A/N: Hey guys, this is Dave and welcome back into another chapter of "Blazblue Advent". When I say this will take a long time from before, I mean it. I have not only to have to worry about my other work (and by that I mean, my stuff on the real life and some stories that I will brought over from others Media) and have to analyze every line and scene in the Blazblue world and also need to make it tide in with the previous chapter as well and that's not to say about the longnest of this chapter that it based on and the file that have this part was originally been deleted by my own sibling so I have to do it all over again. And that's not even to mention merging some stories together as well. So, hope you guys enjoy it and without futher ado, let us begin!
Act 3: Chronophantasma
Unexpected Encounters
At the center of a blue room with marks that being glowed, Izanami is standing there with her eyes closed. She giggle as soon as she open her red eyes, awake from her slumber.
"How it's coming along, Imperator?" A voice ask from behind The Imperator as she turn her eyes to the left and saw Relius Clover, standing there with Ignis behind him.
"Not bad… This is a good vessel, Relius Clover." Izanami answer after some time.
"It may take a while for it to be stable. If you sense anything is a miss, I want you to say so right away." Relius says, ready to help the Imperator when needed.
"I shall keep that in mind." Izanami says, remember this part for future nessecary before she ask "By the way, Relius. What's going on with his Casket?".
"Phantom is taking care of the core. Control will be handover to Number 13." Relius answer, recall back to what happen before he went here.
"I see." Izanami says, understand what the Pupetter mean before continue "To think that unpleasant giant would turn out to be so useful…".
"Quite an amusing twist of fate." Izanami finish as she looks at the ceilling where a circle of dark blue spikes been formed and in the center a uniqe symbol that can glow before turning her eyes back to Relius on the right side.
"Never thought I'd hear YOU utter that word, even for your new members as well." Relius says, remember how she only stares at the reploids working motionlessly.
"Find it strange, do you? And they're maybe different than us but they're still pawns." Izanami ask and answer at the same time.
"No.. but you've piped my curiosity." Relius answer, felling more interrest of the Imperator.
"Haha. Oh, I have? You amuse me." Izanami says as she close her eyes peacefully.
"Is that so? I never grow tired of you, Imperator. Hm.. Looks like it's about time." Relius admit as he starts to take his leave.
"Well done, you may go." Izazanami says as she opens her eyes and turn them to the right.
"I'll take my leave then." Relius says as he and Igniz dissapear from the room, leaving Izanami as she close her eyes.
"Never was the friendliest." Izanami admits of what she thought about Relius.
"Well, well. This is where you were hdidng. I've been looking for you." A voice asked from behind as Terumi appears, his hat cover his eyes as usual.
"Terumi, what do you want?" Izanami asked as she looks at her left angry a bit at the NOL's captian's Pressemce.
"What do I want? I have news to report." Terumi answer casually before ask "May I trouble you for a moment?".
"Speak..." Izanami answer.
"Once three more areas are secured, the barrier over Ikagura will be completed. I've left the realese of the cauldron at Relius's hand, the 13TH Prime field Device… The sword of Izanami… is progressing smoothly on my end." Terumi explain everything that went while The Imperator was here when Terumi asked "As for the casket… I belive it was Phantom, wasn't it?"
"I see, what about Izayoi?" The Imperator asked, wonder what her status is.
"Hm? Oh, Tsubaki Yayoi… The Major." Terumi says once he realized the Izayoi is before explain "Yes, I expect she has not met with any obstacles, and her status remain unchanged. Also, with regards to Takamagahara… I'm counting on you."
"I am aware." The Imperator asked, realize what the fate of Takamagahara.before ask "By the way, Terumi, that armor… Do you think it's wise to leave things as they are?".
"Good old Hakumen, the Susano'o Unit." Terumi says once realize who she mean by while open his left eye before says "He's become one vexing little knight, that one. High time someone knocks him off the board, don't you think?"
"Maybe you ar taking things too lightly? This is not a game." The Imperator says.
"Please, please. I'm not playing any games. I'm taking things all seriously" Terumi assured himself before explain "So, like, what? You think I'm just goofing off? That doesn't make me wanna give this my all, which I totally am, by the way. Why do you doubt me?"
"Stop your nonsense." The Imperator says angrily.
"Oh, I almost forgot! There's something I'd like to ask you, Imperator." Terumi says smoothly.
"What is it?" The Imperator asked impatiently as Terumi walks toward her and look at her a bit menacing with a wide grin while the Imperator looks down a bit.
"Why did you let Ragna the Bloodegde escape?" Terumi asked viciously with a evil grin.
"Do not take that tone with me, Terumi. We are not peers." Izanami remind the Snake.
"We should have finished with Ragna the Bloodedge by then. You could have it easily ended it. why didn't you?" Terumi says factly, although in the inside he also want to punish a certain Gazelloid and Croconoid as well for messing and beat him up with Ragna as well "Is that not your responesibillity?".
"How Crude of you to shift the blame on to me." Izanami says a bit sad.
"..Hmm, was it not mixed enough..? Or did it get too mixed up too much." Terumi says teasingly
"I hope you realize, I can put end an to your existence without much effort." Izanami says a bit frustated.
"Well, I'll let you have this as your little slideshow. With Ragna still alive, I'm sure we can still find ways to proves he's useful." Terumi says as he close his eyes and his grin become softer as the Imperator start to make her leave "Where are you off to now?".
"And there she goes…" Terumi says with his grin and eyes open savagely once the Imperator was out of sight as blue lines start glowing and Terumi look up with his eyes closed and soft grin "This place sure bring back memories."
The line in the middle circle is glowing and non stop until light is no more as Terumi is standing with a pillar with some marks in the left side of him.
"Restrictiction 666 realesed, Dimesional Interference Field deploy." Terumi comand as a green symbol appear on the ground where Terumi stand "Code. S. O . L… Blazblue… Activate."
(Cue Silent Scream from Blazblue)
Once he chant done, the whole room glows again, moving around shiftleslly as time goes and spinning wheels are shown above the ground and a green ring summon with Terumi in the middle of the room.
"Hahahaha! That's what I'm talking about! Now I'm starting to have some fun. The master unit Amesataru, even though you no longer exist, what kind of awesome nightmares will you show me this time?" Terumi says as he start manichally laugh like hell before calm down after a few second "Now. The day of reckoning can begin!"
(End song)
At the Sector Seven base, alarms were ring out loud and red lights flashing everywhere.
"Emergency. Level E. All mine guards head to section C9. I repeat, emergency…" An anouncer was speaking through the microphones as Kokonoe just walk on a hall.
"This isn't good. More problems airising by the minute, I have no choice…" Kokonoe says as she tooks her cellphone off and type something.
"System manager's code verified. Starting emergency shutdown sequence." The terminal says as the sounds and light are turn off.
"that should take care the facility. But those damned old men. What am I gonna do about them? I guess I should piroritize escaping before I woory about that." Kokonoe mumbles about her next move.
"Like a rat in a trap, eh, Kokonoe?" A familiar voice spoke behind hers as she turns to see a man with blue hair, a white coat with red underneath it.
"Impossible… Azrael?!" Kokonoe asked shockingly at the pressence of the man in front of her.
"Guess it's been a while for you, hasn't it? For me, it feels like just yesterday." Azrael says.
"Shit. Which idiot let you out of your cage?" Kokonoe asked, wonder who in the right mind realse someone like Azrael easily.
"You're going to be dead soon, so it really doesn't matter." Azrael says with a lint of excitement as he approached Kokonoe, who bit her lip and started aming at an invisible or incorporeal weapon.
"Don't get so cocky." Kokonoe screams as she summoned explosive rocket fits, which immideatly aimed at Azrael's massive frame. Azrael able took the explosive at a point blank rage but smokes fills the area afterwards, blocking the two's vission but can still see each other.
"I dig the invisible rocket launcher trick. That's definetly new to me. But c'mon, did you really think it would hurt me?" Azrael says, happy about the attack.
"Can't blame a girl for trying." Kokonoe says simply.
