Author's Note
Hey folks! I'm here again with a new chapter again. Thanks for all the reviews.
Now let's get started with the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't owe Kakumeiki Valvrave.
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Chapter two – Beyond 666
Hikari rushed as fast as she could. Finally she reached near the shore. She saw Haruto on the ground, senseless. "Haruto-nii-chan!"
She rushed towards him. Then suddenly she saw another figure near Haruto, same, senseless. Who… is that? She thought. Then brushing aside all thoughts she ran towards Haruto.
"Haru-nii-chan!?" she gasped to see Haruto's shirt covered in blood. Instantly she rushed there, kneeled down just above his head and gently pulled him and placed his head on her lap.
"Haruto! Haruto! Please, please wake up!" she cried, tears welled up in her eyes. She took his left hand and tried to feel his pulse, however she felt none. "Haruto! Haruto! Wake up! Please wake up!"
"Hikari!" she looked up to see three figures. "Kyuma-senpai! Haruto… Haruto isn't responding." Tears rolled down her tear stained cheeks again.
Kyuma and Aina kneeled down on his either sides. "Haruto-san!" Aina called. "Haruto! Oi Haruto!" Kyuma called. "Is he…?" Aina did not finish her words. Kyuma checked his pulse near his neck. "No. It's all right. I can still feel his pulse." Hikari swiftly looked up at Kyuma. Then she checked his radial artery again. Indeed, she too could feel his pulse now. But how come…? Just now…
"But he is all covered in blood!" Aina cried. "There are no wounds in his body. It must be someone else's blood."
"Agh…ag" L-Elf was regaining his consciousness.
"Let's take him to the school first. We should let the nurse check….." But Kyuma's words were interrupted by a gun shot. All of them jerked and looked at that direction. There were four unknown teens with the Sakimori Academy uniform.
The one with front braided silver hair said, "Get away from the Valvrave." and pointed his gun towards them. "Val? What?" said Kyuma.
Hikari's eyes constricted and grew wider. Did he just say… Valvrave! Then with frightened eyes Hikari looked up at the robot and then looked down at Haruto. No! She hugged him hard and placed her lips over his forehead. "Haruto!" she whispered, teardrops falling over Haruto's face.
"It's the name of that robot there." said the short red haired boy. Then pointing his gun towards them he said, "Didn't you JIORians name it?" "You aren't Sakimori Academy Students!" Saki exclaimed. "We are from Dorssia!" he pointed his gun towards Saki.
Then suddenly, someone shot his gun down from his hand. It fell onto the ground. All the others pointed their guns towards that direction.
A-Drei gasped. It was L-Elf. "L-Elf!" he gasped.
The four teens looked up at him. "It's… you?" Hikari whispered under her breath. "There is a ventilator over there." he said the four teens. Saki looked down, then pulled Aina up and tried to pull Hikari as well, however she shoved off her hand and said, "I won't go!" Saki had no choice but to run towards the ventilator along with Aina.
H-Neun pointed his gun towards them, but A-Drei said, "Let them go." The duo got into the ventilator. "Hurry up!" said L-Elf. Kyuma rushed out as well. L-Elf too got up. Before he rushed out he looked down at the tear stained Hikari and Haruto, with a shocked face. Hikari too looked up at him.
"What's the meaning of this, L-Elf? Why do you point your gun at us?" A-Drei asked him. He looked up and then shot A-Drei's left eye. "Arrggg…" he groaned with pain. "A-Drei!" X-Eins came running to his aid "Dammit!"
L-Elf pulled Hikari up violently by her arm and dragged her along with him. "No! Leave me! I'm not going without Haruto! Leave me!" she screamed. "We don't have time for this Hikari!" He hissed. Hikari looked up, astonished. How did he… know my name?!
H-Neun kept on shooting, keeping his aim at L-Elf. L-Elf shot at him as well, while dragging Hikari along. Q-Vier crashed down onto the ground, getting hold of his gun and shot at L-Elf. However it barely missed him, just passed by the side of his arm.
He shoved Hikari into the ventilator and then he jumped into it.
Q-Vier look disappointed at failing to shoot L-Elf.
