Disclaimer, I do not own any characters or places in this story except for the original characters. This story is written for fun and may contain spoilers.
Chapter 14
Library Island Part 2
Lucas was slowly awakening, he tried to get up but something was holding him down, he felt something laying on him and try as he might he could not move his right foot. Lucas opened his eyes to see Makie laying on him, she was uncontentious and was close enough to kiss him. Lucas then saw that his leg was trapped in some rubble, he then recalled the fight he had with Michel's goons, Lucas had saved Makie from death by pulling her out of the wall of a bolder that would have killed her, Voldermort destroyed the cave and trapped them inside the library. Lucas saw his friends slowly come to their senses, Makie too also began to awaken and as soon as she saw Lucas below her she turned bright red and got off of him as soon as possible.
"Are you okay?" asked Lucas as he sat up.
"Yeah...I'm fine" said Makie who was still blushing.
"Good" said Lucas.
He then pulled his foot out of the rubble and stood up, everyone then looked at him with concern and Ako then fainted with Setsuna catching her before she fell to the ground.
"I think the question of the hour is are you alright?" asked Negi.
Lucas then saw that three large cuts through his arms and three through his legs were bleeding, it seemed that it had been done by his fight with Matt. Oddly his wounds did not hurt, he was just somewhat annoyed that his clothes had been torn.
"Oh would you look at that" said Lucas.
"Your certainly a blunt one" said the blond haired girl.
"We need to heal those wounds, I'll transform" said Konoka.
"Wait" said the creepy girl.
"Ra'tech Durma" said Lucas.
Lucas then became enveloped in a white light, this light woke up Ako and made everyone stare at Lucas in amazement, Lucas' wounds were healing all by themselves and his clothes automatically fixed themselves. As the spell finished everyone looked at him shocked, Lucas just shrugged off their stares as he checked his equipment.
"How did you do that, you used three new attacks" said Amu.
"Isn't it obvious, he has reached Level 2 in his gauntlet's power" said the creepy girl.
"Level Two, who are you by the way?" asked Snow.
"I am Evangeline A.K. McDowell and I am a vampire she" said expecting some kind of shocked noise.
"Oh really, cool" said Train.
"Cool, that's all you're going to say, I am a four hundred years old vampire, aren't you the least bit amazed" said Evangeline.
"400 years huh, wow who knew that someone who looked so young could really be an old..." said Lucas.
"Chachamaru" said Evangeline.
"Yes master" said the girl named Chachamaru.
She then took a pan and hit Lucas on the head with it, he moan and groaned as Evangeline smiled.
"Anyway, I'm Anya, the cry baby's childhood friend and this is his big sister Nekane" said the red haired girl.
"Pleased to meet you, we know all about you and who you are" said Nekane.
"Oh good, saves us the introduction" said Lucas who had recovered.
"Would you like me to hit him again master?" asked Chachamaru.
"No that is okay, anyway as I was saying you are gauntlet users, as such the basic thing a gauntlet user should know is that the more you have the gauntlet the more stronger you become, in other worlds you gain levels, they range from Level Zero to Level 5 and each grant a new ability or two" said Eva.
"Oh I see, so what do we get from becoming a Level 2" asked Maria.
"First he is the only one of you who has reached Level 2 yet you are all close behind, second I know that Level Zero gives you the basics such as a base element for your magic and a summon, Level 1 allows you to use attack magic but none of you do and Level 2 allows for the usage of a second base element and the ability to create Pacts" said Eva.
"Pacts?" questioned Mir.
"Kind of like Pactios" said Chamo.
"That rat talked" said Etna.
"My name is Chamo and I'm an Ermine" he said.
"Yeah well who cares" said Etna.
"What's a Pactio?" asked Lyner.
"It is a contract of sorts, those who enter into a Pactio with a mage such as Negi are given powers and become his partners" said Chamo.
"Oh, so that was what that card thing was about, so how do you enter a Pactio?" asked Shelke.
Nearly all of the class began blushing even Negi's face turned red.
"You kiss Negi" said Haruna who was the only girl who wasn't embarrassed.
"WHAT!" shouted the group.
"Yeah and on the lips too, nearly everyone here has a Pactio with him" said Chamo.
He was then picked up by Asuna and beaten to a pulp.