"Huh?" Azrael grunts as Kokonoe vanished into the smoke from the explosion. Used to her trick, Azrael didn't feel a twitch of surprise at all.
"So, she had a teleporter all along. That's the real trick." Azrael sumarize what just happen "...Doesn't matter, since the Red Devil wasn't here. Watch your back, Kokonoe. Next time we meet, I'll devour you both."
"Hm…?" Kokonoe grunts as she just teleport up in a dark forrest at night… a few meters above the ground and falls down. Using her cat-like reflexes, she landed safely. With sharp eyes, she glanced around only to see darkness and nothing more. With a sigh, she grabbed a candy bar from her pocket and began to eat.
"*Sigh* Note to self: Emergency teleport picks shitty locations to teleport to. Next project: make emergency teleport pick better targets." Kokonoe mumbles to herself as she let the candy dissove in her mouth as she stopped to think. Think and get angry while during it.
"What kind of god damned idiots bring out Azrael? It's like they don't even care about what happens. Looks like my job won't be getting any easier… and of course, he's going to start shit everywhere he goes while chasing me. I guess he's after Tager, too? There has to be more to it. God DAMN it. It was SUCH a pain in the ass to seal him up the last time. They just don't care. Of course, if they found a way to control him… In either case, I have to haul ass." Kokonoe says, the thoughts of the hassle of capturing Azrael a couple years ago to stop him from going kill everyone as her phone shine up to reveal Tager's face.
"..his …ger. …oe…ca…me? (This is Tager, Kokonoe, can you hear me?)" Tager speaks through the other side, stagger a bit in the process.
"Damn, this reception is crappy." Kokonoe says, feeling a little angry at the signal "Tager, if you can hear me, it's Kokonoe. Let me just cut to the chase: Azrael is out, watch your ass. Slip the lab and head straight to Ikaruga. Go to Kagura Mutsuki's place, got it?".
Tager says something but due to the stagger cause it to be not clear at all "Okay, I'm going to assume you heard and undersootd everything I said. Just head to Yabiko immediately. Kokonoe out!"
Once she says done she immideatly close the call away, think about what her next step is.
"Well, one more stop to make." Kokonoe says as she calls another person and in screen appear a face of someone with black hair and white skin wearing a black outside and red inside coat.
"Hey, Kokonoe, you're earlier than expected!" The person in the screen says with a smile on his face.
"This time the reception's great. I'll take it." Kokonoe mutters to herself, which did not slip out the person's ear.
"What are you talking about?" The person on the phone asked.
"Just muttering to myself. Anyhowm we're in trouble. I know I'm early but we're gonna head to Yabiko now, so be ready." Kokonoe says urgently.
"What happened?" The person asked, wonder why proceeds now instad later.
"Let's just call it a lab accident and be done with it. Won't able to head back for a while." Kokonoe answer, keeping the fact Azrael been free away as possible.
"That sounds a little less than ideal… So, you need some help?" The person asked, wonder if the Sector Seven scientist needs some help or not.
"Yeah, I have to assume I'm going to be under surveillance everywhere. I'll figure out a meeting point, but I'll need some help." Kokonoe answer, hoping that "he" doesn't show up right now.
"This is starting to sound like more than a lab accident." The person says seriously.
"Why would you think of that?" Kokonoe asked.
"I know it's bad when THE Professor Kokonoe needs my help, not the reverse." The person answer, remember his time of knowing Kokonoe that he always help her.
"Despite reports to the contary, I'm not perfect. I'm the one that has to deal with all my failures, too." Kokonoe says timidly.
"Heh, that makes me like you more. Alright, so head to these coordinates. I'll have an extraction team waiting for you." Kagura says as he sent Kokonoe recive an coorinate and check it.
"What? This is far. It'll take two days on foot." Kokonoe says, shock about the distance between where she was and the coordinate.
"Apologies but for whatever reason, my soilders can't seem to enter Sector Seven territory." The person apologize for the distance before ask "Then again, I'm sure you could cover that distace in half a day, right?".
"*Sigh* I'm a scientist. Don't be unreasonable." Kokonoe says.
"Look who's talking… You know, you're always welcome to raise your concoerns with the person who designed that barrier…" The person says.
"Ugh, if I'd known this was going to happen, I'd have hid a hole in it." Kokonoe says in frustation of not know this will come.
"Alright, good luck, I'll see you soon." The person says as he ends the call.
"This is too much exercise for a researcher." Kokonoe says as she glance around before taking out a scanner to analyze her surroundings to see no one nearby "Well, I don't see anything chase me at least. I figured they'd be a little zipper about coming after me."
And so, Kokonoe starts her journey to the coordinate, hoping things will turn out okay and not aware of Litchi looking at her out of the scanner's reach as she recal what she just heard.
"So the Mad Dog's back, this is getting terrible." Litchi says scaredly, remember her time of Sector Seven's days of Azrael's pressence cause fear around people due to his desire to fight and immense power that he has "I hope Ragna and Buckfire are doing alright and hope they will be fine if they have to go up against him."
It's been a couple of weeks since the events on Kagusutchi and her seperation from the two as Litchi continues her walk to find the antidode for Arakune and hope for the best for both situations.
In a meadow field At night, the trio of of Ragna, Buckfire and Taokaka are taking a rest in a spot as Ragna just stands up and turn away from the latter two.
"Hmmeow? Where ya going, Good guy?" Tao ask once she notice he starting to leave.
"Gotta run a quick erand. Sorry, Buckfire and Tao but would you two waiting here?" Ragna said, remember to do something once he recognize the meadow lead to.
"Hm, understandable." Buckfire says calmly but Tao have another thought on her head.
"Sounds fishy, Good guy." Tao says suspiciously before accusing angry and charging in at Ragna "You're hidding food, aren't you, Good Guy?! Don't eat your hidden food by yourself! That's not fair, share it with Tao.".
"Tao, I don't think that Ragna hiding food at this time of every time, Tao." Buckfire says blankly at the Kaka kitten before pointing towards her, who turn to look at him awarkdly "And even if he somehow did, there's no way in hell that he'll ever give it to you consider that you're a glutton to begin with."
"So what you're trying to say is that Good guy will give you the food instead of me, Horn Guy." Tao said after sometime of thinking of what Buckfire just said before get angry again "No way, that will never happen at all."
"That's not what I mean." Buckfire says angrily at Tao of thinking of something stupid like that.
"And also, get off of me. Ugh, you're a pain! " Ragna said angrily at Tao's sudden tackle and her not letting go.
"Alright, Tao. That's it." Buckfire says as he stand up and walk up to the two before...
Slurp*
A noise that resembles licking can be heard, making everyone stop at what they're doing for a second before they continue back on what they were doing.
"Ugh! What the hell'd you lick me for?" Ragna asked.
"Good guy tastes like… lies." Tao said with an angry pout.
"Whoa, hold up. You can actually taste lies?" Ragna askeda as he interrest in this topic.
"Nope." Tao answer simply, which makes Buckfire sigh immideatly.
"Of course you would say that, Tao." Buckfire said blandly as Ragna hits Tao hard enough for her to let go of the Grim Reaper.
"Mewouch! You're not susspose to hit Tao! That's mean!" Tao says painfully before she cries "Good guy's bullying Tao! Good guy's bullying Tao! Good guy's bullying Tao!"
"It's not bullying if you're the one who start it first, Tao." Buckfire says as he cross his arms and shake his head in disapointment.
"Sheesh… Look, I'll get you food. You can eat whatever you want after this- just wait here quietly." Ragna says, trying to make sure his friend stay still.
"Meow, that's a promise! Tao will wait forever!". Tao says happily.
"My life would be easier if she just ran off." Ragna says quietly to make sure Tao doesn't heard it.
"Did you say something, Meow?" Tao ask once she heard it but isn't clearly at all.
"Nope, nothing." Ragna answer quickly.
'Can't blame you though, Ragna. Even I want to do that as well' Buckfire thought as Ragna walks away from their side and as soon as he left, Tao turns to the other side, with a confused face.
