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Now, to start off the First Filler Arc; The Rika & Renamon Arc.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 8 – Yoruichi's Training][align=center]Chapter 8 – Yoruichi's Training

 

The sun began to slowly rise over the lands, as it reached Yoruichi's small hut at last. The rays entered the only window, and revealed a sleeping Renamon, who had her chest tied up in alot of bandages, stains of dark red blood being visible. The sun irritated her eyes, and she slowly woke up, and looked around for awhile, her eyes quickly getting used to the surroundings as she saw Yoruichi sit near a table close to the window.

 

”W-Where am I?” she asked her, rubbing her head. Yoruichi smiled gently at Renamon.

 

”You're in my home, where else would ya be?” she asked with an as-a-matter-of-factly tone. ”Now, I think you better drink this, so you can get better soon enough.” Yoruichi handed Renamon a glass filled with something that resembled a green liquid, and it looked slightly illuminating in the sunlight. Renamon was a little sceptic, as she raised an eyebrow when the received it. "Drink it." Yoruichi repeated. Renamon did as told, and drank a bit of it, but immidiently spat it out.

 

"Ack! What the hell was that?!" she gagged, as she felt that her throat was burning and her tongue had the growse aftertaste of vomit & rotten fruit. "It's poison!"

 

"Far from." Yoruichi said sternly. "It's a Regeneration Potion. Home-made, of course, as I don't really have a large lab like Mayuri, but I guess this have to do." she looked at Renamon with a kind look on her face, but a stern, neutral frown on her lips. "Drink it. You'll feel better." Renamon sighed, held her nose, and drank the rest of the content. After she's done so, she felt a burning feeling in her chest, but it soon faded after a few seconds. After this, Renamon looked at her chest to see that her wounds were gone. Some of the larger were still glowing in some sort of green color, but they slowly vanished as well.

 

"W-What the..." Renamon was amazed, confused and relieved all at once, looking at Yoruichi. "W-What was that?"

 

"Didn't I tell you?" she replied simply. "My own regeneration potion. And also a way to give you your first test. You see, that is a mix of some healing herbs I've found in the forest, plus your own Reiryoku and Reiatsu. Depending on the amount of both the energies you have in your body, the faster the wounds close up. And seeing that it went pretty fast, you must have excellent Reiryoku and Reiatsu. That is good, because you are going to need it." she stood up. "Now, you better get dressed with an outfit, and we'll get ready for your training..."

 

"Training?" Renamon repeated, sitting up on the bed. Yoruichi nodded at this.

 

"Indeed." she said. "You will need training if you want to be able to defend her. Your friend over there..." she pointed out the window, and Renamon looked out, seeing Rika sit under a tree, observing her staff. "You want to protect her from being harmed, right?" Yoruichi asked. Renamon nodded at this, and Yoruichi nodded back. "Right. Then you have to train under me, as I see that it is the only way to make you able to stand against an Espada attack, should you encounter another at some point. You see, Espadas are very powerful for their kind of beings, known as Arrancars. They are Hollows who have ripped their masks off in hopes of gaining the powers of a Shinigami, and turning to human shapes. The ten strongest of these are given the title of Espada, and as their numbers gets higher, the stronger are they. The one you two met yesterday - Nnoitra Jiruga - had the Espada Number 5, meaning that he is in the middle of their ranking. As you might have noticed, this didn't make him weaker, so never underestimate them for their numbers. Each Espada have a different power or advantage, which are all difficult to defeat. So I want you to be fully ready if you are to face any of them." she held up a black suit with a slight silver line going from the hip down to the left ankle, and a utility belt around the waist. "This will be your training suit. Are you sure you are ready?" Renamon looked at the suit for awhile, and nodded at Yoruichi, grabbing the suit as she put it on.

 

"I am ready, Yoruichi." she said, finishing to put the suit on. "Just tell me what we start with, and I am ready." Yoruichi nodded, and went off to open the front door.

 

"Oh..." she said, stopping. "Another thing I'd like to tell you. From Rika. She said that she will be gone for a few days, and that she will return at some point later. She wanted me to tell you about it. Now, let's go." she went outside. Renamon was concerned, and looked outside. She saw Rika standing up, and walk off, the staff clenched in her grasp and held to her chest as she too looked concerned. Renamon worried that she would be in some sort of danger, and hoped she'd be alright. With these thoughts in her head, she walked off with Yoruichi.

