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Clash of Realms
CHP48: Setting a Trap

The group relocated miles from where they initially settled and came across a small village; one in which the vampire was familiar with. It was close in proximity and for that reason alone it was decided as the best spot to lay low for a little while.
"Where are the others?" the elf lieutenant stepped into the open doorway of Miukei's room where she found both Dinah and the vampire.
"Not far," Dinah confirmed. "Luke is out back getting some air, Pez went to check the outer borders of the village to make sure we weren't being followed. The other took off for the market to pick up some refreshments."
"Good to know," she moved further into the room and sitting over the edge of the bed.
The elf royal carried with her a bag, which she unzipped and began going through some of the contents inside. There was a set of clothing and boots which she pulled out and neatly laid out over the bed. Next she did the same with one map.
"In accordance to our current position, it is most ideal that we strike here first. It keeps us on track to the desert without falling off track, but a stop in between we must make. A hawk tribe that's familiar with the area and will offer materials and assist," Isla looked to Miukei. "They're one of Vindellorien's outside allies I told you about. They're mostly versatile in infiltration and gaining intel."
"And this tribe is where?" Miukei looked down over the map.
Her eyes followed Isla's finger over the surface as she pointed out a specific location.
"Here, it'll be quite the ride. And you're going to accompany me, but not dressed like that. You will appear under the guise of Cecily Hadlee, my right hand and sword. A soldier of higher rank in Vindellorien rarely travels without his or her second in command."
"You want me to dress up and be your little assistant?" the vampire chucked in amusement. "I don't mind a little dress up and roleplay, but I have my doubts that I'll pass as an elf."
"You will, and Cecily had never acquainted herself with the tribe, another detail that will work in our corner. This outfit will dismiss any speculations, once you change."
Miukei's eyes lowered over the attire just as those words came out.
"And the rest of us?" Dinah cut in. "Will we tag along as well?"
"No," the elf shook her head. "Just us, it won't take long. We'll make our journey first thing in the morning and if all goes smoothly we should return be evening. We'll need a boat to get to where we need, and the tribe can provide."
"Good to know you have connections," Dinah smiled.
"Well then," Miukei took hold of the clothing over the bed. "Let's see how I look in this getup."
The vampire hummed as she skipped out of the room.
XXX
Her initial response after the call with Tsukune was to push everything aside and excuse herself from the event and she would have and excused herself with an undisclosed dilemma. And if not for Tsukune convincing her not to, Akasha would have been out the moment their conversation ended but instead she returned to her father's side and presenting herself as if nothing happened. For the next hour she waited around, engaged in small conversations and had a few drinks which helped to settle her. It was after the scheduled dance that she excused herself and there was really no one that noticed with all the crowds of attendees and for those that did they didn't think much of it. Attendants had been entering and leaving the event constantly. And once out of sight the Dark Lord used a special device to relocate herself and that's where she found Tsukune.
The first thing that she did was inspect her surroundings and right away determined that she wasn't in the monster world. Tsukune approached her from a nearby tree and the moon glowing down over them.
"This is where they retreated," the headmaster of yokai academy spoke. "They wanted something within the academy's underground archive, but I don't know what. Where is Moka-san, I tried calling her but she wasn't answering. I thought she was supposed to be with you after she returned from Gotham. I received a message from her hours ago."
"That's right, but she didn't feel up to attending the event so she opted out. I don't know how she decided to spend her evening," Akasha shook her head honestly. "But let's not get off track, you said the one leading them went by the name Daizo and he was a werewolf, yes."
Tsukune nodded his head and breathing out.
"And other than that I don't have much. A few students suffered minor injuries, but nothing serious and I've since updated the security barrier to better protect the academy. I fought them off and when they realized they wouldn't be able to take me down, they retreated to this place. We exchanged a few blows here, but by then they weren't really interested in fighting but more so getting away. That isn't the last I've seen of them, whatever is in the archive they want bad and will stop at nothing to get it," Tsukune's shoulders lowered as his eyes closed for a moment. "Akasha-san, you knew and were close with Tenmei Mikogami… any clue as to what those guys might be after? Probably far-fetched and then there's the timing, it was all just so random."
The academy was Tsukune's responsibility and his alone, but that didn't stop Akasha from being equally if not more upset than the headmaster with the events which unfolded.
"Sorry, I don't," Akasha shook her head sadly. "The three of us were close, but there was much we didn't know about each other. All of us had our secrets. Daizo is something we have to work off of, I'll request a meeting with Kenzie Jie of Reinganar."
"The werewolf chief commander," Tsukune scratched at the side of his head. "Did I hear right that he isn't very fond of you? How do you know he'll cooperate or even accept the invitation for that matter?"
"I'm a Dark Lord, he'll have no choice. If it means me riding into Reinganar, then so be it but that won't be an issue once he's given the details. Yokai Academy represents the entire realms species and he won't be happy to hear an attack was directed at it. But what about you, Tsukune. Are you sure you're okay?"
"Perfectly fine," he smiled with the nod of his head. "That gang barely put a scratch on me, and it isn't them that I'm worried about but who they might be working for. Fairy Tale is already on the horizon, we don't need another problem on top of another."
Tsukune's fists clinched but then eased up as Akasha laid a gentle hand over his left shoulder.
"Don't stress, we're all in this together. What do you say we return to the academy together and have a look inside the academy's archive and see if we can't find what they might possibly have been after."
