A/N: Sorry guys if you don't like it. I am out of idea to connect between the guild and my main idea about this chapter. Might get better after this. Wish me luck :)

Chapter 10

Angels of The SSS

Operation Guild Descend Part 2: The Guild

The Guild, after the rest time…

Yuri, Mio, and Otonashi finally arrived outside of improvised and repaired Guild. There, Chaa waited for them. Then Otonashi approached Chaa and commanded Mio and Yuri to guard behind.

"Hey, Chaa." Otonashi said.

"There you are! And why you said Yurippe can't come, she is with you right? And you guys didn't said anything about new member." Chaa said.

Otonashi then explained that Yuri temporarily turn to NPC and turned to human again. They also explained that Kanade make a trust with them. They need to do this operation to make her remembered her memory. He also said to Chaa that they can activate the trap but can't destroy this Guild again. And he also introduced Mio to Chaa.

"Oh, so that's happened." Chaa said in almost unnoticeable sound.

"Tell your men what's happening. They might can't take it, but that's what we can do." Otonashi said.

"Okay." Chaa walked to the shortest escape route from The Guild.

The Guild, Main Area….

Chaa walked to the Guild. Then, He commanded at them for the announcement.

"Guys, We have an update status." Chaa said to them.

He then explained what happened. Some of them denied for what's happening.

"We can take about the new member, but, there is no way Yuri become NPC and Angel become our friend!" a Guild member said.

"You guys, don't think about that. Think about the possibility. You don't want Yurippe back, our ever and only true leader!?" Chaa asked them. All of the Guild members gasped and though about that.

"Then, us, as The Guild, we will help Yurippe to remember the SSS and the Guild, the one who support the SSS. The one who give them their tools. The hand of The SSS. You guys agree!?" Chaa asked them again. They replied with "Yes!"

"Alright. You guys just back with your job. We will play our act at Yurippe when they come. We won't destroy The Guild again." Chaa said to them. Then they back to their own place. Chaa called Otonashi "Alright, I already tell them. You can come in." Chaa said.

"Okay. We will go." Otonashi said.

Outside of The Guild, 5 minutes later…..

"Hey Mio, Yuri, We ready to go to The Guild." Otonashi said. Both of them nodded. He opened the door to the Guild.

The Guild, Main Area….

Mio, Yuri, and Otonashi started to climbed down.

"Let see what the Guild is." Yuri though until she saw the Guild main area. She stare with awe to the Guild. It was in fact a really big factory. The factory is so huge that Yuri can saw from the platform and see around it like a city.

"Hey, Finally that guy made it through the Guild." One of the guild members said.

Then they all started to gather around the area around the stairs of Main area. Then the ground start shaking.

"Hey, what the hell is going on?" Mio asked.

"Looks like Angel is near." Otonashi said.

"What do we do?" Yuri asked while try to calm herself.

"Hey, you guys halt Angel. We will try to pack this up." Chaa said.

"Chaa." Otonashi said.

"Who is this guy?" Mio asked.

"His name is Chaa. He is the leader of The Guild." Otonashi said.

"Well, if it take our life, we still will delivered them to you. You guys just buy us some time." Chaa said. "And show what The Guild capable of, You guys agree!?" He commanded all the Guild members.

"Yes Sir!" all of them said.

"Alright, show them what you got!" Chaa said. All of the Guild members started to packed the order for the SSS.

"Wow, they must be really hardworking as a team." Yuri though.

"Hey Yuri, don't forget our task." Otonashi said.

"Hmm" Yuri nodded and then followed Otonashi and Mio to the outside of the Guild.

Outside of the Guild…..

They climbed up. They prepared for Angel's arrival. All of them checked their weapon. They walked around 100 meters from the entrance. Otonashi wanted to make Yuri and Mio believe that they pushed back Angel away and she didn't know what's beyond there. Then Angel arrived.

"It's already curfew. Why don't all of you go back to your dorms?" Kanade asked with expressionless face.

"Oh. We just waiting for you here. that's all" Otonashi said.

"If you don't go back. I will force you to." Kanade said.

Then they all prepared their weapon.

"Look like I don't have any choice now." Kanade said and prepared her Hand Sonic in both of her hands.

