Hello everyone! I hope all of you are doing well. I want to thank you all for your kind comments on the last chapter!
After taking a break, I am now fully recharged to continue with this story! This arc will be a special and gripping one, that I promise you all.
I hope everyone will be on-board for this new arc.
For some unknown and annoying reason, FF decided to limit the title name in such short degree, unabling me to put the full name of the Arc.
Full Name: Arc 6: Bonds Tested, Ghost From The Past Return!
Enjoy the latest chapter!
Bright light from the sun shines through the shutter blinds, casting an orange hue in the medium-size yellow bedroom. A soft melodic snore can be heard from the bed, a figure sleeps under a black blanket with yellow stars design. A door to the room opens ever slightly, a quiet giggle of mischievous comes from the hallway. Slowly, a shadowy figure step in the dark side of the room that is untouched by the light.
The figure stealthy and gracefully makes their way to the bed until they stop right beside it. "Kukukuku," they chuckle deviously and bring their arms up, their fingers wiggles around in a creepy manner then thrust their hands toward the sleeping individual's shoulder. "…. WAKE UP, MOMO!" "KYAAAAAA!" Momo's eyes snap open and she let out a high-pitched scream, throwing the blankets away when flailing her arms all over the place.
"Hahahahahaha!" the stealthy figure drops to the ground where the light is chaining to show the grinning blue-haired girl, Senna "Ahahaha, your expression was priceless!" she points out, clutching her stomach in pain. Momo, finally seeing it was her little sister, slowly turns to the giggling girl on the ground and gives the blankest of stares, her eyebrows twitching in annoyance. "Do you know what day it is?" she asks, her lip twist into a scowl and watch the girl on the ground sits up, grinning widely "Monday! Come on, we finally gonna attend Kuoh Academy!" "… Senna… It's Sunday" Momo utters, pointing at the clock that displayed the time and date.
Senna blinks and turn to the clock on the stand beside the bed and indeed sees it's Sunday "Oh…" the girl just blinks and scratch the back of her head before a sheepish grin form on her face. She slowly turns back to her older sister and quickly pales. Momo's upper face is shadowed, a menacing scowl form on her lip "Sunday… Six AM… Rudely waking me up… You got anything to say for yourself, my sweet devious little sister?" she asks in deep, dark tone that sends chills down the poor young girl's spine.
Senna claps her hands together and puts on an adorable grin "Y-you love me?" she asks which just serve to annoy Momo even more, her eyebrow start twitching violently. A sudden sound of a loud thud echoes around the household follow by a loud yip.
Time Skip
"Hmm…" a man in his late twenties with wild medium-length dark blue hair, brown eyes, and pale complexion is sited in the dining table. He blinks when seeing his two daughters walking down the stairs. Momo, dress in a dark green long-sleeve shirt and ankle-length blue trouser. The look of annoyance is shown on her face. Senna, dress in a black flounce-sleeve blouse and gray long jean. Her expression shows pain and is gripping the top of her head with her right hand.
"What happened and why are you two up so early?" the father asks, watching the two girls take a sit in front of him. "Senna mistaken today for Monday and rudely woke me up" Momo reply, shaking her head and turn to the sulking girl next to her "Sorry," Senna whispers. "Ah," the father chuckle "Seems like you are excited for tomorrow aye, Senna" he asks, and the sulkiness quickly disappear and replace by excitement when a big grin form on the blue-haired girl's face "Yeah! I can't wait" she exclaims.
A beautiful woman in her late twenties walks into the room. She has long black hair that flows down smoothly to the hip, sharp blue eyes, tan complexion, and holds an hourglass figure. A bright smile form on her lip when seeing the two girls on the table. "Morning, Momo, Senna" she greets, walking past the table and head to the fridge to start getting ingredients to cook breakfast. "Morning, Mom" both girls greet back. "Need any help?" Momo offers "No, it's fine" the mother carries out a pack of beacon, four eggs, and bag of bread from the fridge, setting it at the counter.
She turns and smile at the girl "You just relax and after breakfast why don't you two continue to go explore Kuoh for a bit" "Yeah, both of you have been exhausted since the moving and been busy with decorating and organizing your belongings in your new rooms. You two barely got time to explore Kuoh" "Also," the mother gives the two girls a scolding stare "Instead of returning here after that little beach trip, you two took a detour and visit a small town in the middle of the way, bunking there for a few days" "Because Senna wanted to explode, I can't stop her" Momo reply, pointing at the grinning girl beside her "It was a cool town! I got lots of souvenirs!"
The parents chuckle at their youngest child exciting comment. "So, Mom!" Senna looks forward, watching the woman puts the beacon on a frying pan "Everything is set for us to go to Kuoh Academy tomorrow?" "Yes, everything is clear and set for you two" "Excited?" the father asks "Yes! I can't wait to make new friends and learn new things!" "Well," Momo smile "Tomorrow we'll be heading there, so for today let's go explore the town" "Alright!"
Time Skip
"Where are we going exactly?" "Where do you want to go?" Momo ask, walking through the neighborhood, both heading to the bus station to catch a ride into the center of the town where all the big entertainments, shops, restaurants are at. Senna brings her right hand up and taps her cheek, a thinking expression falls on her face "… Do we need anything for school?" she asks, glancing to Momo, who shakes her head "Nope, we got our uniform and the school will provide us with notebooks and other stuff" "Alright, with that clear… Let's just head to the center of the town first and see what we can do there" "Sounds good."
After a five-minute walk, the sibling reaches the bus stop in a fortunate precise time and got in the transportation vehicle immediately. Inside the bus was very clean and modern one with comfortable leather seats and air conditional to cool the people down since Kuoh is experiencing a gain in temperature for the past month.
