Chapter 29: The Maidens

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Upon landing on the rogue Airship, Ace and Ruby were instantly greeted by the giant Wyvern Grimm that roared and flew right past them, heading towards Beacon Tower. Not far behind it however, were multiple smaller Nevermores and Griffins, some of which landed on the ship with them.

Ace: "What in the hell..."

Ruby: "... C'mon, let's hurry this up so we can get back to the ground to help the others!" The blue-haired male looked at her and nodded.

Ace: "Lead the way, little sis."

With a smirk, Ruby nodded, and the two siblings charged forwards towards the Grimm that landed on the ship, slashing through them with ease. However, with the Grimm now gone, a new adversary approached. Feeling a presence behind him, Ace turned around and was surprised to see a girl wearing an Atlesian Uniform, holding up a Scroll. Just as Ruby turned around, she snapped a picture of the two, just as her pink energy began to surround her body as her appearance changed, to Neopolitan.

Ruby: "It's you!"

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Ruby: "It's you!"

Ace: "You recognize her, Rubes?"

Ruby: "Yeah, she's Roman's henchman. Neo, I think her name is."

Ace: "Neo huh..." He hummed and stared at the ice-cream themed female. Their eyes locked for a moment as things began to click for him. Now that he thought about it, he hasn't seen that girl he met, Nea for a while now... It was a wild idea, but he had to know for sure. "You... Do we... know each other?"

The dual-eyed female seemed surprised and even seemed to show a bit of hesitation, but just ended up smiling in the end. She briefly changed her appearance to that of the girl Ace met, confirming his suspicions. She quickly changed back to her normal. The male was silent at the revelation, with Ruby looking at him in a bit of worry. She did notice how her brother seemed to love interacting with the girl, even if they were short lived. He sighed.

Ace: "I see... But even then, despite this reveal, I did enjoy our interactions, Neo." The female was surprised by this. "By the end of this war, I hope we can be on the same side." Neo was confused. Why... didn't he hate her? He was supposed to hate her guts for lying to him! For playing with him! It left her conflicted, but she quickly shook her head and clicked the send button, sending the photo to her boss.

Roman, who was on the bridge of the airship, noticed the picture of Ruby and Ace popping up on his scroll, causing him to growl in annoyance.

Roman: "Oh you can't be serious!" Grabbing his Scroll and his cane, Melodic Cudgel, he quickly began to head towards the current battle.

On the ground, Blake stood, frozen in fear as she watched her former partner, Adam Taurus, staring at her from inside of the cafeteria, with his weapon, his Katana and Shotgun-Sheath known as Wilt and Blush in hand. Slowly, she began to back away while trembling.

Adam: "Running away again? Is that what you've become my love? A coward?"

Blake: "Why are you doing this!?"

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