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P.H.A.S.E.

Post by Saechika » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:26 am

My new project while I'm putting Rocknarok Story on hiatus, P.H.A.S.E. AKA Psych.Hyperbattle.Android.School.Error.

Story: Ayama Kazuma is a normal student living a normal school life in Japan in the year 2040, with technology advanced enough to maintain a city with skyscrapers, provide a barrier to help reflect a certain amount of UV rays, etc. One day, while walking home from school, Kazuma is attacked by a rogue android, labelled as an 'Error'. As he is about to be finished off, his two childhood friends save him, and explain to him the situation. The city is currently in danger due to a mysterious virus infecting androids and causing them to attack humans. Their school, Ureshina Gakuen, is given the responsibility of stopping these incidents by using their technology to provide a select group of students powers, better known as Psychs. Kazuma has been kept in the dark not knowing of these incidents because the school hasn't chosen him. However, after being attacked first-hand, Kazuma is forced to join the school in the war against the Errors.

It's been a week since the attack on Kazuma, and he's gotten used to it.

Normal words are conversations in japanese, otherwise narration told by the narrator's perspective. Bold words are english words. Italic words are thoughts and narration of the main protagonist.
Main Characters
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Main Characters:
Ayama Kazuma
Age: 16
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: White
Psych: Genesis Laser
Weapon: N-Gloves (As of Chapter 8)
Desc: A normal student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-A. He attends school normally until one fateful day, while walking home from school; he gets attacked by a maverick android, known as Error. His life is turned upside down when his two childhood friends rescue him, and explain to him the situation. The world they live in is in danger. A mysterious virus is corrupting the city's androids, turning them against the humans. Now Kazuma must help his school's Security department in the ongoing war against the Errors. Kazuma's Psych is Genesis Laser, one of the stronger type of Psychs that allows Kazuma to charge and fire lasers from his palm. Kazuma is part of the soccer club.

Fujiwara Keiji
Age: 17
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Turquoise
Psych: Electromaster, Data Manipulation (As of Chapter 8)
Weapon: Katana, Glock 9mm Pistol, Gunblade - Edge Cutter V2 (As of Chapter 8)
Desc: A student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 2-A and Kazuma's childhood friend. He is the captain of Ureshina Gakuen Security Department Division X, specializing in defending the school. Keiji is the de facto leader of Kazuma's gang, and together they form the Division X. Keiji is a tsundere by nature, and refuses to be honest at all times. Keiji's Psych is Data Manipulation, the ability to control, change, and manipulate Data. Keiji is in the Kendo Club.

Kamiga Jiyu
Age: 16
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Red
Psych: Spitfire, Reformation (As of Chapter 8)
Weapon: Twin Blades - Kuraihaji and Karasu, Bow - Stratos Striker (As of Chapter 8)
Desc: A student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-A and Kazuma's childhood friend. He is vice-captain of Ureshina Gakuen Security Department Division X. Jiyu is very fond of japan, coming from overseas. As such, he is always ready to perform manzais and get in with the group's random gags. Jiyu is also fond of making random jokes, and tends to annoy Keiji when doing so. Jiyu is gifted with the Psych Reformation, granting him the power to change and manipulate the structure of objects Jiyu is part of the Archery Club. (Formerly badminton)

Naoki Akito
Age: 16
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Cyan
Psych: Tidal Bringer, Alchemy (As of Chapter 8)
Weapon: Glock 18 9mm Pistols X2, knife
Desc: A student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-C and part of Kazuma's gang. Member of the Ureshina Gakuen Security Department Division X. He joined Kazuma's Gang in their first year as middle-school students, and has been their constant bullying material since then. Despite this, he still gets along well with them. His Psych is Alchemy, the ability to create anything out of thin air depending on the user's base power. Akito is part of the Manga and Anime club.

Sakuraba Ringo
Age: 16
Hair Color: Purple-red
Eye Color: Violet
Psych: Happy Hour, Party Hour (As of Chapter 8)
Weapon: M16 Assault Rifle, Laser Whip (As of Chapter 8)
Desc: A student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-A and part of Kazuma's gang. She is the treasurer of Ureshina Gakuen Security Department Division X. She joined Kazuma's Gang at the start of the year, and acts as a conflict resolver for the gang. Her Psych is Party, the ability to provide various buffs. Ringo is part of the Manga and Anime Club.
Side Characters
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Side Characters:
Ayama Kazumi
Age: 13
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: White
Psych: None
Weapon: None
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-D. Kazumi is the younger sister of Kazuma, and does the household chores in their house. Kazuma in return helps her with whatever she needs help with, such as her homework or groceries. She is best friends with Haruka and Riko, Jiyu and Keiji's sisters.

Fujiwara Riko
Age: 15
Hair Color: Grey
Eye Color: Gold
Psych: None
Weapon: None
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 3-D. Misaki is Keiji's younger sister. She is very mature, and knows how to handle her brother. She is best friends with Kazumi and Haruka.

Kamiga Haruka
Age: 13
Hair Color: Blue
Eye Color: Purple
Psych: None
Weapon: None
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-D. Haruka is Jiyu's younger sister, and a tomboy. She behaves exactly like her brother, but knows how to take care of the house. She is best friends with Kazumi and Misaki.

Shinomiya Satsuki
Age: 16
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Psych: Invisibility
Weapon: None
Desc: Keiji's fiancee, part of predetermined marriage decided by Keiji's parents two years ago. At first their relationship got off to a rocky start, but after an incident she became attached to Keiji. She is responsible, and acts as a sister figure to the three younger sisters of Jiyu, Kazuma and Keiji.

Saotome Natsumi
Age: 38
Hair COlor: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Psych: Mirror Force
Desc: A teacher at Ureshina Gakuen and also the teacher in charge of Division X. She is responsible for training all new recruits to Division X, and is extremely strict. However, she deeply cares for her students, especially Division X. She teaches class 2-A mathematics, and her prized student is Fujiwara Keiji.

Saotome Reiko AKA Sara
Age: 18
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Turquoise
Psych:
Weapon: Laser Saber
Desc: A student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 3-A and the daughter of Saotome Natsumi. She is the advisor of Division X, and does not intervene with fights unless needed. She is in charge of operating the team from afar.

Lucian Kaitou
Age: 16
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Psych: Teleportation
Weapon: 9x19 mm Walther P99 handgun
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 1-B. Lucian Kaitou is part of the Security Department Division Z, the division specializing in support. He is on relatively good terms with Kazuma's Gang, and they usually rely on him to run errands for them.

Django
Age: 14
Hair Color: Light Blonde
Eye Color: Green
Psych: Solaris
Weapon: Colt M1911 pistol
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 2-E. Django is part of the Security Department Division Z and part of Kaitou's trio. He is always ready for battle, but misses his chance to fight because of the night attacks. Django's Psych is Solaris, the ability to absorb and charge a weapon with sunlight.

Fumio Hideki AKA Sonic
Age: 14
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Psych: Lunaris
Weapon: Throwing Knives
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 2-E. Sonic is part of the Security Department Division Y, specializing in information. He is a brilliant hacker and information broker. Kazuma's Gang constantly ask him to get something for them from the net for a discount. Sonic's Psych is Lunaris, the ability to absorb and charge a weapon with the moon's power.
Minor Characters
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Kojima Fenrir
Age: 17
Hair Color: Black (partially white)
Eye Color: Gold
Psych: Attract Reject
Weapon: None
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 2-B. Fenrir is part of the Original Security Department, a testament to his strength. His Psych is Attract Reject, the ability to control Magnetic Waves.

Kazekiri Zephyr
Age: 17
Hair Color: Pale blue
Eye Color: Brown
Psych: Aerobound
Weapon: None
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 2-B and Fenrir's best friend. He is a member of the Original Security Department, where only the geniuses of battle are in. He is rival to General Kirihara Sho, and uses the Psych Aerobound, granting him the power of Aerokinesis.

Morimoto Saki
Age: 15
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Psych: ???
Weapon: ???
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 3-E and member of Division Z. Saki is a tomboy and major tsundere, fiercely loyal to her school and friends. No additional information.

Kobayashi Rebi
Age: 14
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Green/Blue (Heterochromia)
Psych: Shadow Force
Weapon: Shadow Shooter
Desc: Student of Ureshina Gakuen Class 2-E and member of Division Y. Rebi is Sonic's best friend, and is also part of Kaitou's gang. Like Sonic, he is a brilliant hacker, but specializes more on data analyzing. His Psych is Shadow Force, the ability to manipulate shadows. His weapon is the Shadow Shooter, a customized revolver that allows him to fire shadow shots.

Nakajima Saruhiko
Age: 30
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Psych: Mage Power
Weapon: None
Desc: Teacher of Ureshina Gakuen. He is the teacher in charge of Division Z, and his Psych is Mage Power, converting his energy into physical and psychic attack power to boost his physical abilities. He teaches Class 1-A English, and his prized student is Kamiga Jiyu.
Spoiler
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Hi, I'm Ayama Kazuma. I gotta cut this introduction short, cuz I'm in the middle of class here. Oh, it's maths now, gotta pay attention or I'll fail next month's exam.

"Alright, who can tell me the answer to this equation?"

I stare at the blackboard, trying to figure out the answer to this question that the teacher wrote on the blackboard. Ugh, this is the fourth chapter of Maths, and I'm already having trouble keeping up. I glance towards my friend Kamiga Jiyu, who's seated at the left corner of the classroom.

Ah, there he is, busy... writing? Man, who knows what that guy's up to. Is he seriously studying? I can't believe what I'm seeing.

"Kamiga. Do you have the answer for this equation?" My sensei called out to Jiyu.

"Hmm? Oh. uh... I don't know."

Huh!? Jiyu! How could you reply so blatantly? Are you serious about this?

"What do you mean you don't know? This is the final sub topic in the whole chapter! I just taught you all how to do this last week!" My teacher scolded.

Yeah... he did. I recall going through my notes over and over again just to solve one single question.

"Teach, I wasn't here last week."

What!? Does he seriously think that trick will work? That's the oldest trick in the book!

"Oh, really now? Then you are excused. Sit down, Kamiga."

HUUUUUUUUUH!? HE SERIOUSLY BOUGHT THAT?

I shot a glance towards Jiyu, who noticed me. He gave me a grin and went back to his scribbling.

"In that case... Ayama-kun. Answer."

Huh. It took me about 3 seconds to realize he was calling my name.

"Ayama-kun. Do you have the answer?"

I quickly stood up and struggled to find a suitable reply that wouldn't get me killed.

"Uh... I'm not quite sure..." I mumbled.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm not sure about my answer." I replied as I stared at my notebook. The solution that I made seemed pretty half-assed alright.

"Do not worry about mistakes, Ayama-kun. Mistakes are the foundation to improvement. Tell me your answer."

I prepared myself, inhale, exhale. Whether I manage to get this right, or become the laughingstock of my class, I'm ready. I started to explain my solution, step by step. After I finished explaining, I took a deep breath and waited for my teacher's verdict.

"Hmm... magnificent, Ayama-kun."

I gave a sigh of relief and mentally congratulated myself for a job well done. Looks like I won't be failing the first term's maths exam after all!

"Magnificently wrong. Sit down."

Or not.
The bell rang. Oh finally! Lunch break! Hooray! I wonder what my sister prepared for me today.

"Alright class. We will meet again on friday. Until then, I suggest that you all be prepared for next month's exam. Class dismissed."

Later teach. Ah man, I sure am glad we only have two sessions of mathematics this week. No idea why he wasn't present on monday but we sure threw a hell of a party just because he wasn't around.

Now! Time to see what's inside this bento my sister prepared for me. I unwrapped the cloth that was covering the bento and opened it.

Nice! Omelette! Thank you sis! This is just what your brother wants! I shed a tear as sparkles started to fill the background of my avatar. Oh wait, wrong fourth wall breaking.


"Ossu, Kazu-kun."

I turned to the left to see Jiyu standing beside me, holding his tupperware.

"Yo, G." I replied with a grin.

"Omelette? Nice. Your sister sure is awesome. That omelette, how to say, looks decent."

"Thank you, G. Huh wait, you're not getting a bite outta this." I teased.

"Nobody cares about your lunch Kazu-kun. Nah just kidding. It's just that I wish my sis was as awesome as yours."

I could tell he's pretty envious. I need to be careful in case he decides to kidnap my sister. Heh, like that'll happen.

We continued to chat about numerous things, not giving a care in the world about the time passing by. After all, Ureshina Gakuen has a 45 minute lunch break. After some time, the back door of the class opened and my friend Naoki Akito stepped in.


"Hello Kazuma, G." Akito greeted.

"Yo Aki. Sup man." I greeted back.

"Hello cannon fodder. Do you want to die?" Jiyu replied.

"Eh?" Akito gave a shocked expression.

Ehehehehe... same old Jiyu. Still bullying Akito. Poor Akito.

"Honestly G-kun, stop bullying Aki-kun." came a female voice behind us.

All of us turned around to see Sakuraba Ringo, our friend.

"Hello Ringo-san." Akito greeted politely.

"Good afternoon, Aki-kun."

"Ossu, Ringo. Do you have any books to recommend for me to read?" Jiyu asked with a grin.

"If you apologize to Aki-kun, I'll consider lending you some I bought."

Hah! Nice one Ringo. Everyone knows Jiyu hates apologizing to Akito. We've got him in the bag now.

"Ceh, nevermind then. I'll break into your house tonight." Jiyu said with an annoyed face.

Umm... LOL. I have to admit, that was a good one. I hardly managed to control myself from laughing out loud.

"That's good. Do you want me to invite you in?" Ringo shot back.

"Yes. If you would wait with your pyjamas at three in the morning, then why not. Want a medal in case you manage to pull it off?"

LOL. THAT was classical.

"Stop laughing Kazu-kun. You're inflating my ego." Jiyu said with a grin.

Akito laughed alongside me now, indeed, Jiyu knows how to brighten up a situation. Hard to imagine he's from another country instead of Japan. He sure was born to be one. Now Ringo is giggling as well.

"Okay okay. I'll lend it to you tomorrow. Shall we head out for lunch now? Kei-kun is already waiting for us." Ringo suggested with a smile.

Whoops, forgot about Keiji. We should hurry before he gets lonely.

"Come on guys! Last one there gotta treat us to dinner tonight!" I challenged.

Wasting no time, I grabbed my bento and ran out of the classroom. Jiyu, whose brain immediately registered the challenge; ran after me. Ringo smiled and ran after us as well, leaving Akito alone in the classroom.

"Eh? This is bad. I don't have much money left. Ringo-san! Wait up!" Akito called out as he ran.
We arrived at an unused, relatively small room that used to serve as a storage. Now it's equipped with all sorts of technology like computer, TV, games, LED projector. Gotta thank Keiji and Jiyu for getting those. Oh, there's a table in the middle as well, complete with 5 seats.

"You're slow. You're slow, slow, slow."

There he is, complaining as usual. My friend Fujiwara Keiji. He's a year older than us, and he's been hanging around with me and Jiyu since we were kids. Though sometimes he doesn't act quite his age. There was a moment of silence, all of us figuring out what to say to Keiji to stop him from complaining.

"Sorry K. We got into quite the commotion." Jiyu spoke up.

"Huh? What commotion? I never knew you guys were the troublemaker type." Keiji replied with a tone of sarcasm.

"Kazu-kun wanted to race, so we raced. Halfway up the stairs he tripped, and then he managed to somehow magically kick me in the chin. We both fell down, and Ringo ran up through the sides. Then Akito went along. Since the loser has to treat dinner tonight, we sure as hell weren't gonna let Akito get above us, so we pulled his leg, he fell down. And the-"

"Okay hold it that's just plain stupid. You guys actually trip on the stairs, pull someone down just because of some lousy bet?" Keiji interrupted.

"Yeah." Jiyu grinned.

"What the hell's wrong with you guys?" Keiji sweatdropped.

I thought for a moment.

"I don't know. I just love crappy competitions." I joked.

Jiyu laughed at my joke, followed by Akito and Ringo. Keiji managed to smile. Now he should stop complaining.

All of us moved to our respective seats, Keiji sitting at the head of the table, Jiyu sitting at the front left, Akito sitting at the front right, Me sitting beside Jiyu and Ringo sitting beside Akito.


"Oh, today's bento looks exceptionally good, Kazu-kun." Keiji said with a tone of admiration.

"Yeah. None for you, sadly."

It's kinda embarassing, but my sister is usually the one who prepares all the food for us three boys. I feel kinda guilty for letting her do all the work. All three of us live alone with our sisters. Jiyu and Keiji's parents are working overseas, and my parents passed away in an incident when I was young. Now I live with my sister, and she usually takes care of our food. Jiyu's sister helps her out as well. Keiji's sister went overseas two weeks ago, not sure when she'll be back.

"Ah, it's okay. Though I really wanted to have something eggy today."

"K. If we make it back home in time, I could probably fry some eggs for you." Jiyu smiled.

"Ah, I owe you one, G."

Jiyu's fried eggs, always receiving good reception.

I shifted my gaze to Akito and Ringo, who are busy eating.


"Hey, both of you. Why the rush? We still have 36 minutes before lunch break ends." I asked.

"Kei-kun said he has important business to tell us, so I'm going to finish before we start the meeting." Ringo explained.

Oh yeah, she's right. Keiji did say he had important news to tell us. I wonder what could it be? Is it about the Errors?

"Hmm... I think it's about time. We're going to discuss about something important today, so let's start off."

With that said, Keiji stands up and moves to the projector, connected to the CPU, and turns it on; revealing a battle formation of sorts.

"As you all should know, we're part of the School's Security Department Division X, so our duty is to combat the Errors and help keep the city safe."

"No brainer K, no brainer." Jiyu interrupted as he munched on a piece of sushi.

"Moving on, from now on, if we mobilize, we're going to, to the best of our efforts, stay as a team of five. Got that?"

Hmm... a good plan. Sticking together is the best for us. After all, the androids are pretty tough.

"Hmm... what if we're too far away from each other?" Akito wondered.

"That's why I said 'to the best of our efforts'."

"Oh, right."

"Scapegoat be dreaming." Jiyu teased.

"Sharrap G." Akito snapped.

"OKAY, MOVING ON." Keiji growled.

"You said that twice already-"

"Shutup G." Keiji interrupted.

"Okay fine."

"So, I made up a battle formation, and THIS, is the result." Keiji said as he pointed to the screen.

"So, you got a bunch of us as stickmen and an android as a crappily drawn microsoft paint product? That's one AWESOME hell of a result you got there, K." Jiyu joked.

I laughed hard.

"I'll just pretend you never said that." an annoyed Keiji replied.

"Okay now G. Get serious. I need your opinion on this. Kazu-kun as well."

Oh, the tone in his voice changed. Looks like we need to brainstorm stuff now.

"Okay, listen up. I'm taking the front, I got a katana and a gun. So yeah, it's pretty obvious."

"Pretty obvious that you should be running around being chased by the android with that retarded weapon setup." Jiyu sarcastically remarked.

I managed a snicker.

"That could work." Keiji muttered.

"Okay next, G, you're taking my back."

"Dude K, I'm not gay." Jiyu interrupted.

"Can you just STOP.INTERRUPTING.ME?" Keiji grumbled.

"G and I will be taking the front-"

"Aaaah, that sounds better." Jiyu grinned.

"Shutup G."

"Kazu-kun, you're the one firing lasers and all, so you stay in between."

Sounds good to me. Those two have close-range combat weapons, so they should be in the front. Since I don't have an assigned weapon yet, it would be wise to place me in the middle where I can help them out.

"Fine by me. So far so good."

"Good good. Next, Aki, Ringo. You two are at the back of the formation. Aki you got the two guns, so you focus on shooting when needed, drawing attention, etc."

"Okay. Sounds like a job made for me." Akito smiled.

"That's a low source of self-esteem." Jiyu laughed.

"Don't want to hear that coming from you." Akito shot back with a grin.

"Ringo. You have to wait on standby, when one of us gets hurt, you can heal em with your Psych, Happy Hour."

Hmm... sounds like a plan. Though, is that really good?

"Hmm... K. Sounds like an adjustment is needed." I suggested.

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"Kazu-kun's gotta point. Why don't we let Ringo support us alongside Akito? She's got an M16 assault rifle after all." Jiyu proposed.

"True... but what about healing?"

"Well, Akito can cover for the injured person and Ringo while the healing's underway, and then once they're done they can continue the formation as planned." I explained.

"Hmm... true. That's good."

"Alright guys, that's our battle plan. Seems legit huh."

"Yeeep. We goin' with this then." Jiyu grinned.

"I'm a-okay. It's a plan alright." I smiled.

"I'm good." Akito smiled.

"Me too." Ringo said as she finished the last of her rice.

Good to see everyone agreeing on this. Truely, such a feeling of satisfactory and pride in completing our own battle plan is a good feeling. I glanced down at my watch, the time read 12:45.

"Urk. Crap." I blurted out loud.

"Sup Kazu-kun?" Jiyu wondered.

"Only fifteen minutes left for lunch."

"Wherewhatwhenwhowhyhow. We spent THAT much time on a battle plan?"

"Sure did."

"That's just bull. I don't even-"

"Save it for later G. We gotta eat and hurry back to class. K as well."

"Yeah. If someone finds out we've been using this storeroom it'll be bad. All these equipment we have will be confiscated. We gotta hurry and leave before the corridor gets crowded." Keiji considered.

With that being said, the three of us finish our bento as quick as possible and proceed to turn off the lights, equipment and everything else. Then quietly, all five of us sneak out of the storeroom and run back to our respective classes. Phew! 5 minutes left.
The rest of the day passes by normally. After lunch break came Modern Japanese, which is my ace subject. I noticed Jiyu sleeping in class, giving up on the subject because he doesn't know how to write kanji. Poor guy. Ringo's taking notes diligently. Maybe I should borrow her notes when she's done. Then came art class, Ringo and Jiyu's favorite. It was a free to draw session, so I drew a crow. Not too bad, I think. Keiji might like this.

After art class came english. Jiyu slept again. I struggled a bit, especially with some new words. Ringo's doing fine, she even got called twice during class. As expected of Ringo. Overall the day went well, and before I knew it it was 3pm.

The bell rang, Signalling the end of the school day. After the teacher walked out of the classroom, most of the students immediately stood up and went over to their friend's seats, wanting to chat about various things. I packed my stuff into my bag and saw Ringo walking towards me.

As usual, Ringo's a fast packer. I don't get it, it's not like she's in a hurry to go home or anything.


"Ringo. It's not like you're in a hurry to go home, so why pack so fast?" I voiced my thoughts.

Ringo gave me a cute 'eh?' before going into a day-dream like state.

"Not sure. I guess it's a habit?" Ringo smiled.

Habit? This girl seriously does have wierd habits. I need to ask her about this someday. I turned to my left to look at Jiyu, who'd just woken up. Yawn, stretch, slump. Happens everytime. After getting his brain working, Jiyu sighed and stood up before proceeding to walk towards me.

"Good morning." Jiyu grinned.

"G-kun, were you sleeping again?" Ringo asked sternly.

"Yes."

"You need to pay more attention during class." Ringo said as she puffed her cheeks.

"Yes ma'am. Whate'er you say." Jiyu bowed politely.

It's amazing how Ringo can convince particularly everyone to do something that she wants. Not even I managed to convince Jiyu to do something like this. She's really something, dat Ringo.

"So, what are we waiting for?" Jiyu wondered.

"Aki-kun. After that we'll meet up with Kei-kun." Ringo answered.

Ah yeah, Akito is in C class, since they usually finish late, we'll have to wait for a while. Keiji's one year older than us, so who knows when he finishes. He's always early though. I wonder.

"Let me pack my stuff first. Be right back." Jiyu informed as he ran back to his seat.

Ugh. We have a physics quiz tomorrow, and I'm not the least bit confident. Maybe I should study tonight. Who knows what the professor will say if I fail the first quiz of the year. Knowing Ringo, she's well prepared for the quiz. I can imagine her writing down the answers with no problem. Jiyu... he's a goner. Since the teacher's quizzes are always in japanese, he won't be able to get through this.

The back door opens, and Akito steps in as usual, looking nervous. I guess walking into another class without a care in the world is pretty hard for him to do. After greeting us, Jiyu joins and we start chatting about the new manga that Ringo read the other day. Not wanting to make Keiji wait, we decide to continue our conversation while walking.

As we walked out of the school gate, a thought crossed my mind.

"So, we're just waiting for the School to pick up a maverick hit for now?" I asked Keiji, who's walking beside me.

"Yeah. We're just gonna wait it out. After all, we don't know how this virus spreads for now."

"All we know is that the Virus makes the android more violent and stronger. Their superhuman functions are forcibly unlocked and brought out for maximum destruction." Jiyu added.

We continued walking from the left of the school gate until we arrived at the corner. Turning left and walking a short distance, we wait for the traffic light at the zebra crossing to turn green.

Now that's bad. Thanks to our technology, most of the people in the city have an android helper in their house. Hard to imagine that the androids that help you out everyday can be turned against you in just a matter of seconds. We continued walking in silence, turning right at a corner.


"That's bad. What about the robots?" I wondered.

"Not sure. But since the virus infects androids, I'm guessing it works for bots as well." Keiji assumed.

"Eeeeh... that means all artificial intelligence units are in danger of being infected? That's really bad..." Akito shivered.

"It's alright, Aki-kun. As long as the School's Security Department is here, we've got nothing to worry about." Ringo assured.

Ringo's words make me feel a little bit safer. But still, the thought of your helpers being turned into killing machines is really frightening. We're in danger if we don't delete this virus or find whoever's spreading it.

"Which reminds me, do we have an idea on how this virus is being operated? Is someone controlling it or is it just acting out of artificial intelligence?"

"We're in the dark, Kazu-kun. We've got no answers for any question related to the one you just asked. Which is bad. It's been going on for a few months, but we only know that it's a virus, it corrupts and makes victims stronger, and it targets only humans." Keiji explained.

As we arrive at a fork, Jiyu stops walking.

"One thing."

All of us stop to look at him. He seems to have given something some thought.

"The school's decked out with bots and androids. Like the gardener girl, the cleanerbots, CPUbots. If this virus gets to the school, all of the students without Psychs are as good as dead. And to top that, we don't have a barrier of some sorts to protect ourselves."

"Why would we need a barrier to protect ourselves?" Ringo wondered.

"Not that kinda barrier. I'm talking about antivirus, or antivirus electro field that prevents the virus from getting in. The school's got no protection against this at all."

"Good one, G. That's why, the school requested that we retrieve as much battle data as possible. Once we defeat the enemy, we'll have to try and get their data chips. Then we bring em to the lab for scanning. That way the school can come up with an antivirus." Keiji replied.

"How come I never knew of this?" Jiyu asked.

"I forgot."

"Jackass."

I smile at their chemistry.

Continuing our walk, we switch our conversation topic to some new movies in the theater.


"Oh, we're here." Ringo said suddenly.

Arriving at the Shibuya Mall, we stop and part ways. Ringo and Akito continue walking in the general direction we were heading in while Keiji, Jiyu and I cross the road to the opposite side.

"I hope they'll be alright." I said as I turned around to look at the both of them, still within sight.

"Yeah. You never know when the virus will infect a roid near them. We can only pray nothing bad happens." Jiyu sighed.

"It's up to the three of us now. Sure am glad the school let you in our department, Kazu-kun." Keiji said with a tone of relief.

"I'm more or less disappointed at the fact that the school didn't choose me, and you two didn't tell me." I grumbled.

"Sorry Kazu-kun. But you remember the rules, never tell any of the normal students." Jiyu apologized.

"It's still wierd. Why keep it a secret if they already know that the Errors exist?"

"That's because if the normal students know about this, it's gonna be a hassle. They only attack at night or during the evenings. We can fight it out because not many people roam the streets at night. Not many people are gonna see a fight. Sides, the city's been informed that there are special forces fighting the Errors. Only fact is that they don't know Ureshina Gakuen's students are fighting."

I see. Keiji's explanation makes sense now. BUT STILL...

"Yo, what if they attack at the crossing? I mean, the crossing's literally active even during the night. That would be BAD wouldn't it?"

"That's why police are on guard there. Undercover agents are there as well, ready to shoot down any maverick once they make a move."

"Lax man, we pay the crossing a visit every Friday night. Friday's gonna be extra safe with us around!" Jiyu grinned.

"Your head it is. We're not allowed to fight in public. Otherwise students from our school will be asking for powerz and giving the headmaster a headache." Keiji rolled his eyes.

"Oh really? That sucks." Jiyu sighed.

All three of us resumed our walk in silence, thinking about many things. Not long after, we arrived at our neighbourhood. Jiyu's house comes first, number 7. While my house is number 10. Last is Keiji's house, number 13. All three of us send each other off with a grin before we enter our houses.

The moment I close the door behind me, I hear my sister's voice.


"Welcome back brother! Leave your clothes near the bathroom door so I can do the laundry later!"

The usual greeting. I suspect she's busy sweeping the floor. I should hurry up and shower so we can get today's laundry over with. I run upstairs to grab my clothes and towel.

Wow. My room is neat. Ugh, she's always helping me out with stuff like this even though it's my responsibility. I feel guilty. Putting down my bag, I reach for my PDA on the table. I sure am glad I managed to get a pass from the teacher this morning. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to enter the school without my PDA.

Whoops, lost track. I open my wardrobe and pick my white shirt and brown shorts. I reach for my towel, hooked onto the door, before proceeding to run back downstairs. Jumping off the stairs and skipping the last two steps, I land on the floor and run towards the bathroom.


"Brother."

I hit my emergency brake and stop in front of my sister, who'd just finished sweeping the room.

"Wassup Kazumi?"

"Oh, you're going to bath. I'll tell you later then." she smiled.

"Okay."

I proceed to run again, turning on the lights as I use my ID card to unlock the door. Once I enter my bathroom, I shut the door and proceed to unbutton my uniform. Now, time to bath.
I glance upwards to the clock, it reads 6:38pm. I hasten my eating speed.

"Brother, why are you eating so fast?" my sister wondered.

"Oh. Gotta go meet with G and K after this. We're going out somewhere."

"Ah yeah, you wanted to tell me something, didn't you?"

"Yes. How is school? Nothing bad happened today, right?" She asked.

She sounds pretty worried. Poor girl. I wonder if I did the right thing by telling her about the war against the Errors.

"Yes yes. No Errors popped up in our radar for now. Don't worry. I've got friends alongside me."

"That's good to hear..." she sighed.

Thanks for worrying for me, but there's no guarantee when the next attack will be. An android could kill us any moment. Right now I'm just focusing on enjoying and savoring the time I have before I meet my end. Besides, so far so good. Nothing bad happening around here.

After I finish my food, I thank my sister and head off to meet my two friends. As I reach the foot of the staircase, I hear the sound of my PDA beeping. Taking note, I run upstairs to check my PDA.


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Recipients: Kamiga Jiyu, Sakuraba Ringo, Naoki Akito, Ayama Kazuma
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School radar's got a hit. Statue of Hachiko. Get there ASAP. We're on the job.
- K

Okay. Something bad's happening here.
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Post by nopihina » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:48 am

off topic: oh sh*t its been months since the last thread made.

on topic: I am looking forward to the next chapter. The story seems to be well plotted :D

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Post by Kaitou_Kid » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:05 am

o.O good job bro
intresting so far..

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Yo, sup. It's me, Ayama Kazuma. Currently, I'm running to save the city. Sounds stupid right? Well yeah, it's real. I don't know what's going on, but there's a possibility that someone's being attacked by an Error right now.
I run as fast as I can, determined to reach the Statue of Hachiko. Damn! I wonder if this android's already started the attack. The Statue of Hachiko is a good gathering spot even during the evenings and night, so the virus is pretty smart.

As I turn at a junction, I spot Jiyu and Keiji, waiting.


"G! K! How's it going?"

"We were waiting for you. I was about to give up when you suddenly showed up. Come on, we've gotta hurry." Keiji ordered.

I nod and continue running, with both of them leading me. Tch, looks like it's the three of us. Ringo and Akito live quite far away, it'll take them quite some time to get here.

"I should've gotten on my bicycle." I muttered.

"Don't forget, G doesn't know how to ride one." Keiji reminded.

"Oh yeah, sorry."

Arriving at the Statue of Hachiko, a worrying sight greets me.

"It's so crowded here! How are we gonna-"

"Do THIS." Jiyu interrupted me.

