Upload Date: 5/12/2018

Forgive me [Arc3] ~ Remake

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Chapter 5: A Conquest not to be Forgotten

"I'm Hetaro, Hetaro Pearlbaton, and that over there is Mimi, she's my older sister and the vice-captain for the Iron Fangs, the big kobold you met earlier was the captain"

"Well, they seem pretty audacious now don't they…"

Subaru was conversing with a young cat boy, he was of the 'Kitty' demi human species, the name itself is self-explanatory. He had Orange hair and cat ears, though he was much, much shorter than Felix. A little bit above Subaru's waist would be the top of his head, he heard that's as high as they go, even fully grown adults.

"Hehe, yeah, I'm usually the one making the big commands…"

"Must be hard, so are you two twins?"

"Triplets actually, my younger brother Tivey is in the barricade group…"

Hetaro said while chuckling lightly. Subaru glanced down at his mount, which surprisingly wasn't a ground dragon. Hetaro caught his line of sight and said, "They're Rigers, you find them a lot around the Kararagi city-state, not as fast as ground dragons but they are much easier to maneuver and are much better for close ranged combats if needed"

"I see, seems you guys are always prepared for these kinds of things, eh?"

"We had experience…"

"Yo bro! What's the with the gloomy face? Hahaha!" Ricardo pulled back and faced Subaru with a hearty smile, Mimi could be seen in front of him, trying to find space to nudge in to the conversation, "Well, I don't know about you but we're kinda walking straight to a battlefield right now, forgive me for feeling just a little bit anxious"

"Haha! So i'm getting that you've never been to a life or death situation before?"

"Oh no, I've been through quite a lot of those, got cut by a bowel hunter, fell off a high place, nearly mauled to death by mabeast, got hit straight by a morning star, got inflicted by a curse, and got frozen once… really not the best memories to recall you know…"

"Woah! I thought you were something, but now I know you're something! Look bro you gotta lift your head when your entering battle, that way, you can see where your enemy's at, it also gets your blood pumping yeah!?"

"Yeah, that's right!" The one that replied was Mimi, who managed to squeeze in somehow, "Once Mimi gets serious, nothing can stop Mimi! And since Hetaro and Captain are here, Mimi is even stronger! Waha!" She said while standing up on her mount and punching the air, leaning from side to side.

"Nee-chan! Be careful you'll fall!"

"Hetaro's such a crybaby! I won't fall!"

Even Patrasche let out a loud roar, "Hah! See even she gets it!" Ricardo said while giving Subaru a firm pat on the back.

Letting out a chuckle, Subaru looked over to Ricardo, who just shot him a thumbs up before leaving to comfort the other soldiers, "He's doing a really good job as captain, huh…" "Yeah, to be honest, we only joined the mercenary group because of him, he has a way of calming people down". Subaru image of Ricardo was someone who was dependable, someone who can say it's alright and stick to his words, it's something Subaru can only dream of doing.

Having arrived at the base of Flugel's tree, the group set up camp, many went to rest while the others prepared their equipment for battle and did warm-ups, Subaru was sitting by the base of the tree, reading the book he borrowed from Crusch's library. "Murak… a semi-low class yin spell that reduces the amount of influence gravity has on the target, in turn lowering its weight. The more mana applied to the spell, the greater the reduction of gravity… now that seems like a spell I can use!"

Subaru stood up and readied himself, in order to cast a spell, one must be able to imagine its effects, the chanting is just a way to concentrate your mind into that specific thought, and in case of Murak, Subaru imagined himself getting lighter, and he chanted, "Murak…" He felt a little different, he was most definitely lighter. He took a deep breath and moved a step forward, his foot reached the ground slower than usual, next he jumped up, he jumped higher and glided down, the spell was definitely working.

He tried applying more mana, as much as he can until he could feel his gate straining a little, Whoah!" He started floating up, ever so slowly, about a millimeter a second, he had this weightless feeling and it was great, only, "H-How do I turn it off!" He just kept on floating upwards, not showing any signs of going down, even though he was barely an inch of the ground. He grabbed onto the tree and wished for his mana to run out soon, "I'm heavy, I'm heavy, I'm heavy!" He said repeatedly, in hope that it would turn off the spell, and it did, but he fell head first to the ground.

