Tatsuya walks in from behind Kaz, a grim look on his face. Seems even he's concerned about this one, either way there's no turning back from here. "Yo Kaz, looks like it's time for things to get really tough yeah? I'm assuming this office is pretty well guarded? Well regardless of that, let's deal with this to the best of our skills."

It's not that it's guarded...well, guarded isn't the right word, anyway. [Kazuya stands up and nods to both Tatsuya and Prima]. Once again, I can't say much but know this. This is the last chance you guys will get to do everything right...as far as I know and have read in Melbourne's journal, maybe this WILL change in the end. [Kazuya takes the notebook and points at it with hope and fear in his eyes.] Not many pages are left here, so do your best no matter what... And...I'm very sorry you've had to been through this. Whatever happens...it's all on me. [Kazuya wanted the world to change, yes, but he was also ashamed his friends were caught up in this, for his own selfish desires.]

Primarina shakes her head. Don't worry. It was our choice to help, and I have no regrets. So... She smiles and claps her flippers together. Whenever everyone is prepared, let us give this our all!

Raidou arrives on the scene, clearly a bit more chipper than usual. He bows to Kazuya, and gives his teammates a confident thumbs up. Gouto pokes his head out from behind Raidou's leg, and gives a similarly confident nod. "Let's do this."

Thanks everyone, this will end soon. Fight. [The world around just turns really dull, quiet. Every screen and radio in the vicinity was showing a single stake, slowly catching on fire. The people do nothing, not even react. Some even have faces full of amusement as the wood burns to the ground. The screens themselves then catch on fire, and as soon as it touches another human, the others begin to react. But it’s useless. Their screams of fear and pain only made the flames grow bigger and fierce. Soon, in nothing but mere minutes, the flames cover the entire city, and all the people who just decided to watch this event are nothing but ash.] “One person said long ago that, evil wins when good stops fighting back. But is evil wrong, and is good actually right? You have your answer now. But the poor people, do they have it?” [The voice of Melbourne echoes around the empty city, and as soon as it hits their eardrums…they are inside a bar. Doppel Bock Bar, to be precise. The man that greeted them at The Resistance’s base was there, watching a TV screen with worried eyes, and so was Kazuya. Yuji and Takeshi, on the other hand, gave the screen quick looks, as they were getting ready to move out.] Takeshi: “I don’t like any of this, Yuriko even mentioned Ozawa. Damn bastard…!” Yuji: “It seems like conflict in unavoidable, no matter what. He has Yuka. I just hope he didn’t get to my Yuka before…”

"Agreed everyone, not exactly sure what's going to happen but we have to take a stand here and now." Tatsuya speaks as he walks up to them, his hands in his pockets and a grimly determined expression on his face. "That having been said now's our last chance to prepare before going in, so is there anything anyone here needs to get done before they're ready?"

"He's right, make sure you folks are ready before we go charging in." Spoke a gruff voice from the ground. Gouto, after saying his piece simply sat at the bar with Raidou, patiently waiting for everything to start.

Takeshi: "I have enough ammo to shoot and fire to burn them away. Besides, Ozawa is there, too." [Takeshi had all he needed. He appeared to be stronger than before and had fire in is eyes.] Yuji: "Same for me, I feel like my body is lighter...I guess heavy armor was never my thing." [He still had a worried look on his face, wondering about his Yuka.] TV: "...the Americans have yet to make a statement." [Are the words that end the current reportage. The TV itself shows an empty stake, with two terrible Oni on each side, facing the camera. Some of the resistance soldiers are creeped out by their intimidating looks and giant weapons. It was the news, and the woman talks about a terrible event about to happen in front of the Tokyo Government Office, the live showing of the so called “Resistance Leader” who was captured just minutes ago. The woman talks about the big possibility this might turn into a live sacrifice, and advices the viewers not to watch.] Resistance Man: “But that doesn’t make any sense, why would they show this in the first place?” Kazuya: “A quick and simple message. Gotou is in charge of everything right now, after all.” [“This was barbaric, is this really what the world will become under Gotou’s command?” Is what Kazuya kept thinking about this situation.] Ryoko: “But there must be something we can do…Raidou keeps telling me to fight, so I think we should hurry already…!” [Suddenly yells the shy girl, knowing their time was even shorter now. She realized Yuka’s leadership saved the skin of its members and was able to dace alongside two different armies, and sabotages them successfully. She admired their efforts, and so, in order to join them, the leader had to be saved.] Ryoko: “I…have to be strong…!” [Kazuya then quickly places his sword on his back, heading for the door. He doesn't say a single word but it's quite obvious where he is going. He didn't have much of a plan.] Resistance Man: "Before any of you go too...I must warn you that we have close to no intelligence on the place itself. All we know is that it's full of demons and soldiers...but besides Zombies, we haven't been able to identify the other demons. They are also very aggressive, it's been barely 30 minutes since Yuka was kidnapped and we sent a small team but...of 5, only one came back, barely." [The Resistance man crosses both arms and nods.] Resistance Man: "Regardless, we will provide support with our weapons. We may not have the power of demons, but we do have some good old American assault rifles!"

