"Hey, Harry… are you sure this is a good idea?" Yuzu asked with nervousness clear in her tone.
"No, but I trust that whatever Naoya is aiming at isn't our deaths," the bespectacled boy deadpanned, after all, his cousin had never done anything to harm him outside of those rare times when it was necessary to help him improve.
"You know, that doesn't really make me feel any better," the girl in pink claimed with a clear amount of distress… not that he blamed her, they weren't exactly in the best situation right now and he had just decided to go to a cemetery when it was already going dark, something that was made all the more stupid when he considered the fact that they had already had an encounter with demons.
And all the movies and anime said that cemeteries were likely to have zombies if the supernatural was showing up in the first place.
So he could definitely see why she wasn't happy with the decision to go to one purely because of what an email said.
Sometimes he could be just a bit too brash in his decision making… but at least it hadn't backfired on him yet so he was keeping himself quietly optimistic.
"Sorry Yuzu, but like I said, I don't think Naoya would send us somewhere if it would get us killed," he said again, honestly he was beginning to feel like a track stuck on repeat with how often he had given that reasoning.
The silence he got in return only reinforced the fact that she wasn't happy with the situation.
Eventually though, they finally reached the graveyard and started to look around for anyone else.
"Well, here we are… so who would be in a place like this?" Atsuro said almost as soon as they reached the gates.
"It'd better not be a ghost, I feel like there's something out there… all those graves," Yuzu responded.
"Hang on a second, Aoyama Cemetery, that rings a bell," the hacker of the group stated with narrowed eyes causing Hari to think for a few seconds.
"Oh crap, the explosion," that was all that came from his mouth before a loud noise rocked the area as something on the other side of the forest at the edge of the cemetery.
"W-what the? Was that an actual explosion?!" Yuzu sounded shocked by what had just happened but Hari found himself paying more attention to the fact that it had actually happened.
"Dammit, looks like the email was right," Atsuro was definitely not taking it particularly well either, "I think Naoya might have actually computerized fortune telling."
"Divination," the boy with the scar said absentmindedly as he saw a shadow appear at the edge of the trees, "and get ready because something's coming this way."
He felt his throat run dry upon seeing the large humanoid beast with grey fur and three massive yellow horns coming from its head… seriously, of all the things he could've met here this was not something he was looking forward to.
"Tch… that woman! I never knew humans could have such power," it muttered to itself though it was still easily overheard given how loud its voice was.
"Wendigo! Wait!" Hari found himself focusing on the person in orange robes that had just appeared from the side of the cemetery, clearly a member of that Shomonkai group that was going about the place earlier.
However his attention was also drawn by the number floating above his head, '0'.
"Gwahaha, fools! You're nothing like that woman! Do you really think you puny things can stop me?!" the beast sounded outraged now that someone had attempted to stop it.
Hari found his eyes widening as he watched the creature walk up to the man and rear its fist back in preparation for a strike with its massive claws.
"Incendio!" and with that he pointed his wand at the creatures face, causing it to stumble back as it roared in what he thought sounded more like anger than pain, "hey! Shomonkai guy, get out of there!"
"W-what?" the person sounded completely lost as he turned to look at them, "y-you kids! You need to get out of here!"
"GRAH!" the roar that erupted from the monsters throat forced the man to look back at the beast, "another human that can hurt me?! Dammit! I'll kill you all!"
Hari prepared himself for the battle that was obviously on its way and pulled out his COMP before blinking as a far more powerful explosion struck the beasts back.
"That is enough Wendigo," he found his attention drawn towards a young girl in Shomonkai robes, however unlike the others she wasn't wearing her hood over her head and instead had her purple hair held in place by a headdress made of white and purple feathers… honestly the first thing that popped into his head was that she looked like she was straight out of an anime, "I won't let you get away this time."
He was seriously beginning to wonder what was going on as he saw a number floating over her head as well, however in her case it was a '7'.
"Lady Amane!" the other Shomonkai member called out in clear relief.
"Go, I shall deal with Wendigo," and with that command from the young girl, the man in orange proceeded to hesitate.
"But," his voice was cut off before he could continue.
