Hello again. Thank you all for your opinions and tips YBI, tsundereaibou and DemonGP, I rly appreciated it. I have some ideas for the plot and the introduction of an OC later. I hope you all enjoy this next chapter. If you enjoyed Winds of change or Bond, leave a review, let me know your impressions and ideas, after all, we all partners. See you soon.

Bond

Drops of sweat fell from Kusuke's chin to the floor as he pownded a tiny thing with a electric hammer. Everytime he pownded, an electric wave was sent

through the little object making it glow. After a few minutes he took it using pliers and held above his head agaist the light. The shining ring flashed, so as the

eyes of the scientist. He then placed the ring inside a metal box and left the room, heading to another floor, witch he was only capable of entering with eye

and voice scanners. He went inside a darkroom, the only thing barely visible was a table in the middle of the room. As he closed the door the lights came on

and the table appeared, but calling that a table wasn't much accurate. A lot of thick cables coming from the ceiling were tangled and were conected to a

machine above the table that loked like a gun. That made it look like it was a torture machine. It was almost impossible to see the ceiling itself, because of the

many cables and cooling systems exits. Also the table had cables coming from below and alot of chipsets on it's surface. Kusuke went to the corner, and

started switching all painels from "off" to "on". The table illuminated and it could be seen a tiny gap at it's center where something very small could be fit in.

Kusuke put the platinum ring on the socket and pressed a red button on the table. A compartiment popped open at the right side and inside there was a

few small rocks, as big as a tennis ball, but with diferents shapes and a faint glow. He took a blue one and the compartiment closed and, on his left, another

opened and he placed the blue rock inside. He pressed the red button again and walked backwards till his back was against the wall. The machine start the

glow more and more and make a sound as if it was powering up, then a few seconds after charging, all the superfice started to glow in a blue pulse

and the weapon above it started shooting some kind of laser that reached the ring. As soon as the ring was touched by the laser it started to make a ressonant

noise and the blue glow increased. After a few seconds it looked like the ring was made of pure light and the noise reached it's peak. Suddenly a

pulse of energy was sent towards all directions messing Dr. Kusuke's hair. The machine started to shut down as some cryogenic steam was poured on the cables to help the cooling process.

Kusuke approach the table and felt pulses coming from the ring in a steady manner.

"C'mom" he hissed.

As he stared to the pulsing ring feeling it's pressure, the ring stop glowing and the scientist approached slowly to take the ring in the palm of his hand. It wasn't

hot, strangelly it was very cold and he took a closer look almost touching the ring with his noose. The Platinum ring witch still had a faint glow and a dark blue pattern

like a serpent entangled with her pray was perfect. The blue part was slowly losing it's glow and a smirk appeared on Kusuke's face.

"Finally, the last piece is ready" he said as he left the room in a hurry. On the corridor he passed by a man in black suit and wearing sunglasses and spoke

casually not bothering to stop:

"Find someone to attend the infusion chamber and clean everything, I'm in a hurry"

The man just nodded pressing a finger towards his ear and spoke in a low tone. Kusuke was already inside the elevator going down to his lab.

Entering his lab, he opened his vault(the password was Kusuo's birthday) and took a wooden box, that he placed on his desk. He oppened the box, revealing it's contents.

Three small puddled slots were at view, and two of them already had rings on it.

A Silver ring with green symbols on it's inner part. The symbols didn't belong to any registred civilization and they looked like runes.

A Gold ring with red scratchys all over it's external part. At first the scratches looked random, but after a closer look it can be seen that they're perfect balanced.

And now, the third ring was here. A Platinum ring with a blue pattern that looked like a serpent entangled with her pray. The pattern went into the inner and coming to the external part, repeating until it reached the begin again.

Kusuke looked at his monitors and grabbed his phone, pressing a quickcall number.

"Hello mother, how are you doing, good?"

"Yes, I just wanted to let you know that I'll be dropping by soon to make a visit"

"Yes, very soon, but could you please do me a favor? Don't tell Kusuo because a I have a surprise gift for him"

"You too, see you soon"

He ended the call and pressed another quickcall button. Someone answered:

"Yes sir?"

"I'm ready"

The classroom was noisy with the selfstudy class but Saiki really didn't care, he was lost in thoughts.

He was remembering his fight with his brother where he first saw the eraser device that Kusuke had build, so he could finally be normal.

