(GS3) Field: Hoshiko High School

[Cece Lockhart]

"Huh? War zone? And what's Link Joker? I was "Reversed"? What are you talking about? I think someone has been watching a lot of bad horror movies late at night, haha" Noel smiled poking at Rosalia's weird confusion, "Are you ok? You honestly looked freaked out." Noel looked a little concerned now while petting on Rosalia's head.

"You know what will be nice? Calling the group over, that way we can all be together and have some good fights!"

[RosaliaIzanami]

Rosalia instinctively swatted Noel's hand away, looking down at her hands. "N-no! I-i swear it's not a dream!..." S-something... Something something! There's has to be something that'll prove that this is real! She got up from her chair and started to pace. This couldn't all just be a dream... It was pretty specific of a dream... There was Yugure... and Darren said he was Reversed... He found his new friend who was Reversed by Hazama... And then Rosalia herself was Reversed by Neo-... "T-that's it!" She pulled out her deck that was at her hip, flipping through the cards carefully. Sure enough, her two crossrides of her Avatar, Tamer Luquier, were there in her deck... "S-see?! Reverse! Noel, this isn't a dream.. I was Reversed, and I Reversed you, but then I got Venus Luquier here after Seifer-..."

The redhead broke off, looking at her cards again. Then, she lowered her gaze further to her shoes. A bit of blood had dried on her shoes from... Seifer being stabbed by Yugure... "N-noely, I'm positive this isn't a dream... Seifer had... he had died... I was there... I-i promise you, I'm not lying! As much as I hate it, you were Reversed!.. You... You're supposed to be still Reversed!.. and I'm not sure why you aren't now, but please believe me!"

[Cece Lockhart]

Br-brother... is... dead...? No... this has to be some sort of bad joke...

"W-w-what are you talking about Rosalia? You... You always had those cards remember? You got them a few days ago! And stop playing like that, Seifer isn't dead! You can't say things like that as a joke!" Noel's voice started to crack a little, nerves going crazy internally after hearing that Seifer was possibly dead, "If you were right, if he WAS dead, why would we be here and not in a funeral? I'm sure if you call him now he would answer the phone! So stop playing around!"

[RosaliaIzanami]

"Luquier doesn't have crossrides like this normally, Noely! Reverse... Have you ever heard of Lock? That's not supposed to exist! If so, then why do I have a card that locks my rear-guards?! Venus is the evolution of that when I was brought back to my senses!" She paused and stared at Noel. If anything, this was a trap.. The redhead started to remember... She had gone into the school here, dodging Reverse Fighters that were Noel's minions... She watched Sky get Reversed... But now, Noel's voice started to break, and Rosalia remembered just how much she seemed to be obsessed with him in her Reversed state... Will Seifer dying break her out of it?... It's my only shot... Even if he is still alive now by a miracle.... If its for Noel...

"N-no, I swear! Seifer had died... I-i watched him bleed... L-look! There's blood on my shoes, and I promise you it was from that!" Rosalia took a step towards Noel to show her the shoe. There wasn't much of the dried blood, but it was there. "Noel.. I watched him die... I-it was an accident... A friend of ours held him after he was.. stabbed... I cried by his side... W-we couldn't even be at his funeral because right now, all of Rijuku is in shambles because of the Link Joker Invasion... Please, listen to me Noely... Snap out of it!"

[Cece Lockhart]

"I don't know what you are talking about! We always had the Lock ability!" Noel's already broken mind was slowly shattering more and more, unable to keep her composure together due to thinking of endless scenarios of how Seifer could of died. Rosalia wasn't going to be fooled so easily but for now everyone was staring at her like if she was crazy.

That was when Noel saw the bits of dried blood on Rosalia's shoe. She really wasn't lying. Seifer was truly... dead. No... no... he can't... "HE CAN'T!!" Everything went back to reality, the sunny day outside became once more a cloudy sky with the black and red ring hovering over the school again. She then grabbed her by the collar and pinned her to the wall and lifted her up. "YOU LIAR!! BROTHER CAN'T BE DEAD!! LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR!! YOU!! YOU WATCH HIM DIE!! I HATE YOU!! I HATE YOU!! I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Noel then drops Rosalia down and the red head's deck scattered across the floor. She then takes the copies of Venus Luquier and shows them to Rosalia. "You watched my brother die... now you will watch your beloved Luquier be torn right in front of you..." Noel started to laugh and cry at the same time. A sad sight to see because she has no idea how to feel. Sadness and anger was consuming her, breaking her heart more and more causing her to sink more into the Reverse. "Now... say good bye..." Noel said quietly with tears running down the red marks on her face and ripped up Venus Luquier to irreparable pieces

[RosaliaIzanami]

Rosalia jumped slightly as everything went back to what it was before: dark, ominous, and completely out of control. The red ring outside didn't bother her as much now, especially when she was too focused on Noel. The other female had pinned her against the wall, Noel's anger giving her a frightening strength. "N-noel, I-i... I couldn't do.. anything!!" When dropped, the redhead coughed some, wincing until she heard Noel mention Luquier... She looked up, and sure enough, all of her copies of Venus Luquier were in the mad-woman's hands... "W-wait!! Noel stop!!" She reached out to try and take them back...

