The ships men were quickly wiped out by the teen dressed in white. His swift and agile movements bettered the other CAD magic users onboard as I stayed back and observed. Each time he pulled the trigger, the enemy would burst into a small blue flame that floated in the air for a couple seconds before dissipating into the air.
With each merciless kill that the teenager committed, my suspicions of him being the target grew. Him having this much power while majority of it is locked away inside him was incredible. The cold blue eyes started from one person to the next, analysing everything they can see in under a millisecond and then moving onto the next, that motion gave off hints he wasnt exactly human. Now, dont get me wrong. His aura gives off a hint of humanity, but just enough to be something small like a single emotion or even his little toe.
The magic he was using seemed to be a refined and more controlled type of what the Phenex Clan use. The small blue flickering flame danced freely in the air before disappearing into the air, only for another one to take its place elsewhere on the vessel.
"That should be it" He spoke, bringing me out of my thoughts, I shook my head lightly.
"So, Shiba was it?.. I have a feeling you're hiding something important from me.." He looked at me with his dead but somehow lively eyes before giving off a small, but fake, smile.
"So, you figured it out, what you going to do with me then?" His voice sounded slightly cocky, as if he thinks I'm weaker than him.
"Nothing right now, we have these terrorists to deal with. I'm sure there are more on the mainland" He nodded and started to head towards the door of the ship that lead to the deck until he noticed a small white circle near my ear.
"The threat has been eliminated Ena, with help from some of the students left behind, we wiped out the terrorists. What are your orders?" Kiritos voice filled the now quiet room, making Shibas eyes burst open for a second before they returned back to normal.
I looked at Shiba before I answered my Knight. "I found the target; I'll bring it back to the Conference Centre and I'll tell you what we are going to do with it then." I closed off communications after that and signalled Shiba to exit the room. I grasped him again and extended my wings, flying him back to the Conference Centre.
When we landed outside, the islands Army had come to help with the disturbance and were talking to that girl with black hair and red eyes from before.
I landed in front of Kirito and Nagisa, Miyuki too. Shibas little sister automatically ran over to her brother to ask if he was okay, I left him to deal with his sister and walked over to my own family. "The target is Tatsuya Shiba and I know exactly what we are going to do to him." I felt a swift coldness run down my back as I watched my Knights draw their weapons. I put my hand up to signal them to stand down, which they did.
I turn my head slightly, due to my feet and lower back being frozen to look over to the siblings. Shiba stood behind his sister as her hair levitated upwards as an icy wind surrounded her, a couple strands of her hair was covering her eyes but I could tell she was glaring at me from underneath the darkness.
"I'm sorry, it appears that my last remark got lost in translation. I'm sorry if I made it sound sinister but I was only going to make your brother an offer." The ice started to disappear as the girl lifted her head slightly, seems like shes willing to hear me out.
Out of respect, I turned around to face the pair. "Taurus Silver. Will you come with us and become a part of our family?" My Knights gasps lightly at my words, everyone else around us just stared in awe at the name of Taurus Silver being called to whom they know as Tatsuya Shiba.
His sister just looked up at him, awaiting his answer, he also, was just staring at his sibling. Both seemed to be speechless.
After an awkward minute, Shiba looked at me again. "So, this is what you decided to choose? Your boss said you can deal with the threat any way you wanted and you chose to recruit it" I nodded, starting to become slightly impatient while waiting for his actual answer.
"If you want, or, if you cant make up your mind. We can fight for it If I win, you accept my offer if you win, you can refuse." He looked at his sister again, before nodding to the proposal.
"One condition" I stayed silent, with my offer, he has the right to wager something. "If you win, Miyuki joins you too" I nodded at his request, I wouldn't want to break up this little bro-sis relationship now, would I?
I waved my hand over the small piece of ground in front of us both and opened a transportation circle beg enough for everyone present to be transported in it, at the same time. The bright light that signalled that the magic worked buzzed through everyones sight, making them skint. When they opened their eyes again, we were inside the Gremory's Battle Area.