He pulled out a flare gun from his pocket and shot a flare upwards to the sky. All the people present at the area noticed the signal flare and immediately evacuated the area.

"Evacuation signal." Jiyu grinned.

That grin quickly vanishes from his face as all three of us shift our attention to one lone teenage girl who hasn't made a move. The diamond-shaped mark on her head suggests that she's an android. She's dressed in a maid outfit, and her lifeless eyes tell me that she's infected by the Error Virus.

"That's our target?"

"Radar says so. Scanning infection rate. If we can stop her before the virus takes full control, we can still return her back to her original state."

With that being said, Keiji started tapping on the touch screen PDA, starting the scanner. Holding it up to face the android as if he were taking a picture, Keiji taps the START button.

Within a matter of seconds, the scan is done.


"Sixty-three percent. If we want to do that cafe a favor, we should stop her now before infection rate reaches 90%."

"Wouldn't the virus still be part of her?" I questioned.

"Only the remnants of the data. The virus automatically deletes itself once the host is unable to fight. After all, why fight a losing battle?"

"He's right. If that virus is smart, then it would be better leave the android alone. This is one losing battle she ain't gonna win." Jiyu glared as he took out his PDA.

Tapping on the screen, I notice Jiyu tapping on a SUMMON button before shoving the PDA back into his pocket. After that, Jiyu puts his hands beside him and opens his palms. No sooner had he done that, a black blade materialized near his right palm while a white blade materialized near his left palm. Jiyu clenches his fist, effectively catching his materialized weapons.

"Whoa." I gaped.

"G's too lazy to carry his weapons around, so the school made him data-weapons capable of damaging mechanical beings." Keiji explained as he draws his katana out with his left hand.

Keiji scans the android again, wanting to determine the infection speed. After the scan is complete, Keiji switches the katana to his right hand and grabs his gun with his left hand.

"Sixty-five. We're in luck, the virus is spreading slow. Now's our chance. Mobilize." Keiji ordered.

Jiyu's brain, immediately registering the order, rushes forward with Keiji behind him, seemingly forgetting the battle formation. Time to do my job. I bend one knee down, half-kneeling. Holding my left palm out, I start to gather energy from my surroundings. I can feel it. The air, particles in it, they're slowly gathering at my palm to form energy.

The android's noticed both of them by now. She wastes no time, letting out a powerful ear-splitting scream that causes the ground beneath her to erupt. Using this to her advantage, she kicks the rocks and floor tiles midair, sending them flying towards Jiyu and Keiji.

The ball of energy at my palm starts to form a spherical shape. Jiyu switches out mid-rush and lets Keiji take the lead. Keiji adapts to this quickly, slashing and shooting incoming rocks and floor tiles to defend himself. Jiyu, on the other hand, hides behind Keiji.

I thought Keiji was gonna yell at him, but this seems to be part of their plan. Jiyu dematerializes his white blade and stretches his left arm out, palm open. After a few seconds, a pillar of flame erupts beneath the android, causing her to jump back in shock. My laser ball is quite small. I need more time.

Keiji wastes no time. Ducking under an incoming rock, Keiji rushes at the android, ready to strike. The android notices him coming and stretches her fingers, like a knife-hand. She's ready to impale Keiji with her robotic hand. Keiji notices this and slows himself down, hoping to counter. There, a perfect opening. My laser's not fully charged, but this should do it.

I push my palm forward, colliding with the laser ball as I give it a mental push. The combined physical and mental boost sends my laser flying in a straight beam, striking the android's abdomen with energy-charged impact. The laser's not strong enough to pierce her armor, but it's strong enough to deal some damage at least.

Keiji moves in for the finishing blow, charging his katana with electricity. Not wanting to cut her inner circuits, Keiji slashes diagonally at the android's torso, grazing her instead. The electricity from his blade does it's job, electrocuting the android. After a brief moment of electrocution, the android stares at the sky in shock, trying to compute her defeat. You know what they say, DOES NOT COMPUTE. The android falls down, defeated. Her body is spasmodic, an after-effect of the electrocution.

All three of us stand over the still spasmodic and defeated android.


"Good job. Having you on the team really makes things easier, Kazu-kun. We actually made it out unscathed." Keiji said with a tone of approval.

"Your head we did. I got grazed by a rock that you didn't shoot, mind you." Jiyu sarcastically grumbled.

"Though, he's right. Normally me and Keiji would have to rely on Aki's guns to help us distract the enemy. But your laser makes things easier by a whole lot." Jiyu added with a grin.

"Thanks G. Though, that was easy. WAY too easy."

"Really?" Keiji pondered.

Hmm... really does seem too easy. Sure, those superhuman functions are a pain, but she could've done alot more damage to us. For a killing machine, she sure is laid-back about this human-slaying job. It was as if she wasn't going all out. Maybe it's the infection rate?

As I continue to entertain my thoughts, I hear a familiar voice calling my name. I turn around to see Ringo and Akito running towards us. All three of us boys greet them with a smile.


"Were we too late?" Ringo questioned.

"Sorta. Thanks to Kazu-kun, we set a new speedkill record." Jiyu bragged.

"I ran all the way here... for.. nothing..." Akito panted.

"Chill out scapegoat. Always feels good to have both of you around. So it ain't for nothing you know. Sorta gives a feeling of assurance."

"Okay, now we gotta retreive that data chip." Keiji ordered.

As we are about to turn around, Keiji's PDA makes an extremely loud and fast beeping sound.

BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP

"What the hell?" Jiyu yelled over the beeping noise.

"Radar's got a huge hit. And it's..." Keiji began.

"Right behind us." Keiji continued as he shut the alarm off.

All five of us shift our attention to the fallen android's location. Now a dark figure stood over her, with a black hat, black mask, and black cloak.

"Good evening, Division X." he greeted.

All five of us stood there motionless, glaring at him.

"Allow me to get straight to the point."

"Pardon my darling here, she's still immature. I'm taking her back home, so would you please excuse us?"

Keiji's response was a lightning bolt that whizzed past the man's head.

"That was a close one." the man laughed.

Jiyu threw his black blade at the man. The blade collided with an invisible barrier 1 meter away from the man and dematerialized.

"Who are you?" Jiyu demanded.

"Oh, how rude of me. They call me Joker. I'm responsible of taking care of all the darlings that have been brought over to our side until they reach maturity. I also am in charge of taking their status reports, dressing them up, oh and als-"

Jiyu threw his white blade at the man. The same thing happened and his blade dematerialized.

"I couldn't care less about that. Too much information." Jiyu glared.

"How... rude."

"You working for Dr.Vega?" Jiyu followed up.

"I should be taking my leave now."

"Not without a fight. You ain't going anywhere, Dark Phantom." Keiji challenged.

"Where's your buddy Hollow? Bring em out and we'll brawl." Jiyu taunted.

"Division X... do you really plan on..." the man began.

"Challenging ME?"

The man finished his threat by exerting a powerful burst of energy that broke the streetlights and the windows of nearby shops.

Ringo, Akito, Jiyu and Keiji immediately drew their weapons and readied themselves. I followed suit by stretching my hand towards the man with my palms open.


"Oh, looks like I'm in quite the pinch here."

The man moved to the fallen android and picked her up, carrying her bridal style.

Keiji and Jiyu wasted no time. Both of them unleashed their Psychs against the man, hoping to halt his progress.

The man swiftly lept to the roof of the nearest building, laughing as he did so.

Ringo and Akito fired their guns, but the man had jumped again, this time vanishing from sight.


"Tch... we lost em'." Jiyu spoke up.

"Looks like you guys weren't too late after all." Keiji said as he glanced towards Ringo and Akito.

"If it were only three of us here, that man would've wiped us out." he added with a cold sweat.

Ringo and Akito shot worried glances at each other while Jiyu and Keiji looked at each other.

"For now, let's go home. Sorry if you guys got involved in a bad thing, but let's digest this and relay our information tomorrow at lunch." Keiji ordered.

"No big deal Kei-kun. We're all in this because we want to." Akito smiled.

"I don't think I deserve to be counted in that." I sweatdropped.

"Anyway, dismissed. G, Kazu-kun, we're cancelling today's plans. Let's go home and rest up first."

I and G nodded. Right now what we need is rest, digestion of what we've just gone through, and preparation for the next day. All five of us walked to the opposite side of the Shibuya Mall before we parted ways. As usual, Ringo and Akito crossed the road to the Shibuya Mall while the three of us walked to our neighbourhood. None of us said anything on the way back.
I stared at the ceiling of my bedroom. I told my sister about what happened, leaving the black man out of it. After that I helped her with her homework and went to study for my physics quiz tomorrow. Now I'm trying to sleep. In just one attack, tons of stuff happens. That android... why did she not fight seriously? What's going on here? There're so many questions flooding into my head. Everytime I push one away, another one comes in.

What a pain. Ugh... the night sure is quiet. God knows when another android will attack while we're all asleep. This is so vexing. Moreover, the public's worrying about their own androids. They never know if an android nearby will attack them.[/i]
I managed to answer about half of the questions for today's physics quiz. Jiyu gave up 5 minutes into the quiz and started drawing manga on an empty piece of paper instead. Poor guy. Ringo, on the other hand finished in 10 minutes. Gotta hand it to her.

After lunch all three of us grabbed our bento and raced to the rooftop, Akito following suit. Whoa, that's a first. We opened the door to the roof, once again a shocking sight greeted us. Keiji, sitting under a shade, that never existed before.


"What the-" I began.

"This." was all Akito could manage.

"..." Ringo stood there speechless.

"Sup." Keiji greeted.

I have to say, it's pretty cool. Keiji and Jiyu must've done something last night.

"Hey hey hey who said you could put those boxes over there? Those were meant to be my pillows!" Jiyu pointed to a stack of boxes buried amidst a bunch of unused items from the previous festival the school held.

"Oh. That's a pretty pathetic idea of a pillow you got." Keiji replied.

"Oh yeah? You got a better resource?"

"Yeah. My bag."

"What the-"

Keiji pulled his schoolbag from behind it and lay down, resting his head on top of it.

"I'm starting to wonder what your schoolbag is filled with." Jiyu sarcastically commented as we walked towards the shade.

"Have a seat, young skywalker." Keiji gestured towards a bunch of cushions prepared for us. There's even a table.

"I have an urge to make an insulting reply to that." Jiyu muttered.

All of us opened our bento and started eating simultaneously. Hmm. Group synchronization. That's nice.

"Alright. Information relay time. Let's start the Q&A, and then we brainstorm for a possible answer." Keiji said as he chewed on his food.

"They're not alone. They've got an army. They wait until the androids are battle ready before they send em out. But what does that mean?"

Jiyu wasted no time asking what's on his mind.

"Yeah. That's wierd indeed. Kazu-kun, what do you think?"

Huh, he's asking me? This sounds like a battle royale Q&A. Hmm...

"It's wierd. What does he mean by maturity? The whole thing concerning maturity, where does it lead to?"

"I don't think I follow." Akito raised his hand.

"Go jump off the roof." Jiyu rolled his eyes.

"You just HAVE to make a sarcastic remark about me huh?" Akito sweatdropped.

"I am how you say, kind of a dick."

"Makes sense. Kazu-kun's question that is. Why maturity? What maturity? It doesn't make sense at all." Jiyu added.

"Mmhmm. If they have to wait for the infection rate to hit a hundred percent, then it's really strange." Ringo wondered out loud.

"Explain." Keiji said as he analyzed the information he received in his brain.

"Think. If they have to wait, what about the past incidents? We beat a bunch of androids with infection rates lower than a hundred, and he didn't show up to rescue them or anything of that sort. It just doesn't make sense. He's just spouting a bunch of crap." Jiyu concluded.

"OR he's starting this recruitment thingy now." I interjected.

"Both of you, good point. Indeed, why didn't he start 3 months ago when this thing happened? If he was recruiting, why didn't he do it before? Why now? Why yesterday?" Keiji pondered.

Yeah. What that guy said yesterday doesn't make sense. There's just so many loopholes into this one.

"Well," I spoke up.

"We can come up with two things from this. One, he wants us to know on purpose. Or two, he's lying."

"Three. He's an idiot. I vote for three." Jiyu joked with a mouthful of rice.

Keiji and I laughed. Ringo smiled.

"Good one, G. But yes, all three of these are possible. Number three's no exception." Keiji said sternly.

"Score. Number three in the bag, Jiyu the Stooge, score!" Jiyu laughed.

I smiled as I finish the last of my bento. Everyone else as well, save for Akito. He seems to be lost, again.

"Why number three? I don't see how he can be an idiot." Akito spoke up.

"Come on. That guy's a walking shakespeare. He's too overdramatic to be smart. I haven't seen anyone as dramatic as that since I read this manga about the villian who's trying to be polite to hide his own stupidity."

I almost choked upon hearing that.

"Holdup G. Possibility 4, he's acting to hide his true plans." Keiji interjected.

"I was thinking about that as well." Jiyu replied.

Four possibilites. All of them match this dramatic guy like a fingerprint. This guy is just waaaay to suspicious. We can't even draw conclusions. He's just way too dramatic, mysterious, dumb and also powerful.

We continue on our discussion, without any questions though. Jiyu's question was literally what all of us wanted to ask. It covered everything that happened yesterday.

Discussing more possibilites, we eventually rule out all except the first four. Those seem to be the most logical ones as of now.

The bell rings, signalling the end of lunch break. Today's 45 minutes wasn't a complete waste. It was well worth it. All four of us fourth-years pack our empty bento and stand up, ready to go back to class.


"Hey, you guys." Keiji stopped us.

All four of us look at him, wondering what's going on.

"We're paying Saotome sensei a visit after school today."

Our expressions change. Ringo and Akito look at each other worriedly while Jiyu's eyes widen in shock. Of course, I stared at Kei with my mouth wide open.

"You gotta be kidding me." I muttered.
The usual school day goes by. Our history teacher's absent today, that's why our last two periods are free session. Ringo came over to my place to talk, mainly about manga. Jiyu joined in not long after we started, and they start talking without a care in the world. Jiyu sure gets along well with Ringo. Maybe because both of them enjoy stuff like that. Of course I do, but I'm not half as fanatic as they are.

"The new chapter's cool though. Keitaro whipped out his gun and shot the Akuma straight in the chest, killing it." Jiyu updated.

"Too bad my computer's down. I can't read online." Ringo sulked.

"Though G, the Akuma was just a small-fry wasn't it?" I wondered.

"Yeah. That guy at the end seems to be the big boss. Not sure, but this week's issue should be worth looking forward to."

"G-kun, why would you buy the real deal? You can't read kanji, can you?"

"I buy it for the wallpapers inside." Jiyu smiled.

"Kazu-kun, you have a computer so why buy the magazine?"

"My net speed is slow so I cannot read online. Loading a page takes forever." I explained.

"So zetta slow, huh?" Jiyu grinned.

"I could drop the freakin' moon and the speed wouldn't improve."

"You should try to hack into the server. You know, improve net speed via hax." Jiyu suggested.

"I ain't got a clue on server hacks. I'm not a top-class hacker. How do you do it anyway?"

"FOIL. First, outer, inner, last."

"Okay enough of these stupid quotes. I'm getting goosebumps."

"Sure. Ugh, be right back. My bladder's full."

"Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally." Jiyu said as he stood up to head for the toilet.

"What was THAT all about?" Ringo wondered with a poker face.

Trust me, you do not want to know.
All of us gathered around the back of the gym after school. As usual, Keiji's already waiting for us, standing above a hatch.

"So. Are you all ready to die?" I asked.

"I'm born ready." Jiyu shivered.

"Your body suggests otherwise." Akito commented.

"Quiet, kiddies." Keiji ordered as he pulled the hatch, revealing a ladder that leads to the underground.

"Geez, they just HAVE to pick the underground of all places." Jiyu grumbled as he climbed down the ladder.

"It even looks like sewer." Akito followed up.

"Well hey at least it doesn't stink like one." I assured. Ugh. Sure is hard to climb down. These ladders are rough and rusty.

"Move faster. You guys are being zetta slow." Keiji growled as he nearly stepped on my head.

"Why didn't you let me go in first? Now I wish I brought my gym shorts." Ringo complained.
All five of us stand at a huge dried up sewer. Indeed, it doesn't stink like one. In fact, it has an underground base feel to it. Keiji gestures for us to follow him. As we continue walking I notice that the place is much brighter than how I remember it.

Though, seriously. The school sure is smart. Building an underground base in a freakin' sewer. That's the smartest plan I've ever heard in my life. One earthquake and the whole Security Department's gone. Buried under rocks.

What's more, they even decorated this place. I can see battle formations and escape plans written all over the walls here. They're not the least bit concerned about an outsider finding this place are they?


"Hey Kazu-kun. Check this out." Jiyu pointed to the ceiling.

Oh, look. The Golden Week decorations are still here. Mental facepalm. This is too much. I can't tell if the senseis are being confident of security or if they're just being plain lazy.

"We're 21 days away from Summer Vacation. Oh yeah!" Jiyu exclaimed.

"There's an exam a week before that." I reminded.

"You just HAD to kill the mood didn't you." Jiyu rolled his eyes.

"Heh. You should stop thinking about holidays all the time." Keiji smirked.

"Ah sharrap. You should stop thinking about Visual Novels all the time." Jiyu shot back.

"Visual Novels are fun."

"Yeah. You major pervert."

Both of them continue arguing as we approach a junction. There it is, our base.

All five of us turn left and walk into a huge area filled with all sorts of things. Students walking around, teachers giving orders, computers, holograms, everything. It's as if we're in a top-secret base. And the sewer behind looks like something out of the world once you're inside here. This place is completely filled with a top secret base feeling.


"Oh there you brats are. What took you so damn long?" A female voice came from our left.

All of us turn to see our teacher, Saotome Natsumi. She's the teacher in charge of Division X.

"Sensei, about last night-" Keiji began.

"I heard already. You guys were really reckless out there."

"And he's one hell of a motor-mouth." Jiyu complained.

"You were the worst, G-kun. Why did you throw both your blades at him?"

"Well hey, I found out that physical attacks don't work against him. He's got a barrier."

"I said BOTH. Throwing one is a good evaluation, but throwing a second blade which could be used to defend yourself is pointless."

"Actually sensei I just wanted to use both of them since I didn't get to use em' in the fight against that maid android. The readers would be disappointed if I didn't use BOTH of them." Jiyu grinned.

More fourth wall breaking? Seriously?

"Ringo, Aki, your aim was off. Shoot better next time." Saotome sensei scolded.

"Eeeeh? But that guy was moving too fast!" Akito protested.

"THEN.MAKE.SURE.YOU'RE.FASTER." Saotome sensei glared.

Ehehe... as usual, the strict teacher. Like I said, she's in charge of Division X, and she really isn't making things easy for us. She's in charge of giving us basic combat lessons to ready us for the battle against the Errors. That seems to be why everyone here except for Keiji is afraid of Saotome sensei. We all have our personal reasons too.

Keiji was her star pupil back in middle school, since she was teaching maths. He answers all her questions without major flaws, and Saotome sensei even calls on him regularly. She also treats him like her slave. So he's gotten used to her somewhat. But he still gets scolded when he screws up. Poor guy.

Jiyu doesn't cause trouble in school, seeing as how he doesn't show his true face around strangers.. That helps him get on her good side. However because he's the vanguard in Division X, Saotome sensei is extremely strict to him when it comes to battle. And his maths as well.

Akito? Bad. Since he's a major otaku and a bishounen, he sucked badly when it was the final combat exam. He got through the main exams well, but the last one required him to land a hit on Saotome sensei. Which he managed to do after some difficulty. Poor guy.

Ringo's in Akito's boat. Since she's a female, Saotome sensei is extremely strict about her habits. Such as manga, anime, gaming. Even though she's the smartest student in Division X. Saotome sensei just loves picking on Ringo and Akito.

Me? I was forced to join Division X after my incident, so Saotome sensei wasn't so happy about all that. She scolded Keiji and Jiyu for being careless, and for not covering up the story so I wouldn't know about the Security Department (come to think of it, I don't think a cover story will work right after I almost got killed by an Error). I did pretty well in the combat exam so I think she's more laid-back about my case now. I THINK.


"Sensei, how come you know about all of this?" Jiyu wondered.

"I have my own methods." Saotome sensei coldly replied.

"What kind of met-"

"You just had your daughter spy on us again didn't you?" Keiji interjected.

Saotome sensei stared at Keiji, who returned her gaze. They remained there for quite some time before she turned her back on us.

"None of your business. You can leave now."

'WE GOT HER!' all of five of us thought.

"Sensei. One more thing before we leave." Keiji stopped her.

"What is it?"

"Prepare a draft e-mail. The moment there's a hit on her, send it to us ASAP."

"I know. You don't have to order me around, I'm your teacher." Saotome sensei smirked.

With that, all five of us head back the way we come from.
All five of us stop at the Shibuya mall, ready to part ways again.

"See you all tomorrow~" Ringo smiled.

"Ringo, this friday, we're going with the usual routine?" Jiyu asked.

"Yep."

The usual routine of Jiyu and Ringo. Buy manga, buy anime, buy some cards with spare money. For some reason I'm forced to follow their routine.

"Safe trip back home, you guys." Akito wished.

"I'm more concerned about you two." Jiyu replied.

"Ah come on G. They'll be fine. After all, we didn't go through that hellish combat training from Saotome sensei for nothing." I assured.

With that being said, all five of us say our goodbyes and prepare to leave. Until...

Keiji's PDA beeps. All four of us look at Keiji, who reaches for his PDA. After staring at it for some time, Keiji speaks up.


"Speaking of Saotome sensei. School's got a hit. Maid's at the school. At.the.school."

The four of us immediately register that in our brains. It's time for round two.
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Chapter 2 - End.

Jokes and references:
Title - G'day, Maid!

A pun on G'day, Mate!
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"You working for Dr.Vega?" Jiyu followed up.

"I should be taking my leave now."

"Not without a fight. You ain't going anywhere, Dark Phantom." Keiji challenged.

"Where's your buddy Hollow? Bring em out and we'll brawl." Jiyu taunted.

A reference to Megaman Starforce 2. Dark Phantom is a dramatic villian working under Dr.Vega. Hollow is Dr.Vega's right-hand man.
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"Have a seat, young skywalker." Keiji gestured towards a bunch of cushions prepared for us. There's even a table.

A reference to Star Wars Episode III, where Mace Windu orders Anakin Skywalker to sit down.
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"You just HAVE to make a sarcastic remark about me huh?" Akito sweatdropped.

"I am how you say, kind of a dick."

A reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series Episode 41. Pegasus asks Shadi why did he lead him to the Egyptian God Cards if he knew the cards would bring destruction. Shadi makes the same reply as Jiyu did.
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"So zetta slow, huh?" Jiyu grinned.

"I could drop the freakin' moon and the speed wouldn't improve."

"You should try to hack into the server. You know, improve net speed via hax." Jiyu suggested.

"I ain't got a clue on server hacks. I'm not a top-class hacker. How do you do it anyway?"

"FOIL. First, outer, inner, last."

"Okay enough of these stupid quotes. I'm getting goosebumps."

"Sure. Ugh, be right back. My bladder's full."

"Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally." Jiyu said as he stood up to head for the toilet.

A reference to Sho Minamimoto, from the game The World Ends With You. Sho is known for making mathematical remarks all the time.
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GOODJOB AGAIN.
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Chapter 3 - Friday Maid
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I, Ayama Kazuma, am once again troubled and running. All thanks to some wierdo who shows up and boggles me and my friend's minds with his dramatic speech, and now we have to fight an Error that we didn't finish off the other day. It's time to borrow my friend Jiyu's catchphrase: What a hassle...

I huff and puff, trying to keep my breathing steady as I run towards the school. My friend Keiji is at the lead, with my other two friends Akito and Ringo behind me. Not too far behind us is my friend Jiyu, who's on roller skates. Jiyu has relatively low stamina and tends to spend too much energy on something. That's why he's roller skating instead of running.

Come to think of it. Where did he get those skates anyway?

Keiji seems to be tiring out as well.


"You.. alright?" I spoke up.

"Sort of. Just that... running back to the school... from the Shibuya Mall... I should've gotten skates like G."

I notice Akito is breathing heavily as well. Maybe because he's been an otaku all his life. Ringo, on the other hand seems to be catching her breath easily. She really is something.

All four of us reach the school gates and rush in without a second thought, determined to find our enemy.

Where? Where is she? She can't be hard to find. Especially in that maid outfit. But...


"Which part of school did Saotome sensei say?"

"I ain't gotta clue." Keiji replied casually.

"You just suck." I shot back.

"Just find her."

I can see that Akito and Ringo are already scanning our surroundings for the Error.

Out of nowhere, Jiyu runs in without his roller skates and shouts.


"ABOVE YOU GUYS! LOOK UP!"

I instinctively look up to the school roof and see a glimpse of white.

Huh? What-

Shit. That was her underwear.


"What's she doing standing up there?" I wondered.

"She really has no shame..." Ringo commented while blushing.

"Can you blame her? She's been brainwashed into a killing machine." Keiji replied.

"Well Aki. You've gotten some scolding, so make the first move will ya?" Jiyu ordered as he summoned his twin blades.

"Don't have to tell me that." Akito replied as he grabbed his two Glock 18 pistols from his holsters.

Taking aim in a split second, Akito fires both his guns at the Error, two shots per gun. The Error casually jumps off the roof , dodging the incoming shots. Due to the wind rising up from beneath her, I notice that her skirt is starting to fly up. Not wanting to repeat the same mistake, I turn away.

"Don't turn away, idiot! You're an open target!" I heard Jiyu yell.

"Waddya suppose I do then!? I'm not a major pervert like you and K are!" I sarcastically shot back.

"Geez this is why you suck! Saotome sensei gave you data-glasses for cases like this! Use em!"

I remember now. I take out my PDA and tap on the Division X application. Tapping the accessories menu, I scroll down until I find the Data-glasses. Tapping on the summon button, I wait for a few seconds. After that, a visor materializes on my head, covering my eyes. Through these visors I can see everything in night vision, and human beings in globs of red and orange. Must be a heat vision thingy. Even the android looks like a glob of red and orange.

I notice Jiyu and Keiji already have their visors on, and they're already attacking. Jiyu's throwing fireballs while Keiji is busy shooting at the Error with his gun.

I turn behind to see Akito and Ringo nervously tapping on their PDAs and searching for their visors. Now I really wonder. How come my two childhood friends are like human fighting machines while these two who've been in their division are like children?

I hold my palm up to my abdomen and I stare at it, wondering about the battles that lie ahead. Without warning, the air particles start to gather around my palm and form my laser. I am taken aback, but I quickly adapt to it.

Now isn't the time to be thinking about this. It's the time to stop this Error in her tracks.

The android finally lands on the ground. That was a long six and a half seconds. She charges forward with her left hand shaped like a knife. Once again, ready to slash with her hands like a sword. She locks onto Keiji, wanting to get rid of him first.

However, Jiyu steps in between the Error and Keiji, determined to protect his leader. With his right blade, he swiftly deflects the android's thrust, his black blade whizzing through the air in a graceful stride that leaves a trail of black color. The Error quickly regains her balance and brings down her right hand, trying to slash Jiyu. But Jiyu easily blocks the blow with his left blade, his white blade clashing with her right hand. Jiyu then pushed her back and closed the distance between them, attempting to battle her at close range.


"Begin the formation!" Keiji yelled over the sounds of Jiyu and the Error exchanging blows.

Akito and Ringo moved in behind me, taking their battle stances and stabilizing themselves. I hold out my left palm and take aim. Using my right hand to stabilize my left arm, I start to hasten the laser charging process. Akito and Ringo start to take careful aim, firing shots only when they have the android isolated.

By now, Keiji has joined in the fight. Every few seconds, Jiyu will find an opportunity to distance himself from the Error. That's Keiji's chance to shoot. The Error, however, deflects his bullets everytime he does so. She also makes short work of Akito and Ringo's shots, dodging them one way or another.

Jiyu and Keiji both jump back and stand beside each other, catching their breath.


"Ceh, this ain't working K. You gotta cut her somehow."

"First of all we gotta find her weakness. Even if their infection rate is 100%, traces from their past lives will still be there. Once we can find a weakness, we've got em."

"Alright. Sounds cool."

With that, Jiyu moves into battle and leaves Keiji behind to think.

It really is a hassle without a weapon. I feel so useless letting Jiyu do all the work. Akito and Ringo are busy covering for him, while I'm still charging my laser. At this point there really is no reason to charge for so long. Concentrating harder, I give my charging process a boost, causing the small gachapon sphere in my palm to grow to the size of an apple.

Taking aim, I fire my laser.


"!!!"

The android notices too late and gets hit by the laser, unable to do anything to stop it. The laser collides with her protective barrier skin and sends her flying a short distance.

At that moment, Keiji's eyes widen.

Jiyu jumps back to Keiji's side, catching his breath.


"Got anything?"

"Yes. I've just got her weakness. It's gonna be tricky to pull off though. Can you run like the wind?"

Jiyu grins.
Huh? What're those two doing over there? Sounds like they're planning something. I'm still straining my eyes, trying to spot the android beneath all the dust clouds.

Ah, I see her. Looks like she's struggling to get up. The laser was pretty strong, so the impact should've done some damage to her system. After struggling for a few seconds, her body obeys her and she starts stands up. She starts to recover her balance, and after a few seconds she's ready for round 2.

I shift my gaze towards Keiji and Jiyu, who've finished discussing their plans. Oh geez making a plan is like making breakfast for them. They just finish so fast. Might be a sucky plan though.


"Gather round!" Jiyu called out to us.

Akito, Ringo and I ran towards Jiyu and Keiji while keeping a watchful eye on the android.

"Okay. Aki, Ringo, bombard her with bullets. Kazu-kun, keep her at bay." Keiji explained.

"That's your plan?" I stare in amazement.

"Yeah."

"Okay that's just dumb."

"Trust me, it'll work."

Reluctantly, Akito and Ringo take aim as the Error approaches us carefully. Nodding at each other, they both fire their guns and bombard the Error. The Error makes no evasive moves, in fact she just casually swipes at all the bullets at inhuman speed, thanks to her robotic functions. A laser fired from my palm flies straight towards her chest, but she just swats it aside as if it were nothing. Keiji just sits back and relaxes, lying down on the ground and staring at the night sky.

"OI, WHAT'RE YOU DOING!?" I yelled.

Jiyu pays no attention and moves in, charging at the android.

"Gimme a hug will ya?" Jiyu teased.

The Error responds by kicking him in the gut and sending him crashing into the wall.

"Okay, WHAT." I sweatdropped.

Sighing, I decide to continue on my role as the two main fighters of our team are COMPLETELY unreliable at the moment.

The Error makes no moves to attack, in fact I wonder why isn't she making a move. She should be fine with her barrier skin protecting her from external wounds, so what's the big deal? She's just blocking our attacks without any care in the world.


"Ah, shit." Akito blurted out as his handguns run out of bullets (how the heck did he even last that long without reloading anyway?).

"Oh, bad." Ringo followed suit as her assault rifle runs out of bullets (now that's just WAY too fast).

The Error notices this and starts running towards us, this time her fingers are bent, like a claw ready to grip your flesh out. As I prepare another laser shot, the Error lets out a powerful scream that stuns me. Forced to close my ears to stop the agonizing buzzing sound, I'm left an open target.

At the last moment, Keiji steps in and blocks her blow, using his legs, he crosses her right leg with his left and locks her into close range. With his left hand he grabs his gun and points it at the Error's forehead.


"One wrong move, pewpew chikaboom." Keiji threatened.

The Error glares at him before acknowledging her defeat. Her body relaxing, the Error slowly stands up properly, Keiji eyeing her every move.

"Now then, I'll be clear to you. You, my friend have gotta-" Keiji began while spinning his gun using his finger.

"Whoops." Keiji blurted out as he accidentally dropped it.

GOOD JOB GENIUS, WHY'D YOU HAVE TO SPIN YOUR GUN AND MAKE YOURSELF LOOK COOL?

The Error notices this and instantly thrusts at him with a knife-hand thrust, this time she's confident that she won't miss.

Keiji grins as his plan goes on smoothly. Casually putting his katana in the way of her hand, he easily blocks her thrust.

The Error's fingertips collide with Keiji's katana, creating a loud screech of metal versus metal. The Error, still partially stunned by the impact, isn't ready for what's coming next.

