Oh my god...okay I feel like I shaved some years off my life writing this...
But here it is! SORRY IT'S SO LONG. I think I got too into it again...
Anyway!
Hope this brings some new revelations...and some new challenges
#cue OP: Kizuato ~Piano2 Mix~- Kalafina
(in the spirit of all things acoustic
)
*in meta-world*
YURIKO:
*in the distance, a drumbeat. Then another. Slow drumbeats at first, that synchronise with YURIKO'S slowed heart rate. Gradually, the drumbeats pick up pace and beat faster. YURIKO'S heartbeat, completely in sync, speeds up along with the mysterious drum*
YURIKO: ...eh?
*coming to consciousness* *groggily blinking* Who...what...is that...
*looking up sees a murky, dark, well-built figure*
Person: Oh, it
is you, Yuriko. You weren't responding no matter how loudly I called your name so I just woke you up...
YURIKO: You...you...are...
*vision clearing* S-SATO KYOICHI?!!
Kyo-sama: Yo.
YURIKO: Kyo-sama! I thought I recognised those biceps! You saved me!
But - how? And...what are you doing in the meta-world?
Kyo-sama: Well, actually, I received a phone call from Hitoshi just a while ago...
YURIKO: H-Hitoshi?
Konno Hitoshi?! THAT Hitoshi?! Just...what is going on with all this!
Wait!
I need to go warn everyone about HIKARU!
The Stone Cold Ice Crystal! And - and - !
Kyo-sama: Whoa, steady there
Just sit here a while, YURIKO. We still have time. There's actually a lot more to this than you or any of the other utahimes think. I'll explain everything to you slowly...
* * *
*back in the half-destroyed Eternal Blue Palace*
#cue: The World is Tumbling Down (Fate/Zero)
Megalodon:
Captives:
Kaori: Y-YUUKA! DO SOMETHING!
Yuuka: WHAAAT?!
Kaori: Oh, I DON'T KNOW, maybe, you know, CUT THROUGH THE BARS WITH THAT SWORD YOU'RE HOLDING SO WE CAN ESCAPE WITH OUR LIVES?!!
Yuuka: Oh, right! Forgot I was holding it heheh.
*Excucumber gathering light* EEEEEKKKKSSSSS - eh?
*sword stopped glowing*
Kaori, Yuriko and Sharks: What happened
NOW?!!
Yuuka: Hmmm, I don't know...
*inspects sword hilt*
Flashing Words on Hilt: BATTERY DEAD. BATTERY DEAD. BATTERY -->
Everyone:
Yuriko: USOOOOOOOOO DAAAAAAAAAAA?!
*plummeting to the depths of despair*
Yuuka: I'm sorry, okay! But it's not my fault, I bought it off the Internet at 50% discount and it didn't come with spare batts!
Kaori: It's fine, guys. I have yet another superpower that I just thought of.
Yes - that's right. I CAN RECHARGE BATTERIES!
Everyone:
Kaori: WITH THE POWER OF MY VOICE!
#cue Insert Song: The Power in Me (Kaori Oda)
Battery: Wh-what's this?! I...feel...rejuvenated! As if...the true POWER IN ME is coming out!
*battery meter on hilt of Excucumber hits FULL CAPACITEHHHHHHH*
Megalodon: *approaching*
Yuuka: Right! EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKSSSSSSS-KKKYYYUUUUUUUU-KUMBEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Everyone:
*cage is blasted completely away*
Everyone: We're free!
NOW RUN FOR IT!
- quick cut back to meta-world -
#cue: A shadow (Pandora Hearts)
Kyo-sama: Okay, Yuriko, I'll start of by telling you how I saved you.
So, you know I'm a drummer, right?
YURIKO: ...yesh...
Kyo-sama: Good. But can you tell why I have such amazing biceps?
YURIKO: Er...because you have unlimited complimentary Sony Gym Membership?
Kyo-sama: CHIGAU!
It is because once, thousands of years ago in a previous life, I was a disciple of...the Ancient Goddess of Music Herself!
YURIKO: EH?!
but what does that have to do with your biceps?
Kyo-sama: Have you not heard of the legend of the Ancient Godess of Music?
YURIKO: Does my face look like I do?
