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Disclaimer: Mai-HiME is not mine!! Get it? *huhu*
X-HiME
Chapter 1
"Hah…" she panted heavily. She tilted her head to look behind her. Those men were still chasing her.
She didn't know what to do. All she knew was she trusted her both feet to take her away from those men behind her.
Tears welled in her eyes. She was through with running. She was through with escaping.
I'm too tired with this…
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~Flashback~
"Viola-san… Please bring the water to table 6…"
"Yes…" she quickly put a glass of water on a tray and she walked to table 6. A group of 5 men were staring at her as she made her way to their table.
"Your water, sir…" she gracefully placed the glass of water on the table, bowing her head and she hastily walked away, but a hand suddenly grasped her left arm.
"Hey, beautiful… What's with these long-sleeves and gloves you wearing?" a smirk appeared on his ugly face.
She slowly swallowed her nervousness. "I have sensitive skin, sir… Cannot be exposed to direct sunlight…" she tried to pull her hand away, but somehow the grip was too strong. Her effort was futile.
She saw those men at the table turned to look at each other with a wicked smile.
"Oh? Sensitive skin…? But there's no sun at night, right…? Why don't you take off those gloves and your long-sleeves uniform so we can see your 'sensitive skin'…?" he grinned smugly, tugging at her sleeves. The other men laughed loudly.
"No!!" she snatched away her hand, yelling in protest.
"How dare you yelled at our boss!?" the other four men bolted upright from their seats with evident anger on their face.
"Relax… Don't worry… She's a girl… And a girl should be treated… gently."
She was completely off guard when that man yanked her arm, making her fell right onto his lap.
"S-sir… P-please…" she struggled to get off from that man, but his arm snaked around her waist, holding her firmly.
Other customers inside that diner didn't even dare to get involve. They just pretended to eat or doing other things so they wouldn't get into trouble with those gangsters.
He grinned widely. "If you didn't want to take off that uniform, it's fine with me…" he trailed his other hand down, sneaking under her fold of skirt.
"There's always another option under here~" his rough palm met with her bare thigh. She flinched at the contact.
Within seconds, his body shook uncontrollably, eyes bulging wide. He collapsed almost immediately on the table, no longer breathing.
"O-oi!!" his other companions were stunned.
She quickly got off the lifeless man, backing away from the table with equal shock on her face. One of the men there quickly moved to his boss, placing a finger under his nose.
"S-shit!! He's no longer breathing!!" he snatched his finger away with a terrified face.
"W-what did you do to him!?" all eyes instantly focused on her.
"I-I didn't do anything~" she backed away a few steps.
"Did you put poison in his water!?" one of his men barked angrily.
"No! I didn't put anything~" her eyes quickly noticed a shining blade behind that man.
Run!
She quickly pivoted her feet and she stormed out the building as fast as she could.
"Chase her!!"
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Her legs started to worn out, and the snowy ground wasn't making her escape attempt any easier. She didn't know where her legs had taken her. The area around her was too dark. She just depended on the moon light to see the path in front of her.
BANG!!
She reflexively ducked her head, causing her to slip on the icy path. She fell hard on the cold, snowy ground.
"Dammit! Who could have thought she can run this fast…" a deep, hoarse voice from behind her.
She quickly turned around and she saw those four men already stood a few feet away from her, pointing out firearms at her direction.
"I don't know how you killed our boss… But you really mess with a wrong person here…" he grinned widely, taking another step closer.
She just stared at those men with unwavering eyes. Just kill me then…
"Ohoho… Don't look at us like that… We won't let you die that easily… Besides…" he crouched down on his feet, grinning widely.
"You're too beautiful to end your life like that… Why don't we play together first, eh?" he reached out his hand, grabbing her right arm.
"Let go of me!" she struggled to free her arm from his grip. Those men just laughed loudly.
"Come on… Just surrender yourself to us… You know you're going to be dead soon… Why don't you fill your very last moment with some pleasure from us…?" he laughed, trying to reach for her left arm.