"Arg..arr…" A-Drei groaned in pain. "Q-Vier, watch the area!" H-Neun ordered. "H-Neun call the Head Quarters!" ordered X-Eins.
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After reaching a safe place through the ventilator, they all took a sigh of relief. Hikari still kept on looking at him. There was a tinge of pink on her cheeks. "It's you?" she whispered. "What are you thinking?" Saki asked him. "Why did you help us? Who are you?" Kyuma asked.
He faced all of them and replied, "I am… Haruto." he answered. "Haruto…nii-chan?" Hikari looked at him with surprise. The tinge of pink disappeared from her cheeks. "Thank goodness." she sighed. But then suddenly thought, Is this… possession? But… how come?
"Ha… ruto?" Kyuma said utterly confused. "I don't know why am I in this body? But… I am Haruto."
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"L…..Elf…." A-Drei groaned with pain putting his left palm over his left eye.
"L-ELF!"
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Dorssia had taken control over JIOR in the Dyson Sphere. The WAFFEs flew around everywhere in the city to keep a watch over everything.
The Dorssian soldiers took control over everything, taking all the common people under their captivity and transporting them away as hostages. The WAFFES were patrolling everywhere.
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"Get the heck off from here! Why the heck should we hand over our phones?" shouted Raizo, the school bully of Sakimori Academy, struggling with a few Dorssian soldiers. "Let go of me, shitheads! I am the biggest boss of this school, damn you Dorssian!"
The soldiers collected all the cellphones of the students and kept them in a box. "You Dorssians, just get the heck off-" One of the soldiers hit him at the back of his head with a gun and he crashed down into the ground. Some of the soldiers went and stamped him.
"Resistance is futile. JIOR herself surrendered unconditionally." One of the soldiers announced.
A hubbub broke out among the students. "Huh?" "They surrendered?" "How can it be?" "This wasn't an isolated attack?"
"Peace must have made you daft, so allow me to repeat!" he said. "The nation you used to call JIOR is no more! This land now belong to Greater Dorssia, the glorious!"
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"Rock-Paper-Scissor!" "Scissor! Scissor! Scissor!" Kyuma and "Haruto" played a match of Rock-Paper-Scissor, and all of it was lost by "Haruto".
After that Kyuma said, "So, you really are Haruto!" "I did not understand this strange way of your thought, but this was the only way to confirm my identity." said "Haruto". "So that's for real?" said Aina feeling relieved.
"I can't remember clearly what happened, but when I got out of that robot…." "Haruto" recalled how he bit L-Elf. "Huh!" he gasped. "You possessed him." Hikari said in a low voice, loud enough for "Haruto" to hear, looking up at him. "Haruto" looked down at the brunette a little surprised.
"But when did you learn to shoot?" Kyuma asked looking a little worried. "It's the same as memory loss." Saki said. "Huh?" Kyuma looked at her. "Even if you forget who you are, it's not like you forget to talk or use a phone." she completed.
"So fighting was an everyday thing for this owner's body?" "Haruto" half questioned himself. "No." Said Hikari, this time aloud. Everyone looked at her. "This isn't just a mere thing. This is what you will call taking possession." she said in her soft voice, yet with a hint of graveness in her tone. "What do you mean Hikari-chan?" Aina asked confused. "Haruto has taken possession of his body. He has acquired all the skills which this person has. He is able to manipulate his body and do things at his will in his body." She ended.
"Who is this person? What is he like?" said "Haruto" running his hands over 'his' body. "So, then, what should we do now?" asked Kyuma. "We must get back Haruto-san's body." said Aina. "I am sure that there is some way of restoration, Haruto. You will be able to get back in your body." said Hikari. "That's right. It is unsettling for you and as well us for us too. Right, Haruto? " said Saki. "Just doing that won't be enough." said "Haruto". "I will get back that robot and chase out every single Dorssian!" "The… Valvrave." whispered Hikari under her breath. "Haruto-san?" Aina said in a gloomy voice. "Anything less won't appease my anger." "Haruto" clenched his fist tightly. "Those bastards, they killed Shoko!" Hikari looked down at the floor, trying to hide her tears. Is everything… really… doomed?
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There was shadow of destruction everywhere in JIOR. Big buildings were left into debris. The Dorssians planted flags everywhere around JIOR.
