. You have a more important battle to focus on and win," smiled Awlida.
"Yes, please believe in us," replied Anne.
Alex stared at them with shock at first since he wasn't so sure what to say. When he was first captured, they were beating him up and blaming for his faults…was it true that people can change…?
"I…I'm sorry," he said, lowering his head down, "For scaring you all…"
Awlida hugged him and replied, "Don't worry. We forgive you. You didn't mean to do it. I have only one request though…take care of Rei and the others, alright?"
Alex nodded just as the background around them exploded as they could all hear the battle cries from different armies arriving in the city.
"It's already begun!" said Anastasia before she turned to the pirates, "I know where the temple is at, come with me!"
"Y-you know it too?!" gasped Alex.
"Mother showed it to me a long time ago while we still lived together. Now I understand why she did," she smiled.
"Let's go!" said Shirahama.
"Yes and good luck!" replied Anne and Matsuura.
"Let's win this and see each other again!" smiled Awlida.
The two sides turned and took different directions, with Anastasia leading the pirates through the forest while Alex and the Magic Six headed down to the town. It was finally the beginning…of the end.
In the abandoned down, the armies from Neo Tabuk and Aeuropa City arrived and saw a massive horde of the Oorn Crabs and the gigantic-bat monsters of the Chiropterans and the Acephalipterans. The armies threw bombs, slashed them down and unleashed radioactive weapons against the beasts.
"TAKE DOWN THE OORN HORDS!" shouted one of the AC fighters.
"Don't let them escape!" shouted another.
The Oorn crabs hissed and unleashed their tentacles to strangle some of the combatants and choked them to death while some of the fighters from Neo Tabuk unleashed their magical spells from the Starrists, exploding the Oorn into guts.
Other Tabukists and Starrists used their magic and weapons to slice down the bats in half while the Starrists prayed for the Magic Six to show up and help them fight.
"Waters of the storm…go take forth our prey back to the seas!" chanted Rin as he unleashed an all-out wave of water, splashing the Oorn back into the sea but several of them were persistent and crawled their way back out.
Haruka and Makoto combined their powers to create a vortex of water, throwing the Chiropterans away from the city.
"Your majesty!" said one of the NT fighters, "You made it!"
Rin snapped his fingers and said, "This is to end everything...go...fight for our nation and for this world!"
"Your majesty WATCH OUT!" shouted another NT fighter as a Chiropteran was about to grab Rin.
"CASTELLA!" shouted Akane as she blasted down the Chiropteran into bits.
Nagisa turned to see Akane and Masaru and said, "Thanks!"
"Rei!" shouted Makoto, "Stay close to Alex!"
Alex turned to see Rei before he saw Rikuto and Natsuhisa soaring out by the seas as the two Chivashi were summoning more monsters including the Cthulhu and Oorn as the beasts crawled their way out from the water.
"This isn't good!" gasped Rin.
"We have to stop them!" said Rei, "They're summoning them!"
"I'll go," replied Rin, turning to his beloved blonde and said, "You ready Nagisa?"
"Yes!" he answered as his eyes glowed hot pink.
Haruka unleashed a blast of water at another Chiropteran while Rin held Nagisa's hand and their Magical Adaptive Clothing transformed to more sleek designs with flying abilities. The two soared out towards the Chivashi.
Rikuto turned to see Rin and Nagisa and muttered, "Looks like we got a problem here…"
"How convenient," sighed Natsuhisa.
"I won't forgive you for what you did to my home town!" shouted Nagisa as his necklace glowed and readied his powers and glared with anger at Natsuhisa.
Rin unleashed his own attack towards Rikuto but the Chivashi dodged it while Nagisa managed to blast at Natsuhisa, causing the Chivashi to spiral a little out towards the seas. Rikuto smirked and transformed into Gou as Rin gasped at the sight of his late sister floating before him with an innocent smile.
"Does this mean…" said the Fake Gou, "Will you kill me too, big brother?"
"H-how dare you…" replied Rin, his eyes glowing crimson red with sheer anger, charging up to Rikuto, "HOW DARE YOU!"
Gou/Rikuto unleashed a blast of sizzling energy, burning Rin's arms a little and throwing him across the scene, crashing him to the sands as Rin screamed in pain.
"You're such an annoyance...haven't you ever wondered how much you annoy others?" asked Natsuhisa.
