Little Busters: Persona Intertwined
Chapter 25: Marriage For Disaster part 5
...At the outskirt at the nearby grasses...
"What the hell... ...is this!?" Kyosuke, after backing away a bit, from the dark sphere in front of them, he and Riki are keeping distance and slowly backed away since it's emanating a foul and wicked aura about it. "What the hell is this!?" He said again, with them having have backed away in a few distances.
"This is... sphere...?" Riki asked,
"Ah, sure looks like one, and..."
... ...For some reason, the dark sphere seems to be emanating, like something is being called or beckoned upon it. It's emanating dark electric currents about it, like it's being called out from within...
"Boy! Natsume-san!" Kurugaya's voice is heard exclaiming,
"Huh...?" "Huh...?" Both Riki and Kyosuke turned to the right direction where Kurugaya, accompanied by A-chan, is running towards their direction,
"Mio-kun told us...!" She said while panting a bit heavily...
...Flashback, back at the dorm, earlier...
Mio was planning to head to her room, which she was by the stairway-
-Sharp-!
"Huh...!?" ...She felt an enormous darkness, which is located by the outskirts, with the... "What...? Th-This essence... Huh? Naoe... -kun...? And... Natsume Kyosuke...? Wha-WHA-!? Th-This power... This power... This power is unbelieavable! What IS *This*!?" Mio exclaimed, very feeling fright at the intense power of darkness coming from The Wicked Avatar that is confronting both Riki and Kyosuke,
...Later...
...Mio was at the command room, 'I need to wake everyone up.' She tries to focus on her power as she put her hands on her head in a telepathic manner. ...She begun emanating waves in a telepathic fashion, / "Everyone, listen up! Natsume Kyosuke-san and Naoe-san are in trouble, I have detected a strong presence at the outskirt near an abandoned manor, please, you have to get there, and offer assistance! /
-Everyone got that message as they all-some of them rose up from their beds, Masato has stopped working out in his room, Kengo is alerted after taking a shower, Kanata was dealing with something on her desk, and she was alerted upon Mio's calling, A-chan was reading a magazine at the dining room and got the message. Everyone then started moving for an emergency gathering-
-Later, at the command room,
-Kanata and the others barged in, to see Mio to be already here.
"What!? Naoe and Natsume-kun are already...! How did they..." Kanata said with her pondering on the situation,
"Never mind about that! We have to get in there! Riki-kun and Kyosuke aren't being able to-Huh? A-A-Anego?" Haruka has turned to Kurugaya-but she was already gone then, and A-chan, as well.
End of Flashback, and back to the present situation...
"That's how it goes. We went ahead since we already have known of the location, and..." Kurugaya explained the whole story, with A-chan panting and huffing from all the running.
"Hey, don't just stand there! This freak is more than something we have ever fought before! Who knows, it might not even be a shadow!" Kyosuke said, slightly turning away from that gigantic, dark sphere of The Wicked Avatar.
"Grrrrrrrrrrooooooaaaaarrrrggghhh-!" ...Then, there is that roar coming from the dark sphere itself,
"Huh?"
"Huh...?"
Riki and Kurugaya said, as they become wary of the dark sphere... ...which the Wicked Avatar seems to be resonating...
"Huh...?"
"Huh...?"
A-chan and Kyosuke also became wary of it, then... It begun to emanate dark electric currents, again, and it seems to be resonating once more,
"Gr, we have no choice... Yosh..." Kurugaya let out her evoker and pointed it at her temple-
"Wha-A-A-Ah-! W-Wait-!"
BANG-!
Despite A-chan's protest, Kurugaya fired the trigger, and summoned forth her amazon-like persona, Amazoness, which faced forth towards the Wicked Avatar's direction...
..."Grrrrrrrrrrrroooooaaaaarrrrgggghhh," ...The dark sphere emanated again, and it's emanating dark electric currents.
*-Blascht-!*
It sent out some sort of shock wave all over the surrounding, creating massive wind currents that sent out various gust of winds everywhere,
"Gah-!" "Ah-!" Kyosuke and Riki are slightly blown away at those gust of winds,
"KYaaahh!" A-chan made sure her skirt is flipped up as the currents of those gusts of winds also went their direction, with Kurugaya having her long, seductive hair being brushed by the wind gusts. And she is keeping her focus on the Wicked Avatar, which is still emanating dark electric currents,
*-Blascht-!*
It then begun to form into the same shape as the Amazoness persona, wherein it formed into a dark silhouette that greatly mirrors Amazoness, but it's seem to be elastic that it can morph into this kind of appearance-perhaps any appearance can be copied.
"What the...!? Amazoness...!?" Kyosuke was in disbelief at that development,
"Ah...!" Kurugaya's mouth is in awe, and is wide open at this development, "It copied... Amazoness...? Why does it capable of using Amazoness...?"
"Groooooaaaaaarrrr-!" The Wicked Avatar, now having the copy-image of Amazoness, gave out a loud roar then-!