"Stupid rat" said Asuna as she stamped on him.
Chamo then slowly crawled back onto Negi's shoulder.
"So you have kissed nearly all of the girls here?" questioned Snow.
"Yes...pretty much" said Negi.
"You lucky son of a" began Lucas but he was hit on the head again, this time by Maria.
"Ignore him, anyway, how do we form Pacts and how are they similar?" asked Maria.
"Well pacts are formed by a gauntlet user and someone sharing blood, but for pact to be made with another gauntlet user then they must share a kiss" said Chamo.
"The thing is Pactios came after Pacts and give magic to others however a Pact if made takes the soul of another person and places it into your body, both bodies and souls are fine as this only lasts while the pact is active however this allows you to combine each other's strengths and effectively makes you more powerful, but if the gauntlet user dies while he is in a Pact the person will also die and vies-versa" said Eva.
"Interesting...anyone want to try it?" asked Lucas.
"No!" they all shouted.
"Okay it was only a question" said Lucas.
"Anyway what do we do now, we're trapped" said the twins.
"First don't panic, I am unable to reach Lingshen so we'll have to send Sayo" said Lucas.
"Okay, leave it to me, I'll get help" said Sayo.
"Find Ikuto, if he is sleeping under a tree just get a stick and poke him with it until he wakes up" said Amu.
Sayo then vanished through the wall and went to get help, Lucas turned and faced the others.
"So, I suppose we should continue" said Kaede.
"We have nothing else to do until the rescue anyway" said Setsuna.
"Yes, let's keep moving" said Maria.
Eva smiled as she looked at them somewhat confused.
"You do know that you could just blast that all away, but that might cause another and even greater caving, very well idiots, I shall help you for now" thought Eva.
"I have never seen the master so interested before, something is wrong" thought Chachamaru.
The group continued dodging even more traps in the seemingly never ending death house that they called a Library, it was easier with the late comers on their team as they were able to deal with the traps more efficiently. As they reached level 7 of the library a question popped into Lucas' mind.
"Hey, why didn't Pan or Joy tell us about the Levels?" asked Lucas.
Pan and Joy just whistled suspiciously.
"That is strange, they should have told us" said Amu.
"You're not hiding something from us are you?" asked Aigis.
"No, honestly we never told you because we never thought you would need to know" said Pan.
"It takes time to Level up a gauntlet and a rare few have reached Level 2 or 3, Level 5 has never been seen either as no one has ever been able to get that high, you just surprised us but we didn't think it was right to tell you as you were doing so well on your own" said Joy.
"So it is hard to get to Level 5" said Snow.
"Even so, I know that I will need to be that strong if I am ever going to contend with him" thought Lucas.
"But well now you know, soon like Lucas, you will awaken to your own attack magic" said Pan.
"Oh thanks for the update, anything else we need to know?" asked Train.
"No...not yet" said Pan.
Lucas then looked ahead, there were now standing on what seemed to be a frozen lake with snow and trees everywhere, large rocks appeared in the ice almost like shields.
"Now why the hell is this here" said Etna.
"It's crazy just like the rest of this place" said Mir.
Lucas then looked careful at the ice, it seemed like it could break at any moment but that wasn't what shocked Lucas, he learned that it was yet another trap. It wasn't an ice lake it was an ice floor that was built over a large abyss that seemed to have no end.
"Everyone off the ice" said Lucas.
However they were in the middle, if they ran then the ice would break, they then heard grunting and they turned their heads to see RAAM walking towards them with a mini gun, ready to fire.
"Oh crap" said Etna.
"It's him again" said Lucas.
"Everyone behind cover now" said Shelke.
Everyone ducked behind the shield like rocks as RAAM opened fire, they were unable to do anything as if they even moved an inch then RAAM would get them. If they used magic of any kind then the ice could break. They heard stomping as RAAM got closer and closer.
"Oh crap, we're like sitting ducks" said Eva
"Master, scans suggest that the creature is somewhat impervious to our attacks, even magic will not hurt it" said Chachamaru.
"Oh great, what do we do now, someone think of something" said Anya.
