Chapter 5
?: Listen closely Ryan, (holds up item)
This bracelet belonged to our father it was a gift he gave to me. It signifies that our spirits live on in you.
So if anything were to happen to me i want you to keep fighting.
The world needs someone to give them hope. Be that here Ryan i know you can do it. I love you...
Sister.
Ryan was looking up at the ceiling staring at his cross bracelet.
He let's out a heavy sigh and closes his eyes.
Ryan: What a day, what a day.
Ryan started feeling his eyelids getting heavy as he tries to stay awake.
But soon the drowsiness soon over takes him as he falls asleep.
Unfortunately a few minutes later at the same time, the others rushed in to find him sleeping.
Ryan began to stir as he slowly opened his eyes.
Once they were fully opened to his shock he saw Satellizer sleeping by his bed resting her head on the edge.
Ryan let's out a chuckle and softly brushes his hand against her head.
This action makes Satellizer stir before she looked up and her eyes widened to see Aiden's staring at her.
Ryan: Morning honey! Did you put the coffee on?
Satellizer stood up as Ryan joked, he then got to see the outfit she was in.
Ryan: (blushing) Did you wear that for me?
Satellizer: (blushing, nervously) Um yes i did.
Ryan:... You didn't have to wait here all night for me.
Satellizer:...(walks to door)
Ryan: (sighs) I'm sorry, you got a nice for me and i didn't even show up. I really wanted to you know, but these three girls showed up with some petty revenge scheme against you.
Satellizer: It's alright, we still got to spend the night together...kind of. In that case it was a wonderful room entry. Unless you're unhappy?
Ryan: No not at all!
Satellizer: Than i guess i'll be going now.
With that Satellizer exit out the room. Leaving Aiden to let out a small chuckle after she left.
Sometime later
Ryan and Kazuya ran all the way to the simulation building.
Ryan: Accelerate!
Ryan used acceleration to go faster, he grabs Kazuya as he dashes by him surprising him as he carries him under his arm.
Ryan: Damn! I'm not as fast as i'm suppose to be otherwise we would've been there already in less than 10 seconds!
About 30 seconds later the two made it to the building were Aiden rushed inside still holding Kazuya. And just in time to see Rana about to preform the same move she tried to use on Ganessa earlier.
Ryan: STOP!
Both girls froze as Rana's attack powers down and look towards the entrance and sees a panting Aiden dropping Kazuya on the ground.
Kazuya: Ow!
The two girls explained everything to the two boys.
Ryan: (exhales sharply) Look Rana, I made an agreement with Satellizer and i'm sticking to it.
Rana: To a pandora a limiter is her cherished companion, not a simple tool. And yet you have not honoree him with baptism. I must asume you were using Aiden for his power. Please Aiden pair up with me instead.
Ryan: Rana, Satellizer isn't using me alright if she was i would've left her a long time ago.
Kazuya: If there was anyone who wanted to take advantage of Aiden's power it was a third year name Miyabi.
Ryan: Exactly, so you see Satellizer wanted to partner up with me. Wait, who told you i Satellizer was taking advantage of me?
?: Alright that's enough.
The group turned to see Attia standing behind them.
Ryan: Attia?
Attia: (feigning) Oh Mr. Aoi you've gone and spoil my plan. But then again, i suppose incidents like these add to the charm of entertainment.
Ryan: Oh no, don't tell me.
Suddenly Arnett and Creo both show up as well.
Arnett: Now if you really want to have fun, why don't you play with your big sisters?
Aiden: (sighs) Not you three as well. Attia did you really plan this fight?
Attia: It was easy enough to get you both to take the bait, but things didn't quite turn out as we intended.
Rana: So you lied to me to get your way?
Attia: Not quite, but as you know the hierarchy at this school is absolute. That's why we couldn't sit back and watch when a second year like Satellizer started baring her fangs at third years. And since she's setting such a poor example for other underclassmen the girls and i thought we nip this in the bud while she was still manageable.
