Inside the villa Luna was lying on a bed in her room, curled up and whimpering into the pillow that she held close to her face while Falla was sitting next to her on the bedside. Complica was sitting on the bed watching her sister cry with worried eyes while Falla was gently rubbing the girl's arm.
"Luna, it'll be alright," Falla said softly.
"Please don't cry sister, you're going to make me start crying if you don't stop crying," Complica said as she wiped her eyes. Luna shook her head slowly while still keeping her face hidden in the pillow.
"Why can't I ever have anyone? Why? Every time I find some incredible guy they're not meant to be with me, why can't I ever find someone for me?" she said with despair.
"C'mon sister, don't you think you're overreacting? You'll find somebody someday," Falla said gently. Luna sat up and looked at her with a teary-eyed glare.
"That's easy for you to say, you've had two boyfriends now. You've been with Tsukune for over a year and now you have a dragon slayer as another, I've never had anyone!" she yelled out. Falla leaned back with a nervous expression while Luna looked down and held her hands to her face.
"Even Complica had a boyfriend, but I never had anyone ever. The only two that ever seemed like they were the ones weren't meant to be. Rason was destined to be with Kurumu, and Hex was just a manipulative asshole!" she cried out. Falla and Complica looked to each other then back to Luna.
"In all fairness, me having a boyfriend got me killed, not really a plus for me," Complica said with a weak smile and shrug.
"We don't have to count Tsukune for me, since… that timeline never happened now, if it makes you feel better," Falla reasoned with a worried smile. Luna sighed and shook her head while looking to the window nearby.
"I've never even been courted before, not once. You two always had somebody though. Complica was with her boyfriend, and we both know that you had several of our knights who had their eyes on you Falla. They always followed you around at every ball and dance," she said sadly. Falla nodded then looked down with remorse.
"Yeah, I remember that, and I also remember that they only followed me around because my old self loved to tease and taunt them with what they couldn't have. The other me never wanted any of them as a mate, she just wanted to manipulate and control them to feel superior," she said with regret, hating how her old self was with everybody.
"And I didn't always have Lloyd back at the castle, before I met him I didn't have anyone," Complica mentioned shaking her head.
"Before him every young chronofly your age in the kingdom wanted to play with you when you were at our parks, there was even a line to just play baseball with you," Luna said glancing to her. Complica opened her mouth to speak then stopped as she realized that was true, then smiled weakly.
"Um… oh yeah," she said softly. Luna nodded then glanced to Falla.
"And whenever we were out for any formal event you were always asked to have a dance with, but never me. Not once did any of the other guests ever want to dance with me," she said with sorrow. Falla nodded then smiled sympathetically at her.
"They… were scared," she reasoned.
"Scared?" Luna said mockingly.
"Yes, scared. I know this because I heard it many times while at those events from other guests. They were intimidated by you Luna, they all felt they weren't good enough to ever talk to you, let alone dance with you. The only reason I got asked to dance was because I teased the men into coming to me, I was like a cat with a mouse with them, just wanting to toy with them and… break their hearts," Falla said looking down with regret. Luna looked at her curiously as her sister sighed and looked back to her.
"You were perfect Luna; everyone in the kingdom knew that. Mother and father knew that, that's why they wanted you to be queen; they knew the people would love you. You were never asked to dance those times because every guy out there was scared to go near you, both because you were the daughter of the king and because… because there wasn't a single fault about you Luna. You were out of everyone's league, nobody was brave enough to walk up to you and ask you to dance," she explained.
"Nobody? Nobody at all? Why? I was never mean; I was always being polite with other members of the court, why couldn't one guy ask me out? Just for one dance, why couldn't I ever have that?" Luna cried out. Falla bit her lip worriedly as Luna watched her with teary eyes. After a moment Luna looked at her carefully.
"What?" she asked. Falla hesitated then looked down with closed eyes.
"My old self really was an asshole…" she said softly. Luna and Complica watched her curiously as her hands fidgeted in her lap.
"What is it?" Luna asked. After a moment Falla looked to her with remorse.
"It probably didn't help… that… I used to spread rumors about you. Rumors that… if anyone tried to make a move on you, father would have them… executed," she said with a cringe. Luna looked at her with surprise while Complica shook her head with worried eyes.
"Falla, you didn't," Complica said.
"You did what?" Luna asked with disbelief.
"Hey, first off… that wasn't me that did that, that was the other me, the real monster, so… you know, just keep that in mind. Secondly… yeah, it's true. My old self hated that you were so perfect Luna, so she spread some gossip among the suitors that were at those events, that you were not to be bothered by anyone under order of the king, that you… were reserved for another royal official," she explained. Luna looked at her with frustration then down with sorrow as Complica gave Falla a mean look.
"You were the reason why Luna was never asked out by anyone? That was so mean!" she yelled out.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I never wanted to be like that, really. I agree that I used to be a total bitch, I'm not defending that, ok?" Falla pleaded nervously. Luna growled and geared back to slap her, with Falla shutting her eyes and bracing for the hit. After a pause Luna sighed and shook her head before curling back up with the pillow.
"It doesn't matter, none of that matters anymore, I've always been alone and always will be," she said sadly. Falla breathed out then looked at her sister with worried eyes again.
"No you won't, you'll find somebody, you can't just give up like that," she said hopefully.
"Just go be with your boyfriend Falla, leave me alone," Luna said shaking her head. Falla looked at her with concern then to Complica, the young girl watching her troubled sister with a sad look.
"Luna, please, come with us to dinner, all of our friends are going to be there," Falla said nudging Luna's leg. The only response she got was Luna then kicking her across the jaw, the girl dropping off the bed with a spiral while Luna curled up on the bed again and whimpered into her pillow. Falla rubbed her jaw as she slowly stood up, catching her balance again while Complica looked at her with worry.
"Ok… I think I had that coming for a while. Now that that's out of your system, please come with us to dinner, we missed you so much while you were gone," Falla said looking to Luna again with a worried smile.
"You need to eat something too, you can't just stay here all night," Complica reasoned.
"When I get hungry I'll eat the damned dress Hex got for me," Luna snapped while keeping her face buried in the pillow. Falla smirked a bit then sat beside her sister again.
"Please sister, we were all worried sick about you, Complica even came down here looking for you. Please, join us for dinner, we all care about you so much," she said gently. Luna sighed then glanced to her while keeping her face in the pillow.
"Please Luna?" Complica begged. Luna hesitated then slowly sat up while wiping her tears away.
"They're all going to think I was a fool for having such feelings for Hex," she muttered.
"Well, we all do think that, but you saw what he was for yourself and that he was just using you, you did what was right and chose to be without him," Falla reasoned gently. Luna nodded slowly then looked to Complica, the young chronofly moving forward and hugging her sister closely.
"I'm just glad you're safe again, I was so worried about you," Complica said softly. Luna held her and gently kissed her head.
"I missed you too Complica, more than you can imagine," she said gently. She held her sister close for a moment then looked to Falla with a small smile.
"Alright, let's go, it's been so long since we last ate together," she said before getting up with Complica. The three sisters walked out of the room and headed down the hall together while a few of the villa guards walked past.
"I just wish I could find somebody special for my own," Luna said softly.
"You'll find somebody soon sister, I just know you will," Complica said holding onto her hand.
"You're the queen of time, there's got to be a suitor out there just waiting to meet you," Falla mentioned with a smile. Luna shook her head and looked up.
"Queen or not, I just want my own knight in shining armor," she said softly.
