Multiversal Crisis: A Equestria Girls Story

As Kujou Sara woke up, she immediately asked her savior of their identities. After their introduction, Sara sighs of relief as she takes a more comfortable position and says. "I truly appreciate your actions, there aren't enough words to express my gratitude except for, thank you."

"We had to help you, after all, you were the one who saved us first from that horde, remember?" Replied John as he looks at Sara, she then chuckles and says. "Well, it's my duty as part of the Shogun's army, but regardless of it, you shouldn't be here, monsters have gone more violent recently, and we've mobilized in order to protect every civilian." Claimed Sara with a serious voice, she just revealed her identity to them without knowing that's what John wanted, but before he can say anything, Applejack replies. "Uhmm... yeah... we're sorry about that but, don't ya'think it's also dangerous for fellas like you to stroll around'ere alone? I mean... you've just said that those beings are madder than a wet hen." Sara and John looked at Applejack with confusion and both said in unison. "What?" Applejack then replied with a serious voice as she looked at both of them.

"Yeah! Madder than a wet hen, y'know... hens go really mad when they get wet, if you aren't careful, you'll be upside down in two shakes of a lamb's tail." John and Sara kept their confused expressions as Applejack sighs and says. "Y'know what? Scratch everything I've just said. The thing is, Miss Sara, why were you alone here in the woods anyway?" Sara then clears her throat as she begins to recall the events that brought them together.

"I was patrolling the area with some men, but I got separated from them by a Thunderhelm Lawachurl that ambushed us... I don't know why, but all creatures have increased in aggression levels, after I lost my squad, I had to fight several hordes of monsters nonstop, and before I knew how long was I fighting, I heard some fighting in the distance, which led me right to you."

Rainbow Dash leans forward and asks. "Do you think your team is going to be ok?" Sara then sighs and replies. "I hope so, we agreed that in case we get separated, we'll retreat to our headquarters in Kujou Encampment. I better get moving... agh!" Sara tried to get up, but her wounds still hurt a lot, John stops her and says. "You better not move too much, you haven't given enough time for your wounds to heal, plus I didn't have any anti-inflammatory, so I could only clean your wounds the best I could while also use all the bandages we had while also administrating some local antibiotic."

Sara then looks at John with a serious expression as she gets on the ground again and asks him. "Oh, are you a doctor of some sort? You three are wearing strange armors I've never seen before, which makes me think that you aren't from here, am I right?" Applejack then steps in and says. "Well, you're right, we come from a place beyond this land." Sara then raises her knee and rests her arm on it as she asks. "And what drove you guys to come here in the first place?" Twilight then pushed back her glasses and replied. "We're looking for someone, the last thing we knew was that this person came here." John then looked at the girls, as if saying that he'll handle the conversation from now on.

Sara looks with intrigue as she asks the group. "I suppose this person must be a local, otherwise why would you cross the seas?" John then looks at Sara with a calmed expression and replies. "Well, we don't know that for sure, it's been a while since the last time we talked with him, the only thing we've known, it's that he's here in Inazuma, but besides that, we know nothing."

Sara begins to connect the ideas, probably these outlanders are related to Starkiller, that'd be a big coincidence, but if that's so, she must know their intentions regardless of who they are. "You have a name? Probably he's among the people we evacuated from Chinju Forest." The girls thought about what they should respond, but John had it covered, he leans forward and looks at Sara with a serious expression as he says. "Can you take us with him in case he's among that people?"

Sara crosses her arms and replies with a stiff voice. "If he's not already a prisoner, then I might be able to. But I'd only know that, if you give me a name." John then makes his move by saying. "The truth is, we don't know his true name, so we can't tell you even if we wanted to, so... any other help you can provide us will result most useful."

Sara then sighs and stands up as she says. "Sorry, can't do, I have other official business to attend to, I have to regroup with my squad and keep patrolling these areas." She then picks up her bow and was ready to leave, but Applejack stopped her. "Wait! Let us go with you, you aren't fully recovered yet, and maybe we can find the person we're looking for. It's a win-win, don't ye think?"