Aiden: That's unfair! The reason why she barred her fangs was because Miyabi bared her fangs first!
Attia: (dejected sigh) Well you're right about that Mr. Hunter. But be it as it may, Satellizer still went after Ingrid even though she gave her a chance to find a limiter.
Aiden held his tongue and glances back at Satellizer and back to the three girls in front of him. Attia was right Satellizer did attack Miyabi as self defense that's true. However she purposefully went after Ingrid even after Aiden had offered to be her partner and turned him down.
Aiden: (chuckles) Damn, hard to argue with that when you have a point. However, i won't let you three attack Satellizer.
Satellizer: (walks up beside Aiden) Alright enough talk. Try speaking with your fists "Oh honored upperclassmen."
Kazuya: But you can't fight you're still hurt! Please don't do this!
Satellizer: Stay away this is my problem to deal with. (Looks at Aiden) You too Aiden.
Aiden:...
Attia: I would expect no less of the Untouchable Queen, as a reward for your gall, i shall even let you choose your opponent. Arnett, the "Slashing Trickster," or Creo the "Lighting Hammer." Well? Which do you prefer?
Satellizer: To hell with that, why don't you both come at me at once.
This ticks off Attia as Rana steps up to join the fight as revenge for them tricking her.
But then Aiden put his hand out.
Aiden: I'll fight them.
Satellizer, Rana, Arnett, Creo, Attia: What?!
Aiden: I'll fight you both, these two will be on the sidelines.
Satellizer: Aiden-
Aiden: Let's also make this more interesting, (summons soul skewer and unbreakable) a wager. If i beat you two, you third years will stop trying to attack Satellizer and leave her alone. No more manipulation, no more tricks, no more getting someone else to do your dirty work, just leave her alone. But if you two beat me or get me to get knocked out then WHATEVER kind of punishment you have for Satellizer you can do onto me.
Satellizer: What?!
Kazuya: Aiden you can't!
Arnett: (somewhat hesitant) Look Aiden sweetie you're real nice doing the whole knight in shining armor stuff. But our focus is on-
Aiden: The one who started this.
Aiden cut off Arnett before she could finish and she looked at him confused.
Aiden: The one you should be targeting is the one who attacked a third year. I attacked Miyabi and her limiters meaning i'm the one you should be targeting me! Not Satellizer!
Eva: Aiden don't you're still injured!
Creo: Wait, injured? And you still want to take us both on?
Creo asked that with some concern in her voice. But then Aiden brought up his sword and shield near him and looked at them with a death glare.
Aiden: Just because i'm injured doesn't mean i'm weak. So don't you two dare hold back! Give me everything you got!
The two girls looked at each other and back at Attia clearly hesitant. But Attia nod to them and they looked back at each other and back Aiden.
Arnett: Scythe Machina!
Creo: Infinite Fang!
Aiden: Satellizer, Rana, Kazuya stay back this is my fight.
Kazuya: But Aiden-
Aiden: THAT'S AN ORDER!
The three of them hesitated but walk to the side and watched as Aiden engaged the girls.
Creo: Aiden, for what it's worth i take no pleasure in attacking you especially since your injured.
Aiden: (chuckles) I appreciate the sympathy Creo but i don't need it, just come at me with everything you got.
Arnett: (smirks) Alright you asked for it.
Arnett charged at Aiden and prepared to slash at him but Aiden raised his sword to block. But then he felt a shooting pain from his back as he was slashed from behind.
Aiden: (shouts in pain) Gah! (To himself) How did she do that?
Aiden ducked back as Creo fist flew past his face. She then threw multiple punches to which Aiden dodged. But Aiden was still hit by couple of punches from Creo. Before her last punch could hit he brought up unbreakable blocking her punch but sending him sliding backwards. He quickly spun around and blocked another strike from Arnett only this time it got him from behind again but at his leg.
