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L Dragon Jul 16 2013, 11:15 AM
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 Sorry for the wait everyone!!! Next chapter here we go!!! x3
NOTE: there is most likely so many errors as I didn't even skim through it cause I wanted to post this as soon as possible, so sorry for that guys! >__<


Chapter 5: Death Chain

"Oof!" Yami mumbles as he lands on his rear. He was drenched, cloths, hair, his entire body was completely wet as he dripped a nice size puddle under himself. The hard wood floor repelled the water as it didn't drink it in. The sun was out, shining brightly as bird calls could be heard. It was clear they were at sea bound as he looked at the sparkling water stretching pass the horizon. It didn't take him very long to figure at they were on a boat, or a ship rather. To be more exact, a pirate ship. The wood was a dark green color, and the sails were black. A flag waved above the crows nest, displaying a single silver mark that looked like it was slicing a leaf in half. Yami felt a tug on his throat and flopped onto his back while yelping a short ouch. He quickly remembered Pianta had 'leashed' him as he pulled on the transparent collar.

"You couldn't drop us off ON the boat!?" Pianta shouts as she wrings out the water from her the bottom half of her dress, still keeping the chain part of Yami's leash in hand.

"I second this... I don't enjoy being soaked in sea water." Ludi adds as he too tried to dry off his cloths.

"I thought it was refreshing..." Otogi spoke up, lowering her voice as everyone gave her a dirty look. She nervously smiles as she wrings the water out of her hair.

"No..." Red suddenly blurts out. His eyes were widen as he looked around. The more he scanned the ship the more he became frighten.

"This isn't real..." He spits out randomly, taking a step back but realizing that he couldn't get very far since he was on a ship.

"Red? Are you okay?" Otogi asked as she slowly and cautiously took a step towards him.

"Yes, you are aboard the Wind Razor." Taylor finally states. He was annoyed at the rookie's disbelief. He couldn't understand why all the new guardians were afraid of this ship. Actually, he knew why, he just couldn't understand the logic of the reason.

"Lads..." A dark and looming voice echoed above them, turning Red's face white as a ghost as he slowly turned around to look at the speaker. His mouth parted in fright as he took another step back, this time in the other direction.

"You got ten seconds to give me a reasonable answer as to why ye be on my ship... The extra five seconds is a courtesy of being in Fate's presence... Now speak, or the winds will cast you out starboard side." The man's voice was rough, deep, and inhuman. His words were steady, like a rhythm of death itself. Standing next to him were two others. To his right was another human looking being. He wore a black and white attire; white long sleeved jacket, black shirt, black and white sneakers, backwards cap that was also black and white, and finally black finger-less gloves. His arms were crossed as he stared at everyone blankly. To the left was a wolf, wearing a black biker jacket that was open. He wore jeans and dark grey sneakers. His tail was longer than average, something he is noted for besides his tattoo on his leg, hidden by his jeans yet almost everyone knows its there.

"I speak on behalf of the High Command when I say this... We are official at war with an unknown force... The =SB= Base was attacked, mainly the academy, and your ship was the safest location I could think of." Fate addresses the man as he stepped forward.

"He wasn't talking about the entire group, Fate... He was talking to me." Cross interrupts as he joined Fate's said.

"If ye knew whom I was addressing than why not speak up for ye self and have Fate waste his breath talking." Upon hearing this question question Cross just closed his eyes and shrugged.

"You should know I'm a tad bit lazy when it comes to this kind of stuff-"

"Down to five seconds now, boy." The man cut him off, his one eye beaming down on the urban cowboy. Red didn't noticed the eye patch until now. In fact, he heard many tales of this man, how he looked and what he can do, that he didn't notice what the guy was wearing until now. White long pirate coat, white jeans and white shoes, black with white trimming pirate hat, and a black eye patch. A gold saber-like sword hung off a black strap that was tied around his waist.

"Captain Hex... We're short on time here, as you just heard. Our base has been attacked and we need to use your vessel as a temporary base." Pianta cut in, trying to keep her cool as she calmly spoke. This was a strange sight see, as Pianta isn't so polite to most people. Also, everyone knows that addressing Hex, let alone giving him orders, wasn't something he takes lightly.

"When I want ye to speak, I'll address ye in such a-"

"Father!" Pianta suddenly shouts, refraining from completely lashing out at him. Red and Otogi were shocked. They were never told that Hex was the father of Pianta. Truth was, he wasn't. He raised her long enough to be considered one. Plus, she normally used this as a tool to control Hex and get what she wants. She clears her throat as she remained calm and respectful while she spoke again.

