Author's Note: Sorry for the break but I needed one to think about how this story was going to continue on from this chapter. I got nothing more to say about this story but I would like to explain something. Omega, please don't take this the wrong way since I'm not angry in any way whatsoever, but if you don't like The Life of B RS, then there's no problem there. The story is just a little hobby of mine and it's not suppose to be taken seriously, unlike this one which is suppose to. And if the humor isn't your cup of tea, then that's fine, everyone has a different sense of humor (Mine coming off as a bit sadistic, almost crossing the line at times).
Also, and I blame myself for not explaining this, but the reason this is slightly AU is because I'll be incorporating some concepts from the OVA that I didn't see in the anime. Plus, and I just find this funny; yes I have a bit of trouble with my tenses, but it isn't major and it'll only require some minor editing. Again, I'm not mad and I support constructive reviews, even to the point of taking some suggestions for use if it can fit. Thanks for your review and I hope you can dish out more as it can really help me in the long run. I normally view fanfic - if I'm doing them - in a hobby-project view and Fallen Blue Sky is more like a project than a hobby.
Black Rock Shooter and co. belongs to Huke.
The group was inside the consultation room after coming down from the roof after meeting the anonymous Geshumaru and seeing B RS take control of Mato for a short while. The aforementioned girl was sitting on the couch, between Yomi and Yuu as she drank her cup of water, wondering how she was going to explain to them what she knows about B RS's current actions, attitude, and appearance. Even she wasn't sure what was going on entirely and the fact that there's no clear answer behind what is going on between B RS and Geshumaru – other than the fact that B RS died due to Geshumaru's familiar – is quite troubling for the teen. Mato understands that everyone is worried about the entire situation, not for the fact that B RS has changed, but also for the fact that their other selves are being secretive about it as well. Whatever is happening, this appears to be a problem that Geshumaru must have a hand in, despite not getting the whole information on why she wanted B RS to die.
"Mato, are you okay now?" Yomi asked.
"Yeah, I guess you can say that," Mato said, nodding a bit, "So... where do you want me to start?"
Saya let out a small huff, "How about you tell us about how B RS die and somehow came back to life"
"Well, I wasn't aware of it at first when she died, but it came back to me as I slept," Mato explained looking down at the cup of water that was now half-empty, "Her death was caused by a massive machine, who I think is helping that girl... Geshumaru..."
"So all of us but you couldn't kill her, and yet, a machine managed to get the job done?" Kagari wondered.
Mato nodded slowly, "It was big and a bit bulky, but it had about three weapons and couldn't be brought down easily, like some impenetrable wall"
"I guess that would make some sense," Yuu noted, making a mental note about the durability of this mysterious machine.
"B RS couldn't keep the battle evened out, and she was tossed around like a doll, just hitting everything until her body was broken," Mato continued explaining, "The machine dislocated her arms before stabbing her through the heart..."
Yomi cringed, "I can't believe that girl could possibly have something that destructive"
"In the Otherworld, there's bound to be some powerful other selves, ones that can be stronger than any of us," Saya pointed out, "It all depends on their existence and capabilities, not to mention, who their real self is"
"But that Geshumaru is something else," Mato interjected, "I met her before and I somehow black out because she does something, probably trying to change my memories of something but it tends to fail"
Kagari leaned against the wall, "Maybe it due to B RS coming to save your ass..."
"Anyways... let's get back to the main topic of interest," Saya told everyone.
"Well, after I remembered, I was in a slump until I saw a fight breaking out between your other selves and this weird skeleton being," Mato told them, "I didn't want them to die and I don't know what happened next but B RS appeared and she looks the way she is now... which I'm guessing you all know?"
There was a confounding silence in the room, confirming Mato's suspicion on everyone knowing how B RS looks like now, which really isn't a major issue since she just looks the same with a chromatic colorization. Right now, the main issue is trying to figure out what to do next as it appears no one knows, which is even more troubling than the main problem itself. Geshumaru's appearance and B RS's current actions may cause a long, drawn-out battle to occur, which could cause the Otherworld to fall apart if they truly go for each others necks. Yomi let out a sigh and placed a comforting hand on Mato's, figuring that she needs the support right now. Everyone is struggling a bit to come to terms with what happened, but it seems like they will benefit from it if nothing happens that causes them to react without thinking about the repercussions.
"Alright, so is that all?" Yomi asked, wondering if there's more to what's going on.
"Well. even though B RS is back, she is suffering from amnesia," Mato told everyone, "But is it possible for other selves to get amnesia?"
