Previously on Heart of the Melting Blood RELOADED…
"Are? Is it over? Ne, ne, is it over Robo-Ky? Ne?"
Robo-san stared at the remains of Mark 2 and breathed out in relief. He slowly stood up and put back the nihontou into its sheath. "Mark 2 is no more. This war is over."
"Hurray! Hurray! We have won the war! Hurray! Hurray! We have won the war! AIIIIII!" the mini Persocon squealed and danced upon the robot's shoulder. "Robo-Ky is the winner! Robo-Ky is victorious! Robo-Ky is the greatest! AIIIIIII!"
Robo-san grinned and patted Sumomo's head, as he saw the rest of the people coming at the scene, including the Mark 1 battalion and Elde. Sumomo continued cheering and rooting for him, occasionally jumping to the air in pom-pom dance. He lifted a fist to the air and made a victorious stance.
"VICTORY IS OURS!"
x-x
"The mission has failed…" the chairperson uttered in disappointment. "Everything isn't going as originally planned. An alternative must be carried out as soon as possible, and replacement for the Robo-Ky Mark II must be done immediately." He reached the intercom and made a communication link. "Ground all operations until further notice. This is an order."
"Yes, chairperson!"
The chairperson, then, took four files marked "PWAB RISK RATING" from the desktop. He read all files' contents and could only shake his head. "Lone Wolf NEO… Kokurabuji Hikki… the renegade Robo-Ky… and Alexander Hahn…" He sighed and tossed the files on the desk before leaned against the chair, taking his time to stare at the ceiling. "Next time… maybe next time…"
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Guilty Gear
Heart of the Melting Blood RELOADED
Written and conceived by: Lone Wolf NEO
Lone Wolf NEO does not own any of all the games or anime or manga featured in this story, but he owns the copyright to all his original ideas in this fiction. The author would really appreciate if readers do not plagiaries everything inside this story without his knowledge.
Featured music in this chapter is Boom Town Blues from Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival.
Chronological Note: Heart of the Melting Blood RELOADED takes place scarcely half a year after Guilty Gear versus SNK 2: Battle Revolution, and currently runs roughly in parallel with Guilty Gear: The World Within and Without written and owned by Sheo Darren.
Chapter 30
Boom Town Blues
It was a mess. The city of Kiev that was almost fully rebuilt had fallen again. In the hands of the PWAB robotic army, the Ukrainian city was now a field of concrete debris and dust, stretching from horizon to horizon. The townspeople were lucky to be evacuated before the outbreak of war and were relocated to nearby cities. The authorities, alongside the local government established a joint-team to rebuild and redevelop the unfortunate, altogether enlightening the burden the wolf pack of Melty Blood had to carry. A proverb once says… "to win a peace is harder than to win a war," and whether it would be proven true depended on what action the people would take from now on.
Here stood a man. A man who once roamed the earth with the black feather and his wrath against humanity, and struck fear among those who stood on his path. He was silent, completely ignoring the medical team who rushed back and forth across the battlefield and the Robo-Ky Mark 1s that ran and dashed to assist the people.
He felt his shoulder tapped and turned around. A pair of ice blue eyes were staring at him, and there was an unusually warm paternal feeling coming out of them. "Aoshi-sensei…"
"I know you're worried of Eltnam-san, Alex," the Oniwabanshu captain spoke. "Believe me: we all are."
Alex frowned and clenched his fists. "I promised to protect Miss Sion, and yet I… I have failed. I'm not worthy of being a warrior at all…"
"No, you are not." The former knight of the Holy Order looked at the direction of the answer and saw the sight of the Wanderer Elde walking toward him. "Had you not been here, fighting the replicated warriors with Lone Wolf-san and everyone else, this war would have been waging for eternity. We owed you."
Alex seemed reluctant to answer. The thought of Sion jumping in front of him in a bravery act to protect him from the Mark II, and the memory of Hikaru sacrificing herself for his sake, lingered in his mind. Both the thoughts began to conflit for dominance, and he frantically shrugged the twos off his head.