"Wahh," Senna's eyes stare out the windows, watching the bus taking them away from their neighborhood and to the center of the town. Momo smiling when looking her young sister, who's excited on seeing new things that the town they have moved has to offer. 'Quiet' she notes, looking around to see only a handful of people on the bus. All the passengers here are heading to the center of the town since this bus doesn't make any stop and is a one way to the center.
Momo turn back to Senna "Do you need anything for your room, Senna?" she asks, making the girl turn around "Hmm, well… I need some new games" "Do you really?" Momo gives a skeptical look "I really do!" Senna said, clapping her hands together in front "I just finished the last one!" "… I actually believe you because instead of exploring Kuoh, you stayed in your room for three days to finish the game after being done moving all your belongings into the new bedroom" "Hey!" Senna points "I wasn't the only one that decided to stay in her room! You too were doing that, reading books, watching movies, and sleeping!" "… Fine, but mostly because I was tired" "So was I, that's why I decided to just sit on my beanbag and play game to replenish my energy."
The ride continues for the next ten minutes and the sisters entertain themselves by playing games together on their phones. The bus stop and both quickly rush out, the first to exit the bus while the other passengers leaves in a more moderate pace. "Whaoo!" Senna is at awe at all the tall and large buildings surrounding them, dozens upon dozens of shops, restaurant, bars, entertainments stands are spread out around the town. It's utterly different from the peaceful, quiet, and simple scenery they have back in their neighborhood's district.
"Let's go!" Senna grin in excitement, grabbing Momo's hand and start dragging her deeper into the town. Momo didn't complain and go along with it, rather happy to see the big grin on her sister's face, so she won't do anything to ruin that. "Ooh!" Senna comes to a halt when noticing a stand that sells a variety of milkshakes flavors. "Wanna grab some?" she asks, turning to Momo "Sure, it's quite hot today and a cold milkshake would be nice" the older of the sister reply with a smile, then the two head to the currently empty stand with no line.
"What would you like?" a middle-aged man smiles kindly at the girls "One chocolate please!" Senna request "I'll have vanilla" Momo ask "Alrighty, please wait a moment" the man reply and turns around to begin making the shakes. Senna scan around the populated area, watching all the men, women, families, and friends walking around. She starts scanning for the many stores and spot a large shop with a large red sign that reads, 'Gamers Hideout' "Ohh!" Senna's eyes brighten, noticing this, Momo turns to see the shop "Of course," she utters and turn to the girl "Get our shakes and we can go there" "Awesome!"
After the siblings got their drinks, they head into the gaming store to find it quite quiet. "Ohh! Look at all those games!" "They even sell merchandise!" "Ahh! Is that Crash?!" "Chibi Mario!" "Oh my god!" Momo blinks, watching her sister just blazing around the store to look at every section it has to offer. The store was surprisingly huge compare from the outside appearance. Hundreds upon hundreds of games are neatly laid on the showcase in alphabetical order. All the games are stationed on the right while the left holds all kinds of merchandise such as clothes and gaming accessories. The whole store is dimply with red lights with black walls, giving it feel like a real hideout.
Momo is mightily impress with the large place "This really does feel like a gamer's hideout" she comments and walk forward the showcase where Senna is currently stood in front of, looking at the new releases section that shows the latest games. "Only get two games, Senna" Momo states, stopping beside the younger girl "Aww! Why only two?" Senna ask with a pout "Because you'll be having school starting tomorrow and won't get much time to play them… Two should occupied you through the month" "B-but! There's another game I want coming out next week!" Senna reply, flailing her arms around.
Momo shrugs, showing tough love "Then get one now and pick up the next one when it released. I know you're going to go to the merchandise stand and buy some clothes so… I don't want you to spend all our money for today in this store alone" she states. Senna tilt her head; her eyes shine in understanding "Fine… I'll get one now" "Alright, get the one you really want."
After spending over half an hour in the store, the sibling emerges from the sliding door. Senna grinning brightly while Momo hold a look of exhaustion plastered on her face. She looks at the two bags on Senna's hand, the one on her right hand is small where the game is while the left bag is much larger holding a few clothes and accessories. "I cannot believe we just spend half our money on those stuff…" Momo comment "Really?" Senna ask, blinking oblivious to how much they just spend "That's just like you, buy, buy and not looked at the price" "Oh come on, Momo! We are here to have fun and explore! We can head to a bookshop later if you want" "Yeah, I get it and that book idea sounds nice" Momo smile, and turns around "But first, let's go find a café… I need another drink" "Sounds good!"
Ice Shave Shack
"This place looks good" Senna enters the colorful store "Ice Shave wasn't really what I had in mind, but they do have some delicious looking drinks on the menu outside" Momo comments and turn to the right at the empty table with four chairs "Let's take a sit here" "Alright." Senna place the bags down on the ground beside the chair and takes a sit while Momo sits on the other side, both sigh in pleasant at being able to finally have a seat.
"Here's a menu for you two" a young and beautiful teenage girl come by the table, dress in a maid outfit and wears a bright smile. The sibling smiles and takes the menu "Thank you" "No problem! I'll swing by in a minute to take your orders" she replies and walk away. "People are so nice here!" Senna exclaims "Yeah, even the game store people were really helpful" Momo agrees with a joyful and relief smile, glad that Kuoh is treating her and her sister well.