"Meow? Something seems weird… Over there, maybe?" Tao says confusingly which Buckfire turns to her.
"Is there something wrong, Tao?" Buckfire asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I think I see something over there, I'll be back after this." Tao says as she go to the other side to see, left Buckfire as he sighs annoyningly.
"Of course she would do something like that. Let's hope she knows her way back here." Buckfire says angrily as he stays in spot for some time before being felt like time stop for a bit, smell of blood can be smelled and a particular eyes were watching him.
"Who's there? Show yourself or I have to beat you up." Buckfire says as he stands up and looks around to see if someone's there or not. When he finds nothing, he was confused of what was the stare earlier before he heard an sinister laugh of a familiar voice, one that he thought he never has to hear.
"Looks like you're still sharp as ever…" The familiar voice says as a sound can be heard from behind, as Buckfire looks back to see a wave heading towards him as he able to dodge in time to see Promethesus standing where the wave came from wearing the same grin he had before "Buckfire."
"Promethesus. What are you doing here. No, how are you here in the first place? You're still in the Pseudo Space the last time I saw you." Buckfire ask, shock that the Grim Reaper is also pressence in the PseudoSpace as well a few years ago.
"How I get here? Well, simple actually: The Imperator sent me here to work with her." Promethesus answer vicious as ever from the last time the Gazelloid remember see him.
"Did I just hear wrong or did you just said The Imperator sent you into this world herself?" Buckfire ask, anxious of the fact that the Imperator can do such a thing to dead reploids in the first place from a different world as well.
"You heard it right, mate. I've been given orders from her to exterminate you and once I'm done, I will find and kill Albert once and for all." Promethesus answers savagely as usual.
"The only thing that gets exterminate is you and also, Father Albert isn't here if you expect that thought." Buckfire says seriously as he stoods his ground against the Grim Reaper Megaman.
"Oh, that's nice that you protect Albert like tha…" Promethesus says, thinking that Buckfire lied before realize something in the Gazelloid's word "Wait, did you just call him Father Albert or am I hearing things wrong?"
"You didn't hear it wrong at all, Promethesus. I call Albert Father instead of Master." Buckfire answers, confirm what that means as Promethesus was felt like he was facing a different person from the same one.
"What is this? Where on earth did you ever get the assumption to call Master Albert Father in the first place and from you, the serious person that I ever met in my entire life." Promethesus ask shockingly at the suspenes of the Gaxelloid's strange tone.
"Since Father create all of us in the first place, I felt a little generous to call him that instead of Master or King as he used to be." Buckfire says normally but grudingly at the last part quietly at the memories of his own last word against Megaman Model A "You're not facing the same person as you know before, you're facing a new me. One that is a different and fight through his own believe than someon else's then."
"Alrighty, looks like the thing that I expected isn't here anymore but there's something else I want so you better go all out or else." Promthesus screams after some time of regain himself through Buckfire's new personality as he and Buckfire charge in to battle, ready to beat each other up.
At a big tree on a hill next to some burn up wooden plates, Ragna stops a few meters from it and a tombstone that places underneath the leafes of the tree.
"Been a while, isn't it Sister…? Sorry I haven't been able to come here very often." Ragna says as he stay quiet to process what happened the week while closing his eyes before continue "I met Jin and Saya. Jin grows up the ame as before. He's still a little twisted… hasn't changed at all since back then."
"I guess… He's a little less crybaby back then…" Ragna says with a smile and open eyes about his brothers positive growth before continue with the smile drop and an image from Izanami show up "And Saya… It looks like I won't be able to keep my promise, Sister…"
"I thought you'd have outgrown such childish sentiment by now, Ragna." A calm and feminine voice says as Ragna turns around to see Rachel walking towards him with Nago and Gii by her side.
"Wha- !? Rabbit! Where the hell did you come from? How long have you been stalked me?!" Ragna asked in shock of Rachel's sudden apperence.
"The whole time." Rchel answer blankly.
"Been a while, isn't it Sister…?" Gii repeat what Ragna said first mockingly.
"Sorry, I'm an idiot and a moron and a-" Nago continue mockingly as well as Ragna grabs the hilt of his sword and explode on them.
"One more mocking and I'll beat you two up." A Voice says as the four turns to see Vulturon hoping towars them with an blue jacket and a black cap as he continue "And if you wonder why I'm here, I just happen to cross by when I happen to see you here, Ragna so I decide to come here."
"Oh, that explains it." Ragna says, feel better of the Condoroid's apperence than usual.
"Hmp, a bird soar through the sky and decide to ruin our talk. How annoying." Rachel says, trying to piss Vulturon off for once but he saw it before hand.
"Well, what do you expect if someone like you dare to disrespect someone's family member in the first place then?" Vulturon counter back savagely once he give it a thought.
"Damn." Ragna says in surprise of what the Pseuderoid just said are savage.
"I susspose this could be interrepted as cruelity, Vulturon. And you're saying that because of what happened earlier right?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, I just don't like it when someone dare to do something like that." Vulturon answer as he lowers his caps to hide his eyelash, which are lowering itself in sadness of the memoriess back in his original world.
"By the way, why the hell are you stalking me, Rabbit?" Ragna asked, feel like someon has been stalk him a while ago.
"Stalking? There is no reason to be rude, Ragna the Bloodedge. I was here before your arrived." Rachel anwser.
"Don't lie to my face, I was alone when I got here." Ragna says bluntly
"Yeah, you're just fly up behind him until he makes his stop and you'll just 'show up' once you land down, if that's anything, It would be stalking." Vulturon says, elaborate what he just saw before hand.
"See, even he was it as well and because of the fact that you fly, means that I can't see you regularly which make sense when think about carefully." Ragna says, Feelling a bit more angry at the Alucard stalking him and deny it.
"What makes you think like that, you bird?" Rachel ask, denying of what Vulturon said.
"Because I saw you floating through the sky when I was going towards Ragna." Vulturon answer, remember sawing her up the sky one point.
"Oh, but that doesn't mean that I was stalking him." Rachel says, still in denial of the fact that she stalk Ragna for sometime.
"Then what was it then? You could have just fly a different direction but you didn't." Vulturon says, felling skecptical about this.
"Well, I was only enjoying a little moonslit stroll, when I saw a worm wriggling in my garden. So I decided to take a closer examination, and it was a particular worm, not even as benifical to the garden as an earthworm. A Ragna the Bloodegde, or as his fellow pests call him, the Grim Reaper. It is genearlly beneaths me… But I do not wish to discartimante against pests." Rachel says elegantly and snobby as usual.
"Nice speech, Rabbit. When I'm done with you, you're gonna run and cry back to your butler." Ragna says blankly at how beffudle that speech while Vulturon was left speechless of that.
"Tread lightly, Ragna. Can your hideous mien get any worse?" Rachel ask mockingly.
"Looks like we'll be here for a long time, mate." Vulturon says, know where this is once he understand what that mean going next when he finally able to speak again before thought 'I hope you two better woking on that back in home before I get back.'
"Yeah, we'll be here for long, Vulturon." Ragna says, feeling the same thing as well.
At the lair in the Pseuderoid's house, Mattrex and a squid like reploid were working on a big, metal ring on the wall which could be assume to be a portal. The squid like is blue with some white on his body, has tenticales which can cause some electric shock and have drills at the end of it.
"Hmp, do you think this will be worked as it intention with the current setup, Adler?" Mattrex asked, taking a look around the ring.
"Only one way to find out." Adler asnswer as he turns the portal on to see if it will work as the portal opens up as a yellow that shows in the middle of it as he puts a tenticale of his to pass through to see it go through the portal, feeling a bit unsual as he retract it and turn down the portal "Looks like it will be working well but is still missing, I can't remember what it is."
"I remember boss mention to make something to find the origin of the place That you put an item on it as well." Mattrex says, remember what Vultron before his leave as he look to see there's no something like that.
"Yeah, we should work on that then." Adler says in agreement as they continue to work for the night.
At the forrest, Tao was wonder around here, confused about the place in general.
