A/N: Hey guys, this is Dave and I'm back for another chapter of Blazblue Advent. Sorry this took so long to complete, I got a lot of things in hand to slow down the process so I may have to write less chapters. If you have make this far and you're already watched 'The Land of Ikaruga', you may know what's happen next. As such, I'll try my best to cover the events quite well as I can. Hope you guys enjoy it and without further ado, let us begin.
Ikagura's Kagura Mutsuki
"So this… is Ikaruga." Bang says as he, Lena and 2 ninjas make it towards Ikagura as he tightened his fist at his ruined hometown. Whenever he closed his eyes, he could see the place he grew up in… But whenever he opened them, the place he saw was totally different from now.
"Boss…" A Red ninja, who happens to be one of Bang's lackey, says.
"You really think you can revive Ikaruga?" A Green ninja, who was the same as the red one, asked.
"I knew… that master… the people… the city… Ikagura of before is already gone… forever." Bang answer, knowing well he can't restore everything back to normal but can try to revive other things that he can.
"Hey old man…" Lena says.
"But when you are faced with reality, it's hard." Bang continue, closing his eye to think more.
'Whoa, the old man is actually serious? That's something you don't see often.' Lena thought as she recall back her times with Bang and needless to say, he wasn't serious at that point. 'When he's serious, he remind me a bit of Jubei though.'
While Lena is under the tutor of Bang, she was at one point tutor with one of the Six Heroes, Jubei. During her time under his tutor, Lena learns a lot about fighting and careens for other people.
'I wonder though what Jubei would say in situation like this.' Lena thought, wonder what to say before he open his eyes.
"Alright! No time in being so depressed about it! Because Ikaruga is like this, we need to hang in there!" Bang says determainlly with a smile, decide to hold back his despreration for the future before frown "Master has given me a lot... he left me to help you guys, rather than cry over what we lost, we need to revive Ikagura as soon as possible!"
"B-boss! We'll follow you into hell!" the red ninja says, emotional of the speech that his boss make to the point that he will follow him everywhere, even in dead as well.
"Yea, we'll do it!" the green ninja added, fell the same as well.
'But there's so much to do for revival. Where do should we even start… The crown prince or revenge for master… What should I…' Bang thought, wonder where to start on his revival of Ikaruga.
"Hey, Mr Bang!" Lena says, interrupting Bang's thoughts.
"Oh, what is it that you want, Lena?" Bang asked, wonder what she wants.
"I think we should part ways from now." Lena answer, want to go on her way.
"I see. I'm not too worried about you, but be careful when you return." Bang says, understand where Lena talks before felt worried about her safety "No! It's the duty of an fault, I must take you home safely!"
"I'm fine. It' the thought that counts." Lena says, grateful of Bang's offer but decline to start travel on her own "Alright, alright. Later Mr Bang!"
Lena turns the other way and walk, leaving Bang and his lackeys as he says "She's gone… But this area is a little dangerous for kids…"
"Should we guard her until she get to the city?" Red ninja asked.
"Yes, but make sure they don't see you! Should anything happen to her, let me know right away." Bang answer, want to make sure Lena's safe on her way.
"Yes sir!" The Red Ninja says as he disappeared like a shadow in the sunlight and follow Lena.
"I'm going to give you the task of scouting ahead. Report anything you hear as soon as possible." Bang says to the green ninja.
"Yes sir!' The green ninja shouted ,as he, leavesto do what his boss told him to do. Bang remained alone, so he stared at his hometown in silence for a while.
'I have to wonder, what was the weird gaze from before come here is?' Bang thought, think back of the time when he carry Jin back to his house in Kagusutchi with out knowing Bifrost's pressence. The crocodile may look like he was able to be spot easily, but he can blend into the nature so well that aside from his gaze, most people wouldn't notice him at all.
"Hm?" Bang hums as he lifted his head from his long vigil, feeling the presence of someone nearby so he scan the area to see Amane nearby, who has a mystical beauty and sexiness tickled Bang nose as well. He rubbed his nose and approached using his Instant Movement Technique.
"Whoa!" Amane gasped, shocked at Bang's sudden apperance.
"You! you suspicious man! You're a man! You're dressed… like a fop! Like a ridiculous, effeminate fop!" Bang says, able to identify Amane's true gender and comment on his clothes at the same time before asked "How could Ikaruga turn out like this while I was gone?"
"Uh… I can't folow your trait of thought, my dear. You may say it's suspicious, but this is my outfit." Amane answer, doesn't understand what Bang's thoughts before introduce "I'm Amane Nishiki and I take my dance troupe and travel from city to city."
"A traveler, huh… You say a troupe, but you're by yourself! What is your business in Ikaruga?" Bang asked.
"I'm looking for someone. If you know anything…" Amane answer, eonder if Bang knows about the person he was looking for.
"Hey! You can't fool me with your nonsense! I can tell! You're a spy from the NOL trying to prevent me from reviving Ikaruga!" Bangs shouts, thought of why Amane could be here in the first place; which isn't true at all.
"That makes no sense! Why sould a spy dress as flashy as I do in the first place?" Amane ask angrily, wonder where Bang got that thought in the first place.
"Ah, this is where I am smart. I was once told by someone very important to me to always expect… the unexpected! As such, because you are dressed suspiciously, it must be to avoid the eyes of your enemies!" Bang answer, explain how he got the thought in the first place.
"I suppose you have something of a point." Amane says, understand why Bang got this thought from before asked "Well then, what if that was the case then?"
"Well, there's only one answer to that! I, Bang Shishigami, will punish you!" Bang answer as he take a pose, ready to battle the female wearing male.
"Hehehe. I knew you'd say that… Sounds fun. I'm going to let my dance show you how wrong you are!" Amane says, want to have some fun in Ikaruga when he thought once he notice som 'Dance is the art of war. Blood will boil when you are faced with a powerful opponent. However, maybe I'm a little too excited today?'
Once he done with his thoughts, Amane perpare a battle stance before says to himself "Something to figure out later! Now it's time to enjoy the stage!"
(Cue Boshi from BlazBlue)
Bang made the first move by running to Amane to punch him in the stomach, who block it in time before counter with a low kick, make Bang lose his balance. This give Amane the opportunity to lay out some dance hits to Bang while he was falling. He able to make a recover out of the injury before strike back with an air kick to Amane's face, follow up with an elbow and a kick to Amane's face as well. The dancer shrugs the pain off before charging in for an attack, only for Bang to block it in time and counter with some high speed punches.
"Dragon of Destruction." Bang shouts as green energy comes from his right wirst and punch Amane away, who able to recover just in time to not get hit by a wall nearby him.