Right before he could touch her left hand, she quickly snatched it away. She gritted her leather glove, pulling it off her hand and she instantly clutched the man's face tightly into her bare palm. Like I'm going to let all of you do that to me!!
"Ryo!!" his other companions yelled in panic when they saw him shook violently under her grasp.
"O-oi!! Let him go!! Dammit!!" one of them pointed a gun to her, and she slowly released her grip, letting the lifeless man collapsed on the snowy ground.
She breathed heavily, staring at the motionless body in front of her. Her crimson eyes slowly tilted up to look at the other three men before her.
"S-she's a monster!!" he shouted.
Her eyes widened instantly. A monster… again.
"Go to hell, bitch!!" all of them pointed their firearms at her.
She quickly shut her eyes.
"My, my… That is not a nice way to treat a lady, is it?" a soft voice echoed from the darkness.
"Who's there~" they quickly shifted their gun, pointing it randomly around them.
She widened her eyes when she saw those metallic gun slowly turned into crimson, and they… melted?
"WAHHH!!!" they instantly let go of the melting gun, a loud hissing sound could be heard when those guns fell on the snowy ground.
"That's why I hate men…" another voice came out from the darkness.
She quickly turned her head around when she heard rustling footsteps from behind her.
Her eyes narrowed when a few figures emerged from the darkness.
"Why don't we give these useless men some lesson?" the third voice spoke, followed by soft clinking sound of metal clashed together.
"That will be nice…"
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"Gakutenou! What's the situation?"
"…we got guests…"
"How many…?"
"Can't tell… There're some disruptions with the network…"
"Shit! Sure they have someone who can disrupt electromagnetic field!"
"But I barely decipher some life energy… Maybe around four people there…"
"Heh! Give me thousand people, I don't care…"
"Don't get too cocky, Juliet! We don't know who these people are! They might be a lot powerful than you guys!"
"Yeah, red head! Stop boasting around… In the end, I was the one who have to save your ass…"
"Shut up, mutt!"
"Okay guys… Just shut up! We're in the middle of a mission here! Stop fighting with each other!"
"Kagutsuchi?"
"Yes, Gakutenou?"
"Why don't you fly there first? We need to protect that girl!"
"Can I go too?"
"No, Nekogami-sama… You need to stay with the others…"
"Mou…"
"Ahaks! Nekogami-sama can't stay around without Kagutsuchi by her side~"
"Shut up, Hallard!! Just focus on this mission, will ya? Urgh!! I don't even get it why The Queen assigned you guys with this task!!"
"Well… It's because we're the best in the bunch… And tell me again why you're the leader of this team anyway? The Doctor can lead us better than you!!"
"You're so right, mutt! Yeah! Why the hell you're the one who leads us, eh Gakutenou? Why not The Doctor?"
"Shut up!! Like I chose to lead you bunch of stupid, lazy lawbreakers!!"
"I never break a law…"
"You too, Kagutsuchi!! Just go there quickly and protect that girl!! I don't want my paycheck get cut if we failed this mission!!"
"Okay! Gakutenou!!" She jumped, spinning in the mid-air and she triggered an inferno around her body. The whole area brightened up from the huge combustion.
"Better catch up quick, guys!" she yelled before she thrust forward in rocketing speed, leaving a trail of orange flames along her way.
"Easy for you to say… You can fly, dammit!"
"Hahaha~"
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She couldn't believe with what she saw. Seconds earlier, those men were still standing right in front of her. But now, two of them were burned alive, and another two were bleeding awfully to death.
"My, my… Do you think we overdo it…?" spoke the one who had fireball floating on her palm.
"I guess…" and they laughed loudly.
She slowly lifted herself up from the snowy ground, barely making any sound. Better I go now before they notice me…
"Where do you think you're going, my lady…?" suddenly she felt a cold, metal surface circling her right leg, locking her at place. She immediately looked down and she saw a snake-like metal coil, wrapping tightly around her ankle. She tilted her head to trail the metal coil. She saw a girl; the half side of her body was covered with snake-like skin. W-what is that?
