Mai-X-Project Act I: Zero Hour Part 2 [Complete]

Shirley stayed at her altitude, an unconscious Anna in her arms, with nowhere safe to put the girl down she felt hopeless unable to help her other friends when they needed her most

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Alexis turned and with a pained smile said "Hey, look...another portal! We have a way out again"
looking at the portal she thought about what Arika had said...

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... For what reason had she stayed with this group all this time? Could it be that staying with the group was actually going to get them all killed, she looked at Natsuki holding an unconscious Elsa.
No this group was the "good guys" the other side would employ any methods, with that psychotic vampire, the golden bitch and of course Yang...anyone who employed that world destroying psycho were her enemies.

But still the thought lingered at the back of her mind

Natsuki couldn't do anything but stare blankly at Arika, trying her best not to give away her emotions. All she could do was clench her fists even harder, until tiny drips of blood trailed down her hand. Her eyes never left the Arika, they would shift with every move that she would make.

She took note that Arika made a new portal appear, but was it worth trusting her? She had to take a chance again. Natsuki was never good with big speeches but she had to speak up before Arika made her exist.

"Arika, mark my words.....we WILL stop you. Until then, be prepared for the consequences. There is going to be HELL to pay." Natsuki said as she remembered back to the destruction of her world. Hearing everyone's screams as she fought for their lives....their last breath. Natsuki couldn't keep taking this. She will go insane if more of her friends die.....and Shizuru.....also...Mai. Natsuki didn't want to think about that for a second time. She glanced over at Shizuru, taking note that she had her jealous face on. She smirked a little bit and mumbled to herself.

"I know...." Natsuki shook herself from the remembrance to get everyone's attention once again. "Alright everyone. I suggest we make another move and head for the portal. Trusting Arika is the last thing I want to do but we HAVE to take this chance. Let's do this now."

Johanna nodded and clapped her hands together. "Now, that is way to handle this. I actually believe it this time. I'm willing to follow you more now."

"You weren't before?" Natsuki asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I was, but every other little speech you made didn't seem as prominent before. Now, your emotions are high. I like that." Johanna replied.

Shane took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it up. "It's been awhile, I need one of these. Want some?" She asked as everyone looked at her with an annoyed expression.

"I'll take on. I never do this but, here it goes." Natsuki said as she took the long cigarette from the package. "Only ONE." She eyed everyone including Shizuru. Natsuki took one big puff and started coughing. "Okay, no more." She threw in on the ground and covered her mouth. "Shane, you're horrible. That shit is disgusting."

Shane laughed as she picked it up and started smoking both at once.

Natsuki rolled her eyes and repeated the speech. "Like I said. Let's follow each other through this portal. Be on guard...we don't know what's going to be on the other side."

Summanus grunted as he slowly rose to his feet, testing the young Queen’s mind and working to try and ease the process of waking. He made sure she kept sleeping for now, though.

“If they’re unconscious, load them up.” Summanus told the others. “But everyone else is on their own.”

“You need a Healer.” Kaltus said as he flew up to the great dragon’s level.

“I need a lot of things, kid.” Summanus replied. “But a meal and a nap are as good a start as any. Let’s just hope Xan’s new friends have a Healer with them.”

Kaltus nodded. He could heal himself just fine, but others? Not so much. Really should have paid attention during mom’s lessons.

~~

Shizuru chose to ignore Shane’s offer, instead placing a hand on Natsuki’s shoulder as she hacked and coughed.

“Natsuki should have known better~”

The Frenchwoman came back to Rezetta, helping her up gently; tossing one of the demigod''s arms over her seemingly perfect neck. "Let me continue to help you, Rezetta," she said with a kind smile of great nobility.

"That's a chance that we have to take, Nao. There might not be another way out of this world." Natsuki says as looked up at her with watering eyes.

Natsuki places a hand on top of Shizuru's and smiled. "I felt like I needed to. This is becoming more stressful by the minute."

Shizuru tilted her head and looked at Natsuki with a wicked gleam in her eyes.

"Ara, surely Natsuki knows there are far more entertaining ways to relieve stress~?"

She ran a single finger down the length of Natsuki's spine, idly wondering if this Natsuki had the same sensitive spot as the Gakuenchou.

Carrying Saki in her arms, Midori hopped up onto Summanus's back, placing the woman down gently. She eyed the dragon intensely.
"Take care of her till she can be treated."
Hopping off, she motioned for Kanako to come forward on Gakutenou. Joining the crazy fool on her great steed, Midori stared at the new portal. Looking at Kanako, she asked,
"Dumbass, what's your name?"
Taken aback by the sexy fierceness she perceived  from Midori, Kanako blushed madly, swooning.
"I-I'm Kanako Miyamae."
"Hmph, name's Midori. The unconscious woman is Saki."
With that, Midori smacked Gakutenou's neck, sending him rushing forward as Kanako screamed from the sudden speed boost. Her cries were the last thing heard as they passed through the portal.