'He's tougher than he looks, this will be one epic fight for sure.' Amane thought excidetly as he runs to Bang and pull out a green, conical straw hat out and spins one hand with the hat while the other hand a big piece of cloth.
"Take this dance!" Amane shouts as he make distance to Bang, who block it before being overwhelm by the attack and got hit as a result, launching the Ninja a few distance away.
"All right, eat this then." Bang shouts as he throws a umbrella up of Amane, who was confuse of it's purpose before the umbrella's open up and throws down a bunch of nails, damage him bigly as Bang wrap behind Amane and the Umbrella close itself before Bang knees the dancer before doing multipe mid air attacks on him before ax kick the dancer into the ground. Amane was able to retaliate some hits into Bang before the latter strikes back, making the danccer being a few distance off the ninja.
"Huh, you're a pretty good dancer." Amane says as he stands back up before pepare for a stance "But let's see if you can handle this or not."
Amane spirals the sash around him in a flashing manner before drives a sash near his foot and kicks it, creating a drill cloth appear underneath Bang, damage him greatly.
"GGGHHH!" Bang grunts in pain from the drill as Amane continues to create more drills before revert back to his fighting stance and runs up to the Ninja to deal more damage.
"I won't lose at all." Bang shouts as he counter Amane's dancing moves before retaliate with his own ninja attacks before elbow to Amane's belly before dish out another Dragon of Destruction, sending the dancer a few meters away from Bang.
"I think we should end this match in a draw, shall we?" Amane asked calmly, felt enough fun from the batlle.
"Yeah, after all you're conviced me that you're not an NOL spy after all." Bang says, realize his mistake as Amane walk close to him, not to battle any time soon.
(End song)
"*pant pant*…I…I thought you were weak before, but that's quite some skills you got there. *wheeze wheeze*" Bang says, pant from the injury he sustain. Even a ninja like Bang was amazed at the phantasmagoric dancing that made Amane's fighting style.
"Incredible… I didn't expect that. You're not bad, not bad at all. A hot blooded man like you. Though you really should do something about that face…" Amane says.
"Heh… I too don't like men who dress foppishly, but you seem to be a true Ikaruga man." Bang says, notice the clothes that Amane's wearing while being femimine, shows an art of Japan, the symbol of Ikaruga.
"Yeah, you too." Amane says. Now that all suspicion and animosity was gone after such an intense battle, nothing but a manly friendship could exist.
"I apologize for not being able to trust you in the first place, Amane." Bang says, apologize the dancer for what he did.
"It led to a fun dance thanks to the misunderstanding, so don't worry about it." Amane says, still felt joy from the battle.
"Hm… but…" Bang says, want to know what he can do to make amend before remember "Oh, I know! Why don't you at least le me help you find the person you are looking for?"
"Oh, really? I think I'll take you up on your offer." Amane says, accept Bang's request before describe one of the person he's looking for "He's about 12 or 13 years old. the hair is a beautiful blond, prettier than any gold and eyes clearer than the sky."
"H-Hmm…?" Bang hums, wonder if the description able to narrow down.
"And the biggest information of all is… that he's more beautiful than the moon and is a handsome boy." Amane says, done with his description as Bang cocked and tried to imagine the boy that Amane described.
"Do you mean Carl?" Bang asked, after able to narrow it down to the Clover.
"Yes! That's him!" Amane answer, exicted that Bang able to figure it out before asked "You know of Carl Clover?!"
"HAHAHA! Little Carl is my second apprentice. We've traveled much together." Bang answer before wonder something "So Carl is in Ikaruga…? Why is that…"
"From the looks of it, you don't seem to know his whereabouts. Every time I thought I've caught up with him but…" Amane says, think back of the times he thought he caught Carl but didn't actually.
"I apologize for not being able to help." Bang says, guilty that he can't help at all.
"If you ever bump into him, tell him about me. Tell him we''ll dance on the greatest stage of all!" Amane says.
"I sure will, Amane. However, there is something I must do first." Bang says, confident that he can do it.
"Alright, I will leave you to it." Amane says, confident on his voice but his thought Is the exact opposite 'However… unlike the time he said that he would help me… I sense doubt on him.'
Amane understood the kind of person Bang was from their fight… Amane turn around.
"Well before I go… just one thing, my dear." Amane says.
"What is that?" Bang asked, wonder what Amane wants as the Dancer turns back to him.
"I see doubt in you." Amane answer straightly as Bang flinched on what Amane just siad before he continue "it's just a hunch.. but if you're really doubting something, try visiting your roots."
"My roots…" Bang repeats.
"Yes. The root of where your heart belongs. Well, I'll be on my way, Bang Shishigami. I look forward to our next meeting!" Amane says as he leaves away, leaving Bang alone as he thought about what the dancer just say.
"My roots, wonder what he actually means by it." Bang says as he took a deep thought to think about it, unaware of what's going to happen next.
At a jail cell, Makoto woke up as she looks around for a bit.
"Heeeeey… Helooooooo? Is anyone theeeeeeere?" Makoto says, trying to get anyone's attention.
"I'm hungry…" Noel whine sadly as she and Tager woke up as well. The later didn't say anything as she ask "Why are we in here?"
"Ohh, it's no use! I cann't take this anymore! It's time to make our escape! We're busting out of here! It's prison break time!" Makoto shouts, can't handle the jail anymore.
"Makoto! You don't just break out of prison right away! Not unless you know the warden or something…" Noel says with wide eyes, trying to make sure Makoto doesn't break the jail at all.
"Don't underestimate my fists!" Makoto shouts as she gets rid of her coat and perpare her tonfas "Ars magus internal pressure increased! 700 percent! Let it roar! Burniiing! Cannon! KNUCKLE!"
Makoto lands out a powerful punch into the bars to break free her, Noel and Tager out but instead of that happen, she recives a lot of damage into her hands as she yelled "Ouuuuuucccccchhh!"
"A-Are you okay, Makoto?!" Noel ask, wonder of her friend's condition.
"It's no use. This jail is covered in a heavy-duty restraining barrier. Even a "reactive weapon" wouldn't leave a scratch into the jail." Tager explains the jail they're in.
"Why didn't you say that before?!" Makoto ask before the pain on her hand continues "Hahhh… I'm all… burned out now!"
"Um, Tager… What does that mean?" Noel asked, wonder what Tager means by weapon.
"Hm? Oh, you two don't know?" Tager asked.
"Um yeah, we don't." Noel answer.
"Well, Back in the old days… they were weapons that mankind used until the completion of ars magus. They were the most powerful." Tager explain before add a thought of his own "Or should I say, most terrible weapons."
"Most terrible?" Noel asked, wonder what the Red devil means by it.
