This is my Second K-ON fanfiction. This story takes place during the girls senior year.
The Cursed Guitar! To Save Ui! Into Brane's World (Nodoka's Arc)
Chapter 35: Into Brane's World.
(Takes place after the events from the end of Azusa's arc)
"Help me please! Anybody!" Ui's voice cried out from inside Yui's bag, as she kept a piece of the broken guitar that had a cursed on it, inside. It glowed once more. The Light Music Club enter the clubroom and Ui's cries stop and the broken guitar piece stopped glowing. The club members sit at the table, not wanting to have any tea nor cakes.
"Is it true that Ui is gone forever?" Yui sniffled.
"There might be a way to save her Yui. I'm sure of it." Mugi said to comfort her.
"How though? She got sucked into some portal. How do we open it? Besides, the guitar is broken. Ui is gone forever." Yui cried. She had lost Ui as she sacrificed herself to save everyone, to end the curse that Brane brought upon the band and from spreading it to the entire world. Little did the club know, Brane had his own world, where he was born from. The broken guitar piece started to move a bit, inside Yui's school bag. Nodoka stepped inside.
"Are you five not in the mood for club activities?" Nodoka asked as she looked at Yui's bag, did she see it shake a bit?
"Nope. Yui can't play. She's too sad." Ritsu said.
"Right. Would sweets cheer her up?" Azusa asked.
"No. I asked her earlier, and she said no to sweets today." Mugi said saddened.
"Sorry Yui. But Ui did it for all of you, for everyone." Nodoka said and placed her hand on Yui's shoulder. Jun came in.
"Any tea or sweets Mugi?" Jun asked her. Mugi shook her head. "Oh. Not today huh?"
"Yeah. Yui's not in the mood." Mio told her.
"So what are you gonna do with the broken pieces of the cursed guitar?" Jun asked and pulled it out Yui's bag and placed it on the table.
"Well, it can't be played, for one, and two, it's split in half." Mio said. Yui didn't dare look at the instrument. She didn't want anything to do with it anymore. But deep inside Brane's world, Ui was trying to contact her, telling her that she is alive and planned on returning back home. But she had to do it quickly, before Brane found out. Everyone took a sigh and looked down, not knowing what to do. The guitar shook a bit and this caught Nodoka's eye.
"Hey? Did you see that? The guitar moved a bit."
"Probably one of us moving the table." Azusa said and pulled out her phone to text her parents. The guitar moved once again, towards Yui.
"See. It did it again. Look." Nodoka pointed at it and everyone locked their eyes onto it, except for Yui. It started to glow and everyone got out of their seats.
"What's happening!?" Mugi gasped.
"I don't know!" Nodoka shouted as a portal began to open and suck everything into it. Yui had also stepped out of her seat, shocked by what she saw. How was a portal opening? Azusa was the first one to go into the portal, then Mio, Ritsu, Jun, Nodoka. Yui was the last one to be sucked in. The portal closes and the guitar laid on the table, no longer moving. The girls fall out of the sky and onto the ground. They all moan and groan.
"Where are we?" Ritsu asked, rubbing her head. She saw the dark purple sky and saw dead like trees. In front of them was a medieval like stores.
Everyone got up and looked in awe.
"This must be where Ui was taken too. Perhaps she's still alive somewhere." Nodoka said and cleaned her glasses with her shirt.
"Wait...so is this Brane's world?" Mio asked.
"I believe so Mio." Ritsu answered.
"I don't want to go near that man again!" Azusa cried out.
"We won't let him have you again Azusa. That's a fact." Jun said, forming her shard arms.
"Get your meat her! for 50 coins! Cheap price!" Yelled out a meat seller at a stand.
"Armor is on sell! To fight against Brane and his minions! This armor is the best for protection! 10 coins! Get it here now!" Yelled out another seller.
"Let's check these stands out." Yui said and walked to a stand.
"But we don't have coins." Nodoka told her.
"It's ok, I just want to see what they have. I am a bit hungry." Yui said and felt her empty tummy. As the girls looked around, at the castle, Ui was in bed, with a black eye and missing teeth. Just when she opened the portal, Brane had caught her and beaten her for disobeying him. Ui tried to fight back with her shard arm, but Brane had broken it. And this time, it can't grow back, as Brane did not allow it to.