"My, my… Such no manners… At least say us thank you for saving your ass just now…" the one who had a fireball in her hand, clutching her fist together and the fireball was disappeared.
"Oh…What a beautiful lady…" the third one came forward, walking in circle around her.
She froze on her spot when she saw that girl. Her skin was blue. Real blue.
She was too preoccupied with watching a very unusual being in front of her when she felt a soft touch on her cheek.
"S-shit!!" the blue girl snatched her hand away with a terrified look on her face. She was gasping for air desperately, and she fell on her knees to the snowy ground.
"Hey! What happened to you!?" her other two friends immediately came forward, holding up their half-dead companion.
"W-wh-what did you do to me…? I can't move at all…" the blue girl was panting heavily, trying to lift up her body but she could barely move a muscle. She was immobilized.
"She paralyzed you? But how…?" asked the one with retractable metallic coil. The brunette haired girl just watched with equal shock on her face. H-how come she didn't die just like the others when they touched me?
"I-I just touched her…" the blue girl panted again.
"Touch her? Don't tell me she's also…" she widened her eyes, quickly turned her head to look at the brunette haired girl.
"Such an ungrateful girl… We saved your life and this is how you pay us!?" said one of the girls, triggering another fireball in her right hand.
She instinctively backed away a few steps when she saw that fireball.
"Why don't we just kill you, eh? It saves us a lot of time and we still got a lot of work to do…" she grinned, pulling her hand backwards with a fireball floating on her palm.
W-what!? She wants to kill me!? She tried to run again but her feet were glued on the ground, trembling in fear.
"DIE!!"
Her eyes widened in fear when she saw the fireball approaching her in high speed. She shut her eyes tightly, covering her face with her arms.
Suddenly, she felt like she was engulfed with scorching heat, and to her surprise, it didn't burn her.
She instantly opened her eyes.
It was a huge dome of orange flame, shielding her from the fireball. The whole area immediately brightened up with orange glow.
"Phew… That was close…" a soft voice from behind her.
She quickly turned around, and she saw an orange-haired girl, spreading her arms wide, sustaining the blaze around them. Her face was concealed with a white, smiling mask and she wore a black trench coat.
"Sorry for the heat… It was an emergency way to protect you. I'll reduce the temperature a bit…heheh~" she heard muffled giggles behind that mask and that orange haired girl slowly withdrawn her arms. The flames quickly vanished, leaving a black scorch mark on the ground around them.
The area went into darkness again.
"W-what…? Who are you!?" yelled one of the girls in front of them.
The orange haired girl tilted her head slightly and she saw two girls stood a few feet away from them, and another one was lying limply on the snowy ground. Wait… Gakutenou said there were four energy life signals… What happened to that blue girl…? Her eyes focused at the girl who laid weakly on the ground.
"My, my… Isn't it the legendary Hell Raiser, Kagutsuchi…?" the girl triggered another fireball on her left palm.
Viola quickly turned around to look at the orange haired girl behind her. She saw that girl just stood there, slowly lifting her arms and she placed it on her waist.
"Achaa… I'm pretty famous, ne?" the orange haired girl spoke with evident mirth in her voice.
The girl with fireball slowly walked forward, rotating the flame on her palm. "Of course you are… You're the most prominent among the fire-users…" she grinned.
Kagutsuchi just snorted. "I don't think I deserve such entitlement…"
"Glad you acknowledge it, because… if I killed you now, I will get the title then…" she triggered a few more fireballs and she bombarded it to the orange haired girl.
"Stay back!" Kagutsuchi yelled at the brunette haired girl as she leaped forward, crossing her arms to create a fire-based force field around them. The fireballs were deflected, scattering all across the area, set a few trees on fire.
Viola stood there, watching in amazement. She never saw anything like this in her entire life. A-amazing… This Kagutsuchi girl is amazing!
Her crimson eyes quickly noticed a figure jumped above them, swaying the metal coil to their direction.