Jiyu appears out of nowhere and crosses his two blades at her neck, like an executioner.


"Sorry I don't like attacking from behind, but you're an Error, so we can't be too picky here." Jiyu apologized.

"K." Jiyu called out. As the Error tries breaking herself free without getting her neck cut.

Keiji points his gun at the Error's head and pulls the trigger.

As soon as the shot was fired, the Error's body starts shaking wildly, as if she had been electrocuted. From my point of view, it really does look like that. After a few seconds, the Error falls down, utterly defeated.


"What the..." I muttered.

"That was cool." Akito commented.

"How'd you do it?" Ringo wondered.

"I'll explain this at the end of the chapter." Keiji smirked.

"What the hell you're just being lazy! And stop the fourth wall breaking already!" I yelled.

"We should bring her to the underground first."

"No need for that."

All five of us turn to see Saotome sensei approaching us.

"You kids have caused enough trouble for today. Scram. This ain't none of your business anymore." Saotome sensei scolded.

Ehehehe... same old Saotome sensei.

All of us take deep breaths as we begin to walk towards the school gate, glad that our battle is over for now.


"Thanks, kids." Saotome sensei muttered.

I turned around to look at her.

"Sensei. Did you jus-"

"AH WHAT'RE YOU LOOKING AT? HURRY UP AND SCRAM!" She blushed.

All five of us ran out of the school building as if our lives depended on it.
After I got home, I told my sister all about what happened today. She was pretty worried at first, but she calmed down when I told her about our victory. After that, I helped her with her homework and the laundry. After showering, I decide to skip dinner, I'm so exhausted.. But as I started walking up the stairs...

"Brother."

I turned around to see my sister standing behind me.

"Tomorrow... is friday. You're going... again?"

"Yeah."

She stared at her feet, looking for words to say.

"I'll be fine. You can go hang out with Haruka if you want. I won't be back until night."

"Okay." She smiled when she heard the name Haruka.

Kamiga Haruka, Jiyu's younger sister. If I had to describe her, she's exactly like her brother. Minus the sarcastic jokes. Those are Jiyu's speciality. Haruka herself specializes in cooking and laundry.

Kazumi is good friends with Haruka, so they're as close as Jiyu and I are. Keiji has a younger sister that's part of Kazumi's Gang, but she's overseas now. Come to think of it why are there so many characters overseas in this story? That's too cliche.


Author: Like I'd know that.

Finally, I say hello to my soft, nice, bed. I reach for the remote control and turn on the air conditioner. Aaaah... so much better. Alot's happened today, but it was pretty... fun. Fighting alongside them. It feels as if I could do anything. It really helps to have the support of your friends.

I stare at the clock beside my bed. 9:15.

That's fast. I reached home around seven, doing all of that... 2 hours? Time really flies now. I should get some rest. Haruka's still watching TV, I guess she deserves some entertainment. Tomorrow's friday huh.

Friday friday... let it rip. Lights out!

Author: I'm just going to skip to the last part of the school day, after lunch break. The morning session involves Jiyu sleeping, Kazuma thinking a bunch of stupid thoughts, Ringo being a good student. Lunch break is the same. At the roof, this time they're busy talking about some stupid card game. Let's move on to after school. It has more meaningful conversations.

OKAY THAT'S IT STOP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!

The bell rings, all the students immediately start packing their things without paying attention to the relief teacher. I feel kinda sorry for her. She's Yuuki sensei, the shy teacher in charge of the Manga and Anime club. She used to teach my class art last year, but this year she's teaching Akito's class.

I realize my notebook is on the table. As I look up to grab it, I spot Jiyu and Ringo already chatting at the front door of the class.

WHOA. Fast.

Shoving my notebook in and zipping my bag, I run towards Jiyu and Ringo, who notice me coming.


"What time we leaving?" I asked.

"After club activities. Depends." Jiyu replied casually.

"Agh crap I forgot all about club activities! Wait a minute, today's a friday."

"No idea. Friday's supposed to be off day, but we've had no activities for the whole week. The principal changed the club activities to fridays instead of weekdays."

"Why?" Ringo interrupted.

"Because of the Errors. Students going back late every day can be bad. It gives the Errors more targets."

"But then again Errors should be free on weekends." I joked.

"Genius. They're only free on summer vacation." Jiyu laughed.

"What're we waiting for?"

"Aki-kun. He's still not here yet." Ringo said as she tilted her head sideways to get a better look at the corridor.

"Ah. As usual, C class taking their time."

"Lez juz wait for zem." Jiyu rapped.

Jiyu and Ringo resumed their conversation, this time about a new online game they're playing.

"It kinda sucks how you didn't pitch in and help me yesterday. You wanted me dead didn't you?" Jiyu grumbled.

"No, I was too busy trying to find my potion." Ringo smiled.

"Wait what happened to the quickslots?"

"I filled them with magical bombs."

"Okay that's just dumb." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"I did it on purpose."

"YOU REALLY WANTED ME DEAD THEN!" Jiyu snapped.

I laughed hard.

"You guys actually played a game after we got back home yesterday?" I questioned.

"Yeah why not." Jiyu said with a pokerface.

"Weren't you guys tired?"

"I stayed up until 1. You could say that I couldn't sleep."

"And Ringo?"

"I was pretty angry at the Error. So I took my anger out on the game. I stayed up until 1 too." Ringo answered.

"Okay that's just wrong. Both of you." I sweatdropped.

I sighed and we stood there silent for a few seconds.

"What's this game you guys playing?" I spoke up.

"Fantasia Mondo."

......

"Huh. That's it?"

"Oh I thought you just wanted the name to download it." Jiyu joked.

"You've gotta be kidding me. As if the name's gonna motivate me to download it."

"Played Ragnarok?"

"What's that gotta do with Fantasia Mondo?" I wondered.

"It's like Ragnarok."

"Huh what."

"Except it's more fantasy." Ringo interjected.

"Waitwaitwaitwait more fantasy? That's just stupid. Ragnarok is as fantasy as can be."

"It also has better quality, better interface, and also a character cut-in when you activate a skill. Skill levels don't exist, but it's harder to level." Ringo interjected.

"Whoa seriously? Jobs?"

"Rune Knight, Lord Knight, Monk-" Jiyu began.

"OKAY HOLD IT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT RAGNAROK HAS." I snapped.

"Just kidding. You'll find out once you check the site. I'm too lazy to explain." Jiyu yawned.

"Why? You usually don't stop talking about stuff like this."

"Oh. Readers might say I talk too much." Jiyu laughed.

You already ARE. LOL. Oh geez, another fourth wall break.

As we continue to wait in silence, Akito shows up.


"Oh, finally." Jiyu rolled his eyes.

"Sorry. The teacher had a word with me." Akito apologized.

"Huh? What happened?" Ringo asked.

"I didn't finish my homework."

"Now how did THAT happen?" Jiyu wondered.

"I'll tell you all later."

"Huh. You just couldn't finish copying your classmate's work in time right?" Jiyu teased.

Akito's eyes widened.

"Gotcha." Jiyu grinned.

Laughing, I shoved Jiyu out to the corridor and gestured for Ringo and Akito to follow. I put my hands behind him and forcefully pushed him, hurrying him to the stairs leading to the second floor.
Keiji is facing a third-year at a Kendo match.

Keiji and his opponent circle each other, as if it were a fight to the death. A single mistake could cost them the entire match.

Keiji's opponent steps in and attempts a quick blow to his abdomen, yelling "DO!" as he does so. Keiji swings his shinai clockwise and blocks the opponent's attack, the vibration stunning the opponent for a short instant. Keiji swiftly follows up by swinging his shinai downwards, yelling "KOTE!". Keiji's shinai hits the opponent's hand, causing the opponent to drop his shinai.

"POINT!" the sensei in charge yells.

Keiji then steps back and relaxes as his opponent picks up his shinai and does so. Both of them then lift their shinai with both hands and prepare their stance.

"ROUND 2, GO!"

Upon hearing the referee, Keiji does a feint, stepping in close to the opponent. Keiji's opponent loses his concentration and his body jerks, causing him to lose his stance. Keiji takes the chance to quickly strike the opponent's head, yelling "MEN!". Keiji's shinai swiftly falls through the air and collides with the opponent's armor, his final shout making it a valid strike. His opponent drops his shinai and staggers backwards, defeated.

"POINT! WINNER, FUJIWARA KEIJI!" the sensei announced.

The surrounding students clap loudly as Keiji and his opponent bow to each other.

Later.

Keiji puts his keikogi and hakama back in the store room after folding them. As he prepares to leave the changing room, he runs into his opponent, who's actually a girl.

"That was a very good match, Fujiwara-senpai." The girl bowed.

"Ah. It's no problem, err..." Keiji struggled.

"Midori. Tachibana Midori."

"Right, Midori." Keiji muttered.

"You're so... strong. Any tips?" Midori asked.

"Don't think I can provide you with tips."

"Is that so..."

Midori looks disappointed. Keiji tries to think of something to cheer her up.

"Though, you don't have to worry about tips. You're on the right track. Just keep practicing." Keiji assured.

"Thank you, Fujiwara-senpai." Midori bowed.

"Anytime. I gotta get going now, later." Keiji bowed before running out of the changing room.
Jiyu stands firm, taking a deep breath. Glaring at the arrow on the ground beneath the target, Jiyu continues taking deep breaths and mentally prepares himself. Finally ready, Jiyu lifts his bow and arrow and aligns it with his target. Jiyu pulls back on his arrow with his right hand, bringing it all the way back to his cheekbone. Narrowing his eyes, Jiyu takes careful aim before releasing his arrow. The arrow flies straight and fast, burying itself in the target.

"Tch, abit too far from the center." Jiyu growled.

"Now now Kamiga-kun. Don't worry. That's just the first shot." his archery sensei assured.

"Right." Jiyu replied.

Grabbing another arrow, Jiyu prepares a second shot. Ready, Jiyu lets go of his arrow again. This time the arrow hits the outer area of the target.

Jiyu sighs and prepares a third shot. Releasing his arrow again, Jiyu watches as his arrow flies through the air and pierces the target.

"Damn. 20mm." Jiyu randomly blurted out.

"I think it was 15mm from the center. But that was a good shot." his sensei assured.

"Thank you, Hina-sensei." Jiyu bowed.

Jiyu heads into the changing room and replaces his keikogi and hakama with a bright red shirt and blue jeans. On the shirt the words "LIVE FREE AND HAVE FAITH" can be seen. Jiyu proceeds to grab his schoolbag and walk out of the changing room.

As he approaches the exit of the archery range, he comes face to face with a second-year female student.

"Um... Kamiga-senpai."

"Huh."

Jiyu stops walking and looks at her.

"You are...?"

"Emi. Tachibana Emi."

"Ah yeah, Midori's sister. Something the matter?"

"Matsumoto-senpai wants to know if you're joining us for dinner later. It's Hina-sensei's treat." Emi said while staring at her feet.

"Oh. I forgot. I'm actually going out somewhere after this, so I can't join you guys. I'll join another time."

"I see. Have a safe trip back home, Kamiga-senpai."

"Oh, sure. I mean thanks."

Jiyu lets out a sigh of relief and continues walking as Emi runs towards the group of seniors who're chatting at one corner of the dojo.
Kazuma kicks the soccer ball with full force, attempting to score a goal. The enemy's keeper, however, moves in and quickly deflects the shot with his hands. Kazuma's teammate however, takes the opportunity to score, kicking the ball as it enters his kicking range. Kazuma's team yells joyfully as they win the soccer match.

Phew... soccer practice sure is tiring. If it were Jiyu he'd be lying on the grass right now. Keiji would probably complain about the hot sun. So typical of them. I should hurry up and meet up with Ringo and Akito. Who knows if their Manga and Anime club activities are over yet. I'm probably the last one to finish.

I quickly take a quick shower and change my clothes. Today I got this nice blue shirt with the kanji for peace written on it. Keiji and Jiyu will like this. I put on my black jeans and run towards the school building, heading up the first set of stairs. Turning right, I head to the third room and peek inside to see if anyone's still inside. Nobody. Most of the members are still there, talking about new anime. But I don't see those two. Maybe...

I quickly rush towards the school gate to meet with my friends.

As I half-expected, Ringo and Akito are already there, waiting for me. Jiyu and Keiji are busy arguing about something again.


"Sorry I'm late guys. Had a pretty intense game with the third-years." I apologized.

"It's okay. I had a pretty decent match. The opponent was okay." Keiji assured.

"Yeah right you were just saying how good she was 3 seconds ago." Jiyu rolled his eyes.

"Shutup G."

"I couldn't find you two in the club room." I looked at Akito and Ringo.

"We were excused." Ringo explained.

"That explains alot.

I turn to look at Jiyu and Keiji, who're busy barking at each other.

"Like I said G, I'm too busy downloading the new Visual No-"

"Oh you and your crappy Visual Novels. Seriously just download Fantasia Mondo and get it over with!"

"I don't think I'll be interested in such a crappy game."

"Why not? You love crappy games and crappy visual novels." Jiyu sarcastically shot back.

"As if. What's so fun about it anyway?"

"Roaming the world is fun."

"Okay that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."

"Like you're one to talk-"

"CAN WE GET GOING ALREADY?" Akito yelled.

"What for? We're most likely gonna reach home at eight or nine. Well, depends. No need to rush." Jiyu shot back.

"We should maximize the time we spend then. It's 4:32 now, so we have about four hours to hang out." Ringo suggested.

"Ringo's got a point. Let's head out!" Keiji grinned.

"Stop changing the topic you partner-in-crappy-games." Jiyu glared at Keiji.

"Okay fine I'll download it later. Geez." Keiji rolled his eyes.

"Let's just go." Akito sighed.

"Yeah. Friday routine here we come!" I cheered.
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Chapter 3 - End.

Keiji's battle plan:
Okay now, as I promised I'll tell you about our battle plan. I got the idea when I saw Kazuma's laser hit the android. Although she was busy, she should've noticed the laser coming, unless something went wrong. I figured that, as a waitress in a maid outfit, she's probably used to multitasking. But somehow Kazuma's laser managed to hit her. That's when I noticed. Even as a killing machine, habits from her work as an android still remain. Due to her programming, she has to take a short break to prevent her commands from being overloaded. Jiyu and the gunners were busy keeping her at bay, she probably needed some rest to regain her composure. Androids are still artificial intelligence, no matter how advanced they are, they still have their own limits. She probably forgot all about Kazuma until the laser struck her. After that she starts paying more attention to him, wondering when the next laser will come. That's why I had to get rid of Jiyu first. By making a stupid comment, he earned himself a kick that APPARENTLY knocked him out. But in fact it's just a ruse to get her to lower her guard. I gave her the short rest she needed by fooling around, then by dropping my gun she'd be at full power, ready to kill me. But that's when her guard is down, and Jiyu can approach her from behind and lock her down.

Author: you know you don't have to read all of that. It's just a bunch of random stuff.

Important factor:
While the guns of Division X are normal guns, the bullets are something else. They're data-bullets designed to take down electronic items. They dissolve into harmful viruses that cause a short-circuit or malfunction once they successfully enter the system. This is why the Error refuses to let her barrier skin handle it. Because if she is not careful, the bullets can spell instant-death for her. A data-bullet also takes up less space than a normal bullet, approximately 0.5. This is why Akito ran out of bullets at an unusual time. Ringo on the other hand did not reload her gun since Wednesday (she forgot).
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Terminology:

Kendo: Japanese version of fencing.

Shinai: A bamboo sword used in kendo.

Men: A shout used in kendo. Shouting indicates the area that you strike, and is required to score a valid point. Men is the shout for the head area.

Kote: Same as Men, required for the wrist to hand section.

Do: Same as Men and kote, required when aiming for the body.

Keikogi: Training uniform.

Hakama: Japanese formal wear.

Fantasia Mondo: Italian for Fantasy World.
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Post by Saechika » Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:40 pm

Chapter 4 - Shibuya Mall
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Chapter 4 - Shibuya Mall
I, Ayama Kazuma, am hanging out with my friends in the Shibuya Mall. We've been doing this since the start of the school year as our 'Friday Routine'.

I jog towards the entrance of the entertainment section, having received a text from Jiyu.

メイル
送信者: 神が 自由
件名: 場所
俺と林檎にわエンタテインメントセクションがいる
-G。

Translation:
Mail
Sender: Kamiga Jiyu
Subject: Location
I and Ringo are at the entertainment section.
-G.

I don't really get it. After we went our seperate ways, I paid the toilet a visit. Akito seemingly got lost and I couldn't find, text OR call him. Keiji said he wanted to go somewhere, but he didn't want to tell me, so I was stuck with the G and R duo.

How could he actually know how to text in the first place? That guy's japanese just sucks. He can speak fluently but he's just so clueless when it comes to reading. I'm surprised he even managed to give me such an accurate message. Ringo must've helped him.

As I enter the entertainment section, I see tons of students from all over the city. Even some wearing our school uniform. That's wierd. How come I'm allowed to wear my casual attire when I'm leaving the school but others are still wearing their uniform? Isn't this too cliche? It's like something out of a generic school manga. Ah well forget it. I need to find Jiyu and Ringo.

After looking around for some time, I notice Ringo over there at the games section, since her hair color kinda makes her stand out. I don't see Jiyu though. As I approach her, I notice a person wearing a wierd anime-style jester mask. As if he were one of those dramatic enemies with masks to hide their faces. These guys usually piss the protagonist off.

At closer inspection, I notice the person's eye color. Red as blood.


"Oi, G. What's with the mask?" I sweatdropped.

"Huh? Who the- who's G?" The masked man turned around to confront me.

"Yeah right like I'd buy that. What's with the mask?" I repeated my question.

"I bought it cuz I love masks like these. How'd you know anyway?"

"Your bright red eyes stand out like a sore thumb. Like I wouldn't notice." I commented.

I glance at Ringo, who's staring at the computer game discs as if she hasn't noticed me.

"Ringo?"

"In a moment. I'm busy deciding which one to get."

Well, she's focused.

"You gonna buy these? These are pretty expensive."

"I can just download it. Piracy, you know." Ringo replied without turning away from the display.

OKAY THAT'S JUST WRONG.

"Oh yeah, G. How'd you type out that mail you sent me? Ringo helped you?" I asked.

"No way man. I did it on my own."

"I find that hard to believe. Take off your mask."

"No. Dude, I DO know a little bit of kanji. Well, since some look a little like chinese, I can relate to those."

"What the hell? You actually study chinese in your country?"

"Yeah. Back where I come from, us white-skinned dudes hafta learn chinese."

"Even though you're japanese?"

"HALF japanese my friend." Jiyu reminded.

"Look just take off that stupid mask it makes it seem as if you're joking even though you're talking seriously."

Jiyu takes off his mask and puts it in his bagpack.

"So, how'd you pull it off?"

"Like I said, I worked it out. I know how to spell Kamiga Jiyu at least. That's easy."

"The content?"

"I is easy, Ringo is easy, and is also easy. It's just one kanji."

"Uh-huh. Next?"

"Entertainment section is romaji, so it's kinda easy to notice the difference from real kanji."

"And in?"

"In is the final part, so I kinda randomly chose something that I deemed legit."

"Surprisingly that text came out good. I thought it was Ringo."

"Guys, you're taking up too much space in the chapter." Ringo scolded.

"Stop breaking the fourth wall." I muttered.
I just stare with a blank expression on my face as Jiyu and Ringo exchange names of online games they saw on their phones.

"Guys, why not just buy the game? It saves time. You don't need to download em." I suggested.

"No way man. I need to save up for my food. My budget's running low. My parents will scold me for wasting money on games." Jiyu protested.

"I don't have all the money to spend on games. My parents will scold me." Ringo replied.

"BUT YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH WASTING TIME DOWNLOADING?" I snapped.

After walking around in silence, I start to get bored.

"Hey it's five-thirty. About time we hit the store section to buy some cards." I glanced at my wristwatch.

"Hold on let me text K." Jiyu replied.

メイル
に送信:藤原 啓示
件名:死ね
速くストアセクションに行け。アキトに見つけたか?
-G。

Translation:
Mail
Send to: Fujiwara Keiji
Subject: Go die.
Hurry up and get to the store section. Did you find Akito?
-G.

"Whoa man. You seriously CAN do this texting stuff. That's cool." I cheered.

"Actually it only works with texts. Because I can guess which word is which out of many available choices, I can do this. When it comes to exams sorry I can't do it."

"Okay I take that back."

"That's evil." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"Oi G, Mail. Shut up K!" Jiyu's phone beeped.

"What the-"

"That's my message alert." Jiyu grinned.

"That makes you more hilarious then your current state." I sweatdropped.

メイル
送信者:藤原 啓示
件名:テメエ死ね
あぁ解った。アキトに俺いっしょだ。
-イサナ やしろ

Jiyu opened an application on his phone and dragged his mail onto it. A progress bar appears and on it the word TRANSLATION is written. Hey that's neat. After the progress bar maxes out, the following appears on his screen.

Translation:
Mail
Sender: Fujiwara Keiji
Subject: YOU go die.
I got it. Akito's with me right now.
- Isana Yashiro.

"Okay hold it what's with the subjects of those messages. They're just disturbing." I sweatdropped again.

Jiyu laughed as he locked his handphone screen and put it back in his pocket.

"What did he say?" Ringo approached us from behind.

"He's with Akito. Come on, let's head over to the store section." Jiyu replied.

The three of us smile as we walk towards the escalators leading down to the second floor.
I glance at Keiji and Jiyu, who're busy arguing over each other's food. Here's what happened.

After we arrived at the Store section, we met up with Keiji and Akito. As we were about to head inside, Jiyu started having trouble breathing. Due to a sickness he got at the start of the year. It's got something to do with his lungs.


"Oi dude, you alright?" Keiji asked.

Jiyu grabbed his water bottle and drank from it slowly.

"What happened to the usual bottle?" I noticed.

"This one's different. It contains a herbal chicken bone soup that tastes AS GOOD AS YEAH!"

"What the hell does that mean!?" I snapped.

"The herbs help sooth my bronchus and allows easier breathing. The chicken bone soup is there for flavour. Damn awesome."

"Why don't you just drink it everyday and be cured instead of suffering like this?" Akito sweatdropped.

"If I drink it everyday then my body will be destroyed by herbal overload. I only bring this with me during our friday routine."

So after Jiyu's lousy explanation, I suggested that we go get something to eat before coming back to the store section.

"Why? Shouldn't we buy cards first?" Jiyu protested.

"Your body needs the food to fight off your sickness." Akito interjected.

"Okay seriously that's the dumbest thing I heard today." Jiyu shot back.

"What time is it?" Keiji glanced at Ringo.

"Why are you looking at me? I didn't bring my wristwatch with me today. I just told you that this morning." Ringo rolled her eyes.

"Oi G. What time is it?"

"It's five twenty-two." Jiyu replied.

"We should go eat something then."

"It's too early for dinner." Jiyu argued.

"Oh geez cut it out man. Early dinner won't kill you." Keiji sweatdropped.

"Last week it was rice. Now what?" Akito wondered.

"I say we head over to Mcflint's." I suggested.

"Alright cool. Mcflint's it is." Keiji decided.

"This guy got nerve to copy my name Nova Mcflint." Jiyu joked about his online name Nova.

"Ah shut up man." Keiji laughed.
So yeah. Now we're at Mcflint's, getting burgers. Jiyu ordered a cheeseburger, and Keiji ordered a spicy chicken burger. But due to their awesome five senses, they somehow ended up with switched burgers. They didn't even notice it until they both took a bite out of it.

"Okay dude, I'll exchange this back. I don't really like cheeseburgers." Keiji began.

"Okay good, but what about my fries?"

"They're mine."

"You crazy. I ordered a big one."

"Me too."

"So how come I have medium fries? It doesn't make sense."

"Who gives a crap man. Just eat it. We still gonna buy some snacks tonight."

"Like Akito said, I need the food to fight off the sickness."

"Yeah right says the guy who said it was the dumbest thing he heard all day."

"Where's Akito?"

"He's coming back from the toilet. There he is." Ringo pointed in the direction Akito was coming from.

"I'm back." Akito said.

"Huh? My spicy chicken burger still ain't here. Why is it taking them so long?" Akito complained.

"......"

Keiji and Jiyu stopped their arguement and stared at Akito.

"What?" Akito wondered.

"You ordered the same crap as I did?" Keiji asked.

"Yeah."

"Give me details."

"Medium fries, coke, some tomato sauce."

Keiji and Jiyu stared at the food in front of Jiyu. All of them fit the description.

"It would seem that your food has been taken by G. G, look at you. Stop bullying Akito." Keiji spoke up.

"YOUR HEAD I AM! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO JUST TOOK OFF WITH MY BURGER WITHOUT ME CHECKING WHICH WAS WHICH!" Jiyu blabbered.

Keiji and I laughed as Jiyu huffed and puffed.

"Alright so Aki, when your food comes; you switch fries with G." Keiji explained.

"Okay. But can I eat my burger first? I'm hungry."

"G took a bite out of it already." Keiji pointed at Jiyu's burger.

"Yeah if you blame me K, I'm going to kill your character in Fantasia Mondo." Jiyu forewarned.

Ringo and Keiji laughed this time.
As we look at some cards in the store section, I notice a familiar face beside Jiyu.

"Huh..."

I walk over to Jiyu's side to get a closer look.

"Miki, is that you?"

The black-haired girl turns to face me, her bright blue eyes strike a feeling of nostalgia inside of me.

"Hmm? Kazu-kun?" the girl stares at me.

We stare at each other for a while. All of a sudden Jiyu, who was bending down to look at cards, stands up straight, his head rising up to bang my face. The impact was enough to knock me over.

"Huh? Miki? Wherewhatwhenwhowhyhow?" Jiyu spoke up.

"Who are you?" Miki wondered as she stared at Jiyu, whose face was covered by his jester mask.

Miki looks through Jiyu's jester mask and spots his blood red eyes.

"Yu-kun?"

"MY GAWD IT'S YOU, MIKI! LONG TIME NO SEE! GIMME A HUG?" Jiyu blabbered excitedly.

"You forgot that we don't really get close to each other unlike your home country." I spat as I rose to my feet.

"Oh sup man. Where'd you come from?"

"YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW." I threatened.

"Yu-kun, what's with the mask?" Miki wondered.

"Yeah dude. Take off the mask. That ain't no way to greet an old friend." I scolded.

Jiyu takes off his jester mask and gets a better look at Miki.

"HOLY CRAP IT'S MIKI!!!" a voice boomed out of nowhere.

Keiji jumps out of nowhere and bumps into me and Jiyu, dragging us into a headlock.

"Long time no see!" Keiji greeted.

"You too, Kei-kun." Miki smiled.

Yup. It really has been a long time. Kawakami Mikiru, nicknamed Miki by us. She grew up alongside us, and her family had to move to Okinawa at the start of middle school 4 years ago.

"Miki, what brings you all the way back here from Okinawa?" Jiyu asked.

"Yu-kun, your japanese has improved alot!" Miki replied.

As absent-minded as ever, that Miki.

"Uh, my question." Jiyu reminded.

"Oh, sorry. My parents decided to transfer me back to Ureshina Gakuen. I'm living at my relative's house for now."

"It seriously has been a long time! Glad to have you back in Ureshina though." Keiji smiled.

"Yup. When did you arrive?" I followed up.

"Yesterday! I actually wanted to go to school today, but I had to unpack my stuff. I'm going to school on Monday."

"What class are you going to?" Jiyu questioned.

"They said 1-A, even though I'm a fourth-year. So I'm not sure."

"New class system. Middle school classes get ranked from D - F, top to lowest. Highschool classes are ranked from A - C, highest to lowest." Keiji explained.

"Alright! You're in me and Kazu-kun's class!" Jiyu cheered.

I smiled. It certainly is a good thing to have another familiar face join the class. Though...

"Why are you here?"

"Oh. I wanted to buy something for you guys. I know that Yu-kun and Kei-kun love games, so I came here to buy some for them."

"You didn't have to, Miki." Jiyu grinned.

"Yeah. You'd make us feel guilty." Keiji added.

At that moment, Akito and Ringo showed up.

"Hey, it's Miki-san! Long time no see!" Akito greeted.

"Aki-kun, long time no see." Miki replied politely.

"Miki, meet Sakuraba Ringo! She's part of our gang." I introduced with a grin.

"Nice to meet you, Sakuraba-san." Miki bowed.

"No need to be so formal, just call me Ringo." Ringo returned the gesture.

"Miki, we're about to head over to the upper floors. Wanna tag along?" I invited.

"Sorry, not today. I have to go back home now." Miki smiled.

All of us say goodbye to Miki and we proceed to buy some cards before heading to the upper floors for our movie.
"Ceh, closed for renovation. I don't hear any sounds of work." Jiyu growled as he stared at the sign at the base of the escalator.

"Well looks like no movie for us today." Akito sighed.

"Though. We can always-"

Ringo's sentence was cut off by a gasp. She stared horrified at the escalator leading to the seventh floor.

Wondering what it is, all of us turn to look at the top of the escalator, and a worrying sight greets us.

Standing at the seventh floor at the mouth of the escalator is an android. With bright red eyes that gleam in the darkness. A glare of hatred that pierces the very depth of our souls.


"Those bright red eyes are a violation of the Copyright Belonging to Kamiga Jiyu." Jiyu spoke up.

I managed a mental laugh. I can't believe he can pull something like that off with such a serious glare. The android retreats into the shadows, hiding herself.

"What was that all about?" Jiyu spat.

"No idea but we should probably notify the pol-" I began.

"Save it Kazu-kun. We're going after her. If she roams free in this mall any longer, we're dead." Jiyu ordered.

"Who died and made you leader?" Akito wondered.

I and Akito glanced at Keiji, who's busy tapping his PDA.

"Oh, him." Akito sweatdropped.

All of us stared at Keiji, who's still busy tapping away. After a short moment, he locks his PDA screen and puts it back in his pocket.

"I notified Saotome sensei. Let's go."

All five of us leap over the sign saying CLOSED and run up the escalator leading to the seventh floor of the Shibuya Mall.
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Chapter End.
Terms and Jokes used:
Author: LOL JK.

As we walked silently in the darkness, I strained my eyes to look for the Error. She was wearing another maid outfit. What is with those androids and maid outfits? I wonder if this Joker dude has a maid fetish. I'll be damned.

"Hey guys... I just noticed..." Jiyu spoke up.

"What." Keiji replied without shifting his gaze to Jiyu.

"It's so freakin' dark in here." Jiyu joked.

"Well yeah. Since you're color blind I was wondering when you would notice." Keiji shot back.

We continued walking in silence, occasionally Jiyu or Ringo would trip on something and stagger. Oh geez these two are so annoying.

"Ringo, what the hell's wrong with you?" Keiji snapped in a whisper.

"I can't help it it's too dark!" Ringo complained.

As she said that Jiyu kicked a box on the floor with his right leg and fell down. Mid-fall he used his left leg and stepped forward another step, the momentum giving him enough power to stabilize himself.

"Dude, now what?" Keiji growled, irritated.

"I didn't bring my specs." Jiyu grinned.

"You never wear your specs anyway. Stupid." Keiji rolled his eyes.

As we continue walking straight, we soon reach the storage area where they keep all the paint and stuff they use for the renovation work. Right now, there's alot of stuff. Smack dab in the middle of where people walk too.

"Oi, are you sure she went this way?" Keiji turned to face Jiyu, who's beside me.

"Like I'd know. I just saw her."

"How far was she?"

"About 10 metres."

"Dude that's retarded. You forgot that you're short-sighted."

"Now you're retarded. I can still see what's going on from far."

"You got night vision?"

"......"

Jiyu sighed and started looking around, searching for the Error.

"I see her." Akito spoke up.

Akito pointed to a random direction.

The remaining four of us glanced at the direction he pointed.


"I don't see anything." Jiyu replied instantly.

"Oh just take a closer look." Akito growled.

Jiyu strained his eyes as he tried spotting the Error.

"Ah. I see her red eyes now. What's with that glare? She thinks I can't see her she can stare at me like I'm some kinda animal?"

"Like you're worthy to be stared at. Go drown in a pool." Keiji shot back.

"Hey I think we should start making maid outfits for the security department. You know, we can confuse the enemy and pretend to be them." Jiyu joked.

"You wanna be held responsible if you attack one of our scholmates!?" Keiji sweatdropped.

I laughed at their Manzai act.

