Heyo, sorry for the long update because I'm working on a new video and some illustrations to accompany the next few chapters, dear readers.
Let's hope that I can write faster as the chapters grow longer and bigger in size.
But first, let's get into the comments before we proceed into the chapter shall we.
Yullgar: Sometime I questioned myself if it's too brutal, but I think it should be fine as long as it was not way too gory.
Awron: Yeah I think fluff is surely needed because these past few chapters were kinda heavy, and the boys will run out of space to keep their vehicles but it will open up scenes where those cars become disposable.
Wildan: I hear you, and even I realize that I pulled the string too far, but I hope this chapter will freshen things up.
Visit this story's dedicated artpage 'bitbitbit11' at deviantart for illustrations and extra contents dear reader. I've uploaded the opening and ending video along with voiced short animations for the OCs in this story, search for 'A Certain After School Secret' on youtube dear reader, those videos were such a treat to make, plus it will give the original characters voice to flesh out their character even more.
I made another vid and giving the characters some voice, I'll share the link on the next chapter
And check the artpage dear readers because there are many new illustrations there.
Let's go!
Underneath the rain soaked night a girl hid her tears.
Nunotaba Shinobu couldn't believe that she was saved along with others who got caught in the mishap that she had made.
She could only think that did not deserve this, not the thing that happened to her but a chance to be saved after she went on to create safe paths that she kept to herself and other secrets from the one who already saved her once. Shinobu believed that she betrayed them and that's why it felt so suffocating for her when she looked around and noticed that they came once again to deliver her and the ones who she held so dearly to safety.
It was cruel to her to receive salvation after she had turned her back on the ones who accepted her and all started because she was afraid that something might come and destroy them in the process.
'It's so cruel… I did not deserve this…'
She worded said sentence in silence as she looked up into the night and let the tears drop on the side of her face.
It was probably painful when she received her punishment when she got caught along with the girls that she took care of and got her close friend badly hurt in the process, but it became even more so when she looked on the ruined streets that had been turned into a warzone and realized how far the ones who helped her willing to go to.
It showed her how far they were willing to push themselves to rescue her.
If her being caught felt like someone stabbed a blade into her then the sight of being saved by the ones she had betrayed felt like that very blade had been twisted while it still lodged inside of her, she realized that she could prevent this if she did not do something out of fear in the first place.
She carried on crying in the rain while wishing it could just melt her away and wash her into nothing because she did not deserve to be saved.
That's what she thought to herself.
Until.
She could feel the rain stop pouring down on her as she could feel something fall on her and cover her from the rain.
Then she could feel someone pull her by the shoulder and placed her head on his shoulder, letting her cry her heart out until she was content. It was the only thing she could feel before the exhaustion took over her body.
Shujin was the one who quickly moved in to cover Shinobu with his jacket and let herself cry without hurting herself from exposing her already hurt and exhausted body and mind in the rain.
"I know, just rest for now." He worded out in a whispered tone while the ones who watched realized that they had to give Shuujin and Shinobu a time to talk.
One where they could be honest with each other.
Even at this moment the rampant mad dog knew that he had to do something to right his wrongs, specifically telling the broken girl that he sheltered that she was safe. it was a point that he got across as the two blonde twins held Kagami and Kanade's hands and told him that he should resolve this.
It was something else when even kindergarten age girls told you that you should do the right thing and save the girl.
A weird one for sure but he obliges and asks Pierce if he could borrow his car.
The blue haired boy just nodded, gave a small huff then whispered.
"About damn time…"
PLAY MUSIC
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun OST – Tetsukazu no Kanjou.
A/N: Dear readers, the scene is here…
Something smells warm and sweet, it stirred her nose but she doesn't want to open her eyes yet.
She could feel that she was laying down on something soft but doesn't want to move yet.
In front of her she could hear ambient noises reaching softly to her ears but she doesn't want to accept it.
All of said sensory information popped up inside Shinobu's mind as she regained her consciousness but she held on from opening her eyes as she tried to get a feel of her surroundings further.
Because what if it was just her brain hallucinating something as a response to a heavy psychological trauma.
What if all of that scene that happened last night was only a dream and this is her own brain playing tricks on her to soothe her from the pain.
But as she kept on closing her eyes she could feel her other sense sharpened, she could recall specific details about all the sensory information that she had received earlier. The warm and sweet smell belongs to an instant chocolate drink that she loved because it had the same calming effect as tea. The soft feeling that her body felt oddly familiar to the couch that she had in her apartment dormitory room. The ambient noise that she heard was definitely the songs that she often played in her room to go along with her small tea session.
All of it felt unreal for her.
So she opened her eyes to met a scene of her room with small slivers of morning light piercing through the blinders, a soft blue hue is coloring her room, as she glanced to the side Shinobu saw a cup of lukewarm chocolate is placed the coffee table inside her apartment and the audio player placed beside the TV is playing her playlist.
It felt like a dream, a dream where she doesn't want to wake up from.
And she believed that this scene is a dream.
She moved her head to the side to have a better look then realized something really important.
She doesn't have a pillow placed on her couch and the pillow she currently used to rest her head doesn't feel like a pillow at all, it felt bouncy yet hard.
So she raised her head ever so slowly while trying to look at what kind of pillow she used. It was weird for her because her memories don't pick up on how pillows should feel.
Shinobu was in for a shock as she finally rose and took a good look at the supposed 'weird' pillow, because in place of the pillow she could see someone's lap being used as her pillow and it did not bother her at all as she believed that it was all a dream.
Moments later she raised her gaze and looked at the ruffly haired boy who also slept on her couch in a sitting position, another glance to the side also made her realize that she just used his jacket as a blanket earlier.
'Oddly romantic for a dream.'
She thought to herself.
But then she tried to think why her mind would make a construct of said particular boy to appear in front of her, is it because he always staying by her side and reached out to her the most or was it because there were many memories tied to said boy and he managed to imprint himself inside her deepest psyche.
There were many questions as Shinobu leaned forward on a quad pedal position to get a closer look at him as she remembered how angry she was at him back at the college festival because she thought he was the one who could understand her and stay by her side and listen while she was vulnerable.
'But why him?'
She asked herself that question then reeled in more memories related to the rough and rowdy esper who was created by her, some of her heavy feelings of guilt were tied to him.
But he said that it was alright now, he could live and it was a blessing that he could be free and he even told me that it was not my fault…
'I didn't have any choice back then.'
She answered her own question by recalling her own memory and continues doing so by recalling each memory related to the ruffly haired esper and only found that she already attached herself to him.
That one time where he tagged along with her back to Academy City and guarded her on several occasions.
That one time where He decided to join as an active member of GARM and she took extra steps to ensure his safety.
All of those small moments that they shared in their daily life interaction especially when Saten Ruiko found herself at a crossroads as she feared that she betrayed her friend because both of them liked the same person and he was the one who reached out first by putting his jacket on top of her so she could cry without anyone noticing.
It was the last thing that she remembered in her hazy state underneath the rain and it would be fitting that the same gesture was also being performed on her.
Because it was the first time she could feel her heart beating loudly inside her chest from a simple kind gesture.
So in the dimly lit room Shinobu moved ever so closely to take a good look at the sleeping boy, the researcher took notice of his features and then she looked to the other side of the room while thinking.
"How… When… Why did you become someone who's so meaningful to me?"
She voiced her thoughts and it managed to wake Shujin up as he immediately looked to the side towards the half awake Shinobu. He couldn't ask anything because the girl quickly felled him on the couch and pulled him so she could position herself on top of him.
The sudden development definitely shocked him as he couldn't say anything to the girl.
…
…
…
An awkward silence fell on them as Shujin couldn't say anything and Shinobu was still organizing her thoughts, and before long Shinobu came to a conclusion that she could just be honest and say anything because it was all a dream.
So she grabbed Shujin's Shirt before she buried her face on his chest for a good while.
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…"
She repeated herself until she fell silent on his chest, but then the boy could hear her huffing in a deep breath before she rose up and looked him straight in the eye and asked, "Why is it? Why did you manage to put up with me even after everything?"
"..."
"Don't answer that… I know I was a handful, but it was because of how you acted around me as well you know… All of that 'it's fine' and 'it's not your fault' also made me feel even more guilty and even more so when I threw a tantrum at you… Then I couldn't bring myself to talk to you to say that I was sorry… I'm hopeless…"
It was obvious to Shujin now that Shinobu was in a middle of a daze because of the high fever and the medicine that he gave to her.
But he couldn't make any sense of her sentence until she looked at him straight in the eye and asked.
"Shujin… Do you hate me for what just happened?"
"For the very least you wanted to slap me on the head right? All of it happened because of my mistake."
"I got them involved in this and put them in danger… Febrie and Janie… Eri as well… Kanade too… Kagami too…"
"I'm sorry…"
Then she grabbed Shujin's hand as she started to cry as an agonized look appeared on her face.
"It was my mistake so I should get punished for it right?"
Then she tried to use said hand to slap herself.
But
It never touched her wet cheeks in a forceful manner.
Instead Shujin's hand found its way to her cheek to caress it, and the softness of it broke the girl down as she used her other hand to lightly punch Shujin's chest.
"You out of all people… Why did you…"
"Why were you being so kind towards me?!"
It was clear that Shinobu blamed herself and cursed herself for it but it was not her fault, Shujin only saw her as someone who got badly hurt and doesn't know how to process her own feelings.
Her tears that drenched his shirt told him so.
He also realized that he couldn't say anything to calm her down, so he resorted to using gestures instead to get his point across.
No words needed as he pulled the girl closer until Shinobu found herself resting on the boy's body.
Shinobu tried to fight it but she couldn't as she just grabbed on Shujin's shirt and kept on crying while her hands continued to shake uncontrollably and her grip grew tighter.
"Do you love me? Is that why?..."
"I'm not someone who deserved it… So why do you still…"
Shinobu wasn't able to finish her sentence as she could feel his hand caressed the back of her head.
"?!"
It was a shock for her as she tried to veer her head away from the boy's hand.
"Why?!"
"Why?"
"Why?..."
