Getting up from bed, I slowly made my way over to the shower for a nice warm bath. Drying myself, I walked over to the closet and slipped on my Raizen high uniform. Adjusting my coat, I made sure that it looked neat and proper. Setting up the stove, I decided to have a plain and simple breakfast.

Wiping my mouth with a napkin, I placed the dished into the sink and rinsed them. Looking at the time, I still had 15 minutes left to get to school. Turning off everything else, I slipped on my shoes and exited the place. Stepping out into the morning sun, I made my way down to school.

"It's oddly silent 'round here"

"Damn right, usually there would be people around at this hour. Where are they?"

"Must be sleeping in I guess"

"Ah whatever, let's just head to class and hope for the best"

Arriving at the school, I headed straight to my locker and found Shidou there already. Opening my locker, I slipped on my indoor shoes when all of a sudden Kurumi decided to appear out of nowhere.

Keeping a blank expression, I pretended I was fiddling with something when in fact I was just listening to their conversation.

"Oh Shidou, Good day"

"Morning"

"I am a little surprised, In was sure you'd be absent today"

"Kurumi"

"Yes?"

"I have decided to save you"

Offering a cough, I was caught off guard by Shidou's intentions. Continuing on with my fake fiddling, I decided to listen some more.

"That's a strange thing to say"

"I won't let you kill anyone else. I Won't let Mana kill you anymore"

"Is that right?"

Seeing her walk off, I stood up and tapped Shidou's shoulder getting his attention.

"Oh Tatsuya, how are you?"

"Listen Shidou, about yesterday….."

"...don't worry, I'm not afraid of you. In fact I want to thank you, I couldn't imagine what would've happened if you weren't there"

"Oh, is that so? That was quite quick, anyway since you're ok. Are you sure?"

"About?"

"What you just said earlier on"

"Yes, I will do it. I won't let Kurumi kill another person nor let Mana kill her again"

"Are you sure she'll comply?"

"I don't know, but I'll try"

"Well, all I can say is good luck"

"Thanks"

"Anyway class is about to begin. Better hurry"

"Ah, right"

As class began normally, I looked around and saw Kurumi sitting at her table with an innocent look. Turning to Shisou, his face had an uneasy look on it while Tohka kept eying Kurumi like a hawk.

As the next class was about to begin, Kurumi silently left the classroom without any word. Shrugging, I decided to leave her be and not act like a total stalker.

As the students were busy packing up and getting ready to go home, I headed over to my locker and slipped on my outdoor shoes. Looking around, I saw no sign of Kurumi anywhere.

Odd, wonder where she ran off too?

Looking around, my sensors started blaring as I felt a large energy reading coming from the rooftop. Looking at my other schoolmates, all of them were on the floor in a collapsed state.

"Crap, it's Kurumi isn't it?"

"Sure is, whatever she's doing, it ain't gonna end well"

"What's this barrier anyway?"

"A wide area barrier, one that is meant to debilitate the people within it's range"

"Shit! That means I'm affected?"

"No, luckily I have encountered these things before so I have a special field placed over you"

"Ummm, if you don't mind me asking. When exactly?"

"I'll tell you next time, right now we need to find Shidou"

Exiting the locker area, I sprinted down the hallway towards the classroom. Spotting Shidou and Tohka at the end of the hallway, I breathed a sigh of relief as I saw they were both ok.

""Oi! You lot!"

Grinding to a halt, I saw a worried expression on Shidou's face when I arrived. Looking at Tohka, I understood the reason. Approaching the two of them, I stopped in my tracks, as I heard the P.A blare to life.

"Shidou, can you hear me? If you need something from me, please come to the roof. I think you might want to get her as soon as possible *giggle"

Looking back a Shidou, he now wore a determined look on his face.

"Tohka rest here"

"Okay"

"It's all right, I'll save her"

"Tatsuya, please watch her"

Before I could respond, Shidou broke into a run as he headed down the hall towards the stairway leading to the roof. Looking at Tohka, her face was that of a worried expression. Putting a hand on her shoulder I said.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine"

Seeing her nod in agreement, I scanned the building to detect any possible threats, sure enough, there were Kurumi clones popping up everywhere.

