A/N Chapter 21! yay! Anyway, some of you are wondering how Yomi almost ended up drowning in the ocean. Don't worry, your question will be answered... in chapter 23. :)
Also of some of you are saying yes to "Naruto should get a weapon". So I will be giving naruto his weapon in the next Arch since this arch has already began. I'll give Naruto his weapon in the next arch. I think I'll use tendaysromeo's idea. Because I like the idea of Naruto replacing Happy. You since, Naruto's twelve and Natsu's 14-17.
Thank you Narcosis Ouroboros for favoriting this story and thank you jayofgrey for favoriting and following this story. Thank you tendaysromeo, bast234, RaiseDaDragz, someonestupED, XY Kid, 9feetnerd, xiodan56, ShadowRealm, Marcus the Kane, JohnAwake, freebyte, damnlastwords for reviewing.
RaiseDaDragz: "Normal" You say, oh just you wait until chapter 24... (Smiles evilly) Because you're in for a treat of normal, (Evil laughing in the background)
bast234: Oh, that is sad. Okay, I could do that. But the question now is how is Naruto going to open up to Takane and tell her his past... actually, forget I said that question, I just thought of an idea.
XY Kid: Thank you so much for thinking of a name for the ship. I'm going to use them straight way. Yes, thinking of XY1, XY2, XY3 and so on was really clever. At first I thought you got the idea from the game "Pokemon X and Y" but then I realized something... your name XY Kid. Don't worry, I'll still going to use them because first, it sounds way better then "The First Ship", "The Second Ship" and so on. Secondly, I think it would be cool to name the ships after one of my reviewers. So again, thank you so much for thinking of that idea, I really appreciated.
damnlastwords: I actually already did check out your stories once and was planning to read them. But don't know if I should, since I've never heard of Ed,Edd nEddy and Saki. I've heard of My little pony since my little sister loves to watch it, But I've never watched it myself.
I think that's all I have to say for this A/N. Hope you enjoy the chapter and I hope I don't disappoint you (Probably will though)
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters except for "Jason"... and "Jack"
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The captain was now terrified. Then, a loud roar was heard. The holographic captain looked behind himself. Suddenly, the message became clear and it was easier to tell what the captain was saying. He was panicking and breathing really heavily.
"To anyone who is watching this. STAY AWAY! or they'll-"
The last thing that was heard was the screams of the captain.
Ozpin's Office (5:00am. One hour before the departure of the four cargo ships)
The sun was just rising bringing light into the office. Vale was clearly from the giant window and the sun's light went straight through. Light shined over the papers and files that were on Ozpin's desk. Ozpin turned off his lantern and drank from his cup of coffee. His waking kane was leaned against the side of of the table and he was currently listening to the distress call, trying to make sense of what the captain was trying to say.
There was too much static to tell what he was saying. But one thing was clear, there is something out there something out there more dangerous then grimm. Ozpin debated with himself whether he made the right choice. Honestly he would've have disagreed to this idea considering some of them were kids like Yoshino and Illya. It was actually Jason's idea to send them.
If you think about it, it kinda made sense. The students at this academy are trained to fight all different kinds of Grimm, so if any hostiles appear other then grimm then the Huntresses and huntsmen would be at a great disadvantage. However, Mato and the others weren't trained to attack grimm at first. All of them come from different worlds, which means most of them are already trained to deal with any hostiles that comes in their way. They treated Grimm like how they would usually treat a hostile from their world.
They were the perfect candidates for the mission. However, Ozpin couldn't help but feel worried. Jason said they would be fine but Jason himself was a mystery. Ozpin knew a lot about him but at the same time there was a lot of things about Jason that remained a mystery. His behaviour was... odd. He volunteered to participate in the other mission but for some reason didn't want to participate in this mission. Ozpin wondered about what Jason might be doing right now.
All Ozpin could do was sit there and think about the situation.
Cargo Ship XY2 (KNPY, SKYJ and CRDL)
The boat started moving. The ship didn't move that fast probally because of the amount of weight that the ship was carrying. Still, they started moving. The ocean was calm and clear. Birds flew over the ships in a triangle shape and seagulls were clearly visible on the beach. Everyone watched as the picture of Vale got smaller and smaller, little by little.
"Do you think we'll be okay" Kotori asked.
"Who knows." Yuri replied. Yuri looked out at the sea leaning on the iron bars, the only thing separating Yuri from the ocean. "We just have to hope for the best"
Yoshino and Julie remained quiet. They seemed too shy to participate in the serious topic. Neptune would've made a joke but looking at the serious expressions on Yuri and Kotori's face, she realized that this wasn't the time... Plutia on the other hand was half awake. They woke up at 5:30 am this morning, she was annoyed that she had to wake up early but was too sleepy to get angry.
