Mission 10: Bombshell

"When one learns that his self proclaimed invulnerability or high strength of contacts are no longer a factor to play, one has no trump cards, even if the name John Smith is in play."

Nishinomiya, Japan - Total Mission Time : 22 days

Ray walked to the clubroom after an "I hate mondays" epidemic struck most of the school. As he opened the door with no knock he saw the clubroom with Koizumi, Nagato, Asahina and Kyon only. Ray then said "Suzumyia isn't here yet I suppose?" Koizumi's fake smile dropped and he said "Spit it out, even Kyon can tell you have a large reason for joining the brigade." Ray turned his head to Kyon as he walked into the room, closing the door which Kyon noticed immediately and said "Anyone who is in this club and having few complaints can't possibly normal in any way."

Ray nodded and said "I take it all of you are als-". Ray was interrupted by the last person Kyon thought would speak up, Nagato Yuki, who said "The pupils of your eyes are laced with various synthetic lines and small chips which improve sensory capability and there is some type of energy emanating from you and pulsing a bubble to the left of the door."

Ray grinned and said "They know you're there, come on in. Asakura Ryoko..." Kyon's face seemed to make a 180 degree turn and went to absolute terror as Ryoko slowly opened the door and walked in before closing the door, face deceptively calm and polite as always. Nagato seemed to emit a slight tremor but nothing more.

Silence filled the room all whilst Ray continued to have some sadistic grin on his face before saying "Asakura Ryoko is not only shrouded from non-optical sensory but also is permanently severed from the IDTE or Integrated Data Thought Entity which in short, means that Nagato cannot defeat her in the same manner as before." Kyon slowly backed towards the back wall as Nagato sat up with seemingly no expression but stopped when Ray drew a Katana from seemingly nowhere and said "Sit.".

Nagato sat back down and Koizumi smiled again but he did this to hide fear rather than frustration. Mikuru however completely collapsed to her knees with even more terror and at the sight of Ray, not Ryoko for some reason. Kyon noticed this and asked Mikuru "Do you know him?". Mikuru with a stuttering voice replied "Cla-cla-classified In-in-information!". Kyon had never seen her so fearful and the last year he has seen even the older Asahina in terror in sight or presence of Yuki but for her to collapse on the ground in absolute terror going to the point of being unable to talk normally only added another thing for Kyon to fear.

Ray dropped his sadistic grin to a more serious face and said "Asakura has re-transfered into North High and nothing is going to alter the computer data like before because a friend of mine knows more than everyone in the IDTE compiled together." Koizumi swallowed his fear and asked "How did you get into the city?" Ray chuckled and said "You can thank both Kyoko's organization and Suzumiya-san." Koizumi's face now turned to obvious fear and concern as he replied with another question which was "Do you work for them?"

For the first time anyone has seen, Ray's face turned from its previously assumed limit of being content to absolute fury as he replied with an angry tone "I would never work for murderers." Koizumi's widened before saying "That means you are the Ray Zenji who made international news, the one whose family was brutally shot down by unidentified assailants and soon afterwards he disappeared."

Ray's Katana seemed to recede directly into Ray's Hand as he said "They were members of Pro-Sasaki and that rage caused me to chase them from the West Coast to Cuba and then through Mexico before I encountered someone who gave me the ability to actually survive my wild goose chase."

Kyon entered the conversation saying "Then why are you here and not hunting this other organization and how did Haruhi help you get here?" Ray's fury turned to an even more sadistic and somewhat grin as he held out one hand and gripped his upper arm with his other hand and a small blue flame lit just above the hand before it erupted into a torrent of lighting bolts which shimmered the air with heat yet completely having no effect on Ray.

Ray never lost his evil grimace as he again spoke, saying "Suzumiya Haruhi gave me incredible capability and did something I never considered possible. She made me like herself, a Shinjin."

Koizumi replied "Shinjin are the creatures in closed space, no-". Ray interrupted and said "Celestrial more properly fits those beings and I consider the term Shinjin appropriate for people like Haruhi as our true natures have awakened. Also in the term regarding a translation into the word Avatar would also be correct in some manner. An avatar in the power of creation itself as we can manipulate the power of not only creation but also construct new creations as we please."

After silence filled the room Haruhi walked in and with no strange expression made them know she didn't hear their conversation. Ray seemingly knew she was coming as he stopped his Chidori and went into a normal position.

The day passed as Haruhi along with the SOS Brigade talking about Ryoko's transfer with the obvious exception of the even deeper conspiracy surrounding Haruhi.

Tokyo, Japan : Total Mission Time 22 : Just after Haruhi entered the clubroom in the presence of Asakura Ryoko

A man looking exactly like Dante but with a different hairstyle was in a room reading a book as someone walked in, saying "Did you find what you were looking for Vergil?" Vergil Replied "Yes, the source of demonic power in Japan has two conditions to unlock. The first condition is to activate a special transition device which will open a portal to another dimension and unleash a legion of what you call youma."

The man nodded and then asked "And the second?"

Vergil replied "Awaken the Chimera Queen Kasane Teto from her slumber."

To be continued...