The following morning IF felt ready to rescue Compa. Thanks to her friends, IF had managed to battle enough Reglus monsters in order to increase her strength. At the very beginning, she needed everyone’s help just to defeat one. Now she was able to easily defeat one all by herself.
Even though IF was grateful for their help, she couldn’t quite understand why Cave kept saying, ‘these Regulus are about to become regulars’.
IF had worked all through the night and now she was ready to go. “Thanks for everything ladies. I wish I could stay longer, but I really need to get going.” IF said, turning to her friends and bowing a little.
“Already?” Said 5pb., surprised. “I wanted to make breakfast for everyone.”
“I wish I could stay, but I really have to get going.” IF said. IF wanted to tell her friends why she needed to leave, but didn’t want them to get involved. “They need to keep training and getting even stronger.” IF thought to herself.
“IF, nyu?” Broccoli began.
“What’s up Broccoli?” IF asked.
“You have an important quest, right nyu?” Broccoli asked.
IF didn’t say anything. She couldn’t. IF was too busy trying her best to hide her surprise. “She does?” Marvy said, looking from Broccoli to IF. “You’re always so observant Broccoli.”
“Broccoli observes everything, nyu.” Broccoli said, smiling proudly. “Anyways, nyu. Good luck, nyu.” Broccoli said.
A small smile appeared on IF’s lips. “Thanks Broccoli.” She said, turning towards the Fairy Tower. “Histoire? You know where to take me.”
“Right.” Histoire said, nodding.
IF’s vision turned white and soon IF was standing at the Fairy Tower she used to teleport before. The beam of light Arfoire created was still there. “I’m coming right now Compa.” IF breathed, as she started running as fast as she could towards the light.
***
Green Heart and Black Heart spotted the Fairy Tower far below. Landing gracefully a few feet away, the two goddesses made their way towards the Fairy Tower and inserted the USB memory stick.
Moments later, Histoire appeared. “Great work. I’m sending the coordinates to Nepgear’s N-Gear.” Histoire said, smiling brightly. “I can’t believe it. Only one more Fairy Tower is left. This quest is almost finished.”
“Almost…” Green Heart said, smiling warmly at Histoire.
“Tell me Histoire.” Black Heart began, crossing her arms in front of her chest. “Where exactly is the original Histoire anyways? If she’s sealed away somewhere in Gamindustri, Green Heart and I can hurry over there now and get ready to grab her.”
“That won’t be necessary.” Histoire said, shaking her head. “The original Histoire will actually appear outside the final Fairy Tower.”
“Ah. So Neptune and the others will meet up with her first, huh?” Black Heart said. “That seems fitting.”
“Yes.” Histoire said, nodding.
“Alright.” Green Heart said, taking a deep breath. “Black Heart? Are you ready to head back?”
“I’m ready.” Said Black Heart.
***
“Alright. I just got the coordinates to the next Fairy Tower.” Nepgear said, looking down at the N-Gear she held in her hands. “The location isn’t that far from here.”
“Good to hear!” Neptune said. “Well Nepgear? Uni? Ready to-” Before Neptune could say another word, a loud scream came from outside. Neptune’s eye went wide. “Whoa… Did we forget to pay for the room or something?” Neptune whispered.
Blanc took a deep breath. “Rom? Ram? You stay here with Cyberconnect2. Cyberconnect2? Please keep an eye on my little sisters.”
“Yeah, but…” Cyberconnect2 said, confused.
Blanc didn’t say anything as she made her way towards a large curtain. Pulling the curtain back, everyone in the room was surprised to see Lady White Heart standing on the balcony. The goddess was shaking with anger. “You bitches!” White Heart snapped. “I tried to keep calm! I tried to stay out of everyone’s way, but you pushed it too far!”
Blanc didn’t say a word as she opened the door to the balcony and stepped outside. “In what way Lady White Heart?”
“YOU!” Lady White Heart snapped. “You called yourself and those puny brats over there the true goddess and goddess candidates of Lowee! HOW DARE YOU!”
