Hello again my readers, I've returned with chapter three. Looking back at the feedback I got from last chapter really made me feel satisfied.

And, my reviewers, thank you very much.

So, some of you may have noticed something about the archive I used for Indra back in chapter two. That will be explained for you here in this chapter, so that question will be answered.

Now, let's get on with it.


Arata sighed as he filled another cup with shaved ice. After that whole breakdown event, he and Arin were both punished. And that punishment just happened to be serving shaved ice to all the students currently here at the beach. On the bright side, at least it wasn't major labor.

"You two are banned from doing any kind of experiments like that again." Lilith scolded them.

Arata shook his head. "Hey, it was Arin who started all that, not me." The girl in question gave her husband a look, before filling another cup, and dying the ice blue.

"What's done is done husband, not much we can do about it now." She said. Arata couldn't argue with that, so he left the conversation there. He looked out to the beach and could see Indra watching most of the other students, mostly girls, swimming. Indra was acting as a life guard just in case of an accident, or a beast of some kind, you never knew what could be lurking in the water.

"Where's the headmaster by the way, I thought he'd be here?" Arata asked. Lilith sighed. "He stayed behind to repair the school himself." Arata imagined the silver haired man going crazy in his imagination.

"Don't worry about it, he knows what he's doing." Arata looked behind Lilith to see Levi and Selina in their own swimsuits. Levi wore a black two piece and Selina wore a green one.

"Those swimsuits are pretty revealing, I like it." Selina blushed, and Levi smirked. "Sorry Arata, but this is for Indra only." In return the boy smirked back. "I'm cool, besides I got Arin and Lilith here." He said, wrapping his arms around the shorter girl since she was in closer proximity. This made both of them blush, Arin because of the close contact, and Lilith from embarassment.

"Arata don't say that!" The redhead looked around nervously. Arata said nothing as he enjoyed the closeness of his wife-to-be.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm going for a dip." Levi walked out onto the sandy beach, with Selina following her.

As she did, she added a little swing to her hips, which attracted a little bit of attention. But when she noticed Indra's gaze fix itself on her, she blushed, but she felt a sense of giddiness to know she was the first thing that caught his attention.


After the fun at the beach was over, the school was fully repaired and all students were now resting in their dorms after a long day of nothing but fun. Arata had gone off to see the girls while Indra stayed in the dorm to rest for a bit. making sure no one drowned, and occasionally having to save a few other students did put a bit out of him. The exhaustion caught up to him, and he fell unconcious as his vision turned black.

When Indra opened his eyes, he noticed he wasn't in the dorm he and Arata shared. Instead, it was a long grassy field, everything was grey as far as the eye could see. Indra, not really sure of what to do, started to aimlessly wander. He walked for what seemed like an eternity, even though it was only a few minutes. Indra came upon a lake, the water, like everything else was grey, but still had the clearness to it.

Indra stopped to admire it, the whole place seemed so peaceful, beautiful. Then his gaze traveled down to the water... What he saw absolutely warped his mind. Looking at where his reflection was supposed to be, Indra did not see the white haired, grey wearing figure everyone saw him as. No, instead he saw a boy in the water, with a very close resemblance to himself. The boy was garbed in all black clothing, very similar to his.

What really earned his attention, was the face of this boy. He had the same hairstyle as Indra, but it was as black as a raven's feathers, and his eyes were a blazing neon red with slitted pupils, gone was the white sclera, and instead was replaced with deathly black. Indra moved his hand, the boy mirrored his movement. It was then and there Indra realized it. This boy, was him.

"So you understand?" A voice said. Indra turned around to find the source of the voice, and found a women there, she was a sight to behold as well.

She had perfect fair skin and was about half of a head shorter than him. She had black hair that fell down to her waist, caring golden brown eyes, and was wearing a purple yukata.

Indra looked at her curiously, and as if she read his mind she spoke. "Who am I? I am your grimoire, Indra. I'm glad to finally meet you." Of course, every mage had a grimoire, Indra had forgotten that little fact.

A soft giggle brought him out of his short thought. "My name is Miharu." Indra sat down across from her. "You're wondering where you are right now, correct?" Indra nodded. "We are inside of your inner mind. Think of of it more like your own mental training ground." Indra nodded in understanding. "Now as for your thema and archive, do you know what they are?"

Indra nodded again. "I must say though, there aren't many who prefer to use the Arcane archive, but it seems you didn't have a choice in that matter." Indra raised an eyebrow. "You see, most mages choose a thema that is the opposite of their actual personality, but with you it was different. Your thema is Sacramentum, mystery. It matches with you."

Indra took that in a bit slowly, and then listened for more. "You see Indra, you have the ability to use dark magic much like your friend does. Only you are not a candidate for the title of Demon Lord, more like a demonic warrior."

'I see.' Indra thought. "You have nothing to fear, my dear Indra. Since am I a grimoire of the Arcane archive, I have more than enough qualificaion to help you." Miharu smiled, and explained further.

