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"Wow I can actually do it!" shouts Trojia.
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"H-How... Why?" Rage asks in confusion.
  
   
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She had just pointed out her hand and was able to move a rock and throw it more than fifteen feet without even touching it. This is definitely a form of psychokinesis that has been bestowed on her by the power of Messor.
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Phoenix huffs air out of his nose and shrugs his shoulders. "It's a long story."
  
   
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Messor has given the entire group some form of ability in order for them to defend themselves.
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"Make it short, I'm quite interested as well." says Pontius while holding his hand out in a presenting manner.
  
   
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"Very good, that's all I can do for you. The growth of this new ability of yours will be entirely up to your own efforts now." Messor said with a pleasant smile.
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Phoenix does make it short, so short that it still leaves the mind to wonder, especially when he reveals a bitter frown as he says, "I was sent to Earth to die once again."
  
   
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Her help is duly appreciated and even Napoleon is quite excited; this has been a very easy transition into strength for them. All Messor had to do was put her index finger on their foreheads and they were instantly able to do inhuman things. What she did was open up a certain portion of their brains that was once inaccessible on Earth. Here in Purgatory, the human body is able to break its natural limits the laws of physics cursed them to be unable to do in their past lives.
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"Then how did you end up here?" Pontius asks.
  
   
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Everyone has some kind of ability stored in their brains, it's just a matter of being able to realize it or not. In the case of Strauphius and Aria, once they became 'aware' they immediately obtained such powers, and after honing it for years they became the people they are now.
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Phoenix smiles, "That's an even longer story, and I don't care to explain."
  
   
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"Did you you see me Ubica!? Did you see!?"
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"If that's the case, I won't press on any further. But, if you intend to pass the Gate, I will kill you again."
  
   
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Ubica smiles and says, "Of course, good job Trojia!"
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"Hahahaha how bland, I bet you enjoy this job a lot more than your last one." Phoenix points his bible at him and finishes, "I'm happy that you're here though... I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
  
   
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Tsubiri frowns and latches on to his shoulder. "Well what about me you jerk!?"
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"So be it."
  
   
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Ubica blushes when he feels her chest rub against his arm and replies, "Y-You did good too."
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Pontius jumps up atop a big rock and lifts his arms, out of the ground comes dozens of pale zombie like Roman soldiers all clad in the armor for that specific time frame. Pontius then points his index finger at the two and the soldiers all charge at them.
  
   
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The two girls compete for Ubica's attention whilst Napoleon and Niomyo sit on a rock and have their own conversation.
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Rage is about to attack but he is halted by Phoenix's hand. "I told you to let me handle this didn't I?"
  
   
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"This is amazing..." Niomyo says with her eyes stuck on her hands.
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Rage's eyebrows steepen, "You can't expect me to sit by and watch can you?"
  
   
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Napoleon readily agrees and says, "Yeah, it will definitely help us get out of here."
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"I'm not expecting anything, I'm demanding it."
  
   
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Niomyo looks over at Ubica, who's being manhandled by Trojia and Tsubiri and asks, "Now that we have these abilities... Is it really necessary that we keep Ubica around?"
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Rage clicks his tongue and takes a step back, displeasure can be seen all over his face.
  
   
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Napoleon's eyebrow twitches. "What do you mean?"
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Phoenix chuckles a bit at walks towards the charging soldiers, he shoots them a sharp glare and says, "Vanish."
  
   
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"Well I mean we don't have to rely on him anymore. Don't you think that it's more dangerous with him than it would be without him?"
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The soldiers immediately dissolve and their ashes float into the sky.
  
   
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He folds his arms and ponders for a moment, he takes a deep breath and replies, "I can see why you would think that way... But he is far stronger than all of us combined at the moment, and besides, if he left, the unity of the group would be completely shattered."
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"!?"
  
   
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Niomyo frowns and raises her voice, "Our unity doesn't revolve around the feelings of the two princesses and that guard! Once they realize how dangerous he is they will come around eventually."
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"You look surprised Pilate... You didn't think I've always been a meek man did you?"
  
   
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Napoleon stays calm and states, "I must apologize, but I feel that no matter how dangerous he is... He is still my comrade, and I never abandon my comrades."
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"Could you have done this back then?"
  
   
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After saying that, he coldly turns to walk toward the group and leaves her behind.
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"Of course I could... But I didn't have the mindset to do such a thing, I also wasn't allowed to inflict harm on any kind of being until the Battle of Armageddon."
  
   
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Niomyo clicks her tongue and says to herself, "Since when did a man like you become so soft? I will never allow an existence like him to become close to the Princess."
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Pontius tilts his head and mumbles something to himself.
  
   
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Phoenix, in somewhat of a joking manner says, "What? You didn't hear about that? Hahaha you sure get behind the times when you're stuck here for a few thousand years huh?"
  
   
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"All I need to care about is protecting the passageway of this Gate... Matters of the Earth and what lies above and below it are not of my concern." Pontius methodically replies.
  
   
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This makes Phoenix a little agitated, as if to pick at him a little more he asks, "How many people have been through this Gate?"
  
   
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"Very few have, I only let the ones I deem worthy of such an honor pass to the other side."
  
   
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"Really now... Well let me ask you one last question, who assigned you to this position?"
  
   
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"Hey, you look kind of annoyed." said Daey.
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Pontius folds his legs and points his index finger to the sky, "God."
  
   
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She is addressing Messor, who has a troubled look on her face.
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Phoenix scowls and grits his teeth, he throws his bible and once it hits the ground it bursts into flames. "Heheheh, all of us are just his little puppets that belong on stage... It is just that some characters are liked more than others." he continues to walk when he takes his eccentric priest scarf off his shoulders holds it out. "Those characters are always given a pleasant ending... Be it eternal life or the most basic of his gifts, he must have had to go through a lot of trouble to do this for you... All of that effort, for the man who sent his only begotten son to die a horrible death."
  
   
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"Do I?"
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The scarf grows extremely large and turns into a winding cloth of multicolored flames, a very unholy looking weapon to say the least. He swings it toward Pontius, but he dodges, the flame cloth hits the rock he was sitting on and completely obliterates it, the power invested in this weapon is insurmountable.
  
   
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"Yeah, was doing this for us a strain on you?"
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Pontius lands upon a cross that holds a crucified dead body on it, looking down with his white eyes he says, "That was certainly not a benevolent type attack..."
  
   
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Messor looks to her and gently smiles, "Not at all, I'm happy to help."
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"Who says I have to fight like an Angel?"
  
   
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Daey looks as if she is about to ask another question when she is stopped by Messor. "How about you? You don't look too pleased... Hmmm, is this jealousy I'm sensing?"
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The two glare at each other and leave Rage wondering just what in the world is happening, he still hasn't completely coped with the revelation of the Messiah. And just why he is willingly attempting to kill someone with his own hands?
  
   
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Daey blushes and shyly answers, "M-Maybe a little... I don't like it when they hang all over him like that."
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It would seem that Phoenix senses this so with his back turned to him he gives a hint. "Let's just say that I'm doing this because of a long story."
  
   
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She is complaining about the sight of Trojia and Tsubiri clinging to Ubica in an attempt to keep his attention, it would seem that Messor isn't too happy about this either, but she is trying very hard to hide it.
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All he can do is imagine why, and what exactly what happened throughout the times to make him act so different from the past. This story is only stored in the head of Phoenix, and the head of none other than Ubica.
  
