Fanfiction World

by Shadowlight0982

FFW, a world where people can not only write stories but can also create avatars with powers of their favorite shows. When something deep inside begins to stir, it is up to a group of heroes to protect both this world and FFW.

30. Halloween 2013

A special night for a couple of chapters; yeah that's right two. Since tonight is the festive night of Halloween me and a certain catgirl we all know and love sat down and prepared these two pages of story for ya. Enjoy because it includes some surprising tricks and some amazing treats. So all of you sit back and enjoy the special night, hope you've got your candy snug in your basket and your doors locked to keep the ghouls out. The freaks do come out at night. Bad joke aside enjoy the filler.

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"I can't believe we're actually doing this..." muttered Shadow as he finished clipping on a yellow utility belt before readjusting his eye mask.

"Speak for yourself Boy Wonder; you don't have to wear all this metal…." Said DB as he clenched his metal fists. "Why do I have to be Cyborg?"

"Because you're the tallest," replied Shadow as he looked in the mirror. He was dressed up as Robin from the Teen Titans while DB was sitting in on the sofa dressed as Cyborg. At that moment, a door opened as Key entered the main room in his costume dressed as Beast-Boy.

"The song was right….It is not easy being green…" joked the Beta as he finished putting on his gloves. "That was a lot of face paint!"

"I still think we should have done Hellsing," complained DB folding his arms.

"Come on DB, we all agreed whoever won got to choose, and Bella won it fair and square," reasoned Shadow as the boys all recalled how this all happened.

(Couple of days ago in the Real World)

It was a sunny afternoon as the gang was enjoying the lovely tropical weather of Infinity Island by eating lunch together on the rooftop garden of Murakumo Ind. HQ.

"You know guys, I was just thinking…." Abby spoke up suddenly, prompting the others to look up from their meals as she readjusted her glasses. "Halloween is coming soon and I was thinking… we should do a group cosplay in FFW…"

The others exchanged looks with each other.

"I'm game!" piped Bella enthusiastically before taking another big bite out of the burrito she was eating.

"I'm with Bella," said Michael in agreement with a grin while Kohaku who was sipping her can of tea nodded.

Leon swallowed his food and smiled. "It does sound like fun!"

"I'm ok with it," agreed Shawn putting his sandwich down. "But what do you have in mind?"

"I was thinking Naruto Shippuden actually," suggested Abby readjusting her glasses once more.

"I vote Teen Titans!" cheered Bella raising her hand up enthusiastically while Michael put up a hand.

"Please! Hellsing all the way!" he exclaimed.

"A-actually, Fairy Tail is not so bad either," Kohaku pointed out shyly.

"Kingdom Hearts sounds good too," Leon suggested while Shawn shrugged.

"Honestly, I'd go for Blazblue myself," admitted the boy. "But if we're gonna do a group cosplay, we have to agree on something."

The group fell silent. Each of them wanted a different theme but they also wanted to make this fair as well.

"Rock-Paper-Scissors?" suggested Michael out of the blue.

The others looked at each other before shrugging and nodding. The mini match began which went on for a couple of rounds but Bella ended up victorious. So in the end as agreed, everyone was dressing up as members of the Teen Titans.

(Present time)

"Come on Owl-girl you look great~!" the boys suddenly heard Bella exclaim from outside the room.

"Why does this character have to wear such a revealing outfit!" they heard Illu complain in embarrassment.

"Actually this outfit is considered modest-nya. Obviously, you have not seen her in the comics," Ravena's voice rationalized next.

"Kitty's got a point!" agreed Bella.

"Punnya~!" "U-Pyon~!" the two manju piped up just as the door open to reveal the girls walking in.

The guys all nodded in approval as they saw their female team-mates.

"Not bad girls," commented Key while Bella chuckled a bit.

"Likewise, boys," she replied.

Illu was dressed as Starfire much to her embarrassment as she blushed brightly while awkwardly adjusting her costume. She had on a red wig over her lavender hair and green contacts in order to, as Bella put it, look more the part. An un-amused Nyoka was held in her arms wearing a mutant worm suit playing the part of Starfire's pet silkworm, Silkie.

"The things I do for loyalty…." She muttered monotonously.

"I think you look adorable Nyoka-san," complimented Illu with a small smile.

Nyoka looked up a bit at her Mistress and returned the smile a bit before suddenly averting her eyes and blushing. "W-well, i-i-i-if Illu-sama says so~!"

"I told ya'!" said Bella with a grin. The toon girl was dressed as Terra with her hair down and her fringe held back with goggles along with the complete costume.

"You don't look so bad yourself Terra," said Ravena with a smirk.

Bella grinned happily. "Right back at cha' Raven~!" she replied as Ravena stepped out as the Teen Titan Raven and returned the smile as she lowered her hood.

DB gave the girls a wolf whistle when Shadow noticed something different about the cat-girl.

"Ravena…your ears! And Tails!" he pointed out in surprise.

Sure enough, said Nekomata girl now looked relatively more human than usual. Unlike the other two girls, Ravena still pretty much looked like herself except she had used her magic to alter her eye color to match her character while she hid her tails and wings.

"Huh? Oh, right!" went Ravena as her ears suddenly popped out from her head as she clicked her fingers making her tails pop out.

"I just needed to fold my ears down and temporarily get rid of my wings and tails with my Glamour Spell," she explained as Ravena snapped her fingers once more as her wings and tails disappeared again while she folded her ears under her hair and put up her hood.

At that moment, Punnya came flying out with Amaya on her head along with Mukurowl. They too had their own theme of costumes based on Sanrio characters.

Punnya and Amaya had colored themselves all white with the Neko-Manju sporting a red bow on her left ear while the Usa-Manju wore a red hood with a white flower. Mukurowl on the other hand was dressed in a blue and white penguin suit with a red bow-tie and a round white sailor cap with a red ribbon.

"Awwww~!" squealed Bella happily.

"Muku-chan you look so adorable~!" gushed Illu as Muku fluttered on to her shoulder and rubbed his face against hers.

"Hello Kitty, My Melody and Tuxedo Sam," noted Ravena as Punnya landed in her arms while Amaya hopped onto Shadow's shoulder and nuzzled him earning herself a good scratch behind the ears. "Great job, Punnya~!" she complimented while scratching her Manju's chin.

"Puuuuuurrrnnn-nyaaaarrrr~!" purred Punnya in delight, obviously pleased with herself.

"So when do we meet up with our little rascals? I'm excited to take them on their first trick or treating trip!" Bella said as she adjusted her goggles a bit. "When they sent that message you know I couldn't say no!"

"Hence the major reason why we're also playing as babysitter while at the same time as dressing up; I still can't believe you got me to agree to it." Shadow said as he had adjusted his cape to cover up the bright traffic-light colored outfit. Amaya still balanced on his shoulder, sticking out against the black outside of the cape.

"Come on, it's just a little bonding training. Teachers and students need to spend more time with each other." Bella said as if giving him a lecture.

"You're saying that Shade hasn't grown on you even a little bit nya?" Ravena asked.

"Hey you guys didn't know how it felt to train another person until a week ago. I wasn't in a hurry to train another player-in-the-making. If he has grown on me, it's more of an itch that I can't get rid of." Shadow said.

"That's Shad-talk for; the kid has grown on me but I'll never admit it." DB said humorously to Shadow's annoyance.

"W-well we can't make it on time to the meeting if we don't hurry." Illu said as she was the first to the door but then stayed frozen when she had realized something. She then left the door and dashed to a nearby chair.

"What's the matter Illu-tan?" Ravena asked, already having a clue what the reason could be.

"I can't go outside dressed like this! I can handle the dress-spheres because they're only for battle but I can't be in an outfit like this all night." Illu said with her face blushing red.

"We're going to be late if we don't hurry soon Illu." Key pointed out as they do have a meeting to run too.

"Illu-sama, just think of this as another exercise for you; you'll have to handle more forms when the other dress-spheres unlock themselves to you." Nyoka tried to reason with Illu.

'But I can just barely go about with the spheres I have now!' Illu raved in her head as she didn't even notice movement around her until she felt something fall on her shoulders.

"You can use that to better cover up as we move around, will that help?" Shadow asked, now missing the cape from the uniform.

"Are you sure; we did agree with the group cosplay?" Illu asked nervously as she already had the cape draped like a cloak to better cover the revealing outfit.

"People can guess who we are by looking at us; besides we shouldn't do something if it makes us uncomfortable." Shadow said.

"So Key, which relationship was the most obvious in the Teen Titans show?" DB asked with a smirk.

"Why are you asking me, everyone know its Robin and Starfire." Key answered confused.

"Can you say 'Trouble in Tokyo'~nya?" added Ravena smirking as she caught on to DB.

"Exactly!" DB smirked and was then sent to the ground by the end of a birdarang.

"Can we just get onwards already!" Shadow said, a faint pink shown on his cheeks as opposed to Illu's now full body blush.

"Right, onwards team!" Bella said as she began to lead the way out the door with the rest of Kurotsubasa following behind. As they already got calls to who they were they mostly ignored them as they didn't want to keep their charges waiting.

(Scene Change)

"Cadet, are you sure that they're coming?" Angel asked as she looked to the mute member of Kotsubasa.

"…" Cadet explained as he made arm gestures about.

"See, I told you; Cadet asked Kurotsubasa and they said yes. I bet you they're on their way right now!" Shade said as stood patiently as they all continued to wait until their sibling-Guild arrived.

"Still if we don't get a move on soon, we might miss out on some prime places." Sora said from his seat on a bench. "I'm sure they're on their way though, maybe a small delay?"