"The Arcane archive is an archive full of several different themas with dark aspects to them. For example, some of these themas are despair, hatred, passion, fear, bloodlust, and your mystery is among those. Though most users of the Arcane archive usually come up with hatred, passion, or fear. You hardly see someone with bloodlust or mystery. "

Interesting indeed, Indra had demonic capablilites just like Arata. Maybe once he figured out how to use it, he could could train with it. Afterall, if the power he held would help his friend in the future, he would definitely do whatever he could to master it. Miharu continued to explain more about what Indra could do and what he would be capable of in the future.

"But I believe I've disturbed you long enough, I'll see you soon." After those last words left Miharu's mouth, Indra's vision turned black once more.


Arata was now heading back from Arin's dorm room to his own. He knew Indra was never much of a people person, so he didn't bother asking him to come along.

When he entered the room, h e was greeted to the sight of his slumbering friend. "It's been a long day." Arata changed into his night clothes and got in bed.

When morning came, Arata was surprised to see that Arin was in bed with him. She was still asleep, which to Arata it looked cute.

The day went on like normal, not very much happened. Nothing interesting at least.

"Jeez, that was the most embarrassing moment of my entire life." Selina sulked, while Levi chuckled. "What did you expect to happen? You saw how he dispelled that breakdown magic last time." They walked down the hall until Levi stopped in her tracks.

"Is something wrong Levi?" The room that the duo stopped in front of was Lilith's room. They what sounded like a moaning sound come from the other side. "Arata, we shouldn't do this." The two leaned up agains the door, blushes both adorned their cheeks. While they were doing this, Indra happened to be passing by, and tilted his head at them in questioning.

"Uh, we were just listening for answers for the test next week!" Selina quickly lied, but from the way Indra just stared at her, it was easy to tell he wasn't buying it. He shook his head before continuing on, leaving the two to...whatever it was they were doing.

"Phew, I thought for sure he would say something." Levi nodded in agreement.

"Say what?" Both froze as they slowly turned their heads to see Lilith scowling down at them.

*BONK* *BONK*

Levi and Selina both had large bumps on their heads. Lilith crossed her arms. "So you weren't about to get naughty?" Arata popped out from behind the redhead. "Yeah, unfortunately." Lilith turned back to the raven haired boy. "You keep your mouth shut!"

Down the hall, the redhead's yelling could be heard. Indra turned his head towards that direction, wondering what caused the young teacher to yell out during the middle of the day.

'Your friends seem quite lively.' Miharu manifested around his neck. "Quite." Was Indra's response.

'What are we doing today?' Indra thought for a moment. The headmaster didn't need anything done. It was the weekend, so were they going to do? 'Are you okay Indra, you seem...stressed.' Miharu didn't know her master for very long, only just meeting him yesterday, but she could already sense how he was feeling. Ever since coming to the academy, and regaining a bit of his past memories, Indra was prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure his oldest friend would make it in this world. He just couldn't help but feel alert at even the most peaceful of times.

'Perhaps you should relax for bit. Why not take a bath, the hot springs may calm your mind, or just lay down for a while?' Miharu urged her master. Indra considered the suggestions. A bath did sound good, since Arata ended up letting him sleep in today.

"A bath it is then." And Indra started towards the hot springs, not knowing he would be accompanied very soon .

After being lectured by Lilith, even though it was a weekend, Arata and the girls all decided to head for the hotsprings to relax.

"Hey Arata, have you seen Indra around lately?" Now that Arata was reminded, he hadn't seen Indra very much today.

"Maybe he just needs some space, he'll turn up, don't worry." That seemed to reassure them just enough, and they all got ready to go for the hot springs.

They all changed into their swimsuits, making Arata wine quite a bit before he just accepted the cruel fate at being denied access to skin. When they entered, steam was already shrouding the room.

"Ah, it's great to have a bath after a boring day." Levi said, making Lilith's eyebrow twitch.


Indra leaned against the wall, closing his eyes. How long had it been since he actually let himself relax? He started thinking back to when Arata found him, and even then during that rather peaceful time, Indra had almost always been on guard, but what for? Maybe he was just paranoid. His grimoire was right, he needed this.

Indra had been so deep into himself, he didn't hear the door opening.

"Oh, it's ninja number two!" Indra let his neon eyes open to see Akio standing in front of him, grinning. Mira was also accompanying her, and she was refusing to meet his gaze.

'Ninja she says.' Indra thought. He considered himself more of an assassin, and if not that, a warrior, since the way he fought seemed to transition between something like those two.

"Well, since we're here, why didn't we have a little chat?" Akio casually as ever settled down right across from him with Mira taking her left side. What did they want to talk about?

"Mira here likes you." Akio said bluntly. The blond's face burst with red, and she glared at Akio. "W-what, n-no I don't!" Akio chuckled. "You're so cute when your embarrassed." Indra watched uninterested, wanting them to just get to the point.

Mira managers to get herself together, before mumbling something. "Ahem, well I just wanted to say since the incident with the breakdown phenomenon, we've been receiving a lot of reports of demon activity around the area. We were hoping that you would lend your skills in aiding us with the problem." They waited as Indra stared at them, his gaze colder than ice.

