Love Live! Relive Apart!

ラブライブ! 離れて生き返る！

(Rabu Raibu! Hanarete ikikaeru！)

Chapter 3:- The Unusual Act

Opening:- Touch Off - UVERworld

Ending:- from the edge - FictionJunction

-[This is a continuation from Wrath of the Titans.]-

-In the early morning, Maki was seen walking down the streets of Akihabara as she was strolling around the streets, wondering around by herself as the shops were just opening-

Maki: Nothing much to do during the weekends, huh? -As she continued walking and came by the train station, she saw a small building next to the station and recalled Rin's old workplace from her original world. The girl got curious as she would head over to the building and look up at the stairs and as she did, she saw a man sitting on the stairs with a lollipop in his mouth, it was Nada Arata- Ugh! It's you!

Arata: I guess a "Good morning" doesn't sit well for you, Nishikino-san?

Maki: Not with you.

Arata: Such a tsundere, how cute. -He said as he smug at the girl as she would get irritated and crossed her arms as she looked away from the male- Now what brings you here?

Maki: None of your concern!

Arata: Really? Because this is my usual spot that I come to.

Maki: Oh? Is that so?

Arata: Stalker?

Maki: I'm not a stalker!

Arata: Hahaha! It's a joke! If you would like, come in for a cup of coffee.

Maki: Eh? But isn't the place closed?

Arata: At the moment, yes but I have the keys. -He said as he pulled out the keys to the cafe from his pocket-

Maki: You must really like the place, don't you?

Arata: Somewhat. -He said as he got up from where he sat and walked up to the door as Maki followed and would head to the door as well and as Arata opened the door, the sound of meowing was heard as he was greeted by a multitude of cats within the cafe-

Maki: Eh?! It's filled with cats?

Arata: It's a "cat cafe" after all. Didn't you know?

Maki: Well... -She would then think to herself- "Well, in my original world, the cafe that Rin worked in was also filled with cats but was never overly exaggerated like this.." No..

Arata: Take a seat then. Would you like yours to be black or white?

Maki: White for me.

Arata: Gotcha. -He said as he turned on the lights and went to the kitchen of the cafe as Maki took a seat and was surrounded by kittens and cats of all sizes as she felt extremely uncomfortable-

-Minutes later, Arata was seen walking out with two cups of coffee mugs in his hands-

Arata: Alrighty~ A cup of white for the redhead and a hot joe for the dude-... -He then saw that Maki was covered in cats as they were lying all over her body and she did nothing but look at him with a frustrated look on her face- Ah...They like people so..

Maki: You don't say? Now please get them off of me.

-Arata would set the drinks down and before he helped Maki, he would pull out his phone and take a picture of the girl and as he did, Maki blushed madly and got embarrassed as she got up in an instant as she was upset and would yell at the male-

Maki: I told you to help me! Not take a damn picture!

Arata: But the picture helped, didn't it?

Maki:...-She then noticed that she had gotten out of the crowd of cats on her own as she would sit back down and sip on her coffee- Jerk...

Arata: You're welcome. -He said as he would take a seat in front of Maki- I would assume that you have questions that you'd like answers?

Maki: Eh? H-How did you know?

Arata: It was so obvious when I saw you yesterday with Revol-Tiger. You were confused of what is going on, now aren't you?

Maki: You catch on quick.

Arata: It's normal. So what's the question?

Maki: Revol-Tiger, what is it?

Arata: It's the Chinese Zodiac of the Tiger. It's one of the most powerful God-Kings out there.

Maki: "God-Kings"?

Arata: God-Kings are on the same level as the Galaxian Gods. Another type of twelve zodiacs.

Maki: I know, the horoscope zodiacs but is this the first God-King to appear?

Arata: Nope, your brother has one.

Maki: Eh?! My brother?!

Arata: Yep and his is also quite powerful.

Maki: He had the horse and he didn't even tell me..

Arata: Maybe he didn't think that it was necessary to tell you, considering that you have the Tiger and that you're both siblings, you two have one of the most strongest God-Kings around.

Maki: You say its the strongest but it doesn't feel that way to me.

Arata: Perhaps we can test our monsters later on.

Maki: Test them?

Arata: There's a large open arena space right next to the cafe. We can use that later.

Maki: Hmm, alright then.