The three girls made their way to the dining hall where their friends had gathered for their meal. They were all seated on their eating mats with small tables which had their dinners provided by Fang Fang while sitting around the pond centerpiece in the room.
"I see, it sounds like this Tsukune fellow is quite admirable for his deeds, I would love to meet him one day and thank him for disposing of Fairy Tale and Alucard," Fang Fang said with a curious smile.
"My cousin is something alright, I just hope he's doing ok still in the monster world," Kyouko said next to him while looking down at her meal with a worried smile. Ruby glanced to the human next to her while eating some rice and shook her head.
"I'm certain he's doing fine Kyouko, after all he's been through I doubt a little vampire bloodlust will bring him down," she assured around her food. She jumped a bit then looked next to her at Razico who was glancing to her with a smirk while his hand was holding her rear.
"Ruby, it's impolite to talk with your mouth full, bad girl," he said in a suave tone, the last two words being quiet so that only the blushing witch could hear them. She swallowed her food then nodded with a timid smile.
"Sorry, master," she said, the last word being quiet and timid before she looked down and held in her squeals of excitement as the warlock caressed her.
"We need to work on your manners young lady," he said with a chuckle while resuming to eat his meal, his hand caressing his witch who was trying not to tremble while she nodded shakily.
"Yes, we do," she said softly, hoping that her warlock would teach her a lesson or two that night.
Sitting next to him Astreal didn't notice the man's wandering hand since her eyes were glancing to Leon who was beside her, the blonde haired witch eating some fish while keeping her posture upright so her breasts were more noticeable. Ever since she learned that she was more well-endowed than her sister she felt a sense of pride in her figure and found herself wanting to feed her boyfriend's eye with it, of which she was doing since Leon was glancing to her with a blush while slowing eating his meal.
"Can I try some of that?" Astreal asked softly pointing her chopsticks towards his plate. Leon nodded with a smile before she leaned over to the side, pressing her arm and bosom against him as she reached over and took hold of some of his chicken. She put it in her mouth slowly and chewed with a soft murmur while keeping eye contact with him, with the boy feeling her nudging him with her bosom.
"Thank you, if you want something of mine just say so," she said with a wink. Leon blinked then glanced to her chest then back to her with a shaky smile.
"Um, alright, sure thing Astreal," he said as he tried to control his thoughts about his girlfriend. Sitting next to him Render was glancing to Apoch as the witch was watching him out of the corner of her eye while she was eating some cooked shrimp. The witch held the morsels to her mouth, and then silently sucked the meat right into her mouth while holding the tail with two fingers, letting out a soft murmur before chewing and swallowing it. Render's eye twitched a bit as he saw his girlfriend literally sucking the shrimp out into her mouth before she nonchalantly brushed her hair around her ear then drew her hand leisurely down along her shoulder and breast before reaching out for her glass. She then stopped and looked to Render with a coy smile.
"What is it?" she asked softly, knowing very well she was catching his eye. Render jumped a bit then smiled nervously at her.
"Uh, nothing. So, you really seem to like shrimp," he said with a small laugh. Apoch nodded as she held another close to her mouth, watching the boy with an alluring smile.
"I know they look small, but they have more muscle than you think, something that I love about them," she said before biting off the meat along with a twitch of her eyebrow. Render chuckled weakly and nodded as Apoch looked back down to her table with a small giggle.
Sitting next to the raven haired witch Felucia was eating her meal with an amused smile on her face while she was glancing to the side. Next to her Dark was eating as well, the shadow demon having his earbuds and mp3 player just as he was known to always listen to while he had a blank expression on his face. Of course he was very much aware of what was around him, and that included the two snow girls to his side that were obviously still at odds with each other. Arial was sitting next to him and swiping a frozen claw around her side at Mizore who kept trying to reach past her to touch Dark.
"Leave him alone," Arial hissed while glancing to Mizore with a cold glare.
"I'm just trying to show my affection by holding his hand ma'am, there's nothing wrong with that," Mizore quipped with a stern smile.
"You weren't reaching for his hand a moment ago," Arial snapped.
"Well, there are other places I can touch to show my affection for him, like here for example," Mizore replied with a smirk as she reached past the snow angel towards Dark's lap. Arial yelled out and tackled her to the ground, trying to swipe at the snow maiden with two frozen claws as the girl held the rampaging angel back by the head with both hands. The frozen claws whipped by just above Mizore's chest and stomach while Arial growled around her lollipop and the rest of the group just watched with blank expressions while Dark continued to eat.
"Hands off my son!" Arial yelled out as she kept trying to maul the snow maiden. Mizore struggled to push her back while forcing a stern smile still.
"Did I do something to upset you, ma'am?" she asked in a mocking tone.
"Don't you dare lay a hand on my son, you got that? He's not yours to touch!" Arial yelled out.
"I have no idea why you're so upset, I was only expressing my love for him, there's nothing wrong with doing that," Mizore replied innocently while the snow angel kept trying to slash at her.
"You don't have the right to touch him, back off or else!" Arial yelled out. Felucia just watched the girls bickering then nudged Dark to get his attention.
"They don't seem to be hitting it off to well, aren't you going to do something about it?" she asked.
"Like what?" he asked flatly.
"Well, you could explain to Arial that you truly love Mizore and wish to marry her, or you could tell Mizore to be nicer to Arial since the angel's got a hair trigger," Felucia suggested. Dark just stared at her for a moment, the girl then fidgeting before smiling nervously.
"Or you could let them work it out and disregard what I said completely, it's none of my business after all," she said shaking her head. Dark nodded then looked down to his meal, with Felucia breathing out and watching him worriedly.
'He can't speak out against his own mother or the girl he loves; they both mean the world to him. I guess Mizore's on her own with this one.'
Sitting next to Fang Fang and watching with worried eyes was Sun, the siren seeing Arial and Mizore fighting again while Dark seemed to be trying to ignore them. The siren wrote down something on her pad then held it up towards the bickering snow girls.
Arial, stop!
"Write louder, I don't think she heard you," Kokoa said flatly while next to her, glancing to the siren while eating her food. Sun looked to her with annoyance as the young vampire was eating while shooting the siren a glare, her hand resting down at her side and holding Gin's who was sitting next to her and trying to ignore the obvious tension both from across the hall and right next to him. Sitting on Kokoa's shoulder Kou was again perched and nibbling on some fish that his mistress had given him, the bat watching Sun with a sharp eye as he understood his mistress's aversion to the girl who was after her mate. Sun scoffed silently and wrote down something else for her to see.
I don't see you trying to keep the peace here, at least I'm trying.
Kokoa gave her a dull glare then looked over to the snow girls.
"Hey!" she called out, with Mizore and Arial stopping and looking over to see her drumming her fingers on her table.
"Want to see how hot my overcharge can get?" she asked flatly. Arial stared at her with wide eyes while Mizore showed an uneasy expression.
"Bet you'll be able to feel it from over there, or if you prefer I could come over there myself," Kokoa said with a raised eyebrow. Arial and Mizore looked to each other then back to Kokoa before she slammed her hand down on the table.
"Sit down!" she yelled, with the two girls then instantly hopping back over to their seats with worried expressions. Kokoa shook her head then glanced to Dark, the demon looking at her with a raised eyebrow now.
