Author's note:Yoooo. It's been a while my dudes. I'll be re-writing most of the story I put so far. Patting down the cringe I now feel after reading my own writing after so many years. Every chapter done will have "RE" in it. Many aspects will be redone. Even some of the characters themselves.
Here's the Prologue~It starts around the end of episode 6 or near episode 7 Of the anime.
Disclaimer: I don't own the anime. BRS belongs to huke/Ordet/etc...
In the otherworld:
A howl sounded, followed by an orange portal. A four legged red-orange fox stepped through and glanced around the area sniffing the atmosphere.
"I'll scout the area."
A black hooded figure slid off the fox's back. Her dark gray jacket trailed behind as the wind blew through her. She swished her tail side to side as she watched the fox scamper away.
Where's everyone? There were thousands of others….
"Dunno. I don't see much anywhere up here."
She turned to the abyss behind her and jumped down to the bottom. From her sleeves, strands of wires shot out and dug themselves into the sides, slowing and stopping the fall. Adjusting her eyes in the darkness, she was shocked to see all the corpses piled up almost everywhere in her world. Staring at one of the maimed corpses.
What's going on here? What did this?
Another different voice came in her head.
"Hey. Look around will ya? This place has changed quite a bit since we last came here."
With a nod, she surveyed the mess.
Just corpses everywhere…They shouldn't be dead…no matter what…Something that doesn't belong in this world killed them…How?
She dashed through the dead bodies until she stopped at a peculiar figure. A pale skinned one wearing a dress with black and white tones. There's a large spiked crown on her beheaded head. The hooded figure moved closer and saw pieces of her legs and dangling wheels. Chariot.
She was killed recently…I can still revive her…
She looked around and saw another figure. This one wore a bridal veil over her head along with large horns. Dead Master. She walked towards her and put her hand on her head.
This one too….also just killed…I can at least save the both of them…
She turned towards the other corpses.
The others…were dead for so long…I can't help them.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
News:
There has been a small amount of gang activity active in other areas far outside the Kyoto area. Please be cautious. Now tomorrow's weather forecast will be sunny with a slight chance of-
The TV turned off.
"(sigh) what's going on now a days…" murmured Mrs. Kuroi. She looked at the time. "Mato should be home by now…What's keeping her?"
"She's probably out with her friend again…" mumbled Hiro as he climbed up the stairs to bed.
At School:
"It feels like someone is in great pain right now…The exact feeling is eluding me, but perhaps that's for the best." thought Yomi as she quietly worked on her new bracelet. Students continued their conversations around her but she ignored them.
"Have you heard about the gangs on the news last night?"
"Yea, do you think they'll come to this area?"
"I don't know…the groups spread out in other areas…"
Sensei walked in and turned herself to the front of the class.
"May I have your attention please?" The chattering quieted down.
"Does anyone know of Kuroi's whereabouts?" She continued.
"She isn't on the school grounds?" replied a student.
"I just received a phone call from her mother. She hasn't returned home since yesterday."
Murmurs arose…
"She hasn't been home? What do you mean? Did she run away?"
"No way..."
"A kidnapping?"
"Did the gangs get her?"
Sensei finally had enough. "Hey, be quiet. Enough chit-chat! Silence! Silence!"
The hooded figure put the two bodies side to side. She already reattached the head of Chariot and repaired her legs and wheels. She started with Dead Master by putting her hand on her head. A static erupted through her.
Wake up…
…
Yomi suddenly stood up and ran out of class. Kagari turned and watched in confusion.
"Yomi?"
She turned to Yomi's desk and noticed an unfinished bracelet…It was red and blue…
Yomi continued to run through the hallways…panting…
"Kuroi Mato. We were placed in the same class in middle school. Nothing more. Or is there"? She thought to herself, vaguely recollecting her faint memories of Mato. "If not…-"
Wake up! The hooded figure pushed through her again.
A sudden pain shot through her chest. She grabbed it with her hand and held it in.
"Why does it hurt so much?"
...
A kid turned his attention outside the window. Everyone else followed.
"Look at that!"
"Whoa, it's the cops."
"This must be a pretty big deal."
The hooded figure turned to the one with wheels and did the same thing to Chariot.
Hey...get up!
Pain suddenly shot through Kagari. She knelt down.