That was all she could ask again and again before the hand once again tried to reach her and this time it guided her head until it fell on Shujin's chest.
He kept her head that way until she said.
"You're always like this…"
"If you keep being nice to me… Then how could I turn you away…"
…
…
Shinobu then continues to rest her head on the boy's shoulder until some time passes and she manages to calm herself down.
Her eyes felt heavy.
But she knew she had to say something in this 'dream' of hers and especially towards the boy who stood by her side.
In her mind she finally figured out why he was the one who appeared inside her dream.
And she has to share it with him.
"You know since you're not real I think I can share this with you, I figured out why a rude, loud and insensitive boy like you was the one who appeared here…"
"I tried to figure out the answer logically… However…"
"It seemed like I was looking in the wrong place."
"..."
"..."
"I tried to refute it but the answer was definite but it can't be proven by any scientific method."
"Behavioral pattern analysis told me some clues and after looking at my own memories I found my answer."
She tightened her grip on his shirt and said it.
"I think I fell for you, surely it was safe because it was only a dream right…"
"..."
"Don't answer, your heartbeat already gave a satisfactory answer."
A relieved breath left Shinobu as she snuggled in closer and closed her eyes before she fell back asleep.
…
…
…
The boy who heard it all however found himself unable to move after hearing Shinobu's soft confession, but then he thought to himself.
'What will happen when she realizes that it was not a dream?'
The boy asked while looking at the sleeping girl's face before he also closed his eyes.
PLAY MUSIC
Horimiya OST Vol. 1 – Alone in the Woods.
"Where… Am… I…?"
That was a simple question asked by Eri as she woke up and found herself in an unfamiliar room. The sterile smell and the white aesthetic told her that she was in a hospital, it became more apparent to her as she looked to the side and found an IV drip line connected to her wrist along with Wataru who stayed by her bedside and slept on a chair.
The boy noticed that the gray haired girl had woken up and promptly spoke to her.
"A hospital, and don't move around too much because they just finished an emergency surgery on you."
In response Eri checked her own body by trying to move around and moving her hand towards the bandaged part of her torso, the numb sensation is still there but she knew that it was because of the heavy dose of anesthetics used on her just before the emergency operation.
The girl however found it fitting to give a somewhat cheeky response to the situation.
"That's why I feel so rigid… I swear these anesthetics will make my body rusty."
A reserved huff left her lips but the red haired boy who sat beside her took it as a cue for him to say something to give her some sort of comfort,
"At least you're going to be perfectly fine in a day or two." Then he looked at the nurses outside as he tried to remember something before turning back to her to say, "Oh… They said you could leave at noon though, but they said someone had to keep an eye on you during the recovery period."
Eri gave the boy a curious look but it only took her a few moments to realize where she currently was, a city that was technologically 30 years ahead of the rest of the world, then she gave her response, "How is that possible… Academy City… Forget I even asked."
"Just take your time and rest, I'll be keeping watch." The boy gave his answer while veering outside the door once again, earning him a curious look from the nurses who watched how he brought in the wounded and unconscious girl in his arms last night. They definitely wanted to ask some questions but couldn't bring themselves to do so after looking at the blood drenched jacket that wrapped around the girl's body especially when a frog faced doctor came out from his room and asked the boy who brought her to follow him straight into an operating room.
So it was understandable that the nurses were curious about the mystery lady that looked a foreign model and the red haired boy with rough aesthetics who brought her.
It was probably the reason why he looked rather alert and checked on the doors for any nurse who came to check on them, but he didn't speak about the whole ordeal but chose to listen to her and focus on the current matters to calm Her down and keep the light hearted conversation going.
Which brought them into the present moment where Eri responded to Wataru's previous remark about keeping a watch on her.
"You're acting as security… Impressive…" The girl chided in childlike tone.
"Not happy?" Wataru gave a grin and asked back in a similar childish tone.
"No, just genuinely surprised."
The same tone still present in her voice and prompting Wataru to change the topic before the child-like back and forth continues on without an end in sight, so he kept on playing on with Eri as he threw a little detail from last night by saying, "It won't be as surprising as Aogami's request…"
"What happened?"
The sudden change in Eri's voice told Wataru that his plan is working so he continued on by sharing slight details to her.
"Don't just assume that it was something bad."
"You just made my imagination go from bad to worse."
"What do you have in mind anyway?" Wataru asked because he was curious by what the girl had in mind, he did not expect that Eri gave an awfully close guess when she continued to say, "I don't know, you're just playing around with those two girls who just got rescued, intentionally or unintentionally."
Wataru couldn't help but shake his head a little while scratching the back of his head while telling her the next tid bits of detail, "Well no… But Aogami had an idea when he found out that they lived inside Tokiwadai dorms."
"I see… What?! Tokiwadai?!" The girl nodded before changing her expression into one of shock.
"Yes, is something the matter?"
"N-No… But… Hmm…" She hummed to herself while placing her finger on her chin because she couldn't share about the part of her job where she is watching the heir of Kongou Airlines with the boy ye, instead he looked straight into his eyes and asked, "You said that you'd accompany me during the next few days right?"
"Yes."
His simple response prompted a small acknowledging nod from Eri who proceeded to look at his jacket and said, "Then wear your jacket, we're leaving."
The slight worry in her voice was noticed by Wataru who responded by asking her a question "You worried that Aogami asked me to drop Hinote at the dormitory's entrance, didn't you?"
"You didn't even share that detail with me yet…"
Now the displeasure and shock became apparent on her face.
"Ah…" Wataru tried to give a reasonable reply but could only mutter back an, "Slip of tongue…"
"Whatever, we're leaving…"
That was their last exchange before she practically tried to run out of the room and not realizing that her clothes had been changed into a hospital gown that showed an ample view of her butt, the girl stopped but realized that it was too late and ran back inside the bathroom inside the room.
Only after a chaotic scene where Wataru tried to hand over her clothes while Eri screaming 'pervert' from inside the bathroom that the two of them quickly checked out from the hospital, Eri who's still embarrassed from having her backside exposed walked in the front before taking a moment to look at Wataru in a certain interval.
"Eriri, wait…"
"I can't, I know that all of you would do something dumb right after a close brush with death…" "And don't look too much at me… I… I…"
The girl was obviously still distrubed because of the previous accident and didn't focus on where she walked and missed the 'wet floor' sign placed at the hospital's exit.
She slipped her foot unceremoniously.
"Epp!"
She could feel that her body fell backwards and she closed her eyes while waiting for the 'thump' when she hit the ground only to realize that a few seconds have passed by without the sound and the subsequent pain, she opened her eyes and looked to the sides to find that an arm is holding her and preventing the fall.
Said hand is holding her tightly around her waist but the boy who holds her ignored this and said, "I told you to wait…"
A steel like tone crept into Wataru as he tried to hold Eri in place and slowly bring her up.
Eri couldn't give a coherent response as she was way too focused on the arm wrapping her body and shakily said, "I know… And sorry… But do you mind, your hand is…"
PLAY MUSIC
Horimiya OST Vol. 3 – Two Blush Faces.
A/N: Yeah, I'm just in love with Horimiya's ambient and soft sounding tracks.
The two of them did not realize that two other people were watching the whole scene and one of them was still baffled by the appearance of one certain red haired boy, to say that she was shocked is not doing her any justice as she tried her hardest to contain herself from the swelling emotion.
Her breathing was almost erratic and it could be seen on her ample chest and she could even feel the sting on the edges of her eyes.
Konori Mii doesn't believe the scene that she saw in front of her.
The red haired who stood in front of her was real.
It was only now that she could utter something in between her bated breath.
"Sen… Pai…"
While still holding the grip on Eri's waist Wataru looked to the side and met Mii in the eyes before he replied with.
"Mii?" The questioning tone in his voice told Eri that something was up, but he carried on to question the girl with, "It has been a long time huh?..."
"Yes…" The senior Judgement officer replied as she glanced at the girl in his arms to ask "But?! What are you doing with that girl?"
Eri put the dots together and came to a conclusion that the red haired thug and the officer looking young girl are acquaintances, and by the looks of it Eri believed the girl known to her as 'Mii' was holding a certain amount of affection towards the red haired boy.
Her brief look at Mii's body language told her that it was obviously the case, so she turned to Wataru as she lightly distanced herself from his grip and said, "Oh boy… Psst… Is this girl your girl or something? I don't want to get caught up in another misunderstanding."
"None, she used to be a member in the same group but it was a long time ago." The boy whispered, he hesitated but then he added, "Her place was not with me, I believe a home is where you can be yourself wholeheartedly… And I couldn't give that to her."
"Say what you want but it looks like she still had some things that she wanted to say to you though."
The girl glanced slightly at the perturbed girl then back at the boy, waiting for him to give a reply.
He relented.
"I admit that we need time to catch up with each other."
"Well, do it then."
"Not when I have to follow you around." Wataru gave his excuse, but Eri was having none of it when she replied in a heartbeat by saying, "That's not the problem here."
By this time the girl who stood by Mii's side tried to reach out to her roommate, but as Aomi tried to reach out to Mii's shoulder it was only being met by a void as the glasses girl decided to drop her bewildered self and be more straightforward to Wataru and Eri.
"Senpai… I'm asking you…" An inquiring tone made itself present as Mii crossed her arm.
"Right, how do I explain this without sounding suspicious." Wataru replied while scratching his head and the gray haired girl could only reply by throwing a 'really' look at him then shouted, "You're already acting suspiciously!"
"Senpai, you…" Mii tried to reach out to the boy only to be cut short as he gave his reply, and by reply it actually meant that he gave a straightforward yet vague answer that could be interpreted in various ways.
"Alright, Mii, I'm just taking care of her and staying by her side for the time being…"
It was the wrong response for Mii who's already lost in her thoughts.
A fact that Eri voiced out in a resounding shout, "That's wrong, that's so wrong! Do you know what that just implies?"
Wataru however just tilted his head as if he did nothing wrong which caused Eri to put her hands on her face and muttered to herself, "My life is just a constant stream of comedy and tragedy…"
"Senpaiiiii…"
It was only understandable that Mii replied in an annoyed tone after hearing such a response coming from the boy.
