AN: Welcome to the seventh chapter of Dimensional Shift. Sorry for the late update. The time for the first battle to begin has come. Now it's time for them to fight and try and end Kira's scheme. Let's see how the battle unfolds and strange new allies begin to emerge. With that said lets get this show on the road.

Text=Black Beast

Text=Character Thoughts

Chapter 7: Deadly Trap

There were shelves filled with books no matter where you looked. New, old or ancient books could be found in all the shelves. Amidst this endless maze of books a small group of people sat around looking at books or just lazing about. In a table in the middle of the room Kagura and Tsubaki faced each other as one looked at a book and the other looked at files.

"Kagura why is a Duodecim such as yourself doing in a place like this?" asked Tsubaki as she finally let the question that had been lingering in her head out. "And may I add hanging around with the criminal Ragna the Bloodedge."

"Ah crap, here I thought I was home free" thought Kagura as he let out a sigh but before he was given the chance to answer someone cut in.

"Because he is a rebel of course" said Izanami as she closed her eyes. "You must have figured that out by now Miss Yayoi" she said as she smiled.

"Hahahahaha, as expected of the Imperator you knew after all" said Kagura as he leaned back on his chair.

"Indeed, I already knew you planned to overthrow me and reform the NOL" said Izanami as she towards Kagura. The others who were sitting in the room also began to get themselves drawn into this conversation. It sounded like it would be something amusing yet interesting.

"If you knew this why do you let your guard down even though I am around?" asked an amused Kagura. "For all you know I might try to kill you" he smirked.

"How dare you threaten the Imperator" said a furious Tsubaki as she smacked her hands against the table. "One more word I shall slay you where you stand!" Tsubaki then proceeded to draw Izayoi and point it at Kagura who was still sitting.

"It's quite alright Tsubaki of the Yayoi family" said Izanami as she sighed. "As for answering your question the reason I have left my guard down is because he is here" said Izanami as she proceeded to hugging Azure's right arm. Nu who notices this glares at Azure who felt he was going to get killed.

"You know, I kidnapped you. Is it really ok to place your trust in me" said Azure as he sighed. The others who were in the room just smiled at this. This guy was strange to them, something about him always seemed to calm the tension and ease their mind. "You know your going to protect her at all cost anyways so don't be modest" the beast spoke.

"You always have bad timing to say something" said Azure as his eyebrow twitched.

"Oh since when are you two this close?" asked Kagura as he smirked.

"That is none of your concern" said Izanami. Azure then sighs when Nu suddenly hugs his left hand. He was going to be in a conflict soon but it might just break out here before he even heads into combat. The atmosphere between Nu and Izanami kept getting more intense by the minute.

"Do you guys know what an ars link is?" asked Azure as he looked at the others.

"Ars link?" they all asked in unison except for Nu who knew full well what this was.

"Oh I see Kokonoe never developed it in this world" he said as he sighed. "Do you guys want to learn what it is?" asked Azure as he smirked. "It's really useful in group combat and also fun to try".

"Sure!" said Makoto no giving anyone else a chance to think it over.

"What the heck can't be that bad" said kagura as he smiled. The others also nodded and decided to join in, after all anything that could help in this major scaled operation would be worth learning. Everyone took a chair and sat around the table as Azure began his explanation. Hibiki was ready to take notes just in case he needed it for later use.

"An ars link is just basically a link linking an ars of one person to one that belongs to another" said Azure.

"So the linkage of ars?" asked Tsubaki.

"Exactly, when you link the ars between two people they both get an incredible increase in power. But the amount of power that is increased is usually determined by the relationship or bond between the two people" said Azure as he closed his eyes.

"So if they have a weak bond they will not gain much power?" asked Ragna.

"Indeed that is correct. But even if they don't gain much power ars link still has another special add on that comes with it" said Azure as he smirked.

"Another add-on?" asked Noel.

"Yep, if you use ars link you can synchronize with your partner, see each others thoughts and be able to communicate freely with one another. This allows for combination attacks that can easily put an end to the enemy" said Azure as he sat down.