"You don't have to do that, Akasha-san. I don't want to take you away from your work and…"
"Of course I do," she cut him off. "We're family, and what happened cannot be overlooked or tolerated. Father shall know, and the persons responsible will be brought to justice. Shall we."
The Dark Lord created a vortex in front of them using the same device she did to jump between the two realms.
"After you," Tsukune smiled, relieved and thankful to have someone so powerful and resourceful as his mother in law.
XXX
She swam as she always did. With grace and smiled as bubbles slipped past her face when she exhaled. Her flipper glided through the water, as she ran her fingers through the sand while she swam near the bottom of the sea.
"Where is it," she said, barely moving her lips.
The cave. She was looking for the cave. She was royalty and the youngest sister of Queen Yasmine Laurent, of Aqualanteis. The youngest of three in total, her name Aikita Laurent. The mermaid grew worried as her search grew closer and closer to shore. Her parents and older siblings had always warned her to stay away from the shallow end, and sand hills. Enemies of Aqualanteis were always looking to set traps and attack those of their kind from those locations. But the cave in particular was around here somewhere, she knew that for sure. From behind a small gold fish latched onto her fin and she smirked while paying it no attention as she picked up speed. In just a short minute Aikita found it! The cave was just ahead, not to close to the beachfront, but not too far either. Her velocity increased, for she was excited to meet with her closes friend and battle partner who she hadn't seen in over two years when she'd been stationed in another sea base, miles and miles away from the capital. Aikita was nothing short of ecstatic when she received the message that her old pal would be venturing these parts of the seas for a few days. This cave had been the place they used to escape from everything as children and would spend hours there. It was like their sacred haven. She was outside the cave. Just then, she got nervous thinking back to those days.
She looked up, the cave was high. It reached all the way to the surface. Setting eyes over it really brought back memories. Taking a few moments for her anxiety to pass, the mermaid swallowed back as her fin flapped from side to side as she swam upward thinking about how she would greet her friend, or what she might say first. At the entrance and as she slowly moved inside, she was feeling confident.
"Meg? Meg? Are you here, it's me?"
She shrieked at the sight of something, and it didn't appear to be who she was expecting. Whatever it was wasn't a mermaid, like she was expecting. It was a massive warrior octopus and judging by the visible mark on its left side, of an undersea mob on the capital's most wanted!
"No!" she shouted. "You aren't Meg!"
She quickly floated away and waved her fin as she took off as fast as she could. The mermaid was half-expecting something like this might happen, as in the messages sent Meg continuously specified that she come alone. It never really was her friend, but these criminals the entire time and that was gut wrenching to think about. The octopus chased her. She felt shallow for ignoring the signs and not seeing this coming, and her instincts to run took over as the octopus charged her. Its tentacles stretched out and seized the beautiful mermaid.
"You will be made an example of, royal trash!" it growled.
She screamed and broke free of his hold and flapped her fin from side to side. In a panic she swam straight up, towards the sunlight! The first thought that came to mind was, "Oh no!" It wouldn't surprise her if the attacker was collaborating with surface dwellers to ensure her capture, but looked over her shoulder and seeing that the Octopus was gaining ground on her. She was just about two feet from the surface when the unexpected happened and a long spear was launched through the water and stabbing right into the side of the octopus as it squealed in pain while bleeding out. Next thing she knew Queen .Yasmine Laurent appeared, dealing a powerful strike to the side of the octopus's head and pulling out her spear as it was sent further and further in the opposite direction. But the queen wasn't alone, but four warrior mermen at her side. The octopus cursed aloud, retreating as fast as it could and the queen's frown falling over her younger sister.
"I'm disappointed in you, Aikita. You should have conspired with others of the palace before making such an idiotic choice," Yasmine snatched her younger sister by the arm. "I've seen the letter, and if you had taken the time to read it over more carefully you would have realized the signature was forged. You will always be a target, all of us within the royal family. That Octopus was Kloruss, I recognized him. He's an A class convict who's name has constantly been linked with the ocean mobs. Most recently there's been rumors of him linked to a surface world gang. The Xsouviz. That's what they're called. We've always preached communication haven't we?"
"Yes," the younger mermaid buried her face into the side of the queen.
Yasmine then let out a sigh as she shook her head.
"Let's head back, and when we do you and I are going to have a long talk," Yasmine said.
"Uhhhh," Aikita groaned.
XXX
Already suited and inside the cockpit of the batplane, the Batman was in route to Bulgari, finishing a conversation with the Green Lantern. There was a built in communications system within the cockpit which he talked through, communicating with another.
"Clark, we have a problem," Batman spoke as the call was answered on the other end.
"Problem?" Clark Kent walked the corridors of the Daily Planet with his com device active, but presented himself calmly.
He waved to Perry as he passed into the next room and peaked around making sure he was alone.
"Another Fairy Tale sighting, Bulgaria. I'm on my way now. Get there when you can, Batman out," the dark knight said as the conversation concluded with that.
Clark silently scowled as he clamped his hand, staring at nothing particular in the room. The timing couldn't have been any worse, already behind on a paper. But it couldn't be helped, he was needed elsewhere and there was no time to waste. Without wasting another moment, Clark put everything aside and took off for the nearest elevator and down to the first level. In and out of the back doors in a flash and checking his surroundings, he was into the skies and zipping in circles as he changed attire. Fairy Tale had been stacking up on members, so there was no telling who or what awaited him but he would be ready for it no matter what.
