Iroha blushed from waking up after her first date with Ray and she had to admit, it was fun on her first date and yet she felt pain in her chest when the gift she got from Astral reminded her of the spirit.

Was she feeling guilty for not thanking Astral? The white lily on her desk must've been from him, it was in her hair, tied up with the charm she wore from last night and shining in the light of the bright sun before running into Tori who helped her up from the ground.

"Morning Iroha, how your date for the first time?" The green haired girl asked as Iroha blushed. "U-Um, it was good." She stammered with her words as Tori saw her blush and gasped. "Did he kiss you?!" She asked with stars in her eyes as Iroha blushed again while nodding as Tori squealed before reaching the school and Iroha's cheeks were flustered the whole school day and people were beginning to ask if she was okay and she kept on nodding her head before heading home by herself until the awful feeling came back to her like a knife through her back.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" An unknown voice made Iroha turn around slowly as if everything was in slow-motion.

She was face to face with an unknown being that sent violent chills throughout her body, he lifted a gray finger under her chin so he could get a good look at her before she knew it, she saw the possessive look in his eyes as she began to tremble.

"My! What a delicate little flower we have here!" He cackled before Iroha heard a familiar voice that brought relief and tears to her eyes as she looked to Ray, Yuma and Astral. "Barian! Leave her alone!" Yuma shouted as Iroha saw him leave before Astral held her close to him to calm her down.

Astral could see the jealousy in Ray's eyes before he hugged her tightly. "Are you alright Iroha-chan!?" He asked as she nodded and wiped her tears away from her eyes. "Who was that anyway? And what is a Barian?" Iroha asked fixing the lily and the charm in her hair.

"Vector...I've been hunting him down from Barian World since then." Ray hissed out before pulling a badge out from his pocket but Iroha noticed a typo on his badge. "Your badge has a V instead of a B for Barian." She noted as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah, my boss said it won't matter but he was wrong."

~~~~~Mokyu~~~~~

Somewhere in the distance, a certain dark skinned brunette boy sneezed before looking back at the door of the bar before the man with the green mohawk next to him looked up from his bowl.

"I have a feeling that someone insulted me or it could be these 'allergies' I've been hearing Girag." The boy said before drinking more soda. "Maybe allergies Alito." Girag said going back to eating.

~~~~~Mokyu~~~~~

Iroha felt like she wanted to believe Ray but part of her said not to, she trusted that part of her before drying her hair and preparing her math homework after taking her hot shower before Astral showed up and saw her plate on her desk.

It was empty, he decided to take it to the sink where she could do it in the morning if she had enough time, then he headed back to her room and watched her do her math homework as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

Iroha jumped and nearly fell out of her chair if Astral hadn't caught her in time before helping her back onto the chair as he turned on the TV but Iroha had her headphones on with music blaring, Astral recognized the song as Kakawari by Trysail.

He did enjoy music but mostly classical music, he sometimes would 'imagine' as Yuma would put it where he and Iroha would dance to the classical music if he would have a moment of peace to do so.

Then he saw her place her papers into her backpack and the pencil in her pencil bag before stretching and plugging her phone into the charger and snuggling into her blankets and Astral into her charm as they rested up for the night.

The next day, Iroha woke up and got ready for school like she always did but it felt off for her, she felt like she was being watched or followed but she felt like Astral was with her the entire time and she was right, he was in her charm and protecting her on the way.

For each step she took, the feeling grew awful and suffocating before speeding up into a speed-walking, the feeling never vanished as she turned around to see Kite with a concerned look on his face and his hand on her shoulder. "You alright? You seem off." He said as she slowly nodded before Astral appeared.

"Astral, I suppose you're getting the same feeling as well." Kite said as Astral nodded and looked around them while walking with Iroha to her school. "It's the same feeling with Vector. But it feels more powerful." She said before Astral went back to the charm he gave her and Kite was keeping his eyes all over, watching for sudden movements.