"Ugh…"

He looked up and was surprised to see Crusch standing in front of him, wearing light armor and a scabbard attached to her waist with the hilt of her sword sticking out. "Um…" "I was practicing some new spells that might help during the battle…" "I see…"

Subaru righted himself and dusted his tracksuit, then Crusch handed him a sack, about the size of a medium sized plastic bag, "What's this?" "It's the magic stones I talked about before the meeting, we had some to spare but it isn't many, so use it wisely, Subaru"

"Right… thanks!"

"It's nothing, but should you really be practicing spells right now? Your gate is still not fully healed, you might fracture it during battle…"

"I'm aware of that, believe me, I am, but if I my gate could somehow give us just the slightest advantage, then I'll happily shatter it"

"Huh, you are a weird one, you do know that you won't be able to use magic after that's done right?"

"Hey, I've only started using magic a month ago, the last time I've casted a spell was two weeks ago, so not having magic for the rest of my life isn't too bad"

"Well, looks like someone's independent," Crusch said, they both had a good laugh and she left him to himself. He opened up the sack he was given and examined the contents. About thirty stones, five from each element. "Yin, Yang, Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth. I have an idea of what most of them do… well, I'll just have to guess for the rest of them…"

He closed the sack again and placed it on the ground, he turned to look at the tree one more time, "I know they said you were big, but I think 'big' is an understatement now… huh, what's this?" Around the base of the tree, Subaru saw a mark, letters to be exact, it said, "Flugel - Beyond the Great Waterfall…" the seemingly random words crossed through Subaru's mind, until a thought suddenly came through, "Wait… could it be… did he get thrown over the waterfall? Guess that's where he died then…"

Subaru looked around the tree but he wasn't able to spot anymore writing so he said to himself, "It wouldn't hurt to leave my own credentials now would it, hehe" He borrowed a dagger from one of the soldiers and carved out in the trunk, 'Subaru, Half-Elf's knight, from Earth' in japanese, "They'd never be able to read it… well, Al would I guess…"

Subaru headed back to return the knife, and then he went to rest himself, night time soon came.

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Wilhelm stood by a patch of familiar flowers, letting the breeze blow past him, "Yo Wilhelm-san, I didn't know you were the kind to gaze at flowers…" He turned around to see Subaru walk up to him, with Patrasche behind him. "My wife was a woman who loved flowers, I guess being with her had etched the hobby onto me…"

"Heh, you clearly do care for her, even after decade…"

"She is a person I would never forget… Subaru-dono, I would like to thank you-"

"Now wait right there… let's beat the crap out of that whale first, then we'll proceed with the thanks and everything, okay?"

Subaru said as he pumped his fist towards Wilhelm, "Hm, as you wish, Subaru-dono…" Wilhelm and Subaru bumped fists, he grinned while Subaru smirked, they looked over to the camp, everyone getting ready and in line. Subaru glanced at his phone, "About an hour left… right then, let's get this party started!"

Subaru mounted on Patrasche while Wilhelm got on his own Red scaled ground dragon and they went over to the front of the group, where Crusch and Felix were. Subaru glanced at Crusch and she nodded, letting him know that they were ready. He looked over to his phone, and it started ringing. The ringing of the phone echoed through the plains, but nothing happened, all the soldiers were alert, looking around frantically, but nothing came.

"Subaru?" Crusch said while looking at Subaru, he sighed and went forward, the others looked at him skeptically, some even decided to drop their weapons thinking that the whole ordeal was a fraud, "Looks like I'll force you out" Subaru muttered under his breath. He stopped in his tracks after covering a fair amount of distance away from the army, then he said, "I… can Return... by Dea-!"

Time suddenly stopped before he could finish his sentence, the shadowy hands suddenly came and rubbed his heart, gently stroking it, not squeezing it yet, it was a warning. The hands stayed there as the world got darker, they then suddenly receded and time moved once more, Subaru's heart beat rose and an ominous aura was being emitted from him.

"Get ready!" He shouted, putting all the soldiers on guard. He then whipped the reins, making Patrasche rush forward, surprising everyone but it was only for a second as a loud wail soon made them close their ears. They looked up to the sky and saw the clouds disperse and blocking the moon, there it was, The White Whale, the Hakugei!

"Guh…"

Crusch hesitated for a bit but was able to shout out, "Scatter!" then all the soldiers ran off in different directions, trying to move out of the whales way, only to find out that it was locking on to Subaru.

"Perfect" Subaru said as he glanced back, the whale was most definitely following him, and at a pretty fast speed as well, "Didn't know whales could go that fast…" Subaru whipped the reins and Patrasche dashed forward faster.

"Troops! Fire the night banisher!"