"The government of JIOR surrendered unconditionally. Annexation of JIOR was successful. Did I get it right?" the blond haired colonel asked. "Yes, sir. We disabled all the enemy forces of Module 77. The JIORians are being deported as we speak. We secured the Primary target. It is mostly undamaged. The pilot is still unconscious. It is that student whose picture circulated the net." X-Eins reported. "Where is L-Elf?" the colonel asked. "Well, uh…" X-Eins hesitated. "L-Elf Betrayed us!" said Q-Vier in a cheerful tone. "Huh?" X-Eins gasped. The colonel and the gray haired woman with him looked disappointed.
"L-Elf injured A-Drei and is on the run. His motive is unclear." Finished X-Eins.
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"I've never heard of a Karlstein institute graduate betraying." "A stain on the otherwise immaculate records of the Perfection army." Two Dorssian soldiers discussed while looking at the picture of L-Elf in a Electronic record. Suddenly there was a sound. "Who's there?"
From the shadow came out a silver haired teen. "You?!" One of the soldiers exclaimed.
From inside the alley the four other teens heard the sound of two gun shots. Then they came out. Hikari gasped, putting her hand over her mouth. "You killed them?" asked Kyuma astonished. "Shouldn't have I? We are at a war, if you haven't realized." said "Haruto" supplying himself with guns of the deceased soldiers. "But…" "They killed Shoko. Did they not expect me to answer in the same manner?" said "Haruto" equipping a gun. Saki looked at him with her eyes narrowed.
"You should stay here. Thing are about to get rough." said "Haruto". "Haruto… are you…" "I must avenge her… I will avenge her. I can never forgive them." Kyuma placed his hand over his shoulder.
"Haruto…" Hikari called to him. "Haruto" looked at her. "I will… I will come along with you. I can't… I can't let you go alone." Hikari said with a determined face. "No Hikari, I cannot deliberately drag you into danger with me." "Haruto" placed his hand over her head and caressed her hair a little. "I possibly cannot let anything happen to you. You must stay here."
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"Is that the engine?" "That's way too small." "Don't you remember its power?" "How did a supposedly neutral country ended up with a technology like this?" "I've never seen anything like this before." Some Dorssian scientists were examining the Valvrave and taking its pictures.
"This is the cooling fin." "Smoke was coming out of it during yesterday's battle." "I wonder why they made it humanoid." "I'd rather know how it changed colour."
The scientists were examining Haruto's body, when suddenly the sound of an overhead helicopter made them look up. "What?" "Haruto" jumped straight off the helicopter and landed on one of the scientist. He shot the other and then looked down at the one he landed onto. "L-Elf!" He shot him down as well. Then he shot five blank fires to scare the other scientists away. "Haruto" looked down at his own body and then looked at his chest. My wounds have healed?
Kyuma piloted a helicopter haphazardly. "Dammit! This cannot be handled like a motorbike at all!" The helicopter crashed on the ground and then flew up again. Then it flew over the Valvrave. Saki and Hikari peeped out of it and as the helicopter flew over the Valvrave they jumped down.
"Haruto" gently kept his body by the walls of the cockpit inside the Valvrave. Then he looked up surprised. Both Saki and Hikari peeped in. "I said you Haruto, I cannot let you be alone!" said Hikari. "I'm coming with you too!" said Saki. "No. This is…" he looked down at his body, "This is Dangerous." he said. "What is dangerous?" both the girls chorused. The Dorssian soldiers started firing at them. "Haruto" pull both the girls in. The soldiers kept on firing.
The latch of the cockpit closed. "Why?" "Haruto" asked them. "Come here, I will tie you up." said Saki smiling. "I need to see the things up to the end. I want to see where does this possession and restoration thing leads to." said Hikari with a grave look. "Haruto" was a little surprised to see Hikari's gray cells getting excited over this matter.
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Q-Vier was playing a video game in a psp. "L-Elf is here?" H-Neun questioned in the phone. "Yes! He hijacked the primary objective!" came the female voice from the other side of the phone. "L-Elf!" gasped A-Drei.