"Wow, that sounds amazing" said Makoto.

"So how do you execute the ars link?" asked Izanami.

"We will demonstrate, follow me" said Azure as he began to walk out the room. It would be really bad if he destroyed Rachel's library, he wouldn't hear the end of it from Rachel even if he was late to the operation. They made their way to the garden and Azure stood in a spot a little bit away from everyone else.

"Hey Nu come here let's show them how it works" said Azure. Nu then rushes to his side while having a cheerful smile on and stands next to him. Their crests appear under their feet and they begin to glow.

"Executing ars link, Accept!" they both said in unison and their crest suddenly changed into a different form containing characteristics of both crests. It was like their crest had merged and become one. The amount of power that could be felt was so overwhelming that the wind began to pick up.

"S-so this is an ars link?!" asked Hibiki in surprise.

"I gotta try this" said Kagura with a smirk. Everyone else nodded at this, with this power they would be able to complete their mission with ease.

"So who wants to try it first?" asked Azure as he looked towards the group.

"We will try it" said Ragna as he and Noel stepped forward. They did the same thing Azure and Nu had done and their crest also merged. Their power was tremendous because their azure also connected. This made Azure wonder what would've happened if his azure and Nu's connected, the power would've been strong enough to destroy a city at least.

"Job well done" said Azure. After a few hours each and everyone one of them had executed the link perfectly without mistake. They tried to link with each person and see how strong their linkage was. Thus far they had learned that anyone linked with Azure gained an incredible boost in power.

"This should prove useful" said Rachel as she and the other met up with Azure's group.

"Oh so you were watching?" asked Ragna.

"Indeed we were and I was rather impressed of how much power you and Noel brought forward. Guess you have really strong feelings for another" said Rachel as a smile formed on her face. Ragna and Noel just blushed and said nothing.

"Well done kid" said Jubei.

"Oh my, it had gotten quite late I suggest you go and rest" said Valkenhayn. The others had been training so much they hadn't even realized it had gotten quite late. The fact that it was always night here didn't help the fact that they could not realize what time it was. But now it seemed to be indeed late because they all felt tired and wanted nothing more but to rest.

"I'm going to bed, if you must excuse me" said Tsubaki as she bowed.

"I shall accompany you. The mansion is rather big" said Hakumen as he walked over to her.

"Thanks you very much mister Hakumen" said Tsubaki as she smiled. The two of them walked side by side until they made it inside the building.

"Guess I should get going too" said Ragna as he yawned. Noel came to his side as he began walking. They also headed to the room, well apparently they were sharing one today.

"Guess we should get going as well" said the beast. "You might have a fast rate of healing but you also have a limit, meaning you require rest".

"Guess so" said Azure.

"Wait for us" said Nu and Izanami as they came behind Azure. Ever since they tried the ars link they had been acting a lot friendlier with each other. All the hostility was gone; Azure began to walk to his room and they followed behind him. "By the looks of things they plan to sleep with me, I hope we can all fit on that bed" thought Azure as he sighed and continued walking. The others also went to their rooms to get some rest after all tomorrow was going to be a rough day.

A few hours later….

Azure awoke in the middle of the night. He felt that his arms felt heavy and he looked to his right and left only to see it that Izanami and Nu had their heads on his arms. "These two really need to find a better pillow" he thought as he smiled.

He slowly begins to make his way out of the bed and made sure that he wouldn't wake up the two of them in the process. He passes by his sword and grabs it. "Might as well practice a little bit more since I can't sleep" thought Azure as he grabbed his sword and made his way to the garden. There he found a girl sitting alone, this time with none of her servants with her.

"Hey Rachel" he said as he raised his hand.

"Hello Azure, could it be that you also were unable to sleep?" asked Rachel as she smiled.

"You can say that" said Azure as he sighed. He then sat next to the girl who was sitting in the field of roses. "No matter how many times I look at this red moon It never gets old" said Azure as he stared towards the sky.

"Indeed I also get the same feeling" said Rachel.

