A/N: Welcome to a new chapter of "Dimensional Shift". Sorry for deleting the previous chapter. I did not plan to post that up. Was messing around with some ideas so I posted it for a few hours. Took it off really quick so many of you probably didn't see it. And good thing too, there were a lot of spoilers in it. Well enough of that, time to talk about what will happen in this chapter of Dimensional Shift. We are going to have our first time skip in the story, it won't be major but it will have covered a lot of ground. To clarify to some readers, the events so far have happened in a four day timeframe. Short time for all that stuff to happen right? Well in the Blazblue world that is usually how it works. But we're only skipping four months ahead. By now, they have been fighting the war for three and a half months if you ignore the half of month they took to get ready. The infiltration team has already made it in Naobi and we will be focusing on them as well as the others fighting outside the city. Also there was a few tweaks on the infiltration team and some people were added while others were removed. There will also be some minor oc's showing up but they will simply be making short appearances so you don't have to pay attention to them if you don't want to. But without further ado let's begin.

Text = Black Beast

"Text" = Character Thoughts

'Text' = Radio Communications

These are the New names of the undercover group and appearance show by Illusion:

Ichi = Izanami/Saya(dark Hair, red eyes)

Nii = Kirino (White haired girl with blue eyes. Her hair is short or at least that is what others see)

San = Azrael (Dark Haired man, with brown eyes. His hair appears spiked almost like Terumi's in a way.)

Yon = Shun (brown hair, with green eyes. Raven like hair)

Go = Kaidou (blond hair, blue eyes)

Roku = Karin (red hair, crimson colored eyes. Short hair.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Blazblue or any of it's characters. I just own the Oc's.

Chapter 15: Darkened Days and Strange Feelings

"Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own." - Honoré de Balzac

June 15, year 2200 A.D...

The sky was blackened, and the air was poisoned with the smell of smoke and burning corpse. These ruins was all that was left of a great city, well the 14th Hierarchical city Nozuchi. This was once a beautiful city filled with gardens and people and now it stood in ruins, filled with burned houses and littered with bodies. In the midst of all this carnage and bloodshed, resided fourteen people or survivors of the battle as one might say. Leaned against a wall stood a green haired man. His yellows eyes scanned what was left of the city and he let a sigh escape him. His new outfit which was the symbol that he was a general was battered and bruised and so was he. A white hair figure wearing an outfit similar to his was coming closer. The white hair figure leaned on the wall next to him and looked towards the sky.

"This is horrible" the figure spoke as he looked at the ashes which slowly fell on the ground as if it was snow. The figures eyes were cold and hardened. It was the eyes of a man who had seen many battles and been to the depths of hell itself, but those same eyes were tired. He shifted his gaze to the green hair figure. "This is what Azure's world must've looked like towards the end. The is probably the same messed up shit Azure witnessed in his world." the figure sighed when he realize the other man was not saying anything or even paying attention so let out a frustrated sigh. "At least say something Terumi".

"Say what?" Terumi asked as he let out a tired sigh. "That I feel sad? That I wished I could have saved these people? Hate to tell you but we've been seeing the same damn thing for the past months. This battlefield and the previous ones are the same. There is nothing but blood, bodies and monsters". Terumi then moved away from the wall. "Sure I've wanted to see the world burn, but what I had in mind can't compare to this." The white haired figure let out a dry laugh after hearing Terumi's words. "What's so funny Rags?" Terumi asked as he turned to face the white haired man.

"Just thinking about how you've changed" Ragna responded as he fixed his uniform's cape. Right now he was really starting to miss his old outfit. He was starting to wonder why the hell he had to wear this damn thing, but Jubei stated that it was a sign of "unity" and because of that he was stuck wearing this damn outfit which was modeled after Kagura's. He was just happy the damn thing wasn't opened around the chest area like Kagura's.

"Well being human does that to you", although you all would wonder about what he meant by his words Ragna understood and so did everyone else. Believe it or not Yuuki Terumi was now Human. No one knew why or how, but it happened. Relius couldn't fix it, hell even Kokonoe tried but there was no logical answer for why a monster like Terumi would become human. "So how's the kid doing?" Terumi said as he shifted his eyes to the brown haired teen who was talking to two children which they managed to rescue.

"He's hanging in there, but I know deep down he's not doing so good" Ragna said as he sighed. "I understand, because I went through the same thing as him. A kid that age shouldn't have to live through all this shit". Terumi flinched at his words. He understood the meaning of Ragna's words. He understood the suffering he had cause him as a child. If he was his normal self, such words wouldn't even faze him. He would simply laugh and make a joke out of it. But now it was different, HE was different.

