Seeds Of Agito

After the 14-chapter Testra Del Drago arc, a new terror is cultivated as Pluto and the Overlord of Darkness meets for the first time and this would soon give birth to an alliance that would give DDS something to watch out for as both know about the DDS students' status as Agito-carriers.


After Ryu secretly left the hospital, his mind is in despair and is losing hope in escaping from Pluto's clutches. Class Q was informed of this and they split up to find him. Later Kyuu finds Ryu about to fall off from a bridge above a railroad track and talked to him, asking why he left the hospital without informing the nurse and DDS.

"Ryu…! What's wrong with you? Why left the hospital without informing the nurse? We were all worried about you! Don't do something reckless or you'll hurt others than just yourself!"

Seeing his friend, a sudden idea hits him and Ryu asked Kyuu if he could stay at his home but retracted his request as he felt this was useless, but Kyuu accepts his request as he told him he felt that Ryu has something to tell him, understanding that something is troubling him and told Ryu that he is willing to listen to his story. Ryu was relieved by this and promised that he'll tell Kyuu the story he would tell. However, their moment is interrupted as before the two Class Q members are about to leave, a vine caught Kyuu by binding around his neck and is pulling him towards the attacker, who turn out to be the Orchid Lord.


85: Akireru Hodo no Deai

"GAAAKKKK!"

"Kyuu!"

As the Orchid Lord binds Kyuu by his neck using her vines, the Class Q leader is slowly being strangled as she pulls him towards her, and the Class Q leader struggles to break free as he is being pulled towards her. Despite using all his might, he couldn't stop himself from being pulled towards his predator as the Lord giggles at her work, biding her time before killing the Class Q leader.

"Kyuu!"

Determined to save him after Kyuu went all the trouble to take him to the Mt. Fuji Hospital, Ryu attempts to help Kyuu by trying to unfasten the vines but it didn't budge and decides to interfere by taking on the Lord, but despite using his knowledge of judo, he is no match for the Lord's strength, and Kyuu shouts to Ryu to run and get help.

"R-run, Ryu…gaak…g-get…help…gaak…"

"Kyuu…"

Ryu at first did what he is told, as he started to run away to get help, but then stopped as he realized that he couldn't leave Kyuu to his fate as he figured that by the time he came back with help, his friend will be dead so he came back and tries to use a steel pipe he picked up and hits her, but the Orchid Lord just brushes him aside, but the Class Q member didn't give up, and repeatedly hits the Orchid Lord but she ignores him as she continued to pull and strangle Kyuu.

"I'm not giving up! I won't let you kill Kyuu! Kyuu…I won't run away! I'll save you for sure! Just you wait!"

"R-Ryu…gaak…!"

-x-

Meanwhile, the Overlord of Darkness is watching from an alley, enjoying the scene as he hopes that the orchid Lord will finish Kyuu after his attempts to kill him at Yuge's villa failed after several interferences from the two ex-Magic Knights, and with no one around, he is eagerly awaiting his death and expects to get the Agito seed extracted from the DDS student, not noticing that someone else is watching the scene.

"Good…with those annoying Magic Knights out of the way…your seed will son be mine…your seed is special…and I can't let that seed be fertilized in your body…you must die lest a 3rd Agito be born…"

But then, the Overlord of Darkness was surprised, as was Ryu, as Kyuu's "Agito Belt" materializes, but for some reason, Kyuu remained as himself as he slowly resisted being pulled forward and the Orchid Lord decided to approach the Class Q leader herself and attempts to kill him with her own hands, but then the Class Q leader jabbed his fingers onto the Lord's eyes, blinding her and then grabbed her neck, snapping them with great force, and the Orchid Lord knelt down, her "halo" appeared and then exploded.

"Kyuu…am I seeing things…? Or did he killed that Unknown with his bear hands…?"

After that Kyuu's "Agito Belt" disappeared and Ryu slowly approached his friend, rather surprised to see Kyuu defeated the Lord despite getting pinned down.

"Damn! I didn't expect that his Agito powers are developing this fast…damn you, human brat…if my minions can't deal with you…then I'll deal with you myself…!"

