Chapter 94: A rescue mission
As Subaru had managed to put Meili in one of the free rooms so she may rest, he went back to the main room.
"Is Meili okay?"
"Yes. She does look roughed up, but I didn't find any wounds."
"That's good...I think?" Kishida said, thinking that at least she wasn't injured...though that does bring into question. "If she was asking for help, then where's the Bowel Hunter?"
This was the big question.
They know that Meili and Elsa are always together, which means for the little mabeast user to be on her own means that something happens to the bowel hunter.
"How much trouble did they get for the two to be separated?"
"Probably the witch cult levels of trouble." Yabuto speculated. "Considering her reason for not staying here is to avoid having the Sin Archbishop of Lust to arrive here, I can only think that this could be the one that caused the two to be separated."
"Yeah, I can see that possible." Subaru said, knowing full well how vindictive Capella can be. "But I doubt that she would let Meili to escape. She was also a 'daughter' of hers."
These words caused most in the room to think on the matter since he does have a point.
Waraki remained silent this entire time, his hand shaking ever so slightly.
The only one to notice was Petra though she didn't have the chance to ask the knight if he was okay due to him heading upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Kenichi questioned.
"We have to ask her ourselves."
"Wait hold on." Sora said as he along with Subaru, Yabuto, and Kishida attempted to stop Waraki. "Let Meili rest."
Waraki didn't respond and just continued his way towards the second floor. Yabuto and Kishida were disappointed in themselves since they should've suspected their friend to act up the moment the witch cult is brought into the conversation.
"*Sigh* This is my fault. This obsession of his should've been taken into account."
"What exactly did the witch cult did to him in order to develop such hatred when they are mentioned?" Sora asked, having a small idea on what could've caused Waraki to hate the witch cult.
Before either Yabuto or Kishida answered this question, they both looked at each other with a concern expression while Subaru remained with a blank expression.
He remembered in a failed loop that Capella had transformed into a little girl, one that Waraki knew.
The only thing he could think of is that the witch cult took someone close to him, which he understands since in some failed loops, the witch cult had killed those he cared for.
As the four managed to catch up to Waraki, Subaru and Kishida tackled him to the ground right as he was about to enter Meili's room.
"G-Get off!"
"No, dumbass! Don't you realize that she needs to rest! We don't know what shit she went through to get here. You'll get your answers but for now just be patient!"
"..." Waraki was silent for a moment, having noted what Kishida had said. "Tsk. Fine."
Waraki stopped struggling and just waited for Kishida and Subaru to get off of him before getting back up.
Once he was on his feet, he started to walk back to the main room on the first floor.
Once they returned to the others, Waraki apologizes to everyone for the way he acted before sitting in the corner, wanting to avoid another situation like this.
As they were all in the main room, Tiga took the chance to ask:
"I wasn't aware that you all were acquainted with the Bowel Hunter. What led to that happening?"
"That's...a bit of a long story. Let's just say that Sora as a way of befriending even the craziest of people."
"Really? Impressive."
As Tiga said this, he turned towards Sora to ask him about how he befriended Elsa Grainhart.
Right as he was about to ask this, a door opens to reveal Roswaal and Clind.
"My Myyyyy, what brings everyone here?"
"Subaru found Meili all alone, asking for help."
"My, thaaaat's unsettling."
"Yes, though the good news is that she didn't arrive her with any seemingly injuries."
"I suppose that is a bright side, thooough the whereabouts of the Bowel Hunter are unknown, I presume."
Subaru nodded to what Roswaal had said, prompting the margrave to cross his arms as he calmly continued to speak:
"That can be a proooooblem. The Bowel Hunter beeeing killed would be unfortunate for the little mabeast user but if sheee's captured, then Emilia-samaaaa's candidacy to the royal selection would be in jeeeeeeeeopardy."
"We are aware of this, Ros-chi." Subaru said, a little annoyed though this comment resulted in him being punched by Ram.
"You will show respect to Roswaal-sama. Now apologize, Barusu if you wish to live."
"Alright, I get it." Subaru spoke in an annoyed tone before getting up. "Okay Ros-chi, sorry for the attitude."
"Apoooology accepted. Now then." Roswaal turned towards Sora, just noticing his presence. "Sora-kuuun, it's good to see you once again. How's Priscilla's camp treeeeeating you?"
