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Started May 16, 2020 by @CasiCasino group

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”Anyways…” Aisen started.
”As I’m aware Matthew had said to you, we have a problem. ‘The Infection’ that is happening in our home would most likely leak out to other universes if we can’t contain it in here long enough. Those universes include the Central point of the Multiverse, which will be a huge problem in the future. If my assumptions are correct, there’s really only you who can help with this situation dear Balance Keeper,” the Knight of Black and White restated the purpose Hinata was brought into the Labyrinth. He turned to face the window of his household.
”Let me remind you that we, the Soul Labyrinth, have produced and have trained several generations of Knights and some… have unfortunately been infected and will be a bit hard to take care of,” the Knight turned back to Hinata and Matthew, ”—would you be up for the challenge?”

"I will be," Hinata said plainly. "This needs to be taken care of as soon as possible." She pressed her lips lightly, thinking of the ramifications of this spreading any further. Mostly, of how her bosses would react to it. Not good.
"It'd be mass chaos if other dimensions found out."

”Indeed it would be and to get you to get an idea of what you’re dealing with…” the Knight of Black and White snapped his fingers as the two visitors were teleported to an open field with a lot of corpses scattered around. Those who looked normal were fine, but those who didn’t… well, these were their features.

Most were humanoids with glowing orange veins showing clearly from beneath their skin. Some even had mutated limps like a larger arm, a clawed hand, some even sprouted wings.
”Aura people, of course they would teleport us here instead of walking with us…” Matthew subtly complained.
Everyone beside the two visitors were dead.
”These people were some who got infected, mind you that these were your everyday locals and not Knights but still managed to…” Matthew motioned to the field of corpses ”… you know”

Hinata surveyed the area, taking in the sight of all the bodies. Everything about this felt wrong. So many dead, so many changed.
"This is bad," Hinata said softly. For a moment, an image of this happening to her family flashed through her mind. She shuddered a little, worried.

Matthew nodded when he heard what Hinata had said. He agreed. As a matter of fact, he had not seen an infected Knight yet and that was clearly worrying. He heard a worrying sound come from somewhere in the field. It wasn’t a sound he liked. He turned towards the faint sound, seeing a figure crawl up from the mountain of corpses around them.

His instincts came in, immediately positioning himself in front of Hinata and summoning his flat spear.
”My thoughts were correct… a Knight was indeed infected here…” Matthew stated, the emerald bracelet of his glowed as a light armor of emerald green with golden lapels covered him.

The standing figure turned unnaturally to face the two, rushing at them with intense speed. The Knight managed to block the figure, pushing them back to see who the infected was. The figure can be seen with the same glowing orange veins that the other infected had. However, it seemed like this one still had some consciousness as it was able to summon a staff. Perhaps that staff was this person’s weapon when they were pure.

”Matthew speaking, Skylar infected. I repeat, Skylar infected—“ the Nature’s Knight said into the earpiece that came with his helm as the infected Knight let out a deafening screech, revealing that his jaw had been broken in half.

(Knight’s Profile)
[Skylar Season]
[Ability : Mage’s Seasonality]
[Knight Class : A]
[Knight’s Sector : Nightwalker]

_{(Hi, guys, it's your Friendly Neighborhood Stalker! I'm just gonna hide in the corner and stalk, don't mind me.)}

_{(I shouldn’t be surprised… greetings Hannah…)}

_{(Yeah, you really shouldn't be surprised. You knew this was coming. Sorry XD)}

_{(Well, get comfortable ‘cause you’re in for quite a ride this time)}

_{(Good! I can't wait for this. I'll shut up now, and leave you be.)}

Hinata moved in a tight spin when she heard the noise, pulling Tatsuo out of his sheath. In a soft flash, he was back to being a katana and prepared for the fight. Hinata stepped out from behind Matthew, standing behind him and to the side. She could handle herself.
Hinata flinched a little when the Infected Knight screeched.
Great, it seems like physical pain doesn't do anything, she thought to herself.
Dismemberment is an option, Tatsuo quipped.
A very unwanted one.

The infected Knight rushed the two, coming at Matthew first. As weird as it sounds, it seemed like the infected Knight was trying to knock Matthew out cold. That clearly wasn’t going to work. The Knight jumped over Matt and aimed his staff at the Nature’s Knight, creating an orb which was quickly charged up and released as a beam of energy.

Matthew did not seem fazed by this attack. Pure magic attacks didn’t do much to him anyways. Holding the spear tight, he pierced through the figure’s chest only to realize that the figure had disappeared from behind him.
Right… this is Skylar we’re talking about… Matthew reminded himself, turning to find the infected Knight right above Hinata with another burst of magic charged up.

Hinata, on the other hand, didn't have much defense against any type of attack. She just relied on her ability to fight back or regenerate if she died. Thinking about it, most of Hinata's tactics relied on her being able to come back if she died.
Hinata was disturbed by the enemy's supposed goals. She still didn't know much about the Infection, but she figured they were trying to capture him. That was definitely not going to happen. When Hinata saw Matthew turn and look above her, she didn't hesitate. She twisted to the side, bringing her sword up to attack.