"Kagari?" questioned one of her friends.
"Pain" she mumbled back. "Someone's in pain."
Chariot turned from gray to yellow, her original color. The hooded figure nodded to herself.
The rest is up to your counterpart, wheeled one…
She sent Chariot back to her world through her shadowy portal. She turned to Dead Master.
Still not up yet? Her counterpart must be stubborn…."Oi Soul, there's a party goin on up here"
She heard gunshots and explosions above her from the distance.
I better hurry then…
She put her hand on Dead Master's head again and sent another jolt of lost memories back to its human counterpart.
Wake up. You have a friend that needs help right now. Her name…is Kuroi Mato….
Back in the art room, Yomi went to her painting of Mato. She slowly put her finger on it. Right as she she touched the canvas a huge amount of pain shot through her chest. Short burst of images of Mato came through her head. Clenching her chest, Yomi stumbled backwards and ran to the top of the school.
"I don't want to think about it! It hurts! Even though it hurts!" She thought to herself panting.
Takanashi? W-Wow, that's a name for smart people!
"Stop! You…." She knelt down.
Let's go have fun! Let's see lots of different things!
"You are my…" Her hand stopped trembling.
I'm not leaving without you!
"You are my friend…Mato" Yomi finally realized. Mato!
She stood up and ran…
"Why did I …"
towards her friend…
"forget Mato?"
Mato! It echoed all the way to the other side.
Mato!
Dead Master's eyes twitched open.
H-Huh? I…came… back?
"You finally awake?"
She turned towards the unfamiliar voice. "You brought me back?"
"You brought yourself back…or maybe your counterpart did…either way…all I did was… give you a little push." The hooded figure shrugged.
Dead Master nodded." I have to go. There's someone I need to help!"
She started to get up slowly but stumbled. The hooded figure caught her arm on time.
"I guess...I can help you one more time."
She opened up a portal next to her and started to help Dead Master towards it; however, Dead Master paused. "Wait, why are you helping me?"
The hooded figure thought for a while.
" I…don't know…"
"Who are you then?"
She cracked a half-smile, slightly lowering her right eye, giving an asymmetrical expression.
"Soul. Black Soul. Nice to meet you " giving a low bow as a short introduction.
She threw Dead Master the portal back to her world. "W-Wait!" She shouted before disappearing into the shadows.
The hooded figure turned around and retrieved the scythe.
Must be hers…
She tossed the scythe into the portal after her.
She shifted her destination to the center of the explosions and gunfire."Kurama…""I'm already on it." Kurama leaped down.
Soul tethered more metallic strings and broke the wall beside them that quickly became a portal.
Let's go
She came in a middle of a heated battle between Insane Black Rock shooter and Yuu (as STR). Soul immediately hid behind a block piece as far as see can but kept her distance enough to witness what's going on.
Kurama, you should get back inside for now
Was going to do that already he smirked as he returned back inside his host.
"I'm sorry…Mato." Yuu's voice echoed to where Mato was.
"Yuu?"
"I wanted to save you from within Black Rock Shooter, but that's beyond my ability."
"Yuu? What are you doing?" Mato continued.
Strength walked towards a huge pit.
"It's unbearable to think of killing you with my own hands."
"What are you saying, Yuu?!" yelled Mato.
"Thank you, my dear friend." She murmured, giving her last farewell.
She took a breath then stepped off the edge of the cliff.
Her decent brought forth pain. Strength was prepared to die to save the one she loved most in both worlds from the hurt that had been haunting her for so long, Yuu. She let herself crack as she fell deeper and closer to her death.
"ACK!" Yuu stopped as pain erupted in her heart.
Her 2nd set of ogre arms went out of Yuu's control and grabbed her other arms away from Insane Black Rock Shooter.
Mato continued to scream for Strength, desperate to know what's going on with her.
"What happened, Yuu? Answer me, Yuu!"
"I am the embodiment of Yuu's thoughts. If I disappear, her pain should disappear, too."
A human switched places with her otherself? The hooded figure continued to watch from the distance.
Ah…Good grief. That's must be why this world changed.
Yuu struggled to gain control of her arms, but they continued to wrap around her, prevent her from moving. Cracks appeared on them as they start to shatter away.
"Once her pain is gone, she won't be able to stay here."