Until Iroha was sudden jumped by a...Tanuki?! She took it off her face and saw how transparent it looked and scared as she smiled. "It's alright, you're safe." She whispered before it looked up at her with tears and buried itself into her chest.

"Thank you miss, I'm Ponta." Ponta spoke which made Iroha white all over as she looked at it and remembered having a plush suitable for his body at home, "I think that a plush body may suit you for a while, Ponta ." She said as the Tanuki spirit curled onto her shoulder and waited for the rest of the school day to end as she walked home and found Ui's old fox plush from the hospital as Ponta sealed himself inside before the plush moved almost like he was testing the limbs out.

"It's perfect! Thank you!" The tanuki smiled as Iroha smiled before her phone began ringing as she picked it up to be Yuma who was shouting into the phone as she pulled away before setting the phone into speaker as Kite and Astral listened.

"Guys! Ray's been captured by Vector! We have to rescue him!" Yuma shouted before Tsuruno joined in on the phone call and shouted louder than Yuma. "Yuma's right!! Tamaki-san! Us magical girls will save Ray Shadows and defeat the Barians~!!"

Kite then became curious about what Tsuruno said about Magical Girls as he opened his mouth to ask but Iroha transformed right in front of his own eyes, he knew he saw the pink gem in her hand wasn't a number card, it was magic! "I'm coming too!" Kite shouted as Astral teleported them into the key and Iroha was amazed at how big the ship was for all of them before she saw Tsuruno with a determined look upon her face.

"Don't worry Ray, we're coming." Yuma whispered as they traveled long to find the place where Vector sent the coordinates for them to go to.

~~~~Onii...chan...~~~~

It was over 2 hours and yet nothing, Tsuruno was already sleeping and Iroha had yet to sleep like the others had fallen asleep but she kept on staring at the ceiling of the ship before Astral saw her still awake as she got up and transformed from her magical clothing to pajamas before walking up to him.

"Couldn't sleep?" He asked as she nodded before sitting down and looking at the stars in front of her as Astral floated next to her and looked out in front of them. "It's pretty nice out there, right?" She asked trying to hide her sadness but the tears spilled as Astral wiped one of them away before pulling Iroha into a hug and held her closer as he stroked her long hair as she began to feel the sleep take her.

"Will you stay with me for a bit?" She asked as he let her lay her head onto his lap as he began to stroke her bangs, the jealousy he once had vanished before he looked out at the map but Kite let him rest with Iroha.

~~~...~~~

The next thing Iroha woke up to was whacking her head on something hard and wincing in pain and Astral soothing her head and the alarm. "Oooww!!" She cried out as Shark brought an ice bag and placed it on her head. "Thanks...ow." She winced as everyone looked at her and winced at the loud sound the metal bar made when she whacked her head really hard.

((A/N: I actually hit my head at the wooden part of the bunk bed.))

'The sound of the metal bar...ouch.' Kite 'sweat-dropped' at the sound as he shuddered to how hard she had hit her head. Then they saw what they believed were the coordinates Vector sent.

"Is...this the right place?" Iroha asked before a sharp sting ran through her body as she winced before wrapping herself in her arms trying to gather her senses as Tsuruno felt it as well.

"Wherever we are, Ray better be here." Tsuruno said with a growl before transforming to her magical clothing and holding her fans out and ready as Iroha had her crossbow ready to shoot at anything that would come at them.

The two magical girls, Shark, Kite, Yuma, and Astral were out in a strange area before Iroha heard the same voice that she heard when she was walking alone.

"Welcome to Sargasso!!" Iroha turned around to see Vector laughing and smiling, she knew Barians don't have a mouth but she could tell that Vector was smiling when he saw her.

"Oh my! The peony returns with a firecracker!" Vector cackled before moving closely to Iroha and holding her chin with his forefinger and thumb as she felt his clawed thumb ran over her bottom lip but she kneed him where it really hurt for him.

