Disclaimer: I do not own Absolute Duo.
Fires were spreading around the school as soldiers were shooting students. Some of them tried to run for safety while others fought against them. Tomoe swung her chain against several soldiers and knocked them out cold. She turned to the two branch students.
"Imari and Miwa, I need you to take care of the wounded." Tomoe ordered.
"Got it!" Imari nodded and ran off to find injured students. One soldier behind Tomoe was about get up and shoot her but was shot by an arrow. She turned and saw Kojiro and Riko approaching.
"Make sure they're down when you face your opponents." Kojiro said.
"Thanks." She smiled then changed to a worried expression. "Have you seen Miyabi? I can't find her."
"Wasn't she with you?" He asked. Tomoe shook her head.
"No, I last saw her with Tor. Maybe she's with him." She said.
"Hopefully you're right. But for now." Kojiro said as they saw more soldiers approaching them. "Let's deal with these guys in front of us.
Tomoe nodded and got her Blaze ready to strike. "Miyabi, please be alright." She thought.
Sarah was explaining the invasion as multiple screens showed the school being attacked by the Rebels. Alan, Lilith, Tsukimi and Sakuya were present at the meeting.
"I can say with absolute certainty that this is Equipment Smith's team." Sarah stated.
"These new units. They're not the same as they were last time." Lilith said.
"Who exactly are these guys and Equipment Smith?" Alan asked.
"They're Rebels. The so called God-destroying Corps and Equipment Smith is the creator of these armored suits and also wishes to achieve Absolute Duo. It's seems that they have lived up to their name." Sakuya answered.
"The name sounds pretty dramatic. But they are giving our Levels twos such a spanking." Tsukimi said in her sadistic tone.
"Luckily, there hasn't been a single casualty reported." Sarah stated. Alan sighed in relief.
"He must not want any and in fact knowing what I do about him. This is what that older gentleman would call a first-round Selection." Sakuya stated.
"Does he think everyone is a test subject?!" Alan growled.
"Sarah, is the main school sending reinforcements?" Lilith asked.
"Well Miss about that, the school is also sustaining an attack by them." Sarah said.
"So the campus is being attacked by another squadron. Damn." Lilith said.
"They want the underground research facility or I assume." Sakuya said.
"Well if we're not getting any help, then there's no point standing around. I need go out there and help them." Alan said determined as he was about to leave.
"Hold it. I don't think you should go out there at least not on your own. Rito?" Sakuya said looking at Tsukimi.
"Ha, it's about time! I got tired of watching." Tsukimi said eagerly.
"It's not every day we have a Selection. Since this is such a special occasion, why don't you show them the true extent of your power?" Sakuya said handing her a Lukifer syringe. She happily takes it.
"True extent? You mean she wasn't at her best?" Alan thought.
"You don't have to ask me twice headmistress. It's been too long since I went all out." Tsukimi smirked.
"Come on Alan, let's teach these bastards a lesson." She said as he complied and followed her out of the room.
"Sakuya, are you sure you're not going to make him use the Lukifer? It would save you a lot of trouble." Lilith asked.
"He'll give in eventually. Sooner or later it will become a life or death choice." She stated.
As Alan and Tsukimi were heading outside, Alan decide to ask her a quick question.
"So you've been holding back this whole time? I knew you were strong but…" He paused.
"Thought my limit was Level Two huh. I'm a teacher, I'm supposed to be stronger than all of my students. Now watch and see a Level Four in action." Tsukimi said as she injects the syringe in her neck. She laughed psychotically and pink light emerged from her. Tsukimi's Blaze extends to a whip blade.
"Scary, kind of glad I'm not her enemy." Alan thought paled at her appearance.
The students continued to fight off the soldiers that were attacking. Riko was firing arrows at the soldiers shooting while Kojiro used his hammer at the ones up close. Akira threw her double bladed scimitar at them. She caught her weapon as it came back and struck the soldiers that were close.
"Come on Alan, where are you?" Akira muttered as she strikes another soldier down.
"There's just no end of these guys." Kojiro said as he swung his hammer at a soldier.
"I'm starting to run out of arrows." Riko said as he fired another arrow.
"Hey Tomoe, got any ideas?" Aoi asked standing beside her.
"We need to get these guys closer." Tomoe said. As soldiers were firing their rifles, one was punched from behind them. They turned around revealing Tor who had his Blaze summoned.