"Okay, listen." Keiji ordered.
The Error stares at the group of people, wondering what their next move will be. She analyzes their every move, for every piece of information is vital for her success. She also tries lip-reading them, to figure out their plans. However, because they keep straying from their original plan into jokes, the Error deems it futile to continue her efforts of lip-reading.

The Error waits, and continues doing so. She starts feeling the heat in the place rise. The Error senses something wrong, and quickly moves from her place. However...

"Now!" I whispered.

Taking aim, Akito fires a shot at the Error, the bullet colliding with her barrier skin as it dissolves into data. The virus from the bullet invades her barrier skin and dissolves it, causing her to lose her protection.

"!!!"

As she jumps back to avoid more trouble, she collides with something unknown and staggers. It turns out to be Jiyu, who was ready for her. Using his twin blades, he slashes at her arms, his data-weapons causing her arms to start malfunctioning.

"K. Anytime now." Jiyu called out.

Keiji jumps out from a bunch of boxes and with his katana, slashes at the Error. At the last moment, the Error sidesteps and kicks Keiji, causing him to stagger backwards. The android tries to run, but a shot from Ringo to her neck causes her spine to malfunction, and she falls to the floor defeated.

"Whoa, Ringo. Nice shot." Jiyu stared in amazement.

"I actually wanted to shoot her back." Ringo sweatdropped.

"Okay I take that back. Your aim sucks."

Ringo responds to that by kicking his back.

Jiyu falls to the ground and starts making unidentified wails of pain.

Akito and I sweatdrop as we continue staring at Jiyu.


"Geez, get up. Saotome-sensei's on the way to clear things up, but if we students get spotted here by the locals who're busy, it'll be bad. The faster we get outta here the better. Let's move!" Keiji ordered.

Upon hearing that, Jiyu immediately springs back onto his feet and runs after Keiji, beckoning the rest of us to follow.
All of us sit in front of a local Takoyaki stall, the usual place we hit before we head home. The time is now eight-fifteen.

"Oh man... today was one hell of a friday." Keiji flashbacked while munching on a takoyaki.

"Heh. I'm starting to get used to this." I poked a takoyaki ball and dipped it in the sauce.

"Trust me, you shouldn't." Akito shivered.

Jiyu silently munches on a takoyaki, deep in thought.

"What's wrong, G-kun? Did I kick you too hard?" Ringo wondered, extremely concerned about the Boke's silence.

"No not that silly. Like your kick could do anything to me." Jiyu blabbered, embarrassed.

"Need a Tsukkomi?" Keiji glanced at Jiyu.

"No. You suck at being a Tsukkomi anyway." Jiyu joked with a straight face.

We continued talking about today's major events, but Jiyu seems to be really shaken by something. Hmm... I should ask him tomorrow. After all, he's always lonely. Needs to have us guys to take care of him.

After we finish eating our takoyaki, we thank the uncle and part ways at the usual spot before heading back home.

That midnight. Chatbox.

ノバ: I'm gonna sleep. My eyes are failing me.
カズマン: あいつは何を言ってるんだ?
キー: 彼はも疲れて、今日わこれでちると言っている。
カズマン: あそっか、おやすみなさい、G。
ノバ: おやすみ、皆。
-ノバはログアウトしました-
カズマン: ねえ林檎
サクリン: あたしも。おやすみなさい、皆。
-あたしはログアウトしました-
カズマン: まじかよ、二人とも!?
キー: www
レンシイ: www
レンシイ: じゃ、僕も同じですね。
カズマン: ヲい待ってよアキト!
レンシイ: おやすみなさい、啓示とカズ。
-レンシイはログアウトしました-
カズマン: 。。。
-キーはログアウトしました-
カズマン: まじかよ、お前ら!?


Translation:
Nova: I'm gonna sleep. My eyes are failing me.
Kazuman: What did he say?
Key: He said he's gonna sleep cuz he's tired.
Kazuman: Oh, I see. Good night G.
Nova: Good night guys.
-Nova has logged out-
Kazuman: Hey Ringo.
Sakurin: I'm gonna sleep as well. Good night guys.
-Sakurin has logged out-
Kazuman: Wha, seriously!? Both of you!?
Key: lololol
Renshee: lololol
Renshee: Well, I'll do the same.
Kazuman: Oi, wait, Akito!
Renshee: Good night, Keiji and Kazu.
-Renshee has logged out-
Kazuman: ...
-Key has logged out-
Kazuman: Seriously, you guys!?
I lay on my bed, staring at the dark ceiling of my room. The cold air from the air conditioner helps put me in a sleepy state. I, Keiji and Akito downloaded Fantasia Mondo while chatting. However, due to the big file size, we had to leave it for tomorrow. So we decided to chat about random stuff before we slept. Jiyu hasn't spoken much, and he didn't send so many messages as well. Usually they would be in english, and we had to rely on Keiji or Akito to translate it for us.

I seriously wonder, what's gotten him so worried? His sickness, or something that happened today? Keiji as well. Both of them are unusual. Keiji speaks a whole lot more, as if he's trying to forget something. While Jiyu is busy thinking. I should seriously consult with them before things get out of hand.

Those Errors are another thing. Are they seriously targetting maids only, or are they trying to confuse us? We might attack any random maid we perceive as a threat without knowing if she's an Error or not when the situation arises. Those guys are really... ugh. One, they're just dumb. Two, they've got bigger plans waiting for us. Somehow both of those make sense.

Well, for now, I need some rest. Since tomorrow's Saturday, our school decided to add in extra club activities to fill in. So I have to be there by ten in the morning.

No big deal I guess. It's now twelve-thirty am. Nine hours of sleep will be more than enough. Lights out!

Chapter End.
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Battle Plan:

My plan this time around is simple. With Jiyu's pyrokinesis ability, we can use that to our advantage by creating illusions using the heat from his fire. Of course it's a difficult thing to pull off, as Jiyu needs to concentrate hard on generating heat and not fire. But we managed to pull it off, with the time given. And the Error played according to our plans. That allowed us to take her down easily.

Author: Once again, more random stuff. You don't really need to read this. Carry on.
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References and jokes.
Mail
Sender: Fujiwara Keiji
Subject: YOU go die.
I got it. Akito's with me right now.
- Isana Yashiro.

Isana Yashiro is the main protagonist of the Anime K. Keiji is making a reference that he is Isana Yashiro from the anime because of his nickname K.
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Mcflint's is the P.H.A.S.E. counterpart of Mcdonalds. Derived from the author's nickname, Oba Mcflint. Oba is the nickname the real Keiji gave to the real Nova, the author. Because Nova translates to Noba in japanese, and taking away 1 character, we get Oba. In Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, the Elite Four member Flint's name in japan is Oba. Because of his bright red afro and the coincidential name he shares with the author, the author decides to make his nickname Oba McFlint.

Author: This is another long story that you shouldn't read. Just move on. LOL.
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Terminology
Manzai: Japanese comedy involving two people.
Tsukkomi: The straight man of the manzai. The Tsukkomi is responsible for ruining the partner's lame jokes and berating him when needed.
Boke: The stooge of the manzai. The Boke is responsible for providing useless jokes for his partner to ruin.
Kazuman: Kazuma's chatbox name. (He wants to be superman, LOL)
Key: Keiji's chatbox name. (Makes his name look stupider!)
Noba (Nova): Jiyu's chatbox name. (Has no relation to his own name whatsoever!)
Renshee: Akito's chatbox name. (Makes no sense!)
Sakurin: Ringo's chatbox name. (A combination of Sakuraba and Ringo, because she's too lazy to come up with a cool name.)[/i]
www : Japanese equivalent of lololol. W stands for warau, which means laugh in japanese. Three Ws are normally used instead of just one.
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Post by Saechika » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:07 am

Chapter 5 - Before Crisis
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Ossu, it's me, Ayama Kazuma. I'm gonna skip the story of saturday and move onto Sunday. I and Jiyu attended our church, and right now we're having lunch with our friends and family at a western restaurant. It's not everyday we do this though.

We're seated at three joined tables, with enough for four people at each side. One row has chairs while the other is near the wall, with a sofa provided. Jiyu, Keiji, I and a girl are seated at the chairs, while Ringo, Akito, Miki and my sister Kazumi are seated opposite us on the sofa.

"It's been a while since we had a chance to eat like this." Ringo smiled.

"Yeah!" a loud female beside me cheered.

"Quiet, Haruka. You'll interrupt the other customers here." Jiyu scolded.

"Sorry." Haruka stuck her tongue out.

Kamiga Haruka, Jiyu's younger sister and his clone; sort of. Their personalities are almost the same, except there are some minor differences. Haruka behaves more like a girl at times, and Jiyu is extremely mature when he's out with his sister.

"Yu-kun, don't be so mean." Miki teased.

"It's true though. We don't wanna interrupt other people who're having their lunch." Jiyu explained.

"Yeah, right. You interrupt everyone around you all the time." Keiji interjected.

"The hell's that supposed to mean!?" Jiyu snapped.

"Nothing. LOL."

"DID YOU JUST SAY LOL OUT LOUD!? YOU'RE MENTALLY INSULTING ME AREN'T YOU!?"

I laughed hard. Jiyu and Keiji's manzai act goes on again. As Keiji and Jiyu continue arguing, the first batch of food arrives. Fish and chips for Haruka and Akito, steak with added vegetables for Keiji, and some salad for Kazumi and Miki.

"So, we're gonna wait?" Akito wondered.

"If you want to start eating go on ahead. Watch out for your broken neck that's coming if you do." Jiyu threatened.

"HUUUUUH..." Akito sweatdropped.

"Also, a german suplex. I think I can pull that off on YOU." Jiyu grinned.

"HUUUUUH. NOW IT'S WWE!?" Akito gaped with a comical face.

"Yeah. You want a piece of it?"

"What. No."

As they continue their conversation, I glance at Miki, who's busy texting. That's wierd. She isn't a fan of technology, even as kids, she used to say she didn't need phones or anything.

"Who're you texting, Miki?" I spoke up.

"Eh? Oh, uh, nobody at all!" Miki replied.

"Oh. Now that's wierd. You're texting nobody. How does that even work?" Jiyu interrupted.

"LOL. YOU GOTTA POINT THERE." I laughed.

"Geez, Yu-kun, stop interfering in my business." she sulked.

"Oh. Right." Jiyu replied coldly.

Huh. What was that all about? I've never seen Miki act like that. I glance over to Jiyu, who seems uneasy. He glances at Ringo, who smiles to comfort him. Keiji nods at him, while he nods back. Just what is going on here? Miki getting angry easily, Jiyu getting all unhappy easily. These two's got something going on.

Jiyu. He's been edgy for the past few days. He's not good at hiding his emotions, so he's easy to read. Something's definitely bothering him. Even Keiji. Those two have been thinking about SOMETHING. But what?

Miki... who is that person she's texting? She's not the type of person to get angry easily, so it might be someone of significance to her. Her boyfriend? Oh noez. That's bad. I need to find out who that is. This cannot go on! I must get to the bottom of this!

As I continue to entertain my thoughts, the second batch of food arrives.

Some steak for me, fettuccine for Jiyu, spaghetti for Ringo, with lasagna for all of us to share.

All of us give thanks for the food in our own way, and after we're all done, Keiji starts off the opening.


"Itadakimasu!" Keiji grinned.

"ITADAKIMASU!" all of us followed up.

All of us dig in our food. One of my random sayings, enjoy the food, enjoy the company, enjoy the moment. Feels good to have friends that really care and hang out with you. Oh this steak is nice. Tender, juicy, and fried to the max! I notice Jiyu taking in big bites of his pasta. He must be real hungry. Keiji's busy cutting his steak up into pieces, to cool it down. Akito just munches away at his fries lifelessly. Poor guy, his fries must've gotten cold somewhat. Haruka as well. She keeps staring at Jiyu's fettuccine.

"Brother..." Haruka spoke up.

"What." Jiyu replied as he looked up to look at his sister.

"Give me some." Haruka smiled.

"No."

"Why not?"

"You should've ordered your own."

"But I didn't know you would be ordering this! I thought you were gonna order fish and chips like me!" Haruka protested.

"Oh. You're so smart. Don't waste your food." Jiyu scolded.

"I just want some of your pasta."

"Some means about a fourth. That's a big price for me to pay. I can fill my own stomach but you on the other hand won't finish your food. That I guarantee."

"I'll give you some of my fries."

"Hell no. Like I'd exchange my extremely delicious fettuccine for some lame fries." Jiyu refused.

Haruka stares at her food and thinks hard.

"I know you're gonna save the fish for later." Jiyu spoke up.

Yeah. Haruka and Jiyu save the things they like for last and eat the things they don't really like first. They usually finish their fries before they start eating their fish.

"Half of a fish." Haruka spoke up in english.

"For a fourth of my dish?" Jiyu rhymed.

"Huh?"

"She offered him half a fish. Jiyu wonders if it's worth it." Akito explained.

"Half plus one quarter." Haruka bargained.

"No. Eat your food." Jiyu scolded.

Haruka looked like she was gonna explode. Keiji and I look on in amusement while eating.

"Okay fine, one fish."

"Seems legit." Jiyu brightened up as he started seperating his noodles.

LOL SERIOUSLY!?

"Yay. Thank you brother." Haruka smiled as Jiyu gave her a third of his pasta.

"Hey G." Keiji spoke up.

"What's up." Jiyu replied casually.

"Half my steak for all of your pasta." Keiji joked.

"YEAH RIGHT LIKE I'D BUY THAT." Jiyu shot back with a mouthful of pasta.

I tried not to laugh, fearing that I would choke on my food.

"My whole dish for yours." I struggled to follow up.

"You're another one. Drown in the gutter and die."

Keiji and I laughed as we continued eating. I notice Miki giggling with my sister, her mood seemingly better now. That's a relief. Thanks to the Kazuma Trio, the atmosphere has been revived! I wonder if Jiyu or Keiji would tsukkomi me for that.
After we finish our meals, we gather our money and pay for our own food. As we prepare to leave, Keiji stops us.

"Guys, what date is today's date?"

"5th of July." Jiyu replied.

"Alright. When does summer vacation start?"

"22nd of July. One day later than other schools cuz we needa clean up. You got amnesia?" Jiyu wondered.

"Yeah well. I've been notified that our exams won't be taking place. On the 7th, which is Tuesday, our school will be celebrating Tanabata Festival."

I and Ringo cheered when we heard that. Miki, Kazumi and Haruka start whispering to each other, and Akito sighs. Jiyu, on the other hand seems to be struggling.

"What the heck's a Tanabata again?" Jiyu wondered.

"It's 7th of the 7th month. Ring a bell?"

"OH YEAH. That japanese couple folklore. I remember. The couples festival right?"

Jiyu takes 2 seconds to digest that which he just said before bursting out in excited shouts of joy.

"No exams, Tanabata, then summer vacation, then Ocean day, then Sumida River Fireworks, WOO!" Jiyu shouted happily.

"Alright now shut up before people think you're an Error." Keiji sweatdropped.

"How come I never knew of this before?" I wondered.

"Oh. School notified all upper classmen to inform the juniors. News club posted on the bulletin as well."

"How come you never told us? Not like we care about the bulletin since it's full of gossip and crap." Jiyu questioned.

"I forgot."

"I somehow saw that coming." Akito muttered.

"Well, I'll be heading to the local manga store to buy some stuff. Da-Red-Man is out. New one." Keiji grinned as he turned his back on us, waving goodbye.

"Oi oi, you kiddin' me? Is Brave Master out yet? I'll tag along with ya." Jiyu hurried after Keiji.

Ringo, who notices that both of them are heading to the manga shop; decides to tag along. Akito on the other hand walks to the opposite side of the road, to his local music store. I bet he's gonna get the new vocaloid hit single.

"Haruka! Head home with Kazu-kun and Kazumi! I'll pick you up when I'm back!" Jiyu called from a distance.

Haruka, excited at the idea of being able to come over to my place, happily says goodbye to her brother.

All of a sudden, I'm left with three girls. It's like a harem from a random visual novel.


Now, those disturbances finally left! I can make my move! What should I do?
> Kazumi Route: Go back home and spend the day with Kazumi
> Haruka Route: Impress Haruka with a new game
> Miki Route: Invite Miki over and spend some time with her

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT THIS IS WRONG! WHAT'S WITH THOSE OPTIONS!? ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE! THAT JUST SOUNDS WRONG! KEIJI'S VISUAL NOVEL DISEASE MUST BE INFECTING ME!

As I continue to berate myself, Miki walks up to me from behind.

"Kazu-kun."

I turn around to look at her.

"What's wrong?"

"Aren't you going with them?" Miki gestured towards Keiji's group, still within sight. Keiji and Jiyu are so busy fooling around that their walking speed is super slow.

"Nope. I should walk you three back home. Where do you live now, Miki?"

"Near the Statue of Hachiko."

"Oh. I'll walk you back home. I'm sure the two girls can tag along."

I look at Kazumi and Haruka, who're busy chatting away without a care in the world. Yup. They wouldn't mind.

"Let's go."

Smiling, Miki walks beside me as the two girls start tagging along.

As we cross the crossing and reach the opposite side of the Shibuya Mall, Miki says something that catches me off guard.


"Kazu-kun, what do you think of Ringo-chan?"

As I was mentally unprepared for that question, I sort of give it some thought.

"Hmm... she's kind, strong, easy to talk to, and a good person." I voiced my thoughts.

"I meant... what do you think of her, as a person."

As a person... hmm. Yeah, come to think of it, what do I think of Ringo as a person?

"Hmm. A great friend and companion. Always ready to help you." I replied.

"I see." Miki sighs in relief.

Now that's something I don't hear everyday. But Ringo's got a crush on Jiyu, not me. What if...

> She has feelings for me.
> She thinks Ringo has a crush on me.
> She thinks I like Ringo.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT'S WITH THAT AGAIN? THAT'S JUST WRONG. AND WHEN WAS I ON THE MIKI ROUTE? THOSE CHOICES DON'T EVEN MAKE SENSE! RINGO'D KILL ME IF SHE FOUND OUT!

As we approach the junction leading to the Statue of Hachiko, Miki hastens her pace and turns around.


"I'll see you tomorrow, Kazu-kun." Miki smiles.

"Yeah. See ya, Miki." I waved goodbye.

After she leaves, Kazumi and Haruka approach me from behind.

"Brother... what was that all about?" Kazumi asked with a playful tone.

"The beginning of a new love story." Haruka spoke in a sage-like manner.

That was a good one. I thought she was Jiyu for a second there.

"It's nothing. Let's go home. Haruka, I bought a new game, maybe you would like to try it out?"

"I'd very much like to!" Haruka grinned.

"Me too!" Kazumi followed up.

"Huh. But when I asked you to try it you didn-"

"Let's go home now!" Kazumi and Haruka pushed me from behind.
That evening, seven thirty pm. In the small park in Kazuma's neighbourhood. Jiyu, Keiji and Ringo are holding a meeting.

"So, that's what I think." Jiyu summed up his thoughts.

"Hmm. It's bad thing, that's for sure." Keiji commented.

"We've barely got time to prepare for the Tanabata Festival tomorrow, and we've had two attacks in the past week. I tell you, if this goes on we won't be able to finish our school work before the summer vacation starts." Jiyu grumbled.

"Hmm... that Joker guy is one thing. Looks like an idiot, sounds like one." Keiji sweatdropped as Jiyu walked towards the swing and sat on it.

"Well, he's not one to be taken lightly. That guy's got enough power to wipe us all out." Jiyu said as he started to gain momentum on the swing.

"We should really do something about this. Any suggestions?"

Ringo thinks for a while before answering Keiji.

"I think. I need a new weapon."

"I was talking about a general thing, but a personal request is a good thing." Keiji sweatdropped.

"Though. Akito's got guns, I don't see why Ringo would need an assault rifle. We can just ditch the gun to Akito." Jiyu suggested.

"I agree with all but the last part." Ringo answered.

Keiji laughs and thinks for a moment.

"Kazu-kun needs a weapon as well. Maybe we can ask Saotome sensei about this." Keiji thought out loud.

"By the way, Ringo. It's kinda dark now, aren't you heading home?" Jiyu wondered.

"No. I told my parents I'll be sleeping over at a friend's house. And that it would be easier to get to school." Ringo replied casually.

Jiyu leaps off the swing mid-swing and proceeds to grab his water bottle.

"All this discussing is giving me dehydration. On a minimum level." Jiyu joked.

"Hurry up and become a mummy, die under the evening sun known as the moon." Keiji followed up.

"Oh yeah Ringo. Who's house are you staying over at? I don't recall anyone living so close to school. Someone we know?" Keiji added.

"G-kun's house. I got permission from his sister. And I heard he got a new game." Ringo replied nonchalantly.

Upon hearing that, Jiyu spits out water from his mouth.

"How come I was never told of this shit. Why would you get permission from my sister and not me?" Jiyu sweatdropped.

"Because if I asked you, you would get the wrong idea." Ringo smiled.

"OF COURSE I WOULD! IT'S NOT NORMAL FOR A GIRL TO STAY OVER AT A BOY'S HOUSE WHEN THE BOY'S PARENTS ARE NOT AROUND!" Jiyu snapped.

"Wait how the heck is my house close to the school?" Jiyu wondered.

"I lied."

"YOU'RE CRAZY! WHAT IF THEY DECIDE TO CALL MY HOUSE?"

"Let your sister pick up the phone."

Keiji chuckles at this. Keiji interrupts their arguement with a question.

"What weapon would be good for Kazuma?"

"I don't know. Something that would be compatible with his Psych. Akito should try changing psychs. Maybe request from Saotome-sensei. He doesn't even use it." Jiyu said.

"Meh. Not that any of them are useful except for yours."

"I don't want pyrokinesis though. I want something more compatible with my weapon."

"Me too." Ringo interjected.

"Your psych is healing. What do you want? A staff?" Jiyu joked.

"LOL."

"You two should seriously start getting serious." Keiji sighed.

"Well. How's the psych change process?" Ringo wondered.

"Eh. Same way. We're given an object containing the psych's ability, we absorb it's abilites, we give the item back. So we reverse the process and tadah!" Jiyu explained.

The three of them fall silent, thinking of new things to suggest.

"Hmm..."

"What's up Ringo? Got a suggestion?" Keiji questioned.

"I was thinking if we should've invited Kazu-kun and Aki-kun." Ringo replied.

"Neh. Akito needs his rest, so let him nap. My sister's still with Kazu-kun, and I don't want to leave the two girls in his house all alone."

"Good job G. You can just go back home now. We don't need you." Keiji joked.

"As if. I'm lazy to open the door."

"Yeah right. You just decided to come here because once you enter your house it's hard for you to leave. And you want to enjoy the swings. Right?"

"If I say yes how much will you pay me?"

"Go shoot yourself."

Ringo laughs as she witnesses their manzai.

"Kei-kun, you're living all alone?"

"Yeah. My sister's not back yet, so I have to rely on Jiyu or Kazumi to make me dinner."

"Otherwise the guy lives off his freakin' snacks. Cook your own rice K!" Jiyu ordered in a comical way.

"My rice cooker is kinda retarded. It screws up my rice every fifteen minutes and I have to turn the switch from heat to cook every single time. So I gave up."

"Geez buy a new one. Are you seriously THAT poor? How much money does your parents send you every month?"

"About 10k yen."

"YOU CRAZY! TEN KAY YEN? I ONLY GET 7K YEN! GET A NEW RICE COOKER!"

"Oh wait... you're busy buying Visual Novels off the net because you're too lazy to download." Jiyu added up.

Keiji's eyes widen in shock and he proceeds to put his right hand to his chin.

"I'm thinking of getting a new manga here-"

"DON'T CHANGE THE SUBJECT!" Jiyu interrupted.

"Nawh not really. My sister hogs most of my money. That's why I can't buy a new one."

"LIES! YOUR SISTER'S BEEN AWAY FOR A MONTH! YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN A NEW RICE COOKER!"

"Okay. Fine. I'll admit. I was being lazy. Cuz you and Kazumi are such nice friends, I couldn't refuse your offer of food. So yeah." Keiji smiled nonchalantly.

"YOU FINALLY SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS! BEHOLD MY NEW POWER OF EVIL SPIRIT EXORCISM!"

"LOL. What's it do? Reverse Exorcise yourself?"

"How's that even related? LOL."

"Since you're a bunch of fail stuck together in a human body, I thought the exorcism would fail. You're an evil spirit anyway. Yokai Jiyu!" Keiji laughed.

"LOL. SAYS THE GUY WHO DOWNLOADS VISUAL NOVELS EVERY DAY!" Jiyu followed up.

The trio of friends laugh merrily, enjoying themselves.

"Good evening, Earl." a deep voice echoes in the park, interrupting their fun time.

Immediately , the trio stops laughing and their facial expressions change.

"Joker." Keiji hissed.

As if responding to his call, Joker appears in the form of a black torrent of dark energy. Crashing onto the ground, Joker manifests his physical body and stands before the trio.

Joker chuckles, the sound of his laugh enough to send dark chills through the trio's spine.

"I came to see how you are faring. Do you need any tips to find out about our plan?"

"Let's cut to the chase, why are you even telling us? You're not dumb, that's for sure." Keiji growled.

"So wait, you scrapped my opinion of him being dumb? Geez, good job. That makes me feel happy." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"I thought I'd play around with you kids. You teenagers get bored easily nowadays you know? It's very troublesome." Joker laughed dramatically.

"Can I shut him up now?" Jiyu glared.

"I give you permission." Keiji replied as he unsheathed his katana.

"Well Joker, since you came all the way here, allow me to entertain you, as a token of my gratitude!" Jiyu challenged as he rushed forward with this twin blades in hand. Keiji followed swiftly behind him, attempting to attack Joker with a combination attack.

Joker chuckles and does a quick movement, appearing in front of Jiyu in a matter of seconds. Joker swiftly punches the middle of Jiyu's chest area, sending him flying into a nearby wall. Jiyu, whose lungs are in bad condition, starts to have trouble breathing, his hands clutching his chest as if he was having a heart attack. Keiji doesn't waste his time, and quickly slashes at Joker, his blade a few milimetres away from Joker's leg.

Joker merely makes another quick movement, this time reappearing behind Keiji. Keiji merely swings his left hand behind him and fires a shot from his gun, causing Joker to move again. This time Joker moves faster and kicks Keiji, attempting to finish him off in one blow. Keiji, however, regains his balance quickly and slashes at Joker, who makes another quick movement, reappearing at the roof of a nearby house.

Joker bows and seemingly teleports away again, his laugh can be heard echoing in the night sky. Keiji sheathes his katana and runs towards Jiyu, who's being treated by Ringo.

"This is why I requested Saotome-sensei to move you to the freakin' back. Look who's having trouble breathing now." Keiji sighed.

"Like I care. I love being on the frontlines." Jiyu grinned.

"Stop talking and just rest." Ringo scolded.

"That guy, he's good. In just one punch, he can shake my lungs so badly my sickness strikes. That's not something an average human can do." Jiyu observed.

"Not sure if that guy's even an average human. He's like a trained assasin mixed with batman." Keiji glanced at the direction Joker fled.

"Hmph, doesn't matter. Next time, I'll be ready." Jiyu gritted his teeth.

"For? Another punch?" Keiji sighed.

"I didn't attain karate 4th dan for nothing." Jiyu shot back.

"And I didn't attain 6th dan for nothing as well. You just sit back next time."

"You bet your head I will." Jiyu argued.

Keiji and Jiyu glared at each other as Ringo continued her healing.

"There. Your wound won't hurt now, everything physical is fine, but your sickness is another thing." Ringo informed.

"I have more soup at home. I can just drink that." Jiyu stood up.

Jiyu started walking to his house, sending an e-mail to his sister's PDA to ask her to get home. Ringo stands at where she is, looking at Jiyu, then Keiji.

"G. Don't take your body so lightly. You're our weakest link, as of now." Keiji spoke up.

"I don't want to hear that coming from you. I'm the Division's freakin' vanguard. If I don't fight at the front who's going to?" Jiyu snapped.

Jiyu turns right and walks towards his house. Keiji sighs as Ringo runs after Jiyu.
The next day, Monday.

I spent the whole night chatting with Akito about the Errors and stuff after Haruka left. We talked about Joker, the Errors, and tried brainstorming for the next attack location. But we didn't get much results. In the end both of us got tired and went to sleep. LOL.

Now, it's time for the vice-principal's speech.


"Good morning, all of you students. As you should know, I'm gravely disappointed at the attitude and behavior of the current students. Especially those of A-Class. They're supposed to be the best, but their attitude suggests otherwise." the Vice-principal shot a look at us, 1-A.

I glanced behind me to see Jiyu chatting away with Keiji, since 1-A and 2-A are aligned together. Oh boy... this is bad. Wait, when we were walking to school this morning, those two were angry at each other, but now they're okay again. That's a new record.

"All of you students should learn to be more like S-Class! They're the examplary students which all of you should follow!" the Vice-principal smirked at the S-Class row, most of the students smiled and started making wierd gestures as if they were idols or superstars.

Makes them look stupid. LOL.

S-Class, the elite, and perhaps extremely special, wierd, class. They're a bunch of rich kids who don't really mix in with the other students, and reside in the other school building all day long. S-Class is the only class which didn't receive a revamp, sticking with 1-S to 6-S instead of the other classes which got revamped at the start of the year.

Right now, Middle school students are divided into classes D - F, while High school students are divided into classes A - C. With 123 determining their grade in middle/high school.

As I was saying, the Vice-principal teaches S-Class personally, and I have to say, he's really looking down on us just because we're lower than S-Class.

The rest of the speech continues on, and Jiyu and Keiji start joking around by making funny sleepy faces. Even I have to snicker at some of them.

After the Vice-principal steps down, the Principal walks up to the stage.


"Ah, erhem. Microphone testing, one two three."

All of the students chuckle at the principal's routine.

"Alright, I'm going to keep this speech short so you all can leave for homeroom. Today, we're going to continue on with a different routine, we're gonna be having homeroom, and after homeroom, all of you split into your clubs and start working. I've requested the news club to post a table showing your jobs. Some clubs will be merging to make jobs easier. All these preparations are going to be made for tomorrow's Tanabata Festival."

Ah, alright. Looks like we'll be working today. That's a relief. I forgot to do my maths homework. Hah!

"As some of you are wondering, preparations have been made since yesterday by certain clubs who volunteered, but today all of the students are going to finalize those preparations. May I have a round of applause for those students?"

The whole student body gives a round of applause.

"Thank you, now for the last part. We've decided to cancel the exams for this month, to prepare for more festivals coming up. With that being said, I wish all of you students the best this week, and let us all enjoy Tanabata Festival tomorrow!"

All the students clap loudly, the principal's speech giving us a boost to our spirits since the Vice-principal's speech completely crushed it.
Work Chart: (Note, only showing the clubs that the characters are in)
Soccer Club - Merged with Running club. Job: go around fetching items for people who need it.
Archery Club - Setting up their own stalls. Good luck!
Kendo Club - Train for their performance, break a leg!
Manga Club - Split from the Anime Club, draw posters for the festival.
Anime Club - Set up your otaku clubs. Good luck!

Eeeeh... so I need to get items huh. Let's see...

"Yo, Kazuma!" a familiar voice calls my name.

I turn around to see my friend, Lucian Kaitou. Class 1-B. He's a good guy, he practices magic tricks. He used to be in the soccer club before he switched to the magic tricks club.

"Kaitou, what's up?"

"I'm helping you guys out. Since most of the guys in the Soccer and Magician club are part of the security department, they figure that I could help transferring or getting items. You know, with my..."

Kaitou lowers the volume of his voice.

"Teleportation psych."

I smile. Indeed, having Kaitou around is a big help. With his teleportation psych, he can get stuff for us easily. In fact, we usually rely on him to get stuff for us when we're in school. He's part of Division Z, specializing in support.

"Alright, let's go work."

"Sure. What club should we help?"

"Archery. G should be there."

"Roger."

As we walk towards the stairs, I spot Keiji in a corner, talking to another friend. Class 2-E, Fumio Hideki. But we call him Sonic. He's a smart hacker, and together with another friend, they can hack tons of stuff. Sonic specializes in cracking codes and stuff. Keiji usually goes to him to buy stuff. He's part of Division Y, specializing in information.

"Dude, can you hack the server and make the speed go up to 600kb?" Keiji asked.