Insane BRS took this opportunity to return her lance and sliced off Yuu's hands; she then aimed her lance on Yuu's neck.
"Don't…S-Stop!" Yuu cried with her eyes wide and fearful. "I don't want to go back to reality!"
Insane BRS readied the lance on her neck. Yuu was helpless without her ogre arms to protect herself with.
"NO!"
"Oh no…!" Strength gasped as she realized Yuu was going to be killed before she could die.
If that human dies in here, she will die in the human world too. I can't let that happen. The hooded figure thought as she poised herself to defend Yuu but stopped.
"You can't, please don't do it!"
Insane BRS raised her lance ready to behead Yuu.
"I won't let you!" Mato yelled determinedly. "Yuu…is my best friend!"
Mato's inner world inside Insane BRS churned wildly like a tornado. The gloomy atmosphere replaced by a blue light that swallowed everything. A blast that swallowed both Insane BRS and Yuu quickly dispersed…to nothing.
They disappeared…yet there's still a presence here…
Soul finally came out of hiding and scouted the area tracing the weak presence to its source; she stopped at a certain spot and brought out her strings again cutting away and smashed the tiles on the blocks away revealing another peculiar figure. This one had long curved horns, and her color was obviously red.
Black Gold Saw? What is she doing here? She tilted her head in confusion then shrugged, knowing that clearly something went wrong when she was gone.
The hooded figure set her hand on Black Gold Saw's head.
She's still alive…she needs to go back to her world…
Soul took Gold Saw's large blade, King Saw, and slashed the ground beneath them. Taking them both back into her world.
Yuu's eyes opened to a world of gray, her world. The wind blew at her hair and kicked up debris, but she paid no attention. She only looked at her hands, her human hands, and sighed. There was a crackling noise followed by light, teetering footsteps, and she turned to it.
Strength was on her bare feet, just scarcely able to stand as her body was cracked and chipped in numerous places. Yuu ran to her in tears.
"Strength, how could you?" Yuu grabbed on to Strength's legs sobbing.
"Why would you do that?! If you disappear, I…I have to go back there. I don't want to... Why? I'll be all alone. I don't have anywhere to go back to!"
Strength looked down at her counterpart. "Alone?...It was Mato…who saved you…"
Her world trembled as the cube began rotating out of control.
Strength held Yuu into her arms and jumped up to the surface…
The hooded figure hoisted Black Gold Saw against a broken pillar. She put her hand on her shoulder and shook it.
"Black Gold Saw….hey….wake up…."
Black Gold Saw shifted then blinked her eyes opened and gasped.
"Y-you! You are from…back then." She sighed happily. "You returned…"
The hooded figure nodded and cracked a half-smile back." I know…it has been many years hasn't it…"
"That girl…cut off my connection with my counterpart…Can you re-establish it?"
"I could…but not now…quickly tell me what happened prior to this ongoing battle and how you and your counterpart connected."
Black Gold saw nodded. "Years after you left, another girl who already established a connection with her otherself forcibly set a connection between me and my human counterpart."
"Was it that girl with the huge arms?"
"Yes."
The hooded figure crossed her arms and shook her head a little.
"Good grief…" she said with a sigh. "Go on."
"My human counterpart made a promise to her friend…to protect her…even when her friend, Yuu, forced her way to this world leaving her otherself in the human world. Saya was so determined to keep her promise. She went as far as influencing other girls to awaken their otherselves in order to get rid of Black Rock Shooter… but they were no match to her."
"Who's Black Rock Shooter? The purple one with the huge cannon lance?" She swished her hooked tail side to side questioningly.
"Yes, but she turned insane after her human counterpart witnessed the death of the otherself, Dead Master, of her precious friend."
"Dead Master?"
"She's the green otherself with horns that wields a scythe."
The hooded figure nodded. "All this trouble began with the girl with the huge arms and your human counterpart correct?"
"Well, it all started after Black Rock Shooter came into this world…..but other than that yes…" Black Gold Saw nodded.
The hooded figure thought for a while and then turned back to Black Gold Saw. "I'm leaving your connection with your human counterpart disconnected. Please understand this. This is not a permanent thing. I will reconnect you two when the right time comes."
"Yes, of course…I understand"
"I will also disconnect the connection between the girl with the huge arms and her counterpart."
"And Black Rock Shooter?"