"You aren't alone in this matter." Elde turned around and glanced at Mai who was attending the unconscious Hikki at a corner of the deserted city, while Azmaria and Ruri healed the Korean gale fighter with their healing magic. Alex watched at the people and could not say anything about them.
Aoshi patted his shoulder for the second time. "You shouldn't be upset by your failure. Everyone makes mistakes, and even a true warrior will have to deal with errors once in a while."
After a moment of silence, and seconds of staring at his mentor, Alex turned around and headed toward the Mayship. "I'll go and see whether Miss Sion has recovered. Later." Aoshi and Elde watched at the lone wolf of holy order before the latter gave out a low-sounding chuckle.
"He may not like it, but he acknowledges what we've said to him. Right, Aoshi-san?" the Wanderer spoke. The kaiten warrior just nodded and watched at his apprentice who already boarded the Mayship.
x-x
"Will he be alright?" worriedly Mai asked, as she watched at Azmaria and Ruri who was healing Hikki with their healing force.
"We're trying our best to save his life, so please have faith on us," Ruriko told her and took a hold of the Swordsman of Future.
Mai could only nod and took a glance at Hikki. The scar on his chest was still visible, and electric sparks still flung out of it. His chest was rising and falling in an uneven pace, as the intense force of the electric energy seeped through his nerves and blood vessels, affecting his body system. Mai was worried; she had witnessed the death of her best friend Kurata Sayuri, and now she was facing another uncertain destiny. Hikki was fighting for his survival, and she was fighting to see him survive. She did not want him to die in front of her eyes. She could not afford it to happen. Ever.
"Kawasumi Mai." The girl was startled. The grim voice of the Dragon of Time echoed in her head. She looked to her left and right, then to her front and behind, yet she did not see any sign of Nagalintar. She put a hand on her head, trying to concentrate on the faint echo of the call. "Kawasumi Mai, the Swordswoman of Present. The Wanderer who holds the Sword of Travelling Angel. Can you hear my voice?"
The girl was startled. The grim voice of the Dragon of Time echoed in her head. She looked to her left and right, then to her front and behind, yet she did not see any sign of Nagalintar. She put a hand on her head, trying to concentrate on the faint echo of the call."Y-yes, I can," she whispered.
"I am relieved to be able to speak with you, my child," the voice continued its speech. "I understand that you are worried of the Child of Chrono. Your heart is crying and begging not to lose him; isn't that right, my child?"
the voice continued its speech.A faint red rose colour appeared upon her face. Slowly she nodded.
"He is very important to you, isn't he?" the voice asked.
"Yes…" she answered.
The voice laughed inside her head. "There is no reason to be worried over him, my child. Remember that I am his Guardian, and I am responsible over his safety. Just like the Goddess of Present responsible over you; and just like your dear friend."
Mai was silent. Whether she wanted to respond to the statement, she had no idea. Slowly she reached for Traveler and put the sword in her embrace. Sayuri was, and is, still close to her despite being no longer walk upon the earth. She could feel it; the warmth of her smile and her body in her arms while she was fighting with her death. Yes, she no longer existed in the world, yet she still remained close in her heart. "Sayuri…"
"My child, it seems that your dearest Hikki has awakened." She was startled and looked back at the healers. The unexpected appeared before her eyes; Hikki sat back and looked around him, confused and bewildered. Beside him, Azmaria and Ruri and Ruriko gasped at the sudden recovery the teen had.
"Uhh… what happened to me?"
He is back. Yes, he is back, after struggling to keep himself alive. Her heart was crying in joy and gladness. Before she realized what she did, Mai flung herself toward Hikki and embraced him. "Hikki! Hikki! Thank goodness you're back. Yokatta…" she cried and tightly hugged his body.
Hikki was bewildered. "Whoa… hold on there, Mai. What do you mean I'm back? I've been here for a while."
