Shiraga: IT HEAR! RAVENXRENA AND THE REVEALING OF KNOWLEDGE HUNTER IS HERE!
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Chapter 9: Firework and the Desire of Vengeance
It was the 9th Sky Division last day at the Hamel hot spring. Everyone was having their morning breakfast with Hamel traditional food. Add was sipping on his morning coffee, Aisha and Ara were enjoying their special ordered sundae, Elsword and Elesis were having a eating contest, Chung and Eve have just finished their morning bath, Lime was cheering on the redhead sibling eating contest, while Amelia is preparing water just in case Raven was about to finish his meal. Everything was normal until Rena approached Raven with a slight blush on her cheek.
"Um…Raven."—the elf then decided to speak after 5 seconds of silent.
"Yes, what is it Rena?"—Raven replied with his folk in his mouth.
"Um…I …um…will you go out with me today?"—Rena finally asked what she had been hiding since the 9th Sky Division came here. With her head down, waiting for the crow response, that moment felt like eternity to Rena. "I've asked him…..but what if he refuses? That would be totally embarrassing in front of the other. Oh I wished there was a hole here so I could burry myself."—those though ran across her mind. Then Raven replied back. "Sure why not? We have free activity today. And I also want to check the down town before going back."—Rena face then look likes a miniature shining sun. "Thanks Raven, then 30 minutes later kay?"—the elf then dashed back to her room to get dress.
-5 minutes earlier, many events occurred when Rena asked Raven to go out-
Add spitted his coffee into the newspaper in his right hand, Elsword and Elesis stopped the eating contest immediately, Ara and Aisha just stared at the elf until she disappeared behind the door, while Eve remained stoic and sipping on her tea, Chung just looked at the other with a big question mark on top of his head, Lima and Amelia wolf whistled at the sudden invitation. Then the trio: Aisha, Elesis and Ara also get back to their room to check on Rena. The elf was having trouble to choose which clothes to go with in front of the mirror. "Reeeeenaaaaa!"—Aisha rushed into the room and hugged Rena from behind. "What was that back then? I didn't know that you were so bold." "And I thought that you only interested in those yaoi fanfic and BL stuff."—Elesis mocked. Then Lime and Amelia also joined the group.
"I see you are having trouble with what to wear Rena. But don't worry, for your first 'date', we will make you look gorgeous in front of Raven."
-On Raven side-
Raven was standing near the pond in the garden, deep in his own thought, until a redhead voice interrupted him.
"Elrios to Raven! I repeat, Elrios to Rav—" "You don't have to repeat that twice."—Elsword shout earned him a knock in the head with Raven nasod arm. "What with the worry look on your face? First time dating a beautiful girl like Rena made you nervous?"—the redhead asked while rubbing his head to ease the pain. "Hey, I'm a mature man, not a little kid you know? But the thing that made me worry is-"/ "Is your arm, correct?"—another voice joined the conversation, when the 2 turned around, Chung was sitting there at the small steps, then with a smile, he told Raven. "Worry not, I've got the perfect solution for this."
30 minutes later, both Raven and Rena have done with their preparation with too much help from the other, then the 2 took a Hameling to go downtown as the hot spring located faraway from town to avoid the noisy atmosphere, and the view is better at the outskirt. But what they didn't expect is on this date, they are not alone, they were being watched.
"And what is the damn reason that you dragged me into your 'spying' mission?'—Add asked while him and the other, Ara, Aisha, Chung, the redhead sibling, Eve and the elf duo are standing in a dark corner, watching the R couple every single movement. "Oh come on Add! Don't you want to know how your underlings first date go?"—Lime asked while still observing her objective. "I'm a general not a spy that goes stalking other first date."—Add said with an annoyed look on his face. "Hey! They are getting away! After them!"—Elesis shouted when Raven and Rena turned at a corner. The spies immediately ran after them, but still keeping their distance to avoid being detected. "Tell me lady of El, just what have I done to become the general of these idiots?"—Add sighed while leaning against the wall. His eyes stared at the blue sky. Some memories started to flow back into his mind. "Back then, I used to do thing like this with the other kids at my village, spying the adults when they go on a date."—his lips curved into a frown, but the frown soon disappeared and turn into a gnash. "If it wasn't because of 'him', mother, my family and the whole village would have still alive until today."—then Add shook his head to shake off the bad memories. Then he turned his head to the direction of the corner where the others are hiding. "…Maybe this division isn't so bad after all."—then Add dashed on his dynamos toward the others.
