We are now five chapters into the first arc of the story and I thank all of you for taking the time to enjoy this.
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Raizen High School...
Shido ran as fast as he can while making this way through many debris of his school. So far Princess's reappearance has only destroyed half the building which still remained intact but time was on the line. Arriving at a long corridor with classroom doors open on both sides, Shido searched each room until he saw a glimpse of purple aura flowing in the air as he took a deep breath and entered the room that Princess is in.
Princess stood still while facing the outside with the same emotionless face that she still had along with her large sword in one hand. Her armor shined as it emitted the purple aura that was seen. The expression that she displays shows as if she's waiting for something to come since every time she reappears in the world there's always something attacking her which is why she's on her guard.
Footsteps were heard as she turns around to face the panting Shido as he stayed still for a second while catching his breath. Both were silent at the moment before Princess spoke up with a voice of authority. " You again. Let me guess, you failed last time to kill me and now your here to try again." she readied her sword as its pointed toward Shido as he panicked a little.
" You will not succeed this time!" she shouted as she prepares to slice him in half but the boy put his arms in defense.
" I'm not here to fight you. I wasn't trying to kill you when we first met!" he explains hoping that his words would reach the spirit.
Princess stood in position for a moment as she tries to understand what the human was trying to say. " What do you mean?"
" I don't want to hurt you but to protect you."
" Impossible. Everyone of you wants to kill me and all I've done is nothing wrong!" her emotions let out as Shido was taken back of her statement.
" Every time I appear in this world, there's always a group trying to kill me and it's just insufferable. Why can't I be accepted or be left alone?!"
This was something Shido wasn't expecting as he thought that spirits don't have emotion but only know how to destroy things. It brought into a new view of how a spirit like Princess has emotion like a human and who suffers from the resulting factors of the world. Balling his hands into fists, Shido mustered in the courage to try and convince the spirit more.
" I'm sorry for what you've been through but I'm different from the others, I want to protect you with my life." he stated.
" How can you be so sure that I can trust you?" she asks.
" By making a promise which can never be broken. I promised to protect you with my life, no matter the danger I will protect you from anything that will cause harm." he states with courage in his tone which surprised the spirit. Never had she ever had contact with a human who is devoted to protecting her from her killers. This could be her one way out of her suffering as she started to lower her weapon.
Shido was surprised that his words made it into the spirit's mind, this was going according to plan. Now all he needed to do his start the final act in making her fall for him so that he can seal her. " Shido you got trouble coming." Kotori updated him from his earpiece as he turns to the side of the opening of the walls to see miniture figures of the AST in the air from a distance. He gritted his teeth due to the fact that he was so close in completing his objective but had to be interrupted at the last moment.
" Barbatos landing in 3." another voice spoke in his earpiece which is that of Reine. The boy was confused at first until he remembers the name of the machine that Mikazuki had told him before and was curious of what's going to happen.
" 2."
" Uh what's happening?" Shido quickly whispers.
" Don't worry about it, focus on the task at hand." Kotori commanded.
" 1."
Suddenly a large sound was made as if something was approaching the surface as something large landed which shook the surroundings with streets shaking a little, cars beeping, and trees rustling as a large crater was shown with a lot of dust in the air. The incoming AST responded to the mysterious obstacle with their weapons ready as they approached the large crash site.
" Keep your weapons ready." Ryouko Kusakabe, leader of the unit said to her comrades as they nodded in return.
A robotic howl was heard as the unit became confused of what they heard. With them now closer to the middle of the crater, a large shadowy hand arose from the ground and grabbed a girl as she screams in horror. The unit responded by firing their beam weapons at the hand as something was now rising form the ground. The tall figure tosses the girl aside as it swung it's large blade with tremendous strength at the firing AST.
Some avoided the swing at the last minute while others were unfortunate as some were sent back with great force into surrounding buildings. Origami watched in horror as she recognizes the machine from two days ago as it's light green eyes light up and faced her. She was shaking from the fear of the giant machine's massive power but at the same time filled with rage as she charged forward with a beam saber.
" Origami come back!" her Ryouko commanded but was ignored her silent white haired comrade charging forward.
Barbatos lupus swings another strike but this time at Origami as both clashed their weapons. The power struggle was broken off quickly as Barbatos's strength overpowers Origami's CR-Unit couldn't compete against it. She was sent flying back a little before landing her feet on a broken building debris and launching herself back at the Gundam. She clashes again but this time within close range fired off her rockets from her CR-Unit, hoping that the missiles would at least do some damage but instead both projectiles flew around the Gundam and impacted the ground behind.