John stands up and follows Applejack's question by saying. "Please, we only want to find this person and return home." Sara accepts their offer reluctantly, after all, these outlanders must not get involved in the inner affairs of Inazuma, but they saved her life, at least, she can keep an eye on them by keeping them close. The Group leaves Chinju Forest and Rainbow Dash is shocked by the fact that it's already morning, inside the forest, it seemed to always be nighttime.

Once in Kujou Encampment, Sara takes the group to her temporal office, where she enlisted the names of all the people that was evacuated from the area, Sara leaves the shack and orders two guards to keep an eye on them, but after reading the list, Twilight says. "Why did we ask for this in the first place? It's highly probable that HE won't be here. Starkiller would be anywhere around, and we lost track of the dark magic he left."

John then sits down with a reflective expression as he says. "And what can you infer of that fact, Twilight?" The young genius was left in bewilderment for a few seconds, she then asks with confusion. "Probably they stopped using their powers at some point, but that doesn't make any sense. Up until now, what we know about their necklaces tells us that it's not like they can turn it off, at least, the Sith Lords can't, Sunlight is something else. Which leads me to think... Oh! I get it now." Rainbow Dash saw Twilight's illuminated face and after looking at Applejack, both with confusion, they ask. "What?"

John then takes a more relaxed pose and says. "There are only two possible options. One: Starkiller and whoever else came here were captured and left knocked out, which explains why their magic trails are gone. Second: As Twilight said, they're hiding somewhere in this land. To be honest, the first option it's the most logical, this place is too calmed to be threatened by someone as powerful as Starkiller."

"Then why are we here? Shouldn't we be looking for them and prevent any chaos from happening?" Asks Rainbow Dash, she's bored from walking and walking the whole journey, she only wants to deal with this as soon as possible, for her, time's been wasted while they're talking about this, but John then asks. "What if he was captured by the Raiden Shogun? Would you be so brave to face a god, huh? This is not a matter of finding them first, but to prevent any disturbance in the timeline occurs. There's too much at sake and if we don't act with intelligence, we might doom this universe."

"Then what's your plan? Sit here and wait for... what exactly?" Asks Applejack with confusion as she crosses her arms, but John opens his hand and shows Cortana, who nods with her head, indicating it's time to do their move. While walking towards here, Cortana managed to register Sara's walking profile, the speed, and strength of each step, along with the vocal recognition metrics using the Mjolnir's sensors. The signal indicates Sara is nearby, John wants to trigger her first, the guards outside are out of range to hear their conversation, and luckily. There's an unexpected guess approaching them right now. But before everything else happens, John says with a serious voice.

"My theory, Starkiller has been captured and considering his condition, he won't be on a normal prison, he'd be probably with the Raiden Shogun, we'll go there and ask her to give up the prisoner, and then we leave. If she refuses our request, then we'll force her to surrender him." The girls looked at John with shock, hoping he's not talking seriously, but one thing they know, it's that John always talks seriously.

"You're kiddin', right? Didn't ye'hear Mr. Zhongli sayin' she's a literal divinity, one of the strongest beings in this universe? We're gonna be in a world of pain if we fight her, dontcha think?" Asked Applejack with a concerned voice, but John looked at her and asked. "Well, we ain't stopping now, we're too close, we have to do be willing to take such a risk."

Twilight, worried about John's apparently blind confidence, can't help but to feel uncertainty when avoiding obvious facts, with a serious expression she asks the super soldier. "Do you actually think we can fight her? She's an unknown enemy, with unknown abilities, and you are willing to fight a god? We would certainly lose or die if we try." Although she seems to be pessimistic, her fear is what drives her arguments now, the uncertainty and the perplexity of John's request is what bothers her more, Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash, looking for her friend's support, but Rainbow instead chooses to ask John one thing. "Chief... what makes you think we have a chance, honestly?"