"At least I got them here." Ui said and coughed. "Big sis must now I'm alive...they must know somehow. If I could send a message using something from Brane." Ui thought long and hard as she looked at her broken shard arm. She was angry at Brane for treating her this way. She wanted to kill Brane and see her big sister again. Not to mention, the others as well.
"I can try to help you." Said a man's voice.
"Who said that?" Ui sat up, looking at the front door. It opened and a man stepped inside. it wasn't Brane.
"Hello, I'm Jun Ishimine. I heard you talking in here about your friends or something."
"Well yeah, I brought them here. To rescue me. I need to tell my big sister that I'm alive."
"Well Ui, allow me to assist you. I will help with what I can." The young man said and heard Brane coming.
"Thank you Ishimine." Ui smiled at him.
"Jun Ishimine! Report to me this instant!" He called.
"Don't worry. I will come back." Ishimine said and walked out of the room and headed to where Brane was. Brane was sitting in his throne as a minion was shining up his black crown.
"Maybe this man can help me, somehow." Ui said and laid back down on her king size bed and fell asleep. Back with the other's, they have found a resting home to live in, previously owned by a shop keeper who had been killed by Brane's minions. The girls were sitting on a couch.
"Where do we go from here?" Yui asked Nodoka.
"Well Yui, I think exploring this place is best to do first." She answered, looking at her two swords she had bought. The girls got a lot of gold from a woman that didn't need it. She was very rich and against Brane's kingship. A lot of people were against his rule.
"I'm glad we have allies here. They're against Brane like we are." Mio said.
"It was really nice of that lady to get us coins." Yui said and took a sip of water.
"It was nice of her. Now we got some new clothes to wear." Azusa added.
"It would be nice to get rid of Brane's infection though." Jun said, looking at her arms.
"I see what you mean. I do miss my arm." Ritsu sighed and looked at her metal right arm.
"But it looks cool on you." Yui said.
"I know...but...I do wish I had my arm back."
"Well maybe you're in luck. There is a healer here, who goes around healing people infected with Brane's curse or hurt by him in any way. We can go looking for her tomorrow." Nodoka said.
"Where did you hear this from Nodoka?" Tsumugi tilted her head.
"I heard it from the weapons stand, the man who gave me the two swords. He said the lady is a good witch and is also against Brane." Nodoka answered.
"So we can have our arms back?" Mio gasped.
"I beleive so."
"This is great news!" Jun cheered. A girl was running away from three of Brane's Minions. They were chasing her, the girls heard her cry for help.
"Someone's in trouble!" Yui cried and rushed out the door with the others.
"HELP ME!" The girl had fallen and bruised her leg. The minions formed shard arms and were getting closer to her. Ritsu jumped in and locked her eyes on the three dark figures.
"Out of our way!" One of them shouted.
"No way! We're not letting you hurt this girl!" Ritsu growled.
"That's right!" Yui called and spun her staff.
The creatures growled and charge at Yui. Azusa smacks one of them with her shield and Ritsu grabs the other one by their arms and throws it to a tree. The third figure launched at Azusa. Mio saves her and uppercuts the figure. It goes down and got mad. It formed fangs and ran to Mio. Nodoka stabs it with one of her swords and Jun cuts it's head off with her shard blade. The girl ran away to safety. She was about 11 years old. The figure that Ritsu threw into the tree, decided to follow the little girl. The first one was dealt with by Ritsu and killed by a strong punch to the face.
"You are mine!" It cried out and leaped into the air and tackles the young girl down. She cried as it was about to bite her face. Tsumugi makes the save and slammed her steel bat down onto the creature's head. Azusa finishes it off with a strike from her hammer. Stabbing it in the chest with the back part. The figure turned to fog and the girl was frighten.
"It's ok. You're safe now." Mugi said and helped her up.
"Thank you." She said and sniffled. The girl then looked at Jun's infection, then at Ritsu and Mio's missing arms. "Well, I see that some of you are missing arms or are infected. Allow me to take you to m mother, she can heal you up." The girl smiled.
"You're the witch's daughter?" Nodoka asked shocked.
"Yes. My name is Lela." The girl nodded.
