Disclaimer: I do not own Absolute Duo. Only my OCs
Lilith strolled through the mall as she was hunting First-year students. The lights were currently out but no one was fazed by it. Some students tried to attack her by surprise but it failed. Others decided to charge at her head on. Lilith began to aim her rifle at the students heading towards her.
While Lilith was fighting the First-year students, a military helicopter was heading towards them. Three of them were sitting in the cargo area. All were dressed as green armored soldiers. They were watching Lilith's fight.
"Not bad, I can see why he wants her." The commander commented.
"Approaching destination. Approximately five minutes." Pilot stated.
As Lilith continued to find more students, she confronted Tor who was standing in front of her.
"Why hello there Tor." Lilith greeted.
"Lilith." He replied.
"Now then let us dance. To the accompaniment of clashing shields and smoking guns." She declared readying her rifle.
"I really didn't think we'd encounter one another so soon Tor. But I'm so pleasantly surprised. Let's make this quick." Lilith said as she aimed her rifle at him.
"Hold on, can I say something first?" Tor requested.
"What is it?" She asked with an annoyed expression. Tor bowed his head to her.
"When you initially asked to be Duo partners, I never apologized to you for turning you down. I'm sorry." He said.
"But why bring it up now? Do you think by doing that, I'll go a little easy on you?" Lilith asked.
"No and in fact I hope you don't. I want to fight you at full strength." Tor answered.
"What?" She said surprised and caught back by his answer.
"If we fight each other at full power, then we'll understand each other after words. That'll help us become friends. Don't you think so?" Tor said.
"I think you might be an idiot Tor." Lilith responded. He smiled at her reply.
"You know, sometimes I think the same thing. But this seems the only way I can do this." Tor replied raising his shield against her.
"Huh, well alright. But I do wonder if you're going to keep up with me at full power." Lilith said. They tapped their Blazes to each other and both jumped back to gain distance.
Lilith began firing her rifle at Tor while he runs and dodges the shots. Lilith breaks windows in the process of shooting him.
"Quit breaking things! Think of the shop keepers!" Tor said.
"Oh relax I'll reimburse them so they can get it fixed up as good as new." She replied as she shot her rifle at him. Tor ran to the left and hid behind a pillar.
"It's nuts you rented out the A La Mode mall for your Survive dance party." Tor said. Then he ran towards her to attack.
"Oh come on admit it. This is fun. A whole lot more than being stuck at a stuffy old classroom right?" Lilith said and shot at him but he blocked it with his shield.
"So it's manageable from this distance huh." He said.
"Oh wow, so you're calculating the trajectory from the angle of the barrel. Well done." She complimented.
"Oh yeah! Well you still haven't seen nothing yet!" Tor said as he gets close enough to punch her. Lilith dodges to the left and blocks the second attack with her rifle. Tomoe's chain flew towards Lilith. She saw this and shot the chain. Ryuutarou charged towards Lilith and attack her with his naginata Blaze. She backflips and lands on the railing.
"Take her down you guys!" Tomoe yelled. As Ryuutarou lifts his Blaze, Julie runs past Tor and towards Lilith to strike.
"Julie? She's early" Tor thought knowing she was supposed to attack a few seconds later to let Lilith's guard down. Lilith was starting to catch onto his plan.
"So you're using a decoy and ambush to force me to dodge to a very specific point. While you're best will finish me off eh. Someone put this together well but still." She thought. Ryuutarou swings his naginata at her. Lilith jumped off and landed on the first floor.
"You need to put a little more thought in a Exceeds physical capabil-" Lilith was cut off by a sword being swung at her. She noticed this by one second and managed to block it and backflips to gain distance. Lilith saw that the attacker was Alan.
"So you must be Alan Burns. Tor and Sakuya have told me much about you." Lilith said. His eyes slightly narrowed knowingly thinking that Sakuya must have told her about his secret.
"You may have convinced Sakuya but I still doubt your little tale nor that could I call you special. However you did managed to advance this far. I'll give you that." Lilith said as she aimed her rifle at him, a spinning double bladed scimitar flew towards her. She noticed by the sound and shot at it. The scimitar flew back to Akira and she caught it. Alan ran towards Lilith but she fired a warning shot at him making him stop. Lilith turned and looked at Tor at the second floor.