"Oooh~! Feisty! What I love in a woman!" He said getting up from being kicked before she had an arrow pointed at him. "A little bit more spice to add in~! I might have heartburn from you~!" He growled out as she ran back over to Yuma and Astral before pulling out her duel gazer to help with the duel.

"You ready Iroha?" Astral asked as she saw Tsuruno with Kite to fight Mizar as she folded out her bladed fans that were lit up with fire as he saw how dangerous she could be with those weapons.

"Tenjo-san~! Allow me, Tsuruno Yui the Mightiest Magical Girl to fight this bastard~!" Tsuruno shouted before flames began to dance around her as Photon energy collided with her magic, streaks of red and orange appeared in her hair as her fans gained more sharper blades and her right eye of a Duel tattoo in the shape of a flaming flower and her once brown right eye became orange.

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"Photon Flame Waltz of Destruction!!" She shouted as Photon energy and flames danced around her fans as she brought them down and slashes were scattered across the yellow Barian's body as she closed her fans and hopped back to Kite who was impressed with Tsuruno's attacks and how Photon Dragon would allow her to use some energy to injure the Barian.

"Yay~! I inflicted some damage onto this blondie bastard for good~!" Tsuruno chirped before opening her fans again. "Tenjo-san~! Let's take him down~!" Kite nodded before beginning his Photon Transformation.

~~~~Mokyu~~~~

Shark found himself against the grey Barian Dumon but somehow a little blonde pigtailed girl dressed in all purple and a giant hammer in both hands almost threatening to crush him.

"Yo~! I'm just a mercenary Magical Girl passing by so don't mind me~!" She said picking up the hammer with both hands and charged at Dumon with high speed before slamming her hammer down and a sound of a huge thud echoed throughout Sargasso which startled them all.

Then she felt a power course through her body as the shade of purple was faded into blue and her hammer became sharp as the scarf around her neck became shorter before she lifted her hammer up into the air and slammed it down onto the ground.

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"Silent Chaos Hammer Smash!!" She shouted as a huge explosion blew Dumon away from the two as the mysterious magical girl snickered at her work.

"Hey Squid!" She shouted to Shark which pissed him off because of the nickname. "It's Shark!! And let me guess, you're gonna help me beat him?" He guessed as she nodded.

~~~Mokyu~~~

Iroha was panting hard as she fell to one knee but got back up again with the hope to bring Ray home as she looked at Astral and nodded. "Astral! When two distant souls become one, the power of ZEXAL is revealed!!" She said as her soul gem began to glow brightly.

"MAGIA: ZEXAL!!" She and Astral merged together to form a complete new ZEXAL merge. Iroha's hood was off her head, her crossbow now longer, her boots were no longer up to her skirt but up to her knees and her gloves were longer and Astral's marks on her body.

Her eyes were a mix of pink and gold as her hair held the silver ends of her hair and the charm in her bangs keeping it out of her eyes as her skirt became short shorts and her top remained the same before the hood became a scarf.

She pulled back the arrow as energy collected up to the point where she had the right angle to shoot at him as she released the arrow.

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"Astral Strada Futuro ZEXAL!!" She shouted before unleashing the amount of arrows and a laser came down at Vector before the dust cleared to showed that Astral and Iroha separated from their ZEXAL merge as Iroha, Yuma and Astral saw Ray laying down unconscious as Iroha smiled in relief that he was alright.

"Ray!! He's alright!!" Iroha shouted as she ran over to help him but soon her happiness stopped when she got a little close to him as he grabbed her wrist harshly. "Ray?!" She cried out as she tried to get her hand out of his tight grasp. "Hehehehe..." She heard dark laughter from Ray as the awful feeling in her gut came back.

"Let go!!" She cried out as she got her wrist back as she tended to it before backing away from Ray who was acting not like himself as Iroha saw the insane look upon his face. "R-Ray?! Are you alright?!" She asked again as he began laughing like a maniac before holding his stomach.

