Varvula: Who's idea is it to broadcast that monstrosity?!
Gwen: You did remember? You were the one who was filming us 24/7.
Varvula: True, but I didn't broadcast all over Fiore!
Yang: Well, someone ratted us out. Now everyone knows that I like painting toenails.
Peace: And that Izumi and I do Super Hero action poses in the toy store.
Freddy: Let's not forget that disturbing dance Kenji and Ibuki were doing in the bar.
[Everyone minus Varvula and Raven shuddered.]
Shiho: What the hell were they doing in there?
Sanya: We should probably be worried that the mages know where Izumi is living.
Gwen: Which begged the question as to why Varvula put our address on the side?
Varvula: I'm not that stupid as to exploit our home address!
Yang: Then why did we hear your own voice? Telling us our exact location.
Varvula: I have no idea!
Freddy: Well, we need to fortify our defenses. We need to make this place wizard proof…Sorry, Fairy Tail proof.
Gwen: I'll get the spell book.
Peace: We should start the chapter while we prepare for their visit.
Before Confrontation
Kouta, Minori, Shirabe, and Kirika had left Luminous Tail's tree cave. Kouta stood in front of them and began sniffing the air with his enchanted nose.
"Did you find his scent?" Shirabe asked.
"...Yes," Kouta responded. His nose detected another scent besides the boy before turning his head to the right. "His scent is coming from that direction. But it's mixed with another person."
"Another..." Shirabe softly whispered. She then turned to face Kirika. "We need to stop him before things get worse."
"Got it," Kirika nodded determinedly. She then turned to Minori and Kouta. "You two will be okay here, right?"
"Yes, I will do anything I can to keep Hibiki and Minori safe," Kouta stated firmly.
"We're counting on you," Shirabe said, turning to Kirika. "Let's go, Kirika."
"Right," Krika replied. The two girls rushed in that direction and somehow managed to climb out of the steep trench. Kouta was taken aback by how quickly they had gotten up there.
"...Did you know they could do that?" Kouta wondered.
"No," Minori replied blankly. "I'm honestly surprised at how fast they got up there."
"...Can you actually act surprised for once?" Kouta dryly proclaimed.
Chapter 54: Delta Origin: The Boy with Three Souls.
Time stood still as Kirika and Shirabe blocked Maki and Shervan's attack, interfering with their duel. The boy was more surprised by Shirabe's questions echoing into the boy's ears. Shervan slowly stepped back with a timid look.
"...W-What do you mean?" Shervan asked nervously. "Did I go out of control again? S-Sorry if I've hurt anyone or worse."
"Jiii..." Shirabe walked closer to Shervan and stared directly into his hair covered eyes. The boy meekly turned his head, trying to avoid her deadpan gaze.
Maki was irritated by the two girls' interference in taking out her target. She pried her right arm out from under Kirika's halberd. "Get out of my way!"
"Oh no, you don't!" Kirika instantly split her halberd into a twin scythe and swung it at Maki's incoming claw strike. Maki clicked her teeth as she felt her claws being blocked by Kirika's scythe.
"Shervan..." Shirabe lowered her buzzsaw and stared at him with concern. "You really don't remember what you did?"
"No..." Shervan trailed off after responding. "The last thing I recall was being aboard the Going Merry. Kuroko b-brought back George's body, and I hyperventilated."
"Body? You mean…" Shirabe's eyes widened in horror. Kirika was too busy clashing with Maki to hear them.
"He's not dead," Shervan slightly corrected. "B-But, he was in critical condition."
'I see... so did they swap during that time?' Shirabe thought suspiciously.
Maki finally lost her patience and managed to overpower both of Kirika's scythes with a single swipe of her claw. Kirika, unarmed, sensed the assassin's killing aura and quickly rolled out of the way of a lethal strike.
"S-She was really going to kill me," Kirika muttered in shock, before turning to see Maki rushing towards Shirabe from behind, preparing to stab her. "SHIRABE LOOK OUT!"
SHRKKK~!
The unexpected attack caused her to grunt in pain, and a small amount of blood trailed from her mouth. Her eyes blinked in disbelief at how quickly it happened.
Shirabe remained facing away from Maki, who was pinned in the air by all three of her large buzzsaws. Maki felt the sharp blades dig into her body, causing a minor injury. She wasn't foolish enough to move recklessly, knowing that the girl could activate the buzzsaws and instantly kill her.
"We'll deal with you later. Right now, I am preoccupied with something else." Shirabe's voice was quiet and cold. She turned her head slightly and glared threateningly at Maki. "So don't move, or I'll cut you into small bits."
"..." Maki glared right back quietly, but didn't move. Maki was not intimidated by Shirabe's empty threat, but she felt a strange aura around her. 'She's not normal…'
Shirabe returned her gaze to the boy in front of her. The boy looked up at the pinned Maki briefly until he noticed Shirabe looking at her and shyly looked down. 'His speech and behavior are just like Shervan's, but ...'
Shirabe clenched her fist, recalling the strange events involving the boy.
How he killed Naru back at the resort.
How he almost sank Shoujou's ship on their way to Cricket's house.
Finally, when she heard the two voices coming out of the boy's mouth last night.
"...You're not him," Shirabe quietly seethed, clenching her teeth. With her hair cast over her eyes, the fourth buzzsaw began to spin violently before it lunged at him without hesitation. Kirika and Maki gasped in shock, but it was too late.
Before it could touch him, the buzz saw stopped. More specifically, it was aimed at the massive scar on his left shoulder. With his left hand coated in dark green wind, Shervan stopped the spinning saw from touching the scar and even hauled its momentum.
"S-Shirabe...why?" The boy looked at her with a betrayed expression of sadness on his face. "I thought w-we were friends."
Shirabe flinched slightly upon seeing his sad expression. At first, Shirabe was debating in her mind that he was telling the truth…
…until her eyes caught a glimpse of Shervan's reptilian right eye.
"...Just stop…" Shirabe whispered.
"...What d-do you me-"
"SHUT UP~!" Shirabe finally snapped angrily. "Just stop it! Stop talking like you're Shervan because you're not!"
"...Shirabe," Kirika softly said in concern.
"..." Maki just blinked in confusion at the girl's outburst.
"...I'm not…?" Shervan's voice was beginning to act husky and quiet.
"I know the secret behind your powers. As well as the fact that you died after you fought Maki Harukawa a long time ago!" Shirabe announced, causing the boy to flinch. "I see your fake ploy, so cut the stupid act and answer me…"
Shirabe looked up at the boy's with utter hatred in her eyes. "Who you are and what have you done with Shervan?!"
…
No one said a word after Shirabe's outburst. Kirika had her scythe ready, not knowing what was going to happen next. Maki just stared at her target with her eyes widening. The three girls were waiting for the boy to rebut or say anything as he opened his mouth.
"Haah~!"
Whoever was using the boy's body let out an annoying yet lazy sigh.