Then they heard gunfire but it was not from RAAM's gun, in fact RAAM had stopped firing and was moving about in a panic on the ice trying to dodge the bullets that seemed to affect him. Lucas then saw that someone was standing on the bank behind them, it was a girl and an older man who was firing that RAAM. The girl was somewhat odd, she was dressed in a frilly white dress with short brown pinkish brown hair. She wore white gloves but that wasn't what was odd, what was odd was that her eyes were a mixture of two different colours, they were both red and blue at the same time, she didn't wear shoes despite the snow and even had one small angle wing and one small devil wing on her back, she was also constantly smiling. The man was harder to make out but he wore a beanie and had a tag that read Sergeant. Lucas could just barely hear what they were saying.
"Go Marcus go, get that thing get him" said the girl.
"Will you calm down and I told you it is Sergeant Fenix" said the man.
"That girl...it can't be" said Maria.
"Is that who I think it is?" asked Pan.
"Yes, I'm certain, that girl is Project H" said Maria.
"What" said Snow.
"So that's her" said Train.
"Great, yet another weirdo" said Lucas.
"I thought you were looking for an object not a person" said Negi.
"We are, we're kind of looking for both, that girl has the answers to some of our questions" said Lyner.
"Hey you two" said Mir.
The two of them then looked at Lucas and the others, the man stared at them while Project H just smiled.
"We want a word with you two" said Etna.
"If you want me then you're going to have to catch me" said Project H.
"What, why the hell would you want to talk to someone like that?" asked Eva.
"They must have a good reason" said Nekane.
"Yeah we do, you messed with the contract didn't you" said Snow.
Project H smiled but her smile seemed to twitch, RAAM was backing up as he was shot at with the soldier's powerful weapon. Negi then felt a shiver down his spine, a flash echoed in his mind and he began to look around nervously.
"This presence...it can't be, no I would not mistake it for any other, but why here" said Negi.
He then walked out into the open looking around like a scared child.
"Negi what are you doing?" asked Asuna.
"That thing is still out there" said Yue.
"We have an even bigger problem than that" said Negi.
"What" said Everyone.
"Oh, so you sensed me did you" mumbled a voice that they could not hear.
"Anya, we need to put up a protective barrier, everyone get ready for a tough fight" said Negi.
"Why?" asked Anya.
"What is out there professor?" asked Mana.
They then saw a faint light in the distance, it came closer and closer towards them, they all jumped out of the way as a magic spell hit the ice making a small section of it shatter and fall. Luckily all of them had managed to dodge the attack and no one had been hurt but the ice started to brake randomly leaving holes in random places. It was so unstable now even the faintest movement would cause it to brake. They all looked up at their attacker, a silver haired boy then appeared and slowly flew down from the ceiling.
"Fate Averruncus" said Negi.
"You" said Setsuna.
"Great, yet another villain" said Amu.
"Hello Negi, long time no see, RAAM you disappoint me, you can't even handle a simple bunch of kids, how insulting" said the boy called Fate.
RAAM grunted before disappearing, they all looked at Fate with the fury of battle in their eyes; they all seemed ready to fight him. Lucas then jumped up with his sword and tried to attack Fate.
"Oh please" said Fate.
He swiftly dodged Lucas' attack and then used a spell to blast him to the floor weakening the ice even more.
"Damn it, he's powerful" said Lucas as he managed to stand up.
"A mage, we'll have to retreat for now until back up arrive" said Sergeant Fenix.
"Agreed, fall back, Lucas I'll see you later" said Project H.
"Hey wait" said Snow.
This was pointless as the two of them swiftly ran off; they all looked at Fate who had begun to create another spell. Just then the ground under Makie smashed causing her to fall into the depths, Lucas saw this and tried to grab her but he was unable to reach her in time. He stood over the hole shouting her name while holding out his hand then something wrapped itself around it. A pink ribbon was wrapped tightly around Lucas' arm, Makie was holding onto the other end of the ribbon as she dangled above the dark abyss. Lucas held on tight to the ribbon and tried to pull her up but Fate smiled as the ice cracked even more.
"Shame, I thought I might have to at least try, very well then, trash be gone" said Fate.
He then shot the spell at centre of the ice causing it all to brake completely, they all then went tumbling into the darkness as Fate laughed at them. Everyone quickly summoned their summons while Negi evoked several of his patios. Doing this they managed to lessen the speed yet they still fell, they all closed their eyes as they all fell to the bottom, deep into a clear crystal blue lake.
