Another chapter up. Well, after writing this all night finally I can sleep in peace and prepare myself for that cosplay event at university, Well, please enjoy and review.
Disclaimer: Ane & Brs aren't mine.
Death Master does not know about what to think after watching this... Very rare sight. She only can blink her green eyes a few times as her body still froze on her place standing since earlier. She doesn't know how long she had stood there because her mind only can try to find the most logical explanation about what happen in front of her which making her trapped into this... Shocked-state. She only can guess that she had stood on her place for a few minutes, but her mind still does not provide her the answer of her own question about how can something like... Something like what happened a few meters in front of her can happen, if she thinks it with her logic and her knowledge concerning all the things which connected to the 'incident' in front of her, she only found one word to answer her own question... And that's word is impossible.
"Good morning Takanashi-san, why are you-" and Death Master completely understand about why suddenly her human-counterpart, Yukio Okumura, stops his sentence and most likely fall into the same state like her. Well, she doesn't really need to turn around to see his expression because she can feel his surprise entering her mind through their connection. She also knows that he will find the situation in front of them as something which close to the word impossible, but to find it actually happens in the real world, it is a really shocking thing. She even considers that it was only her imagination, but then she remembers that Other self never ever imagine about something and she know very well that she is completely awake and it isn't her sleepiness that affects her vision. So, what is this 'incident' that make both Yukio and herself become surprised? Well, it was a fact that they just see...
Black Rock Shooter is cooking...
Perhaps cooking isn't the right terms to be used to describe the condition a few meters in front of them. Because judging from what Death Master had observe since the first time she stood on her place about a few minutes ago, Black Rock Shooter isn't cooking at all, it was her human-counterpart, Rin Okumura, who cooking, but maybe the right term to describe what Black Rock Shooter doing is making coffee, but that alone is still a surprising thing, especially if the one who do it is known as one of the strongest Other self. Death Master honestly doesn't know what kind of reaction she should give after discovering this? Should she praise Black Rock Shooter? Or she acts natural like it isn't a big deal? She honestly doesn't even know what make Black Rock Shooter doing this in the first place. A sigh which coming from beside her, finally making Death Master turns her head away from the almost impossible sight in front of her to stare at her human-counterpart who seem already recover from his shocking-state.
"That's really a surprising sight, don't you think so?" Yukio asks after fixing the position of his glasses and turn his head toward the green eyed girl with a small smile already present on his face. Death Master can't agree more with what her human-counterpart just say and she expresses it by nodding her head before she turns her head to stare at the kitchen again. She wonders, what make Black Rock Shooter suddenly trying to make a coffee? Neither herself or Black Rock Shooter take a liking to that black beverage which mean the coffee Black Rock Shooter made right now must be for both Rin and Yukio since both young men will always drink coffee in the morning for helping them to be more awake and Death Master can't really blame them, with their ranks as both 'Paladin' and 'Arc Knight', they tend to awake until pass midnight and even there is a day when they don't even get a sleep.
A pat on her shoulder finally making Death Master come back to the real world before she see that Yukio already stood in front of her and still with a small smile on her face which make Deatn Master smiled a little as a response before both teenagers starts to walk toward their usual spot when eating breakfast and waiting for both the blue eyes teens in the kitchen to finish their breakfast.
Black Rock Shooter can feels herself letting out a sigh of relief after finally able to pour the hot water in the right amount without spilling it and burn her hand again (which earlier instantly made Rin grabbed her hand, turn on the sink, and let the water hit her hand which she must admit felt pretty good) but she saw this as a needless task considering her healing ability will heal it in a few seconds, it isn't like she can't handle a little burn, she has experience far more worse injuries than a burn like this. A whistle which undoubtedly coming from the young man who cooking beside her catching her attention, but she decides to keep her eyes on the two cups in front of herself instead of turning her head to stare at him.