Kyo-sama:
*back in the semi-ruined Eternal Blue Palace*
Kaori, Yuriko and Sharks:
Saber Yuuka:
Kaori: It's no use!
Saber Yuuka can't possibly defend us from the Megalodon all by herself! Not even the Sharks can help! And since I don't have any combat powers, and YURIKO is missing, we'll all be killed and defeated!
*sudden blaze of light*
#cue: liberators (Hokuto no Ken) [A/N: omg this track is so epic
]
Everyone (including Megalodon):
*Enter Keiko, in MACHO HAREM BOSS OVERPOWERED-NEWLYWED MODE. Oh, and also HIKARU*
Keiko: STOP RIGHT THERE MEGABAKALODON
Megalodon:
Everyone: Wh-what's with this...incredible aura...?!!
HIKARU: Kaori, Yuriko get to safety! We'll take care of this.
Kaori and Yuriko: HIKARU.
take care guys!
Keiko: HIKARU, you got my back right?
Cover me, I'm going in!
HIKARU: Of course, Keiko!
*thinking*Hmhmhmhmhm they all trust me completely*
Keiko: IKUZOOO! With me, HIKARU and Yuuka!
Megalodon: RAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRR
*they run at each other bellowing warcries*
#cue: lightseekers (Hokuto no Ken)
*epic battle scene ensues*
Keiko: *soaring through the air* KEIKO MACHO HAREM BOSS FLYING KIIIIICKUUUUU
Megalodon:
HIKARU: KILLER MAGIA DEATH GLARE
Saber Yuuka: EEEEEKKSSSSS-KYUUUU-KUMBEERRRRRRR!!!!
Megalodon:
Saber Yuuka: Oh no! Keiko! I think we need to combine our powers to defeat it!
Keiko: Okay, girls. One last, final attack. Give it all you got. If we combine our ultimate moves and fire it in one direct hit, that should take this bakashark out!
*they leap back into battle*
#cue: on the battlefield (Fate/Zero)
Keiko: Get ready guys! We only have ONE CHANSUUU!!!
Saber Yuuka: EEEEEEEEEKKKKSSS - KYUUUUUUUUU - KUMBERRRRRRRRRRRR
Keiko: KEIKO MACHO HAREM BOSS KUNGFUFINA FLYING KIIIIIICKKKUUUUUUUU
HIKARU: Sh-Shimatta!
I have to reveal my - oh, well...can't help it then...
IN MY LOOOONG FORGOTTEN CLOISTERED SLEEEEEEEEEPPPPUUU!!!!
Keiko: ...eh?
Haven't heard that one before, I thought your ultimate move was KILLER MAGIA DEATH GLARE?
HIKARU: *quickly changing subject* The Megalodon!
*secretly* That was close...hopefully she'll just forget about it...
*huge blast of light combined from Excucumber, Keiko's Kungfufina Flying Kick and In My Long Forgotten Cloistered Sleep roars and blasts across the snow, momentarily blinding and deafening everyone*
#cue: Sagitta Luminis (PMMM)
*In slow motion: panning shot of everyone's faces, the body of the Megalodon gradually disappearing out of sight into the light which is reflecting off the falling snowflakes that are being blown about in a white flurry*
Everyone: T-TEH LAIGHTO
Kaori: Did we - ?
Yuriko: Did they - ?
Sharks:
*the mist/light/snowflakes clear to show three silhouettes marching triumphantly across the ice, a little tattered, but alive and all in one piece*
#cue: at this point, the Sagitta Luminis music swells (around 2:30-ish, I believe)
Kaori, Yuriko and Sharks: *run towards them and glomps Keiko, Saber Yuuka and HIKARU burst into spontaneous cheers, tears and laughter* YES! YEEESSSS!!! THEY MADE IT! WE MADE IT! THEY'RE ALIVE! WE'RE ALIIIIIIIVVVVEEEEE!!
*hugging each other, hi-fiving and crying*
*a few minutes or so of heartwarming escaped-from-near-death-encounter celebrations*
*meanwhile, in another part of the Eternal Blue World*
Grey Nurse Shark: Wh-what was that huge blast of light that came from the direction of the Eternal Blue palace just then?!!
Wakana: Huh - ?