"I'd be in spot a trouble if Julie and Alan's timing wasn't off. Now listen up Tor, you really amuse me in a great deal. That's why I'm saving you for last for my main course." Lilith said then leaves them to find other students.
After Lilith left, six of the eight students jumped down to the first floor. Miyabi lost balance as she landed. Tor went to help her up.
"Are you okay Miyabi?" He asked offering his hand
"I'll be alright Tor but thank you for asking." She replied. Miyabi was about to reach his hand but then realized that her skirt was slightly exposed and quickly covered it.
"Did you see anything?" Miyabi asked flustered.
"No I didn't. So you can rest easy okay." Tor responded. Miyabi took his hand to help stand up. A gunshot was heard though out the Mall.
"Lilith." Tor muttered.
"We better work out our next move guys and quickly too." Tomoe said gathering the team.
"Sorry, I couldn't land a hit on her." Alan apologized looking down.
"Don't worry about it. We all tried our hardest. Now let's come up with a new plan." Tomoe said. She pulled out a map and set it on the wall for them to look at.
"From the sound of things, Lilith is fighting in the Sky Court up ahead. That means we either can go after her now or wait and intercept her when she arrives here." She discussed.
"I say we go after her!" Tor answered as he pumped his fist.
"Agreed, I'd rather not wait!" Akira replied eagerly.
"You won't hear an objection from me." Aoi said adjusting his glasses. Ryuutarou nodded in response.
"Alright! Let's do it!" Alan agreed. Julie was looking down for a moment.
"Something wrong Julie?" Tor asked.
"Nej and I agree with the group's decision." She replied. Tomoe smiled in response.
"Alright it's settled then. There are two routes in the Sky Court. Tor, You, Akira, Alan and Julie will take the main route. The rest of us will take the long way and hopefully we can attack her on both sides." She said.
Tor and Alan's Duo advance though out the main route. As they encountered unconscious bodies, they immediately take cover and hid behind something.
"Tor." Julie called his partner.
"She took everyone out already. Damn it!" He whispered.
"Careful, she could still be around." Alan whispered. They got close together looked around the sides to find Lilith.
"Lilith where are you?" Tor thought. As they continued to search for her. Akira was shot in the chest And fell to the ground.
"Akira!" Alan cried. Lilith stood up removing the wig she was wearing to disguise as a first-year student.
"As a Hunter, I happen to be quite skilled at camouflage." Lilith stated. She aimed her rifle at Julie. She ran out of the way as Tor charged to Lilith. He tried assaulting her with punch and kicks but she managed to block them using her arms. Tor launched a stronger punch but Lilith blocked it with her gun.
"Come on don't you remember you're tonight's main course? So be a good boy and wait already." Lilith requested.
"I'm really sorry but I can't stand waiting." Tor replied.
"Well I can't stand a man who's impatient!" She replied back.
As Lilith holds her guard, Alan attacks her by the side. She notices this and break the guard to kick Tor back and deflect Alan's sword. Alan tried swinging his sword at her from different angels but she managed to block them. As Lilith got an opportunity to aim her rifle at him, Alan dodged out of the way before she pulled the trigger. Alan tried to counter attack but she jumped on him landed on the second floor. Lilith turned and faced Tor.
"We'll take the rest nice and slow after I eliminated all of the others okay?" She said winking at Tor. Julie ran up and jump to attack her.
"Julie no! We need to wait for Tomoe's group." Tor called.
"Nej, it's alright Tor." She replied. Julie had her twin swords ready.
"Ah an all too predictable move." Lilith commented. As Julie was about to strike, Lilith blocked it with the butt of her rifle and kicked her with enough force to launch her to crash on the window. Glass was shattered and Julie was falling to the first floor.
"I'm so disappointed in you Julie. I expected you to put up a much better fight." Lilith said.
"Julie!" Tor cried to his partner and ran to her.
"So much for standing by her always." Lilith said disappointed as she aimed her rifle at Julie while she was falling.
"Not so fast!" Tomoe shouted as she swings by with her chain grabbing to save her. Tomoe lands on first floor next to Alan and kept her head down.
"Let's go! Move!" She ordered.