   
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"Ubica is quite the attractive man isn't he? I can see why you all like him so much." Messor replied with a hint of unnoticeable agitation in her voice.
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To understand why Ubica is involved, we'd need to go a thousand years into the past and take a closer look at the happenings of the Apocalypse.
  
   
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Daey smiles and quickly replies, "I think he's perfect."
   
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This catches Messor off guard, the way she said that without any hesitation has her a little surprised. "Is he now?.. What makes you say that?"
   
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She is actually quite interested in what their opinions of him are and why they feel the way they do toward him, it's not like it's anything that holds any meaning, but rather, it gives her a selfish feeling of one upping them because she is the one who knows Ubica the best.
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"Even though he's clumsy and oblivious, and he says so many embarrassing things without even noticing it, even though he can't ever seem to say no... He's so great that those little obscurities of his add to his charm."
   
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Messor smiles and blows a little puff of air out of her nose while Daey continues.
   
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"He is strong and reliable, kind and caring, and to top it off he is unbelievably cute... Any girl would fall for him if they spend any kind of time around him."
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During the reign of Ubica The Anti-Christ over a thousand years earlier.....
  
   
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Messor can't help but find this funny, the Ubica she knows is pretty much the complete opposite of what kind of person Daey is describing. In her view, Ubica is rough and mean, sarcastic and cold, always composed and never says the wrong thing, he's extremely evil and couldn't care less for anyone other than himself. The only things similar between the two descriptions is that he has this innate ability to get all kinds of people to follow him, and that he has striking good looks.
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"So is this the prophesied declaration of war?" asks Ubica. He is sitting on a throne and is wearing an odd mask with three pointed horns on it over one of his maddening black eyes.
  
   
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"Does that mean you love him?"
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Phoenix is addressing him, his appearance is a little different however. His hair is black and longer, and has a full beard; his skin and eyes are the same though.
  
   
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Daey giggles a little and answers, "Not quite... But I'm certainly on my way."
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"Yes it is." Phoenix answers.
  
   
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After saying this, the sound of her two rivals pestering him becomes louder, a vein surfaces on her forehead and she runs toward the other two girls and Ubica and shouts, "GET YOUR ASSES OFF OF HIM!!"
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Ubica smiles and looks to Messor who is standing right beside him and then back, "Interesting... You do know that things aren't going to end up the way it does in that pathetic book of yours right?"
  
   
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Messor starts to laugh and says, "This is becoming quite cute... But the only one who will have Ubica is me."
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With a straight face Phoenix replies, "I must disagree, that book is the man written voice of God. If he says this is going to end in a certain way, then it will."
  
   
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Ubica laughs, "Hahahaha, how naive you are holy one."
  
   
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He stands to his feet, revealing his outfit of a long black robe that drags across the dark red carpet that lay on the marble floor. He steps off the three step staircase and walks to his counterpart; now face to face and looking each other in the eyes, Ubica speaks, "Do you really believe everything he says?"
  
   
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"Of course, his word is absolute."
  
   
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"His word is a load of shit... If he is so almighty then he could easily end all this correct? In a matter of fact, he could have made it so none of this would've ever happen in the first place."
  
   
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"That is because he wants to give his children a free will."
  
   
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The group is now in yet another town, and thanks to the jobs of the last town they were in, they have plenty of money so they can head to a hotel and make a reservation; and that's exactly where they are heading because the sun is close to setting. This town is very similar to the last, be it that there are statues of pagan gods the line the city streets here as well. But this time there is no festival and the aura from this place is that of a normal middle-ages' merchant town.
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Ubica smiles condescendingly. "A free will to do what? To ruin themselves? To defy him and worship me? To bring this world to its destruction?" Phoenix stays quiet and Ubica continues. "I must say, no being would want one of his own creations to damage or destroy another one... So I offer you a different explanation... Perhaps he is just weak?"
  
   
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They reach a hotel and ready to check in when Messor grabs Ubica's sleeve and begins dragging him away.
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"God is the almighty being, he has more power than all of us can even imagine."
  
   
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"I'm sorry, but would you all mind if I borrow Ubica for a little?"
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"I beg to differ promised one... If that were the case, than what are you for?"
  
   
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She doesn't give them a chance to answer when she takes off running with him in tow.
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Phoenix remains calm and answers, "I exist to exercise his will."
  
   
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"Um... Where are we going?" Ubica asks, he is being helplessly dragged around and has no clue why.
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"Oh? If you exist to exercise his will, that contradicts what you say about him giving his creations a free will."
  
   
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"We're going out."
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Phoenix's eyebrow twitches at that.
  
   
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"Well yeah I can see that, I want to know where!"
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Ubica presses on and adds, "So if he is the almighty, wouldn't he be able to impose his own will? It seems awfully odd that he would need anyone else to do such a thing."
  
   
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"It's a surprise, just go with it."
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Phoenix's eyebrows twitch yet again, it would seem that this has given him a slight spike in emotion. He retorts Ubica's statement and asks, "Is that not the same thing you are doing for Satan?"
  
   
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Messor laughs and continues to pull him along until she finds somewhere interesting to stop.
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Ubica chuckles and turns to walk towards his throne. "Hmmm? What does he have to do with anything?"
  
   
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Phoenix's composure stiffens for a split second, "Well, he is your creator is he not?"
  
   
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"How about this place?" she asks.
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Ubica halts his walk to his seat and instead walks back towards Phoenix. "Is he now? Who told you that?"
  
   
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They have reached a restaurant atop of a hill that has a nice view of a nearby lake. Vines line the pillars of the brick structure and it really gives off a classy feel. It's almost like this place doesn't belong in this town.
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"It's common sense... God has explained it all."
  
   
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Ubica sighs, without much regard to the building or scenery he answers, "It looks good."
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"What if I told you that God was lying when he said such a thing?"
  
   
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So with that they get a window seat and order some wine to start off the night.
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Phoenix stays silent and tries to remain composed.
  
   
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"Don't be so cautious around me Ubica, I'm not here to try anything funny."
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Ubica sees this and starts to get amused, "You see, I was created by the evil of man, my birth comes from the combined sins of every single person in the history of your father's creation. So I guess in turn, that would mean that I was technically created by God... Correct? You know, those sins that you died like a dog for had to go somewhere, and they certainly weren't going to go to you, they all went to me, your opposite's birth. Who do you think gave them away?"
  
   
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"I'm not being cautious, I just want to know why you brought me out here."
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Phoenix's face begins to contort and lose its firm shape, it is becoming obvious that Ubica's words are starting to affect him in a negative way.
  
   
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Messor takes a sip of her wine and looks out the window. "Why do you think? I just want to spend some time with you... Don't you think this view is romantic?"
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Ubica feeds of such energy and keeps pressing, "If he did not tell you such a thing, that would mean he lied to you... Does the almighty being have to lie? If he was such a great power, there would be no need to do such a thing."
  
   
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Ubica is still wary of her presence and actually is very cautious. He attempts to keep it obscure but he understands that Messor always seems to know how he is feeling, she knows him so well that his feelings are always out in the open when he's around her.
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"He did not lie, nor would he ever need to. He would never create monster lik----"
  
   
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"Yeah sure, but it depends on who you're with." he says, he has a smirk on his face, signifying that he is trying to poke fun at her.
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"He created evil by giving man its first restrictions did he not? Or rather, he let it grow and never bothered to stop it." Ubica interrupts.
  
   
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She catches this and says, "Oh? So if you were with one of those other girls would it be better?"
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"....."
  
