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Myriad Colors Orphnoch World
Chapter 3: Kazuto and Mai On A Date
In Smart Brain, the CEO had just finish a broad meeting with the company's broad of directors. When he exits the room, waiting for him was a young woman with long black hair tied in a ponytail and has grey eyes, wearing a dark and grey outfit with the Smart Brain logo on it; this is the company's mascot Smart Lady.
"Hello, mister CEO." Smart Lady greeted him.
"Hello, Smart Lady." The CEO greeted her, before the two of them walk to his office.
"So how goes the reacquiring, the Faiz Gear, sir?" Smart Lady asks.
"Slow, though I wouldn't expect anything less from, Kazuto Inui. He was one of the best candidates, to be a member of Lucky Clover, until he escape with the Faiz Gear, and has no doubt had master it." The CEO said, before the two stop in front of an elevator, and he pressed a button to call it.
"Do you want me to handle him, or sent a member of Lucky Clover?" Smart Lady asked.
"No, that's not necessary right now, even for one Gear." The CEO stated, before the elevator stops, and he walks into it, leaving Smart Lady. "Best not to risk losing our best assets."
"Understood sir." Smart Lady bowed her head, before the elevator closes, between her and the CEO.
(Play Justiφ's by ISSA)
(Instrumental) The song started showing a pixelated Faiz, and changes to the Auto Vajin, and showed two rows of images of Faiz wielding his Faiz Edge and Phone in Gun mode, and changes to Faiz riding on his bike.
(Hirogaru uchuu no naka Can You Feel) Kazuto was in a net cage, and grabs a fallen half cut apple, before breaking out of the cage and leaves,
(Chiisa na hoshi no hanashi wo shiyou) Kazuto was seen with Haruhiko, Mai, Reina, Koito, Ruru, and Kurumi, on a beach, looking at the sun set, in which he smiles being with friends.
(Tell Me The Truth shinjiteta mirai ga) Then change to Kiba and Leo standing side by side. Then changes to Kiba showing both his Horse Orphnoch form and changing to Orga, and changes of him bowing to Dark Decade.
(Kuzure sarou to shiteru) Then changes to Leo smirks, as his Lion Orphnoch Form appears and then changes to Psyga.
(Kanashimi wo kuri kaeshi) Kazuto was seen walking with his friends to school, and then flashes of his past appeared beside him.
(Bokura wa doko e yuku no darou) Then it changes to Kazuto facing several Riotroopers, and he soon transformed into Faiz, and charges at the Riotroopers.
(Ima hitori no mune no naka) Faiz was seen fighting against an Orphnoch, and changes of him riding the Auto Vajin.
(Me wo samase The Time To Go) Then changes showing pixels of Kaixa and Delta, then changes of them wielding and using their main weapons.
(Tsuyoku aru tame ni) Faiz was seen drifting on his bike, making a sharp turn.
(Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto) Then it changes to Smart Lady, blowing her hands which blue butterflies appeared flying, and showed one with a broken wing.
(JIRENMA wa owaranai hashiri tsuzukete mo) A young Kazuto looks at the burning lab where his parents had died, and soon the current Kazuto visited the now ruin building. Then changes to Faiz standing with the Auto Vajin in the on top of a building in the night, with his eyes and Photon Streams glowing brightly.
({The} end Justi-φ's the means!) Then the song end, with the title logo.
Mai was seen in casual clothes, and is waiting by the train station for her teammates in the Phantom Hunting Club. Even though there wasn't school today, Arisu had given them a mission for them to do, which they accepted.
"Mai-oneesama!" Mai look and saw Reina running to her while waving.
"Reina-chan!" Mai waved back, before Reina stop to her.
"I'm sorry that if I was late, I wanted to get something from a convenience store." Reina said.
"Don't worry about it." Mai told her. "By the way, where's Kazuto-kun and Haruhiko-kun? Did you see them?"
"No I hadn't yet." Reina shook her head.
"Slow down!" The both look and saw, Kazuto riding on his bike, with Haruhiko riding on back holding him close, and Ruru riding on front of where Auto's head is, and seems to be enjoying the ride.
Kazuto soon stops, by Mai and Reina, while Haruhiko kept saying.
"I said, slow down!" Haruhiko still cried and having his eyes close.
"Haruhiko, I just stop, and you can let go of me now." Kazuto told him, which Haruhiko opens his eyes and saw Mai, and Reina.
Haruhiko sighed in relief, before he let's go of Kazuto and got off his bike while taking off his helmet.
"I swore I'm never riding on anything that has less than four wheels ever again." Haruhiko sighed.
"Oh come on don't be such a baby!" Ruru come to Haruhiko's face. "Besides I happen to like riding on Kazu-chi's bike.
"Will you please stop calling me that, Ruru?" Kazuto said before he took off his helmet, and got off Auto. "And there's no reason you should freak out like that also, I wasn't even going that fast."
"Yeah, whatever, let's just go already." Haruhiko sighed, before he heads inside the train station, and Reina and Kazuto who was holding the Faiz Gear's brief case, soon followed behind him.
Mai was about to follow as until she saw three children walking into the train station as well, while talking and holding hands, which made her smile, which had gotten Kazuto's and Haruhiko's attention.
"Mai, is something wrong?" Kazuto asked.
"It's nothing." Mai stated, before she and the others are now inside the train station.
"I was just remembering when I was little." Mai told them before they walked up the stairs.
"What were you like as a child?" Reina asked.
"Believe it or not, I was a quiet, shy crybaby." Mai stated.
"Yeah right." Haruhiko and Ruru whispered in the same time, which Kazuto and Mai heard, and Mai pins Haruhiko in a cobra twist.
"I give! I give! I give!" Haruhiko cried.
"That's what you get by saying something like that." Kazuto stated.
"Don't worry, I believe you!" Reina then made admired face while imagining Mai as a child. "You must have been a cute, adorable little girl…"
"I don't know about cute, but I used to be really shy." Mai told her.