"Shit, this being human crap is annoying." Terumi thought as he let out a sigh. He was missing being a monster because he had to admit he liked it better when he had no emotions besides hatred and the desire of watching the world burn. He was still getting used to this crap of freaking having to eat three times a day, feeling emotions, and having to fucking sleep. "We should probably start heading home. There are not more survivors and I don't really know how long this city is going to hold" Terumi stated as he looked towards Ragna who had also stopped leaning against the wall.

"Yeah, at times you have to wonder if these bastards think twice before going all out on a city which is freaking built on a mountain" Ragna said as he sighed. "Come on let's go" Ragna said as he began to walk towards the rest of the group, which consisted of Jin, Kagura, Akashi, two kids, and seven soldiers who managed to keep their lives. Believe it or not, this was a 1,000 man army...well at least it was until six hours ago. "Are we all set Kagura?" Ragna asked as he approached the dark hair male who was finishing bandaging one of the Kid's arm.

"Yeah we're good to go, I'm just waiting for Lieutenant Joseph to make contact with the base" Kagura responded as he looked up from where he stayed seated. "He says there is a disruption so he doesn't know when he can make contact. I guess that is the problem with equipment of the olden days". It had been more than three months since they started using old transmission weapons. According to Kokonoe, those monsters Kira created could easily intercept Ars communication so they had to do this old school. But they were kind of glad Azure had thought them the Ars link, for apparently communication made by it couldn't be stopped or interrupted. An older man in almost his thirties approached them and saluted them.

"General Ragna, we've established contact with base" the older dark skinned man said as he kept his saluting pose. "Ms. Kokonoe wishes to talk with you" and with that he eased his pose and began walking towards what looked like a radio. Ragna and the others followed behind him and Ragna took the device.

"Oi Kokonoe, you there?" Ragna asked as he awaited a response. After a few seconds a female voice came from the other side of the radio.

'I'm here, talk to me' came Kokonoe's voice. 'How did the operation go? And please tell me you have better news than Tager's team' Kokonoe said as she sighed. By her voice Ragna could tell she was exhausted. But it was understandable. As an operator for the Arc Forces, as they now were being called, it was her job to instruct and debrief each team on what they were suppose to do. Although she didn't like the position at first she was slowly getting used to it.

"Operation was a both a mix of success and failure" Ragna said as he rubbed the back of his head. He was really thinking of a good way to deliver the news to her. She sounded like she was having a rough day already.

'Meaning?'

"We were too late" Terumi said as he closed his eyes. "By the time we got here the city was already being burned to the ground" Terumi then scratched his head which was hatless at the moment. He still had it in the same hair due Hazama kept but he decided to take off the hat for personal reasons. "We managed to repel the advancement of Kira's army, but this city is nothing but ruins."

'I see...seems we really messed up today' Kokonoe said and then let out a really frustrating sigh.

"Why?" asked Jin who finally decided to speak up.

'Tager's Team was sent to protect the 9th Hierarchical City of Akitsu-Kō, but when they got there it was empty and the city was burned to the ground according to Tsubaki's report' Kokonoe stated. 'They said there was nothing but ashes there. No bodies, No blood, hell not even a single enemy soldier'

"So you think whoever or whatever burned Akitsu-Kō, did the same thing to Nozuchi?" Kagura asked as he put a hand on his chin.

'Probably. You guys should probably start heading back to the rendezvous point. Like always there is an interruption field around the city so teleporting you guys is out the question. I will be sending an SkyBlazer to pick you guys up' said Kokonoe. 'I'm guessing you won't be needing a lot of space considering the life signature's I'm getting from your team'

"Yeah..." Ragna said as he took another look at his team, or what was left of it at least.

'Alright, see you guys back at the base. And Terumi come see me when you come back. Got it?'

"Yeah, Yeah, I got, I got it" Terumi said with an annoyed look.

'Alright...Kokonoe out' and with that the communication was over and the survivors were left their on their own.

"Guess we should start making our way out the city" Kagura stated as he pulled his blade from the ground. As he said this Akashi who hadn't said anything so far picked up the two children up and approached the generals. "You ok kid?" Kagura asked Akashi. His reason was simple, this kid was simply a kid. Sure he applied for the military but this much bloodshed was definitely not on the description of the military academy. Hell it was even too much for him, much less a teenager.

"I'm fine...believe me I've seen bloodshed like this before" Akashi said as he sighed and turned his gaze towards the exit of the city. The words spoken by Akashi lingered in Kagura's mind but he decided not to push the discussion further. For one it wasn't his business and also they didn't have enough time to dilly dally in a city which could fall at anytime.