But at the moment he accept it and was ready to take it from kusuke's hands prepared to erase his powers, something flashed behind his brother's eyes and he told that the device wasn't complete yet, so he

should be patiente.

'He told me that he only needed a couple of days to finish it so what happened, it's been two weeks'

'Maybe he's just messing with me, I should've grabbed when I had the chance'

'But what should I do to make him give it to me...' He started plotting, imaginig if it was ok to use a few torture techniques.

He was so focused that he didn't realized that his right neighbor was starting at his face with curiosity.

'I wonder what's wrong with Saiki-kun, he looks troubled, almost nervous or anxious... that's not even close to his usual bored face'

'Maybe I should ask him what the problem is, and if there's actually a problem, I could help him... that way we could become closer... more intimate and... and I could expect an "ofu" right? RIGHT?'

'Yare yare, so I'm making such a face that even Teruhashi could find odd, I should be more careful now that she's sitting next to me and glances at me all

the time... what a pain'

The girl had just started thinking of the best way to ask him without being too intrusive when she saw something strange.

'Huh? did he just heard me? But I didn't said anything aloud did I? It looked like he'd heard me and adjusted... his expression back to his bored one...'

'Again, why is he tense like this?'

Well... shit.

That was the only thing that he could think at the moment.

'How the hell Teruhashi notice these small details and jumped to that conclusion, she was supose to just be daydreaming about me falling for her and saying

"ofu" for the rest of my life'

He put his game face on, she wasn't really suspicious of anything, but was looking at him with very curious eyes.

He went back to what he believed to be his troubled face and sighed so she wouldn't have any strange ideas.

'Hm, that face again, I guess I'm just overthinking'

He never expected that she was so observant, that almost caught him off guard.

The last class was about to begin when he heard something that really startled him, making his face show surprise.

"Yo, Kusuo"

His surprise face vanished as fast as it came and a hint of anger took it's place as he continued to listen

"I want to talk to you about a few things so can you come with me for a minute? it's not like you really need to study"

'How am I reading his mind... ah, he must have taken his hair pin off'

Saiki tried to read his brothers mind again but there was nothing.

"Tsk"

Saiki grabbed his bag and asked to Kaidou who was sitting behind him

"Kaidou, can you tell the teacher that I went to the infirmary because I felt sick"

"Huh? you're sick Saiki? WAIT, DON'T TELL ME IT'S A BIOLOGICAL ATTACK FROM DARK REUNION"

"Kuboyasu, can you tell the teacher that I went to the infirmary because I felt sick"

"Ah, sure thing Saiki, get well soon"

"OY, SAIKI, DON'T IGNORE ME..."

He was so eager to get to his brother that he completly forgot about his curious neighbor and how he should act around her. Right at that moment she had a

serious gaze towards the pink-haired boy.

'Did he just "Tsk" before standing? He didn't look sick at all, was that a lie?'

'Again, what was that posture just now, like he was stabbed with a pencil and then the suddenly... change in his expression...'

She stood from her place and walked next to the window, and left a little "ah" escape her lips as she saw a person waving

'I know that guy, he's Saiki's brother, Saiki Kusuke I think... the prick who dared to spoke a handful of things to me back when I went to the shrine with Saiki'

She frowned.

'Wasn't he supose to be dead after I used my "angel tears" against him?' she pondered tilting her head a little and holding her chin.

'But I heard that he lives in London, what is he doing here...'

Then, Saiki entered her view as he walked in a fast pace towards his brother.

'Huh? Why isn't Saiki in the infirmary? So it was a lie after all, he's just ditching... but wait how did he knew that his brother was there waiting for him? He

doesn't even have a cellphone... Did they agreed to meet at this hour? it doesn't seen much likely, then how...'

She bit the tip of her thumb to hold her frustation.

"There's something strange going on" She said to herself.

Aiura who was watching everthing passing on their faces as she sneaked glances at both of them, also stood and walked to the window from the other side of

the classroom, pretending to throw something in the trash can so she could look outside. She saw two figures walking away

'So it has begun huh, that was faster than I anticipated...'

Saiki was walking towards his brother with his murderous intention at full power, only stopping when they became unconfortable close.

"Hello there my dear brother, how have you been?" He asked in a cordial tone.

"I Guess "a couple of days" has a diferent meaning to you, huh?"

"Is it ready?" He couldn't control himself, so he just asked harshly.

Saiki then, saw the same thing he did back when he asked for the eraser, passing behind his brother's eyes.