"Gr, no matter what you may appear, I will still be able to pierce you! Go, Amazoness-!" Kurugaya beckoned her persona, and it entered into a stance where it's aimed to attack-
"No, you idiot!" Kyosuke exclaimed, and berated him as he attempted to stop her-
-Amazoness begun assaulting the Wicked Avatar, but-
"Tempest-Slaaasshh-!" Kurugaya said in a god-like tone, and beckoned her persona to attack-
-*Tempest Slash-!*
-Claaasschtt-! aaggeeeccchhtggeech*-
-*BLaaaaassscchhttggee-*-!
The Wicked Avatar countered with the same kind of attack, and it sent out a large elastic electric shock wave all over the area as it attacked,
-Sharp-Sharp-!
"Gr...!" Kurugaya felt her inside beingslashed by some force... which is reflected of how her persona was attacked by the Wicked Avatar, "Guaaaaaaagggghhhheeaaggyyaaah!" She let out a loud scream of pain and agony.
"Gr...!" Riki is alarmed...
"Dammit...!" Kyosuke said...
"Kurugaya-san!" A-chan exclaimed, feeling worried...
"Gr," Kurugaya kneels to the ground, with her touching her side waist, since she felt like it was slashed by some force, as A-chan tended to her...
"Kurugaya-san! Are you all right?" She attended to Kurugaya's wound or pain...
"Gr... That attack... How could...?" Kurugaya attempts to keep her stare and focus on the Wicked Avatar,
"Groooooooaaaaaarrrr-!" The Wicked Avatar gave out a loud roar again,
"Ah," "Ah." Both A-chan and Kurugaya are startled a bit at that,
"Gr, dammit! Yosh, I guess I have no choice... Hiya-!" Kyosuke rushed to face the Wicked god, as well, while Riki remained on stand by.
"Hm," He narrowed his eyes a bit as he stared and observed the Wicked Avatar. "That sphere... isn't that... a dark version of Ra's Sphere Mode...? What could... Ah..."
"HIyaaaaa-!" Kyosuke ran at full speed, grabbed his evoker as he lunged towards it-"Come forth, Flame Swordsman!"
BANG-!
He fired his evoker,
-Flaaaaassshh! -Ablaaaaaazzzeeerrrggcchhtt-!
Flame Swordsman is summoned,
"Flame Sword-!" Kyosuke beckoned it to attack the Wicked Avatar,
-Ablaaaaaazzeeggeecchhtt-! Flame Swordsman lunged at the Wicked Avatar, igniting a flame wave pillar through out its sword of flames-!
"Hiyaaaagghct-!"
-Ablaaaaaazzeeggeecchhtt-!
Flames surrounded the dark sphere of The Wicked Avatar, it then begun to formed into the image-copy of Flame Swordsman himself.
"What!? Wha... Flame Swordsman! What the... That's Flame Swordsman, my Flame Swordsman!"
The Wicked Avatar, now having the image-copy of the Flame Swordsman persona, swung its black blade of dark flames, "Groooooaaaaaarrrr-!" It faced Flames Swordsman with its arms raised for some reason to the side,
"Gr, darn you... Again! Flame Swordsman, Salamandar!"
"Huaaah!" Flame Swordsman held its sword tightly, aiming it on the ground, "Huaaahh!" It stabbed its sword on the ground,
**-Ablaaaaaazzeeggeecchhtt-!*
*BOOOOOOOMMMCCHHTGHCT!-*
An ignition explosion erupted, and engulfed the Wicked Avatar, but...
"Hey-! Kyosuke-!" Masato's voice echoed, and he and the others are on their way as it is,
"Huh...?" "Huh...?" Both Riki and Kyosuke turned to them,
"RIKI-! KYOSUke-!" Masato exclaimed again, as they kept running,
"Riki!" Rin exclaimed while running towards them,
"Riki-kun!" Komari exclaimed,
"...You guys..." Riki said, he's eyeing them with serious and emotionless expression.
The other guys have arrived to this scenery, and they all stop near both A-chan and Kurugaya...
"What the...!?" Kengo was in awe at the sight of the Wicked Avatar, unharmed by the flames of Flames Swordsman, it's emanating dark electric currents, again.
"What...!? It... It didn't worked!" Kyosuke exclaimed in disbelief, as the Wicked Avatar has reverted back to its previous mode of being in Sphere Mode,
"That's...!" Rin said eyeing the Wicked Avatar as it has begun to emanate dark electric currents, again.
"What is that... that... that black thing...?" Komari asked, stepping away a bit.
"That's... That's the thing Nishizono-san sensed earlier! It's very strong, be careful!" A-chan warned and advised,
"Gr, ugh, curse it... It's a lot stronger, and I... Gr, underestimated it."
"Ah! A-Anego! What happened to you!" Haruka tended to Kurugaya's wound, as well.
"Ugh!" She sweat dropped at the pain rolling, "I'm all right... But... You wouldn't want to keep your eyes avert from this beast, don't let your guard down, unless you guys want to get beaten up like this onee-san." She said, eyeing the Wicked Avatar with animosity.
...The Wicked Avatar is emanating, again, "Grooooaaaaarrrr-!"
"Kyaah" "Kyaaahh!"
Both Rin and Komari screamed at that sudden roar from the Wicked Avatar,
"Anego, what the heck is that!? It's like a giant black lollipop! I don't see it, too, clearly."
