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"We are now ready to begin the meeting." Atobe announced. The 46 tennis players in Hyotei's gym didn't make it cramped at all. In fact, the killing intent was gleaming within their eyes.
"Even though we aren't like the heroes of stories where we have sob stories about parents getting killed or the fate of the world in our hands… Nobody here deserves this. That's why we fight. That's why we're going to take our freedom back and turn this twisted world around." Atobe recited.
"It's time to rebel." Oshitari spoke from behind Atobe. Without realizing it, the whole crowd was cheering.
Silence filled the room. Marui's first thoughts were about Echizen, but they soon lingered to the sword. How did that guy get his attribute sword?
"Koshimae! NO!" Toyama struggled out of the cuffs, and despite the looks of the other players, didn't take his eyes off the battle, the blood. Marui knew something didn't make sense. The cuffs around their wrists were probably just a first level of containment. However, as much as Marui forgot about school, there was no way he wouldn't remember tennis players. People like Toyama with destructive strength should be able to break through the cuffs.
"Isn't this interesting?" Marui's dad glared up at Toyama without turning his head.
Suddenly Echizen was engulfed in flames and disappeared.
"Where is he?! Where?!" Bobby flung the sword around. The arena started to echo.
"Where? Where do you think?" Ryoma suddenly appeared in the air behind Bobby.
"One isn't enough." Ryoma slashed at his opponent with two swords and strings of blood soaked the air. The arena was suddenly engulfed in flames and the players strapped in chairs were coughing their minds out.
"The fire shouldn't be able to reach the others because of the barrier. And why does this kid have two swords? Much better than my hopeless son; this boy's a natural." Marui's dad smiled slightly crazed.
"Were mah acting skills awesome?" Toyama laughed. Echizen just rolled his eyes and evaporated the swords.
"With this Kei Tanishi will also enter a capsule." Marui's dad sent silver sparkles up at Tanishi, who just said:
"Don't let us down, or you'll pay for it. Echizen!" And just like that. He was gone.
"Mada mada dane."
"This is far too predictable." The president of Zexla scowled. Lifting his arm he darted sparkles at Echizen. The sparkles entered his eyes, mouth, nose, ears and everywhere on his body. Suddenly it all spread out and Echizen's eyes dilated. He tilted his head in a horrid manner.
The voices of protest were all drowned out by Marui's focus. If Echizen really were being controlled somehow here then that would interrupt the whole system. Not that the game makers changing the game was surprising, but… something wasn't right.
"So I'm sure you all know that after setting up such an elaborate game, why would I break my own rules?" The president laughed and watched as their hearts were torn to shreds.
"This boy and his loyal Advisor over there. Are the true creators of this game." The president motioned towards them. Toyama let a grin light up his face.
"Oh my, I didn't think that you would reveal that so soon. Well, whatever." Toyama suddenly lost his accent and the cuffs were released.
"The big secret has yet to be revealed, right?" Toyama jumped over to Ryoma and patted him on the shoulder. Ryoma fell to the ground coughing. As his breath steadied he stood up. His memories were probably just restored.
"Let's go." Ryoma who had his school uniform on, materialized a white and gold blanket and pulled it around his body. Toyama quickly did the same.
"Very well." A portal was opened and Toyama gestured for the other to go in.
"Kabaji." A quick snap of the fingers had the player jumping towards Ryoma. Toyama moved to block it, but he was sharply pulled aside by Ryoma. Kabaji didn't change his target and fell straight towards the floor.
"He can't see us…" Marui face-palmed.
"Munehiro Kabaji was not invited to this game. How did you contact him?" The president of Zexla stood up abruptly.
"Sit down." Ryoma glared. The president hesitantly sat down.
"He's been with me for years. There's no way my family..." Atobe continued talking as suddenly, Marui felt someone grab his arm.
"Niou! What are you doing?" Marui asked annoyed.
"Hurry." Niou picked a lock on the side of Marui's chair and the cuffs clicked open. Marui took hold of Niou's hand and he realized how cold he was compared to Niou. Marui moved to pull it away and suddenly Niou gripped tighter.
"Don't let go." Niou pulled out a purple orb and immediately dragged them into another dimension.
