Angel Beats! REBORN!

Episode 15: Regroup

Taichi was held against the wall by his collar and punched countless times by Yuzuru. Blood leaked out of his nose and the side of his mouth. Yuzuru continued to punch him with no sign of stopping.

Yuzuru held his next punch and asked him, "Why did you do it?!"

"Demon's an enemy! I only wanted to get rid of her! I never intended to hurt Angel…"

"No she isn't! Mayu's changed, she's one of us!"

"You've all been brainwashed by her! I'm the only sane one here!"

"Bastard!" Yuzuru resumed punching Taichi.

"Otonashi please stop!"

Yuzuru turned his head around to see Mayu pulling on his jacket.

"D-D-Demon!"

"Why you!" Yuzuru lifted his fist ready for another punch.

"Yuzuru!" Kanade appeared and held the sleeve of Yuzuru's arm.

He sighed to let out a bit of his anger.

Kanade approached Taichi and asked, "Taichi, why did you do it?"

"Because she's an enemy, a demon"

"Does she look scary now?"

Taichi looked at the cute and harmless Mayu who stood behind Yuzuru with wet eyes.

"Tsk" Taichi pushed off Yuzuru's grip on his collar and ran off in the hallway.

Yuzuru huffed and puffed catching his breathe.

Kanade placed her soft, warm hand onto his shoulder to relieve him of his anger.

"We have to defeat Satan soon, assemble the SSS please Mayu"

"Sure…"

Yuzuru thought back on the day before when Kanade finally woke up.

"Welcome back, Kanade…"

Yuzuru embraced Kanade with tears in his eyes.

"Hahaha" an evil, demonic laugh echoed in the room.

"Who's there?!"

A black hole appeared in front of the door.

"Yuri!"

The door began to bang and bang.

"No use! The door's locked!"

"NEO Skill: Excalibur"

"NEO Skill: Angel Purge"

"Guard Skill: Hand Sonic version 1"

The three readied their weapons, prepared for anything.

"Who are you?"

"Mayu should have told you about me…"

"Master?!"

"Yes Mayu, disappointing to see you betray me, I gave you everything"

"You gave me nothing! You only allowed me to live as long as I served you, but I'm free now"

"Hahaha… Yuzuru Otonashi, enjoy life while you can, you will die soon along with everyone else"

"I will defeat you and leave with everyone else"

"We'll see…"

The black hole slowly disappeared. And the door busted open, Yuri fell into the room and landed onto the floor.

"Are you guys alright?"

"Yes…"

"What happened?"

"Master was here" Mayu answered.

"No… Satan…" Yuzuru corrected.

Yuzuru shook his head of his thoughts; he walked onto the stage platform and looked at the crowd that stood in front of him.

"The Master code name: Satan plans on killing us all unless we defeat him first and leave this world!"

"Yeah!" the crowd cheered with their spirits risen.

"Now let's look for the rest of the SSS members for the next few days and defeat Satan once and for all!"

"Yeah!"

"First up on the list… Noda! Let's retrieve him and the others starting from now!"

"Roger!"

Yuzuru left the stage with a round of applause beside him.

We are nearing the end…

Mayu, Kanade, Aayato and Yuri entered vehicle A01 with Yuzuru. Yuzuru and Kanade sat opposite to Mayu, Ayato and Yuri.

They headed to Aincrad High School, the location Noda was spotted at.

"A school huh?"

"Yeah, just like the old times"

Mayu looked slightly down with the feeling of her not fitting in as she does not share the same memories with them.

Yuzuru noticed Mayu's expression; he leaned slightly towards her and whispered. "Mayu… don't worry about our past, we'll make new memories with the others"

Mayu looked up at Yuzuru and smiled gently with a small blush.

"Yeah…"

They arrived and began their entrance into the school. Many eyes focused on them as they walked through the front entrance.

"You sure the front entrance is necessary? People are looking at us" asked Yuri with an embarrassed looked.

"Of course people are looking at the great Otonashi, he should be worshipped as the primary god and I as the secondary god…"

"No… I think they're just looking because we are wearing completely different uniforms to theirs" added Mayu.

"That's not the case"

"Anyway, we want to attract Noda's attention; you're supposed to be the bait Yuri" Yuzuru cut into their conversation.

"Huh?!"

"You know Noda has a crush on you…"

"And yet you don't know that I like you…" Yuri mumbled.

The four stopped in front of the main building and looked around for Noda. They waited for him to leap out of nowhere just to see Yuri.

"Where is that Noda?!"

"Don't worry he'll come… for you…"

"W-Wha…?!"

"Yuri!" a voice came from the distance.

"Speak of the devil"

"N-Noda…?"

Noda came running to grab hold of Yuri's hand.

"Have I finally gone through to you? Will you go on a date with me?"

"No I haven't!"

"Then why have you come?"

"Ayato, take care of the rest will you?"

"Don't order me around!"

"Go on Ayato"

"Yes Otonashi the great, at once"

Ayato stared deep into the confused Noda's eyes as if he was to look into his soul. Ayato blinked a few time to rid himself of his dried eyes.

"There all done"

"What are you guys doing here? In fact where am I?"

"That's a bit complicated, we'll explain on the way back to base"

"Base? Anyways, why there two Angels? I've never seen this one before she's got some nice black hair"

"I'm Mayu Yuuki nice to meet you"

"I'm Noda, the coolest guy around"

As Noda continued to flirt with Mayu, Yuzuru approached Yuri and whispered, "How fast he's forgotten…"

"Hmph! I don't care"

"I'm sorry mister, but there's someone I like already" said Mayu with her sights set on Yuzuru.

Noda looked at Yuzuru with jealousy, "Just how many girls do you need?!"

"U-Um…"

The girls gave a laugh as they know the actual amount of rivals they have.

They soon arrived back at the base with the welcoming of every member of both the Guild and the SSS.

They continued to retrieve the members of the SSS for three days straight. They retrieved Shina, Hisako, Masami, Fujimaki, Miyuki, Shiori, Yusa, Ooyama and Takamatsu.

Yuzuru prepared his speech and stepped onto the stage.

A/N: The first five readers to solve and understand this riddle will have a sneek peek of the next chapter.

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Hint: Mention in chapter 14's A/N