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Chapter 6Today, there seemed to be an intense air of darkness in Obsidian’s lair. It was a powerful, intimidating darkness, that left most speechless.
“Topaz-sama,” one of the minions asked. “There’s something happening… This darkness, it’s not normal.”
“I know. It doesn’t make sense. What could be causing this strong aura?”
“Topaz,” Lapis approached him. “Do you know about the large Black Prism that powers this castle?”
“Yes. What of it?”
“They say if you let yourself absorb the energy, bathe within all that dark power, you will become unstoppable.”
“I’ve heard that legend before. But it’s dangerous to do that. It’s how monsters are made.”
Lapis then let out a sly chuckle, “Perhaps you should consider it. You will become strong enough to please Lord Obsidian.”
That was when Topaz snapped, taking Lapis’ words as some kind of mocking.
“What did you say?!” Topaz grabbed Lapis, about to punch him.
Just then, a laugh fill the air. An unknown voice was heard in the dark.
“Well, well...this seem interesting.”
“Who...?”
Topaz watched as a figure stepped out of the darkness. There stood a tall woman clothed in black armor and a helmet with covered her eyes and most of her hair, which had been tied up under the black helmet.
Obsidian smiled as he saw her.
“Black Amethyst, you’ve finally awakened.”The new warrior showed respect and bowed to Obsidian. “Awakened and fully ready to serve you, Lord Obsidian,” she stated.
“So you’re the new dark warrior I’ve been hearing about,” Topaz glared at her.
Amethyst raised her head and looked at Topaz silently.
Topaz looked over at Lapis, who was smiling at the scene. Topaz knew he had planned something with her, and it must’ve involved the Black Prism as well.
“I don’t know what you have planned, Lapis, but I still don’t trust you. And I don’t trust this one either,” he firmly said.
And with that, he walked to Amethyst and raised his fist to punch the black-armored knight, however, her hand caught his fist in a tight grip.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” she said coldly.
Topaz was overwhelmed by Amethyst’s strength. Not only that, her aura overall. It was that same darkness he had felt since yesterday.
“It was her… She’s what’s giving off this intimidating dark power…”“As you can see, my Lord,” Lapis spoke to Obsidian, “with the power absorbed from the Black prism, as well as the Gem I used to absorb all the chaos energy created by Beryl, she will be an unstoppable warrior. She will be the one who takes care of Lady Ange’s army once and for all.”
“Very good work.”Topaz sneered silently as Lapis was praised.
“Black Amethyst, come here,” Obsidian beckoned his newest dark knight.
Black Amethyst kneeled before him and kissed his hand gently, proclaiming her loyalty.
“Don’t worry, my Lord,” she whispered so only he could hear. “I won’t fail you like these insignificant fools have done.”
Obsidian grinned.
“Good girl.”Amethyst rose to her feet and left with Lapis.
“I’ll only believe it when I see it,” Topaz said lowly.
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Around that same time in Akihabara, the five were at Headquarters, training for combat in future battles with Lapis or Topaz. Leading the training was Yuko of course.
“Alright now girls, let’s see how you put your skills to use on the field. Your opponent has been the enemy for now. But now let’s see how you fight against each other. If you know your own skills and strengths, you will be more skilled on the battlefield.”
She had paired four of the five into sparring pairs while one sits out for the moment. One pair consisted of Yui versus Jurina, the other was Sayanee against Haruppi, which meant Mako was left to sit at the side for now.
Now being paired with Sayanee, one of their team’s best fighters, Haruppi was a bit nervous as she knew how strong Sayanee could be in combat.
“Ano, please go easy on me Sayaka,” Haruppi eagerly requested, a bit shaky.
“Don’t worry. This is only practice, remember?”
“R-right.” Haruppi cocked her guns and gripped them.
They waited to see who would make the first move. Then, Sayanee charged forward with her blades. Haruppi quickly dodged and took a shot.
Sayanee dodged it with a swift movement, then spun the blade in her hand and thrust it towards her. Haruppi screamed and stepped back, afraid to get stabbed. She shot again, this time grazing Sayanee’s cheek, as well as a small portion of hair.
