Yang: Now this is the chapter I've been waiting for! A battle royal between three forces in an open area is going to be chaotic and awes-? Why is Peace ruining the moment again?!

Peace: [Sadly sighs.] Sorry Yang, It's just…I accidentally found out that Izumi's favorite Precure wasn't me at first…But it was Cure Rosetta.

Varvula: And why are you upset about it? You're from the Glitter Force. Not a Pretty Cure.

Raven: You idiot. The Glitter Force is the western version of Smile Pretty Cure. Only terrible because they whitewashed it.

Varvula/Yang: They what?/Quit talking in riddles?!

Freddy: What she means is that they took all the Japanese cultural out of it to make it easier for younger audiences to understand it. Not only that but they also took away a lot of emotional scenes in the series.

Peace: Like my father's whereabouts…Which was Izumi's favorite episode.

Yang: Yeah, it was the first time you didn't cry like a baby when using your powers.

Gwen: That's why I hate your show. They cut off the most emotional parts where you all plunge into the depth of despair…

…

…

Peace: T-That's it?!

Gwen: Pretty much.

Peace: Well whatever, I'm going to find out for myself. I just hope I don't make him uncomfortable.

Raven: Are you planning on seducing him to answer.

Peace: [Blushing and waving her arms frantically.] NO~! NO~! NOOO~!

Sanya: Cue the theme song~!

Theme Song: Fatally By Kotoko

"SUGOI DESU~!"

"...How does a snake live on his butt?"

As Kouta awoke, the medical room became rather active. He along with Kirika and Minori were surprised when they noticed a snake sprouted out of his butt. Unlike the earlier serpents, this one was more docile with its albino scales and red eyes.

"I don't know…I'm as surprised as you two are~!" Kouta replied, trying to retain his calmness. "Normally, I would've had to eat a snake to restore it back. B-But I barely ran into any of them on my way here."

"You eat snakes?!" Kirika cringes in disgust.

"That's what I remember about my ability. Sorry my memories are still a bit fuzzy," Kouta muttered. He remembered what he had done under Aoi's control but had trouble learning how his devil fruit works.

"Well you're still winded from Hibiki's beating," Kirika said. He explained to the girls about what happened between him and Hibiki. "So what are you going to do now that you're free?"

"I-I…don't know," Kouta responded, averting his gaze. "Hibiki may have broken the bond between me and Aoi…but I'm worried that she'll control me ag-."

CRASH~!

The three tensed up suddenly when they heard a tremendous smashing bang outside the infirmary. Before they could say anything, Kouta was startled by a familiar voice.

"KOUTA~! WHERE ARE YOU YOU PIECE OF SHIT~!" Aoi's screechy voice rang out across the passageways. "I KNOW YOU'RE IN HERE SOMEWHERE~!"

"..." Kouta trembled in fear of her voice for the first time. However knew he had to face Aoi one of these days or else she'll control him again. "Thank you for taking care of me…I'll buy sometime while you two find your friend and escape…"

"Wait, you're not going to face her by yourself!" Kirika declared as she brought out her scythe. "Minori, you stay here and protect Hibiki."

"Okay," Minori nodded with her devices in her hands ready.

"I can't let anyone else get involved," Kouta faltered as he glanced at the two. "If worse comes to worse then I'll have to risk my life to take her-"

BONK~!

"NO DYING~!" Kirika shouted after bonking the boy with the dull side of her scythe. "You don't redeem yourself by committing suicide~! You're not allowed to kill yourself~!"

"But…"

"No buts Desu~!" Kirika interrupted again, glaring at Kouta stubbornly. "I won't let you risk your life~! We'll take her on together~!"

"F-Fine," Kouta sighed, acknowledging defeat. He walked out the room but not without whispering to himself. "I do owe your friend…Let's go."

Kirika and Kouta had entered the main lobby. The exit where they came from was blocked by a very deranged and weakened Aoi Shizuka.

