Chapter 21: The Rematch For The Red Stone (Part 2)
"So that's what's going on." Raffina said.
During our train ride back to Primp Town, I explained to everyone the whole situation that happened back at the beach. The fact that Arfoire was at the beach just for me to give her the stone made everyone think that something very disastrous is about to happen, because not only Satan and Ecolo are here for the stone, but her as well. And something tells me that those three are up to something. Something in which I really do not want them to be doing at this point of time. But at least I don't have to worry about them for now as I should get prepared to go back home. Because it's going to be another long ride back.
"But I don't get it. How does Satan and Ecolo know Arfoire? Those three have barely known her." Arle asked, confused.
"That's what I'm trying to figure out. Or maybe it's Arfoire. She must be from another dimension. Probably because those giant robots are new to us. So something really tells me that something big is going to happen." I said.
"So now this marks three dimensions knowing the red stone. But I want to know what dimension is Arfoire in. You say that she is new, but I want to know where she comes from." Ringo said.
Only Ringo wanted to tag along on this ride. She wanted to make sure that the red stone is safe with me. Just in case if Satan and Ecolo come into play again, she can deal with them both as well. And I'm not gonna lie. Ringo is really not wrong. She dealt with Ecolo for so many years. And I can't leave a single girl behind. Not when I'm here at the moment.
"I have no idea… or maybe Satan and Ecolo have come up with a new plan to steal this red stone. They think they are really smart trying to bring reinforcements at a time like this. And on our last day too." I said.
"I should be really happy that Satan was not at this party. Things could've turned real bad for all of us, especially if he is disguising himself for another person." Arle said.
"And Ecolo on the other hand… I don't think he actually goes to parties, so I must feel lucky for myself too. Really." Ringo said.
"Yeah that's true… This may be off-topic, but Carbuncle seems really quiet lately." I said.
"Oh yeah… that's because we haven't been interacting much. But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna forget about him. Right, buddy?" Arle asked her friend.
"Gu Gu. Gugugu Gu Gugugugu!"
"It's ok. You can become quiet if you want to, but just know that I will always be by your side forever." She said with a smile.
I kinda like those duo.
"I will never forget about you either, Carbuncle." Amitie said.
"Yes. Same here, Carbuncle." Ringo said.
"So anyway, back to this conversation. How was Arfoire finding you?" Raffina asked.
"She revealed a picture showing my face in it." I said. "And she started asking everybody if they had seen me. A lot of people started to talk to each other about the identity of myself, but I didn't try to waste any more time and came up to her."
"Maybe she might be working for someone that she doesn't know. Along with Satan and Ecolo. To be honest, I don't think those three have never dealt with such random things like that." Witch said.
"That's what I thought to myself earlier. It's a rare feeling that they are trying their only hardest just to find this red stone. And knowing Arfoire, she may be doing the same thing in her dimension, but I'm not really sure since I have never been there before."
"And I'm trying to think back on what Schezo has said several days ago." Arle said, trying to think about. "He meant that something very disturbing might happen if that red stone is captured by Satan and Ecolo. There were two people that were hunting for it. Now it marks three people hunting for the red stone." Arle said.
Schezo and Ciel were the big pieces to this red stone incident in my opinion. The reason why I say that is because Schezo could be a huge help whenever it comes to mysterious things like these. And always focuses whenever we want him too. I think I like Schezo that way. I could probably use his help. And Ciel is very diligent. Just like how I'm very diligent. Our IQs may not sound similar, but using her is a very smart move. Just in case I need her to hand more information on what I need. I don't think those two interact much, but those were actually the big pieces. Even though Ciel didn't interact much even when I needed her help.
"Well you do have a point. And I also got that there are six stones that are hidden in six dimensions. Arfoire's dimension might have that stone there. Or at least, if she really is trying to hunt it down." Ringo said.
"If you say that she is in another dimension, then that stone is really there, but why would she want to interfere capturing that stone if she knows that another stone is in the dimension that she goes to?" Raffina asked.
"Well one reason is, like Kaze said, Satan and Ecolo were in the need for stronger reinforcements so they might have recruited this Arfoire lady." Amitie said.
"Luckily she's out of the count now. I witnessed something that the red stone did in which I forgot to point out." I said.
"What's that?"
"After Arfoire spotted me with the red stone in my hand I noticed that the red stone started glowing due to me balling my fists with the stone in my hand. And then some red spotlight surrounded Arfoire's personal space and a huge bomb-like Puyo was falling straight towards her head and sent her flying in the sky. It would be to see where she would land after this."
"So you finally figured out its power?!" Raffina asked.
"Well partially. I just didn't know how I did that in the first place. But I did figure out its power to begin with."
I said.
"Well that stone sounds very familiar to my meteor spell. I really want to have a giant meteor but It's gonna take a huge gallon of potion to do such a thing." Witch said.
"It would be impossible to do such a thing anyways." Arle said with a sweatdrop.