“Oh my gosh, are you okay?!” Haruppi went to check the wound.
Sayanee nodded, then, out of nowhere, she pinned Haruppi’s arms behind her back and pushed her to the wall.
“Break,” Yuko said, concluding the battle. She then said to Haruppi, “Haruka, you’re too kind. You have to be more alert in battle, don’t get distracted.”
“Sorry…”
“It’s okay. It just shows you were worried and care about her. Go sit and rest.”
“Hai.” Haruppi bowed and put away her guns, walking over to the bench.
On the other side, Yui and Jurina had begun their own duel. Jurina spun her spear and slashed it towards the older girl, letting out a battle cry.
So far, Yui has not made any initiative to attack and only defended and countered Jurina’s attacks with a calm expression. She wasn’t even breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Jurina was already breathing heavy and gripping her spear more tightly.
“Come on Yuihan! Don’t tell me you’ve gotten bored! Show me what you’re made of!”
Finally Yui saw her chance and made a strike when Jurina’s guard was lowered at the right time. She thrust her sword upwards, which knocked Jurina’s weapon out of her hands and disarmed her opponent. Leaving Jurina weaponless, Yui then was able to kick at the younger girl’s legs and sent her falling on her back.
“Alright, break,” Yuko stopped them and helped Jurina up.
“What was that..?”
“Turning defense into offense. You can’t let the enemy know your guard is down for even a second.”
“Gotcha…” Jurina went to Yui and bumped her fist. “Good fight.”
With Jurina out, she went to sit with Haruppi and Mako at the sidelines while the remaining two girls are left to duel in the final round
Before they start, Yui first remembered to show manners and said while facing Sayaka, “Onegaishimasu.”
“Same here,” Sayaka replied.
The two then readied their weapons and got into position. Sayanee made the first move and charged with the blades in her hands.
Throughout their battle, the sounds of metal clashing against each other was heard with each contact of their blades. The girls on the side watched the heated battle.
Yui then made a swift movement with her sword and knocked one of Sayanee’s blade out of her hands. She swung her sword to slash the girl, but was blocked by the second blade. The two stood there, Yui trying to break free as Sayanee kept her guard strong.
“Is it going to be a stalemate..?” Mako wondered.
Just then, Yui grinned and in that moment, knocked out the other blade and had the tip of her sword aimed at Sayanee’s neck.
Everything was silent and still until Yui pulled back her sword. Sayanee smiled and the two shook hands.
“What just happened?”
“She saw an opening,” Jurina said. “A small one, but she still saw it.”
Yuko added on, “She took a risk. If she failed, she might’ve been the one to obtain a disadvantage.”
“That’s amazing. Yui-han is really smart, huh…”
“Yeah…”
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After training had finished, the group left and decided to head out to Akihabara. They had just gotten their payment from Takamina at work, so they decided to have an outing.
They headed out first to Shibuya, looking for some new clothes. Since Jurina had lots of experience with modeling for fashion magazines, the idol knew exactly what kind of style her friends would fit.
For the oncoming summer season, everything was bright and colorful. She herself had a white dress with a sunflower on her chest, a cute sun hat, and sandals. Haruppi and Mako had a similar girly style, Mako wearing a red and white striped shirt and a yellow skirt, and Haruppi a pink shirt with a blue bow and white shorts.
Sayanee was a bit more tomboyish with ripped jean shorts and a blue jacket over a white T-shirt. And Yui was a very fun and simple outfit, A dress with a sleeveless jean jacket and sun hat with a daisy in it.
After buying their new clothes, the next place they went to was an arcade. They played almost everything, from Ski-ball, to Dance Master, to Zombie Shooter. They also found a Puri-kura photo booth and took some photos to remember their fun time. By the end, they were able to win enough tickets to earn a pair of funky sunglasses, a watergun, and a stuffed pink teddy bear.
The group ended their day by stopping at a cafe. They ordered some cake and indulged in the sweet food as they relaxed.
“Ah~ today was fun,” Haruppi sighed.
