Strength and Chariot: School
"Well that was strange" Kazushi watched Kenji's silhoutte fade from his view
"What's strange Kaz?" Nishiwaki Yuko, Minato's strength Arcana social link asked him
"Well, Kenji's acting weird today,muttering about some stuff about Kirijo-senpai and her dorm mates" He relayed what he understood on Kenji's behaviour
"Well now that you mention it, it's kinda weird acutally" Yuko muttered
"What's weird" Kazushi asked as he earned a let-me-finish glare from Yuko herself
"Anyway, as I was saying, Kirijo-senpai and the others, who left earlier seemed happy when they left, and then these sirens are heard all over the place, like something bad has happened, is about o happen or is happening as we speak" Yuko continued to her train of thought as she was speaking with Kazushi
"Yeah ever since we heard those sirens, I just can't shake the feeling that something bad might or has happened, it feels like it's gonna affect a lot of us because of this" Kazushi shared how he feels at the moment to his club manager
"Why don't we check outside?" Yuko suggested
"Yeah sure, that'd be a great idea" Kazushi agreed
And so both students left the auditorium with one goal in mind, to find out what really happened earlier
"Miyamoto! Nishiwaki!" Toriumi Isako-sensei, 2F's adviser, Who is also, at the same time, Maya from Innocent Sin online, Minato's Hermit social link, shouted as both studetns left the auditorium.
"Hey Kaz, Toriumi-sensei is shouting at us" Yuko whispered to her companion
"Let's leave her be and pretend that we didn't hear anything" Kazushi relayed his solution towards the worried club manager
"If you say so" Yuko reluctantly agreed
"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Why does he have to die! I mean he was such a great guy Dammit!" Kenji's voice echoed through the hallways.
"Something really did happen! Kazushi pointed out the obvious happenings
"Yeah, someone died and was close to Kenji" Yuko deducted what she observed so far
The couple followed the direction of Kenji's voice, and they found themselves arriving the at the staircase that leads to the rooftop, greeted by a scene where Junpei rubs Kenji's back who is sobbing.
"Um guys... who died?" Yuko stated in an insensitive manner, earning a scowl from both of the tear-stained boys.
"How can you not feel something when your friend, no, OUR friend is already dying, and he may be probably be dead as we speak, is beyond that door!" Kenji yelled, as he pointed the door where staircase leads
"Wha- wh-who do you mean K-Ken-Kenji, we have a lot of mutual friends" Yuko shakily repied after Kenji revealed that one of her friends might be dead
"Is it Rio o-or M-Minato?" Kazushi asked, while faking his emotion, forgetting the fact that Kenji yelled the word 'he' before reaching to where they are now.
"It's Minato DAMMIT!"
"K-Kaz, h-he's ki-kid-kidding ri-right?" Yuko asked her companion as tears are strating to fall from her eyes.
"Y-you-you're ki-kid-kidding ri-right Kenji?" Kazushi asked his classmate in a voice that was about to break down
"You think I'm joking? Are you telling me that those guys up there are just acting? Those men in white, carrying a stretcher are some extras in some sort of film?" Kenji yelled
"N-no, t-th-tha-that's n-not wh-wha-what I meant" Kazushi stammered
"You mean you were just asking huh? Why the hell would the two of us be crying our hearts here if we were just acting! Last time I checked both Junpei and me REALLY SUCK at acting, so hiw the hell can we pull it off!" Kenji ranted
"N-no, th-tha-that can't be right! He's too young to die!" Kazushi shouted in grief
"Wha- Ho-Why When" Yuko managed to say after hearing the dreadful news
Kazushi managed to control his emotions, even though tears are about to fall from his eyes.
"It's okay Yuko, I'm sure Junpei here and whoever it is with him on the rooftop are calling the medics and are already on their way in this direction" Kazushi tried to soothe his manager down
"actually the medical team are already upstairs trying to save him, even though it is hopeless" Kenji stammered while Junpei is looking at his feet
"I'm hoping you would remember what happened last January 31st" Junpei whispered
Then suddenly Yuko's and Kazushi's memories on the fateful day during the dark hou came in flooding their minds
FlAsHbAcK
The ever so athletic Miyamoto Kazushi, who has been skipping out club meetings due to his injury.
He is currenly performing sit-ups in his blue boxer shorts...only
"I can't lose shape or I'll never defeat Minato!" he ranted to himself as he kept on doing his exercise but at the same time careful not to put much stress on his knees, hence the choice of exercise.
He is excercising his abdominal muscles instead of his legs.