"Somebody had to get them to stop," Kokoa reasoned before eating again. Dark glanced to the snow girls then continued eating as well, knowing that as true. Gabriel smiled slightly at seeing Arial trembling a bit while she kept her eyes down on her food, then looked down to his meal as well while he was sitting next to Gin. He had been quiet so far during dinner as his mind was thinking about Luna again. He remembered how she had her hands held against his chest while she was showing a gentle expression of wonder, seeming to react to something that the angel wasn't able to figure out.
"What is this?" Luna asked quietly as she traced her hand gently down the angel's arm.
'What was what Luna?'
"Gabriel? Are you ok?" Ran asked from next to him. The angel snapped back to reality then looked to see the siren watching him with a curious glance.
"Oh, yes, I'm fine Ran. Just thinking about something," he said before he resumed eating again. Ran nodded then looked to seeing Yukari and Ahakon walking into the hall followed by Kurumu and Rason.
"Ahakon," she said with a smile and wave. The mage nodded and smiled at her while Yukari was holding onto his arm and watching Apoch and Astreal shooting her and Kurumu dull glares. Kurumu was smiling nervously while holding onto her angel's arm, with Rason showing a weak smile at the witch sisters as he saw the way they were looking at his girlfriend.
"What do you know, they're still alive," Ceal said dryly while he ate at his table, barely even glancing to the arrival of the new members as he had been quiet so far even during Mizore and Arial's outburst.
"You two ok?" Ruby asked with an amused smile at them.
"Yeah, Ahakon managed to get them back on their feet," Rason said rubbing the back of his head.
"Yep, good to have friends like him," Kurumu said while Apoch and Astreal continued to glare at her. Ahakon and Yukari sat down next to Ran while Kurumu and Rason sat beside them, with the witch and succubus smiling weakly at Apoch and Astreal who were just watching them with harsh stares.
"So…" Yukari said nervously while she clung to Ahakon for safety.
"About earlier…" Kurumu said carefully. She glanced between the two sisters as they remained silent while the group watched them and waiting for magical blasts of energy to fly across the room again. After a long uneasy silence Kurumu cried out again while clinging to Rason for safety.
"I'm sorry alright? I was just trying to help! Please don't shoot again!" she pleaded. Yukari smiled nervously while holding onto Ahakon's arm for protection.
"And we did to, we figured out whose were bigger, just like we said we would," she reasoned.
"There was a tape measurer not even five feet away from us the whole time! You groping us wasn't necessary at all!" Apoch shouted out.
"If you ever do that again I swear I'll take my chances and try to use the Artimus Arrow on you," Astreal threatened sternly. Kurumu and Yukari envisioned a nuclear explosion erupting from the side of the villa while the tattered remains of their underwear fluttered away in the fiery haze.
"Ok! I'm sorry!" Kurumu cried out.
"We won't do that again, we promise!" Yukari cried out, nodding quickly in agreement with a fearful expression while the others just watched them with amused smiles.
"You'd better not, or so help us you'll get worse than what you just did," Apoch and Astreal said together with a stern expression.
"Seriously, how do you two always do that?" Render asked.
"You two really are in sync, aren't you?" Leon asked.
"I told you guys, I knew I wasn't crazy!" Rason cried out while waving to the witch sisters. Nobody seemed to react or say anything, with the angel looking around at everybody with disbelief. The group then looked to the side of the hall as the chronofly sisters walked through the door.
"Hey, thought we'd join you guys. Did we miss anything?" Falla asked.
"No! Nothing at all!" Kurumu and Yukari cried out while shaking their heads. The chronofly sisters looked at them with puzzled expressions as the two girls smiled nervously at Apoch and Astreal, the witches just giving them dull stares in return. Falla and Complica glanced to each other then to Luna who showed a small smile.
"Um, sorry, about running off like that. I just needed to be alone for a while," she said before looking down.
"Don't worry about it, we understand. Come and sit with us," Ruby said waving them over.
"We were hoping you would join us for dinner, please have a seat and enjoy," Fang Fang said gesturing to some empty seats with warm meals already set out.
The sisters walked towards the group, with Falla and Complica then rushing over and sitting on either side of Ceal. The mage glanced from one girl to the other who both smiled at him.
"I love you," Falla said with an uplifting tone, watching Ceal with a curious smile as he remained silent. She giggled then brushed the hair around her ear while giving the boy a coy smile.
"Just so you know," she said before looking down to her meal. Ceal just looked her for a moment then resumed eating while Complica watched him with a curious smile.
Luna walked over and sat next to Falla and Kurumu, looking down at her meal then around to seeing the group watching her.
"What is it?" she asked.
"It's just good to have you back with us," Ruby said kindly.
"Wasn't the same without you," Kurumu said nudging Luna playfully. Luna smiled slightly and glanced to her with a small laugh.
"Are you sure you weren't somewhat glad that I was gone? You had Rason all to yourself during that time, I thought you would have been happy about that," she said shaking her head. Kurumu showed a worried expression to that.
"I did miss you Luna, and was scared out of my mind knowing what had happened to you. And I mean it, it just wasn't the same without you at the academy with us," she said genuinely. Luna just smiled slightly at her then looked down to her meal. Kurumu gave a worried laugh and shook her head.
"You haven't even tackled Rason like you used to, not once since you got back, just doesn't seem… normal," she said softly.
"Don't worry, I won't do that again to him, he's your boyfriend Kurumu, I shouldn't be hanging all over him like that in the first place," Luna said closing her eyes.
"But… he's your angel, right?" Kurumu said with a worried smile.
"No, he's not. He's your angel Kurumu, not mine," Luna said softly. Kurumu looked to Rason with concern then back to Luna while the group watched the chronofly as she sat there in silence.
"I don't mind… that you call him your angel, I know how much he means to you," Kurumu said gently.
"He's not my angel Kurumu, he never was. He's your Destined One, not mine. I'm not going to kid myself about that anymore, so just drop it, ok?" Luna said glancing to her.
"Um… sure, ok," Kurumu said worriedly. Luna nodded then looked to Rason, the angel watching her with concern still.
"I'm sorry Rason, but… it hurts too much… knowing that we could never be together, I'd rather not hang onto that dream anymore," she said softly. Rason opened his mouth to speak before Luna quickly shook her head with a worried smile.
"Please. You're still my friend, but I know that's all we'll ever be, so there's no reason for me to think or even hope otherwise," she said. Rason watched her for a moment then slowly nodded.
"Ok," he said softly. Luna looked down to her meal and brushed her hair around her ear, in doing so showing her bracelet with the four glowing green gems on it. Fang Fang smiled curiously and pointed to it as Luna got ready to eat.
"Um, changing the topic to a more pleasant one, that is a very beautiful bracelet you have Luna, may I ask where you got it from?" he asked. Luna paused and glanced to him then looked to her bracelet.
"Oh, well, I got it from… well, another timeline. It keeps my magic focused so I can use it properly," she said with a small shrug.
"Another… timeline?" Fang Fang asked with an awkward smile. Luna smiled weakly and nodded.
"Yes, it's a long story. Anyway, I got it from someone to help control my chrono magic, without it I can't control it properly at all," she explained. Complica looked at the bracelet curiously then to her sister.
"You can't control your magic at all without that thing why what happened to your magic how come you can't control it without wearing that bracelet what happens if you don't wear it do you-" she started before Falla interrupted her.
"Complica, please don't pass out during dinner again, remember what happened back home that one time?" Falla asked glancing to her. Complica blinked then nodded slowly as she looked down.
"I passed out and dropped into my bowl of soup," she said softly. The group looked at her with blank expressions while Luna nodded slowly.