 

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After a few minutes of walking, Yoruichi came to a halt as she and Renamon stopped by a forest. Inside the forest, the woods were dense and the treetops formed some sort of green shield of leaves, almost completely blocking out all sunlight. Inside the woods were nothing but dark, and Renamon was slightly concerned how she and Yoruichi were suppose to train in there.

 

"So, you still sure you want to train?" Yoruichi asked. Renamon snapped back to reality, and nodded slowly. "Good, good. Tell me; what do you fear the most?" Renamon was slightly confused at this question. What did she fear the most? Was it Yoruichi pointing out that she looked concerned in the face of darkness? Or did she really mean what she asked? Renamon decided to choose the latter.

 

"Well..." she sighed. "I am really afraid of losing Rika. She is sort of everything I have, both as a Tamer and a friend. If I would lose her, then I'd be truly alone, and I don't want to be alone. I guess that is what I am afraid of."

 

"I see." nodded Yoruichi. "Well, sometimes, you have to put your fears aside, you know, and focus on all other things around you. Such as the battlefield you are in. You can't go all worrying about your friends if you are about to be beheaded, or slashed by a beast. You have to find focus. A way to overcome these fears. Or at least brush them aside for the moment. For when you are in a battle, that is all that matters. Got it?" Yoruichi's tone had changed to a firm, confident one now, and she was looking directly at Renamon as she spoke. Renamon was slightly intimidated, but kept her cool and nodded slowly. She never thought that Yoruichi would be so full of the battlefield's knowledges and wisdom.

 

"Yeah, I understand. I will try to keep them at bay." she said with a confident tone. Yoruichi nodded, and was preparing to jump.

 

"Ok, one more thing;" she said. "Once we enter here, there will be an all means neccesary battle. Everything is allowed in this training session, even playing dirty. So, incase you are wondering why I am saying this, it is because I want you to go all out with your abilities, and show me what you got. But always be ready to learn new things, as I may show you a thing I will teach you later. Ok?" Yoruichi seemed so confident in the thought of playing dirty in this training session, and Renamon did not want to disappoint her. She nodded assuringly, and cracked her fists a bit.

 

”Okay then.” she said. Yoruichi smirked a bit. "Why is that smirk on your face?"

 

"Oh, no reason really." Yoruichi smirked. "Now, once we enter, make sure you're ready for anything, and I mean it. Got it memorized?" Renamon nodded, and with this, both of them were about to leap off. What they didn't notice at the moment was that someone was watching them, with hearts around his head. This happened to be Fredrik, and he was now in a "world of his own".

 

"Aaaahhhh...." he sighed deeply and happily. "How I'd long to have that Rena chick in my arms, kissin' her and... probably bang her too, hehe! Bet she has D's too..." as he continued to fantasize his perverted dreams of absolute censorship due to this Fic's age restriction, he forgot about his follower at the moment - the 7th Espada Zommari Leroux - who seemed to be a little or not disturbed of his master's thoughts.

 

"To let such things have rule of your mind..." he merely stated. "...You should be ashamed of yourself."

 

"Zip it, Zommari." Fredrik said shortly, and continued to dream away.

 

"As you wish, Master." Zommari sighed slightly. Suddenly, Fredrik looked up, and saw that he had been discovered, as Yoruichi was heading up to their hiding spot.

 

"Oh crap! What are we gonna do now?!" Fredrik frantically muttered, not knowing what to do. Zommari was of course ready to battle, but then, a light engulfed him and Fredrik, as they disappeared along with a small drone of some sort. Fredrik saw he was somehow inside the drone, and in front of him was Nexev. "Gee, thanks Nex'! Ya saved me there!"

 

"Do not mention it, it was the last I could do for a fellow Regulant, Fredrik." Nexev said simply, and helped Fredrik up.

 

"Wait a sec here..." Fredrik started, but was cut short by Nexev;

 

"I was here for scientific matters only, thank you for asking. I've been analyzing the areas around here for our master Broken, so he will have a recognization of the enviroment we're battling in. Oh, and by the way..." he passed Fredrik a pair of binoculars and a video camera. "Be more careful next time."

