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3: FINALLLYYYY~~~ THE EXAMS ARE FREAKING FINALLY DONEEEEE QWQ
NOW I CAN TYPE IN PEACE QWQ Still have to go to school though, but at least there's no more studyinggg XD
FINALLYYYYYY XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD #slapped XwX
*SOME IRRELEVANT RAMBLINGS, SO SKIP IT IF YOU'RE UNINTERESTED*
Well, it's actually been quite a while since the exams are done, but something else followed after it and lasted for a whole week, so... T^T
After that I've been revamping my OCs, namely Elysea, Akira, Lorelei, and Ozul, mostly the first two. I have made big changes, especially on their background story :3 Still thinking on Lorelei and Ozul's though owo I think Ozzy's gonna have extreme changes owo I'm re-thinking on him being a half reaper or just a normal human...
Another major (I think) change is Aki-chan's surname, I have changed it into Kokuei *^*
Yes, I changed it OwO #slapped XwX
I have also created a few (2, although 1 can't really be called an OC I guess..?) new OCs that will be very relevant to this story *^*
One will appear soon enough, but the other would only appear on the later parts of this fict... Man, it's gonna be a long journey OwO
*THE RAMBLINGS ARE DONE. FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE :D*
This chapter turns out to be a story chapter! X3
More new members for the Organization side! :D
Replies~
For Kazama Shirosawa:
... Nova still sounds like a title to me to be honest ouoa
Those apostrophes are suspicious lookin' OwO
Hoho~ :3
For Void HighLord Prime:
Thank you~ XD
Heheheh~ Too bad we can't see him in those kinds of hairstyles... D:
Or should I? *w* #slapped XwX
For Crosspass:
Yep, yep~ Except if you're a big fan like En, maybe? XD
Chess: QwQ
Cain: ... *sulks*
3: You have mustache?! Owo
For The Sharkening:
Glad you liked it! XDDD
Hohoho... I used this in this chapter XD
They're not chocolate mochi pets, fudge is just their food :D They're white-colored :D
Nope, just here for the fluffy, cute moments X3 Or funny ones XD
Sorry for the late update this time! Hopefully this extremely long chapter can make it up! QwQb
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On to the story~
~With the Organization side~
They are all doing their own things as usual, until Lint opened the door and came in with several more unfamiliar faces.
"We have more new members joining us today." he said with his usual pokerface as the new members stood next to him.
Cain raised a hand.
"Err... Sir Lint?" he questioned, having a mixture of hesitance and curiosity on his expression.
"Yes, Cain?"
"It's good that we got more people and all, but... We're not really doing anything, are we?" he pointed out.
"Yeah! I'm bored!" En exclaimed with a pouty face and crossed arms.
"Give us some action or something! At least give us a free trip somewhere!" Nex exclaimed with a similar pouty face.
"Oh! Oh! I wanna go to the amusement park! The amusement parrkkk!" Chess energetically said with sparkling eyes.
Amane was asleep on the couch peacefully, while Helios was staring at them unamused as he sat beside her. Alice was also next to the butler as she played with her cards, ignoring the others.
"Looks like Chess is finally bored of chess?" Xen joked with a grin before he laughed to himself.
"I want to visit Egypt." Yucca said with a smile, causing everyone to be silent.
"... But Yucca, it's currently summer. Is it not hot enough for you? Actually, why're you wearing a jacket and scarf?" Nezu questioned with an incredulous look. The others all went to look at the albino elf, seeing that she is indeed wearing said clothing. Yucca looked a bit amused.
"Is it? I don't feel very hot now, though." she replied.
"Your nerves must be mistaken," Nex commented with a look of disbelief.
Lint coughed suddenly, interrupting their conversations.
"As impolite as I am in disrupting your... interesting talks, you're all just as impolite for ignoring these people here." he reminded them with a frown, tapping a foot on the floor impatiently.
One of the people beside the formal looking man looked rather amused, while the other two seemed disinterested. The other one, however, was already roaming around the room.
"... What're you doing? Get back here." the director growled.
"Ahh, sorry, Mister." he said with no hint of remorse whatsoever as he grinned before returning back to his previous place in between two of the other new members.
Lint sighed and slightly slumped.
"... In any case, you four should introduce yourselves." he exasperately said, looking as if he'd rather be somewhere else.
The one on the left is a woman having silvery white hair that is tied into a long ponytail that reaches her waist with three star-shaped black hairclips on her bangs, and has hazelnut brown eyes. She wears what seems to be a black business coat, with the sleeves worn only halfway, leaving her upper arms visible, over a white button-up shirt with frilly motifs and a black ribbon, a black mini-skirt, and a pair of black heels for footwear. There is also a piece of black cloth around her left thigh that sports the numbers "055".
"To be honest, I don't really have a name... but you can all call me Five." she told them with a gentle smile, then nudged the tall young man beside him as if telling him to speak up.
Some of them gulped at the intense atmosphere he brought with him, and his scary-looking expression isn't helping in that either.
"... Seven." he merely told them reluctantly.