"You actually manage to pour the hot water in the right amount this time, impressive, even though you already spilled it twice before" and after she heard the chuckling which come from her human-counterpart, Rin Okumura, somehow Black Rock Shooter receive an urge to just punch his face to shut his mouth, but she knows that it won't work considering his reflex is on par with her (even though her reflex is a few seconds faster than his reflex), but she doubt any punch she give him will be enough to do that, not like she wish to harm him, no, Rin's life is her own life, if he die then so she will, but after watching the battle between him and the fourth strongest Demon in the whole Gehenna, she doubts anything can truly threaten his life, but she needs to keep her guard up, just in case.
"Put two cubes of sugar into Yukio's cup and three cubes of sugar into mine, after that just stir both cups for a few seconds and for the first time in the world, the great Black Rock Shooter just finishing making a coffee" Rin said both instructed Black Rock Shooter about the next step of making a coffee and jokes which making the 'Paladin' chuckling at his own joke. He still finds it was surprising about how all of this can happen. Earlier, he just cooking like always with Black Rock Shooter watching him like usual, but after a few minutes, she suddenly come up to him and asks him if she can help him in any way and this actually froze him for a second and make him think whether it was a dream or not. But after pinching himself and tell himself that it was real, (which shocked him more), he quickly shook his head before thinking of something that probably Black Rock Shooter can do without too much problem and that's when he suggest her to make coffee for both himself and Yukio.
Seeing Black Rock Shooter making coffee is really an amusing experience, especially when she about to destroy the cup becaue she pours the water too much, well, yeah, he can't help but chuckle at the sight. Actually, he knows that Yukio won't complain about how the coffee taste as long as the coffee still does it job, and he also the same, he only tell her about this water amount for fun. As Rin finally turning off the stove and start to put all the content from the frying pan onto the plates that he had prepare earlier, he can't help, but glance at the blue eyed girl beside him, more precisely at her forehead, where her usual long bangs which always sweep down on her eyes, now being held to the left side of her face by no other than the same hairpin he got her a weeks ago. Just seeing this able to make a small smile appear on the 'Paladin' face as he finally done with their breakfast.
"Let's serve it toward the others" Rin said before pointing at the seat where Yukio and Death Master already sat with his thumb before putting all the plates and bowls on the tray while Black Rock Shooter only grab both cups and start walking toward where the 'Arc Knight' talking to Death Master about something that she doesn't really care. After putting both the cups in her hand in front of Yukio and where Rin will sit down, Black Rock Shooter seated herself across from Death Master and she also notices Death Master gives her a questioning glance, but she decides to just ignore it since she already knows what's causing such expression to appear on the green eyed girl's face and she doesn't want to answer the unasked questions which surely already fill Death Master's mind.
"Everyone listen up, I have an announce to make" Rin suddenly said after done with his task serve their breakfast and of course what he said quickly catches the attention of Yukio and Death Master who instantly staring at his direction, even Black Rock Shooter doesn't starts to eat as she also curious about what kind of announcement that the 'Paladin' going to make this time and judging from the serious tone in his voice and the faint feeling of seriousness that entered her mind, she sure that this going to be important. Once he sure that he gets the attention of his little brother and the two girls, Rin leans back onto his chair before closing his eyes for a moment to recall what he going to announce today.
"Yukio after you finish your college today, go to the Kyoto office branch, I will go there first with both Mato and Yomi. Last night I got a call from Konekomaru that request to come to the Kyoto office branch for discussing something" Rin explained before lifting his cup of coffee and inhale the familiar scene of his favorite brand which makes him smiled a little. After hearing this information from his big brother, the 'Arc Knight' put one of his hands under his chin as his mind tries to think about the possibility of what Konekomaru wanted to discuss, or perhaps Konekomaru is just a messager which mean...
"Does he tell you about what kind of thing we going to discuss later?" Yukio asks when his turquoise eyes meet his brother's blue eyes and the only answer he receive from the 'Paladin' is a shook of his head which mean no, Konekomaru doesn't tell the 'Paladin' about what kind of thing they going to discuss later. This causing a sigh escaped Yukio's mouth as his mind starts to make a schedule for this meeting, he hopes this meeting won't take too much of his time, he still needs to do that homework too. After she feel the frustrate feeling entered her mind which undoubtedly coming from the brown haired man young man beside her and before she knows it, she already places one of her hands on the shoulder of the 'Arc Knight' who instantly turns his head toward her once he aware of the presence of her hand on his shoulder. Although surprised at what his Other self does, Yukio quickly give her a small smile when he realizes that she must be feeling his little frustration of doing so much works lately and he really appreciates her effort in calming him.