Aomi found it fitting that she should intervene and walked between the two and addressed her former friend's special friend.
"You know there are many Judgement officers who got caught during the chaos earlier this week, and I'm here to get some intel on the ones who resisted arrest…" The girl explained the reason why the two visited the hospital, then she looked Wataru in the eye and continued, "Much to my own surprise, Mii just got another surprise…"
It was not a judgemental look because she gave the red haired boy a slight smile of acknowledgement just as she heaved in a deep breath, then she carried on to say, "But Kurozuma, it's nice to see you again… Alive. For once it would be nice for you to stay that way and keep in contact with this helpless girl right here."
It seems the girl chose a 'friendly fire' method to snap Mii out of her ordeal as a flustered look made its way to her face, the glasses girl turned to her friend rigidly as she gave her response, "What do you mean by that?! Stop saying nonsense, Aomi."
Eri also found it fitting for her to give the two some time to catch up as she also looked to Wataru to say, "You could send me to the car and catch up with her."
"No can't do, I'm not leaving you here and remember what the nurses just said?"
"..."
"!"
"!"
The girls gawked at the sudden response
"Somebody has to be at your side at all times." Wataru added and it prompted Eri to smack his shoulder and said, "You're making it worse! Look at her."
Mii tried and failed to contain the sudden shock but remained collected enough to ask, "Senpai, you're really bad at lying."
The girl just couldn't believe her senpai's words, but Wataru turned to the two of them and explained further, "No, I swear I'm only doing my job here."
"And what would that job be?" Aomi asked with building suspicion.
"Taking care of her."
The boy gave a flat answer and sent Eri into a crisis as she snapped her head to look at him and shouted, "Excuse me?!"
Eri couldn't take it anymore as she realized that the misunderstanding between her and Mii will inevitably turn into a massive snowball and just pushed Wataru to get his vehicle as she tried her best to clear up any mishap.
It was so bad that the next generation of anesthetics couldn't even help her negate the heavy feeling in her heart as she turned her body to face the two girls head on while completely aware that one of them is looking at her as a potential rival.
"And with that taken care of…" The girl rigidly utters her sentence, "I apologize, he should have said it better…"
"But does he really work with you… Umm… Miss?" Aomi began to inquire about the gray haired spy.
"I'm Sakai, Sakai Eri."
"I'm not imposing you on anything, but what senpai said earlier was true right?" Mii asked and Eri quickly shot down any hints of something going on between her and Wataru by saying, "It's true… I worked with him and there's nothing going on between us, I promise."
"She wasn't going to ask that, you made yourself look more and more suspicious, Sakai-san." Aomi added while focusing her gaze on her.
"Come on now…"
Eri gave her defeated answer then looked at the two girls, but before she could give any form of reasoning towards the two Wataru reappeared with his vehicle which made the situation become even more awkward for them. Eri expected that Wataru brought his bike to pick her up, she did not expect that he would pull up in a luxurious exotic car that the group just commandeered the other night, even Wataru himself didn't pay any kind of attention to the car when he drove it last night and only realized that it was a high end exotic when he walked back to the underground parking lot.
By this time Sakai Eri could swear that the amount of bad luck that fell on her today was absurd.
"I did as you said, do you want to go now or…" Wataru tried to wear a calm expression as he stopped the car by her side, but he did not manage to finish his sentence because Aomi suddenly yelped and shouted in surprise while Mii gave a look of utter shock.
Then Aomi looked at Eri and asked, "Sakai-san, don't tell me that is your…"
"Kurozuma…"
The creeping tone in Eri's tone told him that she's not happy at all and he could only wonder the reason why.
"What? It's what the guys gave me…" He gave his defense and Eri gave her reply in an exasperated tone, "Inconspicuous as ever huh…"
One of the Judgment girls however couldn't help to voice out her shock.
Aomi couldn't help but shout out, "That's your ride?! Oh my… You're rich, whoever you worked with is rich!" While Mii looked at the mismatched pair with a wondering look and asked, "Senpai, you're not doing anything illegal, aren't you?"
"Of course he wasn't… Here." Eri noticed the glasses girl's suspicion and moved on to say, "I'm working with Kongou Heavy Industries and he's been helping me familiarize myself with Academy City."
"So, where did you two go then? Surely he had shown you around the city?" Mii asked further.
"Pretty much, he showed me around District 7 and around the commercial district."
"But you said that you worked with Kongou Heavy Industries right, didn't they mainly operate in District 23? Why do you have to wander into the commercial district?" The suspicion in her tone was apparent so Eri tugged to the side and tried to ask Wataru to cover for her.
"Kurozuma…"
A whisper left her lips and Wataru stepped in to cover, with disastrous results.
"Right, she was new and all, I took her there so she could buy herself new clothes and other necessities."
Aomi shouted by reflex, "That totally sounded like a date!" Which sent an emotional attack On mii who left an audible, "Ugh!"
The brunette turned to Mii with a panicked expression and tried to comfort her while saying, "Uh.. Oh… Mii!" "I didn't mean it like that…"
When she said that she already got over him I knew it was a lie, but I didn't know that she was still hung up on him to this extent.
Aomi thought to herself as she signaled to Eri and Wataru to take their leave before they could turn the disheveled girl into a sobbing mess, Eri nodded and quickly pushed Wataru into the driver seat before she moved to the other side of the car and left the hospital.
"So we're going to pick up your friend right? We should get to School Gardenas soon as possible." Eri asked.
"I have a feeling that he will be able to take care of himself though."
"..." She went silent for a moment to ponder, she hesitated but then looked to Wataru and asked about their previous encounter, "So, we're heading back home then? But… You're just leaving things like that with her?!"
"What? Mii? I'm sure that we could catch up later."
Eri responded by looking out of the window with an exasperated look, "Now I know why they decided to take you in, You're just as dense as Kami…"
Wataru cocked one of his eyebrows and gave a reply to Eri's comment, "Is he now? Glad to know that, I thought I'm moving from working from one skirt chaser to the next."
Then he smiled in contentment, which earned him another question.
Is that how you see him?"
"No, but it doesn't stop me from asking a few questions about basic moral standings."
PLAY MUSIC
Horimiya OST Vol. 2 – Unsweetened Honey.
Meanwhile at the Tokiwadai dormitory the aforementioned silky haired boy is still sleeping as if he was the modern interpretation of sleeping beauty. The scene attracted unwarranted attention from the Ojou-samas, especially the two girls who he rescued the other night as they called their friends to take note of the feminine yet dangerous esper.
Unfortunately, their friends are the kind that he should avoid at all cost.
"He's still asleep… Hokaze-sama, I think it's rather rude if we just leave him in the open like this." The girl with the dark twin tails said as she looked at another girl with lilac hair fashioned in ringlets, moments later her friend who has a long and wavy brown hair also added, "Yes, he was the one who helped us through last night's dire situation, could you allow me to call the Dorm Manager and ask for her advice."
Hokaze Junko looked at her two peers and replied with, "I would agree with you, but isn't this a responsibility for you two who sneaked out and tried to go with someone because he had information about our Queen?"
"I know that the two of you are members of the Bumblebee unit but your actions were reckless." "Mei-san, Kii-san, What would happen if you fell into the hands of a ruffian?" Another girl with long dark hair and glasses asked before she paused as a disturbed expression crept on her face, "Or worse… The rumored followers of Kami."
"But isn't she acquainted with the Queen?"
"I know that our Queen keeps a well mannered company, but it still unsettles me that she…" The girl with glasses didn't manage to finish her sentence as Junko cuts in the middle of her sentence.
"Are you questioning our Queen's decisions?"
"I am not. Hokaze-sama, I was just concerned about her safety."
"Hokaze-sama, how about…Him?" The girl with dark twin tails known as Mei asked.
"This gentleman, I recognized him from somewhere… Hmm…" Junko replied and moved in closer to have a better look at Yuu's face. She swore that she had met this particular gentleman before but she couldn't remember when and where.
By each moment she walked forward and leaned her body forward to the sleeping boy's face as curiosity got the better of her. She'll get her answer as moments later another girl appeared and walked to her side to ask, "Hokaze-san, is that Yuu-san who's sleeping in the benches?"
"Wannai-san, of course, I'm glad you're here… This gentleman is your acquaintance, no?"Junko replied in a mild shock because Kinuho moved rather swiftly and managed to slip her way past the rest of the Queen's clique and to her side.
Her eyes widened slightly when she looked at Kinuho and the silky haired boy as she finally found her answer.
"A… Ah… Now I remember, this gentleman is…"
She tried to say her sentence with a rigid tone, knowing that the boy is the rumored feminine looking boy who's courting Kinuho if all those gossip are true.
"We're so sorry Wannai-san?" Suddenly Mei and Kii apologized out of the blue as they also realized the circumstances between Yuu and Kinuho, in which she could only reply with a confused, "Eh?"
The two proceed to explain the story with white lie added in, they told a story of how Yuu and his friends helped Mei and Kii when they were being approached by some unsavory gentlemen and got them back to the dormitory, they however couldn't figure out why his friend left Yuu on the bench right in front of dormitory which confused them and Kinuho.
The rest of Shokuhou clique members also wondered why they left one of their friends in front of School Garden dormitory.
The thought of it being a prank never once entered their mind.
Kinuho accepted the explanation nonetheless as she bowed politely and thanked them, then she looked at Yuu with a slight smile and softly said, "I see… So that happened last night, that's why…"
"Wannai-san, we're…" The two tried to apologize once more.
"It's alright…" Kinuho cut in and huffed while giving them an 'alright' look and continued, "I was the one who almost took things the wrong way…"
"..."
"I apologize if their actions unsettles you, Wannai-san…"Junko also joined in as she took herself as the clique's representative when their queen is not present.
"No, it's fine… I'm just glad that you two got out of said situation just fine." She turned to look at the sleeping boy with a smile, "You never change, don't you? Always making me so…"
"Yuu-san." Kinuho leaned down and whispered to his ears but loud enough to be heard by the girls who had gathered there.