"Right! Come on Tor!" Alan commanded. He nodded and they ran out of sight to avoid getting shot by Lilith.
Tor, Tomoe and Alan managed to escape form Lilith while carrying Julie. They stopped and regrouped with the other half of the team.
She's not coming after us? I guess she was serious about leaving Tor for last then." Aoi said looking at the direction where Tor and the others ran from. Tomoe was injured by the gunshot she sustained from Lilith. She placed her hand on her stomach.
"Tomoe did you get hit?" Tor asked concerned.
"Oh no! What is that?" Julie worried.
"This? Don't fret it's nothing." Tomoe answered with a weak smile. "What about that shoulder of yours?" She asked then grunted in pain.
"I'm sorry. This is my fault." Julie said looking down.
"Hey we're friends. You would've done the same for me." She assured not wanting Julie to blame herself.
"Yes but."
"You've really been rushing into things today. Is something going on Julie?" Tomoe asked.
"Nej, nothing at all." Julie replied.
"All right but please remember this. Your Blaze is a lot to do with speed and keeping a cool head to find the right moment to use it." She stated.
"Ja." Julie responded.
"Kay, so how do you guys proposed we take Lilith down?" Tomoe questioned getting back on the main subject.
"It looks like we'll have to wait for our chance at combat. I suppose." Tor suggested.
"Yeah but neither of us were strong to match her up close. Not to mention Akira's out and both Tomoe and Julie are hurt." Alan said as he was thinking about plan how to beat Lilith. He considered using the gun he was given by Crystal to even the odds but he decided against it remembering it was for emergency purposes.
"Plus Miyabi's is so large and awkward she can't get close." Aoi added.
"Yeah." Miyabi replied looking down.
"We all got our own strengths and weaknesses here. But in terms of raw destructive power. Miyabi got us all beat. I bet she's our best shot." Tor suggested.
"Do you think so?" Miyabi asked smiled at his plan.
"Yeah but Lilith is a real sneaky fighter. And not only that she's cocky too. She's such a pain." Aoi said.
"Cocky?" Tor asked.
"Cocky." Alan muttered as he was thinking of how she was fighting with her rifle and his fight with her.
"That might be it." Tor mumbled.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Alan asked.
"What are you two talking about?" Tomoe asked.
"I might have a plan." Tor stated.
After they discussed the plan, Alan was waiting out in the open while the others were in hiding places. Eventually Lilith made an appearance.
"Standing out in the open like that is asking for you to get shot. Did you forget that this little dance party was to survive?" Lilith said standing on the second floor.
"I figured if I'd wait for you, you'd eventually showed up. So I decided to confront you here." Alan replied.
"Do you do plan to take me on alone? That's either bold or stupid in which case stupid even if it is Sakuya's unique student. Do you believe you actually have what it takes to belong here?" She said. Alan did not respond to her question and only continued to glare at her. She jumped down to the first floor.
"But I know you're not alone I can see your friends hiding behind the corners." Lilith said as Aoi and Ryuutarou stands up revealing himself.
"Didn't I tell you guys she was a real pain?" Aoi said soon after Tor and Julie did the same.
"Well it never hurt to try." Tor said sheepishly.
"Where's the rest? I know I wounded one of you. And the other one's pretty slow. Did you leave those two behind somewhere?" Lilith asked.
"Nej we would never do a thing like that to Tomoe or Miyabi." Julie replied.
"That's an admirable trait to possess and I do respect you look after your teammates. But never the less." She said spinning and readied her gun. "Let's end this shall we." The five of them got to their battle stance and ready to fight Lilith.
"And now it's time for the last dance my darlings." Lilith said aiming her rifle at them and began to fire at Alan. He dodges out of the way to avoid getting hit. As Lilith was about to fire another shot at Alan, Tor quickly stepped in front of Alan and blocked the bullet with his shield.
Julie, Ryuutarou and Aoi quickly move in to attack Lilith. Aoi tried to strike her with his Katar but she dodged and used her body hit Aoi which pushed him back. Julie jumped up and attacked Lilith from above. She blocked Julie's attack and their weapons clashed against each other.