7:00 am
It's been one hour and nothing has happened. The boat continues to sail across the sea. The four boats sailed in a diamond shape with the battle ship sailing behind. It's already been an hour and yet everyone is still on guard. No one relaxed, everyone was tensed and was ready to battle at any moment. Professor Oobleck was on the fourth ship and said he would change ships from day to day. Kotori circled the ship holding Yoshino's hand to calm down her anxiety. Yuri circled the ship with Kanade and Julie went with Saturn. To no one's surprise, Plutia had fallen asleep so Neptune had to carry her to their tiny rooms and lay her in bed, Neptune stayed with Plutia. Team CRDL, who was unaware of Plutia sleeping tried really hard to make sure they always stayed on the opposite side of the ship away from Plutia.
The cargo filled 80 percent of the boat. The blue giant containers was all over the ship leaving little room to walk in. There were pathways on the edge of the ship that you could walk through. You could also walk in between the giant containers but that was only if you weren't claustrophobic. However, if you could jump high or fly. You could walk on top of the giant containers giving you a clear view of the ocean and the other cargo ship
From the top you could see a little room with a big open window where you could see people through it. Probably the room where they drive the ship.
Yuri walked around with a M4A4 in her hands. Wherever Yuri went, Kanade followed. Yuri scouted the ship as she continued to think about how the others are doing. Each leader was given an ear-comlink so they could contact each other, Yuri wanted to use it but it was too early for that.
8:00 am
Still nothing has happened and everyone has relaxed... a bit. They still didn't let their guard down.
And then Saturn and Julie saw the last thing they thought they would see. Yuuki. They watched as Yuuki flew across the sea. Yuuki and the sea was probally only 10 cm apart, Julie saw Yuuki put her hand in the sea while she flied around the four cargo ships. It looked like she was having fun... but wasn't Yuuki suppose to be guarding Cargo Ship XY3.
"Is that safe?" Saturn asked.
Julie just shrugged telling her that she didn't know.
Julie and Saturn hardly knew Yuuki but they could already tell that she was going to be a hand full. Saturn then saw Asuan fly up to Yuuki. From the looks of it Asuna was scolding Yuuki. Poor Yuuki, Saturn thought. When Asuna and Yuuki returned back to their ship, Saturn and Julie quickly returned back to her job.
9:00 am
Yuri and Kotori walked through the edge of the ship having a deep conversation right next to the ocean.
Kotori then felt a pair of eyes watching them. "Is it just me or are we being watched?"
Yuri just shrugged "Don't know, could be someone from the other ship using binoculars or something."
Kotori decided to listen to Yuri and ignored the feeling. "Anyways" Yuri continued the conversation they were having "What's your opinion?" Yuri asked.
"I feel like we've talked about this a hundred times" Kotori said. "Honestly, I don't know anymore. At first, I did have my suspicions but now... I don't know"
"So you trust him?" Yuri asked.
There was a moment of silence before Kotori spoke again "Like I said, before I didn't entirely trust Jason, his motives just seemed too...too-"
"Too good to be true" Yuri finished Kotori's sentence.
"Yeah"
"..."
Yuri looked at the ocean before looking back at Kotori "What changed your mind?"
"It's hard to trust him since so much about him remains unknown. But... I hate to admit it but if it weren't for Jason, Yoshino would've been dead by now even though she's a spirit and not human. I don't think anyone could've survived that attack." Kotori replied.
"Except for Jason" Yuri pointed out.
Kotori stopped walking for a moment. She hadn't thought of that. Despite the giant bloody wound that was once visible on Jason's body, Jason survived the Skull reaper's attack which was close to impossible. Heck, he was even able to smile after that. It was at this moment Kotori thought, Jason was definitely not a normal human being... but then, what is he. It just made Kotori more curious and she could tell Yuri felt the same.
"I wonder what his doing right now" Yuri said.
Kotori wondered the same thing. Jason was more then happy to participate in the other mission but he was no where to be seen today. No one has seen Jason since yesterday.
Yuri and Kotori were so deep into their conversation that they completely forgot that Yoshino and Kanade were right there listening to every word. They didn't want to say anything though, they didn't want to disturb them.
Then, Yoshinon the puppet tapped Yoshino on the cheek.
"What is it Yoshinon?" Yoshino whispered.