"I didn't want to drag you into this part of my mission. But your power is the only one that has the potential to surpass Echizen's. Oshitari, me and deceptive people from each tennis team formed a group that met every month. It decided that if something should happen to tennis members, we would need to redo our schedules at Hyotei. So the message just read "Make Marui fight when the time comes." Oshitari felt it's necessary to have everyone, especially you. Also, everyone is being made aware that Arnold and Oshitari were meeting about our alliance. Since he's part of the American team, he didn't know about our group. He was able to contact the American team about the details but, before he could leave, he was blown up by a mine set up by Zexla. He told Oshitari, with the American team able to hear through his speaker to finish him off since he was going to die anyway, and use his death to further our goals." Niou finished.
"HOW DID THEY GET AWAY?" Marui's dad was furious. He hadn't notified of Echizen and Toyama's positions. Even though he was the number two.
"Shut up. You're annoying." Echizen looked around at the arena of empty seats.
"My deepest apologies, Echizen-sama. It seems as if someone has hacked the system." Zexla's president now bowed before him.
"Damage reports, and can it be fixed?" Toyama demanded.
"Apparently some Seiichi Yukimura was responsible. He failed at his first attempt to dissolve the whole game, but somehow he made the game real. The whole game was transported off earth and onto the moon. We are now inside a program that was secretly developed by Zexla, which is basically a mirror of the Japan we were in. Many game makers that were in control rooms are not in contact and "died" within the game. They have returned to earth and resumed their lives with no memory of Zexla. The only ones left are the four of us and the remaining organization members. Unfortunately we can't gain back control of the game and monitor any player's status. The remaining organization members are well trained to set up traps and fight themselves. Within a month I can contact the company from the moon and get back our controls. The only thing we have right now is control over Seishun Gakuen and the area around there."
"I'll leave that to you. Get to it immediately." Toyama ordered the man, who disappeared.
"And as for you…" Toyama glared at Marui's dad.
"You have a week to run. After that we'll come after you." Echizen glared at the man who quickly ran off.
"Destroy that hologram." Echizen scowled. Toyama grinned as the hologram of Kabaji was burned to a crisp.
"I have an idea." Toyama said idly as he crouched to look at the hologram. They won't get away.
"We are now ready to begin the meeting." Atobe announced on a microphone. The 46 tennis players in Hyotei's gym didn't make it cramped at all. In fact, the killing intent was gleaming within their eyes.
"Even though we aren't like the heroes of stories where we have sob stories about parents getting killed or the fate of the world in our hands… Nobody here deserves this. That's why we fight. That's why we're going to take our freedom back and turn this twisted world around." Atobe recited.
"It's time to rebel." Oshitari spoke from behind Atobe. Without realizing it, the whole crowd was cheering.
"We have to put everyone in different squads. Each of the squad will have a leader and each person in each squad will have a different attribute." Atobe continued.
"Leaders will make up the Council. The Council will make up the majority of the plans and ideas." Atobe pulled out a sheet of paper.
"You have all already told us your power class and your position as a Conqueror or an Advisor. It is obvious that we will lose fewer lives if we send our Advisors to the front lines. They have the most experience and with their death, we'll only lose one person. Not only that, but they are responsible for teaching their respective Conqueror how to fight properly. Since Yukimura did a fantastic job of hacking the system, they can now teach the Conquerors how to use their swords." Atobe smirked as the crowd talked in excitement.
"I have set up a system with the help of all captains of tennis teams and decided on the squads. But first let me explain to everyone who is who. Uh, I'll let Sanada do that since I've practically lost my voice." Atobe handed the paper and microphone to Sanada who nodded.
"I'll read them as conqueror, then advisor, then conqueror and advisor. For the Querpinkmus, that specialize in healing, we have Youhei Tanaka, Kouhei Tanaka,
Terry Griffy, and Tom Griffy. For the Lareds, that specialize in fire we have Jirou Akutagawa and Gakuto Mukahi. Echizen is a Conqueror and Toyama is his Advisor. We believe they are also chained by the rules."
"But why Echizen?!" Momoshiro shouted.
"Kintaro isn't that type of person either." Shiraishi complained.