"About time." Tomoe said smiled.
"Tor!" Julie called.
"Sorry I'm late." Tor apologized and looked at the damage the Rebels have caused.
"These jerks destroy everything in their path." Tor growled.
"Unforgiveable." Julie agreed. The group got ready to fight until they heard a laugh. They were all surprised by this and saw Tsukimi standing on the top of the school.
"Why on earth would you pick a fight with us? I guess that's the main question I'd like to ask you but first I should warn you, I'm not pulling any punches." Tsukimi said sadistically.
The soldiers responded by shooting at her. Tsukimi jumped down and swung her whip blade annihilating a group of soldiers. Her blade retracts to a big sword.
"It feels good having that stupid limiter out of the way. Who else want's some?!" Tsukimi said. One soldier tried to use his knife at her. She kicked one soldier back and struck at another one. Tsukimi blocked the bullets using her sword. All of the soldiers tried to gang up on her but she used her whip blade to shake them all off.
"Come on, is that all you got?" She taunted.
"Is she?" Julie asked surprised
"Yeah, she's a lot stronger than before." Tor said then he notice one solider about shoot Akira from behind as she was watching Tsukimi.
"Akira, behind you!" Tor called out. She turned around and saw he was about to fire but was struck down vertically by Alan who was behind him.
"Alan!" Akira said happy to see him.
"You alright?" He asked his partner.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She nodded. Alan then watched Tsukimi fending off a group of soldiers.
"This woman's an exception. Go ahead and kill her!" The soldier ordered. The rest of the soldiers began to shoot her rapidly.
"I can see that some of you didn't get enough in that first go around. In that case." Tsukimi said as she blocked the bullets then stomped on the ground hard enough to crack and swung her sword in front of them as the broken ground flows rapidly toward them knocking them back.
"Here's an extra lesson class, keep your distance if you don't want to get chopped to bits! This one is lesson number three, using your Blaze." Tsukimi said as her whip blade extends and forms in a blue circle.
"When an Exceed goes beyond Level Four, she can release the power hidden deep in her Blaze. Just like this! She said as the whip blade spins faster and faster.
"Now, Time to devour them, Ouroboros!" Tsukimi shouted as she released her spinning whip blade at them. Brutally killing all the soldiers until there were none left. Most of the students winced at the scene.
"Take your partner and dance like mad. Hand in hand with the moon rabbit!" Tsukimi said sadistically as her whip blade kills the last of the soldiers. The whip blade retracts back to a big sword and Tsukimi unsummons her Blaze satisfied with her results as she's looking at dead bodies.
"At least the school is secured." Alan said.
"Yeah." Akira agreed then notice little blood on Alan's right shoulder. "Alan, you're bleeding!"
"Oh this? Don't worry it's not mine it came from the…" He stopped immediate realizing what he was saying then looked at his blade as some of it was covered in blood. Alan looked back to the soldier he struck down then back to his sword. His eyes widened realizing what he just did.
"I killed him. There was no other way. Was there?" Alan thought doubtfully having never taken a life before. Feeling remorse and already regretting it.
"Alan? Are you ok?" Akira asked worried about him. Alan did not respond as he stared at his sword.
"What's up irregular?" Tsukimi asked.
"You were going easy on us before." Tor said.
"Yeah, let's just say it's a grown up thing. Now listen, tell me what you saw?" she asked.
"I think I'd finally get to see how powerful your Blaze is." He answered.
"That's exactly what it was." Tsukimi replied as she leaves.
"Where are you going?" Tor asked.
"This bunny is off on a fox hunt." She answered before leaving. Tomoe ran up to Tor.
"Hey Tor? Was Miyabi with you?" Tomoe asked worried.
"No I thought she was back here. She hasn't come back?" He asked.
"No she hasn't. I hope she didn't get attack on the way here." She said worried about her partner.
"Don't worry Tomoe, We'll find her." Tor assured. Tomoe nodded in response.
"The main school said the entire squad that was attacking them has been wiped out. They managed to fend them off." Sarah said relieved as she got a call from the main school.
"Well you've got them right where you want them don't you? I should have known." Lilith said happy to hear the news.
"Don't think you've won just yet." A male voice said. They turned at the door as it opens revealing Chrome entering with his sword in his hand.