Yoshinon only replied by pointing at one direction. Yoshino looked over to where Yoshinon pointed to and her eyes widened. Yoshino saw Yomi in the ocean... drowning. Kanade followed Yoshino's gazed and then felt puzzled. Kanade and Yoshino looked at each other. They didn't know to do, Should they get help? Yoshino grew worried while Kanade just wondered how Yomi ended up in the ocean in the first place. Yoshino and Kanade looked at Kotori and Yuri who were still having a serious conversation. Yoshino was too shy, Kanade wasn't good at communicating and neither of them wanted to disturbed Yuri and Kotori.
A wave of relief hit Yoshino when she saw Dead pulling Yomi out of the water using her chains. Yoshino remembered Dead, in her previous mission Yoshino was in a group with Rock, Yu and Dead. She learned a lot of things about Dead and rock that day. At first Yoshino saw Dead as some sort of mean devil. But now, in a way she kinda looked up to Dead and Rock like how she looked up to Yoshinon. Brave, strong and... kind-hearted. Seeing Dead with Yomi only encouraged that feeling.
Yoshino wished she could be like them. Yoshino was anything but brave.
10:00 am
Saturn and Julie walked across the edge of the ship, a different side from where Yuri and Kotori was. As they walked, Saturn noticed Julie staring at Ship XY3. Saturn quickly caught on to what Julie was thinking about.
"His THAT important to you huh?" Saturn asked.
"Ja" Julie replied.
"..."
"You should stop worrying" Saturn said
Julie just looked at Saturn with confusion. "Tooru or whatever his name is, he'll be fine. I've seen him in battle, you should start worrying about yourself. I'm sure pretty sure that's what Tooru would've said... Besides, his got that Levi dude with him".
Julie didn't say anything. There was really nothing to say. Those words really comforted her which Saturn noticed. Saturn felt proud of herself for she wasn't really good when it came to comforting people. But her words worked for Julie which is saying something.
"Well, we should start walking again" Saturn said.
"Ja"
11:00 am
The four of them. Kotori, Yuri, Yoshino and Kanade walked across the ship. The serious conversation had calm down and they were now talking about casual things. As they talked, they heard a loud growl.
Kotori and Yuri turned around and got ready for battle, only to find nothing was there. It took everyone a second to release where the sound was coming from. Kanade looked down and put her hand over her stomach. Despite the embarrassment, Kanade's neutral expression stayed the same.
Yuri just smiled "Don't worry. There handing out food at 12 which is only like half an hour away"
"One hour" Kotori corrected.
Yoshinon just laughed "Hehehe If you like, you can go to Ship XY3 and eat Oto- "
Yoshino covered Yoshinon's mouth before it could finish it's sentence.
"I wonder what's Neptune doing right now" Yuri said out of curiosity.
11:55 am
Silence continued to fill the cargo ships. Nothing has happen since they left the dock. Neptune was bored. Neptune groaned before saying "It's been like hundred years! When is something interesting going to happen." Neptune complained like a little child. Plutia just continued sleeping. Neptune was technically talking to herself at this point.
It was really hot in the room so Neptune tried leaving the door open to let some air in. But it really didn't do anything.
"..." There was a long moment of silence. Well, it was always silent but Neptune just layed on the floor, contemplating about what has happened so far. Falling from the sky, going to school, saving mato, going on missions, seeing nepgear. This wasn't the first time Neptune ended up in another dimension, by now she's grown used to it.
Then, Neptune lost her patience and yelled again "When is something Interesting going to happen."
As soon as Neptune said that, a gunshot echoed throughout all the four ships. Neptune had been so used to silence that the gunshot basically jump scared. The gunshot sounded like it came from Ship XY1.
Plutia opened her eyes slowly still half asleep. She looked annoyed.
Right after the gunshot an alarm was heard throughout the ships. An alarm that went BEEEEEEEEEP!...BEEEEEEEP!...BEEEEEEEP!
The alarm was extra loud since Neptune and Plutia were inside. A voice was heard through the speakers.
"GRIMM ARE HEADING OUR WAY! ALL MEN, HUNTSMAN AND HUNTRESS PREPARE FOR BATTLE!"
Neptune gulped... Neptune was scared, but not because Grimm were coming. It was because the person behind Neptune was now releasing a very intense aura.
Neptune slowly turned around and looked at Plutia. To say she was "annoyed' would probally be a understatement, no she was angry... really angry.
Plutia tightened the grip on her share crystal.
12:00 pm
Sea Serpents surrounded all four cargo ships. The grimm came in all sizes, some was tiny while others were giant. Team KNPY, SKYJ and CRDL all prepared for battle. They were all spreaded across the ship equally and thought it would be safer if they went in pairs. Yuri went with Kanade, Kotori went with Yoshino, Julie went with Saturn, Neptune followed Iris Heart and Team CRDL stayed together. At this moment, every other thought was forgotten. Everyone was now focused on protecting the ship.