"Just get out of here! You'll only get in the way," Hari found himself shouting at the man who in turn looked at him.
"Stupid humans! Do you think you can escape me!" and with that the beast once again turned to strike the boy who was just now realising how stupid he had been.
"Impedimenta," and with a simple wave of his wand, the beast found itself tripping just enough that it failed to make its swing before it was once again struck by a fire far more potent than anything he could produce as the girl used wandless magic far beyond anything he had seen before, "whoa."
"Go, Wendigo cannot defeat me," the girl stated bluntly, causing the man to finally turn and run away from the beast, "you should leave too."
"Dammit! You need to get out of here yourself!" Atsuro shouted at the girl but Hari found himself simply looking at the two and noting something that was clearly slipping his friends mind.
"Atsuro, it was running away from her," it was one simple point that completely changed everything about the situation, "she doesn't need to run."
"Then let's get out of here!" and with that yell, Yuzu turned only to yell in fear.
It didn't take a genius to figure out what was going on but Hari turned to see that several other demons had managed to sneak up behind them while they were focusing on Wendigo.
"Should've known it wouldn't be easy," he muttered to himself as he summoned the demon contained within his COMP, the dog like man with armour and a club that was apparently called Kobold according to the program.
"W-what the? How many demons are there?" Atsuro for his part simply sounded shocked at how easily they had been surrounded without realising it, "okay… I'm going to do this… I'm going to live through this."
Atsuro sounded more serious than Hari had ever heard him as he pulled out his COMP and summoned the demon contained within.
"You… why do you have those COMP's?" she sounded confused but quickly shook her head, "it doesn't matter, for now just leave Wendigo to me."
"Understood," and with that Hari focused on the COMP in his hand and the tutorial that was now displayed.
Seriously, why couldn't it have kept the tutorials for when they actually had time to pay attention?
"Well, looks like we'll have to use demon skills if we want to survive," the hacker said after going over the tutorial quickly.
"Uh… we have no choice but to fight? I'm glad we have demons on our side… I guess," Yuzu claimed with a downcast expression before summoning her pixie.
"Whoop! Free again!" the little girl in blue seemed incredibly cheerful, "ooo… and I've got opponents this time!"
"Yeah, come on Pixie, we need you now," Hari decided to say, earning a smug smirk off the little girl.
"Of course you do, I am the mighty Pixie, the greatest demon in existence!" the little lady said with an air of confidence that was very much misplaced if he had to say anything about it.
"Don't be so full of yourself," the strange cat like thing that came from Atsuro's COMP said mockingly, "everyone knows pixies are the weakest of the weak."
"Nuh-uh, my cousin is the Hitoshura's strongest general," the tiny red head proclaimed with an air of haughtiness about her.
"Yeah… and Jehovah is my personal bitch," the cat like creature responded mockingly.
"Hey! I'm being serious here!" the winged girl said angrily before Hari found his patience pushed to its limit.
"No talk time! Fight now!" honestly, the fact that the other demons had been too preoccupied watching the duo's stupidity was the only reason they were even still alive right now.
And with that, the waiting demons charged at them.
"Hey Hari! Where's that spell you used last time?!" Atsuro called out in clear panic as they were quickly surrounded by many demons with no way to escape the pincer like attack.
"Incendio!" and with that call, Hari found himself once again burning the foes around him as they backed away in clear agony, "which one?"
"The one you used to beat our demons!" the boy in blue definitely didn't sound happy about having to state which one he was talking about.
"Too dangerous," that was the only statement he could make as he noted the way the girl in orange was dominating the behemoth, "I need complete concentration to use it otherwise it'll kill me and everyone around me without stopping."
"… Okay, but can I get some help here?" the hacker said before Hari aimed another fire spell at the demons on the other side of their group and then focusing on Yuzu and assisting her with a spell before returning to his own foes.
"GAHH! dammit, I've got your scents now humans, I'll get you later!" Hari found his attention being drawn towards Wendigo and noting how the creature was now running away from the girl yet again.
"I am sorry, but I must pursue Wendigo," the girl claimed as she ran after the beast.