 

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After Renamon and Yoruichi had confirmed that nothing was peeking on them, and they had headed off into the forest, Renamon was leaping from branch to branch, but soon realized that Yoruichi had disappeared from her eyesight. She could not see her, wherever she looked. She figured that Yoruichi had disappeared or something, or she was just too fast for Renamon to see. She had to be aware now, as Yoruichi had told her; everything was allowed. She halted for a bit, and figured that it would be better if she could figure out where Yoruichi had went first, and then figure out a way to confront her. She stopped to look around the forest, but the dense leaves and branches made it almost impossible to look somewhere. She tried to listen really carefully, but something was disturbing her focus. She couldn't stop listening to the wind, the birds, all around her. There was something that she had to listen to instead; the things she could not hear. Focusing really hard, she tried her best to try and listen for something, but it came to no prevail.

 

"Man, this is hard..." she sighed for herself, and looked around her surrounding. There were alot of narrow spaces in the branch maze, but it was enough for her to have an escape route. "That Yoruichi didn't joke with me when she said it was gonna be tough. Now I have to be extra cautious if an attack comes up. Wonder if..." her thoughts drifted off easily when she was along, and in this moment, she came to look down on her body, dressed in the tight suit she's been given. "Well, hehe, I do look sexy in this." she smirked for herself, and looked down around her thighs and hips, which seemed to be slimmer in this outfit. "Man, that Yoruichi sure knows about the clothes I wanna have! I'm gonna aske her if I can borrow this for... maybe a couple of months!" she giggled childishly for herself a bit. But then, she heard something break through the silence, as two object went through the woods. Renamon back-flipped just in time as two daggers hooked into the branch she once stood on. She was now under attack.

 

"Gosh, you make women have bad reputation!" a voice said, and two more daggers flew from behind Renamon without her knowing it. She managed to barely dodge them, but one of them scratched her shoulder a bit, as a small string of blood flowed from the wound. She landed on yet another branch, looking frantically around herself to see where the next attack could come from. Another pair were thrown her way, and she flipped into the air, but as she was in mid-air, a shadow flimmered past her, and she received a kick into the gut, which made her gag and lose focus in the air, crashing down on a branch she was supposed to land on. She held her stomach as she growled in pain, and sat up slightly.

 

"D-Damn it...there's no way I can beat her like this..." she gasped for air, and much precisely, someone stood in front of her. It was Yoruichi. She held a dagger to Renamon's throat.

 

"Did I not tell you to focus on the battle, and nothing else?" she said sternly, looking down on Renamon with a serious look plastered of her face. "Renamon, I was going to make this training last a little longer for the sake of being nice, but your addiction to your own body is just too primitive. I call it the day for now." she sheathed the dagger, and walked off. Renamon - of course being insulted in some way - stood up on her feet and charged at Yoruichi from behind.

 

"Hey! I can still fight!" she shouted, and punched at Yoruichi. But as her fist connected with Yoruichi's back, she seemed to fade, and then disappear. Then, Renamon felt a chop on the neck, as she gasped and fell down on the branch again. Yoruichi was now behind her.

 

"I said, that's enough." she repeated, and walked over to Renamon, helping her up. "Unless you can convince me that we should continue now, I call it quits." Renamon stood up on her feet, her height rivaling to overpass Yoruichi's.

 

"Yoruichi, I want you to know that I won't stop training until I am fully ready to defend myself and Rika when one of those "Arrancars" show up again." Renamon said sternly. Yoruichi didn't seem convinced. ”Yoruichi, please... let me train more... I know I am too primitive in the thoughts of my body, but I can restrain it! Just give me some more time. Please... All I've ever wanted is to protect Rika from danger, ever since I met her as a Viximon. She was so kind... and gentle. She did everything for me. Anything I asked for. And I never repaid her enough... but now, if I train with you, then I can. I can repay her by defending her with all my heart and mind. I never, ever want to see her hurt... and ever since she's been all depressed like this, I fear that she may... not care if... she die...” Renamon could not hold it in. Her care and love for Rika was clearly showing as tears were streaming down her cheeks and landing on the branch they stood on. All her life, she has devoted herself to Rika's protection, and if she would die now... it would be all for nothing. Yoruichi nodded, and held Renamon's shoulder.

 

”Ok then, that's enough.” she said calmly, stroking Renamon's cheek. She looked at Yoruichi, still a bit tear-eyed. ”I said it's enough.” Yoruichi wiped off a tear from Renamon's face. ”Ok?”

 

”O-Ok...” Renamon sighed. ”Sorry, Yoruichi... I guess that my emotions were too strong.”

