Yo again, riyangendut here, long time no see. This story is set to be when the party fought Mobile Fortress Destroyer, right when the Most Unsatisfying Anime Scene is enacted.

Knowing me, of course this is going to be worse lol.

"There is a method… But my mana is insufficient. Sorry Kazuma-san, I need your help!"

As she said, Wiz pushed her serious face before me.

"What, what is it?"

Wiz looked desperate, putting both hands on my cheeks, her thumb lightly touching the corners of my lips.

She inched closer, our breath mixing as her face hovered upon mine.

"May I?" I gulped.

"With pleasure." I ignored the ensuing ruckus as we basked in each other's warmth. Wiz hungrily engulfed my lips as I struggle to match her pace, and then everything went dark.

"Wha-what's happening?"

"I'm sorry, I just wanted some moment with you." Wiz stood in front of me, her visage glowing amidst the dark void. "Before everything ended, that is."

"What?! I thought you have a plan?!" Her weak smile faded.

"I do. But the chance of it working is less than the chance of a Holy Lich existing: not impossible, but might as well be. So I decided—"

"No! This can't be! My life is just beginning..."

I slumped down. "So, this is how everything will end. With a bang, a proper ending, finally..."

"I'm sorry." The darkness melted, burned by the intense explosion of the coronatite, blinding my eyes and scattering my ashes.

And my eyes opened, my ears immediately assaulted by a cacophony of a million noise: ECG's monotone ticks, dozens of surprised gasps, a hundred people speaking and yelling and whispering—but my consciousness ignored them all.

Instead, I focused at the cold sensation on my forehead, belonging to the lips of a girl whose face I did not recognize.

"Who…are you?"

"Eh?! Eeeh?! You woke up?!"

Well you're not the only one who are surprised here.

I focused my eyes at her flustered face and her brown hair neatly tied up in ponytail, and I found myself smiling.

Well, what are you waiting for? You have a Fate to challenge, remember? A voice as soft as silver moonlight yet colder than the dead of night washed upon my mind.

"Yeah. Let us meet again, sometime somehow."

"Uh, d-did you say something?" It seems like the girl has calmed down, as she gave me a concerned look.

"Nah, nothing important."

riyangendut out :)