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Chapter 20
Entertainment
Lucas looked around, he was undoubtedly in The World of Trio yet again, and this time he was at what looked like the Roman Coliseum with all these huge pillars everywhere. Lucas found it odd as the connection to the world was severed when they were last here. Soon he heard someone call out his name; he turned to his left and saw Sakura.
"Lucas" she said.
"Sakura" he said as he rushed towards her.
Just moments before he reached her he slammed hard into something, it was as if he had run face first into something. Lucas looked and tapped the air in front of him; he now saw what the pillars were for. Between each pillar was an invisible wall, this had to be someone's idea of a joke. Lucas then saw Takuto who ran toward Lucas' side.
"Lucas, what is going on here?" asked Takuto.
"If I knew I would tell you" said Lucas.
"Here again" said Sakura.
"Just what the hell is going on" said Takuto.
"We're cut off, can you find another way around?" asked Lucas.
"Yes, I'll use the Fly Card" said Sakura.
Sakura prepared to summon her card when a black figure appeared behind her, Lucas shouted out her name as the shadow grabbed her and she started to vanish. Lucas took out his sword and smashed the invisible wall to pieces. Takuto and Lucas reached for Sakura but it was too late as she vanished before they could get to her.
"Sakura" said Takuto.
"Damn it, Syaoran will kill me if anything happens to her" said Lucas.
They then heard even more noises and we're surprised to see Aigis, Syaoran, Mint, Amu and Vanilla and Milfeulle. They ran up to them as confused as everyone else, even more so then Lucas as none of them had been here before.
"You guys, what are you doing here?" asked Lucas.
"No idea, I was making a cake when suddenly poof, I'm here" said Milfeulle.
"I just rested my eyes for a second and ended up here" said Syaoran.
"I brought them" said a familiar childish voice.
They looked up at one of the pillars, standing on top was Project H, a creepy and odd smile was across her face as she looked down on them.
"You" said Lucas.
"You big dummy Lucas, it is a shame the witch took your memories, remember the proper way to address me is Sister or Mistress" said Project H.
"You're the one who attempted to kill Maria" said Aigis.
"Are you still holding it against me, come on, I gave up on it after all and besides why should you care, she is just a doll, a living toy just like the rest of us" said Project H.
"You, you think of everyone only as tools right" said Syaoran.
"Hmm, maybe but who knows" said Project H.
Lucas then jumped back with his sword drawn, he had just managed to dodge an attack from a man with red hair, the man reminded him of Sephiroth due the the freaking wing on his back.
"Genesis, about time you joined us" said Project H.
"Sorry madam, sue me if you want" said the man.
Everyone was shocked when Project H smacked the man on the head with a frying pan, after recovering from the injury he turned to look at her.
"What the hell was that for" said the man in outrage.
"Don't speak to me that way, the soul of someone who accepts neither light nor dark can only call me My Lady, Master, or Mistress and will do everything I say when I say it" said Project H.
"As you wish my lady" said the man.
"That's better, now on to more pressing matters" said Project H.
She clicker her figures and the man, Zangetsu appeared on another pillar; he looked down at the group with his emotionless eyes.
"Is everything set up?" asked Project H.
"Yes" said Zangetsu.
"Good" said Project H.
"What's going on, where is Sakura?" asked Lucas.
"What, someone took her, where is she!" demanded Syaoran.
"She's fine for now but I'll be asking the questions, for starters what the hell is wrong with you people" said Project H.
"What?" questioned Aigis.
"You tried to defeat Murder, did you actually think you could beat him, not even half of you have got to Level 2 yet and even less then that have actually managed to summon their Pacts and their incredibly weak still" said Project H.
"What the hell, have you been spying on us" said Amu.
"I'm not finish so SHUT UP, now Mint, how worthless have you become, you have a gauntlet and all you can do is run and hide, everyone has advanced in some way even Sakura but you haven't done anything but fly a stupid ship" said Project H.
"Leave her alone" said Takuto.
"And then there is you lot, you are meant to be supporting them but all you do is fly them from place to place, worthless and pointless, this show is getting so boring now, I'm so bored so I decided to give myself some entertainment" said Project H.
"Why don't you go bite yourself, give me back Sakura" said Syaoran.
"No" said Project H.
"Why you" said Lucas.
Lucas and Syaoran charged at Project H with their swords drawn however they were quickly swatted away by the new man and Zangetsu.
"Damn it" said Syaoran.
"Oh I forgot to introduce our newest member, this is Genesis Rhapsodos, a newly joined servant of mine" said Project H.
"Pleased to meet you" said Genesis.
"Get bent, where the hell is Sakura" said Syaoran.
"Such a poor mannered boy, you're no fun, very well, she is here" said Project H.
Sakura then appeared next to Project H, bound in ropes Project H but her foot on the unconscious Sakura's stomach.
"What the hell have you done to her" said Amu.
"Nothing yet, okay listen, this is how it is going to work" said Project H.
"I'm going to kick your ass" said Lucas.
"I wouldn't, try anything and little Sakura might be in for a nasty fall" said Project H.
"Grrrr" said Lucas.