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"Just repeat the steps that cause this switch." said Saki. "You think I will go back to normal?" asked "Haruto". "I am sure, that's gonna work. If by biting him you can possess him, then by biting him back you should switch back." said Hikari with hundred percent optimist view, as being the permanent top student of the class, she was always triggered by such matters.
"Well, I don't understand so much, but that's how it works in the movies." said Saki. "Well, maybe I should give it a try." said "Haruto" and kneeled down beside his body and bit on the side of 'his' neck. A soon as he bit something happened and Haruto came back to his own body. L-Elf fell off unconscious.
Haruto got up and looked at his reflection on the Valvrave cockpit. "I'm… back… in my own body." "Haruto… you're back." said Hikari suddenly with a childish ecstasy and ran to him and hugged him tightly. Unmindfully, he placed his right hand over her head and caressed her hair a bit.
L-Elf regained his consciousness and saw that he was tied up. "What?" he exclaimed. Both Haruto and Hikari looked at him. "So, restoration is possible." said Haruto looking at the tied up L-Elf. L-Elf was shocked to see Haruto. "Why are you alive?"
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The Dorssian soldiers tried to open the cockpit. Suddenly the Valvrave was activated and it started moving. "It's moving." The soldiers started retreating. One soldier kept on firing and then retreated too. The Valvrave stood up. Haruto was trying to steer it properly.
He flew it to one of the huge Dorssian air ship. "Dorssians, just get lost!" The Valvrave started kicking it.
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"Captain, he is too close!" X-Eins exclaimed. "Pilot! Fly her fifteen degree stand board!" the Captain commanded.
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The Dorssian ship tilted.
"What?!" Haruto exclaimed. The Valvrave lost its balance and fell off into the ocean. "Haruto-san!" Aina squealed from a helicopter.
"We… we are sinking!" Haruto exclaimed. "Oh no!" Hikari gasped. Is this fellow an amateur? L-Elf thought. He tried to free himself.
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"Let's leave the module for now. We can join up with the rest of our forces." X-Eins said.
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The Valvrave kept on sinking and then finally through the sea exit it flew out into the space.
"Are we in… space?" Haruto was surprised. Hikari doubled beside Haruto's cockpit seat and decided to remain there. Saki flew a little further and saw the view around. She was fascinated to see it. Then her gaze shifted. "That's Earth…" Then suddenly a number of vessels appeared before them. "Enemies!" Haruto exclaimed. They started shooting at the Valvrave. Haruto was not able to land it anywhere.
"There is no footing here!" Haruto groaned. "Of course, we are in space!" Saki caught hold of the dash board. Another shot was fired and Saki fell on it while Hikari banged against Haruto's seat. "Ahh..uh." "Uhhh…Ughhh."
"Surrender! You can't win with a single unit!" L-Elf commanded. "Shut up!" Saki pointed the gun at him. "Don't block my view!" Haruto exclaimed. Haruto accelerated the Valvrave and started moving faster.
"Is that the light he used for the fight?" one of the Dorssian pilots asked himself. Haruto got out the fold sickles, the melee weapon and wiped out one WAFFE after another.
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The Dorssian vessels came out with two huge machines on it.
A-Drei moved inside one of it. "Nice and easy A-drei. You are still injured." a voice said him. "That's precisely why I'm going." he said. "A-Drei, IDEAL, vox out!" He announced. "Blitzendegen!" all the other crew shouted. "Blitzendegen!" A-Drei returned. And the robot was launched.
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Haruto destroyed the last WAFFE and then looked back. A huge robot was coming towards them. "Q-Vier, vox out!" "It's huge… what is it?" Saki exclaimed. Both Saki and Haruto were astonished. "IDEAL." Hikari blurted out. Both Saki and Haruto looked at her in surprise. Even L-Elf gave a surprised look towards her. How did she know that?
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"The crowning jewel of our military: the heavy fighting unit IDEAL. Let us show you why Dorssia can hold its own against the mighty ARUS." X-Eins said proudly.
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The IDEAL launched a huge no of missiles towards the Valvrave. "What's that?" Haruto gasped. "Haruto, we need to escape from that!" Hikari exclaimed.
"Here we go, L-Elf." A-Drei controlled a number of buttons of the vessel.