"Oh what's this?" Aoi glanced at Kirika. "Another adorable girl wielding armor? If you kill her and hand over her source of power, maybe I'll forgive you…"

"...Yes big sister," Kirika glanced at Kouta in shock, thinking he'd betrayed her. Aoi smirked at the loyalty.

"...That's what you would say…if you were my big sister!"

Kouta rushed towards Aoi with surprisingly blinding speed. Startled, the woman had no time to react as Kouta's lion-formed fist slammed into her face, knocking her into the air.

"Sugei~!" Kirika muttered in awe at his lion hybrid form. The goatmen were surprised by the sudden betrayal of the chimera boy.

Aoi managed to catch herself, but was quite shocked and angered by the sudden hit. "H-How…DARE YOU LITTLE PUNK~!" She roared in anger.

"That's for not telling me the truth for all these years," Kouta glowered with hatred.

Chapter 46: Upper Ruins Battle Royal

Time stood motionless as the fighters of the Upper Ruin prepared for a free-for-all conflict. Especially when the biggest rival towered above them all.

"H-Holy crap is that a giant snake?!" Touma blurted, gazing at the beast.

"T-That's the thing that made us split up~!" Princess declared in utter fear. "Seriously, what's the deal with the large snake?!"

"T-That snake…looks so tasty~!" Natsu drooled in eager to roast the snake.

"Of course you think about eating it," Touma and Princess sweatdrop with their deadpan expressions.

"So this is the titan snake I heard so much about?" Dimanu glanced at the large serpent. "And here I thought you guys were just toying with me."

"Why would we do that when we've specifically mentioned encountering it?" Todd asked oddly.

"Well It's kind of hard to believe a large snake would give you guys trouble," Dimanu scoffed.

'That snake makes things a bit difficult,' Terra wrote with a hint of warning. 'I don't know why, but every time we've attacked it, it absorbs our most powerful spells.'

"We need to be very wary of it," Simon declared while eyeing the serpent looming over them. "As well as our opponents."

"Let's go Holly," Ohm declared as he jumped onto Holly's back. "Be as ferocious as you want."

"WOOF~!" Holly acknowledged.

Gan Fall took to the skies while on top of Pierre. "That's our target Pierre. He's the most powerful so we must exterminate Eneru's Priests first."

"PIEEE~!" The bird confirmed.

"RRRROOOOAAR~!" The snake roared.

"I'm getting real sick of you snake," Zoro stated as he pointed his sword at it.

"Me too," Princess agreed as she brought her fists up. "I mean how did you even get up here anyway?"

"It doesn't matter," Natsu said eagerly, glancing at the beast. "Dibs on taking down the snake!"

"I guess you all…" Wyper aimed his bazooka towards the Blue Sea Dwellers. "WELL JUST HAVE TO DIE TOGETHER~!"

BAZZZOOM~!

The firing of the Burn Bazooka signaled the commencement of the Upper Ruins battle royal.

"SCATTER~!" Erza ordered. She along with Princess, Zoro, Touma, Honey, Natsu and Happy scattered avoiding the blue beam as it crashed into stone ruins behind them.

"TAKE THIS~! PRINCESS MACHINE GUN~!" While midair, Princess released a bombardment of blue orbs down onto the five remaining members of Luminous Tail and Wyper.

'Earth Make: Stingers,' While the others scattered to avoid it, Terra emitted a magic circle unleashing multiple earth-like bees flying towards the orbs, canceling them out into a huge explosion.

"Happy~! Head straight towards that snake~!" Natsu ordered with a grin. With his fist enlighten his signature flames. "I'm kicking its ass big time~!"

"AYE~!" Happy chimed in as he rushed Natsu towards the monstrous serpent's head.

The two were completely oblivious that a white fireball was heading straight for them. Once it got close, it burst open revealing Eguchi with his arms crossed. "Finally, a Dragon slayer in my element~!"

"GAH~!" Natsu had little time to react as he was kicked in the stomach, propelling him and Happy away from the Upper Ruins. Eguchi flew towards Natsu's landing spot.