"Meow.. Meow.. where is this?" Tao ask herself as she looks around only to get more confused of her surronding "What is this place…? This scent… it bring back memories."
A noise made as Tao went on offensive "Who's there?!".
"Tao?" A voice ask from behind as Tao turns to see a Kaka with a black jacket, pigtails in lieu of braids, a tiger-like tail, and darker skin.
"Woooooohoooo! It's Tora! Tora!" Tao exclaim happy as she ask "What are you doing here, Tora?".
"Oh, Cat person asked me to take care of something. I left the village in Momo's care." Tora answer, remember about Jubei's assignment to her.
"Ohh! Momo is back home?! That makes Tao so happy! So happy!" Tao says excidetly that her friend was back in the village.
"No, Momo will return to her journey as soon as I get back. It was an urgent quest. Meow." Tora says.
"Aww, Tao wants to see Momo! Tao wants to see her" Tao says in angry while pouting the fact that she can't see her friend at all.
"But Tao, you're in a middle of a journey. You can't go back to Kaka village right in the middle of it. Meow!" Tora reminds Tao reason to be here.
"Okay… But Tao's sad…" Tao says in sadness as she sats in defeat of this information.
"Don't be sad, Tao. If you're out in a journey, you're bound to meet her someday." Tora says, ensure that Tao and Momo will meet back someday.
"Really?" Tao asked as she stand up with a shock face
"Really, so cheer up! Meow." Tora answer.
"Okay, Tao will be so happy." Tao says in joy as she jumps of exictment.
"By the way.." Tora says blankly, have a thought on her mind.
"Meow.." Tao mummrs, wonder what Tora wants now.
"What are you doing here? Weren't you susppose to be with Ragna the Bloodegde and Buckfire the Gaxelle here? Meow?" Tora ask as she looks around to not see the two anywhere at all.
"Good guy told me to wait here with Horn guy, meow!" Tao answer as cheerfully as ever.
"And where's Buckfire then if you said you wait here with him." Tora ask as Tao looks around to go and see where Buckfire is to see the same scenery as before and no sign of him anywhere.
"Where is this?" Tao asked, forget about what happen earlier.
"Tao." Tora sighed with a bored face of what she thinks could happen.
"No, it's not like that! Tao came here because she smelled something familiar." Tao says in a quick tone once she realize what Tora's face could mean.
"Familiar? Oh, so you forgot… or perhaps we never tell you, Meow." Tora says, realzie what Tao meant by the word.
"Forgot what?" Tao asked, wonder what Tora mean by it.
"This is where Kaka Clan's first village was located." Tora answer.
"First village?" Tao repeats in know that she didn't hear wrong.
"Yes." Tora answer before explain the First village's birth "It was some time ago, during the time they called the Dark War. The Kaka Clan was led to this area by Lord Munefuyu, Meow."
"Lord 'Meownefuyu'?" Tao asked, mispelled the name wrong in the process.
"Cat's person little brother, meow." Tora answer.
"Ohh!" Tao gasped.
"Lord Munefuyu settled the Kaka Clan in this area and took a number of Kakas with him into battle. After that, Cat Person and the Six Heroes came here and together they fought the Black Beast meow. So, this is the Kaka Clan's 'hallowed ground'!" Tora says, giving Tao the history of the place.
"Ohhhh! Um… What's Hallowed?" Tao asked.
"It means it's a very, very impotant place." Tora answer.
"Oh! Tao is move!" Tao says exicetdly but stay quiets for a few seconds
"What's wrong? Meow?" Tora asked once she notice Tao's sudden blank expression.
"Tao senses something… strange." Tao answer bitterly about what will happen next.
(Cue Trap Phantasm from Zx Advent)
Buckfire and Promethtesus are going at it as they keeps attacking each other from blade to horn to using their fire powers to attack the other and so on and so forth as time pass by.
"Looks like you learn some new moves as well during your time here, Bucky?" Promethesus ask as he and Buckfire locks scythe and blade respectively towards each other.
"Yeah, and looks like you have got some new as well." Buckfire says as he break the lock before fires an Fire Arrow towards Promethesus, who been hit by it. Buckfire uses the opportunity to send an Ax kick before doing some ferious uppercuts to the Megaman Grim Reaper.
"Ugh, now you're gonna get it." Promethesus grunts as he summons spikes from the field, some able to hit Buckfire as he yelp in pain while others the Pseuderoid able to dodge it in time as Promethesus charge in with his scythe full force before Buckfire stops with a fire slash, which prompts him for protect for a few seconds before continue his attacks, giving Buckfire the opportunity to dogde and fire off another wave towards Promethesus, who is still doing his move being hit by it.
"Argh, you're being a nuisance, you know that." Promethesus says as he recovers from the beating that Buckfire gives to him.
"You're a nuisance nonethenlese, Promethesus." Buckfire says while recover from Promethesus's spike attack as he makes a double fire slash towards the Megaman as Promethesus launch another wave to counter it and went in for another big attack.
"Well then, how about eat this then?" Promethesus screams viciously as he went in for another slash with his scythe and with the help of the smoke from the counterattack, able to land it on Buckfire as the Pseuderoid held his left arm in pain.
"Huh, where is Tao when you need her at this time?" Buckfire whispers as Promethesus went in with another slash but the Pseuderoid able to counter this time with his Tomahawk before sending another Ax kick to the Megaman.
"Gagh, why won't you die?" Promethesus screams as he sents out flames to attack Buckfire, who able to dodge most of it before being hit by others as the Pseuderoid went in with the flamethrower, damage Promethesus greatly before launch the Megaman and do multiple kicks on him, crash him into the field a couple miles before jump backs on safety.
"Hggh, looks like you got lucky this time, but next time not so much anymore." Promethesus says in defeat as he teleports out of the field, leaving the Pseuderoid sigh in relief that the battle is finally over.
(End song)
"Huh, finally it's over." Buckfire says in relief as he takes a break after the hard battle that push him a little over the limit as he wonder 'But still, how on earth did the Imperator able to do something in the first place, that's impossible for someone to summon someone or something from a different dimmension in the first place.'
"There you are, Horn guy." A voice says from behind as Buckfire turns to see Tao and Tora making their way to him.
"Hey Tao, how's your walk went?" Buckfire ask before looking up to see Tora "Hey Tora, how you're doing?".
"Fine as usual meow, but…." Tora says happy before take a look on the field around Buckfire to see many holes, burn spots. "What happen here?"
"A fight just ensure here and I have to fight it off, that's all you need to know." Buckfire says as he looks at Tora with serious eyes to let hetr know to not ask that again.
"Okay." Tora says with a sweatdrop at the intesne that the Pseuderoid brought to her.
"Did you notice Good guy went back here, Horn guy?" Tao asked curriosly.
"No, he wasn't here when it happen so I don't think so." Buckfire answer.
"That's strange, why did Ragna take so long to return?" Tora asked, knowing the Grim Reaper's impatient attitude.
"I don't know but I'm going to go look for them, you two coming?" Buckfire says as he stands up to ready to walk where Ragna left.
"Sure, why not." Tora answer.
"Of course, Horn Guy." Tap says as the trio went to where Ragna walks and to see what the Grim Reaper's doing.
"Ugh…" Ragna grunts as he recovered from being hit by Rachel's lighting a couples of times with Vulturon looks in disbelief of what just happened.
"Oh? What's wrong, Ragna? Your visage is worse than usual." Rachel says with a slight worried on her tone.
"Whose fault is that, huh?" Ragna screams in anger of what just happen.
"Yeah, you just summon lighting out of nowhere to hit on Ragna. Gotta give him a break!" Vulturon says, still in disbelief.
"that was 2-3 lighting at worst." Rachel says, unamuse at the males worries.
"That would've just killed about anyone else!" Ragna says as he stares blanly at Rachel.
"Yeah, it also means that it will hurt alot even if that person is strong." Vulturon says, also stare blanly at the Vampire.
"Avert your eyes if you're both going to stare blank eyed." Rachel advise, netheir of them listen to what she has to say.