 

”It's ok.” Yoruichi said. ”For I felt the same way... for a very special girl... when she and me were about Rika's age. Her name was Soifon. She and I trained alot together, but one day, I had to leave her. She thought I hated her and leaved her, but truly, I never had those intentions. She still thinks I left her behind, but she will always have a place in my heart.” Yoruichi held her chest proudly. ”So you see, Renamon; You're not the only one fighting for someone close to you. Now, if you want to... we'll be back to training.” Renamon smirked and nodded, and cracked her neck.

 

”Let's go melee from here!” she suggested.

 

”Keh, sounds good to me!” Yoruichi smirked, and charged Renamon, who instantly punched at her, but was blocked by Yoruichi's foot. Positioned so she was standing on Renamon's arm and having her other leg over her head, Yoruichi brought it down to kick Renamon's head, but she took her other arm to block the attack as well. She then grabbed Yoruichi's chest with both paws in the blink of an eye, and pummeled her into a tree trunk. Yoruichi was now upside-down, but managed to move so she kicked at Renamon's chest area, making her dodge and jump back. Yoruichi was now free again.

 

”You're not bad, Yoruichi.” Renamon growled lightly, and charged Yoruichi anew, kicking at her. Yoruichi brought up her hand to block the attack, but as she did this, Renamon jumped off her hand and managed to land behind her, kicking her back. Yoruichi was quick to return a blow in Renamon's side.

 

”Same goes for you, Rena-Chan.” she smirked back. Renamon frowned a bit. She didn't like when someone called her ”girl”, as she felt she was a mature lady. Slightly infuriated, she charged Yoruichi anew. She was punching and kicking at her, but no matter how many times she threw a punch or kick at Yoruichi, she simply dodged or parried it. And as Renamon tried to slide-kick her, she leaped over her and kicked her head, as she flew into a tree trunk head-first. "Heh, is that all you got, Renamon?"

 

"Far from, but you're damn fast!" Renamon complained. Yoruichi simply smirked at this.

 

"It's a skill named Shunpo. Or Flash Step, if that's easier." she said. "Every Shinigami knows it, and it's quite handy in a battle. You see, the main purpose with Shunpo is to get from one spot..." Yoruichi disappeared in front of Renamon, and reappeared behind her. "...to another, in the least amount of steps." Renamon jumped a bit, but looked behind her to see Yoruichi.

 

"I see." she said, a bit startled. "Well, that could prove useful! How do I learn it?"

 

"By training." Yoruichi said simply. "I trained hard and long to achieve my level of Shunpo, and now, I am almost invisible when running with Shunpo. If you train as hard as me for a few days, Renamon, you should be able to learn all ya need about Shunpo, Kido... and finally, the Shunko."

 

"Shunko?" asked Renamon with a confused tone. Yoruichi nodded at her.

 

"Also called the "Flash Cry" ability, it releases alot of Reiatsu into your body, enhancing it and making you stronger and faster. My Shunko is fully developed, and thus allows me to even stop time for my opponents, making them freeze in the air for a short moment before they resume moving. It is also extremely powerful when it comes to offensive powers, and can destroy a large area if you're not careful with it. You understand me?" she asked. Renamon absorbed the info, and nodded awhile. "Good. Now then, let us resume!" Renamon cracked her knuckles.

 

"I wouldn't have it any other way, Yoruichi-Sama..."

 

=Later=

 

Renamon was lying in bed, having bruises and bandages all over her body. She was groaning and moaning in pain, as she struggled to drink the potion glasses Yoruichi handed her in a constant stream. She smirked as Renamon drank her possibly 12th one.

 

"I told you that we should had quit a long time ago, Rena-Chan." she said, and stood up. "But, hehe, I underestimated your stubborness. You are certainly of warrior quality, but you need to be more fast with your reflexes." Renamon grunted something unaudiable. "What was that?"

 

"I said..." groaned Renamon, as she made a grimace while swallowing the rest of her potion. "That it is damn hard to keep up when you're runnin' around all the time." Yoruichi simply chuckled at this.

 

"Don't worry, Rena-Chan. If you train enough with me, you'll be able to run that fast as well, so don't worry. You'll have your time to shine soon." she said, and stood up, walking to the window. She looked outside, and smiled a bit. "You know... your Tamer has been through alot with you by her side."

 

"Really?" Renamon said. "How do you know?"