Elsewhere
Outside the library Ikuto and his group were slacking off, Ikuto and Yoru slept soundly under a tree while Dante polished his sword. Rita was reading a book with Mis reading it over her soldier and Husky was practising his skills. It was at this time that Sayo rushed up to them with a stick in her hand and started poking Ikuto in the head with it, this of course caused him to wake up and grabb and brake the stick.
"Ikuto, we have got a problem" said Sayo.
"Why where you poking me with a stick?" asked Ikuto.
"Amu told me to if I found you sleeping" said Sayo.
"Of course she did" said Ikuto.
"Anyway, Lucas and the others are trapped in the Library" said Sayo.
"Of course they are I expected that to happen, well we better go get them before they starve or blow up the library, or cause it to collapse" said Ikuto.
"Or fall down a large dark ditch that was hidden by an icy floor" said Husky.
"Like that would ever happen" said Rita.
"Seems like his big head got him into trouble again" said a familiar voice.
They all turned their heads to see Mint and two familiar and friendly faces.
"You" said Ikuto.
Back with the group, they all managed to crawl out of the water and onto dry land, Lucas and the others dismissed their summons and all of the girls removed their Pactios. Lucas looked around to see that they were in yet another weird place, waterfalls that went up were everywhere as well was a forest with dried up and dead trees. There was a large stone bridge that seemed to lead a large chamber that was built upon the lake, the area seemed to be well light by some kind of light yet he knew was impossible as they were so far underground. Lucas moved towards it but his arm was pulled back by something, he noticed that the ribbon was still on his arm however Makie was not holding on to it, in fact Makie was nowhere to be seen. Lucas then saw her unconscious and just barely floating above the water. Makie was soon pulled under the water as Lucas took action and jumped into the water, he dived underwater and saw Makie falling deeper and deeper, he grabbed her and quickly pulled her to the surface. Lucas held her with one arm and swam the two of them to shore, he laid Makie on the ground and quickly checked to see if she was breathing, unfortunately she wasn't.
"She's not breathing" said Lucas.
"Damn, we should have noticed sooner" said Train.
"Quick, she needs medical attention" said Haruna.
"I know where this is going" thought Asuna.
"Lucas, CPR quickly" said Ako.
"Um….right" said Lucas.
Lucas took a deep breath and put performed CPR; he took a deep breath and breathed it into Makie giving her what Haruna called the kiss of life, as if the situation wasn't awkward enough. Lucas tried desperately and after a while Makie coughed up water and recovered. Everyone was breathing a sigh of relief as Makie looked around wondering what happened. This whole thing seemed to make Maria a bit jealous, something that Haruna took note of as an evil smile appeared across her face.
"Oh thank god, you're okay" said Negi.
"What happened?" asked Makie.
"Well to start with you nearly drowned but Lucas saved you" said Kaede.
"Yep, he gave you the kiss of life" said Haruna.
Both Lucas and Makie turned bright red, Makie looked at Lucas shocked while Lucas looked at Haruna shocked that she had brought it up.
"You mean…" began Makie.
"Yep, lips to lips" said Haruna.
Lucas was surprised that Makie didn't faint on the spot however he she did scream and give him a slap across the face as she went redder and redder.
"Ow, I did it to save your life you know, you would be a long gone if it weren't for me" said Lucas.
"Oh, sorry I just reacted" she said.
"You didn't have to tell her that" said Aigis.
"I thought she deserved to know" said Haruna.
"This girl is dangerous, make sure she doesn't get anything on you" said Mir.
"Moving on from this madness, where are we?" asked Maria.
"This isn't the deeper library again is it?" asked Negi.
"No, this place is different to where we went a last time" said Yue.
Lucas' phone then began to ring unexpectedly; they seemed to have a signal in the area they were in.
"Hello, Lingshen" said Lucas.
"There you are we've been trying to reach you for ages, we've sent down some help, they'll be there soon" said Lingshen.
"Great, listen we've landed in a cavern, not sure where we are but we fell from a deep hole up on level 7" said Lucas.
"Hold on, let me check" said Lingshen.
There was a pause then came the sound of tapping and unfolding paper, the group on the other end debated and checked over and over again, soon Lingshen returned and talked to Lucas.