Shirabe tensed up, recognizing the voice from last night. "Great. This is just fucking great. Not only did you know about my secret, but also my humiliating loss against Harukawa." He tightened the grip on the buzzsaw. "Looks like I'll have to kill both of you as well."
With one tug, the boy ripped the buzz saw out of the component and tossed it aside. The three girls tensed up, realizing the shy, timid boy they knew was replaced with a dangerous person.
"S-Shervan?" Kirika called out in reflex.
"Yes, you know my true intentions." He smirked at their reaction. "I wanted to wait until the right time unt-"
"Didn't I tell you to cut the stupid act?" Shirabe interrupted, knowing what the person was trying to do.
"What are you talking about?" Shervan asked, grinning. "This is my true nature! I've been fooling you all this time. All that stuff about wanting to have friends and joining your crew is all just a lie I made up."
"If you're telling the truth and really are Shervan, then why didn't you turn yourself into wind when I attacked you?" Shirabe rebutted. When she noticed his smirk left his face, she gave one of her own. "It would've been more efficient to just transform into wind and let it phase through your body. Which made me confirm my suspicion that Shervan does have multiple personality disorder."
Shirabe then dramatically points her right finger at the boy. "The one who's controlling Shervan's body is one of the personalities. AKA the Dragon Slayer's soul~!"
"...Multiple Personality Disorder?" Maki couldn't hide her shock anymore. Her mouth hung open in disbelief. Since she knew Shervan longer than them, he never mentioned or told her about it.
"Shirabe…" Kirika blinked in astonishment at her friend's pose. "You look cool doing that Phoenix Wright pose!"
'...I look like a total idiot right now,' Shirabe mentally berated herself. She was sweating a bit at how embarrassed she was.
"...Yah know, you're the second person to figure out the disorder," The boy declared, slightly less lazily than before. He placed one hand on his hip and the other on his head. "This first one, I cut their heads off right after they finished speaking. I was going to do the same thing to you, but…"
"But…what?" Shirabe asked boldly.
"The accusation pose you're doing," The boy let out a light snicker. "You look so utterly ridiculous that I couldn't help but find it funny."
"GHK~!" Shirabe comically yelped when the word "ridiculous" mentally stabbed right into her stomach.
"Hey~! Shirabe may look weird, but she's a master at those Ace Attorney games!" Kirika's poor attempt to defend her friend caused another mental insult, "Weird" to be stabbed into the poor girl's body.
"...Nerd," Maki bluntly commented, finishing off Shirabe's mental state. The word "Nerd" mentally pierces her head, causing Shirabe to lean back in mental pain and embarrassment. She would've instantly collapsed in defeat and embarrassment if it weren't for realizing that she'd let Maki free.
"As a token for making me laugh, allow me to reintroduce myself before I kill you all," He declared while he lifted the right side of his bangs, revealing a slit-like pupil. He gave an evil grin that made Shirabe and Kirika shudder a bit. "The name's Galero. Just like you said, I'm Shervan's Dragon Lacrima Soul and one of his personalities!"
"...Galero…" Maki muttered in disbelief.
"S-So it's true," Kirika said, clenching her weapon. "Shervan does have two other people inside his body?"
"Yes…" Shirabe looked up at Galero with utter hate in her eyes. The boy who hijacked her friend's body was the primary reason why he's been alone all his life. "He's the main source of Shervan's pain and loneliness!"
"N-N…NATSU~!"
The screeching cries of the blue cat echoed in the area.
The second Moses spoke, the dragon slayer who humiliated him, suddenly burst into violent black flames.
Tsubasa, Eguchi, and even Kaito were taken aback by how quickly the attack occurred as they watched Natsu collapse on his stomach. With his eyes pure white and his body severely damaged, he was already out of the fight."
"What just…" Tsubasa was lost for words; her eyes widened in pure shock.
"It was so fast that even I couldn't see it coming," Kaito admitted, a bit startled. "He's going to be a pain in the ass to deal with."
"You mentioned something about him using this Trigger Spell earlier," Tsubasa recalled, turning to the goatee young man. "What are they exactly?"
"It's kind of like a last resort spell that boosts the user's abilities," Eguchi explained while keeping an eye on Moses for any sudden movements. "It doesn't matter if it's magic, Devil Fruits, espers, or relics. They all receive enchantment boosts, at the cost of their lives."
"T-Their lives?" Tsubasa blinked in surprise.
"Yeah, which means I need to finish him off quickly," Eguchi declared with white fire swirling around his fist. "Hey, blue cat. You're still able to move, right? Then grab your friend and escape from here now."
"...R-Right!" Happy nodded, still worried about his best friend. He began to carry Natsu's limp body into the air.
"Oh, when he wakes up..." Eguchi stopped him for a bit. "Tell him that he did a good job beating Moses, and we'll take it from here."
Happy stared at him before nodding with determination. "Aye sir. Max Speed!" While carrying Natsu, Happy zoomed high into the air with blinding speed.
The second the two were gone, Moses slowly raised his right arm towards them. Kaito, Tsubasa, and Eguchi braced them the second, the God Slayer spoke. "Ice Glacier."
The three split up as a massive ice glacier erupted beneath them. Luckily, they were relying on their instincts to rush out of the way.
"He's so fast," Tsubasa said, bewildered after landing on the ground.
"Time to get your ass kicked, Moses," Eguchi declared, wasting no time charging up for his signature magic. "Fire Phoenix: Screech!" He unleashes a humongous stream of white flames towards Moses.
"Sky Lighting Corkscrew!" Moses retaliates with a snap of his fingers, unleashing a union raid of God Lightning and Sky magic into a corkscrew beam. His attack proved to be more powerful, cutting through Eguchi's phoenix fire with ease.
"Crap!" Eguchi rolled out of the way of the powerful black corkscrew beam. It pierced through one of the relic houses behind him.
Right after he launched his attack, Moses swerved his body to the side, avoiding Tsubasa's incoming slash attack from behind. Tsubasa did not give up after her strike missed, instead swinging her right leg out and aiming her long leg blade at his neck. Moses easily blocked the strike with an ice-covered arm.
While Tsubasa was singing, she jumped back and did a spinning handstand, aggressively attacking Moses with her ankle blades: Reverse Rakshasa!
Blocking her spinning swords with ease with one arm, Moses gathered black wind swirling around his other hand. "Sky: Boreas!" Moses hurled the gathered wind right into Tsubasa's stomach before she could realize it.
"GAH~!" Tsubasa cried out as he was propelled by a large black whirlwind. She tumbled to the ground before colliding with one of the stone houses.
After dealing with Tsubasa, Moses turned to find Kaito in front of him, his fist inching closer to his face. Moses absorbed the blow by quickly raising his black ice arm in time. However, the punch itself shattered the black ice, causing Moses to slide back slightly.
"..." Moses glared at the man. "You're the most threatening one."
"Of course I am," Kaito grinned, cracking his knuckles. "But I wouldn't underestimate the other if I were you."