"Rifles huh? How much you lot used em? Oh and gimme one, I'm a crack shot but sub machine guns aren't known for accuracy. Sword would be nice too if ya got any." Tatsu takes one last look around, certainly Takeshi seems ready. More so than before in fact, but Yuji... Only time will tell but he's a cause for concern. Either way hopefully these people will share, his weapon have done okay but it'd be nice to have something he's better with.

Prima nods slowly. It's a big risk... and she didn't even have any multi-target attacks- well, unless firing that revolver counted. It could potentially hit many within a few seconds. Like Rock Blast. I see... She decides to stick to her revolver for now, and follows Kazuya- mostly to make sure he didn't do anything too rash.

Resistance Man: "I don't have such a great accuracy, so I will take the MP5 if you don't mind. Here, let me hand you this..." [The man gives a quick look at the M16, looking for the name he saw before. Once he does this, he hands him the weapon and ammo.] Resistance Man: "My "Little Friend". Funny name for a weapon, don't you think?" [Ryoko was now wearing the resistance equipment. A simple military suit wtih tactical armor and a white cloth covering her shoulders and chest. She wasn't very tall and so, the only weapon she had with her was a simple revolver, the same one Prima had. She, of course, was scared as hell, so she followed Raidou as soon as she was ready to move, along with Takeshi and Yuji. Now, Kazuya was already outside of the mall, and was standing there impantiently for the rest. At the distance, a tall building raised above the others, and a red aura was leaving the entire place. It ment one of two things. One, it had a massive demon, or two, it was crawling with many of them.] Kazuya: "We have to hurry, we really have to hurry, she is going to be okay, right? She will be fine, she was before so all we need to do is get to her...!!"

Right. Let's hurry, but we should still proceed with caution. Prima speaks to Kaz in a steady voice. She stares at the building. It's quite a ways off, and if there were demons... No. If anything, the demons they could face on the way are the least of their worries.

Raidou places a comforting hand on Kaz's shoulder, and gives him a smile. Gouto begins speaking, while Raidou waits to see what the others will do. If they move on, he follows, if they stay, he stays. "Calm down kid, haste makes waste, and in this scenario being waste means you're a dead man. We gotta hurry for sure, but keep yer pants on."

Tatsuya hands him the MP5 and nods gratefully, this little toy will help him out a bit. It's no BAR or M60 but he can sure as hell hit at range now. "Thanks for that, I'll make sure it doesn't go to waste. And Kaz? Gouto is right as usual, rushing ahead like an idiot won't help anyone so just try to keep calm and focus on the task at hand alright."

[Kazuya's movements were quick and some of his actions apparently sporadic. He turns to face Prima and stands still, nodding slowly.] Kazuya: "You are right; caution is the way to go but..." [He keeps playing with his own fingers, anxious. Then, he feels Raidou's hand and turns to him, and at the same time, hears Tatsuya's words. He lets out a loud sigh, trying to keep his mind clear, Raidou, Tatsuya and Prima were right, he had to keep his composure, not run around like a madman. He wanted to safe Yuka after all.] Kazuya: "I have to keep calm, the thought of losing someone is terrifying to me but...yes...I will do my best." [Now Takeshi and Yuji arrive, all they do is give him a supportive smile. After all of this, Kazuya can't help but smile to all his friends, making a quick to them.] Kazuya: "Thanks a lot, everyone. Now...shall we move ahead?" [Ryoko was still standing close to Raidou, and says in a very quiet voice.] Ryoko: "I...kind of understand why they messed with him back then..."

Let us do that. Prima steps forward, ready to move on. She doesn't even notice what Ryoko said as she looks up at the distant building. Fate change, here we come...

[Chirping. A sweet, almost inaudible chirping sound catches their attention as they keep walking forward on their way to the Office. Then, a horrid stench reaches them, making their survival instintics to go wild at the moment their brains realized the danger that may be surrounding them. Why would Tokyo be this deserted?] Ryoko: "You should know...back in the day, Kazuya was bullied a lot because of how he was...emotionally volatile if you pushed the right buttons. Everyone laughed, especially if you messed with him for liking the Occult so much." [Ryoko looks down, apparenty unaware of the bizarre atmopshere.] Ryoko: "It didn't help he never even defended himself, at all." [By now, they should be just a few streets away from the Office. Kazuya, Yuji and Takeshi look up and take a moment to hear something the players clearly didn't. According to them, it was a crowd of different voice merging into one, moaning from the damned and demonic roars. They decide to move forward. The can feel the noise coming but their brains just didn't register it.]