"Well ironically you are in Level 12 right now, we looked and it seems that you have reached your destination" said Lingshen.
"So we just took a short cut basically, how continent" said Lucas.
"Yes but I have no idea how you are going to get out of there, I can't see any route out of Level 12" said Lingshen.
"Don't worry, I've got an idea, thanks Lingshen" said Lucas.
He then hung up the phone and turned to the others.
"It seems that we have reached Level 12, the object should be here somewhere" said Lucas.
"I'm going to bet every penny I have that it is in that chamber guarded by some kind of trap and is on a stone pedestal" said Etna.
"So what are we waiting for, the sooner we get that the sooner we can get out of here" said Ako.
They all agreed and ran off towards the chamber, after crossing the bridge and entering it the chamber and found everything exactly like Etna had said. All the walls and floor were made with bricks, there was a pedestal holding a chest with a lock on it and above that was a purple eyed stone dragon that seemed chained to the wall.
"Told ya" said Etna.
They all walked in slowly and carefree except Negi, Chachamaru and Eva who looked around curiously.
"Well, you three coming?" asked Lucas.
They now stood halfway to the chest with Negi, Chachamaru and Eva still in the doorway.
"Be careful idiot" said Eva.
"Something is a miss" said Chachamaru.
"A place like this is bound to have traps of some kind" said Negi.
The three of them then walked in and as soon as they joined Lucas the door slammed shut and a forcefield appeared around them all, they tried to destroy it but nothing worked, in fact all of their attacks just bounced off.
"Told you, idiots" said Eva.
"You jinxed us" said Anya.
"Everyone calm down, there has to be a way out of this" said Nekane.
Then the dragon came to life and roared its loudest as hit pulled itself off the wall.
"Oh no, it's alive" said the twins.
"Whoa, didn't see that coming" said Asuna.
"Silence" said the dragon.
"Did he just talk?" asked Konoka.
"I said silence ignorant fool" said the dragon.
"How dare you talk to Miss Konoka in that way" said Setsuna.
"It matters not who they are to me, all those who enter seek the treasure and to gain it you must pass my test" said the dragon.
"Test?" questioned Kaede.
You must all answer one riddle correctly for all of you to leave here alive said the dragon.
Then all the intelligent people in the group looked at the stupid people in the group, namely Etna, Kaede, Asuna, Makie, Yue, Lucas and Fei Ku.
"Oh boy" said Fei Ku.
"We're all going to die" said the smart people.
"Like hell we are" said Lucas.
"What are you going to do boy, that forcefield can service anything short of a nuclear blast, the same with that dragon" said Eva.
"We answer the questions, it's that simple" said Lucas.
"Yeah, you might not know this but some of us have the lowest grades in the whole school, our class is even the lowest" said Yue.
"We just have Negi tell us the answers" said Makie.
"If you get help from someone else then you a disqualified, if I see anyone cheating then I will kill you all" said the dragon.
"Oh great" said Konoka.
"Wait, if he sees us cheating...Eva, just like before with the attacks" said Lucas.
"What are …...oh now I see, that might work boy" said Eva.
"Nodoka, you don't have to answer any riddle other then your one out loud but answer all of them in your head please" said Lucas.
"Okay" said Nodoka confused.
"Okay then, dragon I'll go first, ask your riddle" said Lucas.
"What" said Snow.
"We're doomed" said Mir.
"You can say that again" said Lyner.
(Small note: none of these riddles will appear on the Aftermath in the future, that would be just pointless and stupid.)
"First question, if three cats catch three mice in three minutes how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?" asked the dragon.
Lucas thought for a moment before answering.
"The same three cats would do, since these three cats are averaging one mouse per minute given 100 minutes the cats could catch 100 mice" said Lucas.
"Correct" said the dragon.
"Lucas actually got it right" said nearly everyone surprised.
"Next, you, what has a mouth but cannot eat what moves but has no legs and what has a bank but cannot put money in it?" asked the dragon pointing at Fei Ku.
"Umm, a river" said Fei Ku.
"Correct" said the dragon.
This surprised everyone, how could both Lucas and Fei Ku answered correctly.
"Next, you, from the beginning of eternity to the end of time and space I am in every place, what am I?" asked the dragon pointing at Makie.