As this was happening Creo activated her tempest turn as three other Creo's appeared and attack Aiden. This makes Aiden stumble backwards but he let out a scream of pain as he was attacked from behind by Arnett.
Aiden: Fuck! The right!
Aiden tried to swing to his right but the attack came from his left. And he was slashed on the side of his chest which made him fall to one knee.
Aiden: (panting) I get it now.
Arnett: (smirks) Oh you do, huh?
Aiden: (struggling to stand up) You're using a double acceleration and attacking me from different places. All I've been doing was attacking your afterimages.
Arnett: That's right, we call that trick a start double accel.
Creo: Look Aiden you're hurt enough let's not drag this out anymore.
Aiden manages to get back on his feet albeit with some difficulty. But once he was up he raised both Soul Skewer and Unbreakable once more and glared at them.
Aiden: The deal was if you two can knock me out or beat me not me surrendering!
Arnett gives a sadistic smile
Arnett: I suppose you give me no choice then. Before i start let just say sorry for what's going to happen. Creo stand back i got him, and don't worry i'll make it quick.
Creo was reluctant at first but nonetheless stand down.
Aiden activated his acceleration and charged at Arnett. Unfortunately Arnett activated her acceleration, Aiden tried to sense where she was but there was too much wave motions. Suddenly two Arnetts appear behind him and slashed him destroying his shirt revealing his bandaged torso which was now bleeding again.
Aiden: God fucking Damnit! That hurts!
Unfortunately Aiden left himself open for Arnett to strike slashing him in the back of his head.
Aiden: Gah!
Satellizer and Rana: AIDEN!
Seeing that makes Attia and Creo flinch slightly from Arnett's attack hitting Aiden.
Attia: Arnett! Stop screwing around and end it already!
Arnett glances at Attia then down at Aiden who was laying on the floor. He glances up at Arnett and sees her pointing her scythe at Aiden with a look of sadness plastered on her face.
Arnett: Sorry.
Arnett swipes her scythe upwards and a few seconds later a splurt of blood gushed out. It shows blood gushing out of Aiden's neck as falls down to the ground not moving.
Satellizer, Rana: AIDEN!
The two of them rush over to his unmoving form.
Arnett: Relax i only slashed him enough to render him unconscious not to kill him.
Creo: That may be true Arnett but you didn't have to do that to him!
Attia made her way over to Aiden's unconscious body as Rana and Satellizer took on defensive positions.
Attia: Oh calm down, a deal's a deal we punished Aiden to atone for you attacking Ingrid, Satellizer.
So which means you're off the hook, you feel lucky that you have a partner willing to get himself beaten to a pulp for you.
Satellizer gritted her teeth as her bangs shadowed her eyes.
Attia: You should get him to the recovery center before he dies from his injuries.
Attia begins to walk away from them but glances back with small saddened expression looking at Aiden's unconscious form.
Attia: (thoughts) Damnit Aiden why did you have to be so stubborn. It didn't have to end like this.
Attia, Creo, and Arnett prepare to leave but what they didn't noticed was Aiden's hand twitching.
?: What happened?
It shows a man who looked to be 68 years old with white hair and amber colored eyes like Ryan.
He has a serious demeanor and gaunt looking facial features.
The man now dubbed Gengo pressed a button which made a virtual screen pop up and reveal two profiles. Both having the information of two people a man and a woman.
Trevor Aoi
Age: 31
Race:Nova/Shinigami Hybrid
Height: 6 foot 8 inches
Status: Deceased
Yumi Kurokage /Aoi
Age: 28
Race:Blazer/Devil Hybrid
Status: Deceased
Gengo gave a long sigh
Gengo: Goodbye you two.
?: Mr. Aoi!
Gengo turned to see a young woman running in.
Gengo: What's wrong?
Woman: You have to see this! (Hand him a folder)
Gengo grabs it and opened it up and reads it. His eyes widened in shock as he looked at her.