Meanwhile in Yuko's room, she is currently studying on her desk with only the desk lamp on
"I must study hard in order to be the best coach and also to fulfill the promise I made to Minato" She thought to herself as she burned her eyebrows figuratively in order to achieve her goal in life.
She continued to read her books she borrowed from the library, as she reached the final word on the text book, she found he book lying on the floor, the surroundings were green and there were read spots all over the place.
As Kazushi stood up, after one exercise routing, he found himself in the middle of his room, surrounded by things that were colored green with some red spots on them
And both Kazushi and Yuko, both in their respective rooms, thought of the same thing, "is there a black out?"
When the boxers wearing student heard some noise about how glorious the moon was, he quickly dressed himself, in his track suit clothes, and looked outside. He saw the moon in its un-moon-like shape
His field of vision changed from the window of his bedroom, to the top of Tartarus, where he saw Minato flying towards the 'glorious' moon.
"Something crazy is going on here... but I know... you're out there doing all you can, Minato. So I won't lose my cool either. You taught me that" Kazushi found himself muttering.
As Yuko tried inflicting pain to herself, by either pulling her hair or pinching her skin, because she is deluding herself that this green night is just a mere nightmare.
"This is all just a dream! A dream! No! A nightmare!" she ranted as she pinched the skin on her left arm, "aah!" she screamed
"It's true! The end is really here!" someone from outside the house shouted
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" She screamed, as visions of Minato's battle against Ryoji aka Nyx Avatar and flight towards the room flooded her mind.
She then lied on her bed, gasping for breath, hoping what Minato is facing, would end in his favor.
"Hey Minato-kun... Can you believe what's going on? I know you must doing everything you can, so I will too"
eNd Of FlAsHbAcK
"D-don't t-tell me, all those th-that happened were true?" Yuko stammered
"Yes, it's true as this floor we're standing and sitting on" Junpei said, as he prevented tears to fall from his eyes
"t-then what happened? I only saw Minato flying towards the moon"
"e-eh? I saw him weilding some sort of sword while fighting some gigantic black thingy, afterwards he flew" Yuko said as she tried to remember the viosions she had.
This made Junpei to widen his eyes in surprise, after all Minato's club mates and friends saw glimpses on the fateful battle
"S-sorry guys, as what I've been telling Kenji; I swore the oath of secrecy, s-so I can't tell you" Junpei replied to Kazushi's question
"...oath...of...secrecy..." Kazushi muttered
"THAT'S A LOAD OF BULLSHIT!" The athletic boy yelled at the top of his lungs as he punched Junpei on the gut, causing the receiving end of the party to crouch and try to ease the pain.
"It's okay, kenji already punched me before, If I hadn't known about your knee, I would've punched back" Junpei started as he started to stand up and wincing in the process, "Kirijo senpai told me to do so"
Junpei's last statement added more fuel to Kazushi's anger.
"Kazuahi calm down! Neither punching Junpei nor getting angry at anyone, will bring him back. I'm sure we'll get answers soon enough" Yuko reasoned at the same time sobbed on his chest.
Yuko's gesture softened Kazushi a bit as he tried to stop himself or rather prevent his own tears from falling while comforting his club manager at the same time.
"I know, but I just couldn't help myself, hope you understand"
"Why don't we just sit here,and wait for the results" Junpei suggested
"Junpei-kun, can you hear me?" Fuuka telepathically communicated with Junpei, in a sobbing tone
"Fuuka?" Junpei said out loud
"Junpei?" the rest of the group that were by the stairs asked in unison
"Mitsuru-senpai said that you should not let anyone, other than your fellow S.E.E.S members to enter the door"
"Right, about that, they are asking some answe-"
"Leave it to Mitsuru-senpai, she said that she'll explain, when everything has settled down
"right, thank you" Junpei ended his telepathic conversation with Fuuka and looked at the people that were with him
"Junpei, are talking to someone or to yourself?" Kenji asked with a confused look on his eyes.
"Don't worry, Mitsuru-senpai would explain things,.but for now, let's wait" Junpei said as he continued guarding while keeping a close watch on the people that were with him.
Yuko continued to sob on Kazushi's chest, whose clothing were already wet from Yuko's tears and snot, as the said boy continued to rub his hands on the said girl's back while his left hand balled into a fist.
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A/N: I'll try to explain Kazushi's flashback on how the hell he is wearing only boxer shorts and is exercising in the middle of the night, well it is because he does not want to lose shape, remember he wants to beat the MC, but due to his knee injury, his mother might have prohibited him from doing strenuous activities like having a serious work out, thus he does not wear his favorite clothes (the track suit) in front of his mother, and well he is not comfortable when not wearing them, he opted to exercise in only his boxer shorts... (I hope I said that right)
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