 

"Well, as I said, I talked to her earlier, and she told me what you two had been doing." Yoruichi said simply. "And she is pretty brave, I tell ya. She is just too scared to show her courage. You know how something happening in your life can make you feel sort of helpless? Well, that is what she is going through right now. The death of not only that Lee fella, but Ben and her leader Kakashi as well. She is in shock, I would say, of all these events that has occured. Rika... she is a nice girl. And you should be happy to have her as a Tamer. Now, I want you to promise, not only me, but yourself a thing, Rena. Never leave Rika, and take care of her. 'Kay?" Renamon was now more shocked than ever. Rika had been in pain all this time, and she didn't tell her? How cruel she must of been. But now, there was nothing to do against past events, so she had to make up for them here and now. She nodded firmly.

 

"I promise."

 

"Good, good. Now, you rest up, and we'll start training as soon as your wounds are healed." Yoruichi stated, and went outside. Renamon slowly laid down, and fell asleep.

 

To be continued...[/align]

 

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Speaking of filler what about a coupe of chapters about what Nexev did before becoming a Regulant. He is a leader and Broken's back-story is likely plot relevant.

 

For that matter why not do one for Quint and Kevin as well? That way you can also see some of their fights without them having to fight a union member.

 

Oh yeah, I still think that this might be a better manga than a novel. So maybe you should find a artist switch some characters around so you won't be under copyright law and then send it to shonen. It might be serialized.

 

And then rule 34 will apply itself eventually and someone will draw erotica based of your manga. And then you can rest knowing your purpose in life has been fulfilled.

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Speaking of filler what about a coupe of chapters about what Nexev did before becoming a Regulant. He is a leader and Broken's back-story is likely plot relevant.

 

For that matter why not do one for Quint and Kevin as well? That way you can also see some of their fights without them having to fight a union member.

 

Oh yeah' date=' I still think that this might be a better manga than a novel. So maybe you should find a artist switch some characters around so you won't be under copyright law and then send it to shonen. It might be serialized.

 

And then rule 34 will apply itself eventually and someone will draw erotica based of your manga. And then you can rest knowing your purpose in life has been fulfilled.

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Oh god Nexev, I died reading this.

 

From what Fred is telling me, I don't think I'll like this filler arc. ;-;

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Unless the abarabi we know is a simiclrum created by the Men In Black as a front while they quitly manipulate us in such a subminal way that we cannot become aware that we are being manipulated.

 

That way we would be unable to recognize the Dino attack and it can be quietly contained without attracting Cosmic Horrors.

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Unless the abarabi we know is a simiclrum created by the Men In Black as a front while they quitly manipulate us in such a subminal way that we cannot become aware that we are being manipulated.

 

That way we would be unable to recognize the Dino attack and it can be quietly contained without attracting Cosmic Horrors.

 

NWO? ;D

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Ragnarok' date=' stop pretending you can read people like a book.

 

Knowing Fred, he wouldn't dare step into the warzone of lawsuits and such.

 

He'd probably be eaten alive, knowing him. >_>

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actually that will kind of depend on the circumstances given

 

Circumstances don't apply with Fred.

 

ba-dum-tish!

 

Oh and thanks for giving us totally irrelevant info Fred. ;D

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NAh' date=' Fenrir is right in this case. I am more of a cautious person, and I'd be eaten alive by lawsuits.

 

BTW, I've added a Theme for Nnoitra Jiruga, since he - along with a few selected Union Members and Regulant Servants - will be the main focus in this Fic. Nnoitra's theme is Dope - Bastard, btw.

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glad to see more focuses for it

 

so you still on break now, or began to write again?

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Chapter 2 of the Filler is here, at long last. The mystery behind Rika's staff will finally be revealed.

 

[spoiler=Filler Arc, Chapter 2 – The Moon Priestess Nonaka][align=center]Filler Arc, Chapter 2 – The Moon Priestess Nonaka

 

Rika had now been walking for quite awhile, and she decided it was time to rest for awhile and regain her strenght. She laid down near a tree, that was growing next to a lake, and looked out at the shimmering water. She sighed deeply, and held the staff she had found close to her chest. After all these things happening, she finally felt that she could relax, and calm down her frustrated heart. She closed her eyes as she leaned to the tree, thinking of what to do next as she listened to the breeze in the trees. She felt like all her problems were finally over, for once, but her thoughts were still on how she and Renamon would make it without the Union. They would not make it, she thought. That they would only be as miserable as Rika herself was.

