Chapter 13
Answers
Soon, it was morning. Ace knew that he couldn't reveal the events of last night to the others, because the truth would come out soon.
"Is something wrong, Ace?" Nina asked as she looked at Ace.
"No, there is nothing wrong." Ace answered.
"Don't lie to me, Ace." Nina responded and slapped him. "If there was nothing wrong you wouldn't look like you're depressed."
"Okay, you're right. I did find out some things." Ace explained.
"That new information is?" Nina asked, curious about what Ace found out.
"The figure told me Aurora was my mother." Ace whispered." She also said that there is one more child and that I somehow knew who it is."
"Who do you think it is?" Nina asked as Ace looked into her purplish blue eyes.
"You are the other one. From the very beginning, every time I looked into your eyes memories keep trying to come back to me." Ace explained as he hugged Nina.
"Since we know that, what is the true secret that we must find by catching the Black Cat?" Nina whispered.
"I'm not sure, Nina." Ace responded and they looked at each other. They knew that they could tell the others about this. Soon the rest of the hunters woke up and Aurora started to make breakfast.
"So where are we going next?" Angel responded as he waited.
"That's a stupid question to ask." Rukia responded.
"Hey have some optimism about all of this!" Angel shouted as he looked at Rukia.
"But the destination is never the end." Rukia answered. "The Author usually throws in a bunch of weird places that make no sense to the plot whatsoever."
"It really depends on you look at it." The Author explained.
"Then stop having us go to weird places!" Rukia shouted. "It makes no f****** sense, that's what I think right now." Then Angel slapped her as Lilith watched.
"Today we're going to climb to the top of Mt. Elysium and get into The Digital Queen's Castle." Aurora explained as she fried up some bacon in a pan.
"If we do get to the top of this mountain, how are we going to get in?" Katherine asked as she wore her necklace.
"We fight our way up to The Digital Queen and get Yami back from her." Aurora explained as she placed the bacon on the plate and started to cook some eggs.
"So then where is the mountain were looking for?" Aerith asked as she woke up.
"It's that mountain over there." Lilith explained and pointed at the giant mountain that stretched above all the rest. Then Aurora served breakfast and they all ate…
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"Good morning, Yami." Setsuna responded as Yami slept in her bed." Time to wake up, you sleepyhead!"
"Just five more minutes, Setsuna." Yami answered as she laid there in her bed.
"You told me that 10 minutes ago." Setuna explained.
"When I meant five minutes, I meant 15 minutes." Yami explained as her bed fell apart! "What was that for?!"
"You need to get up." Setsuna answered and Yami got herself up and headed over to the dresser. On the top of the dresser was a gold necklace with a pink ruby pendant and a note.
Wear the necklace like the good little girl you are or else
-Mom
"Author, I think I know where this is going." Yami shouted.
"Then just point it out." The Author taunted.
"The necklace is mind control device." Yami explained as The Digital Queen came up behind her and fitted the necklace around her neck.
"What is happening to me?" Yami thought as her mind was overridden and was changed to something more fitting in the eyes of The Digital Queen.
"Are you all right, Princess Yami?" The Digital Queen asked.
"Yes!" Princess Yami shouted as she followed her mother…
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They started to walk. Time passed quickly as they walked to Mt Elysium. By the time they reached a weird sign sticking out of the ground, two hours had passed.
"We made it!" Katherine shouted as they looked at the sign.
Welcome to the base of Mt. Elysium
Population: 2 humans and way too many Angewomon
"What's an Angewomon?" Ace asked as he looked at the sign.
"What you were calling angels in the last story." Aurora explained as he looked at him.
"How many chapters is that?" Angel asked as he looked up.
"It was about four chapters ago." Aurora added.
"However, right now that doesn't really at all." The Author responded." So get on with the story!"
"Fine, we'll get on with the story." Nina shouted as they started to climb up the steps past the sign. It took them an another hour just to get to the top of Mt. Elysium proving that the mountain did not go on forever as one would have thought. After catching their breaths they entered through the casually left opened door. None of them noticed that a few Angewomon had grabbed Katherine and carried her off.
"This is obviously a big trap." Claire responded as a whole bunch of Angewomon appeared and charged towards them!
"Hidden Art: Dragon Katana Inferno!" Ace shouted as he slashed at an Angewomon, causing the spirit dragons that went after it to explode on contact!
"Hidden Art: Scythe Reaper!" Angel responded as the chain chines launched out and knocked a few Angewomon back. As those Angewomon were knocked back, a few more of them grabbed Aerith and Lilith and teleported away!
"What's our next course of action?" Ace asked as he looked at Aurora.
"Run!" Aurora answered and they started to run down a corridor.