"They would burn everything to the ground… leave only despair and nothing else. In a way, they're even worse than the Black beast." Tager answer.
"That sounds scary…" Noel says, scare by the describtion of the waepon as an NOL guard was getting close to their jail cell.
"All of you, out! His excellence, the lord of Ikaruga will see you now." The NOL guard as he unlocks the jail cell and led Tager, Noel and Makoto out, the latter wear back her cloth as after sometime, they were at the NOL halls.
"Lord of Ikaruga? Does he mean Colonel Kagura Mutsuki?" Noel asked, wnder what the guard mean by it.
"Yeah, I think so." Makoto answer.
"What kind of person is he?" Noel asked.
"Ummmm… He's uh…" Makoto says, trying to find words to describe Kagura without making feel awarkd.
"Hm? Makoto? What's wrong? You're actingweird all of a sudden…" Noel says, wonder why Makoto felt weird all of a sudden.
"Keep quiet and walk, you two!" The Nol Soilder shouts for Makoto and Noel to stop talking as they, along with Tager continue to walk until.
"Idiot! Moron! Trash! Perv! You're inhuman! Just die alreay! But I love you! Haah…" A woman shouted as she slap someone before exit the room.
"What the heck was that?" Noel asked, confuse on what just happen as Tager, Makoto and the NOL Soilder was left silent for some time as the latter clear his throat before taking them to the room.
"Wait… Didn't that woman just come out of this room…?" Noel asked confuse.
"Colonel Mutsuki! I bring you two traitors and Sector Seven's Red Devil." The NOL Guard says as some time has passed of no reponse.
"Huh?" Noel.
"Colonel…" The NOL Guard says simply.
"Come in…" Kagura says as NOL guardopen the door and lets the trio to enter to greet with the colonel sitting on a chair, eyes closed.
"Whoa, it wreaks of alcohol…" Noel says as soon as she sniffs the air of the room.
"Oh, no…" Makoto says, wonder if what she thought is true or not while Tager just Sighs.
"Right, thanks… you can go."Kagura says, dissmiss the Guard.
"Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!" the guard ays, as he went to the door to exit before continue his buissness.
"This is pretty bad… Without Hibiki here… I kind of let myself go… Guh… My head's pounding." Kagura says.
"Umm…" Noel as she walk close to him, wonder Kagura's situation.
"Oh, hey, you there. The girl… Grab that water for me." Kagura says.
"S-Sure… Which one?" Noel asked as she look around the bottles that are littered around the room.
"Either of you. Just hand me the water." Kagura says.
"Err… Which one's water?" Noel asked.
"I fail to understand how a mess this could…" Tager says before Makoto make her way to Kagura with a bottle in hand.
"Here." Makoto says as she gives Kagura the one contain water.
"Thanks…" Kagura says as he drinks the water and after some time, says "…Ahhh! Much better."
"Just like always…" Makoto says blankly as Kagura regain coun
"Oh, Makoto! How'd you get here? Been awhile, huh?" Kagura greets to the Beastkin.
"Don't you "been awhile" to me! You just left us in a jail all night." Makoto shouts, angry that the colonel would do such a thing to a familiar person.
"Aghh! Don't yell! My head is pounding here, lady." Kagura says, endure the pain as he wonder "That's strange… Why didn't they come to get you?"
"Yeah, they came. A bunch of creepy people!" Makoto answer.
"Good help, et cetera et cetera. I told them to bring the three suspicious people to me." Kagura says.
"Ughh! Where's Hibiki?" Makoto asked, blankly.
"Hibiki? Uhh, he's out… Business trip? Mission? I can't remember." Kagura answer, can't remember the reason why Hibiki left before add "Anyway, the annoying people aren't here, so we should call everyone in and have a party."
"You want to have a frikkin' party?" Makoto aksed in shock of what she just heard. The Colonel, which was susspose to be a very serious postion to be held, want to throw a party of all things.
"Hey, is this… a woman's…?" Noel asked, about to grab something that belongs to Kagura.
"Don't touch that! You'll get Kagura cooties!" Makoto shouts to stop her friend from touching that thing.
"Did you just tell her that I have cooties?" Kagura ask.
"Oh my god, you CANNOT have a party in your office. What he hell is wrong with you? Are you stupid, I know you're stupid. But you're like, the topstupid in the world!" Makoto shouts angrily at Kagura's stupidity.
"I said don't yell… But if you insist, at least make it about those amazing breasts of yours. Just give me a peek… or two." Kagura says.
"Ugh, absolutely not. Especially not after leaving us hungry in prison like that." Makoto says, still pissed about what happened.
"I was eating and drinking and dancing! Man, that was fun." Kagura says, recall the joy of the parties that he thrown before.
"And what about us?" Makoto asked, her anger about to reach it's limit.
"Completely forgot. My bad." Kagura answer as Makoto can't handle it anymore as she take off her cloth and perpare her tonfas.
"You're dead." Makoto shouts angrily as she punch hard in Kagura's private point.
"My tequilla!" Kagura shouts in pain as he fell down to the floor, endure the pain while Makoto put her cloth back, felt better.
Vulturon and Rin were walking through the forrest, continue on their journey to Ikagura as their went and both have their own minds thoughts while walking. Rin for the Holy Grail War and Vulturon for his past. Even though for the Magi hasn't able to fufil her parent's wish to win the Holy Grail, she was glad that it's gone due to what it could cause to her world. She also thought about the memories she create with Ragna, Luvia and Illya and how fun they have during that time. Vulturon on the other hand, wasn't much fun with his thoughts. Ever since he arrive into his world, he has to help retone the sins of his life. Sure, he doesn't do anything bad in his world at all but attend through his father's goal to reset the world to see evoloution could be seen as one as it's also the reason that cause his death before being given a second chance in another world. He still has some fun in his world but the thoughts of his past will haunt him until he learns to let it go and move on.
"Hey Rin, want to take a break or not?" Vulturon asked, want his mind to be cleared for a moment.
"Yeah, I don't think I can walk all the way." Rin answer as the two went by a tree with shade of sunlight and rest there.
(Cue Ocean of Memories from Fate Unlimited Blade Works)
"So, how do you think about the nature of this forrest so far, Rin?" Vulturon asked, leaning on the tree.
"It felt very good thus far and refreshing as well." Rin answer, lay into the grass as she unties her pigtails to let her hair out for a moment.
"Considering that the forrest been polluted with Seithr, it make sense why it hasn't been touched thus far and so it fel natural." Vulturon says. Since the two can handle Seithr quite well, they can enjoy the peaceful surroundings of the forrest, especially with a certain Croconoid protect the forrest even though he somewhere else.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Rin says, can't help but agree with that.