If nobody's out here, then... Prima doesn't even want to finish that sentence. She pushes that thought to the back of her mind and keeps pressing forward. Save Yuka. Just focus on that, and she would be fine.

"I'll take point everyone, cover me if ya don't mind but uh try not to get in the line of fire if a gun and or magic fight breaks out. That goes extra for you new girl I don't have much faith in your toughness so just hang back alright?" Tatsuya takes the lead as usual, the events that just happened have him a bit concerned but regardless no choice but to press on for now. He kicks down the doors and darts in with his gun aimed, if there's anything he can spot it's getting free bullets first thing.

Ryoko: "A-Aye aye!" [Tatsuya takes the lead and sees no one inside, except for two choices. There is a strong, red aura coming from the left corridor, while a white one was coming from the right one. Takeshi soon follows. The young man appeared to have certain interest for the left corridor, as if he was actually able to see the aura.] Takeshi: "What in the...?" [Soon, Kazuya, Yuji and Ryoko enter the first building and take a look around. Kazuya stays close to the right corridor and Yuji just gives Takeshi a weird look.] Yuji: "Are you feeling okay?" Takeshi: "...It's...nothing, just a weird feeling I had about Ozawa, that's all."

"I think Takeshi is right guys... That one feels weird as hell to me let's go for it." One way or another he's going down the left path, if that aura is who he thinks better to deal with the man now rather then be ambushed later on down the road.

That white aura... That catches Prima's attention. She heads towards that corridor, pondering her recent mini-vanishing. She'd have to ask Melbourne about that. And about that... event that just happened.

[Time and space itself stops the moment Takeshi and Tatsuya move through the left corridor. The corridor breaks entirely revealing a white void of absolute nothingness, which is quickly distorted into a black hole with the remains of past worlds where the ICBMs dropped, where Kazuya died, where Takeshi and Yuji were victorious, a space of connected worlds. They are now standing in a gigantic platform disconnected from the other worlds.] Takeshi: "W-What the hell is this!?" [Takeshi is freaked out by the sudden change and is unable to notice the man in blue standing right in front of them, who is playing with a butterfly knife, casually like nothing was happening.]

"Takeshi focus fighting time now buddy!" Tatsu may be shocked, but he's seen weirder shit than this and as usual his gun turns towards the foe. He's sure that aura means an enemy and the rifle burns red at the barrel as rounds fly out, burning hot enough they'd close any wounds rather painfully as the soar towards his chest "It's nice to meet you Ozawa, I'm Tatsuya Suou and I believe you know Takeshi. Either way we're here to put an end to your abuse of power. So any last words before this fight is done?"

"Welcome to the Amala Network." [Is the one phrase Melbourne lets out. Ozawa varely even flinchs at the rounds being fired at him. With a mocking grin, he turns to Tatsuya and Takeshi.] Ozawa: "He did say you were trigger happy, Suou. Gotta thanks that freak later....by the way, how are those as the last words you will ever hear?" [The gang boss makes some quick tricks with his butterfly knife before pointing it at the duo.] Ozawa: "Takeshi...well well, if it isn’t the little wuss we beat the crap out of back in Kichijouji. You still running around playing your little demon hunter game?" [Takeshi finally pays attention and prepares his blade, pointing it at Ozawa in the same way he hold his butterfly knife] Takeshi: "Ozawa, I'm going to make you pay for taking all those Yuka chicks, not even Gotou will save your god damn ass!!" [Ozawa claps for a moment, admiring the enthusiasm Takeshi had.] Ozawa: "Look, I don’t give a rat’s ass about Gotou or Yuka. But Gotou’s got a lot of political and military power, and I want some of that!! Eventually I plan to overthrow Gotou and take over myself. After all, I’ve finally gained the ability to summon demons myself!" [The man pulls his sleeve up, revealing a COMP, soon after this, a powerful demon is summoned, standing between Ozawa and his opponents. The demon in question is Baykok.] Ozawa: "And I don’t have time to waste on a bunch of snot-nosed lowlifes like you. Play with this for a while!"

"Takeshi I can hold the demon for a while get around and take this guy's COMP out fast! If you smash it he's just a he helpless bitch!" He stows the rifle quickly and darts into the melee with a grin, more flames covering his hands before they form into a longsword held in place by his magic. Tatsuya darts forwards and tries to stab the blade into it's face, old bag a bones shouldn't last too long against fire.

