Photobooks: Chapter 18.
"So… Today is the day we are going to defeat Kouhei…" said Yobio. You could see she was nervous. The others were nervous as well. Shizuko was even fumbling her fingers.
"We must not lose. Or else there won't be peace in the world anymore" said Sora. Yobio agreed.
"I must ask for all of you to follow my orders. Don't take this the bad way, I know some of you people don't like me" said Yobio, referring to Sora. Sora rolled her eyes. "I may not look smart,"
"Something we agree on…" cut Sora Yobio off.
"But I have my ways to defeat him. Even if it means for me to die" she said. Everyone looked at her.
"What?" they asked. Yobio shook her head innocently.
"Nothing" she replied. "Anyways, we should report ourselves by Meiko" Yobio said.
"Right" Yone said. The others walked away, followed by Yone, but Kiba grabbed her wrist. "What?" she asked.
"Yone… I…" he began. Yone patiently waited. "I…" he began again.
"Tell me, Kiba. Has someone being doing stupid things to you? I'll kick their ass for you" she said while folding her arms. Kiba shook his head.
"No… it's… something else…" he sighed.
"What is it then?" asked Yone. "We must hurry up. Yobio will get at us for staying away too long" she said in a nice way.
"Yone… I…" he began. He grabbed his head in frustration. "I love you!" he exclaimed. Yone was shocked, and blushed softly.
"Y-You…" she stammered.
"Yone, I have loved you since we met. You said I was your best friend, but I didn't want to ruin our friendship, so I never told you. But, now we are going to be in a battle with someone very strong, I just had to tell you. What if I die? What if you die? We both will be sad. So, before the battle started, I wanted to confess to you, and show how much I love you…" he said softly. Yone was still shocked.
"K-Kiba… I…" she began.
"I understand if you don't feel the same… Just remember that I love you" he said. Yone just stood there. Kiba started walking away.
"Wait!" she exclaimed. Kiba stopped walking, but didn't turn towards Yone. "I… love you too!" she said. Kiba smiled, and turned around. He walked towards her, and hugged her.
"Are you done?" asked a voice suddenly. They turned around to see a cat girl standing there.
"Who are you?" they asked.
"My name is Neko, and I am from Ragnarok. Yobio is angry. You two should hurry up before she goes furious. You don't wanna see her mad, right?" Neko asked. The two nodded, and hurriedly walked towards the main hall.
"I never thought that it would come to this, but we have to stay strong. Yobio, you and your team must report in the first hall in Kouhei's headquarter" said Meiko. Yobio nodded. Today was the day, that they would defeat Kouhei.
"Okay everyone, let's go!" Yobio yelled. Everyone quickly followed. Suddenly, Yobio stopped running.
"What is it?" asked Sora.
"I didn't knew… that Devereux and Laughing still were alive…" said Yobio afraid. "Everyone, look out for them. One step wrong, is a step wrong for everyone. Be careful" said Yobio as she ran to Laughing Joker, who was standing in front of the entrance.
"How delicious~" said Laughing Joker as she slashed with her arm. Yobio quickly dodged.
"Sora! Attack Devereux! NOW!" Yobio yelled. Sora did as she was told. She chanted a spell. She made a sword out of fire, and attacked Devereux. Devereux just stood there. When Sora attacked, Devereux just simply dodged. "TAKAMA!" yelled Yobio. Takama rushed at full speed behind Devereux and knocked her down. Sora chanted a spell, and made Devereux sleep. Behind Laughing Joker and Yobio, Shizuko was preparing an attack. Suddenly, Laughing Joker fell on the ground.
"My head! It feels like there is an storm or something!" she yelled in pain. Yobio smiled to Sora, Takama and Shizuko.
"Good job. Let's go" said Yobio. The others followed. Suddenly, four people were standing in front of them. "Uhm, who are you?" asked Yobio. Sora smacked her on the head.
"This is no time for jokes, stupid" she said.
"We are Akemi Kouhei's Card Generals" said a girl with fiery red hair till her shoulders and bright orange eyes.
"Wait… Aren't you…" began Kiba.
"Yes. Akine Rei" Rei said. "How is it going with my beloved?" she asked flirtatious.