"Come on guys have faith; Kurotsubasa will get here when they get here." Beat-Boy added as he was listening to his tunes as he waited.

"Those guys wouldn't stand us up; Cadet said they agreed so let's keep waiting." Mirage said as she stayed on her seat lying against Hippo. The Hippogriff didn't give a care as he allowed his master to get comfortable.

"Minnya!" Minnya called out as she smelled a familiar scent and bounced out of Angel's arms.

"Hey Minnya, where are you going girl?" Angel asked in concern until she saw that Minnya was now bouncing happily towards another white manju in a red hood and a larger white manju with a bow next to her ear.

"Looks like we made it nya and looks like Punnya and Amaya found them for us." Ravena said as Kurotsubasa appeared in the park where the pre-teens were waiting.

"Sorry if we came a bit close, we hit a bit of a snag keeping us back in the district." DB explained.

"What kind of snag?" Beat-Boy asked.

"The annoying dragon kind." Shadow said as he thought back to the reason they almost ended up late.

(Flashback)

"A whole bunch more people seemed to in town than last year. I wonder what the occasion is; the Halloween event is in the next area over." Bella said as she saw the large groups of costumed players that gathered in the streets of Tokyo City.

"Tokyo has become more of a hotspot lately. Maybe they're all here to see the sites or get some Halloween items that the shops have." Key guessed.

"Still, I'm keep getting surprised by how many more people come to Tokyo City." Illu said in wonder.

"Think you can join us and take off the cape nya?" Ravena asked.

"I-I think I'll just keep hold of it just in case." Illu said softly as she wrapped herself even more.

"Come on Illu-tan; it's not any of these guys even know it's you. That's what the wig and contacts are for; plus you're with us so it's perfectly safe." Ravena reassured him.

"Yep, any pervs out here will be missing the business end of Ol' Reliable!" Bella said as she pulled out a large comical hammer from out of nowhere. "They won't be able to remember anything they see."

"Crude, but effective" Key commented on the hammer. "You get the message though Illu; your identity is perfectly safe."

Illu hesitated a bit but nodded her head as she then removed the cape and handed it back to Shadow. "T-thank you for letting me borrow it."

"No problem, just ask in case you need it." Shadow said as he took the cape back.

"ILLU WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!"

All of them turned to see a large dust cloud heading for them and forming the cloud appeared to be…

"C-Chocobo?!" Illu yelled/asked in shock before looking at what the Aetherion Guild was wearing. "Chocobo?" she asked again this time in pleasant surprise when she saw what they were dressed as.

Like Kurotsubasa, the Aetherion Guild was also doing a group cosplay but from an anime that wasn't so familiar the most of the Kurotsubasa Guild.

"Who are you guys supposed to be?" asked Bella when Ravena suddenly let out an excited squeal.

"NYA~! YOU GUYS ARE STARISH FROM UTAPRI SEASON 1~!" she said quickly circling around them.

"Let see~! Sol is Ittoki Otoya!" pointed out Ravena as the Salamander grinned.

"Care to listen to my Brand New Melody?" Joked Sol.

"Gany-kun is Hijirikawa Masato!"

"Is this Knocking on the Mind yet..." said the usually masked member who had forgone said item.

"Mal-san is Jinguji Ren~!"

At that, Mal blew a kiss to Ravena and winked. "Believe Heart, my dear~" he said flirtatiously making Ravena squeal a bit before continuing to both Zephyr and a male Saphir who leaned over Zephyr affectionately seeing how he is taller than the Pegasus hybrid now.

"Naturally, Zephy is Kurusu Syo and Saphy is Shinomiya Natsuki~!" exclaimed Ravena clapping a little.

Zephy bowed his hat a little and smiled. "Our Full Throttle Fighting Spirit…"

"Will Shout Out to the Orion~!" Finished Saphir with a grin and a peace sign as his ears twitched.

"And last but not least, Chokobi is Ichinose Tokiya~!" ended Ravena with a flourish.

Chokobi pursed his lips together and folded his arms refusing to say anything until he caught the eyes of the rest of Guild causing him to sigh and cave in. "Fine….May the Seven-Colored Compass guide me to back you…." He muttered when suddenly Bella, DB, and Sol all burst out laughing.

"AHAHA! HE SAID IT! HE ACTUALLY SAID IT!" cheered Sol in between laughs. "You owe me a 100 munny everyone! HAHAHA!"

"OHMYGOD! WHAT THE HECK WAS WITH THAT LINE~!" exclaimed Bella clutching her sides from laughing too hard while DB was on his back laughing just as hard with his feet kicking the air.

"THAT WAS SO LAME AEON!" guffawed DB wiping the tears seeping out from his eyes.

"URUSAI, I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU GUYS LATER!" Aeon yelled out before focusing back to his former question. "Anyway, Illu why are you out here wearing an outfit like that?!"

"Can't you tell, it's a costume Chokobi!" Ravena said, trying to move some of the pressure from off of Illu. "We've decided to do a group cosplay for today and Teen Titans won. And who better to play Starfire than Illu-tan?!"

"I-it's true, we took a vote and Teen Titans won. I'm wearing the costume as part of o-our agreement." Illu also tried to explain but instantly Aeon left the girl's line of sight and was now in front of Shadow.

"This was your idea wasn't it bird boy?" Aeon asked invading Shadow's space.

"Excuse me?" Shadow said.

"This was all you're plan to have Illu dress up in skimpy clothing isn't it?!" Aeon accused, his voice increasing in volume.

"Seriously, does no one read the Teen Titans comic?! Starfire's outfit was so much more revealing in that universe than the cartoon they used to show!" Bella said with a few people nodding their heads.

"What the hell makes you think that?! It wasn't my choice to dress like this, I voted for BlazBlue!" Shadow yelled back. "Besides why are you in my face about it singer boy?!"

"So you admit it, what kind of costumes were you thinking off, Lit…!"

"MO! CHOCOBO NO BAKAAA!"

The pole of Illu's glaive slammed against Aeon's head with enough force to send him down to the ground. Illu was releasing short puffs of air as she was now bright red from embarrassment.

"He did bring that on himself." Malachite shook his head seeing Aeon's performance before Illu intervened.

"I say we just leave him be." Ganymede then turned to Sol and Zephyrus.

"Come on guys, we were supposed to go and see the event in Crystal City!" whined Saphir as 'he' tugged on Zephyr's arm.

"Right, right, I got it Gany" Sol said as he then hefted Aeon's unconscious body over his shoulders.

"We're sorry for the inconvenience." Zephyrus apologized as Aetherion the left to continue with their plans; leaving Kurotsubasa to themselves.

"Hey guys don't need to point out the obvious but we do have to get going too." DB said as they soon noticed that they still had an audience, all of whom were attracted by Aeon's yelling.

"Right, let's go" Shadow said as Kurotsubasa then went on their way.

(Flashback end)

"And that's what happened." Bella explained.

"Not a dull moment for you guys huh?" Beat-Boy asked in awe.

"Something like that, I see you guys went for a group cosplay as well nya." Ravena pointed out. "Seriously is everyone doing it?"

Sure enough, in a twist of irony, all the members of Kotsubasa were dressed up as members of the Justice League. Shade was dressed as Batman, BB as Superman, Mirage was Wonder-Woman, Sora was Green Lantern, Cadet was the Flash and Angel was dressed as Zatanna.

"Min-nya~!" mewed Minnya happily as she appeared dressed in a white Mokona costume.

"Aww~!" squealed all the girls in unison as she bounced up to Amaya as the two baby manju bounced together happily.

Hippo whinnied a little as he pawed the ground a bit with his talon.

"Oh! Pardon us Hippo," Apologized Ravena as she politely curtseyed to the Hippogriff who returned the bow as he walked and nuzzled his beak into her hand as the girl stroked his neck.

"Punnya~!"Mewed Punnya as she flew up to Hippo and rubbed her head against his.

"Well, since we're all here, ready to go?" asked Shadow to the group who immediately scramble to their respective older counterparts.

"YEAH~!" the others cheered excitedly.

"Let's GO!"

(Scene Change)

"So how come you can only get these kinds of items on this day? Isn't there another way to find them?" Angel asked as she admired all the things being offered out by the stores.

"You can, but it involves paying thousands of munny for them instead of the prices they have now and some are even giving them away." Shadow answered. "After today they become premium, so it's best to just get them now."

"Especially all the wonderful pranks and gags the shops are just giving away!" Bella said and she and Cadet were both smiling with their bag full of pranking supply.

"Is it really all right for you guys to be carrying those around?" Beat-Boy asked.

"The name of the game is trick-or-treat; and I happen to take that rule seriously. Right my little protégé?!" Bella asked as she and Cadet shook each other's hands.

"You think we should give the Admin fair warning?" Ravena asked.

"They should already be expecting Bella to try something; we shouldn't get involved." Shadow said.

"Still they could barely handle one Hy-Nya and now there are two."

"Hey tough break for them; I say onwards to the houses!" Shade was about to take off until Sora held him back by his cape.

"Hold on Shade, we still need to plan out our route." Sora explained.

"Route?" Shade asked.

"In town it would be easy to just go to shops and get goodies but heading to the resident district you can't just knock on any door." DB said. "Some of the people might not have anything to offer and give you something you won't like."

"It's best to plan the best way to go through and not spend too much time wondering around. That way, you can get all the treats you want before the night ends." Illu also helped with the explanation.

"And that's why the route's important; take too long and you'll miss out on too many opportunities." DB said.

"Don't worry kiddies; this is where Hyna comes in!" Bella said pointing her thumb to herself. "I got the best info on places to visit this Halloween night even more so better than Key himself!"