"That strike had a lot more feeling to it Julie. But it appears my previous attack did some lasting damage to because you're too slow." Lilith taunted. She broke Julie's guard which caused her sword flying back.
As Lilith was about to aim her rifle at Julie. Ryuutarou swings his naginata at her. Lilith jumped back and ran to gain some distance.
"Blaze on!" Julie said as she resummons her sword.
"Nice save there." Lilith complimented as she was about to aim her rifle again.
"Hey! I hope you haven't forgotten about me!" Aoi said as he was running up behind her.
"Oh don't you worry I haven't!" Lilith said turning around aiming her gun at Aoi.
"Then do your worst!" He taunted keeping his head out of Lilith's range. She kicked Aoi's head which caused him lose balance and fall to the ground.
"This isn't over yet!" Tor said charging to deliver a punch. She jumped back and shot him in the stomach.
"No Tor!/Damn it no!" Julie and Aoi said simultaneously.
"Hang in there Tor!" Alan worried.
"Don't worry about me guys! We're taking her down just like we planned." Tor said confidently clutching on his stomach. Lilith had a confused look.
"In the shape you're in? I'd doubt it all." Lilith said knowing she had the upper hand.
"Oh yeah? Well I finally got you right where I want you!" Tor stated. Lilith had a surprised expression.
"Mjolnir!" He shouted as he landed a powerful punch to the ground causing it to crack and shatter. Lilith jumped up higher than the second floor wanting to avoid losing balance. Ryuutarou jumped up to attack her.
"That won't be enough!" Lilith taunted aimed and shot Ryuutarou causing him fall to the ground unconscious. An explosion from behind Lilith on the second floor revealed Miyabi striking her with her lance.
"That's impressive but still not enough!" Lilith said jumping on Miyabi's lance and over her. After dodging Miyabi, Alan, Aoi and Julie jumped in to strike.
"I will not be defeated!" Lilith yelled determined as she aimed her gun at Aoi and shot him causing him to stutter back.
"She has it cocked! Do it now!" Tor shouted.
"Ja! This dance has come to an end!" Julie said about to strike.
"It's over for you!" Alan yelled about to do the same.
"Oh the only thing that's over is you two." Lilith declared as she aimed at Alan. Both of them gasped at this then Alan got shot by her then shot Julie soon after. Everyone but Lilith fell to the ground hard. Tor could only watch at the outcome.
"Julie." Tor said with a shocked expression.
"This is such a pity. It was a fake out. Wow did you guys really think that I have to cock my rifle every time I shoot it?" Lilith asked disappointed by their performance. Tor did not respond and only looked to the ground.
No but it is what we wanted you to believe." Alan said starting to get up slowly.
"What?" She said surprised. Tor looked up and decided to speak.
"Tora had you pegged you're so cocky you just revealed the truth to us." He said. As soon as he finished Julie quickly got up and struck Lilith's rifle arm causing her to drop it.
"That makes it checkmate Lilith." Julie declared.
"But how? I'm positive I shot you right in the chest." She said clutching on her arm. Julie turned and faced her. Lilith saw metal in the hole on Julie's shirt.
"So that's the reason you were moving so slowly. You were both fighting together huh. I get it. There were two of you waiting in ambush." Lilith said smiling at their plan.
"We would've gone with the other plan but I also noticed you didn't reload once at the mall." Alan stated.
"Yeah I just remembered myself." Tor added.
"Ah so you both came up with this plan. It seems nothing gets past between you two." Lilith complimented.
"As I told you it's over Lilith. So why not make this easy and surrender." Alan said.
"Don't make me say it again." She said kicking her rifle up and catching it. "I won't give up. Not now and not ever!" Julie stepped back while Alan and Tor readied in battle stance. Julie and the others could only watch the fight.
*Bang Bang*
Two gunshots hit both Tor and Alan. They all had shocked expressions. Tor was clutching on his bleeding left arm while Alan gripped his right hand.
"Tor! Alan!" Julie cried
"The hell? This isn't from Lilith. Its" Alan was about to finish but Tor beat him to it.
"It's a real bullet!" He stated. They heard footsteps approaching.
"That was a close one, Lilith Bristol." The approaching voice said immediately revealing three soldiers in green armor carrying assault rifles.
"Lilith, you know them?" Tor asked weakly.