"Blaze Diabolica, you are to come with me." Chrome demanded.
"So both the main corps and the academy attack were just diversions?" Lilith asked.
"Something for the Blaze Diabolica to watch. Saves me the trouble of taking care of any rats on the way." He stated.
"Your employer must really have his heart set on Exceeds though I can tell you're not dressed like the others." Sakuya pointed out.
"I don't rely on the suits and Units like them." Chrome answered.
"Equipment Smith must have an interest in you if he's willing to allow you to work for him." Sakuya said.
"Enough talk. You're coming with me." He demanded as he took one step closer. But Lilith stepped in front of Sakuya and blocked his way.
"I have to say, you're just as rude as that other guy. How dare you enter a lady's room without knocking!" Lilith said.
"You do not interest me in slightest Exception. Stand aside and you may live." Chrome threatened pointing his no hilt katana at her.
"I would have to say no and don't make me say it again." Lilith said raising her rifle at him.
"So be it. However I can't spend time fighting you. So I'll have to make this quick." He said as his katana starts glowing light blue and electric. Lilith gasped and ran to Sakuya to cover her.
"Alan, we should get back to the others." Akira said placing her hand on his shoulder.
"What? Oh right." He responded.
"Are you ok?" She asked concerned.
"Yeah. No it's just that-" Alan was cut off by an explosion from the office Sakuya was in.
"What the hell?" Tor said surprised.
"Was anybody in there?" Julie asked Aoi.
"I think the headmistress was. Along with Lilith and her assistant too." He answered.
"Damn, so that was a distraction. I should have known" Alan said.
"You four go deal with that. Before I do anything else I've got to find out where Miyabi is. Did you guys get separated on the beach?" Tomoe asked Tor.
"She took off awhile back. I'm sorry." He apologized.
"No need to apologize. This isn't your fault. I will find Miyabi if it's the last thing I do." Tomoe said determined.
"I should go with you. You're going to need someone who's familiar with the island." Imari suggested.
"Then let's go." Tomoe nodded.
"I'll make sure no one was severely injured." Kojrio said. Alan nodded.
"Right. Let's go Akira!" He said. She nodded as the four went to Sakuya's office.
As they approached the office they saw dust and wrecked walls in the room.
"Are you okay Miss?" Sarah panicked shaking her awake who was bruised badly by Chrome's attack.
"Lilith! Is everyone alright?!" Tor called.
"Hello Tor, It seems we've been had." Lilith responded.
"She jumped in the way, trying to protect us." Sarah answered. Lilith weakly smiled.
"My mind was made up. I wasn't going to let them hurt either one of you." She said then groaned in pain.
"How bad is it?" Alan asked.
"Don't worry about me. You have to help her." Lilith said.
"Help who?" Tor asked.
"Sakuya. I'm ashamed to admit it but I failed and they took her. Please find her and bring her back. Promise me that." She pleaded.
"Yeah, you all ready?" He asked the three.
"Ja." Julie nodded.
"Yes." Alan replied and Akira nodded.
As Chrome kidnapped Sakuya, K prepped a small ship for their escape. Chrome had already boarded the boat and placed Sakuya in one of the bridge chairs.
"For a minute there, I thought I would have to come and assist you C." K mocked as he begun to drive the ship.
"You would have just slowed me down." Chrome replied bluntly. K ignored him and continued driving the boat. He turned to Sakuya.
"Admit it, you have nothing left in your arsenal." K said. Sakuya did not respond as she turned the left and saw the four students approaching the ship.
They successfully jumped on it. Tor and Alan got on their knees after landing.
"Wish the jump wasn't that far." Alan groaned starting to stand up.
"Even so we made it." Julie said as she turned and looked at the ship bridge.
"Yeah, let's do this!" Akira said. Tor nodded as they got ready to fight.
"More pests to deal with." Chrome muttered as he leaves the bridge.
"This won't take long." K said following him leaving Sakuya alone on the bridge.
"This may be interesting." Sakuya smiled sadistically as she was about to watch the confrontation.
K and Chrome stepped out to the front side of the ship and confronted the four students.
"Why did you attack us?" Tor demanded.
"What we do is our business. It's of no concern to you." K answered.
"When you attacked the school, it is our concern." Alan retorted.
"You won't be concern with anything if we kill you." He threatened. They grew tense at that threat.