"Heh," Zoro chuckled while eying the long mark that Wyper blast left. "That's a pretty nifty weapon you go bad your aim sucks."

"INSOLENT BLUE SEA DWELLER~!" Wyper snapped. In the background, Pierre barely avoided Dimanu's Sea Prism Dragon Roar, by diving under and flew over the snake, continuing rushing at Holly and Ohms. "You think you can just come up to our land and take what's rightfully ours?! You have no idea how long and hard we struggled~!"

"If you Sky people want to blow each other up, that's your business~!" Zoro scoffed while reading his sword. "Like I told to the Priests, I couldn't care less!"

Zoro raced towards Wyper who swung his leg with accelerated speed thanks to his ski Dial powers, blocking Zoro's swords. Growling, Zoro reared back and was about to attack again, but Wyper flipped in the air, avoiding his second strike.

"I knew I should've taken you down from the very beginning!" Wyper resolved as he flipped upside down aiming his Burn Bazooka towards Zoro.

"...!" Zoro leaped out of the way from the beam traveling through multiple layers of ruins in its path. Zoro winces, noticing the tunnel it created with one well aimed blast. 'This guy is actually tougher than I thought.'

Elsewhere in the ruins, the two who had history were clashing with blades "My apologies Erza, but I made a vow to the Shandians." Simon declared as his sword strikes were blocked by his childhood friend.

"One of your comrades mentioned it to me earlier," Erza said as she was going on the offense. "I don't mind, but I'm not going to back down!" She managed to push through Simon's swords cleaving his weapon in half.

"I wouldn't expect you to hold back," Simon chuckled. When he stepped back he quickly sank his left hand into his stomach, using the ore chamber on his stomach to create a large rounded shield, clashing with Erza's sword.

"What?" Erza questioned, witnessing Simon's Devil fruit powers for the first time.

Simon then created a giant silver hammer with his other hand and swung it towards Erza. She had no choice but to use her sword to block the blow, but was hurled across the clearing sliding hard on her butt.

Lying on her back, wincing in pain, Erza noticed Simon in the air with his hammer raised over his head. She quickly backflipped away as the silver mallet pulverized the spot where she once was.

"Surprised about my new ability?" Simon taunted with a chuckle. "Thanks to a certain fruit, I've obtained the powers to create any weapon made of ore."

"You've always been stronger than me, and you've done a lot for me in the past," Erza declared. With her entire body glowing bright, the scarlet knight transformed into her [Black Wing Armor] with a small smirk on her face. "Nonetheless, I will be surpassing you, Simon~!"

"GAH~!" Natsu and Happy plowed into the island clouds, while Eguchi landed a few meters away from them. Natsu sat up looking fumed. "HEY~! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!"

"Sorry for intruding on your feasts~!" Eguchi apologies. "But it's my first time seeing a Dragon Slayer close to my element before and I won't waste an opportunity like this~!"

"White flames?" Happy asked observing the flames around his body. "Those flames are unlike any I've ever seen."

"I've heard a lot about you Natsu Dragneel," Eguchi eagerly said. "Simon mentioned that you were a Fire Dragon Slayer. Which got me thinking, which flames are the hottest. A dragon," He flexed his magic releasing more white flames around his body. He had the same challenging grin when he fought against Kaito. "Or a Phoenix~!"

"A phoenix?!" Natsu and Happy exclaimed, stunned by the density of his magic.

"Yup, allow me to introduce myself," Eguchi announced. "My name's Eguchi Bonnies; the proud Fire Phoenix slayer of Luminous Tail~!"

Natsu's hand shook in fear, but unlike his fight with Maki, his face was filled with was his first encounter with a Phoenix Slayer, and he was thrilled to meet him. In contrast to Eguchi, Natsu was encircled by a pillar of crimson flames.

"The name's Natsu Dragneel~!" He shouted back with a challenging toothy smirk. "And you're gonna see how my dragon flames will roast your phoenix flames~!"