"Not at all." She replied then turned to face them. "Who are you people? And just what is it you want?"
They stopped and the commander removed his helmet revealing a young male with short blond hair and blue eyes. He bowed his head to her.
"We've come bearing an invitation for you Miss Bristol and it's from none other than Equipment Smith the master armorer. That should suffice. Well does it?" The commander answered. Lilith had a surprised expression.
"It does and I thank you but you can tell him that I refuse. And I won't accept anything from someone rude enough who interrupted my dance party." She replied. The commander shot her in the arm causing Lilith to drop her rifle.
"Sorry about that. We're to bring you in even if it means getting a little rough. So now you're coming with us." He stated.
"Like hell she is!" Tor growled. Aoi and Julie moved in to attack the commander. Two armored soldiers stepped up and blocked their attacks then pushed them back.
"What the hell! I know we're exhausted but still." Aoi said.
"Our attacks, they didn't do anything." Julie said.
"It's because Exceeds aren't the only ones who surpassed humanity. That's the reason." The commander stated.
"Could these be the same people that attacked the academy that Sakuya was talking about?" Alan thought deeply. He then notice that he was gone and heard Miyabi shriek. They turned and saw the commander pointing a gun at Miyabi's head.
"You be still now. It'll be a real shame if you let my trigger finger slip." He warned them.
"Let her go! I'll accept the invitation but only if you release her right now!" Lilith demanded. The commander lowered his gun in response.
"You have my thanks. Now I'm going to be able to show my face to the boss man." He replied. One of the soldier's pointed a rifle at her signaling her to move.
"We're leaving this place now. So follow me and don't try anything." The commander ordered.
"Lilith I-" Tor said but could not finish. She stopped for a moment.
"I'm sorry we couldn't finish things properly Tor. Oh and you too Alan. It's been fun though" Lilith said sadly. She resumed walking with them leaving the students alone. Miyabi was crying in the process.
"Damn it! Just who the hell were those creeps anyway?" Aoi demanded.
"I don't know but we're not gonna let them take Lilith!" Alan said determined.
"He's right. We need to save Lilith!" Tor agreed.
"Ja." Julie replied also agreeing.
"Heh I expected you to say that." Aoi smirked. Tor walked up to Miyabi who was still crying.
"Tor, I'm so sorry about this." She sobbed. Tor kneeled in front of her.
"Don't worry. We're going to get Lilith back. And when we do that, you greet us with a smile okay?" He said smiling.
The four departed going after Lilith and the commander.
The soldiers continued escorting Lilith to the exit of the mall going up an escalator. Halfway up the escalator they saw Tor. The commander raised his hand signaling them to stop.
"What are you doing here?" Lilith questioned.
"My question exactly." The blond haired commander said wondering the same thing.
"I'm here to get Lilith back why else!" Tor answered.
"Stand down Tor! You are in no condition to fight. You have a death wish!" Lilith said.
"No but it's like you said. I wanna finish things properly between you and me." He said.
"I won't say it again you mule headed idiot!" She exclaimed trying to prevent Tor getting killed.
"Well the same goes for me Lilith! Come on we're at full strength! We've gotta fight so we can better understand each other!" Tor replied.
"This is such a childish game. Would you gentlemen end it since we're on a schedule here?!" The commander ordered. The soldiers raised their assault rifles and began to fire.
"No!" Lilith cried.
The two soldiers rapidly fired their guns at Tor while he was trying to block it with his shield but was also getting shot in the process.
"I've got to put the last of my strength into one single blow." Tor thought then raised his fist to inflict a powerful punch on the escalator.
"And then shatter!" He shouted. Tor landed a punch on the escalator which looked like he did no damage.
"You must be getting desperate." The commander said not impressed with his performance. Tor smirked in response.
"You don't get it do you? Don't you know where we are?" He asked.
"No!" The commander gasped. He and Lilith's eyes widening in realization. The escalator began to shatter and crumble. Causing them all to fall.
"Lilith!" Tor called to her reaching her hand while falling.
"You've got me Tor!" She replied.
"Alan! Julie! Tora!" He called.
"Right!" Alan replied.
"Ja!" Julie replied.
