A/N: A new chapter is out. I hope that you guys enjoy reading it, as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you for the reviews, it's because of them that I worked up on the next chapter so fast. After all I know that people are reading my story.

Pandectes De Cululla

Divide: Blazing users who are partners of beakers. Most of the divides have been specifically chosen and trained to be eventually partnered with a beaker. Some have found their divides coincidentally when coming in touch with the outer world. A beaker can have multiple divides, depending on the amount of CCD's she has implanted into her body. The biggest amount of CCD's has Kirino Ran, with the total of five. Most commonly beakers have either one or two CCD's. The powers and abilities of blazing users depends on how many of the three stages, of Infiltrate, they have performed with their beaker.

Infiltrate: The event when beaker becomes one with her divide as they reach the next stage. The first stage of infiltrate consists of a simple kiss, but it also marks beaker accepting a blazing user as her partner/divide if the right words are said. Beakers casually speak of this as making a contract with a blazing user. The details of second and third stages are inappropriate for underage children to read, which is why they aren't explained here.

Botany: Japanese laboratory that studies about beakers and blazing users. It was their scientists who created power similar to blazing, and all cell children were created in Botany. The laboratory also stands for their house and it has its own school, that is completely off limits for outsiders. Beakers are created and they live and train in Botany. Some have rights to study in different schools, but they return back home frequently. Once a cell child reaches the legal age of 21, she's allowed to move out of the laboratory if she wishes to.

Kishibe Taiga: A student in 2-A of Inazuma Gakuen. He's an utsushu and captain of the Team Shore. The other members are Shindou Takuto and Senguuji Yamato. Kishibe is an excellent student, having scored the highest score at the entrance exams. He's a diligent student, and said to be on par with Kirino Ranmaru. Kishibe comes from a longline blazing user family. Both of his parents were blazing users, and Kishibe is their pride. Kishibe's powers manifested before he was even able to talk. Kishibe seems to be very close with both of his teammates and Kurosaki Makoto of Team Mist.

Beaker Four: Runaway

The Kirino lookalike stood up and sighed loudly. "To think that I would be discovered only after a week. Bummer!" She said, wrapping Kishibe's jacket around her body. Her hair ties had broken and the pink hair was now lying freely on her shoulders. The more Shindou looked at her, the more she started to resemble a girl.

"You mean Kirino is a girl?" Came out Shindou's dumb question, that made the trio around him sweat drop. Maybe it was due to the shocking battle earlier, but his mind clearly wasn't working properly. He had seen Kirino in the bath and naked so many times, there was no denying, that Kirino was a boy.

"Of course not, dumbass. Nii-sama is as much boy as any of you." The girl exclaimed while sounding angry.

Kishibe's eyes widened. "Nii-sama?"

"You mean, you're Kirino Ranmaru's younger sister?" Senguuji looked surprised.

The female's eyes glazed and after that she shook her head. To think that she had made such a fatal mistake and revealed her identity to strangers. She wasn't even sure yet, if she could trust these people. What if they were enemy? Finally she glanced at the boys. "My name is Kirino Ran. I'm the younger twin of Kirino Ranmaru."

"I don't remember Kirino having a younger sister." Senguuji started to wonder, obviously suspicious of Ran.

The girl smiled lightly. "I wouldn't be surprised if Nii-sama hadn't told anything about me. He's very secretive about his origins." Shindou could agree with that statement. He had been good friends with Kirino for almost two years already, and while they had talked about practically anything, his family and past was the only topic Kirino had avoided. He had only told to Shindou that he was actually an adopted child.

"But if you're here, then were is Kiri-chan?" Kishibe questioned all of a sudden.

Ran glanced at the violet-head, who smiled widely upon their eyes meeting, and quickly turned her eyes away. "That's what I want to know too." She then answered and received shocked looks from the trio. "I heard the news of Nii-sama's disappearance about two weeks ago. Even after a week he hadn't been found, so I decided to seek him out myself. Raimon was the last place, he had been seen before his disappearance, so I headed here first. I thought I could find clues about him here."