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"Where are we?" Katherine responded as she, Aerith, and Lilith looked around.
"Oh, what the common question that is." The Author shouted as The Digital Queen teleported in.
"You will be quite useful to me for now." The Digital Queen whispered as she fitted similar necklaces on to the three of them. "Now be good little girls and wait here with Yami." Then she teleported away as the three girls obeyed their orders…
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"Well we're still alive and well." Claire responded as they walked down a long hallway.
"Our next step is to get to the throne room." Aurora explained as they continued to walk.
"Why do we need to get there, anyway?" Nina asked as she looked around.
"That is where Yami is probably located." Aurora answered as they noticed a flight of stairs. As they headed for the flight of stairs a few more Angewomon appeared and grabbed Nina, Rukia, Celestia, Angel and Claire and teleported away.
"Now that were alone…"Ace explained as he looked at Aurora. "Time to answer some questions… mom."
"So who told you?" She asked as she looked back at Ace.
"That woman that came into the camp last night." Ace explained as he and Aurora sat down on a step.
"I expected her to let it slip purposely." Aurora responded." Are you mad at me for all of this?"
"No, because I can forgive you for taking me through all of this." Ace whispered as he looked back at his mother. "You left me but Nina and I found you again.
"Thank you for forgiving me, Ace." Aurora responded as they both got up and ran up the rest of the fight of stairs.
"Then let's do this!" Ace shouted as his necklace shattered from the impact of an arrow. The necklace was useless now and was just a bunch of shattered glass. As they entered the throne room, they found Nina already fighting off their now possessed friends.
"Need some help?" Aurora shouted as they ran up to Nina.
"Yes." Nina answered as Ace equipped his katanas and Nina equipped her fang daggers.
"So we meet again, Aurora." The Digital Queen greeted. "Minions, attack her!" Then the possessed hunters and their partners released their attentions form Nina and changed it to Aurora! Aurora slashed and stabbed at her attackers, but they were gaining the upper hand. After a few Hidden Art: Scythe Reaper's, Aurora was now a bloody mess. Her fang daggers were broken and now only the handles were left, patchy of her fur were bloody, and bruises and cuts covered her body.
"My body can't take much more of this." Aurora thought as a beam of light appeared around her. A few minutes later the beam disappeared, and in the place of Aurora was a woman in a purple Lolita dress wielding two butterfly swords!
"Aurora, is that you?" Ace asked slowly as he slashed at Rukia.
"Aurora was just merely an alias I used. My real name is Noriko." Noriko explained as she stumbled over to Ace and Nina." It's been a while since I walked in heels."
"Ready to do this?" Nina asked as she looked at the other two.
"It's totally on." Ace added.
"You got that right." Noriko responded as she charged towards Angel." Darkness Slash X3!" Then she slashed Angel multiple times then finally releasing black mist at him as she slashed him with both blades at once!
"That was awesome!" Ace responded as he defeated Rukia with Dragon Katana Flame X3. Then he looked at Noriko. Her face showed disgust.
"Why have you forced us to hurt our own friends?!" Noriko shouted." We have done nothing to deserve this from you."
"Not all here are of the same intent as you." The Digital Queen responded as she stabbed a broadsword through Aerith!" Let me have Yami for now and you can all leave." Then Lilith blew up as she said that.
"No, I refuse!" Ace shouted as he grabbed the corpse and Noriko grabbed him.
"I agree to that deal." Noriko responded as the effects of the mind control wore off.
"Hidden Art: Dragon Katana Inferno!" Ace shouted as he slashed The Digital Queen only for the spirit dragons not to appear!
"It's time to go, Ace." Noriko shouted as Ace picked Aerith's corpse back up and they jumped out of the window and into a river right beside a mountain.
"How does that make any sense at all?!" Katherine shouted.
"I have no clue at all." Hera responded.
"Guys, where did the corpse go?" Celestia asked as she pointed at the goop Ace was now holding.
"This means, Aerith tricked us!" Ace shouted as he punched a tree.
"That's the problem with you, Ace. You aren't able to get over the past." Noriko explained as Ace walked over to her and whispered something into her ear.
"If that would help you, then I'll allow you to do that." Noriko responded as she teleported Ace and Rukia away. The rest of the hunters looked up at the sky. It was now night, meaning they were up there at that castle for a long while.
"I'll get dinner started." Noriko responded as rest of them started up camp…
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"Where are we going?" Rukia asked as she walked with Ace.
"Were going to dig up some graves." Ace responded as they approached the graves they were going to dig up.
"Why are we doing this?" Rukia asked as she looked at the graves. They were the graves of Mark and Kalin. Ace went down on his knees and started to dig with his hands. Rukia copied him and soon they heard the sound of metal.