He has unruly greyish black hair that reaches a small part of his back. His bangs form a slight widow's peak, and are long enough to obscure his only visible left crimson eye, since his right one is kept from view by a roll of white gauze that was wrapped around his head. He wears a black military business coat with red accents hanging from his shoulders, though the boy doesn't really wear the sleeves. He wears a greyish black long-sleeved button-up shirt that looks more of a coat than anything with mismatched sleeves, with the left one extending to his wrist whereas the right stops at his elbow. For his lower attire, he wears dark pants with red linings on either side and a pair of dark combat boots. Of note, there is a piece of cloth hanging from his waist and covering the upper half of his left leg. The cloth is black while the edges are red, and they sport the numbers '017' near the end.
Chess saw this and innocently raises a hand up, surprising a few people in the vicinity.
"Why aren't you called Seventeen?" he questioned with pure curiosity, earning looks of shock that seemed to say 'you're-suicidal'.
"Isn't that because it'll be a mouthful?" En answered his question with a laugh, earning more shocked looks from the few people.
'These two are idiots!' the few thought in horror, faces turning pale.
Seven glared at them with eyes that could kill, causing Chess to gulp in realization at the situation, but for En to continue laughing without a care in the world.
"Don't blame me if I killed these trashes, Five..." he growled, taking out a mechanical double-edged sword with metal apparatuses that connect the blade to the handle. The sword itself seems to take on the shape of a lightning bolt, and is jet-black in color.
"Seven!" Five scolded, frowning at him.
"Oh, bring it!" En taunted as he smirked at him, taking his red-colored electric guitar having orange-colored fire patterns.
The one who had been roaming around before was about to stop them, but a certain suit-wearing man beat him to it.
Suddenly, their weapons were both taken out of their hands by Lint who stared at them with annoyance.
"You are not fighting in my office." Lint warned them with a sharp glare that could make hyperactive rebellious kids want to go to sleep. "If you want to kill each other, do it outside."
'That's what matters most?!' the few had shocked looks once again.
Feeling ignored, the young man beside Seven sighed before he decided to speak up and raised a hand.
"Uh... My name's Ivy." he said. He has jet black, slick hair with a single blue streak, azure eyes, and wears a black hoodie over a blue t-shirt, black shorts, and black sneakers with a blue strip.
Hearing his voice, they all settled back down and decided to continue the introductions.
"Sorry. Could you please repeat that?" Lint asked, sighing in frustration at the stubborn members.
"My name's Ivy."
"It sounds fem-" En's mouth was closed by an exasperated Cain.
"Not a word, En. Not a word." the young man told him, not wanting to start another problem.
Ivy raised an eyebrow in suspicion at what he's gonna say, but seeing their current state, decided to not comment on it.
They turned towards the fourth person, who was already leaning against the wall behind him in boredom as he stared back at them. He briefly closed his eyes and let out a small sigh before standing up lazily.
"I'm Rain." he said.
He has longish, spiky gray hair and wears a greyish T-shirt with a certain symbol on the middle, and a black coat that has a certain mark on the right arm. His arms are nasod arms, and his pants are black-colored with some pockets on each side,just like his coat. His right eye is black with a red iris, while his left eye is blue with a light blue iris.
"Introductions aside, when are we going to do anything?" Amane asked groggily, having awoken from her slumber.
'She's such a rebel!' The few thought with a sweatdrop, although they also agreed to her question.
Lint sighed.
"I told you, we're not doing anything unless our hacker finds something out. They're on the low these days, so we still haven't managed to find anything." he replied with rolled eyes, "Besides, we're not done with the introductions yet. But first... Let me give them their codenames."
The man then turned towards Five and Seven before pausing.
"... Five and Seven are good enough." he told them.
"D-Deja vu!" Xen gasped dramatically.
Five had to wonder about that.
'Deja vu? Why?' she thought.
Yucca glanced towards Thirteen who was sitting a few seats away from her, his hood covering him from view. Honestly, he looked like a shady character, but that wasn't the important thing here.
Does he know them?
As this carried on, Lint pointed towards Ivy.
"Yours will be Blade." he said, while Ivy grinned in approval.
"That sounds-"
"Your codename will be Brute." the director interrupted as he pointed at Rain, leaving a dejected Ivy to sulk in a corner.
Rain made no comment at his codename and just stared at the director with an unamused look.
Seeing Lint look towards them, the others accepted it as their cue.
"I'm En, codename Rock! Nice to meet 'cha!" he introduced himself first with a peace sign towards them.
"I'm Cain, or Spirit. I hope we get along." Cain said before he did a polite bow.
"Chess here! And my codename's also Chess, sadly..." his cheerful mood quickly turned dark before he accompanied Ivy as they sulked at the corner together. The others sweatdropped.
"My name's Nezu, and my codename's Trick!" Nezu exclaimed cheerfully.
"Amane Cyber... Codename Cyber..." Amane reluctantly said as she sulked quietly in her seat.
"Helios, and my codename is Knife." Helios said as he started to glare daggers at Lint after seeing Amane sulk.
"Yo! I'm Xen Adreal, codename Brawler!" Xen grinned, doing a good guy pose.
"My name is Alice, and my codename is Seer." Alice told them as she kept playing with her cards.
"Yucca ReVyllea, or Vine." Yucca said with a smile.
"I'm Nex Ageto, my codename's Gambler, and... Hope you won't mix me and Xen's names up." Nex told them as he laughed along with the spiky dark brown-haired young man.
