Axel: A challenge from a friend of mine! Its just a test run though if you want more chips review! Disclaimer!
Zero: Axel owns nothing.
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Green.
A green sky that's devoid of beauty, with only an eerie, yellow moon overlooking everything.
The ground's a green, desert waste that stretches across. Rivers of crimson blood runs along the land, a beautiful morbid sight.
On top of the tower is a young man sitting on a stone bench in the middle. He had a dark blue hair, pale skin, and cobalt eyes, he wore a dark blue trench coat with a '0' symbol in the back, black turtleneck shirt with a grey buckle in his waist and dark blue tight-fitting pants and black boots.
The youth is playing a large grey harp; its beautiful melody is heard across the wasteland.
"Nightmare again..."
The youth stopped playing as he looks at the eerie green sky.
"Why do I always have them? Nightmares..."
The youth narrowed his eyes, feeling his 'other self' pain and suffering.
"Why is it haunting me..."
He could feel it, the suffering and fear of his 'other self' increasing, then he felt it, a tiny red blood raindrop. No sooner than that it began pouring rains of blood, drenching him.
Without a care for the rains of blood, he stood up slowly and walked to the edge of the tower. His cobalt eyes staring soullessly into the horizon.
"I want peace..."
And peace his 'other self' will get, he will do everything in his power to make his 'other self' happy. That's his reason of existence.
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A blue hair teen yawn while covering them with his hand. His eyes look around the room with almost none existence interest. The teen wore a cream uniform with a button white shirt and a pair of silver headset dangling around his neck, black tie, black pants, and black shoes.
It took almost all of the teen restraint not to wear his headphones and start blasting music into his ears. It isn't for the fact he'll get into deep trouble, he'll be listening to his music right now.
The reason is that he and the rest of the juniors are sitting in the auditorium, listening to the speech of the principal. Which is very boring.
"I believe Junior High school is one of the most important time of your lives." An old man in a black suit said in front of the new students. "The decision you make here will impact the rest of your life."
"When will this end?"The blue hair teen thought annoyingly, he better off watching paint dry than hearing the principal speech, at least he can use his headset while watching the painting.
Finally, after a painful long speech, the principal finished as the audience begins to clap, most from the happiness of the speech being ended. Hell someone even let out tears of joy.
A man in a suit walked to the podium and told the juniors that they should find their homeroom teacher and follow them to class.
Without wasting any time the teen split up from the crowds, already knowing his classroom location. Now his main concern is to try to find a place where he could rest his head without anyone bothering him.
After a while he found a good place to rest under a sakura tree, wasting no time to take a nap under there.
A black haired girl with two ponytails stops stop her steps as she looks around the school courtyard. She wore the school standard uniform of the cream jacket, white button shirt, blue tie, black mini skirt and a pair of white shoes with red tips.
"Blooming."The girl thought as she looked at a blooming flower, she then took one of the sakura petals that was blown away by the win.
"Falling," She thought, then she notices a blue hair male sleeping under the tree peacefully.
"Blue."She thought as she keeps watching the person, but her activity was cut off as a pair of girls rammed into her. "Gah!" The girl yelp as she loses balance and fall.
"Sorry!" One of the girls apologized as the pair walks away.
The girl puffed her cheek in annoyance at the pair. People these days have no morals whatsoever.
"Are you alright?" The girl looked behind her to see a long black hair girl wearing a pair of glasses and the same school standard female uniform. She looks exactly like a model, but then she noticed a red bracelet of the sort on her right hand. "Red."
The other girl blinked. "Huh?"
The twin tail girl realized what she said and quickly stood up. "Yeah, it's nothing! I'm fine." She said as she dusts off her skirt. "Um, that looks great." She said model liked girl bracelet.
The glasses girl blinks, then smiles. "I made it myself."
"Really? You can make it yourself?!"
"It's not hard; it's just a simple chain stitch."
"A chain stitch?" Their conversation was ended by the school bell. "Ah! We got to get to class!"
The glasses girl nodded her head and begun to walk toward the classroom. But then she noticed the other girl walking toward the sakura tree, heading to a sleeping person.