"Luckily they won't try to show up since it's getting late so let's try to bet on this chance that they won't appear at night." Raffina said.
"*sigh* I guess you're right, Raffina. Hopefully they should be getting some sleep so now I have the opportunity to get home."
"And umm… Can I sleepover at your house?"
"You want to sleepover… at my house?!" I asked.
"Yeah… I brought my sleeping bag with me… I want to spend time one last time with you… sleeping together." Raffina said, a little down.
"I brought mine too. This is your last night, right? So I actually want to try this out with you too." Amitie said.
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Well… I can't be all by myself for this one.
"Alright. I guess you guys can stay with me. I wanted anyone to keep me company anyways."
"Yay! Thank you, Kaze!" Amitie said, hugging me really tight.
"Ok… your welcome. But you are squeezing me too tight." I said, trying to regain my breath.
"Oops. Sorry."
"What about you, Arle? Ringo?" I asked both.
"W-Well… I don't have my sleeping bag. So I have to run back to my base and get it." Arle said.
"I actually don't have mine with me." Ringo said.
"I have an extra blanket you can use." I said.
"Uhh… ok. That's fine with me."
"I had a long day. I can finally get some rest after quite such a weird but peaceful time." Witch said.
"You're not wrong. It's been a long day and I'm trying to get prepared for some sleep." Arle said.
"Gu Gu." Carbuncle said.
"So what did you guys do on this beach before this incident happened?" I asked everyone.
"For me, I had to take part in some competitions, bought some new clothes, even had my nails done in which it'll make me more beautiful." Raffina said.
"I had to only take part in competitions. The rest were… meh." Witch said in a disgusted look.
"Me and Arle had to go see what our championship trophy looks like. I didn't get a chance to look at it the first time." Ringo said.
"We were really close into seeing before the incident happened in the first place." Arle said.
"Wow. Well I'm sorry if you didn't get the chance." I said.
"No no! There's no need to apologize! You didn't do anything wrong! It's just… I just missed my opportunity."
"Oh. I see."
"I actually wanted to shun that situation, but I guess if that was Arfoire's doing, then I guess it couldn't be helped at this rate."
*BUZZ*
*NEXT STOP, PRIMP TOWN* *I REPEAT, NEXT STOP, PRIMP TOWN*
"Wow… that was quick." Ringo said.
"Probably because of the train's speed I guess." Witch said.
"Hey Lidelle. It's time to wake up. We're back." I said to her on my left.
"Zzzz… A-Are we? O-Ok." Lidelle said, attempting to get up.
"Was Lidelle like that before we arrived?" Raffina asked.
"Yes. But she told me she wanted to shake it off before the incident happened." I said.
After we all got off the train with all of our belongings, everyone except for me, Ringo, Arle, Amitie, Raffina, and Witch (Although she didn't want to sleepover with us) went home and decided to get some rest while the six of us had to go over to Arle and Witch's base to grab Arle's sleeping bag.
I was hoping I could get her a blanket at my house so that she doesn't waste time but I guess if that is what she needs then I'm really ok with it. But I'm hoping if I have enough blankets for two.
"So I didn't know that you guys decided to do this at the last minute." Arle said.
"It's fine, Arle. It's not like you are wasting anyone's time. Let's just get your sleeping bag and get it over with." I said.
"Well… ok. I'm just trying to let you guys know."
"Right…" I said with a sweatdrop.
"But I'm still surprised that we all came up with something to do. I still don't want our last night to be boring." Amitie said.
"Agreed. We've always been having each other's back all the time and do all the fun times together."
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"What?!" Raffina asked as we were all looking at her like we didn't even know what she has done after all of the days that I have been into Primp Town.
"Uhh… Raffina, I don't think you were involved in many actions that we took during our last adventures. Especially when we were investigating this red stone." Amitie said with a sweatdrop.
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"Oh yeah. I forgot. Damn it."
"But I'm sure we'll let you take part in SOME adventure so your time will come someday." Ringo said.
"Thanks, Ringo. Although I might not do much, I guess I'll be up for the challenge." Raffina said.
"And besides, even when you struggle using magic, I think you are heroic enough to play a huge role." Arle said.
"Thanks, Miss Arle."
"Actually, what were you doing all this time before this stone incident occurred?" I asked.
"Well… I remember trying to work out in the gyms, running, even doing makeup, all those sorts of things like that. It's what I do on my daily so you won't see me outside all the time."
"Oh. That would be healthy things to do."
"You try these out too?"
"No but sometimes I would be playing tennis whenever I take breaks from certain things such as reading, watching tv, and all sorts of things like that."
"Wow. That's good to hear."
"Did you ever sign up for sports when you were young?" Ringo asked me.
"No not really. I wanted to ask my mom if I could sign up for tennis, but that would try to distract my personal dream so I decided to go against it."
"You really wanted to have magic, huh?"
"Of course. It just feels so interesting to have. And I just wanted to try them out so bad. Currently, I have dark magic, although it kinda feels like I would be so evil and try to take you guys down in which I don't want to because I have a lot of respect for you girls."