"Hey Rin, if I may ask: What's your reflection on the Holy Grail War?" Vulturon asked, curious about the Magi's thoughts about the event in her world as Rin think about the war for a moment, looking at the sky and leafes while doing so.
"The Holy Grail War, to me isn't anything special in the slightest." Rin answer, which Vulturon raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"What do you mean exactly by that?" Vulturon asked, curious on what Rin means.
"At first." Rin says, which left Vulturon more confuse before she answer "The war and simple days like this… They'll never fundamently change. I borrowed Ragna's strength, but in reality, Ragna's past and his family are the things that he relied on. We'll all connected in someway. I think we go through life using not only our own strength, but also the hard work of those who came before. Every day, while I'm studying, someone will judge me. Like they're saying: "What will you add to this?". As of now, I don't know but whatever that is, I'll make sure to not forget the people who help me at all."
"Even… me?" Vulturon asked, felt emotional at Rin's speech about her view on the war and wonder if it's true for Reploids and Pseuderoids like him in the first place consider the history of his world in the first place.
"Even you." Rin answer as she looks up to the Vulture "I mean, you also have some people who help you to get this far, right?"
Vulturon thought about that for a while and it was true once he think carefully. He wouldn't have been here or even living in the first place if Albert didn't create him and MegaMan Model A, who can be consider a sibling due to being relate to their creator defeat him to send him to PseudoSpace, only for fate to send him with some of his siblings here instead. He was shock of this fact and stay silent for a few seconds, looking down on his hands before say "Yeah, I guess you made a good point then."
"That proves my point then." Rin says with a soft smile as she turns her sight back on the leaves and sky for some time before a thought cross her mind "Hey Vulturon, what's your reflection on life?"
"Um, why are you asking that?" Vulturon asked with a curious look.
"Because you seem to have a trouble thought about that in your mind." Rin answer.
"What makes you think of that, though?" Vulturon asked, wonder where Rin got the impression from.
"Because you seem to be unsure about something and the look of shock that gives me an idea of what it could be and besides, didn't you just guess my favorite drink? I think it would be fair if I guess your thoughts as well." Rin answer, concludes from the Vulture's reaction and theorize a bit before making a guess out of it.
"Fair, I guess." Vulturon says, can't help but agree Rin's point as he lets out a sigh "For me, life means nothing at first. I felt life is just a thing that just born and after some time, pass away so that make way for new generation and just repeat the cycle while everything around them change as time goes on. It's not that worth it to say the least."
"What about now?" Rin asked, wonder what his reflection nowadays are like.
"Now I felt like life has more meaning to it than it was before. Maybe time changes and new generation comes to life, but that doesn't mean that the old generation has to be forgotten. Also, I never understand this before but now I do that people only have one chance of living, animal included, so they have to make the best use of it, including us as well. There's either a rare chance that you could get a second chance of living or never so that makes it more meaningfull than it already is. Life and death may felt boring in times but it also felt beautiful as well if you think carefully. Death can't exist without Life and Life can't exist without Death. One can't happen without the other and that is the part of Nature's beauty and that's something I never realize until now. Basically, I think life is beautiful and one of a kind to each and different personality." Vulturon answer, think back of the time that he and his brothers were giving the second chance and the times he travelled from city to city, he seen the nature life of the forrest that he travelled and it felt somewhat beautiful to him in the slightest. Those moments were what make him to have new views about life and what push it even futher is the death of a creature that he felt a bit emotional: the bug that he takes care alongside Ragna, Makoto and Lambada. Even though he only met in such a short time before its time come to an end, it was enough to make him see that death can be natural as life is.
"Hmp, that's emotional of your speech and your right: we don't have much time left so we have to make use of it while we can and when I find Ragna, I'm gonna sure to do just that." Rin says, agree with what the Vulture said as they continue rest for some time before continue their journey.
(End song)
"Are you done with the pain, now?" Makoto asked after waiting for some time for the pain that the Beastkin onflict on the NOL captian to pass.
"I think it is done now." Kagura answer as he puts a hand into the desk before stand up and dust himself before notice Noel "I don't believe we're met. I'm Kagura Mutsuki. It's a pleasure to meet you, Noel Vermillion."
"S-Sir! It's my honnor to make your acquaintance, Colonel Kagura Mutsuki. I am Lieutenant Noel Vermillion. Umm… I guess I'm not a lieutenant anymore."
"Doesn't really matter does it? It's alright if I call you Noel?" Kagura asked.
"If that is what you'd perfer, Colonel, then that is acceptable." Noel answer.
"No need to be so uptight. You can all me Kagura, babe." Kagura says flirtingly.
"Ah, okay. Got it… Kagura." Noel says, ignore the last part of the Colonel's word.
"He just called you babe." Makoto says blankly.
"What? Want me to call you babe, too? Huh, babe? Maybe you'd prefer "doll"? that one's popular out here these days…" Kagura says.
"Ugh, you are foul." Makoto says, disgust of what the NOL Colonel just say.
"Are you still angry, Lover number 3?" Kagura asked.
"What?! Don't say that, you leech!" Makoto says angrily.
"M-Makoto… Did he say lover?" Noel asked, couldn't believe what she just heard.
"Don't listen to him!" Makoto shouts, doesn't want her friend to hear any of that anymore.
"I'm shocked that our romantic night together meant so little to you." Kagura says with a wink.
"Oh my god! That NEVER happened at all!" Makoto shouts as she went to punch Kagura in the stomach.
"Owwwww." Kagura yelps in pain as Makoto take the step back to where she was.
"R-R-Romantic night?" Noel asked shockingly, wonder what Kagura means by it. Did he and Makoto has a night like that or it's just in the imagination of the Colonel?
"Listen to me, Noel. Just ignore this creep." Makoto advise her friend.
"I just got a great idea for a new poem! A night, warm as the summer breeze… under the-mfff… Mfffff mffff, mfffffuuffuffff." Noel says, pretend to not hear anything but Makoto was not having any of it.
"You are doing this on PURPOSE, Noel!" Makoto shouts.
"Ow ow ow… Women are so difficult… Aren't they, Red Devil? Been a while since I've seen you too, hasn't it?" Kagura ask.
"Spare me the plesantries. Where is Kokonoe?" Tager says.
"This totally package gets here and the moment it arrives she says 'I'm going to assemble that.' Haven't see her since then." Kagura answer seriously, unsure where the pink Beastkin could be.
"I see… How does one get to the basement? I haven't been able to get ahold of her for days, so I'm worried." Tager says worringly.
"Sorry, I set up an interference device, so communications couldn't get through." Kokonoe says as she appear out of nowhere.