The missiles moved towards the Valvrave. And it kept on following it. And several of the missiles hit the vessel.
Saki banged against the wall of the cockpit and fell. "Saki-chan!" Hikari called out. "Arggggg!" She herself banged against the seat several times.
The attack kept on coming. "This style of attack… it's A-Drei!" L-Elf groaned.
The heat capacity of the Valvrave kept on rising. Looking at that Saki asked, "What is that?" But before Haruto could say a word Hikari said, "That shows the heat capacity of the Valvrave. The more it rises, the more heated up the vessel gets and if it reaches 100, the Valvrave will stop moving and it will not move unless the heat goes down to 0." "Are you serious?" Saki exclaimed. "If I keep moving, it will overheat." Haruto said to Saki.
L-Elf was again attracted by what Hikari said. What? How come she knows all that just by looking at the Valvrave once!
"But then what can we do?" Saki asked. "How should I know?" Haruto retorted. "Guys, p-please stop arguing." Hikari cried.
Suddenly someone caught hold of Saki's leg and pulled her. Saki shrieked. L-Elf caught hold of her and pointed the gun at Haruto. "Saki-chan!" Hikari gasped putting her palms over her mouth.
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"It stopped?" A-Drei was confused.
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"Surrender. Send the disarmament signal." L-Elf ordered, tightening his grip on Saki's neck by his arm. "S-Saki-chan…" Hikari was very frightened in this situation. "Let go off Rukino-san." Haruto said in a grave tone.
L-Elf noticed his chest. His wounds are gone? L-Elf thought. Suddenly the Valvrave was struck again. The IDEAL was just in front of them. "L-Elf, why did you shoot me?" A-Drei's voice came. "What?" L-Elf was utterly shocked.
"You traitor! I'll see justice is met myself!" A-Drei growled. "What is he talking about?" Still shocked L-Elf couldn't believe his ears. "L-Elf!" A-Drei shouted and then pushed the hands of the IDEAL in full speed and struck it on a broken asteroid.
They all banged against their respective spots again. "I betrayed them?" L-Elf said helplessly.
The Valvrave flew off using the jets under its feet. "Running away?" A-Drei said. He followed them.
L-Elf pointed his gun at Haruto tightening his grip over Saki, "Hey! What's going on here?!" He asked. "Didn't you listen? You shot your comrade." Saki answered. "I did nothing like that!" He tightened his grip even more.
The missiles still followed the Valvrave. And still one or two hit the vessel. Hikari looked tensed. "Haruto, you can't escape the missiles. They are controlled by the pilot. You have to try and destroy them." Hikari said. "Got it." He replied. L-Elf was again surprised by the girl's observations, but for the timing considering it secondary, he concentrated on his hostage and his target. Haruto used the hand rays of the Valvrave he tried to destroy the missiles.
Another IDEAL came up from behind it. "Thanks for betraying us L-Elf! I always wanted to fight with you and see who is better!" Q-Vier said excitedly. he fired shots after shots at the Valvrave, but was stopped by the other IDEAL. "What are you doing?" Q-Vier asked. "Stay out of this, Q-Vier. This is between L-Elf and me." A-Drei said. "Come on man!" said Q-Vier disappointed.
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The Valvrave rested against a broken asteroid, heat coming of its body.
Haruto breathed heavily. "What have you done to me?!" L-Elf demanded. "I shot A-Drei? Impossible!" Just then Haruto's phone rang. Immediately both Haruto and Hikari recognized the ringtone and were surprised. "This ringtone…" Haruto was surprised. L-Elf was irritated at the fact that Haruto paid no heed at him. Haruto looked at his phone. "Shoko!" "Shoko-san!" Hikari cried. Shoko had called him!
"Haruto? Is that you?" Shoko spoke from the other side.
"That voice… Shoko? You're really…." Haruto was overwhelmed. Saki gasped and looked at Haruto. L-Elf was getting more restless as Haruto paid no heed to him. "Shoko where are you?" Haruto asked her. "Underground. I got stuck in a car." she replied. "I see… so that's what happened…" He sobbed. "Thank goodness."