"I don't annoy anyone! Not like you! Do you ever wonder how much your face sickens others? I don't know how they can stand looking at you!" snapped Nagisa as he summoned his powers to create ice swords while his eyes glowed from hot pink to vermillion red.
Natsuhisa clawed his blade on the swords and replied, "You clearly are a fool... you and I both look the same...but only I know the secrets about your friend and the people of this world!"
Rikuto soared down towards Rin as he opened his mouth to allow the Kraata slug to wiggle out as it opens its mouth with a scream/hissing sound.
Rin's eyes widened in shock at the horrifying monstrous slug but he growled with his teeth and kicked RIkuto at the nuts. But the Chivashi laughed and said, "You think I have the same problem with that?"
The red hair took out his blade and pointed at Rikuto's neck while trying to avoid getting touched by the Kraata as Rikuto continued, "Don't you ever want to be free from them? Together, you and I can rule over this land…"
"You and I do not look the same! And what secrets do you know? That you are stupider then you look? Well I have news for you! Everybody knows it!" hissed Nagisa as he tried to attack Natsuhisa again.
Rin growled as he saw the Kraata dripping some saliva from its mouth. The red-hair took his chance to make one fast motion and sliced the Kraata in half, casuing RIkuto to scream in pain as the Chivashi tried to heal but Rin kicked him and got on his feet with the sword ready.
"Even if you defeat me and the others, Chiropterans will continue to grow...because humans are the successors to Chiropterans and they can be reversed through evolution!" replied Natsuhisa.
"Do you think I will fall for that? Well guess what?! You really are stupid!" growled Nagisa as he clashed again to the Chivashi. Natsuhisa attacked back in order to defeat the blonde but Nagisa casted a fog spell around his prey's vision and took his chance to hopefully reach the head as what Alex instructed.
Natsuhisa unleashed his powers from his staff, hoping to send the blonde drowning in the seas below but the vision around his eyes were blurred from the fog and Nagisa appeared from behind and sliced his head off, as the blood from the Chivashi exploded from the neck out as it fell to the seas.
Back on the shore, Rikuto gasped in shock at Natsuhisa's defeat before realizing that Rin unleashed his water shark spell, creating a massive shark and eating him up as well. Rin breathed heavily and saw Nagisa flying back to shore towards him.
"RIN!" shouted Nagisa, "Are you alright?!"
"Y-yeah," he moaned as he looked at his arms, "Damn that bitch almost burned my arms off…thank god we got them down now. Hopefully the others are fortunate."
"Right," agreed the blonde as he turned to see the town in chaos of the battle.
"Let's go!" said Rin as they took off to find the others.
Meanwhile, Anastasia led the four pirates up the stairs to the temple while keeping her gun out at the ready. It was all in a matter of time before some action would show up here…
"WATCH OUT!" shouted Matsuura as a Chiropteran appeared from the left and Anastasia fired it down.
"Ugh…so that's what a…Chiropteran actually looks like?" asked Shirahama.
"Yes," answered Anastasia, "Alex and Rasputin are Chiropteran Kings in which they can take on human like forms. These monsters are just gigantic blood suckers looking like gigantic bats."
"That's disgusting," said Shirahama.
"Well I hope the others are alright," sighed Anne as they arrived at the top of the stairs.
"We're here," said Anastasia, "Take the entrances and guard all of them!"
"Alright!" nodded Awlida.
"Anne and I will take the one on the far end," said Shirahama, "You and Awlida can deal the one to the left."
"Will you be alright on your own?" asked Anne.
"I've seen enough horrifying things...what more can it there be?" replied the princess.
"Your death," hissed a voice.
Anastasia turned violently and readied her gun and shouted, "Who's there?!"
Reiji and Haruto appeared on opposite ends as the former faced to face at Anastasia and the latter faced to face with Shirahama.
"W-who the hell are you!?" asked Shirahama, "A-and why do you look like Haru?"
Haruto flipped his hair like Haruka and smirked, "Hand over that worthless temple…and all of you may leave alive…"
"We will not!" replied Anne and Shirahama as they both readied their weapons.
"Well then," smirked Reiji, "I guess we got no other choice."
Haruto fired his staff and blasted the trees, knocking it down towards Anne and Shirahama while Anastasia fired her gun at Reiji as the Chivashi dodged to bullets. Reiji soared up to Anastasia until she took out her radioactive gun and hit him on the shoulder.
