The strange figure raised her guns and fired. Hirito closed his eyes, expecting at any moment to feel extraordinary pain. He never felt it. He opened his eyes and saw Kotori standing over him, in her spirit form.
"Tch, we meet again Efreet." The figure said.
"What do you want Kurumi?" Kotori replied, she raised her angel, Camael, and charged before Kurumi could react. Kurumi jumped back and raised her flintlock pistol to her head.
"Zaphkiel, Aleph." She cried, wisps of red energy flowed into her guns and she fired multiple shots, every one of them was parried by Kotori. Suddenly other Kurumi's appeared and engaged Kotori as well.
"Damn, there's loads of them." Hirito thought. A zipper opening behind him caused him to turn around. He saw Yoshino reaching into her school bag and bringing out her puppet, Yoshinon. Yoshinon was a manifestation for her other personality.
"I…can fight too." Yoshino said. She slammed her hand on the ground and shouted, "Zadkiel." A giant white rabbit monster appeared and she climbed on its back. Hirito's eyes widened in surprise,
"A rabbit monster? That's just unfair!" He said in wonder, Yoshino nervously smiled and went over to Kotori to help her fight Kurumi.
"I need to help!" Hirito thought, he raised his hand to the sky and shouted, "Zues Hametsu!" but nothing happened.
"Damn it!" Hirito thought, he kept shouting the name of his angel but nothing happened.
"Ahhh." Yoshino screamed, she had been hit by one of the bullets. Hirito was angry, his friends were getting hurt and he couldn't do anything to stop it. Suddenly both Kotori and Yoshino were taken by surprise as some of the temporal Kurumi's sneaked up behind them and held them in place. Kurumi smiled and raised both guns.
"I'll have time for you two later, right now I need to have a little 'chat' with Hirito." She said, she raised her guns,
"Zaphkiel, Zayin." She shouted and shot Kotori and Yoshino, they stopped moving.
"What have you done to them?" Hirito shouted, filled with rage.
"I froze them in time." Kurumi said, she grinned evilly, "Right now if I was you I'd be more worried about myself." She made eye contact with one of her clones. The clone nodded and ran towards Hirito, the others followed.
"Uh oh." Hirito thought, that was all he had time to think about before the Temporal Kurumi's converged on him. Crushing him to the floor. The real Kurumi pressed her pistol to his forehead.
"Right then, now we're comfortable. Come back with me otherwise," She looked at the frozen Kotori and Yoshino threateningly, "They're dead."
"No. You hurt my friends. I swear I'll make you pay Kurumi!" Hirito screamed, Kurumi seemed shocked for a moment, then she recovered and got angry.
"Stupid boy!" She said, she shot Hirito in the shoulder. He screamed in pain.
"That will teach you to try being heroic." She said. Hirito was angry beyond reasoning. Suddenly all his pent up frustration built, he felt something snap inside him.
"Zues Hametsu!" He screamed, suddenly there was a bright flash and all the temporal Kurumi's covering Hirito burst into ash. Kurumi opened her eyes and came face to face with Hirito, he had strapped his katana to his belt. He wore his spirit armour.
"Heh, let's dance Kurumi!" He said and drew his katana. Things were about to get interesting.

Hirito slashed at Kurumi, she only barely managed to block it with her rifle.
"I was going to bring you back alive, but I think I'll kill you first. We can still collect the data from your dead mind." She said.
"What does that mean?" Hirito thought. He shook his head getting rid of unnecessary thoughts. Kurumi was trying to distract him.
"Shut up!" He cried and ran towards her again, side stepping every so often to avoid her bullets. As he got close he saw her smile, his eyes widened,
"Damn!" he thought, "She wanted me to get in close." Just as he was about to attack Kurumi shouted,
"Zaphkiel, Aleph." She shot Hirito in the chest, if he was a human he would have died instantly, instead he was severely wounded. Hirito fell to the floor, the pain was unbearable. He thought of how Kurumi had hurt his friends, he got up fuelled by rage.
"What how? You should have died!" Kurumi said, disbelief plastered all over her face.
"I don't care where or how many times you shoot me. I will keep getting up and up and up. As long as you are guilty for hurting my friends. I won't stop until you're dead!" He said hoping to scare Kurumi, in truth if he took another shot he wasn't sure if he'd survive. He succeeded, Kurumi backed up terrified. He readied his katana and charged. Kurumi came back to her senses and dodged, but she wasn't quick enough. Hirito slashed and his katana sliced open Kurumi's arm, tearing the muscles. Kurumi screamed in pain, she backed up.
"Ugh…Fine. You win today, boy. Beware though. The Master knows where you are at all times. Soon you'll be his again!" She said. Hirito ran at her and brought his katana down on her head. It went through her body.
"What?" Hirito said, Kurumi just continued laughing.
"Farewell, little hero." She said. She started fading away until she completely disappeared. Hirito suddenly felt very weak, he fell to his knees. His eyes started closing, he was losing consciousness. The last thing he saw was Kotori and Yoshino running over to him. At least they had been freed from Zaphkiel's hold. He collapsed.