Kishibe looked thoughtful at her words. He started to walk in a small circle, as if he was trying to think of something. Finally, he looked up at the girl. "I understand that part. But what about the thing earlier? What were you fighting?"

A small smile escaped from Ran's lips. She wasn't exactly the best dealing with rational people, who curiously sought out answers to every question they had. Still she decided to answer to him. These people already knew too much about her to her liking, and one of them had even become her divide, so there was nothing more she could lose by telling about her.

"They're sent from the place I ran away from. Father doesn't really allow me to go outside the facility, so he'll do anything to get me back." Her expression darkened all of a sudden. Only seconds later, Ran looked up with her eyes sparkling from determination. "But I don't plan going back before I find Nii-sama. No matter who he'll send to pursue after me, I'll fight back."

The guys were speechless. And who wouldn't be. The girl had just told something inexplicable to them, and assumed that they would buy it so easily. But they weren't. At least Senguuji would doubt her till the very end. And he was the hardest piece to bite.

"And exactly who do you think is going to buy that irrational explanation of yours." The pinkette questioned, his expression darkening. Ran sensed his doubt, and the fact that he was even more cautious than he had been just seconds ago. The atmosphere around them tensed up all of a sudden.

Shindou and Kishibe stared at the duo with surprised looks.

"Now now, Sen-chan there's no need-" Kishibe tried to lighten up the mood, but was soon cut off by Ran.

The girl closed her eyes. "Well, I'm not sure what makes you believe my words, and maybe it's better if you don't." This was it. She liked when people weren't all that naïve. It brought a certain level of excitement to the game – life, she meant. "But I'm pretty much damn sure, that this all was the work of an outsider." Ran pointed at the broken roof of the school building.

"That guy obviously wasn't a student of this school, you saw him yourself. He's a damn strong one too." Ran then continued. She glanced at Senguuji, who had furrowed his eyebrows while glaring at her. The girl sighed. "Think of what you want, but I'm telling you this happened because of me."

Silence filled the rooftop.

Kishibe broke it with a desperate laugh. "I'm sure we can continue being suspicious of each other all the day, but wouldn't it be better if we found you some clothes, No-chan?" He suggested, reminding Ran that she was still naked expect for the jacket the violet-head had lent to her.

"No-chan?" Ran raised her eyebrow.

The violet-head smiled. "Or would you prefer me to call you Ran-chan?"

The girl avoided his smile, it was too bright for her. "Do as you like."

Kishibe couldn't stop his smile from widening. "Then Ran-chan. Let's get you a new pair of clothing."

Light steps echoed through the hallways of Botany as a small figure advance forward with a displeased expression on her face. She was being followed by a white-haired male, who was at least a head taller than her. The girl pouted hard and her cheeks puffed up. "I can't believe Saryuu even dared to suggest the option of running away. Chikka would've surely won if only we had remained there."

She had been humiliated and her pride was hurt.

Fluffy white-colored hair, tied up on a high ponytail, unusually big pink and black eyes and a bandage over her nose – Naruko Chikka was enraged. Her eyes flamed with pure rage, and she looked like she could start a tantrum any moment.

"You are wrong. We didn't runaway, it was a tactical retreat." Saryuu commented, trying to sound rational. He knew the girls temperament and that strong pride she had, but over that all he treasured her wellbeing the most. If only she would understand that. "Only a suicidal idiot would be charging alone against three opponents."

Chikka's eyes glazed. "Are you telling me, I'm suicidal?" The girl suddenly stopped her third-person speaking, changing to first person. Saryuu averted his eyes from the girl, who was staring at him with murderous look. It was wise not to agitate her anymore, God knowns what she would do once reaching her limit.

Seeing as she would not receive a reply from her divide, Chikka turned the other way around. Her expression darkened all of a sudden. "That brunette bastard was a total let down. Chikka can't believe Ran-chan made a contract with him." She kept a short pause. The ends of her mouth curled up as she smirked. "But the violet-head was cute looking. If only he had white hair, Chikka would've made him hers." Her conceited laugh echoed in the hallway.

