Chapter 9: The Order Strikes Again!

(Meanwhile, Akira and the High-Commission looks around the crime scene.)
"Akira: Purple-ish colors in an alleyway, what could possibly be back here? Not to mention this as a former enemy's territory."
"Angel: Not sure."
"Crystalline: Hm.. Hm? Hey! Look what I found!"
(Crystalline stumbles upon a black and purple colored crystal and picks it up.)
"Konnor: What is that?"
"Angel: Its a crystal, but unlike any I've seen before."
"Crystalline: I can analyze it."
(After a few seconds of concentration, she figured out what the crystal was.)
"Sumizaki: So.. what's the crystal..?"
"Crystalline: AHHHHH!"
(She immediately drops the crystal and backs away, terrified.)
"Ash: Crystalline..?"
"Crystalline: THAT IS A FORBIDDEN CRYSTAL! THAT'S A VOID CRYSTAL..!"
"Angel: Huh?"
(Angel picked it up and looked at it.)

"Ash: Of course.. Void Crystals are very very rare. These crystals carry very unstable energy, they're very powerful."
"Sumizaki: Also, they can only be found in the Void Realm!"
"Angel: Strange.. So what's this kind of crystal doing on Earth?"
"Akira: This could sound a bit funny, but do you think Sawano was taken to the Void Realm?"
"Konnor: Possible. Only problem is these portals appear in random dimensions simultaneously, so one in a million Sawano would've wondered around here then got sent to the realm."
"Ash: Wouldn't hurt to find out."
"Angel: Ash's right. Konnor, you have otherworldly sight, what's the next Void Realm portal to open?"
(Konnor's eyes would turn yellow as he looked into other universes from different viewpoints.)

"Konnor: An abandoned planet, two dimensions away from us."
"Crystalline: Question is.. How are we going to get there? Sumizaki, you're a space elemental right? Could you take us there?"
"Sumizaki: Sadly, I cannot. That kind of ability is far beyond my knowledge. BUT! I do know a friend who can travel throughout dimensions. But, it'll be awhile to get to his place."
"Akira: Your friend?"
"Sumizaki: Well.. in truth, he's actually my cousin. My cousin is one of the three Dimension Guardians, Daemon."
"Angel: He's one of the top three fighters. Not to mention, one of the Heavenly Protectors. So we got a big mission, we need to find a way to get to that portal before it closes. But first, we need to go see Daemon. Sumizaki, lead the way!"
(Meanwhile back in the Void Realm, Sawano left the infirmary room and walked around outside the palace for a bit.)
"Sawano: Never been in a place like this before."
(He'd run into the same guards from before.)
"Guard: Its you!"
"Guard #2: You're that kid with the flame powers!"
"Sawano: Kid? Hold up, I'm sixteen... Did you come back for more?"
(Both of the guards ran towards Sawano and kneel down to him.)

"Both: Please teach us your fighting techniques!"
"Sawano: Huh-"
"Guard: We're always useless to the queen, all we want to do is prove out usefulness towards her but every time we do we'd end up getting beaten!"
"Guard #2: We don't want to be on the sidelines, we beg of you sir! PLEASE TRAIN US!"
(Sawano stood there and sighed.)
"Sawano: So you both want me to train you that badly?"
"Both: Yes sir, we beg of you!"
"Sawano: Very well, also don't call me sir, its just Sawano."
"Both: Yes, Sawano sir!"
(He stood there and laughed a bit.)
"Sawano: Alright, I want you both to tell me your names."
"Allastir: My name is Allastir.
"Geron: Geron's my name."
"Sawano: Alright. In that case, I want you both to run to the top of that hill and back."
"Xiazress: There you are! You wasn't suppose to leave the room yet!"
"Sawano: My apologies, I wandered out for fresh air."
"Allastir: Queen Xiazress!"
(She then noticed the two training.)

"Xiazress: What is this?"
"Sawano: These two here wanted me to train them in order to become stronger. I couldn't turn that down."
"Hydra: Stronger hm? If that is true, then you must be the new boy I heard about."
"Sawano: Hm?"
(He looked up as he saw a hydra standing before him then transforms into its physical form then Geron and Allastir ran off to the top of hill.)
"Trezoru: I am a representor of Corrupt Hydra race. I am their king, Trezoru."
"Xiazress: Ugh.. what are you doing here..?"
"Trezoru: Why only came to check on the beautiful lady I shall be marrying soon."
"Xiazress: Never in your life!"
"Sawano: What are you talking about?"
"Xiazress: Well... I saved this man's life from a freak accident which costed my BOTH OF MY ARMS!"
"Trezoru: Obviously, you'd risk your life for me because you're admitting feelings for me too!"
"Xiazress: I'd be better off dying of course."
"Sawano: Wait a second, not to be offensive or anything but you're a goddess! Are you supposed to be over a thousand?"
"Xiazress: Of course not you jerk!! I'm only sixteen!"
"Sawano: Same age as me?! How is that-"
"Trezoru: I believe that's enough chit-chat, don't you think? Come my darling, we have plans to make."
(As he grabbed her hand, Sawano gripped onto Trezoru's arm tightly.)