"Say what?!"

"Just follow me Kotsubasa!" Bella took the lead with Cadet dutifully following after her.

"Think we should follow her?" Mirage asked; a bit worried at what her cousin had planned along with the older girl.

"It will be ok Mira-chan; just make sure you're a safe distance away when Bella gets that look on her face." Illu answered.

"What look?"

"You'll see nya; let's go they're getting away." Ravena said as they all followed after the prank-happy duo.

(Scene Change)

"She's out there, I just know it! Somewhere in this town, my Kitten is waiting for me to find her after all these long years apart. Her heart is just calling out to me!" A voice spoke as he slowly rode through Tokyo City on the back of his steed.

"Once again I think you're just delusional. You might be still drunk from the last keggar we stopped out." The horse spoke back, ignoring her owner's delusions.

"Please Fraulein if there is one thing I know; it's a woman's heart." The man ran a hand through his hair allowing sparkles of light to fly out. "Especially the heart of that particular girl; I could never forget it anywhere."

"Well I hope you're maiden senses are especially good. How are you going to find her through this town?!" Fraulein asked as she stared at the costumed players littering the town. "On this day where anyone can be anyone else, how exactly are you going to find your dream-girl?"

"The path of love shall lead the way~!"

"A load of manure, I say! Wouldn't it be cluttered with the amount of girls here?" Fraulein also asked only now was she feeling the lack of weight on her back. "Oh Bollocks…" She groaned as the speeches began.

"Hello Fair Maiden~! I was wondering why this night was beautiful, but now I know it's because of you~" said the young man with a charming bow as he held the hand of a certain red head who was dressed as Rachel Alucard.

"Prey?" asked the girl uncertainly.

Prey lifted his and widened his eyes in recognition. "Rose?" he said in surprise before breaking out into a huge smile. "ROSE~! MY ROSE PRINCESS! I'VE MISSED YOU~!" he cheered suddenly scooping Rose into his arms and spinning around with her.

WHACK!

"So how have you been?" he asked casually, now sporting a throbbing red hand-print on his face after putting Rose down.

"I was doing well until you came along," replied Rose as she dusted her dress off.

Instead of being insulted, Prey cupped his face and swooned happily with hearts and sparkles floating around his head. "Ah~! It's been so long since I heard that sassy personality from that cute face of yours~!"

"Piss off, you perverted freak," said Rose bluntly making Prey fanboy even more while Fraulein trotted up to them.

"Rose, is been a while Love~" she greeted affectionately ignoring Prey.

"Likewise, Fraulein. What are you guys doing here?"

"Apparently, Prey got a lead on a fellow rogue who went off the grid three years ago," explained the mare. "We are actually on our way to see the Informant, Reader-of-Many, to see if he has anything more."

Rose narrowed her eyes slightly in suspicion. "A rogue? Anyone I know?" she asked out of curiosity.

"You should, I believe the wanted posters dubbed her 'The Rookie' or the lesser known 'Mata-Hari'."

Rose widened her eyes a little when she heard those nicknames. Being a bounty hunter, those two names were well known nicknames of a female rogue who said to have taken down an entire squad of Admin Guards on her first day and ruled the underground info network in the subsequent years. She also personally even knows the person currently.

"So, you're looking for her…Good Luck with that," said Rose as she curtseyed to Fraulein. "I'm gonna go before this Perverted Idiot here tries anything more."

"Off you go then, Love," said Fraulein nuzzling Rose a little as the girl quickly walked off.

Just as soon Rose was sure she no longer was in their line of sight, she quickly ducked into a nearby alley and pulled up her contact list.

"If he's in town, I should at least give her a heads up…" she muttered under her breath as she made a call.

(Scene change)

"Wow we really got some good loot, who knew there were places that give twice the items." Shade said was a smile as he carried his bag over his shoulder.

"…!" Cadet agreed as he had his own large burlap sack which housed all of his treasures from the night's exploits.

"Just don't go eating all of them at once Cadet; last thing we need is for you running around hyper when we get home." Mirage said; worried a bit at how the shape-shifter will be on a sugar-high.

"Come on Mira, give him some freedom, it is Halloween." Shade insisted.

"Yeah, we should totally follow you guys' example and rot our teeth out on the first night." Angel said sarcastically.

"Hey nothing is wrong with enjoying your Halloween candy on HALLOWEEN!"

"It is when a certain someone had no self-control!"

"Ok, ok, break it up you two!" Sora said getting in between the two. "It's supposed to be a fun night so let's not spend it fighting."

"Nice to know you have good group dynamic." Shadow said getting Shade's attention. Before Shade could argue Shadow stopped him. "I don't want to hear it; just know you may be leader but you are part of a team. It doesn't do you good to always fight."

Shade then sighed. "I know…but she always starts it!" He yelled causing Angel's tail and ears to stiffen in anger.

"Why you…!" Before she could try and pounce, Ravena grabbed hold of her tail and kept Angel from going any further. "Let me at him, let me at him!"

"I think you might want to calm down a bit nya; you don't need to blow up over everything he says." Ravena tried to calm the girl down. "Plus think of this as training, magic deals with emotion as well as mana so see it as trying to keep your emotions in check."

"Oh I'll keep it in check alright…AFTER I STRANGLE HIM!" The chibi cat now was actively trying to reach Shade by clawing at him. Said boy seemed to start teasing her by sticking out his tongue before a fist slammed down on his head.

"GAH! What was that for?!" Shade asked as he rubbed the bump on his head.

"Another thing about being leader is to know when to be mature." Shadow said.

"Maybe we should find a place to settle for the rest of the night. I imagine that we've visited enough houses and shops for you guys to have all that you need." Illu said.

"And ruin our candy collecting streak, come on owlgirl the night is still young!" Bella said with Cadet agreeing with her.

"Well how about going to a party?" DB brought up.

"A party?" Most of them asked.

"Oh yeah I heard about it, there was supposed to be a big open costume party that's being hosted tonight!" Beat-Boy added. "I actually wanted to check it out, fun, food, music; it's supposed to be the fun event of the night."

"Is that true?" Sora asked.

"Looks like there is a party like that opened and we're not that far from it." Key said as he pulled up a map. "I say we go, it would be a nice change of pace from just visiting houses."

"Yep, no offense Hy-Nya, but seeing you and the kids trick-or-treat or just prank house gets a bit…repetitive after a while." Ravena said. "We can use the party as a break."

Bella pouted for a bit but then relented. "Fine, there are probably other people we can party with anyway." The girl said as she then stuffed her large bag into her bottomless satchel.

"On to the party then!" Beat-Boy said excitedly as everyone then began to follow him and DB to the party. Ravena however heard a sound go off and a window popped up showing that she had a message.

"Hold on guys, I'm going to have to take a call nya." Ravena said as she moved to a quiet area to answer.

"Sure, we can wait." Shadow said, seeing as none of them were in any real rush.

Ravena then went into the opening of an alley where there was less noise and answered the call. "Ravena!"

"Oh good you picked up, I almost thought reaching you was a lost cause." The voice said from the other side.

"That might be because all of us are out on the town nya; we're on our way to an open Halloween party. Maybe you should come and hang out with us Rosie." Ravena offered.

"Not likely…" Rose answered. "Look, banter aside, this call is really important. Do you remember that old perverted stalker of yours?"

"You're going to have to be more specific, there are few like that from the guild's fanbase. It is a good thing Key improved the defenses around the place."

"Not THOSE Pervs you dope! I mean the one from your solo days, Bird-of-Prey!" Rose yelled.

"Nya? Prey? I haven't seen or heard anything from him in who knows how long." Ravena said in surprise.

"Neither have I, but I just bumped into him a while ago. He and Fraulein are looking around for you, or at least for The Rookie. It seems like he's not in the know about your name change." Rose explained.

"And I'm hoping it stays that way, but the way I'm dressed now…isn't helping if Prey decides to show up." Ravena sighed.

During her earlier days; her outfit was basically a red version of the costume she was wearing now. Aside from the collar, another thing keeping her from being recognized were her hidden ears, wings, and tails.

"Well then I hope you can find a place for you to blend in. Besides even if he was searching with you, the Perv's busy looking at every girl in town."

Ravena nodded. "Got ya' thanks for the heads up Rosie!"

"Quit calling me that!"

"I'll be sure to tell Shads 'hi' for you Rachel-chan!"

"W-what how could you…wait don't you hang up on…!"

Ravena then ended the call before the redhead could yell anymore. The neko released a sad sigh and turned to leave the alley only to stop in shock seeing Shadow right at the entrance.

"Nya, Shads you startled me!" Ravena said getting over her shock.

"Yeah sorry for the sudden scare, but Punnya was started to worry about you for a little bit so I decided to come over and check on you." Shadow explained.

"Well I'm fine; it was just a call from Rosie to say hi." Ravena said.

"Really, you're a bit more shaken even after the scare." Shadow said. Ravena was glad her tails were hidden otherwise they would have betrayed her. "Ok, if that really is all then let's go back to the others." He then turned to leave the alley.

"Yeah, sorry for the hold up." Ravena apologized as she followed him out.

It didn't take long for the two to join up with the others. Bella and Cadet had somehow found the buffet table and were going at it with a vengeance. Angel and Mira were dancing with each other with Hippo close by getting some attention himself with some of the other Pets that were present with their Masters. Punnya was dancing with Mukurowl who twirled her with her tail.

Not far off, Key was surrounded by some girls who were attracted by Sora's charm much to the Beta's uneasiness as he carefully scanned the crowd for a certain Admin and Celestial Mage.