"Look out!!" she screamed. Kagutsuchi quickly tilted her head up, completely off guard with the unexpected attack. S-shit! I forgot about this one!!
All of sudden, a black smoke appeared right above Kagutsuchi, and a spiky haired girl emerged from the smoke with a big black sword in her hand.
CLANG!!
Their weapons clashed together, igniting a few sparks of fire.
The girl with metal coil thrown backwards from the force that spiky haired girl gave her.
"Nekogami-sama!!" Kagutsuchi yelled when she saw that spiky haired girl. Nekogami-sama quickly vanished into black smoke again and she reappeared right beside Kagutsuchi, lowering her black sword to the ground.
"Are you okay?" the spiky haired girl asked. She was wearing the same outfit just like Kagutsuchi and her face also hidden behind a mask.
"Yeah, thanks!" replied Kagutsuchi. The brunette haired girl behind them just watched in amazement. Did she just emerge from that black smoke…?
"Oi-oi… What's with this flashy entrance, Nekogami-sama…? Leave us some credit to do that too…" a soft, playful voice suddenly came from behind them.
"You guys are late… Don't blame Nekogami-sama for taking all the credit…" Kagutsuchi's voice was teasing, as she tilted her head slightly to look behind her.
Three figures appeared under the bright glow of Kagutsuchi's flames.
"Of course she is… She can teleport like that wherever she wants… How the hell we're going to beat such ability?" the one with long, navy hair spoke though her face was also hidden behind the same mask like Nekogami-sama and Kagutsuchi.
The short, charcoal haired girl who stood on her left just chuckled. "Ahaha! What to do, Duran… Kagutsuchi-san is always the first priority for Nekogami-sama… That's why she rushed up to be here for her…"
"Shut up, Hallard…" Kagutsuchi grunted softly.
"Anyway… Enough with your fire, Kagutsuchi… You almost char my beautiful skin here!" the red head who stood next to Duran groaned in annoyance.
"Eheh… Sorry, Juliet…" Kagutsuchi chuckled softly and she quickly clenched her fists together. The fire-based force field disappeared within seconds.
They slowly turned their attention to the two other girls a few feet away from them.
"What with these stupid masks…? Who are you guys anyway…? A bunch of circus performer!?" asked the snake-like girl with a smug grin on her face after she recovered from the blow Nekogami-sama gave her.
"A pot calling the kettle black… You should look at yourself before you say that to us, snake-woman… It was you who suit better with circus… Not us." the red head quickly retorted with amused tone.
"W-what!? Snake-woman!? My name is Venom, dammit!" she barked angrily.
The red head just shrugged her shoulder. "What a lame name…"
"You should put your name Anaconda, snake-woman… I think that one suit you best…" Duran exclaimed while folding her arms arrogantly. Hallard and the others already laughed.
The brunette who stood not so far from them just watched in shock. How could they talk with these weird people like nothing happened…? Didn't they know how dangerous these people are!?
"How dare you…" Venom hissed furiously, while her left hand slowly materialized a metallic coil.
"Oh… And you too… yeah! You!" Juliet pointed at the crimson haired girl beside the snake-like girl. She blinked her eyes in surprise when Juliet pointed a finger at her.
"You also can join the circus with your so-called fireballs. You can juggle them to make some money, you know…" Juliet snorted while Duran already laughed hysterically.
"Guys… Stop provoking them… Oh my god…" Gakutenou sighed loudly through the communicator but those girls were completely ignoring her.
"You two…" the crimson haired girl triggered multiple of fireballs in her hands. She was furious when those two girls made fun of her.
"Oi, Juliet… What about a challenge…?" Duran whispered to the red head. Juliet snorted and she leaned closer.
"Oh? What is that, Duran-kun…?"
"Let's bet who will beat the opponent first… I'll take that snake-woman…" Duran flipped her hair with her right hand.
"Okay… I'll take that fireball juggler then…" and they nodded.
"You three just sit back and watched." Duran tilted her head slightly to her friends behind her.