   
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Ubica was in the process of drinking his wine when she says this so he jolts in surprise and spills some on his shirt.
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"Hahahaha look at how robotic you are, you are no better than a puppet from a play that is destined to say the same lines for all eternity. If he gave you the vision to see how things really are you would never follow such a being."
  
   
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"Haha, you really are clumsy..." Messor says as she leans over the table and wipes his shirt with a napkin. With her face close to his she looks him in the eyes and has somewhat of a serious tone when she asks, "Am I right? I can see that they play a big role in the way you are now... I'm interested to see which one you like the most."
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"You spouting hypocritical nonsense, you are doing the exact same thing for the Devil."
  
   
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Ubica shifts his glare away from her and looks troubled, he reveals a strained smile and says, "What if I said it was you?"
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Ubica takes another step closer to him and replies, "That is where you are mistaken anointed one, I am the antithetical version of you... So that means that unlike you, I make my own decisions; I'm not under the control of anyone. I am my own man so I do believe I have a very important thing that you don't, it is called freedom."
  
   
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Messor laughs and leans back in her chair. "Then I'd say you were lying." She gestures to a waiter that she wants a refill of her wine before she turns to finish, "I know how you feel towards those girls, and I also know how you feel towards me. And that makes me come to the conclusion that it would be none of us if it were up to you."
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Phoenix bites his tongue to keep himself from talking; it is quite apparent that anything he says will not do any kind of good in swaying the mindset of Ubica.
  
   
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Ubica squints his eyes and once again looks away, he bitterly drinks his wine and says, "I can't ever hide anything from you."
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He turns to exit the room when he says, "In the upcoming moons, your worshipers will be judged, and in seven days time, the battle will commence in the valley of Harmagiddo. There, the holy power of the light will finally destroy the evil of the darkness and rid God's world of it for all time."
  
   
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She smiles and says, "Of course you can't. We are one after all."
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"Oh really now? In the unlikely occurrence that we do lose, I highly doubt that evil will ever be rid. His lies will be shown through his so called 'anger', and the world will once again fall into the same kind of situation. And once more, you would be the one who has to suffer for it."
  
   
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Phoenix stops walking and says, "That outcome is an impossibility, the Angels of my army and I will assure it."
  
   
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Ubica laughs and makes a bold statement. "I predict that I will rest on a feathered bed of every last one of your Angel's severed wings. I will kill them all with my own hands."
  
   
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Phoenix doesn't reply and opens the door to the exit, but before he can leave he feels at tap on his shoulder. He quickly turns and find Ubica standing right in front of him, holding his head awfully close to Phoenix's face. The mask that he was wearing is off and both of his glaring eyes can be seen.
  
   
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The two have been at the restaurant for close to an hour now and the city lights that shine off the lake make the view all the more beautiful.
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Phoenix is left with one last batch of Ubica's head sticking words.
  
   
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Ubica has his head rested on the wooden table and Messor sits there with a wide smile on her face.
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"Feigning ignorance is not exercising faith... You will find that with my help, in seven days time, that faith you hold will be the death of everything you've ever known.."
  
   
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"I see you can't hold your liquor anymore huh?"
   
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It is quite apparent that Ubica is flushed because the wine went to his head so fast that it felt like an anvil is pressing against the front side of his brain, making it very difficult to keep upright.
   
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"How is it that whenever I'm around you, I end up doing the things that I want to avoid??" he shouts into the table.
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She starts to laugh and pokes at him, "Oh come on this is fun, we used to drink all the time back in the day."
   
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"That was over a thousand years ago, I haven't even had a drink since then!" he yells as he tries to lean up, he's wearing a pouting face like that of a little kid.
   
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Messor shrugs her shoulders and says, "Hey hey I didn't shove it down your throat, you were the one who did the drinking."
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Back at the first Gate of Purgatory, the present Phoenix continues his battle with Pontius Pilate.
  
   
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Ubica huffs air out of his nose and flops his head back on the table.
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With the flame cloth swinging and destroying everything in its path; Pontius is jumping all over the place, displaying a mastery of escape because one hit from this cloth would most definitely result in an instant death.
  
   
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With a sigh of resignation he says, "I knowwww."
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"A limber man you've become Pilate, did God give you such a power as well?" Phoenix asks while attacking.
  
   
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Messor drinks the last of the wine in her cup and her tone turns mint when she asks, "Tell me something... If you have been trying to avoid this kind of thing, then why did you drink with me in the first place?"
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"I have taken part in God's will, if this is my punishment or my reward, it is my obligation to accept."
  
   
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He tilts his head up and uses his chin as a stool to his eyes and says, "I'm not drunk yet... So don't expect me to spill my guts any time soon."
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Looking at this job as a Gatekeeper closely, the pros and the cons can be seen clearly. He is stuck in such a place forced to stare at the same scenery for all eternity, and fight an endless battle against constant people who have attained similar abilities by becoming 'aware'. Or on the bright side, he has always loved his old job as a judge, this is quite similar to that past because it is entirely up to him on who passes, and this time there is no need to feel guilty for his killings because it is God's will to protect the passageways of the Earth.
  
   
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She leans back in her chair and puts her legs on the table, causing the back legs of her four footed chair to teeter dangerously against the ground, this causes many of the other costumers to stare because this is a sight that shouldn't belong in such a snazzy place.
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To Phoenix, either way is equally bad because in his mind, Pontius should be nowhere near any kind of position other than a firm spot in Hell.
  
   
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"I'm not trying to get you to confess anything special to me, I just want to know why."
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Phoenix bundles up his cloth so it wraps around his entire arm and says, "Allow me to override his decision to give you such on obligation."
  
   
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He shuts his eyes and leans his head to the side, with a guilty tone in his voice he says, "Because... I owe you for time lost."
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The cloth whips forward at an incredible speed, thinking that he's out of range Pontius stays calm, but to his surprise the cloth never stops so in a last ditch effort to avoid any crucial damage he pulls out his Roman sword and deflects it.
  
   
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She immediately sits astute and looks surprised, she has an unusual sloppiness in her composure when she asks, "What does that mean??"
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But at a terrible cost.
  
   
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Ubica gives her a genuine, soft smile and answers, "I left you in the pit knowing that one day, someone would come to take you out... I didn't know when that'd be, so all this time I've been waiting has been time I need to make up for." He stands to his feet and walks to her, putting his hand on her shoulder he finishes. "I'm sorry for leaving you behind, there hasn't been a day that's gone by where I didn't regret it... I've truly missed you Messor."
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During his defense his arm was badly burnt, so burnt in fact that it reaches all the way to the bone. The muscle and the tendons are all crisped away and growing fast, so in order halt any further damage he takes his sword and cuts his own arm off.
  
   
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Messor stands up as well and puts her head into his chest, the normally strong, quick witted and sarcastic girl is hiding her face on him in order to hide the blush that has painted itself on her cheeks.
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"Hahaha don't you find it ironic that I would use flames to destroy my enemy?" Phoenix asks with a slight laugh.
  
   
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She wraps her arms around him and with a cracked voice says, "I've missed you too... I've missed you so much."
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Pontius still holds on to his statue like face and replies, "Being here for so long... Nothing surprises me anymore."
  
   
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"Hmph, is that so? Well my Phoenix Cloth's fire will be a fitting punishment to what you really deserve."
  
   
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Phoenix swings it over his head like a lasso and it causes a huge circle of odd colored flame to float above him, the circle drops and then stops so it's waist high to his body and twirls much like a hula hoop. The cloth wraps back around his arm and he proceeds to give chase to Pontius on foot, the two play cat and mouse for a while until Phoenix rests his palm on the hoop and throws his hand forward, this results in smaller circles of flame to give chase to Pontius as well.
  
