Chapter 7: Explanation
"Guuuuh" a hoarse sound came from Shido's throat.
"Shido? Shido!" a voice came from his right.
"Huh..? Where... Where am I?" He looked around, he was in Fraxinus' sick bay, once again "Why am I here..?"
"Kotori explained everything to us... it's not great" Tohka said, with puffy eyes as if she'd been crying, there was a rather large stain around where she was sitting over Shido.
"Explained what? What's up?" Shido asked.
"I'll leave it to Kotori to explain..."
She suddenly turned away and ran down the corridor.
"What was that all about..?"
His muscles ached as he stood up, and a pain shot down his back as he stretched.
Turning towards the door, he started to walk towards the bridge.
"What is going on, how long have I been out for my body to ache this much?" he said, rubbing his eyes.
As he reached the bridge the doors infront of him opened, allowing him to enter.
"Ah, you're awake" came Kotori's voice from his right.
"Yeah, um... what's going on? Why's Tohka so sad? How long have I been out?!" Shido asked
"Well, I'll answer each of these questions in the order you asked, so that your recently reawakened brain has a chance to understand what I'm saying, Reine?" Kotori said, turning to Reine.
"Well, since it was me who realised this I guess I shall be the one to explain" she said, turning to face the main screen, which started to show the video footage of the recent battle [I believe this is yours?]
"Yeah, about that" Kotori interrupted, she sounded a bit pissed off.
"We fear, since this Sephira crystal was supposedly yours to begin with that, if it were to return to your possession, it would tamper with the seals placed on the spirits" Reine explained.
"Releasing their full Astral Dress and endangering the objective of Ratatoskr..." Shido finished.
"Exactly" Kotori butted in once again.
"I see, so, why didn't you let me seal her? It wou-"
"That's where the problem arises" Reine stopped Shido "Since that Sephira crystal was yours, the seal wouldn't be placed upon it because it has been returned to it's original body"
"So... what you're saying is...?!"
"What you saw wasn't that Angel at full strength, if anything, what Kuruto has is an unstable seal upon you" Kotori said.
"What are we going to do then?!" Shido felt his voice rising.
"At the moment, Kuruto is in the quarantine facility, I doubt she's awake yet, going by the fact that you only just woke up aswell, but you can visit her in a bit if you want" Kotori stated "but for the moment, I'm answering your questions so keep your ass over here!"
"O-Okay" Shido stuttered from the sudden change in Kotori's tone.
"So, your second question, why Tohka's in this state? She heard this all for herself while you were unconscious. It's a pretty hard hit for her, but we hope she'll come around like usual. And your last question, how long have you been out, well, you've been out for a day, it's Sunday now."
"What did you use to knock me out?!" Shido yelled.
"I'll let Mana answer that one, later though, she's still recovering from overusage, I told her not to put too much power into the thrusters" she said, turning away, as if losing interest in Shido.
"Well... I guess I'll see you when I'm making dinner later then..?" He said, starting to walk out the door.
"Oh yeah, um... I'm glad to see you still as Shido... y'know?"
"... Thanks." He grimaced
He walked out the door.
Kotori's POV
She sighed, after seeing the door close after Shido.
"Commander?" Kannazuki looked at Kotori with a worried face.
"Don't worry" She sat down in her seat "How are we going to get this one done then..?"
"If you say so. But please, rest if this is too much for you, yesterday was a hard job. If you're stressed out y- Hyaaaaaa!" he was cut off by his own screams of painful delight.
"I don't need to relax, thank you very much, and anyway, it's not like we have that luxury at the current point in time" Kotori replied, a hint of annoyance in her voice.
Eh, it's an explanations chapter. There's always quiet before a storm, right?
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