Takeshi: "That was my plan too, here I come you bastard!!" [As Takeshi runs ahead towards Ozawa, Baykok is distracted by Tatsuya's hard hitting fire. But the bullets themselves are not doing anything. This allows Takeshi to go through successfully though, as he attempts to slash at Ozawa's arm, although missing as he dodges.] Ozawa: "You shouldn't be running with pointy objects." [As Ozawa keeps mocking Takeshi, the demon prepares to move once again, this time, it attempts to use a magic binding spell, Shibaboo on Tatsuya. But sadly it fails to hit him, and the demons stands there, vunerable.] Ozawa: "Useless monster...well then, let's do this with a Simple Style." [Ozawa dodges another of Takeshi's powerful slashes and manages to cut him twice, one on his torso and another on his leg. Nothing too serious.] Takeshi: "Crap...!! This is not over yet!"

Tatsuya curses and tosses the blade into the air, the flames break down in an instant and gather up in his hands as he pours out even more magic, rather than allowing it to spread he focuses the attack in and a small beam the size of the demon's head or so shoots towards said body part. The flames burn blue hot but sadly vanish once this attack is done. Powerful, but short lived. "Shouldn't be alive too much longer, I'll get over there soon enough Takeshi!"

[Any normal demon would be ashes by now, but this one, despite having a weakness to fire, is still standing, although just barely. It was missing some ribs, as well as an entire arm, just one hits would be enough to make it crumble. The demon then focuses all it has in a single magic attack. The air gets colder around Tatsuya's chest as Baykok makes a small ice piece shatter next to him, with Bufula.] [Ozawa was faster with his small knives than Takeshi was with his two-handed sword, this was quite obvious as at this point, Ozawa was just cutting him to piss him off.] Ozawa: "You talk big, but don't deliver. Just give up and kill yourself already." [The man kicks the young man on the stomach, and he drops to the ground in pain. Ozawa spits at him. This was enough humilliation, all this time, Takeshi was fighting to kill with a weapon he can't properly use and was even outmatched in skill, but Takeshi had actual training in something and it was his only choice right now, as risky as it was. Takeshi drops the sword, and with all he has, he stands up and uppercuts Ozawa right under his jab. The Chaos Hero, then, takes a fighting stance, as he made Ozawa take a few steps back.] Ozawa: "Okay, alright then you fuck...!" [Takeshi's mind remembers what Tatsuya said to him, "Control your emotions, and don’t let them control you. And he understood now the power of that, he wasn't going to cut like a madman, he was going to concentrate his anger in every single punch. And he will not miss any.]

[Baykok is done, the Agilao blast burns the entire demon to a crisp. This old sack of bones was no more, and from the looks of it, Ozawa didn't really have another demon, or was at least completely unable to do so.] Ozawa: "Fine, fine you piece of shit, American Style it is!" [Ozawa, in his rage, points his gun at Takeshi and pulls the trigger, but his hand was shaky and completely misses the shot. Takeshi was relieved, but not missing out on this opportunity, he moves forward and hits him with a powerful right straight punch, which knocks him down for a moment. This was not enough to defeat him. Still, Takeshi was smirking] Ozawa: "When did you get so fucking strong...!?"

[Tatsuya's call was the right one, as the hammer avoids Ozawa from moving any further and making him feel a massive amount of pain. The man stumbles to the front and turns around a little bit, facing Tatsuya with a nasty frown.] Ozawa: "I'm going to murder you for that, Suou!!" [Ozawa attempts to reach out for his own gun, but as this happened, Takeshi was charging up his final attack. This attack was capable of going through even the toughest demon; he wanted to go all out, but not this time. Ozawa is a terrible man, but Takeshi won't go to his level for something as petty as revenge, this time, he was going to do something for someone else. The muscles of his entire body harden, his senses sharpen, and with a powerful leap forward he prepares to hit Ozawa on his god damn face.] Takeshi: "Don't you know!? It was bad luck...!" [Ozawa barely has any time to react as Takeshi lands the hit, sending Ozawa flying back a few meters. Making him lose consciousness almost instantaneously] Takeshi: "...RUNNING INTO ME!!" [Takeshi stands there in his place, keeping the pose he had after throwing the punch. The young man smiles sincerely to Tatsuya.]

Tatsuya grins and chuckles to himself for a moment, he's sure the boy hasn't heard him say that... Heh they're a lot alike. "Bad luck running into me huh? For some reason I think I've said that before myself, well anyways good job man! Good thing I stepped in at the end there eh?" He pulls the lighter from his coat and gives it a quick flick, looking around the room properly now to try and find a way out of here. Time to get back with the group at large. "Anyways we gotta move it, Yuka and everyone are counting on us to be there so... We won the battle for sure, but the war sadly isn't over yet."