"Thirteen... My codename is the same..." he said in an almost inaudible voice, but it was enough for them to hear.
Both Five and Seven widened their eyes, although Seven's look was hardly noticeable.
"Thirteen..? You're alive..?" Five asked, her expression of disbelief.
Everyone immediately turned their gazes back and forth from the two to the short boy.
Thirteen looked back towards her, then to Seven who had a similar look. He tilted his head, his hood swaying along with his movements.
"You know me..?" he questioned, but only earned what seemed to be shock from the two, mainly from Five, "I'm sorry... I don't know you..."
The woman tensed for a moment at his statement, but then gave him a rather forced smile.
"It's okay..." she said, "We could be wrong..."
"Of course he isn't him," Seven suddenly spoke, whispering to the silvery-white haired woman beside him, "He was my age when we met as kids. There's no way he'd still be a little brat," his face darkened as he spoke the next words, "Or still be alive for that matter..."
"But still... The fact that he's also Thirteen is a bit unsettling..." Five replied with a troubled look.
"He's not the only one with the name Thirteen. There's probably someone weird enough to name their kids that." Seven retorted with a huff.
Suddenly, Vince, who had been quiet all this time, rose up on his seat.
The older members, who knew Vince by now, all looked at him with either looks of awe or horror.
The room's lights suddenly went off as light shone down on him from nowhere and lit up the glitters on his hair magnificently, followed up by his usual sparkles. His closed eyes fluttered open, revealing his sparkling purple eyes, and he struck a pose towards the ceiling. Rose petals started to fall slowly to the floor out of nowhere.
"I am Vince Vivienne von D' Light... I am the meaning of life... Beauty..! Hope... And the wishes... of man..." he said dramatically as some of the rose petals fell into his hand and slowly turned into an elegant bouquet of roses, earning him several gasps of wonder.
Some looked disturbed, while the rest were starting to think if they were dreaming.
As he lowered his hand slowly, the lights turned back on, and he now suddenly stood in front of the four, shocked and alarmed, new members.
"My codename is Imbecile, but please... Feel free to call me Cile~" he told them with a gentle smile as he presented bouquets to each of them.
Rain narrowed his eyes, not sure of what to make of this... strange man in front of him.
"It's a gift for the start of our friendship!~" Vince told him cheerfully.
"Ahh, thank you, Vince!" Ivy exclaimed as he accepted the flower. A gift's still a gift, after all!
Rain's gaze turned towards the bouquet, not moving to accept it or even hold it in the slightest.
"T-Thank you." Five said as she smiled back, reaching out to accept her bouquet as she sweatdropped.
Seven's eyes suddenly darkened as he slapped the bouquets out from the pink-haired man's hands before Five was able to reach it.
"Get away from us, you piece of trash." he growled, glaring at the pink-haired man.
"Seven!" Five scolded yet again, frowning.
Vince again returned to sulking at the corner, Chess patting his shoulder comfortingly.
"There, there..." he said.
"The flowers are innocent I tell you..! Innoceeeent!" he sobbed into his hands.
Thirteen tilted his head, confused at the grayish-black haired young man's reaction.
'He's overreacting over flowers..?' he thought curiously.
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~With the Police side~
The police members were just having breakfast until...
"EVERYONE!"
... Alabaster blasted the door open.
"THIS IS A NIGHTMARE! AN UTTER NIGHTMARE!" he yelled as he clutched his head in dramatic terror.
Zanardi raised an eyebrow at her grandfather's exaggerated actions.
"Calm down, Gramps. What's up?" she said, spinning the glass of milk in her hand using a spoon before placing it on the table near where her fudge rabbit, Skulli, sat, or stood actually. It had an adorably delighted look and immediately plopped a straw into the glass before taking large sips of the drink.
Cleff rolled its eyes before releasing a sigh and said a few words in their native language, startling the other fudge rabbit to stop for a moment and start a quarrel with its seemingly born rival, some of the other fudge rabbits either trying to get them to stop or to just watch the fight.
"We're out of supplies!" the inspector cried out with tears dripping from his eyes.
Some of them, including most of the early members, gasped in horror, while the rest either blinked or just stared in confusion at their reactions.
"Um... We can just buy them..?" Miki pointed out, being one of the confused ones.
"That's the worst part... The Elmart is completely crowded everyday, so going there is practically a horrible experience every time..." Shion told her as a depressing aura started to loom over him. Akira nodded in agreement with his arms crossed.
"Uh huh. Last time I went, I had to escape from a pack of rampaging angry Ancient Phorus that got out of their cages." he said, becoming pale as he relieved the horrible experience.
"I was nearly kidnapped by desert harpies ..." Elysea mumbled in an audible voice, trembling in her seat.
"Some phoru had the nerve to steal my wallet!" Zanardi shouted angrily, clenching her fist upwards in a way that makes it seem like she wants to punch said creature.
"Hey, where are they going?" Selena asked as her eyes followed the mochi-like group until they left the door, a bit concerned about her own fudge rabbit.
"Maybe outside. It's a nice day anyway, they probably just needed a little sunshine." Julius answered her right before yawning as he closed his mouth, his other hand still holding a cup of coffee.
"You're still sleepy, Jully? Didn't you go back to your room early yesterday?" Akira asked before eating a piece of his pancake.