The front door of the store opens, causing the bell to ring around the room, signaling a new customer entering. "Hehehe," a light and melodic voice giggle in clear joy "We just came here a few days ago… Misako" another voice comments follow by a sigh. Senna and Momo pause half way through the menu and both look up at each other, eyes slowly widen in realization. The two turns to the door and sees Misako and Wendy entering the door.
"Misako, Wendy!" Senna shoots up, shouting at the two girls with Momo slowly getting up as well. Both snap their head to the right and are surprise to see the sibling. A bright smile breaks out of Misako's face and she runs toward the table "Senna, Momo!" she said, and gives a hug to both Senna and Momo, who are startled by the sudden gesture before smiling and returns it, hugging the pink-haired girl.
Misako pulls back to look at them "What a surprise!" she said, grinning "I didn't expect us to reunite here" "Hehehe, yeah" Senna giggles "I was actually expecting us to see each other tomorrow." Wendy talk toward them, stopping beside Misako "T-tomorrow?" she asks, tilting her head "Yeah," Momo smile and nod "We will be attending Kuoh Academy tomorrow" "Oh, I see" Misako clap her hands together in realization "That makes sense. Our teacher actually informed us on Friday that we will be having two new students joining us" "That would be us!" Senna inserts.
Momo gesture to the table "Let's have a sit and catch up" she suggests and returns to her sit. Senna returns to her chair with Misako taking a sit next to her while Wendy next to Momo. "You are getting any ice shaves?" Misako ask "No, we came here to get some drinks" Momo informs "If you are getting one then let's share!" Senna inserts and Miskao grins brightly "Great! Wendy doesn't want any and it would feel weird for me to eat it all alone" "You do that all the time" Wendy points out and gets a blush to form on Misako, causing Momo and Senna to giggle.
The waitress returns "What would you like?" she asks, holding a notepad. "I-I'll have a blueberry milkshake" Wendy ask "Certainly," "I'll take lemon ice tea" Momo inform "I will also have lemon ice tea" Senna request "I would like the volcano chocolate ice shave please!" Misako orders "Oh… And" she scans thoroughly at the drinking menu until it lands on a specific drink "A Thai ice tea please!" "Of course, please wait a moment" the waitress reply, collecting the menus and heads off.
Wendy smile "Hopefully his suggestion fits your taste" "Of course it is, he has a sweet tooth as well, remember?" Misako reply, smiling "Someone suggested that drink to you?" Momo ask "Yep!" "Who?" Senna ask in curious. Misako turn to her; her smile widens slightly "Who else? Nawin-kun of course" she answers, surprising the sibling. Senna smile when hearing the name "I see… I didn't expect a person like Nawin-kun to have a sweet tooth" she admits, remembering the stoic but kindhearted boy she met in the beach "Y-You really should bring him h-here once, Misako" Wendy suggest "Yeah! I just keep forgetting" Misako reply, smiling sheepishly.
"So, you come here often?" Momo ask, changing the subject "Yeah, I love this place and would try to come at least once a week" "And order Ice Shaves?" Senna points "Yep! This place has the best Ice Shaves in Kuoh!" "W-we actually went to e-every Ice Shave stores in Kuoh, which there's only really a h-handful of and this is the best" Wendy insert. "Wow, you really love Ice Shaves" Momo points out, giggling a bit "Not just Ice Shaves!" Misako reply "I love desserts in general! All kinds of them" "It's honestly amazing how s-she hasn't g-gain wait" Wendy admits.
Senna chuckles "All the desserts must be stored in your breast!" she teases and poke Misako's large bust that's covered by a tight pink shirt, it jiggles at the touch. Misako yips, her face turn bright red and hugs are arms around her chest to cover it "Senna!" she exclaims, glaring at the giggling girl. Momo shakes her head at her sister's childish behavior while Windy smile in amusement.
Momo turn to Wendy "The rest from the beach attends Kuoh Academy too?" she asks the young girl "Y-yes, pretty much all except for some of Riser's friend… He and his sisters are the only one that attends the school. O-oh, also Irina doesn't a-attend there" "I see." Senna turns forward "So pretty much the rest are there" she smiles in excitement "Can't wait to see them all again" "You're lucky" Misako points out "Entering a new school and already have lots of friends ready to greet you."
"Here are your orders" two waitresses stop by the table and place all the drinks down then lastly, the large ice shaves down between Senna and Misako, both are staring at the dessert with sparkling eyes. "Enjoy," the waitresses said with a smile and leaves. "Go ahead and have the first bite, Senna" Misako offers the spoon "Thanks…" Senna takes the utensil "I honestly never had these ice shaves before" "Really?! Then try it, quickly!"
The three watch Senna takes a spoon full of ice with delicious chocolate sauce laid on it. She brings the spoon into her mouth and slowly, her eyes widen "This is heavenly!" she exclaims, pulling the spoon back and moans. Misako grins at the reaction "That's the reaction I wanted" she said and grab the glass of orange colored tea then takes a drink of it with a straw.
The girls see Misako's eyes widen and quickly, she starts drinking down the tea until it's only half left. "I-I guess you really like that" Wendy points out, giggling "This is delish!" Misako exclaims, staring at the glass and was about to go back drinking all of it until Wendy speaks up "Leaves some of that for after you eat the Ice shave, Misako" she suggests.
Misako pause and slowly nod, placing the glass down and grab the spoon to start eating the dessert from her side. Wendy and Momo watch their friend/sister utterly devouring the Ice shaves in monstrous way. Momo brings out her phone and takes a picture of the two, she smiles when seeing how happy Senna looks at the picture before she closes the phone and place it back in her jean's pocket.