“Yeah. No monsters, no fights,” Mako agreed. “Why can’t we always just have fun like this?”
“It’d be nice if we can always be like this,” Jurina said as she looked at their photos.
They all looked at each other and agreed.
Haruppi then asked something that came into her mind recently. “Hey… when this is all over, what will happen?”
“Eh?”
“Will we ever see each other again?”
“Of course,” Yui smiled in reassurance, “We’ll surely be able to meet again.”
“Let’s make sure of it,” Sayanee proposed and then held out her hand with everyone joining in, “After all of this is done and we go our separate ways, let’s promise that we’ll meet each other again here, in Akihabara.”
“It’s a promise!”
“Absolutely!”
Just then, there was a loud explosion outside that grabbed their attention.
“What the...?”
The group ran out and saw a figure dressed in black armor causing lots of havoc in the streets. People were running in a panic as the helmeted figure looked down at them.
“Who is that?”
Now for some reason, the girls noticed and saw their Gems were glowing intensely. They even felt hot. It would seem that the gems are reacting to this new threat.
“Is she one of Obsidian’s soldiers?” said Mako.
“If so, we need to fight her,” Sayaka stated.
They went over to a corner where they couldn’t be seen and transformed. They stepped out and summoned their weapons then came out into the open so they’d be in plain sight.
“Hey, you!” Jurina shouted.
Black Amethyst looked over her shoulder and saw the group. She turned to face them, walking towards the five.
“So, this is Ange’s new team,” Amethyst spoke in a cold tone of voice, “How pathetic.”
She got down to face them, looking at Yui from head to toe.
“You haven’t even reached full power,” she scoffed sadistically. “You’ll be easy opponents for me.”
“Who are you?” Yui questioned the dark warrior.
“My name is Black Amethyst. I’m Lord Obsidian’s strongest warrior. I’ll only warn you once, but this is your last chance to run,” the new dark warrior spoke.
Sayanee snapped. “Ha! We never run!”
“Right,” Jurina agreed. “We aren’t cowards!”
Amethyst chuckled coldly. “If so…then try to defeat me.”
She summoned a black sword and readied herself. In that instant, the five charged, all of them attacking at once.
But before any of them could hit her, Amethyst simply dodged their attacks and blocked every move they made.
Mako swung her hammer, but it was stopped by Amethyst’s one hand and pushed away. She grabbed Mako and threw her to the ground. Haruppi went to her side and shot a few bullets, but all her blocked by Amethyst’s sword.
She slashed her sword and the two were blown away by a powerful shockwave and landed a pretty good distance away.
Amethyst then heard a cry, and without turning around, she stopped Sayanee’s wrist and flipped her over. Sayanee turned herself over and tried to get up but the aches all over her body prevented her from doing so.
“..urgh.. this warrior.. she has such overwhelming dark power…” she muttered through her teeth.
Amethyst now approached Sayaka, planning to use this chance to finish the blue knight while she’s down. But before she could, she then saw Jurina preparing to charge her with her spear, but Amethyst caught it and held onto it tight. Jurina tried to release it, but Amethyst swung it and sent Jurina to the ground.
Jurina got up and tried to fight with her bare hands, but the dark warrior dodged all her punches and kicks. In a minute, Jurina was left sweating like crazy and breathing heavily.
Amethyst scoffed. “You’re weak,” she said before punching Jurina and knocking her out cold.
“Jurina!”
Yui saw how her friends have fallen and was angered. She charged forward with her sword, letting out a loud battle cry.
But before the tip of her blade came in contact with the dark warrior, Amethyst stepped out of the way and grabbed Yui’s wrist. Her arm became coated in purple flames that burned through Yui’s armor and got to her skin.
It was then that Yui screamed, her hand and arm felt like it was being burned. She fell to the ground and still writhed in pain.
“Yui!”
The other three girls ran over to Yui with worry.
“What was that?!” Sayanee saw the awful scar that was left on Yui’s hand.
“Dark flame. Burns more deadly than any normal fire,” Amethyst explained, “If she had touched it any longer, her hand would’ve melted off completely.”