 

"Who am I trying to fool?" she asked herself, looking up at the tree-top as she saw the leaves in it move with the winds. "We can't leave the Union. They are counting on us. I mean... it's not like they could not do fine without us... but against the Regulants, they'd be dead in a flash. But I need to find a way to make myself stronger somehow. But how?" she looked at the staff for awhile, spinning it in the air between her fingers before taking it down to her face again, so she got a good look on it. "Hmm... I wonder what this staff is really for?" she asked herself. "Maybe it's a weapon? No, it's too small, and even if it was, there's not real way of using it, as far as I can see it..." she tried everything. Searching for hidden buttons, handles, and everything. She even tried to break it against a rock, but to no prevail, as it seemed that the staff was indestructable. "Gosh, that is a hard staff!" Rika said. As she was about to sit down again, a voice was heard, but no one was near.

 

Rika Nonaka... you have picked up my ancient weapon to wield as your own, but your human lineage will not allow you to unlock its potential. Allow me to enable you a way for unlocking it. Tread lightly though, as my path will be the difficult one, but will lead you to the right track, eventually. Now, I will raise my temple from this lake, and you will enter it to find my resting place, where I will give you a way to unlock my weapon's powers. Now go, Rika Nonaka...

 

As on command, the ground began to shake violently around the lake area, and Rika was almost knocked to the ground as she temporarily lost balance for awhile, leaning to the tree near her to regain it. The water in the lake's surface seemed to boil violently as something that looked like a spire with a crescent moon on it rose from it, followed by a oval-shaped roof of some sort, then pillars of gleaming white, and before Rika knew it, a huge temple was floating on the lake's surface in front of her. Rika held her mouth as a gasp slipped past her lips, amazed of the structure in front of her.

 

"H-How the... how the hell did that happen?!" Rika asked herself in amazement and denial at the same time. "H-How long has that been there? And what's inside it...? Wait a second... that voice... said that he was inside there... and that this..." she held up the staff again. "...was a weapon? But how? No matter, if I find him, then I will be able to know what is what!" she nodded firmly for herself, and with slow steps, she marched onto the temple grounds, her boots making clinking sounds as they stepped on the excuisitive tiles. She looked up at the tower-like building once more, a little bit of hesitation in her glance, but she nodded firmly, and stepped inside the temple entrance.

 

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Everything was black as Rika stepped inside the temple, but she was able to see herself at least, as she looked at her hand, and it was visible for her. Holding the staff closer to her for some reason, as she seemed a bit scared of being inside here. But soon enough, she saw her relief in front of her, as a light was visible. She was getting closer and closer to it, until she finally reached it, and stepped into it. The light blinded her a bit, but she was able to see two paths, both seemingly leading to one and the same ending.

 

Now Rika, you must choose one of these paths. One will lead to a short path to my shrine, but there will be a painful test which only the strongest survive, both physically and mentally, while the other path is long and painless, except that path will be so long because of your choice being the weak and painless one, that it will be almost impossible to take. If you do take the short one, know that the test will be most unpleasant. Rika knew what this was for some kind of 'game'. She had seen it on alot of classic games and T.V shows. It was the classic choice between a short but painful path, or a long and safe one. Normally, Rika had taken the bet and went for the long one, but in this case, she was hesitating, sort of. What if she chose the long path? Then she'd maybe be trapped in this temple forever, not knowing a way back. So this time, she decided to take pain before comfort, and took the right one. This proved to be the short one, at some point, as she soon could see the shrine ahead.

 

"Keh, simple..." she shrugged. "That voice was probably making things u-!" Rika was about to finish her sentence, when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. She gasped slightly and turned around to see who it was, and she didn't believe her eyes as she saw who it was; it was Ben Tennyson, and he looked as healthy as ever. "B-Ben...?"

 

"Yeah Rika, my eternal grace..." he said in a charmful tone, smiling at her. "It is me, your knight in shining alien armor. I hope I did not make you too worried when I blacked out."

 

"B-Blacked out...? B-But you were... d-d-de..." Rika began to stammer, but Ben simply chuckled at this, and held Rika's shoulder.

 

"Dead? Please Rika, little pumpkin, don't be silly. I am too tough to be beaten, you know that. As long as I got someone as gorgeous as you by my side, I am propelled to live on." Ben saw the fear in Rika's eyes, and planted a slow kiss on her cheek, which made her soften up a bit. "Please my beloved one, don't be scared. It's just me, your good ol' Benjamin Tennyson."