"Tohka, I need to you stay here or hide somewhere safe. It seems we have some unwanted visitors"

Seeing her nod again, I went in the opposite direction to hunt for some clones. Rounding a corner, I heard a gunshot did a forward roll as a bullet whizzed past my head. Springing back up, I looked in front of me and found Kurumi in her astral dress holding her classic pistols.

"My, my, where did you get such skills Tatsuya?"

"Kurumi Tokisaki, please do me a favour and lay down your arms. I have to bring you in for custody"

"Hahahaha! Unfortunately my sweet Tatsuya, I can't let you do that. I have more important business to handle"

Seeing her raise her flintlock, I dived to my right as the gun discharged itself and the bullet ricocheted off the spot where I once stood. Getting back up, I lunged for towards her just as she was about to bear her pistol at me. Pushing the gun aside, I threw an uppercut and sent he flying to back.

Seeing her get up with a more pissed of look, I charged forward again and threw a punch. She jumped back and fired another round at me. Leaning to none side, the bullet again whizzed past me. Wasting no time, I did a sweep kick and sent her falling to the ground. Reaching for her pistols, I threw it aside and grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up.

Seeing her squirm in my grip, I tightened my grip around her neck before her body went limp. Dropping the body to one side, I casually strode on for more prey. Hearing the spatial quake alarm suddenly go off, my eyes widened in fear as I knew the horrible outcome.

"Shit! These students are gonna get wiped off the face of the earth when that spatial quake drops"

"No Shit, and it's not like I can save em all now can I?"

"Fuccccck"

"Shit, better hunt down the rest of the clones and finish em off quickly, games are over. Time to do this"

Breaking inti a full out sprint, I used my sensors and detected another clone on the next hallway. Coming around the corner with a skid, I spotted the Kurumi clone already aiming her pistol at me. Using whatever momentum I had left, I propelled myself forward, and did a power slide and narrowly avoided the bullet as it brushed the top of my hair.

Coming back up, I threw and punch at her face and sent her flying back. Wasting no time, I lifted the body and twisted the neck. Hearing the satisfying bones being broken, I let go of the head and let the body fall. Hugging the wall, another Kurumi clone came around the corner and decided to investigate what the noise was about.

Having the element of surprise, I grabbed her arm and threw her forward. Slamming her body onto the ground, I picked up the pistol and fired it at her head. Leaving the scene hastily, I slowly made my way up to the third floor. Sensing one more clone upstairs, I decided to make it quick. Turning a corner, I found her instantly but her back was pointed to me. Whistling, I got her attention as she spin around and for we do at me.

Doing a twirl, I dodged the bullet but this time caught them with gravity kinesis and instantly flung them back towards her. Hearing the satisfying splat, I took one final look at the body as it started spewing out a puddle of blood.

"Hang on a minute, it suddenly became quiet all of a sudden"

"Oh yeah, the alarm has stopped"

Sensing that Shidou was still on the roof, I made my way over to the stairs when my earpiece suddenly buzzed to life.

[Tatsuya, are you sure about this? Interfering might result in Shin being unable to seal Kurumi's power]

"What about the barrier?"

[Kurumi took it down, Shin however has run into another problem]

"Is it life threatening?"

[Not sure…..wait, we have an interference. It's Mana]

"I'll be on standby, but if things get out of hand then I'll start busting some skulls"

[Very well]

Sitting down on the steps, I decided to wait out and see what the next set of event would happen. Sensing the battle above, Mana had just started engaging Kurumi in a one on one battle.

"Did you feel it?!"

"Hell yeah! That's the real Kurumi for sure!"

"Considering how she summoned her Angel, this will be quite the show"

"Indeed, her powers are some what interesting too"

"The ability to manipulate time eh?"

"Although she's limited to only twelve abilities, hence the twelve numbers on the clock"

"Wonder what they all do?"

"Guess we'll just have to wait and see now? I'm itchin to wipe that smile of her face"

"Sheesh, you've gotten used to smashing innocent girls"

"Who said she was innocent?"

"True that"

Detecting two more beings appear on the roof, they were none other than Origami and Tohka.

"Well Shit, seems that the everyone is there"

"Everyone except us"

"Let's wait it out and see what will happen? Might get some interesting notes from this new opponent"

Feeling my alarms blaring, my sensors now indicated more Kurumi's on the rooftop.

"Shit! Which one is the real one?"