"First name basis?!" A muffled gasp and awe could be heard along with said sentence, all of them coming from the other ojou-samas present.
The fluffy haired noticed the conversation and reaction coming from her peers but she has focus aimed at something else, a certain silky haired boy who's still sleeping peacefully.
"Yuu-san, it's morning already…" Kinuho repeated herself while noticing the small movements on his eyes then added, "Open your eyes…"
"Ummm…" The boy tried to curl his body into a ball and tucked his head to the side while replying with, "5 more minutes… It's saturday."
"Yuu-san?" Kinuho raised her voice ever so slightly to subtly tell the boy that he is not sleeping in his room.
A fact that he realized after noticing that his sleeping position is all weird and there isn't any blanket on his body.
"Eh?" The waking boy started to open his eyes slowly and noticed someone obstructed by shade standing close to him, so it was only logical that he asked, "Where am I?..."
"You're at the dorms, Yuu-san…"
A familiar voice met his ears and the boy just closed his eyes again, thinking of it as only a fleeting dream as he replied to Kinuho by saying, "I must be dreaming, this event is unreal…"
Thus the fluffy haired girl gave a simple response, a question towards the boy.
"I'm not real to you then?"
"This is just too good to be true."
The very response prompted Kinuho after hearing his response that honestly embarrassed her as she said, "But it is, I'm here…"
"?!"
"?!"
Somehow the response felt real, way too real for it to be a dream as Yuu tried to open his eyes once more.
The next person who made her way to the bench in front of the dorms made the notion painfully clear as everyone could hear the sound of flat shoes stepping in haste towards them.
"What's with the public display of affection? You better get up before I call the security… Hinote-kun."
"!"
Another voice, a stern sounding voice met his ears and it told him to wake up.
Every cell in his body begged him to get up.
The silky haired boy obliges.
"Then?! This!..." Yuu jerked his body up and looked at Kinuho then to the other girls standing behind her, "Wannai, was it really you?!"
He just asked Kinuho the obvious question because he's not daring enough to look at the dormitory manager who looked at him as if he just did something really bad, but moments later the gravity falls on him as the older girl made her way to him and say, "Please leave the area before you're being labeled as someone who loitered around the School Garden area… And I must tell you that staying on the bench like this will give the Tokiwadai dormitory and especially you, young man, a bad name."
The stern note that she used on him made him think that it was a really bad look for him to frequently sleep on the bleachers then wake up just in time to take a young girl away with him. It fits the usual story of poor boy meets rich girl romance stories but when it was being put in a real scenario it really paints the boy as someone suspicious.
Who knows if the boy was a sleazy player or someone who straight up acted before he took the innocent girl away.
Yuu thought to himself as he clenched his head in exasperation because of the rising suspicion and starting to piece the last things that happened before he dozed off inside a car.
"I'm sorry… Agh! How did this happen?!" He tried to vehemently apologize to the manager and lamented his predicament, but he noticed as to why they probably dropped him on the bench right in front of the dormitory.
It was because he missed his chance to meet Kinuho last night.
At least that's what he thought to himself.
So he returned his attention to Kinuho then asked, "I really missed our deal yesterday, didn't I?"
"Missed?" Kinuho looked slightly puzzled but immediately reminded herself of memories from last night. A slight pang of discomfort disturbed her but she pushed it aside as she gave her answer by saying, "Yes, yes you are… I was waiting for you but…"
"I'm sorry, I can't and won't defend myself on that front so…"
"So?"
"I'll just roll with it and take you out for today."
The boy rose and took the girl's hand before he sprinted away from the small crowd and not looking at the rising red that painted the fluffy haired girl's face as he did so.
"H-Heh?!" Kinuho could only stammer out a chain of cute questioning noises.
"Payback for your pranks the other night."
"Y-Yuu-san, w-waiiiit…"
As they leave the manager is looking at them in exasperation and slight jealousy before she voiced out her mind for others to hear, "I really should put public display of affection into a punishable action, if Shirai and Misaka weren't already enough cause for my headache…"
She walked back inside the dormitory and dispersing the crowd which leaves only the girls from Shokuhou clique, Junko looked at the fleeting figure and thought to herself for a moment or two before Mei and Kii called out to her.
"Hokaze-sama…" their simultaneous call managed to break her from her train of thoughts as a question left her lips, "Was that gentleman really the one who rescued you two last night?"
"Yes, him and his group of friends, but they're already engaged in a fight when we…"
Hokaze tried to inquire further but the girl with glasses and long dark hair fashioned in partial hime-cut stepped in first and joined the conversation in a serious tone.
"It was enough…" Her tone sounds dignified and serious at the same time, "I will hear from you two later, for now it is obvious what we need to do, correct?"
"Mibuki-san, I believe we should move accordingly, but remember the focus should be placed on which party."
The girl known as Mibuki nodded and turned to Mei and Kii to relay her orders, she huffed in her breath before she said, "Follow them discreetly, we need more data on this mystery gentleman while also moving in with the currently available members to have a closer look at this group of unsavory gentleman."
PLAY MUSIC
A Love so Beautiful OST – Lovable (SINB version (Instrumental)).
A/N: Yep, fluff is here...
"Yuu-san, where are we going?"
"Isn't it obvious? The Golden Week closing festival, I wanted to take you there last night but we're just going to enjoy it from start till night."
"Eiri high has the best stands around right, no wonder they're the leading art focused school in Academy City."
Yuu also remembered that Pierce told him that the school was also daring enough to hold an actual swimsuit contest but it was another matter altogether because he listened far enough until the pervert mentioned that its stalls were jam packed with street foods and attractions that everyone will enjoy. He wanted to bring Kinuho for a delightful afternoon and to somewhere safe for once, that's the main reason why he sprinted towards said school and its surrounding area that was jam packed with visitors.
The school was not at all different from his school except for a few details that shows that Eiri high was more focused on arts as one of its walls are made up entirely of a clear glass that shows the large paintings and murals that decorates the school's interior.
It was simple but the boy felt like his school got beaten one sidedly in terms of architectural aesthetics.
The silky haired boy and the fluffy haired girl duo tried to catch their as their sprint definitely were squeezing the energy of two youngsters, Yuu glanced around and tried to find a place where he could wash his face first along with convenience store where he could buy a fresh T-shirt for him to wear, a slightly singed T-shirt was not appropriate to be worn around an actual ojou-sama after all.
He promised that he would return as soon as he could and left her at the school gates, fortunately he only needed 5 minutes before he looked decent enough before he darted back to Kinuho with a fresh white tee and two cold drinks, one for her and another for him.
'She could choose one of these since I don't know what her favorite flavor was, let's just hope that today will be a smooth one… Please, pretty please… Owh dammit!'
Yuu thought to himself before cursing his luck because he saw two casually dressed students approaching Kinuho with a relaxed body posture.
A lone ojou-sama will definitely attract a crowd especially when Kinuho is wearing her summer Tokiwadai uniform. It was an unspoken rule for the male population that the girls of School Garden were more alluring because of their way of carrying themselves, the air of innocence that Kinuho practically radiates also adds to said notion.
So the tired esper decided to assert himself by sliding between the two students and Kinuho before taking her hand in a fluid motion and leaving the two before they could say anything.
He's not looking for a fight and he will surely try not to start one.
But he's conscious about Kinuho and the possibility of her getting hit on by other boys, she is becoming an amateur model after all and one glance to the city's glass wall screen cemented his thought as her summer pictorial being plastered.
Kinuho, Maaya, Yuna, Hibiki, Hanabi, Chisa and Victoria.
Even with idols in the same picture she still looks cute, he thought to himself before turning his gaze away because of the blush that started to creep up on his cheeks.
Kinuho on the other hand was blushing ever since Yuu took her by the hand and led her inside Eiri high, his grip was strong but not forceful and once again it reminded her about familial warmth that she experienced from her own parents, gentle and caring were her way of describing said sensation.
But she wanted to feel more.
She craved for more no matter how small.
The images of how a certain fairy-like idol surfaced in her head and it made her heart ache, the way the silky haired boy in front of her held her and the way she held him back, the young girl couldn't help but feel an ugly feeling towards it.
I wanted to be held like that and I want to hold you back just like how she did.
The images of the flushed idol had also crept up inside her heart, the details of her face as she smiled when she described her feelings when she was with the boy that she held close to her heart was also rising up to drown her chest.
Even feeling said emotion in mere moments could send stings into her own heart because she also wanted to do the same.
Her and her alone.
Kinuho's heart wants it so she acted on impulse and entwined her fingers with the hand that held her and started to walk alongside the silky haired boy until their shoulder touched. Now they could feel the burning red hue that they felt since earlier had been creeping up to the tips of their ears, Yuu shakily looked to the side and met Kinuho's eyes that were trying to meet his own gaze, the two stopped for a moment that felt for an eternity until a hypothetical 'poof' could be seen rising up from their heads.
But the fluffy haired girl would not stop as she rested her head on the boy's shoulder and for once she could feel his shoulder that was usually covered by his thick hoodie.
It felt soft as she didn't care anymore about the red that was present on her ears and the reason was simple.
The two then proceeded to go toward the stalls where the girl looked at the candied apples with glee on her eyes and darted her eyes towards the side to look at the various flavors and colors of the glazed fruits. The stall tender who is also a student in Eiri high school looked at Kinuho with a content look on her eyes before she asked.
"Do you want two candies? We have a special discount for couples."
There have been some hidden intentions as the girl chuckled right after she asked her question, she doesn't even try to hide as she looks at Yuu and continues to smile.
"W-What?!" The boy looked at the girl with a burning red.
"Both of you are a couple, yes?"
Yuu tried to refute her but felt that doing so will defeat the purpose of getting Kinuho out on a date, besides if others saw them as a couple it will be beneficial to him and her in the long run as they don't have to worry about anyone flirting or hitting one of them. So the boy decided to accept the girl's offer and buy two candied fruits from said stall while not realizing the dreamy look that Kinuho wore on her face.