"Baaka…" she called him as she clung herself close to him. "Don't scare me like that again, you jerk."
A medium-sized sweat popped on his forehead, as he stared at the ever-clinging Swordswoman of Present. Wondering of what had changed her mind, he shrugged the thought and glanced at the healers. "Umm… hi?" He sweatdropped when he noticed the girls' eyes wer sparkling as they stared at him in awe. "Uhh… girls? Hello? Moshi moshi?"
"CHRONO!!!!" His face changed in a sudden. He knew that cry, and he knew the trouble that followed after that. Subsequently, a pair of warm globes crushed upon his face and he was roughly pulled into a tight glomp. "You're making me worried! Aw, are you alright, Chrono? Are you hurt somewhere, Chrono? Have you taken meal before coming here?"
"Oneesan, I'm choking! GASP!" he muffled, trying to get off both embraces the two women gave him. "Just what the hell is going on?!?!"
x-x
"Just look at that," Lone Wolf NEO commented as he pointed at the scene of Hikki trying to escape the glomp of death. "A while ago, things were gloomy like hell. And now…"
Hibiki giggled and nudged him. "What's wrong, Lone Wolf-san? Are you kind of jealous to see their reunion?" slyly she asked.
"Well, excuse me, Miss Takane," he replied and putted both palms on his waist. "There is no reason I'd be jealous at them. And why are you asking that in a sudden?"
Hibiki giggled and playfully spun on her feet. "Iie. Maybe it's my sheer amazement."
Lone Wolf just shrugged himself and turned around, watching as the progress took place around Kiev. He sighed; the city was victimized in another unwanted war for the second time, when things almost fully recovered. "Oh, well. Looks like there goes another wasted years of rebuilding this city," he uttered. "And that reminds me of something."
The iajitsu woman stared at him, curious. "What will it be, Lone Wolf-san?"
A grin carved upon his face. "You will see."
x-x-x-x-x
Falken Mansion.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Lone Wolf spoke and lifted the orange juice-filled glass, "this is for our victory in this war. Banzai."
"Banzai!" the rest of the people cheered and lifted the glasses to the air.
"I can't believe we actually fought and won a war," Shiki commented and drank the apple juice from the glass, "and it's not like what I had experienced before at the town."
the rest of the people cheered and lifted the glasses to the air."Oh, please stop mumbling and enjoy yourself, oniisan," Akiha insisted. "Well, at least everybody is alright."
"We surely are," Shiki added.
"Hurray! Hurray! Banzai! Banzai!" excitedly Arcueid cried and swung her arms around. "Kiba-chan, banzai! Minasan, banzai! BANZAI!"
Days had passed since the Second Battle of Kiev took place. The fighters and warriors of the battle were gathering at the Falken Mansion for a party organized by Lone Wolf NEO. Cues of classical and rock music echoed inside the house as deejays were busy playing musical tunes of the day, and some of the guests took the chance to dance to the rhythm. Added with the return of Geese and Robo-san and Hikki, and the invited crews of the Mithril organization, the celebration lasted as if for eternity.
"So this is what you've been planning for days, Lone Wolf-san," Hibiki commented as she approached the author. "Why didn't I ever think of it before?"
Lone Wolf stared at her and grinned in interest. "I must say, your choice of the night is quite good. The kimono suits you very much."
"Aw, thank you so much, Lone Wolf-san," she replied and giggled, as she spun in the crimson red kimono. "Hikki-san bought this kimono for me. It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"However attractive it is, your beauty surpasses everything else," the author commented.
Hibiki shyly giggled and playfully slapped his chest. "Stop teasing me, will you?"
"FOR GOD'S SAKE, STOP THAT ACT THIS INSTANT!" The guests looked at the direction of the voice and saw the sight of Ky angrily pointing at the ogling Mriya. "Have you got no shame of yourself, Falken?! You are ogling and playing with him like you're lovers! You are siblings, damn it!"