"What happened to that distinguishing clones from the original taught you? Besides she's using her angel can't be that hard to spot "

"Oh right"

Doubling my efforts, I managed to keep track of the real Kurumi as her Angel gave off a very powerful vibe. Hearing the spatial quake alarm blare again, I could only sit and watch as the next set of events unfolded before my eyes. Anticipating for the spatial quake to hit at any moment, I felt the building shake as a loud explosion rang outside.

Increasing my sensor range, I now sensed a new being, one that was very powerful.

"Wait, what?"

"Who is this?"

"Dunno, never saw her before"

Sensing her summon her Angel, I paid close attention as she summoned a double sided axe from this air.

"Interesting, seems she has quite the protective field around her"

"Quite the field indeed, as for her weapon. Well, nice axe, 'fraid I might have to test it out though"

"Oi, dunno what you're planning there. But she's on our side"

"How do you know?"

"Because…..it's Kotori"

My eyes went wide in surprise as he mentioned that name. Replaying the name a few times, I made sure I wasn't hallucinating.

"Wait, how?"

"Beats me, seems she hid her powers well"

"Or maybe…..she was the third spirit locked up by Shidou…."

"I think it makes sense actually, considering how Shidou posses some spirit powers before he even sealed Tohka, maybe it might be true"

"Uhuh, well, I think it might be time to reveal yourself don't ya think?"

"Not yet, wait a bit. Things are about to heat up"

"Was that a pun?"

"Nope"

"Oh"

Sensing Kotori landing on the rooftop, I decided it would be best to stop this fight now before it gets out of hand.

"Alright Kokabiel, time to show yourself"

"If you say so"

Moving away from the steps, I transformed into my combat outfit and moved myself some was in middle of the two. Using enhanced jump and my gravity aura, I leaped off the floor and crashed through the ceiling making a grand entrance.

Landing on the roof floor, I stood upright and dusted myself casually ignoring the two spirits.

"Oi! Get out of the way Tatsuya! She's dangerous" exclaimed Kotori.

"Oh, Tatsuya eh? No wonder I felt something odd about you" Kurumi said.

"Ladies please, we don't have to settle this through violence. Let us all have a nice cup of tea and discuss this like professionals" I said.

"Shut up! Your getting in my way!" barked Kurumi as she pointed her pistols at me.

"Get out of the way Tatsuya! She's mine" Kotori said.

"But…..don't you want to settle this peacefully?"

They both replied with a loud "NO!". Sighing to myself, I decided it was no use trying to talk them out of this.

"Very well, if you wish to fight then I must interfere then. Oh well better hope you prepared some first aid kits, 'cause I might leave a mark or two" I said while grinning at the two of them.

Reaching my right hand out I yelled. "Kokabiel, come to me!"

Instantly a 5 foot long Paladin Warhammer materialized in my hand with a menacing look. Twirling it, I slammed the hammer onto the ground and caused a shock wave blasting everything in front of me back.

"Like my weapon? Its thirsty for some combat since I last used it" I said with a smirk.

"The hell? What is that?" asked Kotori as she stared at Kokabiel.

"A hammer of course what else would it be?" I shot back.

"It's just that…...the power" she stuttered.

"Yeah I know, pretty deadly right?" I said while grinning.

Turning my attention forward, I found Kurumi standing up again from the previous blast.

"You little Shit, you'll pay for that!" she exclaimed.

Bringing Kokabiel up into a defensive position, I aimed the head at an angle so that it would effectively intercept shots fired at me. As Kurumi fired of her guns, I easily absorbed the bullets as they made their way too me. Absorbing more bullets, I slowly edged forward as the futile attacks did no harm.

"Oi Kotori, take care of 'em clones now will ya. I'll teach miss time wielder here a lesson" I said.

Not bothering if Kotori complied or not, I broke into a full sprint and swung my hammer as I deflected more bullets. Bringing my hammer up, I slammed at the base of Kurumi's feet throwing her due to the wave blast. Twirling my hammer, I rested the head on my shoulder as I waited for Kurumi to get up again.

"You, will really pay for that you runt!" she yelled. "Zaphkiel!" she summoned. "Aleph" she said while pointing at the number one.

Recognizing what sort of attackmit was, I simply raised my awareness as she disappeared from sigh. Feeling something behind me, I ducked to one side and swung my hammer around. Hitting nothing, In spotted Kurumi a few feet away meaning she dodged the first hit.