Across from Yukio, the 'Paladin' only sat there with both his hands behind his head and a smirk on his face. He glad that finally someone (other than him and Shura) can keep that four-eyes from putting too much strain to that brain of his. He knows that Yukio can handle a lot of stress without affecting himself too much, but it isn't a good thing and either he or Shura need to remind the 'Arc Knight' about it, but look like Death Master can do that job better than him or Shura can, especially since they have connection now. The 'Paladin' glance at his own Other self who also staring at both Yukio and Death Master, only if their bond can be like Yukio and Death Master bond, but he won't complain about it. Black Rock Shooter isn't Death Master and he isn't Yukio, so there is no way that their bond with their own Other self going to be same.
Black Rock Shooter glance at her side when she feels something watching her and she knows that what her instinct told her was right since the 'Paladin' is indeed watching her with a small smile on his face and when he finally notices that Black Rock Shooter already aware of what he does, the 'Paladin' only let the small smile on his face becoming his signature grin before he wink his eyes at her which make Black Rock Shooter blink her eyes twice before she let out a sigh. She doesn't really care about what the meaning behind his wink and whether this is connected to what she did earlier in making a coffee or the fact that she wears the hairpin on her hair.
She needs to admit that after forced to wear the hairpin a few times, she starts to take a liking to this thing because of two reasons. First, because it does a good job in keeping her bangs aside whether she needs to do a task that requires a clear vision like reading or watching a movie, so it was good to has it do it for her. And second because after watching herself wearing this hairpin with blue flower motif a few times on the mirror, she found it a little weird that she, Black Rock Shooter, actually feels a little natural after wearing the hairpin for quite a few times, she wonders why? And Rin always smirking whenever she spots her wearing the hair pin on her hair and she also knows that both Yukio and Death Master probably wondering about why she wears this hairpin on her hair or when she even get it in the first place (Rin and herself never tell them about their little night stroll last week).
"Hey Yomi, Yukio! Don't you think Mato is cute when wearing that hairpin?" And that is enough to make Black Rock Shooter fist landing on the 'Paladin' right cheek, even though this doesn't seem to faze the 'Paladin' at all. And with that, the usual lively breakfast of the residence of the abandoned building begin.
Slowly, one of the doors which located in the deserted area of somewhere in a city named Kyoto, starting to slide aside. Stepping out from the door is no other than the 'Paladin' himself, already dressed in his 'Paladin' uniform and once his feet stepped on the ground of Kyoto, his blue eyes instantly scanning the area around him for making sure that no one is around. Stood behind the 'Paladin' is two girls, one with blue eyes while the other girl has a green eyes. The first thing that Black Rock Shooter notices after stepping on the ground of Kyoto are the temperature. Compared from True Cross Academy, the temperature around here is noticeably warmer and she glad that she chooses to not wears thicker clothes. Meanwhile Death Master is a little confused about the fact there is no one around, does the 'Paladin' choose this place on purpose? It seems so, perhaps because with this, no one will notices three strangers come out from the door.
"Okay guys, listen up, we will heading toward the Kyoto branch office now and if anyone ask who you two are, just simply tell them that you guys are the companion of the 'Paladin'" Rin explains after closing the door they used earlier and pulling out his magic key, the good thing become a 'Paladin' is you will have numerous magic keys linked to numerous place all around the world, example like this, he don't need to take a train to be here, saving more time. After receiving a nod from Death Master and tiny nod from Miss Stoic, Rin give them a small smile before he signaled them to follow him after he put both his hands into the pocket of his black trouser. The three teens are walking in silence as the only sound that can be heard is their own footsteps as both Other selves still scanning their new surroundings while the 'Paladin' himself only focusing on the path ahead. But as the time pass, both Death Master and Black Rock Shooter finally notices more people around them which mean they already leave the deserted area earlier.