It was a long 5 minutes before he finally replied. "Okay."

Mira smiled. "Great. I'll let you know when we need you." Indra nodded and closed his eyes again, trying to regain his moment of solace.

"So, um, maybe you'd like to stop by our restaurant, if you have some free time?" Mira blushed and avoided eye contact with the boy while she was asking. Akio, believe it or not, was also hoping that white haired boy would say yes. She didn't show it very much around others, but she actually started to develop a crush on him since the day of the breakdown.

Indra kept his eyes closed as he pondered the second offer given to him today. Levi had already shown him around most of the town, but now that he was thinking about it, he didn't know that these two worked at a restaurant since he met them. Maybe it would be worth a try. So he made up his mind, already setting a date for when he would go.

"Three days from today?" They both looked at him and smiled. "Sure, here's the spot." Akio handed him a map of the town, and on the map was a circle marking the target location.

With Arata and his current group, Levi's left eyebrow started twitching. She sank into the water of the hot spring up until her mouth was under. She was frowning. 'I feel the urge to strangle someone for some reason.' She thought.

"Hey Levi, you okay?" Arata noticed her sour expression. The brunette ninja smiled a fake smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just thinking." When Arata turned away she let the smile drop.

3 days later

Indra got himself dressed in black cargo pants and a black thermal. He checked the time, it was noon. He considered the offer about seeing Mira and Akio, and he thought 'why the hell not' and decided to see their restaurant. Maybe they had some good sweets instead of the garbage here.

'Fuckers can't even make real muffins.' He mentally cursed.

"Good morning Indra, you heading out?" Indra looked up and saw Levi drop from the ceiling.

"Yes." He said, somehow already knowing what she wanted. "Want to come with me?"

Levi took a hold of his hand and smiled. "I'd love to."

Indra tucked away a few Kunai that he stole, wanting to be prepared. "Let's go."

They walked for a while, since the restaurant was much farther from the school than it looked on the map.

While they were walking, Levi had to ask the question that's been on her mind for a while now. "Hey Indra, have you ever gone out with someone before?"

Indra blinked, but then nodded. "Arata and I had lunch at a cafe." Levi chuckled at his answer. He didn't understand that she was actually asking if he's dated a girl before.

"Okay, maybe that was wrong. Have you ever been in a relationship before?" That made Indra pause. Was she really romantically interested in him?

No, that couldn't be, for as long as he knew, apart from Arata, not many people even had the guts to even talk to him, let alone approach him.

'Oh She is, Indra.' Miharu added. 'But...why?' Indra asked.

'Because Indra, that's just how love works. Just try it.' She urged. She had sorted through Indra's accessible memories and felt bad for him. No airy ever seemed to want to be near him, until Arata came along and took him in.

'I guess I'll...try.' Miharu smiled, even though he couldn't see it, he could somehow feel it. 'That's all I ask.'

"We're here." Levi brought him out of his thoughts, and saw the small, but home like restaurant.

"Come on, I want to get some rice cake to add to my stash." Levi dragged him by the hand and led him inside.

"Welcome, just wai-" The hostess was very familiar. She had the same blond hair as the girls that had just spoken to him yesterday. It was Mira.

'Oh, she looks so cute!' Miharu commented. Indra had to agree, the maid outfit certainly suited her.

"Oh, I-Indra. You came..." The blond was embarrassed to say the least. Yes, she did ask him to stop by, but the outfit really made her feel...exposed.

"Right, table for two?" Indra nodded.

"Follow me this way."

He didn't know it yet, but Indra was in for a big surprise during his time here.

Mira led them to a table fit for a couple, and gave them their menus. "I'll be your waitress for today, I'll give some time to look before you order." Mira left and went to talk with Akio who was in the kitchen.

"Not bad girlfriend, but my cooking will beat that in shorter time." She said with a smile. Mira blushed before she glared at her friend.

"Ooh, I like that look. Getting a little territorial huh?" Akio smirked.

Mira just turned away, glancing at the white haired boy in question. She couldn't deny that she did feel something for him, but her stupid pride wouldn't let her make any moves either.

Akio on the other hand had it a bit easier. "You know what they say. The best way to a man's heart, is through his stomach."

She laughed before patting Mira on the back. "You best get going girl, looks like they're ready."

Mira sighed before going out. This was going to be either be a disaster, or the greatest moment in her life. She knew it was going to be one of the two.


Cliffhanger! Yeah, I know. You guys are probably all like :(

Trust me I know how that feels. Anyway, I'm also sorry for taking so long to update, but life has been keeping me busy as of late. Stupid life.

BTW, here are the pairs so far.

Arata: Lilith, Arin, Selina, Hijiri

Indra: Levi, Mira, Akio, Yui

The others slowly be added in as they get introduced and make their debut.

And one of you mentioned Indra being able to use ninjutsu like Levi. Thanks for that, now for what he'll do, I'm keeping that secret for now, but that's a shout-out for the one who mentioned it. Besides, you've already seen, and got a brief overview of his archive and thema.

I'll see you guys later, until next time.