She gritted her teeth as she once again was shoved back by brute strength away from the Gundam and flew back a few meters before being caught by her captain as she held her. " That was reckless of you Origami, you could've been killed." Ryouko says with worry as Origami got out of her arms.
" It was nothing, that machine needs to be destroyed before we can get to Princess. It's more dangerous than we can ever think." she stated while watching some of the other members of the AST be pummeled by Barbatos as they witnessed their beam weaponry not having any effect like last time.
" You are absolutely right but I cannot have someone in my unit just charge in recklessly for others." her captain says as she rests her hand on Origami's shoulder. The white haired wizard felt a little shame on herself for her action.
" We might have to return to base in order to change our strategy if that machine ever shows up." her captain suggests as Origami nods in agreement.
Before the captain can issue another set of orders, her internal communications came up with a message from HQ of Princess disappearing once again and that a few scouting units were dispatched from a certain company that has close ties with the AST. " Something wrong ma'am?" Origami asks in confusion to what her captain received from HQ.
" We've been givin a retreat signal from HQ and that some scouting units have been sent to track the large machine." she explains.
" Scouting units, from what company?"
" DEM Industries." Ryouko answers.
DEM Industries, known for their advanced manufactured Realizer Units, the company with a large monopoly around the world to where countries rely on their technology for their military if spirits were ever to appear there. Even though DEM has created the standard CR Units for the AST, she's heard rumors of more powerful Realizer Units that can go head to head with a spirit alone.
Seeing that the giant machine is beyond what she's controlling, Origami hopes that one day that she will control a new Realizer that will make her superior and be able to destroy the spirits and the white machine.
Meanwhile...
Mikazuki wasn't getting much of a challenge from any of the AST as either they get swept away by his mace sword or be swatted out of the air like a mosquito. The Alaya Vijnana system kept data flowing into Mikazuki as he was able to dodge some rockets that don't require guided precision and fire his wrist rockets in return. Having smash one into the ground, Mikazuki was about to take on five remainiing AST units until his radar reveals several more hostiles coming his way.
" Is Shido done?" Mika's asks as a small screen of Kotori shows up with a grin of success on her face.
" Yep now you can retreat back but make sure that you aren't being followed. Will pick you up at these coordinate." she says the mini screen closes up.
Even though Mikazuki wants to face the next wave enemies he couldn't disobey an order from someone who he has half trust in as he sighs. Switching the rockets in Barbatos's wrist rocket lauchers to smoke rockets, Mikazuki fires them in mid-air as they disperse into white cloudy smoke scree, concealing the large Gundam. With this opportunity, Mikazuki maneuvers Barbatos west as the thrusters kicked in and levitated the Gundam off the ground and forward.
A couple of hours later...
With Barbatos now back on the Fraxinus for refueling and adjustments, Mikazuki is now in a restaurant with Kotori, Shido, and the Princess spirit who now is known as Tohka as Mikazuki was suspicious of the spirit blending in with society but Shido reassures him that Tohka won't be a threat anymore. The four were seated with Shido and Kotori eating one meal, Mika having finish with three while Tohka was on an eating spree.
She was enjoying herself as every food she's eaten makes her more delighted in eating more which made Mikazuki surprised that she's more of a heavy eater than he is. " Is she like this?" Mika asks while pointing at the rapid eating Tohka with her mouth filled with food.
" U-mm yeah but it's her first time so give her chance." Shido answers while trying to reassure the Gundam pilot.
" Well Mikazuki, mission accomplish but it won't be the last since there are more spirits to seal." Kotori adds in with a smirk.
" More?"
" Yep, Tohka isn't the only one, currently so far there's 6 that we were able to keep track of but we don't know their exact locations yet." Kotori explains while eating a lollipop.
" Really Kotori, how many of those have you been eating?" Shido asks while Kotori gave an annoyed glance at her big brother.
" You should be worried about sealing spirits than me having a lot of candy." Kotori releasing her dominant tone as Shido shudders a little.
" Shido can I get dessert?" Tohka asks after finishing a bowl of ramen.
" Sure Tohka, you can eat as much as you want." Shido answers while sweating a little from the bill that he'll have to pay.
If the girl Tohka is giving Shido problems then Mikazuki doesn't mind getting rid of her but he's not allowed to until givin the order which he'll keep a close eye on the spirit in disguise and see whether she'll go on a rampage or not. " Relax Shido, your lucky to have a little sister like me around who'll pay the bill." Kotori reassures him with cuteness in her tone which gave Shido a breath of relief.