"Hey Rabbit?" Ragna ask softly, which make Vulturon raise an eyebrow.
"Yes?" Rachel replied, wonder what Ragna has to say.
"Let's say I wanted to gets my hands on Kushinda's lynchpin..." Ragna says, which earn a shock from Rachel and a confuse look from Vulturon. The former for surprise that Ragna knew something about it and the latter for not knowing.
"Well you can surprise someone like me once in a blue moon. Who's been telling you about that?" Rachel asked.
"None of your buisness. How do I get my hand on it, Rabbit?" Ragna says bluntly, hoping that Rachel would answer properly.
"That's not how we ask for things! Especially a princess." Nago says.
"Yeah, get down on your knees and ask!" Gii aded, only to be answer by Ragna grabing his sword.
"Shut your mouths up, you vermin or I'll barbacue you both." Ragna warns the two, who shreiks at the sight and thought of it.
"Ain't that a bit harsh, Ragna?" Vulturon ask.
"When you have to deal with someone like her, you will have to be harsh a bit to make people talk." Ragna answer, to which Vulturon shrugged in an understand way.
"…So asuming, for the sake of argument, that I knew. What would you do then?" Rachel ask as she close her eyes, crossing her arms and look to the side.
"If you didn't tell me? I'd beat it out of you one way or another." Ragna says, ready to do so with a harrow glare at Alucard.
"What a harrowing gaze. He truly mans that." Rachel whisper to herself, not small enough to the two hear it but small enough to not let them know what it means.
"What are you muttering?!" Ragna asked.
" 'None of your business.' And you show your ignorance by asking "where"." Rachel says mockingly at the Grim Reaper before asking "It's clearly Jubei that told you of it, isn't it?"
"Good for you. You don't get a prize." Ragna answer bluntly.
"I don't think she deserve a prize at all." Vulturon added for fun.
"I don't need to dignify that. Very well, tell me what you know of it." Rachel says, want to let Ragna tell what he know of it.
"Almost nothing, honestly. I just remember Master talking about it a long time ago. 'With the Lynchpin, it might be possible to beat it.' He wouldn't speak about it afterwards, no matter how much I hounded at him." Ragna says, remember when the first time he ever heard of it "Then a while ago, during the thing with my left arm, I casually asked Kokone, she said, 'I heard it was in Ikagura'."
"Ikagura, is it the same place that you and Brother are going to?" Vulturon asked, remember his talk with the Gazelloid about what's he doing.
"That's the same one, you can come if you want to." Ragna answer, having no mind of Vulturon with him.
"I'll have to go back somewhere then I'll go there, is that alright?" Vulturon asked, remember something impotant that he has to do.
"Good for me." Ragna answer calmly.
"Yes… Ikagura, then. Hmph, what a troublesome fanily." Rachel says.
"What do you mean by the last word?" Vulturon asked, confused by it.
"I'm sure it's nothing important, Vulturon." Ragna says, not giving too much thought of it "Now I don't know what's the deal with that Lynchpin is, but if Master mentions something like that, it's probably pretty badass."
"Or it could be dangerous." Vulturon added, remember in the books that Bifrost read for him how when someone mentions something mysteriously, it could either be a good thing or a bad thing once it's been shown what it could do.
" 'Badass'? 'Dangerous'? I susspose it could be describe as such. Unfortunately, I can't fill in any more detalis than Jubei did." Rachel says.
"Wha the-!? Why would you lead me on like that?" Ragna asked.
"I'm not well informed on the Lynchpin myself. I'd suspect that Jubei isn't either." Rachel answer "And…"
"And?" Ragna and Vulturon repeat, wonder what she got to say next.
"The tenchique for activating the Lynchpin is lost as well." Rachel says bitterly, cross her arms and closing her eyes.
"Damnit, so it's useless?" Ragna says, feels dissapointed that what he's looking for is now been drown. Vulturon on the other hand, think something feels strange about this.
"Hey Rachel, is there something strange that invovles the Lynchpin or not?" Vulturon asked, think something invovle it could lead some clues to the Lynchpin.
"Now that I think about it, there is something strange." Rachel answer once she gives in some thought.
"What is it?" Ragna asked, wonder where this is going.
"Tenjo held on to the Lynchpin as his trump card –and yet, he didn't use it to save himself." Rachel answer, thinking back about the time that History mentions about the Lynchpin "Not just that, Relius also considers the Lynchpin dangerous still. This leads me to believe that there's a different way of activating it.".
"Hahaha." Ragna laughs a bit .
"What exactly do you find amusing?" Rachel asked.
"Nothing, just that there are things that you're ignorant as I am." Ragna says, find It amusing that someone as serious as her could be the same as him.
"Now that you think about it, it is funny as well." Vulturon says as he laugh a bit at that thought. Suddenly, Rachel just summon lighting at Ragna and Vulturon, who able to both dogde it in time.
"Whoa, you almost hit us!" Ragna says after dodge the lightning.
"Yeah, why did you have to do it?" Vulturon asked.
"Don't get any misplaced sense of superiority, lest I reduce you two to cinders." Rachel warned.
"Yeah, thanks for the warning." Ragna says grudingly.
"Hm. Very well. I'll tell you two what I know of the Lynchpin. Be grateful, this is an honor." Rachel says gracefully.
"Enough of the song and dance." Ragna says and as soon as he said that, Rachel turns her back with her eys closed and arms crossed "I'm sorry, alright? We wanna know."
Rachel was silent for a few seconds as she turn to the two boys "As I mentioned, I am not well-informed regarding the Lynchpin. It is a device surrouned by rumours and innuedo. I'm sot sure even its creator fully understood it."
"Oh? so you know the creator?" Ragna asked.
"Yes, I did. Though they passed a long time ago now." Rachel says sadly for the creator's death.
"That's unfortunate." Vulturon says as he puts his hat on his chest to pay respect for the dead before putting it back on.
"Then, that also means we can't talk them about it." Ragna says.
"It's unfortunate indeed and correct as well." Rachel says, accept the two's words for their meaning.
"What excatly is the amazing power of the Lynchpin?" Ragna asked.
"Yeah, if not for it, this Tenjo person wouldn't even use it at all and Relius will find it worthless instead." Vulturon added knowing well if some stuff like that could happen, it must be worthwile.
"From what I know, it can stop the flow of Sethir. Completelly nullify the flow and use of it." Rachel answer.
"Nullify…?" Ragna asked knowing if there's no sethir or Magi, his right arm and eye are basically useless.
"According to theory, if you activated the Lynchpin, you could server the connection between the cauldron and the boundary, which would stop the output of the sethir. Hard to imagine a single human could create something like that, isn't it?" Rachel says, covering what she knows of what could it function.
"Yeah, I couldn't imagine that at all." Vulturon admits.
"Sever the cauldron's connection, huh…" Ragna says, sumarize what he heard of.
"Which would mean that there's a way to deafeat the Imperator… If it's true, it might be possible to annihilate your sister. And possibility Yuuki Terumi as well." Rachel says through spectulation of what it could do.
"I could kill Terumi? Where's the Lynchpin and how do I get it?" Ragna asked, want to finish Terumi once and for all.
"You wouldn't be able to get it." Rachel answer harshly.
"That was fast. But why can't i?" Ragna asked.
"It is impossible for you two. It was made by Nine, the Great Sage, until Tenjo came into the possession of it around the time of the Ikagura Civil War. For unknown reasons, he then sealed the Lynchpin away of the Boundary Edge's. and the only way to get it… You need the susscessor of the Azure, Noel Vermillion. The Eye of the Azure." Rachel answer.
"Noel! She's still has the Eye of the Azure?" Ragna asked shockingly at this fact.
"Even though you prevented the smelting, she still possesses the power. The Master Unit should still recognize her as the susscessor." Rachel says, remember that even though the Master Unit no longer exist, it left some code behind and one of which is Noel's Azure.
"That's an unexpected silver lining. So as long as I've got Noel, I can open the gate?" Ragna asked.
