Note: I don't own Shakugan no Shana.

Since Season Three is running currently, I lost the muse for Eclipse, which is why it's no longer there. It's kind of boring to try and follow canon with fidelity as the light novels appears to have concluded so I got the gist of what happened in the end.

SNS Final Episode 11: Keisaku and Margery moments and the implications. Lucky kid scoring with an older yet hot blonde.

Anyways, on with the story.

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It was early morning that saw Kantaro and Chigusa leave the house to spend the day in the city. That left Yuji, Yutaro, Yukari, Pheles, Leanan-sidhe, and Khamsin with nothing much to do. Since there was nothing to do at the moment, they decided to find something to do.

Yutaro and Leanan-sidhe decided to go out on another date but this time, it would be a very casual one in the city. Neither the Mystes nor the Guze Queen had any problems of Chigusa or Kantaro spying on them whatsoever should that ever happen by chance. They'll just return the favor in their own little way.

Yukari had every intention of making Khamsin welcome and the Mystes began cooking breakfast for the Flame Haze, who was passing time in plotting on throwing a wrench in the plans of the Balle Masque. The table had notes and diagrams on paper right in front of him.

"Yuji, you said that you fought the Slayer with the Flaming Hair and Red Eyes the previous day." Pheles spoke while leaning against the wall.

"That's correct." Yuji answered while reading the newspaper. "The little girl would've skewered me and it looked like she mentioned about the Outlaw putting some sort of bounty on my head."

"Oh hell." Pheles groaned as the Guze Queen slapped her forehead. "Well, that might complicate things."

"Pfft.. I'm not worried." Yuji answered confidently. "Honestly, just how much trouble can some half-pint doll carrying a fiery sword cause?"

"If I were you, I wouldn't underestimate the Flame of the Heavens." Behemoth spoke from the Sabia around Khamsin's wrist. "Hmm… then again, if you managed to defeat his Flame Haze but spared her life, there's no doubt that you'll be encountering again on the battlefield."

"I figured as much but honestly, she'd be a lot better in fighting the Balle Masque instead of hunting me. I say the same for the Outlaw." Yuji replied before placing the newspaper aside. "Say, Pheles. You looked bored so how about you and I go check to see if that watermelon wine is ready to be bottled?"

The Guze Queen shrugged before answering. "Sure."

With that, Pheles and Yuji headed out, leaving Khamsin and Yukari alone in the house. The Mystes of the Seiren Maigo smiled at that fact before she finished making a simple breakfast of mixed fruits and Danish cream-cheese pastries.

"Breakfast, dear!" Yukari giggled as she sat next to Khamsin with a bowl of mixed fruit and a plate containing the sweets.

"So how's the planning going on?" Yukari asked as she offered him the fruit bowl.

"There's a lot of things that have to be accounted for but I think given time, all of it will straighten out." Khamsin replied as he accepted the fruit bowl. "Thanks."

"All in good time that is." Yukari remarked before munching on a pastry.

Thus, the day passed as peacefully as a midnight summer dream and would continue to be that way for a few more days with the exception of a few activities. Khamsin and Yukari would be moving about the city, setting things up as the Flame Haze would be using a set of spells that were different from his Tuning abilities while the latter would be helping him. Kantaro would be gathering information from the Outlaw like a good little spy while Chigusa, Leanan-sidhe, and Yutaro would be analyzing the data from within the safety of their home. Yuji, Pheles, Keisaku, and Margery would be planning defensive moves against the Balle Masque along with a possible set of offensive maneuvers.

So far, none of them had to contend with threats, making them feel uneasy on what the Balle Masque might have planned.

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Being called Shana wasn't something that the young Slayer with the Flaming Hair and Red Eyes could take but it seemed like a small benefit since her name could be easy to remember rather than the full length of it. From the day she got beaten, the Flame Haze decided that she would be known as Shana at least until she personally killed the Mystes of the Reiji Maigo.

Taking refuge in a small apartment that used to have been occupied by some Torches for the past few days, Shana had been thinking about her fight against the Mystes. How was it possible for someone like him to best her in combat? Either her own skills were getting rusty or maybe her foe is well-versed in the art of fighting. She would more likely admit the latter although Shana would just say he was lucky since she herself didn't know what he could do.