The very concept of a couple was one that she knew but never thought deeply about, seen so much in various media but never once thinking about herself in said situation.
Until now…
Now the very mention of the word caused her to dart her eyes to the side while thinking heavily to herself whether she should drab on the boy's hand tighter to further strengthen their play as a couple, the girl looked at her hand and at the entwined fingers only to stop herself because of the heat on her hand suddenly also made its way to her face.
She just glanced down and slowly whispered to Yuu and told him that she wanted to look at the rest of the candied fruits because one specific item had caught her eyes.
A candied orange glazed with sunset colored sugar glaze, it reminded her of the silky haired boy's eyes. She shyly pointed her index finger at it while the silky haired boy responded by pointing at a blue colored candied pear that reminded him of Kinuho's eyes.
The two were too embarrassed to talk to each other by this point and Yuu tried to pay the candies as quickly as possible before they moved on to the next stalls to get some proper meals and drinks.
Kinuho wanted to cherish this moment and the boy reciprocated her gesture by tightening his grip. It was a subtle gesture but it told the young girl that he is in the moment and he is sharing it with her. The red that dyed the tips of his ears should be enough evidence for her that it was surely the case.
The entwined fingers told her that she shouldn't worry, the warm look coming from the boy with the sunset colored eyes assured her that they are taking steps together.
No matter how inexperienced both of them are.
For some around them it was a treat to see such innocence coming from the Ojou sama and the fragile looking boy, younger girls fawned at such innocence and wanted to feel the same scene happened to them, older girls looked softly as the way Yuu and Kinuho acts somehow touched the maternal side within them.
The male visitors who watched also shared the same sentiment but a number of them also gritted their teeth in annoyance because of the blatant public display of affection. They want to say blatant, but it was a normal scene since there are way too many couples who attended the Eiri High's Golden Week festival and what separates the 'fluffy and silky' couple was their shy attitude towards each other.
PLAY MUSIC
Horimiya OST Vol.1 – Sun Gets in My Eye.
Hidden among them was a certain blue haired boy who disguised himself with a black bucket hat that he stole from his foe, he could be seen gritting his teeth in envy while not realizing that others also cursing him because of the girl who took him by the hand and dragging him inside the main school building that was connected to the multimedia building.
He did not realize that he was on the other end of the PDA spectrum.
The girl who dragged him was being direct and was not bothered at all with the looking eyes from both the male and female population. It was a small price to pay on her part because she was an idol after all and the freedom she gets from going around without anyone actually recognizing her was a much welcomed one as she pulled a certain blue haired boy around the the stalls of Eiri high's festival. Chisa knows what she wants and she will do as her heart tolds until she reaches the finish line. She's the ace of Siren Si9n and she won't let someone who's in the crosshairs of her heart get away.
It was a matter of pride, but more so it was because it was the first time she felt something warm and comforting but foreign to her, something that felt fleeting in which she didn't want it to escape her grasp.
One thing was sure however, the sight, the shape and mere memories of the blue haired boy plays heavily in said feelings.
And it made her think to herself.
'I sang so much about love but I can't put a handle on it…'
'But now…'
'I think I have started to understand what it is…'
Chisa kept those thoughts to herself as she kept on walking to the studio inside the multimedia building while dragging her companion inside it.
She however will find herself losing her composure when Pierce says his next sentence.
"Chisa, you told me to… Hmmph!" Chisa moved in to put her hands on Pierce's mouth as he called out to her with her name that could attract unwanted attention, the fact that could be more bothersome because she only lightly disguised herself by wearing a hoodie.
"Call me Chi-chan or something, do you want to blow my cover?" The idol whisper-shouted in panic, she's still keeping her hands on top of the blue haired boy's mouth.
"You're the one who's not wearing any disguise."
Pierce protested in muffled noises but still managed to form out a coherent sentence that could be picked up by Chisa. In response Chisa replied to his comment with, "They'll just believe that I was one of the students who tried to get my look as an idol, so just call me by some other name so we could walk freely around here."
Pierce quickly adjusted himself and responded by calling her with a shortened name, "Chi-chan… I thought you asked me to check on your friends, Tori, Fei and Yona haven't returned yet."
The boy slowly brushes her hands away then looks around while recalling that he still had not seen anyone that fits the description of the three missing Siren Si9n members. Chisa faltered and answered, a tone of pungent worry crepts into her voice, "Yeah, I thought those three were just trying to go around the city and enjoy the festival but… I can't believe I'm sharing this with you."
The cheerful girl from earlier has gone as if she just took an 180 degree turn.
"What, a picture?" The boy asked and as soon he finished asking he saw a picture shown in Chisa's phone. A picture of Victoria, Yona and Fei can be seen and each of them shows a combination of small heart sign and half heart sign with certain variation while their face showing cute gestures.
A stereotypical picture that is usually shared by many idols but chisa explained further as she zoomed the pictures on their lips, from left to right they silently worded out an SOS.
PLAY MUSIC
Psycho Pass OST – Crime Games.
"The pose in this picture shared in the Siren's social media was an SOS signal for us, it was a little secret shared by the Siren members."
"Carry on."
Pierce moved in closer to Chisa so no one could eavesdrop on them, his hand hovered around her shoulders and gave the Idol a slight sense of shelter and security. It didn't stop Chisa's delicate hand from trembling as she explained further, "They were the ones who made it after… after…"
The girl jumbled on her own words as if to choke herself out from sharing that was personal and painful for her and the ones she considered as family, she calmed herself by controlling her breathing but Pierce knew that she was scared by simply hearing her hoarse tone.
That's probably why Pierce decided to give a reply even before Chisa could finish her sentence, "The case where Tori got hurt because of her rumored on and off boyfriend? Koga from LIGHT, right?"
A sudden shock could be seen on Chisa's face upon hearing Pierce's response as she quickly asks, "You believed those rumors?"
Pierced glanced to the left and right, trying to find the best way to share the information that he currently knew. It was hard for him to break the bitter truth to her as it was something that she kept as a shared secret between her and other Siren members.
It felt as if he had to choose a way to kick a pet and make it less hurtful, but the look in her eyes made him falter because his experience taught him that sharing this kind of information now will benefit both sides as they move forward. He already sold the narrative that the group had their own way of collecting discrete information so he held his breath as he prepared himself to speak.
"I have a way to access the hospital records to confirm the part of her being hurt… Abused is a better word for it actually, but I had to guess whether they actually have a relationship or not though or if it was just him playing around with her." "The bastard had a history of playing his fantasies too far and a bad case of temper, that's all that I can say."
"I thought his agency purged all of the records."Chisa replied with a tightening sensation on her chest as she recalled a grim scene from the past, "Even the hospital and the police records were gone…"
She looked slightly to the left and towards the floor, refusing to meet Pierce's eyes out of fear that he'll continue to tore the metaphorical walls further. She knew that what happened to her friend was unfair but also somewhat relieved that it was not being publicized and even managed to keep it a secret.
Back then the thought of various media bodies swarming them like vultures was terrifying especially when Tori is still dealing with so much shock from all that she went through. It genuinely felt bitter as an image of Victoria with bandages covering the right side of her face came back to Chisa's mind.
The memory of her expression back then filled Chisa with guilt, guilt for not being able to do anything back then, but then a voice met her ears as if it was a sign that things will be different now.
"Academy City has its way, to be honest it was your die hard fans who discovered it but keeping their mouth shut."
"There's no hiding stuff from you huh, it creeped me out sometimes."
"Don't direct it at me, you're the one who asked."
"But back to Tori she…" Chisa raised her voice but it was not tinged in anger, it was filled with worry.
In response Pierce held her shoulder and said, "Take your time, breathe…"
The boy wanted to calm the girl down as he needed her to track her friends by recalling other details that she could remember, he on the other hand also looked around and tried to find any other means to help locate the missing members.
"If she wasn't here with Yona and Fei then that means that their sign was real." Chisa acknowledged the growing crisis and could feel all her worry thickened inside her chest and started to suffocate her. It felt like she was drowning until Pierce reached to her hand and held it in his own.
Then he walked into the school building while saying. "We'll take a detour then, follow me."
"Is this a…"
The idol stopped in her tracks as they entered a vacant and dimly lit room filled with screens.
"Security room." The boy simply replied as he tried to lock the room, "We can have some semblance of privacy here and I can prepare the usual stuff."
"It still unsettles me on how you… Forget it, how can I check the camera from yesterday's show?"
"Yeah, and tell me the story between them, how did it all happen?"
"Yona and Tori, they are friends, I mean they just clicked when they were chosen to debut in Siren and became the candidates for the leader of the group." Chisa recalled the story as she shared the pictures back when they were still in trainee period, "Yona was more ambitious and got the position, Tori also said that she was fine because she could focus more on taking care of us…"
The picture shows that Yona and Victoria were close even before the Siren debuted, the two are smiling in each and every picture. A detail could be picked up by the blue haired boy as those smiles were different, Yona and Victoria somewhat shown innocent looking smiles which contrast the smile that they wore now.
Huff.
An audible and exhausted sigh could be heard from Chisa, prompting the boy to turn to her in another attempt to calm her down, "Take your time, I still need to look for many things that could lead to something here." Pierce continues on to check the footage inside the studio during the recent interview, the boy is trying to find any leads about their whereabouts and only stopped when he saw three figures who wandered backstage after they actually attended the interview along with the audience, "What do we have here… I never saw these guys but they're definitely up to no good, they're following those three to the waiting room… And why wasn't anyone asked who the hell they are?"
He locked the time code and switched the cameras to get a better angle until he got cleaner looking footage. It showed the face of a familiar figure which caused Pierce and Chisa to react differently to said figure shown on the footage, Pierce was shocked by the peculiar boy on the screen while Chisa gaped and tried to use her hands to cover her mouth as a terrible sense of danger looms on her.
"That dude seriously looked like Koga or my eyes just saw things?" Pierce asked as he couldn't believe his own eyes, Chisa on the other hand could feel every fiber of her being shaken and tugged on the boy's shirt and answered, "That's Koga… I recognized that face everywhere."
"Why the hell is he here? That's the question you should be asking, his group was supposed to be on a break right?"
