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XxCrimsonQueenxX: You are too kind my friend *blushes*. I know that I said I don't ship many people in WT, but in writing this story I have found that I think they -Chika and Yuma- are very much cute together. Though that might be because of OOCness! Thank you for your review!
Guest: Yah, it's a miracle that I update sometimes!^-^ Thanks for the review!
A/N: Okay, updating schedule back on track! Hopefully -_-...anyway! Last chapter, nothing got done….I mean really! I think my writing is starting to get sloppy and boring, I am truly sorry for that and hope this chapter is not as boring! Also, these Osamu POV chapters are starting to get really hard to write, I may have made a mistake having Xeno leave to early. So I'm going to be forced to rely on my OC's for a little bit -sorry those of you who hate oc characters-, well more than I have! Aw well….let's see what happens to our favorite glasses-wearing friend in chapter 10! Feel free to leave a review with constructive criticism or even a compliment!
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I DO NOT own WT characters (except for OC's^-^)
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It happened again, didn't it. Green eyes open, welcomed by the same dull gray color that he'd grown accustomed to. A pounding headache makes the bright iris shut again: That would be a yes. After a few more moments, Osamu opens his eyes, slowly. He found himself, without much surprise, back on the cold metal table in his cell. There is a creak as the boy sits up and spins his legs to hang over the edge.
This was the third time, maybe fourth. I've lost track. Osamu feels a shiver, causing his robotic arm and flesh arm to embrace himself in an effort to regain heat. The cold white metal made the twitching worse: Guess wires and screws can't keep me warm.
These headaches, shivers and talking to himself internally have become very common. A side effect of having to do-who-knows-what out there when they take control. Every time, feels like I'm floating but falling at the same time in my mind. The blackness threatens to swallow me up and the light marches away and laughs at the struggle. Osamu releases his arms, staring at his palms through the goggles glass: And it happens everytime I go there, every time they feel it necessary to take me away. I hate it. He clenches his fists: in anger, fear, sadness and even pain.
"Mornin' sleepy head!" the annoyingly shrill voice enters Osamu's conscious, making him gaze at the accursed gate door. The redhead Jai and green haired Mino stood side by side, Jai's hand is raised and waving in Osamu's direct, accompanied by his trademark grin.
"We've been wondering when you'd wake up!" the tall man walks closure, "The elites must have done a number on you to have you sleep an entire day."
"A-a day!?" Osamu stands, pushing the table back, making it slam into the hard wall. A day! Has it really been that long!
"Yes, it's been three days total since your failed attempt to escape." Mino flips through the pages on the small clipboard in his hands.
"Yah, still haven't found your little friend though. He just up and disappeared!" Jai pulls one of the two chairs out from the corner, gesturing towards it, "Sit so this can go by quick."
Osamu complied, hesitantly, but eventually made it to the small piece of furniture. Jai places the sticky pads onto Osamu's temples, base of his neck on his back and on his right collarbone.
"Okay, won't take long. Just need to see how your vitals have been effected after the real simulation." Mino stands to Osamus right, looking at the data sent through the little pads thru his tablet.
"What simulation exactly?"
"Uh, a small test. Just to see how the chaperone performs with you in a battle situation." Jai fiddles some with the rabbit ears.
"A-a battle? Like what? Based off of the size of my headache it was a little more than a small scale battle." he shoos the scientist hands away from his head.
"You're right. It was no small scale battle. In fact it was a war." Mino taps at the small screen, glancing at Osamu for a second.
"A, wa-war?" the shivers return, engulfing him in small flinching motions.
"Yah! From what we heard from some soldiers, who heard it from the higher ups, that the planet was destroyed. Of course they had also brought the rabbits and other trion soldiers, but you did the most, at least according to Hyuse."
"Jai."
"They're even calling you 'The Trion Scourge'! Wish I had a cool nickname." Jai folds his arms, annoyance evident on his face.
"It's 'Stupid Idiot'! Can you not sense the mood!" Mino glares at his college, gesturing in Osamu's direction. Osamu's shoulders are shrugged over, violent shivers rack his smaller form.
"What should I care. He's the prisoner and I'm the jain keeper, I just watch him."