Right when he said that, Tsubasa flew out of the dust cloud and immediately fired off a glowing blue lightning wave, which traveled across the ground. Blue Sword Lightning Punishment!
"I'm not done yet~!" Eguchi announced as he leapt into the air above Moses. His arms were raised above his head, channeling white flames around his forearms. "Fire Phoenix: Sky Drop!"
With two incoming attacks, Moses unleashed a black fireball that easily canceled out the blue energy wave. At the same time, he raised his other arm, easily blocking Eguchi's attack from above. Black icy mist then began to steam around his arm, gradually drowning out Eguchi's fire and freezing his arms. Eguchi gritted his teeth, attempting to withstand the pain.
"You…can never beat me," Moses coldly declared as he took a small breath. He released a massive funnel of black ice and fire at point blank. "Ice/Flame Bellow!"
"GAH~!" Eguchi screamed in agony. His voice was drowned out while being launched into the air.
"H-He can combine elements?" Tsubasa exhaled as she pushed herself off the ground.
Eguchi's body tumbled across the ground before landing on his feet. He had been severely wounded in the previous attack, but his wounds were healing slightly. "Damn it! He doesn't have that hindrance anymore. So he can just unify any two of his elements, no problem."
Just as Moses was about to attack the two, a massive force stopped his movement. A dark purple magic circle encircled Moses' feet, making the gravity around him too heavy for him to move.
"What's going on with him?" Tsubasa wondered, noticing how he was struggling to move.
"Hey asshole!" Kaito yelled out, getting everyone's attention. His left hand was glowing purple, responsible for pinning the God Slayer with a bit of gravity magic. "Why don't we..." With one step, Kaito was already in front of Moses again, with his glowing fist swinging from below. "TAKE IT OUTSIDE~!"
The moment Kaito's black, yellow sparkled fist touched Moses's chin, the God Slayer was blasted high into the air like a rocket. Eguchi whistled impressively while watching his form college being launched up.
"So, he was holding back when we fought," Tsubasa muttered in awe. She was barely conscious when she was on the receiving end of Kaito's strength when she and her team fought against him.
"Kaito's strong, but it won't be enough to beat Moses," Eguchi admitted, flaring her arms with white, fiery wings. He then turned to Tsubasa with a grin. "Need a lift?"
Moses's body was flown into the air away from Shandorian City. Despite the punch, he was still conscious but felt the pain of the strike. He managed to catch himself landing on the Island Clouds plains that surrounded Shandorian City.
Kaito landed right in front of him. "Now that we're an open area, we can finally let loose without casualties."
"Out of the three of you, you're the only one to be a threat," Moses proclaimed with expressionless voice.
Kaito rushed in front of him with his black energy with yellow sparkles. "Galactic Beam!" He roared before firing a massive black beam out of his palms. It was strong enough to shake the entire island cloud.
"God: Quatro Ravage!" Channeling fire, lightning, ice, and sky God Slayer magic, Moses fired them all out into one massive union raid. Eguchi and Tsubasa managed to catch up with the two, watching the two beams clash for dominance.
"You go left, and I'll go right," Tsubasa ordered.
"Wait." Before Eguchi could ask, the woman leapt off his back. He just let out a soft chuckle, followed her instructions, and flew to the right.
With one swing of her sword, Tsubasa conjures a large amount of blue energy swords that instantly rain down; One Thousand Tears!
"Fire Phoenix: Feather Dance!" At the same time, Eguchi released multiple small white feathers, flying towards Moses's right side.
"LET GOOOOOOO~!" Kaito roared while managing to overpower Moses's God Slayer elemental beams. All three attacks make contact with the God Slayer, emitting a massive explosion that could be seen across the Upper Yard.
"..." The three of them braced themselves as they watched the massive dust cloud for movement. After a few seconds of silence, the dust cloud dissipates into a whirlwind of black sky magic.
"I'm the Ultimate God Slayer," Moses proclaimed. "I won't fall to mere mortals."
"Knew this wasn't going to be easy," Eguchi admitted while cracking his knuckles.
"You know, for a God Slayer, he acts more like a God," Tsubasa confirmed.
Eneru laughs after hearing their declaration. "So I'm the one who's going to disappear, you say? How amusing to think you can beat me."
The six of them didn't respond to him. They were still glaring at him. Nami shivered, staring at Eneru, just laughing at them despite being outnumbered. 'This guy is dangerous...'
"It seems as though you don't know what you're up against," he informed. He gripped his gold staff, causing electricity to course through it. "Even all six of you together don't stand a chance against God. You can't comprehend the extent of my true power."
Gan Fall angrily tightened his grip on his lance. Eneru sensed this with his mantra and laughed. "An old, worn up god still wanting peace, a warrior who single mindedly seeks their homeland, and thieves of the Blue Sea who only cornered for treasure. All of you have desires to save this wretched place of Skypiea."
"Enough of your nonsense!" Gan Fall's patience was wearing thin. He points his lance at Eneru as he steps forward. "Now tell me what you do to the Divine Warriors, and what exactly is your goal~!?"
"Why I'm returning back," Eneru answered.
"Returning...?" Gan Fall wondered. "What do you mean?"
"It's simple, my old friend," Eneru explained. He stood up on his Ball Cloud, with his back turned from the others. "I will leave this dreadful wasteland. On the island where I grew up, there were legends of a place regarded as God's Home."
"God's Home?" Nami repeated.
"Folks called this place Endless Vearth," Eenru continued to explain. "The oasis I seek has ground that stretches as far as the eye can see!" He beamed wildly. His imagination of his wonderful landscape expands around him. "IT'S MY DREAM TO FIND THIS WONDERFUL PARADISE! ENDLESS VEARTH! A HOME FIT FOR A GOD!"
'What is he talking about?' Touma questioned. 'Is he talking about going back down to earth?'
"My time spent here watching you all fight over this small island is nothing but petty trivial," Eneru waved his staff, causing the ball cloud to spin so he faced the opponents. "This place you all cherish is nothing but an abomination. Consider this, it was born in the sky, but it's not a cloud. It lives in the sky, though it's not a bird. This country that was settled in the sky defies the law of physics! When we die, our bodies return back to earth's soil."
"What are you getting at?!" Gan Fall persisted.
"You really shouldn't be surprised," Eneru grinned as he jumped off of the Ball Cloud, and landed gracefully on the ground. "As God, I'm bound to adhere to the divine province, our nation. That's why this abnormal country…
…WILL BE RIPPED AND PULLED FROM THE SKY!"
After hearing his twisted goal, there were mixed reactions from the group. Robin, Nami, and Touma gasped, their eyes widening a bit. Wyper, Erza, and Zoro growled in anger.
But not as much as the former God who clenched his lance tight and shook in livid. "You're planning on wiping out Skypiea completely?!"
"It's only natural," Touma and Erza were very pissed off by Eneru's nonchalant response.
"DON'T BE SO CONCEITED!" Gan Fall snapped. "THE TERM GOD IS NOTHING BUT A TITLE USED TO REFER A LEADER OF A NATION!"
