Angel Beats! REBORN!
Episode 9: A New Home
"T-Thank you…" said Demon as she was being seated by Yuzuru.
"What happened to you? That wasn't you"
"It's a long story"
Bleep! A sound came from the collar on Demon's neck.
"N-No… the Kill switch…"
"The Kill switch?"
"Yes, I've got an hour before it activates and explodes killing me alongside"
"We've got to get it off you!"
"We?"
"Yes the SSS will get that off you"
"Why do you care? I tried to kill you all"
"Yes, but everyone deserves a chance and you must have your reasons to do it, I learnt that from someone"
"But even if I'm saved, I don't have a place to belong to, I don't have a reason to live"
"You can stay with us, escape with us"
"I'm a Shadow, I can't escape this place"
"There has to be a way, trust me"
"I'll trust you"
"Great, now let's get that collar off you"
Demon nodded.
Yuzuru got out his walkie talky, "Emergency guys, I need Takeyama pronto!"
"We'll be right there in a few minutes"
Twenty minutes later they arrived at their location with Takeyama.
"Demon?!" the whole team put up their guard.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow. Guys it's alright now" said Yuzuru as he jumped in between the team and Demon.
"What do you mean?"
"I'll explain everything later. Takeyama, I need you to find a way to get her collar off her. Can you do it?"
"I suppose I can try"
"Good, you got twenty-seven minutes"
"Until?"
"It blows up and takes us all with it"
"I-I'll work on it right away"
Takeyama got out his laptop and scanned the collar. After typing up a few keys, a code appeared on the screen, at least half a code, 'T46KL _'.
"This code… could it be?"
"What is it Takeyama?"
"This code… I think I can finish it, but it was un a USB that I dropped during that last fight, there's no way we-"
"Yes, we will find it and save her. Everyone spread out and find this USB! Call the Guild members too!" commanded Yuzuru.
The group went searching straight away after contacting the Guild members.
They lifted up pieces of wood, concrete, rocks and metal rods.
Where could it be? Demon's life is in my hands, I must find that USB! I want to know her better. I want to save her…
Twenty minutes later, the Guild members showed up.
"Guys! I need you all to look for a USB; we've got six minutes, so hurry!"
Without complaining, the Guild members went on searching through the rubble left from the destruction caused by the fight.
Yuzuru kept count of the time, five minutes, four minutes, three minutes. It seemed hopeless, but he continued to dig, through the wood, through the concrete, through the rocks and through the metal rods.
Come on, come on, come on.
There was only one minute remain, Yuzuru could hardly breathe, when suddenly…
"Found it!" those two words, gave Yuzuru a brief relief. The Guild member threw the USB to Yuzuru who sprinted up to the laptop.
"All yours" said Takeyama as he moved away from the laptop. Yuzuru nodded and entered the code, 'Y46KL P461V'. Yuzuru slammed his finger on enter.
The collar on Demon's neck unlocked and dropped onto the ground.
"Once again we need to thank the person leaving these codes behind" said Takeyama.
"Yeah"
I wonder who that person is…
Yuzuru turned to Demon, "It's alright now, you're free"
"T-Thank you, thank you so much" a drop of tear slid down Demon's cheek as she thank Yuzuru.
Yuzuru patted her head, "Come on now, don't cry"
"But… But…"
"You're one of us now"
"One of us?" the Guild members whispered among one another.
Kanade walked through the crowd and approached Yuzuru.
"Kanade, you're wake?"
"Yeah, thanks for saving me back there" Kanade turned to the Guild members, "She is now one of us, let's work together to escape this world"
"Yeah!" the members shouted in agreement.
"Let me formally introduce myself, I am Yuzuru Otonashi, what's your name?"
"I-I'm Mayu Yuuki"
"You have a nice name"
Mayu looked away and blushed upon hearing those words. No one had ever said anything like that to her before.
The Guild members noticed Mayu blushing and instantly erased their memories of her attacking them and fell for her immediately. They rushed up to greet her and fought over who would shake her hand first.
"I'm Shuji nice to meet you"
"I'm Kato"
Yuzuru noticed Taichi at the very back of the group alone, before Yuzuru could call out to him, he walked away.
While Mayu shook the hands of the Guild members one by one, she shifted her eyes to Yuzuru.
My heart now accelerates whenever I see him, what is this feeling, what should I do?
Kanade noticed her look at Yuzuru. Does that mean, she is my rival, she's going after Yuzuru too?
On the next day they team decided to get some information from Mayu using Yuzuru to ask the questions.
Mayu could barely look at Yuzuru still; her heart still accelerates when he is in her sight.
"You mentioned Master yesterday during the fight, who is this Master?"
"The Master is a very dangerous person, although I never see his face. He's the one that forces me to delete people"
"I see, I knew you wouldn't do those things without good reason"
"If I hesitate, he would use the Psycho switch to turn me into a killing machine; it really hurts during the process too"
"That bastard, using you to do such a thing. Mayu do you have any idea of how we can escape this world?"
"Other than defeating the Master, I can think of no other way"
"Thank you for this information, Mayu we appreciate your help"
"There's one other thing, there is another Shadow, like me"
"Another? Who is it"
"Suginami, but you guys know him by Fiend"
"Fiend? We never got that name"
"That's only natural, anyone that sees him gets kill almost instantly, so he had never been reported in. He had lost human consciousness, he cannot be saved"
"We should at least try"
The questioning concluded. Mayu was on her way to her room when she realised that Kanade was waiting outside her room.
"Is there something I can help you with, Tachibana?"
"You love Yuzuru don't you?"
"What?"
"You love him don't you?"
"I…"
"We'll fight over him fair and square agreed?"
Mayu unconsciously nodded.
"Good, but I won't lose"
They shook hands and began their war over Yuzuru.
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