"Haha… We'll take the liberty then…" Hallard laughed.
"How dare you two piece of shit underestimate us!? You're not afraid of death!!?" Venom charged forward, swinging the metal coil to the raven haired girl.
Viola just watched Duran walked idly to Venom, clenching her fist tightly.
Her crimson eyes widened in pure shock when she saw three shining claws slowly extracted between her right knuckles. W-what!? What is that!?
With one swing of her right arm, she jammed the metallic coil between her claws. She yanked her arm, jerking the snake-like girl towards her and she blew the girl's face with her left fist.
Venom was thrown backwards, but since her metal coil was stuck with Duran's claws, she couldn't get any further.
Duran jerked her arm again, pulling Venom closer.
"Just wanna tell you… Death is actually my middle name… So, I don't scare of it at all…" and she punched the snake-like girl on the face again. Venom's jaw was already fractured after two hard blows from the raven haired girl and she coughed out some blood.
Duran clenched her left fist, extracting claws between the knuckles.
"Duran… No killing!" Gakutenou spoke through the communicator. Duran sighed heavily.
"I know…" she replied, thrusting her left claws to the coil and she shattered it into pieces. She brought her right leg up and she pivoted her body, blowing Venom's side with a reverse side kick.
The snake-like girl sprawled on the snowy ground. Venom screamed in agony, clenching her left arm which was already crushed.
The brunette haired girl watched in amazement. Only with a simple thrust and she already shattered that snake girl's coil…?
"Venom!!" the crimson haired girl was about to run to her companion but a certain red head blocked her way.
"Hey, hey… You still got a business with me… I won't let that mutt win the challenge…" Juliet said with an amused tone.
"Damn you…" she triggered another fireball and she shot it to the red head.
Juliet simply back-flipped, dodging the fireball away from her.
"You know that kind of child-play won't give any effect to me…" Juliet snorted as she landed on the ground.
"What about we give some excitement in this game, shall we…?" the red head spoke, and her body suddenly shifting its shape, forming into a new kind of figure.
The crimson haired girl widened her eyes when she saw the whole shifting process. Within seconds, there was no longer a red head girl with a smiling mask standing right in front of her, but…
"Bruce Lee!?" Hallard laughed hysterically, while Kagutsuchi already sighed, slapping her forehead in frustration. Nekogami-sama clapped her hands excitedly, cheering Juliet's name.
Viola also already had her jaw dropped in shock. S-she's shape-shifting!?
"ACHAAA!!" Bruce Lee a.k.a Juliet leaped forward, spinning her body around and she gave the stunned crimson haired girl in front of her a Bruce Lee's signature hook kick, directly on the face.
The crimson haired girl fell hard on the ground, coughing out some blood.
"Wooo…" Juliet spread her arms widely, lowering her body into fighting stance.
"Okay… Just cut that out, Juliet… You've starting to creep me out with that Bruce Lee's voice…" Duran stood behind Juliet, retracting her claws into her knuckles again.
Juliet just laughed and within seconds, she shifted into her original figure again. "It's fun, mutt… You should see the look on her face when she saw me shifting into Bruce Lee…" she laughed again.
Duran sighed heavily while rubbing on her knuckles. "Anyway… You've lost, Juliet…"
"What!? How the hell…?" Juliet peered at the unmoving body behind Duran.
"I've beaten that snake-woman 2 minutes and 35 seconds earlier than you did…" Duran snorted. Juliet just sighed heavily.
"Are you guys done yet?" Gakutenou asked.
Duran pressed the button. "Yeah… We'll be back to the airship right away…" She and Juliet slowly walked to where her other friends gathered.
"Okay… Make it quick… Bring that girl along with you guys! That's our first priority…"
The navy haired girl quickly turned to look at the red head beside her. "What girl?"
Juliet sighed heavily again, pointing up her index finger to the brunette haired girl beside Kagutsuchi.