"It's a possibility, no more. We can't know that for sure." Rachel answer.
"What's the catch, Rabbit?" Ragna asked, felt like something also needed as well.
"That's up to the girl. It's nothing you'll be able to influence." Rachel anwser.
"So basically, it's up to her decision of whether to open it or not that counts right?" Vulturon asked.
"That's correct." Rachel answer.
"That's it? No other options?" Ragna asked.
"Correct, as things currently are, she's all your got. But even if you're able to get your hand on the Lynchpin, it would be impossible for you to activate it." Rachel says.
"You mean like you've said a moment ago, 'The tenchique for activating the Lynchpin is lost' right? But if Tenjo bothered to seal it away in Boundary's Edge, then that means that there's may be another way to use it." Ragna says.
"But doesn't that sounds like a gamble of whether there's another way to activate or not, Ragna?" Vulturon asked waringly.
"I'll take that bet regardless. It's not like I've got a better option, anyway. Guess I'll focus on Noel for the time being." Ragna says, got nothing else on his mind for the moment except for one person he holds dear on his head ever since their time spent together.
"Assuming you'd even be able to get the Lynchpin, Ragna, and you are able to use it… Will you able to commit sororicide?" Rachel asked, hoping that the Grim Reaper wouldn't do something rash at all.
"You really need me to keep saying that, Rabbit? I will murder the Imperator. I will kill Saya." Ragna says bitterly at the final part.
"If it saves the world then there's no choice for it, right mate?" Vulturon asked sadly, understand the situation that Ragna's having to deal with to which the Grim Reaper nods at the question.
"Kill… Let me make things clear for you two, the Imperator cannot be killed." Rachel says.
"What? Are you shitting me? You said yourself that the Imperator can be 'defeated' or 'anihlate' or whatever." Ragna asked in shock of this information.
"Yes, it's definietly possible to annihilate her body… That's what I meant." Rachel answer.
"Sure, that sounds like being killed a lot." Ragna says, unsurprise at this fact.
"But it could also mean something else entirely." Vulturon says, getting a hint of what Rachel meant. being a Necromancer has help him learn more about Life and Death much more frequent so he could see what the Vampire talking about.
"And what makes you think of that?" Ragna asked, wonder where the Vulture's got the idea from.
"Mate, have you forget what I am?" Vulturon says with an blank eye at Ragna, who takes sometime to think what it could mean by the stare.
"Oh right, you have that abillity." Ragna answer, remembered the fact that Vulturon is a Necromancer, who could raise people from the dead to help him. "So, what you're saying is based on your experince then?"
"That's correct." Vulturon answers, no longer have the blank eye on him anymore.
"Listen, Ragna and Vulturon… In the present world, the Imperator's power is imense… It would be impossible for you to defeat her in normal battle." Rachel says.
"What is this, another no-win situation? Like that one time with Terumi?" Ragna asked.
"No, she's too much powerful. Let me describeit simply enough for you to understand. Even if Hakumen were to engage her at her full power… I think he would have a hard time of it." Rachel says.
"So basically, if we want to kill her, we need to weaken her a lot before we can do that, right?" Vulturon asked.
"That is correct." Rachel answer.
"So what, I've gotta get the band back together? Like a Six Heroes renuion?" Ragna asked.
"Assuming you could do that, you may be able to achive your goal." Rachel answer.
"You're saying she's as powerful as the Black Beast?" Ragna asked.
"In a way, more powerful." Rachel answer.
"What?" Ragna asked.
"You're saying there's a diffrence between the two, right?" Vulturon asked.
"You're correct, Vulturon and that diffrence is The Black Beast can be killed. The Imperator cannot." Rachel answer.
"You're saying she's immortal, then?" Ragna asked.
"Someone who lives forever could still be killed. It's possible to kill me, in fact." Rachel answer how impratical immortal is "The Imperator is… Her existence is 'Death' itself."
"Death? What the hell does that mean?" Ragna asked.
"You mean, like a gatekeeper leads you to heaven?" Vulturon asked after some thoughts were think of in his mind of what it could mean.
"In a way, yes it is. Death exists for enternity. It drags all the rest of the world into it. It cannot be killed. The Imperator is the embodiment in this world." Rachel answer the two questions.
"So that explains it." Vulturon says, remember the first time he looked at the Imperator back at the Mu incident, he was shivered a bit at her alone.
"Wait, isn't that against rules?" Ragna asked.
"To think I would be here to gaze up at the moonlit sky night again… It brings back memories." A familiar voice says as everyone turns to the source to see Imperator there. "This place never changes…"
"Imperator… What are you doing here?" Rachel ask, wonder why she's even herein the first place.
"Hm? Oh, it is you, Rachel Alucard. Stand aside and kneel before me." Imperator says as Phantom appears and use on Rachel and her minons.
"Gah … A gravity seed… Hng… Phantom?" Rachel asked as she and her minons are saking violently.
"Mrrrrf… Yer… Heeerrrness." Nago mumurs, trying to hold on.
"Heavy… my body… So heavy." Gii says, struggle to stay a float as all three of them fall through the field, laying ther as Ragna and Vulturon were left to be shocked of what just happen.
"That also goes for you too, Vulture." Imperator says to Vulturon.
"And how are you gonna…" Vulturon asked, only to get his face and body down on the ground by Dizzy's foot, who is looking ready to kill him at any time.
"Don't kill him yet, Dizzy. We're not here for that, just keeps him still and if he's starting to lose air, change your pin point." Imperator orders, knowing what she ordered the Bat to do prior.
"*Squeak* As your wish, dear Imperator." Dizzy says calmly while Holding his foot into Vulturon's face, who is struggling to stand up of the bat's foot.
"You have interfereld enough, Tsukuyomi. I am here because matters to attend with this man." Imperator says as she points to Ragna.
"With me?" Ragna asked, wonder what she want on him.
"Rag… na… run./get… out.. here.. while… you… can." Rachel and Vulturon says, both wanting Ragna get away from the Imperator as fast as possible.
"It's alright… Things won't get escelate here." Ragna says as the Imperator is a few meters away from him "What do you want, Saya?".
"Last time we meet, we did not get a chance to speak. I came here to meet with you." The Imperator answer "I do not get much opportunity to visit with mortals. Sometimes it is nice to get some fresh air in the outside world."
" Hmp… Just as I thought." Imperator says after sometime of Ragna not talking.
"Huh?" Ragna asked as the Imperator close her eyes for a few seconds.
"Ragna the Bloodedge, be mine." Imperator says after she open her eyes.
"What?" Rachel and Vulturon asked in shock of what they just heard.
"Listen carefully. Become my Servant. Swear your allegience to me—become my servant forever. What would be equitable? I'll give you Yuuki Terumi's head. That is a fair exchange, I think." Imperator says.
"Squeak, what do you say Ragna the Bloodegde?" Dizzy asked, change his foot position to Vulturon's stomatch after sometime has passed.
"Who do you think you're kidding?!" Ragna asked blankly.
"Hm. Does that not satisfy you? What if I said…" Imperator says normally before continue in Saya's voice "Brother, Saya misses you. Come, be with your sister."
With memories of Saya, Ragna tooks BloodScythe out "I'll kill you right here and now." Ragna says angrily.
"Ragna, no./ Don't do it, mate." Rachel and Vulturon screams in desperate of what's going to happen next.
"AGRHHH!" Ragna screams as he charges in to slash at the Imperator, who able dogde it in time and teleport to the back of Ragna.
"You have always had such a violent temperament…" Imperator says unimpressively.
"Why you…" Ragna says angrily before being unable to move "Wh- … What's going on…? I can't… move… guahh."
"Your violence is… unslightly. Treat your sister properly. Seems as though my vessel desire you… But it appear this trip was a naught." The Imperator says sadly at the result "That is enough, Phantom. Relase him."
"Nngagh…" Ragna gasped in pain after Phantom release him.
"Just as I expected, it is more comfertable watching you suffer." Imperator says with some joy "That was entertaining. Until we meet again… 'Brother'."