“You monster!”
Amethyst only scoffed at the statement. “You all have had a taste of the Darkness. Next time...it will become much more worse. Soon, Lord Obsidian will succeed in conquering this world.”
Feeling angered, Sayanee gripped her blades and went to stab at her, but the dark warrior turned around and disappeared in black smoke.
Seeing as she had gone, the girls were incredibly weak and turned back into their normal forms.
“She was… too strong,” Haruppi cried, “We could’ve been killed…”
Mako hugged the girl as Sayanee helped Yui stand up.
While bearing the pain, Yui spoke, “Just a little longer…I would’ve..”
“Don’t say anything. For now, we gotta get that wound looked at,” Sayanee advised.
She then helped the youngest two pick up the unconscious Jurina and started walking back to Headquarters.
However, unknown by the five, Black Amethyst was still present in the area, watching in the darkness as she saw the group weakly carrying their comrades.
“It shall only be a matter of time,” Amethyst said, “...before they fall apart.”
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Once they got back, Yuko and Kana were shocked at what had happened to them. Sayanee helped Haruppi and Mako get bandaged up as Jurina laid in one of the beds. Yui was with Yuko and Kana, who proceeded to heal the burn wound. Yui hissed as she felt a sting when the medicine touch, but then she felt the cool tingling of it slowly healing her arm.
As she worked, Yuko explained, “It might take three days for the wound to heal completely. I’m just glad there wasn’t any serious damage. This much, we can handle.”
“Thanks, Yuko.”
“We saw what happened on the monitor.”
“I’ve never seen a dark knight like that,” Kana said. “She was like a monster.”
“What did you say her name was?” Yuko asked.
“B-Black Amethyst...” Yui managed to say through the pain.
“Black Amethyst?”
Yuko and Kana looked at each other in confusion.
Kana spoke, “Never heard of her.”
“I’ve never encountered a dark knight this strong… what is this gonna mean for us?”
“It just means we need to be ready. If Obsidian has soldiers like her, who knows what else he may have up his sleeve?”
“Right… If Obsidian’s getting stronger, we need to do the same.”
Yui looked back at the Puri-kura photo of her and her friends.
“Even though it was fun… those moments aren’t going to last for long, are they?”--------------------------------
Meanwhile, in the enemy’s lair, Obsidian and his followers were rather impressed with what they’ve heard concerning Black Amethyst’s first fight against the Prism Knights.
“As you planned, Lord Obsidian, Black Amethyst is a success,” Lapis was pleased to announce.
“Excellent. You did very good work, Lapis.” Obsidian said with a satisfied grin.
Topaz, on the other hand, was not all that enthusiastic about Black Amethyst being their new secret weapon.
“Tch…! Is she really that good enough to beat them?”
He looked over his shoulder at where the one everyone is talking about was. The new warrior was kneeling somewhere in a corner, looking like she’s meditating and preparing herself mentally for the next fight ahead. Her meditation was then interrupted when Topaz was heard calling out to her.
“Hey you.”
Amethyst turned her head so she’d make eye contact with Topaz.
“You may be strong like everyone says. But don’t forget, newbie, I’ve been fighting those Knights longer than you have. Don’t think that you’ll beat them so easily.”
“Say whatever you wish Topaz…” she stated, “However I only have one concern...to defeat those Prism Knights as Lord Obsidian wishes. I won’t let you or anyone else who dare defies me get in my way.”
Topaz was ready for a fight, balling his fist as he walked to Black Amethyst.
“Topaz, that’s enough,” Obsidian said.
“You are dismissed. Leave.”“My Lord, I--”
“Leave.”Topaz stood silent for a moment before speaking. “...Yes, sir.”
Topaz gave one last glare to Black Amethyst before leaving.
“I wouldn’t worry about him, my Lord,” Lapis said. “You have no reason to worry anymore. With Black Amethyst, those Prism Knights will fall and this Earth will finally belong to the Darkness.”
Obsidian smiled evilly.
“That will be splendid.”---------------------------
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