"Fire!" Otonashi commanded and all of them started to fire at Kanade. Her small body is very agile. But Yuri managed to shoot her in her right hand.

"Got her hand!" Yuri said.

Kanade then pushed the round out from her body and prepared for Distortion.

"Guard Skill: Distortion." Kanade said.

Then all of their rounds started to deflect away from her.

"That skill!" Yuri said horrified because of her memory about their 'first' encounter in Operation Tornado.

"Tch, looks like I don't have any choice! Yuri, hand me your knife!" Mio asked.

"Okay!" Yuri gave her knife to Mio. "What you gonna do with that? Are you-" Yuri said and interrupted by her thought. She now scared what gonna happened next. She has a prediction: Mio gonna approach Angel in Close Quarter Combat. "Mio! Don't-!"

"Here I go!" Mio said then started to run towards Kanade. Yuri watched from far worried about Mio. Mio's knives clashed with Kanade's blades. Although Mio was on military, she hold her knives lika daggers. Then Mio started to spun around and attack her from many directions. Although Kanade is more agile, Mio put more power to her knives. It's almost a tie.

"Wow, She is incredible." Yuri though, then her memory about last Operation Guild Descend sprung to her mind. She saw that she is the one who fight Kanade. Then she saw that Mio started to win over Kanade.

"Guard Skill: Delay." Kanade said and started to warped around her. Now the tie's turn. Mio lose over Kanade. Kanade saw a chance to stabbed Mio right in the back. Yuri saw this and started to run.

"MIO!" She said while running and tackle Mio to the ground. Mio avoided that blade. They started to retreat. Then they heard a gunshot. It was Hinata.

"Hey Angel, I think you play with wrong people. Your enemy is me." Hinata said.

"Hinata!" All of them said.

"I don't have time to deal with you." Kanade said and started to run towards him.

"Ha, catch me if you can!" Hinata taunted Kanade then started to run away. Kanade followed him from behind.

After Hinata and Kanade are gone. They let out sigh of relieve.

"That was close, Mio." Otonashi said.

"Yeah, Thanks for saving me, Yuri." Mio said to Yuri. Yuri that first have a worried face now blushed remembered when Mio climbed her and also for the thanks.

"I-It was nothing." Yuri said.

"Hey Otonashi, can I asked about how the Guild make weapons?" Mio said.

"Well, before there are huge factory, they make guns with dirt." Otonashi replied.

"DIRT?!" Both Mio and Yuri surprised.

"Yeah, if you have a strong memory about the thing, you can shape them and turn them to that thing." Otonashi said.

Then, an idea slipped across Mio's mind. She wanted to create 2 things from the Guild. Her own Fender Stratocaster and Barrett M95. She planned to stay in the Guild for a while after the operation finished.

"Hey guys, Operation completed. Our orders arrived safely and Angel's gone. Go back to your dorm now." Hinata said.

"Otonashi, can I talked to Hinata for some minutes?" Mio asked.

"Sure, here you go." Otonashi handed her his walkie-talkie.

"Hey Hinata, can I stayed at the Guild for a while?" Mio asked Hinata.

"What you want to do?" Hinata asked.

"I wanted to recreate something from my past life." Mio said.

"Hmm, okay, you can stay in The Guild if you want." Hinata said. He then announced to the SSS members.

"Thanks, Hinata." Mio said. She turned around and handed the walkie-talkie back. She prepared to go to the Guild. But then, Yuri pulled her right sleeve.

"Keep yourself safe, okay?" Yuri said.

"You too." Mio said and then go to the Guild. Yuri and Otonashi go back to their own dorms.

3 days after Mio's departure….

Yuri's now is very disturbed. Although she started the first and second days without Mio normally, on the third day, She started to felt something. Her mind started to driving her insane and think about Mio. She tried to get that out from her mind, but she always failed to do that. She always remembered her. Yuri missed Mio.

She missed that beautiful smile, that cheerful personality, that sky blue eyes and blue magenta hair, that accident. She just realized that before Angel came and when she chased Mio around the school, she just not feel angry. She also feel happy. Mio is also very caring person, even take any risk to protect the friend that new to her. That accident reveal her playful and caring personality. Yuri just feel safe around her.

She still retain that cheerful personality, but she feel something taken away from her. Now she feel something. It is one of the worst emotion she felt. It is loneliness.