"Come to me if you have a change of heart. I am generous. I will accept you no matter the hour." Imperator continue in Saya's voice.
"Got it… I can visit you in any time of any day or night… to murder you." Ragna says.
"Heh heh heh. I will look forward to it." Imperator says as she, Phantom and Dizzy teleport, leaving the trio of Ragna, Rachel and Vulturon were left there.
"Huh?" Lena gasped, feel the power a few meters away from where she was.
"Yes, M'lady Lena?" Bang asked from behind.
"Hm? Oh, it's nothing. Okay, Mr Bang, please get me outta here." Lena answer, shrugging this feeling away for the moment.
"Of course, but you can still call me 'Master' or 'Brother' if you want." Bang says.
"I understand." Lena says as she and Bang starts walking before mumur to herself "What did I sense just now? Was That… magic?"
"Nggh…" Rachel grunts as she starts to stand up again.
"My face, it hurts a lot." Vulturon says painfully as he stands up and took a hand onto his face, rubbing the pain away.
"Pfaahh… Princess, are you alright?" Nago ask once he able to stand up again.
"Haahh…" Gii grunts as he flies for a few seconds before falling to the ground again.
"My face, it hurts a lot." Vulturon says painfully as he stands up and took a hand onto his face, rubbing the pain away.
"Except for the face, alright." Vulturon answer bitterly while still holding his hand to his face.
"Doing way better than you two, apperantly." Rachel answer as she thought about what happen to her "That power she used. The gravity seed. A gratovational force that is powerful enough to immobilize me. That Magican, Phantom? That's what the Imperator called her. That must be her. It seems like I had no choice but to mobilize the Heroes."
"That kick, it strongs enough to make my face feel a lot of pain. That bat, Dizzy? That's what the Imperator called her, what is he to have that much strength to pain me in the first place?" Vulturon asked himself in thought of Dizzy. Something feels odd about the bat but Vulturon can't sure what exactly.
"Talking to yourselefs! Are you both going senile?" Ragna asked.
"Heeeeey! Good Guuuyyy!" Tao says as she and Buckfire just arrive.
"What the? How did you get yourself in pain, Ragna?" Buckfire asked in shock of Ragna's condition before turn to see his brother the same "Brother? How do you got it, as well?"
"Bunny Lady! Long time no see." Tao says once she notice Rachel's pressence.
"Yes, it has been a while Tao." Rachel says.
"Hey, Good guy and Vulture guy, um… did Bunny Lady beat you two up?" Tao ask.
"No, they just accidently crashed into each other. The pain are on them." Rachel lied.
"Are you okay, Good guy and Vulture guy?" Tao asked worringly.
"Fine./ Okay." Ragna and Vulturon answer simmouteasly.
"You two got to be careful next time, geez." Buckfire says, which the two shrug at the Gazelloid's worry.
"Oh, by the way, Good guy… Tao sensed a really bad pressence a little bit ago." Tao says, remember that power a bit ago.
"Hm? What was it like?" Rachel asked.
"Kinda like… z-zoooooooom… And then gunyaaaaaa… It seemed really bad!" Taokaka answer, describe what she feel the best way possible.
"Yeah, I don't get it at all." Ragna says bluntly.
"Sorry, but I also don't get it as well." Vulturon add.
"Nice one, Good guy. Still in the mood to crack jokes even though you're almost dead." Taokaka says.
"I couldn't sense the Imperator's pressence at all, but her simple mind could?" Rachel whisper in shock of what she just heard of Tao.
"Meoooo." Tao purrs, wonder what Rachel talking about.
"Now that I think about it, I think I felt something else as well." Buckifre says suddenly, remember that weird feeling before Promethesus attack him.
"What is it?" Ragna asked, wonder what his friend has to say.
"It felt like time stops at some point and smell of blood was there as well." Buckfire answer, describe what he felt for a bit.
"That's weird, why would two inconsitent thing are invovle could be on the same time?" Vulturon asked, not knowing what it could be but have one thought on his mind 'But if it came from that bat, that would make some sense.'
"I'm not too sure about this." Buckfire answer before continue in his thought 'But it could have someone working alongside Promethesus as well.'
"Taooooo!" A voice says from behind.
"Oh, Tao forgot to mention! Tora's here, too!" Tao says as Tora just arrive.
"Lady Rachel! It has been a while indeed. How does Master Valkenhyan fare, meow?" Tora greets the Vampire first.
"Oh, Torakaka! How are you doing, Madam?" Nago greets cherrfully.
"Greetings, Nago.. you're looking… as round as usual meow." Tora greets Nago next.
"Mmmhmmm." Nago grunts of what he just heard.
"And where's Gii?" Tora asked in the absent of the red bat anywhere in her sight.
"He's… oh, lazing about over there." Nago answer as he point to where Gii's at, who is struggle to stay float before falling down again.
"He's not the only one lazing about I see! Meow!" Tora says.
"H-Hey, Tora… long time no see." Ragna greets her painfully.
"Ragna… You aren't looking so hot right now. Meow." Tora says in worry.
"Yeah, Good guy and Vulture guy crashed into each other." Tao says cheerfully.
"Don't sound so happy about it, Tao!" Ragna says, still in pain.
"Oh, that's right. Your village is close here, right?" Rachel asked.
"Well, our 'former' village is." Tora answer.
"If I'm not mistaken, weren't there hot springs? Would you please carry this idiot there? That should be the perfect place for him to recover." Rachel request Tora.
"To the Kaka Hot Springs! Meow." Torakaka says energetically.
"Rabbit! I don't have that kind of time! Besides, this isn't even that bad. I'll heal up quick." Ragna says arrogantly.
"Those wounds were caused by magic. Even with the Azure Grimoire, those will not heal quickly. Magic attacks also cause scarring at the soul. Especially in your case, the Azure Grimoire will remember those wounds.transcending even phenomona intervention. It's the same as with injuries sustained from a Nox Nyctronex. I'm sure you can recall those wounds?" Rachel says, explain why the Azure healing won't work and ask about the times when he been hit by one of those.
"Like the time Minerva… and that mased dick." Ragna says, recall back at the time he fight the doll and Relius respectively.
"Remember what Jubei said." Rachel says.
"'Don't think of the Azure Grimoire… as your own power.' Right?" Ragna asked, remembered of what Jubei told him.
"If corrison of the Azure Grimoire continues at this rate, it could cause ruptures of other phenomenos as well. You'd better be careful." Rachel explains.
"You… Serious…?" Ragna asked.
"If you understand, then be quiet and heed what you're told. Tao, please take him." Rachel answer.
"Aye-Aye, Bunny Lady! Let's go, Tora and Horn Guy!" Tao says excidetly as she picks up Ragna and they run to the spring, Buckfire and Taro follow behind.
"Guah…! Hey! Sto-! That hurts! Put me down!" Ragna begs as he's been carried.
"Alright then, what should we do then, Mate?" Vulturon asked while still holding his face painfully.
"We both better head home as well and since your damage isn't magic, you should do the same as well." Rachel answer.
"Alright, see you later Mate." Vulturon says to the Vampire as he grabs his guitar and teleport back to his home.
"See you later too, Vulturon." Rachel goodbyes to the Vulture as well before ask "Nago, would you pleasewake up the pig-bat?"
"Certainly!" Nago answer as he smack on Gii to wake him up.
"Wha!? Wh-wh-wh-what happened!?" Gii asked painfully as he, Rachel and Nago all teleport back to their mansion.
At the forrest, Carl and Minerva are walking around heading to Ikagura.
"We're almost to Ikagura, Sis. The intel that Professor Kokonoe is there seems to be accurate. Apperantly, Ragna the Bloodegde is headed there, too. This time, I'll make the Azure mine." Carl says, thinking about what he gather about Ikagura.
"…" Minerva says, sensing the presence of something or someone around here.
"Hm? What is it, Sister?" Carl asked as he took a battle stance once Minerva report about the pressence "Is someone there?! An enemy?!"
