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The Next Day
Carat Sky Palace

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"That sure is a nice palace"

"But why is it in the sky?"

"That's easy to explain. There's a special magic keeping the palace and those mountains afloat. Carat Nation is right below the palace and all around the surrounding area. They could've chosen a normal ground base, but then it wouldn't have been beneficial for Seventeen's leader"

Jeno explained.

"Seungcheol is originally from Earth, and he has a special power called Human Spider. He was reborn with the blood of an Ethorian spider, and because of that, he can do anything a spider can"

I added.

"Then, that must be him swinging from those webs right?"

Xinrei pointed out of the window, and we indeed saw someone swinging from a web.

It's definitely Seungcheol. I can tell by that suit. The suit has a special armor, able to repel most attacks and projectiles.

"He must be returning from one of the stores in the surrounding area. He has a grocery bag in his other hand"

"It seems that way"

He started swinging his way up to the palace, but then he suddenly swerved as if to avoid something, and one of the nearby vines just vanished into this air.

But none of us saw anything around him that could've done that. However, that just gave away who tried to kill him just now.

"Ten-hyung is here"

"It seems that Yoongi-hyung is here too. Look above the palace"

Jeno pointed above the palace, and we definitely saw Yoongi's Stand hovering over it.

"We gotta go help them"

"You stay here Xinrei. You've never faced their Stands before, but we have. It would be safer for you and Xinya to stay here while we take care of this"

I insisted.

"I'm coming too. I might be able to use my magic to protect the palace and the towns below"

"And I'll go too. While Hyuck protects everyone from Sun, I'll track Yoongi-hyung down and destroy his earring"

Mark and Donghyuck insisted.

"If it helps, I can sense small traces of someone near Seungcheol-hyung. And before Sun showed up, I sensed traces of someone hiding in that floating mountain right under the palace"

Hongjoong informed us, using his Stand to help us.

"Mark-hyung, take Dragonite with you. It'll help you navigate around that area fast enough, and it'll protect you just in case something goes wrong"

Shotaro offered, releasing Dragonite from its Pokéball.

"Thanks Shotaro. I'll bring it back safely"

Mark promised with a warm smile.

Donghyuck departed first, flying to the palace from the flames that emitted from his feet.

Once he reached the peak of the palace, he used his Grimoire to cast a barrier spell. This created a huge barrier that cover the entire perimeter of the surrounding area, including the all of the neighboring towns.

That's a very powerful spell. We'll have to finish this before Donghyuck tires himself out.

Mark and Dragonite departed next and flying to the floating mountain beneath the palace.

"Nana. Take my kunai and impale it into the side of the rock for me"

He handed me one of his kunais for me to take with me.

"Right"

I see what Jeno's trying to do.

Once I impale it into the mountain, he'll be able to teleport right to it. He knows that since I'm a Keyblade wielder, I can easily glide over to the mountain.

But, the problem is that ability isn't as fast as I would like for it to be, and I'm vulnerable to some attacks while gliding.

"Jaemin! Use this!"

Seungcheol suddenly yelled.

He shot a web towards us that stuck itself to the ship. Once that end stuck to the ship, he stuck his end to the side of the mountain before evading Ten's attacks again.

This is actual good~. I also have the ability to slide across anything that resembles a grinding rail~.

The moment I jumped onto it, I was immediately able to slide across it at the perfect speed I had hoped for.

When I was halfway to the mountain, Chittaphrr showed up and tried attacking me. But I was easily able to jump and dodge his attack, and I glided through the air the rest of the way.

I impaled the kunai into the rock, and within a couple seconds, Jeno was at my side.

"Thanks Nana. Now, how are we supposed to fight against Chittaphrr and Ten-hyung if we can't see them?"

"Leave it to me~. Fire!"

I used my Keyblade to release a big ball of fire that struck part of the mountain.

When it created an explosion, it emitted enough light to make Chittaphrr retreat back into Ten.

Not only that, the smoke screen created from the explosion, as well as the falling debris from the rock, helped us locate Ten and enabled us to dodge his attack.

However, this enabled him to travel right through the mountain. He was heading for the other side.

"Nana, grab my hand. I have an idea. Have your Keyblade ready to destroy his earring"

I don't know what Jeno has planned, but I still held his hand regardless.

He then used Sticky Fingers to punch the mountain, and a zipper suddenly appeared that circled around the whole circumference of it.

"Unzip!"