Reiji hissed and jumped to the side and said, "Foolish child…you can't get to my head, you can't kill me!"
"Set forth at this temple any closer and I will get your head!" replied Anastasia.
"And what about your brother?" he asked.
"He's nothing compared to you guys!" she growled.
"Indeed he is...his desire to protect the humans is the result of breaking the laws of his own kind," smirked Reiji as he took another step closer.
"I said stay back!" snapped Anastasia as she readied the trigger.
Awlida snuck around and tried to slice Reiji's head off but the Chivashi soared up as a massive flock of Chiropterans flew in the skies, several of them were heading down to the temple while others were going to the city.
"You guys get back!" shouted Anastasia, grabbing Awlida by her hand and pulled next to her.
Matsuura was locked into combat with Haruto as the Chivashi tried to pin the pirate down and unleash his Kraata slug. Matsuura was forced to grab onto the monster's staff before it glowed and tried to burn his hands off.
Haruto snarled and unleashed his Kraata and flung it at Matsuura's face, casuing him to scream as the energies from the slug was infecting him. Anastasia turned and gasped at the scream as she readied on her radioactive gun.
"MATSUURA!" screamed Awlida as Anne ran towards Haruto and snarled, "I will kill you!"
Anastasia spilled a silent tear to herself as she fired the gun, unleashing radioactive waves at the Kraata and Matsuura as the slug screamed and disintergrated into dust, causing Haruto to fall down as his power was weakening rapidly.
"THIS IS FOR MATSUURA!" growled Anne as she sliced Haruto's head off with blood spewing out. More Chiropterans were making their way to the temple and time was running out.
"M-Matsu…" gasped Awlida as she saw his face partially burned from the slug and the radioactive blast while he was oozing out some pus from his ears. His eyes were barely opened as he shivered slowly to his end.
"CASTELLA!" shouted the voice of Akane as the Chiropterans were about to step into the temple. Anastasia turned to see a group of foreigners in desert outfits.
"Go stop the Chiropterans!" said Anastasia.
"Got it!" nodded Akane as she turned to speak her foreign tongue to the NT armies. The NTs turned to see the gigantic bats in the skies and used their magic to repel them off
"MATSU!" cried Awlida as she hugged onto him, spilling some tears down on her cheeks.
Matsuura opened his eyes slowly and said, "Awi…d-don't cry…"
"I love you Matsuura!" she replied as her voice was heavy, "Please don't leave me or the others!"
"I…I-lo-love you too," he smiled as he could barely reach out her abdomen, "C-can you ta-take…c-care of t-them?"
Awlida nodded as she said, "Y-yes…! YES! I will…oh Matsuura! MATSUURAAAAAA!"
Matsuura smiled as he closed his eyes for the last time while Awlida hugged around him and sniffed her tears. Anne, Shirahama, and Akane stood to see the couple while the Tabukian girl took out a blanket while Anne and Shirahama got Awlida to move out of the way as Akane wrapped the deceased pirate up.
"It's best to keep him dry," said Akane.
"Akane! More Chiropterans are coming from the other end!" shouted Masaru.
"Get the guards ready to go!" replied the girl. Masaru nodded and sent out several NTs to guard the other entrances.
Akane turned to the pirates and said, "My people from Neo Tabuk will back you guys up."
"Thank you," answered Shirahama as he hugged Awlida and asked her more privately, "Awlida…what did he mean by that?"
"…I…I…", began Awlida when she looked down for a moment before answering, "I'm expecting…"
Anne gasped as she answered, "No way! Di-did you guys…?!"
"Yes…and…I'm pregnant," answered Awlida.
"We tested her while we were in Terra Magna," said Anastasia, "But it's only been several days so it'll be a while before her children are born."
"Can you still fight?" asked Anne, still stunned by the fact.
"Of course!" replied Awlida, wiping her tears off as her face grew determined, "I'll be fine. It's not like I'm about to deliver them. Now let's go kill those monsters!"
For my Matsuura, she thought, and for my friends and my children!
Reiji soared into the skies as he realized that half of their team were defeated while their enemies were gaining the upper hand. He called out to Mariko through voice echoing.
"Yeah?" asked Mariko's voice.