He woke up in a strange room.
"Where am I?" Hirito thought.
"We are inside your mind." Another voice said. Hirito jolted in surprise, he turned around to come face to face with an old man.
"Who are you?" Hirito asked suspiciously. The old man sighed before saying
"I have many names. Some call me Phantom, others call me Devil but most call me The Master." Hirito was shocked, this old man was The Master?
"Why?" Hirito asked, "Why did you send Kurumi to kill my friends?"
"Oh? I never told her to do that. All I told her to do was bring you back. You see Hirito, you are very valuable." The Master said.
"Valuable? What do you mean?" Hirito asked suspiciously.
"That is information I cannot tell you at this time. However I will tell you this, do not trust anyone other than your friends. There are others who would use you for terrible purposes." The old man said. Hirito was about to ask something when the walls of the room suddenly began to melt.
"It appears we are out of time, you are beginning to regain consciousness." The Master said, he began to melt too.
"Wait!" Hirito said, there were so many things he wanted to ask this strange old man.
"Goodbye for now Hirito. I hope you fare well. We will meet again soon." The Master said, a bright flash was suddenly emitted, Hirito closed his eyes.

When Hirito opened his eyes again he was in a hospital room. He looked to the left, he saw Shido and the whole gang looking extremely worried. Shido noticed him first.
"Oh hey! You're awake." Shido said, "We were really worried."
"Please, it would take more than one bullet to kill me." Hirito replied smiling. Everyone looked calm; Even a severe injury wouldn't dull Hirito's sense of humour.
"Still, you took a big hit; it'll be quite a while until you can move again." Shido continued, he gestured to an x-ray that had been put next to Hirito's bed. He had quite a few fractured ribs; some of the muscles had torn as well.
"Eh, it's not that bad." Hirito said, shrugging. Shido looked at him like he was a madman.
"Not that bad? It's going to take months for these to heal!" Shido said, Hirito shrugged again.
"I don't care. I don't care about myself, as long as my friends are ok. I don't care what happens to me." Hirito said, everyone gasped.
"Are you saying you'd go so far as to die for one of us?" Kotori asked
"Yes." Hirito said. Kotori slapped him.
"Idiot! That's too far. Do you think we could live with ourselves if you sacrificed yourself for us? You have no idea." She said, her eyes started watering, she ran out of the room, she was on the verge of crying.
"Kotori! Hey!" Shido shouted, he ran out after her. Tohka and Yoshino looked worried, and then they also ran after Shido, leaving a very confused Hirito in his room.
"Um… Did I say something wrong?" He thought.