"You go on ahead; I want to wake this sleepy head first." The girl said with a grin while walking closer to the sleeping blue-haired teen.
The glasses girl reluctantly headed toward the classroom first, leaving the other girl behind.
The twin-tailed girl was now standing beside the sleeping person. Without wasting another minute she yelled near his ear. "Hey! Wake up!"
Meanwhile, the sleeping teen that is enjoying his dreamland filled with dream bunnies, awoke from the sudden loud voice next to his ear. With eyes full of annoyance, he prepares to give whoever they are a piece of his mind.
Only to notice that it was a black twin-tailed hair girl that awakened him, looking at him with sparkling blue innocent eyes.
"The school bell was ringed; we need to get to class." The girl informed. "Oh yeah, my name is Kuroi Mato, what's yours?"
The boy seems hesitated to give his name. "Arisato Minato," Minato said after several seconds. He then reluctantly stood up from his comfortable spot.
She smiles. "Nice to meet you Minato-san! Now let's go!" Mato said with vigor as she dashed toward her classroom, but stopped after a few steps. "I forgot my class location!" She said in a panic voice holding her head.
"... What's your class?"
"Huh? Uhm... I think 1-B."
He sighed. "That's also my class, follow me," Minato said with a monotone voice as he walked passed Mato.
Mato looks at Minato with sparkling eyes full of hope. "Yes! Thanks, Minato-san!"
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After the little escapade, Minato and Mato manage to arrive to class 1-B safely and without a problem. After apologizing to their homeroom teacher for being late, they both sat down.
Minato looks at the paper of their class formation, he sits at seats number 12. He looked to his right and met with a smiling face of Mato, which he gives her a nod and look back to his paper. "She's a weird hyper girl..."Minato then looks to his left toward the window. A peaceful viewed greeted him. "It's a peaceful day... I want to rest..."
With that single thought, he goes back to his dreamland.
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"Hey wake up sleepy head!" Minato eyes stirred open as he looks at the person who wakes him up. Again.
"School is over," Mato said while carrying her bag.
It took several seconds for Minato to gained back his bearing. He blinked and looks around, noticing everyone is preparing to leave.
"I can't believe you slept through all of that though," Mato said impressed.
Minato yawned sleepily as he gets up and begins to pack his stuff. Which consist of several books he used to cover his sleeping form.
"Thank you for waking me, Kuroi-san."
"Mato!"
"Hm?" Minato tilted his head confusedly.
"Call me Mato! Since you're my first male friend that I made here. I called you Minato anyway."
Minato blinked once, then he shouldered his bad. "Very well... Mato-san." With that said, Minato walks out of the classroom, with a happy Mato following.
When the two exited the school, they are greeted by the crimson evening sky. Minato looks at the sky, knowing the night will come soon.
"Hey, there Mato!" A girl said from behind them as she walks beside them. She had light short brown hair and a pair of brown eyes. She also wore the school female uniform like Mato. She is shorter than Mato, who is quite short herself. "Who's this?"
"Hey-hey!" Mato greeted. "Yuu, this is Arisato Minato, Minato-san, this is Koutari Yuu, my best friend!"
"Hey there! Nice to meet you!" Yuu said as she extended her hand for a handshake, which Minato took with a nod. "I can't believe you moved so fast! I'm so proud of you! Getting a boyfriend before me..." She said to Mato with fake tears and sobs.
"Wha-!? He's not my boyfriend! We just met is all!" Mato said with a slight blush.
Minato watches on, clearly amused.
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"Hey Yuu, Minato."
"Yeah?" Yuu said as she and Minato looked toward Mato. The three of them had been walking toward their home, passing the river bank with one of Minato headset on his right ear.
"How do you play the tiny birds game (kotori asobi)?" Mato asked.
"Tiny bird what?"
"..." Minato stays silent as he imagines a little newly hatch cute bird inside a box, then the box open as a large hand squish the bird and put the bird into paint water, while the person who did it laugh 'Muahahahaha' and the little bird keeps chipping in suffering. After imagining that, dark clouds appear above his head, regretting ever imagining it.