Gengo: Where are they?
Sometime later
It shows the young woman escorting Gengo to another room and when they both enter it shows a young girl and a young boy sitting on a bench.
One looked to be about nine years old with sapphire blue eyes and long blonde hair.
The other boy looked to 4 years old with Sliver hair and amber eyes.
The younger boy hid behind his older sister scared. Gengo looked back at the woman and told her to leave them. She nodded and left out the room leaving him with the two boys.
Gengo approached them and gently smiled to show them he meant no harm.
Gengo: Hello you two-
Blonde hair girl: Where's my mom and dad?
Gengo: Wha-
Blonde hair girl: They said they would be back but they never came back. So where are they?
Gengo gave a small chuckle
Gengo: Smart girl aren't you? Okay you two i'm going to ask you a few questions before i tell you about your parents, okay?
The two children nodded
Gengo: (bends down in front of them) You know your mother was a pandora with half devil blood right?
Both children nodded
Gengo: And you know your father was a special kind of limiter that had the same capabilities as a pandora and Shinigami Powers right?
They nodded once more.
Gengo sighed heavily knowing what he had to tell them...and he did. Both children broke down crying knowing their parents were gone.
Gengo managed to calm them down, sometime later Gengo took the boys to his home. There they met a young girl with blue hair named Kazuha along with three other people outside with her.
Kazuha ran up to meet her grandfather and the two boys with him.
Gengo: Kazuha sweetie these two cousins of yours will be staying with us from now on so i want you to be nice to them okay.
Kazuha: Okay Grandpa!
While Kazuha went over to the kids Gengo went over to the three other adults and explained who the two kids were.
Kazuha: Hi there, I'm Kazuha! What are your names?
Blonde hair girl: Um, i'm Keiko.
Sliver hair boy:...
Kazuha: (looks at him) What's wrong can't you talk?
Black hair boy: (looks down sadly)
The younger man walked over to the two boys and smiled.
?: Hello you two, my name is Ryuuichi Aoi i'm your uncle, it's nice to meet you boys. I heard about what happened and you boys don't have to worry you're welcome here as long as you like.
Sliver hair boy: (still looking down sadly)
Keiko: Sorry he hasn't really been talk that much lately. But his name is Ryan.
Time past and Ryan's Aunt Orie becomes pregnant with his second cousin. But due to complications their son had to be transferred over to Cassandra Aoi. This causes Orie to mentally breakdown over her child being born from another woman.
Currently it shows Aiden watching Orie outside sobbing. Unbeknownst to her Ryan walked outside and sat beside her. This caught her attention as she looks down at the four year old.
Orie: Ryan? What are you doing here?
Ryan says nothing and just hugs her making her eyes widened in shock.
Ryan: I know what's it's like to lose someone.
This shocks Orie even more, ever since him and Keiko have been staying with them Ryan had remained silent for months.
Hearing him not only speak to him but also comfort her brought stability to her mind and made break down crying hugging the boy back.
Years later the two Children grew up and trained getting stronger and to everyone's shock they were capable of harnessing stigmatas even more than a regular pandora female.
It currently shows a fourteen year old Keiko training with an six year old Ryan. After they were done training Ryan was lying on the ground panting.
Keiko: (hands him a water bottle) Here.
Ryan takes it and the two brothers sit down together.
Ryan: I don't get it, no matter how hard i train you always seem more stronger.
Keiko: That's not true, i think you're stronger than you think Ryan.
Ryan gives Troy a small smile
Keiko: You know what i was going to wait until you were older but here.
Keiko gave Ryan a small grey box which he opened and pulled out a bracelet with a cross on it.
Ryan: (sweatdrop) A bracelet?
Keiko: It's more than that dummy! This bracelet belonged to our father it was a gift he gave to me. It signifies that our spirits live on in you. So if anything were to happen to me i want you to keep fighting. The world needs someone to give them hope. Be that hero Aiden i know you can do it. I love you brother.