"Um, the letter e, it is in the, beginning, eternity, end, time, space, every and place" said Makie.
"Correct" said the shocked dragon.
"This is ridiculous, good ridiculous but still ridiculous" said Maria.
"Next you, red head, I am skinny and I am decapitated and H is always trying to get in front of me,he always is, who am I?" asked the dragon pointing at Asuna.
"Now she has to get this wrong" said Anya.
"The lower case I" said Asuna.
"Correct" said the dragon.
"Oh come on" said Mana.
One by one they answered all of the riddles asked by the dragon, each answering correct each time, the answers just seemed to come to them as if by magic, in the end it all came down to Mana who was asked her riddle, the final riddle.
"Okay, last, a man and his son are driving along the I-40 when they have a car crash, the man was taken to the morgue since he was immediately dead, the son was taken to a hospital to be operated upon, when the doctor came in it immediately said I cannot operate on this boy he is my son, how is this possible?" asked the dragon.
"That is too easy, she was his mother" said Mana.
"Correct, you have passed my test" said the dragon.
The forcefield vanished and Lucas and the others were free at last, they weren't sure how but they were all out of the trap.
"Now I must disintegrate" said the dragon.
"What, why?" asked Snow.
"No reason, all goloms that a tried to traps like me just die when the trap is broken, it's weird I know but that is how it is" said the dragon as he disintegrated.
"Okay, nice guy really" said Lucas.
"How did you get your answers right?" asked Mana.
"I must be a good teacher after all" said Negi.
"No professor, in fact we all cheated" said Chachamaru.
"Cheated, but if we cheated then we would have lost" said Setsuna.
"Only if he saw us" said Lucas.
"Sorry but I don't understand" said Nekane.
"Let me explain, we cheated without the dragon knowing, Lucas set it all up, Nodoka thought up all of the answers to the riddles in her head" said Eva.
"I did?" questioned Nodoka.
"Yes and using my powers I secretly read her mind and got the answers before sending them to your minds, Lucas managed to set it up with out the dragon knowing, Nodoka is a bookworm so she would know a lot of riddles, the boy told her to think of the answers but the dragon thought this as worthless, he didn't know that I had used my mind power to give the boy some attacks earlier" said Eva.
"That was...actually clever, we couldn't tell weather they were our answers or not so we didn't look suspicious" said Makie.
"I'm surprised Lucas thought that up" said Amu.
"Indeed, seems like you have some kind of intelligence in there after all boy" said Eva.
"I'm not sure weather that is a compliment or an insult but thanks" said Lucas.
"Anyway the chest is ours" said Joy.
"That should contain the Piece of Eden, I feel a strong presence from inside the box" said Pan.
"Lets grab it and go" said Train.
"Indeed, I tire of this place" said Eva.
"I can't wait to get out of here" said Asuna.
Lucas took the chest and used a cloth to tie it to his back, the group then exited the chamber and Lucas, Etna and Mir summoned Tiamat, Bahamut and Diablos, Negi evoked Chachamaru's, Yue's and Setsuna's Pactios as well, he got the rare card for all of them. Negi took Asuna, Ako and Nodoka onto his staff with him that he used as a broom to fly through the air. Eva used a spell to levitate Anya, Nekane, Snow, Train and Lyner the five of them then flew through the air with her. Chachamaru picked up the twins and flew up with them while Etna climbed onto Tiamat with Kaede and Mir, Pan and Joy held on tightly to his tail as he flew into the sky. Amu transformed with Ran and flew into the air using these odder roller-skates. Aigis, Shelke, Mir and Fei Ku were carried into the sky by Diablos and Yue used a broom stick to fly through the air with her friend Haruna with her, Setsuna grew angel wings and carried Konoka into the sky. Haruna drew the summons in her sketch book as Lucas climbed on Bahamut with Maria and Makie, the two of them held on tightly to Lucas as Bahamut flew into the air. With Bahamut in the lead the group flew up through the hole that they had made, they kept on flying up until they were in the area they met Project H. They then flew through level after level until they came to the dead end where Voldermort had blocked them off. They all returned to the ground, they dismissed their summons and Pactios and wondered how they were going to get out.
"Now how are we going to get past this?" asked Aigis.
Lucas then heard someone talking form the other side of the cave in.