"It's pretty well. No complaints from me."
"That's good to hear. Whaaaat brings you here?"
Sora was silent for a second before turning towards Emilia.
"I was sent to hand this to Emilia."
Sora pulled out a letter and handed it over to the silver haired half elf.
This catches everyone's attention, the main one being Emilia.
She opened the letter and began to read the letter from Priscilla, curious to see what she wanted to tell him.
Once she was done reading the letter, she put it away as her expression turned into a serious one.
"I understand. Then I should probably prepare for the trip to the capital."
"Wait, what was in the letter, Emilia-sama?" Petra asked, curious.
"She wishes to speak with all royal candidates on the matter of the Organization."
"Hold on, Sora, what exactly is going on with those bastards?"
"...let's just say that right now, she suspects that they are about to make their move." As Sora said this, he thinks back to the week before, having noticed a few Organization members observing the city from the top of a few buildings.
He attempted to confront them but the moment he arrived at the top of the building; they were suddenly gone.
He had notified Priscilla about this, which prompted her to set up a meeting with the other royal candidates.
"I'm surprised that she even wants to have the others join in stopping them. I can imagine the one beating the Organization would be an equal amount of respect to beating one of the three great mabeast."
"We were able to speak with her about that~TSU. Sora-kun convinced her to gather more to beat those bad guys." As Louis said this, Zarestia added her two cents into the situation.
"I still believe that Sora and I should just take care of them on our own. Adding more insects will only cause more problems."
"We can take care 'f those Organization bastards." Garfiel commented, excited to think that he'll get another chance to go against another Organization member.
"I agree with Garfiel, we are much stronger than we were three months ago." Kishida added in. Sora smiled since he had a feeling that those in the Emilia camp, his friends, would want to help him in finally putting a stop to Xehanort and the Organization XIII.
"I appreciate it, you guys. Really. But we can't forget about Elsa. If she's in trouble, then we need to go help her."
Everyone was expecting this though they can see that these two issues happening at the same time might cause a problem.
"As much as I want to help that crazy woman, however we can't let the capital to be attack again by the Organization."
"We could divide our group, I suppose." Beatrice said as she was making her way down the stairs.
"Beako!"
"Shut it! You left me all alone!" Beatrice shouted, flustered that she woke up all alone in Subaru's room.
Subaru rubbed the back of his head, figuring that this was going to happen the moment he got up and left his contracted spirit asleep.
"Can you blame me? You looked so peaceful sleeping. It would be a sin if I woke Beako up from her beauty sleep."
"Shut up!" Beatrice shouted as she made it to the first floor. Once there, she speeds walked towards her contractor's position before punching his leg. After letting out her frustration, she grabbed one of his hands with a tight grip while saying:
"Don't ever leave me alone, in fact."
"I understand."
Subaru figured that petting her head would calm her down, which it did though he knows that she isn't going to let go of his hand anytime soon.
Most giggled or smirked at this scene before Yabuto brought back the discussion by asking the Great Spirit Beatrice:
"Beatrice-sama, could you elaborate on what you said before getting mad at Subaru?"
"Yes." Beatrice took a moment to get into her serious expression before continuing to speak, "From what I heard, the Bowel Hunter is in trouble and the Organization are planning something on the capital city. We have enough strong forces to divide into two groups."
"Two groups, I mean sure, we have a bunch of strong people all around here, but wouldn't it be beneficial to stick together?" Yabuto said, thinking that it would be better to do one of these two objectives together as a group.
"We can always notify Reinhard. He is one of the few capable of handling the Organization on his own." Kishida added.
"True, but I believe Xehanort is planning something that requires our attention." Sora pointed out, knowing that the old Keyblade Master as a plan to counter any obstacle. Everyone took note of this, prompting Roswaal to quickly throw a suggestion:
"What if weeeee split the groups evenly?"
"Evenly? How so?" Subaru questioned.
"I shaaaaall lead the rescue for the Bowel Hunter. Emilia-saaaaama should lead the protection of the capital with the oooooother candidates."
"Are you sure, Roswaal-sama?"
"No neeeeed to be worried, Ram. Those that go with me shaaaall be protected."
"Yeah, that's not really the issue." Waraki said right after Roswaal finished speaking. "The main issue is that we don't know where to start. We would have to wait for Meili to wake up."