While taking a deep sigh, John looks at the three teenagers and says some words that came from deep within him. "We have a mission, if our Plan A fails, we have to try Plan B, regardless of the risks, you might not notice it, but we're in not position of not trying something. I trust in the seven of you and in your potential. Maybe if the whole group was together, you might be able to defeat her, but that's not the case. Right now, we share one thing, our desire to protect our home, those whom we love and the inherent wish of a better tomorrow for everyone. That's what moves us, so YES Twilight, we CAN fight her, and not only that..." John then took his blades with anger and continued. "I promised myself that I'd never bow to any god, they've never done anything for my people or my world, so I owe them nothing! And since I'm here with you, allow me to say. We would certainly win." John then activated the glow of his blades, although his expression show anger, his voice transmitted determination, something that seemed most inspiring for the girls. John turns off his blades and puts them on his back, with a calm voice he says. "Let's take our leave."

After leaving the shack, Axios was heading to the exit, but they're stopped by Sara who says with a serious voice aloud. "Leaving already? Did you find the person you're looking for?" The group turns around and John says with a polite voice. "Unfortunately, we couldn't find him, so we better start looking somewhere else, anyways, thanks for your assistance, General."

Sara looks at them with a serious expression, she walks towards them and says. "I'm afraid you won't leave, not until..." Sara's then interrupted by the sound of a soldier shouting aloud. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" As everyone looks at the direction of the voice, they see a violent Thunderhelm Lawachurl approaching their base as its roar shocks everyone, as if its looking for a fight, with a confused look Sara says. "That Lawachurl... was the one that attacked us. All troops! Defensive positions! Don't let it breach into our camp!"

Sara then takes her bow as she looks at Axios and says. "We're not done yet." She then leaves rushing towards the entrance to defend the base, with confusion, Rainbow Dash asks. "How did that thing knew where we are? Wasn't it supposed to be in that forest?" Twilight looks at the Lawachurl and changes her expression to a more reflective one, with a serious voice, she replies. "Technically, but it didn't follow us, John would've noticed, so it only means one thing, something called it here, and I think I know what it was." Twilight then grabs her necklace, its still glowing and they haven't figured out why this happened so suddenly, but as far as she can tell, magic attracts magic, so probably the magic emitted by her necklace and her friends' served as a beacon for this Lawachurl to find them. Applejack steps forth as she clashes her fists, charging up her suit and her Vision glows along with her necklace. With a serious voice, she says.

"Then let's beat it up, if that thing's too strong, I ain't lettin' it hurt anyone else. You comin'?" John slightly smiles after the display of leadership and says. "We're right behind you." Axios beings to move towards the entrance, Twilight then asks her friends. "Maneuver F-8?" Rainbow Dash laughs and says. "HA! You've read my mind." After this, the three of them began to mobilize on their own, leaving John behind as Cortana asks him. "Amazed?" John then replies. "Kind of, but we're talking about it later, I have to protect the locals." John then takes out his blades and rushes forward, passing the girls. The soldiers' attacks only manage to make the Lawachurl angrier, as it took a boulder and threw it towards an archer in the backline, but John jumped in and with multiple slashes, he cut the boulder into pieces, protecting the soldier, who asked. "Who are you?" John looks at him and says. "A soldier, like you."

After this, the girls exit the base and proceed to their plan, while the Lawachurl charges up and thrusts forward.

The girls move aside, except for Applejack, who stays in the middle and stops the Lawachurl by grabbing its fists, both begin to struggle to win the clash, when Applejack began to give in, her vision activates and envelops the Lawachurl's hands with stone, giving Applejack the upper hand as she begins to push back, Twilight then activates her super coils and lifts the Lawachurl in the air, as Applejack sees the Lawachurl begin to levitate, she releases one of her hands and with a punch directly in its face, she launches the Lawachurl away in the air as Twilight smacked it down on the ground.

Applejack looks beneath and she sees a weird shard floating in front of her.

