UNITY FORCE STORIES
CHAPTER 7: Chito and Yuuri's Dilemma Part I
DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.
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[Cold n' Sweet Neon Café, U.F. Earth]
The next three days have passed, and Chito has spent most of her time locking herself in her own room, thinking that she is completely doomed to destine this kind of fate on her. Even Yuuri's help prove futile and useless to begin with.
Later on, at 11:30 P.M., the scene later cuts to the popular and famous Cold n' Sweet Neon Café within the 58th floor inside of the Peace Tower in Unity Force Academy, where there are no customers to be seen, let alone passersby from the academy going in and out of the said place. Like the pang of heartbreak she now has to endure because of being banned from being a hero in Unity Force Academy, Chito is still pained from the decision the higher-ups of the Unity Force have decided.
Meanwhile, we see Chito, donning a hoodie, sitting all by herself in one of the café's tables, drinking a medium-sized cup of what seems to be an espresso. She is looking at the moonlight and the city lights from where she is currently seated next to the window. The silver lining that she had with the training she attained was her ability to not be scared of heights anymore. That doesn't mean she is saved from her situation, however.
"Why does this have to end like this?" Chito asked, as she drinks her espresso.
"Oi, Chito-san." Zoro called out. "Why do you have to brood this time?" He added.
We see Maya Tendou, Zoro Roronoa, and Kaori Miyazono arriving at the café, as they see the noirnette brooding to herself. They sit down at the same large table with Chito on it, as they begin ordering their own beverages, as well.
"Maybe the ban isn't actually that permanent." Kaori remarked.
"It might be the case, but you should not let that incident drown yourself into a never-ending sorrow." Maya said. "Just think how worried Yuuri-san is to you, when you are behaving like this." She added rather seriously.
Chito then bangs her fist into the table.
"Do you know what you people are talking about?" Chito exclaimed. "You think that ban that I'm having right now in Unity Force is no big deal?!" She added. "Just look at me! Thanks to that, I'm being scorned by literally most people here, as well as the endless rumours and lies being spread about me!" She solemnly responded.
"And do you even believe what they say?" Kaori asked in concern, albeit with some smile coming in her face. "In the past, I was also called out for my naturally talented violin abilities where I don't follow what the music sheets would exactly tell me to do." She said with an honest resolve.
"But the issue I have right now is nowhere the same as you, Kaori-san." Chito remarked, as she sipped half of her espresso.
"That is true, for the most part." Kaori responded.
But before that, a waitress arrives, as she hands in Zoro, Kaori, and Maya's beverages.
"Here are your orders." The waitress said, as she gives a bottle of saké, a medium glass of dragon fruit lemonade, and a medium glass of peanut punch to Zoro, Kaori, and Maya, respectively.
"The more you indulge into this, Chito-san, the more it becomes true." Maya claimed with seriousness, as she drinks.
Chito only looks at the last of her espresso, before tears stream down from her eyes, as if it isn't enough for her to be convinced by Maya. Matters later become futile when she later breaks into a sob before looking at the group. It is easily told that she is completely losing it, having to live from the obvious scorning and the reality she had to deal with.
"I don't know what to do anymore! I just don't!" Chito exclaimed, as she holds Kaori's chest, while sobbing loudly. "It just hurts to see your dream crushed, and people scorn and mock at you!" She added, now sounding more frustrated. "And you think a simple reassurance would work on me?!" She exclaimed rather frustratingly.
"Chito-chan..." Kaori said.
"That is not true!" Maya exclaimed. "What are you even talking about?" She asked.
"Just because you created that mistake doesn't mean it will be the end of the world!" Zoro scolded angrily.
"I don't believe it!" Chito said angrily. "I. JUST. DON'T!" She added with each sentence punctuating, ending with an exclamation, before bursting into more tears, which prompted her to run away, as she heads to the elevator. "Just leave me alone!" She ended before disappearing.
"Chito-chan, wait!" Kaori called out, but she is nowhere to be found.
"Dammit." Zoro cursed.
"I guess the only option for now is to leave her alone." Kaori said.
"It would make sense." Maya responded.
"Goddamnit... This is even more ridiculous than ever before!" Zoro exclaimed.