"LIGHT was on a break and waiting on their next comeback, but seeing that guy approaching Tori was a problem and one that I couldn't take lightly."
The girl answered as fright already settled within her.
"I take it he was the super obsessive type."
"Worse… He hurt Tori in more ways than one, Blue, please you can track them, tell me that it can't be true… It can't be." She tightened her grip and turned to him with a pleading voice, it is apparent that she was scared of him and the reach of what he could do.
"Hold on, let me check the nearest camera, believe me this is turning bad to worse with each passing moment."
It became worse when he saw that somehow they managed to clear the area of any security detail and took Victoria, Yona and fei into two high class sedans parked right outside the school's loading bay.
"They took them… Those two are in this whole charade as well, dammit." Pierce cursed while Chisa could only mutter out a bated, "N-No…"
"Blue, you gotta.. You gotta do something."
Chisa practically begged as the boy quickly turned to his phone and called to the only person in his group who had the suave to take care of such a delicate situation.
"Guys… Dammit! Tsuchimikado! Code red. SOS… Houston, we have a problem!"
Pierce was screaming into the comms that alerted the group as a whole.
PLAY MUSIC
Guilty Crown OST – Ou no Sonzai.
A/N: Dear readers, I can only say… Get ready.
The day had turned into night and two guys who were responsible for the ordeal were chatting on top of a skyscraper as they looked at the last semblance of daylight as the sun disappeared into the horizon. One boy with a normal high school boy look is staring at the sinking sun with indifference before he turns to look at his partner and strike up a conversation. "I'm glad that she went along without any pushback, but is it necessary to use Freshman as bait to lure them away from Siren Si9n."
A boy decked in a neat looking suit called to his partner who wore an oversized fuzzy jacket, slim dark jeans and boots, this gave them a contrasting look but the pessimistic look that both of them wore also made them look fit with each other.
The other boy who dangerously leaned his body out the railing turned slowly to look at his assistant with a grim looking smile on his face before answering with, "Let's be real that they have no chance unless I send that crazy esper girl into the mix."
Ibara answered while flicking a smooth gesture with his arm that implies that last night's failure was still in his prediction.
"There still wasn't any report coming from them…" The assistant answered while glancing down at his phone before pocketing it back inside his blazer's inner pockets.
"They got wiped then."
"Completely, even that girl didn't send me any psychotic sounding rants." Ibara shrugged as he reminded himself of Umidori Kuroyoru who's missing alongside his Freshmen and IVORY combined 'Grab and Run' team.
"What's your next move then?"
The question made the boy lean back and straighten his posture as he looked at his assistant with a 'really' look as if he was genuinely surprised by the question. Ibara answered nonetheless with, "Set the stage for the final confrontation, IVORY has to earn their spot if they want to exist as they were."
"So we're dropping the boss and subordinate act?"
"Definitely, now I gotta hold my end of the deal right?" Ibara looked at his partner and grinned before he finished his sentence, "You helped me set up this whole operation after all."
"Defend the building and buy me enough time to move them out." The assistant also smiled and replied in a lighthearted tone as if they decided to drop his serious facade, "Make sure that you clear the upper and the lower loading bay from any intruders."
"Easy enough. Leave it to me and just make sure that you bring those girls to safety"
Ibara huffed then chuckled to himself for a moment, "Time to bring the hammer of punishment then, I'll tell the eggheads downstairs to upload the package and see this town torn itself head first."
A content look painted over his face as he pulled out a small pendant and looked into the words that were carved into it. He lets out another long huff before he finally looks at his partner and says, "Let's just hope I can end this thing neatly."
"You can, just go with the plan and we'll be fine… Ibaraki Isshin, this is the dawn of the world that you wished for"
"Thanks, Kamisato, it was a pleasure to have you around."
That was the last thing that Ibara said before the two of them could hear numerous steps coming from the rooftop access approaching them, prompting both Ibara and Kakeru that they have to start preparing for the incoming attack on their home turf.
They however find it fitting to talk about the four guests who currently stayed inside their building, Kakeru was the first one to ask about said matter.
"How about that sorry excuse for a human being who's only good quality was his looks?"
"He's the catalyst that will bring everything down, a firestarter… No, a blowtorch that will spark the cracking ivory tower ablaze."
"And those three?"
"Are you interested in them?"
"I just don't want to leave them to their fates, there will be some sod down there foolish enough to go at them even when we said that they're off limits."
"Honestly I didn't think that far ahead." The grim looking boy massaged the bridge of his nose, "I just thought that Kami's gang will crash into this building fast enough before those idiots have any funny ideas."
"If the first phase goes on smoothly, what's next?"
"We play with them remotely. And what's with the worried look? I have made something for myself after you took in those runaway Judgment members."
"You're only focused on your revenge, not that I can say anything against it." Kakeru tried to move to his next point but stopped once he saw an object that Ibara pulled out from his jacket, "Is that a gun capable of shooting self guiding bullets?"
Ibara responded by looking at the bulky looking pistol that had an onboard aiming computer attached to it as he said, "Smart weapons that I kept for myself… Like I said before I will keep my end of the bargain even when I'm not a straight up fighter."
"Not a fighter? You're shitting me."
"Says you who could do weird shit with your hand."
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Guilty Crown OST – Suspense.
Several stories underneath them there was a room that was usually booked by IVORY's big name sponsors who liked to have their dealings done in utmost secrecy which means the place was basically a room where their exclusive clients stayed while enjoying the company of their latest victim.
Victoria, Yona and Fei are now finding themselves in said position while Koga sitting coyly in front of them and looking at Victoria as if she was a trophy that he just won, on the other side the three idols looked back at him as if he was a predator who's waiting for a chance to pounce at them but deep down they knew who's going to get preyed on.
Victoria's eyes darted erratically as she tried to map the room and find a phone to call for help.
Fei was shaking and muttering something about help should be on their way and convinces herself that everything will be alright.
Yona was seething in frustration as she could tell that Koga's comeback was being backed by someone powerful enough to thwart all of their security details away as he could go through the backstage with such ease alongside two boys who she believed were residents of Academy City.
But they all shuddered and looked at the male idol as soon as he opened his lips and called out to them.
"I didn't think that all of the old gang would be here, Yona, Fei, you two are as beautiful as ever." The calm response told them that he is confident and painfully so, Noticing the lack of response he carried to call out to them once more, "Don't you have anything to say? It was a reunion, no?"
"TCH!" Yona couldn't take those words and tried to stand up in defiance but stopped by Victoria who placed her hand on Yona's shoulder before she could jump over the coffee table.
"Yona! Please keep your calm."
The bob haired idol called out to her, begging that she don't do anything that could land them on the headlines, another scandal involving the members of LIGHT and Siren Si9n could be a detrimental chaos on Siren's side and Victoria knows it.
Koga also knew and that's probably why he smiled and looked down at Yona while praising Victoria for her quick response by saying, "Sensible, that's what I like about you."
Victoria however replied in apparent spite with, "You don't have the right to say anything to me."
"That was cold, come on… I even came to pick you up myself."
He was taunting Victoria who responded by standing up and raising her voice in anger
"Koga!"
In response Koga changed his expression into a cold stare and it managed to bring down a commanding presence towards the three idols, he sharpened his gaze then locked it with Victoria's eyes while saying, "Tori, sit."
"..."
Koga nodded his head in a gesture that said it wouldn't be a nice thing if he had to repeat the same gesture again as a painful sensation made its way to Victoria's right eye that was covered by her long bangs.
The past trauma was strong enough to call the painful sensation back to her right eye and the right side of her face.
She could do nothing but obliged and sat back down on the sofa as she could see Koga's expression turned back into a coy looking one.
"That's nice, you're still a good girl after all this time."
He said as Victoria hung her head in defeat.
It was Fei who had to voice her protests as she glanced towards Koga and shouted, "Koga, you promised that you would leave us alone! Why did you…"
"I'm not talking to you, so sit down and please keep your shut, Fei."
"..."
Fei felt she couldn't give a reply towards Koga's words and in her place Yona kept on pressuring him by saying.
"I'm not taking this lying down, Koga, we already sent a restraining letter to you and to your agency."
Koga shrugged his shoulders and looked at Yona with a cold expression before he gave his reply.
"And where did that get you?"
"As far as away from you."
Yona is not backing down from her stance, believing that she could do something if she pressed him further.
"But now? Heheh…" Koga's coy tone and stifled laughter somewhat unsettled Yona as if he already had a reply in mind, "You see, I already heard from the two guys with me that you have some kind of protection, but let me ask you this… Where are they now?"
The three idols froze because there was no way that he could know such information as their disappearance was also something that they only knew just now.
"Have you heard from Kagami or Kanade, that's the question I have to ask because at this point it'll be hard for you and your whole agency to explain why the members of their most profitable group just disappeared one by one."
All three of the idols on the opposing side knew that it was a threat, and knowing Koga's penchant for extreme acts they knew that he was not kidding with said statement.
And it will grow even worse as he continues to say, "I'll make it short… Those two guys took them away and I think we could work something up to see them being returned to you."
Then he looked at Fei with coy yet dangerous glare.
"Fei… I think you understand what's being stored for them, you have a first hand experience with their henchman."
Fei shook upon hearing his words, the sliver of hope that she clung to before was all gone upon knowing what could happen to her juniors who she regarded as her actual sisters, she could even feel the air get heavier as Koga said his next part.
"Make the decision quick because there are way too many people who want to get their hands on the Lorelei twins."
Slowly he made eye contact with his actual target.
Victoria could feel the gaze and it felt as if he put his hand into her neck to choke her.
"Victoria, dear, make your choice."
"..."
Victoria found herself gasping for air as she heard Koga's last sentence.
"I am willing to change myself for you… It was a harsh few years for me."
"Lies, I already heard that you… You… Moved on as if nothing had happened." Victoria replied bitterly as she knew all of his words were only sweet nothings.
But the boy did not reel himself back and continued to say his part.
"You're the one who asked for a restraining letter."