"Yeah."
"Maybe you tie a string to their legs and fly them like balloons," Yuu answered jokingly.
"That's so cruel!" Mato said while frowning. She then begins to pick up her pace. "I'm not interested."
"Hey! Don't get mad!" Yuu said as she jogged up to catch up with Mato, with a passive face Minato following behind with minimum speed.
"Her name is 'Tiny bird game (kotori asobi), but she's not like that," Mato said but then she stops and remembered something. "But the chain stitch!"
"What?"
"?"
"The red fits her so well! Her skin's so white that it's almost white!" Mato said with excitement, but Yuu stops her.
"Please at least try to make sense," Yuu said while Minato silently agreeing with her. Mato frowned and glares at Yuu. "So you want to become friend with that 'Tiny bird game (kotori asobi)' person?"
Mato glares and frowns quickly disappeared as she looks away blushing while rubbing her head. "Come on, that's not..." She tries to deny it, but then she looks toward Yuu with a serious expression. "Wait, that's exactly right."
"You're weird," Yuu said with a deadpanned expression, then she looks at Minato. "You don't speak much do you, Minato-san?"
"Yeah," Minato confirmed with a nod.
"That's no good!" Mato suddenly said. "I'm gonna make sure you like to talk lots! It's not good to be anti-social!"
Minato looks away from Mato determination look, while secretly taking off his headset.
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In another green world, the dark blue hair person is sitting on a bench at the top of the green tower like usual, playing his grey harp with closed eyes.
But then he stopped as he noticed a new warm feeling in his chest. He opens his eyes and spotted something he thought impossible, a white flower, growing in front of him.
The person stood up from where he was sitting and walked toward the flower slowly and crouch nears it. He could feel it, a warm feeling emitting from it. His 'other self' seems to found something precious. That's good, it'll ease his pain.
The person then walks back and sit down back at the stone bench. He plays his beautiful songs once more, but this time, it's for the flower.
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"Minato-san, you don't have to walk me this far," Mato said to the blue hair teen beside her.
"I'm not, my home is this way," Minato answered with his monotone voice.
"Really?"
After a few more minutes of walking, the two of them arrived at their destinations.
"We're neighbor! I can't believe it!" Mato said feeling excited. "I have a neighbor friend!"
"Small world..." Minato whispered, his and Mato house is apparently next to each other.
"You're back are you?" From Minato house comes out an elderly man wearing a kimono
"Ah! Raidou-san! Evening!" Mato said bowing a little.
"Ah, hello Mato-chan, I'm surprised to see you and my grandson walking together," Raidou said not hiding his amusement at all.
Minato sighed and he walks passed Raidou and into the house, but not before giving Mato a nod of goodbye.
"Such a shy boy he is," Raidou said while shaking his head. "I hope he didn't cause you any trouble."
"Not at all! But I didn't know he's your grandson."
"Yeah well, he and his parent moved away, and... Things happened, so I'm going to take care of him." Raidou said nodding in satisfaction. "Anyway, you should head home before your mother going to get worried again."
Mato nodded. "Okay! See you later Raidou-san!" Mato said as she jogs into her house.
Raidou smiled as he watches the girl disappear inside. The elderly man then went inside his house, a simple two-story house with living room, dining room, kitchen, etc, etc. And he found his grandson wearing a light blue apron stirring a pot preparing for dinner.
"I see you've met our cute neighbor daughter, I was planning to introduce her to you tonight, but it seems you've already known her," Raidou said sitting down in the dining room.
"..." Minato stays silent as he continues to cook.
"I'm glad you found a friend, I was worried you're going to be all loner again," Raidou said chuckling.
Minato turns off the stove and takes out the plates. "She's the one who came to me," Minato said as he put rice on the plates, then put the curry on the rice.
Raidou chuckles in amusement. "I'm not surprised, she's a spirited girl she is, keep her safe."
Minato stays silent as he put the curry on the already prepared table.
"Ahahahaha! Silent as ever."