"Alright then, guess we should start going" stated Ragna as he helped a wounded soldier up. With that said, the fourteen of them headed towards the exit of the city and although they had been looking at the destruction for about six hours it never failed to be heartwrenching. With one last sigh, they started walking down the very long stairway of Nozuchi. Ragna sighed as he walked down the stairs. He might've liked this city since it didn't seem to have a lot of routes like Torifune which was still fresh on his mind. But now it was too late, and it couldn't be rebuilt until they won the war. And with that Ragna and the others continued to walk towards the rendezvous point, never looking back and never speaking a word to each other after that. But although they didn't know it yet, they were being watched.

"So if you remove the malice and his unbelievable desire watch the world burn you simply get a humanized monster." The man said as he fixed his yellowish hood and kept his gaze fixated on Terumi. "Now Then I wonder If he has realized it yet. Soon he will be permanently human and the high and mighty Yuuki Terumi will be nothing more than human garbage" a twisted grin then formed on the figure's face. "I wonder if that damned cat will take this opportunity to send the bastard to the other world. Well either way, I don't give a shit"

"Hey harsh words don't you think?" said a Dark haired man who had a scythe over his shoulder. "I mean he and you shared a body once upon a time."

"Oh hey Shuu, what brings you to these waters?" the other man asked with a smirk.

"Oh nothing much" Shuu said as he sighed. "It was either this or going on missions with Azure's Team" he stretched and looked towards the sky then his gaze shifted back to . "Damn it's good to see my handy work" he stated as he smirked.

"Wait you did this?" the other figure asked as he raised a questioning eyebrow.

"Yeah and no" Shuu stated as he let out a disappointed sigh. "My grunt did this, but she did a hefty job don't you think so?" the twisted smirk then reappeared on his face causing the other figure to sigh. "And before you ask why we're burning the cities, I myself don't know. Ever since Kira started creating that new toy, I've been destroying cities and villages non-stop"

"New toy?"

"Yeah, he's crafting one of those Murakumo things" Shuu stated as he recalled the name Kira called them by. "He's using that corpse I brought in as basis to start working on it."

"Oh" now it was getting interesting. Murakumo's always meant "end of World" ordeal and he sure as hell wanted to know why his new boss was creating such a thing. "So how long has he been working on this 'Murakumo'?"

"About three and a half months now. About the same time we brought Azure in" Shun then sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "Kira called me a few hour back".

"What for?"

"He wants us to be stationed in Shinatsu. He said he wanted the city heavily guarded" Shuu then turned his back and began to walk away. "He said it was something which needed to be protected so the 'Dimensional shift' can be started." Shuu then stopped midway. "He said we will start collection the 'keys' as soon as the Murakumo is done forging."

"Where is he currently?"

"Don't know and really don't care. So are you coming or not Hazama?" Shuu said saying the man's name for the first time.

"Yeah, yeah...I'm coming" Hazama started following Shuu and in a blink of an eye both figures were suddenly gone from where they stood.

The 8th Hierarchical City of Wadatsumi...

"Black Hawk!STINGER!" yelled a black haired man as his one attack blew twenty of his opponents away. He had a look of pure bliss on his face and if anyone was going to guess, they would say the reason for that was because he was in his element. "Come on! Come on! More! More! Show me what you got!" and with that more soldiers charged his way.

"Isn't he getting a bit carried away?" asked a red haired girl as she cut down one of her enemies. She then apologized in a way no one could hear her and she resumed fighting.

"That muscle for brains always gets carried away" the white haired girl. "How are you doing there, Ichi?" she asked as she crushed one of her opponents with her very large sword.

"I am fine Nii" responded a black haired girl as she kicked her opponent away. She was using a sword which highly resembled the one of the swords which floated around Murakumos. She had to admit that she was having an easier time fighting using just the blade than the whole armor. "But I do agree ,San is indeed going a little...overboard" she said as she looked at the dark haired man. Suddenly a body was heard falling behind her and when she turned to look it was a soldier who tried to attack her who was cut down by Go.

"Stay focused. We mustn't let our guard down" and with that the blond haired man left the girl speechless and he returned back to fighting. Ichi shook the feeling off and she blushed a bit. He had saved her and she was grateful but her heart was beating a bit too fast for her liking. She ignored the feeling and returned back to fighting

"Isn't this a bit wrong? Afterall they are fighting for the same cause as us" Yon whispered as he stopped next to Go.