"The groundhog emerges! Wait, where did you pop out from?" Kagura asked, wonder how Kokonoe able to get here fast.
"From that room over there." Kokonoe answer, pointing towards a door, which make Kagura stare in shock.
"Wait! That's MY room!" Kagura says, shock at the fact that of all the rooms that Kokonoe could use, she use his room.
"Yep. It was the perfect site. I took the liberty of remoldeling it into an elevator." Kokonoe says as Kagura rush to his room as fast as possible.
"What have you done to my pad?! I can't have all the ladies in here! Where did you put all my stuff?" Kagura says as he looking everywhere for his stuff.
"Professor Kokonoe, I've missed you so much!" Makoto says cheerfully.
"I-It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Kokonoe." Noel says nervously.
"So you're THE Noel Vermillion, huh? Hm…" Kokonoe says, taking a look around her. To have someone with a true Azure here take some interest on her.
"Y-Yes?" Noel says, more nervous than she already is.
"You. Come with me." Kokonoe says simply as a suddem rush came through Noel.
"Oh noooo!" Noel scream in fear.
"What…? What's wrong, Noel?" Kokonoe asked, worried about Noel's condition.
"I'm sorry.. I'm sorry… Please don't upgrade me." Noel says shakingly.
"Upgrade?" Kokonoe asled confusingly, wonder what Noel's talking about.
"Ng… Hn hng…" Makoto stiffle, trying to compose herself.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kokonoe asked.
"Tager said… that you constantly want to upgrade people…" Noel answer.
"Tager…" Kokonoe says as she turmns to the red devil.
"No, I-… I just stated a frank opinion on you." Tager says nervously.
"Frank, huh?" Kokonoe asked, wonder what that word means exactly.
"W-Wait, let's talk out this first!" Tager says nervously.
"Yeah, so… Noel, just come with me." Kokonoe says, decides to ignore Tager for now and focus on Noel.
"You won't…. upgrade me?" Noel asked.
"If you stop wasting time then I won't upgrade you at all." Kokonoe answer, tries to hold her temper as much as possible as she drags Noel to another room.
"Ohhh… wheww…" Tager sighs in relief that his boss didn't do anything bad to him in the slightest before Kokonoe come back.
"As for you, Tager… We're going to dicuss my 'Frank opinons' later." Kokonoe says before went back to the room.
"I'm doomed." Tager says in horror of what Kokonoe wants to talk about him later as a few minutes later, Noel and Kokonoe come back with the former has some change clothes. Noel's now boast a pair of black long socks, a blue skirt with a some yellow lines at the bottom and a belt that has two gun helders for Bolverk. she also boast a white T-shirt with black color at the bottom of it and a blue jacket with some red lines and yellow outlines, a red tie and some blue pins on her hair.
"Wow." Makoto says in amazement.
"Hmmm…" Tager hums, examine Noel's new clothes for a bit.
"How… do I look?" Noel asked.
"Not bad. Not bad. That looks good on you, Nollers." Makoto answer, liking the new clothes already.
"Looks good." Tager answer.
"Th-thanks. But… am I showing a little too much skin?" Noel says, felt great for the compliments but wonder about the reveal of her clothes.
"Hm? I don't think so." Makoto answer, doesn't saw it in the slightest while Tgaer stay silent.
"Thank you, Professor." Noel says gratefully.
"My turn, my turn. What do you have for me, Professor?" Makoto asked, want to see Kokonoe has in store for her next.
"Here…" Kokonoe says as she gives her clothes to Makoto before she change to it. The Beastkin has orange jacket with black outline and a bell in the middle.
"Hey! Pretty nice!" Makoto says.
"Hey, that looks good on you. But… Is it okay for us to have all of this?" Noel asked.
"I can't have you two mandering around her in the NOL. Especially here." Kokonoe answer.
"Here?" Noel asked.
"Don't forget that we're in Ikaruga. Kazamotsu, the place you arrived in is far better than other cities." Kokonoe says.
"She's right." Tager says.
"Hm? "Better"? Neol asked, wonder what means by it exactly.
"Noel… It was only a few years ago that Ikaruga was at war with the NOL." Makoto answer.
"Ah!" Noel gasped, realized what this means exactly.
"That's right. They're friendly on the surface, but a lot of them harbor resentment and hatred towards the NOL and to this day, they still do." Kokonoe says.
"There are even those who belive Ibukido's destruction was the result of an NOL attack." Tager added "And if that wasn't enough for you, I heard from his sleeps that Mr Gazelle even has some nightmare with them as well."
"Even Buckfire scared of it as well?" Noel asked. She knows that the Gazelloid tend to be fearless most of the time so for him to be scared of a capital make her belive that Ikaruga unfriendly towards the NOL in general.
"Yes, even he seems to be affaird of it as well." Tager answer, recall the times that he spoke nervously in his sleep when the Devil slep the night with him and Ragna.
"And if I'm not mistaken at all, you were rescued from Ikaruga as well." Kokonoe says, recall about Noel's involvment with the city.
"Yes… After that, I was given to my foster parents." Noel answer
"Sounds sbout right." Kokonoe says before remember something "Oh, also, Noel. Don't remove that gear on your ear."
"Hm? Why no…" Noel asked confusingly before Kokonoe answer her unfinished question "Just don't."
'I think I know why.' Makoto thought, recall on the night when Tsubaki and Noel battle. To hear and see that her friend is a god killing machine make her tragic than it already is but that also put a question on the DemiHuman as well 'Why did they create a living weapon in Ibukido in the first place?'
"Speaking about clothes, did you perpare Buckfire's when he gets here?" Noel ask. Since her friend is both a former NOL member and a Beastkin at the sametime, it will make his stay when he get here more difficult than it already is.
"Yeah, I perpare him and his brother's when they along with Ragna get here." Kokonoe answer, make Noel gasp at the last bit.
"That means that Ragna and Buckfire gonna be heading here, right?" Noel asked.
"Yeah, and I also expect his bird brother will be here as well." Kokonoe answer, make Makoto confuse for a moment before realazation gets to her.
"Oh, you mean Vulturon right?" Makoto asked, hoping she was right.
"Yeah, him if I recall his name correctly." Kokonoe answer, unsure of the Vulture's name.
"How long do you think until they're arrive?" Tager asked.
"I'm not sure consider all three of them went travel through the forrest but I think it's gonna take some time until they all make it here." Kokonoe answer as a door slam can be heard nearby them.
"Kokonoe… What are you donna do with that? When Hibiki gets back, there's gonna be a lot out tr--" Kagura says as he steps out of his room furiously before stop at the sight of Noel's new look, who shriek at the glance.