[The black hole and the world return to the white void, and Ozawa disappears with them. Now, gently floating from nothingness, a simple, yet beautiful sword lands on Tatsuya's hands. Just by touching it, he knew that it was able to use fire without any kind of magic. The name of said sword is Gram.] Takeshi: "Y-Yeah, I'm done with this strange..." [And before they knew it, they were walking back inside the first building. Soon after, Kazuya, Yuji and Ryoko go inside, while Kazuya takes a position by the right corridor.] Takeshi: "I'm...confused..."

[Takeshi stands in his place and notices Tatsuya is gone for now, he was still a little too confused by all of this. Yuji, after placing a hand on Takeshi's shoulder, approaches Prima with a worried face, taking a position, waiting for Kazuya's order.] Yuji: "How are you doing? A lot happened and you appear to be confused." [Soon after, both Takeshi and Ryoko prepare to move.]

A-ah, I'm fine. Just got a bit distracted. At this point, she's blaming space-time weirdness. As long as she could do what she needed, it probably wasn't an issue to stress over.

[Yuji smiles and notices Kazuya begins to move out. Soon followed by Ryoko and Takeshi. The group goes through the only door leading to the other side of the building, into a plaza. Yuji then checks his gear one last time before moving ahead.] Yuji: "It's time then, no matter what, even if it's an army, we'll win."

Right. Let's go. Prima is a bit less confident with Raidou and Tatsuya not in sight, but... the five of them should be enough. She checks her revolver, then follows the others, bracing herself for the fight ahead.

[The entire group was hiding behind some bushes places close to the door for decoration, and by their two sides, stairways leading into a giant plaza. This plaza, however, had a big stage, where Yuka was tied to a stake with many, many logs of wood pilled under it. Two Oni were guarding her, one of them holding a torch. Surrounding the stage, a large mob was chearing. Humans, Zombies, Demons, they were all waiting for such a rare occasion. And leading all of this was Yuriko, with a big microphone on her hand.] Yuriko: "The Resistance group, in its arrogance, has been continually opposing the plans of our great leader, Gotou! And after such a long and arduous search, we have finally captured their leader, Yuka! Gotou is a kind man, and has forgiven this woman for the many acts of sabotage and terrorism that she has organized against our great country!" [Takeshi gives Yuriko a strange look, then turning to Yuji.] Takeshi: "What the hell!? This doesn't make any sense, they WILL do something, we have to move!" Yuji: "Calm down, will you? If we even try something will be gun downed in no time, I doubt we will be even able to get down these stairs." [Surrounding the place, many different cameramen and reporters were at the scene, live.]

There's... quite a crowd... Yuji's right. No matter how fast they were, they probably wouldn't even get past the crowd. The best idea I have is to create a distraction, but what could distract so many people from such a big event...?

[Yuji nods in agreement and checks the top of nearby buildings.] Yuji: "My guess is that The Resistance will create that distraction, they can attacks from the distance. They will do that, right?" [Kazuya keeps looking at Yuriko with a tint of betrayal in his eyes. He knew her for a lot of years, almost the same amount of time as Yuka and they even shared many interests. He also knew the girls disliked each other, but go this far? How could she? His emotions were getting to him already. Yuriko keeps talking. Her face shows a sickening kind of satisfaction and amusement.] Yuriko: "However, that does not erase her crime of opposing him in the first place! Therefore, I sentence this woman, Yuka…to death!" [The demons cheer, and Yuriko claps as well with excitement, the reporters were going nuts with their talking.] Ryoko: "W-Whatever we are going to do, we better do it now...!"

Prima growls under her breath. Not much time left... We'll have to trust that they'll distract the crowd. I don't see any other option... She readies her revolver and tenses up, waiting for the command to charge. Her revolver shakes a little in her hands, but she's focusing intensely on the path ahead.

[Yuriko, however, laughs out loud as she was looking at Ryoko's terrible hiding spot this whole time. Yuji had just taken notice of this and tries to tell her to hide soon or they will get caught. But he was too late, for a few minutes or so. It appears that without Raidou's strenght she was a little bit more distracted.] Yuriko: "I see we have some uninvited guests hiding over there! Come on out, little weasels! I’ve arranged special, front-row seats to this even, just for you~!" [The hungry reporters turn around along with the cameramen, making the entire group appear in what could possibly be every TV in Japan, maybe even the entire world at this point. Kazuya lets out a grunt of frustration and looks at his companions, wondering what to do as he stands up. No use hiding under decorations anyway.] Takeshi: "We lack the numbers..." Yuji: "The power..." Ryoko: "The skill..." Yuji: "Prima...?"

