The Great Wings Awaken

(Onechanbara ZII Chaos-Fundamental Paradox)

Shortly after the group landed on the mountains of Peru, Kagura landed somewhere else as Saaya called out to her.

"Siiiis! Where are you?!" Saaya called out for her sister as Ace noticed Saki was missing as well.

"Aya, where's your sister?" Ace asked the cowgirl as he looked around for Saki.

"Ace is right, Saki isn't here either!" Aya said with worry as the group heard a thump and looked to see Kagura landing on a ledge of one of the mountains.

"Come out, come out, wherever you assholes are!" Kagura called out to the hidden undead tauntingly.

"Sis! It's really dangerous to be up there! You might Fall!" Saaya called out worriedly for her sister as she waved down to us.

"No problem, Saaya. I'm just scopin' the area up here for any sign of enemies." Kagura reassured in broken Japanese as she surveyed the area.

"This is no time to be playing around." Aya said as she shook her head.

"She's right you know, because might I remind you we have to stop the spirits from reaching the village below." Ace called out to Kagura as he noticed Saki on a ledge higher above Kagura.

"Ayaaaaa! I've got an even better vantage point! I can see EVERYTHING!" Saki yelled as she waved her arms above her head.

Kagura jumped up to her and lost her balance trying to get up there.

"Nyeeeeh eeh eeeeh…." Kagura said waving her arms around trying to regain her balance before grabbing her arms.

"This can't be good." Ace muttered as he sweatdropped.

"H-Hey! The hell you doing?!" Saki demanded before they both fell off the ledge.

"YEEEAAAAAAAAAAGH…!" Both Saki and Kagura screamed until they hit the ground as the group flinched and looked away.

"Sis…" Saaya said exhaustedly.

"Oooh, that's gonna leave a mark." Ace said as he walked away with his teammates.

"*sigh* This does not bode well for us." Aya said walking away as well with Saaya looking to her leaving as Kagura and Saki were shown in the same position. Saki and Kagura had their back and arms flat on the ground in opposite directions while their legs were in the air while Kagura's right leg twitched.

"Okay. The Locals have indicated that these ruins are a hotspot for undead spirits." Anna said through the groups comms.

"...Lousy bastards sendin' us on a high-altitude hike now…" Saki said annoyed at the undead spirits sending the group this high before tearing one of their arms.

"Like Ace said, we gotta stop 'em before they reach the village down below." Aya said as she summoned copies of her knives in the air and launched them towards a few of the undead spirits.

"O-kay! Let's drop off our bags and head out!" Kagura said before spinning her trick daggers around a group of enemies.

"Let's head to the temple that's further on ahead, I think the one leading this attack is over there somewhere." Ace said firing Diamond Dust at a couple of enemies freezing them and breaking the ice completely shattering both it and the undead spirits.

"Talk about breaking the ice." Guy said as he used Sword Rain Alpha on one of the spirits.

The barrier went down and the group continued on until a creature walked towards them blocking their way as it screeched. It two wings on both sides top and bottom. Spikes on its head, and birdlike claws. Ace analyzed it and it was identified as Quetzalcoatl.

"A flying enemy, huh? Our weapons ain't gonna help much for that." Kagura said as she dodges one of its corkscrew attacks.

"Anyone who can use a ranged attack try to stun it and bring it down!" Ace called out to the others as the Four Guardians immediately went into action. Harpuia took to the skies as he called down lightning bolts on the monster, electrifying it. Then Phantom hopped on his shuriken as it flew above the creature giving him the chance to throw kunais at it while Leviathan swam up to it and thrust it three times with her halberd. Fefnir finished the job by summoning his other buster gauntlet and repeatedly fired from them underneath the creature finally stunning it.

Kagura and Saaya dashed towards as they cut off two wings each as Ace began the final blow as his eyes glowed water blue as a silhouette of Siren appeared and turned into a trident as Ace took aim and fired three lasers at it finishing it off.