"Don't underestimate it of how it looks, be on your guard!" Kyosuke said sounding commanding in his tone, even though he's not the leader, he can still act as a leadership figure. Then, the Wicked Avatar is emanating once again, and dark mist are gathering about it, as if something is about to come out of its dark sphere...
...dark electric currents are emanating violently now, then, FLaaaaaaaaaassssshhhhhhh-!
...The entire place is engulfed by bright light, which blinded everyone,
"Gaaah!" "Gaaaahhh!" """Gaaaah!"""
"Gah, my eyes-! Kengo, do something, will you!?"
"Like what the heck will I supposed to do!?"
"Somebody get something to darkened this place, a bit!" Kyosuke retorted at that statement,
FLaaaaaaaaassssshhh!
..Everything is engulfed by blinding light, then... ...
..Before them, is a dark-demonic, skeletal version of The Winged Dragon of Ra, the true form of The Wicked Avatar, is right before them-!
"Ah...!" "Ah...! "
Both Riki and Kyosuke reacted to that,
"Guah!" "Kyah!"
Rin and Komari reacted to that,
"Guah!" "Ah!"
Haruka and Kurugaya reacted to that,
"Gehh...!"
A-chan reacted to that,
-The Wicked Avatar stands before them, glaring at them, and it gives off a dark divine aura about it. "Groaaaaarrrrrr-!" It sent out a shock wave that overwhelmed everyone, just like how Ra, Obelisk and Osiris would give out their own divine aura that would overwhelm a weak willed person and may make them lose the will to stand up, or fight up against them... perhaps.
"Kyah!" Komari is pushed greatly by that impacting aura,
"Gah...!" As well as Rin, who is trying to fight off this aura, 'What is... this... thing... I'm scared...'
"Groooooaaaaarrrr!" Rin tries to fight off the dark aura that is threatening to crush everyone,
"Gyaaaahh! No, I won't be... scared!" She said, trying to fight off the dark aura,
"Grooooooaaaaarrr-!" The Wicked Avatar stands tall,
"Kyaaaaahhh-!" Haruka is trying the best she can to remain standing, and still, despite the impacting aura.
"Grr-! What the...!" Masato, who is trying to shrug off the impacting aura while moving straight forward, is feeling that impacting aura that is threatening to crush his very bones...!
"Grr...! Gah, Masato, we still have not settled our match, we may be able to settle this, and see who's stronger between us...! No, the strongest in our school-!"
"Hey, Kengo-!" Kyosuke, who is trying to shrug off the impacting aura himself, with his arms crossed in front of him to block off the aura that is threatening to overwhelm him with all of its might, "Like steel that is steel as stone, like a sheath that sheathes even the mightiest sword in the Sengoku era, and even the Heian period, people still possess the warmth of youth, and today, we are now at that period where we unleash all of our potential, and we WILL succeed-!"
"What the hell are you blabbering now!?" "What the hell are you blabbering!?" "What the heck are you blabbering!?" Kurugaya, A-chan and Haruka said altogether as in to respond to Kyosuke's nonsensical statements,
"Gr, come on, we can take down this guy-!" Kyosuke, after moving an inch from his previous position, and removing his hands in front of him, said, bravely and confidently, and cooly, as he faces the Wicked Avatar,
"Groooooaaaaaarrrr-!" It roared high and tall in front of the gang-
Riki, who has been covering himself with his hands from the impacting aura and violent air about, stepped forward and removed his hand from front, "It's also tough, don't go easy on it, or it will BURN you whole-!" He warned them of reckless actions will lead to one's doom-
"Grr...!" Masato removed his hands from front, as well, and faces the Wicked Avatar with fierce stance,
"Gr, you monster-!" Kengo said to the beast, that is having dark divine aura about it, and it's quite gigantic, like Ra, The Winged Dragon of Ra, is.
"Everyone, summon your personas, and attac altogether, I've been waiting for this! Okay, let's go-!" At Kyosuke's command-
BANG-!
-He's the first one to summon his persona, Flame Swordsman.
"Persona!" "Persona...!" "Persona!"
Komari, Haruka and Rin said altogether,
BANG-!
They summoned their personas, Seiyaryu, Undine and Nekomata, altogether, and they struck a pose of fighting stance.
"Hm, I may as well help out." A-chan said pointing the evoker at her temple,
BANG-!
"Per-so-NA-!" FLaaaash-! FLaaash-! Shards of blue-color fragments about them, gathered altogether, and they formed into a seemingly all-purpled colored woman, who seems to be manifesting for the first time, in a long time coming, as A-chan didn't participated in previous operations, as she was acting as body guard and support for Kanata and Mio, who is acting as support and scanner for the group with her persona not being battle-oriented, anyway. This is Ciel, (Note: The name is different, but this is pretty much Cybele from Persona 3 and 4, if you know of that persona, and she's of the Lovers Arcana in both games, I believe. And in here, she acts as a persona for A-chan, whose persona is also of The Lovers like Haruka in this story.)
"This onee-san will not let you have all the fun, with all these cuties and very cuty girls with just your side, this onee-san will now allow herself to join the fray!" Kurugaya said with confident in her own tone and stance, then, she pointed at her temple with her evoker,
BANG-!
FLAAAAAAAASSSSHHH-! Amazoness is summoned out of the flash of blue lights that burst out of the ground, and formed into a persona-Amazoness.