His trip to Bulgaria was a short one as he passed through the earth's atmosphere before rocketing downward and covering the distance in just over half a minute. Upon arrival, he flew high trying to survey the ground below, and his super hearing picked up on the screams of the frightened citizens and the sound of police vehicles.
He knew first key to finding an enemy was to look for them with caution as most times jumping in wasn't the best course of action. He wanted to first assess the situation and find out what he could and not compromise his stance. There were those of his enemies that would attack him on sight and a confrontation out in the open would put innocents in jeopardy with the impact that would come.
"Batman, can you hear me?" Superman started as he got static for a couple of seconds before he heard the caped crusader's voice through the com. "Where are you?"
"A Factory District. Check your map, it's half a mile from your current position and Fairy Tale is here," Batman answered before it was clicked off once more.
Superman looked down at the city and just northwest of where he floated as he took off with acceleration. With his enhanced vision and flying closer to the ground, so not to be seen by the enemy. Superman spotted Batman who was just passed a hill. But in just the short time that passed since they talked, the situation seemed to have taken a significant turn as not only the Dark Knight, but the Green Lantern, Aquaman and the Flash were engaged with Fairy Tale. They were outnumbered and it was clear the fighting had barely just began.
"Over there, he's here!" Raika pointed. "Superman!"
"Don't blow a fuse," Mordru stepped in beside the yokai. "We have plenty enough here to hold of the kryptonian and Justice League."
Among Fairy Tale's assembled group was Q-Bee, Kiria Yoshii, Metallo, Raika, Cheetah, Kuyo, Kahlua Shuzen, Killer Frost, Bizarro and a new recruit in the form of Black Manta. Kal didn't have much the opportunity to assess the situation as he was met by the pale skinned kryptonian who led with his shoulder and knocking Superman sideways. Bizarro then picked up speed as he threw his arms around Superman and his momentum carrying both as the plummeted into the ground below and a small crater created.
"Will crush Superman to bits!" Bizarro raised his arms over his head and slammed them downward over Superman.
The kryptonian managed to grab hold of both wrists of his opponent and forcing the enemy back as he delivered a powerful strike to Bizarro's jaw as he was driven through the air.
"What is happening here?!" Superman called out to Aquaman, who was closes.
"Beneath us," Arthur pointed at the ground while at the same time dodging an incoming ice shard from Killer Frost. "A single Chirismoy shell is beneath us."
Having enhanced vision as he did was truly a great tool and advantage as Kal took a look for himself, but mysteriously there was no sign of it. But as he gave it more thought, this didn't surprise him and he knew the answer as to why. He looked out passed most the action and his eyes over Mordru. If his hunch was right, that man was the only one currently over the battlefield with the means of unlocking the magic piece from what would be considered an invisible barrier to the naked eye. From behind Bizarro again rushed down Superman, but this time met by a combined ki blast from up high. A majority of those on the battlefield looked upward and spotted two bats. One with long green hair and batwings spreading out of both her head and body. The other beside her had short pink hair, with a similar outfit and with two pairs of batwings herself.
"Of all times, you show your face here… Morrigan Aensland!" Q-Bee growled, while glaring at the person she despised most.
Her unsuspecting arrival was a surprise to all, but for the caped crusader he was more interested in knowing who the other was beside her. With his ability to detect monster energies, he felt the similar levels in both Morrigan and the unknown. What could it mean?
"Well isn't this something," Morrigan chuckled as she looked to her other half. "We made it just in time for a battle, this ought to be a doozy."
Morrigan cracked her knuckles whilst Lilith giggled.
"So exciting," she looked to Morrigan as she scratched at her side. "Who's good and who's bad?"
"There, there and there," Morrigan pointed out all members of the JLA. "Anyone that isn't them is an enemy."
"Got it, time to play," Lilith rubbed her hands together. "I haven't had fun like this in a while."
Morrigan barely turned her head and by then Q-Bee was already up and over her. The succubus used her wings to block the incoming attacks, as she attacked. Lilith hovered around and running a finger through her hair while humming to herself.
"Hhhhmm, who should I go after first?" she felt her inner competitive juices mounting.
Her conversations with Morrigan did touch on Fairy Tale and its members, but nothing in depth. But for her that wasn't a concern, figuring things on the fly was all part of the fun as she saw it.
"Outside allies of the league, pfff," Mordru clutched his fists. "Keep them busy, just a little while longer and I'll have what we came for."
"Do what you need to," Kiria replied.
Flapping her wings while diving down Lilith eyed Raika, but as she came within a foot of him she was met by a powerful kick from her left side. Instinctively she reacted and blocked with her wing, knocking Kuyo back as she skidded in the opposite direction.
"A new face," Kuyo tightened his fists. "Ched overlooked the likes of you, but I suppose everything cannot be accounted for. What a shame, hate to have to be the one to put a pounding on a mere school girl."
"Hehe, I'm a lot older than I look. Don't underestimate me."
The pink haired succubus confidently jumped into a fighting stance, waiting and smiled as both Kuyo and Raika came at her simultaneously. The promptly realized she was stronger, shifty and overall faster than what they were anticipating.
"The Justice League will flop, Lantern," Cheetah extended her claws. "Your efforts are futile. All you're doing is delaying the inevitable."
She lashed forward and tried clawing at him, but unable to pass through the brick wall that his ring formed. Metallo came at him from the other side and the Green Lantern was ready for him as he created a boxing glove and smashed it into the chest of the enemy. Metallo ended up over the ground some distance away, and stood shaking himself off. But he looked outward and spotting the JLA's speedster in red who appeared to be giving others of Fairy Tale trouble.
