Chapitre 5: The Spirit & The Calamity
It has been two days since the attack at Fashion Flows and yet Yuya and Yuto hadn't woken up. Milla was recovering fairly quickly, she explained it to Jude that it was because of the Four's influence to her body, their power comes in when she is weak and Milla gives them her energy when using them. With Jude now having the ability to see Otherworld, he was getting information and small training for understanding the situation.
The keychain was actually a crystal relic known as a Lilium orb, the Four explained it was created by mystical flowers that was found by man and now a very few are left. The Spirits told the medic that the orbs has the power to fight beings of darkness, Milla had one on her as well but as a bracelet together with different pink stones just in case. Milla's hand maid had found them in a ruin and the Lord of Spirits gave them to people she thought was worthy to their power and gain allies.
Jude was quite shocked when heard about his partner's hand maid was the one finding them and the maid was a male as well. Efreet explained that the clothes he and Milla wore was a reflection of their hearts, Milla being a woman of perfection and Jude being a gentle wind in nature. The ruby eyed girl had once said she gave a few orbs to some of their friends at the academy and the ember eyed nurse had to figure it out himself who they are.
Now the two was in the living room with Ludger and Elle, who came to check if they were okay after what happened. The police detective explained that Milla's order to erase the memories of the victims made them think it was a break in.
"We're just glad you're okay." Elle said with a gloomy expression on her face.
"To think dollmakers made such a big move in such a short amount of time." Ludger said in wonder. "You were right to give Jude a Lilium orb for just in case." Milla nodded in agreement.
"How can you know Milla so well when I found out her being Maxwell two days ago?" Jude questioned.
"She helped me with a case three years ago and a year before that, I helped Yuya when he was hurt in an alley." Ludger explained shortly.
"Oh." Jude said in understanding. Lying between Ludger and Elle was a big fur ball named Rollo.
He is a white, obese cat with large, green eyes and gray accents on his face, ears, tail, and three of his feet. His upper-right paw is the only exception to this, as it remains white. Rollo wears a black collar with a large, black bell adorned with a green ring. Rollo yawns as he wakes up and Elle begins to smile.
"I still don't get how Rollo got here to begin with." Milla proclaimed as she giggled. "He keeps following you around everywhere, even Velvet doesn't understand how."
"That's because he likes me and not glasses guy." Elle said as she takes the fat cat under his front legs. The teens began to chuckle at the little girl's words but once they all stopped, they heard someone groaning.
Down the stairs came Yuya holding his head, on his shoulders was a pure white hooded cape that had resembling his old jacket and judging by the expression, he hasn't noticed yet.
"Welcome back to the living, little brother." Milla greeted and Yuya looked up annoyed.
"Can you please don't say that? I'm still shaken after what happened." Yuya complained.
"Yuya, you must have had that jacket far too much for not noticing what you have on you right now." Jude pointed out and Yuya looked at him.
"What are you talking..." Yuya began to say as he looked at himself and the cape. "When did I get this?"
"I bought it for you, since it would suit you better." Milla explained. Rollo jumped out of Elle's hands and got to Yuya to look at his hood before growling at it.
"What's wrong, Rollo?" Ludger asked the cat. Rollo jumped at the hood and everyone stood up in a hurry but wasn't prepared for what was in it.
A red lizard standing on two legs that was as big as the fat cat jumped out and landing on the stairs, roaring at Rollo. Its dichromatic eyes, one red and one green, staring at the cat.
"That's a dragon..." Ludger said shocked.
'It's different from the ones I have captured.' Milla thought as she goes to it but Yuya stopped her.
"Milla, I can explain but I need to calm him down first." Yuya said as he got down on one knee.
"Him?" Jude asked confused.
"Odd-Eyes, calm down. Rollo's just a cat, he thought you were going to attack me." Yuya said while picking the dragon up in his arms. "You shouldn't be outside my room." The dragon climbed up on his shoulder and squeaked which Yuya suddenly began to chuckle. "Yeah, yeah. I'm going to get you some food alright."
The crimson eyed boy sat down beside his sister and Odd-Eyes got down so Milla could scratch under his chin. The small dragon purred like a kitten, Milla giggled as this dragon was entirely different. It wasn't as furious and angry like the other three, it was almost as if he had bonded with Yuya from the time they first met.
"This is amazing, he's incredible." Milla said impressed.
"He really is! How come you have such a big lizard as a pet?" Elle asked curious, acknowledged Jude she could see Otherworld.
"Um, Odd Eyes isn't my pet. But rather my familiar." Yuya said.
"Familiar?" Jude questioned as he's still learning about the abilities of Otherworld.
"A creature with the same wavelength as a person can bond with each other, becoming a partner for life." Ludger explained as he still haven't told the others about why he have the Sight. "It's actually very rare for someone to have a familiar, even more rare to see a dragon be in a bond with a human."
"Before you explain how you were being able to tame a dragon, how's Yuto?" Milla asked.
"He's okay, he needs to rest for the rest of the day." Yuya said with a small smile but got confused with what he just said. "How did I know that?"
"I don't know." Milla lied with a mischievous smile and Yuya understood what she had done.
"No! No, you didn't!" Yuya exclaimed panicked. "You made me Yuto's vessel! You know that has never happened before!"
"It was the only way for Yuto to survive, he was really injured after what you did to him." Milla explained and the younger brother shadowed his eyes.
"We don't know the consequences if a Secrecy Eyes becomes a vessel, I've been scared of it." Yuya said hushed as he holds Odd-Eyes tighter. The little dragon looked up to his friend's eyes to see the fear in them, Odd-Eyes squeaked to get Yuya's attention. "I'm alright, I just need to take it in."
"It looks like you can understand Odd-Eyes, was it, like he was talking like a human." Jude said changing the subject and Yuya looked up a little in confusion.
"You mean, you can't understand him?" Yuya asked and everyone nodded.
"How long have you had Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon in your room?" Milla asked, wanting to know how long she's never knew of the dragon.
"Since I was five, he was the first spirit I saw." Yuya explained smiling a sad smile. "But he didn't look like this, he had a different form and had this weird armor that seemed to glow." This sentence shocked Milla, this dragon was like the other three but Yuya did something to tame it and become a familiar. "He was injured so I had to do something, he wanted my help. By the time he recovered, Odd-Eyes changed form and thanked me by making a contract, giving me his duel monster card in the process."
"They were servants of that demon king..." Ludger mumbled and Milla picked up the first part.
"Odd-Eyes explained that there was three other dragons of the summoning methods that were his siblings that escaped with him but they got separated on the way here. Odd-Eyes was the only one who was able to come to me." Yuya finished patting the dragon's head and he squeaked in delight. "He's been my best friend since then."
"Three other dragons?" Milla repeated and remembered something. "I might know where they are." Yuya and Odd-Eyes immediately glanced at her in shock.
"You know where they are?!" Yuya exclaimed and Odd-Eyes roared.
"Let me just get them from my room." Milla replied and hurried up the stairs. Minutes later, the Lord of Spirits came down with three crystal orbs each having a small dragon, one of them was the very dragon Yuto had seen her capture.