Julius' eye twitched a little at the nickname, but he tried to ignore it instead.
"Yeah, that thing wouldn't shut up. So I had to stick him up on the ceiling with tape and send Fenrir out 'til morning." he replied, resting his head on the back of his head sleepily.
Alisa gasped, nearly dropping the fork with a piece of the pancake sticking on it.
"T-That's so cruel! You're so mean to it!" she cried, upset.
"Who's Fenrir?" Cross questioned before taking a sip of his tea.
"My wolf." Julius simply replied, earning a nod from the dark brown-haired young man.
"You should've told me if you didn't want it. I could keep it for you." Selena told him, frowning.
"You're gonna take Fenrir's dinner? Fine by me."
"You're evil!" Alisa cried yet again.
Mao was trembling as he held his fork and knife right above his own pancake, seemingly struggling about something.
"What's wrong, Mr. Mao?" Jason asked out of confusion.
"... I was just trying to decorate my pancake and accidentally made it look too cute... I don't have the heart to eat it now..." he sobbed, closing his eyes with his hands.
Jason took a look at his meal, which now looked like an adorable teddy bear's face that had a pleading look. He sweatdropped.
Caeldori stared at the two from the corner of her eye as she kept eating before placing her utensils on the sides of her plate. While Mao kept sobbing with his eyes closed, she took his utensils and swiftly chopped it into pieces, destroying the adorable picture made out of maple syrup along with it before placing the knife and fork down, then returned to eating her meal as if nothing happened.
Jason was amused and chuckled, wondering what Mao's reaction would be at seeing the 'murdered' teddy.
Hearing him chuckle, the mint-haired boy wondered what was going on and opened his eyes. He immediately gasped in horror at seeing his pancake.
"NOOOO! MR. TEDDY! What happened to you?!" he cried, not wanting to believe his eyes.
"He died, obviously." Caeldori said as she continued to eat elegantly.
"You! You're the culprit!" Mao exclaimed as suddenly rose up from his seat and pointed an accusing finger towards her, causing everyone to stare at him in either mild amusement or confusion, others thinking that he was being silly.
The red-haired girl merely sighed before looking up towards him.
"Just eat the food. It'll be a waste if you don't," she paused for a moment to think, then continued, "Or I could always eat it if you don't want to."
Jason blinked.
"... Didn't you just finish three large servings?" he questioned.
Caeldori shrugged.
"Well, food is food." she replied.
Mao fell silent and glanced at the two of them before his eyes fell on the red-haired girl, then he looked towards the wall in front of him as if in thought. He let out a sigh, slowly sitting back down.
"Okay, I'll eat." he finally said and took hold of his utensils.
Caeldori nodded in approval while Jason seemed to be in thought.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Teddy. Kelly said that I have to eat y- Ouw!"
Everyone sweatdropped.
Miki, on the other hand, was deep in thought. With Selena, Julius, Cross, and Alisa's conversation in mind, she briefly wondered what would happen if Julius was instead given a different fudge rabbit.
... Her savage fudge rabbit came to mind, placing its hands on itself as it kept on an angry, annoyed look that somehow turned similar to that of a human's. Then, it started to yell out its strange language.
"FUDGE FUDGE! FUDGE FUDGE!"
She tried to stifle her laughter, causing Weiss, who's sitting in front of her, to flinch in both shock and fear.
All of a sudden, Alabaster took out a few long, thin pieces of paper and held it up for all the people to see.
"LET'S USE LOTTERY! Those who got the short ones will be the ones going today!" he exclaimed, causing them to all look towards him.
"When did you get that?" Cross asked curiously.
"When you guys were talking and ignoring me of course, when else?" he replied, shooting him a look that seems to say 'are-you-stupid'.
Cross sweatdropped.
"Now come over here! We'll settle this once and for all..!" the inspector told them with a serious look.
"This is it, guys... Our life or death..." Shion said as he stood up, cracking his knuckles.
"I was so nervous I could hardly eat..." Akira mumbled, reluctantly standing up and walked over.
Elysea stayed silent as she walked, but worry was evident in her eyes.
"I'm not gonna lose in some lottery!" Zanardi declared before flying over.
"We're going to the supermarket, not a battlefield." Rizumu rolled her eyes, only to receive deadly glares sent her way. She sighed and walked over. "Fine, fine..."
Jason, different from the others, blinked.
"But I still haven't finished my meal..." he spoke rather quietly.
"Do that later." Hiromu told him, standing up.
"'Kay."
Caeldori had to hold in a facepalm as she stood up.
"Chill, guys. We're just buying groceries. How bad can it be?" she said, only to receive the same fate as Rizumu and Jason, being glared.
"You've never gone there. It was unspeakable!" Mao replied as he shuddered.
"Meh, you guys are just overreacting." Julius commented, walking relaxedly.
"But what if it's true? This is rather worrisome..." Selena remarked anxiously, following right behind him.
Cross just kept on a neutral expression as he went.
Alisa clenched her fist in a determined way.
"I'm going to do my best, whatever happens!" she exclaimed.
Miki stayed silent as she walked. For some reason, she actually wished that her fudge rabbit could go with her, as savage as it is.
Weiss was tense, slowly walking towards them and arrived last.
Everyone took hold on one of the papers.