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Minato sigh as he lies down in his bed, he already changed into a white shirt and blue shorts. Minato's room is a medium size room, with a bed, a window next to it, a closet, a study desk with a laptop at it, and a book shelve.
"Such a strange girl..."Minato thought thinking about Mato, the odd hyper girl that he met on the first day of school. Minato sighed and closed his eyes, trying his best to sleep. "I hope I don't have a nightmare..."Minato thought as the darkness of the dream world consumed him.
And his wish is granted, he doesn't have a nightmare that night.
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*Ding Dong* *Ding Dong*
Minato sighed as he stood in front of Kuroi family house. Somehow, his grandpa had managed to force him to wake Mato's up and walk with her to school, saying it's part of his effort of making him social again, though the blue hair suspected it's just for his amusement.
Not long after that, the door of the house was opened and a woman that looks like Mato except with her short brown hair. She had her eyes though, a pair of clear blue eyes. "Yes?"
Minato bows his head. "Good morning Kuroi-san." Minato looks straight into her eyes. "My name is Arisato Minato, grandson of Raidou Kuzonoha."
Mato's mother blinks before she smiles. "Ah! So your Raidou-san grandson! Mato talked a lot about you. How can I help you this early in the morning?"
"I'm here to ask if Mato-san want to go to school together."
"Oh my! What a gentleman! Please come inside!" Mato mother said as Minato walked inside the house.
"Sorry to disturb." Minato took off his shoes.
Mato mother then takes him into the living room. "Wait here while I wake Mato up, okay?" With that said, Mato's mother, with great speed, sprinted upstairs. "Mato wake up! Your friend is here!"
Minato eye twitch as he hears some commotion upstairs. Ignoring it, he tries to be comfortable in the couch; it beat standing outside the house.
"Nii-san, are you onee-chan boyfriend?" Minato looks toward the source and finds a small boy the exact copy of Mato's mother.
Must be her little brother. "No, I'm not," Minato answered. "I'm just her friend."
"Really?"
Minato nod, but before the conversation can continue Mato walk inside the living room, clad still in her sleeping clothing consist of a shirt with a blue star picture in the back and grey shorts. "Minato-san? What are you doing here?" Mato asked rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"I'm here to ask you do you want to go to school together," Minato said feeling kinda uncomfortable.
"Eh? Really?" Before Minato can give her answer, Mato's mother appears and hit her on the head.
"Ohohohoho, I'm sorry about that Minato-Kun, of course, she'll accept. Now Mato, go upstairs and change." Mato's mother said while smiling toward her daughter who is holding her head in pain, who stopped when she spotted her mother smile.
"H-hai Okaa-san!" Mato said as she sprints upstairs.
"Now, Minato-kun, why don't you join us for breakfast?" Mato's mother asks the blue-haired boy.
Minato think about it, he already ate some bread, but to decline would be rude. Besides, Minato Arisato is not the type to say no to free food. "Okay."
Mato's mother seems delighted. "Oh! That's great!"
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Minato looks at the foods in front of him, rice, miso soup, sunny-side egg,, and some salad. Right now the table of the Kuroi family is filled with foods that he thinks are too much for breakfast. Mato's mother must be too excited.
He sat next to Mato, who already dressed and ready to go to school. In front of him is Mato's mother and Mato little brother, and on the left...
"So brat, you're the one my daughter talked about, Raidou-san grandson correct?" A man in his late thirty asked Minato. He had black hair, a pair of blue eyes and wore a black suit.
He's Mato's father.
Minato nodded his head in response. "Then listen here brat, I won't give my daughter to you or-" *Bong*A frying pan had hit him square in the face.
"Now now dear, don't make our first boy from Mato school feels uncomfortable." Mato's mother said with a scary smile.
"You smiling like that already make me uncomfortable..."Minato thought with a sweatdrop.
"Now let's all eat!" Mato's mother said as everyone begins to eat because the occupants didn't dare to oppose her.