 

"B-But..." Rika began, but Ben responded by holding her hands with on of his and putting his other hand's index finger over her lips.

 

"Husssh..." he cooed, and kissed along Rika's neck, which made her moan and smile in pleasure. "We're together again... that's all that matters..." Rika didn't know what it was in Ben's voice that made her listen, but it was as if she was compelled to listen... bound to be with him. She smiled at Ben with a sort of forced smile, and with a small movement, she made it closer to his lips, and she gave him a kiss, which Ben soon returned. "Mmmhhhh... your mouth is as soft as always... your tongue is so tasty... and you are absolutely gorgeous..."

 

"I am... gorgeous..." Rika said, as if in trance. Ben grinned at this, and continued kissing Rika, now caressing her hips.

 

"And you are more worth than the other Union members..." he said, slowly moving to her ass.

 

"I am... more worth... than them..."

 

"You will kill the others..."

 

"I... I-I will... I will k-k-kill..." Rika stammered, but then, the trance she was in seemed to fade, and all was clear to her. She now saw Ben, standing in front of her with a blade as a left arm, prepared to stab Rika in the heart. Rika squealed in panic, and pushed Ben away from her as she pulled up her staff and gave him a hard bash on the head. "G-GET AWAY FROM ME!! YOU'RE NOT BEN!!!" she cried out. She saw that the hit had made Ben faint, and he just laid there, and a strange, gum-like sphere laid next to his mouth, colored pink and green. "B-Ben?" she said carefully, and went up to the dead body, poking it slightly. It was dead still. "W-What? H-He's still dead? Then how come...!" Ben's body was warped away in a light that appeared from seemingly nowhere, and Rika fell backwards in surprise, dropping her staff. What was that? Was that her test? In that case, it was certainly painful to see how Ben was alive again, but tried to KILL her. Rika fumbled for the staff, and got up, leaning to a wall with her eyes slightly teared. Whatever this was, it was a nightmare. Why did she have to endure this? It was a pain in her heart to see Ben trying and kill her, especially when he was dead, and technically could not do that.

 

Rika, I do not know what happened there, but you must understand that there are alot of hard tests in the future. This is a mere glimpse of what you must face, Rika. Now, if you feel ready... then I shall open the inner sanctum of my resting place... the voice spoke again with its unclear serenity, and a passage opened before Rika. She glanced over to it, but felt dread and uncertainty claim her soul. What if there was another trap - worse than this 'surprise' - in there? Would it be a fatal one? Would she survive? Now that she got to think about it... she didn't care. She now realized the responsibility that she had. She was the one that the Union cared about the most, and because of this, she had to take Mileena's place as their leader. And it was never a good thing if the leader turned its back on his/her followers. But then again, she had to be brave at some point. Nodding to herself, she stepped into the passage opened in front of her, and when she didn't notice, a white light encased Ben's body, as he was transferred away by a small drone.