Wendy takes a drink of her milkshake before turning to Momo "Is t-there anything y-you two wanted to d-do?" she asks shyly, and the older girl gives a kind smile "We were honestly just exploring the place, so we don't have any ideal location to go to" "I see."
"Kya!" the three turns to see Senna dropping the spoon and grabs both her head, her expression display pain. Momo giggles "Brain freeze, no surprise with how quick you were gobbling it down" she states "O-ow, ow, ow" Senna groans, tapping her head and look to the side to see Misako still devouring the shave with ease.
"N-no" Senna reach to the shaves with her shaking hand, trying to stop Misako from eating it all. Momo softly grab her sister's hand and brings it down "I think you have enough" she inserts and watch Senna slowly nod and return to holding her head. Momo finally takes a sip of her drinks and moan at the sweetness flowing into her mouth, the drink slowly cooling her body "This place serves great stuff" she utters, pulling back from the straw.
"Ahhhh," with the last big spoon of bread, ice, and chocolate sauce, Misako sighs in pleasant and place the spoon down on the empty bowl "That was delicious!" she squeaks like a child and returns to drinking the remaining of the thai ice tea. The group giggle at the pink-haired girl and her infectious bright attitude that makes everyone smile, even the people from the other table are chuckle and giggling when seeing and hearing her.
'Seems like the sickness is gone… Misako's been healthy for a long time now' Wendy notes with a smile. "So," Misako turns to Senna "Is there anything you guys want to do? We can be your tour guide for the day" "Will that be ok?" Momo ask "We don't want to impose" "No, it's really fine" Misako reply with a smile "Me and Wendy really don't have much to do" "Alright, then is there anything we can do near here?" Senna asks.
Misako thinks for a minute before her expression brightens, a smile form on her face "Well, there is an arcade nearby… It's suppose to be the biggest one in Kuoh" she said and immediately, Senna eyes lit up "We're going there then!" she exclaims getting up to her feet. Momo giggle "Alright, let me go pay for our—" "Don't worry" Misako cuts in, bringing out her wallet from her white jean's pocket "Let me pay" she asserts, surprising Momo "A-are you sure?" "Yes, I would like to" Misako reassure with a grin "Call it a welcome gift to Kuoh from me" she said and head to the counter.
"Wow," Senna smile, watching the departing Ichiru "She's so nice" she inserts with Momo nodding in agreement. Wendy smile when hearing the comment "That's Misako for you" she states with fondness.
After paying the bills, the girls exit the store. "Let's head to the arcade!" Senna informs and turn to the right, about to walk forward but due to her excitement, she bumps into a person and knocks herself to the ground. "Senna!" Momo kneels beside her groaning sister "You alright?" "Y-yeah, I'm fine" she replies, and slowly gets up with the help of the older sister.
"Oh dear, I'm sorry for that… I wasn't looking were I was going" a smooth voice apologizes, and the girls look to the individual and see a young, beautiful man. He has fair blonde hair that flows down to his shoulder with long front bangs dropping to his nose, shining gold eyes, pale complexion, with agile figure. The man offers an apologetic smile and bows "I'm terribly sorry" he said, "Oh no!" Senna smile sheepishly and shakes her head "It's fine, I wasn't really looking were I was going either."
The man nod and looks through the four girls "You all are students?" he asks in curious, seeing how young they are "Yes," Misako smile politely "From Kuoh Academy actually" "We're going to attend there tomorrow" Senna inserts, pointing at herself then her sister. The blonde smile "I see, the reason I ask because all of you seem quite young" "Hehe, speak for yourself" Senna points out, grinning. The man laughs softly "It may not look like it, but I'm a bit older" he replies "Really?" Momo raise an eyebrow "How old are you then?"
The man smirk in amusement "I rather keep that a secret" he states and Senna pouts "Aw, now that just makes me more curious!" she exclaims and gets a laugh out of the blonde. "Do you live here?" Misako ask "Not exactly… I am actually scouting Kuoh, see what this place has to offer" "Are you s-some sort o-of traveler?" Wendy question "Yes, that would be an appropriate term, I do travel a lot and right now Kuoh is my stop" "So you going to be here for a while" Momo points out and receive a nod.
The blonde rests his hands in the grey pants pockets "Well, it's nice to have a chat with you wonderful ladies, but I'm afraid I have other places to be… Again, I apologize for earlier" he said and start walking pass them. Senna, being the curious person turn around "Wait! What's your name?" she asks and the blonde halt and turn his head around, smiling in amusement "Noel… Noel Artisa" he answers and resumes walking away.
"Nice guy," Senna comments "Yeah, very much a gentleman" Misako agrees. Senna nod and turns around "So," she looks to the Ichiru, grinning "Where's this arcade?" "It's not far from here, I'll show you the way."
Time Skip: Arcade
"Whaooo!" Senna and even Momo are in awe at the massive and neon colored room they enter. Dozens upon dozens of different kinds of game machines are placed around the room. The place is dimly lit and is just filled with different colors of neon lights to give an appropriate and cool look for the place. Many groups of teenagers occupied the arcade and it's quite busy considering it is the weekend.
"Let me go get the coins" Misako said and head to the counter "I'll come to," Momo follows and leaves the two younger girls to themselves. Senna turn to Wendy and grin "Want to go look around?" she asks "S-sure." The girls start walking deeper into the arcade, passing racing games, drums, claw machines, until they stop in front of a shooting machine.
Senna sets the bags down and looks at the machine to see pictures of the undead covered around the sides. "Let's kill some zombies!" she exclaims and picks up a AR18 replica gun that's used as a controller for the game. Wendy reach up to take the gun "Ouf! This is quite h-heavy" she stutters, trying to get a firm grip on the gun "Yeah, I guess they want to make the player feel like they are holding the real deal" Senna reply, examining the gun and is impress with how detailed and genuine it looks.