Alexis smiled as she looked into the portal "What are we waiting for guys? Allons-y" with her usual attitude Alexis jumped into the portal

Shirley flew over to Summanus, loading the still Unconscious Anna onto him "Thanks Summanus, you've really taken a load off of me" Anna seemed to groan in her sleep "I hope she didn't hear that and assumme it's a fat joke" with a slight acceleration Shirley flew into the portal after Alexis

Mako offered to help Rezetta as well by holding the woman up from the left side.

"Yeah, we'll protect you, Rezetta-san!" Mako sincerely declared with a puffy face, "If anybody messes with Mako Mankanshoku's friends like that again, there's going to be hell to pay!"

"Thanks, Oscar and Mako," Rezetta smiled weakly, before coughing, "I could use it right about now."

"Let's go guys!" Mikoto said leading the way to the portal, "Everyone's going inside already."

"We're ready." Rezetta said, glancing at both the French woman and the Japanese school girl.

"Yes, I know, Shiz....." Natsuki was in mid sentence as she felt a light sensation go up her spin. Goosebumps started to form as the tickling began, making Natsuki shiver. Her shoulders jolted a bit as the feeling went up her neck. Her face became flushed and her eyes squinted half way shut. Natsuki couldn't move and a lonely moan escaped through her soft lips.

"I....." Natsuki was at a loss for words.

Bluholic711 wrote:Mako offered to help Rezetta as well by holding the woman up from the left side.

"Yeah, we'll protect you, Rezetta-san!" Mako sincerely declared with a puffy face, "If anybody messes with my friends like that, there's going to be hell to pay!"

"Thanks, Oscar and Mako," Rezetta smiled weakly, before coughing, "I could use it right about now."

"Let's go guys!" Mikoto said leading the way to the portal, "Everyone's going inside already."

"We're ready." Rezetta said, glancing at both the French woman and the Japanese school girl.

Oscar gives a nod to Rezetta and the funny girl known as Mako. "Let's go!"

Into the magical portal Oscar and her friends they went. She reflected back on what Arika said about her Queen failing her. There was something Arika knew about the events back home. Had Lady Antoinette already committed mass genocide of her French people? No, she shook that thought from her head. She may be in the wrong, but Marie Antoinette would never allow Andre and Fersen to be killed by French troops.

"Andre and my family might be in danger and here we are, in the hands of a mad G-od."

Shizuru chuckled, delighted at Natsuki's reaction. She flattened her hand against the small of Natsuki's back as she stepped forward until their bodies were touching.

Leaning her head down to Natsuki's ear, she let out a single puff of hot air, delighting once more in the reaction that earned her. She then stepped around the younger woman, leaving her personal space entirely and beginning to walk towards the portal.

She turned her head to look over her shoulder at Natsuki once she was a couple paces away, giving the woman a coy grin that was far from innocent.

"Ara, has Natsuki forgotten how to walk? Perhaps I should carry her~"

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Summanus grunted, otherwise not responding to the others, before heaving himself to his feet and lumbering towards the portal. He hoped Xan was on the other side.

WolvenBane08 wrote:Shizuru chuckled, delighted at Natsuki's reaction. She flattened her hand against the small of Natsuki's back as she stepped forward until their bodies were touching.

Leaning her head down to Natsuki's ear, she let out a single puff of hot air, delighting once more in the reaction that earned her. She then stepped around the younger woman, leaving her personal space entirely and beginning to walk towards the portal.

She turned her head to look over her shoulder at Natsuki once she was a couple paces away, giving the woman a coy grin that was far from innocent.

"Ara, has Natsuki forgotten how to walk? Perhaps I should carry her~"

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Summanus grunted, otherwise not responding to the others, before heaving himself to his feet and lumbering towards the portal. He hoped Xan was on the other side.

Natsuki hummed a slight sigh into Shizuru's ear, the warm puff of air sent more shivers down her spine. Her immediate reaction was to extend her arm up so that it could wrap around Shizuru's neck but she restrained herself. Play time is later, they must get through the portal before it closes.

Unsure if she wanted to let her go, Natsuki lightly grabbed at her hand before Shizuru left her side. Natsuki's eyes opened up the whole way, she didn't want that to stop. It brought back really good memories to her. She longed for that touch.

Natsuki smirked at Shizuru's question and started walking over to her. Not saying this out loud but to herself. "Well, I think I can mange to walk over there...just this once."