"However despite that, I'm a merciful man unlike my subordinate." K said. Chrome raised an eyebrow at that. "As such I'll forgive your interruption if you all jump off this boat in the next five seconds."
"Not happening. We're here to get Sakuya back and we'll do it by force if we need to." Alan determined.
"That's right, I told Lilith I'd bring her back and I'm a man of my word." Tor agreed.
"I won't run. Not when they're counting on us and I refuse to leave Alan's side." Akira said.
"Like them I refuse as well and because I can't swim." Julie agreed. K laughed in response.
"I didn't realize how funny you four are. Well enough talk let's get down to it shall we? C, you take the boy with the pink haired girl. The other two are mine." He said.
"Fine by me." Chrome replied raising his sword at Alan's duo. The two duos armed themselves with their weapons.
"Let's go!" Tor said. Tor and Julie charged towards K. Julie jumped to attack him from above but he easily dodged it.
"How do you like this?!" Tor shouted as he tried to punch him but K stopped it with his hand. K gripped Tor's hand tightly.
"What a remarkable power you have. It's amazing for flesh and blood these days." K complimented. Julie jumped in for another strike which caused K to release Tor's hand and stepped back.
"We can't stop now!" Tor said.
"Ja" Julie replied as she ran towards K again and Tor doing the same thing.
Alan charged towards Chrome for a horizontal strike. Chrome dodged it by jumping up. At the same time, Akira threw her double bladed scimitar in the air where Chrome jumped anticipating his move but Chrome dodged her weapon and shot a lighting attack at Akria with his sword. Akira jumped back to dodge it. As Chrome was about to land, Alan jumped up to strike.
"You're too slow." Chrome said coldly as he dodged Alan's sword and kicked him to back to the ground. Akira helped Alan get back on his feet.
"Don't tell me that's it? I thought Blaze Diabolica's students were supposed to be a little stronger than this." Chrome taunted.
"His not like the other guys we faced." Akira whispered to Alan.
"I know, this guy is on a whole different level. But that doesn't matter, we'll find a way to beat him." He replied as he ran towards to attack Chrome again.
"Alan wait!" Akira called then shook her head in frustration and did the same thing.
Tor tried landing punches and kicks to K but kept dodging and blocking.
"Good, but not enough." K taunted. Julie tried to land a kick on him from above but blocked it with both of his arms.
"You almost landed that." K mocked.
"Well how about this?!" Tor smirked as he use a powerful fist against K. It pushed him back to the wall and caused debris.
"Now let's take care of the other guy." Tor said.
"That was quite a blow!" K complimented. Tor looked back to the debris surprised as smoke started to clear. K was uninjured and his suit was damaged.
"That should have killed you." Tor said.
"Sort of, it might have been fatal to someone else. However." K said as his suit falls apart revealing a silver and dark blue metal suit with blue stripes on the arms and legs and green stripes on the chest plate.
"Such an attack has no effect on me. Just as you Exceeds have surpassed humanity with the power of your Lukifers, We have now surpassed you with the power of Units." He finished.
"So that's the new Unit Equipment Smith has been developing. It appears to be quite powerful." Sakuya commented watching the fight then observed Alan's fight.
Alan attempted multiple strikes with his sword against Chrome but has been blocking every attack. Akira tried to attack him by spinning her Blaze but Chrome stopped it with his katana. As his katana was pointed at Akira, Chrome placed his hand on the katana and it started to spark. As Alan quickly noticed he rammed Chrome with his shoulder causing him to miss as he fired another lighting spark. Chrome jumped back to gain distance.
"Quick observer. Not bad but still." Chrome said as he moved quickly toward Alan to strike him. Alan successfully blocked it. Chrome quickly struck from a different angle while Alan was also able to partially block it but got hit by the attack.
"Not enough to keep up with me." He finished.
"Oh yeah! Let's see how this works then?" Alan smirked as he saw Akira about to strike him from behind. Chrome quickly noticed and jumped up and back flipped and land behind Akira and ran towards her.
"See how you like this!" Akira yelled tried to go on the offensive using one side of each strike of her Blaze. Chrome blocked every attack using his sword.
"You'll have to do better than that." He said then went on the offensive and land a strike on her. Akira gain distance to dodge the attack but still sustained injury by his attack. Akira left side of her stomach was bleeding.
