Angel Beats: Harmonics girl
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Chapter 33
War and Slaughter
The Guild, for us readers' knowledge, is the first and original guild that the SSS original had. Since there was an increase in numbers of Guild Members, the leader of the Guild, Kamio Reeichi established a plan to enlarge the Guild. Thus after a few months even before the shadow came, the Guild became bigger by a few times of it's original size. The trick that Kamio used was to carefully dug a few separated rooms that were linked to the main base of Guild.
The smaller rooms that surrounded the Bases were called Camps, where people mostly rest or have minor activities. The bigger rooms were called Base. There were three base in Guild. One for storage of weapon, the Storage Base. Second was for the making of weapons, the Factory Base. The main base was the largest among the three, called by it's original name, the Guild Base. Guild Base was in the middle of the two bases and surrounded by other Camps, where members gathered as it was the heart of the Guild.
After the Black Hands attacked the Guild, they had placed sentries in different Camps. Such example was the one with two Black Hands with their back against the wall of the Camp.
"Nee Tanaka, is there any meaning for us to guard this place?" One of the Black Hand complained as he flipped his handgun around. Obviously he was bored from the watch duties.
"Well that's Ueda-san's order's after all. No doubt that the SSS2 are going to attack here. That's why we are place here to-"
"Fine fine I get the point." The Black Hand cut his partner off irritatedly. He looked out into the darkness of the cave that stretched out of the Guild.
"Well, I don't think that they will be attacking any time soo-"
Bang!
"Wha-Kei-"
Bang!
The one called Tanaka did not have the chance to figure what happened before he was shot in the head. A moment later loud sirens could be heard throughout the entire Guild.
"This is it! Everyone charge!"
Throwing away his rifle he used to snipe the two sentries, Dmitri grabbed his RPK Light Machine Gun and charged forwards with a group of Human Association members. Leading the group was Isamu, the samurai friend of Dmitri. The first sentry that came and responded to the attack was quickly slain by his katana.
Elsewhere, there were also other attacks lead by Dmitri's most trusted friends. They now have the Guild surrounded and are fighting against the Black Hands that are taking cover in Camps that have better weapons than them. While the Human Association may have numbers on their side, the Black Hands were more experienced and have better equipments. The entire situation reminded Dmitri about the war between Germany and Russia.
Even though Germany defeated Russia, it was then defeated by America and Britain. The same strategy was used here too.
I hope the SSS2 make it here on time...
Dmitri thought as he took cover in the Camp they had just taken. There were still quite a few Camps before they could reach the Guild. With all the bullets flying at them, taking another Camp was not going to be easy.
"You there, bring me the rocket launcher!"
"Yes sir!"
One of his man replied and ran back to the place where they came from to get their supplies. Looking at the bullets flying over him, he thought.
But would a rocket launcher be enough?
"I will go through the mission briefing again. Everyone have their weapons ready?"
Miu's clear voice echoed throughout the gymnasium. even though it's called a gymnasium, it's more of a hall. This was also where all the tragedy had happened.
Holding onto the sleeves of Akito was Miu. Both of them stood in front of the entire SSS2 with the addition of Kaito who ran away from the Black Hands, Kamio, the Guild Leader and Mio, the representative of the Student Council. Even though they were about to undergo a dangerous operation, they couldn't help to strain their laughter at the sight of Miu holding onto the sleeves of Akito in front of them.
"Do you really need to hold onto my sleeves Miu?" Akito whispered, only to get a glare from Miu.
"Urusai! If you are not beside me, I am afraid that I will cry."
No, I have confidence that you won't.
The reason why Akito came to that conclusion was because Miu was still glaring at him even when she said that. Returning her glare to her members in front of her, she went through the mission Briefing again.
"As you know, the Human Association are now fighting head on with the Black Hands. Although I hope that they could succeed, they would suffer heavy losses and would not be able to respond to another attack from the Black Hands. So our mission is to sneak in and ambush the Black Hand through the tunnel that directly linked to the main base of the Guild, the Guild Base. We will make a surprise attack and free the prisoners that are locked up in the Storage base. With an attack from inside and outside, we will have an advantage over the Black Hands in this battle. Kamio-san."
Miu called. Kamio responded and came up beside Miu, carefully hiding his laugh through a poker face. He has a funny feeling that Miu would probably kick his manhood if he burst out laughing in front of her.