"Aw, why can't I Ky-kun?" Mriya asked and made her cute pouting face while tightened her arms around Hikki's neck. "He's my little brother, so there's nothing wrong with me ogling and teasing him."
"THAT'S BLOODY INCEST!!" the holy knight screamed in dismay. "Read my lips! B-L-O-O-D-Y I-N-C-E-S-T!"
"What's that? A food?" Mriya mocked.
"Oh, my god! I can't believe you would give me that insolent answer! Your sin is beyond the grace of god!" the knight declared.
"God? I don't want to have anything with it," suddenly Sol answered. "Stop quoting that already, holy boy. I'm getting sick of it."
"Shut up, Sol!" Ky demanded. "You're the same as her! Purposely letting a 16-year-old girl sharing a bed with you, and allowing her to wash your back. Do you think I have no idea of that?!"
A vein popped upon the Guilty Gear's headband. "Shut the fuck up, Ky. You don't know what you're talking of."
"HELL, YES I DO!" Ky answered and stomped the floor. Angrily he swung his fists and pointed at the people. "ARGH! I'm getting sick of you people! You, you, you, and you! All of you will never be blessed by God! Your sins are beyond the grace of God! YOU HEAR THAT?!"
Hibiki gasped and covered her mouth in surprise. "Oh, my, I never thought Ky-san would be really angry tonight."
"Well, he's always like that," Lone Wolf added.
"You guys have no mercy towards me! I'M OUT OF HERE!" Angrily Ky walked toward the door and left the ballroom, while Dizzy tried to call him back. The people stared at each other in confusion before they shook head and let the thought drift away. Lone Wolf and Hibiki could only shake their head in amazement and walked to the other section of the ballroom.
"Konbanwa, Lone Wolf-kun, Hibiki-san." The two of them halted as Ciel greeted them.
"Konbanwa, Ciel-senpai," Lone Wolf greeted. "How's everything at your side? I hope that you've settled everything before attending this party."
The Vatican agent giggled and corrected her eyeglasses. "Why, yes. I have settled my deal with Slayer-kun and he agreed to leave me unbothered for a while, and I've finished my speeches on RB-san and his comrades. They seemed to be very excited, you see."
"Speaking of which," Lone Wolf added and looked around. He nodded in relief to see some of the rare sights at the ballroom: Rock, Terry and Geese peacefully having talks while Hotaru and Misaki danced to the music, despite the uneasy atmosphere arising between the lone wolf and the most powerful man in the world. At the other corner of the ballroom, Rosette and Bridget were seen quarrelling over their unfinished business (which nobody wanted to know), and several other occasions he would rather let them to happen.
He glanced to the other side and saw Tessa and Azmaria and Madlax waving at him. He waved back at them, and was elbowed by Hibiki. "Ouch! Hibiki, I was just waving at them," he insisted.
Hibiki jealously glowered at him. "Baaka."
"Aw, I just want to be friendly with them," the author convinced her.
Hibiki growled and seized his arms. "Yada! I won't let anyone else be friendly with you! Lone Wolf-san belongs to me alone!"
Silence. All the guests were staring at the couple and had the "WTF!" look on their face. Hibiki realized what she had done and jumped off from Lone Wolf. "What? I was just expressing my thought!" she insisted, while her face burned in total embarrassment.
"Sonna! Lone Wolf-san already has a girlfriend? Why didn't he tell me about this?" Tessa asked in surprise.
"And a very possessive one, to be exact," Ciel added.
"She's really cute when she's with that face, I think," Madlax said.
The scion of Takane clan growled in embarrassment and glowered at the girls. "Stop teasing me, yamete!" helplessly she begged. They burst out in laughter and glomped Hibiki, continually teasing her for being overprotective. "Yamete, yamete, yamete! Lone Wolf-san!"
Lone Wolf just shrugged and walked to the dining table when he met Mai. "Well, what do we have here?" he spoke.
