Chapter Five: The Dreaded Reunion
The bus arrived at the destination point and all of the Gatekeepers stepped out of the bus.
"What the…" Ukiya said.
Their destination was an abandoned school. As they looked around, with dumbfounded expressions on their faces, they heard applause.
Kageyama came towards them, clapping his hands. "I must praise all of you for being here so quick," he said, with the usual smirk on his face. "and AEGIS for having such advance technology. Otherwise, you might not have come here at all. I must welcome you to my school."
"Kageyama, you're alive?" Bancho asked, clueless.
"Your school?" Kaoru asked, equally clueless.
As if on cue, hundreds of school children ages 7-10 raced out of the main entrance, down the stairs and stopped behind Kageyama.
"School children…" Megumi said.
Kageyama smirked. "Nice to see you again Megumi_chan." He laughed for a few seconds, and then his face bore dead seriousness. "Start Fusion" he said.
Automatically, the children took out sunglasses that came out of nowhere and put them on. Almost at once, all of them turned into invaders.
"Invader!" shouted Fei.
Everyone opened their respective gates and attacked the invaders one by one while Kageyama looked on, laughing.
"Ultra Sempu ge!" Ukiya shouted as he charged at one of the invaders. He hit the invader dead center and the invader turned into green crystals.
Soon the ground was littered with green crystals. Breathing heavily, Shun looked at Kageyama.
"I can't believe you can still laugh. That was too easy." Ukiya said.
Kageyama smiled. "I meant to do that. Can't let you die before you see your woman, ne?"
"What is he saying?" Kaoru asked, looking at Ukiya.
"Where is Rurippe." Ukiya asked.
"Oi oi! Does that mean you specks of bugs finally figured out the clue I left?"
Ukiya took the ribbon out of his pocket. "If Rurippe really was on that train wreck, the bow, arrow and even the ribbon should have been burned too but they were there untouched. As if someone wanted us to find it…" Ukiya looked at Kageyama. "Where is she? Why? What did you-" Ukiya broke off as the large wooden doors of the school squeaked as it opened once again.
Everyone gasps.
The person's shoes are the only one being shown (camera view). As the person steps down the stairs, more of the person is shown. The person stops at the last step, just above the ground.
"Ukiya kun, It's so nice to see you!"
"Rurippe!" Ukiya said, stepping back just a little bit.
"Ne?" Ruriko asked, her eyes arching in concern. "You look like you've seen a ghost."
Ukiya looked at the person intently. Ruriko was wearing a school uniform just like Kageyama's, only with a black short skirt instead of the pants and a red bow instead of a tie. Ukiya looked at the red bow on Ruriko's familiar dark brown hair…and those pale blue eyes…blue eyes???
"You are….you are not Rurippe!" Ukiya cried out.
"What are you saying?" Bancho asked. "That's Ruriko Hime!"
But Ukiya looked directly into Ruriko's pale blue eyes. "Who are you?"
"Tsuzuhani…. Izuka Tsuzuhani desu."
Izuka's eyes lost their innocence again as she narrowed them. She stepped down and as her feet touched the ground, a ripple of a yellow gate ring spread on the ground. As soon as the ripple spread around the crystals, the green crystals started to levitate over the ground.
"I am Ruriko. We are one person." Izuka said as she put her hands on the chest level as if she is holding an imaginary bowl in her hands. "Geeto Opun!" Suddenly, a yellow gate appeared on the ground around her. The green crystals started to shake and in the blink of an eye, to everyone's dismay, turned into invaders again.
"As you can see, Ukiya kun, it doesn't matter how many times you defeat the invaders if I can create them as easily!"
Ukiya grasps his wooden sword tightly. "Vacuum Missile!" he said as he charged at the invaders once again.
"Dame desu!" Kaoru said, holding Ukiya back by his arm. "Let us handle it. You have to use your power for fighting with Kageyama and 'her'" She turns her head towards Izuka.
"I understand." Ukiya said, nodding as he steps back, the battle starting.
