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 16
The Search
Michel was addressing the villains about the return of their leader; Murder then appeared in front of them and bowed even though he had disgust in his eyes at the sight of humans in his presence.
"This kid is what we were told about, you said he would help to bring about the new world" said Light.
"Ha, looks like they pulled a fast one on you Light" said Ryuk.
"Plus he is creepy looking" said Misa.
Murder smiled as he stared at Misa.
"Do you fear me human, good as you should as I am the death of all thing that sinners kill and one day it will be you're turn" said Murder.
"Enough of this, you say that this thing is one of them?" questioned Count Waltz.
"Looks can be deceiving, that I assure you, although I am not as powerful as lord brother or sister I am as much deadly as all of you combined, none of you can match up to my power" said Murder.
"He's confident at least" said Malthazard.
"Now tell me of your progress, several of your members are missing" said Murder.
"Yes, Vulcanus is currently causing more chaos in his own world as order, Alexei, Garland and Creed are currently looking for the location of the next resting place, Waltz will join them soon, soon your sister will be found" said Michel.
"So everything is going to plan then, what of this Takaya, you haven't seen him since his last mission" said Murder.
"If I may, I heard that he is preparing a trap or something in his world for that boy and his friends, although this goes against our orders this could work in our favour" said Light.
"True, however seeing his history he needs to be watched, as you spoke up Light I assign you to look for and watch him" said Murder.
"And if he does anything that goes against us?" asked Light.
"Seeing as he is one of our enforcers you know what to do, that will work on him" said Murder.
"Okay, I accept" said Light.
Sephiroth and Matt watched the meeting angrily, Matt was somewhat angry at the possible betrayal on Takaya and Sephiroth was angry because he now had to take orders from a shrimp as well as Michel. As the meeting ended Matt saw Sephiroth walking off to his usual room of isolation, Matt however caught up with him and stopped him.
"Evening Sephiroth" said Matt.
"What is it that you want clone" said Sephiroth.
"Interesting meeting huh, I never knew that someone like that existed, say don't you find it strange that he didn't tell us" said Matt.
"It doesn't matter to me, I care not about the workings of that madman" said Sephiroth.
"But doesn't something seem out of place here, it is odd how many secrets he is keeping from some of us" said Matt.
"I suppose so, but I care not" said Sephiroth.
"So why did you join, Michel bribed everyone with the things they most desired, he said he would grant them as long as we served him so what did he use to bribe you?" asked Matt.
"What makes you think I will tell you" said Sephiroth.
"Fine be that way, but don't you think it odd that he has not once honoured that claim" said Matt.
"There are a lot of people who will stab him in the back after he has completed the deal" said Sephiroth.
"I doubt he has to worry about that, his power rivals yours, yet he hasn't even told us his true goal and now we have yet another thing bossing us around for an unknown purpose" said Matt.
"What are you implying?" asked Sephiroth.
"Doesn't he seem a bit odd to you, something is wrong with everything, he might not honour his deal and might be using us all and taking us for fools, I guess I'll have to keep an eye on him" said Matt.
"You seek to spy on Michel, interesting and what makes you think I won't speak of this in front of him? asked Sephiroth.
"I can tell by your expression that you are displeased with Michel, you would not help him and even you are considering the possibility that you are being used" said Matt.
"Indeed, very well, I suppose I could do a little snooping around, but let me ask what brought this on?" asked Sephiroth.
"I met someone who made me think for myself, he made me see flaws in Michel's deal" said Matt.
"Him, you mean that kid, he is an interesting guy, I do so wish to fight him one on one some time" said Sephiroth as he vanished.
"So do I but we should focus on the here and now" said Matt.
Elsewhere
On-board the Elle Ciel Lucas and the others had successfully returned to the ship and both Makie and Mana were amazed by the large ship. Makie was bouncing off the walls while Mana calmly looked around. They made their way to the bridge where they were greeted by Takuto, Chitose and Forte, the others seemed busy and as when they left the Tardis was stacked up in the corner.
"Hey just a quick question, why couldn't we have used the Tardis?" asked Kurogane.
"That's a good point, it's a study and quiet ship" said the Doctor.
"There is no way I am ever setting foot in that thing again, remember the first time we used it it nearly blew up" said Lucas.
"Oh yeah, good point" said Syaoran Two.
"Hey Lucas, seems like your back, it's been quiet all around here" said Takuto.
"Well we can't say the same on the ground, it was completely hectic, their was a library filled with traps, a deadly crystal, Lucas formed a pact and the list is endless, also a new enemy has emerged" said Rita.
"Oh, who are your new friends?" asked Chitose.