   
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Narrowly avoiding a hit by one of the discs, Pontius jumps along the top of the crosses, much to his shock he hears a thunderous noise crash from behind him. The disc is following him and is mercilessly ripping through the wood of the crosses and the bones of the bodies that lay on them. Trying to move faster doesn't work and he comes to the conclusion that this is some sort of attack that seeks its target and won't stop until it hits what it was intended to hit.
  
   
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The two left the restaurant and are now walking hand and hand down the lighted streets of the city; along the lake is a bridge used as a few point.
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"These are the eternal flames from the bottomless pit of fire the Anti Christ was cast in, these flames will never stop burning until the the evil of its target is destroyed." explains Phoenix as he maneuvers the throw of three more discs.
  
   
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Ubica gestures to her to sit while he walks to the railing and smiles when he feels the cool breeze to flow through his hair.
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Rage is standing there all on his lonesome and his mind is racing twenty times faster than normal, his whole thought process is about what could have possibly gone awry to make the only begotten son act in such a manner. As an observer from the best of views, he looks back on what he saw in the battle of Armageddon but finds that nothing comes to mind that could make him this way.
  
   
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"Hey... Can I tell you something?" Messor asks, still blushing and is obviously embarrassed about it.
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Though it's not like the person Phoenix is at this moment is completely different from the man he was in the past, it is still enough to make Rage wonder what changed his thought process so. The answer once again lies in the heads of Phoenix and Ubica.
  
   
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Ubica keeps his back facing her and his eyes stuck on the view when he replies, "Sure."
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The reason for Phoenix's change in personality, can be answered by looking into the occurrences of the Battle of Armageddon.
  
   
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As soon as he replies he feels her rub up against his back and her arms once again wrap around him, she does this quite often but this time he can feel her trembling and it has really caught him off guard.
   
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Messor squeezes him really tight when she softly says, "I love you."
   
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A thousand years earlier...
  
   
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After revealing his trump card of one 144,000 Angels atop of Mount Zion, and long past the point where they all battle the Army of Demons.
  
   
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"Ahhh geez! What's up with that girl!?" shouts Tsubiri as she pulls her hair in frustration.
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Phoenix finds himself in disarray and despair when he looks at the world in which he stands; millions upon millions of people are dead and mangled across the horizon and as far as the eye can see.
  
   
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The group has booked their rooms in the hotel and the girls and guys have been split like usual, so Tsubiri, Trojia, Daey and Niomyo are all sitting on the two twin size beds they'll be sharing later on in the night.
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At an even greater number than the dead, people are fighting with all of their might in a blinded rage. As if adding even more mayhem to the battle, falling out of the reddened sky above them are an abundance of hailstones that weigh hundreds of pounds.
  
   
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"I'm sure they are just talking about all the abilities we have now or something, you don't have to make it such a big deal." Daey responds, she is lying comfortably on her back against the soft cushions of the bed.
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This is the seventh bowl of God's anger.
  
   
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Even Trojia isn't too worried about this because out of all of them, she was the first to meet Messor, and she has come to the conclusion that Messor is one of the kindest girls she had ever met.
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Before the hail, the entirety of the world was ravaged with thunderous lightning and the biggest earthquake the likes of man has ever seen. This has left the terrain of the planet in absolute devastation.
  
   
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Trojia grabs a pillow and tosses it at Tsubiri, hitting her square in the face. "I hate to say it but Daey's right, they'll be back soon."
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But this isn't what has gotten Phoenix so shaken, a seemingly infinite amount of white, light brown, and gold feathers float the in the wind in an odd discrepancy with the chaos surrounding them.
  
   
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Tsubiri grabs to pillow and chucks it back to her. "You too!? How do you guys not find this suspicious!?"
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Phoenix walks amidst the dead bodies of demons, humans, and heavenly beings in a trance, his white robes covered in blood. Looking among the faces of the dead people, his temples begin to beat when he starts to recognize them; he starts breathing sharply and his ears begin to pulsate with pain when the sound of a loud laugh can be heard.
  
   
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Both Daey and Tsubiri throw another pillow at her and simultaneously shout, "Because it's not!"
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Phoenix's eyes roll off the dead and follow the feathered trail which leads to the base of what seems like a mountain of bloodied wings. Atop of it sits the laughing man. The man who is enjoying himself to the fullest while holding an injured angel hostage is Ubica the Anti-Christ.
  
   
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Tsubiri pouts like a child and walks to the door. "Well I think it is, so I'm gonna go find them!"
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Ubica grabs the back of the Angel's wings and puts his foot on her back, he begins to push with his foot and pull with his hands.
  
   
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She sticks her tongue out at them and makes a funny sounding 'Bleeeeeeeh!' noise, with that she exits the room and slams the door behind her.
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The Angel screams in pain as her pride is slowly being ripped from her body.
  
   
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The two princesses sigh and lay back on their beds.
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Through a cracked voice Phoenix shouts, "Let her go!!"
  
   
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Niomyo, who has been silent for this whole thing has a troubled frown on her face, she addresses the two like they are in a student teacher relationship and asks, "I still don't get it. How can you all be so infatuated with that boy?"
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Ubica halts his attack and turns to him with a smile, "The weight of your words have no effect on me holy one. This is part of the proof that the human written voice of God is a book of lies."
  
   
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"Huh? Where did that come from?" asks Daey with her eyebrow raised.
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He pulls on the Angel's wings once more and the tearing sound begins to be heard.
  
   
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"It comes from common sense! Do you not know what he is! That boy is a damn mon--"
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"Stop it!!"
  
   
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"Shut up Niomyo!" shouts Trojia.
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"Oh? Is the anointed one begging the embodiment of evil for mercy?"
  
   
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The two stare at each other violently, leaving Daey wondering just what in the world is going on. "Uh... Am I missing something?" she asks with a nervous smile on her face.
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Ubica once again starts to laugh.
  
   
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The tension could be cut with a butter knife but is quickly broken when Trojia smiles, turns to her and shruggs it off. "It's nothing, Niomyo is just overprotective."
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Phoenix is standing there and quite helplessly at that, in a last ditch effort he decides to run to her aid but he is stopped by the voice of the Angel pleading, "Please don't come near..."
  
   
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"Umm, okay... Well then, I'll leave you two to your ways, I'm gonna go get some dinner at the hall."
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"But..."
  
   
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Daey felt very awkward during that death glare so she decides to leave.
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"This is what he wants... It's a trap to get you roused... Don't let anything he says or does affect you.."
  
   
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"What the hell are you doing!?" Trojia yells.
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"Hahaha aww man, I thought destroyed your voice box... Well then my little innocent Angel, this now means that you are useless to me." Ubica says as he breathes into her ear.
  
   
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Niomyo frowns and tries to prove her point by shouting even louder, "I'm trying to knock some damn sense into you!"
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He smiles and effortlessly rips her wings off and tosses them into the air.
  
   
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"At what cost!? Tsubiri and Daey don't know about him, you almost blabbed!"
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Phoenix's shoulders jolt as her blood sprays under the light of the moon. "Angelene!!!!"
  
   
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"They should know, it's for their own good that they do know so they back off of him!"
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As the Angel falls, she smiles at the sound of him shouting her name, and once she lands on the severed wings of her comrades she looks at him and softly says, "All... Be it... For the King.."
  
   
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Trojia grits her teeth and stomps her way to Niomyo, in a similar fashion to the way she slapped Ubica, she slams her open palm into her face and it makes a tremendous noise.
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She shows him one last smile and then
  
   
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"Remember who you are talking to!"
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CRACKKK!!!
  
