In the realm of Zariel, every person can manipulate one of the four elements their zodiac belongs to - Fire, Earth, Air or Water.
Tamie Wingfield dreams to become the greatest Zodiac Master of all time. For that, she decides to join the Rose Cruce...
The three girls were sitting in their room at night and were discussing matters, all of their eyes swollen with tears as they had lost their dearest ally and friend.
"It was a beastly man... I've never seen anything like him before. He was even more powerful than Marvin Wagner ever was," Riza retold them of their adventures on the reconnaissance. "He is the Golden Venus Celestial Lord - the Taurus sign. He turned out to be a Dog spirit, and the Tamer Class, Beast Rank just like Shiba, but he was far more experienced, and... he had a pet right beside him, so the fusion was more powerful than Shiba's remaining powers Bruno had granted him before his death..." tears fell from her eyes as she recalled the gruesome event, "Shiba took that guy, Akuma, head-on, but couldn't withstand the Blast of Golden Venus..."
"That... That's terrible!" tears gathered in Tamie's eyes, "I can't believe he's truly gone! And we have another Celestial Lord as an enemy?! But we've got no Celestial Lords on our side now, and no Bearers either. What shall we do?"
"Um, but didn't you say Byakuya is the Sun Celestial Lord?"
"Ah, yes, Byakuya... he might be of help".
"Actually, you've got two powerful Byakuyas on your side".
They all started and looked aside, spotting Tamie's muse Byakuya Ikemoto, in his long purple lower hair-tail, black kimono, white scarf, and those enchanting icy blue eyes...
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"Byakuya?!" Tamie widened eyes in a stupor, "But how? I thought Kokujin had come to life!"
She could clearly remember she had revived Kokujin as the more powerful one of her muse's faces. How come Byakuya had returned from the scroll now and not Kokujin?
"Kokujin? Byakuya? I believe it's all the same thing," the Blade Warrior shot her a serious gaze, "What that Goatee Bill told you back then about two-faced muses, Goddess - that the more powerful one would emerge - is false. Both shall emerge because both are in fact one - I am your muse, and I am one and only, but with different faces. It does not change the main core of mine though, so which face I take, depends on my wish".
"Oh, I understand... But as Byakuya, you surely are more tactful".
At such a half-joke of hers, Byakuya laughed.
"We've got no time to be joking around..."
The girls and the muse surprisedly looked at Tiger. She was staring at the floor with her eyes reddened with tears.
"Shiba died, from the hands of that order... because of that woman. We have no reason to laugh now..." she stood up and walked out of the room silently.
"Huh? But Tiger! Come back, we_" Riza wanted to resonate, however, the door got slammed behind Tiger as she walked out, leaving even her pets behind. "What's with her? She's even gloomier than she can usually be..."
"I guess she still needs to cope with the fact that we're fighting against Kassandra Braun..." Tamie sadly cast her eyes down. "She might also still remember Kokuyo-sama's words from before, so..."