-The door at the entrance of the cafe would then open as the cats would head over to the door to great the person entering the room and saw that it was Rin with Agumon-

Rin: Nya? It's open.

Arata: Rin. -He called out to Rin as the girl would look over and blush at the sight of Arata and saw that Maki was also with him-

Rin: Wha-?! Maki-chan?! Arata?! Why are you two here, nya?!

Arata: I was bored.

Maki: Same here.

Rin: But you're not supposed to open the shop earlier...Nya..

Maki: Why not?

Rin: Kotori-chan owns this place...

Maki: Eh? Kotori?! -She was surprised to hear that Kotori owns the cafe like she did in the original world-

Rin: Mm. She knows how to do business quite well nya.

Maki: I somehow don't seem surprised about it..

Rin: Nya? -She tilted her head in confusion-

Maki: Ah, it's nothing. -She would finish her drink and get up from her seat- Arata, let's go.

Arata: Oh? You're that eager, huh?

Maki: It's one way to find out.

Arata: Alrighty then. -He said as he would finish his drinks and pass the cups to Rin- We're heading out.

Rin: Eh?! When I just arrived?! W-Where are you guys going, nya?!

Arata: We're going to have fun. -He said as he would wink at Rin and head out of the cafe with Maki and closed the door behind him-

Rin: "Fun"... -She'd then blush madly as she would quickly assume what he said- N-No! There's no way... -The image of Maki lying on bed with her in the nude was seen as Maki had the flustered look on her face and was covering her chest as Arata was pinning her down on the bed. The image quickly disappeared as Rin shook her head and tried not to think about it- N-No! BAD NYA!

-In the open arena field that had no roof. Both Maki along with Arata had a pair of communicators on their ears so that they could hear what they are saying from afar as the two were quite far from each other-

Arata: How would you like to battle? Shall we play it like a card game or do you wanna do it normally?

Maki: I'm not used to Battle Spirits so I'll just stick to the normal fights.

Arata: Gotcha.

"Create! Release!" -Arata yelled as the arena would light up and transform into a field of rocks and stones within the arena-

Maki: Whoa! W-What's this?

Arata: This is the "battlefield". Officials use this to get the best out of the fights from their monsters, although the field they used when I was battling against Shinji was a completely plain field with nothing in it.

Maki: I see, well then. Shall we start?

Arata: By all means. Ladies first. -He said as he gave Maki the gesture to let her summon out her monster first-

Maki: Little dragon that fights for light and the war of your people! -The cartridge on her shoulder would launch out a card to Maki's hand as she would summon out a dragon- Summon! Dramaru! -The little furred dragon would roar and raise its spear up high-

Arata: Starting out small, huh? Then I'll start out with an explosion. God-Killer, saviour of the blades of both Dark and Light, bring your youngest state to the battlefield! Summon! The ShineDragon, Shining-Dragon! -The tall dragon flew down from being summoned and as it landed on the ground, it roared and held onto a red sword-

Maki: Shining-Dragon...

Arata: Go on, strike her.

-The tall dragon roared and flew towards Dramaru and would attack it but the little dragon ran and hid within the rocks as it was trying to avoid getting killed by Shining-Dragon-

Maki: W-What are you doing?! Are you going to kill Dramaru?!

Arata: This isn't as soft as Pokemon, Nishikino Maki-san. You would be lucky if your monsters survived by only fainting in battle and not killed.

Maki: S-Stop it! Stop it now!

Arata: You can summon your Tiger if you want to. Nobody is forcing you to not do anything.

Maki: Dramaru...DRAMARU! -She shouted in fear and in pain as a bright light would shine in between the rocks that Shining-Dragon was attacking. The dragon flew back and kept its distance as the rocks would get ignited in flames and would melt as the sight of two long spears were seen sticking out of the rocks-

Arata: Oh? An evolution now? Of all times too.

-The sound of deep roar was heard as the sight of armoured wings was seen as the flames that surrounded the rocks would disappear and reveal the sight of the Sengoku Dragon Emperor, Burning-Souldragon. Arata gasped as his eyes widened at the sight of the Sengoku dragon before his very eyes as Shining-Dragon was taken aback from the sight of the powerful dragon in front of him-

Arata: Burning-Souldragon... This just keeps getting interesting by the day! Shining-Dragon, be careful! If you recall the legends, Burning-Souldragon was one of the saviours of Earth!