"So, Yomi, what do you think of living as human after two months in Assiah?" The 'Paladin' suddenly asks which make Death Master turns her head toward him as she doesn't expect him to ask her a question all of sudden. It's was true that both Black Rock Shooter and Death Master already live in Assiah for about two months and in those two months, while indeed she had talked to Rin Okumura more than once, they were rarely talking to each other because usually whenever Yukio away for his college or work, Rin will also be away to take care of his job as 'Paladin' or simply spent his time by playing game or read manga since he ever claimed that since become the 'Paladin', he has a little time for himself. Also, Rin seems to be more interested in trying to make Black Rock Shooter become more talkative or simply tried to get a reaction from her which resulting some problems that she doesn't want to recall. So, she found it a little surprising for him to ask her a question all of sudden, but regardless she still willingly to have a chat with him.
"It's very different from my life in Otherworld. I learned so much things in these past two months, even though I already saw how human's life from the memory of Yomi Takanashi, seeing from her memories and experience it on my own are different things and to be honest, I am enjoying it" Death Master spoke softly about her honest opinion of how she feel living as human for these past two months. And she is really enjoying it, even though she has enough knowledge about how it feels to be a human from Yomi Takanashi memories, experience all of those things is a different thing from simply knowing about it. Example food, she knows about what is it and the function of food, but tasting food with her own mouth and tongue is one of many experiences she gets in Assiah that she surely never forget.
"I am glad you enjoy it, maybe I should show you around the town more when we back from Kyoto? I know Yukio has done that, but I bet he show you all the boring place. I will spare some of my time and show you all the awesome place in the town, what do you say?" Rin response with excited tone and big smile on his face. Okay, he admits that he has a little intereaction with Death Master even after she live with him in the dorm for two months, that because mainly he wants to let Yukio and Death Master to build their bond while he doing the same with Black Rock Shooter. But while he doesn't know how strong the bond between him and Black Rock Shooter, it was obvious even to him that Yukio and Death Master already have a strong bond and he decides that maybe it is the time for him to build a bond with Death Master, he means, he already build one with Saya, so why not with Death Master too?
"I will really appreciate it" Death Master replied simply and still using a soft tone before she gives the 'Paladin' a small smile to show him that she really appreciates his effort. While it was true that Yukio has show her many places around the town, there is some place that she wanted to visit, but she refrains herself from doing so, since she knows that Yukio already busy enough with his job as an Exorcist and his status as the student of medical school and she doesn't wish to add more burden onto him by requesting some trivial things like that, but perhaps Rin Okumura will has some spare time for doing so.
From the corner of her eyes, Black Rock Shooter watches quietly about how her human-counterpart, Rin Okumura, and Death Master interacting with each other and from her observation, she can tell that both Rin Okumura and Death Master already getting along well. She knows that it isn't the first time they interact with each other, if she remembers correctly, their first interaction is about two months ago, two days after she arrives in Assiah, the day when both herself and Death Master got attacked by that mysterious being. The interaction between Death Master and the 'Paladin' wasn't something formal, just Rin asking whether Death Master okay or not. To be honest, she doesn't really care about what they talking about or whether Rin and Death Master will get closer after this trip they planned because it isn't her business.
"Well, what about you Miss Stoic? Wanna join us?" Rin suddenly asks before patting the shoulder of Black Rock Shooter which make the shorter girl turns her head toward the 'Paladin' and shoot him a glare, but the 'Paladin' only ignore it and asking once again whether she wanted to join their outing or not. She also notices Death Master staring at her with a curious expression on her face, probably curious about her response to the 'Paladin' offer. Should she accept it? Perhaps it will be the best if she refuses this offer since she doesn't know if her presence will be disturbing them or not since honestly, there is not much stuff which can keep her entertained. Though before she able to voice her response, Rin already stopped in his track and this make both Other selves also stopped in their track.
And both Black Rock Shooter and Death Master finally aware about why they stopping because stood in front of them is an elegant and traditional looking building which undoubtedly also serves as their destination, the Kyoto branch office. Black Rock Shooter remembers ever seen something like this from both Rin Okumura memories and the samurai movie she ever watched with Rin, but she never expects that actually this kind of building is used as an office branch, but again she shouldn't be too surprised since from now, she already knows that the world of Exorcist is full with an unpredictable things.