"Y-yes?" Noel asked as Kagura comes closer to Noel with a smirk on his mouth.
"Noel, babe… Did you know… the light that emanates from something beautiful can cause a person to lose themselves?" Kagura asked flirtatoustly.
"Huh?" Noel gasped.
"That is… your eyes… Please, don't take your gaze off me… I want to get lost in them." Kagura says as he held Noel's face up for their eyes stare at each other.
"Huh? What? Whaaaaat?!" Noel says, wonder what's happening to Kagura right now.
"A night, warm as the summer breeze…" Kagura says.
"SQUIRREL POWER!" Makoto shouts as she punch Kagura, losing his grip away from Noel.
"Reversal!" Kagura says weakly as he fall down to the floor once again.
"That right there, Noel, is the kind of man you never let come near you. Got it?" Makoto asked blankly at Kagura's behavior.
"O-Okay…" Noel answer, a little affarid of what just happen before thought of something "Oh, Makoto. Do you think that Buckfire knew about this?"
"Chances are he does consider Kagura does this often." Makoto answer as Kagura stands back up.
"Your body… It's perfect… You could rule the world with that bod, Makoto." Kagura says painfully.
"Hah… Ignore this idiot, you two. You shouldn't have any problems walking around outside in those clothes. For now, go get some food." Kokonoe says, want Noel and Makoto to leave before been dealt with Kagura's pervert nature.
"I will happily guide you around this great city. I know quite a few fine establishments." Kagura says.
"Oh, you do…" Noel says.
"No thanks. Let's go, Noel." Makoto interrupts, wants to be away from Kagura.
"Don't stray too far, kids. I have some some things I need to discuss with the two of you later." Kokonoe says as Noel and Makoto leaves out of the room.
"I can't belive that guy." Makoto says in disbelief of what just happen.
"Makoto… I think Kagura… might be a good person." Noel says.
"What the hell, Noel. You are off one cheap date." Makoto says in disbelief of her friend.
"Kagura, I'm gonna need you to stop flirting with those two." Kokonoe says, doesn't want this flirting from Kagura to happen any time soon.
"Flirting? What do you mean by that? I meant litterlary every word I said!" Kagura says, doesn't understand what the pink Beastkin talking about.
"Where did you learn that nonsense in the first place? Let me check out your head, maybe I can make some upgrades on it while I'm at it." Kokonoe says.
"Let's not talk about that for now, Kokonoe. I have matters to dicuss with you." Tager says, want to get something out.
"Hm? Oh, that's right." Kokonoe says.
"Is it true? What you said before contact me…" Tager says, recall what she says about the Mad Dog.
"Yeah, he ambushed me. I can't belive those morons on the committee would let that berserker out of his cage in the first place." Kokonoe says, frustated about what happen in the Sector Seven head.
"Azarael…? You mean that Azrael?" Kagura asked once he realize who they're talking about.
"The same. 'The Mad Dog.'" Kokonoe answer.
"Nngh! Did the committee forget how much was sacrificed to seal him away?!" Tager says, unbelive of Azrael's escape.
"Whoa whoa whoa. Let's keep the floor intact." Kagura says.
"Hm… I can't imagine they let the dog out of his cage just for us. They might be after something else…" Kokonoe says.
"Something else?" Tager asked, wonder what the Mad Dog could want.
"There are a lot of things that he could be after for but the first thing I can think of would be the Azure Grimoire." Kokonoe says.
"Ragna the Bloodedge… The first thing? What else can you think of?" Tager says, understand why she would first think of that.
"The fact that they're trying to take me out of the picture by force could mean that they inted to take on the Library for real." Kokonoe answer.
"Whoa, whoa, that's treasonous talk you just spoke there." Kagura says. Since he's part of the NOL, he would also be in the target list as well.
"Hm, like you're in any position to comment. No matter. Whatever their goal is, it doesn't change a single bit what we're doing." Kokonoe says.
"Yeah, I'm counting on you, Professor. That's the only reason I signed up in the first place." Kagura says.
"You're gambling against the odds, you know that." Kokonoe says.
"That's the best kind of excitement that you can have." Kagura says.
"What's the plan?" Tager asked.
"Defeat the Imperator." Kokonoe answer straightly.
"The Imperator?!" Tager says shockingly.
"Yeah, and I'll take on the full control of the NOL once all it's done." Kagura says with a smirk on his face.
"What? We're discussing full-on treason now?" Tager asked.
"That sounds just about right." Kagura answer.
"Kokonoe, wasn't your target originally Yuuki Terumi?" Tager asked, wonder why the sudden change.
"To defeat Terumi, the Imperator has to be eliminated first. That's why I've teamed up with Kagura." Kokonoe answer.
"That's right. Looks like we'll be working together for a while, Red Devil." Kagura says.
"Understood. I'm not in a position to say no either way." Tager says, can't really agure regardless as he ask "Is there a means of defeating the Imperator?"
"I'll send you the data with the summary for that later." Kokonoe answer
"What's about Yuuki Terumi? He'sno fool or an idiot at the slightest. He's no fool. He'll realize what we're after right away." Tager asked, wonder about the other threat.
"Don't worry about him. I have an ace up my sleeve. I'll introduce you later." Kokonoe answer with a smirk on her face.
"Ace? Inroduce?" Tager asked.
"I'm relying on Ragna the Bloodedge and maybe the Gazelle for that." Kokonoe answer.
"They're invovled, too?" Tager asked.
"I guaranteed their attendance." Kokonoe answer.
"I see… So that's why you told them to head out here, then." Tager says, recall back at Litchi's clinic.
"Yeah, this will be their destination when they arrive." Kokonoe says.
"Then that leaves only Azrael." Tager says.
"If it comes down to it, I'll face that Mad dog. Don't worry." Kagura says.
"That's the plan. For now, I need to do some urgent maintenance on Tger. I haven't looked you over since Kagutsuchi. Kagura, I'll need you to divert 80% of power to the basement." Kokonoe says.
"Wait, 80%?! Hold on! The whole branch will lose power if we do that." Kagura says shockingly.
"It's fine. I rasied the electricity ouput of this branch by 600%. It shouldn't cause the power to go out." Kokonoe says as she turns to the Red Devil "Follow me, Tager. Ah yes, and we'll have plenty of time to discuss those "Frank opinions"…"
"Roger that. Please… Be gentle." Tager says as he and Kokonoe leaves the room.
"Careful, Red Devil. Stay alive! Gonna be a hell of an electric bill this month." Kagura says, half concern for the Red Devil and half concern for the bill as he hoes out to increase the power to the basement, can't help but wonder why would Kokonoe want that.