The girl in red kimono was startled and bowed before the author. "Kawasumi Mai desu. Yoroshiku," shyly she introduced herself.
"Why, hello Mai-san. I'm Lone Wolf NEO, just call me Lone Wolf," he greeted. "I see that you didn't come here alone, right?"
"Umm," she replied. "I came here with Hikki-san."
A pair of fox ears popped on his head. Lone Wolf had a devious grin and stared back and forth between the girl and Hikki. "Aha. So both of you are couples, huh?"
Mai blushed. "I… why are you asking me that question, Lone Wolf-san?"
"Nothing," the author answered and chuckled. "Just an absolute curiosity, that is."
"Ara, are you planning something in your head, Lone Wolf-kun?" Ciel asked.
Lone Wolf glanced at the Vatican agent and foxily chuckled. "Even That Girl will be surprised when I reveal what's inside my head."
Cue music of Boom Town Blues began to take place.
x-x-x-x-x
The women were gathering at the hot spring outside the mansion after all-night of excitement at the party. Most of them were present (AEGIS Squad female members, the Jellyfish Pirates, the twin housemaids and the twin female ninjas, just to name a few), with the exception of several people who could not join due to personal matters; Madlax and Margaret returned to their hometown in Gazth-Sonika after the party, Mriya who was messing with Hikki while facing the wrath of Ky and Ciel who were called by Lone Wolf NEO for a meeting with Alexander and Sagara. They were spending their time with activities obvious to those who are at any hot springs. They had a very little idea that they were eavesdropped by the guys who, incidentally, Were at hot spring at the opposite side of theirs.
"Okay, I think I got them on sight," Bridget uttered as he peeped on the girls from behind the bamboo fence.
"Will you stop doing this? They're gonna kill us!" Rock whispered as he, ironically, eavesdropped on the girls. "Oh, shit! What the hell are they doing?"
"This is the bliss of sharing hot springs with women, my friends," Anji commented, "to be able to watch women in hot spring playing and grabbing…"
"Did you say grabbing!?" Rock's ear caught a squeal from the other side. He was stunned as he peeked at the women. "Hotaru… and Dizzy… what the fuck they are doing?!" A blood flowed out of his nose and he managed to give out a blissful grin before he fell into the pond. "Those bodies… those cute… yawarake, yawarake…"
"One down," Bridget said and continued peeking on the girls. "Uh… I think we're the only people here. Anji, can you check how many of us are here?"
"Let me see…" Anji spoke and counted the guys, "Rock's here; Tohno-san is here; Chipp is here. Everyone else is missing; probably going out to finish up their business."
"Will you stop peeping on them, both of you?" Shiki called out. Bridget and Anji stared at him and stuck out their tongue at him before continued their peeping. "Whatever…" Chipp was sinking into the water and mumbled in unknown languages, and Shiki could only shake his head at the scene. "I'm the only normal guy here, I guess…"
x-x
"Ne, Mai-chan," Dizzy called her, "what do you think of Hikki, since everyone's talking about him a lot. He seems to be popular among the girls."
"Even Dizzy-chan and Hibiki-chan are interested with him," May added, much to the two women's embarrassment. "Aw, come on, it's the truth, right? Everybody knows that already."
"May-chan, yamete kudasai! Mou…" Hibiki begged.
x-x
"Oh, boy, this is gonna be fun," Bridget uttered as he eavesdropped on the conversation.
"Stop it, Bridget! The girls are gonna kill us if they find out about this," Rock insisted.
"Relax. Besides, Hikki's not here, everything's gonna be alright," the Brit bounty hunter assured.
x-x
Mai had no idea of how to answer the question. The thought of Hikki went berserk and killed Sayuri still lingered in her mind. The tragedy was too much for her to cope with; she wished for it to leave her alone.
"Aw, Mai-chan is thinking of Hikki right now!" May exclaimed. "Booyah! Booyah!"
"That… that's not what you're thinking!" Mai answered and blushed. The girls laughed at her reaction and teased her for being secretive. "Everyone, please stop teasing me!"