Ryan smiles and hugs her
Ryan: I love you too, sister.
Older voice: So are you going to give up now?
...
Older voice: Then stand up and kick some ass.
A surge of energy erupts from Aiden which caught the attention of Attia, Creo, and Arnett. It also made Satellizer and Rana move back away from him in shock.
Attia: What the?! Where did he get this power?!
The light surrounds Aiden's body as he began to stand back up.
Ryan: I already lost once and it cost someone dear to me life. That's why i CANNOT afford to lose like that ever again!
The light disappeared and revealed Ryan standing there all his wounds healed and standing strong but his eyes and hair were silver.
Creo: (shocked) What is this?!
All of sudden 20 blue lights sprouted out behind Ryan.
Attia: Wings of light?! And he has ten?!
Behind Ryan his shirt blew off revealing his back and his stigmata too Satellizer and Rana but their eyes widened in shock. Aiden had a number of 50 stigmata on his back.
Satellizer: No way! He has 50 stigmatas?!
Arnett: What did she say?!
Creo: There's no way! No pandora alive can hold 50 stigmata!
Ryan looked up at the three girls in front of him as he summoned soul skewer once more.
Ryan: You girls should feel honored your the first ones to actually see me reach my pandora mode.
Ryan then disappeared faster then anyone could see and slashed Arnett. He then delivers a kick to her stomach causing her to crash into the wall.
Creo: Arnett no!
Ryan: You should worry about yourself first Creo.
Creo turns around quickly to attack Ryan only to see Ryan not in the spot where he attacked Arnett but right in front of her in her face.
Before she felt a pain to her stomach which was delivered by Ryan wearing gauntlets.
Ryan then attacked Arnett as she got back up as he requiped soul skewer. But he moved so fast Arnett couldn't even see him. He uses a triple accel to slash Arnett multiple times finally defeating her. All of this happened in the span of seconds while Creo was still recovering from her gut punch.
Suddenly he was in front of Creo in seconds once more. Creo quickly jumped and looked over to call Arnett for back up. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw Arnett unconscious body on the ground.
Creo: (thoughts) He defeated Arnett?! But how i thought he was still in front of me this whole time! He really moved that fast?!
Creo put her focus back and used a triple acceleration creating three versions of herself to attack Ryan. But when she did Ryan charged at her and did the same but he created twenty versions of himself.
Creo: What?!
Attia: There's twenty of him?!
All the Aiden's attacked and slashed Creo until she was defeated.
Attia: No, not Creo too! This is a nightmare!
Suddenly Attia felt a gust of wind behind followed by a sword press against her neck which made her tense up. Behind her was Ryan with soul skewer against Attia's neck.
Ryan: Don't even try it Attia you know damn well your no match for me. So stand down i don't want to hurt you.
Suddenly Arnett and Creo once again got up ready to go round three.
Creo: I never expected you to have a power like this Ryan. You surprise me.
Arnett: But were not out of the fight just yet!
?: Stop right there!
The group turned to see Chiffon and Ticy standing in the entrance doorway.
Chiffon: Pandora are strictly forbidden to fight one another, regardless of the reason, don't try to tell me you aren't aware of the school rules.
Arnett ignores Chiffon's order and tries to attack Aiden only for Ticy to block her.
Arnett: No! Damnit Ticy not you too!
Ticy: Don't disobey the president!
Arnett: (jumps away) If you don't get out of my way you're gonna get cut! (Charges)
Ryan: THAT'S ENOUGH!
BOOOM!
A shockwave exploded across the building as Ryan chops Arnett in the back of the neck knocking her out.
Ryan: This fight is over.
Suddenly there is a shot of pain through Aiden's body and suddenly.
Blood erupts from his back as he falls to his knees. He began vomiting a pool of blood under him as his eyes began to bleed as his skin became paler.
to Be Continued.