"Everyone, wait!" Mio's voice is suddenly heard,
"Huh?" Kurugaya turned to the corner,
"Huh?" "Huh?" "Huh...?" Rin, Komari and Haruka turned to the corner,
"Huh?" "Huh...?" A-chan and Kyosuke turned to the side,
"Huh...?" "Huh...?" Masato and Kengo turned to the corner,
"... ..." Riki turned to the corner, and there, Mio has arrived, panting and huffing heavily. It seems she ran all the way over here, she's not physically inclined and is very weak in sports, but is very academically inclined, which makes up for it.
"huff, huff, pant, pant, Everyone...! Listen up," She said, trying to gain her composure and maintaining her stance and posture still,
"Mio-kun, what's wrong?" Kurugaya asked, with A-chan being beside her,
...Flashback...
...Mio was trying to access the console, in order to get a reading of the Wicked Avatar-whose name she doesn't know, of course-but is having a hard time, and she was having a hard time due to a blurry reading that is caused by the Wicked Avatar itself-
"I was trying to get inclined information on our enemy, but it's too powerful! I couldn't get any reading, and if I'm afar, I cannot get a clear reading from it. And I saw you all having a hard time,"
"What!? Mio-kun, why did you came here? Where's Futaki-san?"
"She's at the dorm, preparing our equipment... but she seems to be... busy, at something, as I've seen her preparing."
"Well, what are you waiting for!?" Kyosuke suddenly spoke up, and told her to remain at the side, since it's very dangerous here. "We can't have our scanner or analyzer get harmed, we won't be able to come up with good strategies!"
"Ah...!" Mio is taken aback at that,
"Yeah, how are we supposed to fight something like this without Nishizono!?" Masato exclaimed loudly, and in doubt,
"Shut up, she's here, and we need to focus on protecting her, and beating this guy-!" Kengo exclaimed, sounding cool there for a moment,
"Whoo, you sounded kinda cool there, Miyazawa! Cool for you!" A-chan cheered enthusiastically.
"Hey, save that for all the other times we may have come to play at, and we're gonna have a geerie fun at all the hard times we find ourselves into, and be all the giggling fun we could all muster, and we can all play altogether, like what we usually do!" Haruka, somehow feeling like she should speak at something-at a childish certain manner-said to everyone, which kinda stunned them, all the same, "Come on, we can't idle about in this, let's come and play, and we can forget about all hard work and just enjoy ourselves for the whole day long, isn't that more fun than hard work for all of those who have just been through it, and we're all together!"
"Silence!" ..."Yami Riki" suddenly spoke up, and silenced Haruka.
"Huh...?" "Huh...?" ""Huh..?"" "Huh...?"
"Riki...?" Kyosuke, who has a questionable look, asked,
...Riki is having a downcast, serious gaze which seems to stem of coldness and cold-heartedness.
...Haruka is eyeing him, and he turned to her-glarree, which he threw a very threatening glare towards her direction,
"Ah-!" She felt threatened and frightened, and recalled what he told her earlier, something about paying her back for all mistreatment that he was thrusted at, and have been like that ever since this spring... Now, it's summer, where wishes come true for those with deserving merits and those of with just and pure intentions. "Wha..." She stepped away a bit from distances away from Riki, "Wh-What... is it...?" She asked, a bit frightened on her tone, as Riki keeps sending a glare, towards her. And-
"Groooooooaaaaaaaarrrr-!" The Wicked Avatar, feeling it has been ignored for a while, suddenly started roaring and moving, once again, it seems to be agitated, and angered. "Groooooaaaaaarrr-!"
"Hm?" Kyosuke is the first to react against its violent reaction, and seems to be glaring at them, "Hey, now's not the time for our tension misreading and misleading, we got some job to do, if you guys want to-and I for one sure wants to, and understand what our friend-Riki-has chosen to do, if you guys would still be going onto the lonely path, of you choosing the path of so-called having "schedule-permanent deliberate train tracks", then go ahead, and see if you can reach the end of the tracks, before we all get toast on this guy-!"
"Groooooaaaaaarrr-!" At that, the Wicked Avatar is suddenly-ablaaazzzee Ablaaaazze ABLaaaaaaaazzzeeeerrrcchhtt-! It's engulfed in dark, purple flames in the same manner of Ra, The Winged Dragon of Ra would turn or transform into its "God-Phoenix Mode", which means... ...could it be... "Groooooooaaaaaarrrr-!" ABLaaaaaaazzeecchhtt ABLAAAZZEECCHHTTRREEGGAAEE-!
"""GUUUAAAAAAHHHH-!"""
Everyone screamed in loud echoing sounds as the Wicked Avatar before them has just transformed into its "Evil-God Phoenix Mode", just like Ra's own "God-Phoenix Mode",
"GROOOOOOAAAAAARRRR-!" Ra's dark counterpart soared a bit high from where the gang is currently stationed at, and it soared even a bit higher now, and- "GROOOOOAAAAAAARRRR-!" It soared and flew towards them with dark, flaming darkness about to consume them all-!