Saryuu glanced at the girl whose mood had finally lightened – if one could call it that – with a change of the topic. After all she was all about white-heads. "Chikka, we've arrived." The young man informed to the short girl, who was still in her dream world surrounded by white-heads, and was about to walk past the meeting room.

Chikka froze. "I know, I know!" She finally replied in annoyed tone and entered the meeting room. As soon as she had closed the door behind her, and Saryuu was left alone, the white-head sighed loudly.

"Having a bad day?" He suddenly heard Hakuryuu questioning, and the boy came together with Ibuki.

Saryuu showed a weak smirk. "She really does hate anything related to those twins."

Meanwhile inside the small room, Chikka made her way to the center of the room, that was filled by a small round table. From the five seats, three of them were occupied. Chikka sat down on one of them, leaving only one seat vacant.

Everyone in the room stared at the empty chair. "Where is Sato?" Sim So-Yean, who was leading the meeting, questioned. Her expression was cold and she was emitting dark aura. Her three colored eyes – that where black, blue and yellow – seemed to be even more intimidating than usually.

A blonde woman, with light blue eyes, next to Chikka spoke, her eyes looking down at the table. "Sato told me to pass on a message, that she won't be attending to this meeting, or any meetings related to bringing Kirino Ran back to Botany, in the future. Kirino Ran is her dear friend, and she would never lay a hand against her."

"Wow. Their friendship is surely awesome! It's so touching, I'm almost crying." Chikka didn't even bother to sound amused. Her voice was as dry as her expression.

"This is exactly why you have no friends." Alice kept on a kind smile on her face, while seriously throwing insults towards the younger and smaller girl. This made the air around Chikka to chill and her expression turned murderous. Alice seemed to be completely oblivious to it – or she just acted that way.

"Chikka hates Alice! You stole Hakuryuu and Ibuki from me!" She snapped, already ready to charge towards the blonde.

Alice replied to her with an innocent expression. "Alice doesn't understand what you mean. They were my divides before you even had become a beaker. Alice didn't steal them." She changed to third person speech, specially to annoy Chikka.

"Alic-!"

"I see, so Sato won't be present. Too bad, she's a strong child." So-Yean interrupted the arguing duo. "It seems that we need to find someone to replace her." The woman continued, completely ignoring the deathful glares Chikka were throwing at Alice – who kept on her sweet smile.

"Chikka, what are the news? Did you find Ran?"

The white-head finally calmed down, clicking her tongue at Alice as she then shifted her attention to the leader. The girls stared at each other with intense expressions, as if they were battling for mental dominance. Finally, Chikka closed her eyes and sighed, as a sign of defeat.

"I found that jackass, alright. She's currently in Inazuma Gakuen, apparently posing as Kirino Ranmaru."

"Then we should capture her immediately. Father is getting impatient." So-Yean's tone was calm, and death serious at the same time. It almost made shivers go down Chikka's spine, as she realized how devoted the older girl was to their father and his words. At the same time she felt despise towards the older girl, they all battled for the acknowledgment of the man.

"Tsk. Father is all about Kirino's. What makes them so special, when they aren't even that strong? Yeanne is much stronger than them." Chikka clicked her tongue. Just thinking about the two pinkette made her body boil inside, and the incident from earlier didn't make her feel any better. If only those people weren't so special, that they were being kept in different place, under heavy security, she would've already beater the crap out of them.

So-Yean showed a light smile. "I'm not even that strong. They are much stronger, especially when together." Came out from the strongest beaker in the whole institution. Chikka wasn't sure if it was meant to mock the others, of if she was being plainly serious about her words. Either way, it showed that even So-Yean had high opinion of those two.

Chikka didn't like it.

"Everyone thinks too high of them. Chikka will show that she's much stronger. Chikka will go and capture Ran-chan." The girl exclaimed, wanting for a rematch. She wanted to prove to everyone that compared to Kirino's she was much stronger and suited to be near father. Chikka wanted to beat Ran up.