"He must be neutralized!" Metallo took off in that direction.
"It's been a while since the last time," Kahlua stood in front of the caped crusader. "Akua-nee got in the way, but there will be no such thing this time around. Prepare yourself, I will not hold back."
They had mostly been in a standstill, Batman watching the vampire's eyes lower over the ground for some moments while he kept still. When her head rose, that's when he saw them; the tears in her eyes. She wasn't joking, he knew exactly what this meant strictly from his collected data. The tears trickled down her cheeks as she blitzed the Batman, but two smoke canisters dropped down in front of his boots and creating a smoke screen.
Both her speed and elusiveness had taken a significant jump, but the caped crusader staying patient and waiting for an opening while at the same time taking note of the way she chose to attack and approach him. Her style was far more erratic than that of Akua and the difference in skill was also very noticeable. The older of the two was much further along, but that didn't mean Kahlua was any less dangerous. This was the mindset as he moved in on her and lands his first few blows to her gut which she left open and then a spinning kick which saw the vampire off her feet and falling over her side. While downed, Kahlua threw out her legs trying to leg sweep the dark knight who jumped up and avoided the attempt. She rolled over and again stood as she faced him, taking off in a full sprint whilst throwing out a variety of swipes which he blocked and countered with powerful shots over her body.
Up top Q-Bee and Morrigan went at it, swiping and cutting at each other, with little damage done on either side. Q-Bee dodged around and off to the side as Morrigan threw out a barrage of energy blasts in the form of bats, being her signature soul fist attack. A select few connected over the enemy and forcing her back and giving the succubus the opening she needed. The queen of Makai swooped in over Q-Bee and transforming her wings into blades as she stabbed into her. Shrieking aloud Q-Bee fell out of the sky and plunged to the ground.
Coughing out, Q-Bee rolled over on her side and only halfway stood as the body of Killer Frost smashed into her side and she was again dropped to the ground. From afar Aquaman rubbed his hands together having been the one responsible. Flash on the other hand was casually Black Manta, and even taunting. Mordru created an electrical barricade around himself, hoping to buy the necessary time needed to finish what he needed to. The Flash sped around laying shots on Kiria Yoshii, and at such a velocity that the yokai didn't realize he was even being hit until he felt the impact of each blow seconds later. The same was done to Cheetah who was continuously knocked off balance as she his and sneered.
"Up, up and away!"
The Flash got behind and taking hold of her tail as he spun her around as his legs vibrated and picked up speed with a miniature tornado forming around them! He then quickly let loose and tossed her far outward into the side of a mountain which cracked and shattered on impact. Flash clapped and rubbed his hands together with a smile.
"Home-run!" the speedster saluted, right before looking in the direction of Mordru. "What is taking him… I'll have only a few seconds when the time comes."
The body off Bizarro came crashing down in the direction of Flash who easily just sidestepped, and looking to the sky where Superman hovered with his arms crossed. Bizarro growled and punched into the ground as he again took to the air and went right for the man of steel, but halfway there he was met by a speeding green rocket which was constructed from the Lantern's ring and exploding over Bizarro who was again knocked out of the sky
A bright blaze redirected everyone's focus to what was the middle of the battlefield and what was that of a stage that appeared out of nowhere and surrounded by curtains. For only a few seconds this lasted and when the curtains elevated it was Raika and Kuyo that appeared on stage. And shockingly to the onlookers the two yokai were dancing and did so in sync with one another.
"What the hell are you two doing?!" Kiria shouted.
"I… I don't know. My body is acting on its own!" Kuyo responded.
"Same, I can't move a freakin muscle, that damn bitch has full control!" Raika added while looking outside the stage and to the pink haired succubus.
Her outfit had changed, most noticeably her batwings absent and she instead wore a black/red bunny outfit with fishnet stockings, bunny ears and tail. She held a conductor's baton which the succubus waved around and controlling the action onstage.
"Yipee, yes! This is so much fun," Lilith spun around on one foot and her other leg raised off the ground.
The entire time she sang to herself and increasing her pace. In a quick wink at her audiences she abruptly leaped up onstage and tossed the baton aside as she began dancing alongside them.
"What am I even seeing right now…" Killer Frost's jaw dropped.
The batwings returned, sprouting from her back as she shaped them into a bow, grabbing hold of Kuyo and shooting him off as if he were an arrow. Lilith simultaneously did the same with Raika, watching both smash into each other over the ground but she wasn't yet done. For an encore Lilith fired off a large soul fist blast which exploded over and separated them.
"Now that was a fantastic performance and finish, give it up to them," Lilith again spun around as bats surrounded her body.
She was redressed in her original attire when the bats subsided. Right around then, the foundation beneath their feet really began to shake.
"I have it!" Mordru shouted aloud.
Everyone looked in the sorcerer's general direction as a portion of the ground in front of him exploded and a dazzling light coming from within. The small object floated upward towards his hands and just inches away when in a split second it disappeared.
"What the," Mordru's eyes broadened.
"Looking for this? Thanks for digging this bad boy up, not sure we would have been able to get to it otherwise," the Flash gave him a thumbs up.
"They have the shell!" Q-Bee yelled.
