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Yuen, Judi and Emerie stepped out of the rippling scroll. They had appeared just in front of the guild.
"We're back?" Yuen commented as he let Emerie down.
"Yuen!, What's happening!?" Emerie asked frantic.
"A lot. Hang on Emerie, I need to talk to her." He said, motioning to Judi. "Since when were you able to do that?" He asked, couldn't you have used that to get us there in the first place." Judi shook her head.
"I only had the one."
"I see. Good job getting us out of there, that man I was fighting would have hunted us down, he's a monster."
"well at least we got out, and you were reunited with Emerie to."
"No, I wasn't." Judi looked at him confused. Yuen turned to Emerie. "Emerie, come here." Emerie ran up to the two. "What do you want to do right now?"
"I want to go home, to Grandma."
"I thought so." Yuen grabbed a card from his holder and shoved it into the small girls chest. The card burned and Emerie was set on fire.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Judi yelled. Yuen held her back. After a few seconds Emerie transformed into a girl around Yuen and Judi's age. The fire went out and The girl fell to the ground. Yuen stepped on her back. "What's going on?"
"This is Mimic, one of my oldest sister's guardians."
"Your families in on this to?"
"No, they're to cowardly, but Yuu isn't. She probably doesn't want to overthrow the head family, she just wants Emerie as bait, for me."
"You?"
"She always resented me because I was the strongest even though she was the oldest." He bent down and grabbed the weakened Mimic's collar, pulling her up to his face. "Where is Yuu?
"She took Emerie back to the head family's mansion."
"Heh, thanks." Yuen threw Mimic to the ground and summoned Miko. Miko shot a point blank arrow into Mimic's back reverting her to card form. "Burn it Judi." Judi was reluctant but she did as she was ordered. The guardian card burned into ash.
"Is that how you destroy guardians?"
"No, guardians disappear only when their master dies. But Yuu will have to make a new card for Mimic and it will be chained for a long time after she does. Gunner's bad enough, we don't need mimic sneaking behind our lines. Let's go."
"Where are we going?"
"The head family mansion. If Yuu wants me, then I'm going. It's about time I knocked her down anyways."
"Do you have any idea how insane you sound!? The head family is going to be strong! I know your strong but are you strong enough!?"
"Strong enough to beat Yuu. I beat her, get Emerie and we're off. If you're staying out of it then I'm going alone."
"Don't go alone kid." Yuen turned to find Eriou and Danzai approaching them. Eriou pulled two cards from his coat and pushed them into Yuen's hand. "Take your guardians, and do what you need to do. You'll always have a place here."
"So it was a test. I thought so. Just so you know, some guy named Kiol's dead."
"Dammit, what about Tenka."
"He was fighting Dien, I wouldn't count on it."
"Damn."
"Eriou, I'm gonna go with him." Danzai said. Eriou nodded.
"Alright, that's fine. And you, Judi?" Judi looked back and forth between the three men. "What's going on here? Danzai, I think we should return to the academy, things here are getting to heavy for us to get involved in without consulting the headmaster and teachers." Danzai shook his head.
"There's to much going on here for us to take that time Judi, feel free to go back, but I won't be going with you, they need my help, but maybe you should go back and bring more back with you. Well do what you want, if you go back, then we'll be going our separate way for awhile."
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Judi spoke out angrily. "Do you really think that little of me? Of course I'm going with you!"
"The two of you are going nowhere for the time being. You're coming back to the academy with me for now."
The owner of the voice strode forward, in resplendent robes and an aura of power crackling about him. Judi gasped and Danzai cringed. "Reid!" Judi said in shock, "What are you doing here?"
Behind Reid, Eliza and Tobias walked up, standing to the left of him. He shook a finger at Judi. "That's misted Anselk to you young lady. And you and your partner are needed back at the academy for now. You don't have the time to be galavanting around with adventurer friend."
Yuen turned to Danzai, whispering. "Who is this guy anyways?"
Danzai whispered back. "Judi's teacher. He's one of the five head teachers of the academy, each of them are extrememly rare in that they have the abilities for many types of magic. Reid here is a magus, sorcerer, and gylph user rolled into one. Course, he isn't a master of any of them, but..."