"They're actually dead." Ace responded. "But why is something metal here?" As they moved the dirt away the object in quest was a chest. They then pulled the safe up and looked at the lock.
"I don't think Noriko would approve of this." A voice called out and Ace and Rukia turned around. It was Nina and Celestia.
"What are you doing here?" Ace questioned.
"I wanted to help you out." Nina answered as Rukia knocked the safe door open and they saw the contents of the chest.
"There's nothing there!" Rukia shouted as two figures started to approach.
"It's been a while since anything has been in there." A familiar voice called out causing Ace and Nina to turn. It was Kain.
"What are you doing here?!" Ace responded as he held his katanas up in the air.
"Calm down, we're not going to kill you!" A second figure explained as she walked out of the darkness. It was Aura.
"What…The…Fuck…" Rukia shouted, shocked by this sudden twist.
"Author, may I please have two tables?" Ace asked and two average-sized tables appeared before him. "Thank you." Then he launched one of the tables up by knocking it with his katana.
"My turn now." Nina added and struck the table from below, launching it up and kicked it into Kain and Aura!
"Why did you do that to us?!" Aura whined as Ace and Rukia looked at her.
"That was our response to the twists that we had to deal with for the past twelve chapters." Nina shouted as she ran up and kicked Kain in rapid succession.
"Bladeusq firesa spikeips!" Rukia shouted as flaming swords came out of the ground, stabbing Aura! Then Ace ran over to Nina and slashed Kain, only for them to be both knocked back!
"Who are you really?" Celestia asked as she looked at Kain's sunglasses.
"What do you mean, who am I really?" Kain responded as he looked at them.
"You're their father aren't you?" Celestia accused as Ace looked at her.
"How did you figure it out?" Kain responded as he removed his sunglasses and looked at Ace and Nina.
"How did you know that the chest was there?" Aura asked." That chest is where this family hides secrets."
"I wanted proof that two of my friends were dead." Ace explained." It was time to move on."
"I see what you mean by that." Kain responded as he motioned for them to follow…
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"Well that was a great chapter." Kyra responded as she and The Author watched Hera and Valia removed the cupcakes from the oven. After the cupcakes cooled down, they handed out a cupcake to each one of them.
"The moment of truth…" The Author explained as he ate the cupcake. "This is the best cupcake I've ever ate!" Then The Digital Queen flew up through the floor.
"I want one of those cupcakes please!" The Digital Queen shouted as she dusted herself off.
"What are you doing here?!" Kyra shouted as she pulled out her dagger and approached the intruder.
"I wanted to see what was above my kingdom!" The Digital Queen shouted as she ate a cupcake.
"Don't do it." The Author responded as Valia and Hera held Kyra back. Kyra then broke free from their grab and stormed out of the room. A few minutes later, Kyra returned with a teenage girl in a blue ballroom gown.
"Nodoka, deal with that threat!" Kyra ordered as Nodoka looked around.
"I see no threat." Nodoka responded." Also who are those three bimbos over there?" Then she pointed at Hera, Valia and The Digital Queen.
"Nodoka, calm down." The Author responded." The two standing there are Hera and Valia."
"And I'm The Digital Queen." The Digital Queen explained as Chaos appeared.
"I want a cupcake also!" Chaos shouted as she grabbed them and sliced a chair to pieces.
"Can we have cupcake please?" The ghost of Kalin and Mark shouted as they hovered above a rug.
"Chaos, what are you doing here?!" The Author shouted as he got pretty pissed off about the situation that was occurring around him." Everybody that isn't suppose to be here, please leave!" And with that, Chaos disappeared through her portal.
"Man, what a grouch." Kalin's ghost shouted as he and Mark floated away.
"Fine, but you need to calm down!" The Digital Queen shouted." And maybe eat a second cupcake!" After she had said that, she jumped down the hole she had made only minutes ago.
"Time to fix the hole." The Author explained as he nailed and screwed down a few boards." That should hold…"
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"Do you have the girl, Agent Freebird?" A man asked as he looked at Aerith.
"Yes, I do commander." Aerith responded as she pulled on the rope, forcing a tied-up Yami to walk till she was right next to Aerith.
"Aerith, I hope Ace kicks your ass!" Yami taunted as the man grabbed the rope from Aerith and pulled her into an open glass cylinder. After removing the rope from her, he closed the door of the cylinder. "What are you going to do to me?!"
"You're going to be our power provider." The man explained as Yami snarled at him.
"If you do that, my mom will kill you!" Yami shouted, suspecting that people might know something about the digital world. However, the man laughed at her.
"Your mother is a wimp." The man responded as Yami blacked out…