Osamu feels beads of sweat accumulate on his forehead: A-a war. But, war's last months, years! The world blurs slightly and starts to spiral: Am I falling forward?
"Woah, easy there." he feels a cold hand on his shoulder, keeping him straight.
"S-sor-ry." another shiver.
"Dude, you're burning up!" Jai feels the heat on his hand. He knees down, placing the back of his hand on the sweating forehead.
"That's not good." Mino taps more furrows, squinting at the small screen.
"What's happening!? Is he sick!?"
"Wouldn't surprise me. Being here and on Eragtis, he could have picked up a foreign virus or bacteria that his body is not used to." Doesn't help that his trion gland is taking priority over his immune system function.
"Well, go get some medicine! A doctor at least!" Jai's hand plunges into his lab pocket, bringing out a small napkin that he swipes across Osamu's head. "You think having so much trion released at once triggered it?"
"Could be a leading factor, yes." Mino quickly removes the small pads from Osamu's skin, "I'm not sure how our medicine will respond to his body either, might do more bad than good."
The scientists work quickly, wiping the sweat away and even taking off hit tank top, heavy breathing is the only sound present. "Nothings working! We need to bring someone else in." Mino strides back towards the door. His progress cut short by said door activating, Hyuse walks through, repaired Replica in hand.
"Oh, Lord Hyuse! What brings you here?" Mino steps back, mouth twitching in nervous motion.
The light brunette stares at the shorter, "Higher ups want to see the newest addition to our army for themselves. I've come to collect."
"Uh, about that, right now is not the best time." Jai connects the small wires to the base of Osamu's rabbit horns.
"It's the elites orders, Hairen himself wants to see."
"Didn't he see at Eragtis!? We are a little busy right now." Mino steps in front of the elite, blocking all progress towards his goal.
This is rewarded by a hard glare sent in the green haired form direction, "Don't play with fire, researcher. You will regret it."
"Hey, if you want something to present to the elites than fine. But we have to make sure there is something to present." Jai looks up from his work.
"Hairen is waiting now, work on the way." Hyuse flips the master switch.
Jai stares at Osamu, his body going rigid once the signals were sent and eyes glazed over: His breathing is getting worse! "Stop! Can't you see you're making the situation worse!"
The magnet user ignores the remark. Osamu stands, shaking while extending his left arm, activating his trigger. Once the flesh was transferred for trion Osamu starts to walk.
"Woah woah, Osam-"
"Wait, Jai, take a look. His vitals, they're stable."
Jai stops holding the struggling goggle wearing boy, "What? That makes no sense!" the redhead strides over to the other.
"Take a look." they pass the tablet.
Jai observes the graphs and stats, "Hm." he peeks back over to the door, watching the ebony boy follow the elite.
"I think I have an idea, a way to help keep 05 alive. At least till we figure out what to do about his health."
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"Impressive. I had seen the state of Eragtis, but I hadn't seen it in action." Hairen sits, resting his chin on his interlocked fingers.
"I wonder if it can shoot more bullets than me." Lamvanein grins, bending down to look into the dazed eyes behind the goggles glass.
"He is quite impressive. I can see this trion technology going far for our forces." Viza says.
"When will the the observation on the test be complete? Are they going to start working on our own soldiers?" Hura glances at Hyuse.
"According to what all the observers have said about progress on this they still need more information. But when everything has been cleared they will begin working on others."
"Hm, that's good news." Hairen nods.
"Hey brother, can I fight it really quick?"
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"Ah-ha! Done!" Jai raises his creation in the air, a heavenly glow radiates around it.
"Well that was quick. Did you make that trigger in a day?"
"I have a lot of free time." Jai blushes, rubbing the back of his red locks.
"Whatever," Mino grabs the green strap from Jai, "Let's go see if it works."
After walking, more of a jog, through the halls the duo opens the gate door. They walk in, seeing the sleeping form of the subject back on his table. He had been getting worse, pale skin dotted with dark bags underneath his eyes.
"You sure your theory will work?"
"I'm sure of it! I know what I saw, and I saw his sickness stop effecting his body once he transferred to his trion body." Mino walks to the tables side, wrapping the green strap trigger around Osamu's right arm, "When a trigger user switches into their combat body their real body is put into a state of suspension within the trigger. This makes it so that whatever is making him sick stopped affecting his physical body."