"We lost three of our brothers here! Are you with Rasputin still?" questioned Reiji.
"Yes," he replied, "The main attraction has yet to begin."
"You got the babies, right?" asked Reiji.
"Of course! Rasputin is going to put on a show for them soon...thanks to the technology from Aeuropa City, we implanted devices around with his song recordings," said Mariko, "It will be a wonderful show for sure!"
"Excellent," smirked Reiji, "We'll have the whole world in our hands very soon…"
Meanwhile, a lonely mist blended in the clouds as he could hear what the two Chivashi were talking about. Suiei Matsuoka gasped and vanished back down from the clouds to report his findings to the others.
Alex and Rei rushed through the highway as they were looking for Rasputin. The Chiropteran managed to estimate where his prey was at but grew more worried as he got closer and closer to his destination with Rei.
He turned to the megane and said, "Rei, I don't want to you get too close to me! This is really dangerous!"
"I know it's dangerous but I promised to not leave your side!" replied Rei.
"Rei…" answered Alex, "I'm not saying because I don't want you...I'm asking you to protect yourself too! I can sense the others fighting in the main town and they're crying for help…but I have to keep on moving!"
Rei turned his head to Alex and said, "I know but...I feel that if I am not by your side, something will happen…and I can't lose you Alex! I just can't!"
Alex sighed for a moment before he answered, "Why's that? Why is it do you keep following me then?! You've always been by my side and you never answered my question from a while back…"
Rei grabbed Alex's hand as they stopped running while the megane looked at the Chiropteran standing before him. The megane looked into the Chiropteran's red eyes as he knew that he only got one chance to say it.
"…It's because I love you!" said Rei, "I love you Alex!"
Alex gasped as Rei pulled him in for a hug as time was moving slowly between them. The Chiropteran's vision changed around him as he saw two people talking beneath the tree from a distance as a very faint conversation was heard:
You know…a very special person once told me that we'll solve things out together…he told me that in the beginning after I first came to Japan. Back then I was probably too afraid…but now I'm not.
You promised that I wouldn't go berserk when I was under the spell…you saved Haruka and I from the illusion that the Haus of the Heavens did to us….you even had talked to Leon about my safety and all of that…
if we live another life again…I…I want to be with you…
Then I'll be waiting…
…we'll have another chance someday.
W-who was that, thought Alex as he closed his eyes and feel Rei's hug.
"Rei! Alex!" shouted Suiei Ryugazaki.
"S-Suiei…" gapsed Rei as he and Alex turned to see the Suiei God floating before them.
"I received word from brother Matsuoka. Rasputin and the Chivashi have installed speakers around the town to play that music again!" said Ryugazaki.
Alex gasped as Rei replied, "W-what!? We have to destroy them!"
"I need you Rei to hack the technology that connects to the music and the speakers before he starts to play the song again! Hopefully by locating them, we can destroy them before more lives are mutated and lost!" said Suiei Ryugazaki.
"R-Rei…go, please," said Alex as he smiled a little, "I…I believe in you."
"I'll go," replied Rei, "But please Alex…please be safe. I know you'll win this battle."
"T-thank you," answered the Chiropteran as he hugged Rei for a brief moment before letting go.
"We'll see each other soon," smiled Rei.
"…I'll be waiting," said Alex as he took off while Rei ran off with Suiei Ryugazaki in the opposite direction.
South of Iwamara
Aki turned and fired her radioactive gun, unleashing waves against an oncoming Megascolide. The gigantic worm hissed before dissolving into particles.
Sousuke fired more blasts while diving to dodge an attack while the pirates rode on their vehicles and slicing more of the worms into pieces.
"Stay back!" shouted Takeshi, "There's more on the way!"
Jadwiga stood next to Takeshi as they switched out the weapons while Sousuke turned and saw a megascolide trying to sneak behind Aki while fending off another.
"AKIIII!" shouted Sousuke as he grabbed her to the side while getting hit by the face of the gigantic worm. Aki gasped and fired her gun and blasted the worm back while Sousuke's back was sore and bleeding a little.
"Sousuke!" gasped Aki as she opened his shirt to see the blood cuts.
"I'll be fine," he answered.
"You're clearly not!" she replied as she opened a bag nearby and took out some bandage wrap to cover around his chest and back.
Sousuke moaned a little but smiled and said, "It's not that big of a mess. I can still fight."