"When this mess is over, I need you to watch her. Her connection with her counterpart will also be severed, as everyone else."
"Right. You revived Dead Master and Chariot correct? Can you bring back one more? She's over there" Out of all the fallen hooded figures, she pointed to a beheaded one in the open.
Soul cocked her head puzzled. "Why? She's just a meager one…"
"That one…is special…I feel hidden power from her…"
She bent down and put her head on the little one's body, feeling a stronger power than the rest of the other smaller hooded figures.
Saw's right…she does…
She reattached the head and set her hand on her head sending a quick shock of electric current in her.
Hey, wake up…
…
In the school gym, Arata had tears flowing from her eyes as the other girls did their practice. Her lost memories flashed in her mind.
"Ehh? Kohachi, is that for a boy?"
Blushing. "N-No! It's…umm…."
One of the girls smirked." Ah, I got it, it's for that boy in class three isn't it?" she said with a grin.
"Aghhh! You!"
"That's right…Taku…" Arata realized as more tears fell.
…
The hooded figure nodded. The other little hooded figures rose as well.
"You brought them back too? Why?" said Black Gold Saw also glad that the action is done.
"Everyone born into this world have potential…just like this one. There's always a chance that they have a huge part in the future." nodding to the little hooded figure struggling to stand.
A shimmering light fell onto the world; eyes turned to it. There was a single star…its bright light casted to all worlds, unwavering. Black Gold Saw pondered on the star and smiled as she raised her hands to it.
"We have no feelings, but we all have something important to us…"
Her world gathered together and unleashed itself to that star in the sky.
"Those kids who are so important to us…are in tears. It hurts…our significant…significant wounds…"
"I'll take my leave, Gold Saw. We will discuss more later" Soul slashed the ground again with King Saw to open up another portal and tossed the weapon back to its owner."Yes..BK-201"She stopped her "Ah, Soul. My name is…Black Soul."Gold Saw smiled and winked "I think..that's a wonderful name, Soul~ You've grown quite a bit, hmm?""I was given that name by a friend. BK-201…is a name of many harsh thoughts and memories. We'll meet again." She cut off and disappeared into the portal.
…
Chariot awakened in her world and turned her attention to that bright star in the sky. She just shrugged with a smile and raised her hands high as her world too, erupted to the sky.
…
The rotating cube and Strength's world began to spin faster twisting and connecting itself. Yuu clung to Strength tightly.
"Strength!" she cried scared not knowing what's going on around her.
Strength watched as everyone's worlds came together from the single portal in the middle of her cube.
"Everyone is…Come on!"
She carried Yuu in her arms and flew into the portal. As they descended, colors swirled around them. Yuu just continued to hold tight onto Strength.
…
Dead Master gathered herself in her world dusting debris off her dress and let a smile across her face. She looked to the star in the sky.
Let's go.
She raised her hand high and allowed her world to be sucked away, taking her along with it.
…
"RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Mato shouted as she was in the middle of a shooting barrage between her and Insane BRS.
Mato's gattling gun wore out and dissembled itself as Insane BRS continued her attack.
The sky above her cracked open, and worlds of different colors broke through merging together.
"Everyone…" she whispered.
She clenched her fists and glared at Insane BRS. "Black Rock Shooter! I will hurt you!"
A blue flame burst in her eye. "I'll keep hurting you, over and over!"
She started walking in Insane BRS's direction ignoring all the bullets whizzing past her.
…
In the shadows, a large beast stirred.
Hmm?
Something wrong? Soul stopped wondering around.
It's….nothing….ignore me….
Ok
This feeling….it's nothing….just in my head…Its awfully familiar
He narrowed his eyes then abruptly shook off the thought and went to attempt his nap again.
…
Mato held out her arm and the light from all worlds swirled around it forming itself into a large cannon. Having all its parts and mechanics into place, the huge cannon charged itself up mixing the colors inside it. Insane BRS only stared at the colors until Mato finally pulled the trigger. Huge bursts of colors released into a rainbow and blasted away the remnants of what Insane BRS was left.
The otherselves' worlds poured into the world, mixing themselves like paint swirling at the center.
The worlds became one. Outside, the cube finally completed itself and exploded in a bright blast of white light.