"I know you do." Amitie said with a smile.
"That's the Kaze I know." Raffina said also with a smile.
"Right on." Witch said.
"Well said." Arle said.
"Can't argue with that. We totally respect you too, Kaze. And we will totally respect you all the way." Ringo said.
"Oh really? Well I have dyin' to see how this'll play out."
"That voice…"
"Yup. It's them." Arle said with a look telling me that she had enough with those two.
And I definitely feel the same way too. And just when we were all about to end our day, this happened.
"We meet again, ladies. Especially my precious Arly and Carbunny." I hear Satan say.
"And I'm here too, Ringo." Ecolo said with a giggle.
"You just never quit, don't you." Ringo whispered while facepalming.
"If you are still wanting to take this stone, it's still not gonna happen. Not in front of me." I said with some how I say… heroic confidence.
"Get this, Satan! You too, Ecolo!" Arle said. "We all heard rumors about you teaming up with another villain from another dimension when we were in Suzuran this afternoon. Why would you both even gather reinforcements in the first place when she has nothing to do with what we are dealing with in the first place?"
"She even ruined our beach party, causing us to evacuate immediately and cancel all of it." Ringo said.
"Welp. Should've given Arfoire the stone. What'd you do? Play a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors?" Ecolo asked.
"Why would we do such a thing?" All of us girls asked with a sweatdrop.
"Yeah. Why would they do such a thing?" Satan said with a sweatdrop.
"Well… I think it would be a better way to decide who gets the stone. Maybe something light." Ecolo said.
How completely dumbfounded he is.
"This blob just doesn't get it sometimes." Ringo whispered with a sweatdrop.
"Ringie…" Ecolo whined.
"Anyway. To answer your question, Arly, It was because I was hoping she might be a real challenge to you. So I asked her for her help. It feels like showing up to you girlies would get too constant so we called for backup and tried to hunt you girls down. Even you, Kaze. I never noticed Arly would help you reach this far. As expected from someone who hasn't even gone on adventures and investigated new things in your younger aged self. Isn't this your first time as a British wannabe?"
I was highly insulted by those words Satan has said to me. Nobody in this dimension is ever going to insult me ever again. Because of him saying that, I clenched my fists, knowing that I'm getting ticked off because of their blabbering. First they send Arfoire for the stone, and now Satan is here for insults. Someone's now going to get it. And for proof, my fists were growing a dark aura.
"I take offense to that, but of course this is my first time adventuring. And I'm already off to a hot start because of these five ladies, although Raffina and Witch didn't do much, helping me start off right during this red stone conflict. And don't even think about blaming me for getting my hands on the red legendary stone because there was a flash of light that blinded me, Ringo, Arle, and Amitie before it even ended up here. I was the one who was trying to discover it myself, although you both at least helped out, and I will not give it to someone who is always willing to cause trouble and send our worlds into jeopardy. If I wanted to look after my world, then I have to make sure every person is staying healthy and keep a lookout for every single evil-being there is on my turf and putting them out. There's no giving a damn about what powers it has. If I wanted to retrieve something back, then I'll need some friends to come along with me, no matter how high or low the probabilities are doing it alone. It's what friends are for, and there is no point of escaping it even if there are paths that can be way too dangerous. Oh... and to be honest, you were the paths. Ones that were willing to work for someone just to hunt down those stones."
"Well… you are not wrong about that. Arly and Carbunny would've done the same if our world would've been in danger. I would still credit her for that. But I still wish to fulfill my dreams as well such as taking down every being there is, AND… for the most heartwarming, mouth-watering, sweet-sundae-kissing part of them all… me and my gorgeous Fiancé and Carbunny will finally have our honeymoon under the starry-night…"
"ITS! NOT! HAPPENING! How many times do you must speak these stupid remarks about me wanting to date you?! Have you ever heard me say the word "no" for once in your lifetime?! Or are you just willing to annoy me and everyone else?!" I heard Arle yell in rage.
And "sweet-sundae-kissing"? What are you? 3 years old?
"Well… I could be quite uncomfortable by your scolding, but it still doesn't affect my personal goal although people are still watching."
"You are just as bad as Ecolo right now." Arle said with a facepalm.
"H-Hey… I'm innocent. Ecolo on the other hand is more idiotic than me. Just try asking him."
"N-No I don't, mister. I'm just wantin' to have my own fun. And besides, puttin' worlds into ruin will still be my specialty… or at least, that is what you guys say."
"We don't care what you say." Us girls said.
"C'mon. You guys know what I mean. Or should I take the stone for more proof?"
"You're still not getting the stone, Ecolo." Ringo said with a serious tone.
"Even if you call for Arfoire's help, there will still be no way for you guys to retrieve back what was discovered here in the first place." I said. "My feelings are always stronger than you can imagine. And if you didn't notice, my world has these types of things but it may be a different color. So maybe you can kiss this stone goodbye because I'm leaving this world tomorrow. And you should know that."