Before Aki could reply, everyone gasped as they heard something in the background…
Back in the town, Makoto sliced down a Byatis Frog with his water spell while splashing an Oorn with his acid attack. Haruka stood back to back with Makoto as he unleashed his own magic against the monsters.
"You're still doing okay?" asked Haruka.
"Yeah," replied Makoto as his eyes glowed neon green and threw another acidic splash.
Haruka felt the drops of rain from the clouds as the weather began to drizzle. He smiled to himself as he wanted to embrace the rain.
"Haru! This isn't the time right now!" shouted Makoto as he dragged Haruka to the side, dodging the tentacles from the Cthulhu.
"Waters of the freestyle, go slash forth thy prey of corruption!" chanted Haruka, unleashing another attack.
Rin arrived in the scene with Nagisa as the red-hair sliced off the tentacles from the Cthulhu and the claws from the Oorn.
"Rin! Nagisa!" shouted Makoto while dodging a Byatis.
Haruka and Nagisa unleashed their powers against the gigantic frogs and sliced them in half while Rin checked on Makoto.
"You guys doing alright?" asked Nagisa.
"Yeah," said Haruka, "Rei and Alex set out to find Rasputin! We should probably join them now that you two have made it."
"We promised him that we would face that bastard together!" agreed Makoto.
"Right," smirked Rin.
"Let's go!" said Nagisa.
The four made their way on the main road to the Castle when they stopped at the sound of the music...
"Ooooooooooooo...ooooooooooooooo...ooooooooooo...oooooooo...oooooooooooooo...hhhhaaaaaaaaaa...ooooooo…"
Rin gasped as Haruka shouted, "T-that song!"
"H-how…!?" gasped Nagisa.
"This can't be!" gasped Makoto, "How did they get that song to play!?"
"Ioooooo...soooonooooooo...laaa voceeeeee...che chimaaaaaa il tuo nomeeeeeeeee...stoooo cercandoteeee, amorrrrr, stoooo cercandoteeeee... "
"It sounds like it was recorded," said Makoto as he saw a few combatants beginning to mutate slowly.
"We have to stop this!" shouted Nagisa, "It's already starting!"
"Waters of the silence, protect our human hosts!" chanted Suiei Tachibana as their ears felt a tingling effect, bringing an immunity into them from the song's cursed spell.
"S-suie!" gasped Haruka as they turned to see the gods.
"Rei is on his way back," said Suiei Nanase, "Rasputin and the Chivashi took some of the technology from Aeuropa City and implanted speakers around...to turn the combatants to Chiropterans!"
"There's not much time before they start to transform more!" added Suiei Matsuoka.
"There has to be a source though where the technology is connected...Rei will be here to figure out where it all connects from," said Suiei Tachibana.
"Once he finds the source, we'll destroy it," said Suiei Hazuki.
Rei and Suiei Ryugazaki arrived while the megane was on his phone, trying to find the source as he muttered, "Just a bit…"
"R-Rei?" asked Haruka.
"GOT IT!" said the megane, "I know where it is! It's in the bar where Alex, Aki, and Anya were at!"
"Let's go then!" said Makoto.
Rin nodded and casted the traveling spell as the five readied to face whatever was in their destination.
Iwamara Temple
" Dovvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeee l'amooooooooreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…nienteeeeee rimaneeeeeee…sooooooollllllllltaaaaannntoo saaaaaaaaangueeeeee….e laaaaaa tristezzzaaaaaa prreeeeeeeeevaaaaallleeeeeee… "
"W-what is that song!?" gasped Awlida as she covered her ears.
Anastasia and the others covered their ears from the song as it echoed all over the area, slowly mutating some of the people into monsters.
"Th-that voice…" said Shirahama.
"It must be Rasputin," muttered Anastasia.
Akane chanted a spell in her foreign language as they watched a strange gel-barrier covering the area around them as the song was being blocked by the force field.
"This will buy us some time," said Akane, "The song won't hit us here…"
"Thank you!" replied Awlida.
"The Six Stars must reunite...time is running out...the song will turn people to Chiropterans..." explained Akane.
"W-what!?" gasped Anne.
"It turns people to Chiropterans…!?" trembled Shirahama.
"It's a curse...Rasputin's voice has created a hypnotizing phenomon where people who are born with the right genetic material...to become Chiropterans," said Anastasia.
