Author's Note: I'm so sorry to those that read this before. I had thought I saved it, but I guess it didn't.
Chapter 1- Survival Depends On You
Welcome.
Past this point there is no return. Only proceed if you're sure of yourself and your ability to battle the darkness within. Are you ready?
Yes or No
"Hmm… Which one should I pick?" A girl wearing a black baseball cap over her short reddish hair asked and the boy with short spiky brown hair wearing a plain white T-shirt and black jeans shrugged as he stared at the screen of his COMP.
"When's she done in there?" He muttered while looking back into the café the two were in front of.
The room was quiet as a long black haired girl stared at the floor while sitting.
"What do I do?" She whispered while a man leaned against the wall behind her silently.
"Listen to your heart and do what you want." he said and the girl nodded with a small smile.
The train rolled by as two girls sat on a bench in the train station while they both stared at the screen of the COMPs they both carried.
"Yes or no?" The taller one wondered while the younger one thought about which one to pick.
"Oh no, I'm going to be late!" The taller one said before quickly standing up and waving to the smaller girl.
The smaller girl watched the other girl put on roller blades and roll away for her job.
An orange haired girl stared out of the window in her room as her orange uniform reflected the sunlight filtering into the room.
"It will start soon. They must be ready." She said to herself before turning her back to the window and walking away.
A guy hit the ground hard as someone's shadow was cast across the down guy. "I don't anything about 'em!" The guy on the ground shouted before getting up and running away as the person that knocked him down stared after him before smashing something under his foot.
The person looked down at what he crushed and his eyes narrowed at the flickering screen of the COMP before it died.
The person raised a hand to his black hair with orange stripes in it and lowered a pair of sunglasses over his eyes.
The person tapped something on his collar and static crackled from it.
"Area clear. Begin." The person said before walking away from the crushed COMP.
The café's door swung open and the girl and boy looked over to see a blonde girl happily smiling with a bag of goodies in her arms.
"Check out what I got!" She said cheerfully until she saw her two friends' COMPs. "What's up? Were you two messaging each other two feet away?" She asked and the girl showed her the screen.
The blonde girl put down the bag of goodies and fished her COMP out of her pocket and flicked it open to see the same message on its screen.
"You think it's broken?" She asked and the boy huffed.
"I told you not to accept gifts from strangers, Taylor." He said and the blonde girl named Taylor pursed her lips slightly.
"But they were free gifts, Chow!" She said as she glared at the boy, and her finger slipped. The three stopped as Taylor had selected 'Yes'. The message vanished from the other two COMPs and the three looked at each other until a loud siren roared.
"What in the world?" The other girl muttered in pain while covering her ears. Taylor moved away from the café's door as several people ran out and away while screaming.
Taylor looked inside the café and barely was able to jump back as a club smashed into the ground where she had been standing. The three friends froze in shock as a large brown wolf wearing armor and standing on two legs glared at them while gripping the large club.
"I TOUKI KOBOLD! YOU HUMANS FOOD!" It roared while raising its clubs and smashing it down between Taylor and her two friends. "What is that thing?" Taylor shouted and perked up as the beast turned to her while a large red demon dog with a big spiked collar trotted towards Chow with its fangs barred.
The other girl gulped as a small white snowman wearing a blue hat grinned at her.
"FOOD! TASTY FOOD FOR TOUKI GARM!" The dog roared and the little snowman chuckled. "Jack Frost will be eating today!" It said and the girl facing it grimaced nervously.
"Why me? I'm too bony!" She said while Chow glowered at the dog. "You wanna fight, mutt?" He snapped and Taylor gulped as the beast called Kobold raised its club.
"FOOD!" It roared and Taylor clamped her eyes shut until a small sound was heard, and the three monsters froze in place.
"It's only Day One and you're already in trouble? Maybe I bet on the wrong side." A condescending voice said with a sigh.
Taylor opened her eyes to see the three monsters staring behind them at where a short black haired boy stood with a smile on his face.
"You're the two that us these things!" The girl wearing the cap said while jabbing her finger towards the boy. "Why yes! I'm honored you remember me, Howl Wolfe. Though giving you them might have been a mistake after all." He said and Taylor perked up as the monsters trembled.
The boy looked at the three monsters before sighing again. "Why are you three scared? These demons aren't strong at all. And the Harmonizer should be in effect." He said and Taylor raised an eyebrow. "Harmonizer?"
"Why yes! You see the COMPs I gave you all have the ability to lessen damage from demons. All you have to do is be near one for it to affect you. With that alone, it should be no problem to get rid of these demons." He stated and Taylor looked at her COMP that now showed a red screen with options.
A single message was across the top screen that Taylor stared at silently.
The demon-summoning program is now activated.
Taylor looked back and perked up as the boy had disappeared. "Why was…?" The snowman called Jack Frost wondered until the other girl named Howl's foot slammed into his face.
The snowman hit the ground hard and the demon named Garm yelped as Chow slugged it in the face. "Well, that Harmonizer thing sure is useful then!" He said and Kobold growled until the demon yelped before a painful kick right between its legs.
Chow and Howl flinched as the Kobold fell to its knees crying in pain.
Taylor glared down at the demon with its club in her hand. "How dare you…" She started to say before she slammed the Kobold's club into its face.
"Ruin the food I spent all my money on!" Taylor snapped and her two friends sighed before turning back to the demons they had hit.
Chow pulled his fist back with a grin before slamming it between the demon dog's eyes. Howl grinned as she kicked a nearby skateboard into the air and used her feet to slam the skateboard into Jack Frost.
The three demons didn't move at all until suddenly dissolving into a blue glitter and absorbed by the three COMPs.
Taylor looked at the screen of her COMP and a new message flashed across the screen.
Contract with Touki Kobold Created.
Taylor looked to her two friends that were reading a similar message on their COMP's screen.
The street was silent as several bloody bodies littered the ground, torn apart by what appeared to be claws.
People wearing camouflage uniforms and helmets stood behind their shields while staring at the bodies.
"Area 31 cleared and secured." One soldier said and the three letters on his sleeve gleamed in the light.
SDF
The soldiers fixed their barricade and readied themselves. "Remember, nobody or thing no matter what exits this city. This city is now in lockdown mode." The officer said and then sighed.
"I can't believe we were sent out here as well. I wonder how Tokyo is doing with its lockdown?" The officer muttered before putting binoculars to his eyes to scan the street.
"Let's clear this toxic gas quickly and return to help Tokyo with the gas there." He said before lowering his binoculars back down.
Watching the SDF from above, the black haired boy chuckled in amusement.
"Oh, what a funny lot they are." He said with a smile as in New York City, chaos began to arise.
I'm really sorry for the earlier problem to those that read this earlier...