Roman's Angels XI

Come with us to a faraway place

Help us find anything valuable in every little corner

And in return, we will give you the greatest treasure of all

What only we can give that no one else can ever have

Our Hearts Now One

In the exact moment the Sobek had swallowed Neo, the Gullwings were prepared to rush and attack in blind rage for the loss of their sister. Fortunately, that wasn't necessary as a pink light exploded from the Sobek's chest, causing it to howl in agony before something sliced through its chest, cutting it wide open.

Someone leapt around, landing on the ground as the Sobek collapsed and began to dissolve into a black mist.

Yuna, Rikku and Paine all gasped when they saw who it was. "Neo!"

Neo stood up, holding her parasol in one hand and in the other…

"Is that…" Rikku began.

"A Keyblade?" Yuna and Paine finished, all three staring with wide eyes.

Only this one was not what they expected.

The Keyblade in question was comprised of multiple scoops of ice cream stacked inside a clear bowl; four scoops in total colored bubblegum pink, creamy butterscotch, chocolate, strawberry pink and white and vanilla with sprinkles and the teeth were comprised of three orange slices. The hand guard was formed by two soft-serve ice cream cones on either side, connected by several metal ice cream scoopers. The Keychain was made of ice cream cones with a sundae as the token.

Neo looked down at her new weapon, instinctively knowing it was hers even if it just appeared. "…Sweetstack."

Private School Burned Down

Discovered as a front for a Mistralian Crime Syndicate

Vanille Family Arrested

" …In a rather shocking turn of events, Jimmy and Carmel Vanille of the much-esteemed Vanille family were arrested last night, following an altercation that revealed Jimmy Vanille, the City Manager and member of Vale's Council had been exposed for taking bribes from a crime boss who had set up an illegal Dust trade. Carmel Vanille was revealed to be a spy for the infamous Spider Syndicate from Mistral, having been working to expand the criminal gang into Vale through her husband's seat on the Council. " Lisa Lavender reported on Vale News Network. " It has also been learned that they both have a daughter that they had sold to the infamous crime boss Don Corneo who was held in police custody but later released when no evidence was found. The rumored Vanille daughter is considered currently missing at this time, but authorities are asking if anyone has seen her to report any sightings immediately. "

"Good luck with that." Paine mumbled as she turned the news channel off. "Neo's been running around Vale for years and they are only catching on now is because her stupid old man isn't able to cover it up anymore."

"Besides, it's just so great we don't have to go that stuffy school anymore." Rikku sighed as she plopped herself down on the couch. "What a relief."

"Amen to that." Paine nodded, pulling out a magazine. "Still, there is something we should talk about."

"You mean like Neo getting her own Keyblade?" Rikku opened one eye.

"Not to mention it's different from the one she had before." Paine remarked.

"You mean the one we met in the Ever After." Yuna walked past Paine and sat down on a comfy chair. "Our little sister is sleeping off her first day of freedom from her parents. I think she's still processing what's happened."

"So, what do we do now?" Paine asked. "Take her back to Patch? We never talked about what we would do beyond saving her from her dead-beat parents."

"Isn't it obvious?" Rikku sat up, an excited smile on her face. "With her Keyblade, we can get even more treasures!"

"What about Aqua?" Paine asked.

"There's not much we can do about Aqua. She still hasn't remembered everything yet." Yuna answered. "Besides, we promised we'd look after Neo and we're doing just that."

"So, what happens when Aqua gets her memories back and she finds out we all ditched this world and took Neo with us?" Paine questioned. "Of course, we don't have our Gummi ship yet like the old man promised us."

"We can just tell him what happened." Rikku offered. "Plus, he said he needs us to go back to Hollow Bastion soon. He knows he needs us to help set up contacts outside of Remnant for him."

"But he warned us that under no circumstances are anyone outside of Remnant to learn about Neo's Keyblade if she ever gets one." Yuna crossed her arms. "And we can't tell anyone else either. And we still aren't sure if we can trust Roman with the truth."

"Speaking of which, where is he anyway?" Paine asked, flipping a page. "Guy moves us into his apartment, but he takes off without telling us."

Ready…

FIGHT!

"Tell me what you know already?"

"Why would I do that when this is so much more fun?"

Roman vs DiZ

Roman attacks DiZ:

PUNCH-PUNCH!

KICK!

DiZ dodges, leaps into the air and swings the hammer down on Roman

BAM!

Roman blocks

"Ha!"

DiZ lands on the ground

Roman swings his club multiple times

"You're better at this than I thought."

"I'm better at everything than you, you crazy mummy!"

DiZ pulls out ray gun and fires

ZAP!

"Are you sure about that?"