The battle ship that came with them had already shot down two giant serpents.
Yuri changed her weapon into a MAG-7. From the looks of it, a shotgun seemed to be the wisest choice. These Sea Serpents could dive in and out of the water which meant you had to kill them in one shot, otherwise they could easily dive in the water for cover.
The situation proved difficult for Kanade since her Hand Sonic was a melee weapon. Come to think of it, Kanade's special abilities were mostly focused on defense which is why it was named "Guard skill". They were never designed for offensive. However, Yuri used this to her advantage.
A sea serpent, about average size, poped it's head out of the water. It stared at Kanade and roared before charging head-forward like a bull. But before the serpent could reached Kanade-
"Guard-Skill: Distortion"
A force field appeared around and Kanade and the sea serpent crashed it's head into it. Yuri took this chance for she saw a wide opening. She aimed her shotgun and shot it in the head killing it in one shot. Yuri and Kanade wasted no time celebrating for they moved straight into the next grimm.
12:10 pm
Yoshino pulled back her bow. The bow that Yoshino and Yoshinon still hasn't grown used to. Yoshino was probably never going to get used to any weapon since she prefered not attack. However, she was fine as long as she didn't have to used it against people, there hasn't really been a time where Yoshino had to use it against people for it was mostly grimm she was shooting. But she still didn't like weapons, at least the bow matched her Astral Dress.
Yoshinon held the bow as Yoshino pulled back the bow. A arrow magically appeared in her hand and she used her spirit mana to freeze the arrow turning it into a frozen arrow.
Yoshino shot the arrow at the grimm. The arrow landed on the serpent's tail even though she aimed for the head. The sea serpent roared, the arrow dealt damage but not enough to kill it.
However, when the arrow hit the tail. Everywhere around the arrow i radius starting freezing trapping the sea serpent in place.
But that did not stop the serpent from charging at Yoshino.
Yoshino fell backwards to the ground from fear and braced for impact. But before the serpent reached Yoshino, Kotori grabbed her axe and chopped the grimm's head off.
When Yoshino opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Kotori extending her hand.
"You alright?" Kotori asked
Yoshino nodded who was filled with relief.
"I think you should take cover where it's safe, it's too dangerous here" Kotori didn't looked angry or upset... She looked worried and concerned.
But Yoshino shook her head. At tempting as it sound, she didn't want to run to somewhere safe knowing that her precious friends were fighting for their lives. Yoshino couldn't be brave... but if she can help her friends then that was what she was going to do.
12:20 pm
The sea serpent charged at Julie trying to bite her. But Julie was too fast, for speed and agility was her specialty. Everytime she dodged an attack, the grimm would be left wide open for an attack. Julie swung her twin swords at the Grimm's head killing it. As soon as one was dead, Julie moved on to the next.
The orbs on Saturn's twin wands turned green. Suddenly the three sea serpents were covered in vines slowly crushing them. Two of them were crushed to death but the last one manage to break free and charged at Saturn.
Saturn prepared herself, but before Saturn could do anything Julie came out of nowhere, jumped in the air and then jabbed her two swords into the Serpent's head killing it.
"I had that" Saturn said who refused to let go of her pride.
12:30 pm
Russel dodged an attack from the serpent and mange to jab one of hers daggers into the tail before it dived back into the water. The same serpent popped it's head on the opposite side of the ship and attacked Dove.
The serpent opened it's mouth showing Dove it's sharp teeth. Dove and Sky blocked the serpent's attack, Dove using his sword and Sky using his axe.
As the serpent's mouth was wrestling with Dove and Sky. Cardin jumped and smashed his mace into the Serpent's head killing it.
They all rejoiced and celebrated, Shouting in triumph like they just won a war. They finally killed their first Grimm.
Suddenly four more Sea Serpents, three times bigger than the one they just killed, showed up. They were surrounded, Team CRDL raised their weapons in defense, their hands shaking.
One on the serpent dived it's head towards the team CRDL. The four of them barely managed to dodged, the grimm's head crashed into the iron deck of the ship causing the ship to shake.
As Cardin was trying to keep his balance, one of the other sea serpent wrapped it's tail around Cardin preventing him from breathing. The Sea Serpent opened it's mouth and attempted to eat Cardin while he was struggling to breathe.