"Yes...but we need to keep our cover. If we let our cover be blown our chances of saving Azure and getting the upperhand by stealing information will be lost." Go stated and Yon nodded in understanding.

"Endless Requiem of Darkness!" someone yelled out and a huge explosion was heard. Soon after the attack the enemies started retreating and the city started getting overrun with Gens. After that all the fighting around the city was silenced and the city of Watsumi was conquered.

"Well that was easier than I thought" said San as he sighed in disappointment.

"Status report" asked the man who they came to save as he slowly approached the group. It was none other than Azure who looked a totally different from the guy they remembered. His clothes had been replaced and his hair had grown. His hair due was still the same except it had a ponytail that reached his back. If the others had to guess, he probably hadn't cut it in a while.

"We've taken over the city and the resistance we met earlier is slowly dying out" stated Nii as she saluted to the man in dark clothing. Everyone else was doing the same thing besides the white haired girl who stood by Azure's side. For a second Ichi scowls at the girl but her expression returns back to normal but that doesn't go unnoticed. "We're about ninety percent in taking over Wadatsumi. We should have it completely secure about an hour from now."

"Good" Azure said as he flashed her a smile. "You can all rest up now, you earned it. Lady Hikaru and I have some matters to attend to. Do what you wish and leave the rest of the fighting to the Gen. They can handle the situation from here" and with that Azure and Hikaru started to walk away but Hikaru turned back one last time to take a look at their squad which was made out of a mercenary group who joined for the money. After a while the two disappeared from sight.

"They are finally gone" said Nii as she let out a sigh of relief. "Geez that girl scares me half to death...but...Azure is becoming even more gorgeous as time passes." Kirino said with a dreamy look in her eyes. Her gaze then turned to Izanami who was glaring daggers into her. "What just telling the truth!"

"Yeah, you sure can pick em" Yon who was Shun said as he smirked at her. "But I must say that I liked him better when he was on our side".

"I must agree as well" said Go. "But that is why we're here. To get him back before it's too late" at that point Izanami's heart raced. This guy had no relations with Azure, hell they had never met before yet he was willing to risk everything for someone he didn't know. At this point Izanami was starting to feel worry. Staying close to this man for more than three months was really starting to get to her.

"So what now" San asked as he yawned. "I'm bored already"

"Well I got a way to get you unbored" Nii started dragging San away and the others sweatdropped at the scene.

"Where do you think she's taking him?" Roku asked.

"Probably to write the report which we have to deliver to Azure" answered Yon. Yon's look then changed to a serious one when his thoughts shifted to something else. "Today is the day we tell them when it's time to strike, Naobi. But they are really not going to like the options that come with it".

"Indeed" added Ichi. "For storming Naobi will cause us to sacrifice something else. We must see what the final decision when we tell the others what is going to happen".

"But now we rest" Go stated as he turned his back to the rest of the team. "We need all our strength in order to keep going in such a situation". And everyone agreed to that. They were all exhausted, at times they wondered how Izanami and Kaidou pulled it off but considering how they weren't human, that was pretty self explanatory. And with that each one of them went their separate ways. Roku went with Yon and Ichi with Go, and after dispersing the heavy burden of the choice they had to make still lingered on their minds.

Back at Area 51 with the others...

A vehicle which resembled a chopper slowly touched the ground and from it fourteen figures emerged. Four of them generals, two kids and the rest were troops. After they had completely exited the vehicle the kids were taken away away to Lichi upon Kagura's instruction the rest of the group kept walking to the welcoming party which awaited their return.

"Good to see ya back in one piece kid" said Jubei as he smiled at Ragna who looked like he had been to hell and back. Well technically that wasn't wrong since that battle field could only be described as hell itself. Ragna just wished that the memories of these battles would fade away but they never did.

"Good to be back" Ragna stated as he sighed. He was suddenly tackled to the floor and when he opened his eyes he saw Noel and Nu arguing over who would hug him first. He simply sighed and stayed laid down on the floor, after all he deserved some rest.

"And you" Jubei's gaze suddenly shifted to Terumi. "Kokonoe said for you to head straight to her lab, and before you start saying you need to go to the nurse first she said she will fix you up" Terumi scoffed and started walking away from the group. "Must say, that he has changed to some degree" Jubei stated and then sighed. "Guess this is what happens when you separate the monster from the man".

"Yeah" Kagura added in as he yawned.

"Y'all better take a bath. You are all filthy and you stink of blood" Jubei said as he tried to lighten the mood and the others sighed since they knew that they were all filthy.