"What's this?" She then touches the crystal that transforms into a purple shield around her. "Woah! What's this?" Said Applejack with surprise, a serious voice then says behind her. "It's called crystallize, when Geo interacts with any other element, it creates a crystal that can turn into a shield." Applejack turns around as she sees Sara approaching, she then begins tensioning her bow as she aims towards the Lawachurl and says. "It won't fall that easily." Applejack then looks at it and says. "We know, but its part of the plan." Applejack and Twilight began to approach the Lawachurl as it stands up and charges up with lightning, but Rainbow Dash appeared running around the Lawachurl each time faster, creating a wind current that makes the Lawachurl loses focus by the wind, it was about to smack the ground but Twilight lift it in the air again, as the Lawachurl spins faster in the air and Applejack stands next to her as she says.

"I hope this works!" Applejack then punches the ground and with the idea of creating a ramp, withouth her knowing it, her vision follows her thought and with a pulse of geo power, a stone ramp sprouts from the ground. "Holy Moly, it worked!" Rainbow then uses the ramp and jumps above the Lawachurl and by spinning extremely fast, she charged a powerful kick that brought their enemy to the ground, leaving a dust cloud and a crater as big as a house.

After landing, Dash reunites with her friends and Sara. "Do you think that'll settle it?" Asked Rainbow Dash after cleaning some dust off her suit, but Sara looks at the dust cloud and manages to see something moving from within, with a serious voice, she says. "Not yet." Sara then charges her bow with an electro arrow, powerful enough to pierce a boulder, as the Lawachurl roars and clears the dust with a shockwave, Sara shoots and pierces through its chest, as blood began to split on the ground, the Lawachurl stumbled after receiving the hit, but the adrenaline within it allowed it to roar with power, making Sara and the girls lose their ground after taking the powerful shockwave created by the Lawachurl's roar.

The static surrounder their bodies, making them unable to move freely, the Lawachurl, charged up and filled with adrenaline, thrusts itself forward, Sara was about to use her vision to summon a powerful thunder, but a red lightning crossed above them and intercepted the Lawachurl, the crimson light pierced through the beast and John reveals himself on the other side in a battle stance.

"Sound Breathing, Second Form: Ounslaught Symphony" A barrage of slashes began to appear around the Lawachurl cutting it, and making it shout of pain as it finally falls down, defeated. John then sheathes his cleavers and groups with the rest as the soldiers in the camp begin to attend the wounded, thankfully, the damage to the encampment was kept at minimum.

"Well done, team..." Said John to the girls with a slightly proud expression, he then looks at Sara and asks. "General, are there any more wounded?" Sara's serious expression makes Chief suspiscious of what her answer would be, with a serious voice, she asks. "Just what are you people trying to do?" Everyone kept silence, Rainbow Dash was about to ask but Chief stopped her, Sara then continued.

"I heard your conversation, you aren't looking for a friend, but for a prisoner, especifically the one we recently captured. Why?" Sara then draw her bow aiming towards Axios, the rest of the soldiers though confused, quickly side with their general, surrounding them.

"General, there's no need to rely on intimidations...." Said John with a calmed voice but Sara tensed her arrow more and said. "Answer me... now!" It appears she won't let them get out the easy way, but John wants to try anyway, with a serious voice he says. "I'm a soldier, like you, so you'd understand how much important a mission is for us, and retrieving that man is our mission, he represents a danger for everyone, it's better for you to heed my warning and surrender him to us, we'll leave afterwards."

"Her Excellency will be the one to determine the prisoners' sentence, in this land, you have no authority." Said Sara as she keeps aiming her bow, as John tries to come up with something, Rainbow Dash shouts. "THEN WE'LL CHALLENGE HER TO A DUEL!!" Everyone looked at her with amaze and shock, Twilight approached her and asked. "What?! Are you serious?"

Rainbow Dash then replies with frustration. "We'd be stuck here forever if we don't come up with something." Applejack then looked back at her friend and asked with a serious voice. "And what makes you think that'll work out?" Rainbow then shrugs and says with uncertainty. "Uhmmm... because it always works in Samurai action movies." Twilight and Applejack smack their faces with their palm as Chief tries to keep everything under control, but he says to himself. "Movies... hmph... hope it works."

