Chapter 2:
"Shun," Shichino began from the table in front of their group's leader. "It's over."
"Not yet!" Shun shouted, spinning towards the blond with a furious look on his face. The blind man with glossed over eyes, Otosaka Shunsuke, held his cellphone in his left hand. The phone was shaking violently after that last call, and he shouted, "I'll call him again!"
"His phone's been disconnected for weeks!" Shichino shouted as he shot up from his chair.
"Shichino," Medoki scolded from across the table. Her voice was soft though, and she turned towards Shun with a sad look. "Shun, it was just, too much."
Maedomari nodded his head in agreement. Then, the teen with dark hair who used to have the ability to take specific memories away from people started in an optimistic voice, "He got so many. Even after he stopped answering." His voice was sad, but also grateful as he continued, "Your brother saved so many. It just wasn't, possible. Not to get all of them."
"To think though," Shichino muttered, dropping back to his seat. He could not stay angry while seeing that distraught look on Shun's face. Not too long ago Shun had finally returned to normal after Kumogami's death. After this though, Shichino was worried they were going to lose their leader again. We're too close for that. We can't lose you, not now. Not ever. Shichino put his hands on the sides of his head and muttered while thinking back on it, "An actual nuke. That's, crazy. Are they that intent on keeping their experiments going?"
"At that point," Medoki began softly. "It was more likely because of his power. Even if he wasn't stealing others' abilities, you think the US government would have been ok with a superpower invading them? That's what Yuu had become. He was strong enough to take on the syndicates, and mobs, then revolutionary forces. He was even fighting nations' armies, and winning." The girl with short orange hair falling just above her shoulders let out a small sigh. "Maedomari is right though. He did a lot of good before..." she faded off as Shun brought his hands up and covered his face. "I'm sorry, Shun," she whispered.
Shun lowered his hands and had a slightly more detached look, but he did not appear to have descended into despair. He just spoke in a low, scratchy whisper, "How am I going to tell Ayumi?" He paused for a few seconds but none of his friends answered. "Or, Tomori?" He added,
"Tell me what?" The group spun and looked towards the door where said girl just walked in through. "Since you said Ayumi first, it must be about Yuu. What happened?"
Nao Tomori glanced around at the faces of those in the room. Each one of them confirmed the worst case scenario she imagined when she heard what Shun said. She looked towards him last, to the person she had trusted most for so long now. He rose his head so his empty eyes were pointed at hers, then when he opened his mouth, he froze. His voice could not escape, and instead he just started shaking his head, clenching his eyes shut in pain.
"Oh," Nao whispered. "Excuse me," she said, quickly turning back to the door and getting out of the room.
"Tomori," Medoki began, getting out of her seat. Maedomari grabbed her by the sleeve though as she tried moving past his chair. She looked down and saw him shaking his head at her sadly, and Medoki could only grind her teeth with wet eyes of her own while looking back towards the door.
Nao ran out of the secret base, and she ran through the forest outside. She ran and got behind a tree, then she leaned her back up against it while panting hard. Why am I running? Why didn't I stay... She felt the water dripping down her face and her lips started quivering. "Why am I crying?" Nao whispered. "I knew there was a small chance. I knew it was unlikely. Why am I, why?" Her tears only ran down faster. I told him to come back when he finished! He promised! I made him promise... I told him the idea in the first place. What was I thinking? Telling an idiot like that. I should have known he would do it, I should have known he would be that stupid! I thought, I just thought, he was just a cheating fiend. That's all I thought of him, but, but then why did I fall- this, this is... her back slid down the tree until she was sitting with her knees up in front of her chest. She hugged her legs and let out a quiet sob. "Yuu."
A/N Another short chapter, hope you enjoyed!