"Too funny!! Too funny, I can't breathe!!" Ray said as Iroha became very scared of Ray before his skin held cracks of purple light and shattered before looking again.

"Think again Iroha-chan~!" Vector laughed as Iroha fell to her knees and the look of disbelief etched on with tears spilling from her eyes.

"What did you do with Ray?!" She shouted and crying as Vector pulled a cruel motion for her to recognise.

"Don't you mean Investigator Ray?" The pose he pulled was like Ray and Iroha ran up and punched Vector in the face.

"How could you do this?! Trick us?! Trick me?!" She shouted in pure hatred and anger. "I thought that you and I could be friends but I thought wrong." She said. "Iroha-chan~! I still love you~!" Vector said in an insane tone as Iroha grasped her hand in a fist before looking at him with dead eyes.

What she said next was a huge regret.

"I hate you."

Everyone heard her say it in front of Vector and for once Mizar felt bad for Vector getting mentally stabbed with the words but continued his battle.

"Ouch, total rejection from a girl." Shark said as the mysterious magical girl nodded as Dumon shook his head.

Vector got real angry and used his power on Astral to hurt him badly as Iroha saw his change before running up to him but stopped when she saw his new change, his body had half of darkness covering it.

"What's the matter Iroha-chan? All I did was unleash the jealousy he had built up for you~!" Vector cackled as Iroha saw Astral floating up to her as she backed away from Astral.

"When two distant souls become one, the power of ZEXAL is revealed!!" Astral said in a dark tone as he roughly kissed Iroha as the darkness collided with her magic before a dark version of her ZEXAL merge came out.

The Dark ZEXAL smiled wickedly before firing off dark arrows at Vector as they pierced his wings and she began laughing like a maniac.

"Pain~! More Pain~!" She laughed out as tears spilled.

~~~Mokyu~~~

Inside of Iroha's soul, she saw how dark it was as she looked up to see a statue of Astral before walking to the statue and going inside to find Astral and stopping the darkness within, Iroha was faced with many monsters that nearly hurt her badly.

She came up a flight of stairs where a pack of wolves growled and bit at her as she cried out before shooting them and walked up to continue. 'I won't give up, not even for Astral.' She thought as she reached the top where the window was as she saw Astral with his back turned to her.

"Astral!" She called out as he turned around with a kind smile and looked the same but something was telling her that this wasn't Astral but she ignored it and wanted to run up and hug him but she did.

"Astral!" She ran up and hugged him as she cried before she pulled away and looked at him, "Your injury?! Are you alright?!" She looked up at him before she felt his hand tightened up at her shoulder before backing up again. "Astral?" She asked.

"I'm feeling good Iroha, now that my emotions are revealed, No one should be able to hurt you~!" He said as his face turned to darkness before Iroha ran at him with full speed before smashing the window behind him.

"I promised myself to save you and I promised Ui!" She said as they felt the darkness slip away.

~~~Mokyu~~~

The Dark ZEXAL split apart to reveal Iroha and Astral covered in wounds as Astral crawled over to protect Iroha who was knocked out with a bleeding head before Yuma walked over and protected them as did Tsuruno with her new attack which gave the Barians all burns that would heal over time.

"Leave Iroha and Astral alone you creeps or you'll get a talk with my hammer!!" The girl said as she swung the hammer and sent them flying like Team Rocket.

Astral weakly held Iroha close before making one more Observation.

"Observation #27: Everything has a balance, even Chaos and Hope." He said slipping into her charm to recharge while Iroha was having her wounds tended by Kite.

"Who are you? Are you a friend of Tsuruno or Iroha?" Yuma asked the girl in purple as she shook her head.

"Nope! I'm a mercenary magical girl! I'm Felicia Mitsuki!" She said smiling as her hands were behind her back.