[Class 1 Classroom, U.F. Earth]
The next day, without Chito, things are not the same inside Class 1, which is the case currently. Not only this causes Yuuri to be driven heartbroken by what Chito has become, but it also becomes obvious that the noirnette is missing from the class as well, and some of the Class 1 students are not in their current mood, particularly the blondette. We see Vash the Stampede arriving at his usual day as the class's teacher with a box of Krispy Kreme donuts on his hand.
"Good morning, class!" Vash greeted in his usual joviality. "What's with the long faces today?" He asked, looking at most of his own students.
"We're just damn tired..." Yuuri said, subtly hiding the real reason behind her response.
"I see, then." Vash said, while eating one doughnut. "I'll be taking attendance today first." He continued, as he begins taking attendance for the students. Everything seems to be fine, until he realises something.
Beside Yuuri, Chito is nowhere to be found. The seat that she often sits beside the blondette is completely blank and vacant, with the rest of Class 1 students looking at the said spot. Vash then proceeds to ask the rest of the students inside, but little does he know is that he is indirectly responsible for the cause of Chito's disappearance.
"Uh, does anyone see Chito-san?" Vash inquired.
"Chii-chan?" Yuuri looked.
"Yesterday night, Miyazono-san, Maya-san, and I happened to see her in the neon café all by herself at the Peace Tower at around 11:35 P.M." Zoro answered rather straightforwardly.
"At midnight?" Yuuri asked with a rather sceptical tone. "What was she doing there at that time?" She continued.
"We saw her drinking espresso all by herself." Maya responded.
"Anything happened out of the ordinary for Chito-san?" Vash asked.
"The last time we knew of Chito-chan was when she was heading to the Peace Tower Elevator." Kaori answered.
"The Peace Tower Elevator?" Phosphophyllite questioned.
"You kidding me?!" Yuuri exclaimed in shock. "You mean Chii-chan went there?!" She said. "Listen, I'm going to find her, no matter what the situation is!" She declared, to the shock of the rest.
"You can't just leave the class!" Gon Freeccs exclaimed, but Yuuri is nowhere to be found. "Maybe..." He said quietly.
With Yuuri, the blondette later hurriedly uses the transporter to the parking lot of the Unity Force Academy grounds to look for their Kettenkrad that is parked there. To her surprise, however, it was gone. The spot that their vehicle lies is completely empty, much to the shock of the blondette. The only thing she can explain about this is with Chito leaving the academy and heading to another world that she knows nothing about.
"Goddamnit!" Yuuri cursed. "I know this is going to be a lot more difficult than just her getting temporarily banned!" She exclaimed
Yuuri later uses her transporter that directly teleports her to the main entrance of Peace Tower. She later asks one of the janitors working for Chito's whereabouts.
"No can do, lass." The janitor honestly said, while eating a sandwich. "I've never seen a girl passing by with a vehicle here." He continued, before going back to his usual duty.
With nothing else to lose, Yuuri then heads to the elevators in a hurrying manner, but not before she accidentally bumps into someone. In front of her are two middle-aged figures, one man and one woman, as well as a much younger woman. The man is presumed to be in his mid-40s, and the woman is presumed to be in her 50s. The younger woman, on the other hand, is in her 20s.
The man is a tall, long limbed, broad shouldered adult man. He also has blood red eyes and short black hair, with the former being an indicator of vampiric heritage. His outfit is comprised of a charcoal suit, leather riding boots, and an intricately knotted red cravat, covered by a full-length, and red frock overcoat (similar to a duster coat) with a cape. He also occasionally wears a red fedora with a wide, floppy brim and a pair of circular, heavily tinted, wire-framed orange sunglasses with goggle sidings. He also wears a pair of white gloves which each have a five-pointed seal adorning their backs. This is Alucard, a True Vampire and one of the staff members of the Unity Force Academy.
The middle-aged woman has creamy brown skin, blue eyes and long blonde hair. She has a tall, thin build, almost to the point of being lanky. Her attire consists of a black blazer and black dress pants, a white buttoned shirt, black shoes and a red cravat. She also wears a pair of circular wire-rimmed glasses, as well as a dark green trench coat. This is Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, a leader of the Hellsing Organization and is one of the vice-headmistresses of the Unity Force Academy.