"True, but that will soon change," Eneru calmly addressed.
"A TRUE GOD DOES NOT LIVE ALONG THE HUMANS AS YOU DO, AND TREATS HIS SUBJECTS AS THEIR PLAYTHINGS!" Gan Fall shouted.
"Former God Gan Fall," Eneru addressed calmly before laughing. "You're so concerned about your Divine Warriors, are you not?" He sat cross legged on the ground. "Six years ago, the Divine Warriors lost a battle against my forces, and I took six hundred and fifty under my wing." Eneru reminded him as he scooped up a handful of dirt on the ground. "They served me well until this morning. Once they are done with my project, I have no use for them. The sixteen players are the only ones left alive in this forsaken land." He charged the dirt with his hands and let it spill out into a pile in front of him.
"You monster!" Gan Fall took a step back in horror.
"Come now. It's not like I wanted to harm them," Eneru commented. "But the second they dared to challenge my ambition, they paid the price. YAHAHAHAHA~!"
"They were good men," Gan Fall stated. "They all had their families on Angel Island."
"Yes, I'm aware," He admits. "I suppose I'll have to bury their families beside them."
"You...are..." Gan Fall's anger was finally at its peak, as his body shook in hatred for Eneru. "THE DEVIL!"
With a loud battle roar, the Sky Knight charged at Eneru with pure rage in his eyes. The man stood up and threw his staff up in the air. Once Gan Fall got close, he lashed his lance aimed at the God's stomach, but it went through Eneru's lighting body as if he were a ghost.
Eneru appeared right beside Gan Fall in an instant, holding two fingers near each other.
"Five Million...Ten Million..." Static electricity sparked in between his fingers as he stretched them apart, causing the column of lighting to become larger.
Gan Fall realized it too late that he's a goner. Within his last moments, he recalled his past.
"We were consumed by lust."
Six years ago, Gan Fall had sat on his chair of God's Shrine when he was once a God of Skypiea. "The Shandian warriors only attacked because they wanted to reclaim the homeland of their ancestors which we took."
"PIIEE~!" Pierre chirped alongside him.
"Gan Fall. You're not thinking about that are you?" His attendant questioned. "Look around at the peaceful existence of the citizens of Skypiea. It wouldn't be this way if our ancestors had not take control of the Upper Yard four hundred years ago. It is our duty to carry on this battle to ensure the peaceful nature of this nation."
"Four hundred years..." Gan Fall muttered. "I think it's time for this endless bloodshed to end."
"ENEMY ATTACK~!" One of the divine warriors announced.
"Another attack by the Shandians?" One of the warriors asked.
"No, it's a man who called himself Eneru!" They replied.
"God Eneru?" Gan Fall repeated.
"Who does he think he is? Presenting himself as a God before Gan Fall," The first warrior growled. Before they could react, a certain round figure grabbed the two men by the collars and yanked them inside. Their cries were cut off by the intruder instantly.
On high alert, Gan Fall stood up from his throne and picked up his bisento, preparing himself to fight. The moment he pushed the curtains open, his shocked eyes indicated that the battle was over.
The battle was one-sided as Eneru along with Satori, Ohms, Shura and Gedatsu stood over the mountain of bruised bodies of Gan Fall's own men.
"Divine Warriors, huh?" A voice taunted from behind Gan Fall. He looks over his shoulder and spots Eneru sitting on his throne behind him.
"And you are?" Gan Fall demanded.
"I guess at the very least you could say that they were loyal followers," Eneru remarked. "So you're God? Well, not anymore."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Gan Fall snapped as he spun around to attack him.
Eneru casually points his finger, causing it to glow a whitish blue. He appeared right in front of Gan Fall and pressed his glowing finger into the man's forehead.
With his arms stretched out around Gan Fall's head, Eneru unleashed a powerful column of electricity that electrocuted him. Erza and Touma's eyes widened in shock, as did the others, as they witnessed Eneru's power firsthand. Gan Fall's burnt armor rattled as he collapsed on his stomach, unconscious. It was so strong that it burned a hole in Gan Fall's helmet.
"God does exist in this world," Eneru proudly stated. "And that God is me."
'So that's his power,' Zoro thought to himself.
"It's the Rumble Rumble Fruit," Wyper revealed.
"I've heard legends of that fruit," Robin recalled. "It makes the user invincible and grants them the power of lighting!"
"Lighting, huh?" Touma mumbled while trying to hide his nervousness.
"But…lighting…" Nami dove behind the ruins, looking very terrifying. "There's…no way. A human... has no chance against that!"
"Now two have already fallen," Eneru confirmed. "Now you will join me as I gain passage to my dream world. TO THE ENDLESS VEARTH! COME WITH ME TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINIES!"
"Why would we?" Erza retorted.
"There I will build an indisputable nation of God!" Eneru continued his tirade. "Only chosen ones are permitted to live! A UTOPIA OF BOUNDLESS AND ETERNAL POWER!"
"You're insane…" Erza growled.
"What is he saying?" Nami wondered.
"I will not let those who're unworthy, like those incompetent subordinates of mine, sully the stature of this new nation," Eneru boasted. "Only those who pass my judgment may bask in the glory of my company."
"Sorry, but I'm not keen on basking in glory," Touma joked slightly.
"What will you do if we refuse?" Robin challenged.
"Refuse?" Eneru repeated oddly at the two. "But why? Why would you refuse to join me? If you stay, you'll fall into a bottomless pit along with the rest of this unnatural nation."
"I have no doubt that you could destroy the entirety of the Upper Yard in one fell swoop," Robin admitted. "But if you decide to destroy all this, then won't you also destroy something that you cherish?"
"Do you mean the golden bell?" Eneru asked.
"Yes, that's right," She replied back.
"What golden bell?" Nami whispered, a bit confused.
Eneru let out his signature laugh before speaking. "Don't worry. No need. I've already made arrangements. Based on what I know about travels across Skypiea, I believe I know where that's located."
"..." Robin thought back to her early realization as she glanced over at the beanstalk.
"That's right…I know what you're thinking," Eneru told her. "And it won't be long before I have the bell…" He smirked when he witnessed Robin's reaction. "You seem surprised; did you really think that you, a mere human, could ever get the better of me? How foolish of you."
Static danced around his fingertip as it glowed blue-white light and pointed it at her. "...But there's nothing I hate more in this world…than a cold calculating woman."
Right after he finished, Eneru shot a beam of lightning straight into Robin's forehead. It was enough to electrocute her and knock her out instantly.
"ROBIN~!" Nami, Touma, and Erza shrieked in horror.
Right before her charred body was about to fall to the ground, Robin's limp body was caught by Zoro. He used one of his sheathed swords to catch her and gently set her down. Zoro then stood up and glared at Eneru with his two swords drawn out. "How dare you…"
"I do as I please," Eneru replied without a care.
Without warning, Zoro rushed forward and lash out his sword at the God who easily blocked with his golden staff. He swung his second one, but was also with perfect accuracy.
