We interrupt this Author's Note to bring you a disclaimer in regards that the Author has ran out of ideas for what to even say at the moment and to think up a clever joke for the running Disclaimer Gag.
Disclaimer: To eloquently put it, I don't own shit.
After escorting the new girl to the mansion, she begged to be led to her brother immediately, which Damien complied and hoped to have things set in motion for his revenge plan. Upon opening the door to the boy's room, the man shut the door and walked away from it.
"I'm done..." His plan would have to wait until the craziness aired out of the room.
"Wait... What?" Lara called out to him but only was given the sight of his back disappearing through the halls. Wondering what he saw, the young girl opened the door and saw none other than her brother being put into a slow dance with another guy. "Koko! What did I say about being a whore?" She called out to him, causing the Gun Blade to flush in embarrassment and turn into dead weight. Dropping to the ground without so much as an attempt to save himself.
Finding a chance to find some fun, Striker leaped over to the comatose Roy and brought out his poking stick and made his entertainment for the day.
"Well, I think we finally killed Roy... To think, our tricks never worked, but this girl managed to do it with one sentence." Looking at the newcomer, Ice found that she joined in Striker's fun. Both of the two poking the possibly deceased body of the Gun Blade. Though eventually the Lion Witch grew bored and began dragging the body by it's feet.
"We need to hide the body, he's not waking up!"
"He should be fine." The white haired boy spoke out from his bed, though still choosing not to be a part of the mess. Ice exchanged a look with Striker and soon quickly understood his reason for panic. But Lara was lost and found it strange that no one in this room gave a simple, 'Hi there, what's your name?'
"I don't understand..." She tilted her head and noticed a few girls walk into the door across from this room.
"He has a meister, who is really terrifyingly calm and scary, and we don't want to know what happens if her weapon is dead." The younger sister thought for a moment and tried to imagine a scary person wielding her brother, Lara shrugged it off and quickly slapped the unconscious boy awake. After floundering on the ground during his rude awakening, Roy dashed out of the room leaving them behind.
Having heard the commotion, Evia and Nico emerged from their rooms and stared at the newcomer. The usual stare from the Gun Blade Meister causing Ice and Striker to tense up. Lara smiled and waved at the two, the green eyed girl rushing to her.
"Nice to meet ya, name's Evia, you?" She gave a smile and replied calmly.
"Lara, and you?" The hazel eyed girl looked over at the blue eyed woman.
"I'm your brother's meister, Nico. Come, your room is across the hall, can you tell me more about Roy and his habits?" The sister smiled and walked along with the black haired women to the other room and began to explain some details, most being embarrassing stories from the childhood which the two jokester men eavesdropped to use as more fuel.
After an hour or so, the Gun Blade returned to the room to find that all of the other men were present, which is a strange occurrence. He sighed as he wanted to drown out the whole world with music and leaped into his bed, taking out the laptop from under his bed.
"So... Koko." Damien snickered at the pet nickname. "Why does she even call you that?"
"Am I gonna have to choke you...?" The black haired boy replied, his eye twitching in irritation.
"I'll risk it." he replied, staying quiet for a moment to savor the following moment. Upon his laptop switching on and logging in, the Gun Blade continued things as usual and put on headphones to blast his eardrums with music. The red eyed man was shocked to not have a reaction from the boy and quickly walked over to Ice.
"Ok... So that plan backfired... What should I do now?" The golden eyed Reaper stared up at him, Ice being at a lost of what he was talking about.
"I changed his background on his laptop and he's not even acknowledging it."
The young man thought for a moment then looked back at the older man. "What did you change it to?" He shook his head, facial expression stating that he doesn't even want to tell or recount the image.
Back in the girl's room. The whole female group were listening to the many tales of Lara and her childhood with 'Koko' and her other older brothers.
"Wait a minute, he hates water? How does he bathe then?" The pink eyed blonde asked, the others chuckling at the strange hatred towards H2O.
"Yeah, he takes short ones, he says he scrubs really hard though so it makes up for the small time. He's so weird." Lara responded with a smile. So far she got along with most of the girls, which included Akari, Josephine, Melody, and Evia. Those four being the easiest to make friends with, however the other two found Lara a bit strange. Though Nico had sworn to herself to keep the new recruit nicely due to relation to her weapon.
Upon thought of the Gun Blade, the young woman found herself thinking about the next upcoming mission. She was prepared physically and ready to take down the Kishins and Witch, but she felt a bit nervous for a minor detail she couldn't quite grasp. Using logic to what brought upon the feeling, she deduced that her weapon was the reason, though she scoffed at the thought of him being put in danger. 'With my level of skill, I don't have any worry for him having to protect me. I will keep him safe during it.'