"I'M ALL FIRED UP~!" They both declared before rushing at each other. Eguchi's white flames and Natsu red flames clashing with their fist.

Touma collapsed onto the ruins, trying not to get unnoticed by any of the fighters. Explosions, hissing and barking filled his ears, causing him to breathe heavily. He had just got separated from the others after Wyper's bazooka went off.

"That was way too close," Touma muttered under his breath. "Seriously, if the Shandians want to take out Eneru Priests then why target us?"

His thoughts were interrupted as something collapsed nearby, creating a dust cloud owing to the stone ruins.

"Damn, that snake is durable as hell," That something turned out to be Dimanu who slowly sat up from where he landed. Despite the not so nice landing all he had were a few scratches. The second he eyed Touma he quickly got onto his feet. "Oh hey there, Baggage~!"

"B-Baggage?" Touma questioned.

"Well you haven't given me your name yet," Dimanu explained casually. "And during my first impression of you, you've been carried by a bird and then saved by a Pretty Cure. You are a pretty average boy so far."

"So, what was the point of chasing me earlier?!" Touma spat out a little peeved.

"First and foremost, I was pursuing Honey for round two." Dimanu corrected. "Second, you may look average, but after hearing what you went through to wound up here? I say that you're hiding something." He cracked his knuckles, "And I'm good at getting people to talk."

As Touma recognized the same expression Misaka always wore whenever they met in Academy City, he gulped. "R-Rotten Luck."

Honey found herself trapped into a thick mist after she was separated from the others. She held onto her ribbon baton. "Hello~! Are you the mist girl from before? You were with Dimanu right?"

"You…" The Pretty Cure's instincts kicked in and quickly turned around blocking a sword thrust with her baton. Sinolia glared at Honey with a cold gaze. "Will not take Dimanu away from me!"

"Wait, that's not wh-," Honey pleaded, but didn't get the chance to finish as Sinolia hounded her with blurred rapid thrust of her rapier. Honey had to jump back to avoid getting bombarded, and twirled her glowing yellow ribbon. "Honey Ribbon Heart Wall~!"

She created a heart with her ribbon, managing to block Sinolia's rapier assault. Sinolia clicked her teeth in disgust as she puffed out her cheeks. "Mist Roar!" She released a blast of mist which hit the heart shield causing it to scatter.

Honey coughed, her vision blurred by the thick mist. She deactivated her heart wall, and glanced around at her surroundings for Sinolia's presence. Cure Honey quickly dodged an incoming rapier strike to her head, but just as she dodged it, Sinolia appeared beside unleashing a well aimed kick to the side of her head.

'She was there the whole time?' Honey asked in pain. She recovered from the surprise kick and hurled her baton at her, trapping Sinolia's body including her arms. Once Sinolia was trapped Honey finished where she left off. "Listen, I'm not trying to take Dimanu away from you! He just has a strange crush on me after our first encount-!"

"I don't care," Honey flinched when she heard Sinolia was right behind her with the fake one she caught vanished.

The second she turned around, Sinolia's fist slammed into her face, causing her to stumble back. After punching Honey, the real Sinolia thrust her rapier with a quick motion jabbing Honey multiple times with non-lethal strikes. Honey cried out in pain as she staggered back until her back but was still on her feet.

"Dimanu is mine and mine alone," Sinolia warned with a leeming glare. "And if he has a crush on you, then I'll eliminate you so he'll focus on me!"

After wandering through the forest for more challengers, Kaito had reunited with Gonta who was observing a sky beetle crawling up a tree.

"Hey Gonta~!" Kaito called out, getting his attention. "I see you're still alive~!"

"Oh hi Kaito~!" Gonta greeted turning his attention away from the beetle. "Were you able to find the dragon slayer?"

"Nah, but I did get a good workout with a couple of pirates," Kaito said, eying his condition. "What happened to you?"