-The tall dragon roared as it nodded and flew towards Burning-Souldragon and attacked it. Another card would launch out from Arata's cartridge as it revealed to be a Vanguard card with the image of a bronze coloured dinosaur-

Arata: Rampant the pathway of danger! Siege forward and attack! Summon! Gigarex! -He shouted as a giant armoured dinosaur had appeared behind Burning-Souldragon-

Maki: Wha-?! Th-That's not fair! How can you even summon two at once?!

Arata: In a real battle, the summoner is allowed to summon any amount he likes as long as it fairs the battle!

Maki: Then...I guess I'll summon him then! -A card would fire out from her cartridge as she raised it up high and the card would glow and fire out into the sky and crash into the ground and as the explosion cleared, it revealed the sight of The TigerTwelveGodKing Revol-Tiger, the beast roared and aimed the two revolvers on its back right at Gigarex and fired them, causing the large dinosaur to crash into one of the rocks from the attack as the giant beast would stand besides Burning-Souldragon while Shining-Dragon got close to Gigarex and roared at its two opponents as Gigarex got back up and would growl at its enemies- "They aren't moving...Why is that? But more importantly, Rin was supposed to own Gigarex like she did in the original world, but Arata has her card instead and the two seem to share an odd relationship together...There is so much that I do not understand.." -Maki thought to herself as she would worry for her two monsters and would look up ahead and saw Arata staring at her with a serious look on his face along with his arms crossed, the wind blew slightly as it caused both Maki and Arata's hair to sway slightly, Maki was caught off by surprised by the wind as she would then look up ahead and saw that Arata was still looking at her. The girl blushed and would pout as she stared back at Arata- W-What? Is there something on my face?

Arata: Yes, there is.

Maki: Huh? What is it?

Arata: Your beauty. -He said as he would wink and smile at the girl as she would blush madly and get embarrassed-

Maki; S-Stop it with your games! -She shouted as the four monsters would clash and battle against each other- "God...Because he has Shinji's personality, he knows how to mess with me.. This is troublesome.." -Maki thought to herself and would glance over at Arata and noticed that he was still looking at her- Stop looking at me, you pervert! -She shouted out loud in embarrassment once more-

-The next few days passed as school day came by. Maki would find a place to be alone within the school and would head into the music room as there was no one in it and that it was unlocked. She looked at the piano and was feeling nostalgic as it reminded her of her old days when she used to write songs and sang for her group along with Shinji in the original world. The sound of the door sliding open was heard as Maki would turn and look at the door as she saw Rin entering the room-

Maki: Rin? What are you doing here?

Rin: Ah well...I saw you entering the room so I just followed nya...

Maki: Right.. -She would sit in front of the piano and was about to play a tune until Rin spoke to her-

Rin: Maki-chan, what do you think about Arata?

Maki: Eh? -She stopped and would look at her friend- W-What do you mean by that?

Rin: I-I mean he's handsome, nice, funny and cool, right, nya?

Maki: I guess...

Rin: So I was just wondering...Do you like him, nya?

Maki: Wha-?! -She blushed madly as she got flustered- N-No! O-Of course...Not..! -She recalled back to Arata continuously staring at her during their battle a few days ago and remembered that for the whole weekend, the two had been meeting up a lot lately and had also exchanged phone numbers with each other- N-No... I don't... -She said as she looked away from Rin with her face completely red-

Rin: Phew! Well that's a relief, nya!

Maki: A relief, why is that?

Rin: Because, I've known him for a long time, nya, And I have been meaning to ask him out for quite sometime, nya... Ehehehe... -She said as she would laugh nervously and scratch the back of her head and blush slightly. Maki saw how innocent Rin was and would exhale softly as she would then get up ffrom her seat and walk over to Rin and put a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her- Nya?

Maki: I'll help you out then.

Rin: Ah! Thank you so much, nya! -She shouted in joy and excitement as she would hug the redhead in front of her as Maki blushed slightly-

"The two did go out in the original world, so why not put them together again?" -Maki thought to herself-

-TO BE CONTINUED-

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Arata's original clan from the very first series of Live Live: Ultimax was Tachikaze, a clan that focus primarily only on dinosaurs.