"On the count of three, we will simultaneously pull it out." Alabaster instructed, earning nods from them all.
"1... 2... 3!"
Everyone took a look at their results.
"... YEEESSS! FREAKING YEESSS! I GOT THE LONG ONE! WOOHOOOO!" Mao yelled out ecstatically, fist bumping the air using the hand with his paper in it.
Elysea sighed in relief, smiling at the paper she got and looked up to see how the others were.
"YEAAHHH! I'M NOT GOING! I'M NOT GOING!" Akira cheered, then paused to look at his childhood friend, "Wait, El-chan, are you going?"
She shook her head.
"No."
"YEAAAAHHH! YEAAAHHHH! WE'RE NOT GOING!"
"HA! TAKE THAT! I told you I won't lose to some lottery!" Zanardi proudly shouted to the skies, or ceiling rather.
"Stop exaggerating!" Rizumu snapped, "And stop shouting like idiots!"
A long paper was in her hand.
Caeldori shook her head at their reactions, releasing a small sigh.
"Huh," Hiromu stared at the long paper in his hand, "Guess I wouldn't know why they're so against going."
"Yeah... I'm pretty curious myself." Jason said, staring at his own paper, then to the shouting people, namely Akira, Shion, and Mao. Zanardi and Rizumu had already started another war.
"I still don't get why they're being like that just because of a supermarket." Julius commented as he raised an eyebrow. Selena smiled.
"But they seem to be happy..." she said.
Cross remained pokerfaced with a long paper in hand.
Miki sighed in relief.
"Phew... I was getting worried there..." she spoke to herself, "Their words are kinda scaring me now..."
"They kinda scared me too, a bit." Alisa admitted with a smile, surprising the light blue-haired girl by her sudden appearance beside her.
Weiss was sweating as he stared at the short paper in his trembling hand. He kept wishing that it was a dream, but knew that it was a futile wish. He anxiously looked around, trying to see if there was anyone else who got the short paper.
"So who got the short ones?" Alabaster asked aloud.
Everyone except Weiss stared at Shion, who had been trembling as he stayed stuck in his place all this time. Jason patted his shoulder in sympathy.
"Better luck next time?" he said, only making the poor boy more depressed.
Weiss was uncertain whether he should be relieved in going with Shion or not. It feels a bit intimidating...
The boy flinched when a hand was suddenly placed on his shoulder.
"Huh? You got one too, Ice? Hey, guys! Ice got the short paper!" Mao exclaimed as he waved a hand upwards, his other hand still on the boy's shoulder.
Weiss blinked.
'Ice? Why ice?' he thought.
"Alright, you poor souls... Here's the list of things we'll need." the old man placed a paper that has a list of items written in it, the paper being 10 inches long.
Weiss gaped at the length of the list, while Shion remained sulky.
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~In the market~
"-And that's the last of 'em." Shion said as he tossed a pack of noodles into the completely stuffed trolley.
Weiss let out a sigh of relief. An hour had already passed since they entered Elmart, and his feet were already sore from walking around so much.
He stared at the shopping cart and sweatdropped. There was a mountain of stuff...
"Nothing weird's happening so far... I hope it'll stay this way until we get home." Shion said as he looked around for any signs of danger, causing the shorter boy to flinch at suddenly hearing his voice.
"Hopefully... I don't want to face anything like that..." he commented anxiously, twiddling with his fingers.
"How dare you call me a midget!"
Weiss flinched once again. They spoke too soon...
The two quickly turned their heads to see a startled looking guy backing a step away from a short, helmet-wearing monster.
"A Spriggan in Elder..?" Shion mumbled with a raised eyebrow.
"I-I'm sorry, err... Spriggan Sir... I won't do that again..!" the guy apologized panickedly, raising both of his arms in defense.
The monster tapped its foot on the ground, displeased, not buying the man's apology one bit.
"First, you stepped on my foot, then you almost kicked me, and now you call me a midget?! I could still tolerate the first two, but I won't tolerate being called short!" the Spriggan hollered.
The two police members glanced at each other in confusion, then back towards the monster.
"Aren't the first two worse?" Weiss couldn't help but ask.
"I think?" Shion replied, about as puzzled as he is.
"Arghhh! You humans frustrate me!" the monster screamed as a shadow-like figure started to appear above it, destroying many things within the supermarket with a wave of shadows.
Havoc started, everyone screaming for their lives as they ran out the building.
"Looks like we have no choice... Weiss, go help everyone escape from here. Make sure they don't panic. I'll handle this." Shion commanded him as a black-colored gun materialized in his hands, a shady aura emanating from it.
"O-Okay, but where do we meet up later?" he asked, gripping the trolley's handle tightly.
"Outside the entrance! Now go!"
Following his orders, Weiss let go of the trolley and ran to the panicking citizens, entrusting their groceries' fate to the senior police.
"Hey, Shorty!" Shion shouted, the barrel of the gun starting to turn darker than before.
The Spriggan turned towards him as it glared with glowing red eyes.
"Eat this!"
A dark bullet landed directly to its head, causing it to scream in agony as the shadow-like figure held its head in a similar action as the short monster. It lashed a large shadow wave towards him in an effort to eliminate him quickly, only to be reflected with a black-colored sword having the same shady aura.