"Alright then. Show-"

"Chikka you let your emotions run wild during battles. That's why you're not suitable for the task." A voice interrupted So-Yean, joining the conversation all of a sudden. Chikka's eyes flashed and she was about to bark back at the person. "I will go after her." They continued.

Death Silence.

It was a completely unexpected announcement, coming from a person who had remain silent through the whole conversation. So-Yean glanced at the older woman and averted her eyes, looking puzzled. If that person was willing to take the offence, then there was no reason to refuse them. Even Chikka knew, how much weight had the words of the woman, who was the first one become a beaker.

Finally, So-Yean seemed to gather herself up and answered. "Then, I leave everything to you. Be sure to bring her back, Yuuka." Somehow she couldn't face her. The intense power and determination the pinkette was emitting was too much for her to handle. Since when she had been so into something? It was almost nostalgic to see that Yuuka's serious grin.

"Yes."

Ran sat in the sidelines, watching as Shindou, Kishibe and Senguuji practiced their team play. They were practicing their combination attacks, tactics and individual powers, like the duration and quantity of their spells.

It was obvious from the one glance that Shindou was the weakest link of the group. He had absolutely zero self-confidence, which affected his mental stability. The fact that Senguuji was constantly complaining to him, didn't do him any good. That alone made him unable to use his spells to the fullest.

Ran sighed.

As long as he would remain that way, they would never get stronger as a team.

Ran kept on observing the boys as they trained. She was wearing loose orange T-shirt, with simple text, and black shorts. Kishibe, who was closest to her size, had let her borrow his clothes. He had even lent her his new pair of boxers he had brought few days earlier. The only thing she was missing was bra.

Then again, it would've been the news of the century if any of the guys had had a pair.

"Kami no-" Shindou managed to yell, when his keytar suddenly started to rebel and ended up exploding. Another failure – it seemed.

"Shin-chan, you okay?" Kishibe rushed to the brunette, advancing past the smoke. Senguuji and Ran rolled their eyes. He indeed was a hopeless case.

The sun was already setting down, and the boys looked exhausted. They had been training for almost two hours straight. Shindou, who had fallen down from the blast, panted hard. He couldn't bear to stand up anymore.

His whole body hurt. The injuries from the previous battle were still hunting him down and he started to become conscious of them. Especially his arm, that Ran had forced back in place again, after having it dislocated.

"I think this is it for today, we should rest." Kishibe announced, sitting down and sighing loudly from exhaustion. He couldn't recall the last time he had practiced so intensely. His cheeks were burning red and sweat ran down his face. Kishibe used the collar of his shirt to wipe away the sweat.

"I'm not sure about that."

An unfamiliar voice spoke, alarming the gang. Everyone jumped up cautious and tried to find the source of the voice. Finally, they saw as two figures approached them. The two of them were both guys and students of their school, the uniforms gave them away immediately. They also were in the same grade as them.

"Matatagi, Amemiya." Kishibe whispered, recognizing the two utsushu from 2-B. They often trained and had their blazing lessons together. But what were such amazing people as those approaching them all of a sudden? Matatagi was the strongest utsushu whereas Amemiya came in second, being one of the few people who could rival Matatagi's powers.

Ran froze. Her eyes glazed and she had troubles breathing.

It couldn't be!

Matatagi smirked widely, and seemed to shift his attention at Ran. "It's nice to see you again, Shikunshi."

The way she called her, it was her!

So the woman had come together with them. Ran needed to think of a way to get out of the situation, and fast. They had come after her, to bring her back to Botany. And if they were together with her, then it only meant that they were serious. But Ran couldn't return back there just yet.

Ran's eyes moved anxiously as she tried to find a solution. Using Shindou would be suicidal. A guy who couldn't use his spells was useless in this situation. Also he was exhausted from the previous battle and all the training. He most likely wouldn't be able to cast anymore spells.

They were up against two utsushu, so using Senguuji would be the best option, but Ran would rather not. Ran didn't like him, or the way he fought. He was too full of himself, bullying the weaker and most likely wouldn't listen to what she had to say. They wouldn't hit off well as a pair.

Her eyes stopped at Kishibe.

Two of out three were out of the game, so he was the only one she could depend on.