"Akira, are you alright?" Alan asked with concern looking at her.
"You should worry about yourself." Chrome said as he was about to strike him. As Alan dodged it, Chrome quickly delivered a hard kick at him which caused him to push him back landed next to Akira.
"Damn it! He's good and anticipated our every move by far." Alan said.
"What do we do then?" Akira asked.
"I'm not sure. But there's gotta be some way to beat him." He said as the Duo looked at Chrome waiting for one of them to make the next move.
"Maybe their more powerful with my fists but what about Julie's sword?" Tor thought as he glanced at Julie thinking of a strategy of how to beat K.
"Have you finished with the chit-chat yet? Excellent, because I'd like to make my move now." K said as he arms himself with dual knives then lunges toward Tor.
Tor swiftly delivers multiple punches with his right arm but K is blocking every punch with his knives.
"Is that all you got? I hardly feel it." K taunted while blocking.
"Hrungnir! The roar of thunder!" Julie yelled as she was about to strike him from above. K kicked Tor back blocked Julie's swords. K tried to go on to the offense but Julie immediately knocked his knives away after a few strikes. K grabbed Julie's left arm and threw her on the ground hard. K pulled out another knife and threw it at her. Tor quickly stepped in front of Julie and blocked it with his shield.
"Are you okay?" Tor asked.
"I'm fine. So what now?" Julie asked as she was getting on her feet.
"One more round alright?" He suggested getting in his battle stance.
"Ja." She replied doing the same thing.
Tor slowly moved toward K until he swiftly tried to punch him again but he dodged it and place a knife in Tor's left leg. Tor screamed in pain by the injury.
"Tor!" Julie cried.
"Breaking through your special move was enough to throw you off huh. You have so much to learn." K said. Julie ran towards K to attack him. K blocked her sword and kneed her in the stomach. Julie had a hard time trying to stand until she collapsed to the ground.
"And losing your cool just because your partner's hurt? The only way I can describe this behavior is completely hopeless. That's why, you will die!" K exclaimed as he threw his knife at her. Tor stepped in front of her and caught the blade. His hand was bleeding from catching it. K was surprised by this.
"You move well with that injured leg." He complimented.
"I promised her, that I would protect her no matter what." Tor responded. K widened his eyes then looked at him with anger.
"Protect her? Don't make promises you can't keep!" K growled as he threw another knife at Tor. It landed on Tor's left shoulder. Tor screamed in pain and was on the ground. K walked towards him.
"Say that again." K said as he kicked him away from Julie then put his foot on Tor and was starting to crush him with it. Tor was unable to shake him off as he was already too injured and can only cry out in pain.
"Now I want you to repeat to me what you said about all you want to do is to protect her." K said as he continued to step on him.
"Tor" Julie whispered.
"If either of you aren't going to make the move then I will." Chrome said as he quickly moved forward to Alan and Akira. He launched a vertical slash in between them. Alan and Akira were forced to moved back to avoid damage. Chrome used this opportunity to attack Akira and land a kick on her injury. She cried out in pain by the kick.
"You bastard." Alan growled as ran towards him with his sword. Chrome placed his left hand on his sword and pointed at Alan and sending a lighting spark. It impacted on his right arm causing Alan to drop his sword. Alan clutched his right arm in pain.
"Pathetic." Chrome commented. Akira attempted to strike him again but Chrome blocked it and caught her left wrist. He immediately caused lightning attack on her. Akira screamed in pain by the attack and Chrome kicked her away and into the ground.
"Truly pathetic. So this is all there is for Blaze Diabolica's students. I'm disappointed." Chrome said walking toward Alan then stabbed him the leg causing him to fall on the ground. Chrome pulled his sword out of him and then stabbed his left arm while stepping on his other arm. Alan grunted in pain.
"You people know nothing of strength. You Exceeds rely only on those Lukifers to make you stronger and the Blaze makes you completely vulnerable." He said coldly he drove his sword slightly deeper in Alan causing him scream.
"But I've already surpassed the Exceeds and their Lukifers. I've trained without the use of Lukifers or Unit and this is the result." He continued then pulled his sword out Alan's left arm and pointed it to his neck.
"I'd be doing the world a favor by killing you all here. This will be an example of how powerless the Blaze is." Chrome finished as he was about to start the finishing blow.