"I understand Cross use to be part of your Chain, and for whatever reason you kicked him out and still hold a grudge against him. That is fine and dandy, but at the moment we're at a crisis and need your full corporation. Can you put aside your grudge for the sake of SB?" Once she finished her speech an awkward silence fell. Everyone could sense a bit of tension in the air.

"Captain-"

"I know, Combo... It is fine." Hex tells the human male standing next to him.

"Death Chain will assist ye on this quest to vanquish whatever evil has risen... Wolffe, prep the lower level for training and sparing." He informs them while giving the wolf next to him and order. Hex was the only one to use Ezekial's last name as his Guardian name. The wolf nods his head as the captain turned around and headed back to his quarters.

"Wait... Training? On this ship? That is possible?" Otogi asked with a bit of excitement. By now Red had recollected his nerves, seeing as Hex wasn't as scary as all the roamers made him out to be.

"The training isn't for you and Red, Otogi. The training is for the other guardians that can't seem to function properly in their own Chain." Ezekial informs them, to which Rabid shot a glaring look at the wolf, knowing he was referring to him.

"Apparently your old Chain is being reinstated, Ludi. As for everyone else, you'll be put into different Chains until these knuckle heads can square everything out. While they have their little tea party, the rest of you will focus on your own strengths within different Chains. Also, you'll be breaking in the new guys. Can't have newbies running around without some solid training." Combo explains as Ezekial headed down the spiral stairs to the lower deck.

"There is a problem with your plan," Taylor spoke up as he pushed himself off of the wooden rail he was leaning on.

"Fenroar is dead. He was part of our Chain before I started my own Chain."

"Right, cool fact and whatever. But you didn't hear me correctly. I said your old Chain, before Fenroar jumped into the picture... Meaning Fate is your Chain Commander... Savy?" Combo adds as he smirked a bit, thinking himself a bit clever just now. Taylor and Ludi stared each other down before fixing their attention on Fate. Fate on the other hand didn't bother to look at them. He remained focus on Combo for a moment.

"Lets begin then..." Fate spoke up, then followed the wolf down to the lower deck. Luid quickly followed behind him, and Rabid soon after.

"Now, the rest of you listen up. Here is your temporary Chains. Pianta and Red, you'll be with me. Yami and Otogi, you'll be with Ezekial. Cross... The Captain wants to see you in his chambers."

"Huh... Figured that would be the case." Cross comments as he smirked and shook his head lightly.

"I'm not letting this traitor out of my sight..." Pianta comments, tugging on the chained leash which made Yami grunt in pain a bit.

"In case you forgot, Hex's ship is coated with some kind of... Weird magic of sorts... The only way of entering this ship is climbing aboard when its water-side. As you cans see, we're in the air." Combo informs her, to which Pianta realized he was right. The ship was now floating high above the waters below.

"Its the same reason why Cross or his brother can't warp themselves or anyone else onto the ship... So relax. If he is a traitor, hes a dead man." Pianta didn't find comfort in his words. However, she trusted Hex, and everything that was apart him, which included this massively large ship they were on. Without saying a word she let go of the leash, causing it to vanish within seconds. Yami rubbed his throat as he felt relieved. With that out of the way, Yami joined Otogi and headed to the lower deck. Combo leaped over the railing and lands in front of Red, causing the boy to step back a few feet with a nervous look displayed.

"Well, Mr. Hacker, or should I call you No Data Available?" Combo teased as he smirked more. Red shook his head as he planted his hand onto his face.

"How does everyone know about that." He mutters to himself. Combo slaps him on the back with a loud 'ha.' This caused Red to move forward and almost go tumbling down the staircase leading to the lower deck. The boy got the hint and headed down while Combo took a moment to face Pianta.

"There is a reason why Hex is speaking with Cross alone." Combo starts off. His voice was cold and oddly serious. His carefree attitude vanished in a blink of an eye as a different side of Combo was displayed. Pianta never liked this side of Combo. It reminds her why he is in the Death Chain.

"As you know, Hex doesn't trust anyone, including Lord Fate... He trusts you though, so he asked me to give you this information..." He paused for a moment as Pianta moved closer to him, cupping her hands in front of her as she intensely listened to him.

"What I'm about to tell you is for your own soul to hear and no one else." He adds, to which Pianta figured that part came from her father and not him.

"Lilfate is alive... We found him before we found Lord Fate... The problem is the state we found him in. He was in a capsule of some kind. It was dark in nature, something even Hex couldn't manage to break open. There is a reason for this... There is a element within this capsule that isn't dark energy... Its digital."

"So you're telling me his son was encased in some kind of dark-digital element?" She asked him as she herself didn't fully understand this. Combo nods his head. He looked at the floor as he spoke his next words, trying to figure out what he was about to tell her himself.