Mordru raised a hand and aiming right at the speedster but before he could do a thing, divisions of bats appeared from out of nowhere, flapping and swiping at his body and Morrigan the one controlling them from afar. During this the speedster had taken off faster than anyone could conceive, knowing the importance of the magic piece. The bats retreated on Morrigan's command, as more of them appeared but this time engulfing the entirety of the JLA. Fairy Tale could do nothing but watch the bats retreat into the skies and disappear in seconds with the Justice League gone and the Chirismoy shell in their possession.
XXX
He observed from a crouched position, staying hidden and silent as he did. Venturing the frontlines was something he did only on occasion to check up on things. The ogre mastermind mostly allowed his followers and under links to deal with the hands on, but today was one of those exceptions. The Ogre overseeing the goblins seemed to be in the perfect position; alone, relaxed, and thoroughly focused on their usual village duties. It was just one of another small landmark that he would claim for himself. With a motion of his hand, Ilon Kreing signaled his unit's advance to the tree line.
"What are you doing?"
"Silence, Akua," the ogre looked to the vampire. "You wanted to see how we worked, and now will be your opportunity to get a front row seat. Do not interfere, you're here only as a spectator, don't forget that."
She said nothing further as things slowly progressed from behind the scenes. The small goblin village hadn't any clue what was to come. Ilon stood up and unsheathed his sword, his warriors doing the same. Forward they leapt, rushing the targets tarp, goblins scrambling all over as fire arrows were shot. The Ogre grinned as he saw them, trampling over each other as they tried to run to safety but there was none of that no matter which way they tried running.
It was a glamorous sight and the ogre mastermind just couldn't get enough of it. Of course there were a select few who tried fighting back, but their efforts were for nothing as they were either met by a soaring projectile or cut down.
"Dispose of their weapons and ammunition, allow them no opportunities," Ilon walked around the village boarders as his men followed his directions.
The opposition was done, he could see it in their eyes. Ilon walked towards the trees where he found a frightened goblin child.
"Hey boy! It'll all be over soon, just sit here and you will not be harmed."
Others of the goblins receded, the tree line absorbing them as they took off and evading their homes. But even as they did their attackers followed and the non-warriors were taken down and gathered up.
Ilon continued to walk at the edge of the camp, staring at a thick handled dagger. It had been one he crafted himself. It was beautiful, despite the harsh lines and the menacing blade. The steel was unblemished; the handle was engraved with a simple, forceful pattern. The viciousness of it made Ilon stare, made him desire to use it. He was a trained warrior, and felt it was his born purpose. But in the past few years he had found himself on the sidelines and controlling things from there and his pupils like his little puppets. With a sigh, he sheathed the dagger and put it aside. The ogre surveyed his soldiers as they continued to do what they did best and Akua doing the same from not far away. She was the only member among Fairy Tale that made the trip to meet with him that elected to stay back and accompany him on this voyage of sorts, if nothing more than to see how the Xsouvizs operated.
Ilon's thoughts turned inward as he listened to the screams of the retreating. At this very moment an observer would have been granted a rare insight of the ogre general. He had a flowing magnificence about him. His bones seemed to meld together to make his face appear without edges or planes. At other times, when Ilon walked, it was in a single motion; he moved forward as a petal moved downward in the air. Relentless, and yet brilliantly graceful. He looked forward to some of the activity unfolding out in front of him, but snapped out of it as there was a tap at his shoulder.
"I miss the point to this all. What is your reason here, other than to spread trepidation … what's to gain? If I'd known this is what would take place, I wouldn't have stayed behind for this show."
Ilon laughed as he turned and looked to Akua who managed to sneak up on him.
"Lots, woman. The focal purpose is to expand our territory, and those of the villages and lands we conquer have only two options. Submit or die. Those with military training are especially useful, and they're forced to become our eyes and ears, too scared out of their minds not to abide."
"You really think this true?" the vampire looked out over the burning village. "They will conspire behind your backs."
"You think we don't foresee and disband such attempts. Those that would try such or even think of doing so are put down faster than they can think, the newly conquered are on twenty four seven, surveillance."
Akua lightly bit at her lower lip, just as her eyes closed for a moment.
"You're an absolute barbarian, Ilon."
Taking this as a compliment, the ogre merely smiled.
XXX
The sun had already long since fallen and it was nearly midnight, but she wasn't yet ready to call it a night and so she traveled out into the woods but not very far. From there she set up a couple dozen targets and went right to work as she fired off arrows from her bow. Twelve targets in a row she struck with perfection and as she went for her next shot, the elf's ears twitched and she instead lowered her bow. He appeared from over the hill dressed in gray and jean pants.
"You've been away for a while, just checking to see if yur good. You're looking better than good if I must say," Luke scratched at the back of his head. "Poised, sharp, armed and dangerous."
Isla repositioned and eyed him as he drew nearer.
"I'll need to be at my best and ready for what lies ahead. What we're trying to accomplish is an almost impossible task. But you must be thrilled, I imagine. You will be returning home soon."
"For months I've thought about it, hell it feels like it's been years. Until we reach this desert or whatever, celebrating is just gonna have to wait."
She halfway grinned, in a strange way happy for both he and Dinah.
"Question. How did the two of you do it? Freeing us and disposing of the camp?"
"Easy. We had access to the layout and schematics of the campsite and took our time setting up time bombs. Miukei discovered where they were holding you all, and from there it made executing the rescue mission feasible."
"I figured as much," Isla tilted her head.
Luke moved in closer beside the elf as he breathed out.
"The night you escaped and… slept with me, why?"
The elf turned her body and facing the other way.
"I don't have anything to say…"
No conviction and hesitant is what he gathered from her tone.