"Gonta managed to beat the Ultimate Torturer," Gonta answered. "They then trapped her in that iron cloud sphere right th-."

Gonta froze when he turned to find the iron cloud sphere shattered into pieces. As if Shizuka used a bit of unknown strength to break herself free. Gonta's jaws dropped comically after finally realized.

"GONTA~! SORRY~!" The man cried out comically. "BECAUSE OF GONTA GETS DISTRACTED BY SPECIAL SKY BEETLE~! SHIZUKA BROKE FREE~!"

"C-Calm down Gonta~!" Kaito said, trying to hide his fear from the gentle giant. "If you took her down, I'm sure she wouldn't have gone far."

Back at the tree bunker, a bruised yet angry Kirika pushed herself off the ground. She noticed Kouta struggling to free himself from Aoi's whips wrapped around his neck.

"You've been a pain in the ass the moment you were born," Aoi growled. Despite a thrashing from Gonta, her fierce desire to murder Kouta kept her going.

"Why are you...killing your own comrade?!" Kirika yelled out as she successfully got to her feet, using her scythe as support.

"Why, you ask?" Aoi eerily questioned before answering in utter rage. She roughly slammed Kouta into the ground, ignoring his cry in pain. "He's the reason why my one true love was killed~! I had to kill her because she was trying to kill me~! All because she wants to see this little shit of a brother again~!"

"Ghkn~!" Kouta grunted. He was desperately using his hands to attempt to break free from Aoi's finger whip which were squeezing him firmly

"Pretending to be your sister was the worst choice I ever made~!" Aoi barked as she slammed her foot to his stomach, cursing him more pain. "You being alive reminded me that much of her death is all your fault~! If you hadn't existed, then your sister would've still be aliv-"

"DEATH~!" Kirika, fumed by her words, raced towards the two, with two scythes combined together to form a large green halberd. She swung it towards Aoi who had little time to respond, forcing herself to release her whips to jump back to avoid it.

Opposite Scythe: Rapunzel~!

While he was pinned down on the ground, Kouta sent out his white tail snake to strike at Aoi's leg before she tried to jump back. Due to the venom in her system, the Torturer had slow to react as Kirika swung her halberd, leaving a large wound on Aoi's stomach.

"Ghrkk~!" Aoi gritted her teeth to avoid screaming in pain. Despite the direct hit, she was still barely standing glaring at the two. "I will not…DIE~!"

With a loud roar cry, Aoi activated her trigger form armor, causing Kouta and Kirika to be pushed back by the force.

"D-Death?!" Kirika blurted out in shock.

"I…never saw her in this form," Kouta stuttered, as he slowly picked himself off of the ground.

"I will not let you live~!" Aoi snapped her fingers, summoning multiple oval mirrors surrounding the two. Each of them charging with a white glow. "Before I die, I'll bring you all down to hell with me~!"

Kirika and Kouta didn't know what to do as the entire began to glow bright. Having a plan in mind, Kouta quickly wrapped his body around Kirika who was startled. "W-What are you doing?!"

"I'm sorry," Kouta apologized with a warm smile. "I know you said you want me to live, but…It feels wrong for me to do after what I did."

"DON'T YOU DARE TALK LIKE THAT~!" Kirika yelled over the blurring sound.

"Tell Hibiki…and Todd, thank you," Kouta closed his eyes, accepting his fate as the mirror began to fire off their beams.

"NOOO~!" Kirika cried out, trying push him off, but he held himself down with his paws.

"Die," Aoi ordered, lighting up the entire room. Unaware that the mark on her left calf was flashing pink.

SHATTER~!

Right before they were about to fire their beams at the helpless duo, all the mirrors vanished into pieces. Kouta slowly looked up, once the lights dimmed down, and noticed the mirrors were gone.

"What's going on?" Kouta quickly turned to find Aoi back in her normal attire. She was more confused as her entire body began to glow. "W-What's happening t-t-to me…"

"No…Did she?" Kouta took a second to realize what was going on with Aoi. "She used it…"

"W-What's wrong with her?!" Kirika asked as she sat up to get a better look at Aoi's condition.