The blast cleared away leaving a whole new world. A world of white, a world created from the merging of other worlds, a world started anew…
Mato groaned as she woke. She slowly got up and looked around. In the distance lay Strength and Yuu, both unconscious.
"Yuu!" Mato exclaimed running toward Strength's body. As she knelt down, Strength stirred awake and smiled to her friend.
"Say my real name…" She whispered barely able to move.
Mato stiffened and then looked at her. "Yuu-…uhh…Strength-"
"-Strength!"
Yuu crawled over to her otherself and held onto Strength. "No! You can't die! I can't live there! …I won't make it in the real world! The real world is just…too painful!
"It's ok…Yuu. It'll be alright…" murmured Strength.
Yuu and Mato turned their attention to where the otherselves are standing: Dead Master, Black Gold Saw, her little hooded figures, Chariot…and Black Rock Shooter. The hooded figure waited in the distance hidden from view.
"You won't be alone…Saya is there, Mato is there too…I'm sure you'll make tons of friends…."
Yuu turned to Mato, and Mato smiled and nodded back to her.
"Hey, look over there, Yuu. Our worlds have become one. And if worlds can become one, our hearts can as well…"
Yuu wasn't convinced and started sobbing.
"But…I just can't do it! No one would ever…be my friend!"
Strength reached her hand onto Yuu's cheek and wiped her tears away.
"Yuu, I am the embodiment of your thoughts. I fought for you without any feelings on my own…But...it's more than that. None of us…had feelings. We only acted on our instincts, but that's why we could never fight for someone we hate…We love you all…so much. We want to protect you. We never want to see you hurt or in pain…We love all of you…That's why we fought for you in the first place."
Mato took a glance back at Black Rock Shooter.
"We love you…all so much…" She said glowing with new energy.
Yuu continued to cry as Strength wiped her tears again. "I love you too much to lie to you, Yuu. The real world is wonderful! You just have to trust me…"
Strength's hand grew weak and fell as the cracks and fractures on her body became worse. Yuu grabbed her hand desperately for her to hang on.
"Strength!" she cried in despair.
"Mato…"
Mato looked down on Strength unable to find the words to say anything.
"Thank you, Mato. You taught me so much. You made that world beautiful for me.."
Strength's vision started to blur and her body continued to crack even more.
"Strength!"
"You taught me about what it was like to walk home with my dear friend, that even though life is short, it's still precious. You taught me how sweet popsicles were…You taught me how vivid the sunset can be when you're with a friend…"
Tears flowed out of Mato's eyes.
"Mato…we'll always be friends, won't we?"
"Of course we will! Don't be stupid, Yuu!" Mato cried out more.
Strength smiled and closed her eyes…
"My name is Strength" she whispered letting out her last breath…
"Strength!" Yuu screamed as Strength's hand shattered in her grasp.
The rest of strength's body shattered away in a twinkle of many colors into the bright sky.
Mato's heart sank and all she could do was throw her head to the sky and cry "YUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
The colors glimmered and shined as they floated into the sky, painting it like a canvas of many different colors together.
They stayed long enough…They need to go back… Soul thought to herself.
She went up to Yuu and lowered herself to her eye level. One of Soul's eyes blinked red as it met with Yuu's eyes, forcing her to sleep and fade away.
"Strength…" She murmured as she's heading back towards the reality of the real world. Where she belongs.
Now, the other kid… Soul prepared herself to do the same thing to Mato.
"Wait…please" She froze and watched as Black Rock Shooter walked up to Mato.
Mato stood up in front of her otherself. She looked at Soul with confusion and fear, then looked back at Black Rock Shooter. The two gazed at each other for quite a while.
"Black Rock Shoot-" She was stopped as Black Rock Shooter suddenly embraced her. Mato froze in shock.
Black Rock Shooter finally pulled away and smiled.
"Thank you…" She whispered" I will always fight for you…"
Mato watched in awe as she saw Black Rock Shooter and the worlds around her fade away.
Black Rock Shooter...I will fight too...
Black Rock Shooter continued to watch until she could no longer see Mato's silhouette. She finally turned to the hooded figure as she descended from a cliff.
"Black Rock Shooter, after all the mess you and the otherselves caused in this world, the link you and your counterparts had will be closed. Time will come for them to be needed again."
"Will I see Mato again?" asked Black Rock Shooter worriedly.
