Miso City Outskirts - Kaname All Girls Academy
Chapter 00 - House of Cards
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The night's strife was finally over, and as the red mist cleared from the air, it was time for... tea!?
What the heck was happening with the world?
"Justice"
And so, it was over, the battle had ended with but a single strike from the Devil who have been saving power for a whole lot of time just to do that. If you ask Justice, that was a way too plain way of fighting, but it worked and so it was good.
Just like they say
"All's well that ends well" Justice quoted before turning her attention back to the other girls, just as the red mist of the Bounded World faded, revealing once more the usual night sky and the pale light of the silvery moon that is known to all.
"Devil, can you please bring them up here? I'm sure that they must have many questions to ask, so I've prepared a special thing prepared for everyone." Justice said, just as she entered the clock tower's machine room.
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"Akane"
As soon as she entered the machine room, Akane turned back to her normal appearance and, using a bit of her magic and timely preparation (since she had been using this place for some time already), set up a whole tea party within the innards of the antique looking clock to greet the newly minted magical girls.
"I hope they like it, and Kuroshin as well, since I'm still indebted to her for this afternoon." Akane said to herself just as she moved the preparations forward and waited for the other girls to arrive.
"Alright, Blood Shadow-chan, I'll be sure to remember you," the catwoman said, while twirling her tail amusedly
"To pay back for your courtesy... you can call the Knight, and I'm one of the members of Court, who follow the words of Omiko-sama, the Voice of God. That's all that you need to know about us for the time being.""Now, to answer your other question, before I can take my leave for the night," a Cheshire grin appeared on the Knight's feline face as she considered the best way to say what was so obvious, before she decided to be as direct as possible
"Well, my dear, you're girl (or so do I expect) and you have magical powers now, so I guess that you can put one and one together, right?" She said grinning,
"Yes, just like you're thinking, you've become one of the newest Chosen Arcana, the magical girls who fight in the name of Love and Justice, with the powers of mystic Tarot cards!" before pointing to Chikage's face, in an obvious mockery, not being able to resist her cat urges to be mean at least a little bit.
"Oh, but seriously, now," the Knight said while trying to stifle a chuckle
"I don't know the precise identities of them... If I did, do you think that we would lose the chance to go after you on your homes and threaten you to give us the cards with your families as hostages? After all, we are the villains here, remember?" she said, pointing the obvious yet again.
"However, I do know which cards they have..." The Knight proceeded to tell Chikage about the other magical girls cards and known powers in detail,
"Is this good enough of an answer?""Lastly, if you want to know, yes, the cards that you have will make you stronger, but..." The Knight said as the Cheshire grin came back to her face,
"You shouldn't get eager, even with that bonus you're all leagues below our level and you won't get any benefit until you get the cards back to the Fortune Teller, anyway. With that in mind, do you still want to face me?"However, before the Knight could come closer and retrieve the remainder of Chikage's cards...
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"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer?"
"What's God to a non believer!" Those words kept flashing off and off, twisting inside of the Page's head as she repeat the question imposed by Reiko, with her body bent down on the floor and a perplexed expression in her face.
"How come one do not believe in God even as they defy his word?""How come?"
"How come?"
"How come?"
"How come?"
The Page questioned herself until the point when her overzealous mind couldn't take it any longer and she let out a cry, way worse than that of The Chariot, shattering the windows of all of third years' corridor, now that the dimensional barrier had ceased to exist. It looked like she was about to go on a full rampage, when...
"How many times have I told you to stay calm, my dear?" The Knight, who had vanished from Chikage's sight and appeared besides the Page in the blink of an eye, said softly
"Now, sleep, until we make it back at the Palace..." The older woman said, before knocking the Page out with a blow to the nape.
"Well, I guess that I'll be taking these with me as well." The knight said as she collected the cards that Reiko let drop when she lots control of her magic a few moments ago, before reappearing in front of Chikage, holding the page in a bridal carry.
"This is where we part our ways for tonight, Blood Shadow-chan. The next time we meet, I hope that you've grown enough to take on me in a fair fight." The Knight said while turning her back to Chikage, for the first time ever, exposing a weak spot that the magical girl could explore if she wished to,
"By the way, I almost forgot, looks like the other Arcana will be holding a meeting at the clock tower and there's one of you almost drained of all power in front of the main school building. Do of this information what you will..." The knight said and then, finally disappeared in a flash step as suddenly as she had come.
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