Saya scratched her head, "I don't know, nothing like that has ever happened before, but given B RS's current state, there could be a possibility but it must be rare"
"Right, so how is she going to regain her memories?" Mato asked, curious to the answer.
"Well, B RS always fought in the Otherworld," Yuu pointed out, "Maybe fighting is the only way she can remember, but it probably have to be against our other selves since they are the only ones that she probably forgot about, right?"
Mato nodded, which caused Saya to clasp her hands together, "Then I guess it's a repeat of what happened before, but with many alterations since we're going to be helping Mato get B RS's memories back instead of trying to kill her..."
"Well, I guess that solves the majority of my problems," Mato said as she checked off the problems that needs to be corrected in her head, "But what about Geshumaru?"
"We will worry about that when we get there, but for now, all of you head home," Saya told the four girls, "I got something to do before we can take out plan into effect"
They nodded before exiting the room, leaving Saya alone in the room, who was trying to figure out what it all means and why Mato kept something like that hidden. There was the possibility that she didn't want to trouble them, but they are affected by it too since their other selves are trying to keep an eye on B RS. Plus, whoever Geshumaru is, she seems to be a threat to both the real world and the Otherworld, something that was unimaginable until now. If the worst was to happen, the Otherworld would probably fall apart and that could cause complications in the long run for everyone who has an other self. Saya slammed her fist into the wall, focusing all her aggravation on it, despite the damage she was placing on her knuckles.
"Gold Saw, if you can hear me, what the hell are you doing..?" Saya shouted within her mind.
B RS opened her eyes just to only see an unfamiliar room that she happened to be sleeping in, instead of the gray sky that rested about the area where she fought against Death Scythe. The fact that at certain points, she wounds up waking inside someones home was really starting to irritate her, despite this only being the second time that it has happened. She got up from the bed and walked up to the window, noticing the background was surrounded by pillars and skeletons with a green sky to accompany it. B RS narrowed her eyes as she realized who it was that brought her here, figuring that now was the best time to escape before Dead Master comes back and tries to talk to her. She noticed her ax was right by the door, so she walked towards the door, grabbed her ax, and left before anyone could even know.
"This seems a bit too easy," B RS thought as she dashed away from the door, "Something tells me I'm not gonna get away without a fight..."
B RS dashed her way through the hallways, pass the stairs she needed to take before she reached the entrance hall, the front doors within several meters from where she is right now. Before she could even reach them, she felt something coming her way and jumped up into the air to avoid getting hit. She looked to her left and noticed it was Dead Master's skull, and judging by how it reacted, it was assigned the task of keeping her away from the doors. It turned around, ready to charged towards B RS, which caused her to steady her ax so she can counter whatever the skull has got planned. The skull charged towards her, ready to slam her against the wall but B RS countered by slamming it into the floor with a downwards slash, cracking the skull a bit.
Even though she took care of her pursuer, she was blindsided by another skull for the brief moment when she was still focused on her target, which ended in her getting slammed into a wall. Ignoring the pain that was coursing through her right now, B RS pushed herself from the wall, struggling a bit as she was still trying to deal will the skull that crushed her. B RS kicked the skull away and dropped to the floor, trying to regain her bearings before she was attacked again. When she looked up, she noticed both skulls were heading her way, causing her to react fast and avoid them or else she would be squished against the wall again. The moment the skulls missed, B RS bolted towards the door and exited the cathedral-like palace, knowing that Dead Master's skulls will be hot on her tail.
"This would be amusing, but I'm not doing this to have fun," B RS heard from up above.
She turned around and noticed Dead Master was on the balcony of her palace, holding her scythe, "Call off your skulls!"
"I could, but that would defeat part of the purpose behind their command," Dead Master told her, raising her scythe so it was pointing at B RS.
B RS heard clattering coming from all around, noticing the bones and skulls that was all around her forming into a skeleton army, wielding their weapons so they can fight against her. B RS was about to make a move when she suddenly clutched her head, images popping into her head life firecrackers going off one by one. She was starting to get a sense of deja vu as she started remembering what happened before when she encountered a similar problem before in her past life. Without questioning what was going on the skeleton army charged at B RS, not expecting to see her react like she had before, destroying each skeleton without remorse or hesitation to hold her back. Her ax sliced through the weapons before destroying the skulls, the spine, and just about anything that would keep the skeleton army permanently dead.
Dead Master arched an eyebrow, analyzing B RS's actions, "It seems that she's killing my army with the same brutality that she was known for, does that mean her memories are coming back..?"