Odd-Eyes jumped to the table where the orbs was placed and looked at them. The black dragon was rampaging inside together with a white one that didn't have back legs and a long tail, the other was a purple one that reminded Jude of a Venus flytrap at the head. The detail they share were the glowing yellow green parts on their bodies. The humans looked at Odd-Eyes, waiting for his answer if they were his siblings or something else. The dragon turned to Yuya and roared as an answer, Yuya gasped a little and looked down sadly.
"Those three are his siblings but they're not what they were like before, they've become like beasts in a cage." Yuya translates for the others.
"Do you think you can tame them like you did for him?" Ludger asked.
"I don't, when I did it with Odd Eyes he were already in control of himself. These three are totally different." The crimson eyed boy explained. "Not to mention, Odd-Eyes is my familiar as well and that worked because of our wavelengths." Odd-Eyes roared at him and Milla smiled.
"We all know what that means." Milla said and Yuya glanced at her. "He means 'believe in yourself'." Odd-Eyes roared again and gestured to the pendant around Yuya's neck.
"My pendulum is the key?" Yuya question and held it in his hand, Odd-Eyes nodded. "Then guide me through this."
Yuya got down on the floor and placed his hand on the table, his eyes closed and focused. The pendulum started to glow in a crystal blue light and levitate close to Yuya's face, a triangle shaped circle appeared under the three dragons as Odd-Eyes roars as the orbs on his body started to glow as well. A duplicate of Yuya's pendant appeared in the air in circular motion with a trail of light follows at the tip. Everyone looked at the scene in surprise as it was really beautiful and amazing, Milla was proud and amazed over the incredible performance.
"Swing, Pendulum of The Soul..." Yuya chanted as the pendulum in the air swings to one side to another. "...draw an arc of light across the ether!"
The orb prisons started to glow in different colors and everyone heard cracking sounds, Milla was fast enough to get a protection spell when they exploded into shards. Yuya stopped his chant to take cover before looking back up to the table as the broken orbs was reeking smoke from the bottom part that was still whole. Odd-Eyes waited for the other dragons to do something, suddenly the black dragon jumped on him and the two seemed to fight. Ludger takes out one of his guns and points at the dragons but Yuya stopped him from pressing the trigger.
"Wait! They aren't fighting..." Yuya said with a little laughter in his voice before looking at the small creatures. "They're actually playing with each other."
The black dragon was also different now, the neon yellow-green armor was gone and the dragon seemed to be gentle with Odd-Eyes as they played. The other two dragons were the same as the other, they flew around the humans and they all felt the happy aura around them.
"They seem to be relieved to finally be free like birds!" Elle exclaimed as she jumped up and down excited.
"You got that right." Jude said as the purple dragon got to him as the white one got to Milla.
"Yuya, do you know their names?" Milla asked as the white one lays down in her lap. Odd-Eyes and the black dragon roared at Yuya and he nodded in understanding.
"They're all named after their characteristics and summon method." Yuya explained as he was translating. "The black one is the oldest of them, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. The purple one is the one that usually cause mischief, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. Then we have their sister, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon."
"The only girl, huh." Milla said looking at Clear Wing in her lap. "I kind of know how it feels sometimes." Clear Wing roared in agreement.
"So all of these dragons are inspired by the summoning methods from that card game you and Yuto play, right?" Ludger questioned and Yuya nodded.
"From what Odd-Eyes told me, every card has a spirit inside them but they were sealed away." Yuya begins to explain. "There's only a few that can live outside their cards and live a free life, Odd-Eyes and the others are powerful dragons but he won't tell me what happened to them or why he chose me to help him."
"Maybe because of this power." Milla concluded and everyone looked at her. "Think about it. The Secrecy Eyes clan have never told about their real abilities nor its origin. Still dark beings such as the Killer Clown and the dollmakers try to get it to come into the real world, they're powers that are simply unknown to everyone as that pendant's connection to this."
"That's right, mom gave me that on my eighth birthday saying it would lead me through my journey." Yuya remembered sadly.
"She must have known the pendant had some kind of power, can't we ask her?" Jude asked and the siblings looked down on the ground sadly.
"Sadly, she isn't with us anymore. She died right after Yuya was born, leaving me and the Four to take care of him." Milla replied in pain. "And two years ago, her spirit left to rest in peace. There isn't a way to contact her anymore." Yuya felt something and looked at the door to his room and Ludger picked it up.
"Is something wrong?" The detective asked and Yuya shooked his head.
"No, I think Yuto is waking up." Yuya explained, taking Odd-Eyes up on his shoulder and hurried up the stairs with Dark Rebellion after him. He go in and moved his desk chair to place it next to the bed, the two dragons hid themselves in his new hood. Yuto began to stir awake and brought a hand to his head.
"Ow, my head..." Yuto groaned.
"You're awake, Yuto." Yuya said in relief.
In that instant, Yuto jerked up from his lying position. He looked around before his eyes landed on Yuya. In that moment, a small smile graced on Yuya's lips while Yuto still confused with what has happened.
"I thought that I would be dead by now or could it be that you're dead as well?" Yuto asked.
"I'm still alive, Yuto. You're still like before, alive in a soul body but your real body still unconscious at the hospital." Yuya explained.
"H-how!!? I remember that I've been thrown away by you straight into a huge mirror! I should be dead on that time because I felt that my life force was slowly disappearing from my soul." Yuto said a little shocked. "However...after several minutes, I felt a life force coming through my body again. Do you know anything about this, Yuya?"
"No...I don't know anything." Yuya replied simply.
Deep cold silence happened around them instantly. Yuto glared straight at Yuya's crimson eyes while Yuya just smile happily towards Yuto. A soft sighed escape from Yuto's lips after a while he slowly whispered.
"Yuya, you don't have to lie to me." Yuto whispered and Yuya clinched his hands.
"In order to save you, Milla made me into your vessel." Yuya explained guilty, shocking Yuto further.
"W-what?" The gray eyed spirit stammered.
"She did that after defeating those mannequins I think, she haven't told me everything that happened yet." Yuya explained. Yuto placed a hand on his head and put his forehead on Yuya's with a smile, the crimson haired boy blushed slightly at the actions as Yuto had his eyes closed.
"I'm just glad you're okay..." Yuto said hushed, opening his eyes but sees Dark Rebellion in Yuya's lap and started panicking, bumping his head into the wall and Yuya sighed in disappointment at the dragon.
"You ruined the moment, you know that?" Yuya muttered and Dark Rebellion roared as he flew up to head level.
"Wh-what is that dragon doing here!!?" Yuto exclaimed terrified, the two bigger orbs on the wings on Dark Rebellion begins to glow.
In the living room, Milla was saying goodbye to her friends as Clear Wing and Starving Venom was resting on the couch since they been in those prisons longer than their brother, the orbs(or wings for Clear Wing) glow as well and small sprites of their respective colors flew into Yuya's room. The same thing happened with Dark Rebellion but two purple lights came out of the orbs and they flew into each of their hands. Yuya got all of the sprites in his hand and the lights formed into cards, Yuto was surprised while Yuya smiled.
"What did just-" Yuto was speechless as he stares at the Xyz card in his hand. "Dark Rebellion... Xyz Dragon?"
