Chapter Seven: Calling you home
"Kageyama!" Ukiya shouted as he burst inside the room. He rushed to the hospital ever since Shirei told him that Kageyama was found near-death in the same abandoned school hours after the battle while AEGIS personnel were doing a search.
Ukiya looked at the guy whose head was covered in bandages and an IV was running through his arm.
"Ukiya Shun kun ka?" Kageyama whispered softly. Looking at him like this, Ukiya can't help but pity him.
"What happened to you?" Ukiya asked, without a tone of anger in his voice.
"Izuka…Izuka…" Kageyama winced. "She was just…using me…"
"Who is this Izuka character anyway??"
"Izuka is the negative Gatekeeper who created the invaders…"
"You told me that the invaders were created a long time ago!"
"She is just a wandering soul, living as long as there are desires."
"But what does this have to do with Rurippe?" he had the sinking feeling again.
"Izuka's gate is the Gate of Life. She was looking for the person who has the same gate…Izuka is inside Ruriko san's body."
Ukiya looked down and stayed silent, with a loss for words.
"It will be hard for you to defeat Izuka without hurting Ruriko." Kageyama said.
"demo…demo…Izuka is evil! How can she use the Gate of Life?"
"As long as Ruriko herself remain good and has no hatred, Izuka will be able to use the Gate of Life." Kageyama smiled. "Here's a tip for you. Whenever Izuka is the conscious persona, Izuka will be the one who will feel pain but if Ruriko san is the conscious one…"
"I understand." Ukiya said, in a friendly tone, as if the two had been friends rather than enemies.
"What are you gonna do now?" Kageyama said, smirking.
"I have to get Ruriko." Ukiya said, opening the door. "I'll deal with you later." He added, closing the door behind him.
"Ganbatte ne, Ukiya kun." Kageyama whispered.
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"Now is the time." Izuka said, in the darkness, surrounded by the green crystals. "What is it Ruriko?" she said, talking to herself. She smiled. "Yes…the base is underneath the school. We just have to attack the school then. " She laughed evilly as the crystals turned into invaders.
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"How was Kageyama san?" Kaoru asked Ukiya. Megumi winced.
"He was okay…" he said, still thinking about the conversation with Kageyama.
"Does that mean we have to fight Ruriko san?" Reiko thought.
"Aiaiai! That would be terrible!' Fei cried out.
Suddenly, they were all wrapped up in a blizzard but it hardly felt cold at all.
"Yukino chan…" Ukiya said.
"When your heart goes astray and your mind in wonder, look no further. Someone is calling you home. She's near, she's coming here."
"what?" Ukiya asked but suddenly, an explosion caused rubble to spread everywhere.
"The students!" Kaoru said. "People will be in trouble!"
"We have to get an order from Shirei! We can't act unless there is a sortie." Ukiya said.
"What about the explosion?" Bancho asked.
Ukiya looked at Yukino. "Yukino chan, I'm counting on you."
Yukino nodded. Ukiya and the others ran inside the school. Yukino looked on top of the roof and sees Izuka looking down at her with a twisted smile on her face.
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"The evil Gatekeeper is trying to get into the base by destroying the school." Shirei said. "The AEGIS personnel will help evacuate the students. You will have to face the enemy and defeat it, even kill it if necessary."
"The "it" you are talking about is Rurippe!" Ukiya said.
"That doesn't matter. She is endangering the lives of many innocent people. You have a duty to protect the people even if it means killing someone close to you." Shirei explained, in his normal cold behavior.
"We will fight the enemy." Ukiya said, in a tone just as cold. "but I cannot guarantee the "killing" part.
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"Was that necessary, Shirei?" Ms. Ochiai asked after the Gatekeepers have left.
Shirei nodded and went back to the file he was reading. "I called the Supreme Commander. He said to use all means to defeat the enemy but if we kill Ikusawa kun, Izuka's soul will still live and will awake again as soon as a person bearing the same gate power is born."
"Masaka!" Ms. Ochiai said. "You don't mean…The sealing room?"