Dead Master snapped her fingers and her skull - the one that didn't have a crack - came to her call, allowing her to sit on it as she directed it to towards the battlefield. She watched B RS devastate the entire army, jumping up into the air before she slammed her ax into the ground, causing it to crack due to the immense force of the attack. Dead Master sighed before she jumped off her skull, landing in the battlefield so she can fight against B RS and make her remember more about her past. B RS stopped her onslaught as she noticed the remaining skeletons back away, figuring that Dead Master is going to take part in the fight. Readjusting her grip and position on her ax, B RS turned so she could stare into Dead Master's eyes, preparing herself for whatever the horned girl got for her.
"I guess you're starting to remember, right?" Dead Master inquired, twirling her scythe.
B RS narrowed her eyes, "Is that a problem?"
"No, in fact..." Dead Master left off as she dashed towards B RS.
The two girls clashed their blades together, glaring at each other as they were placed in a deadlock, neither gaining an advantage with their weapons against each other. They jumped back before charging again, slashing at each other, sparks flying from the blades connecting as they aim at each others vitals. Dead Master launched a horizontal slash at B RS, but B RS countered by hooking her ax between where Dead Master was holding it, pulling it away before it landed several meters away. Dead Master was shocked for a brief moment before she noticed B RS following up her counter with a strike aimed towards her neck, so before the blow could even be dealt, Dead Master ducked below the attack and kicked B RS in the gut. Once B RS was dealt with temporarily, Dead Master ran past her and grabbed her Dead Scythe before B RS could recover, gaining the upper advantage.
"This just makes my job more easier to do," Dead Master said as she pointed at B RS.
B RS turned her head towards Dead Master when she heard a rattling of chains before she was bound by them, compressing her so she couldn't make a single move. Dead Master grabbed the chains and started slamming B RS everywhere before she implanted her in a wall, making sure she couldn't retaliate without causing slight strain on her body while it's healing. As Dead Master walked up to her, B RS was remembering certain points in her life that involved Dead Master, primarily when she fought against Chariot and when she killed the scythe wielding girl. B RS looked up at Dead Master, who was right before her, placing her scythe at level with B RS's stomach before thrusting the blade into B RS's body. Blood leaked out but B RS gritted her teeth to prevent a scream from coming out, trying to push aside the memories that kept on assaulting her in the fight.
"You're too focused on something else, which is why you're losing," Dead Master pointed out as she removed her scythe.
B RS narrowed her eyes, growling, "Damn you..!"
"You only have yourself to blame," Dead Master said as she backed away.
B RS tried to pull herself from the wall but couldn't as the chains kept her bound to it, not to mention, there's also a crater in her shape on the wall which she's implanted it. She noticed Dead Master preparing herself for the final attack that will probably finish her off, so she tried to push herself out but the chains were still proving to be a problem. B RS closed her eyes and grabbed one set of chains before she snapped her eyes open, the black flame encircling her left eye as she tugged the chain she was holding to the right. Dead Master was about to strike when she saw what B RS was doing and heard a crack coming from the ground, a chunk of the ground ripped out. B RS kept tugging it towards the right so the chunk would possibly hit Dead Master, and even if it didn't connect, she could still get free and beat Dead Master easily.
"Crap..!" Dead Master thought as she jumped away from the incoming boulder.
B RS let go of the chain she was holding with her right hand and started pulling on the others, removing them with brute force as she finally pushed herself off of the wall. Dead Master realized what B RS had planned and positioned herself in a defensive stance, knowing that B RS was going to be brutal in her upcoming attacks. B RS cracked her spine as she dashed forward, not allowing Dead Master the benefit of keeping the battle even by kicking her in the gut as payback. Dead Master was hunched over, but she blocked the downward slice that would of split her head open, but that only caused B RS to knee her in the face. As Dead Master staggered back, B RS knocked her scythe from her hands and kicked her across the face, planting the horned girl on the ground while allowing B RS to aim at her heart with her ax.
Dead Master squinted, half-expecting B RS to kill her right here and now, "Well..?"
B RS tightened her grip and thrust her ax down, hitting the ground without a second thought, missing Dead Master's heart on purpose. She closed her eyes and calmed herself down, letting her fragmented memories settle themselves inside her head. B RS removed her ax from the ground and stepped away from Dead Master, her woulds sealing themselves as her black flame died out, her killer instinct completely restrained. Dead Master got up from the ground and pushed her glasses up, seeing how calm B RS was as, given the situation, she never seen her this calm after or even during a battle. Whatever it was that caused B RS to stop herself from killing Dead Master, her horned girl was sure that she had a hand in it as well as Mato, since B RS pass on the chance to kill Death Scythe a few hours ago.