The attack's impact threw the Spriggan crashing towards the wall, causing some things to fall down from its shelves and broke the glass ones, but it quickly jumped up from its stupor and hissed at him.
"Man, you're really a pain..." the black-haired boy mumbled, the sword morphing into a spear.
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Weiss stood near the exit as he tried to lead and calm the rushing people out as he was ordered to.
"Please stay calm as you evacuate! Don't push each other, just go in a single line!" he exclaimed, but his words fell on deaf ears. The people were in too much panic to listen.
The young police member gasped when he was pushed aside by a buff looking dude who tried to push his way outside.
"Who are you to tell us what to do, kid?! It's our lives at stake here!" he managed to yell before vanishing into the crowd of people.
The wavy-haired boy stared tremblingly at the rushing crowd, especially at where the person had been as he remained on the floor. He bit his lip, words being stuck inside his throat. Forcing the tears inside, he slowly rose upwards, staggering a little in his movements.
He only continued to watch as the citizens rushed out the supermarket.
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"Phew..." Shion dusted his hands off after tying up the unconscious Spriggan. "Wonder how Weiss' doing? He did wait for me, right?"
The boy turned towards the trolley and dragged it towards the cashier along with the Spriggan. On arriving, he noticed that the cashierwoman was still there, cowering in fear as she sat against the wall.
"W-Who are you?" she asked, then blinked in realization, "Wait, you're with Inspector Alabaster, aren't you?" Shion nodded.
"Yeah, I just happened to be shopping here with a friend." he said and placed the groceries on the table, "Can you check these quick? He's supposed to be waiting for me outside."
"O-Oh, I see." she said, then hurried to scan the things before putting them in plastic bags.
"Can I borrow this trolley for a while? Can't carry all these with this little guy with me." he asked, pointing to the Spriggan he just caught. The woman nodded.
"Of course. Please remember to return it, though..."
After paying for the stuff, he left.
"Now where is that Weiss..?" he mumbled to himself.
He first checked the entrance where he told him to wait, but didn't find him there. Then, he checked the exit... Still nothing.
"Did he already leave..?" he thought to himself. In the end, he decided to call Alabaster just in case.
Just when he did, he was given a shout through the phone, causing him to turn the phone away from his ear.
(Shion?! I heard a Spriggan went loose there! What happened?! Are you guys okay?!) the inspector yelled.
After regaining himself, he placed the phone back to his ear, sighing exasperately.
"Sir, could you please refrain from shouting when you call? You're going to make us deaf one day, I swear..." he told him. An awkward laugh was heard through the phone.
(Hahaha... Wait, I told you to just call me Alabaster!)
"It feels weird. Bear with it. Anyways, is Weiss there?"
(Weiss? No. Is he not with you?)
"The citizens were panicking, so I had to ask him to calm them down. I told him to wait by the entrance, but he's not there."
(... *sigh* That was a bad idea, Shion.)
"Why-"
Shion paused. Oh, right.
(Seems you remembered. Well, you better go find him. But since he just moved here, I'm not sure where he might have gone...)
"... I'll have to search everywhere then."
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Weiss sat on a park bench as he stared at the flower patch in front of him. Despite the beautiful scenery the place offers, his thoughts kept returning to the recent event.
Nothing really changed in this new place. It was just the same. And this time, it was the citizens he was supposed to protect himself...
He sighed deeply.
Well, maybe not everyone. Maybe he was just being paranoid. It was just one person after all... Only one person spoke to him that way, but... did the others think the same way?
As he kept thinking, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He flinched and turned around, only to see an unfamiliar girl standing behind the bench he was sitting on.
She kept on a straight face, dressed in a pale, pinkish-grey, flowy, mid-length jumper dress over a magenta, long-sleeved chiffon blouse, leggings having a lighter shade of her jumper dress, and wore magenta oxford shoes. She has middle-parted hair that is pale pink in color reaching her waist, and her eyes are a strange shade of gray.
Weiss looked surprised in seeing her there and stayed frozen for a few seconds. After a while of awkward silence, he was finally able to process the situation.
"I-Is there something I can help you with?" he finally asked.
She didn't speak and just pointed at the bag he placed beside him.
Weiss blinked, having suspicions.
"What's wrong..?" he asked. She didn't reply.
The boy blinked for a few more times, then finally realized that the girl can't speak.
"O-Oh... I see..."
Wondering why she pointed to his bag of all things, he opened it and found his notebook and pen inside, then remembered that he always brought those two wherever he goes. He took them out and handed them to the girl, all the while wondering how she knew.
Noticing that she was about to open the book from the first page, he quickly took them back, an embarrassed blush covering his cheeks.
"D-Don't open it from the front!" he stuttered and opened the book from the back. Upon returning the notebook, he noticed her trembling in silent laughter as she covered her mouth with a closed hand.
"... You did it on purpose, didn't you?" he said in disbelief. His accusation was confirmed when she gave him a mischievous grin.
Weiss sighed and slumped in his seat. His eyes glanced towards the girl's hand as she wrote something into the notebook.
"How did you know that I have those in my bag?" he asked out of curiosity.
The girl paused, then started to scratch her previously written words before writing out a new one. Then, she placed the pen on her lap and raised the book up for him to see.
While the boy was also curious on what she wrote before, she had already hidden the words using the scratches. Only the new words were visible.