"Before that, there's a few things we need to discuss, mind coming with me elsewhere?"

"Lead the way"

They walked for a few minutes in the general direction of their home till they reached a abandoned playground. Saiki remembered this place, they used to play here

when they were young. Well, actually the other kids played. Somehow Kusuke ended trying to build a mechanized base in the sand box that would shoot

anyone who approached it with water ballons. Kusuo made almost every kid cry by winning everything they had at Junkempo, after that they were kind of

banned from the playground.

"Haha this place brings nice memories"

He went to the old swing and sat as Saiki stood by his side, leaning on the metal structure.

'Something is off, he's not usually like this... in fact I never saw him like this'

'Is he trying some trick or bullshit, altrough it doesn't seems like it, this serious face he's making it's just odd'

"What's is it so important that couldn't wait for me to get home"

Silence floated in the air for a few seconds and Saiki started to feel pissed about his brother's behaviour, but he also felt a little bit concerned. When he was

about to ask what was his problem, Kosuke spoke:

"Kusuo, listen to what I'm about to say carefully, because I'll never speek about this again, and if you tell someone, I'll just deny it"

'Ok, what the hell was going on, is he really Kusuke?'

"You're acting strange, are you really Kusuke? Did one of your machines actually killed you and took over your body? Stop it and just tell me what happened"

He didn't smile at his joke, isntead he continued to stare at the ground and after a few seconds, out of the blue he asked Saiki:

"Kusuo, are you happy?"

What?

"What? what kind of question is this, are you trying to make fun of m..." Saiki was about to ask if it was a joke, but the look on his brother's face as he stared at the ground

silenced him.

"I'll reformulate, the you right now, are you a happy person with the way your life is?"

Saiki couldn't answer this kind of question out of the blue, but he started thinking about it...

'Since I was young I always saw this powers as a curse, I'm the man who had everthing robbed, taken away me. All I just wanted was to be normal, but even

when I tried to blend in... I couldn't. I didn't know what was the meaning of the word normal anymore. Am I a happy person?' The answer was obvious, but

suddenly a few smilling faces crossed his mind and he tried to ignore how it make him feel'

"I'm not... I...never was" Saiki never was fond of his brother but right now he didn't want to lie to him, what an odd feeling.

Kusuke smiled.

"I knew you were going to say something like that"

"You know Kusuo, you may not be happy now but you can't say you never had was. There was a time you were happy. The first time you went to the movies you spent the whole week before

the movie talking about your favorite caracther and if his powers would be similar to his manga version. You were excited and full of joy, but when you came

back home, all you had was disappointment over your face.

Back in the day there was algo a girl you liked, I know you remember her.

A quick vision of a reddish beatiful hair flashed Kusuo's mind.

Saiki was frozen in place, he couldn't answer. He was just looking at his brother's face as the words flew through him, slashing open old wounds and bringing back dark memories. For some reason he remembered the exact feeling of each memory that Kusuke kept digging.

"Her name was Tsukihi, and I saw that you liked her, truly, you even used your powers a few times to help her out of some dangerous situations, but then

your ocular powers awakened and you couldn't see her face anymore. Even for someone like you, suddenly being able to see the muscles and bones of someone that

you're fond of...at that age... must have been terrifying"

"After that you even pushed her away, because you were afraid that a new power could harm her somehow"

He remembered. At first he felt ashamed because he saw Tsukihi-san naked, then her skin was gone, later her muscles were also gone, leaving nothing but a

walking skeleton, witch turned and asked him:"Is there something wrong with my face Kusuo-kun?"

The shock was too much, he felt sick, no matter where he looked people started to appear naked and after that, their muscle and bones. Those memories that he buried deep inside his mind started hurting him again, and he wanted to ask Kusuke to stop, but he couldn't find his voice.

After a small pause, Saiki was still speachless, breathing heavily, and his brother started talking again.

"Before your super strength awakened you used to love kendo, you told me that you wanted to start training. Your eyes were full of life as you watched with

your clairvoyance the activities of the kendo club next to our school"

'Stop'

"After that you couldn't control your grip and your swing, so you gave up. At that moment when you dropped the crumbling pieces of the bamboo sword I was certain that you were going to cry, due to how unfair that situation was, but you didn't. Right at that moment I looked at you and I could've swear that I saw chains clinging around your body"

'Stop it'

"Do you remember the first and second time you used your mind control? You had pink hair and didn't wanted to feel excluded around the others, a normal

feeling for a kid, then you changed the world so you could be accepted"

'Please, stop it' Why couldn't he say the words outloud, He didn't want to remember those feeling, he left all that behind because it hurted him so much.