The Overlord of Darkness is seething with anger at seeing Kyuu defeating his "minion" despite the fact that Kyuu's "Agito" powers not yet activated, and is now considering killing the Class Q leader himself rather than risking another of his minion getting killed, and as he is about to confront him, Anubis spoke to him from behind, and began the conversation of forming a alliance claiming that both of them have a common goal.

"Greetings, sir. I came to you with an offer to form an alliance. It seems we both have something in common. We are both after certain persons who possesses the Agito powers and we both wish for them to perish…so I propose we form an alliance to rid them of our problems…of course we are amendable to any conditions we see it fit…"

"You have guts and bravery for a human to confront and offer me something that I deem it meaningless…but if you can convince me otherwise…I'll see if it meets my standards…you better start talking, human…lest I lose my patience and took my ire on you…"

Though the Overlord of Darkness is initially annoyed and scoffed at Anubis' idea, Anubis calmly persisted and stated the conditions and benefits of a proposed alliance until he was able to persuade the Overlord to give him a chance to prove his worth and his promise to help bring forth some DDS students who have Agito seeds. This seemed to gauge the Overlord's reaction and he decided to give Anubis a chance to prove his worth.

-x-

Much later during the day, a police car is escorting Kaori from the local police station to the Metropolitan Police Department, so the MPD can make use of their facilities to get information out from her regarding Pluto. She is worried that Anubis and/or Kelberos would finish her off and she resigns to her fate, recalling what Anubis told her before setting off to Mt. Fuji and infiltrated Yuge's mansion.

"This seems to be my end…I was told if I fail this I'll be killed off…my carelessness costs me my spot in Pluto and now I'm about to be sent to the MPD and be forced to reveal Pluto's location and who I am working for…I wonder what kind of death am I to be put on…?"

Kaori is bracing herself for any eventuality as she expects either Anubis or Kelberos to appear and cause the car she is riding on to crash or explode, but then she saw through the front mirror a flying object approaching the police car from behind and she ducks, just as the rear window shattered.

CRASH!

"Kyaaah!"

"What the?"

"Behind us!"

"What is that?"

"An Unknown!"

Outside the police car, the scene shifts and it is shown that the Bat Lord, wearing "special goggles", is behind the attack and uses its sonic wave to shatter the rear window of the car and uses its feet to scoop Kaori away, and then uses its sonic wave to disorient the police car and crashes to the "center island", then does it again at an oncoming gas truck, which disoriented the driver and crashes toward the police car, both vehicles exploded as the Bat Lord flees the scene with Kaori in tow.

The incident causes a monstrous traffic jam as the Bat Lord flies and uses his sonic wave to cause other cars to crash at another passing vehicle which seconds later resulted in a crash pile-up, producing deaths and injuries to other motorists, and ambulances are sent but they couldn't reach to the victims on time due to the traffic and many died on the spot, some died before the ambulances arrived.

"SSSSSKKKKRRRRREEEEE!"

"No! Please don't hurt me!"

Kaori screams as she pleads for her life thinking that the Bat Lord will kill her as both flew away from the scene towards the forests where no one would see them flee, as she couldn't bring herself to resist as they are too high from the ground and she wondered if this is her end or not.

-x-

Several minutes later, at an open road where no one can be seen, the Bat Lord arrived with Kaori, and the scene shows that Kelberos is waiting, a devious smirk on his lips as she awaits her punishment but to her surprise he made a statement which seem to remove her anxiety and gives her hope to redeem herself within the ranks of Pluto.

"Be thankful that Anubis persuaded Charon and myself not to punish you for bungling our last operation…at least you have another chance to redeem yourself…better not bungle the next mission or else we won't give you another shot."

"Th-thank you, master…thank you…"

"Now we should get to more…"

"Master Kelberos…that Unknown…"

"I don't know what Anubis is thinking…but from the looks of it…we may have to work with these Unknown if we are to get master Ryu back…and destroy DDS…though I'm not sure what Anubis' motives are, but we can only hope that it would benefit our organization…"

With that, Kelberos and Kaori boarded their car and left just as the Bat Lord departed, and no one else is aware of the incident due to the sudden events and lack of witnesses about the Bat Lord's attacks.