"Wow….Sora has got some major mojo going on for one so young-nya," stated Ravena slightly impressed. Shadow folded his arms and nodded in agreement.

At that moment, a microphone squealed as the music died down a bit. Everyone immediately turned their attention to the DJ who was apparently replaced by DB and BB who each slipped on a pair of red head-sets.

"HEY Everybody! This is DJ DB and BB here at this awesome Halloween fiesta! Are you all ready to get things moving?!" called out DB into the mike, earning himself some loud cheers going around while he nodded to BB whose eyes glowed red.

"Music Mixer! Synthesizer Stage~!" commanded BB as multiple small floating speakers surrounded the stage. Glowing red piano keys appeared around BB and DB along with a floating DJ turntable while a synthesizing mixing wall appearing above the keys. A platform appeared and raised DB a little higher than BB as floating drum-pads appeared. In a flash, the two reverted back to their original clothes as they stationed themselves.

"LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!" cried the two excitedly as they began playing 'Evacuate the Dance Floor' while everyone began cheering and dancing. BB manned the piano keys, occasionally spinning a tune while DB rocked out on the drum-pads like a boss.

Shadow looked about the crowd for the rest off his Guild when he spotted Illu being surrounded by three guys.

(With Illu)

Illu had no idea what was happening. One moment she was standing by herself watching Mira and Angel, the next she was suddenly surrounded by other guys who had clearly taken a liking to her.

"Hey there Sweet thing, care to dance?" asked one guy dressed as Dr. Stein.

"Um...Not real-" Illu tried to reply.

"Oh get real Screw-Head! She's dancing with me!" argued another guy dressed as Thor.

"But I don't-!"

"No way, she was totally checking me out!" exclaimed the third guy who was dressed as Luffy.

"Actually I was-"

"Butt-out Rubber Boy! She's going with me!"

"Nu-uh! Me!"

"No, Me!"

The three glared fiercely at each other while Illu shrank back when she was suddenly pulled away from them while they were distracted.

"Shadow!" said Illu both surprised and grateful as the young man led her away from the guys.

"I hope you don't mind dancing with me, do you Illu?" asked Shadow with a smile. "Although truthfully I'm not very good at dancing myself."

Illu smiled as she blushed a little. "It's ok, I would rather dance with you any day…"she said shyly.

Shadow also blushed and smiled back as they began dancing together. Further away, Ravena watched the two at a distance with a small smile on her face despite the slight wince in her heart making her sigh a bit as she pulled her hood up. Just then, Ravena's nose twitched as she suddenly caught a familiar scent when a finger tapped her shoulder.

Ravena turned to see a tall handsome young man with short brownish-golden hair with a few feathers patterned in and golden eyes. He had a honey-bronzed tan and wore a typical Don Juan outfit accented with gold with a black and gold eye-mask.

"May I have this dance dear Kitten?" he asked in a gentlemanly manner bowing and holding his hand out to Ravena, winking a bit.

Ravena widened her eyes in recognition before quickly looking around to make sure no one was watching her before grabbing his hand and dragging him into the crowd. Ravena quickly undid her hood and fixed it around her waist like a flowing skirt just as the music began playing Lady Gaga's "Americano".

The young man eagerly held her hand and placed the other on her hip as they began Latin dancing.

"I missed you a lot dear Kitten~," purred the young man with a suave smile as he twirled Ravena until her back was facing him as he coiled one arm around her waist while he held the other arm out with hers.

Ravena narrowed her eyes despite easily matching the man's moves, stepping in time with him. "Prey, what are you doing here?" she hissed a bit before Prey swung her out before twirling her back in as they resumed their original dancing form. "How did you find me?"

"During that broadcast of your match with the All-Stars," replied Prey picking Ravena up over his shoulder as the girl easily flipped her body over before sliding to the front between Prey's legs as he pulled her back onto her feet. "Of course to be honest, I wasn't so sure at first. The hard-faced, solitary Neko-chan, being so jovial in a Guild no less."

"That still doesn't explain how you found me," said Ravena as Prey lifted her up and swung her around a bit before putting her down.

"It wasn't easy, but I pulled some strings," he explained as he and Ravena did a two-step. "Of course The Informant was most useful," he added.

'I'm gonna kill RoM later….' Thought Ravena mentally.

"Although I am pleasantly surprised, you have changed a lot," Prey noted with a smile as Ravena's ears, tails and wings popped out. "Who would have thought your powers had evolved?"

Suddenly Prey twirled the cat girl and brought her into a dip. "How cruel of you to leave me alone for those three years Kitten," he suddenly said seriously as he righted her back up.

"That's none of your business Prey!" snapped Ravena as she broke apart from Prey ready to slap him when he suddenly caught her wrist. "What do you want with me?"

'I'm gonna take you away…"Prey smiled as he brought Ravena closer and bent down to her ear. "Og ot peels ym raed…" he softly chanted.

Before Ravena could realize what was happening, the world went black. Prey smiled as Ravena went limp in his arms. In a swift move, he carried the Nekomata bridal style and left the crowd stealthily while walking down the street away from the music to where Fraulein was.

Fraulein frowned disapprovingly when she saw Ravena asleep in Prey's arms. "I still say you are an idiot Prey," she huffed.

"Come now Fraulein, she'll thank me later," said Prey as he climbed onto Fraulein's back while cradling Ravena carefully.

"Oh yes, I'm sure she'll be thrilled once she wakes up…." She muttered sarcastically as she galloped off with Prey and Ravena.

Unknown to them, someone had witnessed the entire incident from the dark. Cadet, who had happened to look up from his meal with Bella just in time to notice a man walking away carrying Ravena. Curiously, he followed them using the darkness as a cover. Once he saw Prey galloping off with Ravena, Cadet gasped upon realization of the situation. Quickly he dashed back to party as quickly as he could to find the others.

(Back at the Party)

Shadow and Illu were taking a break when Cadet suddenly came running towards them in a panic and breathlessness as he began gesturing wildly while tugging at Shadow's shirt.

"Whoa, Cadet! Breathe! What's wrong?" asked Shadow grabbing Cadet's shoulders to hold him still as Shade walked up to them holding Punnya on his head.

"What's up guys?" he asked cheerfully.

"Shade! Perfect timing! Can you tell what Cadet is saying?" asked Illu getting worried.

Shade nodded and turned to look at Cadet who was gesturing wildly. First, Cadet acted like a cat and then like a girl before suddenly switching to a charming playboy persona while he put his fingers over his eyes like a mask. Cadet wiggled his fingers as if casting a spell before switching back to a girly persona who pretended to faint. The boy quickly switched back to playboy persona as he mimed picking up the 'fainted girl' and slinging her over a horse and pretended to gallop away.

Shade gasped in shock. "You're sure Cadet?!"

Cadet responded by nodding vigorously.

"This is bad! Really bad!" Shade said worriedly.

"What? What did he say?" asked Shadow now in deep concern.

"Ravena's been kidnapped by some weird guy in a mask who knocked her out with weird hocus-pocus!"

"It looks like I was too late then…." Said a new voice behind Shadow and Illu.

"Rose!" exclaimed Shadow and Illu at the same time as they turned to see the newcomer who was riding side-saddle on Mazareth. The redhead stepped off her mount as she went and approached the two.

"I gave the Boobcat a call earlier trying to warn her of a person coming after her. I figured she would at least be careful, but it looks like luck wasn't on her side tonight." Rose said as she briefly explained the situation to the two.

"Wait you were the one who Rave talked to in the alley Rose-san?" Illu asked.

"Now really isn't the time for that" Rose answered her as she turned to Shadow. "Gather up everyone so that we can begin a search. Hopefully we can find the creep before he clears town."

"Got cha', come on we've got no time to lose!" Shadow said as he went to find the rest of Kurotsubasa.

"Right, we'll get the others too! It's best to have two guilds helping right now Cadet!" Shade said.

"…!" Cadet raised a fist in agreement as the two preteens ran in search of the rest of their members.

(Time Skip)

"Hmm let's see now…taking the back path out of town would take less time. However; the tunnels underneath would at least make sure I have no on-looking pursuers…" Prey spoke to himself as he stared at a map. The rouge had set himself and Fraulein under a bridge next to a river as he began to plan out his next move as he left his captive onboard the horse.

"Must you seriously take the time to plan this out now? By the time you figured out something her guild would've noticed she's disappeared; Dearie here doesn't look like the type to stray away from her friends." Fraulein spoke her opinion.

"Relax Mon Fraulein; this has to be planned perfectly. Even if her guild does notice that she is gone they have no way of tracking us down." Prey said as he folded his map. "I must conceal my trail carefully so that even the Admin cannot discover us."

Fraulein suppressed a snort at her master's answer but then felt Ravena stirring on her back. "Looks like your spell wasn't as strong as you thought Laddie; your 'Fair Maiden' is awake."

"Nyaaaa~" Ravena moaned a bit as she regained consciousness. "What hit me…last I remember I was talking to Prey. Was that a dream?" She mumbled out.

"Twas not a dream Kitten" Prey smiled as he kneeled down in front of her.

"Prey!" Ravena yelled as her vision cleared; she leaped hoping to attack with her claws only to find herself falling. Fortunately, Prey was able to catch her and set her on the ground. It took a second for the neko to realize that she was bound by a gold rope. "What the hell is that, how did you wrap me up in this?!" She yelled at her compromising position.

"It is a marvel what you can have made by knowing a few rouge alchemists. That rope my dear is more than just mere decoration; it has a special material that suppresses magic." Prey explained.

"I figured that out, but why in hell am I wrapped up like this?!" Ravena said alluding to the bondage style of the rope.