   
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Niomyo rests her hand on her cheek and looks surprised, in somewhat of a shocked tone she says, "B-But, I'm only doing this to protect you."
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Ubica slams his foot into her face; the crushing blow causes the mountain of feathers to rustle up and fly all about.
  
   
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"I don't need protection, if I ever thought I was in real danger I would never have gotten involved with him in the first place, you know I'm smarter than that."
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This is undoubtedly the death of this Angel named Angelene.
  
   
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Niomyo is left speechless, she has nothing to say because that slap put her back in her rightful place as an expendable bodyguard. She knows that Trojia doesn't think of her that way, but the truth is that's what she is worth. As far as she is concerned it shouldn't matter what her opinion is, her job is to protect whoever it is that she is assigned to protect and anything other than that should be considered a luxury.
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Phoenix drops to his knees and sits there together with his dead allies. Every last Angel is someone he considers a friend, throughout time he has grown an unbreakable bond with them so seeing all of them brutally massacred like this has devastated him.
  
   
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Niomyo bows and says, "I must apologize, I was out of bounds and I deserve to be punished."
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Ubica chuckles and moves his fingers as if counting, after a few moments he says, "That was Angel number 143,999... The one named Micheal escaped like a sniveling coward, that piece of shit..."
  
   
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Trojia sighs and shakes her hand that stings from the slap. "Huuaahh, you always say that, you know I'll never punish you. It's okay, lets go join Daey for some dinner."
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Phoenix puts his hands over his face in panic, this was absolutely not supposed to happen. Satan's Army is dominating the forces of good and even he, the son of God has been defeated by Ubica.
  
   
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"R-Right..."
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"I don't believe your father told you that all of your best friends would be slaughtered by my hands alone.. I don't think he even told you that one would die right? An outstanding victory for the army of light is what he said right!? His 'anger' would judge the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped his idol right!?" Ubica shouts with his arms wide open.
  
   
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Phoenix looks at him through his fingers and speaks into his hand, "T-This is all apart of his plan."
  
   
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"Lies! I have destroyed God's plan!"
  
   
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"G-God can not be defeated..."
  
   
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"He has been defeated since the beginning! A defeated man uses his own children to fight his battles for him; if he was a man of victory he'd be here in your place! He would impose his 'anger' by himself instead of sending Angels holding bowls to pour them on my followers! He sent those Angels to be killed by me! He sent you to die by my hands because of his cowardice!"
  
   
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"N-No.. That's not true."
  
   
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"Are you kidding?" Ubica asks.
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"The truth is what can be seen with your eyes! You and your brainwashed comrades all followed him into oblivion. And now, this world is in my hands alone!!"
  
   
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"Do I sound like I'm kidding?" Messor replies bluntly, she squeezes him even harder as to show him she is serious.
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Ubica disappears in a green flash and reappears right in front of Phoenix, Ubica takes Phoenix's hands and moves them off his face, he lifts the son of God's head and looks him in the eye.
  
   
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"But isn't it im--"
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"Let me ask you, what is it that 'you' want?"
  
   
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"Impossible." Messor interrupts. "I thought it was too... Have you ever heard the saying, 'You don't know how good water tastes until the well runs dry.'? Well that is what happened to me when I found out that you left me in the pit, I never realized that the feelings I had when I was with you turned out to be love until you were away from me."
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Phoenix glares at him and can't find the right words to say so Ubica tries to simplify it for him.
  
   
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The tension in Ubica's body eases and his whole demeanor seems a little off when he asks, "Then let me ask you, what is love?"
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"What I mean is, now that there is no one's will to follow, what is it you intend to do? Who is it that you intend to follow?"
  
   
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A swarm of different emotions are flowing through his head, and he is trying to make sense of it all by way of asking a difficult question.
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Phoenix tries to frown, "So you're asking me to join you?"
  
   
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"I don't think anybody knows exactly what it is, but for me it's the feeling of want." She lets go of him and makes him turn to her so he is looking in her eyes as she speaks. "I always want be around you, I want you to hold me, I want to help you, I want you to be happy, I want you kiss me, I want... Well I'm sure you get the gist of where I'm going with this so I'll finish it off with the most important thing..."
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"Not at all Messiah, I'm not Satan... I won't ask you to worship me, I won't ask you to follow me, I won't ask you to be my ally."
  
   
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She puts her face close to his, so much so that their noses are touching, and with the gold of her eyes and the light green of his colliding under the lights of the city, she smiles and says,
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"Then what are you trying to do..?"
  
   
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"I'm trying to give you an offer."
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"I want you, to want me."
   
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"An offer?"
  
   
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"That's right... And once again, unlike Satan, I won't offer you all of the Kingdoms of this world if you bow down."
  
   
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"Then what is it that you are offering?"
  
   
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Ubica smiles and jumps backwards all the way back to the top of mountain of wings from the all of the dead Angels.
  
   
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He spreads his arms and through the silhouette of the moon he firmly declares, "I OFFER YOU NOTHING!!"
  
   
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"Ughh where are they!?" Tsubiri shouts, she is running through the city trying to find Ubica and Messor but she is having no luck, in fact, she is completely lost. "Damn, Ubica's definitely going to make fun of me for this."
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Phoenix is confused, he doesn't quite know what he is talking about, and in all honesty he'd rather die than ever accept any kind of gift from Ubica.
  
   
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She pouts and decides that if she keeps walking she'll only get more lost, so the nearest rest point she can find will be where she will rest for a few moments. Up ahead of her is a bridge that has a few benches on it, since there is a view of a lake she thinks it is perfect for her to relax on.
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"I don't get it..."
  
   
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"I guess I'll hangout there for a little and then head back."
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"Think about it, think long and hard as to what an offering of nothing means to a man such as yourself. Once you come up with the answer, you will be more than that of a mere stringed puppet, you will be free. And with that freedom you will find new goals and aspirations that you would be able to obtain with your own hands."
  
   
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Phoenix tries to think of this, but his mind is going blank, it would seem that his injuries and the shock of this whole situation has caused his thinking to become scarce.
  
   
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Ubica's eyes glow as he added, "I have just given you a gift that your father would never bless you with. And one day, you will thank me."
  
   
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Ubica laughs loudly, until he is interrupted by a piercing pain in his back that exits out of his gut; blood squirts outward but it quickly stops when he puts his hand over his wound.
  
   
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The attack came from the other side of the mountain of wings so Phoenix can't see what is happening.
  
   
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Ubica turns around. "Well if it isn't Damien and the Seven Demons of Hell all standing together and looking at me with such invidious eyes."
  
   
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"Maybe one day I will actually want you the same way you want me." Ubica says.
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He stays silent for a few seconds, and then a green and black glow starts to shine around him, a huge smile surfaces on his face and he says,
  
   
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"But for now you can't?"
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"HEY HEY! IS THIS WHAT THEY CALL A BETRAYAL!!!??"
  
   
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He smiles and looks at her with saddened eyes, "Not yet. I'm not sure of the things I want right now. But I can honestly tell you that ever since I left the pit, I've wanted to see you, I needed to see you, I was living only for that thought. Maybe one day that feeling will translate into love, and in turn make me truly want you."
   
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Messor laughs a little and walks to the guard rail, Ubica joins her and walks to her side, the two stay silent until Messor grabs his arm and rests her head on his shoulder.
   