"Of course. I can make it go up to 700 if you want."

"Alright cool, can you download these? Load em in the hard disk once you're done." Keiji handed Sonic a list of Visual Novels along with an external hard disk.

"Hmmm" Sonic's eyes gleam, a sinister smile on his face.

"Download hack fee, space usage tax, time tax, amount of Visual Novels fee, it all goes up to 3000 yen (About 34 USD)." Sonic grinned.

"What. Come on man, cut me a deal. It's not the first time I'm asking you. How about 2300 yen? (26 USD)" Keiji bargained.

"Hmm..." Sonic gave it some thought.

"Come on, dude. I need the money to buy a new rice cooker. G will poison my next dinner if I don't." Keiji scratched his head.

"I rather that you die from food poisoning, but whatever. Since you're a loyal customer, 2500 yen. (29 USD)"

"Alright cool."

Keiji sealed the deal with a handshake. I and Kaitou sweatdrop as Sonic and Keiji begin to laugh like madmen.
We approach the Archery Club's site. The Archery and Manga/Anime club are located side by side it seems. I and Kaitou see Jiyu and another friend talking.

Django, that's what he insists we call him. He's in the same class as Sonic, and he's a good hacker as well. He hacks games instead of general net security though. He's part Division Z, same as Kaitou. He qualified for Division X, but for a really complicated reason, he was transferred to Division Z. Because of the Error's night attacks, Django's Psych, Solaris, which requires sunlight; is rendered uneffective. Because of this he got transferred to Division Z, and handles most of the morning attacks, if there are any.


"We could use air guns." Django suggested.

"Nawh son. If we use air guns, then we might damage the prizes."

"Dude, cork guns are stupid. I doubt you could shoot down any of the prizes from this distance."

"What about these stupid toy guns that use rubber bullets?"

"They seem stupid indeed. I have some modified ones here."

"Wait, Django, hand me one of them."

Django hands Jiyu one of his modified toy guns and Jiyu inspects it. Jiyu inserts a rubber bullet inside of it and takes aim. Jiyu pulls on the trigger as the rubber shot flies straight and hits Akito in the head.

"OW!"

Ringo stops her work and spots Jiyu with the gun in his hand.

"G!" Ringo puffed her cheeks angrily.

"Shit. Wrong target." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"Hah! Good job son. Headshotted the Renshee." Django grinned.

Akito gives Jiyu and Django an annoyed face. In a comical way.

"Those anime impressions are awesome. How does he even do it?" Jiyu laughed.

"Yo son, what do ya think?"

"Well the power is high, but since these bullets are made of rubber..."

"We'll just use them." Jiyu concluded. Both of them start laughing like madmen.

"Looks like no work here as well." Kaitou sweatdropped.

"I know right."

And thus, the beginning of a busy day. Let's just skip it. The festival's way better.
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Chapter 5 - End
References:
"My whole dish for yours." I struggled to follow up.

"You're another one. Drown in the gutter and die."

Drown in the gutter and die is the catchphrase of Daisy from Sket Dance. It is commonly shortened to DOS.
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"Well, I'll be heading to the local manga store to buy some stuff. Da-Red-Man is out. New one." Keiji grinned as he turned his back on us, waving goodbye.

"Oi oi, you kiddin' me? Is Brave Master out yet? I'll tag along with ya." Jiyu hurried after Keiji.

Da-Red-Man, a reference to the famous manga D.Gray-man. The real life Keiji is also a fan of D.Gray-Man. Brave Master is another reference to a famous manga, Rave Master, one of the author's favorite manga.
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"Good evening, Earl." a deep voice echoes in the park, interrupting their fun time.

Allen Walker uses this greeting when he protects his friend from the Earl of the Millenium in D.Gray-Man.
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Terminology:
Tanabata Festival - Tanabata Festival is a festival that takes place on the seventh of July. It comes from a japanese legend, where the sky god Tentei has a daughter Orihime (weaving princess). Orihime weaves very beautiful garments for her father every day, but she was too busy for a romantic partner. Tentei introduces his daughter to Hikoboshi, and they instantly fall in love and get married. Orihime, however, stopped weaving garments for her father. As a result, he seperated the lovers across the milky way, and only allowed them to reunite once a year on the 7th day of the 7th month.
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Post by Saechika » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:22 am

New Year's Special, delayed by a day. I present to you, Chapter 6.
Chapter 6 - Tanabata Festival
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I, Ayama Kazuma, am attending the school's Tanabata Festival program. We've got a bunch of performances in the morning, thanks to the clubs who prepared them. After that we'll have some free time during the noon, and during the night our parents and other people can visit our school to attend the Tanabata Festival. I'm so excited, maybe... I can confess Miki this time.

"Thank you all for being present here today, my students. Now I would like to invite today's host, Sonoda Jiro, better known as Jason!" the Principal greeted as the students clapped loudly.

"Alright now! We've got plenty of time, so why don't we get started with the performances? It's going to be a long program, so sit tight and enjoy, everyone! Let's hit it with an opening song by the karaoke club!" Jason cheered.

"I don't get it. How is this even legal? It's a freakin' Tanabata, not some random Teacher's Day Program." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"No complaining man, Ureshina Gakuen's motto is 'Make the Student's Happy'." Keiji replied.

"Seems legit. From my point of view."

"Oh just be quiet." Keiji sighed.

The student body gave thunderous applause as the members of the karaoke club appeared on stage. Standing at the lead was Akito, even though he wasn't a member. They proceeded to sing the latest hit single by the vocaloid Riku, Harmonia Dance Symphony. Everyone sang along with them, Akito's really awesome at this stuff. Even Jiyu and Keiji are smiling. Ringo's happily clapping as they sing, Miki as well.

I guess those two really get along well. After the song finished, the singers bowed and they retreated backstage as Jason reappeared out of nowhere.


"That was just COOL! Let's give them another round of applause!"

The student body clapped again, Jiyu hooted, and us male students followed suit.

"On behalf of the singers, thank you all!" Jason thanked.

"YOU'RE NOT EVEN PART OF THEM!" Jiyu yelled, playing the role of the tsukkomi. The student body laughed as they heard that. I noticed some of the S-Class students glaring at him.

"Without further ado, let's continue with the next event! A performance by one of our school bands, DREAMS!"

Hoho! DREAMS, huh? They're pretty damn famous. They consist of members from A and B class, and all of them are pretty cool. They're a bunch of visual kei fanatics, and are really wierd. But when it comes to music, they're like a real band. They focus on motivational songs, and the school's pretty proud of them.

I notice Jiyu and Keiji standing up, preparing to head backstage. Those two really have a long day ahead of them. I originally suggested that we enter as a band as well, Jiyu the drummer, Keiji the pianist, Akito the lead singer, Ringo as his background singer, and Kazuma the guitarist. But I got a bunch of crap from them. Jiyu said he was too lazy to play the drums, Keiji said he rusted, Akito was up for it, Ringo too. But in the end other bands got there before us.

So in the end, I'm stuck with nothing to do. Ringo as well. Jiyu and Keiji have alot of work to do though. I stood up and quickly scurried to Ringo and Miki's row.


"Kazu-kun? Why are you here?" Ringo wondered as I sat down beside Miki.

"I got bored since G and K left." I grinned.

"What are they gonna do?" Miki asked.

"Somethin' special. You'll see."

"Speaking of which, DREAM's performance sure is long today." Ringo noticed.

"Yeah. They've got about four songs, so this will take some time."

"Four long songs? That's nice." Miki smiled.

After DREAM's performance, the choir from S-Class came along. I noticed the Tachibana sisters in there. Come to think of it, they're one of the rare S-Class students who mix in with the normal student body. I wonder why.

After they finished, the student body gave them a round of applause, causing some of the males at the back row to smirk and do all sorts of stupid faces. Wow, they've really got their head in the clouds.


"Alright! Now it's time for a special event, one that we've never had before! Let's welcome Fujiwara Keiji of Class 2-A and Kamiga Jiyu of Class 1-A as they're going to perform a Manzai for us!"

"ALRIGHT A MANZAI!!!" a male student yelled.

Everyone gave a round of applause as they welcomed Keiji and Jiyu to the stage.

"Alright, thank you, thank you for the round of applause. Ye fellow slaves." Jiyu grinned.

"Wait what are you? Pharoah of Egypt?"

"Why yes, I even brought my turban with me. Want to see?" Jiyu reached for his props bag near his legs.

"PHAROAHS DON'T WEAR TURBANS! YOU'VE GOT THE FACTS ALL WRONG!" Keiji snapped.

The males laughed and the girls giggled at that.

"Oh. Okay. But I can still pretend to be one, right? After all, I shall cast the shadow of doom upon this country, Wahahaha!"

"HOLD IT NOW YOU'RE BEING LIKE JAFAR FROM ALADDIN!"

No response to that except for a few snickers.

"Okay okay how about we change the topic. Look at that male student over there, he's falling asleep."

"Like hell he is. Wait, DON'T BRING THIS CONVERSATION OUT TO THE WATCHERS! STUPID!" Keiji smacked Jiyu's head with a paper fan as the audience laughed.

"Alright! Topic change! Hey K, guess what?"

"What's up?"

"I got this mask, it makes me look like Clown's Crown from Da-Red-Man!"

"TO HELL WITH THAT! AND YOUR HAIR'S NOT EVEN RED!" Keiji smacked again.

"Alright maybe that didn't work out. So hey, I got this headband that japanese comic ghosts wear on their head, so now how do I look? Like a ghost?" Jiyu grinned as he put on the band.

"Yeah. Like something out of Doraemon." Keiji rolled his eyes.

The audience laughed again, impressed at Keiji's instantaneous reply.

"Oh, be right back. I need to use the toilet."

"EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A GHOST!?" Keiji snapped.

Jiyu walks backstage, disappearing from sight.

All of a sudden, he reappears a second later without his headband.


"THAT WAS FAST!" Keiji sweatdropped.

"I just realized I'm a ghost."

"YOU'RE DAMN SLOW YOU KNOW THAT? AND WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO YOUR HEADBAND!?" Keiji smacked Jiyu's head again.

"I accidentally flushed it." Jiyu stuck out his tongue.

"AS IF! YOU NEVER EVEN WENT INTO THE TOILET! I BET YOU DIDN'T TIE IT TIGHT ENOUGH IT JUST FELL OFF WITHOUT YOU NOTICING!" Keiji countered.

The student body roars with laughter upon hearing that.

"Oh yeah K, yesterday I ran into a girl from my neighbourhood." Jiyu began.

"Interesting, what did she want?"

"She asked me if I wanted to go out with her." Jiyu smiled.

"Impressive. What did you reply to her?"

Jiyu paused for a while before answering him.

"I don't know."

"HOW COULD YOU REPLY SOMEONE WITH SUCH A HALF-ASSED ANSWER!?" Keiji smacked.

"No no, I don't know what I said, I was speaking in Russian."

"THAT'S EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS! HOW'S THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!?" Keiji slapped Jiyu with the paper fan twice.

I rolled on the floor laughing, finding it hard to control myself.

"Hey K, look at that tree outside."

"Oh, that's a big one."

"Wanna cut it down?"

"NO WAY! THAT'S ILLEGAL! WHY DO YA WANNA CUT A TREE DOWN ANYWAY!?"

"My friend's toy plane got stuck there. So I'm gonna go get it." Jiyu grinned.

"CUTTING THE TREE DOWN WILL JUST ADD TO YOUR PROBLEMS!" Keiji smacked.

There was a short pause before Jiyu spoke up.

"Alright, I need a hook." Jiyu got serious.

"What for?"

"Hook up that tree and use a jump hack to get to it."

"WHAT ARE YOU A NINJA!?" Keiji slapped.

"Haven't you ever thought of becoming a ninja and hooking up bad guys when you were a kid?" Jiyu glanced at the audience.

"WAIT THE TREE'S THE BAD GUY NOW!? AND LOOK AT ME WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO ME!" Keiji slapped again.

"Alright cool. Let me try it. Give me a hook." Keiji got fired up.

"Roger."

Jiyu handed Keiji a key.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SUPPOSED TO DO!?" Keiji threw the key on the floor and stepped on it repeatedly.

"I thought you said you wanted a key-"

"A HOOK! NOT A KEY!" Keiji said as he smacked Jiyu again. (Note: Hook and Key are both known as kagi in japanese, and the way they're written is slightly the same as well)

"Let me go first." Jiyu suggested.

"No."

"Let's decide with rock paper scissors."

"Okay cool."

Both of them played. Jiyu waited for Keiji to make his move before he made his. Jiyu lost to Keiji.

"Alright, I won." Keiji grinned.

"Losers go first."

"SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE AIMING FOR!" Keiji snapped.

"Alright, time to hook the tree." Jiyu said.

Jiyu grabbed an imaginary rope and started swinging it like a lasso. After that he pretended to throw it. Keiji grabbed his phone and played a sound of glass breaking.

"Oh shit. I threw it too far."

"YOU SHOULD'VE LET ME GO FIRST!"

"Let's get outta here man." Jiyu panicked.

"I'm right behind you. Get going!" Keiji hurried.

"Sorry folks! Show's over! See ya later!" Jiyu yelled as Keiji shoved him backstage.

Everyone instantly stood up and gave them a huge round of applause. Alright! Those two really nailed it back there.

Jiyu and Keiji ran back on stage and gave them a bow before heading backstage for real. The applause continues on for a few seconds before it died down.

The rest of the morning program goes on, more bands performing, a few kendo matches by the kendo club, Keiji won his. Karate performance, Jiyu and Keiji participated as guests, Judo performances, a couple of magic tricks by Kaitou, and alot more, all of them taking place until 1pm. Time for lunch break. Woo!

Miki walks up to Ringo, who's busy eating some bread in the classroom of 1-A.

"Ringo-chan, want to go meet up with Kazu-kun and Yu-kun?" Miki suggested.

"Eh?"

Ringo turns around and notices Miki.

"Ah, Ru-chan. Sure." Ringo smiled at the suggestion.

The two girls walked towards the stairs leading down to the first floor, where Kazuma and Jiyu are busy doing work in the meeting room of Division X.

"Ringo-chan, have you noticed something about Yu-kun?" Miki asked as they walked down the stairs.

"Hmm?"

"He's pretty comfortable, hanging out with you. When we first met, Yu-kun was extremely shy."

"Really now? He's always like that around those that he's not familiar with." Ringo smiled.

"But he's really, how to say, comfortable. I was thinking, maybe Yu-kun actually likes you."

Miki's words were like a cupid's arrow shot to Ringo's heart. Ringo instantly stops walking and her face turns red.

"There they are." Miki pointed at Kazuma and Jiyu, who are walking out of the room.

"But maaan you know Kazu-kun. I just love Ringo." Jiyu spoke up all of a sudden.

"Heh. Now that's something I haven't heard before. Considering how long we've known each other." Kazuma smiled.

"Really? I thought you knew all along. LOL." Jiyu laughed.

"Nope. Never did. Why do you like Ringo so much anyway?"

"Well, Ringo's sweet. And you know, red. I like red." Jiyu replied casually.

Ringo, who's hiding behind the wall with Miki, starts blushing like mad. Thousands of thoughts flood her mind.

'Red... I look good in red? I knew he loved red, but I never realized I looked good in red...' Ringo thought to herself.

"Seriously, Kazu-kun. I can't live a day without Ringo. I'd die without Ringo." Jiyu continued the conversation as they headed for their shoe boxes.

"You're seriously going too far man. You should take a break from all this."

"I can't help it, I just love Ringo so much."

They two boys continued their conversation as they walked out of the school building.

Now we go back to Ringo, who's still blushing like mad. Her face is so red she could explode anytime.

'WHAT DO I DO!? I JUST HEARD G-KUN'S THOUGHTS WITHOUT HIM EVEN NOTICING! WHAT NOW!?' she panicked.

"Ringo-chan, are you alright?" Miki put her hand on Ringo's shoulder.

"Oh... uh yeah! I'm perfectly f-fine!" Ringo blurted out.

'Oh now what do I do... I'm so confused right now! I never knew he felt that way... and to such an extent as well. What if he... geez...' Ringo thought.

"Ringo-chan, since many couples are formed during Tanabata, why don't you try? You might succeed." Miki suggested.

"W-well... maybe..." Ringo blushed.

The two girls went back upstairs, Miki trying to calm a flustered Ringo down.
Kazuma and Keiji are busy making some last minute preparations for the Kendo club's sushi stall before the festival, which is in 30 minutes time. Jiyu and Akito left to get their clothes changed, and now a person approaches their work site.

"Oi Kazu-kun, where's the rice cooker?"

"What's up? You want it?"

"It's a new one I just asked Kaitou to buy for me. I'm using it for myself, so put my name on it with this sticker here."

Keiji handed me a sticker with his name written on it. Hoho, a rice cooker. He's actually going to cook his own food now. That's a good thing.

As I placed the sticker on the rice cooker, I heard a female voice calling out to Keiji.


"Key-kun~"

Keiji immediately stops his work and starts sweating madly.

"Shit."

"What're you doing~?" a tall female hugged Keiji from behind and whispered into his ear. She's about as tall as Jiyu and Keiji.

"..."

"GET OFFA ME!!!" Keiji panicked as he shook her off. Now THIS is something I haven't seen in a while.

Shinomiya Satsuki, Keiji's fiancee decided via predetermined marriage two years ago by his parents. Satsuki is a "hired" fiancee to monitor Keiji's every move, however both of them got used to each other after some time. Six months ago Satsuki went overseas to help Keiji's parents in their work. She's a really smart girl, and in our class as well.

Satsuki calls Keiji Key, because of his stupid chatbox name. OWNED Keiji.


"What the... WHEN DID YOU GET BACK!? I WASN'T TOLD OF THIS!" Keiji panicked as he pointed an accusing finger at Satsuki.

"Eat your own medicine K. That's what G would say." I sweatdropped.

Keiji shot me a look and sent me a telepathical message: You're not helping.

Wait telepathy? How's that even possible? More fourth wall breaking?

A girl shorter than Satsuki, roughly around Ringo's height; appears from behind Satsuki.


"RIKO!?"

"Hi brother. I'm back." Riko grinned.

Fujiwara Riko, Keiji's younger sister. Like Haruka and Jiyu, Riko's pretty similiar to her brother, except there are major differences.

"BOTH OF YOU, SERIOUSLY! TELL ME NEXT TIME!" Keiji snapped.

"We wanted to give you a surprise." Satsuki winked.

"Yeah right. And you gave me a hell of a heart-attack. Satisfied?" Keiji sweatdropped.

"When did you arrive?"

"This morning. We immediately dropped by." Riko explained.

"Why so fast? You could've headed home first."

"Well~ it's Tanabata. You honestly think I would be sitting at home on Tanabata? Silly Key-kun." Satsuki giggled.

Well, both of them are back. The Kazuma Family is complete. Since I don't have my parents now, these guys are my remaining family.

"Can you two go and chill somewhere? I'll finish my work and meet up with you two. Go find G and Akito." Keiji said as he went back to work.

"Always so hard at work. That's what I like about you." Satsuki smiled.

Satsuki turned around and walked inside the school building, Riko following her.

"Phew..." Keiji sighed.

"Oh, safe now are we?" I grinned.

"Yeah... I almost got a heart attack. Pass me the cooking utensils."

"Right. There ya go." I handed him a handful of cooking utensils.

"We still have to sort out all these things before seven. Come on, let's make haste." Keiji urged.

"Roger that."
And so, night arrives. At seven all stalls must be ready, and the working students should be in their places. Though some of the lazy ones *coughJiyuandKeijicough* were just slacking off. Currently, it's eight. The Tanabata Festival has begun. Tomorrow we're having a day off, so all of us can stay as long as we want for today. Sounds like a blast!

"I'm bored. Booooooooooooooooooored." Akito grumbled. Both of us stood in front of the school building, wasting our lives.

Right. Akito's already changed into his blue yukata, and I'm in my black one. Geez, what's taking the others so long? Jiyu said he had to do something and ran off with Keiji, and the girls are still not ready. They're late for the start of Tanabata. To think they were so fired up about this hours ago.

"Where are they anyway?" I sighed.

As if responding to my call, the girls walked out of the school building, dressed for the occasion. Satsuki was wearing an orange yukata, Haruka and Kazumi both wore the same yellow yukata that they bought earlier. Riko wore a silver one, the same as last year. Ringo on the other hand, hid behind the other girls, wearing a bright red yukata with a different design: sakura petals.

"Ringo, you're wearing a different one this year." I noticed.

"Ah...y-yes." Ringo stuttered.

Hmm? She's acting wierd.

"Yooo guys. Sorry to keep ya waitin'" Jiyu's voice came beside us.

All of us turned to see Jiyu and Keiji, dressed in new outfits. Keiji was wearing a bright silver kimono top with a black hakama, whilst Jiyu was wearing a bright red kimono top with a white hakama.

"Oi oi... how come both of you got hakamas?" I sweatdropped.

"We bought one for you, but you said you didn't want it." Jiyu stared at me with his eyes wide open in shock.

"I didn't think it was for this purpose. Who the heck buys a hakama 3 months before a festival and then forgets about it anyway?"

"You're just piling up insults on me aren't you." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"So, how do we look?" Keiji grinned.

"Very manly." Satsuki smiled.

"Please leave your personal opinions out of this. You're making me feel awkward." Jiyu sweatdropped again.

"Just kidding. You boys look manly though."

"I'm glad to hear that." Keiji smiled.

"Thank you thank you Satsuki. Now can you stop calling me Yusa-chan?" Jiyu brightened up.

"It depends." Satsuki giggled.

"This just sucks." Jiyu let his head hung in disappointment.

LOL. Yusa. Jiyu's female nickname. Satsuki is Miki's classmate during elementary school, and they've been on relatively good terms. Satsuki's got a complicated background, all I can say now is that Jiyu's nickname, Yusa, is derived from what Miki calls him. Using the Yu at the back of his name. Satsuki decides to tease him and gives him the nickname Yusa instead. Which sounds like a girl's name.

"Well now, let's enjoy the festival, shall we?" I invited.

Everyone cheered their approval and we walked as one group towards the festival site.
-That night, 9pm-
"Welcome to the Anime Club's music store, what can I get you?" a female student asked.

"Hmm..."

"Do you have RUI's latest album?" Jiyu popped out of nowhere and handed the girl his thumbdrive.

"What the- don't interrupt me, man." I sweatdropped.

"Yes, the latest album released last month. Coming right up."

Jiyu taps his fingers impatiently, waiting for his thumbdrive.

"Duuuuuude... seriously. Can I buy first?" I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah well. I'm moving on as quick as I can, so I've gotta get what I want first."

The girl returns with Jiyu's thumbdrive, containing RUI's latest songs.

"That will be 300 yen." the girl smiled.

"Right. Thanks." Jiyu said as he paid her.

"Oi Kazu-kun, we're headed for the ramen stall."

"Ramen? Wait ramen? I've never heard of that stall. What club's organizing that?" I turned to look at him.

"None. The local ramen stall nearby is happy enough to drop by our school."

"WHOA DUDE, THAT'S AWESOME!"

"Yeah so choose your songs and get a move on." Jiyu said as he grabbed Keiji, who was standing beside him, looking at the Visual Novel stall.

"Come on now K. Let's get a move on. Or do you want to skip the ramen? HMM?" Jiyu smiled, threatening Keiji at the same time.

"I got it, please let go. You're choking me here." Keiji said in a chipmunk voice.

Jiyu let go and both of them started walking a few steps before getting distracted by the video games stall. Typical.

"Um... Ayama-senpai?"

I shifted my attention to the girl.

"Ah right. Give me all the songs of One Hat. Opening and ending."

"Do you have a thumbdrive?"

"No. Load them in my phone." I handed it to her.

"Very well, please wait a moment."

I continued standing there, staring at the beautiful Tanabata decorations. I see tons of wishlists. People write their wishes on a piece of paper and hang it on a bamboo, hoping that their wishes would be granted. I don't really believe in that; but hey, it's worth testing out.

I pull out the piece of paper and pen I was given and write my wish down on it.

'I pray that we can defeat Joker, protect the people, and continue on living in peace.'

Not exactly a wish, but a prayer. Hmm... I think that kind of thing works.


"Ayama-senpai."

I lift my head up and see the girl, with my phone in her hand.

"That'll be 300 Yen."

"Alright. Thank you." I thanked as I paid her and got my cellphone back.

"Please come by again later." the girl bowed.

Miki, who was waiting for me at the cotton candy shop, walks up to me.

"Miki, I thought I told you to go ahead. You make me feel guilty now." I smiled.

"It's okay. I can wait for you."

"Want some cotton candy?" Miki asked.

"Ah sure."

"Say aaaah~"

"Errr, people are watching, Miki." I sweatdropped.

"Nevermind that."

"Okay." I finally agreed as I took a bite.

"Mmm. This is really sweet and nice." I commented.

"I'm glad you like it."

"Let's head over to the ramen shop. Ringo and the others should be there."

"Oh... okay."

As we walked along the stalls amidst the crowd of students, the bright lights shining on us; Miki suddenly walked closer beside me.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing. It's a little crowded here."

"Right..."

I held out my hand to hers, causing Miki to look at me in shock.

"So you won't get lost." I smiled.

Miki returned my smile as she reached for my hand. We continued walking together until we reached the ramen stall, where the rest of the guys were waiting for us.

"And so, the bride and bridegroom arrives." Jiyu teased.

"Eh." Both of us pokerfaced in unison.

"That pokerface act is a violation of the Copyright Belonging to Kamiga Jiyu." Jiyu countered.

Keiji reached for the paper fan in his kimono and smacked Jiyu's head with it.

"You're a violation of peace. Eat your food." Keiji scolded.

"As usual, being an asshole."

"ShutupG."

-Later-
I walked out of the ramen stall, having finished my food last. By the time I've finished, most of them already left. Now I'm standing here with Miki, Kazumi, Haruka, Riko and Akito.

"Huh. Where're the others?"

"They left. Well, the girls did." Akito replied.

"Huh. Waddya mean?"

"Satsuki dragged K off to somewhere mysterious, Ringo said she had to interrogate Jiyu, and dragged him to the rooftop."

"Hold it. That's just wrong. I mean VERY wrong." I sweatdropped.

"Oh well. I'll keep you guys company then. Let those four wander off on their own." I grinned.

"Come on, the Archery Club's got a bunch of shooting games ready. Let's all play!"

Miki smiled at my suggestion and held my hand, surprising me. Before I can look at her, she drags me to the games area, leaving Akito, Kazuki, Haruka and Riko to follow us. I notice that the three girls urge Akito to go on, finally able to reunite as a trio. Kazumi's trio huh. Seems legit.
Satsuki and Keiji sit down on a small patch of grass in the mini forest behind the school building, where the sky is unblocked.

"So. Why did you drag me all the way here?" Keiji asked.

"Silly. So that we can be alone of course." Satsuki giggled.

"Don't tell me, you want to do it here." Keiji sweatdropped while joking.

"If you want to, I'm willing." Satsuki winked.

"NO. NEVER!" Keiji snapped.

"I'm just kidding."

Keiji gave out a sigh of relief.

"Well, this sure is a nice spot." Keiji said as he lied down, staring at the stars.

"I wanted to stargaze with you. You know, maybe we can spot Orihime and Hikoboshi." Satsuki smiled as she leaned on a tree behind her.

"Maybe. The stars are so beautiful tonight." Keiji admired.

"True. If only we could see the milky way from here."

"If we use a rocket we could."

Satsuki smiles at Keiji's reply.

"Do you remember when we spent our first Tanabata? You know, after your parents introduced me."

"It was so traumatizing I forgot." Keiji sweatdropped.

"Don't be like that. Tell me if you remember or not." Satsuki demanded.

"Yes yes I do. You told me you were a spy for my parents, you weren't interested in me, and that you hated my guts."

"Why do you always remember the bad parts?" Satsuki sighed.

"What. I'm not going to flatter you in front of yourself. You might force me into bed once I do." Keiji sweatdropped.

"Silly. Come on, I want to hear your side of the story."

"Okay fine. I wanted to get to know you more, otherwise my dad would kill me. But after you said that I decided to forget it. Until that smuggler came along and held his knife to your throat."

"Go on." Satsuki urged.

"Well, I was freakin' scared. To be honest. I..." Keiji trailed off.

"You what? Tell me."

"I was scared my dad would kill me." Keiji grinned.

Satsuki's response was a kick to his chest that made him roll over in pain.

"If G got hit by this I bet he would be sent to the hospital right away." Keiji muttered.

"I didn't kick you THAT hard!" Satsuki shot back.

"Oh geez fine. I was scared that guy would hurt you, okay? After all he's got that knife pointed to your freakin' throat and all. Good thing someone distracted him by throwing a rock to his head. I managed to do a Fabulous Rider Kick." Keiji laughed.

"If that guy didn't help you would've been killed by your father alright." Satsuki sweatdropped.

"Though, I think it was thanks to that I managed to accept you for who you were." Satsuki blushed.

Keiji decided not to ruin her mood and play along.

"Really now. You've gotten so attached to me in just two years." Keiji sighed.

"Isn't that your inner desire? Hmmm~?" Satsuki teased.

"No. It isn't, and never will be."

"But you're a boy~" Satsuki said as she stood up to lie down beside Keiji.

"I don't care. We should get married first. THEN we sort things out."

Satsuki smiled at Keiji's reply again.

'Responsible. That's what I like about you.' She thought to herself.

"Oh look! Is that Leo?" Keiji pointed to the sky.

"Where?" Satsuki struggled to find the constellation.

"Just kidding."

"Key-kun!"

Keiji laughs as Satsuki starts punching him playfully. At that moment, fireworks explode in the sky, illuminating the surrounding area.

'Yup. So damn worried I'd lose my future wife.' Keiji remembered as he stared at the fireworks.

'Even now, we're at war. I've got to get rid of all this evil, to make sure Kazuma, Satsuki, and everyone has each other. Especially Kazuma, we're his remaining family. We need to be standing beside him at the end.'

Keiji glares at the sky, imagining the enemy they're fighting. Keiji makes a vow to himself at that moment. To defeat the threat, and protect his friends.
Ringo and Jiyu stand at the roof of the school building, staring at the star-filled sky. Both of them stood side-by-side, not saying anything. Jiyu stares at the crowd, deep in thought. Ringo, on the other hand, fidgets around, wondering what to say.

"Oh yeah, Ringo." Jiyu spoke up.

"Eh? Y-yes?" Ringo stuttered.

"Why'd you drag me up here all of a sudden?" Jiyu wondered as he turned around to lean on the edge of the wall. He looked at Ringo curiously, wondering what could be wrong.

"Oh... uh- actually..." Ringo struggled to speak.

Jiyu waited for her to speak.

"I sort of overheard you and Kazu-kun talking just now, in front of our club room." Ringo blushed as she said that.

"Oh."

'Eh? What does he mean, oh?' Ringo thought.

"I didn't see you around though." Jiyu wondered.

"Nevermind that, but did you really mean what you said?"

"Yeah. I mean, they're my favorite food after all." Jiyu replied.

'Eh?'

'Eeeeeh?'

"Wait wait wait, what do you mean, favorite food?"

"I guess I haven't told you yet, huh. I love eating apples." Jiyu grinned. (Note: Ringo in japanese means Apple)

"......"

"So THAT was what it was all about!" Ringo snapped.

"W-w-what's wrong!?" Jiyu wondered in shock.

"I thought you were talking about ME!" Ringo blushed, and she started crying.

"Wait wait wait wait, I understand how such a misunderstanding can happen, but don't cry. I didn't know you were there, otherwise I would've said it in a different way." Jiyu explained.

Ringo sobbed, her emotions flooding out through her tears. Jiyu sighs and puts his hand on her shoulder, calming her down.

"If you don't stop, I'll use the magic spell silence on you." Jiyu grinned.

Ringo smiled and wiped her tears after hearing his joke.

"Really, G-kun. You had me worried back there." Ringo sniffed.

"For what? I never see you worrying."

"As if! We girls have problems that boys wouldn't understand you know. We've got more problems than you boys that you wouldn't understand." Ringo puffed her cheeks angrily.

Jiyu's facial expression changes as he hears that. Jiyu's smile fades from his face.

"G-kun?"

"You're not the only one with pain."

"Eh?"

Ringo stares in silence as Jiyu gazes at the star-filled sky with his bright red eyes.

"Everyone has pain, Ringo. You shouldn't say things like that."