"What?" Kyouko asked.
"She dropped face first into a bowl of soup, right in front of all of us while she was going on and on about baseball," Falla said shaking her head.
"I remember that, mother was scared to death you were going to drown before I pulled your head out," Luna mentioned while glancing to her little sister. Complica looked down with embarrassment while Falla smiled gently at her.
"Use smaller sentences Complica. And to answer your question Luna needs that bracelet to control her magic properly, she used too much a while ago to help save her friends, and escalated her chrono dementia to dangerous levels. That bracelet is what helps her mind focus, so she can control her magic again," she explained.
"What happened to you Luna? I don't remember you having that bracelet before I left the academy," Felucia asked. Luna nodded and looked to the trinket on her wrist.
"It was after you left Felucia, before we faced Alucard. Falla, or rather her old self, led me far away from everyone, deep into the monster world to bring her into this world from where she was trapped. She sent me on a wild goose chase under the guise that I could save Rason from his predetermined death the night everyone went after Fairy Tale," she explained. Gabriel blinked and looked at her puzzled.
"Your sister had you running around chasing a bird to save Rason?" he asked with confusion. The group looked to him with blank expressions as he glanced around at everyone.
"You really don't grasp phrases too well do you?" Razico asked plainly.
"It's just a saying to describe a worthless hunt or pursuit, it means Falla's old self had her going after something that was a waste of her time," Ahakon explained. Gabriel nodded slowly then looked to Luna.
"Ah, never mind," he said with a weak smile. She smiled gently at him and shook her head then looked back to Felucia.
"Anyway, it led me a week's time away from everyone, so I had to push myself and my magic to reach them again. I went through the time stream… then pushed my body and mind further beyond to travel the distance all in one go. I managed to get there, although too late, but the stress of my magic caused my mind to become unstable. My power grew out of control, to the point that… well, I lost control, and that's when my friends were thrown back in time," she explained. Felucia nodded slowly then shrugged with a smirk.
"Damn, you guys have been having all the fun without me," she said simply. Luna giggled softly and looked back down to her bracelet.
"It wasn't all fun, but during that little time jump I met the headmaster from the future, after Alucard had destroyed everything. I saw what was going to be for our world, but was given a chance to help prevent it. The headmaster had been preparing this bracelet in case we ever met, so that I could properly control my magic and perhaps go back and reset history. The bracelet has four special channeling gems that store my excess magic, and help relieve the stress on my mind. With this, I'm able to think properly without going crazy, and control my magic so it doesn't hurt anyone around me," she continued. Falla nodded with a sympathetic smile at her.
"It's the only thing keeping her chrono dementia and magic in check, she needs to wear it all the time now or else…" she said before blinking and looking at Luna with wonder. The group looked to her as she seemed to think of something.
"Wait a minute, your chrono dementia," she said with a jump.
"What about it?" Luna asked. Falla looked at the girl's bracelet then to Ceal.
"Ceal, you cured my chrono dementia with your magic, can't you do the same for hers?" she asked. Everybody looked to the mage as he stopped eating and glanced to her.
"What is she talking about?" Fang Fang asked. Ruby looked at Luna curiously then to Ceal.
"Ceal cured Falla of her dementia with his magic, it was something that she too suffered from after using too much of her power during a fight. The more they use their chrono magic the more it stresses their minds, until they finally break and go insane. I wonder though, do you think it could be done for Luna as well?" she asked thoughtfully.
"Please Ceal? Can you at least try?" Falla asked hopefully. Ceal looked at her for a moment then to Luna, the chronofly watching him curiously.
"Just how much am I going to be expected to do for you people today?" he asked flatly.
"C'mon, please give it a try at least. You gave Gabriel new wings and nobody even asked you to do that, or even thought you could," Rason said gesturing to Gabriel next to him, with the redheaded angel looking at Luna curiously.
"I did that to keep Complica from crying any further as well as to take back what that reality bender stole wrongfully, I didn't do it because I care about the angel," Ceal said looking back down to his meal.
"Really? You didn't care at all about Gabriel, yet you gave him new wings just like that and let him fly again when nobody ever asked you to?" Razico said with a knowing smile.
"You really are a prideful and stubborn one, aren't you Ceal?" Ruby mused with a smile. Ceal looked to her with a cold stare as the witch smiled nervously.
"I'm just saying, you're not as heartless as you make yourself out to be, we've all seen it," she reasoned. Gin nodded and looked up with a thoughtful expression.
"Let's see, you saved Apoch and Astreal's lives when nobody asked you to-"
"I needed to keep those other two hunters focused," Ceal said with annoyance, with Render and Leon rolling their eyes to that defense.
"You saved Falla's life and gave her back her eye, something nobody thought you could do," Gin continued.
"Did you expect me to let her die like that? And giving her back a missing eye from the real monster that took it from her was only fair," Ceal said while narrowing his eyes at the wolf.
"You saved Mizore's life after Arial butchered her in her tantrum," Gin mentioned while still looking up and counting on his fingers now.
"At Complica's persistent insistence along with all of your constant badgering," Ceal said, with Arial glancing to Mizore with a small glare while the snow maiden looked to her with a raised eyebrow and blank expression.
"You saved Kurumu's life by healing her injuries and reattaching her wings," Gin said while looking to the mage with a shrug.
"You're beginning to get on my nerves wolf," Ceal said, with Falla and Complica watching him with amused smiles.
"You saved Dark's life after he was hit by that truck," Gin said with a smirk, with Mizore and Arial glancing to Dark with relieved smiles before looking back to Ceal.
"To get the snow angel to cease with her futile crusade for his heart and keep her quiet," Ceal said through bared teeth.
"And you've also given Gabriel his wings back when you were never expected to do such a thing. That's a lot of nice things you've been doing for us, not quite what we would expect from a cold, ruthless monster," Gin said with a shrug. Ceal drummed his reptilian fingers on his table then raised an eyebrow at the wolf.
"Would murdering you change your opinion of me?" he asked flatly. Falla smiled softly and held her hand over his, the mage glancing to her as she shook her head.
"You are a nice guy Ceal, you've been helping us every step of the way during this, we all know you care," she said gently. Complica nodded and hugged him from his other side.
"Yeah, you even helped me think clearly and were always around to protect me, like a real big brother would," she said happily. Ceal looked back to her then to Falla as she smiled at him.
"You're not fooling us anymore, especially not me. You have a heart, you can't hide that," she said shaking her head a little. Ceal just stared at her for a moment then glanced to Luna, the chronofly watching him curiously. After a while Ceal looked back to Falla with a raised eyebrow, the girl giggling and shrugging in response.
"You really are cute when you try to hide your heart," she said gently. Ceal growled quietly then looked down.
"C'mon Ceal, please try, for Falla's sister?" Kurumu asked while holding Luna by the shoulders and facing her towards Ceal, the chronofly looking at mage then to her bracelet curiously. Ceal continued to look down while growling quietly in annoyance.
Yukari leaned over and whispered into Complica's ear, the chronofly then looking to see the witch nodding with a smile at her. Complica thought about something for a moment then looked down while holding her hands to her eyes, seeming to take a few short breaths before she leaped over onto Ceal's lap and looked up at him with watery eyes.
"Please big brother, you might be the only one who can help my sister. Please please please?" she begged sadly while holding her hands to his chest. Ceal just stared at her with a dull expression while Falla tried to hold in her giggle at seeing her sister feigning tears to convince her boyfriend. The group watched with amused smiles as Complica whimpered and shook her head while looking up at the catalyst mage with puppy dog eyes.