"Looks like you learned a little bit, so then the link between you all, do you know?" asked Project H.
"Michel asked the same thing and truth be told I have given it some thought" said Lucas.
"Oh and your answer?" asked Project H.
"Is it Sorrow, we have all been hurt and tormented in a way but we always seem to stay the same no matter what, if only one thing connect us together it would be our fighting spirit to not give in to despair" said Lucas.
"Well I certainly didn't expect this, that is correct you have all faced great trials and have not given in, you're not as brainless as you look" said Project H.
"However that is not all sadly" said Zangetsu.
"The girl, she has a secret, Murder told her that soon someone close to her will die" said Genesis.
"What?" questioned Mint.
"She is close to all of you, she can't bare to lose you and what of Syaoran, she nearly lost him once what if it happens again, she concerns herself with not being strong enough and by what she saw in Murder's eyes, you may not notice but it still plagues her" said Project H.
"Sakura is..." began Syaoran.
"She is going to crack soon, there is something special about this girl" said Project H.
"She's had this hanging over head, damn it" said Syaoran.
"You must not tell her anything, if she we're to find out you knew then she could possibly brake and fall into despair, I want to keep that from happening" said Project H.
Then an image of Sakura appeared, she appeared to be playing some games with all of H's other minions, like the L guy who she played chess with and lost every time.
"What the hell, Sakura is there but she's there" said Takuto.
"This isn't the real Sakura; this represents her Despair, look at how big it has grown" said Project H.
"That's how big her emotions have grown?" questioned Aigis.
"Yes, I can't keep them locked up for much longer, soon they will break free and who knows what will happen, which is why I want all of you to get bloody stronger, in fact I won't return Sakura, the real Sakura to you until Mint has improved and Amu managed to summon her Pact" said Project H.
"All of you must gain some strength or else none of you will leave this place" said Zangetsu.
"What!" they all said.
"This place was created so you can never leave without my say so, so get going, I want to see some magic happening" said Project H.
"What do we do?" asked Milfeulle.
"We have no choice; we have to do as they say" said Lucas.
"Well then, you want power then here, Roar Raitei Shourai" said Syaoran.
Syaoran then unleashed a massive burst of lightning from his sword which was more ferocious and more powerful than they had seen before. It soon took the shape of a dragon and charged after Genesis who just managed to block it.
"Impressive" said Genesis.
"If it means we get to kick your skinny ass then I'm in, Blades of Fire" said Lucas.
Lucas created several swords out of fire and launched them at Genesis, the speed of the attacks made him have to try to dodge them, he managed to survive them all but only just.
"Not bad" said Genesis.
"The three space cadets can be left alone, focus on Aigis, Mint and Amu" said Project H.
"Well then Amu, summon your Pact" said Genesis.
"I don't know its name; please tell me your name" said Amu.
"That' won't get you far" said Project H.
"Come on Amu, you can do it" said Lucas.
"Come on; please tell me your name" said Amu.
"Perhaps see needs a little push" said Project H.
She then created a spear out of thin air and launched it at Amu, Amu panicked not knowing what to do and it was too fast for anyone to react in time, then Amu heard a voice.
"Do not worry child" said the voice.
Amu then managed to dodge the spear and then held her Gauntlet up into the air.
"Gauntlet of power I call you to obey your master, I call the Gauntlet who has made me it's host, I name thee Horus creature of light, I evoke the pact of Hermione Granger" said Amu.
A diamond of light then appeared on Amu's gauntlet; in it was the faint image of Hermione and soon a female voice began to speak.
"Do you accept Granger?" asked the voice.
"Of course" said Hermione's voice.
"Very well, pact accepted" said the voice.
"Evoking pact Hermione" said Amu.
There was a flash of light and Amu then appeared dressed in a clock similar to Hermione's only it had red hearts, green clovers, blue spades and yellow diamonds over it. She gained an old hat which seemed to have a face on it, she wore a plain white shirt at least it looked plain but it seemed to be as hard as a rock yet as light as a feather. Her skirt became slightly longer with red stripes over it and she had gained a long wooden staff that looked like Hermione's wand. Her mask that covered half her face was a humanoid face with skin that looked like it had been taking from a book; in fact she had in her hair a hair pin that was in the shape and design of a book.
"I hope this pleases everyone" said Amu and Hermione's voice together.
"Bravo girl, now all that is left is Mint" said Project H.
"Now listen, Mint hasn't been a gauntlet user for long" said Lucas.
"So leave her alone" said Vanilla.
"Sorry but I can't let that happen" said Project H.
Thousands of spears then surrounded them, all pointed at them all, there was no way they could dodge them all.
"What are you doing?" asked Syaoran.
"Just a theory I'm testing, if it fails then oops, I won't have to look after you lot anymore" said Project H.
The spears flew at them, with no way to dodge they waited for them to pierce their bodies; however Lucas heard Mint shout out a word.
"Shield" said Mint.
Then a large shield appeared around them made out of energy, it blocked all of the spears and stopped them from reaching them. Soon the spears disappeared, Mint dismissed the spell and Project H smiled.
"As I suspected, you can use parts of your ship to help you by saying their name" said Project H.