"Rokun So'ku" said the voice.
"Everyone get back" said Lucas.
Everyone rushed as far from the cave in as they could as a large burst of lightning blasted the rocks and books, sending them flying and disintegrating some. This did clear the path however and in the dust stood three shapes, everyone moved towards the shapes as the dust cleared, standing there was Mint, Sakura and Syaoran, all three of them were smiling at them.
"Miss us?" asked Syaoran.
"You could say that" said Lucas.
Several Minutes later
The Doctor's group and Lucas' group along with those who went to the library we gathered in the Dean's office. The chest that they had recovered laid on the Dean's desk, Takamichi looked at the chest before looking at Lucas who was telling them of what happened in the library.
"So that is what happened" said the Dean.
"Yes, this is Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li, two of our friends who were unable to help us at the start" said Lucas.
"That is very good and all but I'm afraid you efforts were waisted" said the Dean.
"Huh?" questioned Train.
"You see the object with in the chest isn't the Piece of Eden" said Takamichi.
"What, then what is in the chest?" asked Anya.
"The Star Crystal, we put it underneath Library Island in the end, we thought it would be safe" said the Dean.
"What is a Star Crystal?" asked Maria.
"The Star Crystal is a object that increases someone's magic beyond compare however no one has been able to control it, it took control of Anya when she used it and after we saved her that was the last we saw of it" said Asuna.
"That thing has caused a lot of damage" said Nekane.
"So we went through all of that for nothing" said Snow.
"Not quite, we did bring a dangerous object back from where it was safely hidden" said Mir.
"When we hid it there was another chest already there, so we had to swap them around" said the Dean.
"Wait, then that chest must hold the Piece of Eden, where is it?" asked Sakura.
"Right here" said the Dean as he pulled a chest out from under the desk.
"You mean you had it with you the whole time" said Etna.
"Yep" said the Dean.
"We went through that hell when it was here all along" said Setsuna.
"Pretty much" said the Dean.
"You knew didn't you" said Lyner.
"Of course" said the Dean.
"Why didn't you say anything?" asked Lucas.
"You didn't ask, were would the fun be if I said something" said the Dean.
Lucas just began twitching as he rubbed his check and imagined the whole thing with Makie could have been avoided if it weren't for the Dean, he slowly drew his sword and got ready to pounce on the Dean only to be stopped by Snow, Train, Lyner and Syaoran.
"Let me go...he has it coming" said Lucas.
"It's not worth it you idiot" said Syaoran.
Everyone seemed to laugh a little, even Eva gave a chuckle but then everyone stopped and stared at the chest as the Star Crystal glowed.
"Oh that can't be good" said Takamichi.
The Star Crystal then burst out of it's chest and flew outside, the chest containing the Piece of Eden then also flew outside both by smashing through the window.
"Oh no you don't" said Lucas.
Everyone rushed outside except the Dean who just looked at his window wondering how much it would cost to repair it. They ran out to the garden outside and met the support team and Ikuto's group there who had been alerted by the noise, the Star Crystal that was free from it's bonds flew in a circle with the Piece of Eden in the sky.
"What is going on?" asked Sakurako.
"No idea" said Mir.
Then Michel appeared along with Kefka and Eric, the Star Crystal attached itself to Eric's forehead as Kefka took the box and Michel looked down at the people below him.
"It's them" said Pan.
"That man has complete control over the Star Crystal" said Takamichi.
"What are you doing here?" asked Lucas.
"Just here for a test" said Michel.
"We're testing out that Star Crystal, oh and look...HERE ARE SOME LAB RATS NOW" said Kefka pointing at them.
They prepared themselves as Eric came at them, the group prepared to face the powerful and deadly Star Crystal.
Aftermath
Hello and welcome to the aftermath, I am your host Joy, damn that L for putting me in prison
Okay I have some bad news, we were unable to get a guest so now character profiles this chapter however we will have them next chapter
Now then, the answer to the riddle was a footstep, not that hard, now in the next chapter an epic fight kicks off and a pact with Lucas will be made with one of the girls, but which one
Find out next time, oh and here is this chapter's riddle, I am a source of communication, I am a way of meeting, I wink at you, I am known as the Great Gossiper, I am intellectual, what am I
See ya next time