"Looks like you got the original one, meaning he's trusting you his power." Yuto looked up at Yuya, who showed his cards but they were different, the pictures was shining instead of a plain one. All being different, Fusion, Synchro and Xyz, they looked like they were prepared to attack.
"Trusting his power to me?" The spirit looked at Dark Rebellion while Odd-Eyes comes out of the hood and yelped, making Yuya surprised.
"You mean Dark Rebellion became Yuto's familiar but he isn't human." Yuya replied and Odd-Eyes told him something. "All of you became my familiars but only Dark Rebellion became one to Yuto as well since his body is still alive, I should keep this a secret from Milla and the others."
"Yuya, explain what's going on." Yuya sighed and began to tell him everything that happened from Odd-Eyes' appearance till now.
Once finished, they suddenly started talking about Tales of Academy as they both haven't been to it as the school needed a special pass to get in if you're not a spirit. Yuya explained that he had gotten an invitation from their headmaster, Yoshiharu Gotanda, who was one of the founders of the academy. Yuya wanted to live a normal life whenever he's outside and not get so much attention for going to that school. The only times for the teens to visit was the sports days when they go in the higher grades, other than that nobody has ever been to the academy without an school passport. They decided to go down stairs for Yuya to get something to eat as he's been without food for two days straight since they both were out under that time.
The boys get to the kitchen, where Milla was already making dinner for the two of them but there was something else that got their attention. On the counter, was a big envelope addressed to Yuya and the two boys stares at it skeptical.
"Sis, what's in this envelope?" Yuya asked and Milla looked at him.
"Oh, that. Look inside and you'll know, it came with the mail this morning." Milla replied.
Yuya sat down on a chair with Yuto floating behind him as he opens it. In the doorstep was Yusho Sakaki, the horrible man that they call a 'father', watching the two as he didn't have the Sight like his children. Yuya carefully opens it and takes out the content. Inside was a few documents with his personal information and another with what looks like rules with Milla's signature at the bottom, the boys read it through before they were shocked.
"What?!" Yuya and Yuto exclaimed at the same time.
"When in hell did you get this?!" Yuto yelled in true disbelief.
"These are papers for a guest passport to Tales of Academy!" Yuya exclaimed staring at Milla, who just grinned. "How in the world did you get permission to get these?!"
"I talked to headmaster Gotanda to bend a few rules to give you permission to visit anytime of the day as long you have the passport." Milla explained and Yuya jumped out of his chair to hug his sister.
"Thank you, Sis! Now I can meet your friends and see the school!" The crimson eyed boy exclaimed happily and Milla giggled. Yusho walked away from the scene in disgust.
"Once Yuto gets back, he'll get one as well." The Lord of Spirits said, surprising the said spirit.
"Do you mean it?" Yuto questioned and Milla nodded, a big grin forming on his lips. "Yeah!" The Four appeared as well joining in.
"Lord Milla is doing this because it's soon the 'Tales of Festival', which happens once a year to gather more students." Gnome pointed out. "This year is special since it's the 20th anniversary since the school opened."
"20 years, time sure flies." Efreet pointed out.
After dinner, they all went to bed as it was time for school the next day. Yuya and Yuto went to fix some places for the dragons to sleep and Milla took the chance to take a shower. Under that time when the warm water sprinkled down on her body, she remembered something important and sighed.
"It's that day tomorrow, the first time we met and when you got that power, huh..." Milla mumbled with a sad smile. "It doesn't feel like it have been three years since then."
She got out of the shower, warps her body and hair in towels before going back to her room. Her attention was drawn to the moon, which was almost time for a full moon.
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- 3 years ago -
The full moon was high in the sky and lights up the shadows of the trees in a forest, deeper in was a pair of sacrificial stone monuments with many dead bodies, some were bleeding and others were just skeletons on the ground. Under a tree not too far away, a girl with waist long black hair in a braid was crying in her arms. Her left arm was black with red marks that goes up to the middle of her upper arm, where it end in cracks. She was wearing knee-high jeans, a sleeveless black shirt, a brown jacket with the left sleeve was ruined and ankle boots on her feet.
"What have I done? What have I done..." She cried mafulled. The girl hear running footsteps and became quiet as the people came to her.
"Hey, are you okay?" A female voice asked and was about to place a hand in the girl's shoulder when she crawls terrified away.
"Don't come near me! I'm a monster!" The girl exclaimed holding her head to deny the fact in fear. "I'm a monster..."
"You're not..." The girl looks up a little, showing fearful yellow eyes staring at the person before her as the person holds out her hand to the girl. "Come with me, to a place where no one is going to judge you nor hurt you ever again."
"Are you telling me the truth?" The girl asked, not trusting the person.
"It's a choice you have to decide on your own." The person said. The girl hesitated before taking the person's hand, deciding to trust her.
- Present: Sunrise -
Velvet's eyes snapped opened and jolted up into sitting position with cold sweat covering her body, she breathed heavily as if she had a terrible nightmare. Once she gets it in control, Velvet takes out her left arm from under the blanket which was covered in a layer of bandages. She takes out a wooden comb from under one of the pillows and looks at it sadly.
"Today's when you died, Laphi." Velvet said sadly while holding the comb with both hands close to her heart. On her desk by the window, was a lonely drop earing that gleamed in the early sunlight, a closed flower in the big stone and a silver ring with a strange gold pattern in the middle, a necklace chain going through it.
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It's now afternoon and Enright had just ended their last lessons, many students are taking their time to leave but Yuya on the other hand was running through the hallways with Yuto and Dark Rebellion floating by his side. He had a hard time coming through without knocking into people or pushing them before apologizing, wanting to get out as fast as possible to the bus station as the two wanted to visit Tales of Academy and have a tour before meeting Milla.
"Come on, Yuya! We have to hurry." Yuto said with excited.
"I know, or else we'll miss the bus." Yuya replied as he got to the school yard and right by Yuzu and Gongenzaka.
"Hey, Yuya! Why are you in such a hurry?" Gongenzaka asked and Yuya glanced at them.
"Sorry, I don't have time to explain!" Yuya called out before focusing on his way to the bus stop.
"I still can't believe Milla got you those permission papers and now we both can visit the first class boarding school in the country." Yuto said as Yuya arrived just when the bus came and jumped in before getting an empty seat to rest. "If your classmates finds out about this, you'll be the talk of the year."
"I thinks so too, they would just asking questions and hang out with me for trying to get a pass as well." Yuya said hushed as he puts on the hood and opened his bag to let Odd-Eyed out. "I just hope I don't meet someone I know there or else there will be rumors all over the school, I don't like that."
"But this is still exciting that we will be the youngest people to visit Tales of Academy from both Chenskyra and Enright." Yuto pointed out and Yuya nodded slightly. "I just hope we meet some interesting people there, I've seen a few of the students in their magazine a long time ago. Some of them are some of the prettiest girls I've ever seen, before I meet Milla and you." Yuya blushed lightly at the comment and smiled a little.
"I'm hoping to meet the girl Sis is mentoring, she've been helping me a lot lately." Yuya explained with a smile and Odd-Eyes roared in agreement.