"You wanted to escape so that you could do what you felt needed to be done, but why that? The conversation, stories and getting intimate. The whole act wasn't needed if your plan was to hightail outta there."
She rolled her eyes and still with her back to him.
"True, you were relaxed and your guard down the moment you entered my cell. A very thoughtless move, regardless of your view towards me."
"Careless, sure. It looked one way, but I can assure you my guard was up the entire time. I'd say I'm pretty good at reading people and the vibes I got from you in that moment told me all I needed to know. Don't get it twisted, had you came at me violently I would have been ready to defend myself."
Isla shrugged her shoulders, but knew his question had not yet been answered and he probably wouldn't get off the subject. Her eyes were over the grass and when she did eventually look up the distance between them had shortened.
"The truth, you really want to know?" she looked up at him.
He nodded while she stood with her hands dangling behind her back and below her waist.
"Because I wanted too," she lightly bit at her tongue. "When you entered the cell I began planning my escape in that very moment. None of those included seducing you. It just sort of happened that way."
"Okay," Luke crossed his arms. "And at what point did you make this decision?"
Her expression was blank as she again shrugged.
"Somewhere during the middle of our conversations, I suppose," her voice came out soft but coy. "And I knew you wouldn't resist, which was the final deciding factor."
And just like that they were only inches apart, Luke feeling the elf's breath over his flesh. But she took things a bit further in rubbing up against him and brushing her lips over his left cheek. His body flinched as a reaction as she then gently kissed at his lips.
"No, not again," Luke rested his hands over her shoulders and forcing the elf back.
"Oh come on," Isla pushed him up against a tree. "I can't be the only one that enjoyed it…"
His eyes fell upon the ground as he ran a hand over his forehead
"Doesn't matter, this circumstance and everything that's ahead… we shouldn't. It would get really complicated."
Her next action threw him for a loop as she raised her arms and massaged them over his chest as she pulled at his collar somewhat. Her left hand lowered down downward over his stomach and below his waist and Isla smiling the entire time.
"It's late, it's dark… and it's just the two of us. What happened doesn't have to be a onetime thing, if we don't want it. This doesn't have to be anything serious. Live for the moment."
Luke swallowed back as he fumbled through his thoughts, but didn't have a response. Subsequently her lips pressed over his left cheek and then downward over his neck and continued doing the same on the other side when he didn't try and stop her.
"Just tonight, you'll return home soon and won't have the opportunity for this again. Right here, right now. Here in the woods. We risk being caught if we return to the cabin. And out here, it's dark enough that anyone passing would have trouble spotting us from any significant distance."
The elf lieutenant lifted both arms and wrapped them around his neck, and they looked into each other's eyes. The only thing he could think to say was her name, which he did so in a whisper. It was then that she pulled him down into a kiss and Luke going along with this as he wrapped his arms around her while the kiss deepened.
Soon thereafter she was lifted off her feet and spun around so that her back was against the tree; Luke kissing at her lips, neck and exposed cleavage. She moaned just before reaching out and unbuttoning Luke's shirt and lowering herself as she kissed at his abs and Luke tossing the shirt aside completely. It was a relatively warm night, so the surroundings weren't a bother. Isla removed her own top as Luke kissed at the right side of her neck and making his way down and did so over her breasts, switching between both. She moaned and groaned as he sucked and licked.
"Do… do you hear that?" she asked between grunts. "I think something is out there."
Her ears were perked up as he continued pleasuring her.
"I don't hear anything," he moved up, kissing at the left side of her neck. "You're being paranoid."
She smiled as they kissed at each other and removed more clothing. They were with locked lips as Isla kicked off her boots and pulled Luke down on top of her over the grass as they made out.
"Don't wait up, go for it," she whispered as they broke the kiss.
He did exactly as she commanded, arching his back and inserting himself while Isla groaned as her fingernails grazed his back. She wrapped both her arms and legs around him as he picked up the pace and she cried out his name.
XXX
King Fafnir wandered the halls of the Arcenill Mount castle. There was not much to do, considering Commander Benjamin Castillo had taken most the top ranks with him for an intense training exercise. The dragon king considered taking a nice horseback ride and meeting with Queen Lara Chao in regards to the Gala Beat scheduled to kick off in less than 36 hours, but whom should he go with? Getting from point A to B was easy for any dragon. Transportation was never a problem for their kind, using their natural abilities of flight. But that wasn't what this was about, Fafnir very much enjoying the thrill of the ride. It was why he had grown an obsession and taking a liking to motorcycles of the human world.
With two fingers to his chin and scratching, the dragon thought about who he should take along. It was always a lot more fun with a riding partner. Should he take Kirk? He was undoubtedly the best rider—no he was probably too busy flirting with the damsel stable girl. Afanasi would probably need the exercise. Fafnir also knew exactly where Afanasi loved to hang out, so it would not pose a problem finding him in the castle.
When the dragon king entered the tavern he quickly scanned the small area for his comrade, but all he saw was the bartender, the drama producer (whom he didn't make eye contact with, he didn't want to be forced into collaborating with another one of those things) and the three up and coming musicians were also nearby. He did not feel like searching the entire length of the castle for the dragon, and contemplated just taking off on his own.
The only other warrior in the entire room stood from her seat and began walking for the door. Fafnir, still feeling disgruntled about no riding partner, did not notice. She was calling to her companions and did not notice him either. She and the king turned to each other at that precise moment, but it was not enough time for her to stop as she ran right into him and fell backwards.
