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Free! Iwatobi Suiei Gods 2: Voyage of the Magic Six –Epilogue Story–
フリー! イワトビ水泳神々二つ: マジックシックスのヴォヤージュ - エピローグストーリー -
Free! Voyage of the Magic Six
フリー! マジックシックスのヴォヤージュ
-Book 1: The World of Isolation アイソレーションの世界-
-Book 2: Fellowship of the Magic Six マジックシックスのフェローシップ
-Book 3: Eternal Promise 永遠のプロミス
-Book 4: Mirrored Voyage ミラーヴォヤージュ - (You are here)-
-Book 5: Heroes of the Gods 神々のヒーローズ -
Introduction:
Welcome fellow Free! Fans…to the Fourth Story of the Saga in Voyage of the Magic Six!
I have long prepared for this particular story because I knew one day these lovely bishies will have to return to their original homeland of Planet Earth.
Earlier this summer, I asked you all to participate in a survey which had to do with the "Ships/OTPs". I had a question about your favorite ship, how much you LOVE THEM, and what would you use to DEFEND THEM.
I did NOT reveal why or what my intentions were…but now I shall tell you the reason on why I made you participate:
This mission on their return to Earth will really test their relationships for each other again just like The Last Legend. But this time:
(WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL AND STORY WILL BE DARKER AND SENSITIVE!)
Imagine the world where your only home has turned into a swamp …a massive swamp with a green thick mist of fog and waters that has dangerous properties of transformation or destruction…
Imagine the world where you have forgotten the past and only focus on the present … yesterdays don't matter.
Imagine the world where you are at war because you are worshiping a story and you MUST protect that legend at all cost.
Imagine where you must give up your friendship because they don't agree with your story …and you have to kill those who don't follow you or your kind …
Imagine working for a group of people that worship the same couple as you …people that you never knew that they existed.
~Bandwagons and loyalties will be tested…friendships will form and break…hatred and love will grow and die!
Judgement day is in the past! Time to fight for WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT!
But…is it truly right? Or is there something more to what this all looks?
Welcome Free!dom (Free! Fandom)…to the Shipping Wars of "The Lost Legend" Arc!
(リレーションシップのウォーズの「ザロストレジェンド」)
Welcome to Post-Apocalyptic Earth in the year 2113 Free!dom!
– Welcome to the Mirrored Voyage/Lynwin Revelations of Free! –
Free! Voyage of the Magic Six – Book 4: Mirrored Voyage – Lynwin Revelations (full title)
Prologue: 変化と交換 ! To Change and Exchange!
~REWIND: Planet Earth, Before the "Trip" to Duniya, Location: Lynwin-Mu
Ikuya Kirishima stood at the base of the mountain that led to the temple of the Suiei Gods, his eyes fixed at the building. After being put "rest" from his life, he woke up to meet a strange man that offered him a mission to perform in exchange that he and the others would be "temporally back to life" in order to complete the task.
After much argument from the others, he finally gave in and woke up on the mushy sands and mud of Lynwin. The others were somehow separated but he knew that it was inevitable.
They should be thankful I paid the price, he growled to himself.
He began the long trek up as he saw how much the land has changed before him. Lynwin was shuddered in the mists from the green cloud as he sensed evil far beyond his imagination. The city itself was nothing but ruins and swampy waters that flooded with a scent of putrid corpses and who knew what else.
While he was more of a tougher personality to deal with, he was actually shocked on the land before him.
But that's not it, he thought, there is more to what meets the eye here.
Iwatobi, Japan
Shiina Asashi woke up and found himself at the old Iwatobi High School that once was the home for Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and many others that attended here. However, many things have changed in this world after the "death" of the Magic Six here on this planet.
The town was somewhat deserted and the skies were also green and white with a scent of dead bodies around. However, most of the area was visible to the eyes.
To think that we can live again for such a short time, he thought, I guess we have to do what we are set to do.
"Shiina!" shouted a familiar voice.
The pink hair turned to see the Nao Serizawa as the taller boy's light purple hair was gently brushed through the wind. He wore a cloak that covered his identity until he removed the hood.
"Where are the others?" asked Nao.
"Separated perhaps," said Shiina, "But the witch boy said that we had to perform some tasks before we meet up at the temple. I wonder what we need to do here."
"He told me that the memories of the four of them are here…as well as one other," replied Nao.
"But what about the Last Star?" asked Shiina.
"He is obviously not from this land, but rather…" began Nao, "No worries. Kisumi has that covered."
"Yeah I know that," said Shiina, "But…don't you think this is a dangerous place?"
