Chapter 4: Degrader of Chastity
Kaleb O'Donnel sat in the shade of a small structure on the roof. Nobody was around and he felt free for once. He hated crowds, despised being around so many people. He preferred being alone or with a couple of friends. For good reason too, he hated crowds. As a child, both of his parents had been killed by a person posing in a flash mob. He still, to this day, remembered the song they were dancing to at that very moment. Some piece called 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'. Ironic that. He inhaled deeply and leant back, his rough dreadlocks brushing the ground behind his back. He hadn't felt this free in about a year, since enrolling at Gen Australia, in fact. He'd instantly been popular, and because of his fear of crowds, had never truly been able to get free of worry. After it became known to the school that he was actually a Pandora, he'd become the brunt of may jokes. Until the Carnival came around and he claimed the position of third rank. Nobody bothered him after that. Everyone was scared of him though, which made him as uncomfortable as he would have been at a rock concert. In fact, it was probably worse.
He didn't know how long he was asleep, but he did know that it was well past midday when he woke. His eyes opened and he saw a tall girl walking towards him. She had shoulder-length blue hair and was moderately attractive. His eyes, however, were drawn to the people behind her. Three male students. Kaleb cocked his head as he went to stand. He assumed that the girl was sent to find him and walked towards her, "Sorry, I'll be going to where I have to be"
She stopped him, "I wasn't asking you to leave, O'Donnel-san"
He looked at her, "I beg your pardon?"
She smiled good-naturedly, "My name is Kannazuki, Miyabi Kannazuki. Nice to meet you"
"Kaleb O'Donnel. Please explain what's going on"
"Please. I'm not going to bite. I just want to give you an offer"
"Shoot"
"Pardon?"
"Uhh…Go ahead?"
"Ok," she cleared her throat, "I'm interested in you, Kaleb O'Donnel-san, please, consider this. Become my limiter, leave that, ahem, girl you're with now, and join me"
"What?"
"Become mine"
"Now why would I do that? I don't even know you"
"I told you, I'm the fifteenth-ranking third year, Miyabi Kannazuki, the Protector of Chastity, The Liberator of Virtue…"
"The Limiter Glutton, The Limiter Hoarder…"
The three limiters behind her flinched when he said those names. Miyabi snarled slightly, "It is true I have some unsavoury nicknames, but still…"
"I'm not going with you. I like the girl I'm with, thank you very much" he turned to walk away.
"Freeze him. I'd like to talk to him"
The freezing fields converged onto Kaleb's feet. He stopped, "Yes?"
Miyabi smiled, "You seem calm. I'm interested in that. Why won't you join me?"
"I told you, I like my partner. Deal with it"
"I'm the one holding all the cards here, not you. Yet you seem unnaturally calm. You aren't worried by my three limiter's freezings?"
"I could easily shatter them"
"Individually, perhaps. But even Kazuya Aoi, who can cast without a Set, could only just break them"
"I never said I needed to send out my own field"
A pair of daggers appeared, floating beside her head, "Homing Dagger. I don't appreciate you degrading my limiters like that" one of the knives floated up to Kaleb's throat, causing him to flinch back. He didn't move far.
Nobody moved until Kaleb smiled, then all at once, the limiters enhanced their freezing areas, Miyabi's second dagger started moving and Kaleb's arm twitched. Kaleb closed his eyes, "If you let me go, I'll listen to you"
"You turned me down and insulted me, I'm not going to let you go. I'd like to embarrass you, but you don't seem like the easy type to embarrass. So I'll just inflict some pain instead" her dagger bit into his neck, "Don't worry, I won't kill you. I won't leave anything that could rebound onto me"
"Good"
"What?" she stepped back, taken aback by his comment, "Good? How so?"
"Easy, you don't want to be tracked, so you won't tell anyone when a limiter beat the shit out of you"
She glared at him, "How dare you"
He grinned and lifted his hand as quickly as he could under the pressure of three freezing areas. His knuckles cracked as he lifted his arm and, when it was vertical, it curled into a fist. He raised his other arm into the same position as Miyabi moved toward him. He smiled, "You took too long, Protector of Chastity"
"What?"
"Volt Weapon, Deploy" both of his fists were encased in balls of volt particles, "Wolf's Bane". The particles settled into place, forming a set of blades hanging from his wrists. Two on his right and one on his left. The weapons swung around and set themselves on top of his fists, making him seem very nasty. He smiled, "Now, to work on these freezings"
Miyabi lunged at him before he could move. His face was placid as her dagger flew toward him. He smiled and mumbled something under his breath. Miyabi heard the word 'activate' and backed off a little. Lucky for her, because as soon as she did, he erupted in energy, shattering the freezing areas from around him. For a split second a set of pale blue rings formed on his wrists and ankles, but they didn't last. Nor did the pale blue coloration of his hair, which disappeared as fast as her limiters' freezings had. He smiled, "Ready to face someone who can fight back, Miyabi?"
Despite the apparent clumsiness of his weapons, he was so adept at wielding them that he easily kept Kannazuki Miabi at bay. He Homing Dagger barely scratched him as he blocked ad dodged. He smiled, so far he'd used his Pandora Mode, which never lasts long enough to be identified, and his Volt Weapon. He didn't want to do anything else. He lunged for her and held his right hand's weapon at her throat. His smiled seemed to not only be sincere, but calm at the same time, "I'm going to say this once, Hoarder. Don't. Fuck. With. Me"
He turned and left, his weapon scattering into the air behind him.
End of Chapter
Hey Ho, Nobodies Home. Lets see, this is more fun than the Final Sekirei! End Game is still my favourite, though. See you next time, Kisuke Bomb.