Short chapter today, but might surprise you or not.

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Shin snapped his eyes open. He was laid down on a bed, looking up at a familiar pink roof. He maneuvered his upper body to be able to sit straight up. Compa was by his side, sleeping. She would awaken feeling his movements. She looked up to see Shin, awake and ready to move.

"Shin, you're awake!" Compa expressed as she grappled the boy into a hug. To which he returned, patting her back. "I was so worried. You wouldn't wake up after three days."

Shin maneuvered his head around the room, until his eyes landed on a familiar person sleeping on a different bed. He would've expressed something, but everyone else barged in the room.

"It appears that you are awake." Blanc said, giving a sigh of relief.

"I was worried as well. What would I do without someone to compete for Iffy's attention." Vert lightly joked.

"Well obviously he was going to recover. He wouldn't have made it this far if he didn't" Noire said,

"I doubt you would be one to fall easily." MAGES. commented.

"I don't know you, but glad that you're up! I'm MarvelousAQL, but you can call me Marvy!" The well endowed orange haired girl introduced herself to Shin.

IF's turn, "Glad that you're okay, but what the heck happened back there?"

"Glad my sleeping buddy is back up. Seriously though, what was that? You went berserk and started attacking the robot wildly. Then pulled out that lady over there." Neptune pointed towards the lady.

Shin stayed silent, staring at the lady he knows.

"Shin? Is she someone you know?" Compa asked the boy.

He nodded his head, "Ms. Yuko."

"Ms. Yuko?"

"The way that you say her name... Is she perhaps a teacher?" Vert asked him.

A nod was given.

"Interesting." MAGES. said, "Though what was she doing inside the Hard Breaker?"

"That still doesn't explain why you went berserk." Blanc pointed out.

Shin paused for a second, "I could hear her voice calling to me. Everyone else was drowned out." He voiced.

The entire room would stay silent for a bit, with a couple of nods.

"All that over one teacher." IF stated.

"Yeah, I was expecting more along the lines of, 'I snapped' or something." Neptune smiled, trying to lighten the mood.

"I have to agree with Neptune here. I thought you snapped as well." Noire added.

Compa however was pondering over Ms. Yuko, holding a finger to her chin. "Shin. Who is Ms. Yuko? I never heard of her before."

"You sure it's not a teacher you forgot about?" IF questioned.

"No, Iffy. I never forget any teachers. I know all of Shin's old ones and all of my old ones. Like Mr. Amuro, Mr. Zonvolt, Ms. Hakozaki, Ms. Tenoboshi, Mr. Kashu, Mrs.-"

"Okay. We get it Compa. You remember all your teachers." Neptune stopped her there.

"I just never heard of Ms. Yuko before."

All eyes were on Shin. They wanted to know his relationship with this woman. Honestly she really was his teacher. He didn't expect Compa to remember every single teacher he's ever had.

"Who is this woman? You're not into 'that' sort of thing are you?" Vert emphasized 'that'.

"That?" Noire asked.

"I mean, I'm not judging, but still. It's a complete surprise."

"What is?" Compa asked the goddess of green.

"Perhaps I shouldn't tell you. It may ruin your innocent state of mine."

"Seriously, what is, that?" Neptune wanted to know as well.

"It-" Vert started, but was interrupted by something or rather someone.

The woman on the bed started to make a pained groan sound, lifting her body up. She took a few seconds to register what was going on.

"Oh... Hello." She looked at everyone in the room, obviously a bit dazed.

Shin immediately got up and crouched by her bedside.

"S-Shin?" She weakly said, trying to get up quickly. "Is that you?"

He nodded his head.

A second of silence would pass as the two stared at each other. This silence would be broken however as the one named Yuko started to have tears in her eyes, "I'm so sorry. For everything. I know it's unusual to see a teacher cry, but...I don't know what to say." She had to wipe a few tears from her face. She smiled nonetheless.

The boy immediately placed a hand on her shoulder and brought her into a hug. Shocking most of the others.

The teacher sniffed, "It's strange, you know? A student comforting a teacher. When it should be the other way around.

A few minutes of silence would pass, the two just staying there hugging it out.

"Who are these people?" Yuko kindly asked.

"Well since you asked. I'm IF, that's Compa, that's Neptune, Vert, Blanc, Noire, MAGES., and Marvy" IF introduced the current party members, pointing to each and every one of them.

Compa strangely kept quiet.

"Well it's a pleasure to meet ya. So how important are you to this plot?" Neptune remarked.

"Huh?"

"Nep! That's rude." IF scolded the preteen goddess.

"I just want to know."

"Well you can't judge the importance of people based off plot."

"Except for my 'plot' of course." Vert joined in on the conversation.

"That means yours would be the least important bit." Blanc's eyes twitched as she joined the conversation.

"I am inclined to believe that we are getting off topic here." MAGES. interrupted them, stopping the talks from getting bloody.

"Your friends seem... interesting to say the least." Yuko told the boy.

"No fair. He's showing more affection for her, than he has to me in years..." Compa grumbled, eyes darting to one side of the room.

"Compa, what's up with that attitude? Neptune noticed the girl's small bout of anger.

Compa sighed, "Nothing. Just thinking."

"Shin." Yuko looked towards the silent boy.

This caught everyone's attention, this could be a character development scene.

"What happened... after the Conception?"

Neptune jumped in joy, "Sweet character development scene for- wait a minute, conception?" Her eyes widened.

"C-conception?" IF repeated.

"A- a conception?" Compa's eyes widened as well.

Everyone else would widened their eyes all the same

"I-I knew it. You must've been a dirty pervert!" Noire shouted.

"No wonder you acted so fondly towards her. To think she'd openly admit it too." Vert tilted her head a bit.

It would appear that they mistook what she actually meant. It appears that now would be the best time to tell them. Though there is no way he could do it alone. He didn't even want to talk about it, but... for some reason it feels right to tell them now. Even if they can't handle it.

"Ms. Yuko." The teacher looked into her student's eyes, "Can you help me tell them everything?"

The teacher nodded somewhat understanding, "Alright, I'll try."

Yuko sat straight up, "It all started when I was requested my students to come to a hospital."