Chapter Fifty One

Cerule watched the Seer make googly eyes at the ronin that she called uncle for most of her childhood. She loved her uncle Kento, he was always a blast, giving her piggy backs and playing tea party with her when she was small. He was quite handsome as young man, she noticed as well, no wonder the Seer was so smitten. She sat on top of the broken building watching the couple at the cafe a little ways away. The sun was low in the sky and she groaned with boredom as she fell back against the broken roof. She was irritated, the only action she had seen was the minor encounter with Raleigh in downtown.

She itched for battle and remembered how her father would scold when she got like this and then she laughed. Her father was such a nerd in this time! A mopey nerd, but a nerd. She wondered what happened between him and mom that made him so grumpy and over protective in her own time. Then she remembered it was probably just how dads were with daughters.

The wind was picking up and she smelled something on the air. The nether realm smelled of licorice and cinnamon to her, it was different to everyone, and she smiled. There was going to be some action!

She stretched, with a yawn, "it's about time!"

A big ball of light appeared where the rest of the building used to be. She grinned, at least she didn't have to go far. She palmed her transformation orb as she noticed Kento run up. She was excited to see her uncle was still excited to fight. She learned most of her moves from him, which upset her dad, but he had a similar weapon to her. Her dad was an archer, and she was brute force bunny. Only Uncle Kento could handle that.

She saw the Seer walk up as the portal of light began to flash and she saw students running for cover as she saw the beast named Raleigh piercing the rift. At first it was just her snapping jaws, but she pushed through slowly.

She decided it was not better time to act, and jumped from the building summoning her large war hammer as she plummeted through the air. She landed in front of Kento and the Seer, the ground crunching beneath her, on one knee as the beast kept pushing through the rift.

"Cerule," Kento asked he looked her over as she stood up.

She winked at him, "hey, there, Uncle!"

"Uncle?"

She nodded as the guy came up to her. He seemed wary of her, not that she blamed him. She would be wary of someone who claimed to be from the future as well.

The Seer named Lynn starred at her, "It's a possibility that you won't win this round..."

"Oh, shut up, you're prophecies aren't always right," she replied harshly. She handed Kento the hammer, "you should be able to use this, Uncle."

He gripped it in his hands, "you're Cerule, huh? You kinda look like Ro."

"Well, geez, he is my dad," she replied with sarcasm as she turned her attention back to the rift. The light flared up and the beast that was an enraged and mutated wolf appeared.

The beast starred them down with fiery red eyes, and Kento gulped at the drooling beast. He had met Raleigh, although she mostly gave him attitude and silence, but he knew this was some sort of possession. Her eyes burned in fire, and she almost looked like Cerberus with her three snarling heads. Her silver armor cover her in plates that hung loosely together. The wolf stepped forward its paws cutting into the pavement because of its massive weight.

He looked at Lynn sweetly, "please, go to safety."

Lynn stood on tip toe to give him a kiss, "be careful. I'm going to get Stell." She turned her eyes to Cerule, "you bring him back to me!"

"Whatevs," she said nonchalantly and the girl started to run off. She held her transformation orb out in her hand, "Freyja Vanir!"

Kento shielded his eyes as her armor appeared in blue fire. Her armor was made of a dense steel like material, that had accents of dark blue and white. It was rather a sexy armor that defined her figure, and her grieves looked like high heeled boots. She wore a long dark blue cape that was torn. Her helmet was shaped like a rabbits head, with ears swooping back. Her mask split, and she grinned as she pulled her twin hammers from under her cape.

The beast charged at them, and Kento confidently charged with Cerule. He knocked one of the snarling heads that snapped at him, and heard a sick crunch of a jaw coming loose. Cerule jumped up on the beasts back as the other two heads snapped at her. She saw Kento roll out of the way of the beast's jump. She slammed both hammers down on her spine when Kento distracted the savage beast. The beast didn't flinch so she tried again, "Brisling!"

There was a sick crunch and the beast tried to shake her off. She jumped off as Kento smacked a leg with her hammer. She knew she could trust her uncle with her most favorite weapon, afterall, he taught her to use it.

He grinned, "I like this thing!"