"Hmm…you've got skill," Eneru remarked while easily outmatching the strong swordsman's slashes.
"And you're completely OUT OF YOUR MIND!" Zoro shouted. He spun around and slashed at Eneru, who leaped up off the ground and over his strike.
"You're wide open!" Taking advantage of Eneru being midair, Erza leaped into the air and thrust her empress spear forward.
Instead of using his staff, Eneru raised his arm and unleashed a large beam of lighting. The tip of her sparked with her own electricity, which created a lighting barrier. While she was able to shield herself from the beam, Erza was blasted back by the explosion of the two colliding but was able to catch herself, looking unhinged.
Eneru's facial expression wasn't surprising but rather curious. "Oh? Rather unique attire you've got there."
"You may call yourself God, but you're not the only lighting user I faced," Erza declared, letting out a small smirk. "In this armor, I can go toe to toe with lighting users like you."
"Really now," Eneru smirked as he landed on the high ruins and looked down on them. "You still don't get it, do you? Even with that armor, your attacks are ineffective against me. I am more powerful than you could ever imagine."
"That thunder clap reverberated…" Nami realized, not liking the results. "That only happens when the air expands at the speed of sound. Even with Erza's lightning resistance armor, that amount of power is greater than anything we can handle! It's true! He really is made out of lighting."
"That time is near," Eneru proclaimed. "Prepare yourselves. Soon, those who remain will set off for the Endless Vearth together. Do you even understand what a rare privilege this is?"
"And why do you assume that we'll come willingly?" Erza demanded while pointing her spear at him.
"RAHHH!" Zoro roared as he charged towards Eneru. "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR SO CALLED DREAM WORLD!"
Nami spun around the ruin when she saw Eneru jumping backwards. "ZORO STAY AWAY FROM HIM! HE'S TOO POWERFUL!"
"You need a lesson," Eneru declared while falling upside down. "Soon your body will know the power of God."
Zoro didn't back down. He leaped up and cleaved straight into Eneru's body. He managed to slice the God in half causing the ruins behind him to crumble. However, Eneru's entire, sliced up body parts had glowed a bright light as static danced around him.
"YAHAHA~!" Eneru laughed nonchalantly. "I possess a tremendous power that you puny humans can never come!" With his staff dropped on the ground, his body reformed in midair "Can you feel it now? The despair?"
Zoro was about to move, but Eneru grabbed his swords, used them as leverage, and held himself upside down in front of him. "If one loses all hope, it is an experience not unlike losing one's life."
The swordsman tries yet fails to pry his swords from his grip. Eneru grins as electricity cackles around his body and travels across his arms, through Zoro's swords and shocks the swordsman.
"ARGH!" Zoro roared in pain as electricity coursed through his body. His body was smoking as he collapsed to his knees.
"ZORO!" Nami gasped in alarm as she watched the swordsman drop to the ground.
"People fear death above all things," Eneru proclaimed. He spun himself upright, causing him to slam his foot onto Zoro's head into a humiliating bowing position. "That's why they prostrate themselves before an insurmountable power and beg for mercy! It is simply the natural order of things. Beings are meant to bow before that which they fear."
"TAKE YOUR FEET OFF OF HIM!" Erza yelled out as she and Touma rushed towards him.
"You humans never learn, do you?" With electricity dancing around his fingers, Eneru extended his arm and shot a blue beam at the two of them. Touma sprints forward, outpacing Erza, and extends his right arm as Erza leaps high into the air. The beam exploded upon contact, and Eneru looked up at the scarlet mage with an amused expression. "At least you will put up a better fight than the swordsman."
"Don't belittle us humans!" Erza declared as he hurled her lightning spear like a javelin downward at Eneru.
"How foolish…" He simply tilted his head to the side, letting the spear fly past him and crash into the ruin behind him. "You prove my point by discarding your weapon."
"You are the foolish one," Erza said, smirking slightly. "For underestimate one person."
"Hm?" Eneru hummed in confusion until he realized. When he glanced forward, he spotted Touma already in front of him with his fist midswing. 'What…?' Eneru's mantra picked up something that made him feel an emotion that he had never felt in his life.
Fear.
Eneru moved quickly and grabbed Touma's wrist before it could make contact. He then looked at Touma with a blank cold stare and attempted to discharge electricity to finish him off. But to his surprise, nothing arrived.
Eneru had no time to wonder when Erza dived and successfully landed a drop kick in his face. The God's upper body arched backward, releasing his foot from Zoro and his grip on Touma.
"All of you move!" Wyper seized the opportunity and fired his Burn Bazooka at the fallen Eneru. Touma rolled away in time, and Erza jumped back. The blue beam landed on Eneru's chest, exploding upon contact and launching into the building.
"WHOA~!" Touma was caught in the aftermath as he slammed into the wall. His body wasn't as structured as Erza and Zoro, but he pushed himself up, and glared at Wyper. "Would you quit being so trigger happy?!"
"..." Wyper didn't respond to Touma's outburst and was too busy thinking about what just happened. 'That scrawny guy blocked his electricity with only one hand.' He looked down at the arch scorch mark where Touma was.
"Holy crap. I never knew his right hand was that powerful," Nami was able to witness him holding his ground against Eneru's lightning attack.
"Damn, that was annoying," Zoro growled as he pushed his scorched body up. "Stupid gorilla and his trigger finger on that thing."
"I doubt that was enough. We need to be on guard," Erza advised after somehow retrieving her spear.
"Y-,"
WHACK!
Eneru reappeared in front of Touma. Before he could react, Eneru whacked him harshly with his staff. Touma grunted in pain while feeling his body lift off the ground.
"TOUMA!" Nami and Erza cried out as they watched the boy tumble across the ground. He hadn't gone far when Eneru vanished and reappeared, where he intended to land and whack his body again.
Erza leapt at Eneru, ready to lash her spear. However, without looking at her, he twirled his staff, deflecting her spear strike. Then, with fluid motion, Eneru thrust the pole into Erza's stomach with such force that she coughed up some saliva. She was then flying and collided with the building on the opposite side.
Eneru turned his attention to Touma, who struggled to raise his battered body. "You're still alive…" He boldly claimed before vanishing again and reappearing right in front of Touma. Eneru harshly kicked him into the wall. "...A stain like you." Eneru then pinned his right hand to his staff and grabbed his neck. "Shouldn't exist in my utopia."
"Guh!" Touma grunted in pain from being hit. He was too weak to even struggle to break free from his grip.
"I sense something highly disturbing hidden in your right hand," Eneru said calmly but coldly. "Something that should not exist in this or any realm. I must commend you for keeping that thing out of my mantra throughout the survival game. However, your luck has run out."
Erza and Zoro forced themselves to their feet and were about to charge at Eneru.
"...Heh…"
But it came to a halt when Touma's weak laugh echoed throughout the city.
"Why is he laughing?" Nami whispered, a bit startled.