He grabbed the zipper's handle and it immediately began to unzip the mountain, allowing us to quickly soar to the other side.

I see what Jeno has planned now!

We're going to meet Ten on the other side and destroy the earring once he pops his head out of his void to examine his surroundings!

Not even seconds later, we made it to the other side, and found Ten peaking out from his void. Jeno aided me by flinging me passed Ten to the side that his earring was on, giving me a clear shot.

"Freeze!"

I used my Keyblade to fire a shot of ice that was so powerful, that it shattered the earring on impact.

Immediately, his Stand disappeared and even though he tried to prevent himself from falling by grabbing a vine, he ended up passing out before he could.

"Ten-hyung!"

"I got him!"

Seungcheol quickly swung over and caught Ten before he plummeted to the ground.

"Meet me at the top of the rock!"

He ordered before swinging up to it with him in his arms.

Jeno made sure to zip up the mountain before running up to the top. As for me, I just flew up to the top and met up with Jeno and Seungcheol.

"Thanks a lot for helping me out guys~. Ten really is something special with the powers he has"

"We're really sorry for the trouble hyung"

"And about your groceries..."

I added, seeing that his bag was missing.

"It's no problem~. I can just buy some more later~. So, what happened to Yoongi-hyung, Mark, and Donghyuck?"

"Donghyuck is protecting everyone with his barrier magic. And by the look of things, his magic is weakening"

"And Mark-hyung should be around here somewhere with Dragonite looking for Yoongi-hyung"

Just then, we all heard and saw an explosion near the center of the mountain.

When we made it to the scene, we found Yoongi fighting against Mark and Dragonite. They were each firing beams at each other, trying to overpower each other.

"I'll be right back!"

I announced, teleporting to the palace above.

I immediately found the other members of Seventeen, watching Joshua make his way up to Donghyuck at the peak of the palace.

"What's hyung doing?"

"He's going to keep Donghyuck steady, just in case he passes out from how much power he's using. What's going on Jaemin?"

Hoshi asked.

"We'll explain later, but right now, I need to know something. Which one of you is the fastest?"

"That would be me"

Jun stepped forward.

That's right. His power is called Godspeed. How could I have forgotten that??

"That's perfect~! I need your help really quick!"

I led him to one of the nearby railings, and pointed down to where Jeno and the others were.

"To put it simply, I need you to use your power to go down there to Yoongi-hyung and destroy the earring that's in one of his ears"

"Let me guess. He's being controlled by it, and that's also why he and Ten-hyung attacked us, right?"

"That's it~. You're much faster than any of us, so we need your help to save him. We've already saved Ten-hyung, but you're the only one that can help Yoongi-hyung"

"On it. Wait right here"

In an instant his hair became spikier and an impressive electric aura covered him from head to toe.

One second, he was right next to me, and the next second, he disappeared.

But when I looked down below, Yoongi was gone! I could only see, Mark, Jeno, Dragonite, and Seungcheol!

But, where did Yoongi go that fast?!

"I'm back"

Jun suddenly tapped my shoulder.

Yoongi was unconscious, and Jun carried him on his shoulder!

"When did you become so fast?! I've never seen you move so quickly hyung!"

"You haven't seen us in a long time Jaemin. And besides, I was raised by a family of assassins. You've never seen a slow assassin, have you?"

He smiled, amused at my expression.

"I guess not... YangYang is somewhat of an assassin and he's not slow either. But damn..."

Just seconds later, the barrier around the area broke from Donghyuck using too much of his magic.

But on the bright side, Yoongi's Stand disappeared before the barrier came down.

"Yo Nana! Did you see where Yoongi-hyung went?!"

Jeno suddenly shouted from the mountain.

"Yeah! He's up here with me and Jun-hyung! He destroyed the earring! We'll meet you guys back on the ship!"

I yelled back.

"So it's true that Renjun is in trouble, and that all of the heroes on Ethora are possessed?"

Jun asked.

They must've seen the news report already too.

"That's right hyung. You guys wouldn't happen to know the fastest way to get to SHINee's place would you?"

"Look who you're talking too. I'm all about speed. I can give you the directions of the fastest route. So let's get moving. We have no time to waste"

Jun zipped us over to the ship in the blink of an eye, and the rest of Seventeen soon joined the rest of us with Donghyuck.

Now that we've successfully aided and  recruited Seventeen, we can finally move on to SHINee. Hopefully, it won't take too much time.