While the two whispered back and forth at eachother, Judi mustered up her courage and spoke back to her teacher. "This is important though! Look, we need to-"
"You need to come back to the academy. It is of vital importance. I'll explain on the way." Reid spoke calmly, but with undeniable authority. Judi on the other hand, spoke with far less certainty. "But Yuen-"
"He appears to be strong enough to handle himself. To be sure though, we will send Eliza and Tobias with him."
Judi was stunned into silence. Eliza kept her face mostly neutral, but to anyone who knew her, she might as well have stuck her tongue out at her rival. She stepped forward. "Pleased to meet you Yuen. You may adress me as lady Reizvol. And this is my servant, Tobais." Tobais bowed. Yuen rolled his eyes.
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"let's get something straight." Yuen said to Eliza and Tobias. "I won't refer to you in honorifics, don't bow to me and if you keep acting superior I'll burn you alive. Secondly, slow me down as I try to save Emerie and I'll turn into Witch's toy." Danzai shifted uncomfortably at the mention of Witch. He then turned to Anselk. "As for you, Judi and Danzai will make their own decisions. If they decide to follow your orders then I'll step aside, but try to force them to do anything they don't want to and I'll take you down. I can feel your power and it's nothing compared to my stronger cards."
"You really think you stand a chance against someone in my position."
"I just held my own against a monster, and trust me, your abilities don't match up. Of course I could be wrong, I didn't feel much from Dien before he started fighting so who knows."
"Yuen... I'm going with Misted Anselk." Judi said from behind him. "It sounds like it's important, he's sending others with you and while I don't like the fact that Eliza is the one taking my position, I should listen to him. The head teachers know a lot more than we do and this could really be important. I'm looking forward to meeting Emerie when I get back." Yuen nodded and the two turned to Danzai.
"I'll stick with Judi then, I'm comfortable leaving you in Tobias' hands. Danzai walked up and whispered to Tobias. "Watch out for Witch, he wasn't kidding when he said he'll make you her toy, I've had the urge to call her mistress for awhile now." Without a word from Tobias Danzai walked back and stood with Judi and Anselk.
"Good luck to you, young man. If you have time at a later date I would like you to come and speak to the teachers about the Seireiten, they refuse to speak to us."
"That's because Onibaba is an elitest bitch, and that's why I have to go and get Emerie. However I have a feeling that Onibaba may come after Emerie in the future, at that time I would appreciate your help. She has a lot of power and many guardians, I wouldn't last alone." Anselk nodded as a type of silent agreement and left with Judi and Danzai. Yuen turned back to Eliza and Tobias. "So it's Eliza and Tobias. Let's get something straight. This is my job, my battle and my family, I'm the leader and when I tell you to sit back and watch, you do it." Yuen was so intense that even Eliza was scared into nodding her head. "I'll be back guildmaster, if you don't mind prepare me a place to live, enough space for two, please." Yuen turned and walked down the road, in the opposite direction they had gone before, with Eliza and Tobias on his heels.
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Eliza as more irritated than she would care to admit. She refused to let this... Yuen get the better of her. But she always felt that nothing could be done without a clear head, and as such... "Aufrufen Ruhe". Eliza spoke her spell softly, and her irritation vanished, leaving her in a state of unnatural calm. Tobias looked at her and blinked slowly, the closest her would come to admonishing her for using magic for such a thing. The trip continued in a chilly silence for a while.


"So we can proceed as planned?" Dark figures stirred in a dark room. They spoke without order, and it was nigh impossible to tell who spoke what.
"Certainly. We cannot allow things to proceed as they are now. The influx of powerful wielders of magic is... Bad for business."
"How much support can we expect from your company?"
"Not much aside from equipment. I refuse to allow myself to be entangled in this. Which is why of course, we all bound ourselves to secrecy. I assure you the penalty for indiscretion is... Severe."
"I understand completely. I have my own reasons for wanting to destroy that institution, and I'll gladly take full credit for its end."
"We will share the goals of the two of you, and will offer the manpower to achieve victory."