"Is there something amusing?" Eneru questioned.
"Yeah," Touma said without hesitation, smirking at Eneru. "Who would've thought a stain like me could scare the all Mighty Ener-."
ZAP~!
Eneru wasted no time, as a massive amount of electricity passed through his arm and into Touma's neck in a brutal way. Since his right hand was pinned by his staff, there's no way for him to defend himself from Rumble Rumble Fruit's powers. Nami's hands covered her mouth in pure horror, watching Eneru pumping more electricity into Touma's body than he did to Gan Fall or Robin.
When he was finished, Eneru released his grip on his latest victim. Touma's charred body slumps backward, leaning against the ruins. Erza and Zoro grip their weapons tightly, glaring at Eneru with cold hatred.
"Now that the stain is dealt with," Eneru turned to the final three standing. "Shall we continue?"
The two swordsmen were about to rush at him, only for Wyper to beat them to it when he dropped his bazooka.. The Shandian flipped across the clearing on his skis and leapt onto Eneru. Once Wyper latched onto him with his legs, he pressed his bandage hand into Eneru's chest.
"What are you doing?" Eneru wondered while glancing at Wyper. He didn't seem unphased by Wyper's action.
"Have you ever heard of something called Sea Prism Stone?" Wyper questioned while his Sea Stone boots were touching Eneru's back, nullifying his Devil Fruit. "You should know, considering one of those rebels can harness the element of it."
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Eneru asked. His voice was slightly surprised as his mantra sensed what he's planning to do. "You're aware of the consequences, are you not? Your body will have a heavy price as well. Why sacrifice yourself for a homeland you'll never regain?"
"If I must, I'll die…" Wyper's resolution was clear. He glared down at his opponent. "IF IT MEANS I CAN TAKE YOU DOWN WITH ME!"
Eneru's eyes widened and let out a loud gasp, "DON'T DO IT!"
"REJECT!"
BZOOOM~!
Wyper activated the Reject Dial on his palm, blasting Eneru with ten times the force of an Impact Dial. The invisible but lethal force blew the God backward, causing his eyes to roll back and blood to cough out of his mouth. Erza, Zoro, and Nami were taken aback after witnessing what happened.
"No way!" Nami said in amazement. "He really did it?"
Wyper was panting when he stood up. His right arm hung limply by his side, possibly broken from using the Reject Dial. But the Shandian didn't mind as he gazed down at the motionless Eneru on the ground.
Time stood still after Shirabe's confirmation of exposing Shervan's secret, which made Maki more confused. She remembered Shervan wanting to train him and never mentioned having multiple personalities.
The long silence was interrupted when Galero opened his mouth. "...Am I?" He questioned in a hint of venom. "Do you really think that I've been polluting my own brother?"
"B-Brother Desu~?!" Kirika blurted out in shock.
"Yeah, considering that the two of us were born in the same body," Galero boastly replied. "It ain't no surprise that Shervan has zero self confidence in himself. Up to the point that he prefers to be alone instead of with others," He turned to Maki. "Which brings me to the reason as to why I want to kill her. That bitch destroyed the only bond he had."
Maki remained silent while Galero proceeded. "When he was a runt in Crimson Blood, he looked up to her as his sole mentor because everyone else was afraid of her. We trained under her for two months, thinking it was for survival. Until the duel."
"Duel?" Shirabe repeated.
Galero nodded. "There's one main rule if you want to become a Crimson Blood soldier; no one can have the same Ultimate Talent. So if two rookies want to have the same title, they conduct death bouts to determine who gets the crown."
"D-Death bout?" Kirika shuddered in horror. "Y-You mean..."
"We wanted to become the Ultimate Assassin," Galero declared with a wide grin. "So we challenged Maki to a Talent Duel!"
"You…" Shirabe growled. "Why would you force Shervan, who doesn't want to harm anyone, to become an assassin?!"
"Like I said, the boy is too soft," Galero scoffed, looking annoyed. "We were this close to beating her until Shervan took over. He freaked out, not wanting to kill Maki. His weakness gave Maki the chance to finish him off, earning her the title."
Kirika and Shirabe were astounded and terrified by his story. Maki gritted her teeth, realizing why their duel a long time ago was strange, but she still had questions. "The wounds I gave you were severe and untreatable. I even dropped your body off the cliff." She quietly muttered before her voice rose in rage, still trapped by the buzzsaws. "So, how on earth are you still alive, Shervan?!"
"First off, it's Galero!" He corrected, irritatedly. "Secondly, it's all thanks to our Devil Fruit counterpart; we've somehow survived the fall and sealed the severe wounds you gave him. Talk about a second chance."
"This is insane..." Kirika was frightened by Galero's personality. "Is this what Shervan was hiding from us? That he has a psychotic personality?"
"It's not the fact that he doesn't want to tell us," Shirabe replied to Kirika. "It's that he can't."
"Dissociative identity disorder," Maki theorized. Galero was silently looking down. "I had my doubts when we fought in our duel, but I ignored them since I assumed you had died."
"That pretty much sums it up," Galero casually announced, not even upset that their secret was out. "We've been attempting to keep our true identities hidden from everyone we've come across. Maki, and I guess someone from Luminous Tail are the only ones who know about it. Which reminds me to go over there and destroy their base after I'm done with you."
"...Does that include Shervan on your list of people who don't know about you?" Shirabe questioned.
"Of course," Galero grinned widened. "While it's normal for people with that disorder to not realize they have it, we took extra precautions so that Shervan doesn't even know about it."
"You..." Shirabe's eyes rose in surprise all over her face the moment she realized it. Kirika and Maki both shared the same expression, although Maki seemed more agitated. "You...erase his memory every time you take control of his body?"
"Erase is such a strong word. I sort of...manipulated," Galero rephrased. "Whenever Shervan was sleeping or knocked out, all I had to do was little memory magic to revise his brain. I can make him think that he lost control of his powers. It's a perfect cover story to pin all the bloodshed he did."
"B-Bastard!" Kirika gritted her teeth. She was startled by his words, and anger at the same time.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Shirabe's body trembled, with mixed emotions of anger, confusion, and sadness. "WHY ARE YOU TORMENTING SHERVAN LIKE THIS?!"
"...Why, you ask?" Galero's tone became cold and emotionless. "...The world thinks of him as a plague in history. He was experimented on, betrayed, and killed...they seem to enjoy watching him suffering," His chuckling made the two girls uneasy. "...We're seeking vengeance for the boy and showing those Crimson Blood soldiers, pirates, marines…everyone in this messed up world, the true monster they label us as!"
"..." Shirabe felt her body shaking in fear. She slowly clenched fist, trying to calm her fear down. Elsa, a member of Noble Red, came to her mind. She and Kirika fought against the young wolf girl back in their world. While they did reach out to her and her friends, they were too late in saving them from becoming monsters and died.