M-MAI PALACE?!!
AND MY MEGALODON!
DESTROYED?!!
NUOOOOOOOO
*raging* - ack - gyack
*cough cough cough cough* *wiping blood from mouth*
Grey Nurse Shark: Wakana-sama, please calm yourself!
You're only agitating your delicate condition!
Wakana: It must be Keiko and Hikaru!
They've returned to this realm!
Hurry up and transform me already, Nurse! I must become strong and return to defeat them!
Grey Nurse Shark: *muttering* M-Mako-dono, what do I do? Eh?
*empty space* Not here?
Where did you go?!!
*back in meta-world*
#cue: A shadow (Pandora Hearts)
Kyo-sama: Very well then, Yuriko.
Let me tell you the legend of the Ancient Goddess of Music - one...who had the power to create and destroy worlds through her songs.
In her time, she performed many miracles with her music - healing the sick, parting oceans, causing the rains to fall, crops to grow, water to turn into sake...
YURIKO:
Kyo-sama: It is said that her godliness is contagious, and that all her singers will become angels, and her instrumentalists Demigods, thus being allowed to follow her into Music Heaven and sit next to her golden throne.
YURIKO: And...you are - ?!
Kyo-sama: Hai.
I am one of those Instrumentalist Demigods, who was allowed to follower her into Music Heaven and hold a seat beside her golden throne. That's partly why I have this amazingly physique.
The complimentary Sony Gym Membership does help, of course. More specifically, however, I am one of The Drummers. That's how I had the power to heal you, Yuriko. I can synchronise my drumbeat to the beat of your heart, and in this way, bestow life to one close to death. All of the Instrumentalists who followed the Goddess have some healing powers. However, like the other Instrumentalists, I still can't use my full power.
YURIKO: Why?
Kyo-sama: That's because the other Gods sealed off the power of the Goddess, made her mortal and banished her soul. To this day, it exists only in fragments, occasionally reincarnating as a human every several hundred years.
We are all reincarnated along with her as her followers. You see, we the Instrumentalists, are sworn to protect the Music Goddess and her Angel Singers until the day She may re-ascend to a higher plane of existence and resumer Her rightful place in the Pantheon.
YURIKO: Ahh, I see.
So, are there other Instrumentalists apart from you, Kyo-sama?
Kyo-sama: Sure!
Korechan, Jr., Hiro-kun, Nozaki, Rie Akagi-san, even Oohira! Konno Hitoshi, who called me here, is The Violinist. He is actually a direct descendant of the Goddess of Music herself!
YURIKO: NANI?! A-all Kajiura's band members...
*Kyo-sama relates Hitoshi's backstory to YURIKO - see tabi's previous post ^ *
YURIKO: S-so sad...
*sniff sniff* So that's why he never smiles much and always looks serious.
Kyo-sama: Yes, it is sad indeed. All of us Instrumentalists are stuck as mortals with only partial powers.
You too, YURIKO.
YURIKO: ......................
*only just registered what he said* EEEEHHHH?!!!!
*back at the Eternal Blue Palace, or what remains of it*
Kaori: We're alive! We're alive!
Keiko: Yes, lucky we came just in time
But now you guys have to help us save Wakana!
That's specifically why I came here!
Yuriko: Oh, we discovered something which may help you.
YURIKO, my alter ego, used the MYSTIC VOICE OF DEATH PERCEPTION to gaze into Wakana's soul, and actually -
*explains about the Stone Cold Ice Crystal*
Keiko: I see, so if I use Yuuka's Excucumber, I can get rid of the Stone Cold Ice Crystal that becamse lodged in Wakana's heart, thus returning her to normal?
Yuriko:
*a desperately running figure approaches in the Distance*
Brutus: Eh?
*squints* Who's that? It looks like...Mako?!
Mako: M-MINNAAAA!!! TAIHEN DAAAAAA!!!!!
Keiko: It's the one that stabbed Waa-tan!
I WILL TAKE REVENGE FOR WHAT YOU DID! PREPARE YOURSELF!
Brutus: *stepping in front of exhausted Mako* No, Keiko.
She may have done some bad things, but she was acting on the orders of Queen Wakana.
We are already on the verge of losing our Queen...I won't let you harm my comrade.