"PAPAAA!" Julie cried out. K and Chrome stopped what they were doing and looked at Julie as she was standing up.
"Julie don't!" Tor pleaded. Alan and Akira said nothing and can only look at her.
"Be a good girl and wait there. I'll send you to your grave soon enough." K ordered.
"Something's not right with her." Chrome muttered as he was observing her.
"No, I won't let you. I have to protect Tor. I swore I always would. I made that promise to myself and I'll keep it!" Julie said releasing a dark aura and swiftly sliced through K's chest plate and was bleeding. K was shocked by this.
"What is this?" Chrome thought.
Julie begun to move toward K and delivers multiple strikes. K tried blocking them with his arms which were sustaining cuts.
"She's so fast!" K exclaimed. Julie goes faster and makes cuts all over K while her arms were bleeding in the process.
"How is she doing this?!" He exclaimed. She continues attacking K while could not defend himself and launched in the air and impacted at the front edge of the boat. Julie turned to Chrome and was about to attack. Chrome got into his stance waiting for her to attack.
"Julie! Stop! It's okay! That's enough!" Tor exclaimed standing up. Julie turned to face Tor and lunged toward him to attack. Tor did not flinch as she stopped when her blade was in front of Tor's face. Her dark aura disappeared and she collapsed to the ground.
"Julie!" Tor said as he caught her and held her in his arms.
"That power. Could she be an El Awake that I heard much about?" Chrome thought deeply witnessing her fight.
"Incredible. You've been hiding all that power this whole time?" K asked as the smoke clears around him still standing.
"You!" Tor exclaimed.
"Did you actually expect me to believe that you can protect this girl considering the shape you're in?" He asked.
"I do! Because I'll do whatever it takes to keep all of my friends safe." Tor answered.
"Hearing you spout nonsense like that. It makes me sick! Do you really think that you're good enough to protect her? How can a broken down runt like you protect anyone?" K asked. Tor gritted his teeth in response.
"Protecting someone is meaningless. The person you try to protect dies eventually. Unlike you my only focus has been gaining power." Chrome said stepping away from Alan and walks towards Akira.
"Watch and see just how powerless you all are." He said as he's about to launch the finishing blow to Akira. Alan's eyes widened in shock.
"Was that what I going for? Am I really trying to gain power like him?" Alan thought deeply as he remember his battles with Kojiro, Tsukimi and Lilith.
"There have been times I won just by sheer luck and other times with my friends helping me out. But I felt like I was falling behind because I was too stubborn. I always put on strong face and told them not to worry but was I really treating all of this as if it was some kind of game?" Alan thought as he sees Akira unable to move. Alan had a serious expression and picked up his sword while standing up.
As Chrome was about strike her, Akira flinched waiting for the inevitable. However the strike never came and she opened her eyes seeing Alan in front her with another wound while he had his sword partially blocking in front of him.
"Alan!" Akira cried.
"You can still move I see." Chrome commented.
"I'm sorry, I've been such an idiot." Alan said facing her.
"Yes you are! You're hurt! You shouldn't have gotten up!" Akira cried on the verge of tears.
"All this time I've let my ego control me. It shouldn't matter where you got your strength from or how you get stronger. Just as long as you can use it to protect the people you care about." Alan continued.
"What are you talking about?" Akira asked as Alan pulls out the Lukifer that Sakuya gave him.
"Is that a Lukifer?" Tor thought.
"That's why, it's time for me to take responsibility!" Alan finished then injects the Lukifer into his neck. Power aura emerges from Alan's body while he screamed from sustaining it. Alan's ring that he wears started to crack until it eventually falls apart changing his katana from a look alike Blaze weapon to a red katana.
"What?!" Chrome exclaimed as Alan went for a horizontal slice on his torso successfully cutting it. Chrome jumped back to gain some distance and landed next to K while clutching on his chest.
"Did Blaze Diabolica gave him some special Lukifer?" K thought.
"So he finally used it. Very interesting. By preserving the False Blaze Lukifer, he managed to reach the power of a Level Four. You continue to exceed my expectations." Sakuya commented showing a sadistic smile watching the fight.
Tor and Akira shocked by Alan's sudden strength and had questions in their mind.
"What level was that Lukifer?" Tor asked himself.
"Damn he's fast! He caught me off guard. He just stronger by that thing? Impossible!" Chrome thought then pointed his sword at Alan as he sends electrical sparks at him.