"I'm sure Kazuma and Keiji would be angry if they heard that. Everyone in our Division has pain. Keiji, Kazuma, Akito, even I do." Jiyu smiled.

"Why are you so proud of it?" Ringo asked worriedly.

"Because you're not alone."

"That's lame! Tell me what's your pain." Ringo demanded.

"In due time, you will know." Jiyu replied dramatically.

"Tell me!"

"Nope." Jiyu grins.

As Ringo opens her mouth to reply, the fireworks explode in the sky, showering the two with their beautiful light.

Jiyu and Ringo forget their arguement and divert their attention to the fireworks.

'I feel like... I'm one step closer...' Ringo thought to herself as she looked at Jiyu.

'I'm glad I could spend time with you, Ringo.' Jiyu thought.

Both of them look at each other and smile before proceeding to walk towards the door.

'I'm glad you feel the same way I do, but as of now, there is a matter of more importance to handle. The source of our pain.'

Jiyu closed his palm into a fist upon thinking that, seemingly angry at the cause of his pain.

'This pain the Kazuma Family has, I have to eliminate it.'
I stare at the fireworks, Miki standing beside me. At this moment I feel as if I and Miki are the only people in the whole place, enjoying the view in private.

"So beautiful..." Miki smiled as she held my hand.

"Yeah." I agreed.

We had only played a few rounds of the games when the fireworks started. Now Akito is on his own, smiling at the fireworks. Indeed, such a magnificent spectacle, especially on a Tanabata. It is indeed, a nice event for couples.

But with Joker and the Errors running around, I'm really worried about the safety of the general public. Should we really be enjoying ourselves like this? I really have my doubts.


"Erhem."

Keiji and Satsuki suddenly appear behind us, both of them coughing in unison. I and Miki are shocked by this, and we quickly let go of each other's hands.

"Well well, Mikiru. You're really bold today." Satsuki teased.

"Oro, Kazu-kun. I c wut you did thar." Keiji smirked.

"This isn't what you two think it is!" I and Miki reply.

Both of us turn to look at each other.

"I think it is. LOL." Keiji grinned.

"Stop it, dude." I gave him a playful warning.

"Ossu! Kazu-kun! Miki!"

I and Miki glance to our side to see Jiyu and Ringo walking up to us, Ringo dragging Jiyu behind her. Jiyu's busy waving at us with his free hand.

"Oro, what happened to the two of you?" Keiji wondered.

"What's up?" Jiyu wondered.

"What do you mean?" Ringo followed up.

Keiji looks down. Both of them follow his gaze to Ringo's hand, tightly gripping Jiyu's wrist.

"Oh." Jiyu said nonchalantly.

Ringo quickly lets go and Jiyu just stares at me and Miki with one of those anime expressions that go like ¬_¬

"I see SOME PEOPLE have been enjoying themselves." Jiyu snickered.

"I know man." Keiji followed.

"BOTH OF YOU, SERIOUSLY!" I snapped.

"LOL. I KNEW IT!" Jiyu laughed.

"GOT HIM NOW!" Keiji pointed at me.

I can only stand there embarrassed as my two childhood friends fool around like a bunch of kids.

"Key-kun. Do you want me to tape your mouth?" Satsuki smiled her warning.

"G-kun. That's enough." Ringo sighed.

Both of them immediately stop and look at each other.

"Why'd you stop?" Jiyu asked Keiji.

"No reason."

"As if."

"What about you?"

"I got tired of laughing."

"Yeah right."

Akito walks into their arguement, having spent enough time alone.

"So guys. It's almost 10:30." Akito spoke up.

"What's up with 10:30?" Jiyu wondered.

"I actually have to be back by 11. Sorry, mom's rules." Akito apologized.

"That sucks. And I thought we could all hang out until midnight."

"Well, you guys can do that. But I need someone to walk me home. Just in case an Error attacks."

"Right. We'll all walk you home then." I suggested.

"Eh? I mean, just one person is enough."

"Nah man. You're part of the Kazuma Family. We're walking you back home. Right G?"

"No. I'm not gonna walk." Jiyu joked.

Ringo stomped on Jiyu's foot as he said that, causing him to make unidentified wails of pain.

"Well, let's go." Keiji smiled.

All of us nodded our agreement. All of us stop at the school gate, seemingly forgetting something.

"Wait, where's Kazumi and the other two?" I wondered.

"I thought they went back already." Akito said.

"Yeah. I received mail from my sister saying that they would be heading home first."

Having said that, Jiyu walks closer towards the school building and gets a better look.

"Really?"

"No. Not really." Jiyu's expression changed all of a sudden.

"Wait, now I'm confused." I said.

"Haruka would walk home if it were her. Kazumi would if she's with Haruka. But Riko's luggage is still around."

"Uhuh."

"We're being played here." Keiji's tone changed as well.

"Wait, what's going on?" Ringo wondered.

"Both of you detective boys tell us what's going on." Satsuki demanded.

"Miki, you head home first." I ordered.

"Eh?"

"Please, Miki. I'll call you later." I pleaded.

"Mmm... be safe." she whispered as she left.

"Alright, now we can talk. K, I assume you told Satsuki about the Errors?"

"I did. Now look, Jiyu's said this clearly, we've been had. Those three girls are in trouble." Keiji explained.

"Then we should go and-"

"Hold it. Not without a plan." Jiyu stopped me before I could finish my sentence.

"Think. They're still here. That mail was a forgery. It means, an enemy is here. Error, or Joker." Keiji added.

"!!!"

"Thanks to G's explanation, we can conclude that they're here, but in somewhere secluded. Someplace where they wouldn't be found out. Someplace where the Security Department is lax about."

"There's only one place like that." Jiyu began.

"Yeah. The S-Class school building." Keiji concluded.

All of us immediately figured out what to do.

"Let's scoot!" I snapped.

"Not so fast, Ringo, grab your gun at the storehouse and head there first. Satsuki, go with her. Aki cover them. Kazu-kun, come with me and G." Keiji ordered.

"What?"

"We've got a new weapon for you, now let's split." Keiji finalized his order.

Everyone nodded and seperated into their groups, Satsuki led Akito and Ringo to the S-Class building while I followed Keiji and Jiyu into the school building.

We ran inside and stopped in front of our secret room, Keiji reaching for his keys in his pocket.


"Remember when I told you we had to do something?" Jiyu reminded.

"Yeah?"

"Well, we did something cool for ya."

Keiji opens the door and we run inside, everything looks the same. Jiyu and Keiji run to the main desk where Keiji usually sits, the one with the computer. Keiji opens the drawer and takes out two objects.

"Kazu-kun, put these on." Keiji throwed them onto the table.

They made a loud 'CLANK' sound as they landed. Upon closer inspection, I notice that they're a pair of gloves, but on the palm area, a couple of holes can be found. The back of the palm has an orb, presumably an energy core.

"I suggested that you get some gloves, and they had just the right thing." Jiyu grinned.

Keiji immediately runs out, beckoning us to follow him.

"How do these work?" I asked as we ran out of the main building.

"You'll know once we enter battle. Come on." Jiyu urged.

All three of us hasten our running speed, hurrying to the S-Class school building behind our school.

As we arrive, a horrifying sight greets us.

Our three respective sisters lie on the ground, unconscious, as an Error dressed in school uniform stands above them. Behind them, Joker stands above the defeated body of Ringo, choking Akito with his left hand. Satsuki lies down on the ground further away, struggling to get up.

All three of us stand there, our brains still struggling to register what we're seeing.


"Oh, the trio has arrived. Welcome." Joker said as he kicked Ringo's body, causing her to roll a short distance away.

"RINGO!!!"

Jiyu's shout was so loud, I mistook it for a lion's roar. This is bad.

"JOKER!!!" Jiyu yelled at the top of his lungs, his shout was so loud I had to close my ears.

"G... run..." Akito begged. Joker hears this and tightens his grip even more, causing Akito to choke severely.

"Easy, G! Don't let him get to you!" Keiji warned.

Jiyu wasn't listening. Jiyu reached for his PDA and tapped it with ultrasonic speed, so fast that his weapons materialized in a matter of seconds. Jiyu glared at Joker, his bright red eyes turning into a crimson shade, filled with wrath, directed at our enemy. Yelling, Jiyu charges at Joker, forgetting about the Error that stands between them.

"G! FALL BACK!" Keiji yelled.

There isn't much time. I put on my gloves and rush to Jiyu's aid, who doesn't notice the Error moving in for the kill. His eyes are completely focused on Joker, his rage taking over his body. I haven't seen him this angry since my parent's funeral, when he found out they were killed in an accident.

The Error changes her arm into a blade, using her ARMS system. She must be a military android dressed as a school student. Bad.

Jiyu charges on, still yelling. The Error thrusts at him, but Jiyu simply glares at her and slashes, yelling "KIAI!" as he does so. Jiyu's blow is strong enough to knock the Error off her feet, but she makes a backflip and regains her balance. She brings her blade down, but Jiyu kicks her in the stomach, not holding back.

Jiyu runs forth, ditching the Error. The Error notices this and springs to her feet, but before she can move, I take aim and fire a laser at her. This time, it's different. The laser is bigger, stronger, and more destructive than before. This uncharged shot is about the same as a medium-sized shot that I usually fire, and it's enough to send the Error sprawling on the ground.


"G! GO!" I yelled to assure him.

"STUPID! YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" Keiji scolded as he ran past me.

Oh yeah. He's right. Shit.

Joker notices Jiyu and tosses Akito aside, focusing his attention on his incoming prey.

Jiyu reaches Joker in a matter of seconds, his running speed being the highest amongst all of us. Joker chuckles and materializes a sabre made of shadow out of nowhere, and rushes in as well. Jiyu and Joker start exchanging blows at high speed, one fueled with anger while the other fueled with evil.

Keiji, on the other hand, reaches Satsuki, who's lying down on the ground defeated. Keiji shakes her, calling out her name as he does so.


"Keiji... run.." Satsuki said softly.

"Don't be stupid. I'm not leaving any of you here." Keiji scolded.

"What happened?"

"We saw Kazumi-chan and the other's bodies, and we were led into a trap..."

"Don't talk so fast, slow down."

"He... appeared. I used my... invisibility psych. Wanted to fight him, but in just an instant... he struck my vital point and punched me five times... it happened so fast..." Satsuki said.

"What next?"

"Ringo... asked Akito to... call Yu-kun for help... " Satsuki trailed off.

Keiji waited for her.

Jiyu and Joker's fight gets heated, and the sound of their blows can be heard loud and clear, whilst Kazuma tests out his new weapon against the Error, punching her with a laser-powered punch that sends her flying.

"Ringo... stayed behind to protect... Akito ran halfway... but the Error knocked him back... Joker struck Ringo's neck... and then she fell... after that it's all blurry... Akito shooting... unleashing his water psych... Joker choking him... then you guys came.." Satsuki continued.

"Alright, that's enough. Sleep. I'll take care of this."

"Hey... does Ringo... have a crush-"

"I said, enough. Just rest. This isn't the time for small talk." Keiji said with tear-filled eyes, his emotions starting to surface.

Satsuki closes her eyes and smiles, relieved that her fiancee is around.

"Keiji..."

Keiji wipes his eyes twice, and turns his attention to Joker.

"You've done enough damage, you british dandy." Keiji spoke up.

Joker hears that and shoves Jiyu aside, causing Jiyu to fall on the ground. Jiyu immediately springs up to his feet, but this time takes a deep breath and calms himself down.

"First you make fun of us, then you attack my brother, now you attack my fiancee and my family. You may think this is funny, but none of us are laughing." Keiji continued.

"Wot?" Joker laughs.

"YOU REALLY THINK, IT'S SO FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKING OUR FRIENDS WHILE WE'RE NOT AROUND, YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A COWARD!?" Keiji yelled at the top of his lungs.

Joker takes this as a personal insult, and fumes with anger, his aura getting darker.

"You've got some nerve, boy." Joker threatened.

"Shut the hell up man." Jiyu interrupted.

Joker turns around slowly to face Jiyu.

"Ohoho, you too. You want a piece of my power?" Joker tilts his head.

"DON'T SCREW AROUND WITH ME! YOU HURT RINGO, YOU WANT A PIECE OF WHAT I CAN DO!?" Jiyu bellowed.

"HE'S DAMN RIGHT! I JUST MADE A VOW TO PROTECT MY FAMILY, AND YOU BET I'M GOING TO FULFILL IT!" Keiji followed.

Keiji and Jiyu charge as one, attacking Joker from both directions. Joker merely extends his two hands out and shoots forth two tendrils of darkness, spiked and deadly. Keiji and Jiyu's combat instincts kick in as they dodge it swiftly, not slowing down one bit.

Joker turns his body into shadow and retracts his tendrils. Joker then proceeds to form two shadow sabres and clashes with both of them, pushing them back.

Jiyu jumps back and gives Keiji a chance to attack. Keiji notices this and proceeds to slash, but Joker turns his body into shadow and avoids being hit. Joker slashes at Keiji with his right hand, causing Keiji to block the blow. As he raises his left hand to strike, Jiyu charges in from behind, catching Joker by surprise.

Joker quickly kicks Keiji aside and focuses on Jiyu, combining both of his sabres to form one sword. Jiyu thrusts with his white blade in his left hand, causing Joker to block it. Jiyu wastes no time and pulls back his left hand, thrusting with his right. Joker blocks it by bringing his sabre to meet with the flat end of Jiyu's blade, stunning Jiyu and stopping his thrust.

However, Jiyu twists his wrist, striking the sabre once. In an instant, Jiyu twists yet again, the second one knocking the sabre off Joker's hand. As Joker's eyes widen in shock, Jiyu white blade whizzes and cuts him clean, causing Joker to activate his physical barrier. His barrier knocks Jiyu and Keiji off, and he quickly 'teleports' to the roof of the school building.

"How..." Joker gasped as he clutched his bleeding wound.

"I and K have recieved some... 'special' training, just as you have.' Jiyu explained.

"That does not explain... how you could slash at me when your prominent hand has just recovered from a clash."

"Oh look, he said prominent hand." Keiji joked with a straight face.

"Oh did he? I didn't notice." Jiyu followed up.

"Don't tell me, you-"

"I'm ambidextrous. Geddit?" Jiyu snapped as he threw a fireball in Joker's direction.

Joker jumps to the side to avoid it, but he wasn't prepared for Keiji's lightning bolt, which strikes him straight in the chest and causes him to fall down from the roof. Joker struggles to regain his concentration, trying to turn his body into shadow.

At that moment, Kazuma jumps in out of nowhere and fires two laser beams at Joker, which explode upon contact. Joker emerges from it alive, but somewhat wounded. Joker yells in rage and teleports away, retreating. It seems that Kazuma defeated the Error with relative ease, and joined the fight just in time for the finale.

"Tch, screw him." Jiyu spat.

"As pathetic as ever, that coward. Got all cocky letting his physical barrier down, look who's hurt now." Keiji mocked.

"G-kun..."

Jiyu notices Ringo's voice and runs to her side immediately.

"Ringo! Are you alright!?" Jiyu asked.

"Thank God... you're safe..."

"You should worry about yourself."

Kazuma, on the other hand, rushes to his sister's side, checking if she is hurt. He checks on Haruka and Riko as well.

"Guys! They're fine! They're just unconscious." Kazuma yelled.

"I know." Keiji said as he checked on Akito.

"It was obvious." Jiyu said as he looked on at Ringo.

"Really? Aw man..." Kazuma sweatdropped.

"This is bad. She's got a broken rib or two." Jiyu reported.

"These guys are in bad shape. Joker really did it this time. Aki's throat is as red as Jiyu's eyes." Keiji said as he ran to Satsuki's side.

"I'll take that as a compliment." Jiyu spoke up as he held Ringo in his arms.

"Oi! Kids!"

The trio turn to see Saotome-sensei and the members of the Security Department running towards them.

"Saotome-sensei! We need the medics! NOW!" Jiyu yelled.

"I know! Medics, get the two girls and the boy! Check on the three sisters there and see if they're alright! You three! Come here!" Saotome-sensei ordered.

The three boys reluctantly walked over to Saotome-sensei, not willing to leave their friends. The medics did their work as the trio talked to their teacher.

"What you did just now was reckless, but you all put on a brave fight. Kazuma, I'm glad those gloves work well. Jiyu, Keiji, I've decided. We're going to activate Phase Two once all of you are ready."

Jiyu and Keiji's eyes widen in shock upon hearing the words Phase Two.

"Once all of you are healed up, we will begin with Phase Two immediately. The enemy's making their move, we must be ready." Saotome-sensei explained.

"Understood." Keiji replied.

"My daughter will be accompanying you all for Phase Two, so be prepared."

"Wait, what's this Phase Two you guys are talking about?" I wondered.

"You'll know in due time."

You know, I somehow hate that phrase now.

In due time huh... why does everything have to be in due time?

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Chapter 6 - End
References:
"Do you have RUI's latest album?" Jiyu popped out of nowhere and handed the girl his thumbdrive.

RUI is a reference to YUI, a very famous Japanese singer and composer. The Author is a huge fan of YUI.
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"Ah right. Give me all the songs of One Hat. Opening and ending."

One Hat is a reference to the popular manga One Piece. One Piece's anime has good reception, especially the opening and ending songs.
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"Oh geez fine. I was scared that guy would hurt you, okay? After all he's got that knife pointed to your freakin' throat and all. Good thing someone distracted him by throwing a rock to his head. I managed to do a Fabulous Rider Kick." Keiji laughed.

A reference to Kamen Rider Wizard. Wizard's driver calls out 'VERY NICE, KICK STRIKE! FABULOUS!' when Wizard prepares for his Rider Kick finisher.
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Post by Saechika » Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:50 am

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I, Ayama Kazuma am waiting in the hospital. Things have gotten to quite a bad turn. Joker and an Error attacked us late at night during the end of the Tanabata Festival. Using our sisters as bait, he easily decapitated Akito, Ringo and Satsuki. I defeated his Error accomplice easily with my new weapon, but he escaped.

"DAMMIT!" Jiyu cursed as he punched the wall.

"..."

The sound of Fujiwara Riko's sobbing can be heard as Kazumi and Haruka try to calm her down. Keiji sits beside me, sorting out his thoughts. Jiyu, on the other hand, is angry.

"I SHOULD'VE GONE WITH THEM!" Jiyu yelled.

"Calm down, G." Keiji replied calmly.

"You make it sound so easy..." Jiyu said with tear-filled eyes.

"I got excited to show Kazu his new weapon... and I didn't..." Jiyu said as the tears flowed down from his eyes.

"Stop blaming yourself for this. You'll end up like how you were 11 years ago." Keiji scolded.

Jiyu, remembering the past, calms down and takes a deep breath.

"There's nobody to blame." Jiyu sighed.

Oh man. This is the incident from 11 years ago reborn. He said the exact same thing.

"Blame God, maybe." Keiji blurted out.

"Don't screw around with me, K. You can't go blaming God for every single thing that goes wrong. After all, God is someone who's able to kill you with a single thought." Jiyu replied.

"If he's almighty, I wonder how he lets things like this happen." Riko sobbed.

"Just as a parent allows you to get hurt sometimes to learn your lesson, wouldn't the same thing happen with God? He IS a superior guy, in a way." Jiyu pointed out.

"I know. But who is there to blame? People say that there's no blame for certain things, but this one cannot go without a bad guy. Or do we really have no right to blame anyone?" Keiji protested.

"Blame Joker." I spoke up.

"Heh, that's a good one. Blame Jokespeare." Jiyu chuckled.

"Brother, how are you even laughing at such a situation?" Haruka wondered.

"THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO!? I CAN'T CRY, I CAN'T YELL, I CAN'T EVEN LAUGH TO HIDE MY PAIN! TELL ME WHAT TO DO THEN!" Jiyu lashed out.

Haruka stares at her brother, paralyzed by his sudden outburst. Jiyu, who realizes what he's done, punches the wall again.

"Dammit..."

Keiji sighs as I put my hand on Jiyu's shoulder, calming him down.

"I'm sorry, Haruka." Jiyu apologized.

Haruka nods as tears fall down her eyes.

"Your sister understands how you feel, we all do. So don't blame yourself."

All of us turn to see Saotome-sensei standing at the door that leads to the surgery room.

"Sensei." Jiyu bowed.

"Be a phoenix that rises from it's ashes, not a dying frog. You said you liked phoenixes." Saotome-sensei encouraged.

Jiyu sat down quietly beside his sister. Haruka hugs her brother and cries, burying her face in his shoulder.

Saotome-sensei has a point. We should not despair now. We'll be playing into the enemy's trap.


"What did the doctor say?" I asked.

I'm really worried about those three. I'm glad I sent Miki back home, otherwise I'd be in Jiyu's place right now.

"Satsuki's fine. Ringo's got two broken ribs, but she's recovered thanks to the technology we have."

Keiji and Jiyu sigh in relief as they hear that.

"But Akito, he's in trouble." Saotome-sensei muttered.

All three of us look at her immediately, wondering what could've happened to Akito.

"Joker did more than choke him, apparently. His physical barrier reflected a couple of Akito's bullets, and one of those data bullets actually hit Akito's left eye. Since it dissolved, there would be no bleeding. It would've gone unnoticed by you boys. But the virus in the bullets..."

"What about them?" Jiyu worried.

"They've destroyed his optic nerves."

Jiyu, Keiji and I immediately fall into shock upon hearing that. No way... That can't be. You've gotta be kidding me.

"The doctors are doing all they can to heal him now, with the technology and the psychs provided. But it's only a 30% chance. He may remain with a useless eye for all his life."

Riko weeps more, devastated at the fact that such a terrible thing could happen on the day she returned from overseas. Kazumi starts comforting her, but I can see that even she is trying her best to hold back her tears. Haruka just cries more, causing Jiyu to sigh and pat her head.

"What about his parents?" Keiji questioned.

"Apparently, he hasn't told his parents about this. So we're going to cover it up."

"Shouldn't we tell them? He shouldn't be with us in the first place." Keiji suggested.

"No. Not all people are compatible with psychs, K. As you should know, psychs are data-powers inserted inside material objects to make them semi-reality. Due to their nature, not many people are able to even use psychs. We need all the help we can get."

"That's a lame excuse." Jiyu scoffed.

"It's not my fault. It's the government. We have no choice but to obey." Saotome-sensei sighed.

"We'll let them know soon, after his operation is done."

"Who's gonna take responsibility for the approval of his operation?" I followed up.

"The school will. Besides, we couldn't contact his parents."

"There's a blackout at his area. Small one." Keiji spoke up.

All of us lapse into silence, each of us entertaining our own thoughts.

Fifteen minutes after that, the doctor walks through the door and approaches us.


"Doctor, how's my student?" Saotome-sensei asked.

"The operation was a success, but it will take some time for his eye to recover."

All of us sigh in relief as we hear that. Riko and Haruka stopped crying as well.

"In the mean time, we suggest that he covers his eye and allow his optic nerve to heal. Until his eye is ready, prevent him from using it, it might interfere with the recovery process and damage his nerves even further." the doctor advised.

"Thank you, doctor." Saotome-sensei bowed.
I just received a phone call from Miki, and I told her that we were alright. I explained to her about the Errors, and the war going on between the two sides. I also told her that I would be heading back home once I was done visiting. Now...

We sit in the room, where Akito, Ringo and Satsuki are sleeping. Riko and Kazumi are seated beside Satsuki, waiting for her to wake up. Haruka, on the other hand, is standing at Ringo's side. While the three of us...


"Hey K, you done with this week's JUMP?" Jiyu asked.

"Yeah. I'm reading A Certain Comical Manga right now." Keiji said as he passed Jiyu the magazine.

"Thanks man. Here, your Da-Red-Man volume 21."

"Already read that before. Put it beside you."

"Okay."

I sighed and closed my eyes, getting some rest. I slowly begin to drift off into sleep, my body's strength being sapped away. Akito's parents came to check on him, and the doctor said that they should rest, and that the School's Security Department will take care of them. Right now, the Kazuma Family are the only ones in this room, minus Miki. I wonder if she's alright.

"Brother!"

I open my eyes slightly, taking a peek at what's going on. Haruka is standing in front of Jiyu.

"Why are you reading manga at a time like this?"

"Why not?" Jiyu wondered.

"Ringo's still not awake! Are you really okay with that?" Haruka nagged.

"There's nothing we can do now. We just have to wait for her to wake up. She's not in bad condition. So relax. Everything will work out fine." Jiyu smiled.

"But-"

"Stop nagging me, Haruka. I know what needs to be done. But I've cried enough already. Any longer I spend regretting by Ringo's side, will just draw me back to the dark pit of despair."

"Your brother's right. There is a time for crying, and a time to have faith. Right now, your brother and I are reading to calm ourselves down, to relax, and leave it to Ringo, Satsuki and Akito to wake up. We need to form battle plans as well." Keiji assured.

"Kazumi and Riko as well. They understand the situation, that's why they want to be there for Satsuki when she wakes up. I don't need to, since they're already there." he added.

"You know, she's going to kill you if she hears that." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"I can't help it. Satsuki is just so attached to me I'm literally scared." Keiji shivered.

"Ringo wouldn't want me to worry about her. She'd feel bad, you know." Jiyu grinned.

Haruka calms down, and starts thinking about what her two brothers have said.

'These two... understand more than I do.'

I smile at their conversation and close my eyes, the fatigue taking over my body. I'm so tired... I guess it's time to sleep...
I slowly open my eyes, looking at the clock. The time reads 3:45. Ugh... I've been asleep from 12:30 until now... that's long. Huh? Riko's asleep... but Kazumi and Haruka are nowhere to be seen.

I glance at Akito, Ringo and Satsuki, still asleep. As I turn to the side, I see that Jiyu is sleeping peacefully on the small couch provided, with his sister cuddled up beside him. Keiji, on the other hand, is sleeping on three chairs joined together. These two really make themselves at home. I stand up, albeit with some difficulty.

Where's my sister? I need to find her. I walk outside into the dim hospital corridor. Everything seems like a horror movie sort of thing. Tch... where is she anyway?


"If you're looking for your sister, she's over here."

I recognize that voice. That cold, dark, piercing voice.

I turn around to face Joker, and the same sight I've seen before greets me. Joker is chocking my sister, just like how he did with Akito. But this time, she's unconscious.


"You... what have you done to her?"

"Nothing." Joker laughs.

"Don't screw around with me, you bastard."

"Jiyu and Keiji let their rage out, but I'm not even getting started with just how much you've pissed me off." I growled.

"Hahahaha... my target isn't you, or your 'family'."

"What?"

"My only target is the Security Department. You small fries can just get lost." Joker said as he put his hand forth. He shot forth a powerful blast of darkness that tore the wall away, the sheer force of the blast destroying everything in it's path.

Shit... I can't dodge this. Is it the end for me? I can't let it end like this. But my legs won't move. I can't fight back, faced with such overwhelming power. Damn, it's all over...

As I get hit by the powerful blast of darkness, I scream in agony, the blast tearing my entire body apart. I feel as if I'm being ripped apart by force. The blast threatening to destroy every atom in my body...


-GASP-

I wake up, for real this time; sweating like mad. I gasp for air and look around, everything seems to be normal. My sister is around, Haruka and Riko are sleeping on a couch, Jiyu and Keiji are sleeping while sitting.

I waste no time, I quickly wake Jiyu and Keiji up, shaking them as if my life depended on it.


"Ugh, geez. What the heck's wrong with you?" Keiji grumbled.

"What do you want, man? I'm having a premonition here." Jiyu snapped.

"Huh? Premonition?"

"It's like deja vu sort of thing. I see something, in which it later really happens in real life. Can I go back to sleep now?"

"How come I never knew of this?"

"I thought I told you."

"No you only told me." Keiji sweatdropped.

"......"

"Oh."

"Dude, that's serious business! What did you see?"

"Nothing, man. Just us fighting some Error in a castle." Jiyu grumbled.

"Probably won't happen in like a few months or something. Just forget it. My premonitions are useless." Jiyu said as he closed his eyes again.

Keiji does the same as well, both of them fall asleep, leaving me to think about what Jiyu just told me.

'What if, Jiyu's premonition has something to do with my dream?'

"Guys! Wake up!" I shook them again.

"What now?" Keiji rubbed his eyes sleepily.

Jiyu just stares at me with an annoyed expression.

"I've got a bad feeling. I think... they're going to attack us."

"Huh?"

"I just have a bad feeling. Joker may be wounded, but he has the Errors to do his bidding. Won't they come for us now, when we're all still tired from battle?"

"!!!"

"Shit! You're right about that!" Jiyu said as he reached for his PDA.

Says the fighting machine.

"Oro? Now that's something I didn't think of." Keiji sweatdropped.

Says the captain.

"Why didn't I think of this before!?" Jiyu snapped.

Says the guy who's IQ test result was 130.

"We need to form battle plans, now! Why did we read so much manga just now!?" Keiji grumbled.

Says the genius with IQ of 175.

The three of us patrol the corridor of the floor, the lights of the hospital reflect off the green floors to give an eerie sensation to it. We meet back at the front of the room, having done a couple of rounds.

"Nothing." Jiyu reported.

"Not a single ghost in sight." Keiji sighed.

Hmm... that's wierd. Was that really just a dream, and not a warning?

"What now?" Jiyu wondered.

"I don't know. Want to read more Da-Red-Man?" Keiji suggested.

"Sure. I wish I brought my Brave Master manga here." Jiyu sighed.

"Why would you regret not bringing your manga to read during Tanabata? That's just dumb." I sweatdropped.

"Umm..."

All three of us turn around to see a nurse.


"It's time for the check-up." the nurse smiled.

"Ah yeah, sorry about this." I apologized as I made way for her.

The nurse walks by me and proceeds to put her hand at the opening for her to slide the door. As her hand approaches it-

Jiyu flips around and kicks her in the gut, sending her sprawling onto the ground. The nurse quickly jumps back onto her feet and charges, but Keiji slashes at her, causing her to jump backwards. At that moment, I raise my hands, now covered by my gloves, and fire a laser beam, but she evades it via a backflip.


"This was not within the plan." the Error muttered.

"So sorry to hear that."

Keiji dashed after her, and with his electrically charged katana, stabs the Error's heart, causing her core to malfunction and halt her processing. The Error hangs on Keiji's blade, sparks coming out of her body. Keiji sighs and places her on the ground before pulling his blade out.

"Good job, G." Keiji smiled.

"The logs say that night-shift nurses aren't working for our floor since this floor is for 'confirmed stable' condition patients. And she was carrying one report log, not three for each patient." Jiyu explained.

"All thanks to you checking the logs first, K." he finished.

"Though, gotta hand it to Kazuma. His response was so fast, it's as if he knew she was an Error." Keiji glanced at me.

"I grew up with two unpredictable idiots, and they're both full of unpredictable battle plans. How do you think I managed to catch up with your speed?" I replied.

Keiji takes out his PDA and e-mails Saotome-sensei, notifying her of the attack.

"What now?" Jiyu repeated.

"We sleep." Keiji grinned.

"You guys are so laid-back, your aura of laziness actually affects me."
-Two Days Later, Friday, July 10th, 6:45pm-
The ten members of the Kazuma Family are gathered in the park, holding a meeting. Akito, Ringo and Satsuki have recovered from their wounds, and now the ten of them are scattered around the park.

Huh. I notice that Jiyu's hair is now dark blue, his original hair color. He dyed it black because he went back to his home country to study, but I see that he finally returned it to it's original color. Keiji seems to have gotten his hair a new style, he looks cooler now.

"Alright, let's get straight to the point, since we've had a busy week." Keiji said sternly.

"Oi oi... who died and made you leader?" I sweatdropped.

"I was leader to begin with." he smirked.

"As if. This is the Kazuma Family, you know."

"I'll argue with you later, for now..."

"I'm going to be very frank. We will not be seeing each other for the next seven days." Keiji announced.

All of those outside Division X gasped as they heard this, wondering what could be so important.

"We're going into training, to prepare ourselves for the war. It will need a total of six days, with a seventh day of finalization to increase our psych's power. So, we will be staying at the Security Department HQ, and we will be training for that time." Keiji continued.

"In the meantime, I've arranged with the other members. Satsuki, you will be taking care of the girls. Kazuma and G have given their permission to allow their sister to stay over. Miki, you'll be placed under protection, but don't worry. You'll just be watched after from a distance. This is all to prevent Joker or Errors to target you guys."