"That's a high request the one you're doing, but I'm afraid that won't be possible for you." Said Sara as she pointed her finger towards Axios and claimed out loud. "You'll be put under custody for suspiscion of conspiracy in joint with intruders that have altered the order in Inazuma, you'll come with us peacefully or by force, your choice." After this, all the soldiers began to surround Axios slowly, as the group gets closer to each other, Twilight says.

"Ah great! We just helped them and this is their thanks?" John draws out his cleavers and says with a serious voice. "Don't blame them, they're soldiers following their duty, nothing personal." As combat seemed unavoidable, a voice could be heard from the distance and approaching. "DON'T YOU DARE, KUJOU TENGU!" A big figure landed in front of Axios with such strength that lifted a dust cloud, revealing certain Oni who claims himself as the One and Only.

"Sorry compadres! But these people are under my protection now. So if you still want to capture them, you'll have to go through me, HAHA!." Said Itto as he raises his club against the soldiers, his confident smile makes everyone wonder his intentions, Sara asks with confusion and frustation, since Itto being here is nothing but a nuisance. "What brings you here, Arataki Itto?"

Itto looks at Sara with frustration and replies. "Oh, you know why Kujou Tengu, you took in one of MY people, so this is your last chance..." Itto's expression suddenly changed, and with a threatening voice, he said.

"Give Sunlight back, or things will get messy around 'ere." Axios was shocked after hearing this, how does someone know that name. At least, that proves their theory of the second person involved and it appears is none other than Sunlight. Sara looked at him with a serious expression and said. "She's a prisoner and is about to be sentenced by the Shogun, we found also some murders that happened back in Seirai Island, our investigation leads to suspect that she was also the culprit behind these, since the methods used in those murders were... brutal. So she's not leaving Tenshukakku, so cease your reckless behavior at once, or I'll arrest you." Sara then tensed her bow as a warning, but Rainbow's voice interrupted these two.

"Wait, you know Sunlight?!" Asked Rainbow Dash aloud, Itto smiles and replies. "So Shinobu was right, she said that you might be related to our captive fella, and luckily, that was TRUE!!" Itto raised his club and stroke the ground with such fierce might that shattered the ground in front of them, causing the nearby ground to shake, making the shogunate troops to fall to the ground, even Sara.

"C'mon, let's move!!" Said Itto as he lead the way, guiding Axios away from the troops. Though the shogunate soldiers stood up quickly, John turned around and threw a few smoke grenades, to hide their tracks, escaping from the soldiers chasing them and leaving them behind.

"Why are you helping us?" Asked Applejack as the group keeps running, but Itto only said. "I'll explain ya'later, keep running." As they kept running away from the Shogunate, they hid in a cave that was near Narukami Island, though it seemed dark at first, Itto knew the way without a torch, as they began to walk deeper into the cave, they met with the rest of the Arataki Gang around a bonefire.

"Boss! You're back!" Shouted the boys while Shinobu only crossed her arms and said. "So... I was true after all. We're glad we noticed your arrival, we have a few doubts about... someone. But first, let us introduce ourselves, we're members of the Arataki Gang, I'm Kuki Shinobu, we encountered someone with similar features as yours. So we suspected that you'd be related to her."

"You're speaking about Sunlight, right? How did you met her in the first place?" Asked Twilight with a surprised expression, she also wondered how are they unharmed, since as far as they know, Sunlight's still on her berserk form. But Itt sits on the ground and begins to tell. "Well, we found her knocked out on Tatarasuna, she was really harmed so we took her to the Grand Narukami Shrine and that Fox Lady treated her and sealed all the darkness that was consuming her, or somethin' like that, I don't recall the details. *SIGH* The thing is, we were hanging together and we kinda got along, and then some Shogunate soldiers came and arrested her with NO reason, and SHE GAVE IN! I mean, why would she? Everyone on the gang began to see her as one of us then she's taken away?! Nuh uh! I ain't letting my people be held captive for somethin' they didn't do!" Itto sounds frustrated, as he remembers how he did nothing when Sunlight was taken away.