"Your agency was the one who fired their shots first, they…" A burning sensation made their way to the edges of Victoria's eyes as she remembered some painful details from the past as she shouted, "Do you know what they used to threaten me? Those pictures?! Those ones that you took by yourself?!"
"My agency told me to give those photos to them, that bitch of a director was the one who sent them to the media." The boy spoke as if he was not at fault which infuriates Victoria further.
"That was no reason to hand them over, they were photos of…"
Koga cuts her before she could finish her sentence by saying, "It's not like you hadn't shown your body to everyone, your taste in clothes left not much to one's imagination."
"You're despicable."
"I'm turning to desperate measures because you never gave me time to explain myself." "So… I'll cut to the chase and will give you a choice that you cannot refuse. You or the rest of your group… You know what happened back then, do you want to repeat the same thing now?"
"Refused, I'm not handing Tori to a psycho like you!" Yona joined in as she knew what kind of things that Koga is talking about.
"I'm not asking you."
He did not leave his gaze from Victoria as he kept the pressure on her.
"Say your offer first." Victoria relented and asked back before giving him a warning, "And don't think about touching them!"
"Tori?!" Yona and Fei were shocked by her response but Victoria just bit her lips and did not look at them.
"Nice… I know that you're willing to hear to reason."
The boy sneered as he knew that everything was going according to his plan.
He knew that he still had his leash engrained deep inside the distressed idol.
PLAY MUSIC
Psycho Pass OST – Borderline.
"So you're saying that you needed something to add to your already deadly skill set? Are you going to war?" Motoharu asked in a whisper sounding tone, he's still on his flight back home to Academy City and tried to not raise any ruckus inside the plane. But he couldn't help it as the call that he received from Atsumu was a concerning one.
It's not everyday that he asked for a favor after all.
"It looks like one if you're around, Handler, things are unraveling at a pace that I honestly couldn't keep up with… I need something more." The assassin in dark clothes voiced his request and the reason behind it.
"You already have your hands… Heh, for someone who received prosthetics made by the board chairman's personal connection you seemed not confident enough." "Don't tell me the Church Grim is whimpering because of mere rich kids with big sticks."
"If you're trying to get under my skin then it's not working."Atsumu replied with a dismissive tone, "It will be beneficial to both Him and the group if you just give me what I need."
"Your hands already have several concealed weapons integrated into them, you just need the neural link and access from your end to activate them." Motoharu gave his remark with small teasing huffs in between his words.
The assassin finds it fitting that he has to voice some amount of protest about the details being kept secret from him but before he did so Motoharu cuts in with, "I didn't ask for them… You already have them planted within."
Moments later he shared about the one who requested so.
"His orders, not mine."
The spy was alluding to a certain chairman who resides inside a certain obsidian building. As soon as Atsumu heard his answer he relented and just carried on to ask what was hidden inside his arms with, "It was bothersome but tell me what I have at my disposal?"
"Your artificial radius and ulna bone are packed with close range ballistics and support unit" The assassin could feel that Motoharu is browsing some manual as he try to relay said information to him and it became apparent that his colleague was also being kept in the dark about the intricate details related to the matter, "Left arm. Charging scabbard, you remember that large case of swords that Nora has… It's basically the same thing but it'll put immense stress on your left ulna frame and one more thing… Don't be alarmed by the jolting sub arms."
A surprised tone could be heard creeping into Motoharu's tone when he continued reading as if he stumbled into some interesting details, "Oh! Both radius frames are installed with retractable ballistic spikes, it'll be hard to reload mid combat but it will serve you well."
"How about my right ulna?"
"Magnetic rope dart accelerator, something to complement your high flying fighting style that relies on blades and lines." Motoharu gave a moment to think to himself before saying, "I'm just reading straight from the manual…"
It was a sign that he already shared everything that he had access to so Atsumu continues on to another matter which was the emergency situation that they have on their hands.
"That was a lot to process… You have something planned right, I already received the emergency call from your friend… The loud perverted one."
"Yes, I'd like to tell you that you could just wreak havoc on the premises but I just received a warning from… You know… Her, that girl who contacted us at the last gig…"
"Something concerning?"
"No, it was just a directive to keep the damage to a minimum." Motoharu replied with a resounding irritation, "I'm not intending to follow said directive though."
"The esper brothers are out then, Way too much destruction, no?"
"They'll be on guard duty, I never thought that last night's assault was a bait to make sure that you guys were too busy to notice their approach towards Victoria, Fei and Yona."
"You seem bothered."
"We're playing things by a certain rule here and I couldn't help but feel these attacks were getting more and more personal."
His voice sounded calm yet distressed for some reason but the feelings implied by his statement was one that Atsumu could understand, it was the uneasy feeling where one couldn't do anything because of the need to balance between attack and defensive measures which was something that the whole group was not used to doing. Their whole strategy hinges on popping up for a hit and disappearing from the enemy's sight, they're simply not prepared to put protective measures on high visibility VIP's like Siren Si9n.
"I can't say the same, but I understand your feelings.'' Both of them acknowledged their situation before Atsumu continued to ask, "So the question is… What is my role in this plan?"
A moment of silence followed so he shared one more detail before his handler could say his piece.
"One thing to be considered, you don't need to think about my entry point, I got that detail covered."
"Why? Wait, where are you anyway?" Motoharu asked with a slight curious tone tinged in.
"IVORY's private club."
The answer genuinely caused Motoharu to drop his phone and he quickly picked it up while realizing the ambient noise coming from his end sounds quite suspicious for a while now.
That single focused idiot just went and went all alone.
Motoharu thought to himself as he prepared to scold the Church Grim but as soon he reached his phone he could only hear that the call had ended from the other side, thus he called Pierce to immediately prepare an assault plan.
Atsumu had to end the call because much to his surprise someone inside the club approached him and put a complimentary drink on the bar right next to his coffee and tried to strike a conversation, she started things off by saying, "This is the first time I see you here… Care to accompany me for a drink?"
Her sultry voice met his ear and he could only respond with, "May I ask why?"
"A lady just asked you to accompany her and you refused… Fufu… First time for everything." She put her hand on her mouth in an attempt to look playfully surprised by his answer.
"..."
Atsumu looked baffled by her response and looked around only to notice the sour gazes of several guys who were infuriated by him who talked to the bombshell of a bartender. He swore that he could hear 'What did he do to get Rikuri's attention' coming from some of them.
"There's practically a line of gentlemen here who wished to speak to you, I don't intend to cut through the line." He said to her while glancing at them in visible confusion, talking to girls like her is not his forte after all.
"They just want entertainment and someone who's easy on their eyes, you're the odd one here." Chuckle could be heard coming from her and she could only hear silence from the boy which prompted her to ask, "No further comments? You really are not trying to hold up a conversation huh?"
"I came here just to sit around and preferably alone."
"Perfect." She took a step closer ever so slightly and commented further, "That means you don't have any hidden intentions, just think that I wasn't here and keep on doing what you're doing."
"Suit yourself."
"..." Rikuri really started to feel that his attitude was not a cool act and she really needed to comment on it with, "You're not kidding when you're saying you're not a talker, I thought it was a long game on your part."
"Excuse me?"
"I thought your attitude was a new way to pick up or charm a girl."
"And why would I do that?"
"You're really new here, aren't you?"
"First time." Atsumu flatly answered as he finally looked at the blonde Onee-san in the eyes, her eyes brightened a little bit as she carried on to ask, "Well mister, you knew the reputation of this place, didn't you? Humor me and answer the question please."
Atsumu looked blankly and glanced around to check his surroundings first before he gave his answer, "I have some opinions and I admit that none of them were positive."
"You heard correctly." Her right hand reached forward with the index and middle finger posed in a 'walking' posture which surprised the boy as he reeled back and quickly asked, "What are you trying to do?"
"Infuriate those gentlemen that you once mentioned earlier, do me a favor and play along, doesn't it feel good when others look to you with envy in their eyes"
"Declined and the answer is no, I don't enjoy it." He answered dismissively.
"Cold. Just so you know I have a name too."
"..."
"Just call me Rikuri and don't look so surprised, everyone knows my name around here." For a while Atsumu just lets her stay across from him until she reaches down to her phone and receives a call that gradually turns her expression into a sour one.
He could only wonder why her look changed so drastically but as soon as she ended the call she looked at him and said, "Oh! Excuse me… Somebody called me upstairs."
She flashes a fake smile as she walks through the enamored crowd and towards the upper balcony.
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Psycho Pass OST – Initial Shock.
Rikuri stepped to the upper floors and through a door that was purposefully colored to blend into the wall and the floral themed interior and found there were two other girls who waited for her inside. One of them is a foreign girl with blonde hair and blue eyes who's wearing an armored cloak with plates lined inside and communication device integrated into said cloak, for all Rikuri know she was a mercenary that was hired by IVORY recently who came from outside Academy City.
One thing for sure, Rikuri saw that she brought many firearms and explosives with her which implies that she was a mercenary or some kind of demolition expert.
But the other who was present to her is the one who unsettled her as she wore a tactical body suit under her white cloak that complements her white hair and blood red eyes, some parts of her suit has small light indicator that glows red as well that implies her suit was powered by something or used to regulate her esper powers.
Rikuri also noted that she looks eerily similar to the first ranked esper in Academy City.
But she pushed the thoughts away as she asked her question towards the blonde girl.
"It's better to be something important."
"It is important… The assistant asked us to defend this place." The blonde girl gave her reply in a coy sounding voice.
"What's in it for me?" Rikuri asked back.
"Your sister, you still want to see her, no?" The blonde girl grinned as she looked at Rikuri in her eyes, "I'm only here for a few days but I know what happens if you have the nerve to refuse his request."
"Careful, I don't want to stick a needle on your pretty face." Rikuri said calmly but her voice was tinged in venomous contempt.
"Not if I can blow your face first." The blonde girl replied in a similar tone to Rikuri's.
"Halt the current pretense and return your focus to the current orders."
The two could hear a flat reply coming from the other girl in the darkened room.
"She's still saying things as if she was a robot." The blonde mercenary looked at the white haired girl in wonder, "Well a doll will fit you more."
