That night, Walter woke up Flynn and Issachar and said, "You'll not want to miss this. Isabeau's up to something on the rooftop. We're going to go see. Up, damn you!" as he woke up a sleeping Jonathan in his room.

"You disturbed our precious slumber over this. . . ? It's dreadfully impolite to intrude on a girl's private moments, you know." Jonathan said.

"So you say, and yet here you are."

"Well, that's. . . Um. . . It's. . ." Jonathan stuttered as he blushed.

"Yes, yes. Let's go before Isabeau decides to shut herself back up in her room, shall we?"

"I'm not interested. You should accompany Walter and Jonathan just to make sure they don't cause any trouble. Anyways, I have a night shift at the Treasure Room that I was resting for when you woke me up."

Issachar left for his night patrol and Flynn went with Walter and Jonathan to the rooftop. Once there, Isabeau didn't notice them initially, but as soon as Walter got the idea to surprise her, Jonathan disagreed, "I don't think she'll be pleased if you try that."

"That's the idea! I want to see that prim iron mask of hers slip." Walter said.

"And whose iron mask are we speaking of?" Isabeau retorted.

Walter was suddenly taken by surprise by Isabeau's question as was Jonathan. "Can't you be voyeurs in silence?" Isabeau asked rhetorically before saying, "The din is making it difficult to concentrate on my reading."

"You're reading? Isabeau, don't tell me that you're a devotee of that 'Literature' too."

"I'm sorry, but what? What I was reading is something called 'manga.' It's like a book with both words and pictures." Isabeau said before showing her manga to her fellows that were present.

"This is fascinating. . . I've never seen anything like it. It is indeed a story told through both words and pictures." Jonathan said.

"By the way, where is Issachar? I'm surprised that he isn't here with you guys." Isabeau asked.

"He's on night watch at the Treasure Room right now." Flynn answered.

"I see. Anyways, as for Navarre, he's been rather humble and now downplays his achievements whenever praised for something. Back to the manga I was talking about, the one I'm reading currently takes place in a fictional kingdom known as France. It's the story of a beautiful female warrior in male garb who valiantly and admirably plays an active role. But the warrioress falls in love with a man, her faithful companion, at one point. . . Oh and then" she said as lost herself in details.

"Am I truly hearing Isabeau talk about love? I hope that Lake Mikado doesn't dry up tomorrow. . ."

"Um, guys, shouldn't you be more worried about that?" Flynn asked as he pointed at some crimson clouds in the distance.

"That's. . . is something on fire? One of the villages is ablaze!" Walter said upon seeing the distant sky red.

"Doesn't Kiccigiorgi lie in that direction?" Isabeau asked.

"Divine crap! Both you and Issachar are from Kiccigiorgi! We need to tell him about what's going on now!" Walter exclaimed.

"Let us make haste!" Jonathan said.

The four prentices made their way down to Aquila Statue Plaza, where several Samurai were gathering. A master Samurai spotted them and said, "You four, halt. Prentices like yourselves are included on the expedition to Kiccigiorgi as well?"

"So there is trouble there." Walter said, confirming his suspicions.

"No, I've never received word of prentices being assigned to this situation."

"Forgive my insolence in protesting, sir, but I beg you to allow us to accompany the expedition! Kiccigiorgi is the hometown of two of our fellows." Jonathan said.

"Yes, I heard that one of the prentices was on the night watch at the treasure room. Commander Hope is with him and we reluctantly agreed to let him be on the expedition. However, those not specially summoned must remain at the ready in their rooms. That is the rule. Along with you, now."

"The rule. . . Are we to overlook an emergency in a friend's home because of this rule!?"

"What's all the commotion?" Commander Hope asked as he arrived along with Issachar.

"Sir. I have a report for you, Commander. These Samurai. . ." the master Samurai said as he reported what transpired to Hope.

"My God. So Kiccigiorgi was the hometown of you two." The Commander said to both Issachar and Flynn.

"Are you four still here? Return to your rooms before you are found in violation of-" the master Samurai said before being cut off by Hope.

"It's all right. I will permit these prentices to accompany us. We already have Issachar and Kelsey on the expedition, and Navarre has already been reassigned to protect the King as soon as." Hope said.

"But that would be against protocol. . ." the master Samurai protested.

"This is an emergency. The more hands we have, the better. Not to mention that a Samurai is bound to uphold not a set of rules, but the will of the people."

"F-Forgive my insolence, sir!"

"We will depart for Kiccigiorgi at once."

"Bless you!" Jonathan said to the Commander before Flynn, Isabeau, Walter, and Jonathan accompanied the expedition to Kiccigiorgi. They arrived at dawn and upon arriving, Isabeau said, "There are. . . no words."

"This. . . this is terrible! I hope that the people managed to get away safely." Issachar said while witnessing the desolation.

An old man approached and shrieked before exclaiming, "Y-You!? B-Be you demons!?"

"Have no fear, sir. We Samurai are here to help." Jonathan said.

"O God. . . You have not forsaken us. . ."

"Sir, did I hear you right? Did you speak of demons?" The Commander asked.

"M-Monsters I've never seen before came. . . and they. . . they went setting fire to the village. . . That dreadful visage. . . I know what I saw! The demons from the fairy-stories have appeared in our time! A few others escaped to Kiccigiorgi Forest. Blessed Samurai, I beg of you, please save them. . . Save the rest of the villagers." the old man cried.

"I shudder to think that the demons have encroached this far. . . Someone bring this elder a hot drink and him to our healers. My fellow Samurai, our destination now is Kiccigiorgi Forest."

"This is not good. I can sense the power of a terrifying demon at Kiccigiorgi Forest." Issachar said in an unnerved tone.

"The power of a terrifying demon? What could it be?" Hope asked.

"I- I can't really say its name but. . . I can sense from it an overwhelming intent to kill. I think an extremely legendary demon, a Fiend, is at Kiccigiorgi Forest." Issachar explained.

Once at the entrance of Kiccigiorgi Forest, Hope explained that the task is look for any survivors. "Each of you will comb the forest and look for survivors. I will remain here with the healers and relay instructions to you via the Gauntlet. Return here directly should you find any survivors. That also goes for if you sustain any injuries. The healers will treat your wounds. As for you three prentices, this is a personal matter for Flynn and Issachar. Give them your full support. Also, that Fiend is extremely dangerous. We cannot allow it to live as its existence alone threatens the entire Eastern Kingdom of Mikado. Your other task is to slay the Fiend."

"We will gladly cooperate with them." Isabeau said.

Meanwhile in Tokyo, Koga Saburo and Futotama had successfully revived Amaterasu and with her help they prevented the Ashura-Kai from destroying Akibahara. However it also had the effect of Akibahara completely closing itself off. Now hunters were swarming to the district and guarding the entrances to make sure that the Ashura-Kai could never again threaten the technological venue. The Ashura-Kai also placed a bounty of 2,000,000 Macca on Amaterasu's head since she had killed 3,000 Ashura-Kai members single-handedly and a 30,000 Macca bounty on Koga Saburo and Futotama for their role in defending Akibahara.

A/N: This is going to be difficult for Flynn because he will end up having to fight and slay his father when he becomes a demon. Yeah, since Issachar became a Samurai, it is now Flynn's dad who embraces the books given by the Black Samurai and embraces the demonic.