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"'Tiny bird game (kotori asobi)'-san!" Minato was awakened by the outburst, he looks behind him and sees Mato speaking to another black hair girl, though her hair is longer and she wore a glasses, her skin is pale white too.
"Takanashi." The girl said as she tidies up her book.
"Huh?"
"My name is read 'Takanashi', not 'Tiny bird game (Kotori asobi)'."
Mato blink. "Why is it read Takanashi?"
"Because little birds can have fun when there's no hawk around." Takanashi answer.
"W-wow! That such a smart name!" Mato said impress.
Minato shook his head at his neighbor quick excitement. Minato stood up and leave the classroom unnoticed by Mato and her new acquaintance.
Minato walks the hallway listening to his headsets, then he notices a particular room with a sign 'Dawn Consultant'. "Consultant?" Minato asks out loud.
"Exactly!" Minato look surprised at the black hair women who open the door right after Minato ask out loud. She had a short black hair and a pair of black eyes, she also wears a red uniform with an animal cartoon armband. "Care for a cup?" She asks while showing Minato a cup of coffee. Minato blink, free coffee? Why not.
"You also have a pretty famous reputation for most of the time sleeping in class Arisato-kun." She said amuse. "Let's talk about it while we drink coffee."
Well damn, that'll be a troublesome coffee time.
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"Minato-san? What are you doing here?"
Minato looks toward the door and finds Mato and Yuu, who enter the room and sit down on the couch opposite of him. "Drinking," Minato answered while showing his coffee cup.
"Here you are, two coffee." The lady said as she handed two coffee cup to the girls. "You want some sugar?"
"Ah! Yes please." Mato answer. "What is this room?"
"Your teacher didn't tell you? You can come in here seeking for advice, she's the counselor." Yuu answer.
"Really?"
"Highschool life can be stressful sometimes," Yuu explain.
"Really? I didn't know." Mato said.
"It is true." The lady councilor said besides the girls, surprising them. "Here, sugar."
"Thanks."
"Its good to not have any problems." The councilor said as she pats Mato's head. "But if you had any in the future, just drop by, even for a cup of coffee."
""Sure!"" The two girls said.
"That goes for you too Arisato-kun." She said to the quiet boy. "If you had more problems, please come back here."
Minato nod as he sips his coffee.
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"Alright let's see what you newbie got! Get into a line!" An upperclassman said to the juniors in front of him who scramble to make a line.
Minato eye twitches as he somehow is the first one in the line, how he managed to be the first he didn't know. He's here because Mato informed him that he needed at least join one club, so he chooses the track, because he's pretty good at running.
"Alright! From the front three people get into the track!" The senpai said as Minato and two other enter the track. "Let's see what time you juniors can get, get ready!"
Minato and two other took a crouch ready stance, waiting for the signal, it seems his two companions aren't a rookie.
"Go!"
Minato took off like a bat from hell, he keeps on sprinting, passing his two teammates, feeling the acceleration, his blood pumping, and the wind on his face.
The senpai looks quite impressed. "Trying out the new recruit?" The senpai looks behind him and sees a red hair girl wearing the school dark red sports uniform. Behind her is the school girls basketball club.
"Yeah, and you torture the team again I see Kohata." The senpai said quite looking at the jogging girls.
"It's training!"
"Your training is worse than mine."
One of the groups is Mato, who is quite tired from the training even though she and Yuu come only to look around, Yuu stayed behind cleaning the basketballs. But Mato stopped as a blue blur stops in front of them.
It was Minato, and he doesn't seem to be tired from running the entire lap.
"Ho! You're fast, I'll give you that!" He said as Minato two teammates just arrived at the finish line. "Yosh! This time we're gonna make it to the final!"
Minato wiped his sweat with a cloth handed by one of his teammates. Then noticed the girls basketball team and Mato among them. He gives a small wave to her as he walks toward where his teammates are sitting.
"Alright! Next persons!" The senpai said. "Shouldn't you continue with your training Kohata?"
"Ah yes! Let's go girls!" Kohata said as he rallies the girls to run laps around the field.
Minato watch them silently.
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"Good job," Minato said to a tired Mato, after the school and club activities end, he meets up with her at the school gate.