The group finally made it to the temple as a huge humanoid type dragon holding an axe landed on the ground shaking it a bit. Ace analyzed it and saw it was known Basalmudora and found it was a weapon created by the Vampirics to destroy the Baneful Bloodline.

"...! It's massive." Saki said shocked by the size of the monster.

"I had no idea our enemy would be so big!" Saaya said surprised as well.

"Stay sharp, if we let our guard down at all, this thing could squish us flat." Aya warned.

"Please! Who do you think you're talking?" Kagura asked confidently dodging the monsters foot.

"Well, you know what they say, the bigger they are…" Ace trailed off performing an axe kick on it's head.

"The harder they fall!" Fefnir finished as he uppercutted it.

This gave Saki a chance while it was stunned as she managed to cut the creatures' wings but it was still able to jump pretty High.

"Not this time!" Ace yelled as his eyes glowed three colors as the silhouettes of Cindy, Sandy, and Mindy appeared and turned into three different weapons. Cindy was a Water Elemental Bazooka, Sandy was a pair of retractable bladed gauntlets, and Mindy was a rapid-fire crossbow.

"Ace began by firing Passado at the monster knocking it down, He then changed to Camisade and fired it knocking the creatures head off, and finished with Razzia as he threw the blades from it at the head stabbing it as it pulled himself towards it finishing the job with his sword.

Then a black soul appeared as it took the form of a humanoid demon with huge wings.

"My name is Diablo, may my powers of darkness punish those of the sinned." Diablo said before turning back into an orb and flew into Ace as the group headed back to the plane.

Ace decided to contact his friends again.

"Ace Neptune here, who's available?" Ace asked through the communicator.

"Hey, how's it goin?" Natsu said on the comm.

"Hey Natsu! How's one of my favorite dragon slayers?" Ace asked

"Just won a bobsleigh race against a giant penguin." Natsu said. "And that makes four beasts beaten."

"I'm surprised you didn't get motion sickness, by the way what are these beasts you and the others talking about?" Ace asked.

"I did but Mayumi scared it outta me. And those beasts...they're literally the ones who control the forces of nature in the Nature Universe. We've faced a tiger, horned lizard, eagle and penguin." Natsu said.

"Hmm, I just dealt with a giant humanoid dragon in Peru here, and now I have a total of five souls from this world." Ace said.

"No way! A dragon! That's awesome! Though I've beaten down more of them than you have." Natsu said.

"You know I'm not making a competition out of this, right?" Ace asked playfully. "And so far we brought three countries back under control so we're heading to China next."

"Good luck. And remember, if you lose, I win." Natsu said laughing as he hung up.

"Good to see he still has his playful attitude." Ace said as his pendant glowed a fiery orange when he contacted someone else.

"Ace Neptune here." Ace said through the communicator. "Is anyone there?"

"Not a lot of people. But ya got me." a western girls voice came.

"Gemini? Gemini Sunrise?" Ace asked.

"First time hearing my voice, huh? I'm set to go to the Fire Region for a little action. The cutdown of Jexi's group made some room for people. It was getting crowded here too." Gemini said.

"Good to hear you're doing well, how's Hope and the others?" Ace asked. "Also I met two samurai cowgirls on this world."

"Hopey's being Hopey, not that I would want him any other way. And samurai cowgirls? Is it okay if I speak with them?" Gemini asked.

"Uh sure, but be careful one of them can be foulmouthed." Ace warned. "Kagura! Aya! One of my friends wants to talk to you." He called out to the two samurai cowgirls as he handed them the communicator.

"Hello?" Kagura asked.

"Who's this?" Aya asked as well.

"Gemini Sunrise is the name. How do ya do, partners?" Gemini asked.

"Howdy, the names Kagura." Kagura said in a western accent.

"And I'm Aya howdy." Aya said introducing herself as well. "I'm guessing you're one of Ace's friends?"

"Well… not exactly. I am his friend, but we haven't spoke that much. See, up until now, our groups been a little, crowded. Jexi sent a few of his guys to help a friend of ours in her training, and now I finally feel like an actual person here. And to think someone like me is a bit hard to spot in a crowd. Lemme ask you two, is that a little hard to believe?" Gemini asked.

