Angel beats!: Revelations
Arc 1: Travels
Chapter 3: The tower II
Otonashi looked around. He was somewhere in pure darkness. The darkness didn't feel bad however. It was sort of comforting.
'Otonashi, you have made a great choice coming here.' A voice echoed through the darkness.
Otonashi sighed. More voices of people he couldn't see or recognized.
'Who are you?' Otonashi replied. His voice echoed too.
'My name is not important yet. I'm here to guide you through your duties.'
'My duties?' Otonashi questioned.
'I'm sure Akihisa told you a bit.'
'You mean about the fate of life itself?'
The voice went silent and seemed to hesitate before replying. '… That's one way to put it.'
'Is this one of your traps?' Otonashi asked before the voice could continue.
'No, I disabled them for you. This is necessary for you to save everything.'
'Why does everyone treat me like I'm someone special.'
'Because you are. I will tell you one thing about myself. I've been here since the very beginning. I know why the afterlife exists. I know how to save everyone. I know how to stop the shadows.'
'Then why don't you stop them?' Otonashi replied. He was getting tired of everyone he spoke with skipping around.
'I can't, I'm trapped here.' The voice spoke with bitterness dripping through. 'Otonashi. I know it must be hard to understand, but you got to listen.'
'I am listening.' He replied slightly irritated. 'Just get to the point.'
The voice went silent again. 'Very well, first of you need to know that I have seen the future of this world. I have seen every possible outcome. Your first great choice was to come here. If you didn't everyone would be dead in four months.'
'But...' Otonashi replied shocked
'No but, your second important choice will be made in a few minutes. Shamefully I can't tell you what to choose to save the afterlife.' The voice explained. Otonashi noticed the voice started to get a sad sound to it.
'Are you ready for my first trial?' The voice said.
Otonashi hesitated. Was this voice really what it told him? Was it true about the future? What was even going on. So many questions went through Otonashi's head. None of them were answered. If it was true what the voice told him he wouldn't have much choice, but what if this was one of the traps Akihisa warned him about? After thinking it through Otonashi made up his resolve. He would listen to the voice for the moment.
'I'm ready.' Otonashi said.
'Excellent.' Was all the voice said.
And then the darkness became more dense.
Meanwhile at the school the captains had gathered in the principal's office. The leader of the rebirth battlefront stood behind the desk. The room had gone entirely silent.
'Everyone understands why we have this meeting?' Tsuzune, their leader spoke.
The captains nodded in unison. 'Yes sir!'
'Good, let's start with the facts.' Tsuzune paused for a second. 'The first strange thing is the shadow activity lately and especially that of the SSS. Shadows have not been sighted for over two weeks and the SSS was suddenly caught very easily. This followed by the betrayal of two of our captains: Satsuya Rin and Kousei Watawi, both of them leaders of one of our divisions. We also have the incident with the spy whose body disappeared after being attacked by some sort of experimental weapon and the sighting of Hanaka, the exiles' leader.' Tsuzune paused again. The captains didn't speak and were thinking through the possible explanations. Michael was the first one to open his mouth. 'If you take all those things in account it seems like there is some plan going on. The disappearance of the shadows could mean they are building up strength. The SSS members have let themselves be caught so they can easily destroy us from the inside.'
'There is a flaw in your story there.' Haruaki said.
'And what might that be?' Michael replied.
'We haven't caught all the SSS members yet.' Takatsu answered. 'There are still a few out there. The most powerful to be exact.'
'Wouldn't that be an advantage?' Ukita added. The other captains looked at him with a puzzled look. 'The simply split their forces. The members we caught to destroy us from the inside and the shadows plus the remaining SSS to assault us from the outside.' Ukita explained.
'It would make sense, but that would take a lot of planning. From earlier experiences we know the SSS isn't usually working with tactics.' Haruaki replied.
'And that is where the betrayal kicks in.' Tsuzune said. 'Satsuya and Kousei were known for their experiments. Perhaps they were easier to conduct on the SSS?'
'We could have interrogated them if a certain someone hadn't banned them.' Haruaki replied.
Tsuzune's face went slightly red. 'It wasn't my fault they pissed me of, besides Takatsu already had evidence of their betrayal.'
The captains turned their heads towards Takatsu. 'It's true, we have footage of them trying to sneak into my quarters, armed and well. They probably also killed the spy to frame me after their murder attempt failed.'
'I take it they were using one of their experimental weapons, otherwise it wouldn't be much of a murder if you would just revive.' Ukita said
'But what has Hanaka have to do with this?' Michael asked.
'After Tsuzune realized her mistake of banning them she send her squad after them to retrieve them. They were stopped by Hanaka, meaning he recruited them for the exiles.' Haruaki answered
'So with all these facts at hand we can draw the conclusion. The SSS and shadows have help from inside our battlefront, at least Satsuya and Kousei were involved, maybe the traitors made a pact with the exiles meaning our enemy's army consists of the SSS, the shadows, the traitors and the exiles. They have weapons that can kill us... forever.' Tsuzune concluded.
'And you suspect we have more traitors among us?' Haruaki asked.
Tsuzune nodded. 'It wouldn't be of much effect if all the insiders became exiled. I have started a thorough investigation. It is led by or most elite intelligence squad: the Unmei no kishi. So far five captains have been cleared of name: Haruaki, me, Takatsu, Michael and Ukita. The five of us are clear to leave this room. The rest of you will stay here until they have been investigated. Our meeting ends now.'
The captains who were cleared of name stood up and left. The other captains stayed and gave each other suspicious looks.
Otonashi is ready to face the first trial of the mysterious voice, who seemingly knows more than he lets know.
Meanwhile the captains are trying to figure out the truth behind the shadow disappearance and the seemingly betrayal of Kousei and Satsuya
A/n: First of: Merry Christmas everyone! And secondly: I know it's kind of a short chapter, but I wanted to upload one before the end of the year/Christmas. Just see this as my gift to you. This chapter had a lot of references to older chapters, but I thought it would be a good idea to implant some sort of recap in it. Next chapter will be longer and will have more action! So look forward to it. Anyway I hoped you enjoyed reading!
P.S: OC submisssion is still going on! So if you haven't submitted one feel free to do so! (for those who want to submit multiple OC's, it's allowed).
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Group: (SSS, Student council or the exiles)
(SSS is the new organization. The student council are humans who didn't join the SSS and the exiles were once members of the SSS but were banned from it. They are all on the same side)
If SSS, Division: (Guild, assault, intelligence or general)
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