The Desired Fate

"Thanks to you all, the situation in each country is starting to improve. However…" Anna trailed off as the group had confused looks.

"However…?" Saaya asked.

"What's wrong?" Ace asked as well.

"Well...a few hours ago, a distress signal was received from the Z.P.F. headquarters in Los Angeles." Anna said as the group had shocked looks.

"A distress signal? Does that mean they're under attack?" Kagura asked.

"I'm afraid so. While you were out saving the world one country at a time, the enemy was targeting HQ." Anna said as Ace punched the wall.

"Dammit! If only I knew what they were plotting…we could've stopped it!" Ace said as he closed his eyes until he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see it was Guy.

"Don't worry Ace, it's not your fault none could've seen it coming so don't take all the blame." Guy reassured.

"Alright, thanks, Guy." Ace said as he blushed. "What about you, Anna? Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine. I wasn't working from the main office at the the people were..." Anna said.

"Alright we'll check it out and see if there are any survivors." Ace said as the plane headed to LA once again.

As soon as the group arrived at the Z.P.F. HQ they found it crawling with undead spirits.

"What the…?!" Aya said shocked by the number of undead spirits roaming around as the group heard a moaning sound.

Ace looked up to see the masked girl jumping down about to attack but the girls managed to dodge it.

"Dammit! You again?! You're really pissing me off!" Kagura said annoyed by the girl appearing again.

"Careful, Sis!" Saaya said before she screamed as the girl slashed at both her and Kagura.

"Eeek!" Saaya screamed.

"Aaagh!" Kagura screamed.

The girl then attacked Saki as she was sent flying and then attacked Aya.

"Damn you!" Ace yelled as he attempted to attack the girl as well before she slashed him across the face. "Aaaaaagh!" He screamed as he was knocked down to the ground.

"Ace!" Everyone said as his team grouped around him and saw he had a scar going from his neck to his right eye bleeding as Mari and Stoj started healing them.

"YOU...AAAAAAASSSS…!" Saki yelled as she charged at the girl before she was struck down again.

"Saki! Ace! How...DARE you…!" Aya yelled enraged at the girl for attacking her sister and Ace.

A light green aura surged around Aya as she held herself in pain.

"Hey, Aya! You all right?!" Kagura asked as she turned to Aya.

Meanwhile, Saki was clutching her head in pain as a blood red aura surged around her as Saaya looked at her worryingly.

"Saki!" Saaya said before the room was engulfed in a bright light and everyone saw the Baneful Sisters appearances have changed as well.

(Onechanbara ZII Chaos-Ichiban Wa Me)

"Aya and Saki are showing the same power level as Kagura and Saaya. Incredible!" Jago said in amazement as the masked girl ran away while dragging her sword in fear.

"You better run! Because when we catch you, you're gonna be in for a world of hurt!" Al shouted threateningly as she used Heaven Freeze on a group of spirits.

"*pant* *pant* ...This...is…" Aya breathed as she looked at her changed appearance.

"...Aya? Are you...all...right?" Saki asked her sister worried. "It's like...the Baneful have gone simpatico…or, no, maybe it's the Vampiric blood in our system? " She asked looking at her changed appearance.

"Saki! Now's not the time to worry about that! We need to focus on blowing these punks away!" Aya said pointing her sword at the undead spirits before looking at Ace." How's Ace doing?" She asked.

"Don't worry, Stoj and Mari managed to stop the bleeding." Ace reassured as he used his sword to stand up and walked up to the girls. "Hope you don't mind sitting out while me, Aya, and Saki take care of these freaks, Kagura?" Ace asked as his sword glowed with a white and black aura.

"Fine by me. Go get 'em." Kagura said to Ace as the trio took a fighting stance.

Aya and Saki mowed through one half of the undead spirits easily with their new forms while Ace used his Nephilim abilities to deal with the other half.

"Merciless Decapitation!" Ace shouted as a silhouette of Diablo appeared and turned into a Scythe as Ace used it to cut the spirits down.

Everyone eventually regrouped while Ace, Saki, and Aya were panting.

"*pant* *pant* I think that was the last of 'em." Aya said exhausted.

"Hell of a job you guys did. Kinda tempted to call you monsters yourselves. I bet you three versus us would be crazy..." Kagura said playfully.

"Don't even think about it." Ace said as he had a ticked off look on his face.

"Haha. Now that I've got the feel for it, that form is mine. I should be able to transform more easily next time around." Aya said as she laughed.

"Oho, you know just what a lady likes to hear! If these things keep gettin' in our way, though, we'll be here forever." Kagura said.

"Then let's go after that girl she's probably heading to the top of the building." Ace suggested as he and the others chased after the girl.

The group fought their way through the building and eventually made it to the top to see Evange with the girl next to her.

"So, the gang's all here. Two prideful clans and a group, striking a cautious truce...or...perhaps "cowardly" would be more fitting? Are you more afraid, now that she's attacked you? Haha…" Evanged asked as she laughed.

"I see. So it really is you behind all this. I don't know why you've been on our tails in the first place, but your luck ran out as soon as you made us your enemy!" Aya said.

"You're gonna pay for what you did to the people around the world, you witch!" Ace said as he pointed at Evange.