"It is a fact that they are now on the other side. Even before that. So we're moving on now to avoid any more pointless discussion." Sanada tasted the bitterness of the words.
"For the Sorangeis, who specialize in sun power, we have Yuuta Fuji, Hajime Mizuki, Koharu Konjiki and Yuuji Hitoji. For the Relengolds, who specialize in controlling time, are Renji Yanagi, Sadaharu Inui, Akaya Kirihara and Hiroshi Yagyuu. For the Yellowla, who specialize in Telekinesis we have Rin Hirakoba, Yuujirou Kai, Kevin Smith and Billy Cassidy. For the Fregreenius we have Shinji Ibu, Akira Kamio, and Ryo Shishido." There was slight hesitation when he came across the missing Ohtori, but continued so the terrifying silence wouldn't drain their hopes.
"For the Dopitealous, who specialize in ice, we have Keigo Atobe, Yushi Oshitari, Hikaru Zaizen and Kenya Oshitari. For the Naceblue, who specialize in water, we have Seiichi Yukimura, Genichiro Sanada, and Michael Lee." Sanada paused on purpose this time to give Arnold Ignashov a moment of silence.
"For the Lavenderas, who specialize in Psychic powers, we have Shuichiro Oishi, Eiji Kikumaru, Takahisa Kajimoto and Hiroshi Wakato. For the Zespurplas, who specialize in poison we have Bunta Marui, Masaharu Niou, Shusuke Fuji, and Kojiro Saeki. For the Venebrownjas, who specialize in animal abilities, we have Kiyosumi Sengoku, and Jin Akutsu." Another moment of silence.
"For the Poxeblackens, who specialize in controlling space, we have Atsushi Kisarazu, Ryou Kisarazu, Kaoru Kaidoh, and Takeshi Momoshiro. And last but not least, the Flesilvernens, who specialize in air, Kunimitsu Tezuka, Kuranosuke Shirashi, Eishirou Kite and Hiroshi Chinen."
"Atobe. You take over." Sanada passed the microphone back.
"Alright. The healing squad will be the Querpinkmus group. Two people will be sent to the front lines, while the other two stay here. We have also deemed Hajime Mizuki and Inui Sadaharu as our data base experts with Yuuji Hitoji and Koharu Konjiki as our suppliers as well as cooks.
"Just so we're clear, the people in a squad must obey the leader's orders, but they can occasionally explain why they don't agree with them. The squads are named after the leader and are in no particular order." Atobe sighed as he read the names out loud.
"The first squad is Squad Oshitari, with Gakuto, Akaya and Kamio. The next squad is Squad Yagyuu, with Kai, Yuuta and Zaizen. Then it's Squad Atobe with Niou. Kikumaru and Jirou. After that is Squad Kajimoto with Hirakoba, Michael, and Atsushi. Next is Squad Yukimura with Marui, Ibu, and Kevin. The next squad is Squad Tezuka with Wakato, Akutsu and Momoshiro. Next is Squad Shiraishi with Billy, Oishi, Saeki and Ryou. Then Squad Sanada with Chinen, Yanagi and Kenya. And finally Squad Fuji that consists of Sengoku, Kaidoh, Kite and Shishido." Atobe finished as the gym was in silence.
"All squads should meet and settle in the underground safe areas of Hyotei. There are more than enough 4-5 people rooms for us to stay in. We'll have Squad Shiraishi go out for food for this week. There's a base located about three blocks from here with the entrance at a side door of an alley. We have a map here for you, please be careful. We're also passing out trackers that Oshitari was sent to buy at a shop a few days ago. These special trackers go on your ears and we should be able to tell where you are, tell if you're fighting and contact you." Sanada gestured for the group to come over as everyone else broke into their respective groups and followed Atobe to the underground areas.
After a few hours, everyone was settled and sitting in the auditorium. They needed to create training schedules before dinner.
"Guys! Squad Shiraishi hasn't come back yet! In fact, it seems like their fighting at the entrance of the base!" Inui broke the silence.
"Who are they fighting?" Atobe asked.
Mizuki bit his lip.
"There are four people, but we're only able to confirm one as Kabaji Munehiro."
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