"Ladies! Welcome to the Kyoto branch office! Now, let's get in and find out what they want to discuss" Rin exclaimed before continuing to walk toward the building and after both Black Rock Shooter and Death Master glancing at each other, they quickly follow the 'Paladin' who already stepping inside the gate. The first thing that Black Rock Shooter notices after they stepped inside the building is the attention they get from all the people there which she assumes also Exorcist, though their uniform is a bit different from the uniform of the other Exorcist she had seen so far. Their uniform look more traditional and that isn't the only thing she notices, she also heard some of their whisper like...
"Hey look, isn't that the 'Paladin'?"
"What's an important person like him doing here?"
"Who are those girls behind him?"
"Isn't that the boy who defeat the Impure King back then?"
And so on, but she decides just ignore them since she isn't here to deal with these people. A few seconds later the three teenagers finally stop moving their legs when they already stood a few meters from a young man with a messy his brown hair. From his expression alone, Black Rock Shooter already can guess that this young man is the one in charge here and the fact that his outfit look really different from the rest of Exorcist here also told her so. A grin instantly appears on the 'Paladin' face before he quickly stepping forward at the same time when the young man with brown hair stepping forward too. And before either Black Rock Shooter or Death Master can predict what the two young men going to do, both the young men fists already met in the air as a fist bump.
"Long time no see Bon!" The 'Paladin' exclaimed with his grin already become wider than ever. Bon?... Black Rock Shooter and Death Master only can glance at each other when they heard Rin mention what they can assume as the young man's name, but Bon? Honestly, Black Rock Shooter will admit that her own real name isn't a normal name compared to the name of the human, but seriously, does a person named Bon really exist?
"What I told you about calling me that?! Besides, it only five months ago since we last meet before" The young man yelled, seems to be annoyed because of the 'Paladin' just calling him by Bon and this make Black Rock Shooter's mind finally realizes it. Bon isn't his name, but more like his nickname which means there is indeed no human named Bon ever exist. But Black Rock Shooter instantly focusing her attention to 'Bon' again once she notices he is eyeing her up and down before his eyes shifts toward Death Master beside her, it seems like he is inspecting them. After finishing inspecting them, 'Bon' only raises one of his eyebrows while staring at the 'Paladin' who seems to be understand about what 'Bon' means since Rin nod his head like he is confirming something and afterward 'Bon' also nods his head before gesturing toward somewhere with his head and starts walking away.
"Follow me" and after the 'Paladin' said that he put both his hands inside the pocket of his black trouser before start to walk toward the direction of the young man going. He doesn't need to turn around and checking whether Black Rock Shooter and Death Master going to follow him or not, because from the sound of the footsteps behind him alone, he knows that they already following him. As she let her legs bring her toward her destination, Black Rock Shooter starts to think about what kind of thing they will discuss after this, could it be related to anything regarding Other self? She thinks the possibility of that for happens is pretty high, considering that if the matter they going to discuss is only an Exorcist problem, then the presence of Death Master and herself won't be required and what 'Bon' did earlier is just like what Kirigakure Shura did back then, they both were inspecting him.
Though before she can think of anything further, Rin already stopping walking which make both Death Master and herself also stopping to walk. Now in front of them is a wooden door with the same young man from earlier already stood in front of them with a serious expression on his face before give them or more like the 'Paladin' a gesture to come closer. The 'Paladin' instantly stepping closer to the young man before 'Bon' leaned forward and look like whispering something to the 'Paladin'.
A faint feeling of surprise enters the mind of Black Rock Shooter once 'Bon' leans backward and stare at the 'Paladin' with a serious expression again and Black Rock Shooter narrow her eyes at this sight. What they talking about? Why they keep it a secret from her and Death Master? And what kind of news this 'Bon' guy tells Rin that can surprises him? She really needs to know the answer. But look like the 'Paladin' notices her irritation as he quickly turning around and staring at her with a raised eyebrows.