"Kageyama!" Ukiya shouted as he burst inside the room. He rushed to the hospital ever since Shirei told him that Kageyama was found near-death in the same abandoned school hours after the battle while AEGIS personnel were doing a search.
Ukiya looked at the guy whose head was covered in bandages and an IV was running through his arm.
"Ukiya Shun kun ka?" Kageyama whispered softly. Looking at him like this, Ukiya can't help but pity him.
"What happened to you?" Ukiya asked, without a tone of anger in his voice.
"Izuka…Izuka…" Kageyama winced. "She was just…using me…"
"Who is this Izuka character anyway??"
"Izuka is the negative Gatekeeper who created the invaders…"
"You told me that the invaders were created a long time ago!"
"She is just a wandering soul, living as long as there are desires."
"But what does this have to do with Rurippe?" he had the sinking feeling again.
"Izuka's gate is the Gate of Life. She was looking for the person who has the same gate…Izuka is inside Ruriko san's body."
Ukiya looked down and stayed silent, with a loss for words.
"It will be hard for you to defeat Izuka without hurting Ruriko." Kageyama said.
"demo…demo…Izuka is evil! How can she use the Gate of Life?"
"As long as Ruriko herself remain good and has no hatred, Izuka will be able to use the Gate of Life." Kageyama smiled. "Here's a tip for you. Whenever Izuka is the conscious persona, Izuka will be the one who will feel pain but if Ruriko san is the conscious one…"
"I understand." Ukiya said, in a friendly tone, as if the two had been friends rather than enemies.
"What are you gonna do now?" Kageyama said, smirking.
"I have to get Ruriko." Ukiya said, opening the door. "I'll deal with you later." He added, closing the door behind him.
"Ganbatte ne, Ukiya kun." Kageyama whispered.
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"Now is the time." Izuka said, in the darkness, surrounded by the green crystals. "What is it Ruriko?" she said, talking to herself. She smiled. "Yes…the base is underneath the school. We just have to attack the school then. " She laughed evilly as the crystals turned into invaders.
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"How was Kageyama san?" Kaoru asked Ukiya. Megumi winced.
"He was okay…" he said, still thinking about the conversation with Kageyama.
"Does that mean we have to fight Ruriko san?" Reiko thought.
"Aiaiai! That would be terrible!' Fei cried out.
Suddenly, they were all wrapped up in a blizzard but it hardly felt cold at all.
"Yukino chan…" Ukiya said.
"When your heart goes astray and your mind in wonder, look no further. Someone is calling you home. She's near, she's coming here."
"what?" Ukiya asked but suddenly, an explosion caused rubble to spread everywhere.
"The students!" Kaoru said. "People will be in trouble!"
"We have to get an order from Shirei! We can't act unless there is a sortie." Ukiya said.
"What about the explosion?" Bancho asked.
Ukiya looked at Yukino. "Yukino chan, I'm counting on you."
Yukino nodded. Ukiya and the others ran inside the school. Yukino looked on top of the roof and sees Izuka looking down at her with a twisted smile on her face.
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"The evil Gatekeeper is trying to get into the base by destroying the school." Shirei said. "The AEGIS personnel will help evacuate the students. You will have to face the enemy and defeat it, even kill it if necessary."
"The "it" you are talking about is Rurippe!" Ukiya said.
"That doesn't matter. She is endangering the lives of many innocent people. You have a duty to protect the people even if it means killing someone close to you." Shirei explained, in his normal cold behavior.
"We will fight the enemy." Ukiya said, in a tone just as cold. "but I cannot guarantee the "killing" part.
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"Was that necessary, Shirei?" Ms. Ochiai asked after the Gatekeepers have left.
Shirei nodded and went back to the file he was reading. "I called the Supreme Commander. He said to use all means to defeat the enemy but if we kill Ikusawa kun, Izuka's soul will still live and will awake again as soon as a person bearing the same gate power is born."
"Masaka!" Ms. Ochiai said. "You don't mean…The sealing room?"