"Now why do you think we should do such a thing? You should know that we travel dimensions now so there will be no escape." Ecolo said.
"You may still travel dimensions, but you will still never receive what you are hunting down. If you're wanting to fight, then just know this. Your chaos will come to an end, tonight." I said.
"End, huh? Ok, I'll let that slide. We even got a gift for ya for helping convince us to end all the trouble that we made."
"Gift? What could that possibly be?" Ringo asked.
"Ooooh… Ringo wants to find out, huh? *giggle* Well ok. Here's your present."
*SNAP*
With a snap of Ecolo's fingers spawned some people that almost all of us were shocked by. And let me tell you, Arle could not believe her eyes because of the looks of them, they are almost similar to Ecolo, but still in human shape.
"W-WHAT THE?!" All of us shouted.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Do you like them? I certainly had to brainwash everyone and now they are my minions now." Ecolo said.
What we saw were Rulue, Schezo, Harpy, Serilly, Draco, Chico, and Ragnus having the same body as Ecolo has. It was not looking real good for us.
"S-Schezo?!" I shouted.
"C-Chico?!" Arle shouted.
"D-Draco?!" Witch shouted.
"H-Harpy?!" Amitie shouted.
"R-Rulue?!" Raffina shouted.
"R-Ragnus?!" Ringo shouted.
"EVEN SERILLY!" All of us girls shouted.
"Surprised aren't you? I was hoping you would provide backup to take us down but we're slowly going to take your property just so that things could easier this way for us." Satan said.
"So this is what you guys decided to do while we were gone?!" Arle shouted.
"You guys just never quit your advanced tactics, don't you?!" Raffina shouted while cracking her knuckles.
"All of us have made it this far, so now we're going to put in all of our hard work to defeat you!" Amitie shouted.
"But wait… I don't think there's enough people to take them all out… especially if you include Satan and Ecolo." I said.
"Well, I understand that, but…"
"Not enough help, huh?" I heard Rulue's voice, cutting off Raffina in the process.
"R-Rulue? You can hear us?" Arle asked.
"Ohhohohoho! Oh, Arle. I really like that worried look on your face. This will always tell me that you will lose for sure. But I'm not only here for you right now. I'm here for you." Rulue said as she was pointing at me.
"W-What is she talking about?" I asked everyone with a worried look on her face.
"You don't get it, Miss Kaze. Here let me help you get the memo." Rulue said with an evil look on her face.
Then I found that she did the most uncomfortable thing possible. Almost as if I was the only person to reach this bad turn.
She then started to grab on to my throat as hard as she can while lifting me up in the air. I was attempting to get her arm off me in so many ways. But her arm was just too strong.
"Kaze!" I can hear other people yell.
"What are you guys standing there for?! Let's help her out already!" Raffina shouted.
"G…G… Guys… She's… t-t… too… s...s-strong." I said while struggling to get Rulue off of me.
"Hold on, Kaze! Hey, Rulue! You better Puyo battle us right…"
"Areiādo Special!"
"Ultimate Blow!"
I heard Ragnus and Schezo call out their powerful spells at all of my friends that sended them very far from where I am.
And now for the first time during all of the days that I have been in this Puyo Dimension, I was getting really scared. I didn't know how it would end up like this.
"Alright. Now we won't have to worry about dealing with reinforcements." Schezo said.
"W...W-What?" I said.
"Now… let's see… where did you find that gem…" Rulue said as she was patting all over my body with her left hand.
"R-Rulue… p-please… l-let… go… I… I… C-C… C-Can't… hold… on… a-any… l-longer." I was still trying to struggle to get off Rulue's strong hand. I was even using my legs and kicking her in order to get her off.
*POW*
"Ugh…"
"Stop moving already! Now… where… is it…" Rulue said after she punched me in the face hard.
The pain wasn't going to stop any longer. With me still trying to breathe.
"HA! I got it! Ohhohoho!" She then found the red stone that was in my pocket and grabbed it from out my pocket.
"Isn't this a beauty? Of course… you are in the need to get it back. Well… too bad. Your time is up." She said as Rulue then threw me at a distance to where all of my friends were.
"Here you go~! One red legendary stone! Already in perfect condition and ready to go!" I can hear Rulue say as she gave the stone to Ecolo.
"Thank you, my minion! Ahahahaha! Finally, I've been waiting so long for this! Now we can finally return."
"I guess your idea was… satisfying to me. But I don't care about it. What are you gonna do with your little… minions?" Satan asked Ecolo.
"Well… maybe I'll have them tag along with me. BUT!" Ecolo shouted.
"But?"
"Hey, mister! I wanna know how I can use this thing to put Kaze and her friends to sleep. They might use a little nap."
"*cough* *cough* y...you wouldn't… *cough* dare." I said, trying to slowly regain my breath.
"Kaze, Kaze, Kaze. I know you are innocent, sweet, and kind, but tonight is where you will rest and we take the stone. That's how life works, you know." Ecolo said.