"I'm Makie Sasaki" she said.
"I'm Mana Tatsumiya" she said.
Oddly they noticed that Mana had pulled out an old fashioned pistol and stated polishing it for some reason, the gun seemed to interest Forte a bit.
"Lucas, explain" said Takuto.
"Well it's like this, these two kind of accidentally joined Ikuto's brigade" said Lucas.
"Brigade?" questioned Husky.
"Yep, they accidentally touched the contract and now their stuck with us, not that I am complaining, it be nice to have more then one chick around" said Dante.
"I'd watch it if I were you" said Rita.
"Please don't piss her off" said Train.
"A new enemy?" questioned Takuto.
"Some kind of creature with god like powers, I believe he said his name was Murder" said Snow.
"Really?" questioned Forte.
"Yeah, he just burst right out of the world tree and attacked us" said Makie.
"He is one of the three, to be exact he is the weakest" said the Doctor.
"You know him, just who is he?" asked Sakura Two.
The Doctor ignored her and just grabbed the three Demis and held them in the air with his hand, the three looked at the somewhat cross and scared Doctor and gave a cheeky smile as they knew they were in trouble.
"You three, why didn't you tell us?" asked the Doctor.
"What do you mean..." said Pan.
"Don't play dumb, you knew the moment you saw that Piece of Eden, you should have told me what it was that we were dealing with" said the Doctor.
"It's too important, we are still missing one gauntlet user and who knows how many Mis is missing, we need everyone to be together before we tell them anything" said Joy.
"If that is the case we should make finding the last few our top priority" said the Doctor.
"Agreed" said Mis.
The Doctor put them down as everyone looked at them in confusion, they wondered what the hell was going on as the Doctor smiled at them.
"We need to find the last of the Gauntlet users before we can fully explain what is happening" said The Doctor.
"We are still missing one and now that we have picked up the sent that who ever messed with out contracts left we can track them down" said Pan.
"I'm missing one more as well, Ikuto I know it is annoying but we need to find and recruit this person" said Mis.
"What a pain" said Yoru.
"Fine, we'll try and find this person, it'll give us something to do" said Ikuto.
"Thought I'd rather just kick up my shoes and eat some Pizza" said Dante.
"So you're taking us to another world?" questioned Makie.
"That's right kid, hope you brought your lunch box" said Dante.
"By the way that is an interesting gun you got there" said Forte.
"Thanks, I see you also have some interesting weapons" said Mana.
"Indeed, though I bet you're no where as good a me on a shooting range" said Forte.
"How much do you wanna bet on that, care to put your mouth where you mouth is" said Mana.
"There is a shooting range outback, the one with the best accuracy wins?" questioned Forte.
"You're on" said Mana.
The two of them then ran off with their pistols drawn, Ikuto tried to stop Mana but she ignored him and ran off to compete against Forte. Lucas and Ikuto both sighed as everyone seemed to chuckle a bit, a grin them appeared on Ikuto's face.
"Hey Rita" said Ikuto.
"Yes oh fearless leader" said Rita.
"I want you to go with Lucas' group this time round, until we return I want you to keep an eye on them, especially Amu" said Ikuto.
"What!" they all shouted.
"You mean we have to hang around with that flat old hag" said Etna.
"What did you say" said Rita who looked like she was about to knock Etna out.
"You heard me shrimp, do I have to repeat myself for your deaf old ears" said Etna.
The two of them then got ready to duel but Takuto tried to stop it but ended getting punched in the face and sent flying. Snow then grabbed Etna and held her back while Husky just barely managed to hold back Rita, he also had to cover her mouth so she didn't chant any spells.
"That's enough ladies" said Snow.
"If you remember last time it was a tie, this is why I hate girls, their so violent" said Husky.
"Why not let them duke it out, a cat fight could be fun" said Dante who was then hit over the head by Maria with a pan.
"Ikuto...why are you doing this to me" said Lucas.
"For my own enjoyment of course. It'll be fun to see how you deal with her" said Ikuto.
"Okay, we have temporally recruited Rita, now we have the worlds we are going to, we won't take this ship this time, it'll be a quick snatch and grab mission so we'll go the old way" said Pan.
Everyone get ready, we'll meet back here as soon as we can" said Joy.
They all then vanished leaving the Doctor, Kurogane, Syaoran two, Sakura Two, Chitose and a recovered Takuto in the room.
"What an interesting group" said the Doctor.
"If you say so, just a bunch of brats to me" said Kurogane.
"Takuto are you alight?" asked Chitose.
"I'm fine, those girls don't hit half as hard as others do" said Takuto.
