Operation Battle and Capture the Target
Things were not going as they were supposed, Touta was just supposed to be a simple decoy to lure Fate in and have him stand at the spot for his cyborg friend to fire his space laser and get him away to UQ headquarter.
However, that plan was suddenly thrown off course like a monkey wrench into a machine.
Touta didn't expect to see his two friends from the countryside home come all the way here even though he was surprised and happy to see them again, but faith has a rotten way of making things difficult for others like him.
"(Fucking damn it, why did they have to come here now of all times?)" Touta thought cursed.
But right now, Touta just needs to calm down and have a little chat with his two friends before getting them to leave.
"So, why are you two in the area?" Touta asked as he fist bumps with Tooru while Nikumaru is patting him on the shoulder.
"Nikumaru is finally gonna start taking time to train to be able to work at his uncle's place." Tooru answered.
"So, I got Mitsuhashi to check it out and do some sightseeing." Nikumaru added.
"Then we should go grab some food and catch up, maybe out on the balcony and away from this very spot." Touta hoped to get his friends away from here seeing Fate is getting very close to them.
"Food? I'm not that hungry." Nikumaru said.
But then Touta launches both of his hands forward faster than both boys could even notice and grabs onto two hands that were about to grab onto his friends' shoulders.
And those hands just happen to belong to Fate Averruncus.
"I see you have fast reflexes, just like your grandfather." Fate commented with an unusual calm smile.
"Just to make sure creeps like you don't try anything on my friends." Touta glared.
"Crap, things have just gotten much worse." Kuromaru worried.
"Ikki? Where are you, Ikku?" Kirie tried calling Ikku through the telepath-communication, but no answer for some reason.
That's because Ikki is currently being pinned down by a cute and very dangerous with a sword through his chest.
"Nikumaru, Tooru, get behind me now." Touta said with a serious expression.
Nikumaru and Tooru can see that their best friend is being serious right now and from the way he is looking at this white hair guy who says he knew his grandfather, that means it must be something bad and they quickly move behind him.
"I'm getting a really bad feeling about this." Tooru commented.
"Hey, this guy just mentioned your grandfather. Does this guy really know him?" Nikumaru asked.
"Yeah, he does, and this may come a little shock to you guys, he's actually WAY older than he looks in physical appearance. Guess you could say he has a longer lifespan." Touta explained.
"For real? I thought something like that was only in anime and such." Nikumaru surprised.
"Yeah, what's even more shocking is that this guy used to be good friends with my grandfather back in the days until he suddenly started becoming enemy of the world itself even though he used to be one of the big heroes." Touta explained that as well.
"No way, this guy was a hero?" Tooru asked shock.
"That kind of life was a long time ago, and now I have come to take you with me, Touta." Fate said.
"Oh yeah, just because you really think of me as your property like an object?" Touta asked angrily.
Fate felt a little surprised that Touta seem to have already know about him claiming the boy as his property, almost like he already knew about this man to begin with even though he shouldn't know about him yet.
But that didn't matter to Fate as he slowly starts to approach him.
"Whether you like it or not, you are coming with me and you are going to help me with a big plan of mine." Fate stated.
"I don't think so, jackass." Touta shook his head and hold out his hand.
"Hey guys, a big fight is about to break out. Do you remember that "Run for Your Life" running thing we used to do?" Touta asked.
"You kidding me? How else do you think we've been doing so great in gym class?" Tooru asked rhetorically.
"We'll be out of the way for you to kick this guy's ass." Nikumaru nodded.
"Thanks." Touta smiled.
"You know, you may have been a pretty cool guy back you were friends with my grandfather, but now…" Touta's eyes are shadowed by his hair and summoned his Devil Sword Dante.
"Everything about you from your stupid face, your shitty attitude, really pisses me off!" Touta smirked scarily and points the sword at Fate.
The instant Touta pointed his Devil Sword Dante at Fate, both of the immortal boy's friends have turned around and run away from his best friend to let him have this fight.
"You better survive this, Touta!" Nikumaru shouted.
"Hey, let's help him out a little." Tooru said, getting an idea.
"Terriost?!" There's a terrorist here!" Tooru shouted for all the people to hear.
"This is not a prank, everyone! The terrorist is here, and they got a bomb ready to blow us up?!" Nikumaru shouted as well.
"(So, those are Touta's friends. They're very reliable, I'll give them that.)" Kirie thought impressed with how quick those boys were able to help.
(Music: Limit Break X Survivors, Dragon Ball Super)
"(So, this is the man who used to be Mistress Yukihime's comrade?)" Karin thought questioned if this man was truly worthy to be a comrade of her mistress as she charges at the man.
