Note: hewlo lovely ppl! sorry for my long absence. ive been unexpectedly busy and did not have much down time to write. This chapter is very hard for me to write and tbh im not too confident about it. I hope it is okay and that i can still keep you reading. Enjoy!

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-Majabah, the night at the inn-

Riku's mind was heavy with thoughts after listening to Tamaki's story of what was happening to the two worlds. While the others were having their peaceful sleep at the inn, the lord quietly sneaked out and wandered around the silent village he protected with his life.

In fact, Riku was feeling quite selfish. He should be worried about the state of the two worlds, or at least of Majabah and his people, yet his mind was full of questions about his own body. He looked down at his hands.

What exactly am I?

My magic... does not feel right...

The lord felt the magic within his body overflowing as if it was reacting to something. He would feel hot one minute and cold the next. Riku wanted answers, and the only way to find out was to cast some magic. Then again, he feared he would not be able to control it and cause damage to this village. The dragon Tamaki did not seem to know what effect his power had on Riku's human body. "Huh? Weird feeling? I dunno. I gave some of my life force to Rikkun. That's all I did." –was what the dragon said when Riku asked earlier. The young dragon had no reason to lie.

"I am... no longer human."

Riku came to a stop and looked up at the starless sky. Tears started rolling down from his eyes. Little did he know his eyes were glowing like dancing flames, the same way Tamaki's eyes react to the changes in sunlight: inhumane. As a lord, Riku knew better than anyone that a ritual performed to let two individuals share magic power was considered the greatest taboo in Majabah. Yet here he was, living on someone else's life force. Even though it was rightfully given to him, it felt wrong no matter how he looked at it.

"I am not supposed to be here..."

Suddenly, the lord felt he could sense a presence behind one of the stone houses. He turned around swiftly, wearing a serious expression with a frown. "Show yourself!" Riku shouted. He was not preparing to cast any magic, but his body was surrounded by a glowing orange-yellow aura. His eyes lit up even more, making them stand out in the deepest night.

"M-my lord! It's Yaotome Gaku!" Gaku quickly showed himself and bowed with his head on the ground. The butler had thought his lord was about to burn him to ashes. "My deepest apologies, Nanase-sama. I was simply worried!"

Gaku was clearly panicking. He had never felt such pressure or an overwhelming amount of power from whom he served. Sure, he knew how powerful his lord was, given how he could single-handedly stop the volcanic eruption. Still, the man before Gaku made him feel weak by just looking.

Riku's eyebrows dropped when he saw Gaku's pale face. His aura faded as he ran forward to approach a trembling Gaku. "Calm yourself, Gaku. I was not trying to hurt you."

Just when Riku thought everything was over, Gaku's eyes did not stop showing fear when they met Riku's.

"My lord, your eyes..."

Riku did not understand why his butler was so terrified until he saw how his eyes glowed in the dark in the reflection in the water a villager put in the urn placed outside the house. He gasped as he touched his own face.

Riku returned to the grounded Gaku. He kneeled before his butler and bowed his head, which shocked the guy. "You know what you have to do."

Gaku refused to accept what was happening. He shook his head in denial and spoke with a shaky voice. "I cannot execute you, Nanase-sama."

"You must." Riku closed his teary eyes. "This is far more grave than breaking a small rule."

"But I am Nanase-sama's servant, not Majabah's." Gaku pulled out one of his large shurikens and stabbed it deep into the ground. He then took a deep breath in and slowly stood up before walking away from his lord.

Even if you were a ghost, I would still love you the same.

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-Silica District One, Rainbow Hill && Majabah Capital, Nijiiro Canyon-

Iori, Tenn, and Yamato stood near the edge of the cliff at the west-most point of Rainbow Hill, which was where the scientists discovered the mysterious energy acting as an invisible barrier between the two worlds. The four could only see barren land in front of them, which was inaccessible due to the incredibly large and deep gap at the end of the cliff. All Silicans who had tried to fly or glide across it experienced a sudden increase in gravity and fell to their deaths.