The younger woman has a platinum-blonde coloured hair, red eyes, has a fairly broad-shouldered torso, and a voluptuous and buxom figure, which was further accentuated by the fact that she is considerably shorter than virtually all of her allies. She wears a yellow Hellsing uniform with a mini skirt, long white stockings, ankle fold boots, and brown gloves. This is Seras Victoria, a member of the Hellsing Organisation, as well as one of the staff members of Unity Force Academy.
"I know I appreciate that you're in a hurry, young miss, but can you please watch where you're going?" Integra inquired in a rather coldly commanding tone, while smoking a cigar.
"I-I... I'm sorry, vice-headmistress!" Yuuri apologised.
"Sorry about my master..." Seras bowed respectfully. "Ms. Yuuri, isn't it?" Seras asked, before the blondette nodded.
"What are you up to today, Ms. Yuuri?' Alucard asked.
"I-I... I'm looking for Chii-chan." Yuuri said.
"Ms. Chito?" Seras said. "I heard that a maintenance worker saw her at 1:30 A.M. entering the Normal Earth portal riding some kind of a vehicle, where I don't know which part she ends up." She responded.
"She's riding a Kettenkrad to Normal Earth?!" Yuuri asked. "I should be going!" She said hurriedly.
"What's with that student's problem?" Alucard asked.
Yuuri then runs into the Harmony Tower Elevator before heading to the 167th floor, where she begins finding Chito, as soon as possible, before she would never be found forever across all recesses of the said planet. Even if it means to be a ridiculous task to begin with, the blondette has begun her search for her noirnette best friend all across Normal Earth, in hopes she doesn't fall into permanent despair.
But given the enormity of the said planet, it is by no means an easy task for Yuuri.
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[Asahigaoka Countryside, Normal Earth]
It's now afternoon from another part of the Normal Earth, where in a town known as Asahigaoka, we see Chito driving in her own Kettenkrad with a downcast, tired look on her face. Around her is a vastly different scenery that comprises of farmlands, rice paddies, and trees all around her. It was nothing like she has seen from her previous world before.
Everywhere around her is green, which is a direct contrast to her currently grey personality. The feeling that she has lost her hopes is contrasted with the quiet and halcyonic surroundings she is watching.
"I guess this world is different and much more calm than the previous, empty world that I was in." Chito described, as she looked around the place.
While Chito continuously drives her way through her Kettenkrad, she later passes by a house that pretty much looked exactly like the other houses she passed by earlier from her vehicle. There are four people who are currently at that home, who bear strange looks in their faces while seeing the vehicle.. One male and three female, where the three of them are teenagers, and one of them is a child.
"Who the heck is that person driving in a WWII car?" The male asked.
"We should talk to her." One of the females said.
The first female has shoulder-length dark violet hair that is tied into a small ponytail on the left side with bangs hanging on the right and blue eyes are that shaped similar to Renge Miyauchi's eyes. She wears what seems to be a long-sleeved, knee-length female black school uniform with white collar with red ribbon on it and white cuffs. She is also seen wearing black socks and a necklace with a locket on it. This is Hikage Miyauchi, the older sister of Renge. She happens to be a regular student of a prestigious academy known as Shuchi'in Academy in this story.
The second female beside Hikage has a waist-length light-brown hair with an ahoge in the middle and brown eyes. She also wears the Shuchi'in Academy uniform, as well. This is Haruka Shirazaki , one of Hikage's classmates in Shuchi'in Academy.
The third female has short blonde, bobbed hair with a crescent-shaped hairpin to the left side. She also has blue eyes. She wears a blue scrunchie to her left hand that serves as a wristband. She also wears the same Shuchi'in Academy uniform, as well. This is Ai Hayasaka, one of Shuchi'in Academy's students, who once worked with the Shinomiya Group, who is friends with Hikage and Haruka.
The lone male, on the other hand, has a black hair, black eyes, an average stature, and wears a black diamond-shaped glasses. He wears a school uniform that consists of a blue blazer with three pockets, one from the top-right corner and two from bottom-left and bottom-right, and a white buttoned long-sleeved shirt inside of it with a red necktie with its cuffs jutting out of his blazer, inside of it. In front of the white collar shirt is a partial view of a cyan sleeveless top. He wears blue slacks, black shoes, and white socks. This is Suguru Koshigaya, Hikage's childhood friend and Ai Hayasaka's boyfriend. He, in this story, is a third-year high-school student of Suimei High.