*Bang* *Bang*
The lighting sparks exploded by the gunshots by pistol that Alan was holding in his right hand. His sword was nowhere to be seen. Tor, Akira and K widened their eyes by seeing this.
"He can change weapons?" Akira asked herself.
"He has a gun like Lilith?" Tor thought.
"How is this possible?!" K demanded.
"Wait a minute, you're not an Exceed. Those weapons aren't even Blazes. Just what are you?!" Chrome demanded.
"Someone who wants to protect his partner and his friends." Alan answered bluntly. Akira and Tor smiled at that response while Chrome and K gritted his teeth.
"This will take longer than I thought." K said to himself then gets call from Equipment Smith and decided to answer.
"Hold on a little longer, we have Blaze Diabolica in our possession sir" K reported.
"There's no need for that. As luck would have it, we already have what we came here for." Smith said.
"What?" Chrome surprised.
"Sir?" K protested.
"We must prepare for another banquet. I'm ordering you and C to return immediately K." Smith said. K clenched his fists. Chrome hesitated for a moment but complied with the order.
"Very well, we're on our way." Chrome responded. As they hang up, they turned to the four students.
"What are your names?" K asked.
"I'm Tor Kokonoe." He introduced.
"Alan Burns." He stated while pointing his gun at them.
"I'm Akira Yuuki." She responded.
"Pleased to meet you all. I'll kill you the next time we cross paths. I give you my word as a Rebel. You can call me K." He finished then jumped off the ship.
"Don't think our match is over yet. The next time we fight I will be the victor. I go by C, but to you will refer to me as Chrome. That is the last name you will hear before your death." He said doing the same thing. The Duo disappear after they left the ship. After they left Alan got down on his knee and started panting.
"Alan are you alright?!" Akira asked worried getting up and running to his side and hugging him.
"If they'd decided to attack, we would have been finished." Alan answered barely able to move.
"Just rest okay?" Akira said placing his head on her lap.
"Chrome, the next time we meet I'll be ready for you." Alan thought before he dozed off.
"K, I'm gonna remember that name." Tor said to himself holding Julie in his arms. The four rested and eventually went to the bridge and rescued Sakuya.
After the attack, Students were gathering the injured to give them medical aid. Tomoe and Imari were currently searching for Miyabi. Sakuya returned to the branch school office where Lilith was waiting who was bandaged from the injuries she sustained.
"You made it! Good, so Tor and Alan were able to save you." Lilith said.
"Yes, we must find a way to thank them." Sakuya replied.
"Tell me, why would your captors give you up so easily?" She asked.
"The answer to that is elementary my dear. Obviously I was never the older gentleman's target." Sakuya answered.
"Are you saying-" Lilith was interrupted by the phone ringing. She answers it.
"Yes? Fine go ahead." Lilith said then waited for a response then her eyes widened.
"It's an invitation to the Reign Conference isn't it?" Sakuya smirked.
Alan, Tor, Akira and Julie were currently recovering from the injuries. Luckily for them, they weren't too serious so they decided to sit at the beach to watch the seaside in the meantime.
"Papa, he was the hero of Gimle. One winter night, papa went into battle and lost. To him. Papa was kind and loving to the very end. He patted my head and smiled as if saying 'I'm sorry.' And then the same man who murdered my father, he gave me the scar that runs down my back." Julie explained. They were shocked by the story they were hearing.
"That's why I want to be strong. Strong enough to kill that man for what he did. And strong enough to avenge the death of my father. That's whole reason I came to study at Koryo academy." She finished.
"That's why you said you're an avenger like me?" Tor asked.
"Ja. But Tor even so, you still had to protect me. I'm so weak." Julie said feeling helpless. Tor took her hand.
"No you're not. You've protected me." He said.
"But you're the one who's always working so hard to protect me." She insisted.
"You both protected each other. Isn't that what partners are supposed to do when they're with each other?" Alan asked.
"Ja." Julie nodded smiling.
"Yes, thank you Alan." Tor appreciated.
"Alan, what that Chrome guy said was true wasn't it? You really don't have a Blaze." Akira said.
"Yes." He answered looking down in response.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked worried and also a bit betrayed.
"I didn't think you would accept me. I was afraid that you would look down on me." Alan answered.
