-Principal's Office-

Everyone was gathered in Anti Angel Headquarters for a meeting. Naoi thought Nanami was responsible enough to travel the school alone. She promised him that she would talk to him later. Until then, he could talk to Otonashi or something.

"Hey Naoi, where have you been?" Otonashi asked. Naoi felt like it had been forever since the two of them had a regular conversation.

Then again, Naoi couldn't tell Otonashi about what happened. He also promised to hide her from the Battlefront for whatever reason. She really was a peculiar girl.

"Hi Otonashi, I've just been handling some business lately." He said with a big grin. The boy couldn't help but be happy when they talked.

"Attention, everyone." Yuri called. Everyone's focus was shifted towards her.

"So what did you call this meeting for, Yurippe?" Hinata asked.

"Is it trouble with Angel?" Noda questioned with his halberd raised high.

"Actually, I have good news and bad news," Yuri started, "The good news is that the secret door in the Guild has been opened."

Everyone was shouting cheerfully. Except Naoi, who was flabbergasted. He should have known to have covered his tracks, how was he supposed to know Yuri checked out the door after it had been opened? On the other hand, he probably should've known better.

"The bad news is that our little 'victim' escaped in time for us to miss it."

Everyone's attitude immediately dropped. Naoi's too, knowing what would come next. He was nervous.

"So, I call this one," Yuri paused, "Operation Manhunt!"

"What's this all about?" Otonashi asked.

"Isn't it obvious? We're going to hunt for the glitch!" Yuri explained. "Everyone is going to spread out, and search for a shady person. Luckily, I know its weakness. If you splash water onto to it, it's going to glitch out for sure! Once you've found who it is, bring it back to HQ and I'll decide what to do with it.

"But what did it do wrong?" He questioned.

"And how the hell are we supposed to know what it looks like?!" Yui asked in an obnoxious tone, which made Hinata want to wrestle her.

Yuri looked on the edge of being angry. "That thing tried to go against us, that's what it did!" Yuri yelled. Otonashi looked frightened by her tone.

"Now then, Operation… Start!"

Naoi had a bad feeling about this…

-Roof-

Nanami was scared. She knew they would find her. That's why she imprisoned herself behind a door the whole time. She was waiting for someone who would care about her. She didn't remember much, but she knew not a lot of people cared about her when she was alive. The Afterlife just made it worse. Here, she had no family, no friends, no one. And now, she feels bad for dragging Naoi down with her. Maybe it would be better for him to just forget about her and save himself the trouble…

"There you are!" She heard a voice from behind her. She quickly glitched out of sight.

"Don't hide, its me, Naoi!" She realized her mistake and became visible again. She was relieved to hear his voice once more.

She turned around and saw him. "Sorry, Mr Naoi. I thought they found me. I haven't really been able to take it easy in a while." She said.

"Relax, no one's gonna hurt you. If they do, they'll have to go through me first, and believe me, I'm sure they don't want to do that again." He said with an evil smirk.

Nanami looked at him confused. "You've been an enemy of the SSS before?" She asked curiously.

"You bet. You should've seen their faces when I came at them." He said confidently. Nanami giggled.

"So how did you end up becoming a part of them?" She questioned. Naoi's smirk became a soft smile.

"Otonashi." He said softly. "He saved me. He gave me the one thing I wanted in life; to be acknowledged."

"Otonashi…? So he helped you, huh? He seems nice." She said with a smile.

"Come on, let's go somewhere else, we can't stay in one place all day!" Naoi said as he opened the door for Nanami.

"I suppose." She said as she walked past him.

-Hallway-

Naoi is walking down the hallway with Nanami close behind. Naoi hopes nobody will see them together. Just as he was thinking, a door beside him opened. It seemed to be Angel, or 'Tachibana' as he would call her. She looked up at him.

"Good morning, Naoi." She said emotionless. She looked behind him to see the shy girl standing there. Nanami gasped.

Angel pointed at her. "I know you." She stated bluntly.

Naoi quietly cursed to himself. He forgot to cover her in time. He would make a terrible bodyguard, he thought. Nanami started to glitch and get a little teary-eyed.

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"Nanami! Please! Get a hold of yourself!" He shouted. Angel stepped forward and touched Nanami lightly, which caused both of them to get a electric shock, but it ended the glitching.

"Wait...How did you do that?" Naoi was amazed. He saw Angel do many things, but not something like that before.

"...I know her." Angel repeated. Even though it didn't answer the question, Naoi accepted that as her answer.

Nanami lifted her head up slowly.

"Kanade Tachibana...its nice to see you again…"