Hari found himself silently agreeing, these demons weren't proving much of a threat, more a nuisance than anything else, especially given that he had Incendio at his disposal.
"Whoa!" he was brought out of his thoughts upon hearing Atsuro make a surprised yell and what sounded like electricity behind him.
Turning his head he was greeted by the sight of his childhood friend slinging about lightning like it was nothing despite not being a wizard.
Seriously, what was going on?
Eventually though, the onslaught of demons subsided and Hari found himself breathing a sigh of relief as he managed to catch his breath.
"Okay, that's the last of them," Atsuro stated before holding up his COMP, "and at least we now know a few more things about the COMP's."
"Huh? What's that?" Hari couldn't stop himself from asking, he'd been more focused on the enemies than the tutorials after all.
"Well, it seems that the COMP's can give us demon magic," well… that explained why Atsuro had been capable of throwing lightning around earlier, "and that demons summoned by other people aren't added to the COMP when they're defeated."
"Okay… but let's focus on the more pressing issues," Hari stated seriously, "the Shomonkai weren't scared of the demons, they had COMP's and they were fighting them themselves."
"Yeah, all of that taken together must mean they've known about the demons for some time now," the boy in the cap said seriously.
"Hehe… we've got a conspiracy on our hands here!" Hari found himself looking towards the pixie as it made that claim.
"… Do you even know what a conspiracy is?" Atsuro asked.
"Oh please… I've watched plenty of movies in my time so of course I know what a conspiracy is," he found himself having to process that information.
"You've… watched movies?" Hari found himself asking incredulously, earning a nod off the tiny demon.
"I told you, this isn't my first gig in a human world," she seemed pretty confident when she made that claim, "does that make sense now Mr Potter?"
Hari found himself freezing upon hearing it use that name.
"Who?" Atsuro asked in clear confusion upon hearing his name.
"Wait, isn't Potter your birth name Hari?" Yuzu sounded very nervous now and he couldn't blame her, he was feeling outright terrified of this demon now that it revealed it knew more about him than he initially expected.
"H… how do you know that?" he asked with his nerves showing through despite how much he tried to calm them.
"That, is for me to know and you to sweat over until you either decide it doesn't matter, or manage to convince me that telling you is worth it," she sounded incredibly amused but Hari couldn't see the light side of it.
"Pixie, how do you know about me and can other demons find out as well?" he asked seriously, earning a mischievous grin off the creature in blue.
"Maybe, maybe not… in the end it all depends on luck," she stated quickly, "but the question is this… how will your luck hold out?"
He couldn't stop his mind from working on overdrive, how did this little demon know his birth name?
Honestly there weren't that many people that did, pretty much just his family and Yuzu knew… well, outside of the faculty of… Hogwarts.
Just as he was about to ask about that connection, he was cut off by what appeared to be a city-wide blackout.
"What the? The streetlights went out!" Atsuro called out in alarm.
"The mail," Harry simply stated bluntly, earning a couple of looks from the other two that basically said that they should've realized.
"Me bored!" he found himself frowning upon hearing the remark from the Kobold that was still summoned before he proceeded to dismiss the demon back into the COMP.
"Yeah, while it's fun watching you squirm about a pixie knowing your name, that only goes so far," the cat like creature called out just after the dog like warrior was no longer in sight.
"Fine, then get in the COMP already," the boy in blue said with annoyance as he also recalled his demon.
"… What is wrong with those two?" the pixie muttered, "you'd think they wanted to stay all cramped up in a freaking DS."
Hari found himself once again looking at the creature that was far too knowledgeable about human society for his liking and found himself asking a simple question.
"It sounds like you've got a lot of experience with human worlds, so why do the whole COMP deal thing?" he asked it with narrowed eyes.
"Sounded like fun at the time," the fairy said with a shrug, "you know that old slogan right? Travel the world, meet interesting people… and kill them."
He couldn't' t stop himself from sweatdropping at that quote.
"Are you telling me, that you agreed to being contracted to a COMP because you wanted to travel?" Atsuro asked incredulously and Hari found himself agreeing wholeheartedly with the other boy.