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"Maybe one day..." she says with a smile.
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"You know, back in the past I never cared about anyone but myself, but now it seems that I'm able to hold affection towards others." Ubica says.
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"By affection you mean towards those three girls?"
   
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"Not just them, naturally you are included, but even Napoleon, Strauphius and Niomyo. And believe it or not I've grown to become fond of Rage also. All of them, everyone in our group, they are very precious to me." He starts to smile wholeheartedly and gives off a warm aura, "That means that I am slowly becoming more human, so much so that my heart beats. I have friends for the first time in my life."
   
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The tips of Messor's lips softly rise and in a teasing way she asks, "That's a good start I guess... But you never answered my question, so which one is your favorite?"
   
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"Hah?"
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Back on Purgatory, the scene is hectic as discs of flames chase Pontius and destroy anything in its way. Rage is ducking for cover and dodging flying debris, while doing this he thinks to himself, 'It's a good thing the others aren't here yet.'
  
   
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"There has to be one that you have the most feelings for. I won't ask you if I am, and if so, I'd rather you not say it. What I want to know is who, out of this entire group is the one who is the most important to you."
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But as soon as he thinks this, the rest of the group come rushing to him, they are most likely running because the sounds of the battle.
  
   
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Ubica tries to avoid answering this question by attempting to shoo Messor off his arm, she doesn't let go and the scene eventually gets hectic.
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"What's going on here!?" shouts Cyrus.
  
   
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"I'm not letting go until you answer me!" she shouts with an angered smile.
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Rage clicks his tongue and gestures him to look for himself, Niera sees the abilities of Phoenix and says, "I knew that there was something weird about him!" Rage looks at her as if asking what she means, she answers his look. "That guy who attacked us a couple days ago, Phoenix used his bible and sent him away."
  
   
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"L-Let go!"
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"An exorcism?" Rage asks to himself.
  
   
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"No way, I can tell by your reaction that you have someone in mind."
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"Eh-Um... Just who is he?" Niera asks while tugging on Rage's sleeve.
  
   
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Ubica blushes a little, "Uaahhh! Why do you wanna know so bad!?"
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"He is someone you've heard about before."
  
   
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"Because it's important to me."
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Aria is amazed at all the explosions, ever since she gained her own ability to blow things up she has been infatuated with the sounds and the looks they make. Watching the discs hit the crosses and boned corpses, she can't help but look down the line of this seemingly endless row. It looks as though the crosses further away from the Gate the less decomposed the bodies on the crosses get, she is about to look away in disgust until she catches a glimpse of something that makes her heart skip a beat.
  
   
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She lets go of his arm and quickly constricts her arms around his waist like an anaconda so now he is completely stuck.
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She inhales sharply and her legs start to move until she is at a full sprint toward the epicenter of this intense battle.
  
   
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"So tell me."
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"Aria!?" yellps a confused Niera.
  
   
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By now she is squeezing so hard he finds it difficult to breath, so fearing suffocation he says, "Fine! Now ease up a little!"
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"You fool! What do you think your doing!?" shouts Rage.
  
   
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Messor loosens her grip but doesn't let him go, since there is no where else to put his hands Ubica throws his arms over her shoulders. Ignoring the intense glare that he is getting pelted with he looks away toward the bustling street at the bottom of the arched bridge and pauses for a moment, as if thinking.
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He readies to run after her but stops when the sight of Sora bolting past him catches his eye, she runs and avoids the destruction just as narrowly as Aria did.
  
   
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"I guess if I had to choose..."
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Aria reaches the crosses and stops running, she holds her breath and slumps her shoulders as she looks up with wide eyes.
  
   
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Zoning out on the people he finds it very difficult to tell her, everyone in their group are all so valuable to him that he feels guilty picking one over the other.
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Sora catches up with her and she grabs Aria's shoulder, after turning her around, even Sora finds it hard to keep her usual emotionless face when she sees Aria pale and shocked.
  
   
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"It would be..."
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Aria shakily points up at the cross, and Sora looks to where she is pointing and sees an extremely skinny man with a full gritty gray beard with long hair nailed onto it.
  
   
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He is about to say the name of the person when at the base of the bridge he spots the golden eyes of a teenage girl looking at him with a beautifully devastated face, she has magenta colored hair and a striking body figure.
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Aria stutters when she speaks the words she finds extremely difficult to say,
  
   
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Chapter 26: Trust


(PART 1)


"Wow I can actually do it!" shouts Trojia.

She had just pointed out her hand and was able to move a rock and throw it more than fifteen feet without even touching it. This is definitely a form of psychokinesis that has been bestowed on her by the power of Messor.

Messor has given the entire group some form of ability in order for them to defend themselves.

"Very good, that's all I can do for you. The growth of this new ability of yours will be entirely up to your own efforts now." Messor said with a pleasant smile.

Her help is duly appreciated and even Napoleon is quite excited; this has been a very easy transition into strength for them. All Messor had to do was put her index finger on their foreheads and they were instantly able to do inhuman things. What she did was open up a certain portion of their brains that was once inaccessible on Earth. Here in Purgatory, the human body is able to break its natural limits the laws of physics cursed them to be unable to do in their past lives.

Everyone has some kind of ability stored in their brains, it's just a matter of being able to realize it or not. In the case of Strauphius and Aria, once they became 'aware' they immediately obtained such powers, and after honing it for years they became the people they are now.

"Did you you see me Ubica!? Did you see!?"

Ubica smiles and says, "Of course, good job Trojia!"

Tsubiri frowns and latches on to his shoulder. "Well what about me you jerk!?"

Ubica blushes when he feels her chest rub against his arm and replies, "Y-You did good too."

The two girls compete for Ubica's attention whilst Napoleon and Niomyo sit on a rock and have their own conversation.

"This is amazing..." Niomyo says with her eyes stuck on her hands.

Napoleon readily agrees and says, "Yeah, it will definitely help us get out of here."

Niomyo looks over at Ubica, who's being manhandled by Trojia and Tsubiri and asks, "Now that we have these abilities... Is it really necessary that we keep Ubica around?"

Napoleon's eyebrow twitches. "What do you mean?"

"Well I mean we don't have to rely on him anymore. Don't you think that it's more dangerous with him than it would be without him?"

He folds his arms and ponders for a moment, he takes a deep breath and replies, "I can see why you would think that way... But he is far stronger than all of us combined at the moment, and besides, if he left, the unity of the group would be completely shattered."

Niomyo frowns and raises her voice, "Our unity doesn't revolve around the feelings of the two princesses and that guard! Once they realize how dangerous he is they will come around eventually."

Napoleon stays calm and states, "I must apologize, but I feel that no matter how dangerous he is... He is still my comrade, and I never abandon my comrades."

After saying that, he coldly turns to walk toward the group and leaves her behind.

Niomyo clicks her tongue and says to herself, "Since when did a man like you become so soft? I will never allow an existence like him to become close to the Princess."



"Hey, you look kind of annoyed." said Daey.

She is addressing Messor, who has a troubled look on her face.

"Do I?"

"Yeah, was doing this for us a strain on you?"

Messor looks to her and gently smiles, "Not at all, I'm happy to help."

Daey looks as if she is about to ask another question when she is stopped by Messor. "How about you? You don't look too pleased... Hmmm, is this jealousy I'm sensing?"

Daey blushes and shyly answers, "M-Maybe a little... I don't like it when they hang all over him like that."

She is complaining about the sight of Trojia and Tsubiri clinging to Ubica in an attempt to keep his attention, it would seem that Messor isn't too happy about this either, but she is trying very hard to hide it.

