Act XII: A New Lumen Sage
Bayonetta opened the garage.
"Where are we going?" Keisuke asked.
"To the closest Paradiso portal."
"What?"
"A different reality, a realm of light. Did you think it was easy to become a Lumen Sage? Now get in the car."
An hour later they got to Akagi.
"The nearest portal is here, Keisuke."
"Really?"
"Now hold my hand, dear. We're going on an adventure."
Keisuke held Bayonetta's hand and the witch helped Keisuke into Purgatorio.
"Shit! Where are we? What's going on?"
"You should really get used to jumping between realities if you're going to become a Lumen Sage. We are in Purgatorio. Here, the trinity meets. Light, darkness and chaos all in one place. Now come on, there is a passageway in the mountain." Bayonetta explained.
Keisuke followed her to the secret passageway.
"Our own home route has so many secrets?!"
"Hold on, we nearly reached the portal."
They approached the portal to Paradiso. Suddenly, Laguna angels appeared from it and attacked Bayonetta. The witch sent Keisuke back to the human world to keep him safe. "Wait a moment, dear, I have to to take care of our little friends."
Keisuke was scared but he remembered he was doing it for Jeanne. The witch appeared a minute later.
"Come on, I'll lead you to the Auditio. Just be wary, he can't see us together. Just tell him you want to sell you soul and be a worshipper of the light."
"The fuck!? You're joking, right?"
"Come on, we've all been there. I've never regretted selling my soul. I mean, I got to sleep for five hundred years. What more could you want?"
"I'll live forever?"
"If you don't get killed, yes. You'll also have to kill some demons every day, but don't worry, there are plenty of demons that deserve to be punished."
Keisuke was stunned.
Meanwhile, Jeanne woke up.
"Keisuke? Where are you?" She shouted.
"Fuck, he must have went to buy something from a store." She opened the door and left the car.
"I can't even lock his car. Well, he should have seen it coming." She though and went to knock on the apartment's door.
No one was answering.
"Cereza's gone too?"
Her cell phone rang.
"Hello, it's Ryosuke. Is Keisuke with you?"
"Uhm, I don't know. I just woke up in his car and he is nowhere to be seen."
"Ahh, looks like he's gone with Bayonetta. Knowing him, he would have returned long ago, but he has not yet as of now."
Jeanne looked at the clock and realized she slept for several hours. "Strange, what is he doing with Cereza for so long?"
"I called him earlier to say Bayonetta gave me a camera along with a helicopter. He told me he had to meet her. By the way, say thanks from me again, she made my dream come true."
"Wait, is it what I think it is? Unlikely. Cereza would not do such a stupid thing." Jeanne thought.
"Hello?" Ryosuke's voice interrupted hes thoughts.
"Yeah, okay, I'll let you know if I see Keisuke." She said.
Keisuke was walking past hordes of angels on his way to Auditio.
"A human? What is the meaning of this." It's voice spoke loudly. Keisuke didn't understand the words but somehow he understood their meaning on mental level.
"I've come to sign a contract." He said.
"You've come to sign a contract? It's about time the balance would begin to return and we would see a new light worshipper."
Bayonetta was already getting bored when Keisuke finally returned.
"Glad to see you made it!"
"I feel so alive now. You're right, selling your soul is totally worth it."
"Off we are on our way home?" Bayonetta asked.
"Yes. I want to see Jeanne."
"Yes, she would be pleasently surprised." The witch laughed.
They exited the secret passage, sat in the car and drove back home. As they were approaching the witches' apartment, they saw Jeanne standing near Keisuke's car. They stopped and Keisuke got out. He approached Jeanne.
"Jeanne, I'm..." Keisuke began.
"Cereza! What the fuck is wrong with you!? I feel magical presence in him!" Jeanne screamed.
"Uh, Jeanne, he asked me." Bayonetta explained. She did not like the idea of meeting Jeanne so soon.
"Cereza, it ain't funny. He does not even know what he got himself into!"
"No, I do understand. Jeanne?" Keisuke tried to calm her down.
"I can't believe you, Cereza! You've destroyed his life! I though you knew what I mean when I say I am interested in Lumen Sages only. My god, I didn't even say it to him directly!"
"We had absolutely no idea, Jeanne. We took it seriously." Bayonetta was nearly laughing and giving out she was just trolling Jeanne.
"He's not even a fucking Lumen Sage! You can't become a Lumen Sage, their Elder is long gone."
"Whoops. That I did not tell."
Jeanne approached Cereza and the witches began fighting.
"Jeanne?" Keisuke screamed.
"Alliances between Lumen Sages and Umbra Witches were forbidden! You've just been fooled by Cereza! I can't believe all this actually happened!"
"Fuck, can't help it!" Bayonetta was laughing her ass off as she was dodging Jeanne's attacks.
Keisuke walked off and sat on the bench. He started realizing what he has done and what a mistake it was. Meanwhile, the witches fought each other for good ten minutes.
"Now seriously, Jeanne, stop it. He did it for you. Can't you see that he loves you?" Bayonetta shouted finally.
"You're so wrong. You're a fucking mistake. A man would never accept such a deal because of his feelings. You must have hidden some facts just to laugh at us!"
"Don't underestimate him. Come on, I've explained everything to him and he did not back down. Imagine how he's feeling right now, seeing us fighting."
Jeanne backed down. "Maybe if he loves me so much, he deserves a chance?" She thought.
"Your first chance in over five hundred years." Bayonetta said and started walking away. Jeanne approached Keisuke.
"Keisuke?"
He was sitting in sadness.
"Keisuke, I'm sorry."
"Jeanne, I just wanted to express my feelings somehow."
"Well, that was a very stupid expression. It's such a stupid expression that I can't even help but love you in return."
Keisuke did not come back home that night.