"Red was found next to Lilfate." Pianta's eyes widen. She couldn't believe her ears.

"We ran several tests on him, trying to figure out where he came from and why he was there with Lilfate. We recently found out that he has the same elements and energy signature as the capsule encasing Lilfate."


"What... What does that mean?" She was confused, and yet all Combo could do his slowly shrug his shoulders.

"We've been trying to figure that out. Cross and Hex were the ones that found them, which is why Hex is speaking with him. Cross would return to that same spot over and over again, which is how he ended up finding Lord Fate after he took off. We were trying to prevent Fate from going to Organ Island. I'm guessing that is where the master minds behind all this are." Pianta couldn't believe all this. It was too much to take in so suddenly. She shook her head lightly as she hated being lied to. This entire operation was filled with so much secrecy. In wouldn't surprise her that the Guardians and the High Command is some how responsible for all this.

"Anything else I should know?"

"Yeah, actually. Fenroar isn't dead." Pianta's eyes lit up with glee. She smiled a little as she thought about seeing Fenroar alive. At least there was some good news in all this.

"Hes now our enemy though." Her smile quickly changed to a death-glaring frown as her eyes beamed into Combo's serious expression.

"What the hell..." She utters in annoyance. Combo simply shrugged again at this comment.

"What do we know about Tricks-"

"Its Virus now, actually... She was tossing it all over the place when Cross first met her. She thought he didn't know it was her. It was obvious, who else walks upside on the ceiling?" He adds with a light smile. Pianta only uttered a 'hmp' as she thought for a moment, ignoring Combo's little joke.

"Anyways, we have nothing as of right now. As for Yami, we're not sure he knew about her betrayal. We're counting on him to do so anyways. Until then, We'll use him to our advantage."

"Right... Thanks for letting me know. Better head down there before we look suspicious ourselves." With that said he nods his head, and returned his ever so charming and carefree smile as they headed down to the lower deck...

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Inside An Unknown Cave Structure

"Nicely done..." Faith comments as he slowly clapped his hands a few times. Fenroar was panting a bit as he slowly stood up. The large room was filled with people in hooded robes, all moaning and groaning from the beat down he just gave them.

"Didn't need to go all out though. I understand you're trying to impress the higher rank but... Over kill much?" Faith adds as he crossed his arms and smirks. Fenroar returned the smirk as he relaxed a bit. That was until he felt an odd presence above him.

"Well look at you. Mr. Tough guy over here..." A voice came from above him. Virus, previously known as Tricks, dropped down from the ceiling and lands with a thunderous boom as her posture remained the same, arms crossed and feet together. She didn't even bend her knees upon landing. Her hood hide her glaring eyes as she fixed them upon the new arrival Faith brought, unaware that this was person was in fact Fenroar.

"Still recruiting Faith? I thought I told you our auditions were closed." She asked him. Her stern voice was in place of an angered and aggressive shout.

"I thought it was wrong to not include one of the Royal's son in our Awakening." Upon hearing this both Virus and Fenroar became confused. Luckily for both of them, their hoods covered up their expressions as they put on a front as if his words didn't phase them. Fenroar was trying to figure out if Faith was lying while Virus was trying to understand why he would state this.

"I do not believe that a Royal would not inform me of all people about a son they might or might not have. I would ask how you obtained this shifty information, but I believe you're simply going to tell me without me having to force it out of you-"

"I wouldn't make threats there, Virus. I'm not the one falling in love with the enemy. I wounder what the Royals would think of this. My guess is that their trust in you would be... What was that word you used...? Oh, right... Shifty." Not even her hood could cover up the amount of blushing Virus was displaying. She even tried to hide it more by lowering her head. Her anger and embarrassment was eating at her just by thinking about Yami.

"At least give me a name, new comer-"

"Sigma..." Fenroar cut her off. He surprised himself as his voice sounded different. Was it a subconscious thing? Couldn't have been. How can his body change his voice that drastically.

"Sigma... Very well. Come with then, I'll introduce you to the XIII Royals. I'm sure one of them will recognize you shortly." She tells him. Fenroar didn't move. He wasn't going to go anywhere unless Faith told him to.

"Do what you want. I'll stay here and clean up this mess he made here." Faith tells her. Fenroar took this reply as a 'go ahead' signal. He soon joined Virus who then started to lead him down the maze-like cave structure. It wasn't lonf until they reached a large chamber. Twelve small thrones lined up lead to one large throne that was at the head of them. Six thrones on one side, and six on the other side. In the middle was a large dark blue and white long run, leading to the large throne. The large room had statues, carvings on the wall, sculptures, paintings, stained glass, and thirteen chandlers, one hanging above each throne. The chandlers lit up the entire room, making it look light blue because of the color of the walls. Each statue, each carving, and each stained glass told a story of some kind. Some of them were similar, displaying a sphere being split in half as a dark substance or being was being released from it. Others had Hauntmares and other DarkHeart creatures.

