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Note: Hehe, thanks for everyone's patience. And thanks for the reviews as well, :D Anyways, I'm gonna predict...that this chappie is gonna be...very intense. I hope. . Anyways, ENJOY!!

Chapter 7

An Unexpected Ally

Glancing at Tsuki's eyes, they were...blank. As if he's not even in his own body. Is he dead? Tsuki was starting to breathe deeply.

"Guys, seriously, let's go! It's...GAAAHH!!" Tsuki then started staggering around weakly. What's happening? Movaak looked at Anuy and Leila.

"Leila, accompany Anuy to the Temple. Me, Will and Tsuki will try to fight Misake off." They both nodded and ran up the stone stairs. So now it was only...me, Movaak, Tsuki, and Misake. Misake chuckled.

"Hehehe, you think you can hold me off? Well, I'll just deal with you guys first. Then I'll kill those 2 girls." Misake took his mace out of his waist pocket and held it in arms length. "Come on, let's go!"

Misake jumped off from the tree top and landed right across Movaak. I have to do something.

"No, yah don't! I'll be your opponent! Movaak, go with the girls, and carry Tsuki to safety." Movaak's eyes went wide.

"What, are you crazy?! This guy is too tough for you to fight. Let alone injure. Look at Tsuki's condition, you're gonna be just like him if you fight Misake 1 on 1!" I shook my head.

"No I won't. I'll be fine. JUST GO!!" Movaak grunted.

"You're very stupid, Will. VERY." Movaak picked up Tsuki into his arms and dashed up the stone stairs. Well...now its a 1 on 1 fight between some kind of mind freak and a boy with a bladed arm. I should be alright, right?

"Heh, hey kid, you sure its wise to leave your friends? It's pretty dangerous." I reverted my right arm into the scythe blade arm and held it at shoulder level.

"Stop talking tough, and let's get into the battle." Misake smirked and sprinted towards me. I dug my blade into the ground and flicked it up, sending out a line of spiky stalagmites to crash into Misake. But Misake raised his mace up and smashed it into the ground, crushing the incoming stalagmites. Dang, he's strong.

"Kid, you're gonna have to do better than that." Misake's eyes started to glow red...and then I blacked out.

I opened my eyes to see myself on an empty island. The water was blood red. The island was composed of black dirt. It felt really liquidy under my feet. I couldn't see anything up in the sky, let alone a single star. Where am I? That's when I saw something coming towards me, really fast.

A huge, black tidal wave was approaching, heading towards the direction of the island. And it looked like Misake was surfboarding. What the...

"What's up kid! This is just like what happened with that little guy. Get ready to get pummeled!" Wait...so I'm in my own mind? That's impossible... "Shut up kid, I can even hear you thinking." My eyes went wide. He can even hear me thinking?! "YES, I CAN! NOW SHUT UP AND LET ME DO MY THING!"

The tidal wave crashed into the island, with me on it. And suddenly, the island started sinking into the sea, fast. And for some reason the dirt from the island was suddenly grabbing onto my legs like arms, just trying to hold me there. To drown me. NO WAY!! I tried to get up to the surface...but I couldn't. I drowned. And that's when I woke up.

"GAH!" I sat up from the ground and looked at my body. Nothing...no change. What just happened? I looked across from me and saw Misake with a huge sneer plastered on his face.

"Hehe, wasn't that a great experience? When I 'dive' into a person's mind, I can then do ANYTHING I want. I can make the person see gory images, emotional images, I can even make the person see perverted images! Isn't that great?!" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"You wouldn't dare." Misake smirked.

"Oh, I can. And I will. Heh, I even have several mind abilities up my brain." Hm, I guess he's relating that with 'I got something up my sleeve'. His eyes glowed red again. Oh no... I then had another black out. Man...why am I also losing consciousness from THIS guy?!

This time, I'm in a very empy, dark room. Well, not that empty. There's a bed at the corner of the room, with a blanket covering something...or someone. That's when I started to see movement under the blanket. No way...

"Aaahh, Misake..." A female voice moaned, someone tore off the blanket, and there lay Misake over Leila. I held my fingers over my eyes, to prevent myself from looking.

"Hehehe, you liking this scene, Will? I got it played out just for you. Aaahh, yes Leila, be more gentler." I heard Leila moan. Wait...she was never in my dreams before...was she?

"Shut up, Misake. Just get this scene out of my head so that..."

"No, this is the best way to get a person to go crazy. For a person to see his loved one getting harassed can get him to...become unfocused. And look at me, right now I'm having some fun with Leil..."