"That Mystes…" Shana growled, crushing what was left of the melon pan she was eating in her right hand that the inner cream filling oozed out between her fingers.

"You haven't been yourself lately." Alastor remarked. "Are you still thinking about the Mystes of the Reiji Maigo?"

"Mostly him." Shana admitted. "But there is also the two Guze no Ou and the other Flame Haze that have been living in the city. Another Flame Haze is also here and they seem to be congregating together on some days."

"That is very odd." Alastor replied. "Have you noticed that the Torches in this city are having their power of existence replenished?"

"That Mystes must be prolonging them using the Reiji Maigo." Shana spoke. "It looks like he has been sustaining the two Guze no Ou as well. What can you make of this?"

"I don't know on what might be going on." Alastor replied. "We'll need more information on the dynamics and perhaps some backup to investigate this matter further."

Shana nodded before going to the kitchen to wash her hands.

"Do we still follow up on the Outlaw's assigned hit?" Shana asked.

"Only after we finish gathering information, you can then dispose of him on your own terms." Alastor answered before a knock on the door drew their attention.

Shana walked over to answer before seeing a pink-haired woman in a maid's outfit along with a large backpack.

'Ah, backup has arrived.' Shana thought as she greeted Wilhelmina Carmel.

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Keisaku had a very good idea on the current time but the school festival didn't seem like any concern. Thus, his delinquent nature dictated that he simply chill out and enjoy the day on his own terms, something that he certainly was going to do without any worry. That is, once he felt the need to wake up and get out of bed. Sniffing the air, he could smell alcohol but didn't bother to check before pulling the pillows to his face to enjoy their softness and their comforting warmth. It was only a full minute later that Keisaku realized that pillows aren't exactly warm at all before slowly pulling away to see that it was Margery that he had been hugging. His eyes widened as the realization sank in and Keisaku tried to figure out on this scenario. Here was Margery Daw in his bed, sleeping away another night of alcohol while wearing only her rather revealing lingerie that amplified her massively huge breasts that he had buried his face into earlier along with her curvaceous figure.

Before Keisaku could contemplate further, Margery began to moan in her sleep before reaching out to take hold of him by the shoulders and pulling him into her arms. Amid being pulled into Margery's embrace, Keisaku found his face buried into the busty blonde's cleavage before feeling her shift her weight to somewhat get on top on him where he could smell her rather wonderful bodily scent.

"Mmmm…. Kei…." Margery moaned sensually and Keisaku was completely ensnared by the way she spoke his name. Perhaps his plans for today were to be postponed until tomorrow for it was a rarity to Keisaku at being in a compromising position while experiencing a hot well-endowed blonde like Margery sleeping on top of him, even if the latter was drunk.

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The day finally arrived as the 71st Seishou Festival kicked off with a big fireworks display. The atmosphere was as cherry as the weather itself, given that the sun was bright and the sky was blue and cloudless. One would think that Mother Nature herself was celebrating alongside the many students and teachers that had put a lot of effort into this festival.

With the students and teachers conducting and watching over the festivities, even Yuji and his siblings found themselves very much occupied in their roles. Yutaro and Yuji were managing the stands while Yukari was helping on the historical booth with Khamsin accompanying her.

Due to her green hair and beautiful appearance, Pheles found herself being coerced into cosplaying as C.C. from the Code Geass anime. It was an unusual arrangement as the Guze Queen wasn't exactly a student at the high school but thanks to Yukari and the Sakai brothers, the Beautiful Whim was whisked into the role for the cosplay parade. The only exception is that she wasn't qualified for the costume contest but that was a good thing in her opinion. After all, the wandering eyes of young men ogling her ample bosom and luscious figure while wearing the straitjacket jumpsuit that the fictitious green-haired immortal was well-known for donning could be considered something that Pheles planned to forget.

Pheles wasn't the only one to be conscripted into the parade as Leanan-sidhe had also been brought into the fold. But unlike the Beautiful Whim, the Spiral Organ was actually looking forward to such an opportunity, especially when Yukari suggested that Leanan-sidhe cosplay as Yuki Nagato from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime. Since she had a teenage girl form, the Guze Queen found it a lot easier for herself along with the opportunity to poke fun at her fellow Guze Queen. It was a pity that she couldn't take part in the costume contest but then again, one doesn't get everything in life.