Do you remember me?
Weiss blinked at the words, then looked towards her. She merely stared at him, as if expecting for an answer.
"Have we met before?" he questioned, confused.
Hearing that, the pale pink-haired girl only gave him a smile of unfathomable meaning and returned the pen and notebook back to him before she stood up. Just as she was about to walk away, however, she turned back towards him and placed a finger against her lips, as if telling him to keep quiet, then left.
The wavy-haired boy stayed there as he fell deep in thought, but no matter how much he tried to remember, there was no one in his memories that was a mute having pale pink hair.
Not too long after, Shion arrived to where he was.
"There you are!" he exclaimed and slowly halted to a stop. He started panting as soon as he stopped and held out a hand just when Weiss was about to open his mouth to speak, worry in his eyes.
"Wait... Let me... Catch my breath..." he told him.
After a while of silence, Shion was finally able to regain himself. He let out a sigh.
"Finally... I've been searching for you everywhere! You made everyone worry, you know?" he shouted, pointing towards the wavy-haired boy who flinched at his words.
Weiss slumped down.
"I'm sorry for making you worry..." he said sadly.
"Well, just as long as you tell us where you are next time. I've called you hundreds of times and you never pick it up!" Shion kept on scolding, causing Weiss to flinch at each exclamations he did.
The taller police member sighed once again.
"Well, let's just get back. I've brought the things back to HQ before I tried to find you, so don't worry about that." he said, then turned to walk ahead of him.
His words reminded him of what made him upset back at the market, and Weiss stopped in his tracks just after walking a few steps.
Noticing that, Shion looked back towards him.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"... Sorry... I was useless. I didn't manage to do my job..." he apologized, bowing his head down.
Shion sighed again, mentally noting that he's been sighing a lot that day.
"Don't worry about it. It was my fault anyway. You see, the citizens here are pretty stubborn, so no one can really talk some sense into them without a little threatening. I forgot to tell you about that tiny bit." he admitted, scratching his head.
Weiss blinked.
"Oh." he could only say.
They continued to walk in silence.
"I don't think I really like violence..." the shorter boy spoke up.
"Exactly."
Upon arriving to the headquarters, Shion paused in his steps. He sighed and looked back towards the wavy-haired boy who seemed to have a surprised look on his face.
"Okay, what is up this time?" he questioned, a bit tired now.
"... No, it's nothing." Weiss assured him, then quickly followed the black-haired boy inside the building.
He had finally remembered who the girl earlier was.
... But he still couldn't remember her name.
3: Phew~ Finally! I finished the chap! XD This is my best record! *^*/
For those who's read Survival Game Club, Mao's pancake scene is actually a reference to one of the comic's scenes although I only used the first part and kinda changed it a little... Caeldori chopping it is from my mind XD
Oh, if you're wondering... During the police's breakfast scene, their table was the long table you often see in meeting rooms or in royal families' dining rooms (I think), and the seating arrangement was:
At the heads of the table: Rizumu (near the door) and Alabaster (although he didn't really join breakfast in this, and just stood at the door)
At the right side (in order near Rizumu's seat): Zanardi, Shion, Hiromu, Cross, Selena, Julius, and Weiss
At the left side (in order near Rizumu's seat): Elysea, Akira, Caeldori, Mao, Jason, Alisa, and Miki
Welp, I have decided to make the story have arcs! So this story is gonna have multiple enemies, not just the final boss :D
Some are gonna be pretty focused on one or a few characters, but I will still try to give everyone a fair amount of screentime! Still, I'm pretty bad at giving screentime for quiet OCs... QwQ I hope I can surpass this struggle! *^*/
The next chapter will be the start of the Joker Arc! *w*
What's it about, we shall see~ ;3 #slapped XwX
By the way... The next chap is going to be updated sooner than you thought! Why? Because on the 14th and 18th of June, there will be special chapters instead! So I have to at least get the beginning of the arc updated before then :DDD The quicker the better since I haven't finished my chap... Or even started it... QwQ
Those special chaps are actually birthday chaps for me and my sis, gotchapanda! Our birthdays are pretty close, eh? *w*
I will update the special chap on the 14th, and my sis is updating the one on the 18th, which means that she is gonna write a chap! :DDDD That chap will be fully written by her, except if I'm writing some random stuff on the author's note, but story-wise... it's fully hers! XD
gotchapanda: IT'S A GHOST ACCOUNT! Don't check it out, it's haunted! When was the last time I updated?!
3: Sissss XD #slapped XwX
Of course, the special chaps are events that happened in the story at different points in the plot. In this case, it's the blank in-between the chapters, like the previous chapter :3
On another note, I have fixed some things from a few of the previous chapters, though they're not very significant so you could just see them if you want to re-read this story :D Also revamped Shion's appearance in the first chapter, but I'm sure no one's interested in seeing that, so... owo #slapped XwX
Still a lot more stuff below, so keep reading! :D
~Omakes~
"It's good that we got more people and all, but... We're not really doing anything, are we?" he pointed out.
"Yeah! I'm bored!" En exclaimed with a pouty face and crossed arms.
"Give us some action or something! At least give us a free trip somewhere!" Nex exclaimed with a similar pouty face.