Mako: B-Brutus, you - even though we are rival factions -
*they have a "moment"*
Keiko: Okay, okay, guys, break it up.
Mako: That's right!
I have some horrendous news to tell you all!
Queen Wakana - she - she -
Brutus: - IS DEAD?!
*instantaneously*
Kaori and Yuuka: WHAT?!!
Keiko: I'LL KILL YOU!
HIKARU: *thinking* YESSSSSSSSS.
Mako: .....eh.......
......no...
Actually, she's about to force the Grey Nurse Shark to turn her into a vampire-like coldblooded being who feeds off human blood!!
Everyone:
Mako: You must hurry to save her! Once she has changed, it will be irreversible!
When she reaches that stage, even removing the Stone Cold Ice Crystal won't be enough to turn her back!
Keiko: TAKE ME TO HER NAOOOO!
I MUST save her! I promised to make everything turn back to normal - I'll fulfil that promise even if it costs me my life!
HIKARU: *thinking* NO! I can't let Keiko go to save Wakana! I must think of some way to buy time! *suddenly bends over and falls to the ground groaning* Arrrghghhuuughhhhhh arrggggghhhhhhhhh grrrguuuuuuuu
Keiko: HIKARU! What's wrong?
HIKARU: Arrghhh arrrggghghhhhh my stomach...is...in agonising pain...
Yuuka: Did you get hurt in the fight with the Megalodon?
Kaori: I see no blood! Is it an internal injury? I'm sure those are more dangerous, actually!
Keiko: HIKARU! Stay strong!
You've fought so courageously beside me!
*some more panic*
Mako: Actually, I've had some medical training as part of my Ninja duties...
*inspects HIKARU* There is no injury...
I think you just have a stomach ache, HIKARU-san.
Keiko: Must've been those turnips Hikaru ate back at Wakana's place.
Yuriko: We don't have time for this! We need to go stop Wakana from turning into a vampire-thing remember?!
Keiko: Sh-Shimatta!
Hope we're not too late!
*back in meta-world*
#cue: A shadow (Pandora Hearts)
Yuriko: Wh-what did you just say?!
Kyo-sama: You too, are one of the followers of the Goddess, Yuriko.
So are Kaori, Yuuka, Wakana, Keiko and Hikaru. You're all reincarnations of the singers who turned into angels - the vocalist followers of the Music Goddess, responsible for bringing her melodies to life with your voices. Why else do you think you all have these inexplicable secret powers? Your MYSTIC VOICE OF DEATH PERCEPTION, Hikaru's KILLER MAGIA DEATH GLARE, Keiko's MACHO HAREM BOSS powers and Kaori's powers of her VOICE...
YURIKO: Th-then...if you, the front band members are...and...we the utahimes are...then...l-logically, doesn't that make...
Kyo-sama: Yes, YURIKO.
Who do
you think is the current incarnation of the Goddes of Music?
YURIKO: *whispering* K-K-a-j-i-
*faints*
Kyo-sama: Look like she finally reached Enlightenment!
Oh, I should report back to Hitoshi.
~back at Hikaru's apartment in the real world~
Hitoshi: *pacing back and forth, occasionally pausing to adjust the damp cloth on Waa-tan's feverish forehead* I wonder how things are progressing...
Maybe I should call the others too? I wonder if Sato was able to -
*phone rings* HELLO?!
Kyo-sama: *on other end* Yo! Guess who I found in the meta-world?
It's YURIKO! Ne, YURIKO, won't you say hi to Hitoshi?
*pause, faint sounds of despair drifting in from the other side* Okay well, she's kind of er...well, I sort of just crumbled the foundations of her reality, so I think I'm going to take her over to where you are. That good with you?
Hitoshi: Fine, just bring her along.
*hangs up* How are we going to get out of this mess...
~back in meta-world~
Kyo-sama: *picking up the still flabbergasted YURIKO* Come on, we need to leave here now.
YURIKO: *muttering incomprehensibly*
Kyo-sama: It's okay, you can say it out loud.
YURIKO: The...the current incarnation of the omnipotent Ancient Goddess of Music...
...is none other than...
Kyo-sama:
YURIKO: YUKI KAJIURA.