Prima straightens up and looks around at the crowd. There's no use in hiding anymore with their cover blown... Yet they can't run away... It's as if this is one big performance. As if Yuriko had expected this. Alright, might as well continue this little show. Time for the Primarina to take the stage. That's nice of you to offer. Mind if we intrude on your little act? She's not sure where this attitude is coming from, but it feels natural to respond simularly.

Raidou and Gouto snap back to reality as well, and the pair find themselves in the room with two doors from before. He scratches his cheek, a bit unsure of what just happened. Still, no time to dwell on it. He rushes through the ajar door that previously emitted a red aura. They didn't know this of course, they just saw the battle damage and figured that was the way to go. Gouto runs to keep up with Raidou as they dash to catch up with the group. "Damn Axiom, let's hustle Raidou!"

[Yuji and Ryoko give Prima a surprised look as she says this, Yuriko simply looks overjoyed.] Yuriko: "Goodie-two-shoes like all of you are to be expected, especially Kazuya of all people. You had some show in mind, Prima, my dear~?" [The crowd stares at the group without doing anything, but it's very obvious that some of them already want a taste of their flesh. Kazuya slowly walks forward, cautious of the hundreds of different human-eating creatures. The rest of the group soon follows. And then, rushing to the Raidou appeared. Yuriko just stayed quiet for a moment.] Yuriko: "And this is supposed to be the guy you like, Ryoko?"

Raidou places a hand on his hip, and takes a theatrical bow at Yuriko's jab. It's obviously sarcastic in nature, but it never hurts to rile up the crowd. He glares at Yuriko from the doorway, the bill of his hat only going further in making him look serious. Gouto wags his tail, before the two of them follow Kazuya. "What's that they say about heroes and being fashionably late? Figured you'd like a bit 'a time to pray before we show up, y'know?"

Yuriko: “Heroes? I don’t think there are any heroes around these parts. Especially a Kuzunoha like you, you’re nothing but a killer.” [They walk for a few meters until the stumble upon a group of chairs, right in the middle of the entire commotion. One for each person, including Tatsuya who was missing at the moment. The crowd then, backs away a meter or two. Right now, they can see the entire stage, only a few meters away from them. Yuriko just stood there watching them with the same look the demons had. And at the background, Yuka couldn't do anything but struggle against her restrains.] Yuriko: "Time to say goodbye to Yuka, Kazuya…" [Kazuya doubts if sitting at all at this moment, and silently glares at her.] Yuriko: "Poor Kazuya, don’t you see? If only you had chosen me instead, this wouldn’t have had to happen to her…" [The Oni holding the torch moves closer to the stake, getting ready to burn the thing already as everyone watches. The reporters are going wild, some show disgust, some excitement, and others don’t want to watch, but do so anyway, as they are unable to look away. The logs catch on fire, and it slowly burns as the group stands there in shock. Takeshi and Yuji stood there as it kept burning, Ryoko too, but kept glancing over at Yuriko. Kazuya, on the other hand, was shaking, of fear, of anger, of despair. He couldn’t move at all, but it was at this moment that Prima’s and Raidou’s words kept going wild inside his head and heart, the one act of heroism that, in his opinion, changed his entire life. His body was still shaking, but for a very different reason, and one final look at Yuka’s terrified expression was enough for him to run ahead as fast as he could. The demons quickly move in and apparently surround him, and immediately move out to attack the other group. Kazuya was separated from them.] Yuriko: “All right then! Do it! Kill them!” [Yuriko takes a few steps back as she watches intently the place Kazuya is supposed to be. Then, from their right, eight zombified cops move towards them, trying to get a nice taste of their flesh. For being corpses, they are faster than the other demons moving in.] Takeshi: “S-Shit!” Ryoko: “I-I-I just have to pull the trigger…!” Yuji: “There’s too many all around…!”

Raidou looks down, his expression hidden. Gouto looks up at him, before looking back to where Yuriko is. "A killer? Y'know...maybe you aren't wrong. Even still, we kill when we need to, we Kuzunohas do what's needed, when we're needed, and when we do our best we make sure the job gets done! Of course, when we really do our best..." Raidou finally looks up, a smirk visible on his face. He tosses the tube holding Gremlin from earlier into the air, the summoning already commenced and ready to go next action. The summoner himself lunges at the group of zombies, hoping to get a quick stab into one of them with his machete before quickly ducking out, trying to play it safe. "...is when we're backed against a wall!"

Prima freezes up at the sight of the zombies. They're like humans... Yet something's off... And they're moving in fast! She holds her hand out towards one of the approaching zombies, and somehow finds the word she's looking for: Bufu! A small shard of ice forms, bursting into tiny needles in front of the zombie. Prima's own movements are smooth as she commands the icy power, as if she had done this many times before.