"Th-This is...!" Kurugaya and Mio remembered that time where they were incinerated by the flames of purgatory from Ra's flames that time, when retribution and judgement was awaiting them under the god's and Riki's decreed that time, now, it's the devil's flames of darkness consuming-
"Ah-! This is..." For some reason, Mio have seen an image of Riki standing at the corner of the command room, as if as in a vision, then,
*BOOOOOMMMRREEAARRGGEEAARRCCHHTTCH-!*
*ABLLAAAAZZZEEERRGGAAEERREEGGAEERRAAGEREEGAE-!*
"GUUUUAAAAAHHHCCHHTT-!"
"KYAAAAAAAAHHH-!"
"AAAAHHHH-!" Kurugaya, Mio and A-chan braced themselves as the fires erupted and burst out all over the area, as the Wicked Avatar landed right towards their personas, which were all diffactted, and dissipated as they were all burned by the flames of darkness itself-
*ABLLAAAAZZZEEERRGGAAEERREEGGAEERRAAGEREEGAE-!*
"Gyaaaaaaahh-!" Rin tries to shrug off the flames that burst out as The Wicked Avatar just landed right on the ground, and created a catastrophic out burst of flames that blew away everyone, "Gyaaaaaaaaaahhh-!"
"Come forth, Celtic Guardian, Guardian of The Fortress-!" Riki, with his evoker pointed at his temple, beckoned his guardian persona-
BANG-!
-Riki summoned forth,
FLaaaaaasssshhh-!
"Freedom Sword-!" Celtic Guardian rushed in, in a defensive position, to protect Riki and all the others from the ensuing flames of chaos that has been unleashed in a violent outburst of flames, and catastrophic explosion-
*ABLLAAAAZZZEEERRGGAAEERREEGGAEERRAAGEREEGAE-!*
"Guaahh-GUAAAAAHHHHHGGHHCCTTHH!" Masato, being protected by the barrier, was overwhelmed and distraught at the sight in front of him where everything is burned by the flames of incinerating darkness, and all that is left is... ... ...ashes about, a portion of the forest has been destroyed,
-FLaaaschrgcht-!
"Uaghcht-!" Celtic Guardian's barrier is de-erected, as the blast was too strong for the barrier to contain,
"... ..." Riki has put down his evoker, "Dismiss. That is all for tonight."
"Hm," FLash-! It disappeared in a flash of light, then it was dismissed, gone.
"... ..." Riki walked forward, though as for where, it's unknown.
"... ..." Kyosuke has watched him, "Riki. You've grown stronger."
"... ..." Riki has stopped, when Kyosuke addressed him.
"You look like... ...You're doing well, for yourself."
"... ..." Riki raised his composure, a bit, at that. "... ...Kyosuke, do you have... the items?"
-He's referring to the wedding attire,
"Hm," Kyosuke smiled at that, "Ah, don't worry. I had it stashed somewhere at that manor. Well, I don't think it will be something no guard would look at, so I suppose we're in the clearing."
"I see... Then, time to go back."
"Ah, it's been a long night... Yaaawwwnn," Kyosuke yawned, and Riki has already started walking. Kyosuke turned to the others, from left to right, "Hey, get up, we're not gonna idle here, it's already past midnight, and we might get in trouble for curfew. So come on,"
"... ..." Riki has stopped a while ago, with him eyeing everyone who regains their stances and composure,
"Oagh, Gaaaahh, that was intense-!" Haruka groaned, and exclaimed louder in a complaining and in an awe manner,
"Yeah, what was that...?" A-chan, who has some burns on her uniform, asked, with her dusting some dirt off her uniform.
The others did the same.
"It was strong! That... That... That monster..." Komari refers to the Wicked Avatar, "What was that...? We can't... Our... personas..."
"Yeah, our personas were easily obliterated by it!" Rin said, wanting to inform and alarm everyone of the beast's strength. "What would we do if we..."
"Now's not the time for that, besides, we can't go idling around here. Come on, let's go back to the dormitory!" Kyosuke said in a commanding tone, and being the senior for all of them, with the one close to him is A-chan, of course.
"Ah, that sounds like a good idea. Nothing like a good pumping out with my dumbbells before a good night ringing would come to my ear, hygah!"
"Gah, shut up, Space Idiot! We're so tired, and bored! We want to get some shower! We want to get some snacks, too!"
"Hey, you're too demanding, almost to the point of selfish!" The two bicker as everyone has started going to the same direction, which is the district to the dormitory.
"Cut it out, we ought not to waste any more energies here. Gah, my hair is a mess." Kurugaya said dusting off her black, long and seductive hairstyle.
"Ooh, yeah, we ought to take a bath, you know." A-chan said, pinching the hair of Kurugaya,
"Ara~~? Are we gonna have to bathe with such cuties, and get into bed with such cuties cuddling on my arms, and onee-san will have the pleasure of tonight's luxuries of such cute girls, on my cuddle," At that, Kurugaya is referring to Komari and Rin, of course, as she is giving them the coy or suggesting stare about them, which made Rin flinch, and hid behind Komari.
"I would like to take a bath or shower with Rin-san, I would wash her back, and we could..." As they converse, Riki, who is already annoyed at all of this, wanted to leave, and decided to do so...
"... ... ...Hmph," He started walking out,
"Hm?" Kengo is the first to notice him walking away, while the others were rather idling about, "... ...Riki-san!"