"Got the coins," Misako and Momo returns "Awesome! Let's get this game running" Senna grins and turn to the screen. Misako stop in front of the machine and sees it requested four coins "Wow, four… That's a lot" "Yeah, make it count, you two" Momo insert and watch the Ichiru puts in four coins in the slot.
Senna and Wendy both press the big red button that reads 'play' and immediately they are placed in a broken and apocalypse city of Tokyo with hordes of zombies rushing towards them. Momo leans in to Misako "I bet they lose in the next ten minutes" she said, causing the other girl to giggle and decides to join in the bet "I say they will go over that" "Alright."
"Kyaa! Too many" Wendy shouts when a zombie spooks her by suddenly appearing from the right and attack her character "I got your back!" Senna informs, raining bullets on all the zombie and fire a perfect headshot at one that was creeping to Wendy. After defeating the horde, both characters in game jumps over a fence and head into a maze of an alleyway until they jump over another fence to land at another street that is littered with the undead.
"Grenade!" Senna shouts, completely in the zone, and with a press of a green button on the gun, she aims the grenade and release the button to throw it. The first horde in front of them erupt in an explosion, clearing all of them out. "Wow! Senna's amazing" Misako comments "Ever since I first took her to a small arcade in our previous home… Senna's been a big fan of games, so she's very good in them" Momo comments with a smile.
Senna spot a rocket launcher laying by a trashcan, near Wendy's character, then she spots the second horde emerging from the smoke. "Wendy! Pick up that RPG!" "A-alright" Wendy aims her gun to the right and with a press of a button, the in-game character picks up the RPG "Now! Blow those zombies to smithereens!" Senna shouts out with a big grin. A small smirk form on Wendy's face and she pulls the trigger, blasting the rocket from the large barrel and it speed toward the horde. Not a second later a larger explosion erupts and envelopes the whole hordes. "Awesome! Next level" Senna cheers and looks at the screen, but then she quickly notices something weird, their characters aren't moving "Umm… Why aren't we moving?" she ask "I-I don't know" Wendy answers, also confuse.
A sudden sound of booming thud comes from the speaker and the whole screen rumbles. Senna's eyes slowly widen in realization "Oh… No" she whispers and see a massive figure explodes from the smoke to reveal a humongous size zombie that is as tall as a house. The monster roars and charge toward the two with blazing and terrifying speed. "RPG! Wendy, use it!" Senna shouts, firing her guns in rapid speed "I-it only got one ammo!" Wendy replies, shooting normal bullets at the monster which is proving to be unaffected.
Misako blinks and continue to watch the monster gaining distance "I think that the RPG was meant him" she notes "You wasted it, Senna" Momo adds in a teasing manner and receive a quick glare from her sister. Senna turns back to the screen and sees the monster picking up a broken car, intending to throw it at them. "Wendy, get your grenade out and toss it at him… I'll deal with the car" "A-alright."
The large zombie roars and throws the car to the character, but Senna with her precise aims is able to shoots the car enough times to cause it to erupt in the air. Wendy takes out the grenade and throws it, but it drops on the right side of the monster instead of the center. The grenade erupts, and the monster was still standing, its right side is heavily bruise and burnt. "Ehh!" Wendy squeak when hearing the monster's roar explode from the speaker and it resumes speeding toward them. Misako notice that a third person can join in when seeing a silver revolver hanging on the holster on the side. "Ahhh! Fire with everything you got, Wendy!" Senna shouts, watching the monster rapidly gaining distance.
Momo blinks in surprise when seeing Misako inserts coins in and tap the start button. A new character joins in the party. The Ichiru grabs the revolver and aim it at the monster. She press the green button on the gun to toss the grenade to the zombie and watch it flying forward, then she pulls a trigger at the precise time and bullet hits the grenade, causing it to erupt right in the face of the monster. Senna and Wendy watch in awe when seeing the smoking and burning zombie falls face-first onto the ground, defeated. "Awesome" Senna whispers while Wendy is not that surprise, knowing that her best-friend has a perfect and precise sight and reflex, but she is still nonetheless impressed by the feat.
Misako smile and place the revolver back to the holster "There… You two need to use your brain a bit more" she states, and giggles before walking back to Momo. "With that help… Our bets are off" Momo state "Wahh!" Misako gasp in shock and turn to the clock to see it past ten minutes "Hehehe," she suddenly chuckles and sheepishly scratch the back of her head "Sorry, I guess I was running on instinct, also the two made it look so fun" she state and Momo giggle, smiling "I agree with you on that" she reply and turns back to the screen to only see a big red 'GAME OVER' sign flashing on the screen.
"What happened?!" Momo ask in astonish "You were just alive a minute ago!" "Hehehe," Senna chuckles sheepishly while Wendy blushes "Well… We took the wrong turn and reached a dead end… The zombies cornered us" she answers. "Well then," Misako turns around "Let's go find other games that all of us can play" "Yeah! Lets" Senna grabs her bags and follows the Ichiru.
The four walks deeper into the arcade until Momo spot a table of air hockey "How about this?" she asks, stopping beside the table and grab the red striker. "Oh! I've never played these before" Senna said, stopping next to her sister, dropping the bags down and takes a hold of the other striker. The table was big enough for four players. Misako and Wendy stand at the other side and grab the blue strikers. "Bring it on!" Senna shouts from the other side "Alright, let's see who's the better player" Misako reply with a smirk and inserts four coins.
