Fire and rage errupted in Boomerang's cold heart when his eyes locked onto the three Dream Chasers that had killed him in the Ancient Arena. Lucied growled, baring her fangs.

The Dream Chasers and Zed leapt to their feet, accidently knocking their chairs over in the process. Zed, Jack, and Elmina quickly unsheathed their swords. Rudy locked and loaded his Hand Cannon ARM while Cecilia readied her staff.

Jack could not help but say, "I thought you were dead! We killed you in the Ancient Arena!!"

Boomerang retorted, his voice cold as ice like it had been before his second death, "Yes, you did. And don't think for a second that I haven't forgotten it!!" With that, the demon hit Rudy with his Crescent Fang. The Holmcross cried out in both surprise and pain before he flew across the room, slamming into the wall.

The battle began.

The Dream Chasers and Zed all ganged up on Boomerang and Lucied, attacking them with full force. Noble Knight just looked at Seph and grinned. Seph's cobra-like eyes widened and he practically commanded, "Noble Knight! Do not even think about it!!"

Noble Knight protested, "Oh, Sephy! It's just a little skirmish! Besides, Boomerang needs help. He's far too weak to fight all five of them by himself." With that, she screamed, distracting the battling warriors, "Knights....RIDE!!!!" Boomerang whirled around to see what his accomplice was up to as did the Dream Chasers and Zed.

Noble Knight's grin became wider as she was surrounded by a silvery glow. With a bright flash of silver light, she was instantly dressed in black and silver armor with a black and silver helmet. Strapped to her black belt was a sword and connected to her wrists were ten-inch long daggers. Before she had entered the cafe, she had been wearing black, cloth pants and a grey t-shirt. Noble Knight grinned and laughed, "Stand back, Boomerang! I'll handle them!!"

"WHAT?!" Boomerang demanded. He had known Lady Harken before she was killed by the Dream Chaser, Jack, in Arctica Castle, but she had been the only female warrior that Boomerang had ever let fight beside him or for him. Sometimes he thought if he was being sexist.

Noble Knight unsheathed her gold-colored sword and leaped toward Elmina. The females' swords clashed. They thrust and parried for several moments while Boomerang and Lucied fought the other Dream Chasers. Suddenly, Noble Knight chanted, "Source of all power, light which burns beyond crimson. Let thy power gather in my hand!" A scarlet light began to form in the palm of her hand. "Fire....BALL!!" She threw the fireball at Elmina, hitting the Sword Princess fully and causing her to fly backwards right into Cecilia and Rudy.

Seph groaned and lept forward, pinning Jack to the ground with his large paws. Rudy fired his Twin Orbs ARM at Seph who dodged, giving Jack just enough time to get off of the floor and run over to the other three Dream Chasers. Cecilia stated, "It's obvious that these two are gonna be more of a problem than Boomerang and Lucied. Let's get rid of them first, then we'll go after Boomerang." Jack and Elmina nodded.

Rudy asked, "Do you think Zed can handle both Boomerang and Lucied alone?"

Jack answered, "Knowing Zed, probably not, but we've gotta get rid of the girl and the other dog first." The other three nodded and charged forward.

Meanwhile, Zed brought his sword down again and again, each time to be blocked by one of Boomerang's namesakes. Suddenly, Zed did something that Boomerang had not expected. Zed brought the Doom Bringer over his head to strike again, but instead of bringing it down, he thrust out his leg and kicked Boomerang in the rib cage.

There was a loud crack. Boomerang gasped and cried out in pain as his already fragile ribs snapped again. He fell to his knees, clutching his right side. Lucied leaped over her master and lunged at Zed with her attack Large Moon. Zed winced and groaned as Lucied's fangs clamped down on his left bicep. The Guardian of Desire used her momentum to knock Zed onto his back, the Doom Bringer sliding across the floor away from him. With this accomplished, she pinned the demon down and brought her fangs just inches away from his face.

Boomerang slowly climbed to his feet, still clutching his, once again, broken ribs. He spoke, his voice hiding the pain he was feeling, "Lucied. Off." With a disappointed growl, Lucied leapt off of Zed. "Back." Lucied sat beside her master. Zed quickly got to his feet, his hand clamped over his bleeding arm. Boomerang set his namesakes behind him, totally confusing Zed. Why was he discarding his weapons? He had an advantage now. "C'mon, Runt! Let's go!!"