"Please big brother? For me?" she begged softly. Ceal stared at her for a moment then glanced to Luna, the chronofly watching him with a forced timid smile.
"Oh Ceal, please don't break her heart," Fang Fang said with a knowing smile.
"Don't make Complica cry, that's not cool man," Gin said shaking his head with a smirk.
After a long pause Ceal looked to Complica with a dull stare while slowly breathing out with annoyance.
"How many times have you used that on your father in the past?" he asked dryly. Complica whimpered and tilted her head with an innocent expression, holding a finger to her mouth as she sniffled with a few tears forming in her eyes.
"Never big brother," she said shaking her head slowly.
"Oh, she is good," Kurumu whispered to Rason.
Ceal closed his eyes for a moment then looked up with a dull expression.
"Fine," he said reluctantly. Complica jumped for joy then hugged him closely while the group chuckled a bit.
"Thank you big brother thank you thank you thank you I love you so much!" Complica cheered out.
"Betchya that girl had her father eating out of the palm of her hand," Felucia mentioned, with Mizore nodding in agreement to that. The group watched as Complica nuzzled against Ceal's chest while the mage looked down to her with a dull gaze.
"Aw Ceal, you really are a sweetheart after all," Ruby said with a mocking smile.
"I knew he had a thing for butterfly girls, the guy's a total softie, he just can't say no to any of them," Render said leaning back with his arms crossed behind his head while he had a smug grin on his face. A moment later he was yanked up into the air by the neck from a black tentacle, the group watching as the boy was flung around in the air by the dark limb while screaming out hoarsely.
"Render!" Apoch cried out. She formed her barrier blade to swing at the limb before another wrapped around her wrists and pulled her down to the ground with a yelp, the girl looking at the tentacles with surprise then over to Ceal as the mage simply shook a finger at her.
"Please stop cutting off Xarai's limbs witch, he doesn't like that," he said simply. Apoch looked at him with surprise then up to seeing Render being flung around and smacked into the ceiling and floor repeatedly.
"Render! Somebody do something!" she cried out looking around at the group.
"We are, we're letting Xarai knock some sense into him," Leon said flatly.
"It's the right thing to do," Astreal said with a nod as she watched the battlemage being swung around in the air.
Render was thrown around a few more times before he was tossed into the pond in the middle of the hall, splashing into the centerpiece while the group watched from all around. The tentacles then vanished, with Apoch stumbling back onto her rear, as Render surfaced from the water with a gasp and a few coughs. He shook his head as he caught his breath then looked to Ceal as the catalyst mage was watching him with a raised eyebrow. After a moment of silence Render glanced around at everyone then down to the water with a small shrug.
"So… about helping Luna with her insanity thing, that's pretty cool of you man," he said casually. Ceal just stared at him for a moment then set Complica down on the ground before standing up.
"Hopefully this will be the last favor I'm asked of today," he said flatly before he walked over behind Luna and kneeled down behind her, the girl looking back to him before he turned her head forward with both hands.
"Um, thank you, for at least trying this for me," she said with a soft smile.
"Don't mention it, ever," he said dryly. Luna showed a weak smile and nodded.
"Ok, sure. So, what should I do?" she asked unsurely.
"Just relax," he said before resting his reptilian hand on her head. She glanced around at everybody as the group watched her, with Render hopping out of the pond and walking back over to his seat while wringing out his shirt. Slowly a black glow formed around Ceal's hand and spread around Luna's head, the girl feeling a strange sensation etching into her mind. She wavered then dropped back, knocking her glass onto the floor as she got a dazed look in her eye. Ceal caught and held her around the waist as he kept his other hand on her head, with the group watching carefully as the chronofly fell limp in the catalyst mage's arm.
"What's… happening…" Luna said wearily as her eyes couldn't focus while one hand held onto Ceal's that was around her waist.
"Luna? Luna, are you ok?" Kurumu asked worriedly. Luna murmured something before she lost consciousness, her grip on the mage's arm dropping as her hand fell to her side.
"Sister?" Complica asked worriedly.
"It's alright, that happened to me too when he used his magic on my mind, just wait," Falla said as she watched her sister lay peacefully in Ceal's arms.
After a long while of silence with the catalyst mage working on the chronofly's mind the group glanced to each other with concern.
"Um, just how long are we waiting for?" Yukari asked.
"Is she ok?" Kokoa asked. Falla looked at Luna with worry then to Ceal, the mage still just watching the unconscious chronofly while using his magic on her.
"Ceal? Is everything alright?" she asked.
"It's a mess in there," Ceal replied flatly. The group blinked then looked at Luna as the girl was still motionless.
"I think I can believe that," Mizore said with a nod.
"I guess that shouldn't come as a surprise," Rason said rubbing the back of his head.
"I suppose her mind was more messed up than mine was," Falla said with sympathy.
"So… how long do you think it'll take to fix her up?" Felucia asked. Ceal just continued to watch Luna as she remained still in his arm. After a long pause he shrugged.
"Hell if I know," he said simply.
"How bad is her condition?" Ahakon asked.
"Very, I'm surprised she was able to walk and talk, there's a lot of mental scarring," Ceal replied shaking his head. The group looked at Luna with concern as the girl remained motionless in the mage's arm.
"But she seemed perfectly fine a moment ago," Fang Fang said curiously. Ruby glanced to him then back to Luna.
"The bracelet she has focuses all her magic and relieves her mind of the stress; if she were to take it off her power would go out of control almost instantly. She's only been normal with us because of it, that's the only thing keeping her chrono dementia suppressed and allowing her proper use of her mind and magic," she said while watching the sleeping chronofly.
"So if my sister doesn't wear that bracelet she'll go crazy?" Complica asked worriedly.
"Yes, she'll lose all control of herself, and her magic will run wild all around her," Dark said.
"It wasn't pretty the last time that happened. The entire timeline nearly got screwed up when her magic went haywire," Kurumu said shaking her head. Complica looked at her with growing concern then to Ceal.
"Can you cure her? Can you help her too?" she asked.
"I'm trying Complica, however her mind has a lot of damage to it, quite frankly it was a miracle she was able to remain the same sister you knew from before with this much underlying psychosis," Ceal said while focusing his magic on the chronofly's mind.
"That doesn't sound good," Ran said worriedly.
"It sounds like she really did hurt herself when she pushed her magic to the limit for us," Ruby said with remorse. Kyouko nodded and looked to Falla.
"I remember, those headaches she was having, and how she could barely walk. She was in horrible condition when she was at Tsukune's home," she said. Falla nodded slowly as she saw her sister sleeping quietly.
"I remember that too Kyouko, she nearly killed herself after what my darker self had her go through. With how she had been acting around us after she got that bracelet, I guess I started to forget just how scarred she really was underneath. Ceal, can she be cured still?" she asked looking to her boyfriend. Ceal eyed Luna carefully for a moment then glanced to Falla.
"I'll do what I can for her. I can mend and repair broken synapses and cells in the brain, but I can only do so much," he said before looking back down to Luna. The group watched Luna with worried eyes, the girl still remaining motionless in Ceal's lap. The dark glow around her head swirled and wavered every now and then while the mage used his magic to restore her mind. Inside her head he could feel the severed and burned connections and pathways of her subconscious, the electrical sparks from cells seeming to flicker and travel about erratically from her damaged mind showing just how badly her magic had taken its toll on her. Ceal eyed her carefully while he used his power to restore her mind the best that he could.