"B-Beloved?" exclaimed Yone.
"Rei, I told you I don't love you back, right?" Kiba said, ignoring Yone's shocked expression. Rei put her head in the air.
"So? I always can hypnotize you with some sort of power… of someone" she said, not knowing what she said.
"Oi, Rei. Cut the chit-chat" said a boy with blank white hair till his neck while his bangs cover his right eye. His left eye, was blood red.
"But! Ugh…" began Rei, but stopped.
"And, I definitely can't love you back, since I love someone else already" Kiba said, and put his arm around Yone's waist. Rei's bangs covered her eyes, shadowing the half of her face.
"You love her?" she asked. Kiba nodded. "I KILL YOU!" she yelled, and rushed over to Yone. She quickly dodged the punch of Rei.
"Rei! Stop that! You are wasting your powers because of that stupid Hikaru" said the same blank white haired boy.
"Stupid! I don't know about you, HIKARU Nikshi!" said Yone while dodging another punch of Rei. Nikshi rolled his eyes.
"OI! REI!" yelled the little girl with blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Rei immediately stopped. "Those stupid people don't know who their fighting" she said.
"Right…" said Rei.
"Anyways, you all won't get even past alive us" said Nikshi. Yobio chuckled a bit sadistically, and looked at those in front of her.
"Heh, are you kidding me? You don't know who I am" said Yobio.
"Oh, we know" said the little girl. "You're Dark Gaia, right?" she asked. Yobio widened her eyes.
"How did you know?" asked Yobio.
"Everyone knows who you are, stupid. Even with your little friend Light Gaia" she said, and pointed to Ai. Ai quietly hid behind Yobio. "Anyways, thanks for listening to us, poison is now running through your bodies" she said with a smirk. Yobio widened her eyes again. She tried to walk, but her legs wouldn't move. She looked at her legs, and saw that they were turning a bit grey.
"You! You put poison in us?" she asked. The little girl nodded.
"Good job, Aika. They will die in fifteen minutes, right?" asked Nikshi. Aika nodded. The Card Generals walked away. But one boy, with shoulder length blue hair and emerald eyes, looked at them for one last time. With pity in his eyes.
"Shoot… How are we going to defeat them when we are stuck here with poison running through our bodies?" asked Yobio furious.
"I know how" said Ichi. She grabbed a brownish bottle from her pocket, and put one drop on each of her legs. She passed the bottle to everyone, and then everyone was free.
"Are you sure this works?" asked Takama. Ichi nodded.
"Thanks, Ich. Anyways, let's follow them" said Yobio and followed the Card Generals, but they were already gone.
"Ugh, we lost them!" exclaimed Sora. Suddenly, Yobio stopped in her tracks. Sora turned around to look at her. "What are you doing? Hurry up!" said Sora. Yobio pointed to a boy standing there.
"K-Kibum…" she whispered. Sora quickly looked over to the boy standing there. Yobio was right. A boy with brown hair and green eyes was standing against a tree, arms folded while looking at Yobio. "Kibum! You're still alive!" yelled Yobio and ran towards him. She was ready to hug him, but he dodged. "Kibum?" she asked.
"Stay away from me" he replied coldly. Yobio widened her eyes.
"W-What are you talking about…?" asked Yobio. Voya came up behind her, and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Yobio-chan, go now. I'll deal with him" Voya said and pushed Yobio gently behind him.
"Voya! You can't!" Yobio said. Voya turned his head to look at her. He smiled.
"Don't worry. Everything will be alright, Yobio-chan… Now, go! Don't waste time here! You have someone waiting for you" said Voya. Yobio hesitated, but nodded and ran away. "I'll catch up with you later!" he yelled after her, before going into a fight with Jin.
"Are you sure Voya will be alright?" asked Yone. Yobio gritted her teeth.
"I-I'm sure of it. He can time travel, so it will be alright…" she said. "But I thought Kibum was dead…" she whispered softly. Suddenly, a girl with green hair and green eyes was standing in front of them.
"G-Gumi…?" asked Sora. She instantly felt anger rising in her.
"Well, what a surprise, my fellow members…" Gumi said as she looked at them with cold eyes. "I didn't thought you would be here so… quickly" she trailed off.