Azure then lay in the field of roses and kept staring towards the sky. The girl looked at him and just let out a sigh. Maybe following his example once wouldn't hurt so she did the same thing as he did.

"Oh that's something I've never seen you do. It's unbecoming of you as you like to say" said Azure as he smirked.

"Indeed it is, but even I at times tire of being too formal" she said as she closed her eyes and sighed. "So Azure after you've gotten the revenge you seek what will you do afterwards?" asked Rachel as she turned to her side to look at him.

"Who knows, I never actually thought of that" said Azure as he closed his eyes. "So far I've wanted nothing more than revenge, never gave a thought to what I would do after" he said as he let out a sigh and smiled.

"I see" Rachel then moved closer to him and put her head on his arm.

"Hey Rachel wha..?!" asked Azure in surprise.

"Don't speak let me stay like this for a while longer. But if you speak a word of this to anyone be ready for an intense punishment" spoke Rachel as she closed her eyes. Azure sighed and looked towards the sky again.

"So tomorrow is finally the day, this time I won't let Kira get his way" thought Azure as he clenched his fist. He looked to his right and noticed the girl beside him was already asleep and he closed him eyes and he also drifted to sleep.

"Milady are you here?" asked Valkenhayn as he looked around the garden. "Oh my" he said as he saw Azure sleeping and Rachel resting her head on him.

"The princess is sleeping next to that pedophile from the other world" said Gii as he flew next to Valkenhayn.

"Shhh, quiet Gii we do not wish to awaken them" said Nago. Valkenhayn and the two familiars walked to where they laid resting.

"Gii bring me a blanket please" said Valkenhayn. The little bat flew away and came back a few minutes later with a blanked in its mouth. Valkenhayn then took it and laid it over Rachel and Azure who still lay sleeping. "Sweet dreams Milady" he said as he bowed then walked away.

Early next morning…..

"Did you find him yet?" asked Ragna as he looked at Kagura.

"Nope no sign of him anywhere" responded Kagura.

"What's with all the ruckus?" asked Jubei as he came out of his room.

"Azure is gone and we can't find him anywhere" said Makoto.

"I think I know where he is" said Valkenhayn as he came walking down the hall. "Follow me" the group of people then walked behind him and followed him to the garden. They didn't know how to react to the sight the were seeing. Ragna's mouth was opened and he was in complete shock, as for Nu and Izanami they were not quite happy about this.

"What the hell is this?!" asked Ragna as his face turned red.

"Hahahaha this shit is priceless" said Kokonoe as she laughed. "I should definitely take a picture of this".

"They kinda look good together" said kagura only to receive the death glare from both Saya and Nu which made him shut his mouth.

"So who should wake them up?" asked Noel. This made everyone realize something; if Rachel woke up and knew they saw this they would be electrocuted.

"Umm Rock, paper, scissors for it?" asked Makoto.

"How about we just make the masked bastard do it?"

"Fine by me" said Hakumen as he stepped forward.

"Is he going to be ok?" asked Noel.

"Let's hope so" the others answered in unison.

But before Hakumen got close to them Rachel's eyes slowly began to open. When she looked in front of her she realizes that her arm was around Azure and her face turned deep red.

"You saw it?" asked Rachel in a venomous voice.

"I-I saw nothing" said Hakumen. He has never seen Rachel like this and he had the feeling that this was going to end badly.

"Is that so?" said Rachel as lightning struck all around her.

"EVERYONE RUN IF YOU WANT TO LIVE" said Kokonoe as she began running. The others followed behind her except Hakumen who was not that lucky. A few seconds later a loud scream could be heard, then the others decided to return only to see Hakumen lying on the floor charred from being stricken by lightning.

"Is he ok?" asked Kagura as a sweat drop appeared on his face.

"Depends how you define ok" said Ragna. He then looked over to Azure who was still sleeping. "How the hell is that guy sleeping through all this noise?"

"WAKE UP!" they all said and Azure jumped up.

"Wah?! Huh what's going on" asked Azure as he yawned.

