Anemoia Echoes

District of Bullet Hell (3)

Both Dartz and Shaman took look at Rigel as they seem to be confused. Shaman asks Rigel about the comment he made "Fox girl in white? What do you mean?" Shaman didn't know who the Fox Girl in white suppose to be.

Rigel reply to his question "Do not worry, you will realize it soon enough. It is time for us to take a step now. The step to save what is left before all of us miss the chance to save her" He took both Dartz and Shaman to the portal "Also is best to beat this trial, before we do anything else for the time being" He did it once more, as he swung his left arm the portal to the world exposes itself to them "Now shall we begin it" He saw that portal was now open and allowing them to enter as he took a single step into it and disappear. 

Dartz and Shaman followed after Rigel into the portal. As Dartz steps into the portal, she felt a sensation of being teleported with the use of a portal then Shaman went in as well. As both went through it, they found themselves looking at a familiar place in front of them. They saw that they were on top of the platform above the one where they fight on as they saw no button to join the district bullet like that once remember of this place. Then a sudden voice of a girl spoken behind them all and all of them turn to look.

A girl in white with fox ears appears before them while sitting on a cube that seemly to float all on its' own. "It seems so, I never thought there will be some invaders in my district. Well regardless..." She smiled and snap her finger "Let's begin, shall we?" All of a sudden the platform where Dartz, Shaman, and Rigel were atop lost its footing because of the platform's disappearance.

Shaman fell from the height and landed on their butt as she yelps out in pain, meanwhile, both Dartz and Rigel landed perfectly fine as they stood back up as the fox in white has disappeared from what she was. Shaman stood back up while rubbing their butt in pain as she realized that she felt the pain for the first time in this reality. Without any extra time wasted the world begin to change, the sky turns grey as the platform above them reappeared once more and now it is nothing more than a tiny circle floating and then the music started to play.  Dartz and Shaman knew and recognize right away what the song was and the sky then rumble with thunder. The platform under them became into 4 circles with small pathways to each circle under them all were music notes of some sort in a circle around the 4 circles. 

Rigel looks at the center of the arena while talking "Here it comes, for this trial is the beginning of this journey" Rigel step aside off-center in the circle and watch the center.

In the center of this arena, all of sudden out of nothingness two orb types appear one of the blue big orbs and small purple orbs appeared. Yet these were not of the one Dartz and Shaman remembering as they flew faster than before as it seems to be 3-4 times faster than what remember.  Dartz and Shaman dodge out of the way in a hurry as they were surprised by the speed at which these bullet orbs were traveling, and while Rigel seem to handle it quite well. Dartz kept darting around in a hurry as the bullet was repeating firing in patterns that similar but new as Dartz seem to have trouble getting used to physically jumping and dodging around, meanwhile, Shaman quickly adapting by watching Rigel for a bit as he simply dodge by similar ways he once did in his previous reality but seem too have the same trouble as Dartz. While the music played on, it hit a strong note as Red large orbs bullet came from the center and struck Shaman straight on and wiping her completely then Rigil simply allowed himself to hit by the bullet orbs and he took seemly disappeared. Dartz kept going until she was nicked in the right leg and instead of her disappearing she fell in pain as she took a look over at her injured leg as bullet orb flew over her and to her shock she lost a chunk of her right leg and blood was drawing from her right leg. She panic in pain as this wasn't anything like the previous reality, this was no game, this was her new reality and this is nothing to overlooked. Unable to move, Dartz saw that red orbs were spinning around the circle and she was killed by it. She fell into complete darkness, this feeling of deathly dread crawls into her soul, scaring her soul inside as unexplainable terror eats over her mind, her heart fell into the void, and all of a sudden Dartz has woken up from her deathly demise as she felt it was like a nightmare. 

Rigel stood beside both Dartz and Shaman. "You two fine?" They stood atop of the same bullet hell platform where the portal in from the Horizon Ward.

Shaman stood up as she grab Rigel "How the hell, was I suppose to feel fine!" She was in an angry mood after getting killed "I was killed! and I felt all the pain in the world!" She pulled Rigil down to her height by the collar of his uniform "You didn't tell me, that we will actually die because that was scary..." Shaman let go of him as she felt death for the first time, a dread that felled over Shaman was a lot harsher on her than Dartz.

Dartz look at the commotion as she put her hand to her face and thought to herself in her mind "That was painful... and what was that dread over me while in the death state" All sudden Dartz began to shiver in deathly dread but blue light flow over them and wiping them of this dreadful feeling. Dartz looked up and saw Rigel was showing off his ability.

Rigel looks at them both "Well it is a lesson that you both learn. This trial is meant to stop anyone from beating it, a single death will stop you will it?" Rigel feels seemly different from both Dartz and Shaman as he seems to lack a lot of emotion.  "Dartz and Shaman, your journey can end here, or are you going to save her like I once said" He seems to look at Shaman for the answer.

Shaman answers his question "Save her? I don't even know her... no...wait...I have a feeling I met her...I can't remember... who was she" Shaman back off into her mind as she tries to remember who this individual was and she can't remember but the feel is something she once felt before.

Rigel looks at Shaman "It seems you too are lacking in those memories as well..." Rigel went over to Dartz and picked Dartz up from the ground "Dartz, are you going to continue this district fight. Now you know that death is painful, and death is dreadful over your own life. For that you might get to change the future on your own hands". Rigel seems to look for Dartz's confidence.

Dartz looked upon herself as she thinks about this situation. Dartz kept thinking about it more and more. She doesn't know whether this may be worth all her time, saving someone she might not even know or remember but fledging feeling in her heart that tells her who the Fox-girl in white suppose to be saved. Dartz looked at both Shaman and Rigel as she can't decide whether to continue this seemly more impossible task as her skill now is less of her previous reality and that each death could be dreadful to her soul even though Rigiel can fix it but the knowledge of that death seemly haunts her mind.  As each bullet will inflict horrific damage to her own body if she continues and this is something that can't become numb to. Her mind cycled over and over the situation as dread now gone yet still haunting her.

Dartz screams "No! I don't want to!..."

-End of Chapter-