I'm sure I killed him. But while his clothes are damaged, his wounds are gone. What's going on? L-Elf thought. Hikari noticed that silver blond haired boy looking at Haruto in a strange manner. Why is he looking at Haru-nii-chan like that? Is he trying to figure out something?
Another bunch of missiles came and struck the asteroid on which the Valvrave was resting. There was loud sound heard on other side of the phone. "Haruto, can you hear me?" Shoko asked. Then she noticed her phone and said, "Sorry I am out of battery." "It's okay. I'll be back right away." Haruto said speeding up the Valvrave dodging the missiles. "We'll talk face to face."
I don't remember shooting A-Drei. But then I don't remember getting injured either. What happened to my body while I was out? I was manipulated? But by whom? L-Elf thought.
"Shoko, when I'm back, I want to finish the discussion we started." "Huh?" "At the shrine, remember?" Haruto reminded. Shoko blushed. "I promise, I will be back!" Haruto resolved.
A-Drei shot another laser ray towards the Valvrave. "L-ELF!" All of them banged against their respective spots again with a brilliant flash of light. With that the heat capacity of the Valvrave crossed hundred rapidly and it stopped moving.
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No Battery.
Shoko's phone displayed.
The engine of the car started. "It's on." The man beside Shoko said.
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The Valvrave came on a total stand still. "It stopped again?" A-Drei was confused.
"Why? Shoko's alive! I made a promise! I told her I'll be back! How can this happen?! How can it end like this?! Oi! Move! Move! Come on!" Haruto moved restlessly. "Haruto, calm down. Don't get so restless. We will get back. I am sure. The Valvrave will move. It will. I am sure. It is showing an indication." Hikari tried to assure Haruto.
"Forty one hertz, thirty micro Pascal." L-Elf said. Haruto looked at him. "The engine is still running. The text on the medical box behind you has changed. They must have wanted to use a universal san-serif font for all text. From this alone it's clear that the cockpit's designers were morbidly methodical. But look at the heat capacity indicator. It jumped from 100 to 666. I doubt that the designers would set it to a random number." L-Elf explained.
"But there are warning messages all over the place!" Haruto exclaimed. "What could be beyond 666?" "Possibility." L-Elf answered. Haruto looked at the heat capacity it was rising steadily. Suddenly, Hikari said in a strange manner, in a dead tone, "666. Power limit overload. Katana. Hara-kiri. Devastating strength." Everyone looked at her. "Hikari?" Haruto whispered. What was that right now? What did she say? Did it convey a meaning about the next step? Even if so, how did she know about that? Who is she? L-Elf thought.
Then the IDEAL, in which A-Drei rode came closer and caught hold of the Valvrave. They all looked at it. It tried to tear off its limb. "I'll start by tearing your limbs off." he said. "I won't die. I don't want to die. Because Shoko is alive." Haruto smiled.
"L-Elf, please surrender!" A-Drei said. "I don't want to kill you." L-Elf looked up at the IDEAL and then at the console of the Valvrave. The number crossed 600.
"I promised Shoko! I said her I'll be back! So now…" The number hit 666. Just at that instant, the Valvrave and cockpit was engulfed in red and golden energy. It started emitting the energy.
"What?" A-Drei was shocked. "Something is wrong. Get away from it! Quick!" A-Drei was called off. Quickly the IDEAL moved away.
"I'll stay alive." Haruto was determined. The Valvrave pulled out its katana gleaming with red and golden energy. The covers of the engine were opened showing it. It stabbed in the katana into its abdomen precisely the engine. A burst of golden energy flew through the blade.
"Hara-kiri?" A-Drei was puzzled.
It pulled the blade out and slashed a brilliant golden energy towards the IDEALs. "Watch out!" Q-Vier barely dodged it. It struck A-Drei's IDEAL and broke one of its limb. "L-ELF!" A-Drei screamed.
"What… was that?" H-Neun and X-Eins were shocked. "Gather all remaining forces!" The captain ordered. Suddenly, some other force started firing at them. "What's going on?" X-Eins was surprised. "It's an ARUS fleet came the answer. The fleet fired at them.
"Why did they had to show up?!" H-Neun was bothered. "Retreat! We are retreating!" The captain ordered. "Q-Vier." X-Eins hailed. "Okay…" He wasn't amused at the order. His WAFFE caught hold of A-Drei's damaged one and flew off.