"Now that you know our little secret, you don't think of Shervan as a friend anymore," Galero declared with a scary grin, showing his canine teeth. "I know deep down you never like him." Flash images of Shervan's broken, weak body sprawled across the ground. People, young and old, pointing, throwing, beating and shooting. "Just like everyone el-."
"Shut up..."
His rambling was cut out by Shirabe's quiet yet powerful voice. She glared at Galero and raised her voice. "I'm sick and tired of hearing your stinkin', obnoxious voice inside Shervan's body. You keep bragging that you're doing this for his own good, but you're just making his life miserable! You only care about using his body for your own benefit-!"
It was Galero's turn to interrupt, but not with words.
BAM!
With an unknown blank expression, he drilled his fist right into Shirabe's gut. While her armor protected her a bit, the girl felt all the wind knocked out of her lunges as her eyes widened in shock.
"SHIRABE!" The scythe user hollered in concern for her friend.
"..." Maki felt the buzzsaws loosened up after Shirabe was punched. However she didn't care and continued observing the two.
"You better watch your mouth, you bitchy brat," Galero threatened towering over the hunched down Shirabe. "You have no right to claim that we don't care. Everything we do is for his sake. Isolating him from the others would only reinforce his drive to become a full-fledged monster. He doesn't need scumbags like you who'll forsake and despise him."
"...Quit p-putting words in my mouth..." Shirabe bitterly growled, while still a bit winded. Before Galero could pull his fist back, Shirabe grabbed hold of his wrist. Her mind goes back to how she and Shervan met in the hotel. Seeing a boy younger than her, with tons of cuts and bruises made her blood boil. "I admit…I had my doubts about him, but I never…resented him…the way you wanted me to. In fact...now that I know,"
Shirabe's eyes met Galero's, with a cold and threatening glare. "I'm going to destroy you for making Shervan cry!"
"..." Galero was astonished for a brief second before smirking. "...I like to see you try."
"...I had enough of this..."
After listening to his story, Maki interrupted their standoff. She purposely dislocated his right arm to slip through the saws. "I don't care who's controlling his body..." She then twisted her torso unnaturally with a crack. "You're my first and only target who's escaping from me, and I won't make that mistake again."
With one final crack, Maki pried herself free from Shirabe's buzzsaw. Kirika swung her scythe downward only for Maki to vanish.
"Shit!" Without warning, the young boy blasted a gust of dark green wind into Shirabe's stomach. Shirabe cried out as she flew and crashed into Kirika, knocking both of them down. The second he sent the two girls away, Maki reappeared right in front of Galero. One good punch in the stomach sent him flying, but caught himself.
Not letting up, Maki rushed forward, snatching his neck, and choke slammed him hard on the ground. "I will kill you for good this time."
While on his back, Galero grinned and had enough strength to land a double kick into her stomach. The torrent of black green wind blasted out of his feet, launching her off of him.
"Try as you might, you can't kill us," Galero coughed as he stood up. "You may have beat me before, but not again; Aero Armor!" A faint light wind surrounded his body, boosting his defense. "Try to keep up."
One step forward and lunged himself, closing the gap between him and Maki, who anticipated their movement. With their arms moving in the blurring image, Maki and the controlling Galero engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
Meanwhile, the young duo picked themselves up to witness the two fighters engaged in combat. "They're both so fast." Kirika winced a bit.
"..." Shirabe silently gazed at the two fighting. Her mind was concerned for Shervan's safety. She hates how this Galero brat was using his body without a care, purposely injuring him to get a hit on Maki.
Maki cushioned Shervan fist with her right forearm. With him being open, the woman lash her left arm forward into his chest.
"AH!" Kirika and Shirabe cried out, when they saw Galero tumbling backward, but he flipped right onto his feet. But before he could get a chance to look up, Maki's foot blasted his head into the ground, leaving a crater. "S-Shervan~!"
"That would've been fatal, if I didn't have my Aero Armor," Galero looked a bit painful from the blow, but peeled his head out and jumped back to get some distance away from her. "Now It's my turn." Dark green sky magic gathered around his palm into a sphere. "Delta Sky Dragon: Jet Sphere!"
Just when he launched his attack, Maki body hunched over feeling the impact of the attack. Galero then rushed straight at her. "And Delta Sky Dragon: Wing Attack!" He unleashed a point blank, dark green whirlwind from his arms, similar to Wendy's magic, injuring the assassin as she flew back right into a tree.
"Should we be cheering for him?" Kirika wondered, noticing how Galero was getting the upper hand. Shirabe didn't answer as her eyes lay on bits of blood on the ground.
"...25%" Maki's voice radiated with pure tensity. She stood up from where she landed, with right arm looking much more like a claw than before.
"...What is she?" Shirabe mumbled in horror. She and Kirika felt a dreaded pressure emitting around her arm.
"So you're not going higher?" Galero stood his ground, not a hint of fear in his voice.
"I killed you with that much power," Maki coldly declared. She crouched forward readying to sprint.
"It won't be like last time!" Galero announced while rushing forward with his arm coated with dark green wind.
"25%...Hunt," The moment Maki stepped forward, she vanished out of sight.
RIP~!
A disturbing sound echoed in the clearing, as Maki was a few meters behind Galero. Shirabe's eyes widened in utter horror when she realized what Maki did. "...No…
…AHHHHH~!"
Shirabe's blood curdling scream echoed when she and Kirika witness Shervan's body had a three large deep claw gash across his chest. Blood was leaking out of his body looking as if it would severely split apart. Maki didn't let out and dashed forward again. This time, another claw gash onto his back, looking like a bleeding mess.
"STOP IT!" Shirabe's voice cracked with streaming tears. Kirika collapses onto her knees, feeling as if her bile's are throwing up in dread.
'Now to finish him off,' Maki thought. While the wounds she inflicted on him were severe, Maki wanted to make sure he's dead. She rushed forward, this time aiming to decapitate him.
When she closed, a dark green sky coated fist slammed into her face. Halting her movement and stopping her claw in the mere inch of her target's neck. 'W-What?!'
"Delta Sky Dragon..." Galero puffed his cheeks and unleashed a massive dark tornado of his mouth. "ROAR~!" Maki cried out in pain as she was violently thrown back by the roar.
"...What..?" Shirabe muttered.
"How is he..." Kirika stuttered. Both the girls were at a loss for words.
"Like I said...you can't kill us," Galero announced, breathing a bit. The deep wounds were slowly closing due to the dark green wind forming around it. "You're not just fighting me, but my partner, who is the soul of the Devil Fruit!"
"Soul of the Devil Fruit?" Kirika questioned. "That must be his other person who controls his body right?"
Maki stood up and recovered from the roar. Her startled reaction turned to annoyance as she glared at Galero. The severe wounds were slowly closing as if he's using his logia devil fruit.
"Also I only feel a fraction of pain, so I can still keep going no matter how many times you cut me up!" Galero boasted. "We won't stop until your heart stops beating, Maki! We'll get revenge on anyone who wronged Shervan!"
"..." Without a word, Maki dashed at Galero, aiming her claw at his neck.