Their respective stories will be told at a later time.
"What the?" Chito questioned.
"Oi!" Suguru called out. "Who are you there?" He inquired.
"Can you come in here?" Ai questioned.
"What's with the brooding face?" Hikage questioned.
"If something pains you, come here." Haruka remarked in worry.
"Do I know all of you?" Chito asked rather annoyingly.
"What are you doing here in Asahigaoka, little girl?" Suguru questioned.
"Can you not call me that?" Chito said, as she takes offence of her stature, despite being older.
Later on, Chito parks her Kettenkrad beside the Miyauchi residence, in hopes of talking to the complete strangers in front of her, but for certain, she has to be ready to disclose who she truly is, which can already be told by her outfit.
Inside the Miyauchi residence, Chito then sits down beside the students, who is not ready to tell the dilemma that she is continuing to deal with.
"Who are you, actually?" Suguru asked. "Not to mention, we haven't seen you wearing such a strange clothing like that." He described at the bizarre clothing Chito is wearing.
"My name is Chito." Chito simply introduced with a slightly glum look in her face. "And this is my clothing, yes." She said, before the rest of the group introduce themselves to Chito.
"Something happened, Chito-chan?" Haruka asked.
"Nothing. Just tired." Chito answered rather bizarrely.
"I don't think you're okay." Ai said suspiciously.
"Not to mention, you're behaving rather erratically as of today." Hikage said casually.
The salvo of questions alone only made Chito annoyed. From one question, a nail is being pounded into her rather fragile heart, and the weight of her current crisis is pushing her to the ground furthermore. Chito tries to stop the tears from flowing out of her eyes, to hide the truth behind her visit here in this world.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me." Chito said, before she drinks some water. "I'm just a little tired, okay?" She said, trying to dodge the bullet of questions from the people around her.
But that was not enough to further frustrate Chito. Suddenly, however, the mood is briefly interrupted when a girl enters at the living room with a rather wary look on her eyes, as she looks at the noirnette.
The female has violet hair that is tied in two pigtails with yellow ribbons and reddish-brown eyes. She is also wearing a white-and-pink shirt with a flower design on it. She wears blue denim shorts, white socks, and brown loafers. This is Renge Miyauchi, a student from Asahigaoka Branch School, who is the younger sister of Hikage Miyauchi.
"Who is that person in front of you, Hikage-onee-san?" Renge asked.
"That's Chito-san." Hikage responded, as she points at Chito. "I don't know how she comes here." She added. "Also, she is older than you, so behave a little in front of her."
"Chito-nee-san." Renge said innocently. "What are you doing here?" She questioned warily.
"Nothing." Chito said. "Koshigaya-san and the rest forced me to visit here." She added.
"That's because you're acting rather erratically." Suguru said, now sounding more and more suspicious. "Now, spit it out." He said rather stoically, before Ai holds Suguru nonchalantly, but the young man only ignores her.'
With no other choice, Chito then tells the truth of the Unity Force to the rest of the people in front of her. Later on, Chito begins to explain the existence of several worlds, as well as the multiverse and the foundation of the Unity Force and its mission to purge out any threats within the multiverse.
"So you're saying you are from this 'Unity Force' organisation?" Suguru asked, as Chito nods.
"Heck, maybe one day we might take a visit there!" Hikage exclaimed.
"Exactly." Chito said. "But an incident caused me to be banned." She said, referring to her going completely overboard with her newfound power.
"Overboard?" Ai asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." Chito said, as she lays her head into the table, completely frustrated.
"It's not a good thing to bottle it all up." Hikage answered.
"Tell us what bothers you, Chito-chan." Haruka said insistingly.
"It's just that it would be too difficult for all of you to understand!" Chito exclaimed.
Chito then explains what transpired in the Thunder Dome, including her newfound power that she obtained, which she nearly caused significant damage in the process, albeit it was beyond her control, at the time. Not to mention, she faced a lot of mockery and scorn from some of the Unity Force students because of it, but not all of them, however, are part of it.
"I don't know what goes on with this so-called power of yours, but you shouldn't take their mockery seriously." Suguru claimed.