"So this is Ikaruga…" Bullet says as she finally arrive in Ikaruga. However from the looks of it, Ikaruga was a lot more run down than Bullet had expected. Some trees have been break apart and it look deserted out of building of sorts. She couldn't help but forrow her brows. She was sure that it would be different in the city, but…
"Could this really be the place that Kokonoe and Relius would come? I guess I've come too far to far to turn back now. Better late than never, I guess." Bullet says to herself as she think back "Now that I think about it, I really need to find a place to sleep and gather what information I can."
So Bullet tries to find what info she can get as soon as she can until she's notice someone's pressnece so she turns to the source to find Amane stands there.
"You're…!" Bullet says shockingly.
"Oh, are you talking to me?" Amane ask.
"Oh… nothing. My apologies. You look similar to someone I… but it can't be. I've mistaken you for someone else, that's all." Bullet answer.
"Oh come now, my dear, are you saying that there are other that look like me? If that's the case, I'd would love to invite them to my parties!" Amane says with a hint of interrest.
"That's not what I meant, but I guess I'll tell you my story as an apology. It's just a chapter in my past if you are currious." Bullet says.
"Good enough for me." Amane says.
"About ten years ago… I was a child back then, living with a group of mercenaries. One day. The captain said we were gonna learn a new routine for our close quarters combat, so he brought an instructor in." Bullet says with her eyes closed to think back of the details in her story before continue with her eyes open "It was the instructor that resembled you, he said something like, "I heard you guys were the best trope around. I've come to enlighten you futher.""
"I see." Amane says, understand why Bulllet was confused someone else for him.
"So the instructor looked at our moves and said "You guys don't even have the basics down!" and instructed us to dance around a strange watch-tower… Supposedly, it was an Eastern dance. It seemed a little weird, but I guess they thought it would help them become stronger so they go along with it." Bullet says, think back about the details that the instructor give to them and her as she countinue with her eyes close "Though at the time I was still young, they let me join the training because the mercenaries were the only family I had."
"Well, this story is evn more intteresting than I ever thougt." Amane says.
"The instructor made everyone train for 3 days and nights straight. Everyone was a trained specialist when it comes to combact, but dance on the other hand… was no one's specialty." Bullet says with mixed feellings about this fact. While on one hand it does improve her fighting a bit, it was still embarres to know such a thing on the first place "While the dance become a fight for everyone's survival, the instructor suddenly blurted out, "Dammit, I got the wrong troupe!" and left us…"
"Oh my."Amane says with side eyes.
"It was hell… I'll never forget the music they played in the backgound one bit… ugh… I'm embarresed to admit it but just think about it sends chills down my spine." Bullet says.
"Well, I suspect that the teacher mistook 'troops' for 'troupe' then. Are you saying that the teacher looked like me?" Amane asked, have a good feelling of who it could be.
"Affirmative." Bullet answer.
"That's beacuse… it WAS me." Amane says.
"Well then, You're dead meat!" Bullet shouts angrily, ready to beat down the man that gives her a bad childhood.
"Oh no no no! I had no bad intentions back then. Rather I was trying to…" Amane says, trying to calm Bullet down but she was none having it.
"Hold still and let me kill you, I promise I'll be gentle." Bullet says angrily.
"I guess I have no choice, then." Amane says as he perpare to what Bullet has in store for him.
(Cue Spirit of Fire from Blazblue)
Bullet runs to Amane to beat him up but the dancer counter what Bullet tries to throw before retaliate with his own moves once he got the opportunity and attack her with multiple dance moves.
"Oh, you'll pay for that and the hell that you put me through." Bullet says angrily as she charges back in and give Amane a straight punch with her glove fire up, causing him to crash to a nearby rock but still standing.
"Not bad, not bad but can you handle this?" Amane says as he perpare his fans and attack and do a spin towards Bullet, who was caught off guard by the dance before being pummeled.
"Oh, looks like my dance lessons didn't fit into your fighting style." Amane says. He remembered he had taught her this dance as Bullet use the distraction for some power hits into the dancer, burn him up a bit.
"You got such a unqie spark like the last time I saw you, intteresting." Amane says as he distance himself from Bullet before put a sash underneath his feet as Bullet runs to attack Amane before the dancer created a drill cloth underneath her distance, damage her a bit.
"I have enough of this shit, this ends here." Bullet says furiously as she runs up to Amane before punch him with fire from her gloves and constantly attack back and forth, giving the dancer little time of recovery. Once an oppening has been accidently make by Bullet, Amane use the chance to kick Bullet away.
"Not by a long shot, girl." Amane says tiredly as he recovers a bit before he attacks back with an uppercut before attack her nonstop in the air before the dancer Ax kick the mercenary down.
"Agghhh!" Bullet growl at the pain as she recovers quickly before pummel Amane nonstop with her fist before enchance it with her gloves fire up as she continue the beating until she decide to grab Amane's throat and held him up.
(End theme)
"Oh my dear, you aren't bad at all! I'm having fun!" Amane says happily.
"You're not some ordinary perfomer. I'm not done with you yet!" Bullet says, ready to pummel Amane more as she tighten her grip onto Amane.
"Times are tough, we have to protect ourselves. Though if you do any more of battling, you won't get away with just being a joke or something worse." Amane says seriously.
"What?" Bullet gasped, caught off guard by the Dancer's word.
"Can you let go off me now? I figure you can't afford to kill time either, my dear." Amane says, no longer want to fight.
"I'm still not sastified, but I don't have the time to deal with you." Bullet says after calm down as she lets go of Amane.
"I enjoyed our battle together, my dear. Next time, I'd like to dance in another setting." Amane says, happy to have another fight with Bullet later.
"…Never." Bullet says, don't want another one down the line.
"Oh, what a wonderful day for meeting interesting people!" Amane says "Your fight has moved me… I sensed the doubts in your heart."
"Huh?" Bullet gasped.
"You're doubting too. If this advice is unnecesarry, I apologize. But when in doubt, it's important for you listen to your instincts." Amane says.
"Don't mess with me! I don't have any doubts whatsoever!" Bullet scream fuiriously.
"If you say so, my dear." Amane says, understand that Bullet can't open her feelings easily as he turns back "Well my dear, I have to go now. I look forward to our my next meeting!"
Bullet laughed merily as he walk and left Bullet alone. Alone, Bullet was surrouned by silence so complete that it somehow hurts her ears as she put her hand in her pocket.
"Go with your instincts huh… Maybe he was right." Bullet says with her eyes closed as she pulls out a coin from her pocket before flip it upwards as the coin twriled around for a bit before land it back into her hand to reveal heads was on top.