It was late that night; Hirito was sleeping when footsteps awoke him. He opened his eyes and saw an old man staring at him from the corner of the room. He jumped in surprise.
"Ahhh!" He said, the old man laughed.
"Hello again Hirito." He said
"Oh it's you. The Master. What do you want?" Hirito asked.
"I am here to help."
"To help?"
"Yes, without my help, that wound," The Master gestured to Hirito's wound, "Will cause blotching which will cause problems. Those problems will eventually stop you from being able to move, you'll be paralysed."
"What?" Hirito said
"Do not worry; there is a way to prevent it." The Master said
"Really? What is it?" Hirito asked
"I will have to awaken the rest of your power." The Master said
"The rest of my power?" Hirito repeated
"Yes. Most of your power has yet to be awaked, I can awaken it." The Master said, he raised his hands, "Are you ready?"
"Yes." Hirito said, he didn't know why but he felt like this old man was to be trusted. The Master uttered some words; suddenly Hirito's heart felt like it was being torn out of his chest. He screamed in pain. The pain increased until it suddenly disappeared. Hirito felt different. He felt powerful.
"What happened?" He said
"I have awakened the rest of your power; one of your abilities is fast regeneration. That wound should be completely healed by the end of the night." The Master said, "I'll be going now."
"…Thank you." Hirito said, the Master looked back and smiled.
"My pleasure, goodbye Hirito." The Master faded away.

The next morning
Hirito opened his eyes; he suddenly remembered what had occurred last night. He checked his stomach and shoulder. There were no wounds, it wasn't a dream. He checked the time, it was 8am.
"Well, better get going." He thought, he got up from the hospital bed, he saw his clothes draped over an armchair nearby. After he had gotten changed, he exited his room. A nurse saw him and came over, she looked flustered
"What are you doing out of your room? You still haven't recovered." She said
"Yes I have, there are no wounds or damage anymore," He lifted his top, the nurse gasped, "See?"
"Yes, all right you can go." She said and wandered off. Hirito exited the building and walked along the streets, he knew the way back to the flats.
Knock! Knock! Boomed through the house, Shido wandered down the stairs looking like he had only just got out of bed, which was true.
"Coming!" He shouted towards the door, "Who could be knocking at this hour?" He thought. HE opened the door and saw a sheepish looking Hirito standing in the doorway.
"Um. I don't have my key. Sorry." Hirito said, Shido was stunned.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in hospital recovering!" Shido said, trying to keep his voice down. Tohka and Yoshino were probably still sleeping.
"But I have recovered, I am fully healed." Hirito said, he showed Shido his shoulder. Shido gasped. Yesterday Hirito's shoulder was a bloody wreck but now it looked as good as new.
"All right, come in." Shido said, Hirito walked past Shido and was about to go through to the Spirit apartments when Shido said,
"Wait, you really upset Kotori yesterday. If she was here I would ask you to apologise but she onboard Fraxinus right now." Hirito looked guilty
"I know, I'm sorry. How can I make amends?" Hirito said, Shido tossed Hirito his phone
"Text her using my phone." Shido said.
"Ok." Hirito said, it took him a few moments to write his message, he sent it to Kotori.
Kotori was busying monitoring the spirit levels around Tenguu City; she couldn't get what Hirito had said yesterday out of her mind. She was very angry, that Idiot would sacrifice himself for her or anyone else he knew. She wasn't sure she could live with herself if he sacrificed himself for her. Suddenly her phone started vibrating, indicating she had received a text message. She opened her phone and smiled when she saw who had written the message. It read,
"I'm sorry; I promise I'll make it up to you – Hirito."

Meanwhile
"Are the plans going well, Kurumi?" Said The Master
"Yes. The plans are going perfectly. May I ask something?" Kurumi said
"You may."
"Why did you awaken the subjects powers?"
"Because, It will be easier to pull him in. Once he has learned of the temptation of power."
"I see, very well. I will leave now." Kurumi said, she exited the room. The Master smiled
"Soon, Hirito, soon you'll be mine again. The I will take my revenge."

Yay, Chapter 4 complete! Now we are a little ways into this story, I thought I'd make a profile of my OC, Hirito. Here it is.
Name: Hirito Yamaka
Age: 14
Appearance: Blue eyes, messy brown hair
Personality: Bright personality and always gets himself into trouble.
Origin: Spirit?
Weapon: Zues Hametsu (Zeus' Bane), katana.
Spirit Garb: Kami no kenshi robu (Divine Swordsman's Robe)
Abilities:
1. Rune Ring, runes that float around his left wrist and enable him to uses a variety of spells
The spells include:
 - Thunder Strike
 - Stun
 - Block
 - Lightning slash
2. Fast Regeneration
3. Final
 - Final Sword = Kazenokami no ken (God's Sword of Wind)
- Final Strike = Kaminari basuto (Lightning Burst)