Ran made a quick movement, grabbed Kishibe from his collar and pulled his closer. "Kishibe, sorry. I need your help." She spoke in broken sentences. The confused boy didn't even have enough time to realize what was going on. "Infiltrate; Stage One." She whispered and pulled the confused violet-head into a kiss.

Cyan and generic viridian colors surrounded the duo and once they faded away, only Kishibe was standing. His eyes were burning from anger and desperation. "Z Slash!" The violet-head closed his eyes and upon opening them, multiple light arrows went flying towards Matatagi and Amemiya.

The duo avoided the arrows without troubles, though Amemiya just barely managed to find a proper place to land. He swayed upon landing. "Whoa! Ran-chan, you're aggressive today." He smiled, and called out his weapon. A holding fan appeared and he took hold of it, being ready to battle.

Sparks started to emit from the fan and the man made a big movement with his arm, throwing it forward. "Spark Edge!" The sparks charged forward and spread around.

Kishibe – whose body was now being controlled by Ran – stood still. He then jumped right, trying to avoid the sparks. In the end, he didn't manage to dodge one of them and got hit. The boy yelled in pain and electricity ran through his body. "Bloody!"

"Kishibe, you alright?" Senguuji yelled, furious and concerned at the same time. Kishibe was acting very unlike him, charging forward without any notice and using words he had never even imagined the boy would say. The violet-head was acting like a completely different person. At the same time he was angry at the two boys before them. He glared at them with murderous eyes.

"Damn! I am so not alright!" Kishibe's outburst was so off character, Senguuji couldn't bear to listen anymore. Even Shindou, who was at the point of passing out for being hit by one of the sparks, looked shocked. They had never heard Kishibe curse.

The violet-head stood up while panting, his one eye closed. Something seemed to be going on in his head and finally he nodded. The boy dashed forward. "Senguuji, I leave the defense to you." A command so unlike Kishibe. When was the last time he had called the pinkette by his full surname? It was obvious that something was wrong with their captain, but given the situation, he could only listen to his commands like he always did.

"Z Slash!" Kishibe tried to repeat his previous attack, this time focusing completely on Amemiya. The orange-head watched closely as the arrows flew towards him and lifted his arm up.

"Tenchi Raimei." A huge typhoon was created around Amemiya and the arrows were sucked in. The fan started to emit sparks and with a small movement of Amemiya's wrist, the typhoon stopped, and a dark lighted ball charged forward from the fan.

"Kogetsu Juujishou!" Senguuji yelled upon seeing the dark heading towards Kishibe. A light cross was created and it exploded once coming in contact with Amemiya's attack. The violet-head looked back, seeming grateful but didn't say anything. Shindou could only watch from the sidelines as his friends struggled against one opponent. If only he had enough power, if only he could control his powers, if only he wasn't so exhausted, he would've helped his friends.

His thoughts were full of 'if only'.

Shindou wasn't the only one who was just watching the battle. Matatagi stood still and enjoyed his audience seat, as Ran struggled fighting against Amemiya. Senguuji tried to do his best to support his teammate, but was completely at loss with techniques and perfect support without Kishibe's steady lead.

"She's really desperate." Matatagi spoke inside his head to the woman who was his beaker.

"Shikushi will lose this battle, if she continues fighting this way… after all she has only fought within Maru." Gouenji Yuuka spoke in serious tone as she observed the fight. It was obvious from one glance and the pinkette was completely out of control. Her emotions were in such disorder than she couldn't even think straight.

That was the worst possible thing to do, when fighting with a new divide.

"Well, the difference in our powers are clear." Matatagi answered. He was the strongest utsushu and she was part of the five strongest beakers in Botany – more commonly known as The Heavenly Beakers. And then there was Amemiya, who was second to him. The fact that he could keep his fight against two opponents was enough to prove his strength.

Yuuka shook her head. "I didn't mean that. Maru is shibushu and Shikushi only knows how to fight defense." The woman kept a short pause. "She also has zero experience when it comes to fighting as a group. You said that violet-head is their leader? Sadly, he can't use his powers to the fullest due to her." Whereas Kishibe and his team had certain dynamics that made their group work, Ran was completely unaware of them. Her appearance made the whole thing upside down and right now their dynamics were disadvantage to them.