"And what's worse...is that there is no way to reverse a Chiropteran made from a human back to their normal state," finished Akane.
"That's horrible!" gasped Awlida.
"Thank you for helping us…so uh…what's your name?" asked Anne.
"My name is Akane Chikako," replied the Tabukian girl, "My partner here is Masaru Taiki."
"I'm glad you are here with us," nodded Shirahama.
"Yes, thank you…I hope the others are fortunate to stop that song as well," said Awlida.
Akane nodded and turned to see the NTs still fighting the Chiropterans and the Acephlipterans. She could only pray for happy future for Nagisa and the others.
"Il cuoreee miooooo….sanguinaaaaa per teeee per teeee…felicitaaaaa e loontaaaannaaaaaaa, striscioooooo nellllaaaaa….nellaaaaaaa oscuritaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… "
Back down in the South, the other Pirates and members of "The Watcher's" managed to fend off the Megascolides as the last of the gigantic worms finally collapsed to the ground.
"Okay I think we got them down finally!" said Jadwiga.
The pirates cheered in victory as several of them began to soar off, heading North to meet up for the battle at Iwamara.
"I need one of you to come with me," said Takeshi as he turned to Sousuke and Aki.
"I'll go," replied Aki.
"Now wait a second!" answered Sousuke as he coughed, "You've fought so much…"
"Look at yourself," said Aki, "Those bruises and even your hands got a lot of cuts!"
"I'll be okay," smirked Sousuke.
"No, I won't let you," she answered, "Jadwiga, get Sousuke to the treatment!"
The leader nodded and shouted, "I'll need some medicals to stay; the rest of you, GO! GO TO IWAMARA! OUR BATTLE AWAITS THERE!"
"Hop on my vehicle Aki," said Takeshi, "And hang on!"
Aki turned to Sousuke and whispered, "Please hang on, okay?"
The medicals took Sousuke in while Aki got on the vehicle with Takeshi and soared out, heading to Iwamara. Sousuke could only pray that he and the others will meet again safely.
"Ooooooooooooooooo…ooooooooooooooooooooohhhh…ooooooooohhooooohhhooooooooooo...ooooooooh…hohohoooooooooooooooooo…aaaaaahaaaaaaa…aaahhhahaaaaaa…aaaahhaaaaahhaaaaAAAAAAAAA!"
Meanwhile the Five of the Stars return to the Bar where they see wiring all around leading to a gigantic box of computers and speakers. The music was so loud that it didn't sound like the actual song but rather pure energy that was unleashed.
"W-what's all of this!?" gasped Nagisa.
"It has to be the source!" said Haruka.
"Are we going to be able to do this?" asked Rin as Rei tried to hack into the systems. He tried to use his phone to see if he could shut it down at the very least but itw as not working.
"It's not working!" said Rei, "We have to…"
"Fuck the hacking!" replied Rin, his eyes glowing red, "Just destroy this piece of shit!"
Haruka's eyes begin to glow neon blue while Makoto's eyes glowed green with Naigsa and Rei's eyes glowing as well.
"For the team!" said Rin, linking hands with Makoto and Haruka, "For our reunion with Alex!"
The five stood together in a circle as they can feel their powers combining together thought it still feels like they were missing the last star. However, the powers linking between them were at least strong enough for this.
"We're going to becoe a family again!" said Makoto.
"SPIRALLLLLLLLL…SPLASSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" they shouted as the five pieces of light swirled and unleashed a storm of powers, breaking the computer systems as everything around them turned bright.
Back on the road, Alex rushed through the darkness, hoping to get to the castle as soon as he could. He sensed a Chivashi nearby but he had to ignore it.
Suddenly, he stopped as he saw Rei standing right before him with a smile on his face.
"R-Rei!?" gasped Alex, "B-but…h-how?"
"Perhaps you should join me…Alex," said the fake Rei as he transformed into Reiji.
The Chiropteran readied his sword and replied, "I serve no one!"
"Oh?" he answered, "Then, tell me…what do those boys mean to you?"
Alex growled as Reiji continued, "Soon, his children will soon wake up…filled in a world of Chiropterans. I cannot wait to see how it will unfold."
"You Chivashi care nothing but yourselves...and now you're turning innocent people into Chiropterans and using them for weapons and supplies like how you did to the people of Lha'li!" snapped Alex.