Before Nao could answer, they heard a soft click followed by a loud boom coming down from the abandoned village. The two could hear screaming of vengeance down below as they realized how much time there was left before they would get caught and killed.
"I think it's best we take our move now!" he replied.
Mayfield, Ohio (USA)
Shigino Kisumi woke up and found himself drenched from the rain as he was standing in the middle of a quiet street. He has heard stories about this town such as the tragedy when the Shadow Mafia laid waste here but he never thought that he would come to this place in person.
I wondered if he ever played basketball, he thought, but I don't think he's that type to play.
After following the instructions of the witch boy's voice in his mind, he arrived at a brick house where he saw a fire erupting from there, burning down.
"W-what's going on!?" he gasped.
He rushed to find a way in but he saw something on the driveway. The boy walked up to it and saw:
Death to the Dorkas…Our Blood Crimson will always take the Freestyle! And damn to the foreigner of taking the Free for himself in hell! Viva la Sharkbait!
His eyes widened in shock as he somehow knew what this meant; an all out war of the "Missing Legend"!
Everything on Lynwin, he thought, has changed…
The Mikoshiba Crypt, Outside of Lynwin-Mu
Gou Matsuoka opened her eyes and the first thing she felt was the sheer humidity. She was in some sort of a tomb in the dark when she saw a faint ray of sunlight. Her skin stretched and flattened while her bones solidified once more, giving her the strength that she needed.
W-where am I, she thought, trying to crawl her way out as she felt her strength returning to her for the first time in years. She could barely climb the stairs and got out as she saw the vision around her. Her eyes widened in shock as she remembered this area…
"W-what happened to the city!?" she gasped as she saw the city of Lynwin-Mu before her in swampy waters and in ruins all around. A thick green mist hovered in the skies above and around the city edges as there were trees and strange foliage of plant life intertwined with the ruins.
It's like I'm trapped here…trapped in this town, she thought.
It took her a few moments but a throbbing headache struck her as she saw various memories flowing back into her mind; her illness, her persistence to helping the Iwatobi Team, the arrival of Alex and Serah and many others…the creation of this land…everything!
"O-onii-chan," she muttered, "Is he even alive? Are any of them alive!? The children…anyone!?"
"They are waiting…" said a cold voice.
She turned sharply to see a strange looking boy with teal-hair and red crimson eyes. She almost blushed at the sight of his outfit but the attitude coming off of him was not as warm and pleasant.
"Matsuoka Gou…brother of Matsuoka Rin…" said Ikuya, "Wife of Seijuurou Mikoshiba...mother of two children…daughter of Matsuoka Toraichi…"
"W-what do you want?" she asked, "And please call me Kou if you don't mind!"
He turned his head briefly to the mist before answering, "Nothing I need from you…except for the fact that you must be ready."
"And what do you mean by that?" she asked.
"Nothing," he replied, "Your time is only limited…we cannot stay here."
"But where are the others!? Seijuurou? Momotaro? Aki? Sousuke?! Saburo?! Atsuko!?" asked Gou.
"Aki and Sousuke are in Duniya," said Ikuya, "Where the others are at. I assume you remember?"
Gou shook her head, "A lot of things just hit my mind. I will sort them out later once we find them."
She took off down the hill as she saw the difficulty of walking through the green mists. She turned to see Ikuya holding onto her by the shoulder.
"You shouldn't run off like that," he hissed.
"You're going to kill me?" she asked.
"Why should I?" he asked, "We're already dead in a sense of our unaging."
"Time has been reversed in our bodies," she answered, "Alive or not, I will find them."
"Going on your own in this swamp will not do you any good," said Ikuya, "Follow me now if you wish to stay alive...and see them again.."
She narrowed her eyes for a moment before giving a nod and a sigh. Ikuya helped her up and the two began the long trek.
The Region of Marqueseas – Dorka's Domain
In the outer circle of the continent of Lynwin, the green mists still blankets around but the thickness here in this town was not as bad compared to Lynwin-Mu. However, a few hundreds of residents resided here in this town with the remains of the technology and materials that was found and collected to form this city.
Here, the people worshiped the story of the Dolphin and the Orca in which the two breeds brought a new type of species that would one day bring forth wealth and more power to the people. In other words, the people believed that Makoto and Haruka have developed a new generation of swimmers that would take their place and carry out their honorary titles and bring back the wealth to the people.
The people were generally happy and calm for they were inspired by Makoto's happy faces based on the legend that was passed down from generation to generation. However, there were a few people that had hostiles to the story of Rin and Haruka in which they had a job to combat them in order to maintain peace and stability to their story and society.