"Miss Varvara," he said, regaining his balance. "Are you all right?"
The king held out his hand to help her up.
"Yes," she said, taking his hand with a smile. "How clumsy of me. I am so sorry, sir. I'm a little too eager to get out."
"Don't mean to pry," Fafnir coughed and clearing his throat. "Where would you happen to be heading?"
"Nowhere in particular, just riding, sir," she responded.
"Really?" he asked.
The woman nodded and met his eyes for the first time. She all of a sudden felt very strange. It was unpleasant and quite unfamiliar. She felt very warm, like she had a fever, but that was silly! She was fine just two seconds ago.
"Are you all right?" he asked, becoming somewhat concerned.
The change in her expression and apparent discomfort was very visible to the dragon king.
"You're not ill, my lady?"
"N-no," she said, flustered for the first time in weeks. "I'm fine, my king."
Why did he affect her like this? Come to think of it this was the first time she really ever communicated like this with him face to face.
"I was going for a ride as well," he smirked. "Would you like to accompany me to meet with, Queen Lara to finalize some details on the Gala Bang?"
"The phoenix queen… of course!" she exclaimed. "I'd be delighted, Sir Fafnir."
She nodded still feeling warm all over. Varvara had a few words with her comrade before taking off with the dragon king and just a few steps behind him. They were to the west side of the castle and outside as they headed for the ranch stable.
"Oh!" Varvara exclaimed. "I was never very good at this."
She was having trouble getting onto her horse. Fafnir looked over at the struggling dragoness beside him and slid down off his own.
"Let me help," he offered.
He put his hands on her waist and lifted her up onto the saddle. He heard a faint "oh" of surprise and saw her cheeks go red.
"Th-thank you, my king," she said, gripping the reins.
He pushed himself up onto his own horse and they were off. They met very few monsters, which was good, considering it was a business trip and wanted to avoid as many potential delays as possible. There was a reason for the event which was initiated by the dragon king and collaborating with Queen Lara Chao. On the outside it appeared as just another typical yokai affair, but it was far from just that. The dragon wasn't at all oblivious to what was occurring within the realm as of late, and there was no better opportunity than this to lay out the bait and pull in the prey.
XXX
The Dark Lord did exactly as she said she would and accompanied Tsukune back to the academy where they headed straight for the underground archive. And together they began looking around, but there were so many files and documents that it would probably take weeks to look through all of them. It was two hours into their search in the massive area, and they had not yet found anything that seemed of significance that an outsider would so badly want to get his or her hands on. Part of the problem was how ill-organized the early documents seemed to be. Some, especially the lists were mixed up with legal texts, it was just Tenmei Mikogami's way of organizing things in his own special way. There was another of Tsukune's assistances that he summoned to help with their search, who just so happened to venture the archive at least two to four times a month, and knew generally which section different items of certain subject matters were placed.
He was very helpful to both vampires and went wherever Tsukune directed him, while at the same time doing some digging of his own. As the bright moonlight streamed through the windows, Tsukune contemplated finishing for the evening and returning to his home for a supper, hoping Moka had returned and cooked up one of his favorites. Akasha was only a couple feet away from him and examining a couple different stacks including a few charts. The headmaster of the academy let out a sigh and focused his attention over a few items recovered from nearby shelves, and examined the strange objects, which had seemed initially unpromising but just about deserved a second look.
Akasha on the other-hand was flipping through parchment scrolls, and she saw something that almost made her breath catch her throat. From the corner of his eye Tsukune perceived the expression over her face and became interested, dropping all of what he was doing.
"Akasha-san," he moved in closer to her. "Did you find something?"
"I don't know… possibly," she dawdled a finger over the surface.
The hand writing was certainly that of her old friend's, bits and pieces of it anyway. Taking a step back and his arms crossed Tsukune breathed out but still with his eyes over the Dark Lord.
"It's getting late, you should call it a night… and as will I. Thanks for the support but going through all this stuff is going to take forever, a lot longer than I thought. I've got staff members in place that specialize in this sort of thing. You should return to the castle and rest up for the night, you'll be better suited elsewhere and not killing hours down here. But Daizo, if you can find out anything on him that would be…"
"Already told you that I would, consider it done," Akasha smiled at him, but with three of the sheets in hand. "Mind if I take these with me? I'd like to take a closer look and return them after I'm finished."
"No need to ask, do as you please. You're the Dark Lord and family," Tsukune smiled.
Before taking to the exit Tsukune set various items back into place where they found them.
"I'll stop by the castle tomorrow morning, if that's okay. That way we can follow-up. I've already had a letter forwarded to Apollo, which he should receive by the morning, detailing what happened at the academy."
"Stop by whenever, I'll be there and so too will Sasha. I have her for the next few days. Rest assured, those persons which were responsible for attacking the academy will be sought and captured."
Tsukune grinned, and hearing those words especially from her made him believe it. Still, what was it they were after? What had Tenmei Mikogami been hiding, if anything at all?
XXX
He materialized over the teleportation dock in a flash of light and working his way down the steps to his right. Up ahead and through the double doors, Cyborg heard voices but far as he knew there should have only been one member present, Aquaman who was assigned monitor duty. Cyborg was quickly through the door and the voices stemmed from further down the hall and seemingly coming from the conference room where he headed. And at entering he was somewhat taken off guard by the number of members present, but even more interesting was what he spotted at the center of the table.