"Get in closer pal"

"You don't have to tell me twice"

Using g my charge ability, I instantly appeared right next to her and landed a blow with my hammer.

BOOM!

As the hammer slammed straight into the side of her body, it let off a loud explosion and sent a shock wave in multiple directions. Seeing her body tumble to the far end of the rooftop, I took my time and looked around. Of all the clones present, Kotori had successfully managed to wipe them all out.

Walking towards Kurumi, she got back up and summoned Zaphkiel again.

"Zaphkiel! Zayin!" she exclaimed.

Seeing the her drain the ability from the number seven, I knew what then outcome would be if it were to hit my body.

I wonder what sort of surprise she would get when it hits Kolabiel? I'll give it a go.

Raising my hammer, I readied myself for the next bullet. As Kurumi discharged her gun, I raised my hammer and heard the satisfying clang as metal and metal collided. Lowering the head, I flipped it over and caught a glimpse of the bullet just as Kokabiel absorbed it.

Hearing the sound of her guns being discharged again, I raised my hammer and blocked more of the shots. Deciding it was enough already, I slammed the Hammer down sending a gravity blast straight towards her. As the blast teacher her, I watched as her body was hurled back by the force. Seeking that she would be tossed over the railings, I grabbed her and pulled her out just as she was about to fall off the railings.

Reeling her in, I dropped her body to the ground while keeping a unamused face. Looking at Kotori, I decided it would be best if she took it from here.

"Oi Kotori, clean this up. Make it quick so Shidou can seal her powers already"

Seeing her nod in approval, I stood to one side and watched the next set of events unfold. As Kurumi, stood up again, she gave a deathly glare at Kotori before pointing her pistol at the number one. Shooting herself, she instantly appeared right next to Kotori and started hacking and shooting at her. As Kotori blocked the shots, I noticed a lot of openings in her defenses making her prone to a swift attack.

Hoping to see Kurumi take advantage of such openings she sadly didn't spot them.

"They're both skilled I'll give 'em that"

"But the way she defends herself, it's very open on one side"

"Yeah, and Kurumi's at a disadvantage since her feet are open and her lower body is prone to an attack"

"Yet none of 'em realize it"

"On well, maybe in your spare time you can teach them"

"Hell no, and show them some tips that might be used against me? Nah I'll pass"

"Whatever you say then"

Returning my attention, to the fight at hand. Kotori was now frozen in place as more Kurumi clones rose from the ground and started shooting her. As Kotori collapsed to the floor, Kurumi turned to Shidou and completely ignored me like I wasn't there.

Girl's got guts I'll give her that. Or either she want's to devour Shidou on the spot.

Looking at Kotori, she was now covered in bluish flames as her wounds were slowly getting healed. As she got back up, Kurumi wore a shocked expression as she saw what happened.

"Yep I knew it, that's definitely her powers"

"And Shidou has access to it somehow"

"Seems that way"

Looking at the Hammer head, I slowly traced my fingers on the engraved lines as I marveled at it's design.

"Pretty neat weapon I'll say"

"Ey, don't dis me"

"I'm not"

Looking back at the two, now the tables had turned as Kurumi was now facing down the barrel of a large gun. Eyes widening in surprised, I was eager to see what sort of firepower it had. Seeing the cannon spew out a large streak of flames, it quickly made it's way to Kurumi and destroyed the clones she summoned and blasting a hole in Zaphkiel.

Sheesh, that's gonna leave a mark. I think it's about time this stopped. Better tell Kotori that she's done for.

"Oi, Kotori! She's defeated. Let Shidou take care of it" I said.

Expecting her to lower her cannon, nothing of the sorts happened as fires started charging it again.

"Oh Shit!"

"She ain't stopping!"

"Oi! KOTORI, SHE'S DONE FOR? HEAR ME? THATS ENOUGH!" I yelled. But nothing happened.

Seeing Shidou run up to her, I saw him try to talk Kotori out of it. Seeing no response, Shidou instantly ran in front of Kurumi and valiantly used himself as a shield.

"Shit! He ain't gonna survive that!"

"Hurry, she's gonna fire!"