Office of the Blue and Green
Atari Kolo sat down at her desk as she took out her electronic feather pen to write something down. Her clothes were in various hues of green and blue in the style of a uniform with a tie and suit with a skirt. She was about to finish up her message when she heard a knock on the door.
"Yes?" she asked.
One of her secretaries walked in and said, "Madam, the winds have changed course. The Sharkbaits are trying to use their magics to break our walls apart!"
Atari narrowed her eyes and said, "So it seems."
"What are we going to do? We have to eliminate them!" she replied.
Atari looked up and said, "You know what to do…Operation Dorka."
"Yes ma'am!" she replied and left the room.
Outskirts of Marqueseas, "Fields of Mist"
A group of 50 Sharkbait Combatants used the magic from their staffs and pole-arms as they tried to break the walls of Marqueseas down.
"Seize them down!" shouted one of the girls, "Capture and kill them all!"
"Take down the weak point and fire!" shouted another.
Three of the girls aimed their staffs together as they combined their powers together, unleashing a blast of energy as the powers smashed into the wall, forcing it to crumble down. They saw that a hole was developing and the time for invasion was near.
"Let's go! For the team!" shouted the Sharkbaits.
"Kill them all!" shouted one of the Dorka Generals, "The Sharkbaits must NOT enter our walls of purity!"
"We got orders to unleash the Operation Dorka!" said one of the other generals, "We must do it now!"
The soldiers were tasked to get to the central of the town where they had kept their strongest weapons inside the fountain of Mako-Haru.
"Use what we got here!" shouted one of the Dorka soldiers, "DON'T LET THEM IN OUR WALLS! PROTECT OUR MAKOTO AND HARU-CHAN!"
Region of Hawaii, the "Butterfly Effect"
The former island chains of Hawaii merged with the land of Lynwin during The Last Legend was now home to the butterflies and penguins with all various "beautiful" flowers. Those who lived there worshiped the story of the Rockhopper Penguin named Nagisa and the Psychai Butterfly named Rei in which at the end of a person's life, if they were "dedicated" to this belief, they would be granted magic and become immortal.
While it's unknown if the legend was true, however, the people there did had their own usage of magic given to them from the people they call "Mahotsukai".
In the recent years, they did had some conflicts with a clan known as the "Butterfly Homos" that worshiped the two butterflies, the Psycahi and the Heliconius in which they shared a pact of peace in return for keeping the story alive. This bothered the people in Hawaii for they did not want their story of the penguin to be forgotten.
Battle of "Butterfly Effect" and "Butterfly Boyfriends"
At a rocky slope in the Swamp of Secrets, Claudia Sanchez stood on top of a large rock as she saw the fearless leader of Mother Reigisa standing on the other end of the war. While it's true that these clans barely had conflicts, the recent years grew more tension with the Dorkas and Sharkbaits going on at each other.
"Hehehe!" laughed Mother Reigisa, "Yo' wanna mess with us!? Now yo' got it babe!"
"I have no regrets…" said Claudia, "Rin and Rei are the butterflies that shall bring forth this world of peace. Your penguin belongs whoever the others want for the birds!"
"Oh I see you're referring to the other clans, how one-dimensional of you," smirked Mother Reigisa, "But sorry…even Rin is useless in a ship like that! You and your kind shall be dead with our cries of victory!"
Around them, bombs were exploding around, unleashing fires across the area and smoke polluting the skies.
"I wonder how this will all end," replied Claudia, her eyes glowing red-violet/pink.
"I will kill you," growled Mother Reigisa, her eyes glowing neon purple, "For accusing Nagisa as the worst shota!"
Claudia prepared her pole-arm as her prey jumped and soared towards her, it was all in a matter of seconds…
Back in the village of Iwatobi, Nao and Shiina fled for their lives as the houses around them exploded into flames and burned down the rubble. They could hear the battle cries of war as several of the different divisions were fighting each other.
"It has become a nightmare…" said Nao, "People fighting because of the ones they worship them."
"But…don't they know?" asked Shiina, "That I don't understand!"
Nao shook his head and answered, "They have forgotten…what happened…they never knew about the Magic Six and only believe that the Style Five exists..."
"But what does that have to do with this fighting now?" asked Shiina, barely dodging an explosion of rubble.
Nao flipped and performed a spell with his hands, unleashing a blast to break down a wall.
"They are fighting…on which of them…should be the couple and which one should be killed for not following them," he answered, "It's a war against relationships."
"A war on relationships?" asked Shiina, "This isn't an everyday soap opera now, is it?"