"Well that's definitely a little hard to believe, considering how you act now." Kazuto stated, which made Mai glare at him. "Sorry, forget I said that!"
"Good!" Mai said before looking away, while thinking. 'I couldn't make eye contact with people I'd just met. But just once…'
Mai then remembers a certain and precious childhood memory of hers, of her running with two other girls who can't be recognized.
'Yes, it was a long time ago. A strange, almost magical memory…And also…' Mai thought, before remembering a boy she knows in middle school. 'And him someone who was also dear to me.'
"Hey, I think you can release him now." Ruru told Mai, which made her snap out of it.
"Sorry." Mai said before letting Haruhiko go, which he fallen face first to the ground.
"Man you should really work out more." Kazuto said, as he help Haruhiko up his feet.
"Now, let's go. We'll miss the train." Mai told, before she and the others head to the train, and a pink teddy bear had been watching them in hiding.
Coming out was a little girl with the bear lying on her head.
She had mid-length light purple hair, reaching down to about her shoulders, which she has tied into high twin-tail with pink ribbons on each side. She has light brown eyes and a fair and light complexion.
This is Kurumi Kumamakura, a grade school-student at Hosea Academy.
"Aren't they those high schoolers from the other day, Albrecht?" Kurumi asked her teddy bear.
Kazuto and the others were now sited on broad the running train to where they'll find the Phantom.
"So, about the Phantom…It cuts people off while they try to cross the bridge in the evening, telling them to defeat it first." Mai explained to them.
"It's like if Benkei were a Phantom." Mai stated.
"Or it could be a Phantom that wants to fight a strong opponent." Kazuto stated, before he notices and saw the teddy bear Albrecht watching, from a seat not too far from where they are, which made the bear hide back to where Kurumi is, which he shrugged not minding it.
"Maybe. It appeared at the river, so it must have the attribute of water." Mai stated.
"Then we can defeat it with earth attacks." Haruhiko said.
"Right. Let's do this!" Mai said, as Albrecht peeks out again.
It was now dawn by the time they made it to the bridge.
"We're here." Mai said, before she walks forward first and soon the others followed behind her.
"It's getting dark." Reina said.
"It's kind of weird because it's still said 6:30 on my phone." Kazuto said while looking at his Faiz Phone.
"They call sunset 'omagatoki' because monsters often tend to appear at this time. It's most likely the Phantom, might show up soon." Haruhiko explained, while noticing something is wrong with Mai. "Senpai, is something wrong?"
"Yeah, you look kind of edgy." Kazuto said, before Ruru fly to her.
"This place feels kind of familiar." Mai told them, as she looks around, before her next step, made the bridge beneath them light up, they soon saw flower petals, and they soon look up, and saw the Phantom.
"It's a Phantom." Ruru said.
The Phantom is humanoid had tan colored skin, with long light color hair, wears a priestess like outfit, with a short pink skirt and a glove with a large golden bracelet on her left arm.
"You must be the Phantom picking fights with pedestrians." Mai stated. "You'll have to deal with me."
"I was not picking fights." The Phantom told her, which made Mai and others surprised. "That was a means toward an end."
"So she's the ones that can speak to humans." Kazuto said.
"I merely believe that if I acted so and waited, I shall have my wish granted in due time." The Phantom told them.
"An end? Wish? What are you talking about?" Mai asked, wondering what she is talking about.
"What wish is she talking about?" Kazuto wonders.
Until another human Phantom appears behind them on top of the bridge as well.
"You need not feign ignorance." They looked behind themselves and saw the other Phantom.
She looks similar to the other Phantom, only that she has pale skin short dark hair and blue eyes, her skirt is blue, wears a blue glove with the large golden bracelet on her right arm, and wears black high knee socks with sandals.
"Because, Mai Kawakami; summoning you here was our true goal." The Phantom wearing blue said.
"Me?" Mai said.
"There's another one?" Ruru gasped.
"You know Mai?" Kazuto asked.
"It is because, she is proud of her strength." The white haired Phantom said.
"We suspected that if we wade ourselves known, you would soon come here." The black haired Phantom finished.
"You wanted senpai here?" Haruhiko said.
"But why?" Reina asked the two Phantoms.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Mai started, before she drops her bag, and entered combat position. "But if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get. If you lose, I'm sealing you two!"
"And hold up." Kazuto shouted, before he handed his brief case to Reina. "Sorry, can you hold this for me, Reina?"
"Sure." Reina nodded, before she grabs the brief case and hold it in her arms.
"Thanks. Two against one isn't much of a fair fight, will be alright if I join in?" Kazuto asked the two Phantoms.
"It is no problem." The white haired Phantom said.
"Now let us…" The black hair Phantom charges down on them, before the other charges in.
"…Begin!" The white haired Phantom shouted.
When they crashed, they made a smoke cloud, then Mai and Kazuto soon jumps out of it, and landed on top of the bridge.
"Wow, it's like the tale of Ushiwakamaru." Reina said while admiring Mai.
Kazuto and Mai, looks around on guard waiting for the Phantoms next move, until Kazuto senses them.
"They're behind us!" Kazuto said before he and Mai, turned around, and saw the two Phantoms charging at them for a double kick, which Kazuto blocks, before they both engage in close quarters combat.
Kazuto parried one of the Phantom's attacks, and was going to counter punch at her, before she ducks under it, and sweeps kicks sending him falling off the bridge.
'Man she's pretty fast!' Kazuto exclaimed in his mind, before he activates his powers to levitate himself safely and gentle on the bridge safely.
"Inui, you okay?" Haruhiko asked while he and Reina run to him.
"I'm fine, but Mai." Kazuto said, before he, and the others look back at Mai.
Mai was in pretty even ground against the Phantoms, until they were now attacking side by side with each other, and attacks in the same time, and then double kicks Mai off the bridge.
Mai lands on the bridge on her feet, but soon fallen on her knees.
"Mai-chi's in trouble!" Ruru said.