"You mean those nightmares you have?" Yuya remained quiet as the bus stopped at the gate of the academy. There was a terminal where you needed a student ID to get through the security and there was one booth with a guard in it, Yuya goes to the booth and the guard looks at him.
"What's your business here, kid?" The guard asked and the crimson eyed boy was a little nervous.
"Um, I have these papers from the headmaster that allows me to get a guest ID card." Yuya explained and takes out the papers out of his bag, giving it to the guard and he inspect it.
"Ah, you're Miss Sakaki's little brother." The guard said impressed and smiles. "Wait here and I'll get this ID fixed." The guard walked further in and Yuya sighed in relief.
"You did great, you're getting better with talking to people." Yuto pointed out.
"You think so?" Yuya asked and Yuto nodded while Dark Rebellion roared.
"Dark Rebellion think so too." The gray eyed spirit chuckled and Yuya smiled.
"So this is where you were going in such a hurry." The familiar voice of Yuzu said and Yuya's body stiffened as he turns around to face his human best friends. "You know you can't go inside security without an ID, remember!"
"Here you go, Sakaki Yuya." The guard said as he gives the boy a card and a small book of rules that could fit in his pocket. "The ID card won't work until tomorrow afternoon so I'll give you free pass just for today."
"Thank you, sir." Yuya thanked him and turned to his shocked friends.
"Are you changing schools?" Gongenzaka questioned.
"I'm not, Milla made me able to visit Tales of Academy anytime I like. Sorry, but please don't tell anyone." Yuya explained and walked in, Yuto looked worried at his vessel.
"Some day, you need to explain what's going on." Yuto said as they goes in.
"I know that but not right now, if they founds out about our secret lives they'll think we're crazy." Yuya said hushed enough to let Yuto hear.
"Well, now we don't have to worry about them at least." The gray eyed spirit gasped in relief but Yuya was lost in thoughts, thinking what would happen if people other than the ones they truly trusts learn their secret especially their dad. "Yuya, look."
This sentence snapped the crimson eyed boy from his thoughts and looks up to be amazed. The main building looked almost like a castle, with the gray stone that it was build of made the whole building look old and mysterious with an aura of knowledge. There was many arranged patches of flowers and a fountain right by the entrance doors. Far away was two apartment buildings that was possibly for the students, further away was probably the small town where the students from a few other boarding schools go to shop or just taking the time off from school work. Around the campus was many really different students and all of them was wearing the uniforms differently, showing all of the personalities they all have.
Yuya and Yuto was speechless over how the school looked and thought they were in a fantasy book, they snapped out of it when a man with short dark brown hair and lighter brown eyes walked to them. He was wearing a dark blue business suit with a slightly dark pink shirt underneath and a yellow scarf tied like a tie.
"What are a boy like you here?" The man asked and Yuya became quite nervous again as he isn't used to talk with new people.
"Um... I-I..." Yuya stammered but the man sees the ID card in his hand and was surprised to see it.
"You got a guest card, no wonder you're here." The man said and Yuya looked down to see the card was still in his hand before scratching the back of his head while smiling sheepishly.
"Guess I forgot to put it in my pocket when I got in." Yuya said as he does that and Yuto shakes his head.
"I'm rubbing on you." The spirit said and Yuya picked it up.
"So you're here as a guest, you're lucky. Only a very few get those." The man explained.
"Yeah, I know. My sister told me that." Yuya told the man. "I'm Yuya."
"Alfred Vint Svent but everyone calls me Alvin." The man, Alvin, introduced himself. "If you like, I can show you around while finding a few people."
Alvin starts to show Yuya and Yuto around showing the normal areas before showing the exclusive places of the school such as the greenhouse and training area, it seemed like school just ended. While walking through the hallways, Yuya's attention was drawn to a board on the wall with multiple name plaques with different names underneath.
"What's this?" Yuya asked as he and Yuto stopped while Alvin turns around to face the boy.
"That's the school teams, it's the headmaster's idea." Alvin explained as he comes back to Yuya. "These teams are created for the students and the staff to do some good for people. Every team has a leader and a team name that symbolizes the members. Just so you know, headmaster Gotanda is the one making the names."
"Phantaisa, Destiny, Abyss, Graces, Innocence, Zestiria, Berseria...?" Yuya read with confusion for every title they read. "That headmaster has a really weird fantasy."
Alvin just laughed over the comment. "Everyone says the same thing when they start." He chuckled and Yuya looks at him.
"Are you in a team?" Alvin nodded and points at a plaque with the title 'Xillia'.
"This is my team, the first in 20 years to have one of the leaders being a female." Yuya became shocked.
"There haven't been a female leader in 20 years!"
"How crazy can people be letting only males be leaders!" Yuto exclaimed.
"Just three years ago, the newest team got a girl as the first solo female leader in history. Xillia has three leaders since one of them is the first girl to be leader but in Berseria, the girl is alone to be the leader. Those two are, you could say, best friends since the crow got here." Both boys raised an eyebrow in question for the nickname.
"Who do you call a crow?" Yuya asked but before Alvin could answer, the man smiled at someone behind the two.
"What took you so long, ace student?" Alvin asked and the duo turns around to see Jude coming to them with a smile and a book under his arm.
"Hi Alvin, had to help Emil and Lloyd with their homework for the weekend. Those two really slack off sometimes." Jude explained with a small chuckle. "Oh, hi Yuya. Looks like you were able to get the ID without any problems."
"Yeah! But something happened before that." Yuya explained and Jude glanced at Yuto and Dark Rebellion.
"Yuzu and Gongenzaka saw Yuya by the entrance, we might need some help later on." Yuto answered and Jude nodded slightly.
"You two know each other?" Alvin asked and Jude nodded again.
"Remember the day of the lorry accident a month ago, Milla offered me to stay at her place and the next day I met Yuya." Jude replied and Alvin was confused before the student cleared it. "Believe it or not, but Yuya is actually Milla's younger brother." Alvin was so shocked he backed away a few steps and looked at Yuya.
"You're the brother she keeps talking about?!" Alvin shouted, making everyone laugh at his reaction.
"Anyway, why are you here? Shouldn't you be out in the city to find new requests for us?" Jude question once he calmed down.
"Wait, leader. I'm just on break to find the girls that have dancing practice." Alvin answered. "The dance teacher is late and wants Elize and the others to start training before she arrives, I think they've forgotten about it."
"I can go look for them, I need to find Milla anyway. There's something I need to ask her." Jude explained. "She's been avoiding me and the others all day, it's very unusual for her to do that."
"Yeah, she was like that this morning as well, sis was almost like a different person." Yuya said remembering the morning when he got down to breakfast to see Milla with a gloomy expression.
While they were talking, Yuto noticed something at the corner of his eye. He turned his head to the way Jude came from to see Velvet by one of the windows, staring outside with sadness and tried to hold back her tears from coming. The gray eyes spirit saw something that stuck out about her uniform, her left hand was covered with a black glove and seemed to radiate a black aura that was like smoke or steam. Velvet heard someone walking forwards her and closed her eyes to calm herself down.
"Velvet..." A male voice said and Velvet opened her eyes to turn her attention to a man with short blonde hair and blue eyes. What he was wearing made him look like a teacher.