"I'm tired..." Mato said.
"I see."
"Why aren't you tired Minato-san?"
Minato pause for a second. "That's because I'm used to running."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Ah yes, can we swap number? I haven't gotten yours yet." Mato asked taking out her blue phone with a bird accessory, Minato also took out his dark blue phone. Clearly plain from any accessory. After a few seconds, they both had successfully swap numbers.
Before Mato can ask anything else, her phone beeping, she quickly answers the call. "Hello? Ah, Okaa-san-"
Minato didn't quite hear her conversation since it'll be rude, so he listens to his mp3 players, though he can make out a 'curry' and 'dinner' from her conversation. He begins thinking again, it been a while since he walks home with a friend... Friend... Its such an allien words to him... Since that day... He cut off from his thinking as Mato shook his shoulder, he responds by taking off his headsets.
"Sorry, Minato-san! I'm going to Takanashi house so you can go on ahead." Mato said as she put her hand together in an apologic gesture. "I'm sorry."
Minato look behind her and see the girl she's talking with this morning, giving him a somewhat fearful glance. Minato then nods to her and Mato. "Okay, have fun." He then looks at Takanashi. "Take care of her." With that said, he walks away, leaving Mato with Takanashi.
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"How's school?" Raidou asks as he prepares dinner.
"Fine, I joined a club today," Minato answers from the dining table.
"Ah! What club?"
"Track."
"That's good! You should socialize more, oh and dinner's ready.
After eating dinner with his grandpa, Minato enters his room and lie down in his bed.
"I hope she's okay..."Minato thought as he looks at his ceiling. "I can't always follow her around, so I can't really protect her as grandpa wants me too... But I wonder why I even tried to protect her, She's just a friend but... I just hope if I can't protect her here, I can in another world..." Minato thought as he closes his eyes.
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A pair of cobalt eyes look into the green eerie sky, he had heard it, his 'other self' wish.
Protecting others is a very rare wish his 'other self' wanted. But if he wanted it, so he shall grant. The male walk toward the edge of the tower carrying his harp behind him, with a snap of a finger a velvet door appeared out of nowhere.
The figure opens it and walked inside.
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Exiting from the door, he entered a strange world. It looks exactly like a child toys city, but with much more creepiness. The building was all made form broken toys, and the sky was pink.
He looks below him and sees a battle between a dark clothing girl with a pair of blue eyes and a long blond hair girl riding what seems to be a giant vehicle with a doll face as its head.
The black clothing girl doesn't seem to be fighting back as she was pinned down into the ground by the other girl that he just learned had the wheel as her leg.
He must protect her, that's what his other self-wished. Wasting no more time, he gripped his harp and jump down.
The black clothing girl sees him but not the other girl as she's too focused on throwing macaroon to the black hair girl to notice.
When he's in range, he bashes the girl with his harp throwing her away to a wall. He then plays a short melody with his harp as a couple of fireballs materialized around him and shoot them at the blond girl which exploded. he quickly hooked back his harp and carries the black haired girl via bridal style. He powered jump away from the place.
After he thinks they're safe, he put her down. He now have a good look at her, she had a black hair that tied into two ponytails and wears a black double tailcoat with a white star image in the back, and she wore a black bra with a black biker short. She seems to be looking at him confusedly.
The male just tittle his head, since they can't actually talk, they only can communicate by telepathy so he introduces himself as 'Fool', which the black hair girl introduced herself as 'Black Rock Shooter'. He then walks away, knowing his mission in keeping the girl safe is done, for now.
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Morning follows as Minato wakes up early and make breakfast for his grandpa, he just took a jam bread and eat it as he once again does his newest routine, wakes Kuroi Mato up and walk with her to school. After he rings the door and Mato's mother answering he is invited to another breakfast together so he needs to wait in the dining room as she wales Mato up.
Minato look at the food on the table, it seems Mato's mother already prepared extra, most likely for him.
"You know Minato-nii, Onee-chan was kinda weird last night." Mato's brother said.
"Weird?"