The girls started talking to each other, exchanging worried opinions. Haruka started to panic, prompting Satsuki to try and calm her down.

"Listen." Jiyu spoke up.

"We're not going to die, we're just going to prepare for the next attack. It may be anywhere, so we're going to have to be ready. It's just for seven days, so keep cool. We'll return after that." Jiyu explained.

-That night-
"Brother, will you be all right?" a worried Kazumi asks me as we're eating dinner.

"Yes, don't worry. Please, stop worrying."

"Do you remember that show we watched? The robot dude firing lasers and all."

"Yes, I do."

"I got my new weapons, gloves. They allow me to fire lasers just like that robot dude."

"Really..."

"Don't worry. I'll be fine. I'm not alone." I smiled.

"I just don't want you to head to your grave like this." Kazumi muttered.

"I might be. But Kazumi, this is my job. I could've refused to join Division X, but I reluctantly accepted. Because I wanted to protect you. I may be heading to my grave, but I will not be alone. Besides, I'm not going to let myself die." I assured.

That's right. I promised mom and dad that I would take care of Kazumi. I cannot die, I won't die. There's a possibility, but I won't give up until my spirit is crushed.

"I'll be fine." I smiled again.

Kazumi smiles, putting me at ease. For now.

"You're leaving already?" Haruka panicked.

"Yeah. I've got to head over and help Saotome-sensei move stuff." Jiyu replied as he packed his stuff.

"But there're plenty of other people who can do that! Can't you stay just for tonight?"

"Lin."

Haruka stops talking, surprised at the fact that her brother used her english name.

"I've got my responsibilities to sort out. As your brother, I am expected to take care of you. But as a member of Division X, I am also supposed to protect the people."

"But, you're not doing your job as a brother at all!" Haruka lashed out.

Haruka cries immediately, causing Ringo, who was standing beside her, to hug her.

Jiyu sighs.

"You don't get it."

"?"

"I made the choice to leave you with Kazumi, Riko, and Satsuki. Since Satsuki is a combatant herself, she can take care of you. She's the only person I can trust you with, in such a time. I'm doing my job as a brother, to make sure you're in the right hands when I'm not around to take care of you. You cannot rely on me all the time. Geddit?"

Haruka stops crying as she hears that.

"Do you need a more detailed explanation using manga as a reference source? I can draw a 4 panel manga to show you how that's done too." Jiyu joked.

Haruka smiles at her brother's joke.

"Stand up, be strong; know right from wrong. Forever hence, believe yourself." Jiyu patted Haruka's head as he walked down the stairs.

"Oi Ringo. You wanted to borrow some games right? Hurry up and do it. Once I step out, I'm locking the door whether both of you are outside or not." Jiyu called out.
Fujiwara Riko and Shinomiya Satsuki stand at the door, barring Keiji from leaving.

"If you don't move, I'll have to use my Crown Belt to tie you two up." Keiji spoke up.

"That sounds nice~" Satsuki smiled.

"Please refrain from getting the wrong idea."

"Why does all of this have to happen..." Riko muttered.

"I don't want you to die, brother..."

"I really don't get girls, you girls are so mushy. But oh well." Keiji sighed.

"I'm not going to die. I'm going to kick ass. They're different things."

"But-"

Satsuki puts her hand on Riko's shoulder and shakes her head, not wanting her to talk anymore.

"Satsuki. I can count on you, right?" Keiji asked.

"Leave the girls to me. Tell Yu-kun and Kazu-kun to train hard. We'll be rooting for you." Satsuki smiled.

"Thanks."

Keiji proceeds to walk by them, Satsuki and Riko making way for him. Keiji opens the door and walks out, the evening sun shining in the sky.

"Later." Keiji waved without looking back.

"Take care." Satsuki muttered as she waved back.

"Took you long enough." Akito sighed as he adjusted his eyepatch.

"Two girls got in my way. Can't say it was easy to get outta there." Keiji said as they started walking.

"You're really bad at dealing with girls, huh?" Akito laughed.

"Hush, man. If G or Kazuma hear about this I'm dead." Keiji joked.
The five members of Division X gather at the underground HQ of the Security Department, ready to begin their training.

"Alright, now I'll explain to you all about Phase Two."

All five of us nod, ready for whatever that comes.

"Phase Two is the second Phase of our plan, and it will involve all of you getting stronger. Division X is our lone combat unit, so we're heavily relying on you guys."

"Hold it, Sensei. What about Division Z? They can help."

"Yes. That's why we're going to give them more advanced combat training for them to help you out."

"Does it involve all those stupid acrobatic lessons?" Jiyu raised his hand.

"Yes. It does."

"Hah! Suffer what we've gone through, Division Z! Wahahahaha!" Jiyu mocked.

"Take that! Now we can laugh at them! Wuhahahaha!" Keiji followed.

"Finally somebody who shares our fate." Akito sighed.

"Good for us." Ringo joined in.

"You're going to go through a hellish training program I prepared for you. My daughter will be helping you out this time."

"......"

Everyone stopped laughing after they heard that.

"Psst, she just said hellish." Jiyu whispered to Keiji and me.

"I know right. She's really gonna kill us this time." Keiji replied.

"What next? 100 push-ups in the morning?" I followed up.

"Please no, I can only handle 13 push-ups." Jiyu refused.

"You seriously need to work on your stamina. You're lucky our fights with the Errors don't drag out so long or you'll be out of breath one hour into the battle." Keiji sweatdropped.

"Now that she said hellish, we're dead." Akito joined in.

"I think we should bomb her room when we have the chance." Jiyu suggested.

"No no no, we'll put a poisonous spider in her room." Ringo said with a dark aura.

"No no, centipede. We'll use a centipede."

"How about a purple snake?" I suggested.

"Wait, a poison dragon." Akito brightened up.

"Does that thing even exist in the first place?" Jiyu sweatdropped.

"In Dungeon Hunter it does." Akito grinned.

"No seriously. How're you gonna do that? Materialize the data from the game? LOL." Jiyu laughed.

"SHUT UP BRATS! I CAN HEAR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!!!" Saotome-sensei yelled, blowing all of us away manga style.

"I've prepared your rooms. You can go put your stuff, and waste your life away. Two people in a room. Ringo, you'll be with my daughter. She'll be here tomorrow morning, are you fine with that?"

"Yes."

"Okay. Good. And boys-"

Saotome-sensei turned to see the four of us boys already walking out of the central area, heading to the outer part of the sewers where our rooms are.

"..."

"I'll have to tell them tomorrow then." Saotome-sensei sighed.

"So dudes, I brought my laptop." Jiyu grinned.

"Good job. I bought a bunch of A Certain Comical Manga episodes for us to watch. Think your laptop can play them?" Keiji brightened up.

"It will. Chill."

"Who's going with who?" Akito popped up in between them.

"I'll share the room with G." Keiji replied.

"Sounds legit." Akito agreed.

"Oh yeah, I brought snacks as well." Jiyu said.

"What exactly do you put inside your bag?" I asked.

"All of the necessary requirements for a sleepover. Wanna know?" Jiyu grinned as we walked across to the other side of the sewage.

"Please, stop talking." I sweatdropped.

"Games, Manga, Snacks, materials for pranks, and apples."

"Hold it, what's with the apples?"

"Sugar helps keep the brain efficient."

"You've gotta be kidding me." I sweatdropped again.

"No no, he's right. But you need to stabilize it with protein." Keiji interjected.

"G doesn't eat vegetables, so I think he's waaaaay above the stabilization level." Akito rolled his eyes.

"Not too much sugar. Mainly sugar found in fruits or vegetables will do." Jiyu lectured.

"Right. So that's why you love apples so much." I commented as we reached the other side.

"Who loves me so much?"

All of us turned around to see Ringo following us, she somehow managed to keep silent the whole time.

"Not you, apples. You know? Red, sweet, juicy?" Jiyu waved his hand in front of her head.

"I was joking, dummy." Ringo said as she kicked him in the gut.

Jiyu fell down to the floor and started making unidentified wails of pain again.

After a few moments, he went silent and slowly stood up, rubbing his stomach. After he gave us a smile, all of us took turns and smacked him on the head before resuming our walk to our rooms.

-Bath area-
"I can't believe we're bathing in an underground sewer that doesn't smell like one." I said.

"More like I can't believe how there's a hot spring in an underground sewer." Jiyu followed up.

"More like I can't believe how you two are so dull. Technology's advanced now, of course such things are possible." Keiji sighed.

"This is like something out of an anime." Akito brightened up.

"If you've been listening to our epic fourth wall breaking, you'll probably know that we're not real already." Jiyu replied.

"Oi oi, did you listen to what you just said?" Keiji sweatdropped.

All of us laughed as we bathed in the hot, relaxing water that burned away our fatigue. I wonder if we should really be relaxing like this. We should train as hard as possible, become stronger. Strong enough to defeat Joker and the Errors, defeat the guy he's working for. End this conflict. But... with things as they are now, it's as if we're fighting a losing battle. We don't know anything about them. We know almost nothing.

"What's up, Kazu-kun?" Keiji noticed my dilemma.

"We still don't know much about Joker and his army. It's as if we're fighting a losing battle." I voiced my thoughts.

"Know yourself, know your enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." Jiyu spoke up.

"We know about the enemy, but we have to know ourself, know our weaknesses." Jiyu added.

"We wouldn't be here training if we didn't know about the enemy, Kazu-kun." Keiji grinned confidently.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You'll know. For now, focus on training. We'll tell you when the time is up." Jiyu replied.

Ugh... more waiting... I'm sick and tired of waiting for answers. If these two know something, why don't they just tell me? We didn't grow up together for nothing. What's keeping them from telling me what's going on? What exactly IS going on? Why won't these two just tell me?

The boys step out of the bath not long after that, ready to head into their rooms to rest for the day.
All five of us stood inside the training room. It was a huge, spacious white room with nothing but white. The computers used in the area are all screens inside the long, white, table-like CPU. Seperating the computer room and the training area are three layers of thick, transparent data-glass.

"Are you all ready? We'll begin the training. Don't slack off, kids." Saotome-sensei warned.

"Roger." Keiji replied as the leader of Division X.

"Good. Reiko, get in here." Saotome-sensei called.

All five of us turned behind to see a pretty, elegant lady. This is the one we call 'Sara'. Saotome Reiko, age 18, General of Division X, and Saotome-sensei's daughter. She has blonde hair that reaches all the way to her waist, matching with her green eyes. She radiates an aura of command and strength, despite her appearance and age.

"It's been a long time, Division X." Sara greeted.

"Indeed, boss." Jiyu grinned.

"Your head it has. She was spying on us two days ago." Keiji smacked Jiyu's head with a paper fan he pulled out of nowhere.

"But we didn't see her in person." Akito protested.

"She was supposed to help in case things got out of hand. Why didn't you step in for Satsuki and the others, Sara?" Keiji glared.

"I was the one who ordered her to stand by. If you three boys saw Sara fighting, you would be kicking back and relaxing in a corner. I wanted you boys to join in the fight, so you could grow stronger."

"But you risked their lives in the process!" Jiyu snapped as he pointed at Ringo and Akito.

"I should let you know. Joker's motive isn't to kill us. If he wanted to, he could've done so earlier. He wants to avoid commotion. Attacking you kids at public AND at the school, was to get you all fired up. Once that happens, you kids would start destroying each other from the inside through your frustration. That's how he wants to win, without getting his hands dirty. Sara saw all of it, Joker never wanted to killed them, he just wanted to make a drama out of it. That's his speciality. The bullet that hit Akito's eye wasn't part of his script."

"What!?" Keiji's eyes widened in shock.

"I saw it. Joker was cursing himself. He fears if you all have too much anger, you will direct your fury at him, and his plan would fail. Resulting in a backfire. He really got it though. G and K's fury was enough to beat some sense into that clown." Sara reported.

"So that's how he wants to play the game. I'll show that clown who's Crowned Clown." Keiji growled.

"Well he's got it now. We're gonna direct so much anger at him, he'll wish he never crossed us." I spoke up.

"Well said, Kazuma. Now, let us begin your training, Division X." Saotome-sensei declared.

All of us nodded as Sara walked into the training area, gesturing for us to follow.
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Chapter 7 - End
References:
"Hey K, you done with this week's JUMP?" Jiyu asked.

"Yeah. I'm reading A Certain Comical Manga right now." Keiji said as he passed Jiyu the magazine.

A reference to the anime To Aru Majutsu no Index, translated to A Certain Magical Index.
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"Stand up, be strong; know right from wrong. Forever hence, believe yourself." Jiyu patted Haruka's head as he walked down the stairs.

Jiyu recites the lyrics of the Bleach OST - Stand up, Be strong
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"If you don't move, I'll have to use my Crown Belt to tie you two up." Keiji spoke up.

A reference to D.Gray-Man's Allen Walker's technique, the Crown Belt. Used to restrain an enemy or save his friends by tying the energy belt around them.
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"No no no, we'll put a poisonous spider in her room." Ringo said with a dark aura.

"No no, centipede. We'll use a centipede."

A reference to Air Gear, where Minami Ikki and his gang places a centipede in their teacher's shoe. The teacher got bitten, but their plan failed as he knew it was them all along. They later regret not putting a poisonous spider instead.
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"How about a purple snake?" I suggested.

"Wait, a poison dragon." Akito brightened up.

A reference to Fairy Tail, Cobra the Poison Dragon Slayer is accompanied by his purple flying snake, Cubelios.
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"Does that thing even exist in the first place?" Jiyu sweatdropped.

"In Dungeon Hunter it does." Akito grinned.

Dungeon Hunter, a reference to Monster Hunter, a popular game for the PSP.
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"Know yourself, know your enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." Jiyu spoke up.

Jiyu quotes Sun Tzu, an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher.
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"So that's how he wants to play the game. I'll show that clown who's Crowned Clown." Keiji growled.

A reference to D.Gray-Man. Allen Walker's Innocence is known as Crown Clown. Alternative names include Crowned Clown, or God's Crown.
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Ossu. Ayama Kazuma here. We're now at Day Four of our Phase Two training.

"Put more effort into it, G!" Sara urged as she clashed with him.

"Tch, you make it sound so easy!" Jiyu snapped as he pushed her back.

Twirling his white blade, he charges in and slashes at her with his black blade, attempting to trick her. Sara falls for it and blocks it with her laser blade, allowing Jiyu to thrust at her with his free hand. Sara, however, sidesteps easily while maintaining their clash, and manages to push Jiyu back due to his imbalanced position. Sara gives him a final shove and knocks him to the ground, ending their training.

"That's all for G's training today. Who's next?" Sara turned to look at us, the bystanders.

Immediately, Keiji dashes for her. Using a belt he got from the storage, Keiji lashes at Sara with it, the belt tying up both her hands like a handcuff; causing Sara to drop her laser saber. Keiji then reels a stunned Sara towards him, attempting to close the distance between them.

Once Sara is two metres away from him, she easily unbinds her hands. Using the momentum provided by Keiji's reeling in of her, Sara jumps and kicks Keiji in the gut.


"OW!" Akito spoke up.

"THAT is gonna leave a mark." Jiyu laughed as he sat down beside us.

"You guys sure are enjoying this." I sweatdropped.

Keiji sprung back onto his feet after lying down for 2 seconds. Having caught his breath, Keiji resumes the battle in earnest, drawing his katana. Utilizing it alongside his belt, Keiji clashes with Sara; exchanging blows at high speed. Sara distances herself from him, but Keiji charges at her.

Sara's eyes narrow, waiting for Keiji. As Keiji approaches her, Sara slashes at blinding speed, creating a sword wave, or sonic boom that travels at amazing speed towards Keiji. Keiji jumps immediately, avoiding danger but falling into Sara's trap. Sara jumps and slashes at Keiji, causing him to block the blow. Keiji, however, is thrown off balanced due to being midair, and falls down on the ground.

Sara lands and walks towards him, but she stops short.

Why'd she stop...?

Sara looks at her legs and sees that they're binded by Keiji's belts, which have now taken an energy form.


"How you like them Data-belts?" Keiji grinned as he yanked hard.

Sara falls down hard as Keiji springs back onto his feed. Keiji grabs a second belt and throws it at her, the belt instantly recognizes it's target and buries it's two ends in the ground, trapping Sara between the belt and the ground.

"It's over, Sara." Keiji declares his victory as he prepares to initate the winning signal.

The winner of the training session is determined when you pin your opponent down and do one of the following.
1. If you are using a sword, then stab the ground beside the opponent's head.
2. If you're using projectiles, blast/shoot the ground beside the opponent's head.

As Keiji prepares to impale the ground beside her head, Sara breaks free of the restraints placed on her legs and she kicks Keiji's back, causing him to fall over. Sara gets up and steps on the handle of her saber, launching it up to the air. Sara then kicks it gently, the saber flying like an arrow before burying itself in the ground beside Keiji's head.

"My win, K." Sara smiled as Keiji's belts return back to physical form and drop to the ground.

"Ugh... I was so close..."

Keiji walked back to us and sat down beside Jiyu, disappointed.

"You did well, kids." Saotome-sensei announced.

All of us turned behind to see Saotome-sensei walking towards us, surrounded by holograms. She waves two away, and proceeds to drag one hologram from her side to her front.

"Ringo's reflexes and instincts are sharper now. She's definitely strong enough to handle an Error on her own now." Saotome-sensei began.

Ringo blushes at the praise she's received.

"Due to losing one eye, Aki's vision in his right eye has improved somewhat, gaining a higher level of concentration. I can see that his shots are more accurate than before. He's also gotten stronger."

Akito sighs in relief as he hears that.

"Kazuma's gotten better with his gloves, and he knows his way around with his lasers. I trust you will put your gloves to good use." Saotome-sensei looked at me.

"I will, sensei." I nodded.

"G-kun. You're in bad shape."

"What." Jiyu replied.

"You're having a hard time catching your breath. Your stamina's deteriorated compared to 3 months ago."

"I'll have to remove you from the front lines." Saotome-sensei concluded.

Jiyu nods silently, having no say against the final decision made by his teacher.

"K, those belts are yours to keep. This, in addition to your arsenal will surely be of big help to you and the team."

Keiji nods, agreeing to the teacher's decision.

"It's five now. Go to your rooms and rest. Dinner will be served at 7. Supper will be prepared during 11. As usual. Today's training ends here."

All five of us stood up and walked towards the door leading to the central area, exhausted from our long 7 hours of training.

"I want to play Rengoku Kabara now." Akito spoke up.

"I want to bath first." Ringo said.

"I think we should all bath first." Keiji suggested.

"I'm cool with that." I agreed.

"G, you joining us?" Keiji asked.

"Anything goes. Depends on where you guys wanna go." Jiyu replied as we walked out into the sewage area.

"Alright, let's wash up first." Keiji grinned.

The remaining 4 of us nod and proceed to follow Keiji. And so, Day Four's training ends. We really surpassed our limits for the past 4 days, training and training even though we couldn't keep going. I hope this training will be enough for us to fight the Errors on a different level, and win this war.

"Hey dude, I heard that we're moving to a different building after summer vacation." Keiji spoke up, directing his sentence to Jiyu.

"Hopefully it doesn't get any retro than our school. This school's like one of those schools that existed during 2010." Akito sighed.

"It's 2040 man. All other schools have elevators, glasses all around, air conditioners, advanced security system, holograms, virtual worlds for us to play with. All sorts of everything. It's like sci-fi! And we're stuck in a retro school from 2010." Jiyu followed up.

"On second thought, we ARE in a sci-fi setting. What the hell's wrong with this setting!? I demand a better school, as a main character!" Jiyu yelled.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY MAN!?" Keiji shot back, keeping up with the joke.

"Somehow you guys are really going off track with the original topic." I sweatdropped.

"As I was saying, we're changing to a different building after summer. A week before summer vacation, we'll be having a trip to pay that building a visit." Keiji continued.

Good. A new building, finally a 'normal' school building. Not these retro school buildings from 2010. But wait, what about the Security Department? Do we have to move everything there? I sure as hell won't volunteer for grunt work. Not if we have to move everything from the Security Department.

As we approached the dormitory area, we bump into Kaitou, Django and Sonic, who've finished bathing, from what I can see.


"Yo guys. You're fast today." Jiyu greeted.

"Yeah. We got off early today because we did a good job for the assessment." Kaitou replied.

"We finally cleared the acrobatics exam. They were freakin' pointless from my point of view." Django grumbled.

"I know right." Sonic chimed in.

"We'll catch you guys later for dinner. That cool with you dudes?" Keiji spoke up.

"Eh, sure." Kaitou agreed.

"Oi K. I got your Visual Novels ready." Sonic said as he walked by us alongside Django and Kaitou.

Huh? Did I just mishear him?

"Alright, thanks. Give em' to me later." Keiji waved without looking at them as we started walking.

Oh... of course. More black market business between Keiji and Sonic.
We finished bathing around 5:30, and now we're all rotting away in Keiji and Jiyu's room, the five of us gathered in there. Keiji is sitting like a boss in his chair, whilst Jiyu is lying down on the top bed of the double-decker provided for them. I assume that's his bed. He hangs on the bed, his legs being the only thing that prevent him from falling. His torso and head hang upside-down. Apparently he likes looking at things upside down.

Akito is lying down on Keiji's bed, tapping away on his PSP like a mindless zombie. I think he's playing through the same stage again, because he seems to know exactly what he's doing. Ringo, on the other hand, is trying to climb up Jiyu's bed to get his PSP in his bag. Jiyu, however, just ignores her and stares away into space for no apparent reason.


"Hey dudes, the vice-principal's organizing a party for all the students later. From 10pm to 12am." Keiji announced.

"Is he freakin' serious?" Jiyu wondered with a tone of curiosity.

"He is." Keiji replies calmly.

"Looks like he isn't that big of an asshole as we thought he would be." Akito commented without looking away from his PSP screen.

"Sounds like fun. But are we supposed to even leave Headquarters while we're under training?" Ringo said as she desperately tried climbing up the ladder of the bed.

"Yes. Oh and, we'll be getting new uniforms soon. Division X uniforms." Keiji grinned.

"Sounds legit." Jiyu commented.

"Move, G-kun. I can't reach your bag!" Ringo grumbled as she tried climbing again. Jiyu's blocking her way since the right side of his body is blocking the ladder.

"Use the Devil Buster." Jiyu replied nonchalantly.

"I'll give you an Atomic beating if you don't move." Ringo threatened.

"You know, we should call the girls and check how're they doing." Keiji suggested.

"Good idea." Jiyu agreed.

"Indeed. We should-"

My sentence is cut off as my phone rings in my pocket, which is wierd. I haven't received any calls recently, because the sensei told our family that we needed to focus on our training. Everyone stops talking as I reach into my pocket and take out the vibrating phone, looking at the screen.

"It's Kazumi." I spoke up.

"Speak of the devil." Keiji replied.

I press on the 'answer call' option on the touchscreen and hold my phone up to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Brother! This is bad! Miki's been kidnapped!" Kazumi's voice booms in my ear like a speaker, her talking speed is also unusually fast. It's as if she's on drugs.

"Wait wait wait, what do you mean, Miki's been kidnapped?" I struggled to answer my sister, who's panicking.

"Kidnapped! By bad guys!"

"What kind of bad guys?"

"I don't know! They were dressed in black suits, and wore sunglasses! They took out Satsuki, and then-"

"Hold it, what do you mean 'took out Satsuki'? What the hell's going on-"

"Oh dude shut up and give me that for a second." Jiyu said as he plucked the phone out of my hands. Damn, I forgot this guy was hanging above me.

"Oi Kazumi, hand the phone to my sister." Jiyu ordered.

"Took out Satsuki. Sounds like something from Tekken." Akito spoke up.

"You, shaddup." Jiyu played the role of the straight man.

LOL.

Jiyu frowns and waits for a few seconds before his sister answers.


"Brother?"

"Haruka, tell me what happened. What's this about knocking out Satsuki Tekken style and kidnapping Miki?" Jiyu demanded.

LOL Tekken style.

"I don't know myself! It happened so fast, they appeared out of nowhere and, in the blink of an eye-"

"Okay nevermind you're confused yourself. Hand the phone to Riko." Jiyu sighed.

After he says that, Jiyu calls out to Keiji and throws my phone at him. Keiji catches it with his right hand and passes it to his left before putting the phone to his ear.

"You guys, that's my phone you're throwing around, you know?" I sweatdropped.

Riko answers the phone shortly, and slowly explains to Keiji about the situation.

"These guys popped out of nowhere, we didn't see them. They grabbed Miki and easily took out Satsuki in one blow when she was rushing to her aid. We were actually near the Statue of Hachiko. We wanted to go shopping, but these guys ruined EVERYTHING!" Riko grumbled.

"How did they even take out Satsuki in one blow?" Keiji wondered.

"They struck her neck or something. She's fine now, but they said they would kill Miki. They left a piece of paper, it says T minus P equals to X." Riko explained.

"That doesn't make sense." Keiji sweatdropped.

"Please, find her!" Riko pleaded.

"Don't worry about Miki. We will." Keiji said as he hung up.

"What did she say?" I asked.

"We've got some clues. T minus P equals to X." Keiji replied.

"What the heck?" Akito sweatdropped.

"What does that mean?" Ringo wondered.

"Nothing. Come on K, let's go tell Saotome-sensei about this." Jiyu said as he rolled over and fell down from the bed. While falling, he rolled in midair and landed on his feet.

"Those acrobatic lessons were useful after all." I commented.

"Please, don't remind me." Jiyu shuddered as Keiji ran out of the room with Akito behind him. Ringo jumped down from the bed and followed suit as Jiyu and I turned off the lights and the fan.
All of the members of the Security Department gathered at central upon hearing the news of Miki being kidnapped. Shouts and yells of frustration or commands can be heard as the whole Department is thrown into disorder.

"Sensei, what should we do?" Keiji spoke up.

"Wait. The tracking team is still trying to spot them." Saotome-sensei replied.

"We won't make it in time!" I urged.

"Then decipher the message. What is T minus P equals to X?" Saotome-sensei scolded.

"She's right, what the heck does that mean?" Jiyu scratched his head.

"There's no number or integer for us! What the heck do we do?" Akito wondered out loud in frustration.

"Well, we can try replacing them with numbers, but without a definite number to replace it with, we'll just be wasting time." I suggested.

"But what does T and P mean? Their alphabetical orders?" Ringo wondered.

"No way it's gonna be that simple." Keiji butted in.

"Saotome-san! We've received a file!" a person from the Information Department yelled.

"Check it for viruses!" Saotome-sensei ordered.

"It's virus free! Apparently it requires a 25-digit password!"

"What!?"

My heart sank as I heard that. Twenty-five digits? How are we going to figure out a password so long? That's near impossible!


"Isn't there some kind of hint!?" I banged the table.

"Maybe the two things are connected. Assuming if T minus P equals to X, the password." Keiji pondered.

"But how are we gonna figure out a twenty-five digit password!?" I yelled.

"Well we can try splitting it in half." Akito suggested.

"Good job genius, 25 is a perfect square. You can't divide it by two." Jiyu sweatdropped.

"What about twelve twelve one?" Ringo followed up.

"That's not splitting in half anymore. It won't be that simple either." Akito sighed.

"Twelve one twelve?"

"Huh, what's that gonna do?" I asked.

"Wait." Jiyu snapped.

All of us turned to him.

"K, ten to the power of 12." Jiyu spoke up.

"Tera." Keiji replied

Three seconds of silence pass by.

"Of course!" Keiji snapped into realization.

"Ten to the power of negative 12?" Jiyu added.

"Pico." I replied.

"We have T and P." Keiji grinned.

"So a Tera minus a Pico?" Ringo wondered.

"Seems legit. K, what's the answer?" Jiyu glanced at Keiji, who's busy calculating inside his brain.

"Twelve nines, decimal point, another twelve nines." Keiji replied with a smile.

"Twenty-five." Jiyu grinned.

Watching them smile also puts a smile on my face.

"SAOTOME-SENSEI!" I yelled.

"TERA MINUS PICO!"

Saotome-sensei snaps into enlightenment as she hears that. She quickly orders the person in charge to enter the twenty-five digit password, waiting for results anxiously as the person does his job.

She sure is fired up about this, maybe because we have a potential hint on the enemy's whereabouts.


"It worked, Saotome-san!" the person yelled.

"Good! Put it on the main screen!"

Everyone in the central area diverted their attention to the big hologram that hung over our heads in the air to get a better view.

A huge island popped up on the screen, it seems to be a map of some sorts. As the tech guy zoomed out on the image, it shows us the location of the island.


"To the east of Kanagawa." Keiji said.

"How the hell are we supposed to get there? That's gonna take a couple of hours!" Jiyu snapped.

I agree. The east of Kanagawa, the ocean. They'll kill Miki before we even reach half the distance.

"Relax. I've arranged with the transport department. You've got a jet waiting for you. You should reach there in about an hour's time." Saotome-sensei smiled at us.

"What are we, a military force working in secret?" I sweatdropped.

"You guys need to get there immediately. The new school building's island is north of that, near Chiba. This might not look good." Saotome-sensei ordered with a tone of worry.

"Right, we're on it." Keiji replied.

"Your uniforms have been prepared, head to the right of Central, into the combat department. Turn right again when you enter, away from the training room. That's where your uniforms are." Saotome-sensei points to the area where the training room is located.

All of us nod and run towards the direction Saotome-sensei pointed, dashing through the many people who're busy staring at the big screen or doing their work. For now, we've gotta make haste. Miki's life is in danger, we've gotta go save her.

We enter the room where our new uniforms and weapons are stored, the white walls of the place reminding me of the training room.

I see different compartments in the wall, each compartment with metal plates stating the Division meant to use it. At the very end of the room, the largest compartment resides, the words on the plate above it say Division X.


"This is just grand." Jiyu grinned as we walked towards it.

"I know right. Now we're really in an underground military base." Keiji joked.

"Right right, let's cut to the chase guys. Someone's life is at stake here." I reminded.

"Relax man. They ain't gonna harm her. I guarantee you that." Jiyu assured.

"How can you be so calm during times of crisis? I seriously don't get you." I sweatdropped as the walls began to move down to reveal our uniforms.

"Well, I have what you call, instincts." Jiyu smiled.

"Yup. Just sit back, relax." Keiji followed suit.

I sigh as I turn to face the wall that has disappeared underground to reveal what lies behind it. Five uniforms with almost similiar designs greet me. Each uniform as black as night, decorated with crimson lines. The left chest pocket has been replaced with alphabets; and they hang on five stands, one stand for each uniform.

The uniform to the left is simple, with no collar, just a long coat. On it, the word G is emblazoned. This must be for Jiyu.

Jiyu laughs with joy as he looks at his own uniform.


"Duuuuude! This is AWESOME!" Jiyu cheered.

Beside Jiyu's uniform is a different one that stands out from the other four. This one looks more like a real uniform than the other four that look like coats or cloaks. It comes along with a crimson belt and a bright red skirt; with the word R at the left chest area. No doubt, Ringo's uniform.

"Where's the changing room?" Ringo wondered.

Seriously, that's what you're worried about?

Smack dab in the middle is a rather different one. Resembling Jiyu's uniform, this one is a long coat, reaching down to the legs from what I can see. With the crimson lines having a really special design compared to the other four, this also has a fur collar. The word K can be seen on it.

"I approve of this." Keiji beamed proudly at his uniform.

"You had no right to approve to begin with." Jiyu shot back.

"I am the headmaster, of course I do." Keiji continued the joke.

"Hold it, LOL. Where's my uniform? My name starts with K." I butted in.

"No idea. Might be the one starting with A. Ayama Kazuma, you know." Keiji replied as he took his uniform off the stand.

I look to the right of Keiji's uniform, this one is small. It's just a simple jacket. Letter A. But the size... can't be mine.

"This looks neat." Akito smiled as he walked towards it.

I glance towards the last uniform, this one is wierd. It is longer than a jacket somewhat, but it's not as long as Jiyu and Keiji's 'lab coats'. This one has the word X on it. Wait, this is mine?

"Oi oi, hurry up and change." Keiji said as he took off his shirt to reveal his undershirt.

"Wait, you guys are changing here?" I sweatdropped.

"The changing rooms are all for girls. What do you think?" Jiyu sighed as he reached into his pocket to pull out his bright red scarf.

"What's with the scarf?" I asked as I took off my shirt.