"You ain't saying they're doing worse because of her." Matatagi wondered, raising his eyebrow. His surprise sounded genuine, as he had never come to such conclusion. Sometimes he was amazed by how analytic his beaker was. Did she analyze everything around her?

Yuuka let out a light laugh. "I wouldn't go that far. But it is clear, that currently she's only a hindrance to them." She went on pointing the facts, which was typical of her.

"And we're here to take the hindrance away."

The woman couldn't hide her smirk. "Okay, let's finish this battle."

It was all over in an instant.

A huge, purple flaming ball came flying towards Kishibe. The boy had already used up all of his remaining energy for the spells. It wouldn't recover enough for a counterattack. Senguuji used Power Shield, but it was easily broken by the force of the flaming ball.

Kishibe felt his consciousness fading, and the next moment his eyes opened, he saw Ran lying in his arms naked. Despite the pain killing him, he took off his shirt and put it on the girl. It was just enough to cover her intimate parts.

From the corners of his eyes, Kishibe saw as a figure approached them. Shindou and Senguuji had both moved before Kishibe intending to protect their friend and the unconscious girl in his lap. In a subconscious manner, Kishibe pulled the girl closer to him and she mumbled half-asleep.

When Kishibe looked up, she saw a woman with pink-hair on pigtails and black eyes, standing before them. Senguuji and Shindou weren't doing anything, but obviously were cautious of her every moment. Much like Ran, the woman was only wearing oversized T-shirt.

"Shikushi." Yuuka whispered and knelt before Kishibe and Ran. She took hold of the girls jaw, startling her awake. Ran's eyes widened upon seeing the girl and she wanted to retreat, but Yuuka's hold was too firm. In addition her intense stare was paralyzing, Ran had frozen completely.

"You did great, but you still have so much to learn. Shukushi, you always lose yourself once you get desperate… also remember to pay more attention to those around you." Yuuka advised and patted Ran's cheek. She then stood up and smiled. "I hope you learned something from this battle. I wish to see you much stronger when we meet again." With those words Yuuka turned around and walked away, being closely followed by Matatagi and Amemiya.

Kishibe could feel how the girl in his arms was trembling crazily as her breathing fastened. Her eyes had glazed. Kishibe planned on embracing her to calm her down, but the girl stood up before he could do it. "We can't remain in this school anymore. They know that I'm here, and as long as we stay, we will get attacked daily."

"Then what do you suggest, we should do?" Shindou questioned.

"We're going to Hokkaido."

A/N: The fourth chapter is complete and the plot is thickening. I'm still having trouble with the fight scenes, but I hope that I improve as this story continues. Also, I want to note one more time that aside from Zangeki Sato - who was mentioned in this chapter - every single character here is from either the anime or the game. There's no character as Kirino Ran so that's name obviously a fake one. We'll get to know her real name in the future.

I also want to give slight information about the attack names. For those who have already noticed, yes, they indeed are the characters Hissatsu's in the anime. They are modified to work better as spell attacks. Some names have been slightly modified. For example Spark Edge, is originally Spark Edge Dribble.

I would love to hear your thoughts about the chapter, so do leave a review, please.

Happening In Next Chapter - Beaker Four: Friend
The reason why Ran wishes to go to Hokkaido, is because her dear friend, and the only person she can truly trust studies in Hakuren High School. Meet Zangeki Sato, one of the Heavenly Beakers, and Yukimura Hyouga, her beloved divide. Sato turns out to be completely opposite of what Ran had described her as, and Shindou and Kishibe get into trouble. They have to prove Sato that they're strong enough to protect Ran, and that is only through battle. Meanwhile in Botany, the news of Yuuka's failure and Sato's betrayal has reached the ears of Father. It's time to decide who is the new member of Heavenly Beakers, replacing Sato. And Yuuka won't get away without a punishment. What exactly is she sheming?