Jevil's Retaliating Chance

Author's Note: Between my love for this game as well as everything yet to come in chapter two, I may find myself writing more fanfics when ideas come to mind. This is the start to an idea I've had since I met the wild jester. As you can tell, he's not actually a title character, but only because the romance this story holds takes priority over the four-character maximum. Note that Jevil is still a massively important member of this story, and you'll see why.

It had only been a couple days since Lancer overthrew his father and ever since the party hasn't battled a single enemy. They hang out outside the castle trying to come up with a compromise.

"Do we really have to save the world?" Susie asks with a bored look on her face as she twirls her new knife. Ralsei sighs and nods.

"As a matter of fact, we do." He responds. "The balance of light and dark is becoming upset and if we don't do something, the unthinkable will befall on our world." Kris shakes his head.

"Here's something I'd like to make clear." The usually quiet boy states. "Susie and I come from another dimension. Can't all of us leave this world and go there?" Lancer folds his arms and frowns.

"Are you saying I should abandon all my loyal subjects? If I leave them to die, my legacy will be lost forever." Susie glances back at the shaded goat.

"So you're telling me that you, Kris, and I are all extremely critical to the future of this world?" Ralsei nods.

"Unfortunately, yes. The Spade King was only the first guardian to keeping the world unbalanced so the darkeners would overpower the light. If we quit now, it'll be over for our future." He says. Lancer glooms and looks toward the ground.

"But, does this mean I'll have to kill my dad?" He asks.

"YES!" Lancer flinches and glooms at his friends.

"Okay, who said that?!" He asks with both anger and sadness. Kris, Susie, and Ralsei glance at each other.

"I don't think any of us said that pal," Ralsei responds.

"Look, if you don't want to kill your father, I don't blame you." Susie states. "But unfortunately, you'll have to make sure he's locked up behind bars until our journey is over." Lancer reluctantly nods.

"I was hoping he'd learn his lesson, but all he's been doing is throwing a tantrum inside his cell." He faces Ralsei. "I'll tell K. Round to keep him in the basement at all times." Susie's eyes widen.

"You're giving your entire kingdom to a checker?!" He shrugs.

"Well, I don't want you guys to go on without me. The only thing I can do is give the kingdom to someone else in the meantime." Ralsei shakes his head.

"Lancer, I think you should just stay, and be king." He says.

"AND KILL HIM!" That unknown voice shouts again. Lancer frowns adamantly.

"No, I'm not going to leave you guys behind. Though only one darkener is required in the prophecy, nothing calamitous would happen if a fourth member went right?" Ralsei shrugs.

"I guess not, but isn't it too dangerous?" Lancer chuckles.

"As if you guys are in any less danger than me." He remarks. "The other day, Susie thrashed the life out of me, and I endured eight powerful ax strikes." The purple dragon girl sighs deeply.

"Yes, I tried to kill him when I thought he betrayed us." Kris shrugs.

"Well, what's your point?" He asks. The spade boy raises a hand victoriously.

"I have a whole lot of bulk in me!" He puts his hands on his hips proudly. "And under no circumstances will I be the first member of this team to die!" He faces the castle. "But I do want the kingdom in someone else's hands in the meantime." Susie sighs.

"Alright, but make sure K. Round knows what he's doing first. That thing could've easily killed us twice." Ralsei frowns unamused.

"To the point, you had to throw me at him!" He drops his anger and turns back to Lancer. "Wait, how come you're not appointing Rouxls Kaard the throne?"

"Lesser Dad doesn't want the position." The blackjack responds. "And so K. Round is my next most qualified servant."

"NO HE ISN'T!" The voice shouts even louder. Lancer shakes his head and turns around.

"I'll be back after K. Round is kinged and my father is given mercy behind bars." He quickly levitates inside the castle as the door closes behind him. The other three friends glance at each other.

"He's really taking this hard isn't he?" Ralsei says as he exhales. "We'd better hope no one has any objections to his motives."

"I OBJECT!" The voice screams, startling all of them.

"Okay, who's out there?" Kris says as he withdraws his sword.

"I'M RIGHT HERE!" Susie glances down at the satanic pickaxe in her lap.

"Wait a minute…" All three of them flinch in shock as the devil's knife transforms into a the greyish-blue jester they nearly died to.

"JEVIL?!" All three exclaim in unison. The joker levitates above their heads, crosses his arms, and nods.

"That's right you pathetic fools. I've been listening all along!" Ralsei and Susie both glare at him.

"Who pissed in your cheerios?!" The reptilian girl asks under frustration.

"Yeah, seriously?" Ralsei agrees. "What happened to being the weapon we need on our journey?!" The distraught joker glances at Ralsei, and then at Susie, and then adamantly shuts his eyes.