"What are you doing here?" asked Shizuko, being the innocent one who knew nothing of what happened at The Rebellion.
"She betrayed us" replied Kiba. "Why, Gumi?" he asked. Gumi instantly glared at her fellow members.
"Since I was a young girl, my mother wanted me to be perfect, just like her. I had to get good grades, much attention… Just the ideal daughter. She even said she sacrificed her future for me. Tsk, stupid woman… When I got enough of that, I walked away, killing many people along the way. Then, there was this boy. He was seventeen years old, and he had a lot of money. I knew he was The Ruler. He then said to me I can be his helper, in exchange for money, so I accepted" Gumi told. "Yobio-chan knows it too…" she said with a smirk. They all looked towards Yobio.
"Yeah… She even tried to kill me… But of course, I was too innocent…" said Yobio, feeling stupid.
"You!" began Sora. "We thought you would give us hope in order to defeat that monster!" she exclaimed.
"So?" asked Gumi while folding her arms. Sora tightened her fists.
"I will show you something!" she said and rushed over to Gumi. She instantly made a fire sword and tried to hit Gumi with it, but with her inhuman eyesight, she saw it coming. So she quickly dodged. "Oi, Yobio!" yelled Sora. Yobio looked up.
"What?" she asked.
"G-Go! I can handle it myself!" said Sora. "If you don't get out of here, I will surpass you as a criminal!" said Sora as she quickly dodged a punch from Gumi. Yobio nodded. She ran a bit, before she stopped.
"Oi, SORA!" she yelled. "I haven't told you yet, but… I AM KID!" she yelled. Sora widened her eyes, but kept fighting. Yobio smiled, and then ran away.
"What? Are you really Kid?" asked Kiba while running after Yobio. Yobio grinned her famous boyish grin, and nodded.
"Don't you remember? 'No one can stop me!'. That is also my quote when fighting someone, right?" asked Yobio. Kiba thought for a moment, and then nodded. "Anyways, let's hurry up" said Yobio. A half hour later, Voya and Sora arrived quickly. They had a few bruises and all, but it wasn't serious.
"What are we going to do now?" asked Mieru. Yobio thought for a moment.
"I know the Card Generals and Gumi aren't defeated yet, so we must penetrate Kouhei's office immediately!" said Yobio. The others nodded. When they entered the building, Yobio had no idea where to go. "Shoot, haven't thought of that yet…" said Yobio.
"I know the way" said Sora. Ichi nodded.
"Me too" she said after Sora. Yobio looked confused at them.
"How do you know?" asked Yobio.
"I worked once for Kouhei… He was showing the group this place" said Sora. Ichi nodded in agreedment.
"Well, show us the way!" said Yobio getting impatient. Sora and Ichi nodded, and walked through a few corridors, before standing in front of a big black door. Yobio breathed heavily, and closed her eyes. "This is it…" she whispered before opening the door. There they saw a huge black chair, facing the big window that was there. The chair slowly turned around, and they saw a young man with icy blue eyes, smirking at them. He looked with his cold eyes at Yobio.
"Haha… So, you're their captain, right?" asked Kouhei. Yobio gritted her teeth. "What a shame. You're just a little girl…" said Kouhei with a smirk.
"You-" began Yobio but was cut off by Voya by placing his hand on her mouth. Yobio calmed down. "At least I protect the one who are in my team" said Yobio.
"Listen, little girl, they're just my puppets" said Kouhei as he stood up.
"I'm not little! And how dare you to treat human as puppets!" exclaimed Yobio while pointing to Kouhei.
"Says Dark Gaia…" sighed Kouhei. He suddenly appeared in front of Yobio and stroked her cheek. "I can grant you more power, more wealth and everything you desire…" he said, somewhat seductively.
"Hands off her!" yelled Voya as he punched Kouhei in his stomach. Kouhei stumbled a bit back, but kept his balance.
"So, is this your cute little fiancée?" asked Kouhei. "What a stupid boy…" he said.
"Voya is not stupid, you bastard!" yelled Yobio and attacked Kouhei. He, being the taller one and smarter, dodged every attack of Yobio perfectly. Sora and Voya grabbed her by the arms, and calmed her down again. Suddenly, Kouhei snapped his fingers. People from the ground, walls and more, appeared in the room.