But before that could happen, the head of the Serpent was chopped off. The lifeless body of the grimm dropped Cardin and he landed back on the ship with a THUMP! Team CRDL looked and saw real horror. CRDL didn't care about the Grimm anymore, they just wanted to get away as soon as possible.
"I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU ALL PAY!" Iris Heart said turning her sword into a whip. Iris Heart charged at the remaining Grimm as Neptune just watched. Within 10 second, the other three serpents that were attacking Team CRDL were already dead.
12:40 pm
Neptune just watched as Iris Heart demolished the grimm. Team CRDL were already gone, they didn't even bother to say thank you. Neptune took out her HDD weapon, a sword, she found this really useful because now she didn't have to transform in order to use her weapon. Neptune only transformed unless things looked bad for her. Of course, Plutia had other plans.
Neptune wanted to help. But everytime she went to kill one of the Serpents, Iris Heart would beat her to it. So Neptune just watched.
12:50 pm
By then Yuri had already changed positions. She found it more useful to stand on one of the giant containers and shoot the grimm with a sniper rifle, Yuri asked Kanade to fly her up to one of the containers and Yuri turned her weapon into a SSG 08.
Yuri could see everything from here. From the looks of it, the other ships were doing fine. Yuri shoot the grimm with her sniper rifle while Kanade defended her defenseless position. Yuri saw Sinon and Shinoa doing the same thing, she understood why. Not only could you see Grimm coming from a distance, you could also see how the other ships were managing, but Yuri had no time for that for she was focus on protecting the ship she was ordered to.
1:00 pm
Kotori and Yoshino to run across the ship killing Grimm along the way. Everything was going smoothly on their ship. Their ship hadn't been damage that badly although Kotori couldn't say the same for the other ships.
Kotori then saw a Giant Serpent warp it's tail around the Ship XY1. The tail was able to wrapped itself around the ship 5 times before reaching the end. Kotori saw that ship XY4 was having the same problem.
Kotori now had three choices. First choice, disobey orders and fly to the other ships to help them. Second choice, continue to follow orders and hope her comrades will deal with it. Third choice, turn her axe into a cannon and fire at the giant serpent.
Option three was out of the question, yes she would kill the giant sea serpent but it would damage the ship during the process. Kotori wanted to pick the first option but at the same time, she could get in trouble for disobeying orders.
Then, before Kotori could make a decision. The giant serpent attacking Ship XY1 was killed by Team TINN, KSYS and JNPR. Right after that, Kotori saw someone summon a giant weapon and chopped off the head of the Giant Sea Serpent that was attacking Ship XY4.
Kotori should've never doubted them. She remembered that her comrades were more then capable to take care of themselves. Kotori quickly returned to her job which was protecting her own ship.
3:00 pm
The chaos continued for another 2 hours for the grimm wouldn't leave them along. But after 2 hours of firing, fighting, swinging, dodging, blocking and punching. Everything became calm and all nearby Grimm had either been eliminated or had retreated.
Everyone was panting greatly. Some had to sit down while others fell on the floor. None of them realized how tired they were until the battle actually ended. They had been fighting non stop for 3 hours straight.
Everyone knew this mission was going to be hard. But they didn't expect it to be this crazy. It hasn't been one day yet and already they have witnessed a horde of grimm.
Their ship was pretty damaged but apparently the Ship XY4 suffered more damage. The Ship XY2 and XY3 seemed fine compared to the XY1 and XY4. It made everyone wonder how they were going to survive the next attack, and the next one, and the one after that.
3:30 pm
Kotori was still exhausted. For three hours, she has been juggling between killing Grimm and protecting Yoshino. She didn't tell Yoshino for she didn't want to hurt her feelings.
Kotori sat down and looked at the ocean. Her eyes then went from looking at the ocean to looking at the other ships. Cargo Ship XY1 and XY4 were pretty damaged, it was amazing how it was still operational after what it just went through.
Then, Kotori's eyes widen. Despite her exhaustion, she stood up. Yoshino noticed and asked. "What's wrong Kotori-san"
Kotori was about to answer but decided not to. She sat back down and said "It's nothing". Yoshino didn't believe it but didn't want to push her since everyone was tired. Kotori placed her hand over her forehead. Kotori could've sworn she saw Kurumi, but then again she might be hallucinating because of her fatigue. Kurumi couldn't be here... right?
3:40 pm
Neptune sighed in relief. Those three hours of killing Grimm was able to calm Plutia down. Plutia fell asleep as soon as transformed back and now here she was watching Plutia sleep again.
Neptune was tired at all. She didn't really do anything during the attack mostly she was scared of Sadie. Neptune's stomach growled, the bread and water that they were given for lunch wasn't enough.