"Alright then" Jin stated. He began to walk away then stopped midway. "So how is she doing?" Jin asked as he turned one last time to face Jubei.

"If you mean Platinum, not so good I'm afraid"

"I see..." and with that Jin left the hangar. Soon after Kagura followed, then Ragna after he managed to get both Nu and Noel off of him.

"Hey bitch are you here?" asked Terumi as he entered Kokonoe's lab/room. He looked around for a moment but there seemed to be no one there. The room did stink of strawberries and cat but it seemed to be empty. Terumi decided to head inside and just wait. Although he wouldn't admit it, he kinda liked Kokonoe's lab because it was totally the opposite of Relius's. I mean if you ever walked into that guys lab you would be disgusted. It stank of sithr and blood which made you less than willing to ask him what he was up to. "The hell she tells me to come immediately here but she doesn't show up" suddenly a door could be heard opening and Terumi sighed in annoyance. "Finally you decide to show...up?" Terumi froze and his jaw almost dropped. The person who had entered the room was no other than Kokonoe and she was wearing nothing else but a towl. After a few minute of silence Kokonoe spoke up.

"Why are you in my room?" she asked as a dark aura began to appear around her. Terumi gulped even though that was an un-Terumi like action.

"...Your shitty dad told me to meet you here..." Terumi stated as he began to sweat bullets.

"So you're just gonna sit there and stare?" a few seconds after the question was asked Terumi was sent flying out the room and he came head first into the wall and slowly slid down.

"Ouch..." uttered Terumi. He was surprised that even just hitting a wall actually hurt. He slowly rose up and rubbed his face while cursing under his breath. He was more than happy that they weren't trying to kill him now that he was most vulnerable but that didn't mean they wouldn't beat his ass from time to time. The door which was closed by Kokonoe after kicking Terumi out reopened again and once he walked inside, he found a less than pleased Kokonoe sucking on one of her favorite lollipops. "That's gonna make you fat someday" Terumi said as he smirked.

"Bite me" Kokonoe stated as she glared at him.

"Would be happy to, but I don't eat cats. I find their taste to be less than pleasant"

"Well at least it's good to see your sick humor is still there. Come on take your shirt off" Kokonoe said as she sighed. Terumi then stepped back like a scared kid.

"Mommy told me never to listen to ladies who tell me to strip first and ask questions later". Kokonoe's eye brow began to twitch and she let out a frustrated sigh.

"Ah just go to hell will ya!"

"Been there, done that" Terumi said as he sighed. "I mean we basically live in hell nowaday". Kokonoe had to agree with that statement. Terumi then stopped being an asshole and took his shirt off revealing a scar on Terumi's chest. Kokonoe's heart clenched at that moment, because believe it or not he had gotten the scar because he saved her. Yes Yuuki Terumi had saved Kokonoe. The reason Terumi usually said when asked why was solemnly because she had fixed the Ouroboros after it had been damaged in battle. But that kinda didn't stop Kokonoe from feeling bad about it. Yeah she hated Terumi and yeah she also admitted she wanted to see him ten feet under with extra feet added, but now she had no choice but to be thankful to him. "Stop staring will ya?"

"Ah shut up. Come here so I can change the damn bandages" once again Terumi followed the given instructions and he saw down on the chair next to Kokonoe. Kokonoe then removed the bandaged and replaced it with clean ones. "It hasn't healed yet..." she stated as she looked at the wound which seemed almost like a fresh wound.

"Of course it hasn't" Terumi said as he sighed. "It was a deep wound and if you haven't realized it yet I'm not my normal self anymore"

"yeah, yeah" said Kokonoe as she finished up with the bandages. "Come on get into the scanner so I can check on your cells". Terumi as always was starting to get annoyed. She had been pushing him around every week and for some reason she insisted on being the one to heal him up. He guessed a cat really did feel indebted by the hand that fed it. Terumi got inside the machine and a round ars starting moving up and then down, scanning him from head to toe. Kokonoe on the other hand spaced out. Her thoughts were going back a month ago were all of this took place.

(Flashback...)

"So how far are we from the location?" Kokonoe asked Relius who was currently not with them at the moment. She wished she was in his situation but that was a no can do since there was a job only she could do where they were going.

'A few minutes' came Relius's voice. 'You all should be at the drop point in five minutes or less' came Relius's voice from the radio one more time. This was an extraction mission. According to the information sent by the infiltration team Kira had a lab set up in the middle of nowhere which gave a short description of what cities he would target. This was a perfect time to get their hands on such important data and they didn't to let it slip away. Relius was a good scientist but not the best of hackers so they needed Kokonoe's help to be able to crack into the mainframe of the lab. The team was made up of Ragna, Terumi, Platinum, Kagura, Jubei and of course Kokonoe. According to the team attaining information wouldn't be so hard since the facility was poorly guarded considering it was in a remote location where none would see to look. But Kira thought of that as well and what awaited them was more than they expected.

