A Daemon's Second Chance (Tales of Berseria x Kingdom Hearts)

Chapter 27: Life At Twilight Town

In a dark street, Pluto the dog was walking around sad and lonesome. As he crossed a puddle, he looked up and saw a man in a black robe and red spiky hair walk along a street horizontal to him. He disappeared into an alleyway, and Pluto, thankful to see somebody, rushed toward him.

He rounded the corner to see the man open up a black portal, and go right through it. Pluto tried to follow him, but just as he got close, the portal disappeared, and so did the man. Pluto stopped at the spot, and looked down sadly, wishing for somebody to play with.

Suddenly, from behind, someone whistled for him. Pluto's ears raised and he turned. Another dark portal appeared from behind him. He barked as he charged at the portal, leaping into it, and vanishing along with it.

When he arrived, he found himself in a dark space, and a man stood before him. A tall man with a hood over his head. He knelt down and petted Pluto on the head.

"I may need your help, boy." he said in a deep voice. The dog looked up at him, panting in excitement. The man mouth could only be seen, grinning.

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In Twilight Town, Eleanor and Eizen was watching a struggle match between Seifer and Viola. A lot have happened since the arte users arrived and the meeting between them, Eleanor and Eizen had grown accustom to the technology like their friends did.

"Welcome, one and all to the championship round of the Struggle Tournament!" the Announcer shouted through the microphone. "Today's contestants are a sight to be reckoned with. In this corner, Twilight Town's prior winner; Seifer!" A young man with a black tuque was waving his hand to the cheering crowd.

"You got this one, Seifer, y'know?" Rai, one of Seifer's friends called out.

"Win." Fuu, another friend of Seifer's, said simply.

"An in the other corner," the Announcer continued, "A newcomer to the town; a girl with unparalleled speed and strength; Viola!" The crowd cheered as Viola waved her hand to everyone around her, particularly at the Arte users, Hayner, Pence and Olette.

"Go for it, Viola!" cheered Olette.

"Put Seifer in his place!" Hayner shouted.

"You can do it, Viola!" cheered Pence.

"I wonder how long we've been here." Eizen thought aloud and Eleanor looked down on the ground, thinking about the day they first stepped into town.

Flashback

Namine and Viola led Eizen and Eleanor out of the mansion and out into the courtyard. This was the first time they saw the outside. Namine then turned to them.

"I know this is going to be hard, but you must stay around in this town until I need you." Namine said with Viola by her side.

"And what?" Eleanor asked stubbornly, "Twiddle our thumbs? Do nothing while Laphicet is out there, risking his life with that 'Sora' character and his friends?"

"Don't worry about him." Namine reassured them. "I can keep a close watch on Laphicet. In the meantime, there are plenty of things you can do here. I'm sure you'll find friends here, but you mustn't tell them you are from a different world. Most people don't know about other worlds. Viola will explain everything."

"Got it." Eizen answered. "The more information the better."

"Namine, you can go inside. I'll send a message if there's something or you do that." Viola told the younger girl, who nodded before walking back inside the mansion.

"You're the finished product of the experiment, am I wrong?" Eizen asked, having figured it out already as the masked girl had the same outfit from the video fotage Namine showed them before she arrived.