"…" Minerva says, not sensing anything anymore as Carl stood normal.
"Oh, was it your imanigation? That's good, then… Are you alright Sister? You're not tired? It's not too much futher, let's go." Carl says as he walks first, leaving Minerva to stay for a bit before leave as well. All of a sudden, the tree and bush from the right been shoved as Bifrost appears, looking at the duo that just walk out when they can't sense him anymore with his right eye when he can still see them.
"Hmp, able to almost detect me shows that this Nox Nyctorex is not one to look past." Bifrost says, compliment about what he analyze about the two when he look at them "But thanks to the cold breath that I always have, it never sees me at all. Still, for a Nox Nyctorex it kinda impress me a little so good for it, I guess."
"As for the kid, he has a kind heart of some good protagonist in novels and a great ambition to find a cure for his sister under the monster that is his father." Bifrost continue but instead of Minerva, it for Carl "But he also has the rashness of a regular kid that without careful, it could lead him to death. And consider the fact of who your father that I heard from my brother is and how he feel about him, it's understandable but can be foolish as well to let that emontion control it as there's a chance that kid could be no different from his father."
"Well, I better kept going then." Bifrost says as he walks on a different path before stop to turn behind "I hope you can take care of yourself from here on out, Bullet."
Back at the Pseuderoids home, Vulturon just arrive as he close the door, take of his jacket and went to the Lab to see Mattrex and Adler taking another look around the portal and a device that connects to it.
"Boss, wellcome back." Mattrex greets once he notice the Vulture went down stairs.
"Welcome back as well, Boss." Adler greets as well.
"Hey guys, how's the project doing?" Vulturon ask, wonder how did it progess ever since his absent a few hours ago.
"It's doing alright for the most part." Adler says, checking the portal and the item that connects to it a few meter apart with a place to place stuff in it.
"Good, now let's test this out shall we?" Vulturon asked as he pulls out the item tha he picked up, a gem that change colors between red, blue and green contastly.
"Yeah, let's test it." Mattrex answer as he turns the devices on and Vulturon puts the gem in it as the portal is tracking its origin.
"Say, what happened to you, boss?" Adler asked concerly.
"What do you mean?" Vulturon says, wonder what the squid talking about.
"Your face, it looks like you've been collied with something hard." Adler answer, pointing towards Vulturon's face which has the damage from.
"Now i think about it, what happen during your walk?" Mattrex asked.
"Oh, that? It's nothing, just a bat person with a monocle eye on the right kick me, that's all." Vulturon answer while rubbing his cheek as Mattrex and Adler were shocked at what they just heard.
"Did you just says a bat person with a monocle eye on the right?" Mattrex asked panickly, hoping this isn't someone he knew as Vultutron nods at the question.
"And does this person has purple body with some blue and white?" Adler asked, horrified of the fact someone looks similar to that person.
"Yes, from what I remember and also squeak at the beginning of his word and been called Dizzy." Vulturon answer with a confusion eyebrow once he saw their face's shocked of what they just heard "Is something wrong?"
"That's no ordinary Bat, that's Dark Necrobat, a Maverick from where we belong." Adler answer.
"So he's one of you guys as well?" Vulturon asked as the two calmed down and nods at the question "Well, that explains the pain that guy gives me and that odd feelling i have but can you guys tell me more about Dizzy?"
"Sure, Boss." Mattrex answer as all three of them tooks a seat while the tracker still tracking the origin of the gem "Dark Necrobat or Dizzy is a bat reploid who can control time and act like a vampire for some part."
"Then that explains it." Vulturon says suddenly, remember something about his brother's word that collides with this info.
"Is something matter, Boss?" Mattrex asked, wonder what the Vulture's talking about.
"My brother mention being felt something like time stop and smell of blood before." Vulturon answer befote getting back into his thought "But if there's two things like that and Dizzy can have both of them, that means that..."
"Necrobat was there when your brother felt it then." Adler says, conclude of what their Boss was about to say.
"That could be it." Vulturon says, confirm what his members talking about "Oh, by the way, Dizzy's gonna be problem for us and maybe everyone else."
"Why?" Mattrex asked, feeling anxious about what the Vulture's going to say next.
"Because Dizzy wasn't alone when that happen, the Imperator's with him as well and she order him to do that." Vulturon answer, which make the Dinosaur and Kraken reploids gasped in shock of what they just heard.
"H-He works with the Imperator?" Adler asked, wonder how the bat able to get into the world in the first place.
"It seems so." Vulturon answer dreadfully before ask "And what else about Dizzy that I need to know?"
"He's… a uniqe one to say the least." Mattrex answer, trying to find a way to describe the bat.
"Uniqe one?" Vulturon repeats confusingly, wonder what the Dinosaur means by that.
"While other reploids, including us have to been affect by the Maverick Virus to become Mavericks, Dizzy was born as a Maverick in the first place by Sigma." Adler explains what Mattrex means by the word.
"I see, so instead of being inffected, he was born as a Maverick in the first place. That's intteresting." Vulturon says, understand what the explanation means now.
"Yeah but from what I heard, Dizzy escape from Sigma's, control and had remained in hiding since a few years ago. Sigma, not considering him a critical asset, forgot about him.." Adler says, cover what he knows of the Bat Maverick.
"And Because of his past, Necrobat has become nihilistic and aggressive, and dislikes being underestimated as a result." Mattrex added grimly.
"Now I think about it when he kick me down, I able to saw his face and saw a look that could kill me any second haven't for the Imperator." Vulturon says, recalls what happens when Dizzy kick him in the face.
"Then we need to be on alert for him at any time and any place he may show up." Mattrex sussgest, ready to battle Necrobat when needed.
"We, should then." Vulturon says with a small smile as the teleporter open up to see a forrest of white trees, something that he hasn't seen before "What place is that?".
"Give me a minuite." Mattrex says as he takes a look through the name of the place that just open up on the scanner "This place's been called Einzbern Forrest, boss.".
"So it's from a different world then." Vulturon says, conlude once he remember there's no place in this world's forrest been called Einzbern or else, his giant brother would mention something like that.
"Seems to be it because I cannot locate it anywhere in our world at all." Mattrex says, scanning to find an identical forrest but there's no result from It at all.
"Now that we know the location, what do we do with it now, Boss?" Adler asked, wonder what the next step is.
"For now, we'll take a break since it's getting late." Vulturon answer as he yawn tiredly of what happened in the night before turn to Mattrex "Can you save the portal's location away? I felt like it may come in handy later down the line when we need it."
"Sure, boss." Mattrex answer as he puts the combinations and save the world's coordinate in the tracker. "All done."
"Well, good night you two." Vulturon says as he sents the two Reploids to rest and the Vulture turn down the lab before went to his bedroom and slept for the night, hoping to get back on the journey as soon as he's done with this job.
At a house from the other world where the portal leads to lies a girl with a black hair and aqua eyes staring at the stars, thinking about someone she holds dear to after the time they spent together and their farewell.
"Ragna, I promise you one day that I will find you and be together with you again, whether in a dream or not and I'm going to do it when I have a chance or my name's not Rin Toshaka." Rin says emotionally and motivated, promise to herself that she'll find Ragna one day as she went back to her bed and sleep peacefully, ready for another day without knowing the chance that Rin gets is actually nearby.
A/N: And that will be the end of the chapter and it was worth it. I originally wasn't going to add the last part at all but I felt like give you guys a know of what my decision is so at the last minute, I decide to add the part as well. I decide to add the Sector Seven one because it felt like a cruical part of the story to go on and skip the realse of Azrael because I felt like it wasn't going to matter at all since we know what his purporse going to be if you're a Blazblue fan and stay mysterious for the Mega Man fans as well for the Dog's purpose. By the way, I have a question to ask: Do you think I should add a new member to the NOL or not? If I do, which reploid would you want to see? It can't be Pandora due to what I said in chapter 14, it also can't be Flame Hyenard if you want him to be part of the NOL as well and I can only pick one person so make your decision wisely. With that out of the way, Have a good day and see you guys later!