"One concern, what should we do about your son?"
"He's smart enough to get out of the way if need be. As well, he is not prone to injury."
"Very well, no problems are foreseen."
"Let us discuss strategy."
The voices drowned eachother out in cacophony as they all spoke at once.
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"Where are we going?" Eliza asked, slightly annoyed.
"The Seireiten head family likes to hide themselves. We've got work to do, if we want to get in."
"What are you talking about."
"You said you were skilled in mental manipulation, correct?" Eliza nodded. "Good we'll need it. One of Onibaba's strongest guardians is known as Rift. He's one of the only guardians of Onibaba that the rest of us know about. He's not a skilled fighter but he's a living portal to another dimension. He uses his powers to hide the head family's mansion in a dimension that Onibaba named the Seirei Plain. There are many dangerous sides to using Rift, for example, if he returns to his card, anyone within the Seirei Plain will be forever trapped there. Onibaba is strong enough to keep him out for decades at a time and she makes sure to hide him carefully so that he can never be attacked and chained. First thing's first we need to find a member of the Seirei and pull the location of Rift's portal from his lips."
"I can do that, I know a truth spell."
"Good."
"Is that really the way to speak to someone who's going to make your little mission a success."
"Heh, I could easily make a Seireiten talk. With you here, I just don't need to waste the card. Here, this is the city that the Seireiten on watch usually stay in. Look for someone with a gold eye like mine, except the members of the head family have a golden left eye rather than my right. Only the leader of the Seireiten has two gold eyes."
"So look for golden eyes?" Tobias asked.
"The mute speaks." Yuen commented. "Let's go."
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"So you got the information out of him?" Reid stood before a man in a deep red suit bearing the Reizvol crest. The man nodded.
"Indeed. I could only access certain parts of his mind however. I've learned much of note regardless. The attack is months away, and will be spearheaded by a traitor in your midst. They'll be well supported, with weapons from one of the ringleaders, and manpower from another. However, I could wrest no identities from him, as his mind was bound up pretty tight with highly dangerous magic."
Reid nodded at the man's words. "Thank you Mr.Reizvol. Your help is appreciated as always."
The man laughed. "I should be thanking you! My daughter has been quite a bit happier since she came here. She spends quite a bit talking about this young lady here in fact. Judi was it? Well, she doesn't talk very nicely, but the fact that she talks of you at all is praise from her. Just how she is. Anyways, I must be off." The man walked out of the office. Reid turned to Judi and Danzai. "It would seem my haste was misplaced. Regardless, there is much I would like to teach you before the attack, and it will not be easy..."


"Halt! Surrender Yuen!" The Seireiten started reaching for his deck. Eliza quickly spoke a spell. "Vernichtung Gedanke" The man's focus was completely lost, his train of thought utterly derailed. In the confusion, Tobias knocked the man's deck away, while Yuen grabbed him. The trio gagged the man and took him into a back alley. The entire confrontation lasted a mere twelve seconds. The man didn't take long to regain his thoughts, and started to struggle, until Eliza cast her second spell. "Weltschmerz”. The fight went right out of the man, as though he no longer cared. Eliza finished her work with one last spell. “Ehrlichkeit”. Eliza wiped the sweat off her brow after using her magic in rapid succession like that. “Well, he's all yours. He'll answer anything you ask of him, and he cannot lie. I'll wipe his memories afterwards to be safe of course.” Tobias took kept watch at the entrance to the alley, ever vigilant. Yuen stepped forward and began asking.
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Yuen pulled the gag from the man's mouth. "All right then, I'm looking for Onibaba, is she in the Seirei plain right now?"
"Yes."
"And Yuu is with her?"
"Yes."
"Is Emerie also in the Seirei plain?"
"Yes."
"Where, in the Seirei plain, is Emerie."
"She waits in the room beyond the great hall."
"The chapel of infusion? Is she there for a reason or does Onibaba want me to come to the great hall?"
"I don't know."
"When you left the Seirei plain, where was Yuu?"
"She was with the mistress in the great hall."
"I thought as much. To the best of your knowledge, has Onibaba released any guardians other than Rift?"
"No."