"Before we start, I need Sirzechs permission" As I said his name, his crest appeared on the floor, making Sirzechs appear in front of us all. He looked around his arena at all the humans then to me.
"I'm assuming these humans are here for a reason?" His voice sounded stern but intrigued. Though above all else, he seemed to be angry at my presence here.
"I don't have an arena yet and I made a wager with one of these humans, I would like to use your territory to make good of it. You can watch if you want, Im sure it'll be entertaining" I let a smirk sliver its way onto my face, making the noble sigh before nodding.
"Right, everyone that will not be fighting, get into the stands. The two competitors will stay, as soon as the field is cleared, the battle will begin. Anything is permitted" Sirzechs called out as loudly as he could, making everyone scatter to the seats.
Shiba looked down at his duel pistols and back up at me, his eyes glistening with numbers again. I stared him directly in his eyes. I'm not going to go easy on him, I'm gonna use my transformation first. I did promise Sirzechs a good show after all...
The black haired teen spared no time in getting this fight started, he lifted his pistols towards me and pulled the triggers, nothing came out the small triangular barrels but I felt two large surges of magic behind me, making me jump out the way, but not in time. The blue explosions took out my right leg and arm.
"I who shall awaken I am the Heavenly Dragon of Mimicry, I lust for the Infinite and mock the Two Emperors, I shall take all your places and rule everything in my sight! JUGGUANT DRIVE!!" My body began the transformation again. It morphed into a 40ft tall, skeletal Dragon, the white bones glistening under the red moon of the Underworld.
For majority of the people here, this is the first time they've seen me transform. Shiba however, looked unfazed as he shot more of the same magic at me. I opened my mouth and counterattacked the blue flames he sent at me with my Dragons fire, obliterating it, some of it hit the teen in front as well, scorching his lower body.
In an instant, his injuries disappeared and he shot more at me, this time changing his magic. An explosion erupted above my head, sending it flying into the floor below. I de-transformed, with both my missing limbs reattached to my body and looked at the teen in the eyes with a smirk on my face.
I opened my mouth but nothing came out. The audience seemed to be confused at what was happening but Shiba looked horrified. His sisters voice burst into his ears, screaming excessively. Cursing him for injuring her.
I took this as an opportunity to roundhouse kick the teen in the ribs, I felt the bones shatter, while my foot was still connected, I felt the bones repair and push my foot out of his body. He moved his hand near my ear and clicked his finger, sending a massive shockwave through the entire area, making both of our ears bleed.
I moved my index fingers down slightly, sending a very loud, almost deafening screech through everyones ears.
Shiba held his hand up, making me stop mid-step in a punch. My hand was inches away from his face as he looked up from behind it. "I withdraw." His words shocked me as I lowered my arm, "It seems we both can regenerate quickly so this fight will last a long time, so I withdraw. I'll join you"
I smiled slightly as my peerage came down from the stands as well as Miyuki. It seemed like Sirzechs teleported the rest of the audience away as he also made his way to us all.
I closed my hands as they flashed white, I opened them to present the pair with two chess pieces, one was a Pawn and the other was a Bishop. I passed Shiba the Bishop and gave his sister the Pawn.
"Place these onto your chests and you'll become a part of our family. The pieces I gave you have different traits. The Pawn can change into another other piece as long as they are in enemy territory and the Bishop has increased magic abilities, mainly healing" I stated while shifting my weight onto my other foot. "I wont stop you from returning to your lives but when I need you, a transportation circle will bring you too me." They nodded, Shiba pushing his chess piece into his chest as his little sister watched, after a second, she did the same thing.
They both gained three sets of wings from the transformation, they both looked at each other with smiles on their faces as Miyuki fangirled over her brothers new appearance.
I noticed Sirzechs standing behind me so I turned around with a small smile. "Mission complete, the threat is eliminated" He looked back at Shiba before shaking his head.
"Good job" He spoke softly while teleporting away, the end of his sentence fading with him.
I turn back to the Tatsuya siblings. "Welcome to the family" I spoke with a wide smile on my face.