Neptune just sighed. She didn't have anything else to do and there was no way they were going to be attacked again after what just happened. She thought might aswell go to sleep as well.
Neptune moved to plutia's bed and laid herself next to plutia. As soon as Neptune entered the bed, Plutia placed her arms around Neptune and hugged her with her head leaning on Neptune's neck. Plutia was still asleep of course, but when Neptune came it Plutia gently started smiling in her sleep. This wasn't weird for Neptune, in fact she was used to it. They would always sleep like this everytime Plutia came over to her world. They would sleep on the same bed in each others arms like what they were doing now.
Neptune somehow felt her eyes getting drowsy sleeping like this. It was like Plutia's sleepiness was spreading onto her. Then again, Neptune was always the type of person who only like to play games, eat pudding and sleep. Never wanting to do work. Neptune slowly closed her eyes and slept with Plutia still leaning her head against Neptune's neck.
They stayed like this for the rest of the day.
3:50 pm
Yuri and Kanade just sat down eating their Bread and drinking their water that was given to them for lunch. They ate slowly for whatever reason, despite their hunger the battle had technically ruined their appetite.
It was silence between Yuri and Kanade and Yuri knew why. Kanade wasn't the type of person who would speak first (Or speak at all). Yuri tried desperately to search for a topic to talked about, anything that would kill the awkwardness. It was awkward since, they were once enemies. She remembered back in the afterlife graduating with Hinata, Otonoshi, Naoi and of course... Kanade. A graduation with only 5 students. But honestly, it was one of the best moments of her life. She remembered singing the song Kanade wrote, she remembered hearing Naoi and Hinata's goodbyes... saying her goodbyes.
(FLASHBACK: Angel Beats Episode 13)
*Warning: Spoiler alert! for those who haven't seen Angel Beats*
"So, Who's the next one to cry" said a particular blue haired man.
"No one will" Yuri replied.
Yuri then turned her head and faced Kanade. Yuri smiled.
"Kanade-chan"
Kanade looked at Yuri and smiled as well as Yuri continued.
"I'm sorry all we did was fight" Yuri said as she walked closer to Kanade. "I really wonder why we couldn't have become friends sooner". Yuri placed her hands on Kanade's shoulders and continued "I'm really sorry".
Kanade shook her head telling her it was alright and that she was fine with it. Yuri continued "I was the oldest girl in the house, so I looked after my mischievous siblings like I was their parent. So I could have taught you many things. You looked very unfamiliar with the rest of this world, so I would've taken extra care of you. We could have done so many things...We could have had fun doing so many things...If..." By then, small tears of water came out of Yuri's eyes but Yuri was still smiling "If only we had more time...I...I guess this is goodbye."
Kanade smiled, nodded and said "Yes"
It was then Yuri pulled Kanade into a heartwarming hugged. Kanade closed her eyes for a short moment enjoying every moment of the hugged.
"Be well, Kanade-chan." Yuri said as she closed her eyes.
Kanade who was still being hugged. Closed her eyes and said "I will..."
After a short moment they let go of each other. Yuri then turned around and faced Otonoshi and Hinata. "See you" Yuri said.
"Yeah, and thanks, Yuri. I'm in your debt" Otonoshi replied
Hinata gave Yuri a casual salute while saying "Good work, Leader."
"We'll meet again somewhere" Yuri said waving goodbye before heading towards the stage. She soon disappeared after that.
(FLASHBACK ENDS)
For some strange reason, Yuri couldn't remember what happened to her after she disappeared. She remembered disappearing and... after days, months, Years who know really. All she knew was that after a certain amount of time after her disappearance, she found herself waking up in Remnant with a really bad headache. But she ignored the headache after seeing Kanade laying on the floor near where she was.
After waking and a lot of talking to Kanade. Yuri found out that even Kanade didn't know where they were either... That's when they met Jason.
Yuri regretted it, she regretted spending most of her time in the afterlife plotting against Kanade. They could've been friends and had so much fun together. She swore to herself that if they ever met again in a different life, she would become friends with her. She knew that they would meet again one day... but she never expected her second meeting with Kanade to be like this. Waking up in Remnant, fighting Grimm, attending school which was something Yuri always wanted to do, meeting new enemies, going on adventures, and here they were sitting in a cargo ship. It truly was... the perfect fairy tale. Almost... too perfect.
Nevertheless, Yuri was finally given another chance at life. A chance where she could start all over with Kanade, they would eat together and talk liek how best friends would, they would talk about girl stuff and laugh at each other's jokes. Yet here she was, Desperately trying to search for a topic to talked about. They basically talked about everything by now.
