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Chapter 3: Memories

"Hey who's this?" said the voice behind him.

He doesn't recognize me? Hikaru stopped shaking and stood up a little straighter. Does that mean…

Hikaru turned to look at the person standing in the doorway. Where he had hoped to find a tall, orange haired mirror of himself, he instead saw a young, dark (green?) haired boy wearing a cap.

"Welcome back Naoi" Yuri spoke up from behind.

Hikaru felt tears forming in his eyes, and turned away quickly. Brother…wherever you are…I hope you're ok.

"Is he on our side?" Naoi said suspiciously. Suddenly, a dark smile crept upon his face.

Hikaru stood frozen on the spot, his mind going into a dark state of matter. He could feel himself slipping away-

"Stop it Naoi" Yelled Hinata.

Hikaru snapped back into reality, and looked from Naoi to Hinata. What just happened? Naoi and Hinata started yelling back and forth at each other, but someone else already captured his attention.

"What's your name" asked Yuri.

"Hikaru"

"Well Hikaru, now that you're part of the Battlefront, I suppose we should explain to you what we do here" Yuri explained. "Creatures, called Shadows, inhabit this world. When NPCs stay in this world too long, they turn into shadows. The shadows move to attack souls, but since NPCs don't have souls, they come after us."

"Wait, hold on" Hikaru interrupted. "What's an NPC?"

"Haven't you ever played video games?" Yuri replied irritably.

"Of course!" Hikaru replied. "An NPC…like a computer player?"

"Exactly. NPCs look like real people, but they don't have souls. They stay here at the school and do…well…normal teen stuff. School work, clubs, and whatever else you used to do at school."

"So you fight these…Shadows…to stay alive? If you're afraid of these things, wouldn't it be better just to get obliterated?"

Yuri looked up at him, a mix of sadness and loneliness in her eyes.

"We all have memories we want to hold on to" she said in an uncharacteristically gentle voice. "If we get obliterated, all of our memories and our lives will be lost. Our soul will be put into someone or something else, but we won't be who we are now."

She turned away. "Besides-" she said in her usual, attitude voice "-I don't want to be reborn as a cockroach."

- - - - - The Next Day - - - - -

Hikaru sat in the teachers' lounge, watching Yuri as she fired a gun out the window. These people must really like weaponry.

"Here". Yuri held the gun out to Hikaru. "You need a weapon."

Hikaru took the gun cautiously and held it in his hands. He had never used a weapon like that before. Usually his weapons were a very small, blond boy who loved cake, and his very tall, dark haired, silent caretaker.

"Takamatsu, status report."

"Well." Takamatsu hesitated to adjust his glasses. "The battle with the Shadows last week lowered our supply of ammunition for our guns. Seeing as everyone except Noda uses some type of gun, I would suggest restocking sometime soon."

Yuri nodded in agreement and stood up.

"In that case" she began "it's time we went to the guild".

Note: Kaoru and Naoi have the same voice actor in the english anime ;)

Kaoru: You tricked everyone to think I was coming back :(

Naoi: But who wants you when they have me ;D

Kaoru: You're not a hot twin

Naoi: ...You toilet paper! See how nobody wants you as you swirl dow-

Me: STOP EHT! D:

Chapter 4 might take a while to upload. Now I have to start changing the story line a little bit...

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