"Jachin and Boaz!" Haruhiko said, before his new sketchbook and bag opens, and quickly draws the sketch, of Marchosias, with Ruru watching his work on top of his head, until she saw him pulling out a vile of red paint.
"What's in those viles?" The mini Phantom asked.
"Vermilion. I'm using red paint as blood." Haruhiko answered, before he opens the vile and begins his summoning chant.
"Admonition then, admonition now, admonition henceforth. Let the Lord admonish you! Open, Open…Open, gates of Hell!" Haruhiko puts his finger into the vile pulling out some of the vermilion paint out of it, and swipes it on the summoning seal nearby the sketch. "Returned to life, vile demon of the damned. Invoke, Marchosias!"
Then Haruhiko's sketchbook flies out and appearing under it, was a large summoning circle, then a fire tornado appears before it died out and popping out was Marchosias still a cute poppy.
This had surprised the two Phantoms, before Marchosias flies to them, barking all around the two.
"What is this?"
"Hey stop that!"
"Senpai!" Haruhiko said, as he, Kazuto, Reina, and Ruru runs to her aid.
"Mai-oneesama!" Reina called.
"Don't get in my way. I'm not done yet-" Mai started before she flinches in pain.
"Mai-oneesama, be strong." Reina told her.
"Quit being stubborn and acting tough." Kazuto told her, before she picks her up in bridal style, which surprised her and made her blushed being carried like this by a man.
"Hey, don't carry me like this!" Mai exclaimed before he and the others runs away from the two Phantoms.
"Tactical retreat!" Ruru said, while the two Phantoms watches them leave.
"Mai Kawakami, come back when you are better trained." The white haired Phantom told her.
"We shall be waiting here." The black haired Phantom told her.
Hiding on the opposite side of the bridge was Kurumi and her teddy bear Albrecht who she was holding tightly in her arms, with amazed face, after she witness the whole fight.
"Th-That was amazing, huh, Albrecht?" Kurumi asked her teddy bear.
(Next day)
Kazuto and his team were in the Neural Error Corrections room, in Hosea Academy.
"This isn't over! I'll get them next time!" Mai swore, looking through a window.
"It looked like those Phantoms were after you…" Reina said.
"Yeah, not to mention they seem to know you too, have you ever met those two before?" Kazuto asked.
"No I hadn't. They must have learned somewhere that I'm strong." Mai stated, while taking off a Band-Aid on her hand.
"Hey, what's your job today?" They look and saw two other female students talking with each other.
"There's a Phantom making a mess of the park flowerbeds. You?" She asked before they leave the club room.
"They want me to take care of some noisy rock band Phantoms." This made Mai look away from those two.
"Shosuke, where're you heading today?" Haruhiko called out to a friend of his.
Shosuke turned to them, and told him.
"The nature park, past the mountain." Shosuke answered. "There's an onyudo terrifying tourists in the caves."
"Really? Be careful!" Haruhiko told him.
"Good luck to you, too." Shosuke told him, before he and his team leave the room.
"Everyone here seems busy." Reina stated, before she saw Mai walks to her side.
"We can't sit around, either. We have to come up with a plan." Mai told her teammates.
"But there are two of them. We might not be able to win without two of us." Ruru said.
"Not to mention they're teamwork and coordination, are really good too. Those two match their attacks in perfect sync." Kazuto said.
"Then maybe we need another who's as strong as Kazuto-kun and Mai-oneesama and can work together very well too…" Reina said.
They soon begin to think of something, until Mai had a idea.
"All right! We hereby begin martial arts training!" Mai declared, on top of a stair way, and is wearing a Chinese martial arts uniform.
Kazuto, Haruhiko, Reina, and Ruru, were down the stairs, also wearing Chinese martial arts uniforms as well.
"This is getting complicated…" Haruhiko sighed.
"Yeah, I sure hope this doesn't spin out of control." Kazuto said, before he and Haruhiko turned to Reina, who was in awed.
"I'm wearing the same uniform as Onee-sama." Reina said as she looks down on her uniform, before turning to the boys. "I'm kind of happy."
Haruhiko slightly blushed thinking she look kind of cute in that uniform, before turning away.
"Yeah, I'm not sure happy is the word I would use…" Kazuto quietly whispered to himself.
"First, we'll work on the lower body. Follow me!" Mai said before she turned and run up the stairs.
They soon followed, with Kazuto and Reina catching up to her, while Haruhiko and Ruru were falling behind. Then they were now outside, doing a breathing exercise.
Then they moved to a different area of the school, Kazuto, Mai, and Ruru, who was holding a red and blue flag on each hand, were watching Haruhiko and Reina sparring against each other, with Reina straight punching at him, while Haruhiko was parrying her punches with both his hands up, before he dodges the next one, when Reina through in fast punch at Haruhiko, he flinched as he move beside it and behind her, before he dodges a spin kick, which made him trip, and fallen on Reina while wrapping his arms around her for accidental hug, which made Reina blushed surprised on this, before he double punches Haruhiko up in the air.
"How dare you?!" Reina exclaimed, before Haruhiko fallen on the ground behind her.
"One point for Reina-chan." Ruru said before raising the blue flag in her hand, which made Kazuto and Mai sighed.
Then Kazuto and Mai, then spars with each other, with Haruhiko and Reina watching this time, and the two were in even ground against each other.
"Mai-oneesama! Fight on!" Reina cheered for Mai.
Mai kicks at Kazuto two times, which he parried, before he counter punches at her, Mai saw it coming, before she parried it, and kicks at his feet throwing him in the air. Kazuto recovers by spinning in the air, and landed on his hand, and swipe kicks at Mai on her legs, which she dodges by back flipping a few times, before she and Kazuto who got back on his feet facing each other again.
"Sugoi, I never thought I ever see someone to be a match against, Mai-senpai." Haruhiko said in amazement.
"You're not half bad, Kazuto-kun." Mai said.
"You as well, Mai. Your moves are Chinese Martial Arts, correct?" Kazuto asked.