"That was dangerous, Mint if you please" said Takuto.
"Cannon" said Mint.
Two cannons like the ones from her ship then appeared and aimed themselves at Genesis.
"What are you doing?" asked Genesis.
"Fire" said Mint.
The two cannons fires, Genesis managed to block them but the impact sent him flying away and landed several feet away from them.
"What the hell" said Genesis.
"It's payback" said Takuto.
"Good, now then Aigis, we seem to have a problem" said Project H.
"What, what problem?" asked Lucas.
"Haven't you realized, I am a machine and I don't have any blood so I cannot make a pact, ever" said Aigis.
"Oh, I see, damn it" said Lucas.
"Seeing as it is not your fault I shall help you this one time, I have cast a spell on you so when you do reach Level 2 you can make a pact just by getting a person's permission and wishing for it" said Project H.
"Thank you but what I want is Sakura, give her back" said Aigis.
"Okay, L" said Project H.
The man named L then appeared with Sakura right beside him, Sakura quickly ran over to Syaoran while L looked up to Project H to make sure it was okay for her to return.
"Sakura did they hurt you?" asked Syaoran.
"No we just played games, L beat me at chess every time but I managed to beat Marcus as this video game called C all of Duty or something every time, it drove him mad" said Sakura.
"She seems to be fine" said Vanilla.
"Well it was entertaining for a little while but you lot get boring quickly" said Project H.
Lucas then started to feel odd, his head became light and he felt like he was drifting away, his vision blurred as he looked at Project H.
"Time for you to go" said L.
"Wait, what did you mean about the whole death thing" said Lucas.
"It can't be stopped, it is so close now and when it happens someone might break free" said Project H.
Sakura and the others vanished and Lucas was close to disappearing as well
"I won't let that happen, I'll kill all of those freaks before I let them hurt my friends" said Lucas.
"Let's see if you can keep that promise" said Zangetsu.
"See you again dearest Brother" said Project H.
Lucas blacked out, for a second he saw nothing but darkness but was then greeted by the sound of his friends' voices trying to wake him up.
"Get up you fool" said Mir.
Lucas opened his eyes and found that the ship had crashed landed on an unknown world; Lucas wondered what the hell had happened. It seemed like he had fallen asleep on his chair and then he noticed Mint fast asleep at the controls.
"We seem to have landed at our destination" said Flynn.
"That is the understatement of the century" said Lucas.
Mint woke up to find her ship in ruins, it was heavily damaged and seems to have crashed into a building of some kind. It seemed that Mint had fallen asleep at the wheel and caused the ship to crash, surprisingly several of their friends managed to stop it from crashing as best they could and stopped them from dying from the crash.
"Oh great" said Lucas.
Lucas then felt something odd, in the world they were in it struck midnight, oddly though all electrical equipment ceased and small patches of blood appeared on walls. The moon became bright red and the sky became green and in the darkness are large tower appeared as people were replaced with coffins.
"What the hell" said Mir.
"No, impossible" said Aigis.
"What's wrong?" asked Shelke.
"Everyone, it is my great displeasure to welcome you to The Dark Hour" said Aigis.
Aftermath
Hi I'm Joy and welcome to the aftermath
Interesting chapter huh, finally the Dark Hour emerges
Oh no, you mean the Dark Hour from Persona 3
Yep
Quick get the anti Akuma weapons
Wrong thing, that's D Gray Man
Get the keyblade
That's Kingdom Hearts
Get the crystals and the gems and the relics
That's Crash Bandicoot, how the hell did you end up there
Well I can't remember the storyline exactly but The Dark Hour is like a blood filled twisted version of the world where evil beings known as Shadows live
Finally correct
I'll get my shot gun
Damn idiot, anyway let us introduce today's guest, you can come in now Captain Byakuya Kuchiki
Byakuya Kuchiki enters the room
So welcome to the show, what do you think of the story so far
"I have not been reading it, as a captain I have other and more important duties to attend to" said Captain Kuchiki.
Okay, so are you going to make an appearance
"Unfortunately I shall along with three other captains, I shall not reveal their names so not to ruin the plot" said Captain Kuchiki.
What a great man, so what is the answer to last chapter's riddle
"A staircase is the answer, such a riddle is unfitting for a captain like myself" said Captain Kuchiki.
Okay, a bit harsh
"I'm going home" said Captain Kuchiki.
Aren't you going to do a character profile thing like the other guest
"My pride will not allow me to remain on this foolish and insignificant after show anymore" said Captain Kuchiki.
How cool and unexpected
Looks like we won't be doing a character profiles this chapter, this chapters riddle is as follows, part carbon, part water, I am poison to the fishes, many have falsely claimed my name for I am the pause that refreshes, what am I, that Kuchiki is a jerk
No not really, Rukia is so lucky to have a brother as cool as him, he is so calm, refined, and incredibly wonderful
You mean stubborn, egotistic, insensitive, rude and just down right stupid
"Scatter Senbonzakura" said Captain Kuchiki.
Flower petals appear and attack Joy.
Arhhhhh
"You were in my way" said Captain Kuchiki
Wait a freaking minute, I thought you went home