At Crusch's command, a cannon was loaded with several large Yang stones and was fired in the air, it blasted right above the whale, prompting everyone to cover their eyes. The night sky was brightened and was as bright as day, and the whale was shaking around violently, seems it was blinded by the sudden flash, though that didn't stop it from coming straight for Subaru, just as he was about to be eaten alive, Patrasche made a sharp turn, and was able to safely run away while the army started to assault it.

"Haah! Good job Patrasche, I'm gonna be counting on you partner!" Subaru praised his ground dragon, which she replied with an approving grunt. Subaru looked over to the whale, it seems like the frontal assault group was doing a good job, all they needed to do was ground the whale and it will be and easy victory from there. "Nothing much we can do but wait till it starts moving again…"

"Nya… it does get boring, doesn't it Subaru-kyun…"

"Oh, Ferris… well, you're the armies medic, you've got to be ready at all times, I'm just bait, not as important…"

"What are you talking about, Subaru-kyun? If you don't distract that whale, Ferri-chan won't be able to treat any wounds, nya…"

"Your role is important too, nya…"

Subaru looked back at the whale and he could see Wilhelm running across it, digging deep into its hide while he's at it. "W-Woah… Wilhelm-san is going all out isn't he…" "That's Wil-ji for you, nya…"

"Retreat! Fire the cannons!" Subaru can hear Crusch shout out. Several cannons were loaded with fire gems and were shot at the whale and was blasted at its side. From afar it seemed to do a lot of damage, "Fireballs ready! Fire!" Crusch shouted out another command, Several mages were behind Crusch and they chanted, "Ul-Goa!" Giant fireballs were summoned and fired at the whale, which caused more it to wobble.

"Nyah!"

"Did we get it?!"

The whale let out a screech, showing that it wasn't ready to fall yet, "That things much more sturdy than we thought, we used all our best moves right in the first round, and since it ain't down yet, this means it's gonna be a bit of a challenge…" Ricardo said to the two as he readied his cleaver. Felix and Subaru saw Wilhelm jump of the whale and head straight for the ground. Ricardo then started and prepared his cleaver, "Upsy daisy!" Wilhelm used Ricardo's cleaver to launch himself back up, he plunged his sword straight into the whales right eye, making blood spill out of it.

The whale started to shake violently again, Wilhelm wasn't able to get a hold and fell down once again, but as he was falling he was able to slice the whales horn off, then his red ground dragon caught him before he reached the ground.

Everyone else got off the whale right after that. Crusch readied her sword and released a wind strike, that cut deep through the whales skin, "Woah, what was that?" "That was Crusch-sama's One hundred men Strike, nya… she uses wind magic and her sword skills to launch a wind blade that can go far distances…"

"Well, that's neat…"

Subaru and Felix rode back to where Crusch was, and Subaru asked, "Crusch-san, how does it look?" "Subaru… at this rate, we'd be able to slay the beast, it's just a matter of time…" "Hah, that's great!"

Crusch was about so let loose another strike but before that happened, the whale let out an ear shattering screech, the shockwaves pushing the army back while making them cover their ears. "W-What…!?" Subaru glanced up at it and saw that it staring down at them, it's yellow eyes turning blood red.

The whale opened its mouth, sensing danger Subaru shouted out, "This is bad! Crusch-san, get ready!" Fog started accumulating in it's mouth as it sucked in the moisture from the air, and it blasted forward, straight for them, "Hiyaa!" She sliced her sword and a blade of wind collided with the fog, stopping it in its tracks.

Suddenly, the whale's skin started to act up, flaps opened and started releasing more fog, and at an alarming rate too. "It's using the fog to hide! Don't let it go!" Crusch said, and hit it again with another wind blade, but as it cut through the fog, they found out that the whale had already moved, "Damn it, where did it-?!" Subaru looked around, the fog having already surrounded them.

"We have to act carefully, now that we have lost sight of it, the upper hand has gone to the whale…"

Subaru grabbed three wind crystals and threw them around, they detonated, taking a bit of the fog away with them. "If the fogs a problem, we just need to clear it right?" Crusch nodded and proceeded to use her wind magic to help clear the fog as well.

"Crusch-sama, we are preparing the Evil repelling stones, nya…"

"Excellent, release them whenever ready!"