'You nearly destroyed your mind completely with your magic. Doing this to yourself to save your friends, that was very commendable.'
A long while passed as the group waited for Luna to wake up, with everybody finishing their meals while watching the sleeping chronofly with wonder. Ceal continued to use his magic on the girl's mind while trying to mend her fractured psyche, the glow around her head wavering and shifting slightly while she remained motionless in his arm. After a few more minutes Ceal removed his hand, the glow then fading from her head as everybody took notice and watched to see what would happen.
"Is it over? Is she ok now?" Falla asked. Ceal held Luna by the shoulders as the chronofly murmured softly in a daze, her eyes slowly opening as her head rocked back.
"What… what just…" she said wearily. She slowly held a hand to her head as her mind felt fuzzy and numb, her thoughts taking some time to get going again.
"What's your name?" Ceal asked calmly. Luna slowly looked back to him while the mage held her by the shoulders.
"What?" she asked softly.
"I said, what's your name?" Ceal asked. Luna sat there for a moment then closed her eyes.
"Um…" she said softly. The group watched her with surprise as she showed a troubled expression while remaining silent.
"My… name?" she said unsurely.
"What the hell, she can't remember her own name now?" Kokoa said with disbelief.
"I thought you were curing her mind, why can't she remember her own name?" Gin demanded. Ceal rolled his eyes then shook Luna lightly, the girl looking back to him with curious eyes.
"It's alright; your mind may be a bit foggy right now, just relax and calm yourself. Now, what is your name?" he asked. Luna paused for a moment then looked down slightly.
"Luna. Luna Cii," she said softly.
"That's right. What's my name?" Ceal asked. Luna looked at him for a moment then smiled slightly.
"Ceal," she said.
"Correct. Now, I've restored your brain to its healthy state, however you may feel a little… off until you get used to it. Your mind was severely fractured by your dementia, it's a miracle you're still you after what you did to it," he explained. Luna nodded then slowly looked around at everybody, her eyes going from one person to the next while everybody smiled at her.
"How are you feeling Luna?" Ruby asked.
"You ok now?" Yukari asked. Luna looked around at them then down as her eyes darted around slightly.
"I feel… strange," she said softly. Ceal got up and walked back over to his seat while Falla and Complica watched Luna curiously.
"Sister, are you ok?" Complica asked. Luna looked to her then smiled softly.
"I think so, it's just… I feel… different," she said before looking to her hands curiously.
"Good different or bad different?" Falla asked with a worried smile. Luna just stared at her hands for a moment then looked to Falla with a shrug.
"I'm not sure. I feel… lightheaded, and yet I'm not. It's like… my mind is thinking hard about something, and at the same time it's not. My body feels like it's tired but I feel perfectly rested. Nothing… seems to be normal," she said curiously.
"Your mind is readjusting from being restored to a healthy state. The way you feel now is normal for you, you've just forgotten what it's like since you were relying on a stabilizer to focus your mind for you," Ceal said as he started eating his meal again. Luna looked at him with wonder then down to her hands. Her body felt tired yet at the same time full of energy, her mind seeming to be analyzing everything about her from head to toe as it was now thinking at full speed again. She remembered everything from her past crystal clear, in fact even more so. She remembered the exact dress her mother wore on the night of the kingdom's collapse, she recalled the exact picture she drew for Complica before her little sister died, and she even remembered laughing at Falla on the day that her troublesome sister got a spanking from their father for speaking harshly to Complica again. Luna felt her mind seeming to wake up for the first time in forever, as if she just awoke from a dream and was thinking clearly again.
"It's so strange, I feel so… awake," she said softly, then glanced to her bracelet, seeing the gems still lit up with their green glows.
"Wait, my bracelet is still on, isn't it focusing my magic for me?" she asked looking to Ceal. The mage glanced to her and shrugged.
"You tell us, is it?" he said simply. Luna looked around at the group then to her bracelet.
"Am I really cured, or is this still…" she said softly. Falla looked at the bracelet then to her sister with a slight smile.
"There's only one way to know for sure," she reasoned. Luna looked to her with wonder then to the bracelet, wondering if her mind was indeed fully healed and if her power was under control. She did feel different now, even with the bracelet on, but there was only one way she would know for sure if she was cured. Slowly she reached her hand over to unfasten it then stopped, pausing for a moment before glancing to Falla.
"If I start screaming knock me out right away and put this thing back on me," she said carefully. Falla nodded as the group tensed up.
"Um, hold on, what happens if her mind isn't really healed and that bracelet comes off?" Ran asked nervously.
"Then either we knock Luna out or else we're in for a wild ride," Mizore said as she watched the chronofly carefully.
"What does that mean exactly?" Fang Fang asked nervously.
"Her full magical power will go out of control around her, she won't be able to stop herself," Ruby warned.
"That's not making me feel better about this," Fang Fang said shaking his head.
"She'll destroy everything around her with her chrono magic, time and space will be ripped to shreds by her power," Kurumu said worriedly.
"That's making me feel even worse about this," Fang Fang said shaking his head franticly.
"Shouldn't she do this outside, like far away from us then?" Ran asked nervously.
"We're not leaving her alone for this. If she starts to lose it we'll knock her out and reattach the bracelet, we're not leaving her side," Rason said as the group watched the chronofly carefully. Gabriel nodded in agreement, knowing that nothing would scare him away from Luna right now, not even the prospect of her magic going out of control and annihilating everyone around her.
"Complica, back up, right now," Falla ordered, with Complica then nervously backing up while watching Luna with worried eyes. The rest of the group stood up and backed further away while Falla remained near Luna. Everybody watched as Luna held her hand over her bracelet, the girl looking at the trinket that had been keeping her sane all this time.
"Ok, on three," she said as she grabbed the bracelet. The group watched carefully while Falla formed a fist in case she needed to knock her sister out. Luna took a steady breath then closed her eyes.
"One," she said, with everybody tensing up.
"Two," she continued as she tried to steady her mind the best she could. After an uneasy pause she opened her eyes.
"Three," she said as she unsnapped the bracelet. She held the trinket in one hand while looking at her bare wrist near the other, the group watching as everything fell silent in the hall. Nobody moved or made a sound as they all watched whether or not the chronofly would go insane with her magic. After a long pause Falla looked at her sister curiously.
"Luna? Are you… still ok?" she asked. Luna looked down at herself then to the bracelet in her hand, the gems still glowing green from the excess magic they had stored. She looked around at everybody then to Falla with wonder as the group watched her curiously. Slowly she set the bracelet down on her table and looked to her hands, feeling her mind remaining focused while her power wasn't surging out of control. She brushed one hand through her hair, no longer feeling any headaches happening while her train of thought wasn't running off a cliff.
"I feel… fine," she said with a growing smile. She laughed and looked to her hands then to Falla with amazement.
"I feel fine, I… I feel fine still," she said with a bright smile. She laughed and hugged her sister, with Falla holding her as well while smiling in relief as Luna held onto her.
"I'm ok, it's a miracle!" she said as the group smiled at their friend. Complica ran back over and jumped into a hug with her sisters as well, both she and Falla holding Luna as she laughed happily.
"You're ok now? Really?" Complica asked as she held onto Luna. Her sister nodded and looked back to her with a smile, quickly hugging her as well as the three girls held onto each other.
"I feel great, I can still think without that bracelet, my magic isn't going out of control anymore," she said as Falla and Complica looked her over with smiles.