Rip rip rip rip rip...

Rosalia froze, her eyes widening as tears spilled over. The droplets ran down her cheek and on the floor, landing on a few of her other cards that lay scattered about. Then with her tears, the pieces of her beloved Luquier fell. "No... no no no..." She reached for a few of the pieces, so tiny now it was near impossible to tell what part of the card it was anymore. A corner, an edge, text, artwork. All of it was beyond repair, and this wasn't the kind of card she got at the shop or as a gift... "Wh... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!" Rosalia cried out, a pain filling her voice, her head, her core... The only other time this happened, was when Seifer had been stabbed, and much like then, the world of gray, black, and red consumed her thoughts. She cried out again, a shriek as if her heart and love for cardfight.. her avatar... was brutally ripped out of her chest. "LUQUIER!!!!" Then she bent over, sitting on her knees while pressing her forehead into the floor where the pieces of Venus laid, crying the world away and slamming down her fists. There was no turning back... There were no do-overs... Her Venus Luquier was gone... And so now, there was nothing else to do, save to remain in an almost bowing position before Noel. Rosalia had lost her avatar, and slowly lost herself in the world of gray...

[Cipher Izanagi]

It took him a while but... Seifer had finally pin pointed where one of the reverse fighters he'd been hunting was at. Stopping just outside the school, he glanced up over the front of the building, his crimson eyes half shut. Glancing at his phone, he checked to make sure Rosalia hadn't text him. He kind of... Owed her an apology, but he was going to do this first before calling her. Sliding his hands into his pockets, he walked inside... To be met with a hallway of Reverse fighters. Oh well then. He should of expected this but, he had hoped maybe this would be easy. No such luck. He had to fight his way through, and did so. He didn't see the new card in any of the fights, but maybe that was a good thing. Revealing his trump card now might not be the best idea. Making his way through the school, beating down each and every reverse fighter he came across was easy enough, but it was starting to get annoying going through all of these fighters. Just how many actually were here.

Just when he thought it was going to keep going forever until it just... Stopped. All of the reverse fighters just stopped appearing. Strange but refreshing. Maybe he'd beaten them all? Walking these halls though by himself, brought back some memories. They were rather fond memories with the cardfight club. Maybe he should take a rest there? Walking to the room he started thinking more and more about the cardfight club, though without realizing it when he opened the door, he stumbled into that... disaster. Well, he found the main reverse fighter in the school, and the love of his life in the middle of this situation. His crimson eyes however were focused now on the shreds of cardboard, the cards that were just ripped.

[Cece Lockhart]

"Know your place... you let him die... now stay on your knees and see how weak you are. You couldn't save the one you love... my only brother! Now you couldn't save your precious Luquier... I rather see you agonize in pain than Reverse you again..." Noel's expression turned cold. She was no longer the twisted sadist that would enjoy seeing others in pain. Her stance was that of like her father, looking down at the weak and trampling over them and watch the light of their victim fade away without having any sign of emotion. She was at the point that she wouldn't care if someone died right next to her or worse, if Rosalia were to die in front of her. There would be no emotion, not enough cares in the world since the victim would be someone inferior.

That was when the door opened. Seifer had stumbled into the room after going through Noel's Reversed army like nothing and he just stood there watching and trying to figure out what happened. Noel looked and smiled. "I knew it... I just knew you were alive! Brother!

[RosaliaIzanami]

Know your place... You let him die... Now stay on your knees and see how weak you are... Noel's words rang through Rosalia's head, the distraught redhead shaking. Actually.. it felt like she was destroyed. Part of her was just ripped away, and she had no way to get it back. It was gone forever.

You couldn't save the one you love... N-no.. I lied... He's alive... But Luquier... Venus was gone. Venus was gone...

I rather see you agonize in pain than Reverse you again... Please... Please Reverse me again... Do something... Kick me, hit me... Anything... Let it be over... I don't want the pain anymore... She felt like she was falling... her trembling started to disappear, and her cries quieted to silent tears that continued down her cheeks. She wanted nothing more than the world to disappear around her... to forever be lost in her colorless reality...

...

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I knew it... I just knew you were alive! Brother!

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Seifer?...

...