"Sawano: I wouldn't recommend touching a lady if she declines the first time."
"Trezoru: I see.. And I believe you're too young to understand the concept of love."
(Sawano stood there as he squeezed his arm tighter.)
"Sawano: As if I even cared about what the hell that means.. All I know is that love is an icky emotion and that feeling is too sickening for my taste."
(Xiazress gasped at what he said.)
"Trezoru: Oh? So why do you dare to stand between me and my-"
(Sawano squeezes one more time to the point his arm snaps in half.)
"Sawano: Oops, I guess I don't know my own strength."
(Trezoru snaps his arm back like its no problem.)
"Trezoru: So you claim to stand between me and my lovely fiance? Very well, I shall return some other time to win your heart.. Queen Xiazress."
(She nearly vomits but chokes it back down.)
"Trezoru: As for you boy, what is your name?"
"Sawano: Sawano."
"Trezoru: Just know, I won't go easy in a situation like this. I won't hesitate to use force to get you away from her."
"Sawano: ....Try me."
"Trezoru: Till we meet again, I shall."
(His wings began to expand then he flies off.)

"Xiazress: Sorry about him, he's eh.. Obsessed with me."
"Sawano: I see."
(Geron and Allastir returned from a long run up the hill and back, out of breath.)
"Allastir: We're.... Back Sawano sir..!"
"Sawano: Dang, you guys actually meant it?"
"Geron: Of course, Sawano sir...! We'd do anything to get stronger!"
(Xiazress kneeled and looked at both of them.)
"Xiazress: Look, I understand why you want to get stronger and I greatly appreciate it. But look, you guys are fine the way you are! You two are my favorite guards to hang out with!"
(She smiles and gets up.)
"Geron: Queen..."
"Xiazress: Come on, you guys had a rough time going up and down that hill. Go get some rest."
"Allastir: Understood."
(They'd walk back to the guard house as Sawano kept looking up into the sky.)
"Xiazress: What's wrong?"
"Sawano: My purpose for existence."
"Xiazress: Hm?"
"Sawano: I wanted to find my sister.
"Xiazress: I understand. You're looking for your sister, Okisaki Magachi. Correct?"
"Sawano: How do you know..?"
"Xiazress: A goddess can know everything, can't she?"
"Sawano: True.."
"Xiazress: Come on, its getting late."
(Sawano and Xiazress walked back into the palace where they began to sleep for the night. Meanwhile, Sawano went to the guest room and sat on the bed.)

"Sawano: Ok.. its time I solve this."
(Sawano meditates and enters his mind.)
"Beast: What brings you here?"
"Sawano(Subconscious): I wanted to talk to you."
"Beast: About?"
"Sawano(Subconscious): You."
"Beast: Oh?"
(A few questions later, Sawano and the Beast got along a bit more.)
"Beast: Besides you, I had other clients. But I get to excited sometimes then I just kill them after they use their powers in less than two months."
"Sawano(Subconscious): You're evil... One more question, why did you pick me?"
"Beast: Funny story is, I picked you as my next host the moment you was born!"
"Sawano(Subconscious): What?!"
"Beast: To be perfectly honest, I found hidden potential in you so I unlocked it and made you a personal asset for my powers. Meaning, you're more than worthy for it.
"Sawano(Subconscious): Wow, that explains why."
"Beast: Yup!"
"Sawano(Subconscious): Also, you never told me your name."
"Beast: Huh?"
"Sawano(Subconscious): Don't you have a name?"
"Beast: .... I'm afraid not. No matter how many clients I had, I was always called an unknown beast."
"Sawano(Subconscious): Why don't I give you a name?"
"Beast: ...Really..?"
"Sawano(Subconscious): Of course, hmm.. How about... Zugarian? Where I'm from, Zugarian means "The Demon Of Ember."
"Zugarian: I... LOVE IT! I thank you dearly for this, my own name..!"
"Sawano(Subconscious): Anytime, happy I could help.
(They'd both smile then Sawano yawned.)

"Zugarian: Might wanna get some sleep, I appreciate taking the time to talk tho."
"Sawano(Subconscious): You're right and no problem."
(He began to leave his mind until Zugarian stopped him.)
"Zugarian: Wait, I have one thing to ask you. Do you think I'm useless?"
(Sawano stayed after hearing those words.)
"Sawano(Subconscious): Why would you think that?"
"Zugarian: ...Huh..?"
"Sawano(Subconscious): You're one of the strongest beasts I ever had! You're not useless, do you remember how we took out The Order Of Encursed Elements? You're not useless, you're powerful and worth it."
"Zugarian: No one has ever said that to me.. I thank you so much, Sawano.. Alright, I'll do it. I'll be your official beast in contract."
"Sawano(Subconscious): Then I, Sawano Magachi. Son of Kirby Magachi hereby requests a contract with Zugarian, The Demon of Ember."
"Zugarian: And I, Zugarian The Demon of Ember, hereby accepts said contract to where we shall conquer our enemies that crosses our paths and I shall give you full control of your power and offer you mines when you require it."
"Sawano(Subconscious): In that case, we shall remain united until our final mission."
(They both shook hands and accepted their contracts as symbols appeared on their arms and Sawano began to return to reality.)