Slowly, but surely, the festival continued onwards without any interruption until sunset. By then, the three Mystes and a Flame Haze Tuner met up with the two Guze Queens, both of whom were bickering at each other over the Spiral Organ's platinum-blue trophy for honorable participation in the costume parade.

"You would've won if you didn't scowl half the time, Pheles." Yukari remarked.

"It's just not fair that I don't have a schoolgirl appearance to use." Pheles replied. "As for scowling, I hate men that ogle me like a piece of meat and Yuji wouldn't let me at least beat the hell out of them."

"Well, that's just the price for being too hot and sexy, Pheles." Leanan remarked with a sly grin before her eyes widened. "Oh hell, two Flame Hazes inbound."

Immediately, a Fuzetsu activated and it wasn't long before a young girl with flaming hair along with a pink-haired woman in a maid's outfit.

"Wilhelmina?" Pheles asked, seeing one of her old friends here and now.

"Pheles." Wilhelmina spoke, her expression being one of surprise. "This is unexpected, de arimasu. I didn't expect you to be here."

"Oh, it's Shana." Yuji remarked in a dull tone.

"What brings you here?" Yukari asked.

"The Outlaw has placed a hit on the Mystes." Wilhelmina replied, pointing at Yuji. "The Slayer with the Flaming Hair and Red Eyes has had some trouble in subduing the Mystes. With the Balle Masque knowing about the Hougu, it must be destroyed."

"No, you can't!" Pheles protested.

"Just because Outlaw placed the hit doesn't mean you have to follow up on it." Yukari spoke.

"There isn't any problem as of late so such action is unnecessary." Leanan-Sidhe added.

"Only if the Reiji Maigo is destroyed can a crisis can be averted." Alastor replied.

"Pheles, don't worry. No one is going to be offing me that easily and two Flame Hazes aren't exactly threatening if the maid is a complete joke like the pipsqueak next to her." Yuji remarked.

Shana growled as she drew her sword and Yuji followed suit, summoning the Rotational Edge. Behind him, Yutaro summoned the Rensen.

"Yutaro?" Yuji asked.

"If it is two enemies against you, that's not really fair." Yutaro replied. "I'll fight the maid while you take on the other."

"STOP!" Pheles shouted, catching everyone's attention. "There's no need to do this!"

"Necessary steps must be taken, de arimasu." Wilhelmina countered.

The Guze Queen then looked at the Flame Haze maid. "Wilhelmina, I don't want to fight you but I won't let you destroy the Mystes or Reiji Maigo whatsoever."

Before Wilhelmina can reply, the clanging of metal caught her attention as Shana attacked Yuji. The Mystes parried the blow before forcing the Flame Haze back and delivering a sweep kick that took her off her feet. But Shana didn't let up as she delivered a kick to Yuji in the family jewels, causing him to drop like a sack of potatoes. Yutaro and Khamsin winced at the sight while Yuji rolled away before taking to the air with Shana following after.

Wilhelmina was about to move to help Shana only to see a bladed sickle held close to her neck.

"One move and I'll take your head off, bitch." Yutaro warned. What he didn't expect was to sense the killing intent such that the Mystes quickly sprang back to avoid being skewered by the sharp ribbons.

"I don't have time to waste with this foolishness as I have a Mystes to destroy, de arimasu." Wilhelmina replied before seeing Pheles send a fierce gust of wind at her. The Flame Haze quickly used her ribbons to form a shield to deflect the attack.

"I don't want to do this, de arimasu." Wilhelmina spoke.

"Neither do I but I will protect him." Pheles replied with a determined voice.

"So be it, de arimasu." Wilhelmina said, sending ribbon spears at Pheles. The Guze Queen quickly engulfed herself in turbulent winds, which deflected the projectiles aside, before utilizing the Inbelna.

While two Flame Hazes battled the duo consisting of a Mystes and a Guze Queen, everyone watched the fight.

"Ten grand USD on Yuji beating the flat-chest." Yukari remarked.

"You're on! I'll wager twenty grand USD on the flat-chest." Yutaro replied.

"Shouldn't you be rooting for your twin?" Khamsin asked.

"It's not a problem." Yutaro replied. "I'm in the mood of rooting for the underdog in this fight."

