CHAPTER III – Never+
:At the Shaman Fight Coliseum, the next day...:
The massive crowd cheered for the first fight in the Shaman Fight prelims was about to begin. Everyone was in their seats, eager to see.
"The fight will now begin! Hoshigumi V.S. Hoshi Hikari! Shamans ready! Three, Two, One, OVERSOUL!" The announcer blasted on the speakers. But there was a small problem going on...
"I said, ehm, OVERSOUL! Hello!" The announcer repeated. Someone from the Hoshi Hikari team was missing. Mika.
"Where in the damn world is she! And at a time like this! Argh..." Saori stomped.
"Geez...I knew it! She must have slept in again...sigh..." Akie continued.
But she was there. She just didn't want to see him again, after so many years. She knows she has been waiting for this day, but she never knew that she would feel so much pain from the memory of the past that haunts her. She was just there in the stands, crying...
"No...Never...I can't...I don't want to see..."
"...to remember you..."
:Back at the Coliseum...:
"What's the problem, ladies?" A Shaman Fight Officiant asked the two girls waiting for Mika.
"One of our teammates, Mika, she's missing!" Akie exclaimed.
"Well, that's bad. If you don't get a complete number of required members, it will mean that you're forfeiting.
"No way..."
"Heh, I knew it. She isn't the girl I knew years ago. The one I knew was strong, kind, and...She was the only one to call me Ha-chan." Hao said, seeming to want someone to notice him.
"Huh?...Ha...Chan...is it really you?...but why..." Mika stood up and gathered up her courage to stand up and fight. She went to the center.
"Ha-chan...Ha-chan! Is it really you? After all these years? You told me we were friends! Why did you...Why did you do that!" She cried out in front of the massive Spirit of Fire, Hao sitting on its shoulder.
The Crowd gasped.
"Ha, You thought so? I didn't think so...And even if we were, we would never be friends forever! Those useless humans...they deserved to die!" Hao replied, smirking.
"Ugh...this conversation is getting too long...OVERSOUL!" Mika commanded her spirit, Shizuka.
"H-Ha-C-Chan! What the hell—" Saori was stunned. Akie just stood quiet.
"Oversoul now, you two!"
"Uh, Okay...OVERSOUL!" The two girls sounded.
"Bring it on...Mi-Chan!" Hao laughed at them egoistically.
Mika: "Hmm, until now you're still laughing that way?"
Hao: "You deserve it."
Mika: "Well just see! My dear little Ha-chan, My first "frienemy"."
Hoshi Hikari girls: "let's Go!" They all ran towards the SoF.