"What is it, Eizen?" Velvet asked emotionless.
"Come with me, there's something I want to discuss with you." Eizen explained and Velvet tched.
"Fine but I have somewhere to go later, so don't make me come there late." The girl said and followed Eizen to somewhere else, Yuto thought about her hand as it was weird for someone like her to be sad when she's all alone then pretending she didn't when she's around people.
"Yuto, are you coming?" Yuya's voice snapped Yuto out of his thoughts and turned back to the two with the Sight, Alvin had already left them alone.
"Jude, who was those two walking away?" Yuto asked and Jude saw Velvet's long raven black locks trailing behind.
"That was two of the members of Berseria. Professor Akiba Eizen, his sister goes to this school as well and he's our math teacher who knows a lot about ancient history and artifacts." Jude replied. "And I mean a lot."
"And the girl?" Yuto questioned, more focused on finding out who she is.
"That girl is the first solo female leader in history of our school, Velvet Crowe." Jude answered. "She joined our school three years ago after a tragic accident with her little brother dying in the process, she isolated herself in her room for a month."
"That's horrible..." Yuya said in sadness.
"Velvet Crowe. Just who are you?" Yuto asked himself before they walked away forwards the student apartments to look for the girls.
With Velvet and Eizen, the professor lead his leader into a classroom which Velvet wondered in confusion as Eizen would always bring her to his office whenever he wanted to discuss something with her. Eizen opened the door and they walked in for Velvet to notice Milla and Ludger there already waiting, Milla was sitting on one of the school desks while Ludger was standing beside her with his golden pocket watch in his hand.
"What are you two doing here?" Velvet asked a little confused.
"There's been sights of some of Artorius' followers around the border of the Empyreans' domain." Milla explained, shocking the other girl.
"Some of them are here?! I thought they were all dead that night." Velvet exclaimed.
"These people are the ones that were turned into monsters while Artorius tried figuring out how to summon that god from legend." Ludger continued as he places the watch back into his pocket. "They're looking for you to get revenge for what you did to their master."
"That's why we have decided that you won't leave the school grounds until it's safe." Eizen finished and Velvet becomes angry.
"You guys think I'm weak?!' Velvet yelled. "Remember that I killed all those people by myself, this day is very important to me!" Milla jumped off the desk and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"That time you just awakened to your powers and yet to really accept it, just like the way I did with the Four." Milla said but Velvet shoved her hand away and glared at the Lord of Spirits.
"You should know this better than anyone, Milla." The raven haired girl growled. "I may still be grateful for you helping me but stopping me from being free of captivity is a crime, today was when my little brother was sacrificed and killed by that man! I'm not going to live in fear because of some monsters!"
"I'm not doing this only because you're my friend but also as your mentor." Milla said and Velvet clinched her fists.
"Shut up! Friends are supposed to help each other." Velvet said and walked out of the classroom in anger, leaving the three people alone. Milla felt guilty over doing this to her friend but Eizen placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, Milla. Me and Rokurou will watch over her, you go and tell the Empyreans." He said and Milla hugged herself before whispering, "Thank you, Eizen."
~
Jude, Yuya and Yuto was still walking to the student apartment to find Jude's friends, the Xillia leader explained what Alvin meant with the dancing practice. Every year, girls from different teams train to perform at the festival for three months every time. Two of the girls in Xillia was selected and are good friends with both Jude and Milla, one of them being his childhood friend that trained him with the basics of hand to hand combat. As they chat, a business man suddenly pushed himself onto Yuya without paying attention.
The power of the Secrecy Eyes activated and Yuya saw a vision, the man was turned into a monster before a large black and red claw grabbed his head and seemed to devour his lifeforce before his body gets devoured as well. Yuya felt a small headache and placed a hand on his forehead as he stopped to watch the man going away, catching Yuto and Jude's attention.
"What's wrong, Yuya?" Yuto asked, sensing Yuya's pain.
"I just had a vision, a vision about that man..." Yuya replied a little confused.
"When is he going to die?" The gray eyed spirit questioned and Jude gave him a glance.
"Who ask that sort of question?" Jude asked with a raised eyebrow.
"That's the thing with Yuya's ability, he can see when someone die by physical contact or an object that the person have touched." Yuto explained. "The very same thing happened to me a month ago and once he have a vision, there's nothing to stop it."
"So that's Yuya's true ability." Jude mumbled in realization.
"Somewhere tonight in the academy, I don't know where exactly but something weird was in the vision." Yuya said still a little shocked.
"What do you mean?" Jude asked and the crimson eyed boy turned to his friends.
"Not only is he going to be devoured by a giant demonic claw but he was a monster himself." Yuya said, shocking the two as well.
"Alright, something weird is definitely going to happen tonight and it isn't pretty." Yuto said a little creeped out.
"We have to be on guard then, our school has been blessed by the four gods of the nature's forces, the Empyreans." Jude said, remembering something when he started at the academy. "The main building was build on top of a shrine for them, it's the first thing we get to know in history class."
"That's the domain I've been sensing this whole time!" Yuya exclaimed and Jude chuckled.
"That's why this place have such a calm aura, the four Empyreans have been protecting this place for many years and is also blessed by the goddess Martel." Jude finished and Yuya smiled.
"At least the school is protected." Yuya said in relief as they continued their way to the apartments to see two girls in school uniforms in front of one of the gates, both had blonde hair in different shades and hairstyles.
"Hi, Alisha, Shirley." Jude greeted, getting the girls' attention.
"Hello, Jude!" The light blonde haired girl said happily.
"Hi, Jude. What brings you here?" The dirty blonde girl asked in a formal manner.
"Your dance teacher is late but she wants you to start normally, I said to Alvin I could go and warn you guys." Jude explained.
"I'll text Rose, Marta and Elize about it, let's just hope Rose and Marta don't come late again." Shirley said taking out her smartphone from her school bag.
"Who's your friend?" Alisha asked, pointing at Yuya.
"I'm Yuya, Milla is my sister." Yuya introduced himself.
"Alisha Diphda, member of Zestiria." The dirty blonde girl introduced herself. "This is Shirley, she's the sister of Senel, the leader of Legendia."
"Nice to meet you!" Yuya said with a smile. "By the way, do you know where Milla went?"
"No, sorry." Alisha said and Yuya sighed.
"Looks like we have to look for her again." Yuto said in disappointment.
"That's right!" Shirley exclaimed suddenly. "Milla was going to talk with Velvet about something together with Professor Akiba and Ludger."
"Oh, now I remember as well. I heard from Eleanor that today was something special for Velvet and Milla was going to tell her something about it." Alisha said, remembering as well.
"Thanks for the tip, see you guys later." Jude said as they began to walk forwards the main building.
"Good luck with practice!" Yuya called out as he waved goodbye and the girls waved back.
-
Milla was walking the hallways of the main building in thought about the events that happened earlier in the classroom, she was thinking back to when they did things together whenever they both had time from the people they take care of. But everything was ruined now that Milla had been too hard on Velvet, all she wanted was true freedom from what Artorius did to her and her brother. This was almost like with the Lord of Spirits herself when Yuya was born, she wasn't allowed to go to Yuya but she did it anyway.