Kyo-sama: You've finally reached the Yuki Nirvana!
[
*somewhere in real world* Yuki: *sneezes*
Ara~ someone must be thinking of me!
]
*back in the Eternal Blue world*
#cue: fatality (Hokuto no Ken)
Keiko: We have arrived! Am I too late - ?
*talking towards door of the mansion in which Wakana and the Grey Nurse Shark were* Am I -
*in the doorway, there appeared - *
tabete.mio said:
Keiko: ...W-Wakana - Oh GAWD -
guys, it just me or did she get even more beautiful since last time we met?
Kaori: Keiko...
*whacks*
Wakana: *frostily* So, we meet again.
Sharks: What's with that icy tone that sends shivers and chills down our spines?
Yuuka: I'm sure Wacchan looks much paler than usual!
Yuriko: Something isn't right with her...
Grey Nurse Shark: *stumbling out* Minna! It's too late! I was already forced to perform the operation!
Queen Wakana - is no longer human! She has turned into a vampire thing!
Everyone:
Keiko: *gasps* ........................N-n--n-n-no-no-nononoNONONONO!
Th-this isn't happening!
*collapses slowly to knees, clutching head in despair* I - I can't believe it - I - WAS TOO LATE?!!
W-WAKANAAAAA
HIKARU: Oh, what a...er...shame...
*secretly: YES! YEEESSSS!! MY PLAN HAS SUCCEEDED!!
Wakana: *looking at them with cold indifference* You dare show your faces before me, even after destroying my palace and my beloved Megalodon beast?
Keiko: WAKANAAAAA
NO!
*in denial* There - There must be way to save her! THERE MUST BE SOME OTHER WAYYYYYY!
Yuuka: Um...guys...
*pointing at Wakana*
Wakana: *strange look over her face* Actually, I'm actually quite hungry now...and there are all these delicious smelling warm-blooded creatures around...
*licking lips*
Kaori, Yuuka, Yuriko and Sharks: *backs away*
Keiko: *really just beyond caring* *still where she had thrown herself in despair at Wakana's feet*
Wakana: *crouching down to face Keiko* Mmmm, I think you'll make a good first meal for me, Keiko, whilst your blood is still running so hot in your veins
*stroking Keiko's cheek*
Keiko: *in a kind of trance* Wakana's face...is so close...to mine...how many times...have I dreamed...of such a thing...?
Yuuka: *gushing* OHmaigod, isn't this exciting? Those two are so - I mean, can't you just
feel the romantic tension in the -
Kaori: YUUKA! Not the time now for Waa x Kei shipping!
Wakana: *tilting Keiko's chin up* Just hold still, my pretty, it'll all be over soon.
*her lips brush Keiko's neck*
Keiko: *still in traumatised trance-like state* .................and yet...her hands...they are so cold...
HIKARU: Ehe - wait - what is -
*suddenly switched into Hikaru*
Hikaru: *forcibly manifested due to intensely jealous emotions after seeing Wakana about to bite into Keiko's neck* HOI! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!
*grabs Keiko and kicks Wakana away*
Wakana: How dare you interrupt me as I was about to have a meal!
And her blood had the sweet scent of gyoza, too!
Give me back my prey, puny human...
*advancing towards them*
Kaori, Yuuka, Yuriko, Hikaru, trance-like Keiko and Sharks:
*back in real world, Hikaru's apartment*
Hitoshi: So, YURIKO. I hear from Sato-san that you have reached Yuki nirvana.
YURIKO: *still in shock* I-Is that...Waa-tan?
Hitoshi: *sighs* Yes...I have to keep her alive until Keiko can somehow rescue the other half of Wakana from the Eternal Blue world.
YURIKO: That's right! How could I forget?! HITOSHI! The one who was behind this, all along, from the beginning - IT WAS HIKARU!
#cue: lotus (FICTION II)
Hitoshi and Kyo-sama: EHHHH?!
YURIKO: Hikaru's alter ego - HIKARU! I met her in the meta-world - she was the one who put me in a death-like state, using a power called In My Long Forgotten Cloistered Sleep!
Hitoshi and Kyo-sama: A - a power called 'In My Long Forgotten Cloistered Sleep' - you say??!