The Crimson Blood bark on her left palm flashed brilliant pink, causing veins to visibly migrate up her arm and over her was inhaling and exhaling hard, her eyes wide with shock and agony.

'N-No…I can't die here,' Aoi pleaded, also realizing what was happening. She collapsed onto her knees, as pink veins traveled onto her head. "Damn it…damn it…I can't die here without seeing you dead!"

With all the strength she has, Aoi crawled towards Kouta and Kirika. Soon her entire body was covered in pink veins, but she didn't care. "I hate you…

Showing Aoi and Hilda training together smiling.

I hate you~!

Showing Aoi horrifyingly staring at Hilda's body being carried away after the fight.

I-I won't d-die…until…until.

Showing Aoi glaring with utter hatred towards the sleeping young Kouta.

…I kill you…" Aoi finished weakly. Her hands were almost touching Kouta's neck before slumping onto her side with a thud. Aoi's final expression was her bloodshot eyes expanded in absolute hate but with no life in them.

Kirika sat slowly, but her gaze was drawn to Aoi's motionless body ."W-What happened to her? Is she…?"

"She's dead," Kouta said quietly, with his eyes covering his hair. "Since she used her Trigger more than once, it shortened her life span." He slowly looked at his mark on his left palm. "The marks that Crimson Blood gave us enchants the users ability tenfold. But, it also functions as a time bomb, slowly killing you from the inside."

Upon hearing the concept, Kirika felt sick to her stomach. She noticed him walking over Aoi's body and roughly kicked her corpse on her back. "W-Wait what are you planning to do?"

"I hate you too Aoi," Kouta began gritting his stared down at Aoi's dead eyes with pure anger. "I hate you for not only killing my sister…but for not telling me once I woke up and brainwashing me into believing you're my sister! For using me as some sort of killing machine for your benefits! For beating me like I'm some sort of punching bag! I HATE YOU SO MUCH THAT I WANTED TO BITE DOWN ON YOUR NECK!"

Kirika was frightened by the boy's rant, and she thought that he would stomp on Aoi's body for revenge. But to her surprise, the boy gently reached down and closed both her eyes and mouth, making her as if she was sleeping peacefully.

"I wanted to pay you back for all this crap you did to me," Kouta continued quietly. Kirika slowly walked towards him and noticed tears were falling on Aoi's face. "I really hate you so much…you stupid, pervert, asshole."

Kouta continued to insult her but was stopped in his tracks by a set of arms wrapped around him from behind. He didn't move when Kirika offered him a firm but kind hug. Feeling this, Kouta began to release his tears crying loudly. Despite his harshness and anger towards the former Ultimate Torturer, the boy felt sad that he had lost another person from his original life.

"Whoever…made this lock mechanic, will be the end of my buzzsaw…"

Oblivious to the recurring battle that occurred in the main hub, a worn-out, smoking Shirabe was sprawled out on her back like a starfish, attempting to catch her breath. While trying to unlock the door in front of her, Shirabe had the urge to strangle the person who created this artificial lock system.

After recovering from the foul stench of the Flavor Dial, the youngest Symphogear wielder had her eardrums blown by a loud screech thanks to the Vocal Dial. Then she gets smothered by Cloud Dial, and barely surviving the last two deadly combos; the Flavor and Flame Dial which result in an explosion. She drifted unconscious for a couple of before being awoken by the silver door creaking open.

"This…better be worth the effort," Shirabe sighed and pulled herself off the ground. She entered the room gently and observed an almost empty bookcase.

Why was it almost empty? Because of one blue worn out notebook in the middle shelf. Cautiously for more traps, Shirabe skated towards the shelf and grab the notebook. When she opened it, she was met with a big bolded title that said: The Octagonal/Octadic Slayer Project.