Then, Yuri felt something in her pocket. Yuri reached for her pocket and pulled out a gun. Yuri pressed a button on the gun, the gun transformed into a dagger.
"That's the weapon Jason gave you" Kanade pointed out.
Right, this was the gun Jason gave her saying it was common for weapons to transform from a melee weapons to a range weapon. Yuri had to admit, it was a pretty cool and powerful weapon. However, she almost forgot this gun existed. She hasn't really used it in a while, Yuri has mostly been using her semblance which was the ability to create any type of gun she wanted. There hasn't really found a time where she had to use it.
"Maybe I should give it to Otonoshi. From what I've seen, Otonoshi dosn't have a semblance and all he had was a simple handgun". Yuri suggested.
Kanade nodded in agreement.
"Speaking of the others" Yuri said remembering the ear-comlinks they were given. "I should call the other and see how their doing" Yuri said touching her ear to see if the comlink was working.
Yuri manage to turn it on in a way so that Kanade could also hear the conversation. As soon as Yuri turned the comlink on, a conversation was already happening.
The first thing Yuri heard was Kirito's voice. "Yuuki, you're not allowed to fly around like that" Kirito said.
"Aww, that's exactly what Asuna said" Yuuki replied.
"Aren't you tired?" Kirito asked. "And what are the others doing?"
"Eating, walking, talking you know, the usual" Yuuki replied.
A new voice entered the conversation which Yuri confirmed it to be Mato's voice. "Same here" Mato said answering Kirito's question before he could even ask.
Yuri guessed they were probally speaking english because Team JNPR, CFVY, RWBY or CRDL could be listening to their conversation. Yuri decided to participate in this conversation. "You guys seem like you're having fun"
"Hey Yuri" Yuuki said who also had an ear comlink since she was the leader of team KNOL.
"How are you guys going?" Mato asked.
Yuri thought about, she remembered doing fine other then seeing Team CRDL running for their lives.
"You mean besides the fact Plutia is scaring team CRDL to death... Yeah were fine" Yuri replied. "Well, I did break my leg and a couple of bones". When Yuri said that, Kanade looked at Yuri with a confusing look. Yuri just smiled and put her index finger over her mouth. Yuri didn't know why, but she felt the need to joke with her friends.
"Ouch!" Mato said. Yuri couldn't believe it, Mato was actually buying her lie.
"Your not planning on shooting yourself again are you?" Kirito asked.
"..." Maybe there wasn't enough sarcasm in Yuri's joke since even Kirito believed it. Yuri knew Kirito was referring to the time when they got separated in the forest. She remembered falling in a hole with Kotori, Yomi and Kirito. She broke a few- well, she broke a lot of bones and decided it would be easier to heal if she shot herself.
"Maybe" Yuri said smiling innocently.
"Wait, What do you mean by Again?" Yuuki asked who was currently curious now.
"Is team CRDL even helping?" Shinoa asked completely ignoring Yuuki's question.
"If I think about... There completely useless." Yuri said casually.
To yuri's surprise, Team CRDL just so happen to walk by when Yuri said that. Cardin, being a man who was easily insulted by others instantly yelled at Yuri "HEY! I heard that!"
Yuri heard Mato's nervous laughing through the comlink "Yeah, I think we should just return to our jobs"
Everyone agreed, even Yuuki.
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. There was another attack of grimm from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm but it much smaller then the last one. Sometimes Yuri saw one or two serpents would attacking cargo ships XY1 and XY3 but they was easy to deal with. They were only dangerous in numbers and sizes. However nothing interesting happened after that. Dinner was a bit better then lunch which Yuri really appreciated. A small plate of Mash potatoes and chicken was given to each member.
After that most people went to sleep.
9:00 pm
The moon was up and everything returned to silence. Kotori told Yoshino to go her room and get some rest while Kotori would take the night shift.
As Yoshino walked through the ship, she saw Rock on the other ship. She would've waved but she was too tired.
Yoshino finally reached the door, the door to Yoshino and Kotori's room. Neptune and Plutia slept in the room next to theirs so Yoshino didn't bother knocking. But to her surprise, when she walked in. She was immediately greeted with the soft snores of Neptune and Plutia sleeping on Yoshino's bed. They must've walked in the wrong room and they probally was sleeping through the whole afternoon.
"Oh my, I think those two just had se-"
Yoshino covered Yoshinon mouth before it could continue. Yoshino immediately blushed for she already knew what Yoshinon was going to say. So much has happened that Yoshino forgot that Yoshinon tend to say things like that. So it was Yoshino's job to make sure that words like that would never came out of Yoshinon's mouth.