"The second time was to heal a classmate, but he wasn't in any mortal danger, so why did you healed him Kusuo? Because you always wanted to be a hero and help people"

"Things like this happened to you each time you discovered a new power... everytime you had growed stronger you were algo losing something. Later you

were shutting yourself away from everything, your feelings were destroyed by your overwhelming power and.. no one was there to help you...and all... all I could

think was that you were better than me at everything. I..."

"Stop... please" Saiki was finally able to say, facing the road because he didn't want to look at his brother's face.

His brother's voice broke and Saiki turned and looked him in the eyes. Tears started flowing as he said between sobs.

"I'm... I'm sorry... I'm sorry that I didn't notice early how much it was hurting you Kusuo, I am your older brother and still... I am the one that was supose to

protect you, even from your own powers and... I didn't"

Saiki's head started to hurt, he didn't want to hear anything anymore, he didn't knew what to say, he just wanted to scream, till his throat was ripped apart,

scream about how unfair that shit was, he was just a kid. He wanted to scream at his brother who'd made him revive those feelings... but he couldn't.

A single tear dropped from Saiki's left eye, making him touch his wet face. He couldn't believe it that he was actually crying.

Kusuke used his sleeves to dry his eyes and spoke with a more composed voice

"I used to tell myself that I builded the eraser to finally beat you, but who am I trying to fool...the truth is that I was just too ashamed... to give it to you so

late...

"But somthing hit me Kusuo, even if you hate your powers, even if you never asked for them, or pray for them to be gone, they're yours...no, that's wrong...

they are a part of you. Although it wasn't a fun road, your powers brought you this far and made you the person that you are right now, that's why I couldn't

give the eraser to you anymore, if felt like I was about to... kill a part of my brother"

"So you came all the way from Europe to remind me of all that shit for what reason?" Saiki was expressionless, his eyes looked dead.

"I came to apologize to you, even if you can't forgive me. I also came to give you something..."

"What is it?"

Kusuke reached inside his robe and took a wooden box, stood up from the swing and as he oppened the box to show Kusuo it's contents he started explaining.

"These... are my greatest creations. These rings were created from a mix of diferent metals and germanium. Each combination had to be tested so I could

find the right match. Later I started studying about the properties of all fallen comets and meteors on earth and witch one could be of use to stop your powers"

Saiki choked

"Are you saying that these rings will erase my power?"

"No, they will seal your powers, but if you remove them you'll be able to use your powers whenever you want"

"Is this even possible?" Asked a chocked Saiki

Kusuke looked around, it was already dark and there was no one around, well almost no one.

"Of course that some colateral may appear, it's only natural but I need you to test them for me now, please, but before that, you'll need to remove your

limiters or they may cause some conflict.

Saiki didn't felt confortable but did as he was told and stashed his limiters inside his pocket.

If he weren't using his germanium ring, voices from all over the world would be blasting inside his mind right now, he felt grateful for the ring he was using

right now, it was a good idea to wear it after leaving school.

"The green ring will seal all your brain/cognitive powers. Any power linked to your mind, or that requires your imagination to be activated will be sealed"

As he spoke Saiki, took the green jewel and felt like it was sucking his energy

"Keep it in mind that after you use your ring there may be a few flashing lights, so try not to do in crowded areas"

Saiki looked around and was about to put the green ring when he saw that he was still wearing his germanium ring.

He dicided to deal with the germanium ring later so he chose his right hand. The ring was big and he chose to use it on his middle finger.

The moment the ring reached the base of his finger a green light engolfed his body for a few seconds and he felt something cold, like he entered a cold

shower.

Kusuke was taking his hair pin off his head and putting inside his pocket. Then he instructed:

"Try to read my mind"

"I can't... wait, let me take the germanium ring off, it maybe be..." He was talking as he removed the ring and still nothing changed. The world was silent.

"I can't hear anything"

"Why are you mute? Oh, perhaps you're still trying to use your telepathy to speak... you'll have to speak with your mouth from now on, try to get used to it"

"Oh, I see. Also I can't hear anything" Saiki Kusuo spoke in a low weak voice.