"You immature children have some nerve giving me that look after all I've done for you." All three of them mirror the same expression.

"After what you've done for us?" Kris asks as Jevil nods. "Name one thing you've done to earn our respect."

"Uh, let's see." Jevil sarcastically states. "I freed you from the imprisonment the whole world locked you away from." Susie rolls her eyes.

"Actually pal, you were the one locked away while the rest of the world roamed free outside your cell." Jevil proceeds.

"I entertained you guys in a game that would prepare you for the king's battle." Ralsei's frustration rises.

"Yeah, by trying to kill us all!"

"And finally, after you guys miraculously beat me, I transformed into a deadly knife you could use to spill Spade King's blood all over the royal floors!" Kris sighs.

"Jevil, we're grateful that you're on our side, but we don't owe you anything." Jevil nods at him.

"No, personality-deprived human, you owe me nothing." He says to Kris before glaring at the other two. "You, prehistoric goth girl, owe me a dead spade king." Susie chuckles.

"Why's that my responsibility?" Jevil transforms into the levitating devil's knife.

"Because I gave you my body to use to beat the king. You were supposed to use me as a weapon to murder him." Ralsei gasps.

"But why do you care so much if he's alive? We made it out okay!" He exclaims. Jevil quiets down slightly.

"Touché, because Lancer had shown everyone what would've otherwise happened to you." He points firmly at Susie. "Though apparently, you decided after your efforts to defeat the king, that you should let him kill you and your friends." Susie scoffs.

"What?!" Jevil squints through his glare.

"You heard me. Even before you knew the other darkeners would show up, you decided to end the fight and let the king backstab you." Kris raises an eyebrow.

"I beg your pardon, but we didn't know the king would backstab us." Jevil points a finger at himself.

"Well, I did!" Susie grabs him by the tail and pulls him closer.

"Then why didn't you say anything?!" Jevil adamantly closes his eyes.

"Well Mrs. Ungrateful, I was going to warn you not to fall for it, but you put me back in your pocket before I could." Susie pauses and lets go of him. "If you hadn't put your weapon away, I could've saved you fools a lot of pain." Ralsei sighs.

"The king told us we should put down our weapons and so we complied. But why are you bothered?" Jevil glares and levitates toward Ralsei.

"As for you! If you hadn't healed the old bastard after the fight, he likely would still be suffering right now! Why'd you heal him?!" Susie grabs his tail again.

"Leave Ralsei alone!" Jevil turns away from her. "The fact is, we fell for his trap and Ralsei tried to make things better." The jester faces her.

"Well look at the result, now things have ended in the worst possible way they could! The king is still alive!" Kris rolls his eyes.

"You want revenge on the king for imprisoning you?" The joker shakes his head.

"Not entirely, I want revenge on the king for cheating in the game." Ralsei raises an eyebrow.

"A game?" Jevil nods.

"Precisely, our world is a mere game. If all of you lost your HP to me, you'd be eliminated from the game forever. And that's the fate the king must meet." He says.

"Are you saying life itself is just a game?" Kris asks. The jester nods.

"Indeed, we're all playing it until the moment of our deaths. This king has cheated multiple times and threw penalties at many other players. He needs to be eliminated right now!" He pouts.

"Look, dude, we're not killing Lancer's father." Susie declares. Ralsei steps forward.

"Seconded." Jevil frowns and faces Kris.

"How about you? You want to tie this argument up so we can find a reluctant compromise?" Kris shrugs.

"I'm afraid my vote is irrelevant." He responds. "Lancer is part of the team to and he's against the idea of killing the Spade King." Jevil grins evilly.

"Well then, tell the young prince to join these two traitors," Ralsei and Susie glare at him. "While you and I battle them to the death!" Susie reaches for her weapon.

"Hey, where's my weapon?" Jevil laughs maniacally.

"I'm right here!" Susie picks up her battleax.

"Fine bring it!" She dares. Ralsei stands next to her.

"We're not afraid of you!" He declares. Jevil faces Kris.

"Alright kid, you make the first move." Kris deposits his sword and nudges Jevil.

"We're not going to hurt our teammates." Jevil's jaw drops.

"What?! These traitors are in favor of the king surviving! I'm telling you, that he cannot be allowed to live!" Ralsei and Susie mirror taunting smirks.

"Well dude, no one else concurs." The purple dragon teases.

"You have no support whatsoever." The shaded goat regards. Jevil sighs deeply.

"Okay imbeciles, if you guys dare defy a chaos lord of his opinion, there are going to be consequences." Kris frowns and crosses his arms.

"Are you threatening us?" The jester shakes his head.

"Actually pal, I'm going to play a wildcard that will alter the way they think. It won't do any long-term damages as long as both of you have good vitality… physically." Ralsei's eyes widen.

"What the heck does that mean?!" He asks fearfully. Jevil levitates closer to him.