"She's not going crazy, she really is cured," Kurumu said with wonder. Gabriel smiled and nodded as he saw Luna laughing and hugging her sisters, feeling a sense of warmth at seeing her so happy now.
"I'm glad, that she could be cured," he said gently.
"I'm really cured, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Luna laughed out maniacally, with Falla and Complica freezing in place with stunned smiles as the group watched her with surprise. The chronofly laughed wildly with a twisted smile as her eyes went wide then stopped suddenly as all fell quiet in the hall.
"Um… Luna?" Falla asked nervously.
"What was that?" Complica asked. Luna blinked then looked to Falla with worried eyes.
"Did… I just…" she said slowly. Falla nodded as Luna glanced to Complica then over to the others.
"Luna? Are you ok?" Rason asked.
"Was that laugh… normal for her?" Ran asked carefully.
"It is when she goes insane," Mizore said simply.
Luna looked around at the group then to the bracelet on the table next to her.
"But… I thought…" she said looking back to Ceal. The mage was just watching her with a blank expression still. Falla shook her head then looked to her boyfriend.
"I thought she was cured now, weren't you able to heal her mind?" she asked.
"I did heal her mind, I restored all the damaged nerves and cells to life, her brain is completely healed," Ceal said simply.
"Then why did I just laugh like that, I completely lost my train of thought for a moment there," Luna said shaking her head. Ceal rolled his eyes as the three chronofly sisters stood back up.
"I healed your mind just as I did for Falla; however yours was considerably more fragmented and in ruin than hers was. Your bracelet was the only thing keeping you in one mental piece. Although your physical mind has been restored you still need to learn to control your own thoughts like everyone else, nothing else is going to do it for you now," he stated. Luna looked at him puzzled as the boy just waited for her response. After a while of silence he sighed and shook his head.
"That burst of laughter came from you, you need to control your mind on your own now otherwise your dementia will slip back out," he explained.
"So… I'm not cured?" Luna asked worriedly.
"You are, but only as far as I can take you. In order to have complete control over your own mind and magic, that's up to you. Falla's mind wasn't so damaged, and she had been relying on her own self-control for some time before that, after she was cured she remained in complete control of herself. You however have grown too used to that stabilizer keeping your mind on track for you, you're not keeping your mind focused as much as you think, so now you need to learn how to keep a grip on your own thoughts like everyone else," Ceal said with a shrug. Luna looked to her hand with wonder as she could feel her magic flowing through her monster aura like before. Her mind was focused now, however during her embrace with Falla and Complica she felt her consciousness drift and before she knew it she was laughing with a sudden feeling of overly extreme joy out of nowhere.
"So she is cured, she just needs to learn how to think straight again," Felucia reasoned. She blinked then looked down with a puzzled expression.
"That doesn't sound right, is that right?" she asked unsurely.
"Essentially, yes. Her mind has been fully restored, now she just needs to learn to control it properly," Ceal answered. Luna nodded slowly as she realized what he meant. Her dementia was cured, she was in full control of her body and mind, but she wasn't familiar with how to keep her own thoughts in order. She always had the bracelet which kept her thoughts focused for her, now her brain was no longer on autopilot, she had to control all her emotions and thoughts on her own just like everybody else did.
"I see, well then I guess I'll just have to work on that. Still, thank you Ceal, thank you for giving me back my mind," she said looking to Ceal with a grateful smile. The boy just looked at her with a dull expression then glanced to Falla.
"I trust that's all the favors I'll be expected to do for you people tonight," he said flatly. Falla giggled and nodded then ran up to him, holding her boyfriend in a hug as she smiled with loving eyes at him.
"Yes, thank you Ceal," she said before kissing him. After a moment he closed his eyes and held her with one arm while the others looked to Luna with wonder.
"Wow, so you're really back in one piece now huh?" Kurumu asked with a curious smile. Luna nodded and looked down while holding a hand to her head.
"Yeah, I think so. This actually feels different for me, like my body just woke up from a dream and is still half-asleep. But I'm sure I can get a feel for it eventually," she said with a shrug.
"I'm glad you're ok again Luna, and that your dementia is finally gone," Rason said kindly. Luna smiled at him then looked to Complica who was hugging her again.
"Me too I didn't know you had that condition all this time I'm sorry you had to go through that but I'm so glad you're ok again does this mean you won't be going crazy now are you going to be ok I hope so I don't want you to-" Complica said before Luna knelt down and hugged her, the little sister stopping and looking to her with a small smile.
"I'm fine Complica, never better," Luna said with a small laugh as she held her little sister. The group smiled at them as Falla broke her kiss with Ceal.
"I love you," Falla said softly. Ceal just looked back at her with a solemn expression, the girl then smiling coyly and tilting her head slightly.
"I'm not going to stop saying it you know," she said simply.
"I figured as much," he replied. Falla giggled then looked to see Luna standing back up while Complica looked up at her with a loving smile. Complica then eyed the bracelet on the table and picked it up as Luna looked to her hand and arm with a curious smile.
"It's so weird, I can feel my magic flowing through me more clearly than before, but it's not overloading my mind or going out of control. It's… like I can actually see the time stream around me, almost," she said. Moving her arm around she could almost feel as if she was moving through the time stream itself behind their reality, like her monster energy was in sync with it.
"You really are in tune with it more than Complica and myself are, no wonder you're able to control it so much better," Falla said with a curious smile.
"Yeah, you're the only chronofly to go back in time without the Chrono Displacement spell, not to mention move about through the time stream so easily," Ahakon mentioned. Luna laughed a bit and shook her head.
"Well, I don't know if I would call it easy, but I guess I do have a natural feel with it," she admitted.
"You really do have a gift Luna, at least now you'll be able to control it properly," Ruby said in agreement.
"Although I'd recommend not testing that out right now, remember that Hex's father is looking for you girls. Any fluctuation with chrono magic would be signaling to him where you are," Razico cautioned. Luna nodded and looked down to her hand as she flexed it into a fist slightly.
"Don't worry; I won't be doing anything with my magic to draw attention. If anything I'm in better control of it now than before," she reasoned.
"Hey sister?" Complica asked. The group looked to her as she picked up the bracelet.
"Can I have your old bracelet? Please? It's so pretty, can I can I can I? Pretty please?" she said looking to her sister with an adorable smile. Luna giggled a bit and nodded with a kind smile.
"Sure, you can have it Complica. I won't be needing it anymore," she said. Complica jumped with joy then quickly put the bracelet on her wrist, the four glowing gemstones remaining lit as the girl looked at them with a curious smile.
"Well, I'm glad to see you're alright and that my home didn't come under any more harm today," Fang Fang said with a smile and shrug. Luna nodded and closed her eyes as she breathed out in content.
"I feel better than ever, like I'm whole again," she said softly.
"Um, sister?" Complica asked. The group looked to her as she was watching the bracelet on her wrist, the four stones turning to a clear blue light and growing brighter still.
"Are they supposed to do that?" Complica asked looking to Luna curiously. Luna looked at the bracelet with wonder then smiled slightly.
"I guess so; those gems store any excess magic from the wearer. I suppose they're just-"
"Excess magic?" Yukari said with a jump. She blinked then looked to the bracelet as it started to emit a high pitched whistling sound.
"Wait, Complica's a disembodied soul, her magic could be infinite," Yukari said pointing to the bracelet. Luna looked to her curiously then to the bracelet as it started to spark while the gems turned to a sharp white. Complica looked at it worriedly as the trinket started to hiss while the air around it distorted.