“It’s complicated, but it’s true.” Blanc said, taking a deep breath. “And you know it’s true as well. You’re starting to feel it can’t you?”
“Nope! What I’m feeling now is the desire to cut you in half!” Lady White Heart summoned her axe and swung it hard.
Blanc quickly summoned a giant mallet and blocked the attack. At first everyone in the hotel room gasped as smoke and debris enveloped their friend and the goddess. However, when that smoke vanished, they were relieved to see Blanc was still on the balcony. Not only that, but she was also managing to keep her defenses up.
“You little… How are you this strong!?” Lady White Heart demanded.
“You know the answer to that. Deep down.” Blanc said, before she pushed Lady White Heart away. Blanc glanced over her shoulder at Neptune, Nepgear and Uni. “Aren’t you three supposed to be somewhere right now?” She asked.
“R-Right.” Nepgear said, nodding.
“Yeah. We’ll leave you to you.” Neptune said, giggling nervously.
Neptune, Nepgear and Uni each transformed and flew out of the hotel. “WAIT!” Lady White Heart snapped.
“Over here…” Blanc said, as she swung her mallet at Lady White Heart and knocked her off the balcony.
Lady White Heart flew thorough the air, before she managed to stop herself. White Heart turned her eyes angrily towards Purple Heart, Purple Sister and Black Sister. “If you leave. I’ll tell everyone that I kicked your ass.” Blanc said, smirking.
White Heart turned her eyes angrily towards Blanc. “You little… DIE!” White Heart flew at Blanc as fast as she could ready to attack, but Blanc was ready for her.
***
IF reached the beam of light. Without wasting any time she made her way into the light and now found herself standing in another dimension. The horizon of this dimension looked dark, but numbers and letters flashed by. The ground looked like it was made up of red, yellow and blue colored blocks as well.
IF stood on a large platform. Located in front of her was a bridge that led to an even larger platform. “Compa?” IF said, spotting her friend sitting on her knees on that bigger platform.
Compa was looking down at her hands, but looked up when she heard her name. “Iffy?” Compa called out.
“I’m coming Compa!” IF said, as she slowly made her way closer and closer to Compa. As IF walked, she quickly looked all around her, hoping to find some trace of Arfoire. “Where’s Arfoire?”
“I don’t know. When we got here there were tons of monsters, but she killed them all.” Said Compa.
“It’s okay.” IF said, as she got closer and closer. “Did she hurt you?”
Compa shook her head. “No, but Arfoire looked like she was in a lot of pain.”
“Good.” IF thought. “It’s fine Compa. I’m going to get you out of here and then I’ll take care of Arfoire.”
“Take care of me?” Came a voice.
IF looked up. Flying high overhead was Arfoire. The woman’s face was drenched in sweat. Her breathing was jagged and her hair looked like a mess. Arfoire landed gracefully on the ground and nearly fell over.
“Arfoire!” IF said, as she summoned her weapons.
“Where are the goddesses?” Arfoire demanded. “I want Neptune! I want her dead!”
“Who cares? The goddesses are busy doing more important things, so I’m here to deal with you!” IF said.
“How dare you.” Arfoire breathed.
“HOW DARE YOU!” IF screamed. “If you want to hate me, Neptune and the other goddesses and want us dead. Fine! But Compa didn’t deserve this! She cared and worried about you more than anyone!”
Arfoire giggled. “Her mistake.”
“No.” IF said, shaking her head. “Your mistake!” And with that IF leapt at Arfoire and swung her blades at the woman.
Arfoire giggled as she raised her sword and blocked the attack, but before she could do anything else, IF slammed her forehead into Arfoire’s nose. Arfoire screamed in pain as she stumbled backwards.
IF didn’t miss a beat as she ran forwards and slammed the heel of her right foot into Arfoire’s chest, sending the woman into the ground. Arfoire bounced across the ground for a few feet, before jumping to her feet.
“Damn it!” Arfoire roared, as she leapt at IF and swung her sword at the girl.