"I… don't… care… I'm still not… *cough* letting you get away with this."
"Kaze… let's just retreat. I don't think we can take on that many people." Ringo said as she walked up towards me.
"But… Ringo…"
"I understand that you're in need of getting the stone, but with Ecolo and the others this strong, there's no point in risking our lives at this rate. So let's try to surrender for once."
"Ringo~! I just wanted to see how this thing works!" Ecolo shouted.
"I'm not letting you finish Kaze! If you want to finish her, you have to get through me!" Ringo shouted.
"W-What?! I wouldn't want to do that! I'm just trying to leave her with one more present before we leave."
"Ecolo…"
"Can you hurry up, Ecolo?! We don't have all day!" I hear Satan yell.
"I'm hurryin'! Well, Kaze, sweet dreams. Now how does this thing work?"
"You want me to teach you how to work that thing?"
"Huh? Who asked me that?" Ecolo asked as we heard another new voice somewhere.
"*giggle* Guess you didn't learn your own mindset after all."
"Where are you even…"
*SLICE SOUND*
"Ow!"
I then saw something that snatched the stone out of Ecolo's hand as well as slicing it at. Probably a decorated shuriken. I kept my on it until it came back to the owner who was standing on top of a tree.
It was a girl with pink hair that was tied into a bow that was decorated with a shuriken and some flowers, and blue eyes. She was wearing some… ninja outfit? I can't identify her clothes, but the color schemes were yellow and orange, but she was wearing grey leg warmers and green flip-flops.
And Ecolo barely didn't even see what was coming. Until he now noticed when he looked up.
"Huh? Where did you come from?"
"Didn't realize I was up here, huh? And trying to finish off a girl one of these things? That's very clever coming from a stupidious blob like you." The girl said.
"Boo! What a meanie! Meanies don't deserve important things! How should I punish you…"
"Punish me? Ha! Like you would do such a thing, blob. If you really wish to punish me, then why don't you punish me and take this stone right through my bare hands if your reflexes are good?"
"Reflexes? The heck does that mean?"
"Oh, Ecolo. Let me give it a go. I believe my reflexes will become way better than this kitten up here." Rulue said.
Whoever that girl is, she seems to be very athletic I believe.
"This kitten?!" The girl shouted with rage.
"That outfit proves it to me. So let's see if you're really this athletic."
"Bring it, blob number two! My agility is way more better than you! So let's see if you can…"
"Iron Fist Sanction!"
*WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH*
*WOOSH*
Rulue went up in the air and was throwing a flurry of punches but the girl dodged all of them with magnificent speed.
"Huh?!"
"I tried to tell ya. Ninjutsu Severance!" The girl shouted.
*ZAP*
"Ahhhhh!" The girl then cloned her shuriken and then swung both of them at Rulue, hitting her and electrocuting her in the process which caused her to slam down on the grown hard.
This girl is good!
"Don't call me a kitten ever again!" The girl said while spitting her tongue at her.
"Kaze!" I then heard Arle's voice behind me and I quickly looked to see that all of my friends were quickly recovered along with one more person in which I truly did not expect to be here but I'm just glad to see her be here at this time.
And that girl… was Ciel.
"Are you ok? You look like you got pretty beat up." Arle asked.
"*cough* *cough* Y-Yes I'm… fine. It was just Rulue was strangling me too hard. I was on the verge of passing out. But… how did you…"
"Ciel helped us. She was walking… well, floating down the path when she noticed that we're in a lot of pain. So she helped revive all of us." Arle said.
"Are Satan and Ecolo still after that stone?" Ciel asked me.
"Yeah. They took it from me. Luckily a random girl that was up in a tree stole it right from their hands." I said.
"I see. Well in that case, you are in luck now. Let me heal you now. Refaire Sa Vie!" Ciel said using her magic to help heal me.
And my body felt… better for some reason. Even my throat stopped aching. Geez, Satan and Ecolo don't know that I never quit backing down. Although, I was almost going to die by Rulue for some reason.
"Wow… I feel… better." I said, surprised at what Ciel did to me, and me trying to get up from the floor.
"That was only to help others who are in serious danger. I've been practicing a lot when playing Puyo Puyo."
"Kaze you unnecessary cheat! You've got a lot of explaining to do, bringing in secret characters like that!" Rulue yelled while pointing at me threateningly. I don't know how she recovered instantaneously.
"Rulue, snap out of it! This isn't like you at all!" Arle shouted.
"Stay out of this, Arle! You've got a lot of nerve intervening when this is between me and Kaze!"
"I don't…"
"Hey! Weren't you guys supposed to be dead?!" I then heard Draco ask.
"You've got a lot of nerve, trying to stand your own ground. For that, you deserve another beatdown by this dark mage." Schezo said, readying his sword.
"S-Schezo…" Amitie said, getting a little worried.
"Say goodby…"
"Archrage!"