"Boss, you have to cool your head! It's the Tenryou Commission we're talking about!" Itto then looked at Shinobu and said. "I know! We... have to think of something, but I don't know what, that's why were looking you people..." Itto looks at Axios, and says. "We saw you with Kujou Tengu and Shinobu thought you could help us, so... here we are." Chief then sighs and steps forth, this was a bit awkward, but at least they're closer to Starkiller and Sunlight, two birds with one stone, Chief sits down and begins to say.

"Listen... Arataki Gang, since you're going to the point, this is the plan. We come from the place Sunlight's from, we must rescue her from someone evil, so I'll state this clear, we take her out and we must leave quickly. We will help you, but you won't interfere directly, this is a delicate matter, leave it to us, just tell us how to go to that Tenshukaku?"

"It's not too hard actually, it's the biggest temple in Inazuma City, but it's highly guarded by the guards of the Tenryou Comission, they won't let anyone enter that easily." Said Akira with a calmed voice, but before anything could be calmed, Itto claimed aloud. "Oh snap! That Tengu said Sunlight will be sentenced by the Shogun! We have to hurry!!" The whole gang was shocked after this, even worse after knowing Itto seemed to have forgotten about it in first place.

"WHAT?! That's bad, really bad!" Said Shinobu with a worried expression, the girls followed them but Chief stood up and said firmly. "We can't waste any more time, Arataki Gang, take this..." John then gave a bunch of Mora from the bag to Shinobu, and then said. "Head to Ritto, secure a boat, and hide it for us, we'll meet there once our job is over, and take that as a payment. Itto, guide us to Tenshukaku, Axios... we're changing our plan, no peaceful dialogue, we're engaging direct combat." The girls prepare mentally for this, as Chief was about to head out, he's stopped by Shinobu who says.

"Hold on! Are you serious?! It's an Archon what we're talking about, you will fight all of her guards and then her?!" Chief looks at her with determination, although it's a crazy idea, he's willing to do it, with a serious voice, Chief replies. "If there's a way to beat her, I'll find it out and rescue Sunlight, just you wait with our boat ready." Chief then heads towards the exit and is followed by the girls, they seem nervous, but there's no way of changing Chief's mind now. Itto only says with a confident voice. "Alright people! Follow me! Sunlight, we're coming for you!!" Cortana then only asks John. "Do we have a plan?"

"Just one: Win." Said Chief with a serous voice as the girls look at each other, they trust Chief, but this, is a bit excessive for them.

Now in Tenshukaku, Sunlight and Starkiller find themselves shackled to the ground,, unable to use their powers as they wait for the Raiden Shogun to appear.

"How were you captured by these vermins?" Asked Starkiller with frustration, Sunlight was supposed to be his way out, but now they're both in the same place, Sunlight looks at him and replies. "They had some tricks under the sleeve and seized my powers, then, it was only a matter of outnumbering me, but you?! You are a Sith Lord with dark magic powers and yet, you were captured by a single person?"

"That's different! That darn fox already knew about my arrival and made a trap to seize my powers, even my connection to The Force." Said Starkiller as he looked down on the ground, the shame of his defeat haunts him, since he lost the fight without even noticing anything. "And why did you set me up like that?! Huh?! How was I supposed to take you out of here if you help them capture me?!" Starkiller then looked at Sunlight and said with a serious voice.

"Silence! It's all part of the plan, we needed to be together in order pull off our escape plan." Said Starkiller as he lowers the volume of his voice, luckily for them, there are no guards in the room, after all, their shackles are anchored to the ground and the Raiden Shogun is the one in this room, but she's not here, with confusion, Sunlight asks. "And where is the Shogun? Aren't we supposed to be interrogated by her or some shit?"

"I ask myself the same." Replied Starkiller, but unbeknownst to both of them, the Shogun seems to have an argument with Yae Miko on the higher rooms of Tenshukaku.