"Well, travel and meet new and interesting people," she answered with a grin, "and Harry there is definitely interesting as far as I'm concerned."
"Wait! Someone's coming!" the boy in the hat called out, causing everyone to look in the direction he was facing.
The sight that greeted them was the girl from earlier that had managed to fight off that Wendigo creature… and the man that had previously tried to stop it when she wasn't there… however the number over his head was no longer '0' but now '7', just like the one above the girl.
"So, you are all safe," she sounded very monotonous as she made that observation, "it is as I thought, you are demon tamers as well."
"They are demon tamers too?" the man sounded surprised but turned his attention towards them again, "ah, yes, thank you for your assistance earlier, if it wasn't for your help I would most certainly have died this night."
"Wait, how did you survive in the first place?" Atsuro sounded suspicious as he looked at the man, "not long after you ran demons poured in from all over the place, how did you avoid them?"
"My apologies but I did not," the man in orange stated calmly, "while I may have been nowhere near powerful enough to stand against Wendigo, I too am a demon tamer and was strong enough to defeat the demons that tried to stop me."
"I guess that's understandable," Hari said before he looked at the duo again, "sorry about the delay, but my name is Minegishi Hari... it's nice to meet you."
He held out his hand for a shake when the man took it and proceeded to introduce himself.
"Ah, my name is Suō Tatsuya," and with that the man offered a firm handshake.
"Tatsuya? Do you have a big brother called Katsuya by any chance?" he found himself frowning at the question from Pixie who had just decided to land on his shoulder.
"No, I don't… why? Is it important?" the man sounded incredibly confused and Hari couldn't blame him.
"Nope, not really," the tiny demon stated with a grin.
"Okay, that's it, you're going back in the COMP," Yuzu said with a clear amount of annoyance in her tone.
"Wha? Wait!" the little demon cried out before being recalled by the auburn haired girl.
"Thank you Yuzu," he said with gratitude, now was not the time to have a fairy interrupting them every two seconds.
"That is strange," the girl with the feather headdress stated with a frown, "normally a COMP automatically dismisses a demon upon leaving battle."
Hari found himself also frowning, knowing that Naoya wouldn't have left that part out without a good reason… but what was the reason?
"Tell me, where did you acquire those COMPs?" the purple haired girl asked in her surprisingly relaxing monotone.
"Off my cousin," he stated bluntly, not knowing if he liked wherever the girl was going in her questioning.
"… Your cousin wouldn't happen to be Minegishi Naoya by any chance?" he felt his eyes widen at her question, which was clearly enough to let her know her guess was right, "I see… allow me to introduce myself, my name is Kuzuryu Amane, I am the maiden of the Shomonkai."
Hari definitely found himself caught off guard by how quickly she dismissed the differences between the COMPs.
"Lady Amane? Shouldn't we make sure their COMPs are functioning? If they are malfunctioning like that then," the male in Shomonkai robes asked before noting how she was shaking her head in the negative.
"Naoya's actions serve a higher purpose," her statement made Hari wonder if she trusted him as much as he did, clearly she knew that there was something different about his groups COMPs but wasn't acting on that knowledge.
With that said, she turned her attention back to him before offering a small bow.
"It is nice to meet you Minegishi Hari, I hope you will continue to follow the path you chose today," her words made him wonder what she meant, what path had he chosen to follow just then? "and it is also nice to meet you…"
"Oh, right, sorry about that, I'm Kihara Atsuro," the boy in blue introduced himself with a friendly wave.
"Oh and I'm Tanikawa Yuzu," the auburn haired girl said in a tone that was a bit more relaxed than normal, then again, Amane's voice reminded him of those meditation cassettes he had seen in the odd movie.
"Kihara and Tanikawa… I will make sure to remember your names," the girl stated with an air of resolution about her, "It would appear that The Wendigo has released its minions into this cemetery… I have set a simple barrier around this place tonight, it is best if you stayed here."
"Wait, did you just say you set a barrier?" Hari found himself concerned, he couldn't feel a barrier around the group and he had worked on detecting things like that so he wasn't caught unaware in an anti-apparation ward… not that it had helped him recently but it was unnerving to not even notice a barrier even when he was looking for it.