"That's fiiiiine." Roswaal commented to Waraki's worries, "The Boooowel Hunter is capable. She shoooould be able to hold her own for a little looonger."
Sora didn't like this, nor did a few members of the Emilia camp and yet they knew that this was a fact.
Elsa's handled worse situations though the question is now who's going with Emilia and who's going with Roswaal.
"I think before anything, we should wait until Meili wakes up. We don't know if Elsa's even at the capital, or maybe in one of the other three kingdoms, or hell even back at the Pleiades watchtower." Waraki pointed out. "We should wait until she wakes up, then we can choose who goes with who."
As he said this, everyone agreed since it would be better first to get the last piece of information before setting the two groups up.
With this being agreed by every party, Frederica turned towards Roswaal as well as the others in the room.
"We shall prepare the food."
"That would be spleeeeendid."
Frederica bowed before she along with Petra, Rem, and Ram all went into the kitchen to work on the large breakfast for everyone.
As all four maids head to the kitchen, Shaula finally woke up and began to make his way down onto the first floor.
Once there, she continued to sniff around until she spotted Subaru.
"Master!"
Before Subaru had the chance to react, Shaula tackled him to the ground as she was squeezing him with one of her tight hugs.
"...S-Sh...Sha...ula..."
"Get off him, I suppose!" Beatrice shouted, hating how every moment she has to force Shaula to get off her contractor. After a minute, Shaula let go off Subaru to allow him to breath before he said:
"...g-good to see you...this morning, Shaula..."
"Good to see you too, Ma~ster! What did I miss?!" Shaula spoke with a lot of energy.
"Well, Meili came back without Elsa."
"Oh." Shaula was a bit concerned when hearing this. "What happened to Bowel woman?"
"We don't know. We will have to wait until Meili wakes up. For now, we will just eat breakfast and rest up before we do anything else."
"Okay!"
Shaula understood the situation, prompting her to just grab Subaru's free hand.
This surprised Beatrice, causing her to start yelling.
Emilia looked at this and at first found it a little entertaining since she always does enjoy how Beatrice gets when Shaula starts to get too close to her knight...though it also makes her feel a bit off. Subaru took notice of this, prompting him to say:
"Are you jealous, Emilia-tan?"
"N-No. It's not that." Emilia responded with her face blushing. "Don't say stuff like that, dunderhead."
"Who says 'dunderhead' anymore?" Subaru teasingly asked to which Emilia smiled since this was their usual banter though something had returned into her mind. This had caused her face to turn bright red which caused her to walk away.
"Emilia, where are you going?"
"I-I'll be right back!"
As she said this, Subaru started suspecting that something is causing his fiancée to act all embarrassed.
This made him suspect something, prompting him to turn towards his father's direction.
"Do you know why Emilia-tan is being distant with me?"
"Not really sure. I thought you two were perfectly fine." Kenichi said, confused as well.
This puzzled Subaru, leaving him uncertain on what's causing Emilia to distance herself.
"Perhaps your mother would know." Shaula said which catches Subaru's attention.
"What do you mean?" He asked in a curious tone.
"I remembered Master's mother talking with Master's wife about something."
"What was that something, in fact?" Beatrice questioned with an annoyed tone. Shaula thought back on the conversation before shrugging.
"Not sure. I don't remember."
"Then why say anything at all, in fact?!"
Beatrice wanted to shove Shaula for making her mad though the only thing she ended up doing was hugging Subaru's side.
While she was attempting to cool herself down, Subaru found the information somewhat helpful.
"Well, at least I know that speaking with mom will get me the answers I need. Though...what did they speak about to suddenly have Emilia-tan keep her distance?"
As this was on his mind, he turned towards Sora's direction.
"Are you going to go back to Priscilla after here?"
"...I want to go right away to save Elsa first. I might have Zarestia and Louis go without me."
"What?!" Both Louis and Zarestia responded, not liking this at all. "Absolutely not!"
"We aren't leaving your side, Sora-kun!" Louis said, not wanting to be away from him.
"I agree with the little worm here, I'm not leaving my contractor's side." Zarestia spoke with a stern tone.
Sora could only scratch the back of his head, a bit taken aback by their resolve to stay by his side.
Subaru took note of this which prompted him to tell his master and best friend:
"I can tell her for you."