"So, you came out of the Plane of Euthymia only to execute those people on the room below?" Said Yae with an angry expression, the Plane of Euthymia is a mental space created for the real Shogun to preserve her consciousness, the body that moves and talks is only a puppet left by the Archon, in this mental space, the Shogun can meditate while monitoring some events in the outside world, all of this for her persue of Eternity for herself and her nation, but when she learned of Starkiller and heard of Sunlight, she couldn't look away, such individuals must not be allowed to wander through Inazuma while posing a threat to everything she's built until now.

"Yes, their presence might be a danger for Inazuma in the future, and therefore, a threat for Eternity, something I have to deal with directly. Also, I still can't fathom the reasons of why you helped one of them, Miko, are trying to plot against me?" Said the Shogun with a serious voice as she looks at Yae, who only replies with a calm expression.

"Plotting wouldn't be the word I'd use, I only want to state that since that day, you're behavior isn't completely justified, many holes are left and yet, you're still willing to keep your search for Eternity." The Shogun then quickly interrupted her with a more emotional voice, but firmly and seriously said. "It's precisely because of what I lost after that day 500 years ago that I must act like this, if I let anyone do as they please in Inazuma, I won't be able to protect the nation they sacrificed for, and if that happens, I won't be able to protect her dream anymore."

The Shogun turns her back on Miko, who seems that she won't be able to change Ei's mind, with reluctance, she replies. "*sigh* Fine then, but before you leave, just keep in mind that this goal you seek might eventually fall before nature itself, or who knows, maybe it'll be the influence of people that make you change your mind." The Shogun only looks at Miko one last time and says with a serious voice. "That won't happen, and if someone dares to be in the way of my goal, then I'll gladly accept the challenge." After this, the Shogun left for the lower floor of Tenshukaku, where she finally meets the prisoners. Yae only looks at the sky and sees many dark clouds coming together, with a serious voice, she says before leaving. "A storm is coming."

Now inside Tenshukaku, as soon as the Shogun enters the room, Starkiller and Sunlight felt her ominous presence, Sunligth can't help but feel intimidated before the presence of a God, and Starkiller can't believe all this power coming from one single being. "Now then, prepare for your execution." Said the Shogun with a cold voice as she draws her blade, the Musuo Isshin.

As Sunlight and Starkiller begin to witness their seemingly end, an injured guard bursts through the door, interrupting the execution and shouting. "Your Excellency, you... have to... stop the...." The guard then fell to the ground, leaving the Shogun in bewilderment, as fast as lighting, she gets to the exit and sees how the General Kujoou Sara is defeated on her knees, along with all the guards of Tenshukaku who are knocked out.

"What... is the meaning of this?" Asked the Shogun with a serious voice as the rain pours down agressively and thunders strike the sky. Down in the entrance of Tenshukaku, Axios and Itto are looking directly to the Shogun, but Chief said to the Oni. "This is where ends your part of the agreement, Itto, leave now, you have our thanks." Itto looks at Chief and says with a confident voice. "Oh no, don't think that I'll leave you now that we're here..." Chief then looked at Itto with a determined expression and said. "Don't worry, when we met again, Sunlight will be with us." Though he doesn't like the idea, he has no other option than to trust them, he leves but not before saying. "Good luck, you guys!"

With a nervous voice, Applejack asks. "Uhmmm... Chief, are really goin' to do this? What if... y'know... we get hurt bad?" Chief then steps forth and replies. "I promised that I'll bring you back home safe, and I won't break any of my promises ever again." Then with a strong voice, Chief shouts to the Shogun. "Raiden Shogun, we challenge you to a duel for the freedom of the prisoners you're helding captive, would you accept, or would you back down?!!!" Chief then aims one of his blades towards the Shogun, even she can feel the determination in his eyes from that far away, with a quick move, she turns into lightning and strikes in front of them, landing with ferocious strength.

She looks at the four individuals in front of her and with a serious voice, she raises her blade and says.

"Challenge, accepted." With a swift move, she slashed through space and created a dark void that swallowed Axios and teleported them to another place in Inazuma, where they are meant to have, their duel with the Raiden Shogun herself."

END OF CHAPTER.