Roman swings the club again and again

"What's the point in fight if you're always on the defense?!"

"A best offence is a good defense."

"Oh, shut up about that crap!"

"My point exactly."

Ray gun fires destructive beam

"WAIT! HOLD ON!" Roman shouted but it was too late.

KO!

GAME OVER!

DiZ wins!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" DiZ threw his head back and laughed. "You're still a novice at any game you play!"

"Maybe if we played an actual game like poker, you'd see how good I am!" Roman grunted, standing up from the arcade console he had been sitting at.

"Please, you'd cheat at the first chance you had." DiZ retorted, remaining seated.

"I don't cheat people unless they cheat me first!" Roman argued.

"The first two words of your motto are 'lie' and 'cheat'." DiZ pointed out dryly. "You resort to those so quickly; you've never bother to try being cunning and subtle."

"I've lived through the wilds and the streets on the outer district of Mistral!" Roman argued. "You don't survive any of that being an idiot!"

"Only when it comes to matters of making a quick score and then running at the first sign of trouble. You never stand your ground unless it's a life-or-death scenario and even then, it's only against people you're sure you can beat." DiZ smugly replied.

"Whatever!" Roman picked up his cane and pointed it at DiZ's face.

"This again?" Diz sighed. "Please, you know that's not going to work."

"Save it! I told you I want answers, and I know you had something to with that special sword thing my new partner got that saved her life." Roman grunted. "You saved my life and then sent me to Corneo's mansion. I'm smart enough to smell your bandaged hand in this."

"I'm afraid I don't see the problem then. With Jimmy Vanille behind bars and the Dust trade exposed, you won't have to worry about the competition here in Vale anymore and with the Spiders fleeing back to Mistral, you won't have to worry about them coming back to kill you." DiZ calmly replied. "You're in a better position now than ever."

"And you did this out of the kindness of your heart? Yeah right, you set things like you did back in Mistral. You want to cripple crime here like you did in Mistral." Roman narrowed his eyes. "And you used me to do it…again."

"Actually, I had no plan to involve you at all but you stuck your nose in it when you sought out the Gullwings." DiZ calmly replied.

Roman grunted.

"You either wanted to eliminate them as your competition and bring them on as your new gang. Imagine my surprise though when you actually partnered with them." DiZ chuckled.

"I was just repaying a debt." Roman argued.

"That debt was long settled before the mess with the Spiders and Hei Xiong. You can argue all you want but you didn't choose to partner with them just because they wouldn't work for me anymore if they started working for you." DiZ chuckled. "It seems Roman Torchwick has not just found the perfect partner but also the perfect team. Miracles truly happen."

"Miracles, huh?" Roman grunted, lowering his cane. "Because you saved me from Malachite, I'm not going to kill you this time but next time I'll kill you for sure."

"I am beginning to lose count of how many times you say that whenever we meet." DiZ mused.

"Yeah, well you still haven't answered my question about Neo's weapon. What is it and what are you after?" Roman demanded to know.

"Neopolitan is no pawn of mine and I'm not after anything from her. She's free to make her own choices now."

"Especially now with her parents locked up for their crimes."

Neo was in he room, her Scroll in front of her as she typed with a blue translucent screen showing the words she typed.

Neo's Neo

A Glance into the World of Delicious Sweets

Wonder what delicious sweets are out there, just waiting to be sampled? Look no further, for I, Neopolitan am here to bring you the latest scoop on all the delicious treats that one would kill to have.

(And I mean literally kill if you are a true connoisseur of the sweets.)

Today we are reviewing the sweets provided by the Schnee Million Dreams service.

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First off, we have the Bueno Volcano:

This flavor consists of three scoops of vanilla and a mound of chocolate ice cream served in a steel sauce boat, topped with a pepper infused curry styled to resemble lava erupting from a volcano.

Review: A daring new veggie ice cream that's both healthy AND spicy. Only people who are able to handle the heat should try this bad boy.

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Next, we have the Snow Bear:

This flavor is made up of a molded set of brown sesame and white tofu ice cream, shaped into a polar bear wearing a parka with its ears sticking out, and a popsicle stick at the bottom.

Review: A healthy, tofu-flavored ice cream shaped just like a polar bear. First off, my mind is blown by the fact that someone could actually put tofu in ice cream. Like, how can they actually work together and taste soooooooooooooooooooo good. I almost didn't try it, but ice cream is ice cream and the bear is just SO cute!

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Onto the Spark Lemon:

This flavor is held at the bottom half of a lemon, with the ice cream itself swirled with a lemon streak, a slice of a lemon placed in it, and two lightning bolts opposite the slice.