On the other side, it did not take long for Riku, Mitsuki, Gaku, and Tamaki to get to the east-most point of Majabah at Nijiiro Canyon from the town they were in. After the villagers treated the lord's party with a gratitude banquet, Gaku called the messenger and ordered him to deliver the letters his lord wrote and signed last night to Otoharu, Sousuke, Tsumugi, and Momo to inform them of the current world situation. Just now Gaku used time magic to get here while Mitsuki and Riku rode on the back of Tamaki's full-dragon-forme. Tamaki was a white, four-legged dragon with large demon-like wings. Good thing the doctor had studied a typical dragon's body structure beforehand, so he knew which body part to grab that would not hinder Tamaki's ability to take flight.

"That was a somewhat scary yet exciting experience." Riku spoke as he stepped his shaky legs down from the dragon.

"Hahaha I know right? It was nerve-wracking!" Mitsuki laughed before he got distracted by the scene before him. The view Mitsuki was seeing was similar to the view the three at Silica Rainbow Hill could see.

"This isn't a drop." Tamaki transformed back to his human-forme and pointed to the gap at the end of the Nijiiro Canyon cliff. "Sou-chan made an illusion so you couldn't see Silica."

"And we will never get to see it." Gaku blurted out, making the already sad Mitsuki more upset. Gaku felt a wave of guilt hit him. "Brat..." Riku looked at Mitsuki, whose shoulders started to tremble with a pair of sad eyes.

"I'm okay, Yaotome, Riku." Mitsuki used his arm to wipe away his tears, which were coming out endlessly. "Iori, my little brother, is in danger so long as the Keeper stays insane. This is the only way to make sure he is safe, even though I will never see him again." Mitsuki stared off into the distance and spoke quietly. "Goodbye, Iori. Yamato-san. Nagi..."

On Silica's side, Iori and Tenn looked at each other. Their smiles were sweet. Yamato in the back could not help smirking.

"Wish me and Ryuu were as lovey-dovey as them." Yamato muttered.

"Hmm?" Tenn noticed Yamato was saying something, so he looked back to check on the guy. "Care to say something, Nikaido Yamato?"

Yamato simply laughed before turning around and muttering to himself once more. "*Sighhhh* You need to learn more about fanservice, Ryuu. Can't believe we're married." The guy shook his head in disappointment.

Tenn decided to ignore Yamato and returned to his sweet boy. "Let's hope we find your brother. Izumi Mitsuki, right?" Tenn went into his serious mode. He was surprised to see that Iori kept his smile. "What are you so happy about?"

"It's true I'm going there to find Nii-san, but I also can't wait to see your hometown, Tenn-san." Iori got a little closer to the idol. "By the way, are you okay with leaving your fans behind?"

Tenn bit his lip. He felt terrible. He had been blessed with the attention and cheers he would never ever get in Majabah, and yet here he was, about to leave his fans behind for five whole months. Moreover, he did not even know if he would ever come back to Silica afterwards. "I hate myself for becoming an idol, despite knowing how unstable my situation is. Still, I refuse to let you face danger on your own, Izumi."

"Why?," asked the high school student.

"Because you are one of my fans."

Iori blushed. Flustered, Iori felt the need to move on to the next topic. He asked, "Shall we?" and Tenn nodded. With a magnetic fork-like tool in his left hand, Iori raised it above his head. Tenn began to cast lightning magic on the tool, which absorbed it and used it to deflect the mysterious energy.

On Majabah's side, human-forme Tamaki noticed something was off. "The wall... it's getting weaker." The dragon was on high alert when the illusion began to become more distorted and blurry. "Something's weakening the wall!" He roared. "Gakkun! Rikkun! Quick!"

The lord and the butler nodded before stepping forward to cast light magic on the wall. Pale yellow-coloured orbs surrounded their bodies. They focused their energy while having a vision of a tall barrier in their heads.