"Are you sure about that?" Sora asked. "I don't want to force you to—"
"It's fine, Sora. I have to protect Emilia-tan from danger, so it all works out."
At first he wasn't certain, yet he trusted his apprentice and best friend. He gave him a nod before turning towards Roswaal.
"Is there a way I can write a letter to Priscilla and have that delivered?"
"Thaaaaat can be arrange."
He turned to Clind and gave him a nod, indicating that he should assist the Keyblade Master in having this letter sent to Priscilla.
As the morning passes by with everyone eating the maids' breakfast, Petra looked at Sora with a smile.
It had been a long while since she had prepared food for him, since the last time was right before everything that had transpired in Priestella city.
Now that he's back, even for a small amount of time, she's happy that she can feed her hero.
Though as she was smiling at Sora, a part of her was concern for Meili.
She had heard what happened and although she wanted nothing to do with Meili, she couldn't help but worry if she got injured from whatever had caused her and Elsa to split up.
Having these thoughts constantly pop up annoyed her enough to the point that she decided to go check on the mabeast user.
"I'll be right back." She said to Frederica before going off to check on Meili.
As she made her way up the stairs, she felt a part of her disappointment.
The last time she had seen Meili, she spoke with her about how a kid version of Sora is like.
It was fun...but it made her worry that she might be getting along with Meili again.
She doesn't want to get along with her but it's mainly because it feels like she would be forgiving her for all the damage she had done.
As she was having these thoughts, she eventually reached the room Meili was resting.
Once she opens the door, she can see that Meili was still sleeping.
She approached her and checked on her, seeing that her clothing was damaged though there didn't seem to be any serious wounds.
'I don't trust this.'
Petra was hesitant that this was all some kind of trick. As she was poking Meili's cheek, she did not expect her to suddenly wake up screaming.
"Meili! Calm down!" The little maid shouted, trying to get Meili's attention.
After a moment, Meili looked at her surroundings and saw that she was inside a room, a familiar safe room.
This helped her calm down and to take deep breaths.
Once she was fully calm, she searched her surroundings only to eventually see Petra.
"Petra-chan?"
"..." She remained silent, not really wanting to speak with her.
"...W-Where am I?"
"In your room. Subaru-sama picked you up when you were unconscious on the front door of the mansion."
"Oh...right." Meili looked up at the sky with Petra noticing the sad expression in her eyes. This not only prompted her to tilt her head but to also ask:
"What happened to that assassin sister of yours?"
The moment that was asked, Meili's eyes suddenly turned from sadness to fear before shaking.
"Hey! What's wrong?!"
"...I-I need to find Sora...!"
"Why? What exactly happened?"
"...She got us...I need to warn everybody!"
"She? Who's she?" Petra asked though this wasn't getting through Meili as she attempted to leave the room.
The little maid quickly acted by getting in between her and the door.
Once she was there, she grabbed onto both her arms to get her attention.
"Calm down, Meili! Calm down!"
"..."
Meili took deep breaths again, calming herself down again after Petra was firm with her.
Once she was truly calm, she shook her head before apologizing to Petra.
"I-I'm sorry Petra-chan, I just...I need to talk to Sora."
"Then first, tell me what happened? Why is that woman not with you?"
"...Mama got us."
"Mama? Do you mean the Sin Archbishop?"
"...Yes."
Petra's eyes widen with worry since she now can see just how dire the situation had become.
Hearing Elas being kidnapped by Capella means that anything she knows, the Sin Archbishop will know.
"We better hurry and let the others know."
She grabs the little mabeast user's hand and starts pulling her to lead her towards where the others are located.
Once making it to the second floor with Meili, Petra quickly shouts:
"Everyone, Meili's awake!"
The second everyone heard this, Waraki was the first one to get up.
This was his chance to confirm what had happened to the Bowel Hunter.
Was it Capella or the witch that was after both Sora and Subaru back in Vollachia?
Yabuto got up and grabbed Waraki's arm, wanting to remind him to calm down.
He took a moment before nodding, understanding that he needed to let the little mabeast user speak about what had happened.
As Meili and Petra entered the dining hall, Meili looked around and quickly spotted Sora.
She didn't hesitate to run towards him before hugging him, happy to see the keyblade master again.
Sora paused for a moment before patting her head while asking her:
"Meili, are you okay?"