*BOOM*
I then heard another voice who was aiming magic towards Schezo, but luckily, he stepped out of the way to avoid being hit by it. It was a good save right there because there would've been another chance that they would've finished us all off.
Now that was not one, not two, but three people that were saving my life. I wonder if they are all teaming up together because in my opinion, They are noticing that I'm in trouble. I'll ask them about it later.
"What the…"
"If you want them to say goodbye, then make them say goodbye right through my whole body!"
"Alex!" Me, Arle, Ringo, and Amitie shouted. Somehow.
"Grrr… you have a lot of nerve trying to intervene as well, you blonde brat!" Schezo shouted.
"Well, this "blonde brat" orders you to leave these girls alone and surrender quietly! You are wasting these girls' time!" Alex shouted while pointing her sword at them.
"Wait, Alex! They aren't fake!" I said. "Ecolo brainwashed all of Arle's friends, turning them into these blobs. So now there's gotta be a way to help them regain control of their body."
"Brainwashed?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, and Rulue somehow looked for my stone and gave it to Ecolo, but with a random girl snatching the stone, we don't know where she is."
"I'm over here."
We all looked behind to see the same girl who was down from the tree and behind all of us. With the stone still in her hand.
"You were looking for this thing, were you?" The girl asked.
"Yes. I wasn't expecting you to help us immediately, but thank you for the backup." I said.
"Anytime… but those idiots just won't go away, do they?" The girl asked.
"They were brainwashed by those two over there. And I don't know if we have the guts to fight our friends because they have the ability to use powerful spells." Arle said.
"But if we try to evade, they'll just keep on going. Ecolo serves them as their minions now." Amitie said.
"Don't worry about that." Ciel said. "The only way we can reverse this issue is to Puyo Battle them."
"Puyo battle them?" I asked.
"Their strength is that they can use this time to activate their powerful spells with Ecolo possessing them of course, but with us playing Puyo Puyo and defeating them, there may be somewhat of a higher chance that they can come back to their senses. We need to try and concentrate though because they might become stronger."
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"Then I'll give it a go."
"Really?" We all asked as we looked at Raffina.
"We may not be stronger than them, but just because I'm the Super Courageous Heroine doesn't mean that I'm not gonna walk away from multiple blobs who like pissing me off as much as they like beating the crap out of me. If they want a fight, then I'm all in for it, but I gotta fight with all of my heart. Referring back to how I captured Ms. Accord's flying cane, I never got to be a sore loser by intending to have difficulties working with Puyo. I just get off the mat and learn what Ms. Accord taught me when I was young. And now that I am a big kid now and just graduated in Primp Town Magic School, I need to bring all of that Puyo mentality that Ms. Accord gave me, and I need to use it in battle. And besides, I'm not gonna let my friend Rulue end up in a bad situation where she would end up as a blob in her whole life. Because how would you all feel I didn't manage this situation? How would you all feel if my friend tries to destroy a single world that we all have been in for our entire lives with no one helping out? This is why I need my friend saved. I'm the only person who needs to help out, not just let my friend take over the whole world.
"Raffina…" I said after listening to that entire statement.
"Arle, you should know that too. You deal with Satan before. You never back down, when not you're not allowed to. Even when he is here. I just want you to be the Arle that I knew when we went on adventures together. You too, Ringo. You want your friends back, right? You have to play like you want your friends back. I know it's hard, but you never reject Puyo Puyo matches. You take no hesitation to say yes whenever someone challenges you to a Puyo Battle. So I need you guys to take part as well. There's no needing to throw away tougher opponents. You are truly heroes, so you gotta act like it.
"Raffina…" Arle and Ringo didn't know what to say after what Raffina just said to them both.
"And same to you, Amitie. Your dream was to become a Fantastic Magician, right? Then you gotta be like one. Try to improve on what you like to become in the near future. You tried this with Ringo and Arle. Now you need this time to shine. Both us face each other all the time. One of us wins one, one of us loses one. But in the end, we both were improving at the same time so there's no denying that one of us is weak. It's just we were having fun. But now that these guys are serious, we need to play like we are serious too. We can do this together. There's no Fantastic magician that becomes a sore loser just because she struggles to play Puyo. She wants to have the perfect mindset into becoming the Fantastic Magician. So I need you to be the Amitie I know when you play Puyo."
"Raffina…" Amitie also didn't know what to say about Raffina's quotes.
Raffina's using some powerful statements.
"And especially you, Kaze. You wanted to come to Primp Town for a reason. You wanted to fulfill your dream of having magic. And that also means you need to bring all of your hard work and face these guys who you think that they have a chance at defeating you. I know it's going to be one heck of a challenge but I've seen you play really strong. Your mom would've been proud if she even saw how much hard work that you put in. You even faced me one time, and you won that one. That tells me that you are a strong foe to deal with and I can't let that feeling inflict the way I perform tonight. We will always be having your back, no matter how tough things will be. We will always rely on each other. So I'm trusting you to take on this challenge, Kaze. I want to see how the new girl will step into play and bring everything peaceful again."