"DEATH~!" Kirika's battle cry caught the two off guard, as they noticed the girl in the air. She swung her scythe at Maki, causing her to jump back as the scythe slammed right in front of her.
"Not this time," Maki declared. She was so focused at Kirika's movement that she almost didn't notice a pair of buzzsaws flying where she landed; Gamma Style: Swastika Kasha!
Maki brought her claw forward, blocking the spinning discs. However, she didn't expect her legs and left arm to be trapped by a pink glowing string. "What...?"
With Maki focused on the buzzsaws, Shirabe sped right towards her with her right arm pulled back. The infinite symbol appeared on her chest again due to high emotions of anger boiling in her mind. She was unaware that her arm gear on her right arm glowed form into a bulky pink and gray gauntlet.
"RAAAAHHHHH~!" Shirabe roared as smashed her large gauntlet hard into Maki's chest.
Alpha Style: Glide Crusher!
"GAAHHH~!" For the first time ever, Maki roared in extreme pain, causing her eyes to roll back into her head. Her feet rose from the ground as her lifeless body rocketed into the air, until it smashed into a tree far away from the clearing. Once the dust cleared up, Maki's body was stuck in the crater she was in. Despite her eyes pure white, she was gasping in pain, indicating that she's still conscious.
"...Whoa," Kirika blinked in awe. Shirabe's gauntlet disappeared from her arm, as she hunched over and breathed heavily from performing that unknown attack.
"What the hell..." Galero was speechless. His prime target was launched back by Shirabe and possibly beat her. "You...You took my prey...we've been waiting for this moment. To kill Maki with our own hands, and yet...you two brats just took my kill?! WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO INTEREFE-"
"SHUT UP~!" Shirabe snapped. She boldly skated towards him, his eyes stared directly at his slit eyes. "We're not going to stand by and just let you treat his body like a meat sacked shield! From the way you're fighting, you don't seem to care about Shervan, do you?!"
"Look here you Bitch~!" Galero growled back. "We've been with him ever since they put us inside his body, and we experience people treating him like a plague of humanity! We may not feel physical pain, but we can feel his emotions of pain and suffering~!" Galero roughly grabbed Shirabe's neck, and squeezed it tightly. "We're the only ones who care about his well being. Which is why we're going to make everyone in this world pay for all the agony he felt!"
"...!" Kirika glared at Galero but held her ground. Shirabe told her before they intervened not to stop them no matter what. Still she didn't like what Galero was doing to her.
"No..." Shirabe gasped. She managed to place her hand on his right shoulder. "I won't let that happen...Kirika and I will be the ones to stop Maki...I won't let you use him anymore...Shervan isn't some tool you can use for your benefit...He's a young shy boy who needs friends in his life...so he won't be lonely and sad anymore...I will stop you from using Shervan as an assassin tool, So..."
The Infinite symbol flaring up again as Shirabe pulled Galero forward and smashed her forehead into his, while shouting. "GET THE HELL OUT OF HIS HEAD~!"
"Guah~!" Galero's eyes rolled back as he stumbled back in pain. A Delta symbol appeared on his forehead and glowed brightly. Galero felt his control on Shervan's body fading as he screamed in anger "N-No…No, NO~!...YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS TSUKUYOMI~!"
Once the glowing died down, Shervan's lifeless body swayed a bit. His eye was covered by his bangs and his original voice returned when he moaned. Unconscious, Shervan's body fell forward but Shirabe caught him before he could hit the ground.
"Is...Galero gone?" Kirika asked nervously.
"He's not gone, but we kicked him out of Shervan's body for a bit," Shirabe replied in relief. "Honestly, I didn't expect it to work. I didn't know if it was hard enough to force Galero out for good, but enough to keep him out of control for while."
"Well I'm glad that guy isn't controlling him for a while," Kirika grinned in relief. "Galero was really creepy, desu~!"
"Yeah," Shirabe looked down at Shervan with a warm smile. "...We'll have to figure out what to do with Galero and the other person controlling Shervan later. For now, we need to deal with Mak-"
The two girls froze in place when a familiar shadow of the Ultimate Assassin towered over them, emitting a cold and deadly glare. In a matter of seconds, a fist smashed into Shirabe's guts while Kirika felt a kick in the back of her head. The two girls were launched away from Shervan's body.
"..." Maki Harukawa watches the two crash into the ground, before looking down at Shervan's defenseless body. She raised her demonic claw preparing to deliver the final blow. Suddenly, his body pulled out of Maki's line of sight, by a Shirabe managed to pull Shervan away from her with her yo-yo strings wrapped around his torso.
"TAKE THIS!" Kirika leaped above Maki with dual scythes. Maki blocked her blade with her right arm.
While the two were dueling, Shirabe placed his body against the tree. She gently touched the sleeping boy's cheek, with a warm smile. "Don't worry Shervan, we'll make sure she doesn't harm you ever again."
When she stood up, Shirabe swung both her yo-yo's up in the air, combining them into one giant massive buzzsaw and swung downward towards Maki; Beta Style: Giant Saw Judgement!
Witnessing the attack, Maki vanished out of its line of sight, causing it to crash downward, breaking the ground on impact. Maki was right behind Kirika and swung her claw at her. Kirika rolled out of the way, managing to dodge the fast attack. Maki's startled expression left her open as Kirika swung the dull end of the scythe into her side, causing Maki to grit her teeth in pain.
'This doesn't make sense, why are those girls' weapons hurt so much?' Maki wondered, as she landed on her feet. She stared at the two looking annoyed. "Move..."
"Not happening desu~!" Kirika answered loudly, while reading her scythe. "We're not laying another finger on our friend!".
"You considered that your friend?" Maki questioned.
"Yes," Shirabe didn't like how she treated Shervan like a thing. Similar to what Galero was doing. With a brave look on her face, Shirabe pointed at Maki with her yo-yo in her hand. "We'll make sure that you'll never hunt down Shervan ever again!"
Varvula: Fun fact, Shervan, Galero and our third person, are based upon the Otonokoji twins in Danganronpa Another 2. Considering Kanade would kill everyone Hibiki gets close to and uses her trauma to control her, every bidding.
Shiho: Yeah, that's one psycho brain I want no part of touching. She makes Junko, Bagel boy and Kokichi look like saints compared to her.
Freddy: A girl like that can even scare animatronics to their knees is very dangerous.
Gwen: Shall I perform a seance to bring her back alive?
Sanya: Please no.
Peace: W-Why would you want that?
Gwen: We can use her brain to plan some brutal traps to defend ourselves against the mages.
Freddy: I would not like to hang out with a sis-con serial killer.
Raven: Okay, that was a nice dark joke.
Freddy:...What are you talking about?
Yang: Next Chapter: Rubber and Railgun Chaser.
Shiho: Hold on we don't need that sis-con freak. I can be as psychotic with my traps. Where do we keep the lawn mowers?
Peace: Someone should stop her before she becomes the new Kanade.