Milla walked to a door that seemed to lead to a storage area, her hand over the handle and it opened by itself before Milla walked in, closing the door behind her. She walked down the long stairs and her clothes changed back to the revealing clothing of her inner self, arriving at a big shrine with four altars. Each altar had a mark of a different color that seemed to glow(the marks of the elements from the two latest games). Milla breathed in before sitting in Indian style on the floor in front of the altars.
"I did what you requested, holding Velvet inside of your domain until the danger is gone." Milla said out as if there was a person inside.
"Good work, Milla Maxwell." A dark male voice echoed through the room.
"So long the Lord of Calamity can't truly use her power, she must be protected at all costs." A young female voice echoed, making Milla feel guilty.
"Is it really necessary to do this?" Milla asked, thinking about Velvet.
"We know you and the Lord of Calamity had to break up." An older female voice echoed.
"But it's a necessary step for her to realize her purpose in the world, to keep balance." A younger male voice echoed.
"I know but remember, we're still humans no matter what." Milla spoke up. "I've lost a really good friend because of her safety, now she won't even talk to me."
"Lord Maxwell, the same goes for the Secrecy Eyes. You two are the balance between life and death, those exists in harmony." The older female voice replied.
"Calamity is a very important part of life, without it there wouldn't be hope nor evil." The younger female voice said.
"That is why the Lord of Calamity needs to accept her abilities as soon as possible, only then will you able to forget this very duty and continue with your mission." The older male voice said and Milla stood up before bowing in respect.
"Until next time, goodbye." Milla said and walked back up the stairs with a gloomy sight in her eyes. Once back, the Lord of Spirits breathed out as she leans against the door and grunted in frustration. "Why does it always be like this?!"
"Milla!" The said person looked up to see Yuya running forwards her, Milla made a fake smile as Yuya hugged her.
"Hi, Yuya. Did you have fun today?" Milla asked and Yuya nodded as Yuto and Jude came over.
"Yeah! We meet Alvin and a few of your other friends, why didn't you tell us you were a leader of a team together with Jude?!" Yuya exclaimed happily as he break away.
"I forgot to tell you?" Milla questioned surprised.
"Yeah, you sort of did." Yuto agreed with his arms crossed.
"You're one to talk, I heard from Shun you're pretty forgetful yourself." Jude pointed out, making Yuto blush in embarrassment and Yuya laughed.
"Where's Odd-Eyes and Dark Rebellion?" Milla asked, not seeing the two dragons around the two boys.
"They're inside their cards, don't worry I have them in my pocket for just in case they wanted to rest." Yuya explained and Milla nodded.
"Milla, you've been quiet all day. What's with you today, aren't you really happy to see us?" Yuto asked, knowing something was wrong and the girl didn't answer.
"Did something happen?" Jude asked and Milla turned her back to her friends and brother.
"Come, we need to go somewhere private for me to tell you this." Milla said and leads them somewhere.
They got to a gymnasium that seemed to be newly renovated and they all walked to the window to see the full moon was high in the sky, illuminate the darkness with its gentle light. Milla was still in front of the boys with her back turned as they waited for the explanation.
"Today exactly three years ago, which was a hard period for me. Ludger asked me to help him with a case that was about people being killed multiple times in the very same area, they've never been able to catch the culprits but Ludger had theory that they're doing it every full moon." Milla began explaining. "There was an old shrine ruin where people used to sacrifice their own lives for their god, we decided to confirm his theory and hurried over there but something shoot through the sky, a ritual was being held and someone got there before us and interrupted the ritual."
Milla bit her lip and clenched her fists. "By the time we got there, it was like a scene of a horror movie of someone's worst nightmare. On the ground was many dead bodies and skeletons all around the ruin and the only one that survived was the killer herself. She was crying and kept telling herself she was a monster and her arm was something I didn't expect, it looked like a demon cursed it. Steam of dark energy coming out of it..." Yuto's eyes widen in realization and remember Velvet's left arm.
'Could the girl she's talking about be Velvet?' Yuto thought, beginning to think up a theory but brought his attention onto Yuya and a really focused Jude. Judging by his expression, Jude have already figured out who it is.
"She told me that someone very dear to her was sacrificed by a man named Artorius, her brother in law, and the body was very hard to identify because it was just a skeleton. She told me her arm could devour everything living and gain their strength and abilities in return." Milla continued, recollecting her experience. "I've never heard of such an ability until we got back to the academy with her, I was told she was one of the branches that keep balance with just their very existence, just like me and Yuya." The boys was shocked of the sentence, mostly Yuya himself. "Life and death, hope and calamity, good and evil, creation and destruction. All of them live in harmony and exist because of mankind and spirits, those people needs to be protected until they accept their powers. That's why I became her mentor in the first place."
Milla slowly turned around to face them to ask one specific question to someone close to her, "You've already figured out who it is. Haven't you, Jude?" The medical student nodded in acceptance.
"How can I forget her look when she got here?" Jude asked sarcastic. "I mean we boys were so shocked when the headmaster told us Velvet was going to be a new team leader for the new students and staff."
"I really feel bad for Velvet's brother now, she lost the last of her family probably that night." Yuya pointed out, now understanding his sister's depression in the morning.
"But it doesn't explain why you're so depressed now, I saw you growling before." Yuto pointed out as well and Milla shadowed her eyes with her bangs.
"That's because I forbidden her-" Milla was cut off by the sound of slow clapping and they all was caught on guard as the man that bumped into Yuya earlier comes in with a creepy grin.
"Thank you for telling me the information I need." The man said as he bows in respect but the group didn't drop their guard.
"Who are you? Everyone in the academy knows everyone and we've never seen you before." Milla replied serious as the man stand up straight.
"Sorry for not introduce myself. I'm Alexander, a follower of Artorius Collbrande." The man introduced himself and Milla is shocked. "Now tell me where Crowe is, if not I'll have to torture it out of you." Alexander's eyes glowed bright yellow and they all heard a really high sound.
"Take cover!" Yuya shouted and they all ran to take cover.
Out in the hallway, Velvet was walking together with a ten year old boy by her side. He have shoulder length blonde hair that turns silver at the tips with a single lock standing up like a halo on his head and forest green eyes, in his arms was several books with paper sheets between the pages.
"Thanks for helping me with the talismans, Velvet! I really needed some more for practice." The boy thanked the older girl and she smiled.
"Of course, also I really needed to think about something else." Velvet groaned before sighing and the boy looks worried at her.
"Did you get into a fight with Milla?" The boy asked sadly and Velvet looked away, just then they hear the sound of breaking glass and the boy becomes a little scared. "What was that?!"
"Laphicet, stay here and hide. I'll go check what's going on." Velvet ordered and ran away forwards the sound.
Back with the group, Yuto was floating by the ceiling while the others was behind Milla and the Four, who had put up barriers in the last second to protect them from the glass. Milla and Sylph combined their powers to send the glass away to stare at Alexander as two other people comes in through the broken windows and goes to the main follower, who has a creepy smile on his face. Yuya slowly puts on his duel disk on his arm as Yuto takes out his guns as he comes down to his friends.