Review: A lemon ice cream whose sour power will have you wincing in joy. You ever imagine an ice cream sitting on top of the bottom half of a lemon? Because I sure didn't! The taste was so good and yet so sour I thought my lips were going to be sucked right into my mouth, but it was soooooooo good!

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Now we have the Royal Berry:

This flavor is a cone of red raspberry ice cream, wrapped in a decorative paper, filled with whipped cream, and topped with two berries, a plastic heart-shaped tiara, and two round pieces of chocolate, resembling a cute mouse.

Review: A raspberry ice cream with a hint of sour hiding under all that sweet. It's so cute! It's like someone drew an image of a mouse dressed a princess or a queen and did it with ice cream of all things!

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Here we have the Sugary Skies:

This flavor consists of a rainbow-colored ice cream puffing out into three prongs like cotton candy, decorated with stars (two on the sides, three in the middle) and a trio of airplanes, making the ice cream the planes' 'exhaust', all held together on a stick.

Review: A fluffy, fun-filled cross between cotton candy and ice cream. You got to wonder if the people who make this stuff are not somehow high on all the sugar and are just making up the first thing they come to mind because it is amazing and crazy they make this stuff but I certainly am not complaining!

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And here's the Vanilla Glitz

This flavor consists of three scoops of vanilla in a glass dish, sprinkled with various colored gems.

Review: Vanilla ice cream studded with tons of gemstones. Chew carefully! It's so sparkly, it's like a treasure waiting for you in some ancient lost temple and the taste is like something out of ancient times, delicious and rich at the same time!

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Now we rock with the Rockin' Crunch:

This flavor is a bar of ice cream with a chocolate shell, forming a star-shaped crack, with nuts present in the shell, all held on a stick that resembles a knight's armor.

Review: A bittersweet, nut-covered ice cream with a sophisticated taste. As a lover of chocolate myself, I give this two thumbs-up.

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Onto the Big Bad Pete:

This flavor is made up of three different colored servings of chestnut-flavored icecream, held in a glass bowl emblazoned with a 'P,' and topped with two pieces of a chestnut resembling ears, a mound of chocolate resembling a nose and hair, two marshmallows resembling teeth, and a spoon coming out of the dish.

Review: An unusually shaped ice cream with a chestnut flavor. Whoever made this must have been thinking of some cartoon character when they were a kid.

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Here we have the Honey Bunny:

This flavor is a cone of apple ice cream with two bunny ears coming out and drips of honey on the left ear, with three on the main scoop resembling the rabbit's eyes and nose.

Review: An adorable apple and honey ice cream shaped just like a bunny. I can honestly this combines the words sweet and adorable into one, bringing ice cream and honey together into delicious harmony.

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Now we have the Goofy Parfait:

This flavor consists of small red, blue, and green scoops of ice cream with a taller swirl of rainbow sherbet in the center, all served in a parfait glass, topped with a dollop of orange ice cream and decorated with two mounds of chocolate dripping down the sides of the glass, two wafers, two slices of apple, a black cherry in front, and three sticks of Pocky underneath the dollop, all making it resemble a cartoon dog of some kind.

Review: A sundae-style ice cream piled up to look like what I hope is a cartoon dog or there is a new breed that I have never heard of. Still, this one is extra popular in Mistral and it's easy to understand why with just one taste.

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Hope you like double the flavor with the Double Crunch:

his flavor is an assortment of strawberries, kiwis, mangos, bananas, and cherries served in a waffle bowl with a scoop of fruit flavored ice cream in the middle, covered at the bottom with a red chocolate shell, two chocolate key shaped swords in the back, a small plastic Crown on top, and two round pieces of chocolate, making it resemble a king mouse of all things.

Review: A mixed ice cream so full of fruit, you might just go a little bananas. All I can say is if there was a king of the mice, this would be his favorite desert.

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Coming up on the Fabracadabra:

This flavor is served in a gold trophy-like dish with three scoops of green, blue, and red ice cream.

Review: An ice cream topped with the magic of three fruit flavors. And I assure you, the taste is so magical it's like being in a whole new world.

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Now it's time to set sail with the Donald Fizz:

This flavor resembles a bar of sea-salt ice cream, with a yellow bill in front and topped with a sailor' hat, making it look like a cute little duck.

Review: A fizzy ice cream that bears a charming resemblance to a duck that would look adorable in a sailor's costume.

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And the last on our list is the Daisy Sorbet:

This flavor is made up of a big scoop of grape sorbet in the center, surrounded by smaller scoops of blue and cyan sorbet, served in a lilac-colored dish and topped with a bow, a plastic treble clef, a plastic eighth note, and a yellow bill in front. The name of the flavor refers to its resemblance to what I guess to be the Queen of the Ducks.