"We've got this!" Aoi responded. As they got their weapons out and Aoi and Julie both stuck the two soldiers hard to the ground. As Tor and Lilith continued falling, the commander pointed his gun at them.
"To resort to such a tactic!" The commander commented. Just when he was about to fire.
"Sorry but this dance is already over!" Alan exclaimed as the commander turned and saw Alan about to strike him. He was unable to dodge and got struck by him shattering through his armor. He fell back and was covered by rubble.
As the remains of the escalator had fallen and with the soldiers defeated, Lilith requested to fight Tor.
"You sure about this?" Tor asked.
"Of course! You wanted to fight me at your full power so we can understand each other right?" Lilith answered.
"Yeah but after everything that happened today, I'm pretty beat up." He replied.
"Well I hurt my arm so in my book I say that makes us even." She said.
"All right then if you're willing then I won't object to settling this once and for all." Tor submitted
"At a boy Tor. Now we can see how much power you two have." Lilith said.
"Two?" Tor replied surprised.
"Yes, you and Alan of course." She replied.
"Me?" Alan asked surprised.
"Of course! Now are you going to stand still all night or are you going to fight me?" Lilith asked. Alan smirked in response and stepped forward to stand by Tor getting in his battle stance.
"That's it" Lilith said smiling at his answer while she aimed her gun at the two.
Tor and Alan started to clash against Lilith to settle their fight.
With Tor and Alan's fight with Lilith long past, the commander got up and got out of the rubble he was buried in. He had a slash mark in front of his armor. He placed a hand on his ear to call his superior.
"Sir, my apologies. The unit got a little scuffed up during this Op." The commander stated.
"You should have brought me along K. Your little suit doesn't seem to have much use in battle." A cold tone voice said.
"No one asked for your opinion C! And they just got lucky that's all!" K Growled at the Cold tone voice.
"Now now. There's no need to fight about this. The suit's adjustments have yet to be made anyway. Besides the data K's got is plenty." An elderly voice said.
"What about Lilith Bristol? The so called Exception?" K asked.
"She's an intriguing subject but there's no need to go overboard. After all the one I'm really after is-" The elderly voice cut off.
"Blaze Diabolica? Yes I know she's the real target." C finished.
"You know I half expected she'd show her face here today." K said.
"Mmm she's keeping herself guarded. Speaking of the lady in question tell me? How are those Exceeds she made anyway?" Smith asked.
"The Exceeds?" K questioned. Thinking of Tor who stood in front of them and Alan who sliced him. While he was deep in thought someone grabbed his foot and he saw an injured soldier struggling.
"Help me!" He pleaded.
"Well Sir I think they'll be quite amusing." K smirked and shot the injured solider in the head.
Next day, Tor and Alan were recovering in the infirmary after the injuries they sustained at last night's events. Neither of them were happy in the state they're in.
"I'm so bored! I wish I could start moving again!" Tor complained.
"Same here, waiting has always been my worst enemy!" Alan agreed.
"Nej, the doctor said that you have to stay in bed." Julie said
"Yeah, you're not going anywhere until you're one hundred percent healed." Akira scolded to Alan.
"They're right, you should listen to your Duo partners." Miyabi agreed.
"Certainly, fighting with Lilith was reckless." Tomoe stated. Ryuutarou flexed his muscle in agreement. Two knocks were heard on the door. Tor told the person to come in. The door opened revealing to be Lilith.
"Hi Lilith." Tor greeted awkwardly
"What are you doing here?" Aoi asked annoyed.
"It's only natural to visit injured friends isn't it?" Lilith answered while playing with her hair.
"Your friends?!" Tomoe, Miyabi, Aoi and Akira exclaimed.
"Aren't we Tor? Don't you remember? You said we'd be friends after we fought at full power." Lilith pouted.
"Never remembered saying anything about that. Did you leave that little detail out Tor?" Alan asked him.
"Well I uh I thought?" He tried to explain but never got the chance to finish. Alan smiled in response.
"It's fine, I was just messing with you. Besides I think I would like to be friends with Lilith." He replied.
"Well it never hurts to have more than one friend." She said awkwardly.
Apple Tea No Aji – Absolute Duo Plays
"Oh and I also wanted to come here because you came to rescue me so I thank you Tor." Lilith said as she offered her hand.