"Yep. My dad, thought it to me." Mai said. "What about you?"
"Oh just some simple, CQC, from an instructor I met a few years ago." Kazuto said. "And I had a little bit of a rough childhood."
"Sorry to hear about that. But don't think I'll go easy on you because of that!" Mai said, before she charges at Kazuto, and jumps.
She throws in one spin kick at Kazuto, which he dodges, before Mai did another kick with her other leg, and Kazuto blocks it with his arm, and soon saw an opening, when Mai landed on the ground on her feet, he got close to her, before she punches at him, he stops by grabbing her wrist, and brought her arm by her neck, Mai was going to punch with her other hand, Kazuto saw it coming and stops it by catching it, Kazuto was about to make his move, until Mai trips by her feet slipping backwards, which made her with Kazuto fallen on the ground loudly.
"Itai…" Mai said, before she slowly opens her eyes.
"Oww…I'm sorry about that…" Kazuto stops, when he saw that he was up close to Mai's blush face, and their lips were about inches away from each other.
"Uhm…" They look and saw, Haruhiko slightly blushing, Reina her face completely red with her eyes white and her hand over her mouth, and Ruru gave them a thumps up. "Should we leave to give you two a moment?"
Kazuto and Mai quickly got off and moved away from each other, quickly sitting on the ground.
After the awkward moment between Kazuto and Mai, Team E, were now sited on a stairway, while discussing their plan.
"I have to say Mai, I don't think this is going to work." Kazuto said.
"Yeah I have to agree. Haruhiko and Reina are out of the question." Mai nodded in agreement. "Reina's a bit better, since she knows a little self-defense."
"I'll do my best to be useful to you, Mai-oneesama!" Reina swore to her upperclassmen.
"I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't know about asking you to put yourself in danger." Mai told her underclassmen.
"But…" Reina said sounding a little sad.
"Thanks for offering, though." Mai told her. "But I think Kazuto-kun is easier to work with."
"Well thanks Mai, but I don't it strength or skill alone, won't be enough against those two Phantoms. Like I said, before those two time their attacks, with perfect coordination and timing. I think the perfect strategy, is for us to do the same, but that will take time to do, it might take months or maybe a whole year or two, to have perfect teamwork with each other." Kazuto stated.
"Wait a moment; I think there's a faster way of doing it." Haruhiko got their attention. "Let's copy your memories with Mai-senpai's."
"Copy our memories?" Kazuto parroted.
"What we call 'memories' are actually several things; common knowledge that, which are acquiring by studying or like how to board a train, or take a bath, is called semantic memory. Your name, family relationships, and personal experiences, these are all personal, episodic memories. And how to ride a bike or do a back hip circle, these things, involving bodily movements, are called procedural memories." Haruhiko explained, while Ruru was punching in shadow boxing.
"Of course, that also includes martial arts skills, and body memory." Haruhiko finished.
"In other words, you want to copy all my memories of my skills, and transplant to Kazuto-kun, so that he and me, can move in almost perfect coordination." Mai concluded. "But is it even possible?"
Haruhiko hummed, while thinking about it.
"There's still a lot we don't know about how memory works." Haruhiko stated before explaining. "There's one theory, that human memories are stored not in the brain, but in a sort…"
"Of a collective human subconscious like cloud data storage, and to recall something is to download the memories from an external sever." Kazuto interrupted. "I read about this theory once. If this hypothesis is true, and we can access memory data, it might be possible to acquire someone else's skills."
Kazuto finished explaining in their club room, dressed back in their school uniforms.
"Yeah…" Haruhiko mutters.
"That sounds totally, fake." Mai stated.
"And I don't exactly feel comfortable about it." Kazuto told them. "I don't exactly like to copy and paste my memories to another person, even if it's a friend. What if Mai sees something embarrassing?" The reason he said that, because he doesn't want Mai to see his memories as an Orphnoch.
"You don't have to worry about that. Since we just Mai-senpai's physical body movement memories into you, there's no need to worry about your memories being copy into her." Haruhiko said.
"Well if you say so…" Kazuto said, but still feel a little worried about it.
"Anyway, even if it sounds a little sketchy, I think it's still our best option." Haruhiko said.
They soon heard the door open and saw Arisu looking at them by the door.
"I heard what you were discussing. I think it's worth trying." Arisu said with a smile.
(Next day)
Arisu gave her idea on how, to help copy Mai's memories into Kazuto, and that is by for the two to go on a date, which surprised them.
Kazuto and Mai were seen riding together in a spinning giant tea cup ride, in an amusement park.
"Why do I have to do this with you?" Mai asked.
"What choice did we have? This was sensei's idea, and told us to do this." Kazuto said. 'But I think this is to get me more social with a girl…'
Watching from afar on a nearby bench, were Arisu, Haruhiko, Reina, and Ruru.
"So mind telling us, why we're here in amusement park?" Haruhiko asked.
"Well I was told that Kawakami-san played here when she was little. I thought that, in order to share memories, it might be good to visit memorable places." Arisu explained.
"I see, I guess that is a good reasoning there." Haruhiko nodded.
Reina was drinking a cup of juice in her hand, before she saw Kazuto holding a shoulder bag, and Mai exits from the ride's gate.
"Is it possible to download memories?" Reina asked.
"By reliving past experiences, virtually sharing them, it may just be possible to synchronize their memories, too." Arisu told her. "There's still much we don't know about special abilities."
"This is practically a date, though." Ruru stated.
Kazuto sited next to Mai, in a movie theater, with the others behind them a few sits behind them. Right now they were watching a very old martial arts movie, Kazuto wasn't exactly into it, but he find not bad as well, while Mai was watching it in awe, when an old master and his disciple, do their special technique, the 'Tornado Wheel of Hell'.
"When she was little, she was moved by this movie. Luckily, it's back in theaters." Arisu explained, as Haruhiko was starting to nap, and Reina was speed eating her bowl of popcorn.