The table comes to life and the scoreboard shows both teams at current zeros score. At the center of the scoreboards is a timer that shows both teams have ten minutes to score as much point as possible. A black puck shoots from the side and slide to Misako and Wendy's side. Wendy takes the first strike, swinging the striker forward and smash the puck, making it speed right to the goal, but it gets block when Momo swipes it away.
The puck bounces to the sides and heads to the other team's goal. Misako's eyes sharpen and swing the striker just at the left edge of the pucker, sending it speeding back, bouncing at the sides then the puck sneaks into the goal, dodging Senna's defense by mere inches. The scoreboard from Misako and Wendy's side change to fifteen, signaling their shot entering the goal. "Wahooo!" Misako cheers along with Wendy "Not bad" Senna comments with a smirk, fire burning in her eyes.
The puck slides onto the table and Senna blast her striker forward, smashing it right at the center of the pucker and sends it blazing to the goal. Wendy bring her striker forward but misses the pucker "Oh no" "I got it!" Misako shouts and brings the strider to the goal, successfully defending it while the pucker is knock back to the other team. Momo swipe her strider to the right, hitting the puck and cause it to spin. The puck hits the right and left, Wendy tries to counter but misses and the puck enters the goal.
The scoreboard for the other team turn fifteen, now both team have matching score. "Awesome work, Momo!" Senna grin and high-fives her sister. The puck returns, and Misako immediately takes advantage and strike it. Senna and Momo, not ready for the sudden attack, they clumsily try to block the incoming puck but is unsuccessful and it enters their goal. Misako and Wendy scores shoot up to thirty "So," the Ichiru smirk "Why don't we take this more seriously" she states and Senna along with Momo response with their own smirk "Fine, we aren't planning on losing to you two!"
Time Skip
"Oh, my goodness!" Misako leaves the arcade, stretching her arms up in the air and let out a yawn "I'm tired." Wendy stop beside the pink-haired girl and looks to the sky to see the sun has already set and night is falling "Wow, we sure spend a long time i-in the a-arcade" she notes. Momo walks out with a slightly depress Senna following behind "Guess we had such a good time that time passed by in flying color" Momo state with a smile "That's true" Senna's mood brightens "Even though we lost in a couple of games… All that matters that we had fun!" "I can't agree anymore" Misako beams in.
Momo turns back to the arcade "The lunch we had there was actually not bad" "Yeah," Misako nod "Me and Wendy had lunch there once since we couldn't be bothered looking around for one and it was really good! Great hotdogs, burgers, fries. Foods that are appropriate for an arcade theme" "I really enjoyed the burger… I wouldn't mind returning here again" Senna comments "Nothing is stopping us, Senna" Momo speaks "We can return here next weekend if we have the time" "And we can invite more people! I'm sure Akame-chan, Hana-chan, and even Nawin-kun wouldn't mind tagging along" Misako inserts, and Senna smile at the idea "Sounds good".
Misako looks down at her watch to see the time, then turns to sibling "We have to return home now before our parents start getting worried" she informs "I see, we have to pick up dinner for our parents, so we'll see you guys tomorrow" Momo reply. Senna grin and hugs both Misako and Wendy "Thanks for the fun time you two, we appreciate it!" she said "Of course, we're friends after all" Misako reply, petting the girl on the back while Wendy nods. Momo also gives a quick hug of gratitude to the two, then she along with Senna waves them away. "See you tomorrow!" "B-bye!" Misako and Wendy waves back before disappearing into a swarm of people, heading to the bus station.
"You had fun?" Momo ask, turning to Senna "Yeah! I'm so glad we ran into Misako and Wendy, they are so kind" "I agree, it's great that we will be going to the same school as them. Now," Momo brings out her phone to check the text massage her mother sent earlier "Mom suggest we go pick up some sushi for tonight" "Sushi!" Senna smile "Sounds great! It's been a while since we had them" "Then let's find a restaurant and get takeaway… There's plenty of restaurant here so I'm sure it won't be hard to find a Sushi restaurant."
Only after a couple minutes of walking around, the sibling found a good-looking sushi restaurant and quickly ordered a bunch of variety of sushi, sashimi, cooked fish, and couple of tempura along with Japanese style rice to finish it off. The two exits out of the restaurant, Momo carrying a large plastic bag that have five larges boxes that contain their dinner. "Well, we spend the last of our money that we were given for dinner" she states "Great! Let's head home" "Mhm-hmm, to the bus station."
When the sibling was about to take a step forward, a sudden sound of a crash and grunt of pain comes from a dark alleyway beside the restaurant. "What was that?" Senna ask "I don't know…" Momo reply quietly, getting a bad feeling, then they hear noise that sounds like a flesh being hit. Senna march to the front of the alleyway and gasp when seeing a group of men dress in red leather jackets and all black, looking like a group of gangs and they are cornering a defenseless and young business man.
The innocent man's face is battered and bruise, busted lips and swollen right eye. The gang members grin sickeningly "That's what you get for not listening to us, you fuck!" one of them yell and kicks the man in the chest, sending him sliding back and crashing onto the wall "If we asked for your wallet, you give us your wallet!" the other yell, holding an iron baseball.
The group were about to advance to the terrified man until a pebble is thrown to one of them, hitting him right at the back of his head and cause him to stumble forward. "Ahhhhh! What the fuck!" he screams in pain, gripping the back of his head that starts to bleed heavily by the blow. The rest turn to see Senna and Momo, the girls squeak in fear when seeing the gang give them a menacing look "You two bithces did that!?" the one that got hit shouts "Fucking get them!" the leader shouts and run toward the girls with the rest following suit.