The Valvrave got back to normal. "They're… gone?" Haruto half questioned himself. L-Elf had let go off Saki. "We are… saved." Hikari whispered. "Yeah. Yeah they are! We have been saved!" Saki was so overwhelmed with excitement that she straight jumped into Haruto and hugged him with ecstasy. However, Haruto just pushed her off with disgust. Hikari did not like the way Haruto treated Saki. Saki felt a little bad.
"Tell me." L-Elf asked. "I'm sure that I killed you." Haruto gasped. Saki looked at Haruto with a sad and sympathetic expression. Hikari gasped violently. Her eyes grew wide and constricted. She was terror stricken. He… killed Haruto?! She looked at Haruto with tears in her eyes.
"Then, why did I shoot A-Drei? Why don't I remember anything?" L-Elf demanded. Haruto was terrified. "Are you behind this? You monster!" L-Elf shouted at him. Haruto was horrified.
Hikari clenched her fist. "Sh..shut up!" Hikari screamed. All eyes went towards her. "Hikari." Haruto looked his younger sister. "You have no right to call Haruto a monster! You can't call him that! Take that back right now!" She stormed at the silver blonde boy with tears welled up in her eyes. L-Elf looked at her. Who is she?
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Kyuma and Aina were cleaning some mess. Suddenly the ground near them moved and someone opened a flap. Shoko came out from underground. Kyuma and Aina looked, surprised. "We are finally out! Hurray!" Shoko rejoiced.
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The Valvrave and the ARUS fleet landed. Saki, Hikari L-Elf and Haruto got down one by one and L-Elf was taken custody by the ARUS soldiers. The trio looked at him.
"Haruto!" Haruto turned to see it was Shoko. "So you really were in a robot! It's so big!" she exclaimed. Kyuma and Aina came from behind waving at the siblings. Saki went away from there. Hikari moved a little away to make space for Haruto and Shoko, but she turned to take a look at the retreating Saki.
Shoko came face to face with Haruto. "Thank you." she said. "We made it through thanks to you Haruto." "Well, I didn't really…" Haruto was a little embarrassed. Then Shoko looked down and blushed. "So what were we talking about?" Haruto gasped. "Remember… at the shrine?" Shoko reminded him. "We got interrupted." She blushed. Hikari, Kyuma and Aina looked at them and smiled.
Haruto was a little clueless so as to what to say. "Shoko… I… love…" Shoko smiled a little embarrassed. Then suddenly something struck Haruto's mind. "I love how lame your T-shirt is!" "Huh?" Shoko was spellbound. "I just had to tell you! That T-shirt like, makes me wanna call the fashion police!" Haruto chuckled. "Heeeh?" Shoko groaned. Hikari, Kyuma and Aina were surprised.
"It's a limited edition! The writer's mom signed it!" Shoko protested. "What the hell? You gotta be kidding me! You put on that serious face to tell me this?!" Shoko stormed. "That's how grave your lack of style is!" Haruto answered. and then he ran away smiling. "Hey, where do you think you are going?" Shoko asked. "Toilet! I've been holding it since the whole time!" He answered. Hikari and Kyuma ran after him. Aina looked back at him. "How vulgar! Substandard! Useless!" Shoko shouted after him.
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Haruto went and stood in a shadowed alleyway. "Oi, are you serious?" Kyuma asked him. "Onii-chan, why didn't you confess to her?" Hikari asked him looking sad. "What can I do?" Haruto said. "Why?" Hikari and Kyuma asked in unison. Haruto looked down at his hands. "I have turned… into… this monster…" Haruto cried tear drops rolling down his cheeks. "Monsters don't have feelings. They have no right to love." Haruto cried. "Haruto…" Kyuma called out.
Haruto collapsed and kneeled down onto the ground crying. Hikari ran to him and hugged him from behind. "No, Onii-chan. Don't call yourself a monster. You are… you are… not…" Her voice started shaking and breaking down as tears rolled down her cheeks as well. She hugged him more tightly. "You are not a monster."
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Well, that's it for the second chapter. Not much changes though.
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Kana