Rosalia didn't move from her crumbled position. Instead, she turned only her head. Her eyes, red from crying, saw none other than the one she loved standing in the doorway... staring at her in her destroyed state. So he came after all... And yet... She didn't say a word. It was like she was in a trance, her mind separate from reality, and she looked down again. When she moved again, she merely gathered the rest of her deck up, as well as gathering every last scrap of Venus Luquier with slow, mechanical movements. Eyes nearly glazed over, Rosalia didn't dare look up again. She put the incomplete deck in its box, the scraps in her pocket, and remained sitting on her knees with her hands in her lap...

Rosalia was utterly broken.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer glanced at Noel for a moment before walking into the room. Well, the Reverse boss of the area was confirmed, and it was his sister, but that's not what he was worried about. The red head in the room took him off guard, as he had no idea she'd come here, or why in the first place. And seeing how broken she was and devastated about the card pieces, it had to be a card that was really special to her. Walking inside, he said not a word to anyone, kneeling in front of Rosalia... Placing his hand on her's, his forefingers slipping into her hand. "I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner. ...I'll make it up to you somehow... I promise." His phone vibrated, but right now he didn't have time for it, as his hands found their way to the tear stained cheeks of the red head, rubbing gently with his thumbs. It probably wouldn't do much right now, but it was better than nothing. At this point he was completely ignoring the reversed fighter, since he'd get to her in a minute.

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel was completely ignored which made her really mad. "How dare you... HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME BROTHER!!" Her dark red and black aura started flaring up causing any light weighted item fly around the club room and the furniture to shake.

I will put you in your place too... Noel had only one thought now, make Seifer her personal Reverse pet

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer stood slowly, turning his head slightly to look over his shoulder at the crazy that was currently his sister. In a matter of moments, a dark orange and red glow surrounded the male, much larger than normal, even darkening the room by contrast. Through the fire and flames, his eyes could be seen glowing with a hint of both malice and pity. She was his sister, but the spell that was put on her made him enraged and become something all together different than his normal self. Pulling out the Kagero deck he turned around, rubbing the edge of the Blaster Blade Liberator card he had. Unfortunately he wouldn't be able to use it really, so he returned the Gold Paladin form of the Blaster of Courage to the Kagero deck case... which in itself is probably very odd. "If you think you can take me then show me. But we both know that's not the real you." the room darkened even more as the flames grew brighter. Two reverse fight tables appeared between them. Seifer was now ready to confront his reversed sibling.

[RosaliaIzanami]

Rosalia didn't move.. When Seifer sat in front of her, his fingers slipping into her's, she didn't move. She didn't return the embrace... Then she felt his hands against her cheek, wiping away her tears that continued to fall in silence... Make it up to me?... There's no way to get Venus back... She's gone forever... She sat still as Noel caused items to fly around the room, thankfully nothing hitting her in the process. The redhead wouldn't move at all, let alone move in time to dodge anything that came her way. Then it was Seifer's turn to stand and face the crazed Noel, an aura Rosalia hadn't seen before surrounding the male. But again, she didn't budge an inch. As the fight was about to begin, the redhead remained where she was to the side, sitting quietly, and kneeling with hands in her lap.

Around her, she could see the world of gray... everything was colorless; a world she has seen many times now. Gray trees shifted in the wind, gray leaves falling without making a sound. And when it shifted again, even the blackened stage was now the lifeless color of slate. Rays of light from the spotlights above were pale, almost invisible among everything else. Even as Luquier Reverse stood before the redhead, the unit once known as the Mad Queen had lost her color...

[Cherry]

"Go on", the voice of Ahmes rang out from Seifer's deck. However, it was not to the brunette in particular. An extension of power reached out, allowing Salome to materialize into the world around them. An odd occurrence that never happened happened, but instead of explaining, it was obvious the reason why it happened. The Leading Jewel Knight was here for her friends - for Noel and Ashlei.

"Thank you", she whispered. "My Vanguard... please...!" Salome's voice called out to the Reversed psychopath. Now that the woman was here, there were so many things to say, but they wouldn't form into coherent sentences. Even if it wasn't her place between the siblings... She just wanted to be here. She had to be here to see Noel freed of the spell. Admittedly, the warrior didn't look at Rosalia, but still knocked away flying objects coming their way.

"Vanguard of Kagero... I know I need not make an obvious request. Yet, I must. Return to me my Vanguard and friend. This twisted nightmare suffocating them has gone on for long enough. Just... please, don't hurt them in the process either."

A hard demand to make. Salome was just overprotective and yearning.

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel took out her deck an the dark aura engulfed the deck with the same intensity as the one surging around her. She set the deck on the fight table while the area around turned into the space-like area where the Reverse fights take place

"I've been waiting for this moment... brother... NOW LET US BEGIN!!" Noel's smile reached its peak of twisted and sadistic, she knew that the outcome of this fight would be to the end.