Prey smirked even more, as if proud of the fact. "Why to make sure you don't escape of course. Though now that you mentioned it and I take a closer look...you've certainly grown in three years." He began chuckling perversely eyeing her chest.

"And you're still the same pervert that wouldn't leave a woman alone." Ravena scowled and then looked back a bit. "Fraulein I can't believe you're actually helping him with this."

"Dearie, you know I would never become involved in one of these schemes but Prey wouldn't take no for an answer." Fraulein half explained/half apologized. The mare may have voiced her opinion about Prey's idea, but the pervert was still in many senses her master.

"Now, now, that look is so unbecoming of you Kitten." Prey reached as if to cup Ravena's chin only to flinch back as the girl took a large bite towards him. "I see that even after all these years you still haven't lost your old fire."

"Let's just cut to the chase Prey, what are you going to do with me? Hopefully not try and woo me like all the other girls that somehow manage to fall for your flirting." Ravena frowned.

"Knowing him he probably has a harem following somewhere that he keeps." Felis voiced her thoughts.

'I rather not think about that.' Felidae spoke back and almost missed Prey's answer to her question.

"My Damsel what makes you think you're anything like any other girls in this world." Prey removed his mask and looked into Ravena's cold eyes with his golden orbs. "My spotting you again was of course a sign…a sign that you Kitten, are 'The One.'"

Ravena then rolled her eyes along with Fraulein at the last line. "Oh come on, you mean after all these years you've haven't given up on your 'Quest'? I should've figured." She said unimpressed. "And you can forget about that power working, it hasn't worked on me then and it won't now."

"I see, well it's the attempt that counts." Prey's eyes lost a bit of their shine as he placed his mask back on. "But then again, it wouldn't be fun if I had to do this the easy way."

"Here's an even easier way. Let me go, accept the beating that's coming to you, and we can go back on our separate ways." Ravena offered.

"But then surely it wouldn't be fun at all."

"Would be fun for me and don't call me Shirley!"

Prey smiled a bit as he moved his hand close to Ravena again. "As much fun as it was to chat with you again. We have to get on the move soon, but I think we'll have an easier time leaving if you were asleep again."

"Tesr neve regnol, gnintghil tolb!"

Instead of immediately seeing black again; Ravena screamed in pain as a small bolt of lightning fired from Prey's hand paralyzing the girl.

(Scene Change)

"Another district and no leads, how much ground can this guy travel especially with how crowded the streets are?!" Key said frustratingly after his last attempt of searching for Ravena's signature ended in failure. "It would make sense if he flew or teleported but Cadet said he carried her off?"

Sora nodded up to the Beta as he used his archive magic to assist the search. "Right, though he did mention something about him riding off on a…pony or whatever. I've tried searching for Ravena's magic signature but nothing pops up."

"I can't even sense it either, which should be impossible…unless someone's suppressing it." Key said in thought. The two then made their way off the roof they were searching from down to the streets where the others were waiting.

"This is the fifth place we've checked and no sign of Ravena-chan." Illu said sadly, she, Mukurowl, Nyoka, Mirage, and Hippo all took to searching from the air. Though their search turned up empty as well. "Why would anyone want to kidnap her?"

"Like I told you, it's kind of personal to Boobcat herself, if you want an answer talk to her." Rose said. "Prey on the other hand…is a hot-blooded pervert and from what I know he was rouge way back when he knew her; this must all be involved with his 'Quest.'"

"Quest or not we've got to keep up the search." Shadow said shutting off his Byakugan; he was wasting time and chakra just scanning around where they were. "Let's keep moving; maybe we'll get a better result at the ex-ARGH!" Shadow suddenly cried as he then fell to his knees and clutched his shoulder.

"Shadow-kun?!" Illu yelled in surprise seeing him kneel in pain.

"Hey Shads are you all right?!" Bella asked helping him get back up.

"What the hell was that, this really isn't the time for you to be injured!" Rose said harshly though she still had a look of concern.

The pain and numbness then stopped as Shadow began to huffed air slowly; pain was universal but it's easy to remember types of pains. 'That shock was definitely from electrical, but…' He then walked out of Bella's support and looked around the area.

"Shadow what's up?" Shade asked.

"You can't just fall to your knees and expect us not to worry, come on tell us what's up?" DB insisted.

"In a minute…" Shadow said as he still searched. 'There's no sparks here or anywhere, and even an attack like that someone would've noticed it.' Suddenly his vision faded as he then saw a different area…a bridge, grass, water, a black and gold mask that and many other things flashed suddenly before disappearing. Shadow stepped back in shock but noticed his hand was unconsciously resting on his collarbone.

"Hey you're starting to freak us out, if it's important tell us!" Rose yelled still concerned for Shadow's actions.

"Cadet…"

Everyone was frozen in surprise but the boy pointed to himself signaling he had heard him.

"The person you saw that took Ravena…do you know remember what color his mask was?" Shadow asked.

Cadet tapped a finger against his chin in wonder before his eyes widened and made gestures around to answer his question.

"He said that the mask was black and gold." Angel translated for him. "But what does the color have to do with anything?"

"Probably nothing…unless you've found some way to find him!" Beat-Boy realized as with the others.

Shadow nodded his head. "Exactly, Key, Shade, Sora, Punnya!" He called out to all of them. "I have an idea where Rave is but I want to be exact. We're going to need to put our tracking powers together."

"But how does Punnya fit into this?" Shade brought up.

"Punnya is the closest to Ravena and since they're bonded they should be able to find Ravena even if someone is hiding her magic signature!" Angel guessed proudly.

"Right come on, we're on a time limit remember." They all nodded and gathered together while everyone else backed up to give them space for the technique. Punnya began concentrating on her bell as Shadow had himself and her in the middle while the others stood around them.

"Are you sure this will work, this would be the first time I tried something like this." Sora said.

"There's no time for doubts Sora, you can do this." Key placed his hand on his shoulder to reaffirm that. "We need Telepathy to keep us linked and once we found them use your transfer to send it to the others as well." He explained.

"Easier said than done."

"But not impossible!" Shade said. "This is the reason we've been doing all that training after all." He then turned to Shadow. "So what are our jobs?"

"We'll be using our Byakugan together to search and Key's going to use his power to spread our field of vision." Shadow explained.

"Isn't that dangerous?" Shade asked; no matter how much trained the Byakugan could still see only a set distance depending on the user's level. Combined he and Shadow could search a large area but to search farther than their limit…

"Only if we're careless, we're not scanning all of Tokyo City just the area around the south exit." Shadow answered.

"How do you know Ravena might be there?" Key asked.

"Call it a hunch, just get ready." Shadow said, cueing them all to concentrate. Punnya's bell began to glow and ring as they all began to focus their powers. Shadow and Shade's eyes were fully activated while Key began his search; their efforts being hold together by Sora who struggled to keep their powers contained.

'Almost…almost…got it!' Shadow spoke telepathically to all of them.

"Do it Sora!" Key yelled.

"R-right…Transfer!" Sora called out and soon a small screen appeared over all of their heads with a loading bar that began to fill. As the bar filled they all received the location of where Ravena's energy was.

"Well what are we waiting for guys; we've got a Kitty to save!" Bella called out as they all left to rescue their captured friend.

(Elsewhere)

Prey had finally finished preparing as he held Ravena and mounted Fraulein once more.

"It's time to go, my dear," said Prey smiling as he stroked Ravena's sleeping face.

Fraulein tossed her head a bit and took a couple of steps forward when suddenly-BANG! A bullet hit the ground next to the mare making her neigh loudly and rear up a little.

Prey quickly turned around to see something approaching in the distance, fast. It was Roses along with Kurotsubasa and Kotsubasa. All of them had changed back to their regular clothes and were all riding fast towards Prey.

"PREY!" called Rose fiercely as she rode on Mazareth towards him. Along with her, came Shadow and Shade riding on a transformed Punnya. DB was riding Bella transformed as Wild-Mutt while Sora rode on Cadet in the same transformation. Angel flew in the air along with Illu and Key on an enlarged Mukurowl while Mira and BB were on Hippo.

BB clicked his tongue irritably as he held up his smoking shotgun. "Darn it! I missed!"

"At least we got his attention B!" said Mira turning a bit.

Prey narrowed his eyes at the intruders. "Lets go Fraulein!" he commanded as Fraulein neighed, taking off down beside the river.

"Don't let him get away!" yelled Rose to the others.

"DB! BB!" called out Shadow.

"On it!" replied DB whipping out his revolvers and began firing fire-balls in Prey's direction along with BB.

Quickly, Prey hung on to Ravena as bullets came flying around him while Fraulein nimbly evaded the shots.

"Prey! You better do something about this!" she said to he rider who nodded.

"Skcatta tuoba ecaf!" Prey said suddenly as the bullets and fireballs made a sharp turn and aimed back at the group.

"SHEILD!" cried out Angel activating a Star Card as a glowing them materialized over them and blocked the projectiles. Everyone involuntarily had to stop as multiple small explosions flashed on the protective surface.

Prey smirked as he was able to get more distance between them. "Fraulein, take my Kitten and meet me at the agreed place, I'll stall them for you!"

"My hero…." Muttered Fraulein sarcastically she felt her load get significantly lighter.

Prey stood and smirked just as Angel's shield finally wore off and the group resumed their pursuit. 'Let's see…it appears my Kitten has some lovely lady friends, brilliant," he said as he suddenly blew a kiss to them.

"Charm of Eros~!" he exclaimed as hearts began flying to female members of the group.

Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Went all the hearts as they pop right in face of all the females in the group.