"Now approaching drop point" the pilot of the SkyBlazer called out. The back door of the Blazer began to open and Ragna looked at Kokonoe with a worried look.

"This is safe right?" asked Ragna.

"Totally!" stated Terumi as he spartan Kicked Ragna off the vehicle. Everyone looked at him with narrowed eyes. "What? He was being bitchy about it" Terumi said as he sighed. "Fine I'll go next" and with that said Terumi also jumped and everyone else followed after. They didn't have parachutes but they had Ars and that amounted for something. When they almost hit the ground they all activated and anti-Gravity ars and they slowly descended into the middle of the snow covered forest.

"Of course, it just had to be in a place where it was snowing didn't it?" Kokonoe asked more to herself than to the others.

"Come on let's go" Jubei said as he took the lead. The others followed closely behind them and they came to a halt next to a tree which was only a few inches from the base. Jubei than quickly and but stealthily climbed the tree to get a better look at the facility. A few minutes later he jumped down where the others stood waiting. "Just as the others said. There are only two guards in the back and eight in the front." Jubei stated as he started drawing on the snow. "Alright then, Ragna, Kagura, Kokonoe you guys head in through the back. Terumi, Platinum and I will take the guards up on front. We will meet up with you guys after the guards are eliminated". The others nodded in response and they all headed to their designated locations.

Taking care of the enemies in the back was a piece of cake for the three of them. Ragna was the first one to attack as he used "Hells Fang" to fling one of the opponents straight towards the door where he simple stabbed him before he could even make a sound. By the time the other realized what was going on it was too late. Kagura crushed him into the ground using "The Dragon Lord's Striking Fang". Kokonoe then started hacking the door and as soon as it was opened they headed inside. The place was fairly deserted. There some guards here and there like they expected but most of the times it was nothing more than empty halls and generators. After walking down a long set of stairs they came in contact with a room which had the words "Archive" inscribed into the door.

"This must be the place" Kokonoe stated as she started to open the door. After the door was completely opened they came face to face with a giant computer. "You two keep watch, I'll start downloading the data", Ragna and Kagura simply nodded and they stood watch at the door just in case anyone showed up.

But up front was where all the fun was at at. One C-Gen who was casually walking back and forth suddenly got grabbed by a chain with a snake head at the end. Before he even knew how to react he was suddenly dragged in and kicked away by a foot surrounded in green aura. His attacker then moved down to his next victim who was a guard who was below the one that was just killed. Slowly and stealthily the figure wrapped the chain around the Gen's neck and as he did this a green aura in the shape of a snake penetrated the Gen's hearth. After finishing his targets off, he dragged the bodies out of sight and looked towards the other two who were finishing off their opponent.

"Alright then let's go join the others" Jubei said as he looked a the green haired man who simply yawned. They made their way inside, dodging and killing as many guards as possible. A few minutes later they came face to face with the same room the others were in and they knocked on the door.

"What's the password?" a voice came from inside.

"Ragna's a dick" Terumi said as he smirked. A few seconds later the door opened revealing a really pissed Ragn.

"Go the hell"

"You need a better insult" Terumi stated as he yawned.

"How much longer Kokonoe?" Jubei asked as he looked as his daughter.

"Were eighty percent there, ninety, one hundred, and voala" Kokonoe said full of pride.

"Time to blow this joint then" stated Ragna,but as soon as they opened the door an alarm went of. "What?!" Ragna asked stunned. "I thought we took care of every single Gen here?" Ragna stated as he thought back over the fact that he might've missed something.

"No...we didn't miss anything. We probably just walked into a trap" stated Terumi as his usual look was replaced with a serious one. "We need to get out of here now" and he was right. By the time they made it outside they were surrounded by gens.

"Well the only way out of here is through them!" stated Luna as she got ready for combat. "Leave it to me, and I will make a path!" Luna's outfit began to glow and energy began to accumulate at the end of her staff. "Shining Layered Force!" yelled Luna as the beam fired. She slowly turned wiping out all the Gens which stood in their way. "I did it master Jubei I did it..." her sentence was suddenly cut short when a blade made contact with flesh. Blood started pouring and Luna began to cough up blood. At first it took a moment to realize what happened, but Luna had been stabbed. "Master...Jubei..." Luna fell on the floor as blood a puddle of her own blood began to form under her body. A gen began to materialize behind where Luna stood, it was a B-Gen: the most unpredictable type as they had learned from experience.