Felix nodded and left to inform the group, Crusch continued to clear of the fog bit by bit, then Wilhelm suddenly appeared, with his platoon. "Forgive me for my haste, Crusch-sama…" "Group report?" "Two injured, no casualties as of now"

"Good, we need to regroup before-"

They heard a high-pitched screech, it wasn't as loud as the one before but it was most definitely loud, Subaru closed off his ears but they did nothing, "What is this!?" He looked back to where Felix and the others were, and he saw several soldiers on the ground, scratching at themselves, punching the ground, clearly not right in the head. "Oi! Ferris, what's happening!?" Subaru called out.

"Mana intoxication, it's attacking our gates through the mist, it seems to affect people differently"

"So some people are immune?"

"Resistant would be the better word, nya…"

Subaru looked around and saw that the people who were unaffected were helping the healers with the people who were affected, they were open and vulnerable, "Looks like it's our time to shine Patrasche…" Subaru said while glancing at this ground dragon, she gave an understanding huff.

"Crusch-san! I'll go distract it while Ferris and the rest treat the affected!"

"Wait, Subaru!?"

"Anyone who can move! Get the injured to the base of the tree! If you can't move then stay where you are until someone comes!" Subaru said as he Patrasche goes straight into the cloud, "One more time, work with me here… I can Return by D-" Once again, the world turned dark, the shadowy hands wrapped around his heart and grasped it, he could feel the air leaving his lungs. He felt a weight pressing against his body, and a whispery voice by the side of his ears. "You…" was all he could make out.

"Gah!" He snapped back to reality, he could feel the stench increasing around him, the hard part starts now. "Come out, come out, wherever you are little fishy!" He could feel himself being stared at through the fog, "Uhu… getting a really bad feeling about this…"

Suddenly from beside them, the whale appeared, it's mouth gaped open, ready to swallow them whole. "Nee-chan!" "Let's go!" From the other side, Mimi and Hetaro appeared on their Rigers, grabbing the other's hands, they released a shockwave similar to the one the whale did before it attacked with the fog, but this one seemed more powerful, possibly because they infused their voices with mana.

Patrasche made a quick turn, and dashed away while the two siblings kept on attacking the whale. "Now we just gott-" Suddenly the whale appeared right in front of them, taking Subaru and Patrasche by surprise. They couldn't turn fast enough so they tried to at least stop but the whale just kept on going forward, "SHIIIT!"

"RAAAGH!"

Wilhelm appeared from the side and stabbed at it's eyelid, making it turn away, giving Subaru just enough time to turn directions.

Ricardo rode up to Subaru with Hetaro and Mimi, "Weren't you two just fighting the whale?" "We were, Subaru-san" "But I just got attacked by it after I rode away… something's up, don't let your guard down, this may be another one of it's abilities. From the ,fog Wilhelm appeared and went to regroup with them, "Wilhelm-san!" "Subaru-dono, the whale does seem to be losing it's composure, it's getting slower and seems to fight back less now, once we get the fog ou…"

"Then it's smooth sailing from there, then let's do this!" Subaru said while he pumped his fists up in the air, the other four doing the same, "Ready! Fire!" he could hear Crusch shout out in the distance, that's one hell of a loud voice she has, Subaru thought. "Hah, looks like the stones are out!" Ricardo said.

Suddenly, Subaru heard several explosions in the air, the fog immediately started to subside, clearing the path for the army to attack once again, but they were all frozen still, "You've gotta be… fucking… kidding me…" High in the sky, there they were, not one, not two, but three whales, all ready to fight back.

A/N

Okay, thought I could fit everything in this one chapter, but let's not rush things like I did with Warlock… Also, the original was basically a copy paste of the anime, which i'm sure felt a little bit bland for you guys right? Gonna do a little bit more changing here and there and gonna take your suggestion s from the original Forgive me to account!

So it's been two whole months huh… guess i've been studying my ass off too much and neglected to finish this remake, but it's okay, we'll finish it before the month ends… hopefully… So anyway, I got new for yall, gonna give you a [Priorities list] which essentially tells me what to update first, it goes this way:

1. Warlock

2. Forgive me

3. -

4. Re-Watch

Number three is an upcoming fanfic which I'll start after Forgive me's done, so there's that.

Decide that i'll drop Perpetual promise for now, didn't find the plot points satisfactory, so i'll postpone it longer, maybe until i'm finished with Warlock, as it needs a lot of attention. Warlock planning is doing fine, planned three arcs ahead, and a few side stories as well.

Anyway, Monday's my Chemistry exam so i'm gonna have to blast my ass off with practice so wish me luck and good health cause i'm going into a battlefield… and I don't have RBD like Su-boy here, so yeah…

1 to 2 weeks update speed so wait for me kay?