Rose and Illu seemed unaffected but suddenly, Angel, Minnya, Mira, Amaya, Punnya, Nyoka and Bella all had hearts appear in their eyes. Punnya and Bella both threw off their riders while Mira jumped off Hippo as Angel, Minnya, Nyoka and Amaya all suddenly dashed ahead to Prey eagerly.

"WHOA!" cried Shadow, DB and Shade at suddenly being tossed but they quickly recovered and just barely were able to land right as the group slid to a stop.

"Amaya, where are you going?!" called Shadow in confusion.

"Nyoka! Come back!" called out Illu.

Just the group tried to advance forward; Mira suddenly turned and fired a blast of wind at them.

"Mira! What was that for?!" demanded Shade when the girl suddenly looked up to reveal that her pupils had become hearts.

Bella transformed back also revealing, along with the other females that their pupils had pink hearts reflected in them. "Nobody shall harm Prey-sama while we're here~!" said Bella, Angel, Mira and Nyoka in unison in a mystified tone.

"Very good my Beauties, now attack!" he commanded sending the girls forward.

"Shade, Sora, Illu, Rose! You guys stay with me the rest of you go after the horse!" commanded Shadow directing the group.

"GOT IT!" Came the reply as the group separated.

Just then, Punnya roared as she made a lunge at Shadow only to be tackled of the air by Mazareth as the two big cats were now forced into a fierce scuffle while Nyoka hissed and enlarged herself, ripping out of her costume and aiming her fangs at Rose who was unable to move in time.

Fortunately, Nyoka was snatched out of the way as Mukurowl quickly dove down and grabbed the white snake's head in his talons. Nyoka hissed madly and thrashed about violently in an attempt to escape while Illu quickly jumped down to the ground in time to knock Mira's staff away from the girl.

"Mira snap out of it!" Illu tried to call to the girl as she was separated from her weapon. "Whatever illusion that man has put you in, you should be able to fight against it!"

"That move was an illusion? Though I will admit that I expected my Rose Princess not to be affected but you are a surprise." Prey said looking at Illu with interest. "Perhaps you would like to abandon this hopeless battle and come join me?"

"I would never join someone like you after what you did to Ravena-chan and my friends!" Illu said in disapproval as she had her glaive trained on Prey now.

Prey chuckled a bit. "That's sad to hear, but hopefully I could possibly change your mind. However now…nopaew nurter ot ruoy renwo!"

Illu attention was so focused on Prey's words that she didn't notice Mirage's staff return to her hand. Mirage then caught Illu off guard by striking her hard from behind; as Illu struggled to get up she quickly used her glaive's pole to block Mirage's strikes. As Mirage prepared to use her wind scythe to slice the downed girl the attack was interrupted as she was knocked away by Shadow.

Illu then accepted Shadow's hand and stood back up. "If it's not an illusion then what's possibly causing this? How is he having them fight us, mind control?"

"I don't know, but hopefully it can be solved as soon as we get to him." Shadow said with his scythe now out.

"But can you?" They both now turned to Prey. "The female's heart sure is a powerful thing, how do you expect to get past them and reach me?" He asked in a humorous tone as he petted Amaya who was at his side in human form. "You're the guild leader…Shadow right?"

"What's it to you?!" Shadow then rushed forward with his blade ready and did a side slash towards Prey only to be stopped by Angel's shield card. As he was bounced back he then noticed the wind become visible and wrap around him binding him in place.

"Idiot!" Rose ran to help the captured leader only to have Cadet thrown at her sending them both tumbling to the ground. Rose rubbed her head and looked at the boy only for him to point seeing as Bella was now walking towards them as Humungosaur.

"You've got to be kidding me?!" Rose said in frustration as she swapped her knives for the chain she kept with her. Cadet then transformed into Wildvine to assist her in taking down the walking tank.

"I just find it strange…" Prey began to speak to himself. "Just what did she see that made her want to join you and even in the past when I hear Rose speak of you, her former teacher; even as she cursed your name she had a look of admiration.

"Shut your mouth pervert!" Rose yelled as she had her chain wrapped around Bella and was trying to keep her grip firm using the Rinnegan's power. Bella seemed to struggle to get out only to meet explosive seeds from Cadet who helped keep her disoriented. Another flash and Goop slipped out and around Rose's chain and wrapped himself around the two.

"All I want to know is what made Kitten want to join your guild?" Prey asked again.

"Shouldn't you ask her yourself, that's if she lets you live." Shadow said as she struggled against the elemental ropes. "Of course that's going to be after I get done with you for this mess."

"That silver tongue of yours, so crude." Prey brushed off his threat. "And your style too, no grace or elegance at all. It certainly isn't how you fight or your looks, so what is it?" He kept on pondering.

"Tell you what…why don't I show you." Shadow stopped struggling as darkness began to flow out his body. He then released a wave of gravity that blew the wind and Angel off to the side. Before Angel could try another spell Shadow appeared behind her and chopped her on the neck knocking her out.

Hearing a large roar he saw Punnya had escaped Mazareth and was in the air ready to pounce. Using a free hand he fired a ball of gravity into Punnya's chest that sent her flying into a wall knocking her back into her manju form, unconscious. He then walked over and set the sleeping Angel next to her.

"Watch over them would you Mazareth." He said as he turned and walked over to Prey.

"That was just utterly barbaric, the way you treated those two?!" Prey said as he then pulled out a sword out of thin air. It was a fancy, fencing sabre with a golden hilt fastened onto it. "Women should be treated delicately in a fight, how dare you needlessly harm them."

"Says the weakling who needs girls to fight for him." Shadow said.

"W-weakling ?! I'll have you know that I am a gentleman of the highest order. I need not protection in order to defeat a fiend like yourself!" Prey argued.

Shadow then smirked now knowing what buttons to push. "If you are truly a gentleman then you would accept a duel right or is that too chivalrous for someone like you?" He then pointed to him with the blade of the scythe.

"Tch…I need not have to prove myself against someone like you!"

At that cue Amaya then ran forward trying to punch if Shadow had not raised her up by her hood.

"Amaya snap out of it!" Shadow called out as the small girl struggled; he wasn't prepared for the kick she managed to send him but blocked as Amaya now escaped. At that moment, the full moon appeared from behind the clouds. No sooner was Amaya bathed in its light; her entire body began to glow. Shadow was about to call to her again only to see Amaya begin to transform.

"Guess this was what Ravena meant to say she was helping Amaya train in something." He whispered to himself as he saw Amaya's new form.

Amaya was now in the form of a black humanoid rabbit. She wore a bright blue and gold kimono with silver pants and a gold obi wrapped around her waist. A long flowing white cloth was wrapped around her arms and behind her neck. In her hand/paw was a large hammer like pestle.

"Now this is interesting, let's see what this battle yields." Prey said.

"Amaya, I don't want to hurt you…" Shadow said as he got himself ready. "But if I need to go through you to get to him, then so be it." He said as the two then dashed with their weapons raised.

(Scene Change)

"How fast can this thing run?" Beat-Boy asked as they still traveled after the fleeing horse. Their target continued running along the riverside, avoiding the streets and attracting any more attention.

"If only we can cut it off somehow, but if we stop running even for a second it could get away from us!" DB pointed out as he, Beat-Boy and Key kept up their chase. "Any plans Key?"

"Nothing that comes to mind on making her stop…but she can't continue if she doesn't have Ravena." Key thought aloud as he materialized Infinity in a flash of light. "I've got a plan but be ready to have her surrounded."

"Roger!" Both vampires said. Key then nodded to them as he then focused on the runaway Fraulein. "Stop!"

(With Fraulein)

'I can't believe Prey stuck me with this job. Hopefully I can get the lass here to just focus her beating on him; it would be fun to watch.' Fraulein thought to herself when suddenly she lost all sensation as she felt time stop around her. She then felt the weight on her back decrease before it vanished entirely as she then stopped and turned around to see Ravena now in Key's arms. Before she could try anything, DB and BB set the ground around her a lit with fire now in a tight circle around her making her rear up and neigh loudly.

"She's not going anywhere." Beat-Boy commented on the burning circle they had trapped her in.

"How's is the damsel doing Key?" DB asked.

"Looks like she's just unconscious, let's get her someplace safe and back to the oth…" The Beta was cut off by the sound of water bursting from out of the river. The three boys looked and saw the steam and smoke remnants of their fire as a beautiful woman walked forward to them.

"Really you've got to be more careful when you play with fire. Who knows who you can hurt?" The woman spoke. She had long flowing black hair and blue eyes, wearing a strapless dress consisting of a black corset and flowing skirt that ended at her knees.

"What happened, where's the horse?" Beat-Boy said confused.

"She is standing right in front of ya' laddie." The woman made the fact clear pushing her hair behind her ear.

"I guess it's safe to assume that she's no ordinary horse, especially if she was in control of the water just now." Key deduced. "Never thought I see someone actually tame a Kelpie."

"Believe what you want, but you have a job and I have mine. Hand over the girl and nobody gets hurt." The water left over began floating in the air as orbs around her.

"Sorry, I don't think we'll do that, especially after your owner kidnapped her against her will." DB said as he pulled out his guns; Beat-Boy followed his example and got his revolvers ready. "Key, get out of here and take Ravena with you."

"Right, just be careful." Key said as he lifted Ravena fireman's style. He knew the rope was preventing Ravena from using her powers and he himself felt drained being near it so he took off in the other direction.

"Great, now I've got nothing to show for this adventure." Fraulein said sarcastically seeing them get away. "I guess I have to stop 'em down if only to keep Prey outta one of his moods." With a snap of her fingers another part of the water rose up and made a large wall preventing Key from moving farther.