 

~~~~~~~~~~

 

Inside the Inner Sanctum, as it was called, all of the room's aspects were colored in either white or a perfect, sparkling blue. There were pillars of pure diamonds and a coffin in the center of the room, where the moonlight slipped through in a small hole on the opposite wall's top. Rika slowly pushed on, walking towards the coffin in the middle of the room. She felt a bit uneased as she was about to know what this mysterious voice was, but in the same time, eagerness welled up in her body to finally see this 'weapon' she's been told about. As she approached the coffin, the voice spoke anew, only that the voice was clearer.

 

"Rika Nonaka." it said, as the voice echoed in the room. "You have finally found my shrine, and now, one last choice is to be made for you. First of all, you must know about my history. I am what people would call Lunar-Folk, or Moonarians. We were an ancient race that were created on the moon by the endless magical currents in space. Yes, young one, there is magic in space. That magic formed physical shapes and structures on the moon's blue side, thus creating us and making us adapted to live in space. However, we have always wanted to visit Earth, but somehow, our connection to the moon is too strong, and we cannot pass the Earth's atmosphere due to this bonding. We are a stranded race, Rika. We've been hungering and longing to find a new place for our offspring and relatives. We need your help to release us." Rika was having a nervous look about what they could possibly eat. "Oh, and don't worry, we've been so adapted to the moon, that we eat nothing more than minerals from rocks." Rika sighed in relief.

 

"W-Well... what's this choice?" she asked.

 

"That will be revealed later." said the voice. "Now, raise your staff into the moonlight." Rika did as instructed, and raised the staff up into the moonlit area of the room. Suddenly, the staff yanked itself out of her grasp, and levitated in front of her in a magical way, as it rotated slowly. Rika watched in amazement as she saw the staff being encased in a white, bright light, and suddenly started to change in shape and size. It was now about two and a half meter long, and its silver color was gleaming in the moonlight. The golden rings around the staff were still there, but the top and the bottom of the staff were changed. On the top, a golden crescent moon was gleaming with a clear sapphire in the middle, and the bottom had a sharp pincer at it. Rika was amazed at this, and her hand gently grasped the staff. In this moment, Rika was engulfed in a light, and her clothing changed in the bright light. She also felt like lines of fire were imprinted on her face and around her arms, as symbolic tattoos were written along her skin. They formed crescent moons around her eyes with small wing-like outgrowths covering her eyebrows, and on the arms were long, wave-like lines, all these tattoos colored in a bright teal. Her clothes were changed to a pair of white and golden shorts with the staff hanging from it in a thin chain, and her chest area was covered with a suit made of white clothing and silver armor covering her bosom and waist. Her entire left arm was encased in a thin, elegant silver armorpiece, and her other arm had silk strings of pearl-white hanging from it. As the light faded, her new outlook was complete, and she looked at herself in amazement, and also noticed her crimson hair was hanging down her head to her shoulders.

 

"W-W-What is this?" she asked herself, looking at her new outfit.

 

"You are the Chosen One, Rika Nonaka." the voice said anew, and this time, it originated from the sapphire on her staff. "You... are the Moon Priestess."

 

"M-Moon Priestess?" Rika exclaimed, looking at herself with a certain hint of dread in her voice. "B-But I am not meant for this!! I-I can't be meant for it!"

 

"But you are, Rika Nonaka. You see, we have chosen a Moon Priestess long ago, before our spirits were sealed to the Moon. But now, you have the ability to channel your energies to the astral barrier that blocks our world from yours, and free at least one of us from our confinement. We have the previous Priestess' spirit here, and if you are uncertain of your powers, she will be glad to help you, and also aid you with one of our ancestral weapons." the voice replied, calmer than ever. Rika thought about her situation for a moment, and thought about the advantages she could have. But then again, this power might come with a prize, and she was not sure about what it would be. When she thought about giving up this power, she came to think of Harry and Ron, who in this moment would seem powerless without a leader. Sighing, she nodded, and accepted her fate.

 

"I am ready, spirit." she said, raising her staff. "Tell me what to do."

 

"You don't need to do anything at this point, just hold the staff where it is now." said the spirit, and as the sapphire began to gleam, a giant rift in the time-space continuum was opened above them, and Rika was worried that this might cause a gigantic rupture explosion. But it never came. Instead, a blue spirit emerged from it, and the rift closed up.

 

"W-Who is that?" asked Rika, and saw that the spirit was holding some sort of glaive-shaped weapon. "A-And what is that?"

 

"The spirit's name is Rithela..." the voice in her staff said. "My once proud and beautiful lover... and the last Moon Priestess. The blade she holds is Kin Gatsu no Houchou - the Golden Moon Cleaver. This blade has cut down legions of our foes... and now we pass it to you... Moon Priestess..." the spirit of Rithela was now in front of Rika, with Kin Gatsu no Houchou in her right hand. It was indeed a glaive, formed in a crescent shape, but the back-blade was slightly longer and thicker than the front-blade, and a handle was placed near the middle, but was slightly more towards the front. It would seem that the wielder could use this position of the handle to move the back-blade in both offensive and defensive matters, both blocking and attacking opponents. The blade itself was golden and silver in color, with the blade edge being silver and pointed outwards, and the inner, golden part being ornated with runic shapes and teal emerald spheres in a line along the blade's curved shape. Rika was amazed at the blade's sharpness, and its elegant crafting would be rare these days. She nodded, and held the blade's handle. In a flash, the spirit of Rithela merged with Rika, and she gasped as her soul merged with the spirit. But in the same moment, her thoughts became clearer, and she saw the world in a new aspect. She had been gained the knowledge of the past Moon Priestess!

 

"Now I see..." Rika spoke, but in a more mature tone, as she stood up and looked at her clothes, the staff in her left hand, and the glaive in her right hand. "Now I see what needs to be done..." and with this, she left the temple under silence.

 

To be continued...[/align]

 

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