They were now in a rock climbing gym, Kazuto and Mai, were keeping up with one another as they were climbing on the wall.
"Man, you have some impressive stamina." Mai said.
"Thanks. I could say the same thing with you as well." Kazuto said.
"This place is dear to her?" Reina asked.
"She said she often came here with her father. He seems to have liked sports." Arisu told her.
Now they were now in a china town area, in a restaurant. Kazuto and Mai were sited together on a table, while the others were on a different table.
"Here you go!" One of the waitresses gave Kazuto and Mai two bowls of soup for them to start off. "Hope you enjoy."
Mai then picks up a spoon, and begins brought it into the soup, and then into her mouth, she then notice Kazuto eyebrows twitching as he was looking at his spoon full of soup.
"What's wrong, aren't you gonna eat?" Mai asked.
"O-Of course I am!" Kazuto said, before he brought the soup into his mouth, which made him flinched, before he notices the look Mai was giving him. "What?"
"Kazuto-kun, are you a nekojita?" Mai asked.
"No!" Kazuto denied, before he drinks down a cup of water fast. "What makes you say that?!"
Mai chuckles, before saying. "Oh nothing, I just think I learn something new from you, that you can't handle hot food."
Kazuto slightly blushed before he looks away. At the others table, they sweat drop, as they saw Reina eating large amount of food she had order.
Kazuto and Mai, were now at the water front, and are enjoying the view. Then they were now on the top of a sky tower, looking out through the windows, looking over the city, as the sun was beginning to set.
Mai then saw a nearby family looking over the city as well, which brought up a childhood memory of hers, of her and parents also looking from this tower, which made her smile in nostalgia, before she looks back to Kazuto, for a while, before she diverted her eyes away, while twiddling her fingers with her hand behind her back.
After the 'date', they were now heading back to the bridge where the two Phantoms are.
"So, now we're back where the Phantoms show up." Ruru said facing the screen, before flying up in the air.
"That took me way back…" Mai said, while stretching her arms.
"Will that really help us to share our memories?" Kazuto wondered.
Mai then notices a nearby park with a slide, and has red flowers with the grass outside of the park, before she stops.
"I remember now." Mai said, which made Kazuto and the others wonder what she means.
Mai take a closer look of the flowers.
"I've been here before, too. On a trip in preschool, I didn't realize it because there weren't as many buildings back then." Mai explained, while she placed her finger on one of the flowers, as she remembers a childhood memory. "Being timid, I ran away from other kids, to play by myself. And then, two kids I didn't know spoke to me. Even though I was shy around strangers, for some reason, I had no trouble befriending them. I didn't even ask their names. I wonder who they were."
'Wait a moment,' Kazuto thought, before he looks towards the bridge. 'Those two Phantoms mostly stay here to challenge Mai, near a place that is memorable to her. That can't be a coincidence, can it?'
"You are here…"
"…Mai Kawakami."
They look and saw the two Phantoms watching over them on top of the bridge.
"There you are." Mai said in ready for battle against the two Phantoms.
"No wait…You two still hadn't copy your memories yet!" Haruhiko told them.
"Who cares now?! Besides I wasn't counting on it to work, anyway." Mai said before she runs to the bridge.
"Well I guess we have no choice anyway." Kazuto said, before he opens his bag, and pulls out the Faiz Gear and puts it on. "I don't usually use this for Phantoms, but I guess I shouldn't hold back."
Kauzto opens his Faiz Phone, and pressed '555' and then enter.
"STANDING BY!"
"Henshin!" Kazuto shouted, and inserts the Faiz Phone into the belt.
"COMPLETE!"
Kazuto then transformed into Faiz, and flicks his wrist, which surprised Arisu after seeing transformed into Faiz for the first time, before he runs to the bridge as well. Then the two parties charges at each other.
Mai was fighting against the black haired Phantom, and are in even ground with each other. While Faiz was dodging and parried the white hair Phantom's attacks, before she throughs in an axe kick at Faiz, which he blocks with his forearms, the force was strong it made cracks appear under his feet, before he pushed the Phantom back, and soon saw her spinning kick at Faiz, which he blocks with his forearm, but was sent flying.
"Kazuto-kun!" Mai gasped, turning to Faiz.
"Got you!" The black haired Phantom then throws a palm hand strike at Mai sending her flying as well, just before Faiz landed on his feet.
"Mai!" Faiz jumps and catches her, in a bridal carry, which made her blush. "You alright?" He asked before she set her down on her feet.
"Yeah I am. Thanks." Mai said.
"Pathetic Mai Kawakami." The white haired Phantom said.
"But it seems, this is the result of our training, this won't be like last time." The black haired Phantom said.
"This time?" Faiz blinked his eyes under his helmet, before he made a conclusion. "Wait, are you those two kids Mai mention, that she made friends with and played together, in her preschool trip around here."
"Eh? Kazuto-kun, what are you saying?" Mai asked, and the others wonder what he means as well.
"Hang on, Mai Kawakami, have you forgotten us?" The black haired Phantom asked.
"This is the place where we met!" The white haired Phantom stated, before she waves her hand, making a rain of flower petals around, Faiz, Mai, and the others.
Now they were by a riverside.
"I give! I give!" They look and saw a child Mai with child version of the sister Phantoms, holding one of them in a submission hold, while tabbing on the ground.
The white haired Phantom begins to cry, before she starts to run away.
"Hey, don't run, let's play some more." Child Mai said before she chances after the Phantom.
"No! No, please!" The white haired Phantom begged for mercy, before child Mai, tackles her to the ground.
"This is your memory from when you were in preschool, isn't it?" Haruhiko asked.
"Yup most likely." Faiz nodded.
"No way! This isn't how I remember it!" Mai exclaimed in denial.
"Come on," Child Mai drags the white hair Phantom to her sibling. "I'll let you try it on her this time."
"No!" Both Phantoms said, before the black haired stands up, and the other breaks free from her grip and runs away.