YURIKO: Yes! She was also the one who planted the original Stone Cold Ice Crystal within Wakana's soul!
Hitoshi: Sato. Call the others. Emergency meeting. NOW.
YURIKO: Wh-what's happening? What is it?
Hitoshi: YURIKO. You know how Sato-san told you about the Gods who sealed away the Ancient Goddess' powers and banished her soul?
YURIKO: Yes?
Hitoshi: Well...do you know why they had to seal her away? It was because...of The Lost Utahime.
YURIKO: Lost Utahime?!!
Hitoshi: You know now, that we the front band members are the incarncations of the Demigod followers of the Ancient Goddess of Music, correct? And you and the other five utahimes are the Angels, right? Well...originally, there were actually
seven Angels, not six.
YURIKO: S-Seven?!
Hitoshi: Hai. The seventh utahime had a vocal range below even that of Keiko's - she could plow to the very depths of Bass with her voice. Basically, she had the voice of a man.
YURIKO: S-SUGOI!
Hitoshi: But alas, the Goddess always favoured higher ranges more for some reason. Due to this, the Seventh Utahime was forever stuck on chorus, low harmony and backup vocal. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, as they say.
Gradually, however, she grew resentful of the Goddess. She wondered why the
other utahimes could take turns on lead vocal, but not her. Although the Goddess tried to convince her that her role as bass harmony was just as crucial and important in weaving the magic of their songs, the seventh utahime would not accept it.
Yuriko:
Hitoshi: With bitter darkness and hatred growing in her heart, she became corrupted and began to use the power of music within her for evil. The other Gods discovered this and punished the Ancient Goddess, for the Lost Utahime's powers had been gifted to her by the Goddess. With the fall of the Goddess, came the fall of the other Angels and the Instrumentalists. Hereafter, the traitor Angel became known as The Lost Utahime. But that was not the end. She stole one of the Goddess' songs, 'In My Long Forgotten Cloistered Sleep', and with its power, escaped those who sought to destroy her. Then, she disappeared to the mortal world.
Yuriko: So...this HIKARU - ?
Hitoshi: Yes, she is not actually Hikaru's alter ego, but the vengeful Lost Utahime, who has taken up residence in Hikaru's body!
YURIKO:
Hitoshi: The motives she told you were lies, too. She is not acting in the interest of Hikaru, but in fact she is trying to destroy all the utahimes! And it seems she started with the girls of Kalafina, exploiting the already fragile tension existing between the three due to Wakana and Keiko's relationship!
She probably even intends to take over Hikaru's body at some point and manipulate her to destroy the Kajiura family from the inside out, so that she can eventually destroy Yuki herself!
But we have found her out this time, and we, the Instrumentalists, as the sworn protectors of the Goddess, shall help the Utahimes to stop her!
YURIKO: H-Hitoshi! Sugoi!
Hitoshi: Oh, it's nothing. And besides, I have a
personal grudge to settle with the Lost Utahime...
YURIKO: eh...?
Hitoshi: Because...SHE was the one, who all those years ago, manipulated the Gods into banishing the Goddess' soul a second time!
She killed my mother - the First Incarnation!
And it was my fault!
But I shall avenge her death!
YURIKO: ....
Er...wait...if your mother was the past incarnation of the Ancient Goddess, and if - if...K-Kajiura-san is...the current one...doesn't that make her...your...?
Hitoshi: Er, no...it doesn't quite work like that...
YURIKO: Oh thank god, it would be too weird if she turned out to be your...your...well...mother...
Hitoshi: Kajiura-san is the Second Incarnation of the Goddess, who is completely separate from the First Incarnation. The First Incarnation's powers were latent - the most she could do was pass some of her power to me, her son. But Kajiura as the Second Incarnation is different - she can actually partially channel some of the original Goddess' power! Hence the creation of the Eternal Blue world.
YURIKO: Oh, I see...gomen, Hitoshi, you must have had a hard life...and here we all thought you were just a gloomy person...
Hitoshi: Well, when my mother was killed...the only thing I had been able to do since then was to watch over and work for the new incarnation of the Ancient Goddess of Music. I have been honing my skills under the blessing of Kajiura-sensei, training every day, playing my violin...This is why I must destroy the Lost Utahime. To protect Kajiura-sensei, who has taken me so kindly under her wing, and helped me get over some of the pain I felt...and also because the Lost Utahime - she destroyed my mother - I MUST AVENGE HER!