"We are so going to be in trouble if someone finds out." Jude groaned.
"Do you really think about trouble when we are about to fight?!" Yuto exclaimed at the medical student.
"He's right, you know." Yuya agreed and Milla sighed.
"Just let get this over with." Milla muttered as she and Jude brought up their Lillium orbs.
"Materialize!" Both Milla and Jude shouted as their Lillium orbs glows in their respective colors and transformed into their Otherworld clothing. They brought out their weapons, Jude's being a pair of gauntlets, and prepared themselves for a fight.
"So that's how it's gonna be, then It'S aBoUT TIMe WE reVEAl Our TrUe FORm!" Alexander growls as he hold his head together with his companions and they transformed into werewolves, Alexander was bigger than the other two and had a dark aura around him.
"That's not fair! They're fucking werewolves!" Yuto shouted as they all dodged away one of the werewolves attack and they split up.
"These aren't normal werewolves!" Milla replied as she blocks an attack from Alexander's claws with her sword. 'Could this be the result of Artorius' experiments? Turning his followers into Otherworld monsters?'
"Are you surprised, miss?" The voice of Alexander said within his form and Milla grunted. "You're strong, could save me the trouble if you tell me where Crowe is."
"Never!" Milla yelled as she summoned Efreet and he shoots a fireball at Alexander, he dodged. "Boys, you take care of the other two. I'll take care of the leader."
They all nodded, Jude takes care of one alone while Yuya and Yuto fight together against the last one. Jude punches and kicks the werewolf, creating endless combos both in the air and on the ground, powering each strike with mana through his gauntlets and shoes. Once in awhile he had to dodge or block before striking again.
While with the duo, Yuto rapidly shoots at their opponent as Yuya ran around to get high on a rope in the ceiling, the werewolf protect itself with its arm from the shoots as Yuya climbed up the ribs before jumping and grabbed the rope while swinging himself forwards the werewolf to kick it in the head before using his acrobatic skills to land safely on the ground to dodge an attack as well. Yuya takes out some of his cards to summon a few small monsters to help fight.
Meanwhile, Milla was having a hard time to hit Alexander. He was really fast and the Lord couldn't summon the Four because of two things, one: Their powers are weakened because of the domain around them that came when the werewolves transformed and second: It'll cause more damage to the room and someone is bound to notice what's happening. Milla tries slashing him on the back but somehow he knew it and disappeared, shocking Milla in the process, before reappearing behind her. Luckily, Milla brought up a barrier with her empty hand but was pushed back a little by the hit.
At that moment, the double doors was kicked open and it brought everyone's the attention. It have been Velvet who had kicked it open as it had been closed shut but as soon the black haired girl saw what was happening and was terrified of the scene.
"Velvet, run!" Milla shouted, Velvet tried to turn around but the doors closed by themselves and she turned around to see two more people coming forwards her.
Then something surprising happens, Velvet sprinted forwards one of the men and kicks them up in the air with her knee before smashing him into the ground with force. She then flips in the air and sprint to the other one, hitting him with her elbow in his stomach, becoming unconscious. But Velvet was caught off guard and Alexander kicked her with brilliant force, sending Velvet over the room and crashed into a wall. Alexander slowly walked over to Velvet, who slide on the ground in pain.
"I've been waiting for three years for this moment." Alexander growled as a wicked grin appeared on his werewolf face. "You killed Lord Artorius and enjoyed it like it was the best thing in the world." Velvet looked up confused at him.
"I was enjoying it?" Velvet asked herself as she got to her knees, seeming she can't remember much of what happened.
"Now it's time for you to pay the price." Alexander said and a dark purple flame appeared in his hands, he brought it forwards her turning into a stream as it got closer to Velvet.
'Is this how I'm gonna die?' Velvet thought and closed her eyes, after a few seconds she didn't feel her body on fire and slowly opened her eyes in shock. Milla had dashed in front of her with a dome barrier around them.
"Milla, just let him do it..." Velvet said, giving up. "I deserve this." Milla chuckled a little and Velvet looked up at her.
"You said the very same thing when we first meet. 'Just leave me alone to die, I deserve this after killing all those people'." Milla repeated and turned her head to her friend with a smile. "I'm sorry for hurting you like that, I just followed orders than listening to you."
"I knew you did that, it's the only way for you to mention you being my mentor." Velvet replied amusing and they sees a crack appearing in the barrier. "The barrier...!"
"The night time strengthen them and that's why more of them are coming, I don't have the abilities to fight them like this." Milla explained, looking at the barrier as another appeared. "Only those with dark abilities can't be affected, we really need your powers." Velvet looked at Milla in surprise before taking out the ring from under her uniform, gripping it tightly before ripping it off her neck and takes the ring off the chain.
"Please, I need your help." The raven haired girl whispered as she shakily puts the ring on her middle finger and her eyes became empty, like her soul was transported somewhere else.
- Somewhere else -
Velvet took a few feet forward as she arrived at the very shrine where everything started but now the sun was up and in front of the altar stood a woman, who slowly turned around to face her. Her eyes and hair was in the same bright red color, her hair was in a high ponytail with some of it longer and was highlighted with white at the tips. Her outfit was a white dress that shows a big part of her cleavage and was connected with black strings crossing over. Her skirt was short but turned blue when it was to the black lining and over it was like butterfly wings placed over it.
"It's been far too long since you've asked for my help..." The woman said and Velvet placed her left hand on her hip while looking at her. "...how long have it been since you've started to live in darkness? In the depths of anger and sadness, a world of guilt and despair?"
"I'm nothing like I was that day, Seres." Velvet replied with the woman closing her eyes in relief.
"Of course, you have friends and allies that won't leave your side." Seres said in understanding while opening her eyes again and Velvet looked at her with sadness.
"Celica..." She mumbled and her eyes forcing her to cry but wanted to show she was strong, under that Seres walked over to Velvet with a small smile.
"Remember, you too have a flame that can't be extinguished no matter what you do..." Seres told her and in her hands was a small flame burning in her palms. "All you need to do is to understand your powers to the bottom of your heart and remember what happened that night." Velvet looked at the flames in Seres' hands and was like a trance.
Back in reality, Milla was still holding up the barrier as Alexander was furiously hitting it while the barrier was still getting cracks as it was almost finished. Jude, Yuya and Yuto was too busy fighting the other two werewolves to help Milla protecting Velvet. The Lord of Spirits tried her best to keep the barrier up but it was getting weaker by the second and Milla didn't know how long it would hold up.
"We need to go help Milla." Yuto said as his bullets collided with the dark flame projectiles and they disappeared as Yuya did the same with his monsters against the werewolf itself.
"I know, but I don't see anything about Milla or Velvet." Yuya explained as he begins to get tired.
"That's right, the herb teas you drink was made by her." Yuto said as he remembered.
The barrier finally shattered and every human except Velvet widen their eyes in fear, Milla was thrown into a wall and didn't have the strength enough to get up. Alexander was right in front of Velvet but he couldn't see her eyes at it was covered by her bangs as he laughed wickedly.
"You're helpless now, aren't yah?" Alexander teased Velvet, not knowing that her hands folded into fists. "You're all alone now. Without your precious family, you're nothing!"