"Here Raven, attach this into your arm and it will create a holographic to make your arm look normal. But remember to avoid strong impact. This device is still in testing stage."—Raven recalled the thing that Chung said after giving him the special device that looked like a watch on his left wrist. Then he turned to Rena who was hugging his right arm. "Dang, just like that Chloe said, her 'things' sure is big, if I remember right, then Lime and Amelia size are also the same. Don't know if all elves are the same—what are you thinking Raven? Snap those dirty though way!"—the crow shook his head to snap himself out of his though, then he asked Rena. "So where do you want to go first?" "Hm…..Let go to that shop over there, I want to check on something."—so the couple went into a fashion shop. "So she want to show Raven her curve and attractive body huh? Nice move Rena, nice move indeed."—Lime said with her hand on her chin, making herself look like a detective. But only after a few minutes, the 2 came out with nothing on their hand, not even a small pack. "What the….? They went into a fashion shop and come out with nothing?"—Elsword jaw dropped at the scenery opposite to their prediction. "Don't worry Elsword, she must have had a plan, something even stronger and greater than showing her attractive body! All elves have one final secret plan when it comes to dating!"—the others excluded Add and Amelia, stared at Lime in awe. "All the elves are like that?" "Nope, she is definitely lying."
The spies then continue on their stalking mission. Their objective is now moving to an accessories shop. Same as the fashion shop, after 5 minutes, they came out but this time, Rena had a small bracelet on her wrist, and a bag with many other accessories inside. "They bought a lot of accessories, I repeat, they bought a lot of accessories."—Elsword said into the communicate device to inform the others. They have changed in plan, instead of going as a group, they separated to observe the couple from many angle and direction. "Foxy 4 and Blazing 5, copy that."—Ara replied from a nearby tree bush with Elesis. "Forest Elf 1 and 2, copy that."—Lime and Amelia replied while hanging up side down on a tree branch. "Violet Mage 3 report, the objective had moved into a photo boot, look like they are going to take photos or to do something personal."—Aisha replied from on top of a building. "Guardian 7 copy, I'm closing in for better view."—Chung replied then moved closer to the photo boot. After a few minutes, Raven and Rena stepped outside, took their photos and leave. "Guardian 7 report, negative, the objective had yet to make any move."—Chung replied. "Psycho 6, the objective is coming your way….Psycho 6 response…Psycho 6 do you hear me?"—Add was facepalming at a bench nearby while Eve was patting his shoulder. "The skills that these pathetic were trained for ambush mission, rarely show their effectiveness in battle….But when they manage to put their skill into good use, the mission is about stalking other first date."—then Add stood up to continue to follow the couple. Suddenly, something caught his attention. A man wearing a long trench coat was standing near the photo boot, Add recognized that figure. From the fashion shop to the accessories shop, whenever Rena and Raven go, he always follows. Now that the couple is leaving, he continued to follow them. Then the figure started to shorten the distance between him and the couple, putted his hand into the pocket and took out a gun. But right before he could do anything with the weapon, Add gave him a punch in the stomach, knocking him out. A voice from the man communicate device yelled.
"Hey, what happened over there?"—Add then hi jacked into the device with his dynamos so that his voice sound like the one got beaten up. "Ah nothing, I just stumble my feet into a trash can." "Better watch out next time, we cannot afford to fail this mission, we must capture her, the Elf of Resurrection."—then the communicate device return to silent. Eve then rushed toward Add. "Is something wrong Add?"—Add then gave Eve the communicate device. "Eve, can you hi jack into this thing to get the location of the other?" "Yes I can, but for what?"—Add pointed at the symbol on the device. It was the symbol of the 'Knowledge Hunter'. "Look like they are going on a hunt, and their target is Rena." –Eve then started to hack into the device. After a few minutes, Eve sent the data on the location to Add dynamos and asked him. "From the data I got from the device, look like there is a lot of them, I'll inform the other."—but Add shook his head. "No, I'll deal with them myself. Let the other have more fun, today is their last relaxing day."—then Add lips turned into a massive grin. "Let them have fun while it last, when we get back I'll give them a bunch of heavy work. And I have some interest in this 'Elf of Resurrection' that they mentioned."
"PSYCHO 6 FOR THE SAKE OF EL! RESPONSE IF YOU HEAR ME!"—the redhead voice shouted from the communicate device in Add hand. "Psycho 6 here, I have something to take care of, keep an eye on the objective and inform me immediately if anything weird happen, got that Knucklehead 4?"—Add replied into the communicate device with a mocking voice. "Got tha—IT CONWE-" –Elsword shouted into the device, but Add had already turned it off and disappeared into his portal. After a while, he reappeared on top of a high building, then he brought up his hologram screen to check on the other location. "6 to the east, 8 up north, 7 down south and closing in fast. Kehahaha, let see who will be the prey, me or you pathetic scum."—Add let out a maniac laugh, then he summoned his Maximum Strike, while his dynamos is forming up the Conqueror. "Kek, let the hunt begin."—then the barrage of particle energy and spatiotemporal body separated and fly toward the location on the hologram screen.