Mai was in shocked of this memory, before they were now back on the bridge.
"After your violence while we happened to be training here, we trained for years in order to get revenge." The white haired Phantom told her.
"Just what is going on?" Mai said before she placed her hands on her head, and then rubs her head, before her eyes turned white.
"I believe your memory has changed." Haruhiko got Mai's and Reina's attention.
"Changed?" Reina said.
"People often change their memories to suit themselves. In other words, you were never as introverted or quiet as you thought you were." Haruhiko told her.
This made Mai gasped, before she stands up on her feet and had her hands on her cheeks.
"I knew something was off. Mai-chi being introverted." Ruru said.
"With you on that one." Faiz said in agreement.
"But the rambunctious you, was cute, too." Reina told her.
"Mai Kawakami, we have not yet finished our duel!" The white haired Phantom said.
"Behold, ten years of our training." The black haired Phantom said, before she and her sister jumps down to the bridge.
"Minna, stay back." Mai said, as she was about to charge in, but Faiz stops her by grabbing on her shoulder.
"Wait Mai, I have a planned, listen…" Faiz then begins to whisper into her ear about a plan he come up with, as the two charges at them. "…How about it?"
"Okay! Sounds good to me!" Mai said.
"Alright, let's do this." Faiz said, before he and Mai, charges at the two Phantoms, and engage combat with each other.
The black haired Phantom punches at Mai two times, which she parries, before the Phantom sidekicks at her, which she dodges by ducking under it, and summersault kicks her on the chin.
The white haired Phantom kicks at Faiz a few times, which he dodges and parries, for a while until he dodges under one punch, and uppercuts the Phantom away.
The two Phantoms landed next to each other on their feet.
"Now, Mai!" Faiz called out.
"Okay!" Mai nodded before she closes her eyes. "Of the five elements, the power of earth absorbs water." Mai begins her chant while rubbing her star hand under her chest. "Let us do battle for what is right!"
Mai begins to channel energy into her fist.
Faiz pulls out his Faiz Shot and removes and inserts his Mission Memory, into it.
"READY!"
Faiz puts on the Faiz Shot on his hand, and pressed the 'Enter' button on his Phone.
"EXCEED CHARGE!"
"Damn you!" Both Phantoms exclaimed, before their charge at Mai and Faiz, got ready for their attack.
The two Phantoms double kicks at Faiz, and Mai, while they clashed with a double punch, which made a pillar of light like explosion on the bridge before it died out.
Then the two Phantoms were now lying on the ground, defeated by Faiz's and Mai's attack.
"It seems we still lack training." The white haired Phantom said.
"But that is what makes our enemy worth defeating." The black haired Phantom told her sister.
"You're both pretty impressive, too." Mai said before, she and Kazuto changing out of his Faiz form, walks to the two Phantoms, and reaches out her hands to the two. "To be honest, it was a close win."
"Yep…I with you on that." Kazuto said, while waving his slightly injured hand, and blows on it. "If I wasn't wearing my Faiz armor and if we were off by a second, that attack would have broken a bone or two."
The two Phantoms accepted and grabs onto Mai's hands, as she helps them back up on their feet, before the two Phantoms started to fade away as flower petals.
"We shall return to challenge you again." The white haired Phantom said.
"Until then, be well." The black haired Phantom said, before she and her sister, started to disappear.
"Yeah, I'll be waiting." Mai said, as they disappear completely, leaving two flower petals on both her hands.
"Mai-oneesama!" Mai look and saw Reina running up to her and hugs her.
"Good work. Both of you. You did very well." Arisu said.
"Thanks." Mai said with a grined.
"So in the end you two didn't copy each other memories." Haruhiko said sound a little disappointed.
"Yeah well, don't be so glum about it." Kazuto said, before he smacks Haruhiko on the back, making him flinch in pain, before he rubs on it. "We manage to complete the job, that's all it really matters."
Unknown to them, is that Kurumi had been watching them on the end of the bridge.
"They're so awesome." Kurumi said in awed.
"Hey Kazuto-kun." Mai got his attention.
"Yes?" Kazuto said.
"Thanks for the assist; you've been big help, unlike someone here." Mai said, which made Haruhiko flinch, before he slumps.
"It's no problem, I was happy to help. Isn't that what friends do for each other?" Kazuto asked.
"Yeah it is." Mai nodded, before, she blush a little. "Also um…"
"What is it?" Kazuto asked.
"Do you think…Are you willing to go on another date with me?!" Mai said, which caught him and the others off guard, before…
"Eh…?" Kazuto let out, while the others.
"EHHHHH!" They let out, it was loud enough to each the sky.
(One week later)
Mai was seen waiting at the park for her and Kazuto to meet, for the start of their date.
"I still can't believe I ask him out on another date, out of the blue like that. But at least he said he doesn't mind…" Mai said with a smile, while feeling a little embarrassed.
Someone made a turned to Mai, and accidently bumps into her.
"Oh I'm sorry about that."
"Oh it's no problem." Mai said.
"Wait a minute Mai?" Mai got a good look of him, he was a young man who was about 2 years older than her, has black hair with a bandana tied around his head, and grey eyes, and is wearing a green jacket and black pants and shoes. "Is that you?"
"Wait a moment, Aoki Shinkawa-senpai?!" Mai said with a smile, before she and Aoki shock hands with each other. "Wow! It really is you!"
"Yeah! I have to say it's good to see you again." Aoki greeted back. "And you seem to be doing well."
"I could say the same with you as well." Mai said. "What brings you here? Didn't you move out to a different town after you graduated?"
"Well, let's just say my business is what brought me here." Aoki said while rubbing the back of his head. "But what about you? It looks like your waiting for someone?"
"Well actually…" Mai said while scratching her cheek.
"Mai!" They both looked and saw Kazuto heading to them on his bike.
"Kazuto-kun!" Mai waved, this made Aoki flinch his eyes after she said his name.
Kazuto soon stops by them.