And thus the search begins, Lucas and the others landed in a strange village, Rita seemed to know the place well, in fact she was surprised to see it. They seemed to be in a run down slum like area, they saw that there was a large castle not far from where they were and just up a stair case was a place full of posh houses that housed the rich. All this time none of them noticed that in Amu's bag an egg was staring, Ran, Miki and Su slept in their eggs while a yellow one stirred as if about to hatch.
"This place" said Rita.
"You know where we are?" questioned Maria.
"This is my world" said Rita.
"This is your home, that should make things easier" said Aigis.
"Actually I hardly know my way around this city, I have only been here once or twice and it's hard to go outside due to all the monsters running around, are we certain the person we are looking for is in this city?" asked Rita.
"Yes, I can sense him somewhere in here and it is defiantly a guy" said Pan.
"If that is the case then I know where someone who might help us lives, he is a bit of an egotistical idiot but he'll do" said Rita.
"Okay, lead the way" said Lucas.
The group followed Rita through the streets that seemed crowded with people, Etna lead them to a small house and walked up to the top floor which held the door to enter the house. She then gently tapped the door so no one could hear her before she violently kicked the door open with her foot.
"Hey Yuri, you home" said Rita.
The house seemed lived in an neat and tidy, there was a dog basket in the corner however it seemed no one was home.
"Huh, seems like he's not here, I wonder why he always leaves his door open like this" said Rita.
They then heard a scream and the group rushed into action, they left the building and rushed to the cause of the scream to see hundred of people running away from something, as the group reached the town square they saw a boy with purplish black hair and black clothes, in one hand he held a Katana drawn and ready to fight. By his side was a bright blue dog with a knife in it's mouth that looked like it was ready to back him up. The group then noticed that several of the houses had been severally damaged and that someone had set fire to a house that still had people in. They then saw the cause of everything, Count Waltz, Creed, Alexei and a brute clad in armour with a large sword that he waved around effortlessly.
"Yuri" said Rita.
The man looked back at them almost surprised to see Rita.
"Rita, what the hell are you doing here?" asked the man named Yuri.
"Looking for you" said Rita.
"Well congrats, you found me so how about lending a hand" said Yuri.
Lucas and the others drew their weapons and prepared to assist the man as Aigis and Snow tried to free the trapped people.
"Honestly this place is disgusting, it truly is a dark day for a count such as myself to be surrounded by these vermin, good thing pest control is here" said Count Waltz as he smiled at all the damage he had done.
"I think it is time someone taught you brats some manners" said Lucas.
"Hold your tongue nave, you have no right to speak to us like that foolish warrior" said the new enemy.
"Who the heck are you?" asked Syaoran.
"I am Garland and I shall be the one to rend thou head from thou shoulders" he said.
"You certainly talk a good game" said Yuri.
"It's so good to see you again Train, it has been to long since our last meeting" said Creed.
"Bite me jackass" said Train.
"Remember our goal, we have no need to fight them" said Alexei.
"True we have no need, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun" said Creed.
"If we take care of them now it would save us from dealing with then later" said Garland.
"This is a matter of pride, after I have dealt with this imbeciles I shall rid this hole place of it's vermin" said Count Waltz.
"Very well, but don't get me involved" said Alexei.
"Alexei, I'm surprised to see you again, what you didn't get enough of an ass kicking last time" said Yuri.
"Yuri Lowell, truly I would love the chance to get even with you, seeing as it is you I shall play a small part in this" said Alexei.
He waved his hand and before they knew it they were surrounded by Hexes left right and centre, the Hexes had changed as they had become more dragon like with tails and horns and even sharp snarling teeth.
"Damn coward" said Rita.
"Yo kid, what's your name?" asked Yuri.
"It's Lucas Murphy" he said.
"Mine is Yuri Lowell, can you back me up?" he asked.
"Sure, I had a feeling we had to deal with these guys sooner or later" said Lucas.
Everyone prepared as the Hexes attacked, the swarm was powerful as it forced Lucas and Yuri back to back while they fought the Hexes, Sakura was protected by Syaoran while Sakura issued out card after card, first burning and then freezing the Hexes. Mir used her hands to snap the necks of several Hexes before blasting a large pack with her song magic, the dog and Rita then backed her up with spells and attacks. Maria and Shelke were forced back to back as Hexes closed in on them. The two nodded heads and joined hands, the two then used a combination of their attacks to fight them off as Train shot down as many Hexes that he could, each one he shot in the head causing an instantaneous death. Lyner and Amu who had changed into her Miki form and was blocking attacks with a giant paint brush were protecting Mint who could not fight. The two were also protection Joy and Pan from the battle but the amount of Hexes were staggering, just when it seemed that they were about to be defeat Aigis and Snow joined the battle having helped the people escape. Snow and Aigis pounced on the first Hexes they saw and then helped Amu and Lyner with protecting those who could not fight. Etna speared multiple Hexes but then Garland appeared and attacked her, despite being able to block the attack she was knocked into a wall due to Garland's shear power. Maria had then also engaged in a battle with Count Waltz who chuckled as Maria tried to fight him.