Johanna looked over and Shane to see if she was ready. The cigarette was finally finished and the masculine woman stomped it out. She made her way over to the portal and stuck one foot in. "Let's go, Kuga. You said this was your idea."

Johanna took the moment to push the woman into the portal causing her to look back at them. "Just hurry it up...don't let that compliment I gave to you go to your head." Johanna said as she pointed a finger at Natsuki.

Natsuki nodded and walked over to the swirling portal, the wind blowing her long blue hair. She whipped her hair back, taking one last look at the damage caused by everyone. "I'm sorry........for all of this destruction. I that all of you can find peace some day...." With that, Natsuki bowed before the land and entered the portal. Where she will end up next was uncertain.

On top of a hilltop, nowhere knows where, a young woman spreads her arms wide to twirl. The landscape of this place was luscious, with mountains and lakes that stretched for miles. It's as if heaven itself landed on the surface. No one ones how it got there or where it ends.

The young lady in question begins to sing a song. A song familiar to the beings of a certain star in the vast universe.

"The Hills are Aliiiiiiiiive, with the Sound of Music-OH!"

The young girl bumped into a beautiful young woman in a kimono, who didn't look very happy.

"Get out," the wind sorceress demanded.

"Huh? Why?!" cried out the Austrian woman before noticing a large blackened sword hit the ground, which shook the entire country side. The Austrian girl looked over to see a near seven foot tall woman decked out in gold staring at her coldly.

"That's why."

The young woman noticed that more strangely dressed people were on their way towards her favorite spot. "Oh dear! Um, I think I'll go back to the convent a wee bit early....HAVE A PLEASANT DAY!"

TELEPORT! "BUT MISS ANDREWS, I WANTED YOUR AUTOGRAPH SO BADLY! WAHHHHHHHHHHH"

Arika proved to be a fan of this woman, (see Episode II: The Rising Dead), but she got over it fast and materializes Las Vegas-style decorations and lights that read, "ARIKA AND HER BITCHES. LIVE SHOW TONIGHT!"

Galaxia hated this with a passion. "You chose this of all places? It's too...optimistic for that taste. A place that reeks of positivity and happiness. No style at all."

On the other hand, Kagura thought it all resembled a little like home. "I'm okay with it, as long as we're not thrown into another slaught-UGH!"

Arika squeezes Kagura's heart before she could even finished her sentence. "NOPE! NO GANG BANGS TODAY! BUT EVEN IF I HAD A PLAN TO HAVE THE HEROES AMBUSH YOU, YOU WILL OBLIGE MY DECISIONS! GOT IT, WINDY?"

"Ahhh! Alright! Alright!" Kagura said with excruciating pain in her chest before Arika let go.

"Thatta girl! NOW WHO WANTS TO RAM THEIR POWERS INTO MY ASS!? IT FEELS SO GOOD WHEN ALUCARD AND ALTUS DO IT~~~"

Galaxia cuts in, standing near the edge of the hill top looking out at the entire landscape. Even though body language, she felt like she owned everything and anything. "You brought us here to discuss something important. Well?"

Kagura looks behind her to see the other villains have caught up. As Etna and Fiona approached her, she had to ask, "You both look just as put off by this land as Madam Galaxia. Then again, we can't afford to dislike it," scowls the wind witch.

Azula looked around her in mild curiosity, taking note of the land and anything she might be able to use to her advantage should it come to that. She didn’t think it would but it never hurts to be prepared.

Kuzon walked beside the Princess, looking around in clear disdain. This world felt….weak. Hardly any magic beyond the group he was in.

Regina, for her part, stood with her arms crossed, waiting to see what would happen next.

Fiona's eyes were covered by her sunglasses so she had to remove them to look at the surrounding area. She nodded slightly at Kagura with a curling smile. 'Yes, we can't all have a place of our dreams. It doesn't matter where I am as long as I get what I want."

Fiona straightened out her black dress and puffed up her blonde hair.

Callisto had a strange big smile on her face, she wanted to copy what the Austrian woman had just done. She spun around with her arms wide open and her mouth open "AHHHHH XENA........This looks strangely familiar." The crazy warrior breathed in the air as her scraggly hair blew in the wind.

Alphard approached the two woman with arms crossed. "I don't see a problem with it all. This is a good place to practice shooting. Look at the vast open area."

Atlas stood to the side throwing cans in the air and shooting them down out of boredom, then suddenly Yang glomped her from behind "I am so bored these days Atty, wanna buy something?" Atlas pointed her gun into Yang's mouth "Atlas, never Atty"

Yang smiled as she left Atlas, burning a patch of ground to sit on. "So anyone got any cool stories?"