-x-

Sakuragaoka High.

The Hokago Tea Time are having a club meeting at the music room of the school with their fellow schoolmate Nodoka Manabe and club adviser, Sawako Yamanaki. There the Class K members of Dan Detective School were able to make up for missed classes and were able to pass the long test, with the two are wondering if the quartet taking extra schooling at DDS is a good thing or not.

Sawako: "Seriously…are you girls fine with this? You got school…the Light Music Club and attending a prestigious detective school…how are you able to cope up with that…?"

Ritsu: "Hey…we survived three live performances…a few conflicts and we just help solved a very complicated case involving a violin's heir…so no worries…you should feel proud we're part of a very well-known school for teaching potential detectives…and our very first case involves music…"

Tsumugi: "True…though Mio did faint a few times after seeing two dead bodies and blood…"

Mio: "KKKYYYAAAHHH! Don't bring up that subject again…!"

Yui: "But most important of all…we get to see Agito full close…how he fights…and how he beat those Unknown…it makes me want to become a superhero…"

Nodoka: "Oh, come on, Yui…you know you can't be one…you four are lucky not to end up getting caught by those Unknown…they are said to attack anyone, though they now seem to be choosy with their targets…imagine if one of you gets caught and killed…I don't think anyone would like that scenario to happen…"

Yui and Ritsu became silent as they recall how they nearly lost Tsumugi when the Turtle Lord snatch her back at Yuge's villa, but they were fortunate that Gills happened to be there though they are unaware that Umi indirectly helped them.

Yui: "Sorry for making you worry…but we're okay now so you don't have to worry…"

Ritsu: "Besides…we made it this far…and this is a challenge…I promise you we will make every of our dreams come true! The Bukodan! The live performance! New club members! Becoming the first musician-detectives in the history of Japan has ever seen!"

Yui: "Yeah! That's the way to go, Rit-chan!"

Tsumugi: "You got that right!"

Mio was unsure about this but her spirits were raised at seeing her friends so upbeat and smiled, and so is Nodoka, seeing how optimistic the quartet are, though she is still concerned about Yui getting embroiled into certain situations such as the Light Music Club encountering their first brush with a murder scene and capturing the culprit.

"Is it okay for Yui-chan to get into this…? Oh well…might as well give her and the others my full support…"

Outside the Sakuragaoka High, a van with tinted windows is parked near the school entrance with a satellite-like device attached on the roof. They were listening to the conversation and within several minutes Class k came out and are heading home. The van then stealthily followed the four girls, and they have taken note of their route plan on where they are going and a radio conversation can be heard a minute later.

"Master Anubis…we now know where the four girls are heading…which direction they took…they appear to be heading to a part-time job…we believe they can be vulnerable once they leave later in the night…what are your orders…? Should we capture Tsumugi Kotobuki or we kill her and her three friends on the spot…? We can do that while she has not yet awakened her Agito powers…"

"No…let the alone for now…just follow them and wait for the night to set in…I will join you shortly…"

"Yes, sir…"

And so the van, which belonged to Pluto, stealthily follows the four girls and stayed at a corner near the place where Class k is taking their part-time jobs, and are waiting for the night to set in until the time comes right.

To Be Continued…


Kyuu is saved again, but Ryu gets a glance at seeing Kyuu being an Agito potential, and now he wonders what would happen next should he see Kyuu becoming an Agito himself…

Kaori escapes and is given another chance…this is a stark contrast to the manga/anime version where she was hypnotized by Kelberos (manga) and/or Anubis (anime) into going into a catatonic state to prevent her from revealing to the police about her connections to Pluto. Kelberos is one bad-ass villain, just like Anubis as he sweet-talked the Overlord of Darkness into offering an alliance with Pluto…

Pluto is setting their sights on Class K, though it is unknown at this point if they are after Tsumugi or the entire K-On casts…at least they are ordered to observe them for now…


Preview:

An alliance between the Lords and Pluto are going full throttle as Kelberos and Anubis shows a gesture of goodwill by offering to the Overlord of Darkness a few sacrifices by bringing an Agito potential…and possibly three more victims…and they're from DDS…see who they are and what kind of death they would receive…