The infected Knight was slashed by his chest when Hinata attacked. He jumped back to stand around six meters away from the two, letting out a pained scream.

Matthew called some vines up from the ground, some charging at the figure in a seemingly predictable fashion; straight towards him. But since there were a lot of vines rushing at the infected at once, its only response was to block. When the vines cleared from in front of the infected Skylar, Matthew was gone.

The infected looked around before realizing that a spear had gone through its heart.
”The most predictable attack seems to be your weakness like always, Skylar—“ Matthew said calmly before pulling the spear out along with the infected’s heart.

The dead body fell flat on the ground as Matthew’s armor disintegrated into thin air, leaving behind only the spear.
”At least he wasn’t fully infected yet… maybe that’s why this had been easy,” Matthew mentioned, flicking his spear extremely hard to the side to get the heart out.

”This is the kind of people we’re dealing with; infected and those behind the infection,” the Nature Knight stated, looking back at Hinata.

Hinata brought her sword up again to attack, but calmly lowered him when Matthew pulled the infected's heart out.
"I see," she said calmly, wiping her blade off as she thought. "Depending on those who have been infected, and will eventually be infected, this could be a very difficult battle. There's also the point of figuring who exactly is doing this so we can take them down."

”Precisely,” Matthew replied with his natural expression.
”Excuse me for asking but how long has it been since we’ve last talked?” the Knight asked, motioning towards her. Close up, he didn’t seem like a person who would be called a ‘Knight’. His structure wasn’t exactly buffed nor was it extremely muscular. He just looked like your run-of-the-mill bystander who had a magic most people in the multiverse wanted.

”If I’m not mistaking, it has to be more than ten years, right?” his eyes subtly gazed behind her before returning to her.

"Yes, it has been," Hinata replied. She's seen him looking behind her. If there was anything or anyone to be concerned about, she wouldn't take the chance to look back herself. Instead, she left her series in her hand, letting him have by her side.
"Much too long in my opinion. How have you been? Besides this situation, of course."
Tatsuo, is there anything to be concerned about?

”Pretty great, honestly. The Multiverse Zoo may be able to tell you how happy I’ve been,” Matthew joked as sounds of another set of footsteps came behind Hinata.

”Pardon me Matthew,” a young yet attractive voice came behind Hinata. It was a male, his appearance around the age of his early twenties. The man wore a nice set of clothing; namely a black suit with black gloves, a golden necktie, a pair of silver edged glasses, some chains coming from their shirt’s lapels. He had nice black hair, a pair of weirdly attractive eyes with golden and white caduceuses within them.

Matthew gave him a friendly glare yet a suspicious one.
”What do you need?” the Nature’s Knight asked.

”The storage key, what do you think?” the other person answered. His skin can be seen to be broken and burnt on one side of his face.

Matthew reached into his pockets and got out what the man wanted, tossing it to him as the man caught it with one hand.

”Thanks,” the person said plainly, walking back the direction they came from. Matthew sighed faintly when the man walked back. ”This man…” he murmured under his breath, slightly annoyed about something.

Them,. Not everything had to be a threat.
Is better to be too cautious then getting killed. It's some painful shit. Hinata turned, standing besides Matthew. She watched silently, not saying anything. Mostly, she had already turned her mind back to how to deal with the main reason she was here. Still, she looked over at Matthew when he complained under his breath.
"You good?" She asked.

”Eh? Uh, yeah,” Matthew quickly answered. ”That was just my colleague and this is the fifth time this week that he’s lost his keys,” the Knight mentioned. He realized that Hinata might not know who that person was.
”By the way, that was a person who’s in the same Sector as I am. His name is Cassius, by the way. He’s actually quite nice,” the Nature Knight claimed.
”Uhm…” he paused, crossing his arms and making a pouting face.
”We should go somewhere else. Well, somewhere safer at least,” Matthew suggested with a warm smile.
”Oh, the foxes are at my house if you wanna go see them,”

(Knight’s Profile)
[Cassius Faltur]
[Ability : Anatomy Puppeteer]
[Knight Class : A+]
[Knight Sector : Harmony]

"Ah, I see," Hinata said. She nodded along, listening. When Matthew mentioned the foxes, Kagami screamed spoke up about her opinion.
Please, please, please can we go see them!! Hinata flinched a little chuckling.
"I think it would be a good idea to go see them," she said. "Someone is looking forward to it." She chuckled again, smiling a little.

”Heh, I can guess who,” Matthew smiled as he looked up to the sky. When he was sure which direction he needed to go, he took Hinata by her wrist and pulled her along.

Eventually, they would leave the field and towards a lit up city. The people there, when they saw Matthew, gave him a warm smile, a warm greeting, some cheers, or anything positive really. Not long after, he would guide Hinata to his house which was a nice one standing some small distances from the town. It seemed more like a mansion than a house. There was a wall surrounding the area, a garden around the house where some animals roamed including the foxes. When they entered through the gate, Matthew made sure to close it first.