"Oh! Oh! I wanna go to the amusement park! The amusement parrkkk!" Chess energetically said with sparkling eyes.
Lint took out a whip out of nowhere and lashed it out towards Nex and Chess.
"ARGHHH!"
"CHEAPSKATES! BOTH OF YOU!"
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Lint sighed.
"I told you, we're not doing anything unless our hacker finds something out. They're on the low these days, so we still haven't managed to find anything." he replied with rolled eyes, "Besides, we're not done with the introductions yet. But first... Let me take a selfie." he said and pulled his phone out, doing a duck face as he held the phone above him in an angle that could take a picture of the whole group.
"What in the world, Lint?!"
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Seven's eyes suddenly darkened as he slapped the bouquets out from the pink-haired man's hands before Five was able to reach it.
"Get away from us, you piece of trash." he growled, glaring at the pink-haired man.
Vince gasped.
"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you so jealous!" he apologized, taking out another bouquet of roses and gave it towards the young man.
"Here! I shall give yours first!"
Seven was on the verge of pulling his hair bald.
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~Behind the scenes~
After the story was acted out, Shion and Weiss started to talk away from the movie set as the next settings for the next scene are being arranged.
Shion: Why do you keep flinching?!
Weiss: I'm sorry! It was supposed to be a running gag! ... I think.
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Random Phone Scenes~
Weiss' phone scenes~
Once Weiss returned to his room, he finally remembered that his phone had been left there all this time.
'So that's why I didn't hear Shion calling me...' he thought, then his eyes turned towards his fudge rabbit, Wisteria, as it stared at him from atop his bed.
'... Why does it seem like it's judging me..' the boy sweatdropped.
He opened his phone to see if there are any missed messages from his teammates, only to see the number of missed calls.
Shion (252 missed calls)
Inspector Alabaster (10 missed calls)
Mao (17 missed calls)
Wisteria (?) (50 missed calls)
Alisa (5 missed calls)
Elysea (3 missed calls)
Akira (20 missed calls)
Unknown Number (?) (8 missed calls)
Selena (4 missed calls)
Weiss sweatdropped at the sheer amount of missed calls.
'So he did call me for hundreds of times...'
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(12 unread messages)
Weiss blinked, seeing that he had missed a lot of messages as well. Looking at the clock, he figured that it wouldn't hurt to read them first before going to sleep.
From: Shion
Where are you?!
From: Shion
Seriously, Weiss! Where in Elder are you in?!
From: Mao
Ice! I heard you went missing! WHERE ARE YOU, ICE?!
From: Wisteria (?)
(QwQ)?!
\(OAO)/!
(TvT)?
(TAT)?
(QAQ)?!
From: Unknown Number (?)
Yo man! Is ma peperoni piza ready or wat?
From: Unknown Number (?)
Ops sorry! got da wrong number man
From: Akira
Ey, Wizzle! I got your number from El-chan, don't be surprised! :D
Btw, your fudge rabbit's gone mad, it's spamming buttons on its phone! \(OAO)/
Oh, wait, I was actually gonna ask, where are you?! OwO
From: Elysea
Don't be surprised if Akira suddenly called you, I gave him your number.
... Actually, he already sent you a message, didn't he?
From: Rizumu
Hurry back, everyone's gone mad here.
From: Inspector Alabaster
weiss! you okay?!
you're not wounded? are you lost?
i think there's a map there somewhere, oh wait, I'll send you a pic of the map!
(pic is super blurry, half is covered by his finger)
ahh, there! i just learned to use the camera u know! it's clear enough right?
From: Unknown Number (?)
I heard from Mao that you're lost, are you okay?
From: Unknown Number (?)
Congratulations! You have won a free Elsubishi 1D10T Motorcycle! Please call back and claim your prize!
Weiss blinked. He replied to a few before some other notifications popped up.
(2 new messages)
From: Unknown Number (?)
lol sorry
got da pizza anyway~
From: Inspector Alabaster
hey weiss! today's chilly, so wear your pajamas right
want some hot chocolate? oops, i finished them
tomorrow's gonna be a sunny morning, y'know? so be excited!
wake up early, eh? there's a meeting tom afternoon! =)
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En's phone scene~
En just returned from a guitar competition and saw some notifications in the phone he forgot in his room.
(10 messages)
From: 'Lil Kiddo
Ennn! I saw a cockroach in the kitchen! Can you kill it or something?! HURRY UP! I WANT MY CHOCO MILK! QAQ
From: The Fab Owner
What a wonderful summer day!~ The flowers are blooming~ The sun is shining brightly!~ Ahh, summer~
I'm at the beach having some pinacolada!~ Where are you?~ Join me and partake in this wonderful summer day~
From: Buddy Cain
I'm in velder right now, do you want me to buy anything?
From: Sir Lint
Fix the door, En. I know you did it.
From: Unknown Number (?)
I'm sorry, I think you got the wrong number. I'm not a pizza delivery man...
From: Elf Lady
Roses are red, violets are blue~
Summer is here, but why is it cool?~
From: Mouse Guy
i lost ma hat! did'tcha see it?
From: Mouse Guy
nevermind, found it
From: Not Nex
ey, this is xen, not nex lol
From: Not Xen
Did xen text you a weird message too?
En whistled casually as he replied to all the messages.
~Thanks for reading~