"These, are my daughters and sons" began Kouhei. "In order to defeat me, you'll have to defeat them" he said, and disappeared.
"Here we go!" said Yobio and threw a few punches to Laughing Joker, who didn't seem defeated. Suddenly, a big clash was heard. Everyone turned their heads to the sound. A boy with short grey hair and red eyes was standing there with a sword made out of fire in his hands, not allowing the monster to slash his weapon against Yone. Yone blinked.
"Y-Yono…?" she asked. "I-Is that really you?" she asked, not wanting this to be a dream. The boy 'Yono' grabbed the end of his black torn scarf and tied the monster's neck with it. He choked, and fell to the ground.
"Yes, it is me" Yono said, and hugged Yone. "I have finally found you…" he whispered. In the meanwhile, Sora, Mieru and Ichi were struggling against Nikshi of the Card Generals.
"You three think you can defeat me, eh?" he asked. He laughed maniacally. He threw a punch to Sora, and she hit the ground. Mieru quickly formed into a shield for Sora, and waited for her to stand up again.
"Holy Fire, spread your flames around this human!" yelled Sora while a magic circle appeared under her. Nikshi was surrounded by flames, but somehow got out of it without major injuries. He walked towards Sora, and leaned into her face.
"Remember you couldn't protect your sister?" he asked. Sora became suddenly very mad, and her eyes started turning into blood red and her hair turned black.
"SHUT UP!" she screamed and started throwing fireballs to Nikshi. He dodged every of them, but not for one. He fell to the ground. Sora stomped towards him, and sat on top of him. She started strangling him. "Huh? Now, do you like that? Do you like being strangled? TELL ME!" she screamed with a wide smirk on her face. Ichi prepared a bottle medicine where someone could sleep hours from. So she handed the bottle to the insane, and angry Sora. She poured it in his mouth while laughing sadistically. On the other side, Takama, Shizuko and Voya were fighting against the so called 'The Three Jades'.
Voya started trying to hit the blonde girl Hitomi, but everytime he got closer to her, the black haired guy Kyusuke kept punching him. When Takama wanted to use his inhuman speed, Hitomi already knew what he was going to do, and used it against his advantage.
Meanwhile, Yobio, Ai and Yoji were trying to get past the monsters to find Kouhei. Yoji then came up with an idea.
"Ai, Yobio. I know this is really dangerous but… You two need to use your powers! Or else… everything will be lost!" said Yoji. Yobio frowned, and thought about it. If she used her powers for more than an hour, there would be hundred percent chance for her to die. She had to be careful. Yobio nodded, and turned to Ai.
"Ai, you ready?" asked Yobio. Ai looked like she was about to refuse, but looking at Yobio she made her mind up. She nodded, but she stopped Yobio before she clasped her hands together.
"Yobio-chan, let me do it. You need to save your powers for Kouhei" said Ai. Yobio wanted to say no, but shut her mouth instantly. Soon, Ai turned into a huge white creature. She started defeating all the people and monsters that were there. Yobio and the group took the chance to find Kouhei.
"Where is he?" asked Sora. Yobio just kept running. Suddenly they saw Kouhei walking into some door. They quickly followed.
"Stop right there!" yelled Kiba. Kouhei turned around with a smirk plastered on his face.
"Well, well, Dark Gaia. Did you just forced Light Gaia to turn into her full form?" asked Kouhei.
"Of course not!" Yobio exclaimed. "Guys… Step a bit… back…" said Yobio. She was getting nervous. She started trembling, and shaking while the adrenaline rushed through her body. She clasped her hands together, and chanted a few things. Soon, she turned into the same creature as Ai, but in black. You could call it a dragon.
"So, Dark Gaia finally shows me her powers, huh?" said Kouhei, and closed his eyes. For everyone's surprise, he started turning into a big creature as well. After a few seconds, he and Yobio started fighting with each other. While they were fighting, Voya suddenly came up with an idea.