The room was really small. Two single beds and a small table with no bathroom. The beds were only for one person which was probably why Plutia and Neptune were sleeping so close together.
Yoshino immediately wiped away all dirty thoughts. When Yoshino was introduced to Tv, Yoshino grew found of all the romance movies. She watched a lot of romance movies, some were cliche while others were unique. However all of them always had a girl and a boy. Yoshino actually never thought about... you know. Yoshino quickly shook her head, they were just best friends and nothing else.
Yoshino decided she should just sleep and forget it. She layed down on Kotori's bed and went to sleep.
10:30 pm
Yoshino's eyes flew open. One thing was going through her mind at that moment... she needed to go to the bathroom.
She slowly got up, took Yoshinon with her of course and went outside. It was still dark and everything was quiet which probably means there weren't any attacks since she slept.
Yoshino desperately looked around the ship searching for the bathroom.
"Yoshino looked over there" Yoshinon pointed.
Yoshino looked and saw Rock on the other ship. Usually, Yoshino would be wondering why Rock was still doing the night shift. But she remembered her time in the forest. The forest where she was separated from her team and was in a group with Rock, Dead and Yu. She remembered Dead and Rock telling her that they didn't really need any sleep and that they just do it to past the time.
"Yoshino?" A new voice spoke.
Yoshino was used to the silence so she kinda jumped.
"Oh sorry, Did I scare you" Yoshino realized the voice was Saturn's voice.
Yoshino just nodded. She was acquaintances with Saturn but that was it.
"So, what are you doing up so late. Aren't you suppose to be asleep?" Saturn asked.
"Yoshino needs to go the bathroom... if you know what I mean" Yoshinon say smiling cheekily.
Sometimes, Yoshinon really annoyed Yoshino.
Saturn was taken aback by Yoshinon response but decided to ignore it. "Here the bathrooms are this way"
"Thank you" Yoshino said
As they walked Yoshino asked "Where's Julie?"
"Sleeping. The only people who are awake are you, Dove, Kotori and me." Saturn said.
"Oh"
"Are you friends with Julie?" Saturn asked.
"We talked once during our other mission" Yoshino replied.
"I see"
"Are you?" Yoshino asked out of curiosity.
"Well, I don't know actually. She hardly talks and mostly hangs around Tooru these days. She makes good tea though" Saturn replied.
Nothing else was said after that for they reached the toilets.
"Well, here they are. You know where your room is right?" Saturn asked.
Yoshino nodded telling her yes.
"Well, I'll be going then. I think it's Yuri or Kanade's turn to take the night shift."
"Okay Bye" Yoshino said.
"Cya" Saturn replied before walking away.
Nothing else interesting happened after that.
(The Next Day) Day 2
6:00 am
"YOSHINO! YOSHINO! WAKE UP"
Yoshino slowly opened her eyes only to see Neptune.
"Come on wake up! You have to see this"
Outside
Everyone was outside. Team KNPY, SKYJ and CRDL.
There was a fog... a thick fog at that. The Fog covered the four Cargo ships in a heavy mist. You couldn't even see the sun anymore.
"When did this happen" Saturn asked.
"I don't know. Any word from the captain Kotori?" Yuri asked.
Kotori was silent for a moment probally listening to what the captain was saying. After a while Kotori spoke.
"We just got word from ship XY1. Apparently, we've lost all communications with Vale."
Everyone gasped.
"What! But how?" Cardin asked panicking. It was obviously that everyone was thinking about what Ozpin told them.
(FLASHBACK)
"We lost contact with those ships two days after their departure."
(FLASHBACK ENDS)
Yoshino looked at Kotori worriedly. "What does that mean?" Yoshino asked.
"..."
"There's something out there that wants to get us. And we won't be able to call for help when it does"
Cargo Ship XY2 (KNPY, SKYJ and CRDL)
Team KNPY (Team Canopy)
Kotori Itsuka (Date A Live)
Neptune/Purple Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
Plutia/Iris Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
Yoshino Hermit (Date A Live)
Team SKYJ (Team Skye)
Sega Saturn (Hi sCoool! Seha Girls)
Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats)
Yuri Nakamura (Angel Beats)
Julie Sigtuna (Absolute Duo)
Team CRDL (Team Cardinal)
Cardin Winchester
Russel Thrush
Dove Bronzewing
Sky Lark
A/N That's the end of chapter 21. Nothing to say other then thank you for reading and if you have any problems with the chapter then please tell me in the reviews and I'll try make it right. I hoped you enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter.
This chapter was finished on 25/02/2017