"Oro, isn't that your winter scarf, G?" Keiji noticed as he put on his coat.

"It is. But since I'm the only one without a collar, I think this scarf will be a good replacement." Jiyu said as he tied his scarf his 'usual way'. Making it look like a ninja-scarf or something.

"There we go." Jiyu grinned at his full uniform from head to toe.

"What is it with you and collars?" Keiji wondered as he finished adjusting his coat.

"He has a collar fetish." I joked.

I put on my... err... jacket. Or whatever. There, doesn't seem too bad. At least it doesn't block me from reaching into my pockets.

"Yeah right. Collars cannot do anything except make you look cool." Jiyu followed up.

As we continued joking around, Ringo stepped out of the changing room, dressed in her uniform. She's the only one who has her uniform zipped/buttoned or whatever. My mind is too confused to find the suitable word for it.

"Let's go, Miki's waiting." I urged.

"Hold your horses my man. We still got THIS." Jiyu grinned.

Reaching for his pocket, Jiyu pulled out a remote control and flipped open a cover, pressing on a few buttons. As he did that, the ground began to vibrate and before the stands containing our uniforms, the white floor of the room rose up, like square pillars. Inside these pillars were our new weapons and psychs.

Keiji's weapons have been replaced with a heavier gun, this one looks like a high-power type. This is like one of those sci-fi laser guns, except it's half-bulky. A ball lay there beside his weapon, glowing.


"Well well, they sure put the name KEIJI big enough for me to see. What am I, retarded?" Keiji joked as he walked towards his pillar.

"Your IQ of 175 must be fake. Are you sure it wasn't 17.5?" Jiyu teased.

I and Akito laughed hard at that one insult. That REALLY made me spill my freakin' guts.

"What the hell was that all about?" Keiji laughed.

"I don't know, I just thought maybe your IQ test results were bugged." Jiyu replied as he walked towards his pillar.

Inside his pillar was his twin blades, the white blade Karasu and the black blade Kuraihaji. They seem to have a different vibe around them this time. Two balls lay beside each weapon, a fact that strikes me as unique and wierd to a certain degree.

"Whoa dude, two new psychs?" my eyes widened in shock as I tried to grasp the situation a bit better.

"Apparently so. Since this guy's lung disease makes him a rock in the water." Keiji joked.

"Please, stop it. Mister IQ of 1.75." Jiyu shot back.

"THAT'S WORSE THAN BEFORE LOL." Keiji laughed.

Akito, Ringo and I laughed loudly as we heard that.

Ringo had already taken her new weapon. It seems to be a laser whip that can be retracted into the handle for compact use. She also has a new psych. Apparently Ringo is the only person who gets to keep her old psych. Along with me, since I don't have new weapons or psychs.

Akito, on the other hand, gets his two guns back, along with a new psych. I don't know what that one does, but I hope it'll be useful. Akito didn't even use his old psych once.


"Alright, we're ready. Let's get going." I ordered.

"Like I said, they won't hurt her. Relax a little. We're 'getting going' as fast as we can. Too much tension will destroy you, that's Joker's plan." Jiyu assured.

"I don't know how you can be so sure, but come on." I sighed.

Keiji nods and proceeds to walk in front of us, leading us out of the storage room back into the central area. As we are about to exit central, Saotome-sensei stops us.

"Hey kids."

All five of us turn to look at her.

"Kaitou, Django and Sonic will be following you there. We'll be attending the Vice-Principal's dinner, so we cannot send in too many students out to the battle otherwise things will get suspicious. As the Vice-Principal hates our guts, we should keep our operations a secret from him and act normal. I hope the eight of you will be enough for this job."

The five of us look to the right as Kaitou, Django and Sonic walk in with their new uniforms, black and orange design for Division Z, white and cyan for Division Y. Kaitou and Django wore coats just like Jiyu and Keiji, while Sonic wore a jacket one similiar to Akito's.

"Looks like this is the time to go buck wild." Kaitou spoke up.

"I've charged my solar batteries. Now let's kick ass." Django grinned.

"We'll bring Miki back, don't worry." Sonic smiled confidently at us.

Hmph, we've got three more members. Just you wait, Joker. The Kazuma Division is coming for you. I'm going to pound the living hell into you, you'll wish you were dead.

"Let's go guys." Keiji smirked.

All seven of us nodded and we ran outside to the sewage area, ready to depart for the island.
Chapter 8 - End
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References:
This Chapter, along with Chapter 5's name is a reference to the games in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Both Chapter 5 and Chapter 8 are named after Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- and Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- respectively.
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"I want to play Rengoku Kabara now." Akito spoke up.

A reference to Sengoku Basara, a series of games made by capcom.
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"Use the Devil Buster." Jiyu replied nonchalantly.

"I'll give you an Atomic beating if you don't move." Ringo threatened.

A reference to Devil May Cry 4. Nero's Devil Arm is capable of elongating to drag enemies towards him and then pummel them with it. The arm is know as the Devil Buster. Whilst the Atomic is the equivalent to A rank if you get it during a combo.
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"Took out Satsuki. Sounds like something from Tekken." Akito spoke up.

"You, shaddup." Jiyu played the role of the straight man.

LOL.

Jiyu frowns and waits for a few seconds before his sister answers.

"Brother?"

"Haruka, tell me what happened. What's this about knocking out Satsuki Tekken style and kidnapping Miki?" Jiyu demanded.

A reference to Tekken, a popular arcade fighting game.
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"So a Tera minus a Pico?" Ringo wondered.

"Seems legit. K, what's the answer?" Jiyu glanced at Keiji, who's busy calculating inside his brain.

"Twelve nines, decimal point, another twelve nines." Keiji replied with a smile.

"Twenty-five." Jiyu grinned.

A reference to the Scientific Notation table, whereby 1 x 10 to the power of 12 equals to Tera, and 1 x 10 to the power of negative 12 equals to Pico. Thus resulting in
1 000 000 000 000.000 000 000 000
-0 000 000 000 000.000 000 000 001

The answer being 999 999 999 999.999 999 999 999, twenty-five digits.
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Inside his pillar was his twin blades, the white blade Karasu and the black blade Kuraihaji. They seem to have a different vibe around them this time. Two balls lay beside each weapon, a fact that strikes me as unique and wierd to a certain degree.

A reference to Code:Breaker, one of the author's favorite manga. The weapon's names are based off Code:Breaker's anime adaptation's opening and ending. The Opening is Dark Shame, which can be roughly translated to Kuraihaji in japanese. Hence the black blade's name. The white blade Karasu is named after the ending theme, Shiroi Karasu. Which translates to White Crow.
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Post by Saechika » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:24 am

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The eight of us sit still as the boat 'leaps' across the waters of the ocean, approaching the island where Miki is being held hostage. It's a long story, really. We were meant to get on a jet to fly there, but the guy said he didn't prepare enough jets for eight people, which is stupid. After Saotome-sensei scolded him, we decided to get on a boat instead. Of course, we took the train to Kanagawa before we managed to get on the boat.

"Blrrrrrrrrbfffblrrbfffgh" Jiyu spoke up.

"What the hell?" I sweatdropped.

"Trrrrrrrying to ffffffeeeeeeeeel the wiiiind iiin my mmmmmmmmmouth." Jiyu blabbered.

"I should shove my gun up your mouth while I have the chance now." Keiji rolled his eyes.

"Hey now, don't be so mean."

Both of them continue joking around as I sigh. I really don't get them. It's as if they don't care about what happens to Miki. Considering the fact that we've been growing up together for so long. I just hope they'll get serious when the time comes.

"I can see the island up ahead!" Kaitou announced.

Hearing that, I tilt my body sideways to get a better look. Indeed, the island is within range of my vision. We're getting nearer to it.

"Prepare for land!!!" the boat driver yelled above the wind.

Ah yeah, the driver. He's a guy from the Security Department who graduated. Now working at this boat rental place. I guess the connections that the Security Department has with it's former members can be used to benefit ourselves. That's a good thing.

With all of these connections, shouldn't it be an easy job for them to protect the city? How come we need to do all this work? Geez...

Somehow the government is messed up as well. Not to criticize or anything, but what's with those wierd orders? People's freakin' lives are at stake here. And the higher-ups have to 'stand by' and do what? Watch us die? I seriously don't like where this is headed.

Something's definitely wrong here. I'm sure Keiji and Jiyu have noticed as well. This is very, very wrong. Whatever's going on, it cannot be good. But is it related to the Errors? Or not? There are just so many questions, and no answers at all. When will the answers come?

Without noticing it, we've already arrived at the island. My train of thoughts are interrupted as the boat makes a short leap and crashes onto the ground, alerting the enemies at the camp. Before I can regain my senses and grasp the situation, Jiyu, Keiji, Kaitou and Django have already lept off the boat and charged towards the enemy's beach camp, attempting a raid.


"BRING IT, SUCKERS!" Django yelled.

As if responding to him, an Error morphs her arm into a cannon and fires a shot at him. I can see that it's a high-power energy shot that can cause an explosion. However, Jiyu jumps in and swats the ball away with his black blade as if it were nothing. Django takes the opportunity to fire a shot of compressed solar energy, aiming for the Error's body. The Error jumps, but her left hand gets hit by the shot and immediately the shot burns through her left arm.

"Oooh, shit." Django cursed.

"Oya, not too shabby. Here. The finishing blow." Keiji smirked as he fired a shot from his new gun that pierced the Error's heart, instantly causing her to fall down.

"Easy." Django challenged.

"Let's see you pull that off." Keiji laughed.

"Bring it, asshole." Django grinned back.

"Oi Kazu! Aki! This ain't the time to lollygag! Hurry up!" Jiyu yelled.

"Huh, right." I blurted out.

Akito and I stand up and jump off the boat from our respective seats, Akito was lucky he didn't trip and fall. Those trainings we did really paid off. Ringo, on the other hand, is having trouble getting off.

"What's the matter, Ringo?"

"If I jump off, my skirt will..." Ringo began.

"Oh. That. Need some help?"

"No, I can do it on my own. Go, I'll catch up."

"If you say so."

I nodded and ran towards the guys, who were already battling it out with the androids. Kaitou was teleporting all around the place, shooting at the Error's blindspots, leaving no room for them to even calculate. Django and Jiyu fought side by side, both of them covering each other's weaknesses. Keiji and Akito stood at one side, shooting at the Errors. They stood no chance.

If you wanted to have a melee fight with Django, Jiyu would switch out to cover him. The reverse applying for Jiyu. Any Error that got close to Keiji or Akito would be shot in the heart before they could even deflect the bullet, and Kaitou was too fast for them to even hit.

Smiling, I join in the fight. I fired lasers at every Error that was open for attacks, shooting beams as if I were a cyborg of justice. Several minutes later, the last Error finally fell down, defeated.


"Phew, so far so good. Let's keep going." Keiji urged.

"It looks like that castle over there is their base. We have a long way to go, though." Kaitou explained as he teleported back to us.

"After we go up this ledge, we have a long, straight path that leads to the castle, and I'll bet you a hundred bucks there's ambushes all over." Kaitou continued.

"I got the data we need. This island isn't too big, the castle's the only stronghold they have." Sonic said as he typed madly on his computer.

"Whoa, you can do that?" Jiyu wondered.

"Google maps."

"Wait, this place has wifi?" Jiyu's eyes widened in comical shock.

"Yeah, sure does."

LOL. THOSE GUYS MUST HAVE A LOOSE SCREW OR SOMETHING. AN ISLAND FULL OF KILLING MACHINES, HAVING WIFI.


"Then let's get movin'." Django grinned.

All of us nodded and started walking towards the set of stone stairs that led to the top of this rocky ledge. After that, we looked at the path leading to the castle, straight, long. But the trees that surrounded both sides of it proved to be a very worrying sight.

"Ah... bad." Jiyu noted.

"We'll run out of energy before we get to the castle." Keiji worried.

"No, not quite." I reminded.

"Huh?"

"Remember Jiyu's premonition? He said he saw us fighting Errors in a castle. Must be that one."

"Oh... really?" Jiyu stared into blank space.

"Don't tell me you don't remember."

"I don't. I told you, I only dream of them, then I forget them. I only recall when it really happens."

"Oh. Then nevermind."

"If both of you are right, then we shouldn't worry. But let's not run there, there might be traps on the ground as well. It's gonna be painful to walk, Kazuma, but if you run there, then you'll be exposed to more danger. So be patient, alright?" Keiji asked.

"Yeah. I guess walking there will be a safer option." I considered.

All of us nodded our agreement again and started walking down the path that led to the castle.

The eight of us stand before the castle, admiring it's size.

"I'm surprised they managed to build something like this without being noticed." Jiyu noted.

"Indeed. This is grand. I'd want to have one of these for myself." Keiji grinned.

"Hah, you'll be playing your Visual Novels all day long inside here. Maybe you'll turn yourself into data to have some experience yourself!" Django laughed.

LOL. HE'S GOT A POINT.

"Yeah. You can do whatever you want in this place, and nobody will notice. Ain't that awesome Kei?" Kaitou teased.

"What. I am not the kind of person you think I am!" Keiji denied dramatically.

"Yeah right. Your very own existence denies it." Jiyu shot back.

After laughing for a short moment, they became serious again, and all of them frowned at the huge doors that stood between them and the castle interior.

"Let's charge in." Keiji ordered.

"Yeah sure leave it to me." Jiyu grinned.

Jiyu put both ends of his blades together, as if he were forming a double-bladed sword. After that, his sword's data began to split up and start rearranging themselves, forming a new shape. Taking the shape of a bow, without a bowstring. Now how the heck does that work?

Jiyu grabbed the bow slightly below the middle part, where an extremely flat circular lens resided. Jiyu ran his index and middle fingers through it, the lens registered his body heat, and started to form energy for him. Jiyu pulled back all the way to his cheek, his thumb keeping the energy arrow in place. After taking aim, Jiyu let go of the arrow, causing it to shoot forward and bury itself in the door. Right after that-

"GET DOWN!" Jiyu yelled.

Taken aback, all of us instantly threw ourselves onto the ground as the two doors exploded, leaving only rubble behind.

Immediately, Keiji, Kaitou, Django, Sonic and Jiyu spring back onto their feet and run into the castle, leaving me, Akito, and Ringo to regain our balance before going after them.

"YOU GUYS MUST BE PRETTY DAMN BORED IF YOU'VE GOT WIFI HERE! WANNA BRAWL!?" Jiyu hollered at the top of his lungs.

"Oi oi... we're not here to cause a commotion." Keiji said as he prepared his gun.

"Yeah right, your actions say otherwise." Sonic sweatdropped.

Keiji chuckles at that as three male androids step out to confront us. All three of them wear black suits with black sunglasses.

"Hey look, it's the army of Truemans." Jiyu grinned.

"You mean the army of Steves." Django followed up.

The five of them took their stances in the front lines, shielding me, Akito and Ringo.

"Thou shall pass no further. Thou journey shall end here." The middle one spoke up.

"Sorry, don't give a shit." Jiyu growled.

"What he said."

Having said that, I take up my stance alongside the five of them as well. Even though they've been fighting longer than me, I'm still going to stand with them. If we die, we die together. I'm not hiding behind them.

"You guys will cause no further harm to anyone else. That's what we should be saying." I declared.

"Then so be it."

Their red eyes glowed behind their sunglasses, signifying their attack mode. The three Errors instantly flew towards us through the power of their leg boosters, attempting to send us flying with their huge hands.

Behind us, Ringo started glowing with a red light. She held her hands forward and fired six red beams of light, one for each of us. As they struck us, I started to feel myself becoming stronger.


"That's the Physical Buff! You can do it now!" Ringo encouraged.

Django, Kaitou and Sonic immediately knew what to do. Moving in between us and the Errors, all three of them blocked the Errors with their bare hands, each one locked with one Error.

"These guys are stronger than the female ones we've fought! Go!" Kaitou urged.

"Don't be stupid! Like we'd leave you to fight these guys here!" Jiyu yelled.

"Go now! We can handle them!" Django shot back.

"We didn't train for nothing, you know. Right now, we're as strong as you guys are." Sonic grinned as he pushed the Error back.

The five of us looked at each other, wondering what to do. Jiyu and Keiji nod, and gesture for us to follow.

"You guys better kick their asses." Jiyu encouraged as we ran past them.

"Heh, worry about yourself, will ya?" Django smirked.

"Take care, Kaitou." Keiji said.

"Yeah, you watch your back." Kaitou replied.

"Good luck." Akito wished.

"Thanks." Sonic smiled.

Ringo stops short and concentrates for a moment, her body glowing with red, blue and green aura. She then releases three beams of red, blue and green, one of each color. Kaitou, Django and Sonic receive one of each color.

"Power, Defense and Speed. Make good use of them." Ringo said as she ran after us.

"We will." Kaitou assured as he pushed the Error away. Both of them began exchanging blows with their bare hands at high speed, as if they were martial artists out of a chinese movie.

Good luck, my friends. Thank you for your sacrifices, and make sure you wipe the floor with them.
"KAZUMA!!!"

Miki's screams reach our ears as we reach the top of the stairs that led to the place where she was held.

All five of us look at her, hanging above a pool of lava. Her hands held above her, handcuffed and chained to the ceiling. Joker was sitting beside her, leisurely swinging his legs back and forth.


"Hello, kids. I see you've made it." Joker laughed.

"Good evening, Earl." Keiji bowed.

"Let go of her." I threatened as I raised my hand to take aim on Joker.

"Let's not let go of her." Jiyu rapped.

Huh?

"Yeah. Let's just let her die." Keiji casually agreed.

What the...

"Guys, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Sit still, Kazuma. I want you to stay calm and cool your head."

After saying that, Keiji grabbed one of the four belts he tied on his two arms and lashed at me with it.

"Crown Belt."

The belt instantly transformed into data energy upon that command and circled around me, effectively binding me in place.

"What the-"

"Be quiet please." Jiyu said sternly.

I calmed my sudden anger and remove all the confusion in my thoughts. As of now, I don't know why, but I'm in no position to do anything. I might as well just wait and see what happens.

"Come on Joker. Drop her." Jiyu urged.

"Yeah, drop her into the lava." Keiji agreed as he sat down on the floor.

"Wha... NO!!!" Miki screamed.

"Wha..." Joker began.

"Oh come on already. Do it. Do you want me to do it for you?" Jiyu wondered.

Taking aim, Jiyu prepared another arrow and fired, aiming for the chain that held her up. The arrow struck the chain, but didn't cut through it. The impact, however, was enough to shake it. Miki screamed again.

"What the hell are you doing..." I stared at my teammates with a disgusted look on my face.

Joker stood there in cold sweat, not sure on what to do.

"Wassup Joker? Things not going according to plan?" Keiji spoke up.

Huh?

"Kuh..."

I look at Joker, who looks like he's in a dilemma.

"We know everything." Akito declared.

Joker's eyes widen in shock as he hears that.

"W-what do you mean, know everything?"

"Oh, you don't know, Joker? G, tell him." Keiji shrugged.

"Right. Kawakami Mikiru, moved out of Tokyo because of her lung disease, which was different from mine. Due to the lack of fresh air in our area, Miki had to move out to Okinawa to recover. Why return to Tokyo? I don't get it. There's no reason to, is there?" Jiyu began.

Joker silently waited for Jiyu's next sentence.

"Of course, there had to be a motive. She came back at the peak of the Human-Error War, to the city. And she's still pale, I don't think she's recovered fully."

Joker grunts upon hearing that. Miki just looks at him with a shocked expression.

"Isn't that right now... Commander of the Errors, Kawakami Mikiru?" Jiyu smirked.

I, Joker and Miki gasp upon hearing Jiyu's statement.

Commander of the Errors... Miki? That... what... what's he blabbering about?


"HAH! POOR GIRL, HE THINKS YOU'RE THE COMMANDER OF THE ERRORS! OOOH, HOW FOOLISH!" Joker laughed desperately.

Miki just kept quiet and glared at Jiyu as if he was her worst enemy.

"Let's start off with some proof. How you came back. Your parents decided to transfer you over, correct?" Keiji stood up.

The silence from Joker and Miki suggests that he was right.

"Of course! But when we called your parents the other day, they said YOU were the one who desperately wanted to come back to Tokyo." Keiji grinned.

"Moreoever, you, who always sucked bad with technology, was texting in public at a restaurant! Now now, must've been Joker, huh? Your motive of coming back here, was to destroy the Security Department, wasn't it?"

Joker laughs at that.

"How foolish!"

"Enough, Joker."

Joker turns to look at Miki, who'd ordered him to shut up. All five of us look at her as well.

"Those two boys have been playing detectives since they were kids. Both of them are smarter than an average human. We've been caught."

Having said that, Miki easily breaks free of her shackles and does a somersault midair, landing in front of the lava pool.

"Tell me, Yu-kun, Kei-kun. How did you know? It isn't easy to come up with such an accurate accusation." Miki wondered as her expression turned darker.

"Oh, it wasn't easy indeed. Let's see, your place. You said you were living with your relatives, but when the Security Department checked it, there was nobody there. You were living alone, and I bet you Joker was there to help prepare the place for you. On Wednesday, the first attack was at the Statue of Hachiko. Oh boy, isn't that too close? I bet you, that Maid Error was there to serve as a distraction. There were alot of people there that day, and since you couldn't risk being seen, you had to use that Error to cause panic. Once that was done, you could go in and make preparations for Miki to move in the next day."

So that's why... I see now. Joker wasn't there to taunt us, he was coincidentally there! He didn't expect Division X to show up and defeat his Error, so he had to intervene!

"Next attack, school. Oh I think that's obvious. Miki arrived back home, but she didn't want to head over to the school just yet. She needed mental preparation, so you sent the Error to attack the school, in hopes that school would be delayed for now. Well, she IS in the same school as Division X is."

True.

"But little did you expect, the Security Department was right beneath the school. Once again, your plan was foiled."

Got him on that one...

"Next day, Shibuya Mall. I bet you knew we were going there every friday, so you sent Miki to destroy us, didn't you?"

"Not really. Back then, I didn't know you guys were Division X. I was just told that they were in the building."

Miki... why...

"Right! So! You ordered the Error to attack, but you couldn't confirm who the members of Division X were, so Joker had a hard time, I suspect. That's why, the next day, when you attacked us; you said something off."

"?"

Huh? Something off?

"G, continue. I need a drink."

Jiyu falls down comically upon hearing that.

"Seriously, stop sucking." Jiyu sighed.

"I thought I'd play around with you kids. You teenagers get bored easily nowadays you know? It's very troublesome." Jiyu quoted dramatically, imitating Joker.

"!!!"

"You teenagers? Androids are not programmed to have emotions, they are programmed to act like they do. Androids never get bored, so the only possible answer to that, is a teenager who works with you. That's the first solid foundation we had." Jiyu grinned.

"Joker, you idiot." Miki scolded.

"Ugh... I must've let it slip..." Joker muttered.

"Two days later, during Tanabata, you decided to attack. With your plans being foiled again and again, you had to do something. So you attacked us, intending to make us lose our cool. But that didn't work as well, you got arrogant and let your physical barrier down. And we managed to wound you. Miki easily agreed to head home, after persuasion from Kazuma. Normally, she would argue to stay behind, but instead; she just went home as fast as she could. Because she would have to do something if she was with us."

I never thought... such a small detail could actually be evidence.

"Kazuma, I'm sorry. We had to keep everything a secret from you because you were a blabbermouth." Jiyu apologized. I could tell he was sincere. Even though he said that, I sort of understood what he meant. Deep down, he's right.

"It was because this dummy here was a blabbermouth, we knew what to do."

Nevermind. I don't really think that anymore.

"That night, in the hospital, Kazuma phoned Miki and told her everything. He said that we would head home after visiting was over. That was your perfect chance to attack and destroy Akito and Ringo, the two back fighters of Division X. The nurse Error said: This was not within the plan. Why? Because you had told her that the patients would be alone. So she didn't expect to see the three of us standing at the door when she approached the room."

It slowly... comes to light. I'm starting to understand now.

"K, you finish it up."

"Right, right. Lastly, you got one fact wrong, one that we purposely let slip in order to 'confirm' that you were working with Joker. Remember when I said the training for Phase Two lasted for Seven Days?"

"Mmmhmm." Miki hummed.

"We lied. The training lasts for 4 days, with the fifth day being the graduation day, the day we obtain our uniforms."

!!!

"You decided to get 'kidnapped' on the fourth day, not long and not too soon after we began training, to interrupt us. You thought we would be unready for that, but we were long ready. That's why, the attack on base today was successful." Keiji finished.

"I see... in the end, we were the ones dancing in your palm." Miki muttered.

Keiji released his Crown Belt, unbinding me. I slowly stood up and faced Miki as she looked at me. Her eyes were watery, as if she was going to cry.

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!!" She screamed in rage all of a sudden and dashed towards me, her arm charged with powerful dark energy. Keiji, noticing the danger, instantly used the Crown Belt on her, tying her up and pinning her to the ground.

Jiyu instantly fired an arrow shot that nailed Joker to the wall, the arrow catching his cloak. Jiyu proceeded to fire three more shots to ensure that he would sit still.


"Why... Miki..." I looked at her as she struggled to free herself.

"YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME!!! YOU ABANDONED ME! AND YOU WENT FOR HER INSTEAD!" Miki glared at Ringo.

"Wha-"

"I LOVED YOU ALL THESE YEARS, BUT OVER THE YEARS YOU FORGOT ME AND WENT FOR THIS GIRL WHO JUST JOINED YOU NOT LONG AGO INSTEAD!"

"So THAT's why you wanted to kill us."

Miki and I turned to look at Jiyu, who walked towards us.

"That's where you were wrong, Miki. Kazuma wasn't chasing after Ringo. In fact, Kazuma loved you all these years as well."

Miki's eyes widen in shock, her mind now thrown into a state of confusion.

"You're lying... YOU'RE LYING!!!" she screamed.

"IT'S THE FREAKIN' TRUTH! DAMN IT! I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES RINGO, NOT HIM!" Jiyu yelled in desperation.

Everyone went silent upon hearing that, surprised at his sudden confession.

"Damn, seriously. You're always such a pain to handle, Miki." Jiyu calmed down.

"Though... why did you come back to Tokyo? It wasn't because of the Errors, was it? Otherwise you would've been back 3 months ago." Keiji noted.

"I..." Miki cried as she began.

"I was sick and tired of Okinawa. The people there... they bullied me because I was sick. Everyone took advantage of me..."

"That's when Joker came to me." she continued.

"He offered me power, control over military forces, so that people would never look down on me ever again. After that... I became stronger. I shut everyone up with the Errors, and I got the chance to go come back here after my parents saw my new strength. I didn't want to attack or kill you all... but I had to. Because in the end, you all abandoned me."

"Enough already, Miki." Jiyu said sternly.

"DON'T GIVE ME YOUR BULLSHIT!!!" he yelled, outraged.

"I WAS THE SAME AS YOU WERE! BACK IN MY COUNTRY, PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE IF I DIED OR NOT! NOBODY THERE WAS WILLING TO TAKE A BULLET FOR THEIR FRIEND! I HATED IT!" he continued.

"But when I came back here... it was the same. Because I judged people from the outside."

"I began to see inside of people, and moreover, see what was inside Kazuma, Keiji, Akito, Ringo, Kaitou and the others. Everyone is willing to take a bullet for a friend. Nobody would ever abandon their friend in crisis. That's what I learned when I came back."

"But you, you didn't. So now I'm going to make this clear."

Jiyu took a deep breath.

"WE, DIDN'T ABANDON YOU! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO STRAYED FROM US BECAUSE OF YOUR LUST FOR POWER!!!"

Miki was stunned when she heard that.

"We didn't abandon you at all. In fact, because of YOUR suspicious actions, we had to stay away from you. But now, no matter what you say, we're all here for one thing. We're here to tell you that we haven't abandoned you, and that we never will." Jiyu declared.

"No... you're lying..." she muttered.

"No, we're not." Ringo stood beside Jiyu. Akito moved in and stood beside Keiji as well.

"We could've just stayed at school and left you here, because we already knew you were working with Joker. We could've told Kazuma about it and just get it over with, but we still came for you. Why? Because we knew, you had your reasons. And to tell you the truth, G and I were VERY angry and sad about you, but no matter how we feel, Miki; we still came here. Because we promised Kazuma we'd bring you back." Keiji explained.

"It's good to have you back, Miki. Because without you, the Kazuma Family would never be complete." Jiyu smiled as Keiji cancelled out his Crown Belt.

Miki started crying as she heard that. Finally, the words she had wanted to hear all along for the past several years she had been in Okinawa. She was so lonely, just like Jiyu. But unlike Jiyu, she couldn't find her path to retribution, because she didn't have us, her true friends.

"I'm so sorry... everyone..." she cried.

I helped her sit up straight as she buried her face in my shoulder, crying out all those tears she had kept inside her for so long.

"How can I ever..."

"Like I said, you don't have to." Jiyu sighed.

"Mmm. It was because of you, I managed to... confess." Ringo blushed.

"Huh? When did you do that?" Jiyu looked at her.

Ringo looked at him angrily and punched him in the gut, causing him to fall over and start making his signature unidentified wails of pain.

"Miki... you don't have to apologize." I whispered.

Miki looks at me, tears still flowing down her cheeks.

"I still love you, even after all of that. You know, I actually thought you were the one who got a new boyfriend, you know." I chuckled as I wiped her tears.

Miki smiles as she hears that, and she hugs me; finding comfort. We remain like that for quite some time, each of us finally at peace; having settled this misunderstanding between ourselves.

"!"

"Oi, G!" Keiji called out.

Jiyu flips around and fires an arrow at Joker, who's finally managed to free himself from Jiyu's previous arrows. Joker easily sidesteps and dodges it.

"Tch, to think that you would be able to convert Kawakami Mikiru to your side." he muttered.

"No matter!" he announced as he blasted a hole in the ceiling and lept to it.

"The Security Department is finished! I have gotten all the time I need!" Joker laughed.

"Farewell, Division X!"

After saying that, Joker vanishes into the night sky.

"What... did he just say?" Jiyu shuddered.

"This is bad. THIS WAS A TRAP!"

Miki and I look at him as he said that.

"HE'S GOTTEN US, THE FIGHTING DIVISION HERE, SO HE COULD LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON THE SCHOOL! THIS WAS ALL A TRAP, SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING!" Jiyu panicked.

"Damn! In the end he remained one step ahead of us." Akito cursed.

"I can't contact Saotome-sensei!" Keiji exclaimed.

"Bad. We need to head back to school, NOW!" Jiyu ordered.

As I help Miki to get onto her feet, a familiar voice echoes throughout the room.

"Well, that can be kinda easy."

All of us turned around to see Kaitou, Django and Sonic walking up the stairs towards us, unscathed but obviously tired.

"I can teleport us back to shore, then once we reach Kanagawa, we can slowly teleport mile by mile back to Tokyo. I don't know how much energy I have left to keep on teleporting such long distances, but it's worth a shot." Kaitou explained.

"Kaitou! Good job!" Jiyu cheered.

"What happened to the Steves?" I asked.

"Those guys weren't so tough. Strong, muscular, but too reckless." Sonic smirked.

"Yeah. I totally wiped the floor with them. They just sucked badly." Django mocked.

"Thanks guys." I thanked.

"Hey no problem. Looks like you guys cleared things up with Miki as well." Sonic smiled.

Miki nodded at that.

"Yeah. We're all fine now." Ringo said with a tone of relief.

"Not quite. Kaitou, I hope you can sustain the distance we need to teleport back to school." Keiji said.

"I'll do my best, but we need to get going now." Kaitou informed.

"Then let's." Jiyu said as he cracked his knuckles.

All eight of us gathered around Kaitou and put our hands on his shoulder. Concentrating, Kaitou teleports us back to the shore of the island, where our boat awaits.
Chapter 9 - End
References:
"Hey look, it's the army of Truemans." Jiyu grinned.

"You mean the army of Steves." Django followed up.

A reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series. Trueman is the 'Messenger of Darkness' in the final season of YGO GX, and is a mysterious character who wears sunglasses, befitting the description of the male errors. The 'army of Steves' refers to Marik Ishtar's mind-controlled puppets in YGO TAS, as all of them are named Steve.
Terminology
Crown Belt - I'm sure I've explained it before. This is a reference to D.Gray-Man's Allen Walker's technique. Allen's cowl will form an energy rope that can be used to bind or rescue his comrades. Known as the Crown Belt
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