"Do you remember?" Dead Master asked, wondering if B RS does remember her.
B RS opened her eyes and looked at Dead Master before she started walking away, leaving Dead Master on the ground bruised and battered, but alive. It was a bit unsettling that B RS would leave like that, but Dead Master ignored it in favor of figuring out why B RS reacted the way she did during the fight. When she was fighting her skulls, she was cautious and thought on her feet, which helped her to a degree but when she was fighting against her skeleton army, she was brutal like before turning at least two-eights of her army into nothing but dust. The turning point in the fight was when she fought against Dead Master as that was when she started settling down a bit, but managed to keep her brutality intact, managing to come at her with another attack if the first one failed. The change up must of been her memories if the fact she clutched her head before she began her onslaught was a clue, but right now, it seems like she's distancing herself for some reason.
"Dead Master," Dead Master heard as she looked up, staring at B RS, "Thanks..."
Dead Master watch B RS turn around again and continue on her walk, never looking back as she headed towards her next destination, "You're... welcome..."
"It seems she remembers you, hm?" Chariot mused, gliding towards Dead Master.
"Yeah, and it a good thing too as this fight is a stepping stone," Dead Master said as she got up from the ground, dusting off her dress, "It seems like for her to remember, each fight has to be on our respected battlefields"
A voice caught the two other selves off guard, "I see, then things age going to get interesting"
They looked to their right and noticed Gold Saw perched on a pillar, looking towards the direction where B RS walked off to, "I'll fight her last, we still have a score to settle and I'm the only person she hasn't fought against without going insane, aside from STR..."
STR walked up to the two girls, "I also need to fight her like Yuu did, but I can't guarantee anything"
"It doesn't matter," Dead Master stated as she slowly shook her head, "She needs to remember and this is the only way it can happen..."
The machine looked at the water within the fountain, memorizing the battle that played out between B RS and Dead Master, "This won't sit well with Geshumaru... but I'm looking forward to a rematch if possible..."
"Wipe that curious stare from your eyes," Geshumaru said as she walked up to the fountain, surprising her companion, "I see B RS avoided killing someone else, someone important"
The machine didn't flinch when it noticed how tightly Geshumaru was gripping the rim of the fountain, already used to her actions whenever she become irritated. Geshumaru wasn't normal by Otherworld standards or by real world standards given how she can exist in both world without causing as much as a disturbance. Having your real self die and yet, manage to obtain her body and rebuilt the brain is something that no mere being could do, but that's one of few abilities that Geshumaru has that goes against normal standards. She's human and an other self, a complete anomaly to the Otherworld that no one but a few knew about. Geshumaru loosen her grip and stared into the fountain's water, watching B RS walk towards her next destination which appears to have a sunset like sky.
"I wonder if she's aware of what's happening to her now?" Geshumaru ponder to herself.
The machine looked at Geshumaru, "She an individual that deserves to be an anomaly, after all that she has been through"
"Even so, she is still a threat," Geshumaru pointed out.
"Is it because she is the key to awakening the creature that's sealed here," The machine asked, "Or is it because you see yourself through her, the you that you don't want to be reminded of?"
Geshumaru closed her eyes, "We all have regrets, and I chose to carry my burdens, hoping that I can fix them one day..."
"Until then, you have me to comfort you," The machine said, trying to make the intense aura lighten up.
"No wonder why I trust you with my life, you somehow manage to calm me down," Geshumaru said, letting out a tiny, bitter laugh, "Even so, I hope we don't suffer a repeat since that is something that could very well end us all..."
"Rely on you friends and the results will vary, rely on family and the results will be perfect," The machine told her.
Geshumaru looked towards the fountain and stared at the image of B RS, wondering if she has to be killed a second time...
Author's Note: Mato tells her friends about what she knows, but even so, she isn't aware of what's happening in the Otherworld. Saya is starting to become irritated that Gold Saw isn't telling her anything about what is going on and why she isn't doing anything except ignoring her. Also, B RS and Dead Master fought against each other, which serves as a trigger for B RS to start remembering everyone. Finally, Geshumaru is showing her irritation at B RS, but her partner knows how to keep her calm in a situation like this. Now, the place where B RS wakes up in, imagine Dead Master's lair from the OVA in the anime, just stylized in a more palace like appearance (Time skips normally can help set up a good story, applying concepts from the OVA into the anime helps with this a lot).
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