”Kitsune!” Matthew called out as all the six foxes came running towards him, pushing him down on the grassy ground.

”There there, calm down boys,” Matthew laughed, slowly standing up as the foxes now went to mess with Hinata.

”The red one is Kasai, the blue one is Kori, the green one is Shinrin, the yellow one is Raku, the white one is Tenshi, and the black one is Kage,” Matthew introduced as the foxes did some different things, some jumped at Hinata, some rubbed their fur against her leg, some jumped on her, and one, namely Tenshi, was nibbling on her shoes.

(I already love them)
Hinata laughed a little, smiling.
"It's nice to meet you all," she said before looking down at Matthew and chuckling. Kagami was freaking out, enjoying this.

”Hey boys—“ Matthew started as the foxes backed away from Hinata. All of their bodies glowed a different shade of color; representing their fur color.

All had yukatas of their fur color on them with some different accessories.

Kasai, the fire fox, had straight red hair, a pair of crimson eyes, and a burning bracelet.

Kori, the ice fox, had long light blue hair, a pair of azure eyes, a gentle smile, and a crystal necklace.

Shinrin, the forest fox, had short light green hair with black ends, a pair of emerald colored eyes, a teasing expression, and a small bamboo which he was chewing on.

Raku, the electric fox, had wavy blonde hair, a pair of golden colored eyes, a blank gaze, and a pair of thunderbolt hanafuda earrings.

Tenshi, the light fox, had amazingly beautifully white hair, a pair of clear white eyes, a gentle grin, and a glowing white angel halo.

And lastly, Kage, the shadow fox, had messy black hair with pitch black eyes and scleras, a wide smile showing his sharp fangs, and a chain choker around his neck.

”Welcome Hinata!” the six foxes said in unison.

Matthew turned away to force himself not to laugh at them. They were all shorter than Matthew was so they all looked like little brothers to him.

(it's a bit late for that)

"Thank you!" Hinata said smiling still. Kagami finally passed her way out, sitting on Hinata's shoulders and grinning like a little girl.
"Hello!" She exclaimed. Hinata, having not been expecting Kagami to show up sitting on her shoulders, stumbled a bit and laughed.

(oh no)

Tenshi was the first to react when Kagami showed up. He came closer to Hinata and picked Kagami up by her arms like she was a child. He then slowly put Kagami down, allowing her to stand on her own. He closed his eyes as he looked down at her, tilting his head to side just subtly and smiling.

Matthew looked around.
”Do any of you know where Strix is?” he asked the foxes.

Kage nodded as he looked down…

”Huh?” ”Shush,” the shadow fox silenced his master as he was looking at the watch he had.

”Three… two… on—“

BANG!!!

”WHERE’S MY POCKET WATCH?!” a female figurine came bursting out from the mansion, her brown long hair a mess and her circular glasses were out of position.
”Here,” Kage answered, tossing the pocket watch back at the woman.
She caught the watch, placing it in her coat’s pocket and mumbling something. When she saw the visitors, the feathers she had puffed up in embarrassment as she tried to cover her face. She quickly tied her hair into a ponytail and repositioned her glasses before coming closer to Hinata.

”Uh huh… Hinata, Kagami, this is Strix, she’s our newest shapeshifter,” Matthew introduced as the female bowed politely, her two hands together in front of her.

”Pleasure to meet you both,” she smiled gently.

(Knight’s Profile)
[Strix Noiyer]
[Ability : Metallic Feathers]
[Knight Class : B+]
[Knight’s Sector : Harmony]

Kagami giggled as she was taken off of Hinata's shoulders, holding onto Hinata's hand as she smiled at Tenshi. Hinata put her free hand on Kagami's head, watching the scene unfold. She couldn't help but smile a little.
"It's nice to meet you as well," Hinata said, returning the bow. Kagami waved enthusiastically.
"Hello!"

”I-uhm… mmmmmmmm…” Strix covered her face with her hands as she transformed back into her animal form; an owl. She flew and sat on Matthew’s shoulder, covering her face with her wings.

Matthew let his free arm come up to scratch her head. ”It’s okay girl, she’s my friend,” Matthew said to the bird as she flew off, landing on a nearby tree.

Another sound came from the mansion.
”HINATAAAAAAAAAAA~~~~~!!!!” an enthusiastic female sound came from the doors as a figure came rushing at Hinata and jumping while hugging her, pushing her down on the grassy ground.
”I miss you so much!!!” Serena gave a welcoming smile as Tenshi picked her up and let her stand her ground.

”Be careful dear,” the light fox stated politely as the sister of the Knight giggled nervously.

”I’m sowwy~~”

(Knight’s Profile)
[Serena Syrain]
[Ability : Fate’s Messenger]
[Knight Class : Unranked]
[Knight’s Sector : Balance]