Wasting no time, I used my charge ability and appeared right in front of Shidou just as Kotori fired. Pointing the hammer head towards the fire, I braced myself as the flames impacted the head sending a large heat wave through out the area. I tightened my grip and let Kolabiel do the rest as it absorbed the flames. Looking behind me, I found Shidou shielding his face from the intense heat as it kept burning.

As the flames died down, I lowered my hammer and found Kotori looking at us with an angry look.

"How dare you! Get out of the way worm! This isn't your fight" she yelled.

"Oi Tatsuya, she isn't herself. Somethings wrong with her" Shidou informed.

[Tatsuya, please do not engage Kotori, she's an important key player here]

"I know! I'm figuring out a way to snap her out of it"

Looking at Shidou I decided to tell him my plan.

"Shidou, forgive me for what I'm about to do. But believe me, it'll work out in the long run. I might end up hurting your sister a bit"

"Wait what? Stop!"

[Tatsuya what are you doing?]

"Relax, I'm just going to subdue her"

Raising Kokabiel, I charged forward and started swinging at Kotori's axe. Seeing her loose her balance every time our weapons collided, I tool advantage of it and knocked her weapon away. Seeing the axe land on the other side, I did a sweep kick and sent her tumbling to the ground.

"See? Did not harm her in anyway, completely disarmed her while at it"

"Look out!"

Steeping to one side, I avoided the deathly blow from Camael as it smashed into the ground where I once stood. Seeing that Kotori had missed, I simply swung Kolabiel and smashed at her weapon breaking it into two. Seeing the shocked expression on her face, I levitates her off the ground and grabbed her windpipe and slowly closed it. Seeing her flail in the air, I closed my hand slowly until she passed out.

Dropping her body, I watched as the axe disappeared from view and her flame aura dissipate. Looking at Shidou, he now wore a very worried look.

"What did you do?!"

"What? She's unconscious that's all"

As Shidou approached me with an angry look, he swung his fist randomly attempting to land a blow on me. Grabbing both hands, I head butted him and sent him tumbling back as he fell on the floor. Shaking my head, I checked his head to see if I didn't accidentally break it. Seeing no severe injury, I walked over to Kurumi who was still watching and pointed Kokabiel at her.

"I'm giving you a chance to run, do it now before I change my mind" I said.

Seeing her nod in approval, I sighed and walked back to Shidou's unconscious body. Hearing the earpiece crackle to life I waited for an ass pounding.

[That was reckless]

"It had to be done, besides, the right was getting out of hand"

[Were sending a team to receive them, as for Mana and Origami, they'll be sent to the hospital. Officials are on their way, stay put]

"Got it"

Sighing to myself, I dismissed Kokabiel and kept my combat outfit on. Looking at Tohka, she was now busy tending to Shidou. Keeping my distance I decided to wait out the retrieval team.

Pacing around the hallway, I waited anxiously for Reine to give me the news. Seeing her exit, I started to relax some more.

"How are they?"

"Fine, Kotori is doing well, she'll be up in a few hours. As for Shidou, that blow you landed on him was quite fatal"

"Guess I didn't control that head butt. How long until he wakes up?"

"Tomorrow, he has been knocked out cold. He's in deep sleep now"

"Talk about early sleep"

As the hallway was suddenly quiet again, Reine decided to ask some more questions.

"That fight, you weren't even trying were you?"

"Well you could say that"

"Of course you weren't even trying, those blast waves weren't even on your level"

"Well, it's not like I wanted to hurt them or anything. Besides, I only ever use my full power when the target is something I must kill or capture"

"You're a mercenary?"

"Oh right, you didn't know. I used to work for DEM as a hired Assassin, one that kills spirits and gets paid for it. Usually I ended up killing all of them because of their actions"

"That's…...unfortunate"

"Well, I never enjoyed it really, but it was a job. And as long as I got paid it was worth it"

"I see, well, we all have our reasons"

"True"

"Are you heading back to your?"

"Um, I might hang around for a bit. I want to apologize to Shidou when he wakes up"

"Oh, just head on down to the waiting lounge just at the end of the corridor"

"Sure"

Parting ways, I made my way down the corridor just as Reine said and found a door. Opening it, I was looking at a neatly decorated lounge room. Moving to the mirror, I realised I still hadn't removed my combat outfit. Not bothering, I moved to the couch and threw off my boots. Laying down I decided to take a lengthy nap.