"...no, Elsa-chan is captured! Mama caught her, caught us!"
"Mama? Wait, isn't that...?" Subaru paused as he turned towards Waraki, knowing full well that this confirms it.
"...Capella, the Sin Archbishop of Lust..." He said before beginning to walk out of the dining hall.
"Where are you going?" Kenichi asked only for Waraki to respond sharply with:
"Getting ready."
"Ready? We don't even know—"
"I don't care."
Waraki walked out, wanting to go to his room to get everything ready for a trip to go after the Sin Archbishop of Lust.
Kenichi and Subaru were prepared to go after him only for Kishida to tell the two:
"Leave him be. Nothing's stopping him now that she's involved."
"...right."
Subaru shakes his head before turning his attention towards Meili.
"Meili, tell us what exactly happened? How did you two get caught?"
"..." She was silent for a few seconds, trying to keep herself calm in order to answer the question. After taking a few deep breaths, she could only respond by saying, "Witch."
"Witch?"
Everyone looked at one another, a bit on guard by this information.
"What did this witch look like?" Emilia asked, having a hunch but wanted to clarify first. She paused for a moment before responding to Emilia with:
"I...I don't know how the witch looks like. Elsa-chan didn't let me see her, but her voice sounded weird."
"Weird? What do you mean?"
"Um...I-I..."
Sora could tell that Meili was struggling to answer the question, prompting him to pat her head once again to calm her down while also saying:
"It's okay. You don't need to say anymore on this witch. Do you know where they took Elsa?"
She was silent for a second as she looked at the keyblade master. After taking the time to process the question, she nodded before giving an answer.
"G-G-Gusteko..."
"Gusteko? That's where the Sin Archbishop took the Bowel Hunter?" Frederica asked to which Meili nodded.
This was troubling since they already had to risk war by going into Vollachia to rescue Subaru, Sora, Louis, Naoko, and Kenichi; now they have to go save Elsa in Gusteko.
"Gusteko...isn't that—"
"My birthplace."
Yabuto looked at Kishida, noticing how worried his friend was about him.
He had spoken with him and Waraki of his discomfort of ever going to Gusteko since it usually brings bad memories...but he might be needed there to save an ally of Sora.
Subaru had overheard this, yet his focus turned towards the margrave when he began to speak.
"Isn't thaaaaat quite the predicament."
"How much trouble are we going to get into by doing this, Ros-chi?" Subaru asked as he looked at the margrave with a serious expression. Roswall remained silent for a second before responding with:
"I will haaaave to accompany you on this journey. Having Sora-kuuun go alone would cause cooooonfusion with Gusteko and might cause war to break out."
"I understand." Sora nodded after saying this before turning towards his apprentice and best friend, noticing that she is about to ask something.
"Okay, we should probably decide who's going with Emilia-tan and who's going with Sora."
As he said this, everyone looked at one another before one by one they decided who'll they be going with.
The first one was Yabuto, he was hesitant at first before making his decision.
"Sora, personally I would rather go back to Vollachia than step foot on Gusteko...but, I won't let you go into that hell hole alone. I'll go with you to save Elsa."
"Then I'll go too." Kishida said.
"Are you sure? It's going to be, well, freaking cold."
"I've been to a desert and survived that. What's a little cold going to do to me?"
Yabuto smirked at this before turning his attention towards Sora.
"That makes two of us."
"Wouldn't it be three with Waraki?" Garfiel questioned.
"...I don't think he should go." Yabuto hesitantly said. "I know he wants to hunt her down, but that's the problem. He'll get himself killed if he does that."
"Th't's somethin' t'discuss with him. Fer now, we will count him t'be with th'Keyblade Master."
"...okay." Yabuto reluctantly said before he along with the others turned towards Beatrice, Shaula, and Zarestia.
All three are obvious who's going with who, Beatrice and Shaula with wherever Subaru's going and Zarestia heading with Sora.
Louis was also the easiest to tell who she would be going, having made it clear earlier.
She ran towards Sora's side, making it clear where she would be going.
The next ones were Rem and Ram, with Rem not hesitating to take this chance to go with Sora.
Ram also goes with Sora but only because Roswaal's heading towards Gusteko as well.
Sora turned towards Otto and Garfiel to see what they would do.