She quickly turned to look at the direction, and she saw a certain brunette haired girl stood there with mixed expression on her face. W-what…? She was there all along and I didn't realize it? Her eyes fixed at those crimson orbs. She seems scared…
"Finally… I just want to get on my bed again…" Hallard stretched her arms upwards, yawning widely. "But before that…" she turned facing the brunette haired girl.
Viola quickly backed away a few steps when she saw those masked faces looking at her.
"You need to come with us…" Hallard spoke calmly.
Viola widened her eyes. N-not again… What they want from me?
"W-what!? No! Why should I go with all of you…?" her fingers were trembling, clenching desperately at her uniform.
"Calm down… We're here to help you…" Kagutsuchi stepped forward, her hand reaching to touch the brunette's hand.
"D-don't touch me!!" she instinctively slapped the offending hand away with her bare left hand.
"Oi! Oi! You don't have to be that harsh! Kagutsuchi is trying to be nice~" Juliet was about to move forward when Kagutsuchi suddenly went limply on her knees.
"MAI!!" Nekogami-sama yelled, jumping forward and she grabbed Mai's body before it hit the ground.
"H-hey! What is happening to her!?" Duran quickly crouched on the ground, checking Mai's pulse. She instantly took off the mask on Mai's face and she tossed it away.
Mai was panting heavily and she couldn't move her body at all.
Duran also took off her mask and she turned facing the brunette haired girl beside her.
"What did you do to her!?" her emerald eyes were sparked with pure anger. Viola was completely speechless when that enraged eyes stared intensely at her.
"I-I didn't mean it… I can't control it…" she stuttered as she stared at her left palm.
Duran twitched her brows when she saw that brunette's hand slowly forming a fire around it.
"Wh-what!?" Viola panicked when her hand was engulfed with orange flame. H-how did I trigger this flame!?
"H-how did you~" Juliet eyes went wide.
The orange flame was slowly expanding on her entire body, just like Mai did earlier.
"I-it hurts!!" Viola fell on the snowy ground, cringing in pain while orange flame overtook her body.
"W-what!? You're in pain!? How come~" Duran tried to help but the fire was too strong. How the hell she's in pain since she's the one who triggered that flame!?
Hallard quickly took off her mask and her eyes widened in shock. "S-she just absorbed Mai's power just now!"
The others just widened their eyes when they heard Chie's sudden exclamation.
"How the hell it even possible, Chie!?" Juliet asked in panic as she watched Viola's body shook violently under such strong heat.
"How the hell am I supposed to know!? And she said she's in pain! That means that fire is not originally from her!!" Chie barked angrily at the red head.
They practically couldn't do anything because of the flame that engulfed Viola's body. Duran turned to look at Mai and then at the brunette again. D-damn it! This can't be good!
"S-shit!! Mikoto! Take Mai to the airship now!! We got the healers inside that ship!" Duran yelled at the spiky haired girl.
"O-okay!! I'll go now, Natsuki!" Mikoto quickly wrapped Mai into her embrace and she vanished, leaving a black smoke on her previous spot.
A few seconds later, "What happened there, guys!? Why are only Kagutsuchi and Nekogami-sama here!?" Gakutenou's voice was in panic.
"Midori! Just get the airship here! NOW!!" Chie spoke at the communicator, while clutching hard on her forehead.
"Hey, Hallard! What did I say about saying our real name outside the campus…? We should stick with our code name~"
"JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE THAT BLOODY AIRSHIP HERE, DAMMIT!!" Natsuki yelled angrily.
"Okay! Okay! Calm down, Natsuki! Just give me 10 minutes!"
"Damn that woman! We're in a critical condition here and she keeps on preaching about those stupid code names!" Natsuki grumbled in panic as she watched Viola started to pass out.
"O-oi!! Don't you dare to leave us like this!?" she quickly kneeled right beside the brunette as the orange flame slowly dissipated. Her eyes widened when she saw Viola's body was already burnt awfully.
They gasped in panic.
"W-what should we do now!? We can't wait for Midori to come and take her back to campus!! She will die before that!!" Nao clutched her head. Chie just stood there, watching with her hand cupped her mouth. What am I supposed to do now...? I can't fly... I can't teleport...