The hooded figure nodded and walked towards Strength's remains.
"Time will come. Only time will tell." Soul gave an attempt to smile to give encouragement, but it went out as her usual smug-like expression.
Black Rock Shooter narrowed her eyes , but quietly accepted the situation.
...
Yuu opened her eyes in a dark room.
back in reality...
She turned to her side disappointedly and saw Saya smiling with her tears welling up.
Saya had missed her friend so much that she held Yuu in a tight embrace and wept joyfully over her. Yuu stayed silent and then quickly sat up and looked around her as if she was looking for someone.
But she was only alone with Saya.
Strength... she thought looking down.
...
(Scene of Mato apologizing to Yomi)
(They hug and cry on each other)
(Can I please skip this? You guys watched the anime already!)
The next morning...
Mato woke up feeling refreshed with a smile on her face.
Brilliant colors, Warm colors, Sparkling colors...
She leaped from her bed and took her Colorful Lil Bird book back on the shelf.
Hope I don't have to see that book again in a long while... She thought as she went downstairs to the breakfast table.
"Whoa! Amazing! You woke up on your own for once" Hiro was astonished.
"Oh can it!" she shouted back at him.
"You both eat up and finish getting ready!" scolded Mrs. Kuroi.
"But Hiro starte-"
"Mato, you are still grounded!"
"What?!" Mato stood up.
"I do this because I love you! Do you know how worried I was when you went missing? All you did was run off with your friend into the sunset, and you didn't even bother to pick up my calls!"
Mato sighed "Mom, I know. It's not my fault that my cell phone ran out of battery! I should have called you when I was with Yomi."
She bit her lip since she knew that part of what she said was a lie.
Vile color, lonely colors, depressing colors.
Yomi stepped out of her house to meet Kagari who was waiting for her outside.
"Hi, Yomi!" Kagari waved to her.
"Morning, Kagari!" she waved back.
They both started heading towards school.
"Have a great day!" Mrs. Takanashi called out.
"We will!"
The walked out to a corner and waited until Mato came running and waving her arms.
"You're the last one this time!" Kagari smirked.
"Oh let's just go!" called Mato.
Yomi just chuckled lightly. "If you guys don't stop bickering, we won't make it to school."
It's not always a great place
Entering through the school gates, Mato ran between Arata and Taku and giggled at the couple. Arata just scowled and scolded her away!
"Just you wait! I'll make you run extra laps!"
In class, the teacher walked in with a smile and ushered in a new student. She walked in sadly hanging her head low.
Mato immediately recognized her, Koutari Yuu.
Yuu looked up and was surprised to see Mato smiling at her. She blushed and smiled back.
Still though…this world is beautiful!
My friends are here,
And we can laugh and all have fun together.
There are so many things happening, all in different colors.
Still, we'll take them all in…
And become wonderful people.
Mato and her friends walked home together as the sun began to set over the horizon coloring the sky in a warm orange glow.
We'll grow up…in this world.
In the bright, gray world, the mysterious Soul bent down towards a pile of dust that was once Strength and started digging around in it. She finally brought out a small spherical orb, Strength's core.
It was dim as if it was a small flame slowly dying away.
"What are you going to do with her?" asked Black Rock Shooter narrowing her eyes, readying her weapon.
"Just watch..." Soul answered calmly.
She held the core close to her face and blew fire over it. It engulfed the tiny fire and became one with it, fueling it, giving it strength. As if she was pouring life back into the dying flame. The little ball of fire now surrounded by bright orange flames shined and burned brightly.
The hooded figure slowly slid her hand away from Strength's burning core, allowing it to float in mid-air. She took a few steps back and watched while Black Rock Shooter, standing on a cliff, did the same.
The core hovered over Strength's dusty remains and started gathering itself. As if it was magnetized, the pile of dust levitated to the core and whirled around it, getting faster and faster. Soon, it got denser, taking shape of a humanoid figure. It finally solidified after the orange flash receded leaving behind the one we know well, Strength. Her ogre arms were the last to be completely formed.
There she was...standing still with her eyes still closed, her ogre arms nearly as big as her before.
Strength...that's your name right? You still have a role in this world...Your counterpart still needs you…
The hooded figure walked up to Strength. Putting her hand on Strength's head, she sent a shock of electricity through her, shaking her body a little. After the jolt, she began to see her body raise and fall, breathing.