"It's time for the operation" said Rachel as she had a slight blush on her face.

"Alright let's do this" said Azure.

"Wow this guy changes gears fast" said Makoto with an awkward smile.

"Alright then, now it's time to determine the groups" said Rachel.

"Alright were ready for this" said Kagura.

"Hakumen and I will go to Shinatsu" said Jubei.

"Me, Makoto, and Tsubaki will head to Naobi" said Kagura being in a group with two girls was good enough for him.

"Me and Noel will go to Wadatsumi, Kagutsuchi doesn't hold the best memories for me" said Ragna as he sighed.

"Then that means that me and the others will head to Kagutsuchi" said Azure as he looks at Izanami and Nu.

"Then let's do this" said Ragna.

"I can't quite make multiple rifts at once it's quite tiring" said Rachel. She wanted to see if Azure and Nu would use the same power they did to enter this world.

"Leave this to me" Azure focus and four portals appear. "Each one of them will lead to the different cities you've been assigned to" said Azure as he smiled. They all lined up in front of the portals, which led to their locations.

"Alright since were all ready let's get going" said Kagura as he walked into his portal his team followed behind. The others did the same leaving Azure, Izanami and Nu behind.

"Well it's our turn" said Azure as he walked inside the portal and the others followed but the feeling he got was different.

"Partner something is not right" said the beast.

"Yeah I can feel it too" said Azure and as soon as he said this, a voice which was very familiar resounded throughout the portal.

"Well, well, well seems like you finally made your move" said Kira.

"Kira you bastard where are you?" asked an enraged Azure.

"Well thanks to what you did to me I'm unable to show myself or counter your attack" said Kira in a tone which sounded more amused than worried. "Well unfortunately I cannot allow you and your friends to attack those cauldrons so I will need you to go to a different location".

"What? So you knew?" asked Azure.

"Of course I did, the real question is how did you know?" asked Kira. "Well as I said before I can't let you go to Kagutsuchi or the other places which are vital to me so I'm changing you're destination. Don't worry there will be a welcoming party when you reach your destination so sit back and enjoy the ride". As soon as Kira said this Azure felt like something was sucking him in and he couldn't change routes. This was going to end up very badly for him and his group

Meanwhile in a restaurant in Kagutsuchi….

"Wow I must say these eggs are delicious" said Terumi and he ate a boiled egg.

"Do we really have the time to be hanging around a place like this?" asked Relius as he sighed.

"C'mon Relius we've been searching for a day and still nothing. We need to relax a bit right Nu?" asked Terumi as he looked at the Murakumo.

"…."

"Tch, you're no fun" said Terumi with a scowl. When he goes to take a second bite he felt his head pulse and space began to twist around them. When he and relius opened their eyes they were surrounded by NOL soldiers who had weapons pointed at them.

"What is the meaning of this?" asked Relius.

"Relius of Engineering and Captain Hazama of Intelligence your both under arrest from orders of the Imperator" a soldier said.

"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Terumi. "The Imperator is missing smart one" he said as he sighed.

"No she is at her throne giving orders as always" said the soldier. "We are advised to kill you on the spot if you tried anything."

"What exactly is going on? The imperator is missing so who gave such an order?" thought Relius.

"I don't have time for this shit, Ouroboros!" he said but nothing happened. "What the hell!?" asked Terumi in surprise his Nox wouldn't responds.

"Tch I have no choice. Ignis!" But like with Terumi she also didn't respond. "What is happening?!" asked Relius. The soldiers then got in position to attack them.

"Dammit, Nu-13 kill them all!" said Terumi. But Nu falls on the floor unconscious. "You have to be kidding me" said Terumi. "Shit at this rate were goners, how many of them exactly did they send?" he thought as he looked at the unbelievable amount of soldiers surrounding them.

Suddenly the sky above them opens at two spots and a group of people fall from it next to where Terumi and Relius stood.

"Dammit that fucking hurts and here I thought Terumi was an asshole" said Ragna as he got up.

"Ow" said Noel as she got up.