"And on top of that, trion bodies don't get sick. Meaning when he transformed he appeared healthy again." Jai fiddles on his tablet, casting quick glances in his college's direction.
"Exactly. We will keep him in this combat body until we figure out the right antidote."
"Oh, and also, I made the trigger so that it will help out with his trion regulation while in battle. Just so that we don't have another 'situation coma' on our hands."
"Okay, everything is hooked up." Mino steps back from the table.
"Now to wait for the sleepy head to wake up."
They had been waiting for 30 minutes, Jai couldn't take it anymore, "Argh! Why won't he wake up already! Don't tell me the elites thought it would be a good idea to take him out again!" he starts pacing, hands shoved deep into his pockets, "I stayed up most of the night to get that trigger done and perfect!"
"Jai, calm down."
"You're one to talk, you're always calm. Except for when you're not." he scrunches his shoulders up, folding his arms across his chest.
Mino's eyebrow twitches in annoyance, "Yah? I feel like I should sock you in the gut. How's that for calm?"
"Pf, didn't you hear-"
"Ugh.." a groan brought the two form their bickering.
Jai turns his head, "And there's our famous sleeping friends waking up!" he walks over to the table, pulling up a chair.
"How are you feeling? You have a headache again?" Mino reattaches the sticky pads.
"Ugh, I do have a head-dache, bit sore. Other than tha-that, I don't think anything is w-wrong." Osamu shivers, down casting his gaze.
"Well, you're still sick I see. But don't worry," Jai grins at Osamu, "we might have a solution to most of your problems!"
"Re-really?"
"Yep! Yours truly decided to take the liberty and make a whole new trigger for you!" he grins even bigger, folding his arms, "It's okay, I'll let you compliment all you want."
"Jai?"
"Hm, does Mino want to compliment me?"
"Shut up and explain how the trigger works."
"Gah!" the redhead grabs his shirt over his heart, "You're so mean Mino!"
"Stop talking you stupid idiot!"
"Oh, Mino lost his cool!" giggles resonate through the small room, "Anyway, let's start off with you activating the trigger shall we."
Osamu gives a little nod, sitting up slowly and raising his right arm, "T-trigger, ON!" once again he was engulfed in blue light. When the light dispersed there was an amazing sight to be seen. Osamu's tank top was replaced by a baggy jacket, the collar extending all the way up, the zipper tip touching his nose. A hood covers his head, holes in the top allow the white rabbit ears to stick out. The right sleeve extends to his knuckles, lined by red, the left sleeve is missing, allowing his white robotic arm to be fully visible. On the back, two thick straps extended out of the jacket, one on his left and the other on the right. Similar black straps are found peeking out from the bottom on the jacket, looping from the front to the back, dangling over his thighs. The black pants stayed the same, red tennis shoes peek out from the bottom.
"Pretty neat right? It took me forever to figure out a design. Anyway, I based this trigger off of Hura's black trigger. You know, the one that turns gaseous and stuff? Those straps work kind of the same way." Jai stands up, taking one of the back straps into his hand, "These are made of your trion, consider them an extension of your body, like an extra pair of arms! So, you are able to move them around, if you focus enough. Why not try them out!"
"O-okay! I'll try!" Osamu stands, hands rigid and hands clenched at his side in confidence. Jai's eyes widen, his mouth gapes in awe. Nothing happens.
"That's depressing. Your triggers broken Jai." Mino gruffly remarks.
"It's not my work! He just needs to learn how to use it properly!" Jai points at Osamu, glaring at Mino.
"Heh, whatever."
"Um, Jai-senpai. Would you mind teaching me more on this trigger." Osamu looks at the yellow irises, contemplating his response.
"Hey, being your jail keeper and you my prisoner I guess I can teach you how to defend yourself from the other inmates."
Nerd: *throwing confetti and wearing party hat*
Jai: Wooh-hoo! Party! *brings out sparklers*
Mino: Why is there a party?
Nerd: We got to double digits baby! The big 10!
Mino: Children….
Nerd: Can it, *turns to readers, takes hat off and bows* and it's all because of you, the readers. Without your continued interest the story I would have not come this far. Thank you very much, cake to you all!
Jai: No! The cake is MINE!