"Now to make you understand, all your cognitive powers are sealed, but... let's try this... use this rock and throw it at that tree using all your strenght"

'This is new to me so I have to understand what these rings will change, guess I have no choise...'

He took that small rock and tossed at the tree. A loud WHACK happened followed by a THUD as the rock passed clean through and broke the tree in half making a hole in the dirty ahead.

'Huh...'

"Try to turn the tree back"

Saiki approached the fallen tree and put his hand on it trying to make it go back 7 years. Nothing happened. He turned to face Kusuke and shook his head.

"Great, this is going smoother than I expected" Kusuke clapped his hands together.

"Try to levitate" Kusuke said.

He assumed his levitation position and float for a few seconds.

'What?'

"It is as I imagined, it depends on how you activate your power, I though you used your mind to levitate and fly, but the order to activate the power actually

came from your body...well, I'm sure you can test later witch ones will work and witch ones won't"

"The red ring will seal your body/transformation power. Any power that starts from your body will be seal just like I explained earlier.

Saiki took the ring and looked at some scratchy patterns, he also saw something similar in the green one but in the inner part. As the red ring reached the

base of his ringer finger, a red light appeared, but this time it was hot, it wasn't an unpleasent sensation tho...

"Try again with the rock"

He tossed a rock that was close and it flew for a few meters. He was sure that he used the same amount of strenght...

"Amazing" Saiki couldn't hide his excitement as the miraculous ring glowed weakly.

"Now the last one. The blue ring, in essence it is like your old limiters but with a major diference. It will let you control the amount of power you want to use

after your removed the red or the green. Of course that some training will be required for you to get the hang of it.

He put the smallest ring on his pinky finger. As saiki felt the blue light he chocked. It was like a invisible snake was crushing his body but after the inicial shock, he realized that it didn't hurt that much.

"That's it, your powers are sealed for good. I'm sure that these rings will not atone for all your sufering but I hope... that you can at least archive happiness.

Saiki could never forget what happened, but he could at least try to forgive his brother.

"I never though that this day would come but... thank you... Kusuke"

"So now, I'll take my leave cuz you have some major problems to solve, also remember what I told you right at the start of our conversation. The next time

we see each other let's play some Jankem"

"I'll remember" Kusuo looked at his face, and noticed that he had dark circles bellow his eyes and was a little skinny. That shot a sensation through Kusuo's

body and for an instant he wanted to hug this person, that Saiki never really considered a brother. For a few seconds he was surprise with this impulse, but

he quickly recovered.

Kusuke started to walk away from him waving above his head

"Wait... what do you... mean by... major problems?" Saiki asked, his voice cracking twice

Kusuke stopped, turned to face his brother and said with a smile:

"I'm not the one that's going to teach you. I'll go all in... and say it's a job more suited for her"

He pointed towards Kusuo, who was confused for a few seconds till he realized that someone was behind him. Full of leafs on her hair and blouse, with some

dirt on her skirt and holes on her socks.

Teruhashi Kokomi walked slowly towards Saiki and stopped 5 meters from him, her bag sliding from her arm to the floor with a low "thud".

'Yare yare, how am I supose to deal with this now... this is an emergency. How long was she hidden watching us and how I didn't notice her earlier?'

'I was using the germanium ring... shit. Why isn't she saying anything, maybe I should try to play it cool'

"Whats wrong... Teruhashi-san?" Saiki said, too late he remembered that his voice was diferent.

'shit'

"Saiki-kun... are you really Saiki-kun? she asked in a low voice, her eyes on the ground"

"Yes, I just... have a problem with my throat, that's why... I left early. I was having... fun with my brother, he brought some interesting things from europe, some... neon lights or something like that.

She nodded and Saiki felt relief as she was about to accept his excuse.

"Then, what did he brought from Europe that could give you enough strength to destroy a tree and open a hole on the ground with a small rock?" She asked as she look up to his eyes.

The first thing Saiki thought before he was terrified by her question was a question that popped in his mind right after their eyes met. Those eyes...

'Who is this person? This person in front of me is not Teruhashi Kokomi'
Her cold blue eyes pierced through him and held his gaze, it was almost hypnotic.
"I think... we... need to talk"

Inside a chopper a blonde scientist smiled again, pleased with himself.

"I guess I managed to at least start a fundation for us Kusuo, I hope this help you move with your life, then I can make it up to you...for everthing.

The scientist sighed and closed his eyes, exausted.