"Knights of Sin Valley, we have earned ourselves new allies!" Shujou said loudly. "One by the name of Meta! She has allied herself with the gods of the underworld!"
The many men within the throne room talked amoungst themselves a moment, seeming a bit warry about this 'Meta' character.
"She plans to take over Earth, and we are going to help her!" Said Shujou. "With allies such as Meta the Za-Fuzen race will rule over any lands we desire, and will once again be feared throughout all the lands!"
The knights cheered with excitement at the sound of Shujou's words.
"Prepare the armies! We leave for Tokyo, now!" Shujou shouted with authority.

-Moments later-

Part of the Za-Fuzenian army was prepared, nearly 2,000 Za-Fuzen warriors were lined-up, ready to leave. Shujou stood before the army in his true form, his swords sheathed & strapped to his waist, one on each side. "Knights of the Za-Fuzenian army, your mission is to search for the ones named Namonai and Unknown! We will be going to Tokyo, Japan!" Shujou paused. "Those of you who accept this mission, take one step forward!"
All the knights before Shujou took one step forward, letting him know they accepted.
"Move out!" Shujou ordered, and then all the knights and Shujou vanished in a burst of Gouka. They reappeared all throughout Tokyo, and started seaching for Namonai and Unknown right away.

~With Minerva~

"You'd be afraid, too, if you knew Xastra like I do." Minerva said to ZetsumeiRyu. "The reason I keep looking at you is simple--I tend to look at the people I'm talking to." She answered plainly.

~With Vagabond~

Vagabond just sat there on the sands of the small island, looking into the jewl. He let out a sigh, and closed his eyes. "Dang it, man..." He said to himself. "Yo! R.D., Matt, where the heck are you!?" He shouted into the jewl, trying to talk to the group.

"Bwahahaha!" Minerva laughed at the second to last thing said. "Please! I don't need protection! Besides, I highly doubt that you could protect me. If anything I'll be the one protecting you." She said with an impish grin.

~With Shujou~

Shujou was flying around Tokyo, looking for Namonai and/or Unknown. He caught sight of Meta below, and flew down in front of her. He got to eye level with her, and said: "Greeting."

Minerva shot out the window, and ran right pass ZetsumeiRyu with uncanny speed. "I'm no ordinary woman!" She shouted as she jumped up and tried to back-flip-kick him in the head.

Minerva walked over to ZetsumeiRyu, a hard expression on her face. "I'm supposed to keep you out of trouble, ZetsumeiRyu." She said firmly. "Last I checked getting yourself killed was bad." She said as she folded her arms. "You just don't get it." She said as she shook her head a little. "I was in Rome over a thousand years ago when he came and nearly destroyed it. I fought him with all I had, even with my brother, father, and two of our allies we couldn't kill him." She said coldly. "We drove him out of Rome, but we couldn't kill him."

~With Shujou~

"Freaky." Shujou said as he looked down at the horse. "Anyhow, I have brought part of my army with me, nearly two-thousand knights. They are searching for Namonai and Unknown as we speak."

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"Rome is my home, ZetsumeiRyu. I wasn't concerned with anything else, simply because Xastra wasn't trying to destroy anywhere else at that time." Minerva said coldly. "If you want to fight Xastra, you might as well just kill yourself. It's suicide." She paused a moment. "If you can defeat me in combat, than you can leave. If you lose, than you forget about fighting Xastra by yourself, and wait until one of the armies of light go to fight him." She then extended her right hand, and asked: "Deal?"

~Tokyo~

"Indeed. I have many more knights, but they have yet to be prepared. After all, it was rather short notice." Shujou replied. "Well, shall we continue the search?" He asked.

Minerva ran, and stopped right in front of ZetsumeiRyu. She held out her right arm, her palm aimed at ZetsumeiRyu's chest. "Hold it!" She exclaimed. "You're not going anywhere! I said I'd keep you out of trouble, so that's what I'm gonna do. Even if I have to knock you out, bind you to your bed, and guard you until the war is over, I'm gonna keep you outta trouble." She said firmly. "So, you can either make the deal, or you can sit down and stop trying to run off!" She yelled as she placed her hands on her hips.

~Tokyo~

Shujou shook his head in response. "No sign of them, yet." He then paused briefly. "Shall we search together, Princess Meta?" He asked bluntly.

"Very good." Said Shujou. "Then I propose we start with the south end, and then head to the imperial palace." He suggested. "Namonai might still be lingering around his old domain, and Unknown was one to hang out in the shadows of the down-town area in the short time she spent in Japan." He added.

Vagabond looked into the jewl, seeming a bit annoyed. How was he supposed to guid this kid if he was in a different dimension? What if one of The Seven showed up in that dimension and tried to kill them? He sighed, and then said: "Give Matthew the jewl."

~With Minerva~

Minerva lifted the sword high above her head, and then quickly brought it down, trying to bash ZetsumeiRyu on the head with the flat side. She didn't do it hard enough to kill him, only knock him out.

~Egypt~

Juno and the others had worked their way to about a mile or two away from The Great Sphinx of Giza. With much effort they were almost to Electra.

"Sha!!" Reckoning exclaimed as he ran his Gouka Blade through the last lightning hawk in the area. He allowed his blade to vanish, and then the hawk died. "Chump." He said, and then looked up at the setting sun. Soon, we'll take out the leader of these things, and then it's on to the ring master... He thought to himself.

~Japan~

Shujou looked into Meta's eyes, and he could tell that she was feeling a bit warry about him. He turned around and started to fly onward, but came to a halt after flying a few feet away. "FYI, I wasn't imprisoned when Namonai ruled Japan. That's how I know what I know." He turned his head, and looked back at Meta. "In case you were wondering." He added, and then started flying onward again.

~Elsewhere~

Namonai & Virus sat in the shadows cast by the imperial palace of Japan. Nothing was said as Namonai tried to think of a plan. We need allies. Perhaps Unknown would...no. Awai would rather kill me than join me, and I'm sure his allies feel the same way. So who? Namonai thought.

(OOC: So it would seem)

Minerva tossed the sword away, and shrugged. "You asked for it." She said commonly. She clentched her left hand into a fist, and a short, magenta-colored beam-blade extended from the piece of armor that covered the back of her hand. She didn't intend to kill ZetsumeiRyu, only knock him out, which was exactly what her weapon would do. The beam-blade wouldn't cause much pain even if it was stabbed though someone, nor would it leave a hole, but it would cause someone, anyone to fall fast asleep within 30-seconds of being slashed/stabbed. She then thrust her fist forward in an attempt to stab ZR in the torso.

~Tokyo~

"I am going to be rather blunt with you, Meta." Shujou started. "The reason I was sent to Tartarus was because long ago I used my forces to take over Australia, North and South America, and even Germany. I lead the way into each land, and was completely ruthless. After many years of attempting world domination I was captured by Awai Balance, and was sent to Tartarus." He answered the first part of the question. "I could have left at just about any point after I had regained my strangth, but there was a woman, a woman who told me that one day a girl would come to Tartarus and set free several of the Underworld Gods, and that if I were to ally myself with that girl that great fortune would come to me and my kind. So I waited for many, many years for the girl to arrive." He paused briefly. "I believe you are the one she spoke of."