The pair looked at each other for a moment before turning towards Sora.
"Sora-san, I do wish that we could join you, but Subaru-san might need our help."
"Yea. We will take yer place in beatin' them organization members!" Garfiel proudly said, wanting a chance to challenge Xehanort.
Sora just smiled before pumping fists with the demi human boy, knowing that he can trust him as well as Otto and Subaru to handle themselves should the Organization XIII appear.
"What about you, Frederica?"
"I will have to go with Emilia-sama. She'll need a maid by her side."
"I suppose that leaves you, Petra-chan." Meili said, prompting everyone to turn towards the little maid.
Petra wanted to go with her hero and be by her side since she wanted to be helpful to him as well as wanting to show the new tricks she had taught her dream eater to him.
However, she doesn't want to leave Frederica to assist Emilia all on her own.
She bowed at the keyblade master before saying:
"I'm sorry, Sora-sama, but I wish to join Frederica-neesama in helping Emilia-sama."
"It's okay." Sora said with a smile before turning towards Emilia. "I wish that I could help you in the capital but—"
"Don't worry, Sora. I have my knight by my side. You go and save Elsa."
Sora nodded before turning towards Kenichi, having noticed that he hasn't said anything so far.
"Will you be going with Subaru?"
"...Actually, my wife and I will stay behind."
"Hm?"
"Why?"
"I know mom has been sick the past few days. Is that why you two are staying behind?" Subaru asked his father, slightly worrying for his mother's sake.
Kenichi paused for a second before responding to his son's concerns:
"Your mom wanted to tell you this but...she isn't sick, well not in the sense you are thinking. Let's just say we are getting a new member of the Natsuki household."
"...what?"
It took a second before Subaru eventually realized that he might gain a little brother or a little sister.
This made him take a step back...though that would have to wait since there's so much going on. He just smiled before telling his father,
"Understood. Keep mom safe then."
"You know I will."
The two hugged before Subaru turned towards Emilia.
"We should also get ready. We don't know when the Organization will attack the capital."
"Right."
Emilia nodded before her and the others began to pack their things.
As everyone was preparing to head towards their respective destinations, Sora and Subaru were outside waiting for the others. While they waited, Sora had noticed:
"Where's Beatrice?"
"I had asked her to pack out bag since she wanted to do it the last time we headed off on a trip to the capital."
"I see."
Sora was a bit surprised by this since she was mad at him earlier for leaving her side...though he guesses that perhaps she knows that he'll be waiting outside.
He shrugged this and just waited with Subaru for the rest.
During this wait, the two notice Waraki leaving the mansion with a bag on his back.
The knight was ready for travel.
He turned towards the two keyblade wielders' direction before approaching them.
"Okay, I'm ready. Where are the others?"
"They are getting ready. Some of us are going to the capital to deal with the Organization. The others are heading to Gusteko."
"Gusteko? I assume that's where the bowel hunter's at."
"Yes."
Waraki was silent for a brief moment before looking at the mansion.
"Is Yabuto joining you, Sora?"
"Yes. He didn't want to but he's going."
"Hm." Waraki was surprised by this since he knows how much Yabuto dislikes that place. This prompted him to turn towards Subaru. "Will you handle things without any of us, newbie?"
"I can take care of myself." He said flustered for a second before remembering something Yabuto had said. He turned towards Waraki to ask him:
"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to go?"
"What?" Waraki was annoyed when hearing this. "The hell do you mean by that?"
"I'm just asking since well, Sora alone could probably handle whatever Capella throws at him."
"I mean yeah, the Keyblade Master is a monster. I have no doubt he could kill that bitch, but that's not the point. The point is that I'm going no matter what anybody says."
"I know, I was just askin—"
"Did they said I should stay behind?" Waraki in a serious tone asked this while also cutting Subaru's words.
He remained silent which only helped answer the knight's question.
He was deeply annoyed by this since his friends know just how important it is for him to find Capella...though he's also aware how worried they are for his sake.
"*Sigh* Those idiots, trying to keep me from getting my revenge..." He whispered to himself before turning towards the two keyblade wielders. "I get what they are worried for but I'm still going with Sora. This is something I have to do."
"What did Capella do?" Sora asked, curious.