"Ha ha, Apocalypse Fall" he said.
He jumped into the air and issued his attack which Maria just barely managed to dodge, as Waltz laughed in her face Maria held her Rapier in front of her face, she then smiled as her blade began to glow.
"Cura'Stana Ura" said Maria.
Just then several copies of her appeared and attacked Count Waltz, Waltz had trouble fighting the copies and soon the copies had forced him into a corner were they issued a pentagon like attack and he just managed to block this as he gained cuts across his arms and chest. He huffed and puffed as he looked at Maria who had returned back to normal.
"Not bad girl, try this" he said.
His blade then turned large and attacked Maria, although Maria managed to block it the force of the attack pushed her into the ground and left her defenceless. As Waltz issued the attack that would kill Maria, Lucas and Yuri stepped in and blocked his attack together.
"Pick on someone your own size" said Lucas.
"That is no way to treat a lady" said Yuri.
The two off them pushed Waltz back and he skid across on the ground, the two were however caught off guard by Creed however Train took care of this as he pushed Creed out of their way and began to fight him. Else where Garland looked at the hole he had made when he slammed Etna into the wall and he noticed something moving. He then saw Etna standing there almost unhurt and angry as could be, she then prepared to throw her spear as Garland prepared for the attack.
"Get bent tin can, Chaos Impact" said Etna.
Her spear then glowed red as it became infused with power, Etna then jumped into the air and threw the spear at Garland which ploughed him into the ground and the shock wave caused all surrounding Hexes to disintegrate. She landed and the spear flew back into her hand as Garland jumped out of the hole she had made with a small chip in his armour.
"You might be an opponent worth fighting, try this, Highbringer" said Garland.
This unleashed a chain from his sword that Etna dodged however it turned and knocked her into the air, Garland then tried to attack her again however Etna dodged the attack and slide down the chain on his sword and struck him with her spear, however he just turned and laughed as a tiny dent in his helmet appeared.
"Ha-ha, a worthy opponent it seems, still even you or your friends cannot end the cycle of battle" he said.
"I don't care about any cycle, all I care about is kicking your ass" said Etna.
The two continued their battle as everyone tried to fight off their enemies, Alexei stood on the sidelines not even taking part in the battle, he just watched somewhat amused. Yuri and Lucas continued to fight Count Waltz but he was more powerful then they had thought.
"Wolf Strike" said Yuri.
He issued an attacked which Count Waltz managed to dodge, Waltz then tried to counter attack but due to Lucas he only managed to scrape Yuri's hand. Lucas' gauntlet then began to glow as he smiled at Waltz.
"I'll handle him, go help the others" he said.
"Alright, be sure to kick his ass" said Yuri.
Yuri then left the battle and joined Maria in fighting several Hexes.
"Ragnarok, evoke pact, Setsuna" said Lucas.
Lucas then transformed into his Pact form yet he sill had only half a mask on which was somewhat disappointing as he was unable to use it for a long time. Waltz gave a little flinch as he prepared to block an attack Lucas had prepared for him.
"Strike of a hundred flaming cherry blossoms" said Lucas.
Petals then flew everywhere as Lucas used his wide range attack on Waltz sending him flying and destroying many Hexes that were around him. The Hexes seemed to be increasing and although they had a lot of power they still lacked the numbers, Syaoran was still covering Sakura as she used card after card, she then pulled out three cards at once.
"Multi cast" said Sakura.
She then used the three cards at the same time which seemed to amaze Syaoran, however he let down his guard and a Hex was about to hit Sakura however he grabbed the sword which cut his hand and then dealt with the Hex. He threw the sword to the ground as he fell to the ground looking at his bleeding hand, it was at this time that Yuri dealt with the Hexes that were surrounding the two and then came to Syaoran's aid.
"You alright kid, be careful" said Yuri as he held out his bleeding hand to help Syaoran up.
"I'm fine" he said as he took it.