"Devil Cut!" Touta charged at Fate with an attack of his own.
"Mana Boost Sledgehammer!" Karin channeled her mana into her hammer.
Fate holds up his hands to each foe forming a white magic circle barrier to protect himself from both at the same time, but the barrier on Fate's left hand broke in a second and the slash was made contact onto his chest making a small cut wound on his chest.
That surprise reaction followed by a slight loss of focus was enough for Karin to land her own attack on Fate's back.
"(He broke through my barrier with not only a physical attack, but a demonic power that destroyed my magic!)" Fate thought shocked.
"Master Fate!" The maid shocked.
But that provided the little distraction for Ikku to knock the maid woman off and grab his hand with the trigger for the space laser.
"You lost focus." Ikku grinned and pulled the trigger.
The space laser was fired at straight down at Fate who was about to block it with one hand and a magic barrier, but then he flinches when feeling something sharp just rammed right through his body with a little blood coming out from his mouth.
"You let your guard down on that one." Touta smirked.
The scene reveals that Touta has managed to pierce his demonic sword right through Fate's stomach at the very moment he was about to form the barrier above himself to block the space laser.
"Quite impressive, you truly got me." Fate complimented.
"Whatever you say!" Touta threw one powerful demonic punch in the head that left Fate stun for just at least a second or two.
"Now then, I gotta get the others to make sure they don't get left behind." Touta quickly transformed into his Devil Trigger form and moves faster than even one second to gather up his friends.
"Huh, what just happened?" Kirie shocked.
"No time, do your part now!" Touta said.
"Got it!" Kirie nodded and click the bomb in her teeth to cause her death to restart back to her check point along with the others.
(Current Time, 10th Playthrough)
"I'm back. And the others?" Kirie surprised, looks around to see that the plan worked.
"Excuse me, I hope I'm not interrupting you or anything." A woman walked up to Kirie.
"Do you by any chance work in this resort?" The young woman asked.
"Oh, are you looking to check in? I'm sorry, but the manage is busy with another matter at the moment." Kirie said.
"Oh, that's fine. I actually made reservations for me and my group for the vacation, I'm just here early because I was hoping for a tour to see what the place is like." The woman explained.
"Well, then I guess I could give you a tour. My name is Kirie Sakurame." Kirie introduced herself.
"Marie Ijuin, it's nice to meet you." Marine greeted and revealed her name.
Marie is a beautiful young woman with short blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a pale green dress with some red colors on the stripes and edges on each skirt line, a golden bat necklace, and blood red high heel shoes. Breasts size: I-cup.
"So, about that tour?" Marie asked.
"Right this way." Kirie decided to give the lady a tour of the resort while the others deal with Fate.
(Underground Area)
Fate notices his new surroundings, soon figuring out that this whole thing was a set up to get him capture and to come here. Wherever here is exactly.
"What is this?" Fate asked, then he heard a little. He turns his head to see Touta and the other UQ Holder agents.
"You're trapped now, buddy. This is exactly what we had planned, idiot." Touta smirked.
"Impossible." Fate said, he couldn't believe that he has been tricked like this, and then he heard a familiar laugh.
"What's wrong, Mr. All Powerful Wizard?" Yukihime asked sarcastically which got him to turn around and look up at her.
"You look surprised you've been had by these youngsters here." Yukihime said.
"Evangeline A.K. McDowell." Fate glared at the woman while saying her real name.
"What's it been, 20 years? Hello there, Fate Averruncus." Yukihime greeted.
"I get it now. This was all your doing, wasn't it, Evangeline?" Fate figured out that part as well.
"You wouldn't have talked otherwise. Now am I right thinking that?" Yukihime asked.
"Why would we talk? I severed my ties with you 20 glorious years ago." Fate angered.
Fate jumps high and floats there while conjuring large magic circles along with some smaller ones from behind him, ready to do battle with Evangeline again just to get far away from her.
"Unless, you have suddenly changed your mind have decided to join me, we have nothing left to discuss here, you selfish immortal." Fate said and several dozes and several dozens more of black daggers come out of the magic circles and were launched at Yukihime.
Touta would be worried for a second that she might be hurt, but he held himself back and saw that Yukihime has a counter of her own by making sharp icicle daggers appear right in front of him just as those black knives were very close to her.
"Just drop it, Fate! You may not grow old, but you are not an immortal being. What do you gain from this?" Yukihime asked.