"... ..." He stopped momentarily, but then, he started walking again.
"...Riki-san!" Kengo called out again, feeling a bit frustrated, but not towards Riki.
Everyone was alarmed at that, "Hm...?" "Hm...?" "Hm...?"
"... ..." Riki is listening patiently for something to be questioned about though,
Kengo turned to face his direction, "Riki, are we... do you think of most of us... your friends...?"
"... ... ...No." He started walking again, as he said that,
That put a strain in the aura about, "Ah..." "Ah.." Everyone was rather shocked and rather felt heart-quenched, and a bit heart-broken at that.
"... ..." Kyosuke is looking at Riki's direction with a serious expression, and admiring his fortitude. "... ..." He started walking, as well, then, he stopped momentarily for a while. "I don't know about you guys... But Riki has a point, a friend is someone who would watch out and look after you, someone who supports you, someone who is kind to you... someone who is liking to share fun with you guys... Someone... ...you guys didn't showed that treatment... ...I wonder, can you consider someone like that your "friend"...? I thought we were in this altogether, right when we all expanded on membership of Little Busters, but maybe I was just too being ignorant or even selfish to the point I may have failed on my own friend's regard, and his own bonds with his friends have been shakened."
"Ah," "Ah..." "Ah," Everyone is a bit startled, at that.
"You think we already forgot about what you guys think of us, I thought we were onto this altogether, where we would stand as One for all, and all for one, but you guys were only using us right from the beginning, we thought we could trust you, but we were wrong! Maybe we were just too being self-centered ourselves," Kyosuke has clenched his fist, as he kept on with his expressing of emotions, and frustration coming from that, and he's gritting his teeth with unbearable control or restraint of anger, "maybe we were too ignorant to satisfy our own wants, and desires... but now, nothing more is important to us than having our friends... But, they betrayed us!" He shouted at that, with drama filling the atmosphere.
"Hm," "Hm..." "Hm..." Everyone becomes tense at that,
"I know exactly how Riki feels, that is why, I'm going to pay that anger in tenfold, right. back. at. you, guys!" He said, looking at them slightly, as a lighting effect took over, as it seems to be raining soon, and he left on the same direction Riki went.
"... ..."
"... ..." Kurugaya and the others were the ones to especially look down, at that, with their gaze and demeanor tell,
"... ..." A-chan herself formed a melancholic and sullen tone, "Ah, ah..." As she said that, catching everyone's attention, she walked to the same direction as Kyosuke and Riki, slightly, "Friends are people you can rely on, but... Riki-kun... ...He's always reserved, and none of you even bothered to see why and how he was being burdened..." She started to walk away, with her feeling sullen and melancholic, with her eyes closed, "You guys aren't true friends, that's what both Riki and Kyosuke feel, and so am I." She said, and she started to walk away.
"... ..." Rin felt like her heart was broken into a thousand pieces, and she separated herself apart from the group, and after an hesitation, she ran after to the same direction of where the others, A-chan, Riki and Kyosuke went.
"... ..."
"... ..." Everyone else felt melancholic, and very guilty, and remorseful... ...with a melancholic tone and aura ringing about.
"... ..." Masato walked away, followed by Kengo. "Hmph, you guys are losers..." He said, not stopping on his walking pace.
With Kengo following behind her... The original members of Little Busters, Kyosuke, Rin, A-chan, Riki, Masato and Kengo... they seem to be the ones who were never look down, or talk badly of Riki, a comrade... a friend...
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...Later, back at the dormitory, at Kanata's room...
...Kanata is sitting by a chair on this room that is darkened, and is greenish... no, it's not the Dark Hour, but for some reason it's greenish, or to be more precise, light-greenish light is coming from the back where it seems like a drawer room where one can change clothes, which are for females, of course.
"... ...Hm," She stood up, and goes over by the drawer room, where there's actually a wedding gown tied or hanged over there, with it being the one she's going to wear soon. ...She was able to try this out, when she was to be present at the Futaki residence. ...She was very... pretty. Yup, the very pretty, or very gorgeous, president of student council who will soon be married, or forced marriage, as one can see it generally and personally. She touched the gown, as if she is really getting married to someones she loves... ...but who...?
knock, knock, knock, knock, knock!
"Hm? Who could...?" Kanata was puzzled at someone knocking on her door, at this hour, and she ought to answer it, she opened the door-"Hello? Wha-Huh?" She didn't found anyone by the door, but there's a baby craddle. With a message on it, "What... the... is this..." She picked up the message, which has no return address, or any indication of whose it is from. ...She becomes curious on whose it is from, and becomes very intrigue and curious at what this letter is. She rips it open, and there, a message that reads... "Peppers are peppers, garlic are vinegars, spicy pepper green are of pepper black and onions are... far away."
"...? Huh...? What the... What is this...? A poem...?" She wondered aloud.
...
...Meanwhile, at the Futaki manor which is like a castle where the courtyard is that of school campus with fountains at the middle...