"Ubica is quite the attractive man isn't he? I can see why you all like him so much." Messor replied with a hint of unnoticeable agitation in her voice.

Daey smiles and quickly replies, "I think he's perfect."

This catches Messor off guard, the way she said that without any hesitation has her a little surprised. "Is he now?.. What makes you say that?"

She is actually quite interested in what their opinions of him are and why they feel the way they do toward him, it's not like it's anything that holds any meaning, but rather, it gives her a selfish feeling of one upping them because she is the one who knows Ubica the best.

"Even though he's clumsy and oblivious, and he says so many embarrassing things without even noticing it, even though he can't ever seem to say no... He's so great that those little obscurities of his add to his charm."

Messor smiles and blows a little puff of air out of her nose while Daey continues.

"He is strong and reliable, kind and caring, and to top it off he is unbelievably cute... Any girl would fall for him if they spend any kind of time around him."

Messor can't help but find this funny, the Ubica she knows is pretty much the complete opposite of what kind of person Daey is describing. In her view, Ubica is rough and mean, sarcastic and cold, always composed and never says the wrong thing, he's extremely evil and couldn't care less for anyone other than himself. The only things similar between the two descriptions is that he has this innate ability to get all kinds of people to follow him, and that he has striking good looks.

"Does that mean you love him?"

Daey giggles a little and answers, "Not quite... But I'm certainly on my way."

After saying this, the sound of her two rivals pestering him becomes louder, a vein surfaces on her forehead and she runs toward the other two girls and Ubica and shouts, "GET YOUR ASSES OFF OF HIM!!"

Messor starts to laugh and says, "This is becoming quite cute... But the only one who will have Ubica is me."



The group is now in yet another town, and thanks to the jobs of the last town they were in, they have plenty of money so they can head to a hotel and make a reservation; and that's exactly where they are heading because the sun is close to setting. This town is very similar to the last, be it that there are statues of pagan gods the line the city streets here as well. But this time there is no festival and the aura from this place is that of a normal middle-ages' merchant town.

They reach a hotel and ready to check in when Messor grabs Ubica's sleeve and begins dragging him away.

"I'm sorry, but would you all mind if I borrow Ubica for a little?"

She doesn't give them a chance to answer when she takes off running with him in tow.

"Um... Where are we going?" Ubica asks, he is being helplessly dragged around and has no clue why.

"We're going out."

"Well yeah I can see that, I want to know where!"

"It's a surprise, just go with it."

Messor laughs and continues to pull him along until she finds somewhere interesting to stop.


"How about this place?" she asks.

They have reached a restaurant atop of a hill that has a nice view of a nearby lake. Vines line the pillars of the brick structure and it really gives off a classy feel. It's almost like this place doesn't belong in this town.

Ubica sighs, without much regard to the building or scenery he answers, "It looks good."

So with that they get a window seat and order some wine to start off the night.

"Don't be so cautious around me Ubica, I'm not here to try anything funny."

"I'm not being cautious, I just want to know why you brought me out here."

Messor takes a sip of her wine and looks out the window. "Why do you think? I just want to spend some time with you... Don't you think this view is romantic?"

Ubica is still wary of her presence and actually is very cautious. He attempts to keep it obscure but he understands that Messor always seems to know how he is feeling, she knows him so well that his feelings are always out in the open when he's around her.

"Yeah sure, but it depends on who you're with." he says, he has a smirk on his face, signifying that he is trying to poke fun at her.

She catches this and says, "Oh? So if you were with one of those other girls would it be better?"

Ubica was in the process of drinking his wine when she says this so he jolts in surprise and spills some on his shirt.

"Haha, you really are clumsy..." Messor says as she leans over the table and wipes his shirt with a napkin. With her face close to his she looks him in the eyes and has somewhat of a serious tone when she asks, "Am I right? I can see that they play a big role in the way you are now... I'm interested to see which one you like the most."

Ubica shifts his glare away from her and looks troubled, he reveals a strained smile and says, "What if I said it was you?"

Messor laughs and leans back in her chair. "Then I'd say you were lying." She gestures to a waiter that she wants a refill of her wine before she turns to finish, "I know how you feel towards those girls, and I also know how you feel towards me. And that makes me come to the conclusion that it would be none of us if it were up to you."

Ubica squints his eyes and once again looks away, he bitterly drinks his wine and says, "I can't ever hide anything from you."

She smiles and says, "Of course you can't. We are one after all."



The two have been at the restaurant for close to an hour now and the city lights that shine off the lake make the view all the more beautiful.

Ubica has his head rested on the wooden table and Messor sits there with a wide smile on her face.

"I see you can't hold your liquor anymore huh?"

It is quite apparent that Ubica is flushed because the wine went to his head so fast that it felt like an anvil is pressing against the front side of his brain, making it very difficult to keep upright.

"How is it that whenever I'm around you, I end up doing the things that I want to avoid??" he shouts into the table.

She starts to laugh and pokes at him, "Oh come on this is fun, we used to drink all the time back in the day."

"That was over a thousand years ago, I haven't even had a drink since then!" he yells as he tries to lean up, he's wearing a pouting face like that of a little kid.

Messor shrugs her shoulders and says, "Hey hey I didn't shove it down your throat, you were the one who did the drinking."

Ubica huffs air out of his nose and flops his head back on the table.

With a sigh of resignation he says, "I knowwww."

Messor drinks the last of the wine in her cup and her tone turns mint when she asks, "Tell me something... If you have been trying to avoid this kind of thing, then why did you drink with me in the first place?"

He tilts his head up and uses his chin as a stool to his eyes and says, "I'm not drunk yet... So don't expect me to spill my guts any time soon."

She leans back in her chair and puts her legs on the table, causing the back legs of her four footed chair to teeter dangerously against the ground, this causes many of the other costumers to stare because this is a sight that shouldn't belong in such a snazzy place.

"I'm not trying to get you to confess anything special to me, I just want to know why."

He shuts his eyes and leans his head to the side, with a guilty tone in his voice he says, "Because... I owe you for time lost."

She immediately sits astute and looks surprised, she has an unusual sloppiness in her composure when she asks, "What does that mean??"

Ubica gives her a genuine, soft smile and answers, "I left you in the pit knowing that one day, someone would come to take you out... I didn't know when that'd be, so all this time I've been waiting has been time I need to make up for." He stands to his feet and walks to her, putting his hand on her shoulder he finishes. "I'm sorry for leaving you behind, there hasn't been a day that's gone by where I didn't regret it... I've truly missed you Messor."

Messor stands up as well and puts her head into his chest, the normally strong, quick witted and sarcastic girl is hiding her face on him in order to hide the blush that has painted itself on her cheeks.

She wraps her arms around him and with a cracked voice says, "I've missed you too... I've missed you so much."



The two left the restaurant and are now walking hand and hand down the lighted streets of the city; along the lake is a bridge used as a few point.

Ubica gestures to her to sit while he walks to the railing and smiles when he feels the cool breeze to flow through his hair.

"Hey... Can I tell you something?" Messor asks, still blushing and is obviously embarrassed about it.

Ubica keeps his back facing her and his eyes stuck on the view when he replies, "Sure."

As soon as he replies he feels her rub up against his back and her arms once again wrap around him, she does this quite often but this time he can feel her trembling and it has really caught him off guard.

Messor squeezes him really tight when she softly says, "I love you."



"Ahhh geez! What's up with that girl!?" shouts Tsubiri as she pulls her hair in frustration.

The group has booked their rooms in the hotel and the girls and guys have been split like usual, so Tsubiri, Trojia, Daey and Niomyo are all sitting on the two twin size beds they'll be sharing later on in the night.