[The moment Raidou stabs the Zombie and moves out of the way, quickly manages to avoid one of the zombies trying to bite him, they aren't very strong and the stabbed one quickly goes down, while the one that tried to attack Raidou is gunned down by Ryoko, who shot at it out of pure instinct.] Takeshi: "I will cover you guys, be careful!" [Another three zombies tried to join in, but Takeshi hold them off with fire of his own, quickly burning them away. Just as this happens, Prima calls forth her hidden power and the zombie is defeated instantly, and Yuji defeats another one close to it.] Yuji: "I didn't know you could use Ice, amazing!" [Yuji gives Prima a thumbs up as he prepares for the incoming enemies. Four remaining zombies run at them and from a small distance to their right, four Zombie Soldiers prepare to shoot at them with their guns.]

I... guess I just learned how. Anyway, Bufu! Prima steps back and gestures towards one of the zombies that's about to shoot. An ice shard forms and flies towards them, bursting just before contact.

[Raidou's tactic is effective against the dumb zombies, all of them. Gremlin is also way too fast for the Soldier Zombies themselves to react, and as this happens, Raidou gets rid of another dumb Cop Zombie. Watching Raidou be so brave gave her courage, and so, she shoots at the Soldier Zombies, shortly after Prima defeat another one with an elegant Bufu.] Yuji: "Let me help you a bit." [Yuji's wind isn't much of a killing tool, but it WILL knock enemies down. Using a nice Magaru, he stops the remaining Zombie enemies. Three Zombie Cops and two Soldier Zombies. Sooner or later, more enemies will jump at them.]

Prima nods and waves at one of the Zombie Soldiers. Thank you. Bufu! If the method isn't faulty, don't fix it. A shard of ice forms near the zombie and shatters the moment they attempt to get back on their feet. This magic is surprisingly tiring for such a simple move. Perhaps humans struggled with this...?

[Another one bites the dust by Prima's attack. After this, she may feel a little bit stronger, they say that experience makes the master, and oddly enough, her Ice might be a little bit more hard hitting and easier to use. Raidou finishes off the last Soldier Zombie and Gremlin gets rid of one of the Cop Zombies, while Yuji and Ryoko finish off the last two remaining Zombie Cops] Kazuya: "Just let me go through!" [The hear Kazuya yell, as different body parts fly to the air, Kazuya appears to be moving faster. Now, once Raidou attempts to get the big rifles, he realizes they have next to no ammunition, and are barely even usable at this point. Now, from their front, four more Soldier Zombies join the fray, and four demons do too, these are Lemur, flying little bastards with skull faces.]

Prima recognizes this power increase. It's just like how pokemon become stronger through battle. She smiles at that and Kaz's apparent progress, and pivots around to aim at another Soldier Zombie. Bufu! The ice shard, bigger than last time, forms and shatters with ease.

[Yuji felt a little bit more daring this time, and right after Prima gets rid of the Soldier Zombie, he makes use of Garu to redirect the shards to other enemies, hitting two of the same Soldier Zombies. Now that her ice shards were bigger and Yuji trusted her, this was possible to do. Ryoko on the other hand attacks one of the Lemur with her Gun, but the damage is next to none] Ryoko: "T-They can take bullets just like that!?" [Now Raidou was preparing and the demons didn’t mind him all that much, as their attention was on Ryoko. All four Lemur jumped at her and tried to bite her head off. But at the last moment, all of them received a perfect shot in their faces, making them drop to the floor, they were knocked down but still not all that hurt. From nearby buildings, a group of Resistance Soldiers were shooting down their nearby threats, acting as support for them. One last remaining Soldier Zombie avoided everyone and tries to bite Prima’s arm.]

Prima's focus is on forming another ice shard to back up Raidou, so she doesn't notice the Soldier Zombie until it's too late. Ow! G-get away! With her free arm, she presses the revolver's barrel to the zombie's chest and pulls the trigger, all while trying to tug herself free.