Review: A grape-flavored sorbet is the main ingredient in this delectable dessert. Seriously, it looks something out of a cartoon, resembling a literal queen of ducks.

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And that everyone is it today for Neo's Neo Column. Be sure to subscribe to next week as we delve into the magical world of delicious cakes.

With the article now done, Neo hit the 'SEND' icon and fell back onto her bed once the article had been sent. It had only been a few days since her adventure with her sisters and Roman as well as being offered up by her parents to be the decorative lady-worker to a crime boss.

Neo honestly not express how she had felt in that moment.

The feeling of the strange but beautiful weapon in her hand and the change she felt in her throat. She remembered a great light entering her as she broke free from the monster that had eaten her. A new sense that had left her feeling complete for the first time in her life.

She was free now.

At least, she thought she was.

She held up her Scroll over her face, seeing a new article.

Jimmy and Carmel Vanille Appearing in Court on Friday

Perhaps there was one last thing she needed to do before saying goodbye to her old life once and for all.

"The prosecution calls Trivia Vanille to the stand."

Jimmy and Carmel looked shocked as the doors opened to reveal Neo herself, dressed in her Gullwing outfit(her normal one) with her hair in its pink and brown state. She strolled forward, not even looking her parents in the eye as she took the stand.

"State your name for the record please." The prosecutor requested.

"She can't speak! She's mute for Brother's sake!" Jimmy shouted, standing up, only to pushed back down by the guard behind him.

"Jimmy Vanille, you will remain silent or be held in contempt." The judge warned the former councilor harsly.

Neo leaned forward with a smile and opened her mouth. "Neopolitan."

Her parents looked flabbergasted while the prosecutor faced her. "I was under the impression that you are Trivia Vanille, daughter of Jimmy and Carmel Vanille."

"I discarded that name when I ran away, pretty much disowning those two." Neo answered calmly, sitting back in her seat. "So even if it's still officially my name, I don't use it."

"You have troubles with your parents…Miss Neo?" The prosecutor asked carefully.

"That would be an understatement. Neither of them were ever very good parents to me." Neo scoffed. "They kept me locked up in their house, barely paid any attention to me unless I did something they didn't like which was nearly all the time and kept going on and on about being normal even though how they acted was never normal, especially with hiding piles of Fire Dust under my bed."

"So, you knew about the Dust." The prosecutor clarified while Jimmy paled.

"Knew it? It's how I was able to run away in the first place. My sisters and I found it, took and sold a bunch to get enough money to sneak out and find somewhere else to live." Neo answered to which Jimmy and Carmel looked appalled at. "I never looked back, and I was honestly surprised they actually hired someone to track me down…Only to be sent to a boarding school to be trained into their attack dog. Then they had the nerve to sell me to a crime boss, not the one who is my godfather but the one who makes a living out of taking a bride one day and feeding her to his pet Grimm in the sewers the next day if she doesn't meet his standards in bed. All because I wasn't born normal to them, my hair, my eyes and the fact until now I couldn't talk because my vocal cords were damaged."

"THAT'S A LIE!" Jimmy stood up, shouting and pointing at his daughter. "YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT, MOCKING YOUR MOTHER AND I FOR YEARS!"

"Have you ever heard me cry, Papa?" Neo retorted, rolling her eyes. "If I could talk, why didn't you ever hear my cries as a bawling little baby? You couldn't accept I was mute, a defect, a blight on your perfect image as a normal family. Funny what you consider normal, given your wife is a confirmed spy for a foreign kingdom and you sold out the kingdom you were supposed to be protecting to criminals. That's your idea of a perfectly, normal family?"

"You…" Jimmy snarled as he was forced to sit back down…his eyes starting to turn yellow. "I hate you! I hate that you do everything to spite us! I wish we'd left you on that spec of dirt and pretended you were never born!" Jimmy Vanille shouted as the black fog expanded. "I WISH YOU HAD BURNED IN THAT FIRE!"

The black fog exploded around him, engulfing his wife who let out one final scream that echoed in the courtroom as everyone else fled in terror.

What emerged from it was a giant snowman with a snowy white body with blue buttons on its abdomen. It had two blue heads, one shaped like a man while the other was shaped like a woman with yellow eyes, a red zigzag mouth and a carrot for a nose. It wore a cyan pail for a hat on both heads, with light brown antlers on either side of the pail.

Its gloves and scarf were dark pink, and its scarf had a yellow button. It also wore green ice skates with yellow laces. The blades of its ice skates were cyan. There was a heart shaped hole on its chest, symbolizing the loss of heart for the two being it once was.

Jimmy and Carmel Vanille had become a Heartless.