"Earth to Nico!" The green haired meister called out to the black haired woman. She had been caught in her thoughts that she never noticed closing out the outside world. Truth be told, she was still a bit caught in thought.
"Oh leave her alone, she was probably thinking about getting to go on a date with her partner." Evia added in as an attempt to tease her.
"I wouldn't blame her, she is the only other girl to have a boy as her partner, that bond between Weapon and Meister is like marriage." Jo chimed in, unintentionally adding to the tease.
The teased woman took in a breath of air, prepared for more added banter from the other women. Though one Lara stayed silent. 'Koko is being a whore... He lied!'
"I appreciate the feedback, but this is a mission first, I have priorities." Nico stated to the others, face remaining stoic though a faint blush present on her face.
"Mission first, date second, got it." Akari nodded, misinterpreting her words.
"No, it's not a date at all." She attempted to put a stop to all the romance talk around the room.
"Oh c'mon, you two would look perfect together, his soft look and your looks, it's a match made in Death City!" Melody reasoned with her. Showing a bit of her fangirl side.
The time was passing by, and the blue eyed woman was still defending herself in a calm manner from the others' twisting her words. Though one made her way to the door and left the others.
"Akari, where are you going, it's already late." Lux called out to her, stopping her momentarily.
"I'm just going out for a walk, I might not be back for a while." She assured her before closing the door behind her, making her way out the large mansion, upon exiting the house, she noticed two figures rounding the corner of the premise. Being a bit curious, the swordswoman stalked close to the two and began to eavesdrop, recognizing a voice.
"Dammit Salem, just come clean and explain to me why the fuck you have those-"
"Stop... not another word about them." 'Why is Roy yelling at Salem... And what is he hiding?'
She was curious enough to forget her visit to her old home and stuck a bit longer to get to the center of this mystery. Though for several minutes, she figured that the Gun Blade might as well been threatening a wall, the white haired boy was not cracking under the pressure.
"Death dammit!" She flinched at the yell of frustration, accompanied by the sound of steel piercing through the side of the house. "If you're not going to tell me willingly, I might as well beat it out of you!"
The level of anger was beyond what she had expected from the black haired boy, he always seemed so calm and chilled with things, but this was a complete change in personality.
"No!" Akari ran in, revealing herself to the two. Salem flinched when he caught sight of her, however, Roy's expression changed to a twisted grin.
"Nice to see you Akari, do you mind helping me with Salem?"
"I'm not going to beat him up for you, I would never hurt him, why are you acting like this?" The Gun Blade chuckled as he walked past her, arms pulling up to shrug.
"I got no clue on what the fuck I'm doin', but it doesn't mean it's bad." In a bright crimson flash, the bladed arm belonging to Roy was held firmly to that of the swordswoman's neck. The cold steel gently brushing against her skin. "Now Salem, we can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way."
"Fine, I choose the easy way." He spoke out, finally using his voice, but the blade remained firm against her neck.
"Wrong answer, easy way is me slitting her throat. But I'll accept this since you finally showed you cared for someone." The flash returned and as did Roy's arm.
"What was that? Why were you acting crazy?" She asked, gripping the hilt of her blade, ready to turn on him. This was not the guy they knew, the Roy they knew would never had threatened someone on his own accord.
"That, was my insane method of getting shit done. I hate being a sadistic asshole, but getting Salem to break out of his shell the normal way wasn't working." The brown eyed boy stuffed his hands into his pocket, a familiar habit that assured them he was back to the calm nature.
Akari looked over to the white haired boy, finding him to be staring at the ground in a defeated sense.
"But we're still not done, you gotta tell me about it, Salem." Said boy clenched his fists and fell to his knees.
"Alright... But not here." He felt arms from both sides wrap around him, both Roy and Akari helping him back on his feet.
"I know a place we can talk, I was heading over there now." After releasing the white haired boy, the Gun Blade nodded and gestured for her to lead the way. The three walked under the moonlit for a great distance, finding that the location was none other than Akari's old cave.
"Go ahead and take the mask off." Roy commanded, leaning against the rock wall while the other two sat across from each other on the ground. Though he was hesitant at first, the white haired boy reached for the covering, inhaling and summoning the courage to do so and pulled down the mask.
"Oh my..."
I've been doing a lot of cliffhanger One-eighties a lot lately... Anyways, hoped this chapter was entertaining enough and that you enjoyed reading it. A lot planned for the next few.