"(Huh, so Fate is not an immortal being. Guess he must've casted a spell to keep his body from changing and having longer lifespan.)" Touta thought guessed.
But then he felt something within him, something that felt familiar to him that he hadn't felt in a while.
"I wonder. I finally have the chance of beating you once and for all. Why don't give it a shot now and go at it then." Fate wanted to fight her now.
Yukihime can tell that things might get nasty should Fate choose to fight, but even she knows that Fate can clearly see that he's actually at a disadvantage right now.
"But if I were to win, then I'd be facing four other immortals including one who has gained more power than I could've imagined, and he alone might be more of a challenge for me. Not very good odds for someone like me." Fate admitted, he might not be able to make it out of this unscathed.
"Just face it! You lost the moment you fell right into their trap. You're not going to win this one." Yukihime pointed out.
"My, my, this certainly reminds me of the time one demon hunter tried to get us to "play along" as he would call it." Fate mentioned, turns around to see the sword Touta is still holding.
"In fact, he even had that exact same sword that you're holding right now." Fate pointed at the Devil Sword Dante.
"I guess that would make sense. Jinbei did mention about a guy who was able to fight well against Yukihime and win against her, that means he has beaten you too." Touta stated with a smirk.
"I will not deny nor claim that is true." Fate looked away, one eyebrow twitching though everyone could see that.
"(Oh, he's mad about that guy.)" Everyone thought of the same thing.
"In any case, I have no choice but to retreat and not bother you all, for the time being." Fate floated down close to Yukihime.
"I'm ready for you to release me now." Fate said.
"The fuck?! We've beaten your ass and you honestly think you're gonna walk away scoot free?" Touta asked angrily.
"Fair enough. I should reward your display of wit and valor with something priceless in return." Fate decided to least humor these younglings.
"Like what? Give us a video game console that hasn't been seen in years and still works?" Touta asked a random question.
"No, though I may have just thought of a new hobby for myself." Fate said.
"I will answer you all one question in exchange for my safe release. Does that entice you?" Fate said.
This surprises Touta and continues listening to what this guy means.
"Each person gets one question, and I promise to answer them truthfully. I do know everything after all." Fate explained how this is gonna go down, then look towards Touta.
"Touta Konoe, what do you wish to ask of me? Something about your heroic grandfather? Or perhaps the truth about your mysterious past? Or if you like, you wish to know more about the Demon Slayer who once owned that sword before you?" Fate listed the questions that Touta might have in his mind.
"Shit, you're really putting me in a spot. But I already got a question in mind, so" But before Touta could ask his question, Karin smack him in the head with her hammer.
"Babe! What the fuck did you do that for?" Touta asked yelling at his second girlfriend.
"Just wanted to see if you've really had thought this through more, idiot." Karin answered.
"So, hey, we should consolidate our questions carefully and then—" Kuroumaru was about to suggest a little strategy, but Fate interrupts.
"Hold on, there'll be no consulting, HQ Holders. You all need to ask a question that you've thought of yourself." Fate clarified a little more on the rules.
"(Shit, I have a shitload of questions, but if I have to pick just one…)" Touta thought may already have an idea on what that question he should ask, but then Ikku steps up.
"Okay. Seeing as I'm the least involved in all this, I'll go first." Ikku volunteered to ask his one question.
"I'll ask the burning question that we're all needing the answer to the most." Ikku looked up at Fate. "What's all this for? What's your plan for him? Why is such a powerful man like you so desperate to get your hands on Touta Konoe?"
"That's simple enough. I need Touta to help me with saving his grandfather, Negi Springfield. His power is essential towards realizing that goal." Fate answered, this surprises most and Touta is more surprise the most.
But then a little thing clicks in his head.
"The way you're saying about saving my grandfather even though he's supposed to be dead for decades must mean that he's just like you. Having a longer lifespan and he's actually alive right now." Touta said, feeling like he just solved a big mystery.
"That is correct, at least you're smart enough to know to think like that given how I have history with your grandfather and now I'm alive right now even after decades of living without changing a bit." Fate impressed.
"I guess you could say I've been reading some detective books recently." Touta smirked. They were actually manga books.
"Well, if you join me now in hopes of saving Negi Springfield, you will also save the 12 billion people existing in this solar system. So, do you see why I need you so desperately now?" Fate pointed out.
"(Okay, this suddenly feel like things have just gotten bigger from here.)" Touta thought clutched tightly on his sword.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Touta and the others have managed to capture Fate within their little trap and brought him to the UQ Holder underground area, and now Fate will answer some important questions that could reveal everything about Fate that they want to know including something about Touta's past.
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