"Well, this going to be something unexpected. Anyway, this guy over here is Ryuji Suguro, the chief of the Kyoto branch and he going to show us something" and with that the 'Paladin' turns his head toward Ryuji Suguro before giving him a nod. Once he receives permission from the 'Paladin', Ryuji opened the door of his office before signaling for the two girls to enter the room. At first Black Rock Shooter only glancing at the 'Paladin' and hoping he will explain about what the hell going on, but Rin only giving her a smile and a nod, a sign which clearly tell her that everything is fine and after letting out a sigh, she quickly walks toward the room followed by Death Master.
And when they entering the room, both their eyes instantly widen at the sight in front of them. Because stood in front of the desk which located in the center of the room is a very familiar girl they both know really well. A short girl with tan skin and short white hair. When the girl's orange eyes finally noticing their presence, they instantly widen just like Black Rock Shooter and Death Master eyes with a surprise expression already decorating her face. But before either Black Rock Shooter or Death Master can do or said anything, two words escape the mouth of the white haired girl who still looks shocked at their presence.
"... Mato?... Yomi?"
And this confuses both Black Rock Shooter and Death Master when they heard it, before Death Master realized why this girl assumes them as their human-counterpart instead of their real selves. She quickly grabs the black-green bracelet on her right wrist before she pull it from her wrist which make her body glow slightly before the glow disappear and this make her earlier pale brown skin become purely white and both her horns and wings instantly appears as the effect of the bracelet which concealing her true appearance finally gone, revealing herself not as Yomi Takanashi, but as an Other self known as Death Master.
"Death Master?!... Then it's mean..."
By time the white haired girl turns her head toward the blue eyed girl, she already grabs her black-blue bracelet before pulling it from her from her wrist and thus showing her true appearance, the appearance of the Other self known as Black Rock Shooter. And if possible, the white haired girl's orange eyes become wider than before and then a smile formed on her lips and she quickly tilts her head to the side. Death Master gives a small smile as the response of the girl's smile while Black Rock Shooter expression remains the same, stoic as always. The three girls quickly focusing their attention toward the door when they heard the sound of the door being closed and stood in front of the door is both Ryuji Suguro with a serious expression and Rin Okumura with his usual grin.
"So, she is the Other self you found, huh? Strength isn't it? Nice to meet you" Rin said with his usual cheerful tone and his usual signature grin which only make the white haired girl, Strength, blinks her eyes in confusion at the sudden introduction of the black haired young man, but Strength orange eyes instantly widen a bit when she remembers about the conversation last night and judging from his messy black hair, blue eyes, blue coat, and the unique badge on his coat, there is no mistake, it must be the guy Ryuji talking about.
"Oh! So, you are the 'Paladin' right? The strongest Exorcist, Rin Okumura, right? It's a pleasure to think that someone as important as you willingly to visit me" Strength response with a bit of nervousness in her voice. Ryuji only told her about his appearance and how important he is to both the Exorcist organization and the world of human, Assiah, but Ryuji never really tell her about his personality nor how she needs to act around him. Should she act formally? She only knows that if a person hold a tittle as the 'strongest' then that person can be either dangerous or prideful and Black Rock Shooter is a perfect example for that, but this guy, even though she knows that he must be powerful, but his presence isn't threatening her at all, in fact it was inviting and warm. And the laugh that comes out from his mouth after hearing her response telling her that this guy is different from what she thought about him before.
"No need to be so formal with me, just think of me as another guy with a noisy personality. And catch!" And after pulling something from the pocket of his black trouser, the 'Paladin' instantly throw the item in his hand toward the white haired girl who manages to catching it with ease. When she open her palms, she realizes that the item she had catch was the bracelet which look same like Death Master and Black Rock Shooter bracelets, though her bracelet has black-orange color. She quickly look up at the 'Paladin' before giving him a smile to express her thanks which the 'Paladin' response by a grin before he said to Black Rock Shooter and Death Master to explain to Strength about the magic bracelet which obeyed by both Other selves, though Black Rock Shooter glancing at him for a second before focusing her attention toward the white haired girl again.