"That is correct," Amane's response was full of conviction despite the fact it didn't leave its monotone, "it will protect you for the night."
"B-but this is a cemetery," Yuzu interrupted.
"It's better than dying," for the first time Amane's voice broke from its monotone and contained what was perhaps a hint of concern, "please just wait here until dawn and then head for the station… we must be going now."
"Goodbye Minegishi-san… and thank you for saving my life," the man in orange responded as he left with the young girl.
Time seemed to slow for him as he watched the two leave, honestly he was hoping that they could learn more about the situation than they had but in the end there wasn't much they could do as it stood.
"Well, that wasn't as informative as I hoped it would be," Atsuro stated dejectedly.
"A-are we really going to stay here?" Yuzu asked as she looked around nervously.
"It isn't like we have much choice," the boy-who-lived answered, "if there really are minions of Wendigo around then leaving could get us killed."
"Yeah, we'll have to take turns on lookout to make sure nothing sneaks up," the boy in the beanie said in a firm tone.
"Or we could just use our demons," Hari stated calmly as he pulled out his COMP.
"And how long will that last?" he stopped himself from summoning his demon at his old friends question, "remember that we're having to use the COMPs with limited battery life, if they run out in the middle of the night then we could be in big trouble… that is, unless you have some sort of spell that makes batteries last longer?"
"No, magic tends to fry electronics, not recharge them," he admitted easily.
"But you were using magic around the COMPs," Yuzu pointed out and he gave her a soft smile.
"Using magic around technology doesn't make it go wonky," he admitted, "but trying to use magic on technology tends to fry it, same if you are in an area with a lot of ambient magic."
"Oh… that has to suck," she responded with a downcast expression as she looked at her pocket, "I don't know what I would do if I fried my cellphone just by doing something simple… of course!"
With that exclamation, the auburn haired girl pulled out her cellphone and opened it up before frowning again.
"What? I don't have any reception?" she sounded confused by it and she wasn't the only one.
"Huh? How can you not get cellphone reception in a place like this?" Atsuro asked before looking at the phone himself, "holy crap! You really don't have reception!"
"See, I told you so," the girl in pink responded in an annoyed manner.
"Yeah yeah, I get it," the other boy admitted before turning to Hari and asking a very simple question, "do you think it has something to do with that barrier you mentioned earlier?"
"It's possible, if the barrier is large and powerful enough then it could interfere with signals coming from the other side," he admitted after a couple of seconds thought, honestly wizards didn't exactly care enough about muggles to focus on the effects magic had on modern technology. Even Japan, being the most progressive magical society when it came to accepting modern advances was still far behind the times when it came to technology compared to the muggle world.
"Dammit…" Atsuro didn't sound happy at that knowledge but he did perk up a little, "wait… the barrier that's stopping you from teleporting… do you think they'll try to keep us in the area with physical barriers?"
Hari found himself swallowing nervously at that.
"It is possible… but it should also be unlikely," he admitted after a couple of seconds thought, "wizards tend to not bother with technology, you know, thinking that magic is the be all and end all of life."
"Huh? Why's that?" the only girl in the group asked with a frown.
"Because thousands of years ago they had magic to make their lives easier," he explained with a shrug, "because they were living much more comfortably back then they never bothered to keep up with advances in technology unless it peaked their interest… they all pretty much gave up after the invention of the internal combustion engine though."
"The internal combustion engine?! You mean they're like, a hundred years behind us!" the boy in blue sounded shocked by that titbit of information but Hari decided to tell him the truth of the matter.
"That's just Japan… Britain is closer to two to three hundred years behind us," his matter of fact tone clearly shocked the other boy who just stared as if he hadn't heard anything so ridiculous before.
"Dude… what do they do for fun around there?" he found himself smiling at his friends disbelief.
"Fly on brooms, hang out with friends and play board games," he said with a grin as he saw the boy with the cap grimace, "I much prefer being separate from that culture."
"Yeah, that sounds really boring," the other boy said with a grin of his own, "so who's going to take the first watch?"
