Angel Beats! REBORN!
Episode 3: The World
Did it get me? Am I dead? But I don't feel the pain. Yuzuru opened his eyes; a blade was between him and the claw of the level 3 Shadow. Yuzuru turned his head and saw Kanade wielding the blade. She pushed the Shadow away with all her strength.
"Guard Skill: Hand Sonic version 2" the blade became thinner than before. Kanade began to slash the Shadow, faster and faster. The Shadow was soon nothing but little shreds.
"Kanade, you remembered your Guard Skills"
"I don't know, it just came into mind when I saw you in trouble"
"Thanks Kanade"
Hours later, they arrived at the temporary SSS hideout located inside the sewers. Ayato had helped regain Kanade and Yuri's memories during the trip. The two girls and the guys were surprised when Yuzuru told them that they were sisters in this world.
"Why the sewers?" asked Yuzuru.
"Well, this world is filled with NPCs you know? It isn't easy looking for a place that doesn't have NPCs strolling around" answered Hinata with an annoyed tone.
"Speaking of which, didn't we move on to our afterlife already? Why are we still in this world?"
"Well-"
"Allow me to explain" Ayato cut Hinata's explanation.
"Go ahead"
"This world is another programed world. We were all NPCs that repeated our lives every day doing the same thing, sort of like an infinite loop. But this world can only hold so many people, every time a new person joins this world and becomes an NPC the world has a point three seconds lag and glitch. Since this world was empty when we joined, it wasn't that much of a problem. But when Angel joined this world, I assume it must be at its capacity, and then you joined after a few days. The world had a glitch that broke me out of the infinite loop and my soul returned too. I regained more and more of my memories as the days went by. I then found TK, Hinata, Matsuda and Yui a few days after I regained my memories, I hypnotised them and helped them regain their memories, which of course broke them out of their daily cycle. We found a few of the Guild members so I broke them out of the cycle, that's why we have these weapons. But the cycle of the world broke when I broke the guild members out of the cycle; everyone continued their lives without the loop. That's when the Shadows started appearing, you wouldn't know because they started appearing on the Eastern side of the city, while you were on the Western side. We located you, Angel and the Commander when we came to the Western side to look for more members. You know what happens after" Ayato ended his explanation with a proud expression.
"So right now we should find the other members and regroup the SSS, is that right?"
"You're as smart as ever Otonashi"
"Now about the Shadows, what do we info do we have on them?"
"Let's pretend we are the viruses and the Shadows are the firewall, they are trying to turn us back to NPCs, well at least back then, now they are trying to delete us, even if you're an NPC, just with the slightest hint of you regaining your memories can get you hunted down and deleted. So I suggest that we don't get consumed by the Shadows"
"Alright and the levels? I remember Hinata saying something about the Shadows having levels with level 10 being the highest"
"You have such amazing memory Otonashi. The levels we call them are based on the different forms they are taking so far we have seen ten forms. The first are the weakest, they only know to consume their targets. Second has a large increase in speed, can consume you if you don't keep an eye on them. Third, you saw, larger in size and have claws as weapons. Fourth are just the first level using rifles, although they do pack quite a lot of damage. Fifth uses sharp blades, it can cut through anything, but we don't know about Angel's blade though.. Sixth is a insect type, they are small but once they cover you up, you are dead. Seventh is a crawler that can spit an unknown substance that melts anything, we are still unsure of the effects it has on us but we don't intend to find out. Eighth is really annoying, they are very stealthy, they can their appearance into NPCs but the only clue we have on separating them and the normal NPCs is that their eyes are black. Ninth has the ability to fly like birds. Tenth is also known as Demon, they have speed, blades, flight ability and they can vanish quickly, we don't have much info on the level 10s though, since we only saw one."
"Will there be anymore?"
"We are unsure, but by the looks of things, yes, I reckon the more people we retrieve the more with be created, but we have to retrieve them"
"You're right, have you located anymore members?"
"We think we have located Takeyama"
"Takeyama? He will be very helpful, Commander, what should we do?" Yuzuru turned to Yuri.
"Commander? I'm retired"
"What?! Then who's in charge?"
"I say, it's about time Yuzuru took over" suggested Yuri. Everyone placed their line of sight on Yuzuru.
"Me? But I-"
"You're ready to lead"
Hinata dragged Yuzuru up the old wooden stage.
"Otonashi please lead us, please"
"Yuzuru, Yuzuru, Yuzuru…" the crowd repeated and repeated.
"But I can't take on such an important role"
Kanade stepped on the stage and held Yuzuru's hand; the crowd's cheering began to die out.
"Please Yuzuru, you can do it, save everyone here once again" said Kanade in a sincere tone.
Yuzuru felt Kanade's feelings and nodded.
"Let us retrieve Takeyama!"
The crowd cheered on and on. At that moment, Kanade gave Yuzuru her most beautiful smile and kissed him.
A/N: I do not own Angel Beats