Alucard smiled "Well there was this one time with a Catholic Priest, Big Titted Police Girls and Nazis" 

Yang leaned in "Now you have my attention"

The redhaired demon girl looked at the new scenery and could cringe in disgust. She had been to Celestia before but it was nothing compared to this...peaceful, calm, ravishing place.

"Geez, I know Flonne would be ecstatic right now if she ever saw this place." Etna commented with slight discomfort , "It just reeks of...love."

Strutting, Ragyou followed behind Fiona and the rest, Haruhi and a silent, but healed Anti Spiral. The three kept quiet among each other after all the events of before, unsure how to bring it up. Though they're minds and hearts swirled with thought. Seeing Arika, each one boiled with rage, that much was certain.

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Alucard smiled "Well there was this one time with a Catholic Priest, Big Titted Police Girls and Nazis"

Yang leaned in "Now you have my attention"

"Idiots." commented Galaxia, uncrossing her arms and facing towards Arika who could be seen eating grass like a cow. "If you're done stuffing your stupid face, I'd like to know where those stragglers are."

MUNCH MUNCH! MUNCH! "AH, YES! YOUUUUUUU, WILL GO RETRIEVE THEM AND BRING THEM HERE FOR INTERROGATIONS~"

"Don't give me that shit, Arika. Where are they?"

"Touchy, Gally! You should learn how to take your relaxation medication like Fiona over there. She's a grumpy old fart~"

Kagura looked over at Fiona, who was still standing next to her and gave in a little chuckle. "Couldn't resist."

"OKAY, GALLY! You can find them in the Nexus region of subspace, near the previous world we just raided."

"The pocket space near the Spira planet? That is the world filled with three dimensional blocks."

The Golden Queen held her hands up and split them apart, knocking away Azula down the hill. "This won't take long." Galaxia marches through the group, shoving Kuzon along the way. "Out of the way, you sorry excuse of a warrior."

As Galaxia exited into the warp zone she created, Arika began to hear strange commotion from Satsuki Kiryūin. "What's this? A ripple in the water? PRAISE BE TO GRANDMOTHER WILLOW!!!! You know, we made out a few times~~~"

Satsuki didn't care about the flowery, lush background they were now in. She was in pensive thought, one of her...comrades had screwed up. Someone was slipping.

"I don't know what happened back at the Storybrooke world, but it seemed like someone was holding out on us during the whole battle. I do not wish to point fingers but it would seem that someone is quite determined to back stab us all."

She softly glared at Regina's direction.

"Isn't that right...Regina? If it had been me, I would have used all the power I had to dispose of that blue haired girl and her friends with ease."

"So you turned into a little girl?"

"Yeah"

"and fought your old butler"

"Yeah"

Yang shook her head "I wonder what stories Gally knows"

Azula grunted as she rolled down the hill a few paces before managing to get her feet under her in a low Horse Stance, sliding to a stop quickly thereafter. She rolled her eyes as she walked back to the group, already able to tell that Kuzon was about to blow.

“I am no mere warrior!” Kuzon called after Galaxia. “I am an ELEMENTAL!”

“Oh look at that,” Azula drawled lazily as she rejoined the group. “Nobody cares.”

Kuzon turned on Azula, who stood with her arms crossed and red lips curled into a taunting smirk.

“I am a THOUSAND times more powerful than—“

“Yeah whatever,” Azula interrupted him with a dismissive wave, moving as though to walk past him.

Kuzon growled, and launched himself at the shorter woman. He would not put up with this disrespect!

Azula casually stepped to the side, arms still crossed, as the momentum Kuzon had put behind his punch carried him forward. He staggered, but kept his feet under him.

Kuzon turned and charged Azula again. This time the Princess rolled her eyes and stuck her foot out to trip him as he passed. As he began to fall, Azula shifted her body and brought her other foot down on his back.

Kuzon hit the ground with a thud and a groan.

“Pathetic.” Azula spat at him. “You speak so highly of yourself and yet a woman a fraction your age can take you down with ease.” She looked down on him in pure contempt. “And I didn’t even have to uncross my arms to do it.”

~~

Regina lazily moved her gaze to pin Satsuki, utterly unconcerned about the woman’s accusations.

“What fun would that be, dear?” She inquired. “It’s far more entertaining to break their minds and spirit before you take them out.”

"Much the way we are being handled by Arika. This is hardly fun and the last world was sound proof of that." Ragyou spat out at last. Haruhi was solemn for once.
"That cunt wanted us all to die."
The Anti Spiral chimed,
"Fighting amongst ourselves brings nothing but the suffering she intends."