"Here under the stage is one of the emergency exits that is linked to the Guild Base. There aren't any camps made there and it is only known to a few people beside myself. Even though I can't guarantee the about the traps, I don't think that there would be any Black Hands stationed there. Come on we have no time to waste. Akito help me pull the-"
"Taejin, Sekai, help him."
Still clinging into Aktio, Miu ordered. Everyone present sweatdropped as Taejin and Sekai proceed to help Kamio to pull out the stuff under the stage that was blocking the entrance. Once the entrance could be seen, Miu gave the order while still clinging onto Akito.
"Operation Guild Descent and WWII strategy start!"
"Why aren't we joining the attack President?"
Standing across Yuzuru who was seating on his president seat, Tsuda confronted him. Other members of the student council were silent but they were thinking the same thing as Tsuda.
Why are we here doing nothing?
"As much as I hate to say, Ueda Ryuu is a smart one. Using the Guild as a bait to cripple the attack forces of the Human Association and SSS2 is something that they wouldn't have thought of."
"Bait?"
Tsuda muttered. The others were still silent but their attention was at high alert. They have almost know that their President is smart, very smart. That's why they never questioned his judgement when he only sent Mio to help the SSS2.
"From my assumption, there are just enough Black Hands stationed in the Guild to hold the Human Association off. Do not forget that Guild have a lot of weapons there that give them a lot of advantage over them. They simply need a few people in a Camp to pull the triggers of the unlimited amount of guns and ammo they have. If I am Ueda Ryuu, I would have transported as much weaponry in the Guild I could and put them at my own secret base. It is good that the SSS2 responded fast towards the situation. Ueda couldn't have enough time to take everything from the Guild. When the Human Association take back the Guild, they would probably still be able to find some weapons that can help them fight against the Black Hands in equal terms."
Yuzuru stopped talking and headed towards the tea set that the tea making club president had gave him. The members of the student council's eyes sparked.
Only to drop dejectedly when he poured some of the tea that Mio had previously made before she left.
"The Black Hands will definitely lose the Guild, Ueda Ryuu know that. He is counting on how many people he can kill before he make his main assault. The tunnel that the SSS2 are going through is the one that Mio had been to before when we visited Kamio-san for weapons there. Even though Kamio-san never been through that tunnel before, Mio will be able to help them through the traps."
Yuzuru took a rest and slipped his tea. It tasted a bit bitter, Mio still have a lot of learn. Looking at Yuzuru, something clicked in Mafuyu's head as she asked.
"But Mio was the one that died first in the first trap. Is it fine to let her go when she don't know about the other traps ahead?"
"... ..."
"... ...President?"
"... ...I guess I mess up sometimes too..."
Yuzuru continued to slip his tea while the others were sweat dropping. They hoped that the President could share some of his confidence with them.
And so Yuzuru continued to slip the tea, convincing himself that everything be alright.
At least he is trying to.
"Ano...Is it alright to leave her left that?"
"There is no choice, time is of essence here. Besides she will catch up when she recovered.
Even though she said that to Akito, Miu was not sure that was it alright to leave Mio dead. Of all people, she was the first one to be caught by the hammer trap. She was supposed to be their guide yet she went off to die first.
"Well this is seriously bad. Even though I know about this route, I never know anything about the traps here." Kamio said.
They have a total of ten members here, excluding Mio who died. She never thought that they would lost one member so easily. Looks like they have to proceed with extra caution.
"Well there is no point staying here. Let's continue onward!"
With that order, the group proceeded into the unknown, leaving the dead Mio behind.
"Ueda-san, as expected the SSS2 has entered the tunnel."
"Good work Kuroaki. You can proceed to retreat as planned. Tell Makoto to hold the SSS2 off as long as he can. He can try capturing the Angel but tell him specifically that my order is that he is to stall for time and come back. Remind him that it is a direct order."
"Understood. Kuroaki out."
The sound of Yumi faded when Ryuu turned off the walkie talkie. Seating on the sofa across him was his loyal servant, Haru. Ryuu decided that he could doubt everyone in the world but he could not find any reason to doubt her. Thus Ryuu made her his personal secretary.