After dinner, the four walked around in the district as Tohka was asking Shido questions about the daily life of a human while Kotori was talking to Mikazuki. " Ever been to school from where your from?"
" No. I can read but not write good." Mika answers which made Kotori curious of his learning skills.
" Well you are going to need an education if your going to progress in life. Besides you'll be taking on things that only you can solve on your own." Kotori explains while Mika takes in the information.
This was new to him since all he knows about is warfare and nothing else, having been put into Chryse Guard Security instead of school puts Mika at a disadvantage on his education but thanks to Kudelia teaching him the basics, he at least knows how to read but his writing can use a lot of work since he writes backwards. Now he no longer works in a private military company but in an organization that mostly deals with sealing magical girls, this gives Mika more freedom on what he'll do in the future.
Which his future is still to be a farmer but no longer on Mars but on Earth. Mika stared at his hand for a second while coming to a stop letting Shido and Tohka walk ahead not noticing behind while Kotori stares at him as if somethings wrong. " Mikazuki what's wrong?" she asks with a bit of concern not like as if she cares about him or anything.
" I never thought that I would have this much freedom now from my past life." he states which makes Kotori even more confused while curious of what he's faced in his past.
" Um right, don't worry will get you into school in no time but you have to have the motivation of learning. Do you wish to accept more education Mikazuki Augus?" Kotori asks with a soft tone in her voice.
Mika took awhile to process what she should and tries to decide whether he should move forward while obtaining more knowledge or go back to being a child soldier who knows nothing but accepting orders and waiting to be put in battle. He took a deep breath as he looks up to face Kotori with determination in his eyes of his decision.
" I want to learn more." he answers with a serious tone which makes Kotori brighten up since now she's making progress with the gundam pilot.
" Excellent, you have a week before your enrolled to Raizen High School. I'll have Reine tutor you from now on so be ready to learn hard like never before." she says with a proud tone as Mikazuki nods.
A couple of days later...
Standing in front of a large high school is Mikazuki Augus who's now in the male school uniform with Shido beside him in the same attire as the gundam pilot was becoming annoyed of the uniform. He's not used to this kind of formal wear and usually wears the usual tanktop with gray pants and boots. Shido looks at him with a confused look as he decides to ask him.
" Uh Mikazuki, is something wrong?"
" This thing is killing me." Mika replies with emotionless drama as he tries be comfortable in his button up shirt.
" Don't worry, I'm pretty sure you'll get use to it." Shido reassuring him as they made their way inside.
So far when they walk past some students, some have their eyes on Mikazuki with curious and confused looks. Mika tries to ignore the peoples' stares as he's not used to the amount of attention he's getting while Shido watches to see his next reaction. Having made their way to the entrance of Shido's classroom and standing there waiting for the both of them is none other than Tohka who's in the female school uniform.
Mikazuki was confused as he was not informed of the spirit joining them in class. " Shido, were going to be in the same class!" Tohka in excitement which made the blue haired teen smile.
" Alright you two, stay out here until the teacher calls you to come in so let's stay calm and try not to cause a ruckus." Shido explains while Tohka nods and Mikazuki with a Mhm.
As Shido enters the class with the door closed behind him, Mikazuki wait patiently as well as stare at the door while Tohka stares at him. Both were silent for a moment until Tohka decides to introduce herself to the gundam pilot. " Hi Mikazuki, I'm Tohka and I'll be staying with you and Shido for now on." she says while giving her bright smile.
" Whatever, try not to destroy anything." Mikazuki replies with a soft cold tone in his voice as the spirit was confused of his behavior.
A couple of minutes passed until the door opens to reveal a woman in her late twenties with short brown hair and square frame glasses. She gives both of them a warm smile of welcome as she motions them to come in. As they both enter, in front is a row of seats with each student staring at them with curiosity as Mikazuki and Tohka are now standing beside the teacher's desk.
The teacher walks back to her desk as she begins to announce to the class. " Alright class, we have two new transfer students so be sure to give them a warm welcome. You first." she says as she faces Mikazuki who kept his emotionless face as usual.
Walking in front of the chalkboard, Mikazuki picks up a chalk and examines for a bit as well as sniffing it a little and now starts writing his name. He carefully tries to write the correct while making little mistakes such as some letters being too big than the other but that doesn't matter to him as his full name is now on the board. Turning to face the class, the gundam pilot gave out a small breath and spoke as smoothly as possible.
" My name is Mikazuki Augus and I hope that we can get along."
There we have it for this chapter and now Mikazuki has finally been enrolled into Raizen high school. What other challenges will he face at this school while another threat looms in the future? Find out on chapter 6.