"Heads… I'll start with Kokonoe." Bullet says as once re-dicated to her task, she moved quickly. She recalled information she'd gathered regarding Kokonoe and started the investigation with a new vigor on mind. Despite that, she couldn't help but thought about one person specificly.
"Hmm, I wonder how Bifrost's doing." Bullet says.
Speaking about Bifrost, the ice Pseuderoid was still in snow town as he watch the penguins do the best snowman as fast as possible.
"And we have a winner, ladies and gentleman." Bifrost says as he went to the winning penguin and raise their arm as it chrips happily and the other are happy until they felt a intimidate pressence around as once the Croconoid notice the pressence, he looks around to see anyone's there or not until he saw something huge charge towards him as he runs and block it with his arms while protecting the penguins as he throws it down to reveal Magnus.
"Who are you and why are you attack recklessly?" Bifrost asked, perpare the battle stance as the bull looks at him fierecely.
"My name's Mino Magnus and I come here to destroy you once and for all." Mino answer as he points his axe at Bifrost, who weren't flinched at the slightest but the penguins around him does shiver a lot at the sight of the weapon.
"Get out of here, guys. A fight is ineventable here." Bifrost says as the penguins runs away for safety before the Croconoid return his sight back to Mino "Judging by your looks, I assume you are a reploid as well, huh?"
"You are indeed correct." Mino answer.
"Now answer me this: who do you work for?" Bifrost asked. He remembers clearly that he never met the bull at all during his time in both his world and this one so far and the fact that Magnus is a reploid also covers this. Reploids are not created in this world so for one to come here means that a force must be use and thust able to come here.
"You smarter than you look and for that, I'm gonna answer your question before your death: I work for the Imperator." Mino answer.
"The Imperator? You mean the Imperator of the NOL?" Bifrost asked shockingly.
"You are correct." Mino answer.
"How did she able to get you here in the first place?" Biforst asked.
"That doesn't concern your buisness." Mino answer.
'No, it is concern for me that someone was able to bring back someone from the other side.' Bifrost thought waringly 'But that begs the question: How many others does she able to summon?'
"Enough talk, let's send you to the other side once and for all." Mino says as both him and Bifrost took on a battle stance, ready to battle it out.
(Cue Slam Down from Zx Advent)
Mino make the first move by charging straight to the Croconoid but Bifrost open his jaws to block the axe as he tries to crush it with his jaws before Mino able to pull it back in time.
"Nice try breaking my axe down, sucker." Mino says as he punch Bifrost in the face before tries another slash as Bifrost able to block it before retaliate with his own attacks.
"Alright, that's it." Mino says angrily as he jumps back before creating a large electric wave with his axe towards Bifrost, who able to block it just in time with his jaws.
"Have a taste of this, then." Bifrost shouts as he fires his icicle fangs towards Magnus, who block most of it with his axe as the others goes around the bull and hit him for some effective damage before the Crconoid release the Croco Wheels towards Magnus, who block it with his arms as the wheels continue to spin at him, damage him slightly.
"You're starting to piss me off, you know that." Magnus says angrily as he breaks the wheels before grabs the Croconoid with a red sphere on his remain arm as Bifrost able to release it with his arm but notice the sphere still there on his nose.
"What are you trying to--" Bifrost says, confuse by this but stop once he saw that Mino create a blue sphere and the Croconoid slowly being dragged towards him as Bifrost realize what this could be.
"I have my fun, but now you must die." Mino shouts as he raise his axe up, hoping to end this as fast as he could before Bifrost able to attack back with his tail. This attack was enough to break the sphere between the two as Bifrost turns back and kick Mino with full force.
"If you think you're gonna kill me easily, you got another thing coming." Bifrost shouts as he charges in with his tail covered in ice and slam it into Mino, who was still fazed with the kick and thus, getting slam by the tail.
"Let's see if you can dodge this or not." Mino says as he raise his arm with green electricity. As soon as he did that, junks were flown from underneath the snow as they formed many balls before throw them towards Bifrost, who was shocked by this as he get hits by a few before block the others off as he once again been caught off guard by Mino charging towards him full force as he lets out a smirk "Ow, what's wrong? Looks like you're out of energy to fight now."
"Not by a long shot, Minotaur." Bifrost shouts as he lets out a cold breath to Mino, who was slowly being frozen by it before the Crocodile jump towards him, crushing some of the Minotaur's mechanical parts down but not out.
"Let's see if you can handle this or not." Mino says as he throws his axe up before separate his limbs and let them do the attack. Bifrost was caught off guard of this as the arms punch him in the eyes, make him release the remain part that he pins down, the body and the head as they float up. The two legs come up next to kick Bifrost next but due to his blindness from the punch, it cause the Croconoid to scream painfully and turn aournd viciously that his tail knocked the legs out of the way.
'I should have seen this coming.' Mino thought, felt stupid for the decision of punching the Croconoid's eyes first as the bull reattached his limbs before summon back the axe as Mino charge in directly for a srtike. Unfortunately, Bifrost's eyes has been recover as he looks to see the Bull charging towards him as Bifrost stops it in time with his hands before throw Mino away as the latter slam into a large pile of snow, hurts him a bit.
"Now's my chance to finish this." Bifrost says quietly as he open his jaw and runs to where he throws Mino in as fast as he can. The minotaur able to dug out of the snow and shake the remains off before being chewed on relentlessly by the Croconoid before being spit out with a lot of force, leaving the Bull damage heavily.
'Ugh, how could he be this strong?' Mino thought, surprise by the strengh of the Croconoid. he knows that the Ice Pseuderoid is strong but he didn't expect to be this strong as he look for options 'I guess there's only one thing left to do.'
"Hmp, looks like you are tougher than I expected and for that, I'm letting you free for now." Magnus says before look at the Croconoid fierece "But remember this: Next time we fight, it won't end the same way as before."
"Hmp, I'll wait until then." Bifrost says as Mino teleport himself out of there, leaving the Cronoid and the penguins alone as he let out a sigh in relief.
(End song)
"Ngh, finally, that bull left." Bifrost says in relief as he look around to see the aftermath of their battle, which was alot.
"Gggh, looks like I'll be staying here for a while." Bifrost says grudingly as he went to repair the damage that he and Mino did, the penguins afterwards help him. He can't help but wonder one thing, though.
"How does the Imperator able to summon someone from the other side to help her? And how many did she summon?" Bifrost ask himself as the snow continues to fall and the Croconoid hope to find an answer later down the line as he repair what he done as the snow fall down and the day goes the same.
A/N: And that will be the end of this chapter. Man, due to issues that got me to complete this late. Kinda irronic that I upload it on the day when I make this Fanfiction. Anyway, I hope though this chapter will please you guys. See you guys in the next chapter!