"Four Other selves now and still no clue about what the hell going on in this world. Bon, explain to me how you meet her and when, also where is Renzou and Konekomaru? And last, what kind of thing you wanted to discuss with me?" Rin knows that he should not ask too many questions at once, but his brain is limited and he needs to take out some questions to free some space before it became too full and then explode. His blue eyes never leave the sight of the three Other selves who look like talking about something he can't hear, but judging from their interaction with each other, it doesn't seem to be something really important. He leaned against the door before placing both his hands into the pocket of his black trouser while he waiting for the answer of his questions.
"Renzou and Konekomaru are away because I want them to check for something, it involved with the Demon activity around here, but it isn't something they can't handle. I meet Strength yesterday when I checking the area around the mountain and since you seems to know about Other selves better than I do, I like to ask you a question" Ryuji explained before leaning against the door as well and cross his arms in front of his chest while his eyes also staring at the white haired girl who about to try her new bracelet now. Ryuji's response is finally making the 'Paladin' turn his head and stare at the new most high priest of the 'Myo Dha Sect' as he waiting for the question.
"Since I am only 'Upper First Class' I never know about how you guys found your Other selves, but when I found Strength, I found her when fighting what I assume as another Other self, is that a normal thing?" And this actually making Rin's blue eyes widen a bit. He finds an Other self when she is fighting another Other self... In Assiah?! Is that even possible? When Shura found Black Gold Saw, she is alone. When Yukio find Death Master, she is alone. And when he found Black Rock Shooter, she is alone! So, it doesn't make a sense and more importantly, he know that fighting is a daily activities of an Other self (as Saya and Black Rock Shooter's memories tell him), but they aren't stupid, so he sure when they are suddenly arrives at Assiah, they won't fight and will figuring out about what just happened.
"That's definitely not a normal thing. All the Other selves that we found all this time are always alone, are you even sure that was an Other self?"
"I am one hundred percent sure, I mean she is a chick that wield weapons and she really good in using it, she even almost defeat Strength if I wasn't interfering" Ryuji explain as he closes his eyes to recall yesterday night. Yes, that other girl is definitely an Other self, but he doesn't has enough knowledge about all of this stuff and he even know about this Other self stuff if not because the announcement from the higher-ups, hell he wouldn't even believe it if he not meet one himself, just like what he did last night. The 'Paladin' eyes are instantly narrow on it own when he heard this information, okay, first that roasted turkey, now this, just what the hell wrong with Otherworld anyway? Okay, he won't find anything if he keeps asking himself another question, for now...
"I see, so, I guess we need to find another priest to lead the 'Myo Dha Sect' since their current leader already not pure because he was giving his first kiss to a girl last night" Rin mumbled aloud enough for the young man beside him to heard and when the 'Paladin' words entering his ears, his eyes snapped open before he shoot his best glare
"What the hell you mean by it?! Besides, aren't you already lost your first kiss too because of it?!" And Rin's smirk already turning into a grin, but before he can say anything to response that...
"First kiss?"
And both Rin and Ryuji instantly whirled around to see the three Other selves (already in their human appearance) are looking at them with a curious expression on their face. Strength who now has brown hair and more paler skin, staring at Ryuji with her orange eyes, while Death Master partially staring at him and Ryuji. Even Black Rock Shooter is staring at Rin with a curious expression on her usually stoic face. Both Rin and Ryuji can feel cold sweat dripping from their face as their mind trying to create an excuse for the word they just heard. But before neither Rin and Ryuji can said anything, suddenly all the Other selves eyes widened before they fall forward. Because of their fast reflex, Ryuji manages to catch Strength while Rin manages to catch both Black Rock Shooter and Death Master.
"What happened to them?!" Ryuji exclaimed in panic as she sees Strength grip his robes so hard using both her hands while she buried her head on his chest, what exactly happened to her?! Why she looks in extreme pain? What he should do in this situation. Rin can see it clearly that both Black Rock Shooter and Death Master are experience an intense pain just from the way they grip his blue coat so hard and the way both of them burying their head on his chest and what he only can do is holding them close because if his mind right, then it also mean...
Rin quickly looking at the window with his eyes narrowed and his mouth in the form of a frown.
"This mean... There is a dimension crack nearby"