"Excuse the intrusion, Royals. But I have with me a chosen Unknown Royal whom I think you should meet." For a moment Fenroar thought she was talking to invisible people, as no one was sitting on the thrones. Suddenly a lough thunder-like sound boomed, summoning the twelve Royals to their thrones. They all displayed different mannerisms, some more relaxed than others, and others more intense and stir than others. Their robes differed in color and slightly in design. Fenroar looked to the large throne and noticed that it was empty.

"What the hell is it?" One of them spoke. Fenroar had to focus a bit more on the speaker. Not because he was so far away, but because he sounded very similar to Cross and Faith.

"T-this Unknown Royal has shown promise. He is eager to proof himself, as all the rest. However, I was informed that this Unknown Royal is in fact a child that belongs to one of you." Virus started off with a bit of nervousness.

"Did you check his Heart-Status?" The same male spoke, propping one of his legs on the armrest of his throne while he slouched a bit. Virus blinked a few times knowing she didn't.

"I was informed that only Rank III and up have a stable Dark Heart Status-" The male sighs with annoyance which forced her to stop speaking.

"Did you check his Cloak Number?" Upon asking this question Virus leans back a bit to view the stitched number on Fenroar's robe. She swallowed hard a bit as she felt like an idiot at this point.

"Forgive me, Royal Konos... I was informed that he just arrived so I assumed-"

"What the hell is 'assuming' going to do for ya? Know your shit before you come bothering us about stupid crap."

"Konos, ease down and show some manners. I'm sure Faith is behind this so let us hear her out before we 'assume' she is making a mistake." A female voice interjected from the other side of the room. Konos ignored her as he remained slouched and annoyed. The female that spoke, sitting up right and properly, turned to Virus and nods to her to let her know she can continue. Virus nods back as a form of thank and proceeded.

"His name is Sigma and-"

"Shit..." Konos uttered loudly upon hearing the name. Everyone who wasn't looking at Virus and Fenroar now focused strongly on them. The worried both Fenroar and Virus. Why would this name mean anything to them? It wasn't like Faith told him to pick this name.

"Sigma..." A loud and deep voice rung out. It almost sounded like a large beast was talking. Fenroar and Virus spotted the large robed male, sitting closest to the head-throne.

"Are you telling me that this Unknown Royal is Head Royal's son?" The large male asked. Virus wasn't sure of her answer now. She had to try and out do Faith by bringing this guy here without knowing everything. She simply thought it was lie, and now she is second guessing herself.

"That is correct." Virus replied. She was a bit confused now. The Head Royal was part of the twelve under the Master Royal, the thirteenth Royal. Why wasn't he present either?

"Well seeing as both Head Royal and Master Royal aren't here, I'd say screw the whole damn thing. If he is, then whatever. If he isn't, still whatever. This doesn't change a damn thing about our plans, nor should it if this crap is true. Once again you've wasted our time. Now piss off while I'm in a decent mood." As rude as Konos was, the other Royals knew he was right. Without waiting for her to leave Konos groans with annoyance and suddenly vanishes in a thunderous boom. The others shook their heads, then fixed their eyes on Virus again.

"Virus, do not mind Konos. You time here was spent wisely. Thank you, and call on us again should you need anything else." The female tells her with a light smile. Suddenly the rest of them vanish the same way Konos did, leaving Virus and Fenroar alone in the large room. She sighs and dropped to her knees as she cupped her hands to her face.

"I hate that guy... I truly hate him." He comments, keeping herself from crying tears of anger. Fenroar felt a bit bad for her. Even if she is his enemy, no one should be treated like that. He got down on one knee next to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I'll take his seat soon enough... You can count on it." He tells her with a stern voice. Once again he was surprised how his voice sounded nothing like himself. Virus sighs as she nods shook her head.

"Doubt it... In case you didn't noticed, he is the Tenth Royal. You got a long way to go before you can even match his strength... Thanks for the comfort though." She tells him with a light smile. Fenroar stood up with her as she nods her head to let him know she was alright.

"You do sound like him though, the Head Royal I mean. Maybe you're his son after all." She comments with a bigger smile. Fenroar could only nod his head to this. He wasn't sure if this statement was true or not, but he was willing to buy into this and find out.

"As you know, I'm Virus, Head Trainer for the Royals. I train all the Unknown Royals. Don't think because you moved up in rank so quickly that you get to skip the training sessions." He tells him, dimming her smile a bit as she became more serious.

"Come on, we have a lot to go over..."
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