Chapter 14
December 1st, 2014
Naruchi's chest was burning again for the second time in three days. 68% There was no blood this time, but the pain had woken him up. Last night, he had attempted to edit the programming of the Model E, but the time he had spent last night had drained him. And apparently, it hadn't worked again.
He turned around to check his newest project; at least the updates for that had been successful. He sat up, and rubbed his eyes. "Cypher one, status report."
"98.7% battery, all functions accessible."
"Cypher two, your turn."
"99.2% battery, all functions accessible."
"Good. Cypher three."
"99.1% battery, all functions accessible."
He sighed. "Good." The Cyphers had been something he had been working on over the past month. Each one of them had a high powered coil within that should bolts of electricity and could fly up to fifteen feet away from Naruchi's eyepiece. Probably his favorite feature was that he could link them together electronically, creating a square between himself and the cyphers. It was really his actual weapon; hand to hand combat was okay, but the cyphers would give him a whole new level of strategy.
"Naruchi, what the hell are those things?" Kousei had woken up and poked Cypher 2.
"They're Cyphers; mechanized weapons that allow me attack."
"Huh… must be cool being smart." The Umbreon put down the Cypher, then said, "What's wrong with your chest? What's up with that scar?"
"It's… uh, an accident." Not exactly a lie…
"Alright." Thankfully, the Umbreon didn't push and just looked outside, where it had begun to snow. "You know… I'm actually worried."
Naruchi typed some code into his computer without looking at the Umbreon. "About what?"
"You know… Ryujin and Koyuki."
"So is everyone else." Naruchi looked at the numbers and characters thoughtfully. "Ryujin is more than capable, and you know as well as I that Koyuki has an… interesting past."
"So you did research us."
Naruchi shrugged. "It was easy. You were honestly the most difficult to find."
"Yeah, because I've got no major accomplishments."
"I didn't meant it like that."
Naruchi typed in silence while Kousei stood there uncomfortably. "Why did you help them?" the Umbreon finally asked.
Naruchi thought about what to say. "Why are you guys allowing me to stay here? I needed help and you all offered it. It's illogical to keep me here when the government is chasing me, just as it's illogical to try help Ryujin and Koyuki on some wild goose chase."
Naruchi thought of what his friend Minato had once mentioned. "You know… what's the point of us? We're meant to kill…"
"One of my old friends once said that it's important to help others."
"That's what life is about."
Naruchi spun around. "What… what… it's you!"
The scarred Pikachu smiled. "Long time no see Naruchi."
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"I'm more concerned how you got in here…"
After a slightly false introduction of Minato being a longtime friend(which wasn't exactly a lie), Kousei had been more concerned about the walking weapon's way of entrance.
"I just walked in here…"
"It's locked though…"
"Naruchi." The Pikachu turned his attention to the Jolteon. "So you finally left too…"
"Only a year after you. I wasn't enjoying the assignments."
Kousei tilted his head as if he was thinking something, but then just shrugged. "I should probably be freaked out about a stranger walking into our dorm at this time of the morning, but things have been pretty strange recently."
Minato was older than the two eons, and was significantly larger too. He didn't have Yusei's raw physical strength, but in terms of overall physical ability, Minato was probably the best of the three. Emotions were probably what made Minato different than anybody Naruchi knew; he was prone to bouts of depression and anger. Combined with his size and speed and the researchers had been extremely careful with him. Both of them had newer Model E's; Naruchi suspected Minato might be having a similar problem to that of himself.
"Kous- oh, he's gone." The Umbreon's footsteps echoed down the 2nd floor hall. Naruchi turned to the Pikachu. "How's your Model E holding up."
"Not too well… it's bled the past few days. Could you check my level?" Naruchi quickly connected his computer to the Model E's system wirelessly.
"You're sitting at 74%... a little bit more than me." Naruchi thought about what to say. He didn't want the Pikachu getting all depressed.
"How much time do I have?" he asked quietly.
"I can't say for certain… depending on factors such as muscle mass and blood thickness, it can vary." It was true; the percentage was calculated to Naruchi's smaller body. Minato could very well be sitting at only 60% of his capacity.
The Pikachu looked away. "That can't be good."
"Hmph. So what exactly are you doing here?"
"Hiding like you. I've been coming here for awhile," said the Pikachu matter-of-factly.
"But you're technically older…"
"I still need to learn. I heard a Espeon and Leafeon talking about a Jolteon, so I knew you'd probably be here. We all don't have insane IQs like you."
Naruchi sighed. "Are you going to be staying here with us?"
"No, of course not. But technically, you're not even attending school, while I am. I've already got a dorm of my own."
"Well then… uh, you'd better be going. Kousei is one of the calmer ones, and the girls will probably freak out."
"What about Yusei?"
"Yusei… that's strange, he should actually be in his bed right now."
Minato narrowed his eyes, then said, "I'll be going now. See you around Naruchi." The Pikachu quickly turned around and walked out the door without looking back.
Naruchi leaned back on his bed and rubbed his eyes after taking off his eyepiece. So all three of us are back together again… for better or for worse.
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December 2nd, 2014
"Kousei and Keira, uh, are you two going to go to the dance together?" asked Saki, trying to start a breakfast conversation.
Kousei looked taken aback, while Keira blushed a little bit. "It's, uh, I don't know…"
Keira gained a sudden interest in her lap. "We've got to know each other pretty well… and Kousei… you're… interesting… but..."
"Hehe! You two are so cute!" Rin giggled like a child. "Why don't you two just start going out? You technically do it most nights!"
Kousei grumbled something about fairy types, and Keira stayed quiet.
"Rin, you're such a fairy… jeez, all you talk about is flirting and stuff… why don't you get a boyfriend or something?" grumbled Saki.
"Why don't you?" retorted Rin.
The two of them bickered awhile more, while Kousei sat next to Keira awkwardly and Naruchi checked his blood pressure on his laptop. Yusei was staring at Rin in a funny way, but Naruchi brushed it off. The Flareon was weird sometimes, plus he had that emotional improvement. Naruchi could never figure out what he was thinking; but he knew that in combat, the Flareon completely changed.
"What do you think Yusei? Who would you rather go out with?"
The Flareon's eyes became wide. "I-Uh, there is no right answer…"
"Well, Rin is rather flat chested, so I think Saki wins there. Though Saki is still a little smaller than Koyuki and Keira," thought Naruchi aloud.
Rin looked at her chest self-consciously. "They're only a bit smaller…" she muttered.
"Well, I mean, some guys are into that kind of thing," added Yusei.
"What's wrong with you guys?" asked Keira. "This conversation is messed up…"
"And what does that have to do with going out with someone?" accused Saki.
"Well, it's common knowledge that those improve your odds of having sex since they're deemed attractive to males. Proven with science."
Saki sighed. "Jeez, you might have surpassed Kousei for the biggest pervert. First the cameras, and now you're the breast expert. Lord Arceus, help us."
Naruchi shrugged. It was just part of who he was. He admitted he was a little bit cocky, but he was confident enough to anything.
These past five minute would later become one of Naruchi's greatest regrets, because he would have realized a blinking light on his eyepiece… which was in his room.
Sorry for the massive delay. I didn't have a computer all Summer and had to think about the next step in the story. _ Please read and review!