"Don't be ridiculous. Of course I would accept you. I don't care if you don't have a Blaze or what kind of power you have. You're still my partner." Akira said.
"That's right. We're your friends, we'd accept you as you are." Tor said.
"Ja." Julie replied.
"I'm sorry for lying to you guys. I really did felt bad about it." Alan apologized.
"It's okay. I accept your apology." Akira said.
"You mean you're not mad at me?" He asked surprised.
"Oh I'm still mad but I'm sure you had your reasons and I can understand that. Though now I have more questions than answers." She said.
"I suppose you all deserve answers don't you?" Alan asked. They all nodded. He sighed in response knowing this will be hard to explain.
"My transcripts were faked though I couldn't do it. An associate of mine did all the paper work while I was training to get in. It wasn't hard sneaking in, I had a unique way travel. Although it couldn't fool Sakuya and yet she allowed it anyway and she was one that gave me that Lukifer I took. It makes your body stronger and faster. She said it may reach to Level Three but it feels stronger than that." He explained. He summoned his sword then to his pistol.
"I've been able store weapons in this thing on my wrist." Alan said showing his bracelet to them. "I've also been able disguise my weapon in a Blaze with that ring I always wear. But it got destroyed in the process."
"I never thought you could pull out weapons with that bracelet. Whoever created this thing must of have been very clever." Tor complimented.
"I always thought that ring looked nice but I didn't think it could disguise your weapon. It's amazing!" Akira praised.
"I've had such a hard time trying to keep up with you all because of the Lukifers so I've been pushing myself over the limit." He continued.
"Like Miyabi was doing." Tor thought still worried about where she is.
"So that's why you were never there for the Rite of Sublimation." Akira concluded.
"And why you can do physical damage so easily." Julie concluded.
"Yep, you guessed right." Alan chuckled. Akira giggled in response.
"But why did you attend to Koryo academy then?" Julie asked.
"That's not easy to explain." He said.
"You can tell us Alan." Akira insisted.
The truth is I'm actually from another world." Alan answered.
"Wait? What do you mean by that?" Tor asked.
"Akira, do you remember when I told you about the Multiverse theory?" He asked. She nodded in response.
"Well what I was trying to tell you back then is that it exists. That there are other worlds besides this one. I actually came from a world similar to this except there were no Blazes or Lukifers like this one. What I told where I was from that was true but I can't remember the people I knew well there. I lost some of my memory when I was summoned." Alan explained.
"Summoned?" Akira asked curiously.
"Yes summoned by a woman named Crystal. She summoned and told me I was the next Overseer of the Multiverse. From what she told me, the Overseer's job is to protect other worlds from threats that were to become a danger to them. That's why she sent me here. To train and experience advance combat to fight whatever enemy I may be fighting in the future." He finished. The three were shocked by this and were at a loss of words.
"I'd understand if you don't believe me. It's actually a lot to take in now that you think about it." Alan said.
"I believe you." Akira answered first.
"What?" Alan caught off guard surprised by her response.
"It actually explains a lot about you. Your abilities, unable to read the writing and why you would keep it all a secret. I'm actually quite jealous of you. You get to explore more worlds than this one. I may not know what this Overseer stuff is but I'm sure you can explain that later." She said.
"Akira." Alan said.
"I had a feeling you were hiding something sensitive. But now I know and I believe you as well." Tor answered next.
"Ja." Julie nodded.
"Thanks, I'm glad you all listened." Alan smiled then looked at Akira.
"Akira, despite all I told you, I still want to protect you." He said.
"I feel the same. Guess that makes us both protectors." She said in a joking matter. Alan and Tor both chuckled at that. The four continued looking at the night sky while they recover from all they have been through this night.
Equipment Smith was leading Miyabi to a lab where they stored the Unit. Miyabi was found by the Rebels and was taken to their base. Miyabi was desperately looking for a way to get stronger.
"Will this thing really make me stronger?" Miyabi asked.
"Yes, I think that you will find it's incredibly effective especially those who know their own weaknesses." Smith answered. They stopped walking and he reveal a suit similar to what K was wearing. Miyabi was impressed by it.
"So what do you think? This is a once and lifetime opportunity. A chance to grow stronger in every possible way." Smith suggested.
"If I were stronger, maybe Tor would accept me." Miyabi thought coming to a decision.