"It's called Lokasenna," she grinned brightly as the beast fell over with a large crash into the following building. She came to his side as the wolf tried to shakily raise itself up, there was blood running from its mouths.

The center mouth spoke, help me, Hardrock.

Cerule frowned, "you know that beast, Uncle?"

"It's Raleigh, she was a friend of Hoshi," he paused in shock. He felt a terrible pity for the creature, remembering the battle that Sage and Rowen had told him about.

"Aunt Ra?" She asked in shock and took a step back, "that's auntie Ra?"

"Are we all uncles and aunts to you," he asked and she nodded reluctantly trying not to turn away from the beast.

He saw the wolf eye's flickering as blood gushed from her mouth. She was shakily trying to stand up, her claws digging into the ground. Kento held the hammer called Lokasenna in his grip. The wolf was shaky, and coughed blood. The middle head shook as a kanji for Hope lit up in the wolf's forehead. It flickered as she became a snarling beast again.

Kento looked at Cerule, "hey, I think we can get her to wake up with our virtues..."

"Mine won't help much," she replied as the beast managed to get to its feet. "It's War."

"Well, that's a new one," he chuckled as the wolf began to charge at them. He couldn't summon his armor but he hoped his virtue could help her. He picked up the hammer, and he felt for the power Hardrock. He felt the hammer light up, and grinned, "IRON ROCK CRUSHER!"

He swung the hammer carrying the power of his other armor and the beast felt the pressure of the attack. The ground began to crack, and it roared in pain as the attack enveloped her.

Cerule grinned, "Lokasenna likes you."

The wolf collapsed, its mouths bleeding profusely. Cerule pointed one of her hammer's at the wolf, "let's finish this..."

"No," Kento said to her and dropped the big hammer. He walked over to the beast who was bleeding as Stell and Lynn ran back up.

"Kento," Lynn cried.

"It's fine," he said as went to the middle head that was almost as large as he was. He knelt down to the bleeding beast, and he felt his virtue light up for justice. Hope lit up on the wolf's head and she began to glow herself. He squinted as the giant beast vanished in light. Raleigh collapsed into his lap. She was bleeding profusely still, but she weakly looked up at him with her brilliant green eyes.

Hardrock?

He nodded as she passed out in his arms.

Cerule grumbled as she let her armor vanish and picked up Lokasenna, "I guess I'm not necessary any more."

Lynn looked her over, "no, you're not running away this time. I told you, you were making things worse! This rift should not have happened!"

"Calm down, damage is still done" Stell said softly as she slipped her hands in her pockets. "Mia's still working on the manuscript. You two guys should get out of here before the emergency responders get here. Cerule, we won't try to contain you but please stay with the ronins at the very least!"

Cerule frowned but then nodded, "might be laughs to spend time with my uncles before they were my uncles."

Kento heard sirens and picked up Raleigh, "it's now or never, Cerule."

"Let's get going," she nodded and Lynn watched them run off. Her eyes glowed and she closed them painfully, "no...its too soon Stell! What has Mia found out?"

"What's too soon," asked her sister as she ushered her in another direction, trying to walk away casually. "She won't tell me anything, she's too involved!"

"The rift is going to open up soon," she said as she started to stumble, she held her head. "She's so angry, Stell, that Rage Ruby has is all enveloping."

Stell started to feel her eyes sting, and saw flashes of dark clouds moving into the blue skis, "this is almost like Talpa."

She shook her head, grasping it with her hands tightly, "no, no, no, its not possible..."

The detective pulled her sister into the damaged building as she fell to her knees, "Lynn, tell me what's going on..."

"It is Talpa, I don't know why but I'm seeing Talpa again! I have never seen Talpa before in my visions," she cried, her tears falling down her face as her knelt down to her. "I told you Cerule is messing up the time line! Why is Talpa just showing up?"

Stell held her sister's close to her, "how can that be? The ronins defeated him, not once but twice!"

"I know," she cried softly in her sister's clothing. "It's too cruel, they shouldn't have to fight that monster again!"

Stell hugged her close, "they can handle it."

"I hope so, because I can't see it, I can't see anything."