"Hold on missy, first you've got to get past us." Beat-Boy said reminding her she still had others to deal with.

"I guess I do now don't I?" Fraulein said as the water wrapped around her arms and formed flowing gloves for her to use.

(Scene Change)

Shadow blocked the blow of the large pestle from above as he pushed Amaya away. The large rabbit then began to float in midair before settling back on the ground; Amaya then moved to attack from the side only for Shadow to block her again. He was about to disarm her only to be pushed away by her psychokinesis; Shadow then fired a Dead Spike only for it to be blocked by Amaya's barrier.

'If she was full aware of her abilities this would be a troubling fight, plus the fact I don't want to hurt her.' Shadow thought as he tried to plan out ways to get past the brainwashed rabbit and reach the one responsible.

"You call me a weakling yet here you are struggling against this small rabbit. I change my mind about you…you're not a fiend, just a mongrel about to be put down." Just as he said that Amaya slammed her pestle into the ground trapping Shadow in a large bamboo grove.

"Shadow!" Illu yelled as she then slipped past Mirage's guard and trapped her using popping the blade of her glaive and binding Mirage in chains. She set her weapon into the ground and rushed towards the bamboo only to be coiled up in Nyoka's tail.

"N…Nyo…ka!" Illu struggled for breath feeling her tail constricting around her body. On the ground by the snake laid the unconscious bodies of Hippo and Mukurowl, seemingly done in by a cloud of poison.

"Whatever she saw in you was a mystery, but I see nothing impressive of you." Prey said seeing Shadow bound by the bamboo stalks.

"You know what; I changed my mind about you too." Shadow said from his prison.

"Oh?" Prey asked interestingly but a chill went down his spine as he felt a strong pulse coming from the grove.

"You're not a weakling…but…a coward!" Shadow said as his eyes slowly turned red.

(Scene Change)

The riverside was a battle-field as Fraulein sent torrents of water toward the two to try and break their defense. DB continued to match her water with his fire, extinguishing them both while Beat-Boy kept her from advancing using his gun magic firing a barrage of magic bullets. As Key watched he felt Ravena shiver a bit.

"Dark, so dark…" She mumbled out.

"Hold on Ravena we'll get through…" Key was then cut off as tendrils formed out of the water wall and knocked him aside.

"Key!" That moment of distraction gave Fraulein enough time to overpower him and toss him into the river. Beat-Boy stood nervous at the action but kept his guns trained on Fraulein still.

"I'm not in the mood for tossing around little boys so move along." Fraulein said as a small warning.

"No way, do your worst!" Beat-Boy said bringing his guns together to form his shotgun.

"Suit yourself child." Fraulein raised her hand and made a large tidal wave appear. She then sent the water forward making Beat-Boy brace himself only to see several books fly out and form a magic barrier that stopped the water. The books then opened and proceeded to suck in the wave within their contents.

"What in this world's kind of magic is that?!" Fraulein yelled in surprise as Beat-Boy just looked stunned.

"As fun as both of your performances are I'm afraid I can't have you succeed in your mission." All of them then turned to see RoM walking towards them smiling as the books floated around him.

"Informant! What are you doing here?!" demanded Fraulein, clearly displease at the sudden arrival of the young man. "This is none of your concern!"

"I actually agree with her, what ARE you doing here RoM?" asked DB standing up.

RoM smiled a bit as he adjusted his glasses. "Simple, I want to take back what's mine."

Fraulein frowned while the others looked confused. "Explain yourself, Lad!"

"When you walked into my shop asking about the Rookie, naturally I was curious," said RoM walking forward slowly.

"You were watching the entire time!" exclaimed Key upon realization.

"Imagine my surprise when I found out the reason your master came was to take away my Pet," stated RoM when his expression became dark. "Nobody steals my darling Pet…" he snarled as paper began peeling from his body and started flying like shuriken towards Fraulein.

Fraulein quickly waved her arms before her causing two streams of water two shoot out and began whipping about, slicing the paper in mid-air. At the same time, DB and BB began firing at her.

The Kelpie tried her best to dodge and deflect the projectiles but gradually she felt herself getting overwhelmed by the repeated oncoming assaults. 'Prey will never let me hear the end of this…' she thought irritably as she quickly dove into the river and disappeared into the water.

DB and BB sighed in relief as they holstered their guns while RoM readjusted his glasses.

Key lifted Ravena once more and glared at RoM.

"What gives RoM? It's not like you to suddenly show up," asked Key suspiciously. "Or to interfere in the affairs of others."

RoM folded his arms and looked at the Beta. "On the contrary Key, this affair became mine once I realized Ravena was involved."

"What? What does Ravena got to do with this?!" demanded DB stepping forward and grabbing a fistful of RoM's shirt. "We want answers RoM!"

RoM readjusted his glasses for the umpteenth time and smirked. "That is for the cat to answer DrummerBoy," he said mysteriously as he suddenly turned into a flurry of papers and flew off into the sky.

Key knitted his eyebrows as he looked down at Ravena's still unconscious form.

"Ma….Mas…ster" she suddenly muttered.

'Just what are you hiding from us, Ravena?' Key questioned silently.

(Back with Prey)

"Sora! HELP!" cried Shade as he and Rose ran past being chased by Hyna-Wolf.

"Regulus Punch!" cried out Sora managing to land a light infused punch to the wolf's face, knocking Bella out of her transformation as she rolled some distance away, stunned.

"Nice one kid!" said Rose when she heard a strangled cry alerting her to turn and see Illu almost half strangled by Nyoka who constricted tighter around the girl.

Quickly Rose activated her Rinnegan eyes and held a hand towards the snake while Shade formed a seal.

"Shadow Stitching Jutsu!" called Shade causing tendrils of shadows to grow out of the darkness and stop Nyoka from constricting further.

"Deva Path!" she cried using gravity to pull Nyoka off.

"Ms. Rose! The river! Toss her into the river!" Sora shouted suddenly.

Rose quickly complied as she flung the large snake into the cold river. Nyoka hissed and thrashed about wildly before the frigid temperature of the water eventually caused the snake to slowly loose consciousness and shrink back to her normal size. The rogue quickly fished the now small snake out and laid her next to Angel, Minnya and Punnya with Mazareth. Illu steadily rose up, now free from Nyoka's wrap.

"Is that all of them?" Illu asked as she recovered.

"Not yet, we still have the biggest pain in the ass on your team to deal with." Rose answered as they all saw Bella get back to her feet.

They all watched as the toon girl turned into what seemed to be a walking stitched together burlap sack with arms, legs, and a pointed head that head a demonic face. Oogie Boogie smiled at them demonically with his mouth wide open showing some of the many bugs that rested inside him.

"The flatchest just had to be a girl." Rose cursed as she plotted ways to get back at Prey for starting all of this.

"Bella-chan will definitely be a handful, but what about Shadow?" Illu asked.

"I don't think we have to worry about him; Prey wouldn't last long, especially while we're under a full moon." Rose said in almost a nonchalant tone.

"Huh, what's so special about the moon?" Shade asked.

"You've got a lot to learn about the guy you're calling a teacher. I should know, I trained under him first…" Suddenly the all braced themselves as a large black wind flowed past them along with it a strong surge of power. "Looks like we've got no time to waste, let's knock her out and see how much of Prey Shadow let live." Rose said as they scattered to avoid exploding dice from the ghoul before them.

(With Prey and Shadow)

"What in the world?" Prey stammered out as he took a step back, over at the side was Amaya back in her manju form as she was knocked out by the strong gale. The bamboo that once grown where not sliced to pieces before they dissipated and in the middle was Shadow taking a few quick breathes as he let the darkness fade.

'It's getting harder to keep this under control and it's a full moon too.' Shadow said as he then stood still and looked to Amaya. 'Sorry Amaya, I'll make it up to you and take you to that manju area Rave told me about.'

"I say, I guess you really are a fiend. A darkness like that, so oppressive and ominous…the only time I've ever felt something like that was Aki…"

"Don't say that name or the beating I'm about to give you will be four times as painful." Shadow cut him off.

"Four, isn't the saying twice?"

"You made it twice putting my Amaya into this."

Prey the let loose a sigh. "I see, well then I guess the only way to defeat a villain like you is with a hero's trusted sword." Now Prey then shifted his body and held his sword forward in a fencing stance.

"I think that's supposed to be my line." Shadow said as he pulled out a scythe was tossed aside when Amaya used her psychic powers. Darkness flowed down the knife and extended to make a solid sword of dark energy. "But then again, I'm not going to defeat you." He then held the new sword in a reverse grip behind him.

"Oh no?" Prey said in surprise.

"No…I'm going to crush you."

(Scene Change)

"So RoM ran off to who knows where but where did you think the Kelpie woman or whatever went?" DB asked as he scanned the flowing river for any signs of Fraulein.

"Who knows, she probably fleed using the river and just followed the flow or she might have went upstream back to where Prey is to tell him she failed." Key said as he looked back down at Ravena. "Right now, let's think of a way to wake her up."

"Well that ride strap to a horse's back didn't seem to rile her up and slapping her silly is out of the question because I don't want her tearing my face to ribbons." DB pondered out ways to wake up the sleeping feline. "Toss her in the river maybe?"

"Where the Kelpie might still be lying in waiting?"

"Oh right."

"Um I got an idea that might work." Beat-Boy said walking over to Ravena as the older guys watched to see what he had in mind. BB took off his headphones and placed them over Ravena's ear and then turned the volume high. Before Beat-Boy could play something Key and DB moved his back a few inches; looking confused he shrugged it off and played one of his songs.