"I'm sure they are just talking about all the abilities we have now or something, you don't have to make it such a big deal." Daey responds, she is lying comfortably on her back against the soft cushions of the bed.

Even Trojia isn't too worried about this because out of all of them, she was the first to meet Messor, and she has come to the conclusion that Messor is one of the kindest girls she had ever met.

Trojia grabs a pillow and tosses it at Tsubiri, hitting her square in the face. "I hate to say it but Daey's right, they'll be back soon."

Tsubiri grabs to pillow and chucks it back to her. "You too!? How do you guys not find this suspicious!?"

Both Daey and Tsubiri throw another pillow at her and simultaneously shout, "Because it's not!"

Tsubiri pouts like a child and walks to the door. "Well I think it is, so I'm gonna go find them!"

She sticks her tongue out at them and makes a funny sounding 'Bleeeeeeeh!' noise, with that she exits the room and slams the door behind her.

The two princesses sigh and lay back on their beds.

Niomyo, who has been silent for this whole thing has a troubled frown on her face, she addresses the two like they are in a student teacher relationship and asks, "I still don't get it. How can you all be so infatuated with that boy?"

"Huh? Where did that come from?" asks Daey with her eyebrow raised.

"It comes from common sense! Do you not know what he is! That boy is a damn mon--"

"Shut up Niomyo!" shouts Trojia.

The two stare at each other violently, leaving Daey wondering just what in the world is going on. "Uh... Am I missing something?" she asks with a nervous smile on her face.

The tension could be cut with a butter knife but is quickly broken when Trojia smiles, turns to her and shruggs it off. "It's nothing, Niomyo is just overprotective."

"Umm, okay... Well then, I'll leave you two to your ways, I'm gonna go get some dinner at the hall."

Daey felt very awkward during that death glare so she decides to leave.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Trojia yells.

Niomyo frowns and tries to prove her point by shouting even louder, "I'm trying to knock some damn sense into you!"

"At what cost!? Tsubiri and Daey don't know about him, you almost blabbed!"

"They should know, it's for their own good that they do know so they back off of him!"

Trojia grits her teeth and stomps her way to Niomyo, in a similar fashion to the way she slapped Ubica, she slams her open palm into her face and it makes a tremendous noise.

"Remember who you are talking to!"

Niomyo rests her hand on her cheek and looks surprised, in somewhat of a shocked tone she says, "B-But, I'm only doing this to protect you."

"I don't need protection, if I ever thought I was in real danger I would never have gotten involved with him in the first place, you know I'm smarter than that."

Niomyo is left speechless, she has nothing to say because that slap put her back in her rightful place as an expendable bodyguard. She knows that Trojia doesn't think of her that way, but the truth is that's what she is worth. As far as she is concerned it shouldn't matter what her opinion is, her job is to protect whoever it is that she is assigned to protect and anything other than that should be considered a luxury.

Niomyo bows and says, "I must apologize, I was out of bounds and I deserve to be punished."

Trojia sighs and shakes her hand that stings from the slap. "Huuaahh, you always say that, you know I'll never punish you. It's okay, lets go join Daey for some dinner."

"R-Right..."



"Are you kidding?" Ubica asks.

"Do I sound like I'm kidding?" Messor replies bluntly, she squeezes him even harder as to show him she is serious.

"But isn't it im--"

"Impossible." Messor interrupts. "I thought it was too... Have you ever heard the saying, 'You don't know how good water tastes until the well runs dry.'? Well that is what happened to me when I found out that you left me in the pit, I never realized that the feelings I had when I was with you turned out to be love until you were away from me."

The tension in Ubica's body eases and his whole demeanor seems a little off when he asks, "Then let me ask you, what is love?"

A swarm of different emotions are flowing through his head, and he is trying to make sense of it all by way of asking a difficult question.

"I don't think anybody knows exactly what it is, but for me it's the feeling of want." She lets go of him and makes him turn to her so he is looking in her eyes as she speaks. "I always want be around you, I want you to hold me, I want to help you, I want you to be happy, I want you kiss me, I want... Well I'm sure you get the gist of where I'm going with this so I'll finish it off with the most important thing..."

She puts her face close to his, so much so that their noses are touching, and with the gold of her eyes and the light green of his colliding under the lights of the city, she smiles and says,

"I want you, to want me."



"Ughh where are they!?" Tsubiri shouts, she is running through the city trying to find Ubica and Messor but she is having no luck, in fact, she is completely lost. "Damn, Ubica's definitely going to make fun of me for this."

She pouts and decides that if she keeps walking she'll only get more lost, so the nearest rest point she can find will be where she will rest for a few moments. Up ahead of her is a bridge that has a few benches on it, since there is a view of a lake she thinks it is perfect for her to relax on.

"I guess I'll hangout there for a little and then head back."



"Maybe one day I will actually want you the same way you want me." Ubica says.

"But for now you can't?"

He smiles and looks at her with saddened eyes, "Not yet. I'm not sure of the things I want right now. But I can honestly tell you that ever since I left the pit, I've wanted to see you, I needed to see you, I was living only for that thought. Maybe one day that feeling will translate into love, and in turn make me truly want you."

Messor laughs a little and walks to the guard rail, Ubica joins her and walks to her side, the two stay silent until Messor grabs his arm and rests her head on his shoulder.

"Maybe one day..." she says with a smile.

"You know, back in the past I never cared about anyone but myself, but now it seems that I'm able to hold affection towards others." Ubica says.

"By affection you mean towards those three girls?"

"Not just them, naturally you are included, but even Napoleon, Strauphius and Niomyo. And believe it or not I've grown to become fond of Rage also. All of them, everyone in our group, they are very precious to me." He starts to smile wholeheartedly and gives off a warm aura, "That means that I am slowly becoming more human, so much so that my heart beats. I have friends for the first time in my life."

The tips of Messor's lips softly rise and in a teasing way she asks, "That's a good start I guess... But you never answered my question, so which one is your favorite?"

"Hah?"

"There has to be one that you have the most feelings for. I won't ask you if I am, and if so, I'd rather you not say it. What I want to know is who, out of this entire group is the one who is the most important to you."

Ubica tries to avoid answering this question by attempting to shoo Messor off his arm, she doesn't let go and the scene eventually gets hectic.

"I'm not letting go until you answer me!" she shouts with an angered smile.

"L-Let go!"

"No way, I can tell by your reaction that you have someone in mind."

Ubica blushes a little, "Uaahhh! Why do you wanna know so bad!?"

"Because it's important to me."

She lets go of his arm and quickly constricts her arms around his waist like an anaconda so now he is completely stuck.

"So tell me."

By now she is squeezing so hard he finds it difficult to breath, so fearing suffocation he says, "Fine! Now ease up a little!"

Messor loosens her grip but doesn't let him go, since there is no where else to put his hands Ubica throws his arms over her shoulders. Ignoring the intense glare that he is getting pelted with he looks away toward the bustling street at the bottom of the arched bridge and pauses for a moment, as if thinking.

"I guess if I had to choose..."

Zoning out on the people he finds it very difficult to tell her, everyone in their group are all so valuable to him that he feels guilty picking one over the other.

"It would be..."

He is about to say the name of the person when at the base of the bridge he spots the golden eyes of a teenage girl looking at him with a beautifully devastated face, she has magenta colored hair and a striking body figure.

After the two lock eyes for a moment he realizes that he knows exactly who it is, and in his surprise he shouts the name of the girl,

"Tsubiri!?"





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