"Crap! Run, Senna!" Momo grab her sister's hand and the two bolts away with the gangs close on their tail.
Starlight Bar
"Ahhh!" a man places a whiskey glass down on the polish wooden table, the glass is empty and remains only a ball-shape ice. "Mama, I'd like another drink" the man said in a deep tone, bringing the cup up and shakes it, making the ice hit the glass to create a clinking sound in the quiet and dim lit bar. A beautiful thirty-year-old woman stop in front of the man, standing inside the bar and behind her shows rows of different kind of alcohol such as whisky, gin, vodka, wine, and many more.
The woman has jet-black hair that is tied into a neat single bun, shining crimson color eyes, an eye-catching hourglass figure, and smooth pale color skin that makes her look younger than her actual aged. Her plump lip is colored crimson that matches perfectly with her eyes, enhancing her beauty. Her attire is a simple black kimono with violet and pink flowers on it.
"Don't you have other places to be… Azazel?" the woman asks, refilling the glass with scotch whisky then place the bottle down on the table. Azazel swirl the glass around softy before taking a little sip then places it down on the table "Yeah… I'll leave in a few. I just want to stay here a bit since we haven't seen each other in a while, Sarena-chan!" Azazel exclaims with a big smile of glee.
Sarena smile and goes back to wash some glasses in the sink "It's always nice to see one of regulars back… With so many new bars opening in this town… What's keeping this place open are my regulars" she informs "Really?" Azazel perk up, staring at the woman "Is it that bad?" "Not too bad, but I don't get as much customers compare to back in the day, but I'm managing." "I do prefer this place more than those big, noisy, and croweded bars" Azazel reply, listening to the soothing music being played and the small but still sizable space of the place. Long bar table for customers to sit on a stool and be serve a drink. A dozen of booths at the other side of the room.
"I'm glad you like it here, Azazel" Sarena said and gives the Fallen Angel a quick smile before returning to her task "Just stating the truth," Azazel reply, taking another sip of his drink and sigh in pleasant. "Where are you going next?" Sarena ask "Visiting my dear godchildren's" Azazel answers with a smile "You really care for them, don't you?" "Hmm?" "The way you smile when mentioning them, I've noticed this every time they are brought up in our conversation. That genuine smile… Shows me you care dearly for them" "Ahaha, you got me there. Even though they can be a bit of a brat I love them anyway" Azazel admits with a chuckle.
The two adults pause when the front door slams open and both Momo and Senna rush into the bar then closes the door behind them. "Oh my bonks! I think we lost them!" Senna said hoarsely, dropping to her knees to try and catch her breathe while Momo leans on the table, dropping their dinner gently on the ground and tries to breath in some air to her burning lungs.
"Oh dear," Sarena gasp in shock, looking at the kids "Are you two girls alright?" she asks "Y-yeah, just need a minute" Momo gasp out and slowly takes a sit on a stool while Senna joins besides, crawling onto the chair. Sarena grabs two cups and fill them with cold water "Here, you girls need it" she said in a motherly tone, placing the cups down in front of the sibling "Thank you" they reply in gratitude and gulps down all the water.
Azazel raise an eyebrow, looking at the girls "So, what's cause you two to be out of breath like this?" "G-gangs, I tried to stop them from hurting this one man they were robbing" Senna place the cup down and sigh, turning to the Fallen Angel "I throw a rock at one of them and we were in a chase the next." Sarena was about to speak when the door slams open again, and the gang members comes barging into the bar.
Momo and Senna gasp in fear and quickly heads behind Azazel when seeing the four member's glaring at them, scowling in menace. Sarena remains calm and opens her mouth "Is there something you need?" she asks, politely "Yeah," the leader step in front of the group "The names Kota! And Those two" he points at the sibling "They hurt my men, so it's payback!" "They are just kids and they told us you were robbing an innocent man" Sarena points out "Shut up, woman! It's none of your business" he yells back "Don't talk to a lady like that" Azazel speaks up, making the gang turn to him "What you say, old man?" "I said," Azazel stare right into Kota's eyes "Don't talk to a lady like that…"
The leader of the gang silently gulps when Azazel look him right in the eyes, chills sends down his spine, but he regains confidents and scowl "I'll say once more, you old bastard… Move!" Momo and Senna flinch at the sudden loudness of his voice echoing around the room while Sarena and Azazel remain composed. Azazel takes the last sip to finish his drink and place the glass down "Thanks for the drink, Mama" he said, standing up then turns to the gang "If you want the girls then let's settle this outside because I ain't allowing you guys to touch them" "Kukuku," Kota chuckle in menace and smirk "With pleasure, I'll see you outside, bastard."
The four watch them leave and slams the door shut on the way. "Umm, Mister" Senna turns to Azazel, concern shows on her face "You don't have to do this for our sake" "Yeah, we don't want you ending up hurt because of us" Momo continues. Sarena smile at the sweet girls while Azazel chuckles and brings both his hands to the girls' head, ruffling their hair "Don't worry you two, I am more than capable of handling those idiots" he states, retracting his arms and turn to Sarena "How much?" "For what you are about to do, it's in my tab" "Not happening, you did that before and you could always use the money" Azazel reply, digging into his coat's pocket and place down ten-thousand yen on the table.