There was a small light and Syaoran paused for a second before realising what he had done, without him knowing he had managed to reach level two and now he had created a Pact with Yuri again with out either of them knowing. They became enveloped in a bright light as the Pact was complete and both of them gained an incredible boost to their strength and speed, their wounds on their hands healed and incredibly they managed to cut through several Hexes without braking a sweat. Everyone was amazed by this but it was cut short as the Hexes and the three villains regrouped, the villains seemed amused and even though they had been wounded in their battle they acted as if they hadn't.
"Truly an interesting battle" said Creed.
"The carnage does my other side well" said Garland.
"But it seems we will have to end it here to day, sorry but that is that, but let me leave you with a parting gift" said Count Waltz.
Count Waltz then stuck out a spear into the sky, it then came down and aimed itself at an unknown target, it was too fast and too powerful to block as it came shooting down. Everyone ducked out of the way but Amu became stuck as the arrow headed for her. She tried to move but her leg had become trapped in some kind of spell stopping her form moving , she closed her eyes and prepared for the attack as it came nearer. Everyone rushed to help her but then a magic shield appeared and destroyed the arrow, everyone was shocked by this to say the least.
"What?" questioned Count Waltz.
Everyone looked around for the source of the spell but it was no where to be seen.
"Hello again Amu" said a calm voice.
"That voice..." said Amu.
Her bag then flew open and out of it came a yellow egg, it flew into the sky and shined as bright as a diamond, causing many Hexes to turn to dust just by looking at it. The egg then slowly opened at another Shugo Chara appeared yet it was too bright to see any details.
"Dia" said Amu
Aftermath
Hello and Welcome to the Aftermath, I am your host Joy, the magnificent and wonderful
Interesting chapter huh, well it seems Amu's Forth and strongest Shugo Chara has been introduced at last
"Hey, you better remember to pay me for this" said Ichigo.
Yeah sure, thanks for reminding me, anyway here is this chapter's special guest, Ichigo Kurosaki
"Hey, I should say it's great to be here but if only that was true" said Ichigo.
Ha ha, very funny, just tell them the answer to the riddle
"Okay, the answer is a computer, I won't blame you if you cheated, the only way to get it was to cheat" said Ichigo.
Maybe but that's Setsuna for you, now Ichigo are you going to be in a up coming chapter
"I have been given permission from the Author to reveal some details, he says that I will appear for at least three chapters and starting around chapter 22 or so depending on how the story goes" said Ichigo.
Really, did he tell you anything else
"Yes, actually, he said that this one was going to be longer as he feels more confident as the first one was so short as it was his first story, he says that at least all of Lucas' group will gain one Pact at least and that he is considering cancelling the Aftermath" said Ichigo.
What, how dare he, if he does it I am going to sue
"He said he will either cancel it, replace the host or bring in a co host as he described the current host as a little too annoying" said Ichigo.
Death to you author, I'm going to go see him now, Ichigo finish this chapter's Aftermath
"Joy walks out a door"
"Okay, seeing as Tsukuyomi broke the roulette and it is currently under repairs I will be picking a hero and villain randomly from my head" said Ichigo
Ichigo thought on which he would profile today, two pop into his head as he smiles
"Okay today we are looking at Dante and Murder, let's get it over with" said Ichigo.
Dante
Birthday: like hell I know
Hight: again unknown
Blood Type: unknown
Likes: Pizza
Dislikes: Mundas
Weight: yet again unknown
Profile:
The second son of Sparda, Dante is the owner of a shop known as Devil May Cry and hunts demons throughout the globe. He has a brother named Virgil who he was forced to fight and defeat and his arch enemy is the Demon names Mundas. Currently he has been helping out a kid named Nero and his companions.
Murder
Birthday: he was born when the heart of man was, the beginning of time
Hight: he chooses his own hight and so has no exact hight
Blood Type: he has no blood
Likes: death, destruction, his brother and sister, pain and anguish and above all suffering
Dislikes: Humans, harmony, peace, when he loses his fights with his brother
Weight: he surprisingly weighs nothing, not a single gram
Profile:
A creature that clawed it's way out of the World Tree, it was made apparent that he had been there for millions of years. He was called Murder of the Three Lords hinting that there are two more like him and are even more powerful them him. He is the head of the Order of Chaos and has released Michel of that Title to which he hasn't got a problem with. It is rumoured that if you look into the eyes of Murder then all the lives of those cut short will flood into your mind.
"That's it for this week, oh the riddle, let's see, this thing all things devours, birds, beasts, trees flowers; gnaws iron bites steel; grinds hard stones to meal; slays king ruins town and beats high mountain down, what am I, see ya next time and maybe the Aftermath will have a co host" said Ichigo.
"Joy enters the room with a shotgun"
Not if I have something to say about it