"When the siblings make bets amongst each other, they don't really lose or win as a whole." Leanan-sidhe spoke. "Besides, it's just spare change to them."

"I'll help Yuji if he loses this time." Yutaro added.

The battle turned up a notch as Yuji and Shana were spamming the air with fireballs of various sizes such that both combatants took damage. Despite the respective training, neither of the two kids were professionals in showing the fluidity of their skills at this point. Even though blades were being swung and fireballs filled the sky, the fight between Yuji and Shana wasn't any more different than two children fighting in a sand box.

Contrary-wise, Wilhelmina and Pheles were showing class and technique and it wasn't because they were lusciously alluring beauties. The Flame Haze and the Guze Queen had their specialties and intimately knew each other's repertoire of moves. One could say that this fight was under choreography but instincts and intellects were being tested between these combat specialists, slowly being driven closer and closer to their limits. It was almost no different from a simple round of saber-fencing that was going on for a ridiculously large amount of time with spectacular moves and skills being used. For the Manipulator of Objects and the Beautiful Whim, both of them were slowly wearing each other down through skill and Unrestricted Method.

But amid the fight, another party decided to make itself known as Yutaro caught sight of a large floating island above. Even the combatants stopped their fights the moment they saw the island.

"Oh hell! It's the Seireiden!" Yutaro quipped while Pheles and Wilhelmina safely reached the ground.

Landing on the ground, Yuji placed the Rotational Edge away before conjuring a fireball while Shana readied her sword, both of them staring at the floating island. From the Seireiden, a golden wave of fire shot out before landing on the roof of another building, revealing a well-endowed red-haired woman with three eyes and wearing a dress.

"The Arbiter of Reverse Reasoning." Leanan-sidhe replied.

"This is rather interesting. The moment we appear and the battle between the Mystes and the Flame Hazes actually stops." Bel Peol remarked.

"So how about you leave us alone now and let the fights can resume?" Yukari suggested.

"As entertaining as it is, I simply can't do that without unanimous agreement, little Mystes." Bel Peol replied. "Surely, the Reiji Maigo isn't a prize that we can allow to get away."

"The Arbiter of Reverse Reasoning wouldn't be speaking like this unless…" Wilhelmina reasoned to herself.

"Diversion." Tiamat spoke and the Manipulator of Objects understood before sending a flurry of ribbons at Yuji.

The incoming presence along with Wilhelmina suddenly attacking triggered alarms as Yuji went on a state of full alert before sensing movement in the sky above him. Looking up, the Mystes quickly sprang backwards just as Sydonay landed, swatting Wilhelmina's ribbons aside.

"Thousand Changes." Tiamat spoke.

"You and your Flame Haze don't disappoint me whatsoever." The Guze King remarked before seeing the Mystes of the Reiji Maigo throw a fireball at him that he dodged.

Wilhelmina tried to engage only to be intercepted by Pheles, who summoned the Blutsauger and held it threateningly at the Flame Haze. "Don't even think about it."

"Kid, don't make this harder than it has be." Sydonay spoke as he closed in on Yuji.

"Oh? Too bad to disappoint you." The Mystes replied before hurling several more fireballs at him. The Guze King dodged the attacks before dashing forward and landing a cross-punch across the Mystes's face. Yuji stumbled backwards before nursing the struck area of his face with the back of his hand. As much as Sydonay wanted to gauge the Mystes's combat potential and go all out, he knew better than to defy Hecate's order in capturing the target alive despite the fact that his quarry was making it more difficult than the last time they fought. Summoning both the Rukt and the Rotational Edge before combining them, Yuji went on the offense against Sydonay, who reluctantly summoned the Shintetu Nyoi to defend himself. Knowing on how formidable the General of the Balle Masque was along with the countless number of Flame Haze and Tomogara that he had killed, Yuji didn't hold anything back as he allowed the instincts and skills within his mind and soul take over, lashing out at Sydonay while blocking and parrying his foe's attack in response.

Of all the battles and personal duels that Sydonay had ever experienced, this was the first time that a Mystes before him was pushing him to his limits. There was no doubt that his foe had drastically improved his grappling and weaponry skills, all of which were showing in this fight. Amid attacking and counterattacking, the Guze King slashed the Mystes' abdomen just as the latter spun around his right. The wound was deep but not fatal and Yuji cried out in pain, shocked at the critical error that he did not expect to commit. But in a last act of desperation, Yuji directed his moment just long enough to slice off Sydonay's left shoulder and arm completely from his body. The Guze King was completely taken aback, howling in pain. Despite being maimed, the attack wasn't fatal but it was the first time that Sydonay had ever taken such damage.