"Raffina…" I said I did not know what to say after all of this.
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"Then I'll bet on my chance as well." I said. "I came all the way this far with the red stone in our possession. I'm not gonna throw all this hard work away just because of these guys getting in our way and they are too powerful. I can't lose what I just discovered at first and now doing research on. I'm just gonna try to bear this tough task."
"I agree. What Raffina says is right." Arle said. "Our friends may be brainwashed and are strong, but we always never give up. If I have to be serious against an opponent that is this strong, then I need to take all of my hard effort and play like I'm serious. There's no needing to surrender just because an opponent is strong. I'm just gonna have to fight with my heart. Not just to goof off. That's what I would do against Satan and I'm not gonna try and lose my same mentality that I have against all of my friends."
"I won't, either. We all have made it this far. We always make our adventures go this far. I know this may be hard, but if Arle's going to do such a thing, then I'll change my mind. I'm gonna have to try… for Arle's sake." Ringo said.
"Yeah. Same here. My dream of Fantastic Magician should not die! And will Never ever ever ever ever ever ever EVER die! So I'm gonna try my hardest! No matter how big the risk is!" Amitie said, almost as if she said it with pride.
"So I guess it is decided then." The ninja girl said with a bow.
"Oh yeah. Raffina did so much talking to all of this and we haven't even got your name yet. Do you have one?" Arle asked.
"Well, duh. Everyone's got a name, silly. Yamabuki is my name."
"Alright then, Yamabuki. Do you play Puyo Puyo?" I asked.
"Yup. If you are going to be fighting, then count me in too. You might need more people to join, so why not I join you guys."
"Sure! We can provide support to help us out!" Amitie said.
"Don't forget about me and this angel… whatever her name is." Alex said.
"I'm called Ciel." Ciel said.
"Oh… we know we don't talk much. But ok."
"But we're not gonna forget about you both either, so let's just call it at that." I said.
"Ummm… Stone please." Schezo said,
"You heard that, Schezo and everyone else? We're all gonna find a way to get you back to normal." I said.
"Hmph. And how will you do that? There's no way
you can outdo us with the power Ecolo has given us." Rulue asked us all.
"We don't know if you are strong or not, but that only depends if you defeat us in a Puyo battle, in which you will taste defeat." Arle said.
"Puyo Battle?! Hahahahaha! You think that's going that will be enough to take us all down? Oh, the lies." Harpy said.
"Haven't you guys been training all in your lifespan?" Chico asked.
"We have. And now, we're all going to erase all the brainwashing that is in your body." I said.
"Well, suit yourself. Don't come asking us for a rematch when we will beat you guys into a pulp." Rulue said.
"So it's now unanimous. Expect all nuisance Puyo to come reigning down from above on your head." Ringo said.
"HA! Don't make a fool of yourself. Prepared to be shellacked by the wrath of the Dark Wizard! Let's?!"
Schezo shouted.
"PUYO BATTLE!"
Don't worry guys. We'll find the perfect cure for you!
We all started our… 8… no… 9! 9… on… hold on…
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7. So we started our 9-on-7 Puyo Battle. It was so hard to count that many people… due to what Ecolo did. I can't really judge.
But I'm concerned why he didn't brainwash Suki or Nasu Grave. Are they not… that important?
But I started to stack up Puyo as I started to put in all of my hard work into what could be an intense battle. The others started to do that too. I'm just hoping things don't collapse.
"Décharge!" I heard Raffina strike first. She already created a five-chain that quick.
Geez, How did Raffina pull that off!
"Is that all you got? Let me show how this is done. Stylishly." Rulue said.
We then all continued to focus although we heard Rulue. We continued to stack up higher. Although popping a mass amount of Puyo would take a ton of damage, it wouldn't be enough to take them all down. We need to strike bigger.
"Collapsing Kicks!"
I heard Rulue yell. As she was throwing a flurry of kicks that looked to me that they could be a huge pain in the butt...
"Defensive Formation!"
But Alex came in protecting us all by getting a more powerful six-chain. That six-chain by Rulue could have put us in deep trouble early. And now things were back to how they were. I'm not talking about the blobs. I meant this fight.
"Hmph. Not bad. But can you do better than this?" Schezo asked.
We all then continued to focus harder and had to save the important puyos for when we needed this time to strike big.
"Draco Special!"
"Shadow Edge!"
Draco and Schezo's attacks were both powerful when you combine them together but after that happened…
"Algorithms!"
"One attack isn't gonna cut it. We need to be bigger than that." Witch said after Ringo created a huge spell.
"Power Blackout!" I said, as I fired dark magic that will go along with Ringo's big spell to avert the attacks that Draco and Schezo drew. Now this battle might be far
more than to be intense.
"At least we will still be in this with that attack." I said.
We all then still attempted to repeat the same method that we did before. We continued to fill up our boards and saved up a few columns of Puyo just in case we are in for a surprise.