"If only that would be easy, Koshigaya-san." Chito said seriously. "
[Harmony Tower, U.F. Earth]
Meanwhile, in the 167th floor at the Unity Force's Harmony Tower, Yuuri is asking most of the people as to where Chito has ended up, but she is only given a futile answer from the rest of the people she asks and encounters, save for the janitor she met earlier. That is, until she encounters a group of Unity Force students in front of her, which is none other than Sayo Hikawa, Brook, Usopp, and another female beside the former.
"What the?" Sayo looked at Yuuri's rather pained state. "Is this about Chito-san, Yuuri-san?" She asked, before Yuuri nods.
"Maybe I can help her, Onee-chan!" The girl beside Sayo exclaimed rather confidently.
The girl beside Sayo looks like her, which can be told that they are twins, with the difference being their hairstyle and their clothing. Like Sayo, she has sharp green eyes and light, wavy teal hair. However, her bangs are brushed towards the right, and her hair is shoulder-length. Sections of her hair are worn on either side in a braid held by tiny yellow bows. She also wears a casual attire consisting of pants and a gingham jacket worn on, or around her waist. This is Hina Hikawa, a member of another band known as Pastel*Palettes and the brighter younger twin sister of Sayo Hikawa.
"Don't bother with it." Yuuri said rather coldly. "I'll find Chii-chan and get her out of this bullshit predicament, no matter what!" She said scathingly, as her temper meter breaks apart.
"Calm down, Yuuri-san." Sayo grabbed Yuuri's arms.
"Boppin'! We can help you out, Yuuri-chan!" Hina added.
But Yuuri takes her rifle out and points it towards Sayo.
"Stop! What are you doing?!" Sayo exclaimed.
"Get your hand away from me, Sayo-san. Or you'll see your brain matter spattering out." Yuuri threatened to press the trigger of her rifle, but she suddenly relents, when Brook burps from out of nowhere, much to the annoyance of Sayo and Usopp. Hina, on the other hand, only watches, but she slightly chuckles, before getting smacked by Sayo.
"My bad, everyone!" Brook responded sarcastically.
"At a time like this, Brook-san?" Sayo questioned, as she stomps at Brook's foot.
"Damn it, Brook." Usopp said furiously. "Please try to be a little serious!" He yelled angrily.
Later on, with Sayo and Hina's reassurance, contributing with the former embracing Yuuri in hopes of calming her down, the blondette tries to explain her motivations to pull Chito out of her current state and conclude it once and for all. But she won't be doing it all by herself, with Hina explaining that they'll do their part.
"Boppin'! Don't worry about it, Yuuri-chan." Hina said, as she smiled. "We can help to get Chito-chan out of this!" She continued confidently.
"Just vent it all out." Sayo said.
"Why no one understands Chii-chan's current situation, as if it's not a big deal?!" Yuuri exclaimed angrily.
"I'm sure the Grand Headmaster has reasons." Sayo said.
"Yeah, reasons. But does that mean Chii-chan will be like this forever? No, right?" Yuuri asked rather sardonically towards Sayo, with her nodding. "Then I hate to see her being mocked and ridiculed because of such event that happened!" She continued. "I don't want to see Chii-chan in this state anymore, since it is going to pain me more and more." She added morosely.
"Then we'll do our part! Zappin'!" Hina exclaimed.
"Don't you worry, Chito-san. We'll help!" Brook said with a thumbs up.
"If that's the case, then I'm continuing my search for Chii-chan." Yuuri declared. "No matter what, I don't want to see her being in such pain, more than ever before. Please, do what you can while I'm looking for her." She said, as she presses the switch before entering the portal to Normal Earth.
Yuuri then enters the portal, in hopes she can find her troubled friend across Normal Earth and help her out.
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Alucard, Seras Victoria, and Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing from Hellsing
Hikage Miyauchi, Haruka Shirazaki (unofficial name), Suguru Koshigaya, and Renge Miyauchi from Non Non Biyori
Ai Hayasaka from Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Hina Hikawa from BanG Dream!
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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of someoneStupED, XP4Universe, and Tamama900.
On the next chapter of UF Stories: Yuuri is now on the search of Chito across Normal Earth. Sayo, Hina, Brook, and Usopp have planned to convince the rest of the Unity Force higher-ups including Max Tennyson to reinstate Chito into the Unity Force Academy and rescind her ban.