[Prima manages to shake off the annoying Soldier Zombie with a well-placed shot to his chest. Yuji quickly moves closer to her and attempts to use Dia on her] Yuji: "Are you okay, Prima? Were you too badly hurt?" Takeshi: “Could you guys hurry up!? My hands are burning right now…!” [Takeshi himself was getting tired of using so much fire, and the zombies and different demons just kept coming and coming. But Raidou and Gremlin answer to his call, as he finally gets rid of what, at the moment, looked like the most powerful demons in the entire crowd. What a great team.] Ryoko: “Y-You’re amazing Raidou, and Gremlin too!” [As the crowd of monsters grows thinner and thinner thanks to the support of the Resistance, and the player’s battle in the middle of chaos, they are not surrounded anymore. In fact, some of them are even running away, including the reporters and cameramen, although, some cameras keep broadcasting this entire event live. And from the remaining demons and monsters to their front, Kazuya jumps on the stage and rushes to the front, feeling ready to take on the two Oni by himself. Yuriko, seeing this, vanishes with an annoyed expression on her face. The Oni gives Kazuya this derogatory look. The bigger one with the giant club moves forward to try and smash the little bug.] Kazuya: “Don’t look down on me; you won’t get in the way…!” [It was at this moment that his heart exploded with adrenaline. It comes into view a very thin red thread, connecting both Kazuya and Yuka by their pinkies. Yuka herself is covered in a powerful magical aura that, unknown to everyone but the players, begins to move through the red thread into Kazuya’s body, filling him with the same magical power and covering him in a powerful green aura.] Kazuya: “…of me saving someone important to me…!” [Out of pure instinct, he slashes once at the club, cuts it in half and before his enemy could react at all, gets a giant cut on its torso, making it fall. The other Oni is terrified by this sudden raise of power and skill, and tires to burn the stake faster. But to no avail, because Kazuya had already leaped to the front and cut him in half with one powerful and quick slash.] Kazuya: “…And protecting Tokyo!!” [He really didn’t know what was going on, it was so confusing but it felt right as Kazuya cuts the ropes that were keeping Yuka captive, and rescues her from the fire that almost got to her. The young man was then on the floor, unconscious. The sudden rush of magic power had a big toll on him.] Takeshi: “I…” Yuji: “But he couldn’t use magic, his body just couldn’t possibly…” [Yuka sits up and turns to the unconscious Kazuya by his side, caressing his cheek.] Yuka: “You rescued me, just like you did before in that dream…” [The young woman quickly realizes this isn’t the time or place, and so, she turns to the group.] Yuka: “We can’t use our old hideout anymore, so we’ll use the bar instead. We have to get out of here as soon as we can. They will probably send soldiers soon.” [Takeshi and Yuji nod in agreement as they take Kazuya with them, and before moving ahead, Ryoko gives Raidou a smile and keeps walking forward, following the group alongside Yuka. As they leave, the world returns to nothingness and pure white. And two faint figures on opposite sides look at each other.] Gotou: “Such an amazing power, I could feel his pure emotion from this side of the screen, certainly, this Kazuya Yasuo kid is not the average teen…” Thorman: “A terrifying will and purpose, of course, it was to be expected from one of God’s creations, to think a past sinner would make my very legs shake in fear…” Gotou and Thorman: “His will power will decide the fate of this revolution; he must be on my side, the power of the Messiah…!”

So... We did at least that... Although those two... Something tells Primarina that this is the beginning of the end. She doesn't need Melbourne's words to know that. She sighs, then bows to Melbourne. It's for the best. Even the greatest performance must come to a satisfying conclusion. I'll be sure to see this through. With a flick of her tail, she wanders off, back towards the ocean...

Raidou waves to Prim as she leaves, and then turns back to Melbourne. His glare is icy as ever, and Gouto slinks out from behind his leg. "Aright pal, it's been a little while. We got some questions for ya, so we hope you'd be willing to do us a favor and answer."

[The man looks up to see Raidou, and raises an eyebrow with interest.] "Go ahead and ask, I have nothing to hide."

Raidou's arms and upper body are hidden beneath his cloak, and Gouto takes the offer. "We've been at this game for a long time. Raidou, almost two decades. Me? Over a century. There's no way we can believe someone with your power just wants to help. What's your angle?"

[What a complicated question, it had a really simple answer.] "I was bored."

The both of them straighten up, Raidou moreso than Gouto. "You wanted to save a timeline, no...a universe because you were bored?"

[The man blinks a couple of times, answering questions wasn't very fun, but the reactions were interesting, to say the least.] "No, not save, I do not care about a specific ending. I wanted to see a different version of the same story that has been repeating over and over again. The "Great Will" allways has something interesting to look at." [The man looks up, and gently places his flower by the side. Melbourne's eyes are completely empty, void. It's not a human, but nothing like an angel or a demon either.] "I was bored, and I could do this so I did. It is what I always do."

Raidou's brow furrows, and he reaches for his sword. His hand tightens on it, but he closes his eyes, breathes, and lets go. "Chill, Raidou. You saying you don't care about the outcome seals the deal then. You've given us the ability to help our friend get some peace, and for that we thank you...but, a bored demon is not one we want running around. As thanks for what you've been doing, and out of respect to Kazuya, we won't do anything this time; but when this is all said and done, Raidou here will be more than happy to entertain you himself."

[The "man" doesn't flinch.] "I doubt something like that would be entertaining, I have seen it before. But we shall see."