... ...Everything is quiet, except... ... ... ...At the corner of this bushes and the courtyard's side, there are four scare crows... ...With eyes peeking through the top part-No, there are intruders here! "Yosh, the coast is clear!" ...Kyosuke whispers, being next to the scare crow of Riki, where it's at the left corner last spot, and Kyosuke's near his, beside Kyosuke's are that of Masato and Kengo. The boys were asked by both Riki and Kyosuke of a certain request... which is a recipe for disaster for the Futaki Family group.
"Hey, I have a bad feeling about this, why are we hiding? There's no one here!"
"Idiot! There's no telling if there are guards in this vicinity, or else, we'll all be sent to prison or even get expelled should school start again!" Kengo retorted, in a whispering sounding of his tone,
"We're here to get something, and that is..." Riki told the others, and he looked down, recalling the foresight vision he received earlier... which he saw the courtyard of this place. "..." He formed a serious expression, "Anyway, we're right in Futaki-san's family house, we're going to have to pick something that will expose Futaki's corruption, and we may even attempt to stop this wedding from happening." He said, turning his gaze forward, with very eager expression about it,
"Hey, Riki, are you sure about this...? Besides, I'm not sure what Futaki Kanata would say to us, we might be in for another disciplinary session, after this."
"Yeah, and who knows what we might come across here..." Kengo added, as well.
"I know, but it is going to be tricky~~..." Riki said rather in a snickering tone,
... ...which created a very interesting aura about, which was enough to make Kyosuke's eyes glitter in sparkling stars, like a moron who is eager for excitement and thrilling-experience, a hell-raiser...
"Tricky is fun...!" He said, with his eyes swirling like crazy, eager to have some crazy antics going on here... "Tricky is what we can do here, right...?" He asked both Masato and Kengo, which both felt like they're in for a time of their life which they might either enjoy... or not. And Kyosuke has started lecturing them, for some forming-strategy talk...
...
...At the backside of the courtyard...
...A guard is taking a rest off his patrol-duty, and he sat at the stone bench, provided. "Ah... This sure is a peaceful night, hehe." He said admiring the night scenery around here... "Hehe, eh, I wonder where's my boss will be holding the wedding for that bishojo president of the student council, who is the daughter of his. Hehe," He said, lighting a smoke, and started smoking and blowing out, "Hehe, what I wouldn't give for the one who is lucky enough to marry such sexiness-! Haha!" ...What a pervert. He squealed in delight as he seems to imagine Kanata's measurements. Suddenly, something walked up behind him, and seems to be just right near him.
"Yeah, huh...? What the heck...?" ...LOOLL-!
"Yeah, I sure would love to be the bridesmaid, when the ceremony is here. Did you know? The wedding would be taking place at the church near Odaiba, where we can all gather and it seems like Futaki will be arranging this quite eagerly, heh, must be nice, going to a fete where you can just wed your daughter." He said, about to blow and smoke, again,
"Whatchuducthacthja ...? Heh, carrot... blanca..." LOOOLL-!
"Ah, well, anyway, I'm sure head over heels to that sexy, hot daughter of Futaki! Gah, she's an excellent tsundere, one who may be cold but is actually very seductive and very pretty!" He nodded, firmly, at that,
"Eh... What's up, dochtchtd...? *munches on a carrot in mouth*" ...LOOOOLL-!
"Yeah, what's... Huh? What's up-?" Turning to the attendant, near him...
...SWEAT DROP... It's a horse... a talking-horse... "Eh, pardon me, how long you in for it, doc?" ...It said, chewing a carrot, LLOOOOOLL-!
"GYAAAAAAAAAGGCHHTT-!"
...The guard is rendered asleep, somehow, with a horse head costume on his head, which he's like someone who is a cosplaying or something, and by the way... That was Riki performing a prank on the guy, and it seems he has reverted back to usual Riki, personality, for the moment, and that technology, which is in a form of a tobacco gadget-like object, is a facecamo, (Note: A referrence of MGS4, Metal Gear Solid 4, but it's not exactly a face-camo. If you know what that is in MGS4, hehe, you'll see as it's further explained.) where this can mimic an animal, a person... or something that is like a living thing, and Riki used it to make a prank, and as for where they got it...
...At the side corner wall...
"Where in the world, or where the heck, did you get this, anyway, Kyosuke?" Kengo asked, having have grabbed the device from Riki's hand,
"B-Be careful with that, it was just activated, I don't know what else it could do." Riki said meekly, as he's now back to usual behavior, Riki, right at the moment,
''Ooh, it's type A, Riki-No, wait, it IS Riki, heh.'' Kyosuke noted of Riki's change of behavior, which he recognized it as the fond personality he likes. "Huh, grab it to some nosy guard earlier," He said, with a pin-pointing finger at the other direction opposite of theirs, "Said it was just a cigarrette, heh, looks like I hit the jackpot." ...Though actually, the foresight that Riki saw instructed him to go see the stuff that were being removed by some guards, and Kyosuke, who was sneaking at the bushes, grabbed it, under request from Riki earlier. "Well, that, and Riki told me to get something, and it was out of place, so I figured it's the mission objective."
Masato grabbed it from Kengo's hand, "Oh, really?" He said, eyeing the device in awe, and very intrigued, "Hm," He smelt it, for some reason, "Hm, it's not a cigarrette."
-THUD-!