Sarena is slightly surprise by the amount "T-that's mor—" "You can keep the change" Azazel cuts in, smirking and head to the door "Come on girls, after I teach those boys a lesson I'll walk you home" "A-alright" both sister picks up their bags then bows to Sarena "Thanks for your help" they said and follows the Fallen Angel out of the bar. Sarena looks at the money on the table and shakes her head, giggling in fondness "That man…"
Outside
Azazel sees the four men standing right in front of the bar, all giving him a dark look and a scowl. Senna and Momo stood behind the Fallen Angel, both shaking slightly by the looks on the gang members' faces. Azazel looks at his watch to see the time "Look boys, I do have to rush to see my family… So, you mind doing me a solid and forgot about all of this?" he suggests, turning to them "It honestly would do all of you some good."
One of the henchmen that was injured by Senna, loses his temper by the comment and wanting to get his hand on the younger girl. He steps forward and swings the baseball bat to the head of the Fallen Angel. Azazel brings his right arm up and catch the bat "Wah?!" the man movement halt and he quickly tries to pull the weapon back but couldn't even budge it out from the older man's iron grip. Azazel shoots his right feet forward and smash it to the man's stomach, sending him blasting away and crash into a mail post, his body bounce off it and drops to the ground, staying unmoved.
Everyone stares in shock by the strength and sees Azazel throws the bat in the air, watching it comes down and he perfectly catches it by the handle. "So," he starts, resting the bat on the shoulder "You guys want to play rough? I can do that as well." "Grrrh, get him!" Kota bellows and the rest roars, dashing toward the three.
Both man swings their right hand to Azazel, who sees it coming from a mile away. He brings his left arm up to catch one of the fists while swinging the bat to the right person, smashing him right in the head and sends him barreling away. Azazel jumps over the other man and pulls his arm, throwing the gang over his shoulder, slamming him face-first into the ground with such speed that it knocks him out cold.
Azazel slowly stand back and looks forward to seeing a fist flying to his face, smashing right on the right side. Momo and Senna gasp when seeing Azazel head snap back by the blow while Kota grin in satisfaction. Though, that grin quickly disappear and replace with a look of disbelief when he sees Azazel slowly turns back to look at him. Not a single bruise displayed on the Fallen Angel's face and he just stare blankly at the shocked man. "Had enough?" Azazel question and thrust his left palm to the man's chest, knocking the air out of him and sends him staggering back, then to finish it off, Azazel swings the bat forward and smash it right on the chest of Kota, sending him flying away and crash into a light post.
Momo and Senna watch the man slowly slide to the ground then his head hangs down, signaling he is knocked out. Azazel toss the bat to the ground and turn to the girls "With that cleared… Where are you two off to?" "U-Umm," Senna is still in shocked by what just happened but Momo quickly snaps out of it and answers "To the bus station, M-mister" "Alright," Azazel grins "Let me take you two there then!"
Azazel start walking north where the bus station is at. Senna finally snaps out of daze and turns to Momo "He's cool" she utters and gets a chuckle out from the other "Yeah, he's pretty cool. Now, let's follow him before he disappears" "Right!"
The Leader of the Fallen Angel leads the girls to the bus station without any trouble. The girls were still a bit shaken by the past event but being near Azazel and knowing what he is capable off, it gives them room of relief and ease. "Alright," Azazel watch the girls step inside the boss, waving goodbye at them "Thank you so much, Mister!" Senna exclaims with a big grin, energetically waving at the man while Momo smile and bow in gratitude "Thank you very much for helping us, Mister" "No problem, you girls return home safely" he said before the door closes.
Azazel watches the bus departs and the girls wave at him until transportation entirely leaves the station. "Huh," Azazel's smile lesson while resting his hands in the coat's pocket "That Senna girl… She's…" he utters, eyes narrow slightly in suspicious. Suddenly, he is startled by his phone ringing. Azazel shoots his right hand to the jean's pocket and answers the call "Hello?" "Where are you?! Dinner is getting cold and the kids are getting annoyed of waiting!" Yao's voice booms from the speaker, forcing Azazel to pull the phone away from his ears.
Colors disappears from the Fallen Angel's face when hearing the furious voice of his daughter "Y-yeah! I'm coming right now, Yao!" he quickly replies and hang-up. Azazel returns the phone to the pocket and quickly dash out of the station then when in the clear, in the shadows, he disappears in a flock of black feathers.
Time Skip: Hinamori Household
"Aaaawaaah," Senna exits the bathroom, dress in a simple light blue pajama and yawns loudly in exhaustion while rubbing her tired eyes. "Time for bed" she mutters with a smile, walking to the big bed and slide under the cover. Senna was about to close the light next to the bed but pause when seeing the door open to reveal Momo. "You heading to sleep?" she asks, leaning on the doorframe, wearing a yellow pajama "Yeah, something you need?" Senna ask, sitting up "Nothing really just wanted to wish you a good night" Momo answers, smiling "We had a pretty eventful day" "Hehehe, no kidding! But it was fun nonetheless" "Very true."
Seeing that her sister is fine, Momo stand straight and grab the doorknob "Alright," "Momo…" Senna insert, pausing the girl by the door "Yes?" Senna smile brightly "I can't wait for tomorrow! Going to school… Seeing and hanging with Misako and Wendy! Also, I can't wait to see Nawin-kun again" "Ahaha, he is the first friend you made at the beach, right?" "Yeah, it's really thanks to him that I got to make so many friends that day."
Momo smile and slowly closes the door "Well, you'll get to see him and everyone else tomorrow. Get a goodnight sleep so we'll have all the energy for the special day tomorrow." Senna smile and slowly return under the blanket "Goodnight, Momo" she speaks out as the door was about to close "Goodnight, Senna" Momo's soft voice enters the room before the door completely closes.
Next Chapter: Enter The Bright Sibling! Big Plan Set!