"Oh my having a human's body is quite fragile" said Izanami as she got up.

"Geez he could've opened it anywhere but where there was concrete" said Nu from Azure's world as she got up.

"I'm going to kill that asshole when I see him" said Azure as he stood up.

"Well, well if it isn't our old buddy Rags" said Terumi with a nervous look on his face.

"TERUMI!" said Ragna full of anger.

"Ragna calm down" said Azure.

"Azure-san what are you doing here?" asked Noel.

"Same thing as you, that bastard Kira sent us here" said Azure with a scowl.

"Imperator good to see you've been alright" said Relius as he bowed. "He didn't harm you did he?"

"No I've been fine, worry not" she said as she closed her eyes. "But you on the other hand seem to be in a quite complex situation" said Izanami as she looked around.

"Dammit so many NOL soldiers" said Ragna. "How exactly do we plan on making it out of here?" asked Ragna as he looked towards Azure.

"I will make a path you grab Nu and get ready to run"

"Nu?" asked Ragna.

"Yeah she's on the ground right behind you" said Azure as he pointed to the sleeping girl.

"Oh crap Nu!"

"Don't worry she's unconscious" said Relius. Ragna then slowly approaches the girl and picks her up.

"This feels quite weird, I never thought I would be carrying her someday" said Ragna.

"Yes I'd imagine her carrying you, hyahahahaha!" said Terumi.

"Shut up asshole or I will kill you"

"Let's kill each other later, considering the situation fighting one another will not help" said Relius.

"Alright then let's get ready. Azure Susano'o activate!" said Azure. Nu drew Sousei and Izanami raised her hand.

"Is that a Susano'o?" asked Terumi in surprise.

"Murakumo activate" said Izanami and she then appeared in her Murakumo armor.

"Imperator what's with that form?" asked Terumi.

"I will explain later"

"Executing Ars Link! Accept!" the three said in unison.

"Alright here we go" said Nu.

-Gun Parade!

The blade burst into flames and with each swind she did with the blade multiple fire balls appearead hitting the NOL soldiers and blasting them away.

"Alright I'm up next" said Azure

-Azure's Rage

Multiple slash waves appeared cutting down the NOL soldiers as if they were nothing. Izanami then takes flight and raises her hands.

"I will finish this"

-Blades Of The Apocalypse

Many blades appeared high above the NOL soldiers these were smaller than those she used on Azure. She was trying to avoid hitting the others. The blades then descended down and the pressure blasted the soldiers away.

"Such power" said Relius.

"This is not the time to be impressed, let's get the hell out of here" said Ragna as he began to run with Nu-13 on his back. Noel, Terumi, Nu, Relius and Azure followed behind him as they ran through the path they had made. Izanami flew above them as they ran.

"What the hell exactly are you?" asked Terumi as he looked at Azure.

"It's a long story, let's find a place where we can hide from the soldiers and then I might tell you" said Azure as he kept running.

This group was now trapped in whichever city this was and they were being chased. Some were friends and some where foes but now they had to set their different aside. They either fight to live or kill one another. This was something they all understood; now they had to make their way out of this city in one piece.

-Arctic Dungeon

A group of soldiers were frozen solid by a man in a NOL uniform, his blond hair blowing in the wind. "Tch, such weakling" he said as he sheathed his sword.

"I agree" said another man. "Your quite strong after this is over I ask for a duel"

-BlackHawk stinger

He punches one of his opponents and the pressure blasts all the soldiers away. He grows a smirk on his face for even though they were weak, there were plenty of opponents around this town to satisfy his thirst for battle.

"As you wish, mad dog of sector seven. As soon as we leave this place you will get the battle you wish for".

"Sounds good to me" he said as he smiled.

"Now lets find out where are we and what's going on with all the soldiers" said the blonde man as he began to walk.

"Alright then" said the blue haired man as he followed him.

AN: Well there goes chapter 7. I hope you enjoyed it and once again sorry for the later update. By the way there are other people in the town who have been dragged in when Kira distorted space, well can't quite tell you yet. Well see you next time bye.