Hearing the reply didn't change her expression at all as the girl continued to say, "It doesn't support the mission, please change the topic to the important matter."
So the mercenary played along with the living doll and continued to say.
"He forecasted that the ones who messed with last night's plan will come here, we have to make sure that they don't reach the lower and the upper loading bays."
"We're evacuating then?" Rikuri asked.
"Yes and that'll be a ripe moment to wake your cute little sister up from her slumber, won't you agree? Her esper ability will be a huge help for us." The blonde added with a slightly twisted smile.
"Leave her out of this, it's not part of the deal."
"No, I believe the opposite because if she didn't step up and join this little game then he doesn't see any point why he should keep her around." The blonde mercenary added and drove her point further by saying, "And if anything would happen to her it will be because of your inability to take any action."
By the way she said it, it seems that she held a certain amount of dislike towards Rikuri and the words seemed to work on her as her expression distorted into a grim and depressed looking one.
And it grew further as the white haired girl also voiced her own thoughts by saying, "I will activate her, with or without your consent because his orders are the utmost priority."
"You're looking for a fight?" Rikuri, who was immediately perceived as a threat by her, replied with, "Any notion of aggression will be met with force, do you want to bet on your chances?"
"Tch!..."
The blonde beauty clicked her tongue in which the mercenary quickly replied to it by saying, "Hate to break it to you but your body alone ain't valuable for them, well it used to but things have changed."
"I'm going to speak to them once whoever dumb enough to mess with this place are taken care of, you and especially you won't be getting in my way."
"Do what you like princess… Don't shoot the messenger." The mercenary replied with a sneer.
"Self serving harlot…" The white haired doll added shortly before Rikuri left the room in a restrained anger.
Then the mercenary asked, "Which reminds me, those two girls that they took in the other day? Where did the Boss meet them?"
The doll looked at her and answered while keeping a locking gaze on her eyes, "Bijou Natsumi, a survivor from the Duchy Clique and the other is Yumiya Rakko, a sniper of unknown origin but most likely a faction with darkside origin."
She paused before she added one more detail.
"Both are being brought back by him himself…" She was alluding to Kakeru and Ibara who also found her back in an abandoned laboratory.
"They'll be joining the defensive effort as well, no?" The mercenary asked as she also left the room from another door which leads to the inner interior of the building.
"They have to in order to earn their place here." The white doll replied before addressing her as she once again locked her gaze to her and said, "Please move to your assigned post Stephanie Gorgeouspalace."
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Girls Frontline Isomer OST – Cat and Mouse.
The aforementioned will be attackers are holed up inside a parking building not far from the IVORY's tower, maps and equipments are being spread across the hood of two cars while two boys are talking to their handler as they try to figure out an attack and a rescue plan, "So what do you have in mind? You kept Yuu-kun, Shu-kun and even Nora-kun as backup… You better be preparing something big because I can't possibly take an entire building by myself."
Pierce said towards the handler who's still in the middle of his flight back to Academy CIty.
Wataru, who heard Pierce's previous sentence, also spoke to the handler concerning a detail about their plan, especially about the storming of the building alone as he protested by saying, "Two."
"Right two!" Pierce corrected himself before he grinned at Wataru as an apology.
"Count Atsumu as well, dark and broody, got creative and went into their private club all on his own." Motoharu added.
"There's a special ID that they used to move around. How did he…" Wataru wondered before realizing something that a member of the group would probably do, "Owh… He straight up looted the dead back at the crash site, didn't he?"
"How about Etzali? He's got to be involved in this thing." Pierce asked.
"He'll be supporting as a sniper and keep the city residents away from the building."
"How will he do that?"
"He has his ways, moving on…" Motoharu couldn't say that he'll be using magic after all, "The blueprint for the building is available for the public but as far as I can tell they must have modified it to suit their needs."
"Three floors up from the ground floor are available for the public and the rest are private rooms open for their members."
"It's for slapping hips together… Kind of activities?" Pierce asked.
"Obviously, no no no… We're here to talk about plans, not your carnal fantasies." Motoharu shot the notion down before the conversation spirals down into 'that' kind of talk.
Pierce dropped the issue and continued to ask, "Which brings the question as to why you decided to sit Yuu-kun, Shu-kun and Nora-kun out of this."
"They used to fight against espers and you revealed all of our cards last night and it might have left us open for countermeasures, so I got to ask around for backup so you better lock them inside the building until I arrived inside the building." Motoharu explained to the two operatives shortly before Pierce replied by asking, "It's a battle of attrition, is that what you're proposing?"
"Leave it to me to clear the building, your job here is to contain them and get a bigger picture on what they actually are. wearing their colors out in the open like that just screams that they have bigger secrets to keep… One that usually has an entirely different nature."
"Kurozuma, what can you tell after working there?"
"I didn't even finish my probation period… But I can tell that they're very much interested in targeting the upper society of the city and catering to their kind of need… You know… the lecherous kind of need."
"There's more, they act like a clean-up crew as well… Taking care of their mess, covering up ops and even contacting those who are willing to work with them from outside the city." Motoharu added.
"Predicting the reach of the connections… a member of a famous idol group is a big one and I can guess that they came to him and offered Victoria as a welcoming gift for their upcoming joint venture." Pierce deduced about how far IVORY's reach of influence was, he thought about it for a while before he asked back, "Do you need a background on what the hell happened between them?"
"Tell me, I'm still calculating the best approach by adding things that you got from last night's encounter."
The thought of getting more actionable intel or any details surrounding the target intrigued the blonde haired spy.
Thus Pierce started to explain the details that were unavailable to the public.
"Koga and Victoria were definitely a thing, but based on what we have… I can only say that things have gone awry for both of them. Based on what I see Victoria painted herself as the older and sexy type, that doesn't sit well with Koga and it was not because he's the conservative type who prefers a goody two shoes girl."
"What's the reason then?" Motoharu asked for further explanation while Wataru listened closely.
"Her body of course, you should hear how he describes his desire towards the idol's body… I can relate to those thoughts without the abusive notions lying underneath."
"One more reason why we should move in quickly and deal with them."
"What can we take from them though?"
"Think of it as a way for us to further our plans."
"Hmmm… Which one?" Pierce asked with an inquisitive tone.
"Huh?" Motoharu was surprised by the sudden change in attitude.
"Which one will be subjected to Kami's 'Harem King, you're mine now' treatment." Pierce explained himself "We're still doing things by the playing book right?"
It genuinely knocked Motoharu off from his serious mode and laughed for a little while before replying with, "It's obvious, why did you have to ask…"
"If Kami-yan hears about this… He'll twist your neck."Pierce's voice increasingly grew into an envious one, "You know his tastes and preferences, that girl is definitely his type… Nevermind him, I'll be the one who kicks your balls in."
"And I'll make your pics with Chisa public then." Motoharu replied while Wataru's face contorted into a disbelieving expression as he already connected the dots and knew that they are talking about the Siren Si9n members, "Plus, remember this… You don't have to remind me about that, it was also a blunder on my part."
"Ha? Explain."
"I think I've met her once, no… Twice, but it was a disastrous encounter on my part."Motoharu's tone changed into a guilty sounding one.
"You've set yourself up as a scoundrel?" Pierce just asked and held nothing back.
"I didn't realize that it was her during the first meeting and scared the shit out of her on the second."
"Well you have a mountain to go through then, good luck…" A somewhat jovial tone entered his voice as Pierce said his last remark, and even though Motoharu had one or two things about that he held himself back and only replied by saying, "I have my way to make an entrance and make amends to her, just make sure all of those lowlifes are locked inside the building with you."
"Leave it to me, I have an interesting way to make an entrance… Say, Kurozuma, you're still holding one of the captives right?" Pierce gave his response while addressing Kurozuma who's currently equiping himself with small pouches to carry smoke concussive bombs and beanbag slugs for an antique looking shotgun along with a collapsible baton and bo staff combo. Although he was surprised he managed to answer with, "Both of them are in the trunk, are you going to use them for something?"
"I'll show you something really interesting." Pierce grinned as he gave his answer.
"So… The Blue Demon is going to show his ways? I'm in." Wataru also grinned in response.
"A first look on how to make a bombastic entrance, you said the main entrance uses a genetic scanner right?"
"Yes."
"Alright, strap the deranged bastard on the hood and keep the girl inside the trunk, we'll see how things unfold from there."
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She's My Type OST – Slightly Tipsy (By Sandeul).
A/N: Well let me say that this theme is a 'mood setter' for this chapter's Omake.
Shinobu: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Touma: I thought you're the one who will… You know… Confess first and you even have a date with her.
Yuu: I'm not that direct like those two.
Shinobu: Is that how it looked?!
Shujin: Ten out of ten, hazy or drunk confessions are the best.
Shinobu: I'm not asking you?!...
Pierce: You're just bragging huh? Guys, assemble… Beat the bastard.
Shujin: Screw you! You already shacked up with an idol!
Pierce: Wait?! That's not true!
Misaki: Nunotaba… I see so that's the extent of your ability.
Mikoto: Don't get any funny ideas, Shokuhou.
Misaki: I'm not thinking about drinking and locking myself in a room with my prince, no way.
Mikoto: Liar! You totally did!
Ruiko: You see that, Uiharu! Nunotaba-san confessed her feelings and it looked…
Frenda: It ended up with her sleeping on his chest right after she told him that she liked him.
Kazari: Scandalous.
Ruiko: Wait… But it was a nice thing that nothing happened after that…
Frenda: Just wait and see what happens when she wakes up.
Accelerator: So, who is that asshole?
Jason: Someone who has similar power circumstances as Touma, he'll be a pain in the ass…
Accelerator: No, the chick that looked like me!
Jason: Well, I hate to break it to you… She was a clone of… You…
Accelerator: Well screw me… And there's no one willing to talk about the pretty boy scumbag who definitely enjoys abusing that idol girl?
Jason: It's obvious that he'll get wrecked but the question is how and who?
Accelerator: It's Tsuchimikado, isn't it?
Jason: Answer the question author
Author: *Dips