"Sure." Tor replied as he accept it.
"I also wanted to say I'm sorry for slapping you at the theme park the other night. I bet that hurt." She apologized.
"Nah I survived worse." He said accepting her apology.
"Good to know." Lilith replied then turned to Alan."
Alan, I'm sorry for doubting you and your abilities. You really are special like Tor." She apologized.
"I'm not looking to be special Lilith but I accept your apology either way." He answered smiling in response.
"I wonder what she means by that" Tor thought curiously.
"And to all of you, I'm sorry for not taking you seriously." Lilith apologized to the five remaining students.
"No prob, it actually turned out to be a pretty good experience for every one of us." Tomoe replied. Miyabi and Akira nodded in agreement. Aoi tilted his glasses Ryuutarou flexed his muscles.
"I came here for one more reason. Is that other thing still a no go Tor?" Lilith asked.
"Yeah I'm sorry. But I've already got a Duo partner I'm committed to." He answered.
"Very well. But if you should ever change your mind, you'll tell me won't you?" She said. Julie grabbed Tor's arm in response.
"Tor is my Duo partner." She said. Lilith smiled in response.
"But of course. Though I suppose Alan could fill in. He's already reached the qualifications." She suggested. Alan was surprised by that.
"WHAT!" Akira exclaimed then grabbed her partner's arm. "Alan is my partner! Don't be taking him away you partner stealing thief!"
"Sorry but I can't switch partners Lilith. I already agreed to be hers." Alan said.
"I thought you'd say that." Lilith sighed in response.
"Oh I almost forgot there's one more thing I need to tell you." She said as she turned to Tor. "Now I won't say it again so listen closely."
Lilith leaned in and pecked her lips on Tor's cheek. The girls were shocked by this. Lilith stepped back and winked at him.
"I decided this. You Tor Kokonoe will be my future husband." She stated. Tor blushed madly.
"WHAT!" everyone in the room exclaimed.
"Tor does this mean you two have been?!" Julie exclaimed fearfully.
"OH TOR! HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?!" Miyabi cried.
"DON'T YOU HAVE ANY SHAME YOU PERVERTED DOG!" Tomoe shouted.
"Wow, I didn't know you had it in you." Alan muttered.
"WHEN'S THE WEDDING?!" Akira asked excitedly.
"YOU GOT IT WRONG! ALL OF YOU!" Tor shouted.
"Right." Aoi smirked. Lilith begins to leave the room.
"Don't leave Lilith! Tell them!" Tor pleaded. She turned and faced him.
"I'll tell them this, I'm serious about winning Tor's heart and I'll do it. Just you wait." Lilith stated winking at him.
Apple Tea No Aji Ends
After Alan recovered from the injuries, He went to his dorm to call Crystal about what happened. Luckily for him, Akira wasn't present at the moment. Alan got his phone out and used video call. Crystal answered the call.
"Have you called to update your progress?" She asked.
"Well that and something else." Alan replied.
"What is it?" Crystal asked.
"Last night the entire first-year students had to team up to against one powerful opponent. You remember Lilith Bristol right? The rifle Blaze user?" He said.
"Yes I remember you mentioning her in our last call." She responded.
"Well during our fight between each other, a group of armed soldiers came in an attempt to kidnap her. They were dressed in green armor and had actual rifles. I also heard one of them mentioning someone called Equipment Smith." Alan explained. Crystal was somewhat troubled about the information she just received.
"Is it possible they've already started to make their move? No it's too early. They still need more time for them to gather the resources they need. She thought deeply.
"Something wrong Crystal?" He asked noticing her troubled expression. Getting her attention, Crystal shook her head in response.
"No, it's nothing. She replied. Alan wasn't convinced but he decided to brush it aside for now.
"Anyway, I don't know anything about the group you encountered. It's possible you've run into an organization that's from this world. However you should still be on your guard." Crystal stated. Alan nodded in response. He heard Akira approaching the dorm.
"I should go. I'll let you know if anything comes up." Alan said then he hang ups his phone and puts it away. Akira came in the room after that and greeted Alan. They soon got ready for bed preparing for the next day. Alan was having a feeling that he'll run into that group again.
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