He nodded. "Yeah, when she gets home she quickly sprints into her room and doesn't want to be bothered."
"I see..." It is kind of weird for Mato to be like that.
"Oh, and dad had already gone to work very early today." Mato brother said to the blue hair teen. Before he can ask anything else Mato enter the dining room all prepared to go to school, but she seems sad.
"Good morning..." She said quietly as she sit-down.
Mato's mother enters the dining room kind of worried, but they eat breakfast nonetheless, although a bit more awkward.
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Even in school she seems sad, and always take a peek at Takanashi once in a while, Minato is very bothered by it he even didn't sleep in class which surprises the teachers.
At a break, it seems Mato has gathered her courage to talk to Takanashi, but two girls asking her about joining them to a festival at the shrine near the station. And when Mato was distracted, Takanashi stood up and walk out of the classroom. She saw her but can't talk to her because of the two girls, Mato put up a fake smile saying she can't go.
Minato grits his teeth in anger. He can't take it anymore! He wants the old Mato.
Minato stands up and walks toward Mato, surprising her and the two girls. "Mato-san, come with me," Minato said as he takes Mato's hand and drags her away from the classroom.
Minato keeps dragging Mato through the hallway. "M-Minato-san! W-whats-"
"What happened?" Minato asks as he stops dragging her and letting her hand go.
"Nothing happened! See? I'm fine!" Mato said putting up another fake smile.
"..." Minato only stays silent as he takes her hand again and begins dragging her again, much to Mato annoyance.
"Stop dragging me!"
"... Then stop being sad." Minato said surprising Mato, then he stops in front of 'Dawn Consultant' room and he enters still dragging her.
Inside is the consultant and Mato's basketball senpai, Kohata, which seem surprised seeing them. "Gah! freshman!" She said as she stood up. "T-then I'll be going! Keep it a secret Saya-chan!" With that, she exits the room.
Minato and Mato blink. "Hey, you two." They both look at the counselor, Saya, looking at them. "Run into trouble?" Minato nod as he drags Mato and put her on the couch.
"Saya-sensei, please take care of her," Minato said bowing a little and exit the room.
Saya blink. "That was surprising." She then looks at Mato. "You must be quite an important friend to him."
Mato looks at Saya in surprised. "What do you mean?"
Saya smiled. "Arisato-kun isn't the type to just randomly drag people you know." Mato agreed with that. "So for him to drag you here, he must be quite worried about you, so what's your problem?"
Mato looks down sadly.
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Minato walk around the school aimlessly, trying to find Mato, then as luck would have it, he found her in the school east wing for all thing related to art. She seems to be entering the art club room while speaking to somebody. Minato quitely peek at the classroom door and find her talking to Takahasi.
Minato smile, as he leaves the area so the two can have privacy, silently happy Mato's back to her smiling self.
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'Fool' looks below him and see 'Black Rock Shooter' chained up to a wall by another one of them carrying a scythe, it seems she's quite persistent of fighting the blond one, this time on her right hand is a large black rock cannon, it's useless since she's all chained up though.
The blond one raised her vehicle needle, ready to pierce 'Black Rock Shooter'.
'Fool' knew he couldn't save her with only his harp, this form is not fit to bring to a combat situation. It's not meant for a fight. He slowly extend his hand and slowly a faint, blue card materialized and drift down toward his empty palm. As it touches, he close his hands and crush the card, and blue flames burst on his person.
When the fire does down he changed into a completely different person.
He now carries a giant sword in his right hand, on his back instead of his usual harp is eight giant coffins connected by chains.
This... This is the body made for combat, a facade made to fight against the danger of the world, shaped by fear; 'Thanatos'.
He jumps down between 'Black Rock Shooter' and the blond girl as she was going to pierce 'Black Rock Shooter', but was deflected by one of 'Fool' coffins as he landed between them. Then 'Fool' glance at at the enemy of 'Black Rock Shooter' with an emotionless stares. No matter what happened, he'll protect her, for it's a 'meaning' created by his other side. Even if he has to fight, he will not fail his mission.