"SHUT UP! JUST GET ME OUT OF HERE!!" Damn, this is TOO crazy. I shut my eyes tightly and placed both my hands onto my ears to keep myself from hearing anything. But I could still hear them. No...NO, GET ME OUT!! And that's when I opened my eyes to see Misake laughing out loud.

Tears were streaming down my cheeks. What the...why am I crying?

"GAHAHAHAHA! So, you do love that girl, huh? Well then, you won't be seeing her's, or anyone's faces anymore. I'll end your life, RIGHT NOW!!" Misake raised his mace up, and the spiky ball was unlatched. It was connected with a flimsy, iron chain. So...the mace can turn into a flail as well. But I couldn't do anything to counterattack. I was...I was...

"NOW DIE KID!!" I closed my eyes and waited for the final blow. Wait, why the HELL am I waiting to die? No way!

I then heard a whistling sound pass my ear and it struck the flail from Misake's hand. When I opened my eyes and looked back, I saw...hmmm, good figure, big breasts, a yoyo in her hand...wait, THAT'S SOPHIA!!

"Well, well, look who I find here. The kid, Will, who lost from me and Zakuo, and then...wait...Misake?!" Misake grinned.

"Well, heelllloo there Sophia. Long time no see. And you look...very fabulous. How's your family? Are your parents doing okay? Wait, ahahaha, your parents are DEAD! Gahahaha!" Sophia turned serious.

"I'll make you pay for what you did, Misake. You're going to die, here and now!" Sophia swung her yoyo around her, getting a good momentum speed. Misake was swinging his flail above his head.

"Oh? Well, better be ready. And try not to hurt your husband, okay?" Sophia scoffed and threw her yoyo towards Misake.

"Here we go, Yoyo Prison!" The yoyo started scattered the strings everywhere around Misake. Misake had his mouth open, and stared at Sophia.

"What are you trying to do?!"

Sophia smirked. "To kill you, you son of a bi..." That's when I saw Sophia's face writhing in pain, and she held her hands on her head. "Guh...wait, no, STOP!!" Oh no, I think she's been mind hacked!!

The yoyo suddenly fell down on the ground, with all the strings falling uselessly onto the ground as well.

"Hehehe, how does it feel, Sophia, to be physically and mentally abused by your parents when you were young? Doesn't it feel awful? Doesn't it make you feel enraged?" Wait, Sophia was abused? No way... Sophia's eyes were starting to water, and muttered, "No, get away from me" and "Please don't do it". I have to help her. And then...I had a strange feeling in my chest. Was it sadness? Or anger? I think its anger.

I struggled to get up and pointed my scythe blade arm to Misake. "Let her go, Misake. Your fight is with me." Misake chuckled.

"HAH! I guess I didn't abuse you mentally enough, eh? Maybe this should...what the..." His eyes were starting to get wide. Yeah...I like that scared look on his face. He's gonna pay. For abusing people, and using people for his own needs. And for putting inappropriate images in my head. HE...WILL...PAAAAYY!!

My right arm suddenly spirred and wriggled furiously. I had to hold it down with my left arm. What's...what's happening? Then a feeling that my shoulder was cut off again. Wait, I already have my arm turned into the scythe blade...unless its changing! When the wriggling and awkward morphing stopped, my right arm transformed.

My right shoulder and arm looked like a dark brown, samurai shoulder pad like thing. On the shoulder part, there was a black circle with 4 triangle-like markings on the supposed 4 corners of the circle. If a circle had corners. My hand was still a hand, with out any fingers. But this caught me by surprise. Instead of 1 scythe blade, there were 3, 5 foot long scythe blades that went out of the pointer, middle and ring finger knuckles. And at the tip of the scythe blade, it curved slightly inwards. And then there were 3 red lines that connected from the three inner knuckles, and trailed up my arm into that black circle thing in my shoulders. Strange...

This is amazing! My, my arm transformed! I hope its enough to defeat Misake though.

"Okay...here we go Misake, you don't let Sophia go, I'm gonna slice through your body." Misake changed his face from scared to sneering.

"Oh, is that so? For your information, I've been blessed with the immortality of a Maester. And that weapon of yours isn't gonna kill me. Mwahahahaha!" I raised an eyebrow. He gained immortality? Well, in the game there were several Maesters who were already dead. So, is he saying that he's not...sent?

"Oh yeah? Let's see if I can't pierce you." I plunged my new arm's blades into the ground, and suddenly a tidal wave of spiky stalagmites erupted from the ground, heading towards Misake. Misake raised his flail and swung it down, but then a loud 'shlrup' sound was heard. I was horrified at what I saw. Horrified, but proud. A huge, spiky stalagmite came up from behind Misake and impaled his back. Blood was streaming down his injured stomach and his mouth. His eyes were wide with surprise.