"What's happening? Why is it doing that?" she asked nervously. One of the gems cracked with an ear-piercing chink, the group jumping with surprise as faint tears and rips in time etched around the bracelet through the air.
"Oh my god, take it off! Take it off now Complica!" Falla shouted out. Complica scrambled to unfasten it, her hand jerking away as more rips though time etched around the trinket like searing orange tears in the air.
"I can't get it off, what's happening?" she cried out.
"She's overloading the gems; get it off of her now!" Ruby yelled out. Felucia ran over and tried to yank the bracelet off of Complica before a tear spiraled around the trinket and sliced her arm off into pieces.
"AHH!" Felucia cried out stumbling back while gripping her stump of a shoulder.
"Oh my god, her arm!" Kyouko cried out.
"She'll be fine, just get that thing off of Complica now!" Rason yelled as he ran over towards the young chronofly. Another gem split open with an ear-piercing chink, the group jumping back as a large trail of distorted space slashed out to the side of the bracelet and split apart like cracks through glass, the rips slicing through the lowered den and TV in the wall which were all torn to shreds and thrown into the cosmos through the tears before they sealed up.
"Holy shit, did you see that?" Render said with surprise.
"Get it off! Sister, help!" Complica cried out.
"It's going to blow! Do something!" Yukari cried out as the hissing sound grew louder while the bracelet started to spark and flash.
"Are you ok?" Kyouko cried out rushing over to Felucia. The doll demon shook off the hit then looked back to Complica as her arm started to regrow.
"I'm fine, it's her we need to worry about!" she barked out. Kyouko stared at her with disbelief as she saw the demon's arm slowly growing back then looked over to see Complica screaming as she flailed her arm around wildly.
"It's hot, it's getting hot! Help me!" she cried out.
"Complica!" Falla cried out as she ran over to her. She jumped back with a scream as a wild distorted rippled flared through the air from the bracelet, the pocket of time pulverizing the ceiling and blowing open a large hole into the hallway above them. Luna stared at her little sister with shock as the girl hopped around while screaming.
"Make it stop! Get it off of me!" she cried out. Luna blinked then ran over and grabbed hold of the bracelet, quickly trying to undo it while the group watched with worried eyes.
"Hurry!" Yukari yelled out.
After a second Luna quickly took the bracelet off as the gems flashed a bright light while a sharp whistling sound came from them.
"It's going to blow! Get it out of here!" Kurumu cried out. The bracelet rattled around as the group backed up, with Luna staring at it with shock as the gems lit up light stars. She looked around franticly, and then vanished instantly.
"Luna! No!" Falla cried out.
"Where did she go?" Gabriel called out while looking around quickly.
Outside the villa a massive explosion of torn space detonated up in the air above the eastern wall, the shockwave annihilating the barrier below it while a distorted and fast-moving cosmos was seen in the large rift in time. Guards of the villa stared with shock at the sight as the large gaping hole in time ruptured into the air, expanding out to be nearly the same size as the villa itself as it spiked away from the compound before spreading out like a tangled web of tears that shattered apart the sky and threw the shards into the cosmos.
"What the hell is that?" a guard asked with wide eyes as the time anomaly flared about in the air with a deafening crackling sound. The tear in time let out a powerful screech as the massive buildup of chrono energy was released all at once, the rip in space then shattering and falling back into a pitch black void.
From the side of the compound the group raced out from the lounge into the courtyard next to it, looking up at the sight of the tear through time and space with surprise.
"Oh my god," Ruby said holding a hand over her mouth.
"Luna? Luna! What happened to her?" Kurumu cried out looking around the sky franticly.
"She tried to take it away from us before it blew. Oh god, where is she?" Rason asked looking around with growing fear for his friend.
"Luna! Luna!" Falla cried out while Complica held onto her from the side, the young girl looking up at the massive tear in space with fearful eyes.
"What happened sister? Where's Luna?" she asked shakily.
"Luna!" Gabriel called out looking around quickly.
"Oh my god, that explosion tore right through into that darkness from before, the place that's behind the time stream. Isn't that the dark world?" Yukari said pointing to the large rift that had a pitch black core. Ran screamed and pointed to it with fright.
"Holy shit, we just opened a hole into that place right above us!" she cried out.
"Wait, we did what?" Kyouko said with surprise.
"Where's Luna? Tell me… tell me she didn't get caught in that," Ahakon said shakily while watching the large tear in time with fearful eyes. Dark looked up and around, then tensed up before running out in front of the group. Everybody watched as the demon was following something in the air, right before Luna spiraled in tumble down into his arms. The boy stumbled to the side as he caught her, with the group then rushing over to see the chronofly holding her head while she was dazed.
"Luna! Are you ok?" Falla asked urgently. Dark helped Luna stand back down on her feet again, the girl shaking her head a bit before looking up at the tear in time while rubbing her ear.
"Wow, that was loud," she groaned.
"Good heavens, you got that thing out of the villa just in time," Fang Fang said looking up at the tear with wide eyes. Had Luna not gotten the trinket out of there when she did the entire compound would have likely been annihilated in a flash. Luna caught her breath then looked to Complica with wonder.
"Just how much magic do you have in you Complica?" she asked with disbelief. Complica looked to her with a curious expression then shrugged, then looked back up to the dark rift with worried eyes while holding onto Falla's side.
"She's a disembodied soul; she may not have a limit to her monster energy since she doesn't have a normal physical body. We should have remembered that before she put the bracelet on, she overloaded the gems with her monster energy," Ruby said looking to the young chronofly with remorse.
"Holy crap, that would have killed us all," Arial said looking up at the rift with a stunned expression. Luna looked up to it with worried eyes as the tear continued to pulsate in the air while the edges ripped and tore out slightly more.
"If using my magic to get that out of the building in time didn't catch that dark king's eye, I'm pretty sure that might have," she said shaking her head. Falla shook her head with disbelief then looked to Luna.
"How did you get it out in time though, you were holding onto it, it would have shifted with you and blown up while you were trying to get out of the building," she asked. The group looked to Luna as she continued to watch the tear in time with worried eyes.
"When I shifted into time and made a break for the doors it started to blow, so I concentrated with all my might to slow time around it. I managed to hold onto the bracelet by the edge as it started to explode slowly. I couldn't keep it from detonating completely though, I only managed to take it up that far before it started to go critical and expand out at a faster pace. I flew up as I high as I could and threw it away with all my might, and then tried to fly back before it detonated and knocked me away," she explained. She breathed out then looked to Dark with a weak smile as the demon removed his earbuds.
"By the way, nice catch, thank you," she said. Dark nodded while still keeping his eyes up, the group then looking up at the tear as it crackled and pulsated in the air, the dark void being seen in the rift while the night sky was all around it.
"Oh no, what have we done?" Razico said shaking his head.
"This is so not good," Kokoa said with worried eyes.
"Oh no," Apoch and Astreal said together with growing concern. Luna backed up to her sisters, the three looking up at the dark void with worried eyes.
"Um, do you think he noticed?" Render asked while glancing to his friends.
From the sky above screeches and howls were heard before shadowy winged figures were faintly seen against the backdrop of the dark void and searing edges in space near the night sky around the tear in time. Dozens of red eyes became visible as shadowy monsters began to descend from the rift down towards the villa. As the group saw the approaching demons from the dark world drawing closer from above Leon shook his head then glanced to Render.
"I think he noticed."