Jack and Elmina looked at each other and abruptly stopped fighting Noble Knight when the clashing of weapons across the room came to a halt. The two Fenril Knights looked at Zed and Boomerang to see that they were now without their weapons. The Doom Bringer was across the room and Boomerang's namesakes were just behind him. Now, instead of fighting blade against throwing weapon, they were in a huge fist fight. A fight that Boomerang soon discovered was more in his league.

The two demons traded blows, neither seeming to do more or less damaged to the other. Suddenly, Boomerang grabbed Zed by the back of his neck and slammed the green-haired demon's face onto a hardwood table several times before releasing him and giving him a pretty mean right cross. Zed, caught off balance, fell to his knees, just to become the victim of a strong kick to the stomach.

Zed quickly got back to his feet, coughing from having the wind knocked out of him. He then caught Boomerang off guard by backhanding him. Boomerang, however, responded with a kick to the groin.

Suddenly, a white sphere surrounded both Boomerang and Noble Knight. They were lifted off of the ground and brought to each other, back to back. As they floated in the spheres of light, no matter how hard they tried, they could not move. It was as if they were locked to each other. As if their backs had been fused together.

Dan Diaram's voice shouted, echoing off of the walls of the now totally wrecked cafe, "Stop it right this instant!!"

Zed, balancing himself on a table, spat out a mouthful of blood and gently rubbed a large bruise on his left cheek. His left eye had attained a purplish-black texture.

Lucied attacked the sphere that held her master with every attack she knew, but nothing worked. It was a sphere made by one of her superior Guardians, the Guardian of Time. If it had been made by Zeldukes, the Castle Guardian, she would have been able to break it with ease.

Rudy protested, "But Dan Diaram, you said that one of the demons has reformed and a few of the others have returned. It's obvious that Boomerang's not the reformed one."

Zed added, "Yeah! And aside from Zeik, Boomer's the one that I'd least expect to change."

The Dream Chasers and Zed looked at Noble Knight as she suddenly spoke, "D-Demon?" She looked at Boomerang. "You're a demon? You told me you were a sailor!" The Dream Chasers looked at her and then at Boomerang.

Boomerang spoke with almost perfect sarcasm, "Okay, so I'm a good liar. So sue me!!" Lucied barked at the Dream Chasers, her ears flat against her head.

Dan Diaram continued, "I SAID you would gain two new allies not counting the reforming demon!"

Rudy protested, "But you also said that there were two more demons. Isn't she one of them?" He pointed toward Noble Knight.

Noble Knight snapped, "SHIT!! I knew it was a bad idea to come here! Now everyone's accusing me of being a demon! Seph, do something!!" Seph stood beside Lucied and sighed.

"Very well," he replied.

Dan Diaram did not say anything. Jack spoke, "Even Lucied can't break that thing. What makes you think you can?"

Seph seemed to smile. With that, he threw his head up and howled. A thick shaft of ice encased the white sphere which held the girl and the demon. With a maniacal laugh, Noble Knight thrust her fist outwards and shattered the ice, taking the sphere with it. She and Boomerang landed on the floor of the cafe and stood up.

"WHAT?!?!?!" Dan Diaram shrieked, "How the hell did you do that?!?!?!?!" Noble Knight just laughed. Lucied growled at the Dream Chasers and Zed, staying between them and her master as Boomerang strapped his namesakes onto his back again. Seph stood up straight, ready to strike if any of the five Dream Chasers tried anything. Noble Knight kept a hand on the hilt of her sword.

Suddenly, everyone's attention was averted as Boomerang groaned and leaned against the wall, clutching his right side. Noble Knight walked over to him and growled, "Great! It took me an hour to set your ribs before!!"

Boomerang retorted, "I'll be fine. Lucied, come." He and the Guardian started to leave the cafe when Cecilia suddenly stopped him.

"Um..." she stuttered, "Can you tell me something?" Boomerang paused in the doorway. "When did you come back? How did you get here?"

Not bothering to turn around, Boomerang answered simply, "Last night. I came with Noble Knight on a small boat." With that, he left.

Noble Knight looked at Seph and laughed, not paying attention to the others in the cafe, "Do you know who he reminds me of?" Seph nodded, seeming to smile.

Zed asked, "DD? Why'd you stop us from fighting them?"

Elmina added, "Yeah! I mean, sure, he was beating the living shit outta Zed, but..." Zed glared at her.

Dan Diaram replied, "I had hoped that you humans would have figured it out for yourselves..."

Rudy asked, "What? Figure out what?"

The Guardian of Time responded, shocking everyone, "Boomerang is the reformed demon...."