"Nyaaaaaa!" Ravena screamed as she almost fell deaf thanks to her sensitive ears. She quickly chucked the headphones off her head and began looking around. "Owww my head, who's big idea was it to blast music right into my…hey I can move!" She looked and saw that she was standing and not wrapped in Prey's rope.

"Welcome back to the land of the living, you've got a lot of explaining to do young lady." DB said with his arms crossed.

"Right now isn't the time, where's Prey?" Ravena said with a low growl. Before they could get any answers they saw flashes of light further upstream on the river. "Guess that answers my question." Soon they all took off back towards the battle…but not before DB brought along with him something that might be useful.

(Prey vs. Shadow)

Prey dodged and blocked what he thought was barrage of slashes as his sabre counted the diagonal and horizontal moves. While Shadow's sword might be solid it had no weight to it allowing him to perform multiple slices. After another block Shadow then stepped back giving Prey an opportunity.

"Do you honestly think such of rough style will even touch me?" Prey said taking a straight lunge with his sabre pointed to Shadow's chest. Instead of backing up or guarding as he expecting, Shadow just shifted to the side letting th sabre pass through beside him as he landed an seithr fueled punch to Pey's face that knocked him back.

"Oi, this is supposed to be a fair duel!" Prey complained about the Hell's Fang he just received; never in a sword duel did he meet someone who wouldn't try and avoid the blade or rather bypass it as Shadow did.

"And how was any of what you did tonight fair?" Shadow asked.

"I may be a rouge, but at least I know when to see rules and regulation…especially in a battle!" Prey said pressing a continuous attack thrusting with his sabre. Shadow proceeded to weave through the move and then caught the sword with his own bringing them in a stalemate.

"Really huh, then let me share a rule with you." Shadow said as he charged a ball of gravity with his free hand. "Mess with any of Kurotsubasa and you live to regret it!" That rule came with a gravity ball that slammed into Prey's unprotected chest with the force of a cannonball. As the rouge slide he soon hit a stop and was brought to the ground, he struggled to get up as he was now in an intense gravity field.

"Only two times; either you're not that strong or there is something about you that makes the technique easier…not that I'm complaining." Shadow kept the field up and walked over with his sword dragging along the ground.

"T-this…how could I…lose to someone like…" Prey slowly spoke trying to move in the high gravity.

As Shadow walked closer he saw something trying to force its way out of Prey's back and at the same time feathers around him on the ground. "I see now, your bones are hollow like a bird huh. Lightweight but also just heavy enough to withstand some forces…this is a move I don't see you escaping from." He said as he pointed the dark sword to Prey.

"You fiend." Prey said.

"Enough out of you, let the girls out of whatever spell you put them under." Shadow ordered.

"Fufufu, what makes you think it was some spell? Don't you think it could've just been their hearts opening up, telling them to follow my commands?" Prey said, still as flamboyant despite the situation.

"I doubt that…seeing as it only affects girls with weak hearts I'm guessing." Shadow guessed getting a twitch out of Prey. "If I had to guess, it must be a power that you have." Cue another twitch. "Well as long as you're not willing to do it, I guess knocking you out will get me the same results."

Before Shadow could intensify the gravity again he quickly moved to dodge a sharp whip of water that rose from the river. Prey slowly moved his head to see Fraulein form out the water still in her human form. "I've been gone for only a wee while and already you're stuck in the dirt." Fraulein frowned.

"Ah Fraulein you've returned and even in that form just to greet…" Prey then snapped out of his fantasy and moved his eyes from her chest to her face. "Wait why are you here? I told you to escape with Kitten."

"About that…"

"PREYYYYYY!"

Instantly Prey turned a pale white and tried to move only to be reminded her was still in the gravity field. A wave of black cats then piled on top of the rouge only to detonate soon knocking him unconscious.

"Whoa, I think you've done enough to him Rave." Shadow turned to see DB, Key, and Beat-Boy walking nervously behind a mad and fuming Ravena who was now in her old clothes.

"Oh I'm the only one who gets to say when he's hand enough!" Ravena said with rage present in her eyes as her magic began to flow out of her body. As she stepped closer she then felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Calm down for a second Rave." Shadow said as he turned her attention to the others who were resting tiredly while Bella looked at them in confusion. "We'll take him back to base and you can torture him all you want but let's take it out the street before anything else happens."

Ravena hissed for a bit but calmed herself down to get more sense of control. "Fine, but what do we have to hold him until we do get back." TO answer her question DB then gave her rope; the same golden rope Prey had used on her to kep her binded.

"Thought it would make for some sweet payback." DB smirked.

"Oh yes it will." Ravena said as she got to work tying Prey up, but not before giving him a few choice hits for the ride and knocking her out.

"Sora, Shade, BB it's best you gather up the rest of your guild and head home. I think we're calling Halloween a night for now." Key said to them.

"Sure don't worry about us, make sure Rave gives the guy a good beating for us!" Shade said as they worked to help get Mirage, Angel, Minnya, and Hippo back with Cadet's help using Four-Arms to carry them.

"Noted!" Ravena shouted to them.

"So Rose what are you going to do now?" Shadow asked seeing the girl walk with Mazareth now at her side with Punnya on his back.

"Follow you of course; I deserve some retribution as well for the crappy night Prey put me through." Rose said. "So don't think you can stop me this time."

"I'm not, though we might as well hurry." Shadow said as they saw Ravena was now dragging Prey away with Fraulein following back in her horse form. The Kelpie saw no more need to fight since her master lost and rather doesn't want to deal with a fight if she could avoid it.

(Time Skip)

"So you actually do know this guy Ravena?" Key asked as they now kept the miserable, tied up Prey in the corner of the base. While he sat prisoner Fraulein was with the other pets socializing as they talked about her owner.

"Yeah…look I didn't say anything about this before because I wanted to leave some things from my past behind." Ravena sighed before glaring back at Prey. "That guy is Bird-Of-Prey; he's rouge just like I am only not as well known…at least not for the things rouges do."

"Guess his record must be as long as Doppelman's is from how he acts; charming and then kidnapping women. How is a guy like you not in jail yet?" Shadow said.

"Oi, do not make a mockery of my grand quest!" Prey yelled.

"Whatever Super Perv" Was the answer most of Kurotsubasa gave him causing him to slump down in depression.

"So what exactly do we do with the guy? I mean he did bad things like take kidnap Kitty and have some of us fight each other, not to mention what he did to Amaya was a crime." Bella pointed out.

"U-Pyon!" Amaya agreed with a rare angry look on her face.

"We should let Ravena decide what to do, he came all the way for her remember." DB said as they all looked at Ravena for an answer.

Ravena walked over to Prey who in turn paled again at the thought of what Ravena had in mind. The nekomata let out a sigh and sharpened her claws causing Prey to shut his eyes. A quick slash later and Prey found himself free.

"You're letting me go?" Prey said as he then jumped to his feet. "Oh Kitten I knew you cared!" He said lunging towards her chest.

"NOT LIKELY NYA!" Ravena said using a paper fan to knock Prey against the wall. "You made a stupid mistake, but for now I just want you to get outta my sight. You owe me one hell of a favor and more for not beating you into a pulp right now." The girl explained.

"Such a cold tone that I wished to hear for three long years! Even if you feel that way know my love for you burns deep within my heart!" Prey said as he shortly recovered. "Though…I spend one night in this town and I find so many candidates for the One." He said looking at the rest of the girls; the reactions where a nervous look from Illu as she hid behind Shadow to avoid his gaze, a confused look from Bella, and an angry look from Rose.

"Look at me with those perverted eyes again and I'll Shinra Tensei you straight to Hell." Rose said threateningly.

"I see, well on that cue I shall leave. Come Fraulein." Prey said as he headed towards the door. The horse gave out a small snort but followed him, letting Prey grave hold of the reigns. As the rouge got on his mount he gave Kurotsubasa some parting words. "Don't think this will be the last you see of me; now that I've found you my love you can't escape me that easily!"

"JUST LEAVE ALREADY!" After that shout Prey then took off into the night. Now that Ravena was done shouting she then looked to the others. "Look guys, I know I got a lot to explain…not just about Prey but about my past and all of that."

"Honestly, you didn't have to tell us if you didn't want to." Shadow said warranting strange looks from the others.

"Shads are you serious, after that crazy night?!" DB asked.

"We've all have our past and we all have our secrets. I can truthfully say there are things that I did in my past that I'm not proud I did." Shadow said.

"Shadow-kyun?" Ravena said.

"I…sort of agree too." Illu said to the others surprise. "Would knowing the past really change anything I mean, we would all still be friends and nothing would change…right?" The girl asked hopefully.

As they looked at each other in wonder they then all heard a laugh come out from Ravena as she soon began to laugh hysterically.

"I didn't know why I didn't see it like that, thanks Illu-tan." Ravena said wiping away a tear from the laughter. "The past is the past, and the me now is different from the me back then nya!" She said with a smile. "Still I feel that I owe you some story."

"True…but yeah Illu has a point." DB admitted. "If we have you spill your secrets then of course we all will do the same. We've all got skeletons in our closet." The vampire said.

"It's been a long night, why don't we rest and log out. Get some cider and treats out the kitchen and call it a night." Key offered.

"Agreed, I could use a nap." Shadow said as they all readied themselves to log out.

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The end to another exciting filler chapter with a bonus of having a little bit of cannon mixed to it as well. The linked feeling, the dark past, crazy suave rouges, just shows you FFW is a world where any and everything is possible. As of now I'm taking a small breather from writing FFW…need time for the imagination tanks to fill for it and I've been neglecting other works. So until the next time good night everyone and Happy Halloween!

-Shadowlight0982 out.