"I don't think you should piss her off right now." Milla grunted with a grin.
The next thing happened very fast, Alexander was sent over to the other side of the gym with a deep claw mark, that is dripping blood, in his side as he glares at a now standing Velvet but something changed. Her left hand was now a giant black and red werewolf claw that steamed a black aura, most of her sleeve was gone but only to the blue ribbon under the puffy part. Velvet's eyes seemed to be burning with fire, everyone except Milla was shocked of the sudden change in the air. Velvet walked over to Milla and helped her to sit up.
"You okay?" She asked and the ruby eyed girl nodded before placing a hand on the demon claw.
"Don't hold back, now it's your time to give them what they deserve." Milla said and Velvet stands up to turn around while flicking a lock of hair from her ear.
"Materialize." Velvet said and her earing glew dark red as the flower blooms, her headband started to torn away together with her clothes.
"What are you standing there for?! Attack her!" Alexander commanded angry and the two stopped with what they were doing and charged at Velvet, but she jumped into the air as the moonlight shows the new clothing.
Towards the bottom of her hair is plaited into big braids that are tied off by a bandage-like band. Her hair-strands curve towards the left-side of her face and she has mid-length hair which is plaited and tied by a smaller bandage-band resting on her left shoulder.
Her outfit consists of a revealing ruby-red corset which reveals her midriff and the top half of her breasts. It is possible her clothes have been torn during her adventures. The red corset has an insignia visible below the belt which it hinders below. The same belt rests of her hip and above her torn, black trousers, which now look like shorts. The trousers has a chain, multiple belts wrapped around her right leg and a few which spiral towards the lower half of her left. Over her corset, she wears a black jacket in the form of a robe with red-velvet lacing, the jacket is ripped towards the bottom and is tightened towards her chest by the belt.
She wears protective armour on her footwear as well as one extra armour plate on her right shin. She wears the same armour in the form of an arm protective gauntlet which rests above the same material as her coat, the material arches its way up to and wraps around her middle finger, highlighted by a rhombus-shaped piecing and the ring. Her left arm is wrapped and bandaged up, no longer in the demonic claw state.
Velvet took out blades from both her gauntlet and boots before kicking and slashing the two in the air, blood splashing across the floor and her face. Retracting the blades and takes out the demon arm to devour the bodies before she stands up, licking the blood on her finger.
"Artorius' ritual wasn't for that god but a way to awaken my true power, the side effect is I won't be able to taste anything besides the blood of the victims I devour." Velvet told Alexander, who was terrified. "To think you guys taste this good to be followers of that creep." The boys hurried over to Milla while Velvet was talking and Jude begins to heal her.
"Sis, should Velvet really go so far to kill them?" Yuya asked a little scared of the black haired girl.
"They made her suffer through her whole life, Velvet want them to feel her suffering by doing this." Milla explained, not taking her eyes of Velvet's rebellious and killer side.
"Artorius might have been my brother-in-law but I'll never forgive him for what he did to my little brother, using him as a sacrifice!" Velvet growled as she walked over to the werewolf. "Whatever Artorius wanted to do, he didn't waste any time when killing him on that altar like my brother was just an insect. He didn't care for all I take."
"You're still a naive young woman who doesn't know anything about the outside world." Alexander replied as Velvet grabbed his head tightly with her demon arm.
"I know now thanks to you, I have a purpose to continue living." Velvet said serious as she felt his life energy coming in through her hand. "I was really relieved when I saw Artorius screaming in agony, I really needed that after what he did to my family." The sound of breaking bones was heard and Alexander was turned into black smoke, being absorbed into the arm as the group came up to her.
"You did well..." Milla pointed out and Velvet turned around to face them after turning her arm back to see Milla holding out a handkerchief to her friend. "You have blood all over your face."
"Thanks." Velvet thanked her and took it to clean her face and hand. "I'll wash it when I get back to my apartment and give it back as fast as possible." Milla nodded and placed a hand on Yuya's shoulder.
"Velvet, this is my little brother Yuya." Milla introduced him and the black haired girl looked at her with sadness before putting on a smile while placing a hand on her hip.
"You should keep him close as much as possible for not losing him the way I did." Velvet pointed out, but the Secrecy Eyes smiled instead of being sad.
"There's no need for that as long I can protect myself, thanks to all the training Milla and Ludger gives me." Yuya explained, looking at Yuto. "This is Yuto, he's a close friend of mine." Yuto smiled with a small blush on his face.
"I'm Velvet Crowe, the leader of Berseria and also the Lord of Calamity." Velvet introduced herself. Jude remembered something, a sentence from a book he read while trying to find more info about Maxwell.
"'The Lord of Calamity is the offspring of the demon lord, Dhaos, to bring chaos and destruction to the world. One receptive of that power shall be reborn as the consuming demon that use life as a feeding ground'." Jude memorized and everyone looked at him. "'A monster known as a therion. Upon devouring their victims, they gain the very life energy and abilities of their victims. They have many forms but only one can have the price needed for the true rebirth, this very phenomenon has been found in every century'."
"You're just like Milla and Yuya then, a person that was passed on with the duty of their predecessors." Yuto said and Velvet looked away.
"There's more than just me at this school..." She said hushed. Suddenly a familiar scream was heard and Velvet's eyes widened in realization. "Crap! I forgot that Laphicet is here as well!"
"Come on!" Yuya said and they all ran out to the corridor.
"Velvet!" The voice of a boy yelled as the group took a turn in fast paced.
'Hold on a little longer, Laphicet! I'm coming!' Velvet exclaimed in her head determined as they didn't stop. Just then, a blue stream of light and a werewolf was knocked into the wall, surprising the group as it disappeared. They all walked slowly in caution but sees Laphicet on the other side still a little scared but started to calm down upon seeing the black haired girl.
"Laphicet!" Velvet exclaimed as she hurried over to him and the two hugs each other.
"Who's that, Sis?" Yuya asked as they watched the two.
"That's Laphicet, everyone here feel like they can smile all the time because of his presence just being in the same room with him." Jude explained, chuckling.
"He's not only that, Laphicet's her nephew as well." Milla said and Jude stared at her. "What? It's not like I know everything about her myself."
"You okay, Laphicet?" Velvet asked as she got on one knee in front of the boy.
"I'm okay, but what happened to you?" Laphicet asked seeing her new clothing with a small blush on his cheeks.
"This is how I look deep inside my heart..." Velvet replied, her eyes showing emotional pain.
"Will you be okay?" Laphicet asked worried and Velvet looked straight into his eyes.
"I'll be alright, just a little tired and sore." The Lord of Calamity explained as her clothes and hair changed back. "How about we go visit the graves this weekend after all that happened to today?"
"Yeah!" Laphicet agreed and the two began to walk back to the student apartments.
This day was a real adventure for Yuya and Yuto, going to the first-class boarding school in their city. Meeting a few of Milla's friends and even explore the school, getting to fight along with the Lords themselves against werewolves. They just hope nobody finds out it was them that ruined the gymnasium that night, the teachers would be quite shocked when they see it. But Yuya had a strange feeling inside, like something terrible is about to happen soon now that more people is involved with his secret.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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