"You bastard!" Yelled Ragna as he charged at the monstrosity. He only managed to scratch the beast before he was sent flying to a nearby tree. Jubei was frozen for a moment and when realization hit anger swelled inside him.

"Why you!" In a blink of an eye Jubei was gone. He then appeared in front of the monstrosity and as fast as he appeared one of the limbs of the beast flew off. "Lotus: Typhoon!" with those words the beast was rendered useless for he lost all it's limbs before it knew what hit it. Jubei then shifted his gaze back to Kokonoe who was tending to the wounded Platinum. But for a split of a second he saw it. An invisible person, a blade rising up to the sky and seconds away from beheading his only daughter. No matter how fast he was, he was too far to save her. As the blade descended Jubei expected the worse but the blade never hit it's target. Instead Terumi had taken the blow by jumping in front of the blade. Terumi then began to turn the situation around..

"Fucking die you piece of shit! Serpents Cursed Sting!" after slashing at the new opponent multiple times two snakes appeared alongside Terumi's arms suspending him in the air. He then looked back at Jubei who stood there in disbelief. "What are you waiting for an invitation? Finish it off already!" and Jubei did just that. In a blink of an eye he was gone again and the person or thing Terumi was restricting was ripped in half. Terumi then fell on his knee and he had a smirk which was clearly being forced was plastered on his face. "Took ya long enough", Terumi coughed out blood and he looked at the amount of blood in his hand. "So this is what Relius meant when he said I was becoming human" he coughed one more time and he started looking almost as someone who hadn't slept in days. He then looked at Jubei one last time and gave him a classic Terumi smile, "Seems you bastards are finally rid of me now you must be...extremely...happy". Terumi then fell on the floor in a pool of his own blood. With that Yuuki Terumi faced his first near death experience.

Jubei didn't hesitate. He didn't think twice he just rushed to Terumi who was both an old comrade and an enemy and put pressure on the wound. "Kokonoe call Relius" but Kokonoe was dazed. Twice now, not once but twice had the person she loathed most saved her life and now he layed there dying. "Hey Kokonoe snap out of it!" came Jubei's voice snapping her out of her trance. "We need evac now contact Relius!" and Kokonoe did as she was told. A few minutes later the SkyBlazer was here and they were extracted. But his action lingered in her mind. No matter how hard she tried to accept that shitty answer he gave her, she still didn't believe that was the sole reason. Unfortunately Platinum remained in a coma but Terumi being Terumi woke up and that led to the current predicament.

(Flashback end...)

"Oi, Earth to Kokonoe!" came an extremely annoyed voice and Kokonoe snapped out of her memory sequence. "Hello anyone home?"

"Oh sorry" Kokonoe said as she tried to compose herself. "What were you saying?"

"I was just asking if I can get out of this damn machine yet" Terumi stated as he sighed. Kokonoe's gaze then shifted back to the computer which had 100% written on the screen. "The scan is complete, you can come out now". Terumi gave a sigh of relief and finally walked out of the machine. "It says your cells are healing but at the same pace as that of a normal human".

"Meaning it's going to take months for some wounds to heal right?" Kokonoe simply nodded in response. "Well see you later than cat" as Terumi was about to leave he was stopped by Kokonoe's voice.

"Why?" she simply asked.

"Why what?" asked Terumi totally oblivious to what she was talking about.

"Why did you save me?"

"Instinct maybe?" Terumi stated with a smirk.

"DON'T SCREW WITH ME!" After noticing her reaction Terumi sighed.

"I really don't know why I did it. I've been asking myself the same goddamned question" Terumi said as a serious look adorned his face. "Trust me I really don't know why. Maybe it's because of these stupid human emotions that keep popping up whenever and wherever they feel like it. But hey either way shouldn't you be glad? I mean you are alive and you can keep living as long as you want depending on the choices you make" Terumi said as he leaned against the doorway. "I really have nothing to lose or anything to gain. My sole goal has been to watch this god forsaken world burn, but now that I am seeing it I am gaining no satisfaction from it" Terumi then let out a frustrated sigh. "What I am trying to say is I've done a lot of bullshit in my life, hell I don't even regret half of the shit I've done. But hey if I can do some good for someone who really has something to live for then I at least will someday die with some redeeming qualities. Stay alive a bit longer, maybe you can be the one to send me to the other side" and then Terumi left. Leaving Kokonoe to analyze what he had just told her.