After breakfast, she walked to The Headquarters. Although everyone think Yuri is fine, Hinata is having déjà vu. He remembered that time he left Yuri alone. He chased her from behind. Now, Hinata is in front of her. He remembered that face. The face that make him remembered his early life in the afterlife and a promise to always protect her. Her eyes also reflect her state now. It's still very pretty but look very lonely. Her eyes now have a void of emptiness. He is the first people to join the SSS, so he knows pretty well about Yuri. He is the only one who can save her from that state and give a light inside her.

"Hey, Yuri." Hinata said. Yuri just looked at him.

"Something's wrong?" Hinata asked.

"….No.." Yuri said but her face shows the otherwise.

"Hey, let's talk on the rooftop. It is more comforting that way." Hinata said with calm voice and Yuri just nodded weakly and followed him.

Rooftop, Afternoon….

"Now, what do you want to talk about?" Hinata asked.

"No, I just feel something….That's all." Yuri said still very weak.

"What are you feeling right now, Yuri? You can tell me." Hinata said.

"…..I feel something taken away from me. I feel that my heart is empty after Mio's gone. I always think about her. She is very caring and know about me. She always know how to make me happy. But now, she is gone. What feeling this is? Why it make me suffer like this?" Yuri pleaded the answer more than asked them.

"I know what are you feeling right now." Hinata said with a smirk on his face. "You are feeling both one of the best and worst feeling you can get. You are feeling love and loneliness. Loneliness is a feeling like that you are empty inside. You wanted the one you care and love most to be with you. It is what you feel like when people you care and love gone for really long time. For example like you missed Mio. You will always think about her. You can forget her, but your heart will suffer more. And for love, I must ask you some questions. " Hinata said.

"What do you want to ask?" Yuri said curious.

"Do you care for her? Do you want to be with her? Do you want to make her happy? Do you want to always by her side even if she's gone or she forget about you? Do you want to face all the problem with her? Do you want to risk your life for her sake? Do you want to accept all of her bad side? Do you want to accept everything from her even if she is hated by many people? Do you want to accept peoples conversation about your 'unique' relationship?" Hinata asked her full of emotions. This is where he found the answer.

"I….i…." Yuri said while also thinking about all of the questions.

"Hm?" Hinata asked to assure her.

"I…..I will accept anything from her. Her good or bad side. She is always make me happy and try to cheer me up even if she's hurt. She wanted to protect me even if it takes her life. I want to be with her. I will do anything to make her happy. I want to be by her side even if peoples hate her. I will be the one who always supported her. The light of hope for her in her darkness of desperation. I like to see her happy. I will be her lifetime companion. I like her. I love her from the bottom of my heart. Even if people said our relationship is not acceptable and it supposed for girl to be with a boy, I will always choose her. I just want to see that beautiful face happy." Yuri said confidently.

"There, it's love. If you truly feel that. You love her. Lovers is more than a best friend. Lovers will be the one to embrace you with care. The one with synergy to each other. The one who will not let you go, not by any chance they will." Hinata said.

"So I can tell her if I love her?" Yuri asked curious about love.

"But, beware. You can only tell them you want to be their lover just once. It's a wild card. You used it in the right time, you will get a lifetime companion. You tell them at a wrong time, it's game over. You will feel loneliness beyond everything. You will feel left out. You will feel your life is gone. You will feel that all the work you do is not good enough. It's not about telling. It is confessing. A confession can only done between 2 people. If you confess in front of many people, either they make fun of you, or jealous, or hate you. This will hurt her morality and you can say goodbye to the happiness you want." Hinata said.

Now Yuri's mind is full of thought about how to confess to Mio. She just though what moment when she can confess. It's more complicated than an Operation. It's really victorious or failed miserably with never-ending side effects.

"H-How do I confess?" Yuri asked.

"Figure it out by yourself. Just don't get rejected." Hinata said.

"How?!" Yuri asked.

"Well, confession come from the bottom of your heart so you must figure it out yourself. You can ask GiDeMo members if you want, they may help, but you must do it yourself." Hinata said while he leaved the rooftop. "Oh, Mio said she will come back tonight or tomorrow." Hinata said.

This leave Yuri speechless.