YURIKO: Hitoshi...I never knew...you had such a passionate side...
Kyo-sama: *rushing in from calling the other FBM* H-Hitoshi! This is bad!
*opens a box he is carrying to reveal a set of glowing musical note symbols* I was just checking on the girls'
zodiacal signs see what i did there ohoho and Wakana's symbol has stopped glowing and turned to pure black!
YURIKO: What are those?
Hitoshi: Oh no...
These symbols represent each of the utahime's life forces, YURIKO. Wakana's has gone dark - that either means she's dead -
YURIKO:
Hitoshi: ...or something has happened to her life force, corrupting or distorting it.
Let's go, Sato! YURIKO! We need to get the others out of that Eternal Blue world!
*back in the Eternal Blue world*
*Wakavampire is advancing on the utahimes + sharks*
Wakana: Now...
Which of you has the tasiest blood?
*sudden burst of light between them*
Everyone:
Hitoshi and Kyo-sama: *stepping out of the light* We're here!!
YURIKO: *returning and taking hold of Yuriko's body* Come on guys, we need to leave quickly while the portal is still open!
Wakana: Oh, no you don't!
Kyo-sama: We'll distract them while you girls get away!
*drum kit materialises*
Kaori and Yuuka: EH?
*Hitoshi whips out his violin*
Kaori and Yuuka: NANI?
Hitoshi: This should help you get to the portal faster!
*Hitoshi and Kyo-sama start playing something*
Kaori: Oh, I recognise this song!
It's Gatherway! I'll sing with you to enhance your powers!
#cue Insert Song: Gatherway - FictionJunction
tabete.mio said:
Kaori: Go with me EX-eltaiseerrrrrrrrr!!
*rocking out*
*Hitoshi and Kyo-sama playing like crazy on drum and violin. Their combined power causes a fireball to form and blast at Wakana. The air becomes red and orange with heat. Snow melts all around them.*
Wakana: *hissing* Dammit! I'm a cold-blooded being! Can't stand this sudden rise in heat!
*steps back from the flames*
Keiko: Wakana!
*disappearing into the portal* I WILL come back to save you! Just wait for me......!
Wakana: *all alone in the eternal blue* Oh well...time to rebuild my palace!
And find some human blood for food...
*sees Brutus, Mako, Grey Nurse Shark, and the rest of her former Shark Legion/Elite Shark Ninja Squadron*
Sharks:
Wakana: You all better build up the palace again real quick before I decide to make do with
your blood for a snack.
Sharks: H-HAI!
*they flee*
*cut back to Hikaru's apartment*
*bright flash of light*
Hikaru:
*in her living room, she sees: *
Keiko: *in dark corner*
Kaori: *Hi-fiving Kyo-sama*
Kyo-sama:
YURIKO: *for some reason suspiciously looking at Hikaru*
Korechan, Jr, Hiro-kun, Oohira and Nozaki: Hey, we just got here, what's going on?
Hitoshi:
Waa-tan: *still on couch where they left her*
Hikaru: WHY ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE IN MY APARTMENT?!
~later~
#cue: love and fate ~YURIA #2~ (Hokuto no Ken)
*After updating the rest of the FBM on everything that had happened so far, everyone sat around the coffee table in heavy, depressed silence reflecting on the tragic loss of Wakana. Keiko kneels protectively beside the still-slumbering Waa-tan, stroking her face tenderly, whilst Hikaru leans sadly on her shoulder. YURIKO-neesan has each of her arms around Kaori and Yuuka, rocking them gently like a true onee-san. Korechan plucks some melancholy notes on his guitar. Jr. weeps manly tears behind his dark glasses. The other FBM pace around the room, silent and despondent. The atmosphere is thick with despair and tragedy. *
Hitoshi: Today...we have lost...a beloved, much-treasured member of our ranks...to many, someone who was more than just a friend...to some, a worthy love rival...to others...a kawaii
dango round-faced waifu...
Everyone: *sniffling*
Keiko: *getting to her feet fiercely* I'll save her!