"The Octagonal Slayer Project?" Shirabe pondered as she sat down on the ground and flicked through the pages. It displayed the table of contents, which revealed more than Shirabe had anticipated.

Table of Contents

Weather Phoenix Slayer: ? ?

Alpha Tundra Demon Slayer: %%%% %%%%%%

Cosmic Dragon Slayer:

Sea Prism Stone Dragon Slayer: Dimanu Heims .

Earth Demi-God Slayer:

Omega Flame Dragon Slayer: Cynthia Viscard.

Nuclear ? Slayer: ? ?

Delta Sky Dragon Slayer: Shervan Kazero

'W-Why is Cynthia's name on that list?' She shook her head and swiftly proceeded to the page where Shervan was mentioned. As she arrived, she was greeted by a diagram of a tall structure, followed by a few pages of prose. Shirabe struggled to read the first three paragraphs since they were crossed out.

"Mmph, It felt like a child doodle on it," She pouted annoyedly. When she got to the second last paragraph she began to read;

The Dragon Slayer lacrima was discovered on the top of a towering and ancient structure. The tower began to disintegrate the moment my colleague removed the lacrima from its pedestal; we barely got it out alive. The magic inside this lacrima was so dense that it might've outmatch the real Sky Dragon. Nevertheless, according to , it was discovered to be a beta compared to the Omega lacrima and was instead utilized as a life support for a young boy named Shervan Rawra, who were one of the ten surviv-.

Shirabe grumbled annoyed to find the paragraph ended with it being ripped. She gleaned at the second one on the next page.

While testing and examining the power of the Delta Sky Dragon, he was challenged by his former mentor Maki Harukawa. The boy proved to be skilled fighting against such an opponent, but was later…!

"Killed!?" Shirabe exclaimed with shock. She reread the text, assuming she had misunderstood it, but it was the same. Shirabe had several questions but continued to read.

It was a fatal and non-survivable wound on his chest. As I was planning to retrieve the lacrima inside him, the wound on his stomach was patched up and healed, almost as if the boy healed himself. I covertly brought him back for additional examination and made an amazing discovery: his inner body was mending and he had more than one soul, three to be exact. One who was Shervan was in a comatose state. The second one had the same density as the Dragon Lacrima and was the one that was fighting against Maki the entire time. The last one was the most peculiar, with no readings of anything, but was the healing factor. Upon this discovery we decided to label this new and ancient magic implanted in the boy as the…

"Delta Sky Dragon Slayer," Shirabe finished quietly, putting the pieces together in her head. "That's why he's been acting strangely all this time, and why he can't remember half the stuff he does…Shervan has…

Multiple Personality Disorder!"

"I finally found you,"

That said person was perched on the branch, eying their target with one yellow eye gleaming in the shadows. Said target was meditating, unaware of their presence.

"You thought you could get rid of us so easily, but now we're here to end your life, Maki Harukawa."

Yang: Okay, I should be talking about the whole battle royal that's going to happen in the previous chapter, but I'm curious as to why Peace is covered in mud.

Peace: Oh, me and Izumi played in the mud a bit after I comforted him.

Sanya: So what did he say?

Peace: Well, Doki Doki Precure was the first series he watched from the Pretty Cure trilogy. He said that the fight between Rosetta and the helicopter monster in Episode 41 got him hooked into the series.

Raven: Oh, I've seen that part. She was a total badass in that scene.

Peace: Y-Yeah, and I realized that I-I'm his favorite Pretty Cure, b-because he can relate to me. He had no friends and was shy. He loved cartoons, anime and games, he was always so insecure because of his religious Aunts and Uncles, and…never remember what his father looked like…

Shiho: So, should we call him the male Glitter Peace?

Peace: T-That's not what I'm implying~!

Freddy: Next Chapter: Switching The Plates.

Yang: So you too made up by playing in the mud?

Peace: We had a mudball fight like they did in the Recess episode.

Gwen: Did you use a rock?

Peace: No~! Why would I throw something that dangerous!?