Meanwhile, Raven and Rena were enjoying a plays about how the Seiker family freed Hamel from the demon invasion, while the other spies are stalking them from the line of seats behind. After that, they went to a shop nearby for some lunch snack and discussing about the plays. "So Chung father freed Hamel from the demon invasion huh? Now that he is old, wonder how strong was he in his younger day?"—Rena wondered while munching on her grilled fish. "Well, I heard that he used to have an arm wrestling with Victor the Big, and won that match."—Raven replied while sipping on his spirit water. "Guardian 7, is it true? Your father can rival with Victor in brute force?"—Elsword asked Chung, still spying the couple from a bush. "Now you know how I feel when he gives me those family head pat."—Chung replied with his head down while recalling his terrible childhood with a lot of family head pats, Seiker style. Suddenly, many explosions came from many direction caught their attention. But the citizens don't seem to be confused or scared, but instead, a little bit excited. "Look like they are testing the fireworks. Tonight sky is going to be colorful."—then Raven remembered something. "Oh yeah, today is the day that Helputt freed Hamel from demon invasion, those explosion must be firework."—Rena left out a sigh of relief then the 2 continue their discussion, the spies continue their stalking mission without knowing that those explosion were Add doing.
-On the 'Knowledge Hunter' side—
"Hey what were those explosions?" –a male voice, seemed to be the commander, shouted into the communicate device.
"W….we don't know sir! Many particle energy orbs and other things just popped out of nowhere and knocked us ou—"—but someone have knocked out the underling without letting him finish his report. "Hey what happened? Hey, response!" –the one that knocked them out picked up the communicate device and speak with a devilish and threatened voice. "Yes, I heard you loud and clear, and I'm standing right behind you so this device is not really necessary anymore."—the commander then turned around to see Add, now with his right eye sclera turned into black. His dynamos instantly knocked the man down, Add stomped his feet onto the man chest to hold him down. "I'll let you live a little bit longer, because I have something to ask you, and depend on your answer, I'll consider whether to keep your pathetic life with your limbs still in one piece or not."—his dynamos began to spark with purple energy and his eye caused the man to shake tremble in frighten. "Now, what is it that you need Rena for, this 'Elf of Resurrection' and who is the big guy behind this?"—the man answered with a frightened voice. Unfortunately all he knows was that he and his underlings were ordered to capture Rena, but when he mentioned the name of the one who is truly commanding this mission, Add eye widened and without a single word, he sent the man to the afterlife. Then he brought up his hologram screen to see that there is only 1 location left. He immediately rushed toward that location on his dynamos, while mumbling something with an even more maniac grin on his face. "Finally…..after all these years of searching….I've finally found you!"
Day soon becomes night. Rena and Raven were resting at a bench in the park. The 2 have had a good day, but Rena noticed that Raven still have a worried sign on his face. "What wrong Raven? Is going out with me annoyed you that much?"—Raven immediately shook his head. "No, it just…Do you like have some special feeling for me?"—the elf blushed intensively and took her 5 seconds to calm down and another 5 seconds to replied. "Y…..Yes…." "But I think I cannot repay for that."—Rena stared at the crow in confuse. "Is it because of me? Because I'm an elf?"—Raven then shook his head again. "No, the problem is not you, but it because of me."—Raven then detached the device on his left warm to return it to it normal form. "With this arm, I am no longer a normal human, more like a demon. You wouldn't want to have man like me as your special someone."—but Rena response was something that Raven didn't expect. "I don't care about that. Sure, every one limbs can be replaced with nowadays technology, you can change how you look on the outside, but as long as your inside remain, you are still Raven."—for many years since Raven joined the 'Guardian', Rena was the second one to accept him as how he is without minding about his arm, the first being Add. He remained stoic for a while, then picked up a flower and moved in front of Rena, he kneeled down on one knee, his nasod arm holding the flower and give it to Rena. "Rena, will you accept this flower as a token of love from a beast like me?" –Rena pouted a bit at the 'beast' part, but then the pouted turned into a smile and some tears started to roll down her cheek. "You are not a beast, but yes, I accept your flower."—suddenly, like a response from Elrios itself toward the couple, from the tree bushes many fire flies appeared, their faint light created a romantic scene for them. From inside the tree bushes and on the tree nearby, the spies began to cry rivers, Eve just clapped her hand slowly to congratulate for the couple.
On top of a nearby building, a dark figure is also observing the couple. After a while, another figure appeared behind him. "So you are the one that have got rid of my underlings huh?"—the figure turned around to see the other one is floating on his dynamos. "Kek, who would have thought that I will find you here?"—Add stared back at the figure. He wore an optical lens, with a staff on his right hand, but he was not a human, rather than a demon. "One of the 3 Creators of the 'Knowledge Hunter', the 'Alchemist of Illusion and Deceive', Sullen Joaquin."—Add and Joaquin just stand there, staring with murderous intention toward each other while firework started to lighten up the night sky as the people of Hamel celebrate the day that they were freed from the demons, without knowing that there is one right here inside their city.