We will not give up! I won't give up on her!
Wakana's words, those words she said to me, while she lay bleeding and injured -
"Please Keiko, I want to return to how we were before." - I swore to fulfil her wish! I etched those words into the very core of my being.
WE. WILL. SAVE. WAKANA.
Everyone: *inspired by Keiko's rousing speech*
Keiko: Even now, I can still in my heart hear Wakana cheering us all on to fight with all our strength!
BANZAI! FAIGHTO! We can still save her, with the power of our LOVE and FRIENDSHIP!
We are all part of the Kajiura Family! And Family means no one is left behind!
Everyone: *moved by her words*
Hitoshi: Yes, Keiko is right.
We must not give up hope.
We need to rally up our strength, everyone!
The purpose of this emergency meeting is to rest and recuperate, nurse our wounds, update everyone on what's happening, and decide what course of action to take next.
Now -
YURIKO: Actually, before we begin - Hitoshi, Kyo-sama...do you mind if I say it now? She doesn't seem to be manifested right now, but I think the earlier we tell them the better...
Hitoshi: *nodding gravely*
#cue: Pugna Cum Maga (PMMM)
YURIKO: Fellow utahimes and front band members...you are all probably wondering what has been going on for the last few days. Who has been responsible in the first place, for Wakana's corruption by the Stone Cold Ice Crystal, leading to the subsequent splitting of her soul, and now her transformation into a vampire-like creature?
Well, actually, all of this despair, heartbreak and trouble has been caused by just one person, and one person alone.
Keiko: YOU KNOW?
WHO IS IT? I'LL KILL THEM!
YURIKO: That person is...none other than...
*turns and points dramatically* HIKARU!
Hikaru: M-ME?!!
Everyone: EHHHHHH?!!
~dramatic BLACKOUT~
#cue ED: Lacrimosa - Kalafina
~After EDen Sequence~
*somewhere in the meta-world*
HIKARU: Oh dear...seems YURIKO has gone and done something reckless. Lucky I'm hiding here in the meta-world, where it's almost impossible to find me.
But it really is a a pity that baka YURIKO doesn't seem to have considered what might happen to...her other half...
HahahahaFWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
*maniacal laughter*
Yuriko: *behind HIKARU* MMMMFHHHHMMM!!
*tied up and gagged, struggling and making muffled noises*
*DRUMBEAT/BLACKOUT*
#cue: to be continued (Fate/Zero)
Jikai:
What will happen now that Wakana has turned into a ruthless cold-blooded vampire-like being?
How will Hikaru cope with finding out that her once-trusted alter-ego is in fact an evil fallen angel hellbent on vengeance and destruction?
And how will the Kajiura family be able to protect the Second Incarnation of the Goddess - Yuki, from the Lost Utahime's corruption?
Is the power of Love enough for Keiko to fulfil her promise to Waa-tan to restore everything back to the way it used to be?
Tune in next time to find out!
*PREVIEW*
*disjointed voices*
- You attempt a fool's task -
- By the power of the Goddess whom you betrayed so long ago-
- Hah! Nothing in your repertoire of music can help you now -
- *sobbing sound* She's gone too far this time, Keiko -
- Kaori! Watch out for that...*screams* -
- *gasp* She's gone -
- Yuuka! *battle noise* -
- What is your true intention?! -
- *laughter* YURIKO, you truly are a fool to think -
- HIIIIIII-KAAA-RUUUUUUU!! -
- *desperate shouting* Even if it isn't what the current you wishes for -
*music climaxes then stops abruptly*
*silence*
*whisper*
- I'll save you -
- Definitely -
*END*
P.S. PHEW
Erm, copied a line from
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Pantheon/Music if you scroll down, Kajiura-sensei's there, just after Yoko Kanno
Also borrowed that 'Family' tagline from the movie Lilo and Stitch
The very last "preview bit" is meant to be in the style of those "can hear dramatic voices but cannot actually tell what is happening although they provide thrilling implications of what could happen next episode" previews. Next person doesn't have to use those lines in their continuation, it was just me being melodramatic
Somehow...this has turned into so much more than a picture captions game
Next person can use either one or both, whichever they prefer
Good luck~