Terumi strolled slowly down the hallway, away from Kokonoe's office. He suddenly came to a halt when he felt someone's presence. "How long have you been there?" Terumi asked as he turned around to see Jubei waiting at the corner.

"Long enough to hear what you said" Jubei said as he leaned back against the wall. "'If I can do some good for someone who really has something to live for then I at least will someday die with some redeeming qualities'. Those are words that I expected to hear from anyone but you" Jubei said as he looked to face Terumi.

"Eavesdropping now?" Terumi asked with his usual smirk.

"No not really, it's not eavesdropping when you accidentally end up hearing the most heartless person say something nice for a change".

"If you're hear to torment me, it isn't going to work" Terumi said as he sighed. Jubei simply chuckled and Terumi wondered what he found funny.

"I'm actually here to thank you" stated Jubei plainly. "You've saved her life not once now, but twice. Maybe there is hope for you".

"I don't believe in hope remember? I am Yuuki Terumi"

"Yeah keep telling yourself that" and with that Jubei walked off and Terumi continued to his destination which was the kitchen. It was the day they served boiled eggs and he sure as hell wasn't going to miss it.

Later on that day about 9:00 pm...

A group of people sat at a large table and in the center or the room was a hologram of the world. Within the Hologram there were some pictures of some cities and a giant X mark over them.

"We're gathered here today to talk about enemy progression" stated the Hologram of Lambda who was in the middle of the table. "So far the number of cities under the enemy control is four. They are Wadatsumi, which was captured today, Naobi, Shinatsu and the 0th City of Izanagi" Lambda stated. "So far nine villages and two hierarchical cities have been burned to the ground and it is believed to be caused by the same person or thing" a picture of the burnt cities appeared on screen.

"This is just horrible" Bullet stated as she looked at the screen.

"What makes it worse is that whatever did it leaves no trace" Ragna stated as he closed his eyes. "Besides Nozuchi, all the other burned places had no bodies inside them. It was almost as if they were burned instantly and nothing but ash remained."

"But you would require a high Temperature flame to pull such a thing off" Hakumen stated as he looked at the pictures.

"We shouldn't be focusing on that right now" Terumi stated from where he was seated. "Naobi comes first. It was their first base of operations and according to previous reports sent by the infiltration team, they have political prisoners which Include Tsubaki's father and both of Noel's parents who were present in the city at the time". Everyone was stunned. This was the first time Terumi said so many lines at one of these meetings.

"We're actually discussing that today too" stated Relius. "Actually now is right about the time they usually make the call" and if on queue the screen opened revealing Yon who was shun in disguise.

"Hey everyone" Shun said with a smile.

"Sup kid" said Ragna as he raised his right hand. "What do you have for us today?"

"Nothing good I'm afraid" Shun said as he sighed.

"What do you mean?" Jin asked as he sat up from his chair. Shun was hesitant for a minute and that was something which meant something really, really big was going to happened.

"A week from now...there is going to be a public execution of the captured prisoners" Shun said as he looked down. Almost everyone gasped in response.

"But my father!" yelled out Tsubaki.

"Don't worry they are fine...well for now"

"Hmm, wouldn't this simply mean we have to speed up our attack on the city?" Bang asked.

"About that...Naobi will be poorly guarded two days from now"

"Why?" Jubei asked.

"Because...Kira is going to begin his first campaign to take over Kagutsuchi which is under Arc control". Everyone was not very surprised at this since they knew Kira needed the city to complete what ever he was planning to do. That is why their first step was to take over Kagutsuchi and keep it out of Kira's grasp. "I have to go, I've spoken for too long. Please make your decision and contact us when you know how we plan on doing this" and with than the screen shut down again. The room stayed in silence for a while until lambda spoke.

"We have a deadline tomorrow. We will each bring up our own ideas of how we will take hold of the situation and then we will vote for which one is better. But for now all of you need to do rest" and Lambda was right. Weeks of fighting wasn't fun nor was it entertaining. But now they had one decision to make and whichever one they picked determined the fates of many people.

A/N: Well there's the end of chapter 15, I hope you enjoyed it. On the next chapter we will see which direction they are going to go and whose plans they will choose. I know Terumi was a little off from the Terumi we usually know but he has gone through quite a lot with the Arc crew so far. And I know some of you will ask how Terumi learned to care, and the answer to that is really simple. He is human now because Hazama took everything that made Terumi into Terumi when the two separated. Also rating changed back to T, I think we can all handle some swearing. On the next chapter I will also talk about how they became separated. Well this is goodbye for now and thank you for all the support. See you next time!