"Sawano: Man.. I don't know what to expect. I think I could control it now."
(He looked at his arm, the blackness remains as the symbol of their contracts remained and covered it.)
"Well, I'll find out soon. Hopefully things don't go bad."
(The next day, Sawano was sleeping but woke up to destructive noises and terrifying screams.)
"Nurse Kani: Sawano! Get up we have to evacuate immediately!"
"Sawano: HUH? What's going on!"
"Nurse Kani: Out of the blue.. We was just ambushed by an unknown clan.."
"Sawano: Unknown...? I got a bad feeling I know what clan this is.. WAIT.. WHERE'S XIAZRESS? WHERE IS SHE?"
"Nurse Kani: She's being protected at her quarters by some of the highly trained warriors."
"Sawano: I can't sit here and do nothing.."
(He began to grab his coat and quickly cover up his blackened arm.)
"Nurse Kani: Sawano, are you crazy?! You cannot fight them, you're not fully recovered! You're just pushing yourself beyond your core's power!"
"Sawano: Might be true, but I take risks."
(He flew out the window and looked at the carnage and destruction.)

"Civilian: HELP ME! SOMEBODY PLEASE!!"
(Sawano quickly rushes in the air to the scene.)
"Terrorist: Relax, all we want is to take your life-"
(Sawano slashes him into twos after landing down.)
"Civilian: THANK YOU SIR...!"
"Sawano: No problem, hold still. I'm going to send you to the infirmary."
(He held onto the wounded civilian and teleported him to an infirmary close by.)
"Sawano: Who could be causing this..?"
(He looked up and saw terrorists flying out of an aircraft as they dive down and attack the voided town. Meanwhile, Xiazress was fighting off the terrorists.)
"Nurse Kani: Xiazress! Its Sawano, he ran off to fight the them!"
"Xiazress: What?! He was suppose to rest! I need to go find him!"
"Nurse Kani: You can't be serious! You have to stay here and avoid being seen!"
"Xiazress: I'll take my chances."
(She blasted out of the palace and searched for Sawano as he fought off a group of terrorists that targeted him.)
"Sawano: A bad time to fight me.. I don't want to use my flames to bring you all down."
"Terrorist: Come on, if you think you're tough enough. Good luck taking on one of the executives!"
"Sawano: Maybe I shall."
(He vanished in a split second and beheads the whole group in one slash.)

"Then I'll get some answers."
(Sawano blasts himself to the aircraft and by doing so, more airborne terrorists fled towards him and tried attacking him.)
"This is GETTING ANNOYING!"
(He transforms to where his eyes are red then his black wings appear and his fists are engulfed in flames. Sawano then continued fighting off the airborne terrorists one after another until a transmission beam was activated.)
"???: Hey hey hey hey hey!!!! Sawano!!!!!! Its been so long!!!"
(Sawano looked at the transmission beam in shock.)
"Sawano: Its... YOU.."
"Oshikida: That's righttt! Its me your old friend, Oshikida Kiowara!!!"
"Sawano: ... Why... WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS..?"
"Oshikida: Hm.. OHH I REMEMBER WHY! The empress still requires us to bring you back with us. DEAD OR ALIVE!!!"
"Sawano: ...Again with this...?"
"Oshikida: Yup! Sorry about this, but we're under orders to kill you. I hope we can still be best friends!"
(The transmission ends as Sawano floats there with an annoyed look on his face and transforms again then obliterates the incoming fighters.)

(Xiazress continues searching for Sawano.)
"Xiazress: Where could he be..?"
(A massive explosion was heard across the town and she quickly fled towards it.)
(She'd arrive shortly to see Sawano blast his way into the aircraft.)
"Oh no.. Sawano..!"
(Enemies was dispatched to take out Sawano but he continued making his way towards the room Oshikida remains at. Xiazress follows the path of brutally murdered enemies and is a little disgusted.)
"Enemy: Where did he go?!"
"Enemy #2: Not sure, but keep finding him-"
(Sawano appeared behind them and killed them both with another quick slash and vanished again.)
"Oshikida: So my longest childhood friend is FINALLY COMING TO PLAY WITH ME!! I'M SO EXCITED!! Huh?"
(She looked at the cameras and saw Xiazress and smirked.)
"The queen decided to join him huh? This could get interesting indeed..."
(Xiazress continued following Sawano then stopped him.)
"Xiazress: Sawano! What are you doing?!"
"Sawano: Why are you here? This is my fight, stay out of this."
"Xiazress: I can't do that when you're risking your own life!"
"Sawano: This is something you'd regret getting involved in."
"Xiazress: Well.. fine. I'm fighting alongside you then."
"Sawano: Didn't I tell you to-"
"Xiazress: I am fighting with you and that's final. I want to help you.. A-anyway I could.."
(Sawano sighed and kept walking.)
"Sawano: If you get lost, I'm not coming to look for you. I'm aiming for Oshikida."
"Xiazress: That's not polite to say to a queen!"
"Sawano: Whatever."