Nao saw the Iwatobi Swimming Club building where at the doorway was the item they needed; a small trophy that Haruka, Makoto, Rin, and Nagisa won back in the Elementary Relay. While it was originally left at the temple back on Lynwin it was somehow brought back here but its purpose was now in need once more.
Shiina grabbed it and said, "This is the price?"
"Yes," said Nao as he saw an explosion nearby that created a hole in the wall, "Let's go! This is our chance!"
Shiina crawled into the hole in the wall as he and Nao escaped to the seaside and saw their ride waiting for them at the sea; two dolphins.
"We're heading back to Lynwin," said Nao, "The others await us…"
The other boy remained silent as he knew that the time was almost here…the time for the Magic Six to return here.
It's gonna be an ugly one, thought Shiina, but can they really prove the legend to these people?
St. Petersburg, Russia
At the Peter & Paul Cathedral, the grave sites of the Romanov family stirred a strange aura glowing from Alexei's tomb. If anyone were to see this, news would flash but this strange glowing was only the beginning of the end…
On the burial of Alexei, most of the body was preserved and the clothes he donned were replaced. However, something was left on him that only he and Anastasia had…
It was a pair of wings…a necklace (which Anastasia has) and a pin (that he had).
The Wings of Iwatobi glowed as it could sense its partner finally making its way back to this world…
Back in Mayfield, Kisumi dashed his way through the streets after sending a message to the witch boy about the threat that he saw. It was vital that he was to return to Lynwin where the others were at in order to begin the process of bringing the Magic Six back to this world.
He stopped running as he saw the magical circle swirling beneath his feet. The peach-haired boy turned to see the smoke and the fire reaching out to the other houses as the clouds in the skies began to turn dark. He could only pray that the rain could at least extinguish the fire even though no one lived in this town anymore…
Can peace be really achieved here, he thought as he closed his eyes with the magic enclosing him away.
Momotarou opened his eyes and saw the pinpoint of light before him. He felt brittle at first but then a sense of renewed strength and energy flowed through his body as he could feel his muscles rebuilding himself.
"I'm back," he muttered happily, "I am alive after all!"
He got up from the crypt and walked up toe the light and saw the world before him. His jaw dropped in shock at the sight of the green mists and the endless swamp before him. Weird looking plants and foliage grew all around as he heard some strange buzzing from the distance.
"W-what is this!? Lynwin wasn't this…polluted!" he gasped.
He scaled carefully down on the cliff side and saw a massive looking hornet with its gigantic wing spread in conflict with a strange looking gigantic bat about twice the size.
"I-is that a…" he said when he saw the Chiropteran swatting the hornet down to the swamp, leaving a splash.
The waters forth and boiled a little from where the hornet fell until something splashed out and saw a gigantic tentacle monster with pincers. He wasn't sure if that swamp had mutated that creature or if that thing was somehow dwelling beneath the waters to capture its prey.
"They're not sea otters that's for sure," he muttered and he continued his way down.
At the bottom of the rocky slope, he saw something that looked like a series of messages. He took his chance to get himself at a good angle and saw the following:
"Too much kindness leads to sadism; Makoto is the top secret yandere! Jealousy against Rin!"
"Karma is a bitch for RinHaru! They both beat each other! Nothing will change them! Makoto will forever hold Haru's hand!"
"Nagisa is the one for Rei to fulfill the butterfly effect, having two butterflies will lead to war!"
"W-wait what!?" he gasped, "What are these threat messages?! Why are they talking about them like that?"
He tried to take a step onto the mud that was mostly stable from the swamp below. For some odd feeling, an inner voice of him said to stay out of the waters.
"It's a shame that there's no pool nearby," he said to himself, "Where is everyone? It's getting a bit too…"
Before he could finish he felt something hard hitting behind him and crashed into the mud, falling out cold. Had he still be conscious, he would have seen a group of girls using their fancy tools to analyze his DNA for identification and information.
"He's not a cospalyer," said one of the girls, after seeing the results, flipping the body around to see the face.
"A genuine…my oh my," said the second girl, "After all this time!?"
"But who is he?" asked the first one.
The screen on the tablets blinked and they all gasped in a surprise.
"It's Momotarou! He's the brother of Seijuurou! We must return to HQ and bring him in to Xing!" said the second girl.
"But where would he fit in though? Samga? Tahiti? Or Mangala?" asked the first girl.
"Well his brother's statue is in Tahiti…so it would make sense to bring him there. The people love the Mikoshiba family so it's only right," answered the third girl.