"I think you should Atsuro," Hari said immediately before quickly explaining, "you're used to late nights and I think Yuzu could do with getting some rest soon… I'll take the middle shift and Yuzu can take the last, does that sound alright?"
"Yeah, I guess so, also means me and Sodeko can get some uninterrupted sleep," the hacker said with a smile, "I mean, you're more used to this sort of stuff so you'll probably be the best at coping with it right?"
"My thoughts exactly," Hari admitted with a smile.
Though he didn't plan on telling Atsuro the truth about the rotation.
Atsuro was clearly coping with the situation as a whole, though he was having some trouble adjusting so he should be fine on two thirds sleep when push comes to shove… but Yuzu was different. She wasn't coping as well as they were, having nothing to really fall back on… Atsuro had both Shonen and Seinen Anime to fall back on for places to look about understanding the current situation and Hari had his knowledge of the magical world and the same sorts of anime that Atsuro watched to help him deal with everything.
Besides, he also had another trick up his sleeve that would help him cope with less sleep than the others… but he would still need some sleep if he wanted to function properly the next day.
"Okay then, good night you two," and with that Atsuro took a seat on a bench while Hari and Yuzu moved over to a sturdy looking gravestone for shelter from the wind.
"Good night Atsuro, remember to wake me up when it's my turn," he said over the call of 'good night' from Yuzu.
"Yeah, don't worry," the other boy called out easily, "I need sleep too ya know."
He smiled at that, knowing that the other boy wouldn't be pushing himself too hard while he was still getting adjusted to everything.
"Uh… it's too warm tonight," Yuzu muttered as they prepared themselves for the night, "why do I have to sleep out here when we've got air conditioning at home?"
He found himself silently lamenting the fact that his friend was in such a situation because he chose to follow Naoya's instructions and take a trip to the cemetery… still, at least he had something he could do.
"Here," he threw his coat over to the auburn haired girl who looked at him like he was insane.
"Hari… I'm too warm, I don't need to wrap up in even more clothes," she looked both apologetic and amused at the same time, clearly she didn't know what to think of his gesture.
"Just try it on," he gave her an amused grin, which resulted in her huffing before putting the black jacket on herself.
"What the?!" she practically yelped out in surprise as the coat covered her body.
"Sodeko! Is everything all right?!" Atsuro reacted before anything else could be said.
"Y-yeah… it's just… well… this really is a cool coat," she claimed and he found himself chuckling a little at the groan of defeat that came from the boy in blue's mouth.
"Dammit, not you too Sodeko," the boy clearly didn't like the idea of her getting into the same routine as he engaged in whenever they asked about the coat.
"No, I mean, it's colder inside than outside," she explained causing the boy with the hat to blink.
"What? That doesn't even make sense Sodeko," it was clear that the hacker didn't believe her so Hari decided to explain it to them properly for the first time ever.
"I had the coat enchanted with permanent temperature charms," he admitted with a smile, "inside the coat is always a nice twenty degrees Celsius."
"Wait, that means you've been screwing with us this whole time by telling us the truth?!" the other boy asked in clear indignant righteousness.
"Yeah, pretty much," he admitted with a small grin, earning a look of disbelief off the other boy.
"And if you wouldn't have been arrested for telling us before?" that was an important question the other boy raised but the answer didn't even need thinking about.
"I'd have told both of you," he wasn't lying, that much was for certain… after all, there were so many times he had wanted to let them know the truth, that their understanding of the world wasn't even close to being complete for the local area alone, let alone at large.
But those bloody laws would've left him locked up and their memories wiped as well.
That was one of the reasons he didn't like the magical societies, the other of course were the stories his aunt had given him about the prejudice his mother had faced during her time at school and trying to get a job… honestly she had not said many good things when she wrote to his Aunt Rose, most of the good things she said were about Dumbledore and a few small group of friends.
He did occasionally wonder though… was that really a just description of the magical world or just the rambling frustrations of someone that needs to talk to anyone?
Honestly he didn't know, but the fact was that Dumbledore had apparently gotten his parents killed and the wizards were always hiding, never revealing themselves and never sharing their findings with anyone else.
That isolation they kept themselves to and the way they ignored advances in the non-magical world only made that society sound even worse to him.