"In a way yeah, but the kid kicks ass and is pretty cool if you ask me." Kagura said.

"You know, if you two are getting pretty close to Ace, I should probably do the same with Hopey. I mean… heh, it's not like Shiny's got a complex life as it is right now. Maybe it's because he and Commander Ogami are related." Gemini said.

"Oooh, is this Shiny your crush?" Aya asked playfully.

"Wha?! Th...that's...how did…." Gemini said nervously.

"No need to be nervous. We won't tell a soul, hehe." Kagura said playfully as she laughed. "And we see Ace like a little brother we never had ever since we met."

"Oh… phew." Gemini said. "But you know, you two should help em out in his little fight with Gargos if you see him that way."

"Don't worry. Ace explained to us what happened and we'll help out after he helps us here." Aya said. "Also I see him blushing at that Guy Cecil person for some reason, I don't know why."

"I'm seeing signs of Kanji there." Gemini said.

"How so?" Ace said coming back.

"Oh, horseapples! Gotta go!" Gemini said hanging up.

"Huh... That was weird." Ace said to himself as he thanked the two samurai before contacting someone again as his pendant glowed Sunrise Orange. "Ace here, speak your mind." He said through the comm.

"Testing, testing." a voice much like Fernand's come out of the line.

"Fernand? Is that you?" Ace asked.

"Yes. Long story, and I'm still getting used to all of this technology." Fernand said.

"Hey did I say something to upset Gemini? Because as soon as I came back from talking to Guy she hung up." Ace said.

"Pay her no mind, she's been like this for Ogami as well." Fernand said.

"Ah I see, do you know anything about Jiangshi? Because I am heading to China next." Ace said.

"That's out of my field of expertise, but I know someone who could help with that." Fernand said. "Miss Hsien-ko, Miss Ming. He wants a word with you."

"Hello?" Ace asked.

"Ni Hao." Hsien-Ko said.

"Hello Hsien-ko and Ming, it's nice to speak to you for the first time." Ace said. "Fernand told me you are experts on the Jiangshi?"

"Because we are Jiangshi...technically." Ming said.

"Oh my apologies." Ace apologized. "It's just the report me and the others received from the attack on China says that Jiangshi with no free will are attacking the people on the mountains, and the one controlling them is known as Master Cho, do you know him?" He asked the two Jiangshi.

"Not really. I've never heard of any Master Cho. I normally work exorcising villages." Hsien-Ko said.

"And before I joined, I was a soldier for the Ginova Family." Ming said.

"I see, though what can you tell me about Jiangshi that have no free will?" Ace asked.

"Well… it'd be basically me without my sister keeping me controlled." Hisen-Ko said.

"I haven't experienced it myself, but losing free will is presumably a fate worse than death. Uh...guess undeath for us." Ming said.

"Yeah, and the ones we might encounter are fully zombie, like rotting skin, thirst for blood and all that, ugh." Ace said as he shivered.

"Ugh… Reminds me of Raptor. If I had married him like he keeps asking me to, you'll probably run into the aftermath." Hsien-ko said.

Ace thought about it before he widened his eyes and screamed. "Oh my God!" He screamed before he calmed down.

"Relax, it will never happen as long as he's locked up in the Universal Prison." Hsien-Ko said.

"You're right, thanks you two. Oh can you have Juvia contact me after my mission in China? I want to talk to her about something." Ace said.

"Um… Sure. We'll let her know." Ming said.

"I'm not asking her out. I just need advice for something, that's all." Ace reassured.

"Good, the last thing we need is the ships flooded on part of a misunderstanding. Good luck in China." Ming said.

"Thanks, after this, it's the desert in Dubai next." Ace said. "Oh I forgot to ask you, do you know the Magus Sisters?"

"Ugh… We remember them. Akane said that they were a nuisance to deal with their Delta Attack." Ming said.

"I see, well I'll talk to you later, until then." Ace said turning off the communicator as he saw his pendant glow a purplish blue and a bluish white.