"Cyborg," Aquaman waved at him. "Come on in and join us and we'll fill you in."
Arthur could see the confusion in the eyes of his teammate who slowly entered into the room and aside from league members he eyed the succubus that he knew as Morrigam, and more or less an outside ally of the team but that wasn't all. Across the table and sitting at the edge was another, someone that he didn't recognize, but dressed similarly to Morrigan and identical bat wings.
"So uh," he pointed out at Lilith. "Who is she?"
"Lilith, hiya," the pink haired introduced herself with a simple wave.
Victor remained standing as he moved in closer around the table where his teammates were seated.
"Another of the Chirismoy shells, fantastic," Cyborg said.
"Yup," the Green Lantern spoke. "You've been away from base in the last twenty hours, as with a select couple others so you don't know of a certain update. Nothing major, but it's going to prove beneficial in the search for those magic fragments and intercepting Fairy Tale in their quest. A little something at our disposal, curtsey of Doctor Fate."
Cyborg was very much interested to hear more about this, and it being Aquaman that walked all the way across the room and taking hold of a bronze colored item in the shape of a cube. It didn't look like much, but served a great purpose. At its core was a bright purple energy and giving off a magical radiance.
"This is how we knew when and where to track Fairy Tale. Turns out we were right that each of the shells share a connection to one another, each a piece to the larger puzzle. And in using that, Fate constructed this thing... nameless at the moment. But it acts as a detector, as in when something or someone is magically interacting with one of the pieces. In the case of this, Mordru," Aquaman continued on. "He used his magic to free and unlock whatever barrier was containing the shell…"
"And this creation worked as an alert system of sorts?" Cyborg crossed his arms.
"Exactly, spot on," the Flash gave him a thumbs up. "And soon enough we'll be able to track them willingly without any of the above. Fairy Tale can't and won't win, whichever way you look at it. We're going to use this to find their hideout and crash the party. Zatanna had tried, but wherever they're laying low is magic encrypted and protecting them from being traced… until now. They won't be hidden for much longer."
"A bit quick to claim victory," Superman exhaled. "We're in a good spot, I'll admit. And if it's true Zatanna can set this to track their base, then we can end this. I'm not suggesting we take them head on, not first without a plan."
Right away Cyborg looked to Batman, and the Flash doing the same but this going unnoticed by the others. Jitoshi Ichiro. The tracking device placed on him… they knew all too well the Justice League already possessed the ability to crash Fairy Tale's party. And it was Batman's decision that it be kept secret. For how much longer? Whatever the knight did, he had a reason for, but what this time? Morrigan was seated within one of the chairs and her feet propped up over the table while she leaned with her hands behind her head.
"A moment I can hardly await. Our worlds ride on this all, we cannot allow them to have their way," the succubus spoke.
Batman's eyes wondered for a few moments before falling over Lilith and sticking to her like glue.
"Lilith," his eyes narrowed. "That's your name, but who are you?"
There was a bit of silence that came after as everyone looked to succubus and with the same question, except for one member of the league. Superman coughed aloud and readied himself to speak, but Morrigan waved him off as she jumped up out of her chair and sitting over the table.
"A long story, hun. But to shorten it she's part of my being, and I mean literally," Morrigan looked between them. "This is who I wanted you to meet, the Batman and Justice League. They're quite the incredible bunch."
Green Lantern's left eye squinted as he scratched at the left side of his mask.
"Wait, did you say the same? Like sisters or…"
"It's more complicated than that," Superman shook his head. "Believe me."
Morrigan then raced to Batman's side and throwing her arms around him.
"And he's my lover!" she said excitedly.
Aquaman scratched at his scalp with half a smirk and the Flash letting out a chuckle and Batman with a frown as she rubbed the side of her head against his chin. Lilith wasn't capable of holding back a giggle of her own. She then pushed back and stood from the chair and raising her hands over her head and stretching. She walked around the table and her boots making a clicking sound over the ground as she walked around the table, eying each and every one of the present leaguers as she did. Her steps slowed up and she ultimately stopped in front of a single of them, looking up at him. Those standing off to the side said nothing, and Morrigan moving out in that direction with interest as to what her other half was up to.
"Superman," Lilith took two steps back and looking him up and down, while bowing her head. "I didn't get the chance to express myself the first we met, but it is truly an honor."
Her eyes scoured the other members, and a smile over her lips.
"To be in the company of you all, really. We reside in different worlds, but your talents and achievements are very well acknowledged in the upper and underground monster realms. I know about the run in with you and Jedah, and you know the connection I have to him. My first years were spent with him, so you could say I know him well. You came to Morrigan in hopes of finding more about him, but truth is you have all that you need."
Superman's eyes narrowed and others within the room looked on and just as he they weren't sure where she was going with this.
"His only way of putting you down was through corrupting your soul. It's what he does, peers into the souls of billions and consumes them with the darkest paths of their spirits. He had no way of physically putting you down," Lilith looked Superman in the eyes. "You're a natural being that neither of our worlds has ever beheld. A man with seemingly no limit and bottomless potential. Jedah can't beat you, not unless you allow him into your soul as he did the first time. Word of advice, put your compassion aside and let loose. I've seen and watched from afar, you can defeat him and he knows it. Yet I've been told, this isn't about the dark messiah."
The pink haired succubus moved away from Kal-El.
"But an entirety of powerful monsters and personal enemies of you all," Lilith looked around the room. "You can count me in, I will not allow them to extinguish the world of men or Makai."
To be continued
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