"You know what," Dizzy spoke and sighed, "if I weren't marred with Ky, I'd have chosen Hikki as my hubby instead. He's kinda cute and adorable, if you ask me. He can also cosplay, on top of that. He's really funny when he's cosplaying."
Mai glanced at the Gear. "Then why didn't you…"
Dizzy giggled. "Oh, no. It'd be too hard for me to become his soul mate, because I thought that I'd bother him all the time. And besides, to be with him is to share everything he has, even if he has to suffer so much."
"Sou ne…" Hibiki added. "When we met him for the first time, we thought that he was just another carefree teen who cares for nothing but himself. He's beyond everything we've been imagining."
"Then along this time," Mai spoke, "why didn't you try to help him? He's been troubled a lot…"
"We know, Mai-chan," Hibiki answered and frowned, "and it was what Lone Wolf-san had told me before…"
x-x
"That kid has an unfortunate destiny to take care of. I mean, he lost his family in the hands of those scientists; he had been followed by the bureau; his power was forcibly stolen by Rugal and the NESTS Kusanagi; on top of that, he lost both his brother and beloved Yuu and had to fight with his own sister. Such a fate for those granted with ability to control Time."
"Lone Wolf-san…"
"I had made a promise in front of Yuu's grave, I tell you."
"You did? What did you promise to her?"
"I told her that her precious Hikki would never shed his tears forever."
x-x
"I was touched," she continued her story. "Lone Wolf-san always says that to me many times, but this is the first time I heard him saying things like that from the bottom of his heart. Maybe… maybe he's serious this time." The iaijitsu woman stared at Mai and smiled. "Mai-chan, I believed in you when I first saw you with Hikki arriving at Kiev. I know that someday both of you will live a happy life together."
Mai blushed. "You… you think so? But Hikki and I just met, and…"
Hibiki giggled and approached her, reached for her cheeks and gazed into her emerald eyes. "Of course I do. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let him accompanying him all these times. Trust me; he's the kind of person you can rely on in the future."
The Swordsman of Present took a hold of her and nuzzled her cheek against the warm palm. "Haii…"
"Then have both of you thought of getting married?" The question startled Mai. She turned to Justine and demanded for explanation. The archetype Gear laughed and seized the girl's neck, tightly glomping her. "Aw, why do you have to be embarrassed? You know you're already that close, why don't you take a step further?"
"Harrier-san, yamete!" Mai begged, trying to overcome both the glomp and her embarrassment. Justine laughed and continued glomping her, occasionally rubbing her cheek against hers. Some of the girls took the opportunity from the chaos and splashed water among each other, and before long the whole hot spring was caught in frenzy.
x-x
"Did you hear that?" Bridget asked, while the guys were peeping on the girls. "The Kawasumi girl is going to be married with that Hikki. Is this for real?"
"If it is, then we'd have another wedding ceremony to celebrate," Rock commented. "Oh, wow. It's been a while since we last went to Mr. & Mrs. Zappa's marriage."
"If only we don't have to deal with Sheo Darren effect. Speaking of which," the Brit spoke in a sly voice, "I heard from May that you and Ky were fighting because of your first night disaster. Tell me, how on earth did that happen?"
Rock blushed in a sudden and grumbled. "That's none of your business!"
"Oh, come on Mister Howard," Bridget insisted and nudged Rock's chest, "nobody is free from gossips, especially when it comes to your wife and Dizzy. Everybody knows that they're the cutest girl-girl couple of all."
"How does it suppose to relate with me?" Rock yelled out.
"Well, you know when girl and girl are paired up, chance that they're labelled as…"
"ENOUGH!" and Rock tossed a Reppuken at Bridget. It missed and hit the bamboo fence dividing the hot spring and demolished it. The frenzy happening at the other side of the hot spring halted and the girls were watching at the guys in utter shock.
"We're dead," Shiki commented and sweatdropped.