"Sorry if I took so long, traffic was pretty long." Kazuto said, before he notices Aoki. "Who are you?"
"Oh Kazuto-kun, I have to introduced you. This is Aoki Shinkawa, an old friend and an upper classmen, from my middle school." Mai introduced him.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Kazuto Inui." Kazuto reaches out his hand for a handshake with Aoki.
"Likewise, it's nice to meet you too." Aoki said with a smile, before he shakes Kazuto's hand, which he notices, he felt a strong grip Aoki gave him, before they let go.
"Kazuto-kun is a friend and a member of my team in our school's Phantom hunting club." Mai told him.
"Oh really, is that so." Aoki said.
"Yes…And he and I are, well going on a date, to get to know each other better." Mai told him.
"Really?" Aoki hummed. "Well, you better get going, don't let me waste your time."
"Okay," Mai said, before Mai got behind Kazuto on his bike, and puts on a helmet he gave her. "Well it was nice seeing you again, senpai."
Kazuto then drives away with Mai riding behind him. As they left, Aoki gritted his teeth in an angry frown on his face.
Kazuto and Mai, decided two watches a movie first, it was a sci-fi movie, which Kazuto is very into, while Mai found it a little boring. They then decided to have lunch, at a fast food restaurant to have burgers.
Then Kazuto brought him and Mai, to a different area of the city, where she spotted an arcade shop, which they played a few games there, and Mai spotted a photo booth, and drags Kazuto into it and took a few pictures with each other, and after that they decided to rest on a bench.
"Man, it sure is fun." Mai said.
"Yeah I admit, today sure is enjoyable." Kazuto said. "Also Mai, I wanted to ask. Why did you ask me out on this date again?"
"Well…" Mai looks away. "It's because I wanted to get to know you a bit more."
"Really? That's all?" Kazuto asked.
"Yeah, you've been on the same team with me for a while now, but I didn't get to know you that much, and not to mention you don't talk about yourself that often, so I decided this was the best way to do that." Mai said with a smile.
"Hmm…Okay, if you say it like that." Kazuto said.
"Well anyway," Mai stands up. "I'm going to get us from drinks, what do you want?"
"A cola is nice." Kazuto answered.
"Okay, I'll be right back." Mai said, before she heads to the nearest vending machine in alleyway.
"What a strange girl, that Mai. But I guess, it's not bad if she is." Kazuto said before he closes his eyes, until his Orphnoch hearing heard Mai.
"Eh who are you…GAH!" Kazuto opens his eyes when he heard that, and he immediately stands up and gone to where Mai was supposed to be.
"Mai!" Kazuto shouted when he entered the alleyway, but saw that Mai was gone, and the area here is a mess and is in ruined.
Kazuto walks into it, and soon started to smell with his noise, it's one of his abilities as the Wolf Orphnoch, that he has stronger sense of hearing and smell, compared to most Orphnochs.
As Kazuto, smelled the area, he started to see phantom images of Mai, she was about to buy the drinks, until she notices someone nearby, and soon dodges a giant punch which she dodges, and it hits the vending machines. She then dodges another punch letting it a well, which made a giant fist hand print, she was about to fight back, but the assailant was quicker, before he spared some sort of gas on it, which made her fallen sleep before she fallen on the ground. Her assailant picks her up on his shoulder, and walks out of the alleyway on the other side, and gotten on a motorcycle and drives away.
Kazuto then opens his eyes, before he runs back to Auto Vaijin and drives through the alleyway and followed Mai's scent.
'Just hang on Mai!' Kazuto said in his head as he drives fast.
Mai was beginning to wake up, fully regaining conscious, but soon found herself inside a abandon factory, and bound on a chair, she tries to break free, but the bindings was too strong.
"No struggle Mai or you'll hurt yourself." Mai looks and saw someone coming out from the shadows, and it was Aoki Shinkawa.
"Aoki-senpai? What are you doing here? Don't tell me that he kidnap you too?" Mai said.
"Oh my sweet little Mai." Aoki said before he rubs his finger on Mai's cheek. "Still too slow to get the picture."
Mai blinked, before she slowly pieces it together, but had scared her.
"Wait a minute…Senpai, don't tell me that you're…" Mai started, before Aoki started to darkly chuckle.
"I guess Kazuto Inui, had already told you…" Aoki interrupted, as he transformed into the Ox Orphnoch. "About us Orphnoch!"
His transformation had shocked Mai in horror and in shocked.
"A-Aoki-senpai, how did this…" Mai started.
"I guess you have no end of questions about this." The Ox Orphnoch said as the image of Aoki forms out of his shadow. "To make things short, it was around the time, I moved out of town. I was driving my car on the road, and when suddenly a runaway car, that was being, then it hit run over my car…And well you can guess the rest, but they said I died but I was reborn as this. And I must say I really like this!"
"Then the reason you're here, is because you were after Kazuto-kun?" Mai said.
"Oh yes, Kazuto Inui, he was the reason I'm here, kill him, and take the Faiz Gear back to Smart Brain. But now there's you, imagine my surprised that your friends with him, but this must be fate that we were brought together again." The Ox Orphnoch said, before he changes back into Aoki, and places his hand on Mai's cheek.
"You see, Mai. Since we were in middle school together, I fallen in love with you. In fact I wanted to marry you, after you graduate, but I didn't have the courage to tell you how I feel…Until I was reborn." Aoki said before he hugs Mai closely and tightly. "The Aoki Shinkawa, that didn't have the guts to tell you how he feels is now dead."
"No I don't believe it…" Mai said.
"Oh believe it. Because now the newly reborn me, can now say it. I love you Mai Kawakami, which is…" Aoki release his hug and brought his hands on Mai shoulders.
"I'm going to kill you now." Aoki said with a smile, which shocked Mai even further. "Don't worry, there's nothing to be afraid of. It might be scary and might hurt for a moment, but don't worry I truly believe you'll be reborn as one of us. Although you won't be as strong and powerful as us original, but with your special abilities it will make up for that. And then you, I, and the other Orphnoch will rule the planet, as the dominant species, by killing all the humans. Wouldn't that be grand?!"