"Well, good night Atsuro, Yuzu," he eventually said as he closed his eyes and readied himself to let sleep take him.
"Hey, Hari," he cracked open an eye upon hearing Yuzu speak quietly, "do you think we'll be all right?"
"Yeah, I'm sure of it," he gave her an easy smile, "do you want to sleep next to me tonight?"
His offer was pretty simple, meant as a friendly gesture but the way she looked around nervously told him that she was either afraid to accept the offer or she was embarrassed… if there was more light than he would be better capable of seeing if she was blushing or not but in the end, she simply moved over next to him.
In response, he placed his arm around her shoulders in a comforting gesture as they both started nodding off to sleep.
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"Hey, wake up," he groaned quietly upon hearing a quiet voice and a pair of hands shake him.
"Atsuro?" he found himself asking in confusion before the events of the day came rushing back to him and he opened his eyes to see that yes, it wasn't a dream and yes, he was still in a graveyard, "ah, guess it's my turn to take watch right?"
"Yeah, now come on and wake up, I need some sleep myself you know," the other boy said with a grin.
"All right, I'm up," and with that, he gently placed the girl next to him down, careful not to wake her before rising from his position and stretching out the kinks that had wormed their way into his body.
He then noted the way his friend was looking between him and Yuzu before he let out a sigh and explained.
"She's had a hard day, at least you have your experience with Anime to help you cope, she has nothing," he explained easily, "I think she needed some comfort while she slept."
"… I suppose you've got a point," it seemed that Atsuro understood what he was saying but there was another point he clearly had to say, "check the mail on your COMP, I sent you a message earlier but I need to get some sleep now, see ya in the morning."
And with that the blue clad hacker proceeded to take a place further away from Yuzu than he had been, then again, if he had tried to sleep next to her then he would probably wake her up accidentally while taking that place, so that was understandable.
Plus he had a feeling that Yuzu would probably hit him if she woke up next to him… so it was probably for the best.
The real question that got to him though, was the number above his head… it had now gone down to '0'.
Well, he didn't know what it meant so he would just have to accept it for now.
And so without further ado, he pulled out his COMP and looked at the emails... dammit, he had forgotten to turn it off before he nodded of so the battery was running down a little.
Still, at least it hadn't run out before he realized it.
Looking in the incoming folder he found two mails, one from Atsuro and another from Naoya once again.
He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the mail from his cousin and opened it and started to read.
I'm sure you've noticed the Laplace Mail by now.
You've probably already deduced that I managed to digitize Divination but that is wrong.
No, the mail uses the concept of cause and effect to predict everything that will happen by analysing all events simultaneously in order to determine what the future holds.
In the end, that means that the events that are predicted may not come to pass.
So use the mails to guide your actions and do me a favour...
Survive this ordeal.
Hari found himself growing cold at that last line.
It was now clear that he was trapped in something much bigger than he initially expected and he now had a sinking feeling in his gut that running away wouldn't work.
He shook his head as he prepared himself to read the mail from Atsuro.
Hey, it's Atsuro.
I was testing this thing out earlier and found that the mail function still works despite the black out.
But that wasn't what I want to talk about.
You said that magic interferes with electronics right? Well earlier the COMP used demon magic so what's the deal with that? Plus all the summoning has to take power from somewhere right?
Another thing, I didn't want to say this in front of Yuzu, but I have a bad feeling about everything here. If we're going by anime standards then I think it's safe to say that we won't be able to leave that easily.
Honestly right now I'm reminded of Sekirei, you know with the whole teaming up with non-human partners to fight and all that.
Oh and one more thing, it seems that the COMPs will automatically register each other for communication if they're around each other long enough. I'm going to try and teach Yuzu but you know how she can be with technology.
You know, I just wish we didn't get involved in this stuff.
Hari found himself once again frowning.
Atsuro did have a point, the COMPs did seem like they could handle magic so maybe… no, he would have to wait until he got a spare to experiment on before testing to see if they are magic proof.
Well, he guessed it was time to turn the COMP off and get back to lookout duties… he had the rest of the night to think on things like this.