She's alive now...
The hooded figure patted Strength's head one final time and walked away
"Kurama"On it
Soul summoned out Kurama. He shrunk himself more to her size and growled a howl, breaking the dimension. Soul got back on his back and ported to reality, the human world.
...
E-Eh? Yuu's body stiffened as if she was hit by a small shock of electricity.
"Yuu, what's wrong?" asked Mato.
Yuu didn't know what was going on, but her chest felt unusually warm like something important once lost returned to her.
"Hey, you're crying!" said Yomi pointing to Yuu's cheek.
Yuu felt a tear. She was crying, but she didn't know why...
"You ok?" said Kagari concerned about her.
Yuu, looking at her new found friends, let out a small smile and wiped her tears away with her sleeve.
"Yea…I'm alright."
Turning to the sunset, she put her hand on her heart.
Strength…Arigato…
…
Strength felt something…or someone pat her head…
Orange eyes opened to the world as if it was the first time opening them. It's really bright at first. She heard a howl, then a flash of movement to the side; she quickly turned to it, but she couldn't recognize anything quickly enough.
What was that? She thought to herself.
She shook her head and blinked a couple of times before she looked about in confusion.
I…am here…again? Didn't I…die?
Then she stood straight and remembered everything prior to her death, even her counterpart…
Koutari Yuu!
She looked side to side…Am I alone?
"Watashi (I)" she murmured looking down.
"I'll keep fighting"
Eh?
She tensed and whirled around to the source of the voice and relaxed as she realized that it's just Black Rock Shooter. She sighed and smiled as she continued.
"I'll embrace the wounds…and continue fighting."
Strength took her eyes off her and looked towards the far distance tensing her arms.
Yuu…I will always be here for you…because…
She chuckled to herself.
I love you so~
A portal opened in the real world on a rooftop of a building. As the hooded figure stepped out of it, her clothes dispersed away like a sandy shadow, revealing a regular girl with a dark gray hoody jacket and black shorts. She stretched her arms and sighed. Kurama gave a huff and allowed himself to return back inside her body.
So much happened…
She looked around the area.
What should I do now?
"Find a place to stay…You already found your target… that Koutari kid"
Mmmm a troublesome kid. Even without me, she managed to make a mess.
She gave a shrug and sighed. Good Grief...
"Look, the only thing you can do now is watch her. Go join her school or something…Know what school it is?"
She shook her head and jumped down from a building, landing perfectly and silently.
"Well, then…scout for her. She should be in a school around here…start there."
What are you expecting me to do afterwards? I'm clearly too old for her school.
Soul stretched out her arms and let out a small yawn. She's more like a highschooler. Yuu's in middle school unfortunately.
Mmmmm age speaks for itself. We'll figure it out
She nodded in agreement giving another smugly smile.
"Might as well join in the next year….Before you do anything, you have to adapt to the human world. Remember, it's different from our world. You're not used to societies like this."
Ah don't worry so much. We'll find our place here.
"Heh! Just go look for a place to live in for now! You will be here for quite a while!"
She nodded and started walking in a direction.
The beast inside her let out a huff.
"Honestly, what will you do without me…BK-201?" He opened an eye.
Soul stopped walking.
Oi oi, I don't like that name…Please refrain from calling me that! She thought annoyingly.
Kurama chuckled You know I'm just messin with ya.
Whatever the issue was today…there's certainly more to come in the future… She thought to herself.
Be prepared, kid.
She nodded and continued walking as she looked up at the full moon.
It's really pretty tonight…It makes me feel…warm for some reason. Her eyes glowed red again as she allowed herself to bathe in the moonlight.
"That's right…It's your first time seeing the moon eh? Actually, second time? Our world didn't have one…We can watch it tonight, eh?"
Koutari-kun…and those girls…This is just the beginning for them…Right, Kurama?
This marks the beginning of the remake on this story.
I admit. All I did was just read through and replace stuff. After the "remakes" are done. The style will change. It's lazy I know, but It seems I cannot make a new story again as I need to keep this one . All remade chapters will be marked with RE:
I also drastically changed how BK-201/Soul will start out.
Im guessing she was an incomplete character. Hence why her character in general has many conflictions. Now I have a direction for her and the test of the BRS cast.