"It means, I will hurt you very lightly, but the effect will last for a long time!" He calms down. "Until then, I suggest you and Susie prepare for this revenge. The first opportunity I have to retaliate, I will use." He levitates slightly higher. "And now, I'm off to plan that revenge. Goodbye for now comrades." He flies away.

"I'm terrified at the thought of what he's going to do to us," Ralsei says as he nearly begins crying. Kris hugs the saddened goat.

"Don't worry pal, you'll be okay." Ralsei blushes lightly at Kris's embrace.

"Thanks, Kris, you sure are a sweet friend." He says while regaining his smile. Susie sighs and sits down.

"Next time we pacify him, how's that sound?" She asks. Ralsei shakes his head.

"Jevil doesn't take pacifying lightly. He probably would've fallen asleep for a hundred years." Susie rolls her eyes.

"It's not like that wouldn't have helped us." Kris shakes his head.

"Guys, Jevil is just a little mistrusting of us. He's still part of our team isn't he?" Ralsei gives him a disinterested look.

"I think four is quite enough. Besides, Lancer's better than Jevil anyways." Susie begins laughing.

"Ha! Lancer was so much easier to defeat than Jevil was." Ralsei raises an eyebrow.

"As in; Lancer is a much more capable ally than Jevil." Susie's laughter fades. "Besides, if we take Jevil with us he might screw up the prophecy. He might bring the unthinkable singlehandedly." Susie shrugs.

"Well, he does make a good knife." She stares at her battleax. "But he definitely does need a lesson or two if he wants to stay with us." Ralsei nods.

"As the dark prince, I concur." Kris metronomes his finger.

"Guys, after we defeated Jevil, we promised him we wouldn't hurt him anymore." Susie rolls her eyes.

"I didn't promise him a damn thing. If that stupid joker wants to screw around with us, we need to teach him who's really in charge." Kris points his thumb at himself.

"That would be me." Susie frowns at him.

"Who died and made you the boss?" She asks under light irritation. Kris proceeds without intimidation.

"The rest of the humans. With me being the last human from my world, my soul power far exceeds anyone else's." Ralsei sighs.

"Unfortunately, that is true." Susie rolls her eyes.

"Whatever happened to seniority? I'm the oldest member on the team, therefore I should be in charge." Kris shakes his head.

"Jevil's older than all four of us combined. Do you want him making decisions?" Susie growls subtly.

"Jevil is not one of us." She asserts. "He doesn't belong on this team. A deadly weapon is all he's good for." Ralsei begins shivering.

"Susie, you don't really think that, do you? He has feelings too." He states. She just shakes her head.

"His feelings don't count. His only emotions are excitement and anger." She states. "If he had any common sense at all, he'd focus more on saving the world rather than ending a king." Kris sighs and stares at the ground.

"I wonder what he's up to right now."

Meanwhile, Jevil is deep in the forest with a very odd-looking deck of cards. He withdraws the cards from the box and reads the labels.

"Let's see here, I've got four wildcards that reflect each suit. But which one is revenge material?" He withdraws the club. "Join the club," He reads. "Force your enemies to feel part of a club that they will never be secluded from." He slides that card back into his pocket.

"Boring." He says with an unamused frown. He withdraws the diamond card. "The rich Diamond, give your enemies the illusion of infinite wealth and watch them effortlessly go bankrupt to the point they can't afford to keep their clothes." The jester's eyes widen as he pockets the card.

"Harsh! Jesus." He pulls out the spade card and reads the description. "Spade Slave, give your enemy a mystical shovel and force them to be your slaves in burying your dead rivals and unwanted tax forms?" Jevil abruptly shoves that card into his pocket.

"Who's causing all of this?!" He exclaims. "Is there a single sane card in this god damn deck?!" He opens his eyes curiously at the final card suit, hearts. "The miraculous heartthrob. Force your enemies to fall madly in love with the very next person they make eye contact with, this love will render them completely powerless of reaching their other emotions until their desperate hearts are satisfied." The dark jester gains a ginormous grin on his face.

"YES! This is the card I'm looking for!" He celebrates. "Those lightener imbeciles may think they've won, but I'm going to pierce the very foundation of their behavior with an evil spell they'll never get over!" The card glows and then disappears. The Joker laughs maniacally as a handful of sharp hearts appear in his palm.

"Ready or not, Ralsei." He creates a bow out of the spade shovel. "Ready or not, Susie." He expands the diamond into a skinny spear and pierces the back of a heart. "Here I come!" His club shift's into a country club golf bag and he drops his arrows in them. "For you have forgotten one thing about me. I can do anything!" He continues laughing manically as he levitates out.

Author's Note: And there's the first chapter. I think you all know what comes next. But there will be quite a few twists thrown in here and there.