"C-Chie! You've said she absorbs other people's power, right?" Natsuki tilted her head to look at the short haired girl in front of her. Chie blinked her eyes a few times, trying to register Natsuki's question inside her brain.
"Yeah! But I don't know how she did it!" Chie kneeled beside the navy haired girl.
Natsuki gulped down nervously. "I-I think I know how she did it… I saw her slapped Mai's hand just now… and then, Mai collapsed…"
Chie and Nao widened their eyes. "You mean she absorbs powers through skin-to-skin contact!?"
Natsuki nodded her head.
"Then… What are you going to do, Natsuki?" Chie asked back.
Natsuki just silenced as she slowly took Viola's scorched hand. Nao widened her eyes.
"Kuga… Don't tell me~"
"I'm going to save her!" Natsuki slowly placed the burnt hand on her cheek.
"What!? NO!! You're going to die, dammit!! You saw how powerful her touch is!! Mai just simply grazed fingers on her skin and she already ended up like that!!" Nao barked angrily, trying to pull Natsuki's hands from holding Viola's.
"I know what I'm doing! Just shut up and take me to those healers when I'm done~Argh!" her voice suddenly stuck on her throat.
"N-Natsuki!?" Chie was panicked when she saw Natsuki's eyes almost bulged out from its socket and she was choking on her breath. Natsuki collapsed on the ground almost immediately.
"K-KUGA!!" Nao quickly kneeled beside the raven-haired girl and she tried to pull Natsuki's hand away but her grips on Viola's hand were too tight.
"J-just a li-little b-bit m-more…" Natsuki shut her eyes tightly, her teeth clenched together as she tried to restrain the pain that coursing inside her body. F-fuck!! I never feel this painful in my life...
"N-Natsuki!" Chie didn't know what she should do. She couldn't handle it when she saw Natsuki cringed in pain like that. What should I do? What should I do?
A few gash started to appear on Natsuki's face and blood slowly seeped out from the open gashes. "A-argh!! S-sh-shit!!" She grunted loudly when her flesh slowly ripping.
"Fuck this!! I'm so useless!!" Chie punched on the snowy ground in frustration. "Midori!! Get here quickly!!" she yelled at her communicator.
"Calm down, Chie! I'll be right there now!! Mikoto! Go get the others into this airship now!!"
"H-hey! Chie! Look at that!" Nao widened her eyes as she pointed at the brunette haired girl.
Chie instantly turned her head to look and she saw the burn wounds on Viola's body were slowly healing. There was no burn marks on her body and she was like her previous healthy state, only with her uniform burnt.
"I-it's healing!? T-that means…" Chie quickly shifted her gaze at the raven-haired girl.
Suddenly, a black smoke reappeared and Mikoto emerged from that smoke.
"Where's Natsuki!?" she asked.
"N-Natsuki!?" Chie widened her eyes when she saw Natsuki was no longer cringing in pain or even move a muscle... and she was no longer breathing.
"Natsuki!!" Mikoto quickly kneeled beside Natsuki's head and she lowered her ear to Natsuki's nose.
"I-I can't hear her breathing anymore..." Mikoto twitched her eyebrows. Quickly she moved downwards to Natsuki's chest and she placed her ear on it.
"N-no heart beats either..." Mikoto slowly raised her head with a shock expression on her face.
Nao immediately panicked. N-Natsuki!?
"K-Kuga... Wake up, mutt... It's not funny, you know..." Nao trembling hands slowly cupped Natsuki's bleeding face and she patted it lightly.
The raven-haired girl didn't give any response. Her eyes were shut and her hands laid limply against Viola's.
Chie and Nao froze on their spot and their faces were paled.
"NATSUKI!!"
Okay… I know… This chapter is short. It's an introduction anyway… Don't mad at me! T_T
Hope you guys like this chapter and give me some reviews about it, okay? Thanks a lot!! ^_^