"It is the only way we can make a world of peace for his family…" said Reiji, "Alex, do you even know what is shed in the battle fields of war?"
"Shed in the battle fields," he muttered.
"Blood, sweat, and tears...yes. But most of all; money. Everything is for the sake of money...according to the humans. Humans continue to fight their silly wars...for the sake of their money gets shed. Our only crime is to supply those who start the wars..." explained the Chivashi.
"So you're starting wars?! How dare you!" shouted Alex.
"On the contrary, it is the humans who start wars...they give us the perfect chance...for us to use them. They shall dance in the palm of our hands," said Reiji, "And they will continue to do so until we no longer need them so they can be on total destruction!"
"You and the others used to be humans yourselves," replied Alex, "I know that because…"
"Yes," answered Reiji, "You linked your mind and soul to Rasputin while you hibernate…after your first 16 years of life you gave yourself a part to him…in hopes that he would grow up to understand from you.
"However, it bombarded when you triggered the Tragedy of Herisia…"
Reiji transformed into Rei as soared up to him, touching his face and said, "Give it up…Rasputin's wish will be granted. It's unacceptable and unforgivable that you would take on the side of the humans…if that's how you think about them…"
"We were never meant to exist naturally in this world Reiji! It's time to put an end to all of this!" said Alex, "We will return to where this world truly belongs!"
"Heh, the world of mortality?" asked Reiji/Rei.
"Yes, we ALL persish right here tonight," answered Alex.
"I'm afraid your wish will never come true!" smirked Reiji/Rei.
Before either could strike, they both heard noises as Takeshi and Aki arrived at the scene with their weapons at the ready.
"Takeshi!" gasped Alex, "Aki!"
"We'll take him down," replied Aki.
"You still insist on putting up a fight!" growled Reiji/Rei, "Like master and apprentice I suppose…but you both are no match for me you stupid humans!"
"Alex, you must fight now," said Takeshi.
"He's staying right HERE!" growled Reiji as he tried to attack but was forced to dodge the radioactive blast.
Reiji hissed and transformed back to his Chivashi form while Alex continued to run, getting closer to the castle. Takeshi and Aki readied their radioactive guns as Reiji contemplated on how he was going to kill them.
And finally…
Tottori Castle, Tottori Region
"Quiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii laaaa voceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, d'amooooreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee chheeeee nonnnn viveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee….maaaaaa nooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnn moriiiiirrraaaaaaa maiiiiiiiiii….maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiii…..maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii….oooooooooooooooohhhhhhh….ohhhhhhhh…OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!"
The castle stood with its sheer beauty as Rasputin continued to sing ever after the loss of transmission. He knew that it would be his greatest hit once it was all said and done. However, it wouldn't be long until it was time…
Alex finally arrived at the courtyard of the castle as he saw Rasputin's back turned towards him as the younger brother stopped singing.
Rasputin turned around to see his brother standing at the bottom of the castle. The younger brother shrugged a smile and pulled out his sword, pointed it downwards with his innocent looking, youthful face and eyes. Alex readied his sword as the two Chiropteran Kings stared at each other's' eyes.
Finally, the time has come…the main attraction!
"Well come on, big brother Alex," smirked Rasputin, eyes glowing green with envy.
"Rasputin," answered Alex, his eyes glowing red with anger and fury.
~Episode 8 END~
~Episode 9 PV~
Rasputin: So my dear big brother…you've wanted to kill me? Haven't you forgotten your mistakes?
Alex: I have not, and I won't let you make them anymore!
Rasputin: Oh? Even after when the world accuses you for the Tragedy of Herisia?
Alex: …that's why I'm going to end this! I will protect this world from the likes of you!
Rasputin: We'll just have to wait and see who is right about that, ne?
Alex: …I swear I will fulfill my wish!
Rasputin: *laughs* eh-HAHAHAHA! You are such a fool…big brother!
Alex: Next time, Free! The Last Prince; Alex vs. Rasputin! I swear to you, this is going to end here and now!
Author's Note: The Song used in this story is called "Diva's Song" from BLOOD+. A "Tenor" Version was made by primohomme from youtube. The song itself was used in this fan-fic to be called "Rasputin's Song". You can check out the video using key words "blood+ diva's song tenor".