When Yamato noticed the energy level kept rising back up, he told Tenn to increase his magic power. On the other side, Gaku and Riku refused to back down, casting a more powerful spell each time the vision before them became more distorted. Before long, the magic spells from both sides started clashing on the Illusionary Wall, causing it to spark. The wall was invisible, but now people could see how large it spanned across the two worlds' continents.

Suddenly, flashes of lightning surrounded the whole wall. The magic users stopped their magic casting and were about to take a step backwards when the Illusionary Wall cracked like glass and broke into tiny pieces, scattering tiny shards everywhere.

"My lord!" Gaku threw himself in front of Riku and hugged him to protect the lord from being hit by a million pieces of flying glass.

"Izumi!" Tenn used his strength to push Iori backwards for Yamato to catch.

Gaku and Tenn were stabbed and cut by several pieces of glass. They both screamed in pain. Riku, Iori, and the rest who were nearby only suffered minor injuries.

Again, before anyone could react, the sky turned deep violet. Grey thunder clouds formed all over it. Thousands of lightning flashes struck all over Silica and Majabah.

A second later, the lightning hit everyone at Rainbow Hill and Nijiiro Canyon.

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-Majabah's Capital-

"gasp!"

With widened eyes, Yuki looked left and right, checking if he was in one piece. All he wanted was a change of scenery, so he was taking a stroll somewhere on the south side of Rainbow Hill. All of a sudden, flashes of lightning started to hit the ground around him. When he was about to run away, it hit him. He thought he was done for, but here he was, standing tall and unscathed. It seemed like the lightning had stopped.

"Where is this place?"

Yuki found himself in a totally unfamiliar place. Roads and houses were made of bricks and stones instead of concrete. People around him were staring at him, looking very confused. A few of them were on the ground, worshipping something. Most of the people were shocked by how Yuki appeared without warning. Not to mention, he stood out with what he was wearing.

"Oh dear." Yuki seemed worried when he saw someone lighting a fire with their bare hands in the distance. "Is this... the magic world?"

"Um, sir?"

Yuki turned around to face the voice owner. The manager looked at the man from head to toe. He was wearing quite a 'flashy costume' in Yuki's eyes. It was so princely that Yuki could not help thinking he was an idol or a movie star.

The man actually did the same to Yuki, except he expressed it out loud. "Such cool looking clothes..." (Mind you, Yuki was only wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans.) He gasped when he realised he was being rude. "Wahh sir, I'm sorry. It's just, um, I overheard you say "magic world'. Are you from Silica? You know about us?"

Yuki simply nodded, earning a shocked look from the man.

"I'm Momo- wah!"

Suddenly, the sky turned even darker. The whole surroundings turned very windy. It was easy to see why. In the far distance, tall and violent whirlwinds appeared, swirling and dancing. It swallowed people, houses, and even the land itself. Acting like a dark void, it destroyed parts of the two worlds.

The destruction of the worlds had started. In Majabah, those whirlwinds appeared from the west, travelling east. The opposite was for Silica. Meaning, once both sets of destruction whirlwinds reached the middle, where the two worlds were connected, there would be nothing left.

Everyone would die.

The people in Majabah's capital, where Yuki and Momo were, could not see how the whirlwinds feasted on the land, yet they knew the end was coming near. Several Majabahns went on their knees and prayed for it to stop, for the Nanase to come and help them.

"Looks like this is the end..." Yuki muttered as he stared off into the black, screaming sky. Momo was terrified, yet he refused to give up hope. He took a deep breath before grabbing Yuki's slender arm and yanking it.

"This way!" Momo shouted and pulled Yuki to make him run. "The mansion, maybe we can come up with something." Yuki had no choice but to follow the hopeful stranger.

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Yipes! I wonder what happened to the ppl at the rainbow hill and Nijiiro Canyon? Gaku and Riku did not end on a very good note lets hope nothing worse happens to any of them :P Fufufu~

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