"We should save Kuro" he said, and ran towards the garden. There, as well, where people from Ragnarok fighting against monsters. The group started running towards the huge icy blue crystal. Lucky for them, nothing was there. Sora and Voya started chanting a few spells, while Shizuko started concentrating her nature powers. Voya made a time spell around the crystal, in case sharp things flew at them. Sora made it warm around them, in case Kuro was very cold and fire to break the crystal. Shizuko was concentrating her earthquake powers to break the crystal as well. Takama stood ready to jump in to prevent Kuro from falling. Soon, the crystal started breaking.
"Oi, Takama. Y-You better hurry up and save her quickly" said Sora. "Shoot, I can't hold much longer…" she said. Then, the crystal broke. Takama ran at full speed to Kuro, and catched her. He laid her on the ground. The others quickly gathered.
"W-Where am I?" Kuro asked. Her icy blue eyes fluttering open. She frowned when she saw all the people fighting. "What is happening?" asked Kuro. You could hear her voice was rising cause of angriness.
"Your brother Kouhei let all of this happen" said Sora. Kuro stood up, and glared at the building in front of her.
"Why did he did that…?" Kuro asked. Suddenly, her body turned white, and she was soon in only a black jacket, black bikini top, black shorts and black boots. She started walking away.
"What are you going to do?" asked Sora. Kuro stopped walking.
"I'm going to show him how to rule a world" said Kuro. Something big appeared at her arm. It was a canon shooter. Kuro jumped, and landed hundred meters from the group. The group quickly followed her. "Oi, ONII-CHAN!" yelled Kuro on her loudest. Kouhei and Yobio stopped fighting.
"Kuro-nee-chan…?" said Kouhei, and turned back to normal. He walked over to her. Yobio also turned back to normal, but was in an ever worse condition then Kouhei. She fell to the ground, and coughed hard. Voya rushed to her side, and helped her up.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked Kuro. Kouhei glared at his little sister.
"I wanted this world to be mine, but then you… you escaped from the crystal!" yelled Kouhei. Kuro raised her arm where the canon shooter was attached on, and slammed with the canon shooter against Kouhei. He landed on the ground.
"I'm sorry, Kouhei-nii-chan…" said Kuro. A few policemen came rushing towards Kouhei, and grabbed him by his arms.
"W-What are you doing?" asked Kouhei. "Stop that! I'm The Ruler!" he yelled. One of the policemen handcuffed him, and dragged him away. One last time, he smiled softly to Kuro and mouthed 'I love you, Kuro-nee-chan', before disappearing out of the groups' sight.
"I thank you for saving me" said Kuro, bowing to the group. Then she turned to Yobio. "I thank you too, Dark Gaia…" she said while bowing to the ground.
"Don't call me that" said Yobio. Kuro looked up. "Call me Yobio!" Yobio said with a smile. Kuro smiled back.
"I will make this world happy, like how it first was…" said Kuro.
4 years later.
"I love you… Yobio…" Voya said between pants. Yobio smiled back to him. She sat up straight in her bed, and scratched her head. When she stood up, she started putting on her clothes that were thrown on the floor "Where are you going?" asked Voya, still panting.
"I'm grabbing our photo book" Yobio said with a smile. Voya smiled to, and put on his clothes too. Yobio sat down in the couch in front of the window. Voya quickly sat down beside her, and let Yobio lean her head against Voya's shoulder.
"Oh, look! Remember our trip to the amusement park?" asked Voya while he pointed to a group photo of them and their old friends. Yobio nodded, and smiled.
"I remember everything…" said Yobio and yawned. "I remember everything… My head is like a photo book…" she whispered and fell asleep on Voya's lap, dreaming about every adventure with all of her best friends.
Inspire-chan (2012): Sorry for not updating in a while. I'm so so so so sorry! I hope this was good enough for you all! Well, this was the last chapter of Photobooks… On to Photo Frames then!
I thank all of the Photobooks participants for participating in this story. I'm really thankful! Even though this was my first story on , everyone here gladly participated! If there is anything you want to say to me, please say it. If I made you unhappy with this chapter, please tell me too. I will gladly make all of you happy!
Oh yeah, Photo Frames will only be four/five chapters, in case you didn't know. And, I don't know how long Clockwork Hearts will last, but we'll see!
Thank you all for reading this story!