"Lela? What a cute name." Yui cooed.
"Lead the way Lela." Ritsu said and the girl started to walk. She lead the group to a small hut, where her mother was chanting inside. They enter the hut.
"Welcome visitors." She said and stood up.
"Hello." Nodoka bowed.
"We saved your daughter's life." Said Mugi.
"Thank you." The witch smiled and saw Jun, Mio and Ritsu. "Please, you three sit, I will restore your arms back to normal." Jun, Mio and Ritsu took a seat at the table and the witch got ready. She started with Mio and Ritsu first. "Put your metal arms out." She told them. Mio and Ritsu do so, and laid their arms on the table. The witch then said some words and placed her hands on both the metal arms. They started to glow, and soon after about 5 seconds, their arms were restored.
"Wow...I can feel it again." Mio said and looked at her left arm in awe.
"Amazing. My arm is back." Ritsu smiled and looked at her right arm.
"Jun, you're next." Nodoka told her. Jun nodded and took a seat. She laid her black arms on the table and the witch did the same thing, chanted and placed her hands on both arms. Jun's arms glowed and were restored. No more infection.
"Thank you." Jun smiled and bowed.
"Welcome. As a token for saving my daughter, I give you these weapons. They are forged from Brane's shards." The witch said and gave Mio and Ritsu weapons. Ritsu a shard long saber. And Mio a double sided shard staff. Jun got a crowbar and shield she found in the back of the hut.
"I'm more suited for this." Jun told the witch.
"Alright." Said the witch.
"Thank you for your service lady." Yui smiled.
"Anytime." The witch waved goodbye and so did her daughter. The group headed back to their house. Meanwhile, Brane was having dinner with Ui. Ui had chains around her ankles, to make sure she didn't run away. She was eating warm bread, nice water and a medium cooked steak. Jun Ishimine, was serving a few of Brane's minions. Ishimine looked at Ui and nodded at her. He placed a pill inside Brane's cup of tea.
"I hope you enjoy my cooking Ui." Brane smirked. He was in his figure form. Jun took a seat and started to eat his food.
"It's very good sir." Ui gulped and ate a piece of the steak.
"Why thank you Ui. But...I'm still very mad that you opened the portal! Tell me, why did you do it? Did you do it to try to escape my hands?"
"No sir...I uh..did it to bring my friends here." Ui said and Brane slams his fists on the table.
"You what!?" Brane growled.
"I brought them here to rescue me! I had to let my big sis know that I'm alive!"
"So you think they will be able to beat me!? Brane got up and walked to Ui. He then slides Ui's food of the table and the glass broke and the food scattered across the floor. Ui shook in fear and looked up at the man.
"My sister will stop you!" Ui shouted at him. Brane then smacks Ui down. She fell down and groaned in pain.
"She can try." Brane said and started to laugh. Jun Ishimine watched the scene, unsure of what to do. Ui got back up, but got struck down again, from another blow to the face. "They can't beat me." Brane said and looked at Jun.
"Jun! Go get my crown."
"Yes sir." Jun said and leaves the dining room. Brane grabbed Ui's infected arm and got rid of it. Ui gasped as she her arm back to normal.
"I'm not doing this for you." Brane said and picks up Ui and puts her to sleep by touching her head. Brane then placed her back in her bed. "Soon I will have you under my control Ui. You will lead my army." Brane said and licked her cheek.
"Sir! We spotted the group. They are at a house. Azusa is with them." Said a minion, after he broke into the room. Brane chuckled.
"Azu-nyan? Yes. My pet...it would be great to see her again. Tomorrow, you will hunt her down and bring her back to me. And this time, I will not show her mercy!"
"Yes sir." The minion saluted and left the room.
"As for Jun Ishimine. I know he's going to help Ui. Therefore." Brane teleported and grabbed Jun Ishimine from the back of the neck. Jun gets throw out of the castle by Brane. "If you ever show your face again. I will kill you." Brane snarled and Jun Ishimine decided to go look for Ui's friends. Brane got his crown and sat at his throne chair, looking into an orb, seeing Azusa sleeping. "My beautiful Pet. I will have you again."
"I got to find Ui's sister. Wonder where she could be." Ishimine said to himself as he walked off to the city.