"Does Onibaba have some plan or is she just trying to keep Emerie away from the outside world?"
"I don't know."
"Tch, I'm running out of questions. Fine, now tell me Rift's location."
"Rift is hidden at the house of master Reijin, anyone without a Seireiten's golden eye is to be denied passage and those with a golden right eye, like yours, must defeat him in order to pass through."
"Reijin, that's convenient."
"Who's Reijin?"
"Emerie's uncle. He's strong, real strong, as strong as me or stronger but... I'm basically a younger version of him. He has five guardians two of which are female and he hates Onibaba, he's been working on a Coup d'état for as long as I can remember. One last question. Who are you loyal to, as if I have to ask, Onibaba or Reijin?"
"Mistress Minori."
"Thought as much." Yuen pushed a card onto his chest. It burned and the man fell over, dead.
"What are you doing!?" Eliza screamed at him.
"It was curse magic, I stopped his heart."
"That's not what I mean. I said I would erase his memory you didn't have to kill him!"
"You don't know much about the real world, do you? It's not a nice place and you can't just keep getting by by erasing people's memories and avoiding confrontation. The Seireiten is ruthless and cutthroat, if you stand on opposite sides of a big power struggle like the one between Reijin and Onibaba then either you die or they do, that's the way this family works."
"You're insane, I can't believe you'd kill your own family so willingly."
"Hey, I've been disowned so your argument doesn't hold water. You're free to stay back and let me handle this, I don't need outsiders involved in this disgusting family anyways."
"We were ordered by master Anselk to accompany you, so we shall." Tobias said, finally adding something to the conversation."
"Suit yourself, just so you know I'm not covering you when you're in trouble. Don't be to proud to run, those that stay as guards in the Seirei plain are as strong as me. Now follow me, we're heading to Reijin's house." Eliza and Tobias, reluctantly, followed Yuen to a large house in the middle of the city. Yuen pushed the door open. "Reijin!" He yelled.
"Is that Yuen?"
"Yeah, come on out." An older man came down the stairs and greeted Yuen.
"Good to see you, why are you here?"
"I came for Rift, I'm heading to the Seirei plain to get Emerie and settle things with Yuu."
"I see, so the showdown between brother and sister finally begins. I won't get in your way, just be careful. If she's being backed by Onibaba then she'll have many powerful cards at her disposal."
"I know, I wish I had time to make new cards but I'm just gonna have to get by on what I have left. There's not much, a lot of them were wasted on a near-immortal monster of a fighter."
"A shame, but you can't be considering rushing in with just these two? The man has no magic whatsoever, he wouldn't survive for a moment and the girl has very little in the way of battle magic, mental manipulation doesn't go very far when Onibaba has set most of her guards up with mental blocks."
"I know, but they won't listen and keep following me."
"Take this." Reijin handed Yuen a fingerless glove. On the back of the glove was the design of a dove flying with an olive branch in it's mouth."
"The dove?"
"The symbol of a new tomorrow, and the promise that such events will never happen again. That's the promise I'm making when I overthrow her."
"As poetic as ever, I see."
"Wait here a moment." Reijin went up stairs and came back down with another glove and a choker that both had the design on them. He handed Tobias the glove and Eliza the choker. "Wear these and out allies will help you. Any male allies where the gloves, our female allies where the chokers, look for them and determine who you can trust. It's not time yet, but it will come and when it does a new tomorrow dawns."
"Thank you." Tobias bowed to Reijin who bowed back.
"It's nice to see someone in your family has manners."
"Not the time."
"Yuen, I heard you got disowned but, are you still gonna be here to help when the time comes."
"Of course, I'll bring the guild along to and I'll see what I can do about getting the magic academy's help. When the time comes we'll win, no matter how strong Onibaba is, we'll find a way, just as you've promised with this design."
"Do me a favor kid."
"What's that?"
"After this is over, seal away the you that I see right now. I've seen him before, and he's not someone that should exist. He's not Yuen."
"I heard that you used to be like this as well."
"Yeah but, I sealed him away."
"I'll try my best. Now, if you don't mind, lead the way to Rift."