Mai glares at Aoki in angry.
"No I would never do that!" Mai exclaimed at Aoki, which shocked him. "Even if I would be reborn as an Orphnoch, I would never help with killing people!"
"Hey…Don't go and saying staff like that!" Aoki exclaimed before he slaps Mai down to the floor. "But it's like you have a choice anyway! After all…!"
Aoki transformed back into the Ox Orphnoch.
"I did say I'm planning on killing you anyway, regardless of what you would say." The Ox Orphnoch said, before he slowly walks to Mai. Mai struggles to break free again, but still won't get out. "Don't worry Mai, this will all be over soon."
Mai was starting to become scared before she closes, while having flashes of her team and Kazuto.
'Kazuto-kun…' Mai thought, as the Ox Orphnoch was about to go for the skill, but was stop as he was shot at by lasers, she opens her eyes, and saw Kazuto wearing the Faiz Gear, and on his bike stopping inside the building.
"Mai!" Kazuto said, before he took off his helmet and off his bike.
"Kazuto-kun!" Mai said.
Kazuto was about to run to her, but the Ox Orphnoch jumps into his way.
"You don't go anywhere near my Mai!" The Ox Orphnoch shouted, before he charges at Kazuto, which me dodges by doing a shoulder roll, and runs outside. "Get back here, you coward!"
The Ox Orphnoch chances after him.
"Mai-senpai!"
"Mai-oneesama!"
"Mai-chi!"
Mai look and saw, Haruhiko and others running to her.
"You guys, how did you…?" Mai started.
"Kazuto, called us, and said you were in trouble, so we come as fast as we could." Haruhiko said as he tried to untie the ropes binding her, and Reina did the ones for her arms.
"Thanks, I'm so glad you come." Mai said.
"Don't worry about it; after all we're a team." Haruhiko said.
The Ox Orphnoch was now by the water bay looking around for Kazuto.
"Over here!" The Orphnoch turned around and saw Kazuto behind him. "I heard what you were going to do. And I have to say, that's not love it's selfish."
"You shut up! I do love her; she belongs to me and me alone! So you won't have her!" The Ox Orphnoch exclaimed.
"Like I said." Kazuto said, before he pressed '5-5-5' and 'Enter' on his Faiz Phone.
"STANDING BY!"
"That's not love that is being selfish!" Kazuto said before he raises his Phone. "Henshin!"
Kazuto inserts the Phone into his belt.
"COMPLETE!"
Kazuto transformed into Faiz, before he flicks his wrists, and soon he and the Ox Orphnoch charges at each other.
(Cue: The People With No Name: By m.c.A-T)
The Ox Orphnoch first at Faiz, which he dodges and counter punches him, and followed with a kick. The Ox Orphnoch roars before he, rums onto Faiz and lifts him up with his horns, and hurls him away on the ground.
Just as Faiz was about to get back up, the Ox Orphnoch slams his giant fist on the Rider, sending rolling on the ground, but as he was rolling he pulled out his Faiz Phone and pressed '1-0-6' and 'Enter'.
"BRUST MODE!"
As Faiz stops rolling he aimed his Faiz Phone in gun mode, and fired laser shots at the Ox Orphnoch, causing the Orphnoch to stumble back, before Faiz got back on his feet and runs up and punches the him with his other hand, and his next punch pushed the Ox Orphnoch, and then Faiz '1-0-3' and 'ENTER' buttons on his Phone.
"SINGLE MODE!"
Faiz fired a single continuous beam, sending the Ox Orphnoch rolling on the ground for a few feet.
(End of song)
Faiz then inserts the Phone back into his belt, and soon pulls out his Faiz Shot, he then saw Mai with the others watching the battle, but mostly has his eyes on Mai, telling her something, which Mai understood, before she looks at the Ox Orphnoch, and with a heavy heart and tears forming on the edge of her eyes.
"Please Kazuto-kun; end Aoki-senpai's madness." Mai told Faiz.
"You got it." Faiz nodded, as he removed the Mission Memory and inserts it into the Faiz Shot.
"READY!"
Faiz puts on the Shot, as the Ox Orphnoch got back on his feet, before he pressed the 'Enter' button on his Phone.
"EXCEED CHARGE!"
Energy travels into Faiz's Shot, before he and the Ox Orphnoch, charges at each other as they roared, and throws in a punch at each other. Faiz was quicker as he dodges the Ox Orphnoch punch, and landed his first.
The Ox Orphnoch grunted in pain, while saying his last word. "M-My Mai…"
The Orphnoch burst into blue flames, and then crumbles into dust, as the Phi Symbol appears.
After the battle Faiz, had changed back into Kazuto. Mai had gather the remains of Aoki/Ox Orphnoch's ashes and speared them across the river, and soon did a pray, and Reina soon did as well.
"I still couldn't believe how much Aoki-senpai. I guess that what happens, once he had become an Orphnoch." Mai said.
"Yeah." Kazuto said.
"It really showed me, just how dangerous the Orphnoch is." Mai said.
"Yeah, but don't worry, not all Orphnoch are like that, there are some that still retain their humanity, I know because I met some of them." Kazuto said. "I'm sorry, that Shinkawa wasn't one of them."
"Don't be, you did what you have to, and I requested you do it, because I wanted to believe that somehow it would save his soul." Mai said.
"His soul uh…I guess in a way I did, by freeing him from his madness." Kazuto said.
"Yeah I'm sure of it. So," Mai turned to Kazuto with a tears falling down her eyes but was still smiling. "Thank you, Kazuto-kun."
Kazuto then pulls in Mai, for a hug, while petting on her head.
"It's no problem Mai." Kazuto said before he let out a tear, and as he let her cry out on his chest, Haruhiko, Reina, and Ruru was also crying as well.
To Be Continued…The Rabbit Family
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