"..." Waraki looked at Sora for a moment, knowing that this question was out of curiosity though to answer that...he would need to think about that day. He was silent for a second before giving a response, "Let's just say I got a score to settle with her."
Sora and Subaru both looked at Waraki when he said this with different yet similar thoughts.
Subaru was aware from a failed loop that Capella had killed someone close to him, a sister or close friend perhaps.
Sora on the other hand could feel the pain when Waraki had answered, making him aware that whatever Capella had done to him was probably big enough to have scarred his heart.
He also as a vague memory from one of Natsuki Subaru's books of the dead where Capella had shapeshifted into someone Waraki was familiar with.
This gave him enough to figure that Capella did something to this girl that has left a strong imprint of darkness in the knight's heart.
Sora only response to what Waraki said was a simple nod, showing that he understands and respects his wishes.
Subaru also did the same, knowing that it would be hypocritical if he got in the way of Waraki's revenge considering all he's done so far to get back at those that harm his friends, his family, and Emilia.
Waraki noticed their nods before closing his eyes, appreciating the pair.
He eventually turned towards the mansion while asking:
"What's taking them so long?"
"Not sure." Subaru said. As he turned towards the mansion along with Sora, the three noticed the doors open to show Zarestia and Shaula coming out.
The two were looking like they were about to have a fight, prompting the two keyblade wielders to quickly go check on them.
As they approach the two, Subaru was the first to ask:
"What's going on?"
"Is everything alright?"
As the two asked this, both Shaula and Zarestia turned towards their respective masters while saying at the same time:
"Master, tell this idiot that you are better!"
"What?" Both keyblade wielders tilted their heads as they were equally confused.
"Wait, Shaula, what were you and Zarestia arguing about?"
"Which of you two were better!" She responded with energy, always happy when her master's speaking with her. The two keyblade wielders paused for a moment, a bit taken aback from this before Sora tilted his head towards Zarestia while asking her:
"How did this conversation even started?"
"This insolent insect spoke proudly of her master, saying he's the best keyblade wielder when I know it's not true!"
"It is!" Shaula shouted, annoyed at Zarestia's words.
She turned towards her and prepared to attack with a swift wind attack.
Shaula noticed this immediately and had her finger ready to fire death beams.
Sora and Subaru immediately got in between the two before they started to cause trouble.
"Calm down Shaula, she's an ally." Subaru spoke in a calm gesture.
"No need to be aggressive, Zarestia. We are all allies." Sora said in a calm manner.
The two were silent for a moment as they looked at their respective masters.
Their expressions started to calm down all the while Waraki chuckled at this.
Zarestia and Shaula both bowed at their respective masters, respecting their wishes before walking away as they wished to argue with the other.
As they do this, Waraki takes the time to say to the two:
"Man, who would've thought that would happen."
"...shouldn't be surprised. Zarestia can be...intense." Sora said, knowing how his contracted spirit can get when someone 'disrespects' him.
Subaru understood Sora's comment since Beatrice does tend to be intense whenever someone mistreats him though Shaula can take it a bit in the unnecessary territory.
"At some point, they'll get along."
"Agreed."
As the two were thinking about what could be taking the others so long, they suddenly noticed Zarestia and Shaula thrown right towards them.
"Huh?" All three were confused by this at first before eventually realizing what's going on.
"Shaula!"
"Zarestia!"
Both keyblade wielders were shocked when they shouted for their respective contracted spirit before hearing Waraki shout:
"Who are you?!"
As the knight said this, he pulled out his sword, ready for a battle.
Sora and Subaru looked at the person Waraki was shouting at.
This person was a large with yellow uniform with a black overcoat that touches the ground, black gloves, and boots, and having several masks on his attire.
The mask he was wearing was one of a creepy smile that made Subaru and Sora feel uneasy while the person looked at Waraki.
"What kind of question is that? As you can plainly see...the villain has arrived to the scene!"
As this villain speaks in such enthusiasm, he drops a familiar blue bandana which catches the attention of the three warriors.
"Salum's bandana...what did you do to him?!" Subaru shouted as he pointed his Rebirth keyblade right at him.
"Ohohohohoh, quite the feisty one, aren't ya?" The villain said mockingly while having switched masks into one of a joyful smile. This only serves to piss Subaru off, prompting him to charge at the villain alongside Waraki, both wanting to shut him up.
"Oooooh, a fight! How fun!"