"I...I call that the Tidal...Stone?" Misake smirked.

"Is...is that the technique you call this? Wow...very beginner-like." I gritted my teeth and turned around to look behind me.

"Shut up." And then I heard a 'BOOM' sound behind me. Great...what did I do now? Turning around, I saw that the stalagmites BLEW UP?! Wow, I can actually do that? This change in my weapon is amazing! I was alerted that Sophia was nearby when she slumped onto the floor.

"Good...good job kid. I never a knew...a stupid Hiend like you was able...to defeat him." I grinned and shrugged.

"Anything can happen I guess." Sophia nodded and stood up weakly. I didn't notice that she had her yoyo gripped in her hand tightly.

"Now, its me against you." My eyes went wide. Is she serious?

"Wait, NO! I can't...YOU can't! You've already been mentally weakened by Misake! And I'm physically AND mentally weakened by Misake and this arm transformation. It actually takes a huge toll out of my energy." Sophia looked at my arm and then looked at my face.

"Kid, how did your weapon evolve?" I shrugged. I didn't even have a single clue. At that time I was angry that someone was getting badly hurt and abused. Hurt and abused?

"I guess...it evolved from my feeling of friendship and love?" Sophia smiled and chuckled.

"You're a weird Hiend, yah know? If I was to rate you, I think you'd be the weirdest one in the category." I scratched my head nervously.

"Riight..." And then I fell onto the floor, all my remaining energy swept away from my body. I heard footsteps approaching me and felt myself being pulled ontop of Sophia's lap. She looked into my eyes. This is getting...awkward.

"You know, for some reason, you sometimes act like Zakuo." I couldn't say anything, I had no energy to reply. "Anyways, you need to rest. And I need to take a rest also." She closed my eyes with her fingers and laid me across onto the ground. I was starting to slip into sleepyland.

"Oh yeah, Will? This is just the one time that we fight together, Hunter and Hiend. The next time we meet, I will definitely kill you. I've learned some new moves." And with that I heard her footsteps fading away. And that's when I blacked out entirely.

OUT OF PERSPECTIVE

Sophia walked down the stone stairs 2 at a time. She knew that Zakuo was gonna get pissed off when he sees her. The fight against Misake took a little bit too long. She never even knew that he was here in the first place. But there was an uneasy feeling that welled up inside of her chest. So, she just followed her instinct and encountered him, with another Hiend. Now how was she gonna explain to Zakuo?

When she got all the way to the mouth of the forest, she saw Zakuo standing there with his arms across his chest, with a serious look on his face.

"Ah! Hey Zakuo, how yah doin?" Zakuo grunted and turned around facing the village.

"Come on, we have no time. We gotta get to The Master." Sophia sighed and nodded. But then Zakuo snapped his fingers and turned around to face Sophia again. "Did you hear that Maester Seymour was planning an attack at Luca?" Sophia scratched her chin and nodded.

"Yeah, he said he was gonna unleash tons of fiends there, and eradicate them himself with his Anima aeon. You think he can do it?" Zakuo grinned and laughed.

"Of course he can! He's a Maester after all!" Sophia smiled and slapped Zakuo's back. Zakuo winced from the impact.

"Come on, let's get going!" Zakuo smirked and walked beside Sophia. Now when did he and Sophia grow so friendly to each other?

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A/N: Wow, I have to say, I think I did pretty well. And Will's arm suddenly evolved into a much more interesting looking one. And it even got some newer moves! But I don't think I should've added the evolution until later. . Oh well. Hope you guys enjoyed this story!

Ah yes, now let's analyze Will's new weapon!

Hiend Weapon Database

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Will's 3-Bladed Scythe Arm

Appearance: Will's entire right arm turns dark brown. His entire arm is covered by plating over plating of armor, like a samurai's shoulder pad. On his shoulder is a dark circle with 4 triangular markings inside the circle. There are 3, 5-foot long blades that protrude out of the inner 3 knuckles. At the tip of those 3 blades, they curve slightly inward, making the blades look like a scythe. 3 red lines trail from the 3 inner knuckles to the dark circle.

Featured Moves:

Tidal Stone Wave

Element: Earth

Radius: Wide

Speed: Fast

Explanation: Will plunges the 3 blades into the ground and slashes it towards the opponent. A huge wave of spiky stalagmites rushes towards the opponent, but then a huge one somehow goes towards the opponent's backside. The opponent tries to dodge the attack from the front, but leaves his behind exposed. When Will twitches the blade, the stalagmites blows up, scattering huge, spiky debris of rocks.

On future chapters, more moves will be added when revealed!!