The bus arrived at the destination point and all of the Gatekeepers stepped out of the bus.
"What the…" Ukiya said.
Their destination was an abandoned school. As they looked around, with dumbfounded expressions on their faces, they heard applause.
Kageyama came towards them, clapping his hands. "I must praise all of you for being here so quick," he said, with the usual smirk on his face. "and AEGIS for having such advance technology. Otherwise, you might not have come here at all. I must welcome you to my school."
"Kageyama, you're alive?" Bancho asked, clueless.
"Your school?" Kaoru asked, equally clueless.
As if on cue, hundreds of school children ages 7-10 raced out of the main entrance, down the stairs and stopped behind Kageyama.
"School children…" Megumi said.
Kageyama smirked. "Nice to see you again Megumi_chan." He laughed for a few seconds, and then his face bore dead seriousness. "Start Fusion" he said.
Automatically, the children took out sunglasses that came out of nowhere and put them on. Almost at once, all of them turned into invaders.
"Invader!" shouted Fei.
Everyone opened their respective gates and attacked the invaders one by one while Kageyama looked on, laughing.
"Ultra Sempu ge!" Ukiya shouted as he charged at one of the invaders. He hit the invader dead center and the invader turned into green crystals.
Soon the ground was littered with green crystals. Breathing heavily, Shun looked at Kageyama.
"I can't believe you can still laugh. That was too easy." Ukiya said.
Kageyama smiled. "I meant to do that. Can't let you die before you see your woman, ne?"
"What is he saying?" Kaoru asked, looking at Ukiya.
"Where is Rurippe." Ukiya asked.
"Oi oi! Does that mean you specks of bugs finally figured out the clue I left?"
Ukiya took the ribbon out of his pocket. "If Rurippe really was on that train wreck, the bow, arrow and even the ribbon should have been burned too but they were there untouched. As if someone wanted us to find it…" Ukiya looked at Kageyama. "Where is she? Why? What did you-" Ukiya broke off as the large wooden doors of the school squeaked as it opened once again.
Everyone gasps.
The person's shoes are the only one being shown (camera view). As the person steps down the stairs, more of the person is shown. The person stops at the last step, just above the ground.
"Ukiya kun, It's so nice to see you!"
"Rurippe!" Ukiya said, stepping back just a little bit.
"Ne?" Ruriko asked, her eyes arching in concern. "You look like you've seen a ghost."
Ukiya looked at the person intently. Ruriko was wearing a school uniform just like Kageyama's, only with a black short skirt instead of the pants and a red bow instead of a tie. Ukiya looked at the red bow on Ruriko's familiar dark brown hair…and those pale blue eyes…blue eyes???
"You are….you are not Rurippe!" Ukiya cried out.
"What are you saying?" Bancho asked. "That's Ruriko Hime!"
But Ukiya looked directly into Ruriko's pale blue eyes. "Who are you?"
"Tsuzuhani…. Izuka Tsuzuhani desu."
Izuka's eyes lost their innocence again as she narrowed them. She stepped down and as her feet touched the ground, a ripple of a yellow gate ring spread on the ground. As soon as the ripple spread around the crystals, the green crystals started to levitate over the ground.
"I am Ruriko. We are one person." Izuka said as she put her hands on the chest level as if she is holding an imaginary bowl in her hands. "Geeto Opun!" Suddenly, a yellow gate appeared on the ground around her. The green crystals started to shake and in the blink of an eye, to everyone's dismay, turned into invaders again.
"As you can see, Ukiya kun, it doesn't matter how many times you defeat the invaders if I can create them as easily!"
Ukiya grasps his wooden sword tightly. "Vacuum Missile!" he said as he charged at the invaders once again.
"Dame desu!" Kaoru said, holding Ukiya back by his arm. "Let us handle it. You have to use your power for fighting with Kageyama and 'her'" She turns her head towards Izuka.
"I understand." Ukiya said, nodding as he steps back, the battle starting.