"You just don't learn when to quit, huh? Now prepare to taste defeat! Gaia Cube!" I hear Chico say.
This isn't good.
"I want to join in! Splash!"
Is that an attack? I thought with a disgusted look.
"Oh no. I don't think I have enough to overcome this…"
"Not to worry, Arle. Bouclier De Ange!" Ciel shouted as she performed her powerful spell.
"Same here! Don'en!" Witch shouted as she countered.
"Not this time! Ultimate Blow!" Ragnus shouted, creating his powerful spell again.
"Uh oh! Gotta use this time! Luminescence!" Amitie shouted trying to use her powerful spell.
"Wait, huh? I don't think any of us has any more… Harpy! What are you doing?!" Rulue yelled at her how I say… teammate.
"Huh? Whoops… was I supposed to attack?"
Oh… Harpy's slack-off gave a huge advantage for us. I didn't know what caused that in the first place.
"GAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Now we're gonna lose this battle because of your dumb, childish, messed-up, rigged, beautiful-inaudible-angel looking ass!"
"GAOOOOO! HARPY!" Draco yelled.
Ooooh… Wow. That's harsh.
"*Shriek* Please don't kill me! I promise I'll pay attention next time! Don't get mad at me please! Plea… THEY'RE COMING RIGHT TOWARDS US!"
"Alright. Now's my chance to finish it! BAYOEN!"
*BOOM*
As Arle shot her most powerful spell, it massively damaged all of the clones… and brutally. Probably because of that recent chain from Amitie. It gave us a chance to win it all… but their boards are still there. However, I see the clones dizzy after Arle and Amitie's powerful combination attack. But I don't know how they are still alive.
"Wait… How are they still alive?" Ringo asked.
"They are dizzy. But what gives? They should be defeated." Yamabuki said.
"That's because doing your own powerful attack isn't going to help bring them back. We need to get even bigger." Ciel said.
"Even bigger?" We all asked.
"There's nine of us. Which probably might be enough. I might not say. But what I do know is, if we can pop a huge chain of puyos simultaneously, then there may be a chance that our friends could try to return back to normal."
"So are you saying that if we shoot our powerful spells altogether with a huge amount of puyos along with big chains, we might be able to wake them up?" I asked.
"Exactly."
"Then what are we waiting for? Our friends can't be like this forever. We might as well go with Ciel's gameplan. If it's our last resort." Witch said.
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"Let's do it. I have to try." I said as I started to stack up Puyo.
"Ok. If Kaze's doing it, then I am too." Ringo said while she started to do the same thing as I did.
"Count me in." Amitie said as she followed Ringo.
"My friends may be in trouble, but it will change with this many puyos right here." Arle said as she started to follow-up as well.
"Don't worry, Miss Rulue. I'll get back to your normal self in no time." Raffina said.
Now we all are continuing to stack up the puyos, trying to create our biggest chains we can possibly make along with our powerful spells. I may not know how long the blobs will be dizzy, but we needed to try the bestest that we could.
The dizziness took so long that we tried to make some magic happen. Schezo and the others should've been cured by Arle and Amitie's combination attack but it didn't give us what we wanted. If it did work, then we could get to the bottom of all this.
I hope this plan works.
"Alright… I think this may be all I could do." I said as I stacked in what could be the biggest power that I could ever create.
"Are you sure?" Ciel asked me.
"Yes… I'm positive that this could potentially bring them back to normal." I said.
"I'm thinking mine could possibly bring them back to normal." Ringo said.
"Same here. I'm ready to bring everyone back to normal!" Amitie said.
"*sigh* Guys… I'm sorry, but this is for our own will!" Arle shouted.
"I hope this chain really works!" Raffina shouted.
"Ready to kick some butt?!" Yamabuki asked as she sounded totally ready.
"We may be ready. This is only going to bring huge pain to those blobs." I said.
"Exactly. If I want to help Schezo, then I gotta make this huge chain count." Alex said.
"Alright, is everyone ready?" Ciel asked.
"Yeah!" We all shouted.
"W-Wait. Ready for what? What are you planning on doing?!" Rulue asked as she snapped out of her dizziness, but not her brainwashed mind.
"Don't worry, Rulue. This is only going to hurt on my mark." I said.
"1… 2… 3!"
"Shadow Concussive Force!"
"Bayoeen!"
"Permutation!"
"Luminescence!"
"Ciel Arc!"
"Big Bang!"
"Bouclier De Ange!"
"Give Light To My Sword!"
"Shuriken Swarm!"
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
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*To Be Continued*
Author's Note: Remember when I said there were going to be two parts in that story? I wanted to stop there. I didn't want to make this chapter long because it's like I'm gonna write a VERY LONG part 2. But the good news is, the third part will spark the finale of the series. And the epilogue chapter will come after the finale of the Puyo Puyo series.
Most of you guys will think that there will be a wrong turn. Most of you guys will think there will be a good ending. The question will decide it all, next chapter. So I'll see you guys in the next chapter.