"Don't play with cigarrettes, Masato." Kengo pounced him to the head, for "playing with smoke", LOL!, or for his sheer stupidity, and Kengo eyed the device, asking Kyosuke of what he intends to do with it, "Well? Kyosuke, what do you intend to do with this thing?"
"Hey, Kengo, don't just go addressing it as "thing", it's an insult to science. Heh, no wonder you do less more than one lap for a good whole lap of class session, in other words, you're a slacker." LOL! Kyosuke scolded or berated him, a bit.
"Hm, right." Kengo takes this to heart, as Masato just recovered.
"Well? Just what will we do, from here?" He asked, touching his head.
"Hm, well..." Riki and Kyosuke turned to each other, and they both turned upward, where there's a window that is of Futaki's office, as it seems...
The guys have started climbing the planted-garden fence which is extended up to the window of that they just saw. Riki is taking the lead, followed by Kyosuke, Kengo and Masato.
"Hey, are you guys sure about this? If we failed here, we're gonna in for the whole Summer. Heck, hell I would want to attend summer class! My dumbbells won't be able to stand the heat without the Muscle Sensation of which the sweat of Summer Sweat of the strong youth is located,"
-POW-!
"Shut up, we're going up. Don't go falling now." Kengo has pounced him again for his sheer stupidity, and he continued climbing.
Masato rubbed his head that was pounced, "Gr," He glared at Kengo, and continued climbing,
the boys are almost up, "Hm, I'm opening the window. Try not to fall up, you guys." Riki told them,
"""Hai!""" They all said in unison,
"Yosh, we'll wait. ...For now." Kyosuke said, as Riki tried to open the door without falling off, which he pulled the windows off the cellar, and managed to get them open, and hang on to the handles, before then, he entered in, and went over to signal and look on the guys that followed, "Yosh, guys, we're in."
"Yosh, all right, let's go!"
"Gr, I hope you guys know what you're doing here. Kyosuke, do you know what to proceed from here?" Masato asked.
"Ah, this will be operation Mayhem for Marriage of Futaki Kanata, of the Futaki inheritance." He said, snickering like a child as they ascend for this mission in mind, "Yosh, Mission Start!"
"Now's not the time for that, Kyosuke! I-" *Twichtch-!** "Eh? Wa-GUA-GEH-GUAAAAAAAHHHH-!"
-THUDCHTRGGE-!
"Goah! Bwa-BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-! Kengo! What the hell are you doing down there!?" LOOOLL-!
...Kengo sweat dropped at his position, with him feeling ridiculous at himself. "Shut up, Masato... Gerghuah..." He groaned at his fate, as he raised his head from the grasses of this grassy garden, "Why is this happening to me, always...?"
...At the office of Futaki...
"I think Masato's stupidity has just infected me." Kengo said to himself, as they managed to get inside this office of the head of the Futaki Family, and the other three are also inside, with them searching the place out for something out of place. "I'VE BEEN SNAPPED BY IT! THE SHEATH OF THE SWORD HAS BEEN TAINTED BY THE HOMO-SAPIEN BRAIN OF THE MUSCLE SENSATION DORMANT BRUNIO MIND BRAIN-!" LOOOOOOLL-! He snapped, since thinking that he may have been infected by Masato's stupidity was too much for an hassle by a swordsman kengo, like him.
-POW-! -POW-!
"Shut up." "Shut up.." Both Kyosuke and Masato pounced him, though it was Masato who actually applied force, not Kyosuke, who is not, by his own admission, not very physically strong.
LLOOOOOOLLL-!
"Well? What are we to look from here?" Masato asked, as he just shake his hand, since it kinda went numb from all the waiting they did earlier, and for climbing the garden-planted fence that leads to the window in front.
"Anything out of the ordinary, so come on, we may dug up something Futaki didn't want us to see." Kyosuke said sounding professional and cool at the same time, he looks around this place that is filled with books.
...Riki has already started searching for something, which-FLaaassh-! He received another foresight vision, which is regarding one volume of a book...-FLaaassh-! The vision ended abruptly, "Eh...?" Riki is left puzzled, "That was..." He received further instruction, afterwards, and recalled the vision, which he looked up and saw what he just saw in that vision... the volume of a book that is of great significance. "...This is..."
"Hm...?" "Hm..?" Kyosuke and Masato turned to him, curious and are wondering,
"What is it, Riki? Did you find something...?" They all gathered around him, as Riki had opened the volume of book and-
"Hm..? This is..." There's a letter, a will... ...Riki opened it, and the other three looked on it, as well... "This is... Futaki will and..." Suddenly, they heard a sound... "Hm?" "Hm...?" "Hm..?"
... ...THud-! ..Suddenly, a disturbing sight, where Futaki-head of the Futaki family-is lying on the ground, dead... ...it seems he was devoured by the Wicked Avatar who required of the writing of the Hieratic Texts, like Ra's own Hieratic Texts, to be read for the usage of power... He failed, and he was consumed by the flames of darkness.
"""What the...?""" Those were the boys' respond, to that development...
End of Chapter 25
Note: Okay, the last part was a little disturbing... Anyway, next chapter is when Kanata will be taken to participate in the forced marriage, this is when all hell will break lose, TIME TO CRASH A WEDDING-! MISSION START, MISSION ACCEPTED!