Ryuu was glad that Haru was loyal to him. This gave him more connection with the Black Hand Weapon Maker girl as well. It was through her that Ryuu knew about the existence of the tunnel that was connected to the Guild Base. That girl seemed only interested in taking revenge on the Guild. Ryuu was not interested in her revenge but he would try to find out about it to kill time when everything was complete.
"Ueda-san, can you answer me one questions of mine?" Haru asked. Since there were quite sometime until the show started, he could afford to amuse her.
"Fine, what is it that you want One to answer?"
"Why didn't you station more people at the tunnel and then capture the Angel instead of just stalling for time?"
"Because the student council is smart, that's why." Ryuu answered while flipping the cylinder-like switch in his hand. "There is a high chance that the second Angel is with the one that I want. Besides, decoy-1 is already with them. The student council president will be too busy to notice that the Angel is gone from his sight when he is busying cleaning up my mess."
"Does that involve the switch in your hand?" Haru said with a stern expression. "Are you seriously going to do that? There are our people there!"
At that moment, the walkie talkie sounded. Ryuu smirked.
"Ueda-san, it's Kuroaki here. The preparations are complete, the Human Association has taken over most of the Camps. All of the personals and the weapons we could take were taken out. Only the sentries were left holding off against the Human Association."
"Good work Kuroaki. Are you sure it's fine for me to do this? It's your previous home afterall." Ryuu smirked again, regardless of the answer his decision was set. He also knew that Kuroaki's answer wouldn't disappoint him.
"It's just the Camps anyway. Do as you like. Kuroaki out."
Ryuu put down the walkie talkie and held into the switch, he waited for Haru's reaction towards his action.
"...Sigh...Do it if you must. I will still be loyal to you whatever you do."
"...I thank you for your loyalty." Ryuu smiled. It was not a smirk but a smile. He knew that he could trust Haru.
As for the Human Association and Dmitri, he trusted them to take the bait. He wondered if this was also a form of trust?
"Let's see how do you deal with this Student Council President."
With a evil smirk, he pressed the switch.
"Dmitri! Another two more Camps to go then we will be at the Guild Base already! Looks like we don't even need the help of the SSS2 for this." Jiro said to Dmitri as they met up at a Camp that joined their attack force together.
There were lesser resistance than Dmitri thought. Even though there were a lot of weapons stationed, there were only two to three people operating them. Something was strange about the whole situation.
"Something's wrong!" Dmitri replied. "Keep your guard up! That One guy will surely have something up on his sleeves!"
But what is it that is on his sleeves?
Dmitri looked around the Camp they have taken. There were a lot of unused weapons bundled together. These were the weapons that helped them to take over the Camps one by one.
Could it be that there are things other than weapons here?
Looking around, Dmitri started to move his hands around the wall even though there were still bullets firing at him. There was no more time! Just what is-
It was cold. Dmitri felt something cold, something resembled metal cold was hidden in the wall.
This is-
"THIS IS A TRAP! EVERYONE OUT OF THE CA-"
It's my win Dmitri.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The continuous sound of explosion could be heard around the entire Guild. The bomb that Dmitri had touched exploded on his face. He swore that he could hear Ryuu's voice just now.
"UEDA RYU-"
Dmitri's death cry was cut off when the roof was being bombed and collapsed on him. Similar things happened to the people that were in the Camps, Black Hands or Human Association suffered the same fate as the roof collapsed.
A few minutes later, every where was quiet. It was only when some of the people that were in the passage not in the Camps started screaming. Some that managed to access the situation abandoned their weapons and started digging for their comrades that were trapped in the Camps.
A/N: This was a smoother chapter than I thought. I guess that you guys never expected that something Lelouch-like thing could happen in Harmonics girl but it happened. Just for reference sake, the switch that Ryuu was holding was the switch that Lelouch from Code Geass always carried.
I thank my constant readers for the reviews again and apologize for killing you guys with the cliffhanger. But-
Midori: Today, the author is being a bad guy. He is going to tell you that he won't be able to update the story until mid October because the End of Year Exams are coming. You can curse him or scream in agony in the reviews. We already got two readers having nightmare in another cliffhanger in another story.
...Okay...Well I will give my most sincerest apology for this turn of event. I never thought that I would create such a strong cliffhanger suddenly ...hahaha...
Midori: You do know that saying that will only earn you a lot more curse?
Well...I will try to see if I can squeeze at least one more chapter to end the Cliffhanger. Until then...
Midori: PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!