Arfoire gasped as IF leapt into the air, avoiding the sword by mere inches. Moments later IF landed on the ground behind Arfoire and kicked the woman in the small of the back, sending her toppling forwards.
IF didn’t miss a beat. She ran at Arfoire and swung her katar’s as hard as she could at Arfoire. Arfoire managed to block the attack, but this time she kept her face well away from IF’s. “N-Not bad…” Arfoire said, as more and more pain ripped through her body. “I’m surprised. I thought you might try to talk me out of this, or tickle me or something. I wasn’t expecting you to actually try to kill me.”
“You shouldn’t have taken my Compa.” IF said, through gritted teeth.
Compa sat on her knees watching as the battle continued. Even though she loved IF and was happy to see her friend, she wasn’t happy to see what IF and Arfoire were doing. Compa folded her hands in front of her and closed her eyes. “Please IF…” Compa thought bitterly. “Don’t kill anyone.”
***
Purple Heart, Purple Sister and Black Sister flew as fast as they could to the final Fairy Tower. As the girls flew, Neptune kept thinking about Blanc fighting White Heart. “I really hope Blanc’s okay!” Neptune thought.
Even though the girls had regained their goddess forms, they still felt like they weren’t able to fly fast enough. The girls felt like it was taking them too long.
“There!” Purple Sister said, pointing at the final Fairy Tower.
“Great! I’m going!” Purple Heart cried, as she flew down to the Fairy Tower as fast as she could. After transforming back into her human form, Neptune slid the USB memory stick into the terminal and waited until the final Fairy Tower activated. “I did it! This is it!” Neptune cheered, as she threw her hands into the air.
“Congratulations Neptune.” Histoire said, as her holographic body appeared. “You did it.”
Purple Sister and Black Sister landed a few feet away from Neptune and changed back into their human forms. “Awesome! This is it!” Nepgear said, folding her hands together in front of her.
“Finally. It’s over!” Uni said, happily.
“Not yet.” Histoire said, closing her eyes. “There’s still a bit more to go.”
***
IF and Arfoire’s battle intensified. Even though Arfoire managed to get a few attacks in on IF, IF was much stronger and faster. Her attacks were efficient and slowly they began wearing Arfoire down.
“I can’t… Keep up… She might actually kill me.” Arfoire thought, as she took a defensive stance and blocked as many of IF’s attacks as she could. After blocking five slashes of IF’s blades, she launched one of her own, but IF blocked the attack and with a flick of her wrists sent Arfoire’s sword flying away.
“This is it!” IF roared, as she kicked Arfoire in the chest sending her flying backwards.
Arfoire slammed into the ground and was about to get up, but she couldn’t feel her legs. “This is it.” Arfoire said, smirking. “Make it good.” Just as the words left Arfoire’s mouth, her memories returned and the pain stopped.
IF ran forwards and was about to cut Arfoire down, when Compa suddenly appeared in front of her. Compa held her arms out, a terrified look appeared on her face. “Iffy!” Compa cried.
IF skidded to a halt. “Compa! What are you doing?”
Tears began streaming down Compa’s cheeks. “Stop it Iffy! Don’t do this!” The girl cried.
IF opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. All IF could do was stand there looking at Compa. Suddenly IF felt ashamed. She looked down at her hands and sent her weapons away. “C-Compa… I… I mean…” IF stammered.
Compa didn’t say anything. Instead she walked up to IF and threw her arms around her friend. “It’s okay.” Compa said, stroking the back of IF’s head. “Everything’s okay now.”
IF felt a lump form in her throat and her eyes started to burn. “I’m… Sorry.” IF breathed.
“I’m sorry.” Arfoire muttered. “This isn’t me. This isn’t what I wanted.”
“Then why did you do this?” IF asked.
“I… I remember everything. This was all her fault. I told her no, but she did this to me.” Arfoire said, as tears began trickling down her cheeks as well.
IF swallowed hard as she and Compa turned their eyes to Arfoire. “What are you talking about?” IF asked, trying to stay calm. “Who is this ’she’ you’re talking about?”
Arfoire took a deep breath. “Rei Ryghts.”
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