"The Sametsuka Covenant…" said the first girl, "It's what keeps us alive…and we are to honor that covenant if we are to stay peace with the three villages."
Nao and Shiina arrived back in Lynwin after hearing the Sakura petals from Camelot during their trip across the sea. They were told by the witch boy that the waters close to the continent were dangerous so Camelot took care of their arrival. Once they got in safely, they saw Gou and Ikuya walking their way across the mud patches.
"I see you finally showed up," said Ikuya darkly.
"Where's Kisumi?" asked Shiina.
"Here!" shouted an echoing voice from the distance.
They turned to see the peach-hair boy running up across the mud as they became a group of five now.
"Is it true they have been widespread?" asked Nao.
"Yes, I saw threat messages," reported Kisumi, "This world has greatly changed ever since they left…"
"And where is my Seijuurou?" asked Gou, "Is he alright?!"
"I have seen none of the Mikoshibas," said Kisumi, "Maybe they haven't wake up yet?"
"It doesn't matter," replied Ikuya, "We got a job to do…and I want to get it done as soon as we can."
"In a hurry?" asked Nao.
"Just shut up!" he growled, "I don't like to do things for Haruka's sake!"
"This isn't about Haruka," said Gou, "It's about all of them. You said they are in a different world now is that it?"
"Yes," replied Ikuya.
"Sousuke and Aki are in Duniya also," added Shiina, "They're probably rounding them all up now at the Temple of Iwamara."
"Iwamara?" asked Gou.
"A town with a similar resemblance to Iwatobi," said Nao, "But that's not the point right now. Camelot awaits us."
The five made their way to the temple safely where they saw the tree barely in bloom with very few Sakura petals. The climate and weather here has made the tree undergo some serious transformation to adapt to the harsher heat but despite this, the tree looked as if it was all scarred and beaten from a storm.
"Camelot, we have arrived," said Nao, "We wish to travel to Duniya."
"The price?" asked the tree.
Nao took out the trophy that Rin, Haruka, Makoto and Nagisa won back in this reality and stated, "This is the price here."
"It looks more than what it seems," said Camelot, "I accept…and for the way back?"
Ikuya took out the trophy that he got from another world which had a very valuable price. It was the very trophy that Ikuya, Haruka, Makoto and Shiina won during the junior high swim race before Haruka left. The Ikuya from that reality gave it to the Ikuya in this reality for the price.
"A person who is the same as me gave it away saying that this is the price for our trip," he said.
"Hang onto it for now," replied Camelot.
The tree took out its branches and gently grabbed the the first one, transforming it to a ball of energy before absorbing it. After a moment of silence the world around them turned bright white light as the temple spun around slowly at first but gradually going faster and faster until everything was all a blur.
Gou almost lost her balance during the spin but they all gripped onto the marble or the broken statues as they hanged tight for dear life. They all closed their eyes as the temple spun faster and faster…
The time has come; people are awakening for their return…
In a far distant place…
Iwatobi finally arrived safely in a world where he saw the others waiting. They were all in a hilly area where flowers bloomed and the skies glowed golden yellow in brilliant hues.
Sametsuka turned and saw Iwatobi's soul and said, "Brother, you finally made it back!"
"Pandora…she's got her powers back," spoke the golden light.
The others gasped but Sano replied, "Well first you're gonna need a new body…your glowing sphere of light won't help."
Sano turned to Mayfield and Phoenix where they both took out their books and chanted some spell to fuse the grass and flowers and create a body for Iwatobi to settle into. After he made the adjustments on his form, the five sat down together to hear the news.
"So you playing as Tesseract didn't work out?" asked Phoenix.
"It lasted for what it can," said Iwatobi, "Dodecadron and Pandora gave birth to them…the one child…"
"Yes we know that," replied Sametsuka, "We were able to get in contact with the Compendium and saw their memories and their lives."
"But is it true that they must return to Earth?" asked Sano, "Their lives…"
"Are in danger I know," finished Iwatobi, "However, it is a risk we are willing to take."
"You think we can get Pandora to…?" began Phoenix.
"No." said Iwatobi, "She's already back in full power…nothing in the known universe will stop her from fulfilling her wish."
"But we have to give it a try!" said Mayfield, "She was one of ours!"
"It's too late for that," replied Sametsuka, "It's all in a matter of time before Earth and Duniya are…"
"Do you think it was a good choice on our end though?" asked Sano, "From what happened to Earth and how it…"
"We can only wait and see," answered Iwatobi, "Right now, it all depends on them…"
いつも私を運ぶ
よく私を運ぶ
私たちは、世界を変えるものと意志である
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