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Eliza turned the choker in her hands around and around and around. Her eyes were nearly blank. Tobias looked on in worry, but had nothing he could say in such circumstances. So he simply kept walking along with everyone else, towards Rift. The choker's turning stopped, and Eliza snapped her head up. She turned to Yuen.
“So. No matter what I say or do, you'll be fighting and killing your kin?”
Yuen stopped.
“I told you, they're not my family any more. But yes.”
Eliza's hands gripped the choker, turning a deathly white.
“Then... I must...”
Yuen reached over to his shoulder, kneading the muscles. To the average onlooker, it would seem he was just casually stretching while waiting for Eliza to speak. A more experienced person would immediately realize he was keeping his hand near his cards in case Eliza was dumb enough to try to stop him with force. Eliza however, wasn't focusing on him.
“I am a L-Lady of the R-Reizvol. I-I won't back down from s-something like this. I s-said I'd see this through. I... I will keep my word.”
She rose the choker to her neck, and clasped it on.
“Aufklärung. Aufrufen Ruhe. Unerschütterlich.”
Sweat drenched her brow, casting such spells upon herself in such quick succession wasn't easy. But anyone could see the look of absolute self-assurance in her eyes afterwards. Tobais relaxed, and readied his spear. If his lady was to fight, then he would not hesitate. Yuen looked her in the eyes, and gave a small smile.
“Good.”
The started walking once more. Soon enough, Reijin came to a halt.
“We're here.”
Eliza nodded, and turned to Tobais.
"Wille zur Macht."
Tobais bowed slightly in return. Yuen flipped through his deck, and turned to the two.
"Alright, something I should probably tell you guys. You're quite frankly completely out of your depth. Stay out of my way and try not to die."
Eliza simply nodded. Her mind was a fortress now, her mental state was utterly unchangeable.
"I understand."
Yuen shrugged.
"Well, as long as that's clear, I think we're ready. Lets go."
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Yuen pulled the glove tighter on his hand, he had no idea what Eliza and Tobias were thining and he didn't particularly care.
"Listen up, There are two rifts, one in this dimension and one in the other. If either is returned to the card then the portals close, cutting off the Serei plane forever. In other words, be careful where you launch your attacks, you never know where he might be hiding." Yuen turned to face them. "You two don't stand a chance against the people in there. I have to find my sister, I know she's waiting in there. You two should find any allies you can, find Emerie and get out, don't worry about leaving me behind, I'll follow soon enough.
"You don't have any faith in us, do you?" Eliza asked, insulted and frightened at the same time.
"Not in the slightest, at best, I consider you a vehicle to get Emerie out with." Eliza bit her lip, to scared of him to fight back. In front of the four people floated a large, black portal.
"This is it?" Eliza said. Yuen chuckled.
Let's move, hold down the fort while I'm gone, Reijin." Reijin nodded as Yuen charged through the portal. Eliza and Tobias followed shortly after. Their feet touched down on a dark plain, the grass was black and the sky was overcast with dark clouds.
"This is..." Eliza trailed off.
"Not the happiest of places, I know. Onibaba prefers it because it scares of intruders." Yuen looked at Eliza. "Yeah, most of them look exactly like you do now." Yuen started walking towards the mansion in the distance. "There aren't any guards on the field, which is interesting. Of course that's probably the way you prefer it, Right!" Yuen screamed to the sky.
"As cocky as ever, I see." A distinctley female, almost sensual voice said as a young woman appeared on the field. She looked similar to Yuen, they could be twins if he had longer hair and a softer face. "I've been waiting for you."
"I'm well aware, you've wanted to fight me for years." He turned to Eliza and Tobias. "Head to the mansion, she won't stop you, I'm the only one she cares about." Yuu shrugged.
"It's true, go right ahead." Eliza and Tobias ran past Yuu, stealing glances back at Yuen who stood there staring his older sister down.
"It's about time we settled this. I'm going to prove once and for all that I'm better than you." Yuen drew a few cards from his holster and slipped his guardians up his sleeve.
"Slight problem with that, sis."
"And what's that?" Yuen lifted his arms pointing his cards at her.
"You aren't."
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