"Enemy? Witch? Hahaha! Ignorant Baneful and Summoner. Don't flatter yourself!" Evange said as she laughed.

"What do you mean by that?!" Saki demanded.

"Rrrrrg, that's enough talkin', already! She's the enemy, and we blow her away. That's all we gotta know!" Kagura said annoyed.

"I'll be leaving the rest in your hands." Evange said as she walked away and put her hand on the girl's shoulder before grabbing onto the choppers ladder.

"Hahaha. I'd love to play with you personally, but I am a busy woman. I simply don't have the time to be entertaining princesses and guests right now!" She said as she laughed while the chopper flew away.

"Wait!" Saaya yelled.

"Get back here!" Ace yelled as well before he saw the girl holding her head in pain and she transformed as well. "Her too?!"

"Tch...So you're the same as us, huh? I was hoping my intuition was wrong…" Aya said to herself.

"Sis, I think she might be...Miser-" Saki tried to tell her sister before being interrupted by Kagura.

"I don't give a shit who she is! I'm paying her back for this whole fuckin' mess!" Kagura said as she pulled out her swords.

"Here she comes, get ready!" Ace called out as everyone readied their weapons.

"Gaaaaaaaaaaah!" The girl screamed as she attacked relentlessly.

"Geh, what the hell's wrong with this chick?!" Kagura demanded before dodging a slash from the girl.

"She's serious now. We got a mountain of questions to ask both you and that woman, you know…" Aya said before dodging one of the girls extended sword strikes.

"But first you need a beatdown!" Ace said as he charged in and dealt a six hit combo stunning her.

Aya knocked the girl back with her sword hilt and grabbed her mask throwing her over to the other side of the ground as Saki charged and jumped up to the girl and punched her in the air knocking her down.

The girl dropped her sword as she walked to the ledge while turning back to normal and jumped off shocking everyone.

"Oh come on! You gotta be kiddin'!" Aya yelled.

"Wait! We still have so many questions!" Saki yelled trying to stop her.

"Come back here!" Ace yelled as he ran to the ledge trying to grab her but was too late and saw the mask come off the girl's face shocking both Aya and Saki.

"...Saki...Aya…" The girl muttered as she continued falling.

"Saki...Was that who I think it is?" Aya asked her sister.

"Yeah." Saki confirmed.

"We need to go after her." Aya said referring to Evange.

"Yeah, she needs to be stopped before more people get hurt." Ace said as he and his friends walked back to the chopper.

"...Okay." Saki muttered before following the others.

"We finally know the location of the puppetmaster behind this whole scheme. Her base is located northwest from here. It's a research facility on a remote island." Anna said through their comms.

"Sis, Ace, we have to stop her right away! If we don't, things could get even worse for everyone!" Saaya said to the two.

"Don't gotta ask me twice. Let's bust on in there!" Kagura said.

"Yeah, that bitch isn't gonna get away with this any longer!" Ace said as he readied his weapons and walked away to contact the others.

Ace pulled up a holoscreen as he decided to contact one of the Brave Adventurer's.

"Lady Sectonia? Shuichi? Are you there?" Ace asked as he looked at the fuzziness on the screen.

"Whew. Perfect timing. We were just about to set off for the last beast." Sectonia said.

"It's good to see you. Listen, I finally found the mastermind's location but after I go in I won't be able to contact you for awhile till were done." Ace said as he revealed the scar on his right eye.

"Oh my… What happened to your eye?!" Sectonia asked in shock.

"I got careless trying to help the girls and got hurt in the process." Ace said. "But Stoj and Mari managed to heal it but the scar still remains."

"These things do tend to happen, but damn…" Sectonia said.

"Please don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Ace reassured. "You all are here with me in my heart and soul giving me the strength to fight on."

"Just relax with that. We're not planning to die just yet." Sectonia said in a giggle. "But you're right. Even if we're apart, our hearts guide each other down our own paths."

"I'm glad I can call you and the others my family, Lady Sectonia." Ace said before he saw Breidablik glowing brightly. "What the?"

"Your gun! Something's happening!" Sectonia said.

Breidablik glowed as it changed into a sword in the shape of a key. The blade, guard and teeth were the gold and white designs of the Divine weapon. And the keychain was four colored orbs which were red, blue, green, and gray.

"Is this?" Ace trailed off.

"That's… A Keyblade!" Sectonia said.

"But H-how?" Ace asked as he looked at Breidablik's new form as he saw the screen switch to Shuichi.

"Huh? What's going on?" Shuichi asks as he came up.

"Look at Breidablik." Ace said as he showed the weapon's new form.

"A Keyblade? How is this possible?" Shuichi asked.

"I'm not really sure myself, maybe it's because of the resolve in my heart to help support and protect the people I care about." Ace said.

"That makes sense. Aqua did say that Keyblades react strongly to one's heart." Shuichi said.

"Yeah, well I'm going after the mastermind and won't be able to contact for a while, so tell everyone I'll contact them as soon as I can." Ace said as Breidablik disappeared in multiple colors the same as the orbs as the name 'Summoner's Oath' came to his mind before he headed into the facility.

"Good luck out there." Shuichi said as the transmission cut out.