With Wilhelmina kept in check by Pheles, this left only Shana to take an open shot at Yuji before she brandished her sword and sent a wave of fire at him. But the attack was negated midway as a wall of earth blocked it entirely. Shana narrowed her eyes as she saw Khamsin directing the earth.

"You shall not harm a hair on his head." Khamsin spoke.

"So you want to die? Then your wish is my command!" Shana screamed as she moved to assault Khamsin before something ensnared her limbs and pinned her to the side of a building. Looking at the source, Shana traced it to Leanan-sidhe, who had conjured chains to bind and restrain her.

"It looks like your buddy is having trouble trying to keep up." Yukari remarked, summoning a large ball of white fire with a yellow corona. "So Bel Peol, since you're here, how about a welcoming gift?"

The Mystes of the Seiren Maigo immediately hurled the projectile at the Guze Queen, who merely caught it before absorbing the attack to boost her own power.

"Not bad for a Mystes." Bel Peol remarked. "But playtime is over."

The Seireiden began to resonate in a blue aura before releasing a blue wave of light that immobilized everyone, save for Pheles, Leanan-sidhe, Bel Peol and Sydonay. A moment later, another presence emerged, this one being a young girl with blue hair and wearing white clothing while carrying a staff.

"Hecate." Pheles glowered spitefully.

"What is going on?" Yuji muttered. Try as he might, he couldn't break the force that was keeping him immobilized despite being able to slowly move.

"Anything that is even remotely human will be affected by the Sigil of Injunction." Sydonay explained. "Now you have nowhere to go, Mystes. It's time you came with us."

"It's one reason why Flame Hazes can't exactly keep up with us." Bel Peol added before walking over to the immobilized Yukari and Yutaro, slapping them both on the side of their heads that the two Mystes were rendered unconscious. "Oh, these two will be fine. I do want to play a game of cat and mouse with them but that will have to wait. We came here for you, Mystes of the Reiji Maigo."

The Arbiter of Reverse Reasoning turned to see the Spiral Organ, having released the immobilized Shana, approach her with a sphere of lightning at her palm and both Guze Queens stood their respective grounds, waiting for the other to make the first move although it may just be written off as a little more than a staring contest.

Yuji narrowed his eyes. There was no way that the Balle Masque would get their hands on him.

"Try me but I am not going to be easy prey." Yuji snarled before his hair stood up amid activating the Fevered Nova and blue flames with a cyan corona erupted around the youth in a flaming aura.

Sydonay took a step back in surprise while Yuji, feeling the strange force no longer on him, immediately assaulted the Guze King with his bare fists as though he was taking part in a vicious street fight. The Thousand Changes, being a skilled bare-knuckles fighter in his own right, obliged in the exchange. But while Sydonay's skill and experience proved to be advantages that outmatched his opponent, Yuji coupled brute strength with his ferocity and zealous determination to easily hold his own. It wasn't long before Yuji ducked a cross-punch prior to sending a vicious uppercut to Sydonay that landed home, causing the Guze King to fly back.

"YUJI, CATCH!" A feminine voice called and Yuji caught sight of Pheles tossing him the Blutsauger. But it wasn't the only thing he saw as the Mystes noticed the Supreme Throne taking aim with the Trigon.

"PHELES! LOOK OUT!" Yuji yelled.

The Guze Queen seemed to have forgotten the danger before her instincts warned her of it. But by then, it was too late as the blue-haired Guze Queen utilized Aster and blasted the green-haired Guze Queen aside. Sydonay, having recovered, swooped in and knocked the Blutsauger out of Yuji's hands before punching and beating up the Mystes for a moment until he was incapacitated.

"Time to go now!" Sydonay spoke before turning into his chimera form and flew off into the sky with the incapacitated Yuji.

Leanan-sidhe managed to reach Pheles, who was critically wounded while extending her right hand to the Seireiden hovering in the sky.

"Yu…ji…" Pheles whimpered before her right arm fell to the ground and she lost consciousness.

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