"This is not good," Anji uttered and gulped.
"Uh-oh…" both Rock and Bridget gasped.
Silence. There was a murderous instinct arising as the women were shivering in both mortification and anger. Before the guys could say anything, barrages of items and weapons and projectiles were tossed at them, including a couple of dolphins and lassos. The unfortunate victims helplessly begged the girls to listen to their explanation, yet all they got in return were piles of objects.
"Girls, this is just a misunderstanding! Please listen to us!"
"BAAKA HENTAI YARO! SUKEBE! SUKEBE! SUKEBE! ECCHI NANO HA IKEMASEN!"
"We're not like what you're thinking! You ought to believe us!"
"PERVERT! LECHEROUS! PEEPING TOM! WOMANIZER!"
"Waaaa! Don't suddenly jump into conclusions!"
"GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!"
At another hot spring…
"Che, those people are damn noisy," Sol snorted as he sank in the warmth of the pond. He, too, was enjoying the hot spring and this time he was alone for real. Kagura was asked for an errand and it would take a while for her to return; enough for him to have the privacy. Lazily he leaned against the concrete pavement and took a sip of Marlboro; something he had wanted to do for a long time. The Fireseal was dipped inside the pond as heat source, boiling the water to a temperature moderate enough for him.
"SACRILEGE! FOR GOD'S SAKE, THAT'S AGAINST THE TEACHINGS!" Sol grumbled as he heard the scream and shook his head. It was Ky, and he was quarrelling with Mriya over the incest act she had committed against Hikki.
"Che, whatever. I'm not going to mess with that holy boy anyway," he whispered and closed his eyes.
"FALKEN, YOUR SIN IS BEYOND THE GRACE OF GOD!" again, Ky's provoked cry echoed in the air.
Sol grumbled. "God? I don't want to have… to hell with that. I'm not the one he's messing with."
A moment later, an explosion shook the hot spring. The Immoral Flame ignored it and continued his monologue when a charred and burnt out Ky splashed in the pond. Sol watched at the newcomer and shook his head. "You got owned for the second time, Ky," he commented.
"Shut up," Ky mumbled as he sank into the water.
Sol mumbled under his breath and continued sipping the smoke, while he took the chance to listen to the dismayed cry of Hikki from outside the area. He grinned and closed his eyes. "It's been a while…"
"KYAAAAA!!!!!" In an instant, hordes of fan girls stormed in the hot spring and encircled the twos. "Sol-kun! Ky-chan! We want Sol/Ky! We want Sol/Ky!"
"Idiotic fan girls…" he cursed and took the Fireseal. "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DIE! TYRANT RAVE: FAN GIRL IS A NO-NO!" A gigantic fireball hit the groups and sent them flying away from the hot spring. Sol shook his head and took the towel, wrapping it around his waist. He took a glance at Ky who was still floating in the pond. "You better leave the water before you get dizzied."
"I said shut up."
"Whatever."
x-x-x-x-x
"Okay. Ciel-senpai, Alex, Sagara-san, the day after tomorrow is going to be crucial to us. We're going to have this mission a success."
"What are we going to do, Lone Wolf-kun?"
"The Robo-Kys have done constructing a theme park just outside this city. We're going to use the area as a stage."
"On what purpose, Lone Wolf?"
"We're going to let Hikki and Mai go out for a date."
Silence.
"Okay, I know that sounds lame, but I already ruled out details to ensure this plan's success. Success or failure of the date depends on how well this plan is carried out."
"I see. If you need any backup, the Mithril is ready to help."
"I'll help, too. What about you, Alexander-kun?"
"Throw two birds with one stone. Miss Sion has been asking me for a date, and I'm thinking of taking her to the theme park. Oh, boy."
"I'll let everyone else who wants to have a date to do so, but those twos are our top priority. Got it?"
"Haii, wakarimashita."
"Roger that."
"You can count on us."
"Alright. Here's the plan."