A/N NEXT CHAP, AND KAGE'S FINALLY BACK INTO THE STORY, HURRAH~! XD

Hikari was wide eyed with confusion, she looked at Pendulum, and back at me.
She then grabbed Pen by the tail and dragged him out of the room and down the hallway to another area.
"What was that for?" I questioned.
Kage started to smile a bit.
"She probably got embarrassed…." I titled my head a bit.
"Wha'dya mean?" Kage looked away quickly.
"I'm her twin brother, I understand her better than anyone else," He started.
"And from what just happened, I say she was a little embarrassed that she didn't make Pendulum her official Guardian like I did." I stared at my mark.
"So, what does a Guardian do, exactly?" He had a quizzical expression on his face, as if he expected me to know this.
"What do you think he does? He protects, serves, and obeys his master." He briefly explained.
"Is that all we're of use to?" I asked, and quickly covered my mouth, wondering why I just blurted that out.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm….just sayin'….I mean, look at Hikari and Pendulum," I suddenly stood up facing towards the hall.
"They're more than just master and servant." He then stood up in front of me, a bit taller than I was.
"So, what's your point?" He asked, his arms folded.
"My point is….that let's not be just the one who commands and who obeys," I tried to stare at him in the face, but I was obviously a little short.
"So, what you're saying is that you-"
"Want to not be just partners in this war, but also friends." I finished the sentence.
Kage was silent for a while before holding out his hand to me.
"Very well, then, Synch, you're now my friend, and not just my protector." I took his hand, and shook on our agreement.

*Somewhere else, Neo's POV*

"LET ME GO!" My voice boomed through the hollow room as the sound of clicking heels came my way.
"What a surprise, my dear cousin, Prince Neo." She came into the light and curtsied.
"What do you mean, 'cousin'?" I questioned the stranger.
"I mean that we share a common ancestor, do we not?" She asked, twirling her golden-tangerine braid.
"You mean the God of Destruction?" I said, looking at her dead in the eye.
"Why yes, Neo," She began as she circled around me ever so slowly.
"I, Capella Thousand, descended from the Goddess of Evil, Vega Thousand, and you come from the long line of Venus Thousand, the Goddess of Good." She then stopped in front of me.
"Capella, why am I here? Where are the other Heirs?!" I demanded being held back my heavy chains.
"Oh, don't worry about Scarlett and Sagion, they'll come and save you soon enough~…." She smirked at me with orbs that glowed with the fire of revenge.
"In the meantime, I think you would be so kind as to tell me where Hikari and Kage are…."

*Normal POV*

"Neo, where are you?!" Scarlett yelled through the seemingly endless halls as Sagion followed close behind.
"Scarlett, we've been looking forever, they might have taken him somewhere else." Sagion panted as Scarlett balled her fist.
"Scarlett….Sagion…?" A voice echoed through the hall.
"Neo? Can you tell us where you are?" Scarlett asked. "I'm at the last door at the end." He responded.
When they got there, they found the last member of the Heirs on the ground, exhausted.
"What happened to him, Scar?" Scarlett looked over him, making sure no bones were broken.
"Nothing severe, just tired." She responded, moving some of his medium-length dirty blond hair out of his face.
"Thank goodness, I can't even start to imagine what Queen Airia would do to punish us." He laughed a bit, though Sagion already knew that she was probably going to kill them for letting her son get captured.
"Scar…..Sagi..?" Neo's ice-blue orbs slowly opened to see the burnt-orange and ebony haired princess of embers and the snow haired prince of thunder.
"Hey, how you feeling?" Scarlett asked, a gentle warmness filled her ruby eyes.
"I'm…alright," Neo said slowly as he tried to sit up.
"Just…a bit…tired…"
"Glad to know that you're not dead, right?" Sagion asked, his sapphire eyes filled with happiness.
They laughed for a bit before helping Neo get back to their home, the Galaxy Palace.

*A few hours later, Capella's POV*

"Capella, how's school?" My father asked over the phone as I prepared some Ramen.
"It's been alright, I guess…" I responded, a blade of scissors between my teeth as I poured the bag of shrimp flavoring into the boiling soup.
"Well, I was just checking up on you, Cap," He finished as I mixed the flavoring with the pale yellow tangle of noodles.
"See you soon, Kiddo." I pressed the off button on my phone and sat down with a bowl of steaming Ramen.
"If only he knew what I'm going through….then he would understand why I am the way I am…." I thought out loud as I ate my soup.
Suddenly, there was a knock at my front door.
I got up, and went to see who it was, but as soon as I opened the door, I was put to sleep.
When I finally woke up, I saw that I was trapped in some dark, abandoned, warehouse.
"Seems the scent wore off, Starling." A Female stated as I heard the faint sound of wing beats.
"Well, at least we got her here, Rose." I struggled to escape, but was held in tight by some vines.
/…Well, now I know that karma exists.../ I thought as a pair of teenagers came into the moonlight.
"Capella Thousand, we know that you're a member of the Thousand Family of gods, and that you have a burning desire for vengeance for your Mother," The male, 'Starling', began, his yellow-green gaze on me.
"But, we have a proposal for you." His words peaked my interest.
"What kind of proposal?"
"We would like you to help us in the Interdimensional War against Academia."
My eyes widened a bit, I originally fought with Academia, and they promised me the revenge that I desired, as long as I fought for them, and came back victorious.
/I could try my father's technique that he succeeded in all those years ago…/
I hesitated for a moment, before finally deciding my choice.
"I will go with you to defeat Academia in the Fugo Dimension." Starling nodded and he told the girl to let me go.
"So, what do you specialize in?" Rose, the girl asked as I stretched my tensed muscles.
"I mostly use dark magic, but I'm pretty good with a scythe." I responded as my attention turned to Rose's wings.
"Are those….Petals?" I asked as she flapped her dark pink wings a bit.
"Yep, I'm a Black Rose, and my name's Rosaline Noir," She introduced herself, she then turned to Starling.
"And that's Starblast, he's my little hybrid." She said, a light smile on her face, apparently, they're in some sort of romantic relationship.
"Alright, Capella, you're going to follow us." He began as he opened a dark-blue portal.
"Alright, but where are we going?" I asked as I stepped through it, only to be in a garden somewhere else.
"We'll be seeing how good of a Mage you are," Rosaline said as she shifted into her armor of petals and thorns, and brought out a pair of fans with sharp, knife-like ends. "After all, we can't afford to lose, right?"