Angel Beats! REBORN!
Episode 17: Tower Of Satan
Kanade deflected the bullets shot by the level four Shadows and slice her way through them. The team moved in a diamond formation surrounding Kuroha who held a FAMAS and carried a supply bag of ammo. Yuzuru soon switched with Kanade to take the forward position. He ran with heavy breathes with the exhaustion, they had cleared four floors of the tower.
"Seven more floors to go, let's keep it up" said Mayu.
"Yeah" agreed Yuzuru while he ran across floor: 43, griping tightly on the handle of the Five-Seven.
Yuzuru fired his Five-Seven until the mag was dry, "Kuroha!" he threw his hand gun back knowing Kuroha will catch it.
"NEO Skill: Excalibur!" Yuzuru charged into the group of level fours and slashed them up to strips of paper before they disintegrated.
"The stairs are dead ahead!" pointed Kuroha.
The team of five soon made it to the door to the staircase. Yuzuru placed Excalibur against the wall and sat on the staircase with everyone for a small break.
"Floor: 44, we're almost there" confirmed Kuroha.
"I wonder how the others are doing" said Yuri with a worried expression on her face.
"I'm sure Noda's doing just fine" added Yuzuru with a laugh.
"W-What are you saying?! I don't just mean Noda" yelled Yuri with a red embarrassed face.
"You really do like him"
"No! No I don't!" Yuri turned her head away from Yuzuru.
"Come on now Onii chan, stop teasing her" said Kuroha.
"Sorry, hahaha"
"Anyway, we should keep moving"
"Agreed" Yuzuru picked up the Excalibur and tapped on Yuri's shoulder.
She stood up and continued up the stairs with the team following behind her. She slightly opened the door at the top of the stairs and peeked outside.
The office tables were scatter across the whole floor just like the other floors they had cleared; besides the tables were the Shadows that lurked in the area.
"Level fives" whispered Yuri hoping the Shadows would not notice them, "They have blades equipped"
"Yeah, I fought some inside the Reincarnation program" said Yuzuru.
"They will be different, since the program is pretty basic, so there will be a difference in strength" commented Kuroha.
"I see, but we still have to pull through"
"Be careful Onii chan"
Yuzuru nodded, with a mighty kick, he kicked the door open and charged out with Excalibur.
Yuzuru blocked most of the attacks dealt by the level fives, but the once sharp edge of Excalibur was becoming more and more blunt.
Damn it! This won't hold…
"NEO Skill: Hand Sonic version 1!"
The battle raged on, the team just managed to pull through with no casualties.
Many hours went by, they have finally reached floor: 49.
"According to the patterns so far, this will be a level ten" said Kuroha.
"Impossible"
"Why's that?" asked Yuzuru.
"I'm almost out of ammo" Kuroha interrupted.
"It's fine. Get a refill from the supply bag"
Kuroha unzipped the supply bag to see a small figure rolled up within.
"So-"
"Kyaa!" yelled the surprise Kuroha, "Katsura!?"
"Heh, I got found, but the guns inside was very painful" said the small figure.
"What are you doing here?!" asked Yuzuru in a furious voice.
"S-Sorry Onii chan… I just wanted to help; I've always been away from the battlefield… I just… I just…" Katsura's eyes became wet she looked down to hide her tears, "To tell you the truth, I don't remember about my past really, you are my only support so if you died I…"
Yuzuru thought back on what he had just said. Maybe I was too harsh.
"L-Look Katsura I promise won't die, I just don't want you to get hurt"
Katsura rubbed her eyes to be rid of her tears, "I-I know… but I'm the oldest of your sisters but I'm the one staying back while Kuroha is in danger"
"Katsura… alright, Kuroha"
"Yes Onii chan?"
"Give her a weapon"
"R-Right, but are you sure?"
"Yes, she wants to help us, so let her, we can't change her mind now"
"I understand"
Kuroha pulled out a variety of weapons from the supply bag. The weapon varieties were assault rifles, shotguns, snipers, pistols, swords and knives.
"Pick any"
Katsura's eye scanned the weapons placed in front of her. She picked two Five-Sevens, a Desert Eagle and a long sword.
"Will that be enough?" asked Kuroha to confirm her selection.
"Y-Yes…" said Katsura with a satisfied expression.
"Then let's go"
The team now of six moved on through the door leading them to floor: 49. Floor: 49 was different from the other floors, no tables whatsoever, the whole floor was clear but the lights were out.
"Be careful everyone, this may be a level 10" Yuzuru warned the team.
"Impossible, only Fiend and I are level tens" added Mayu.
"Then…"
"Welcome fools" a deep voice echoed throughout the empty floor.
"Who's there?!" Yuzuru pointed his Five-Seven towards the centre of the room.
"I am Cardinal" answered the voice.
"Damn it! Another Shadow"
"But what level would he be?" asked Kuroha.
A figure emerged from the darkness in front of the team as their eyes adapted to the darkness.
Yuzuru fired his Five-Seven but the bullets didn't seem to affect the Shadow as it stood at the same spot unmoved. He handed the Five-Seven to Kuroha and faced the Shadow once again.
"Katsura stay back, you can't handle this one" said Yuzuru.
With confirmation of Katsura's position, Yuzuru gritted his teeth and started up the program, "NEO Skill: Bloody Ballad"
He held the two pistols and aimed accurately at the Shadow. A Shadow termination program should do the trick; if normal bullets don't work then it must be a level ten, maybe Mayu was mistaken…
Yuzuru fired the shots praying that it would finish off the Shadow like it did to Suginami.
But his prays weren't answered, the Shadow still stood unharmed.
"Impossible!"
"Hahaha… well it is, such weak attacks have no effect on me"
"But…"
"Let me tell you something, if that Shadow over there is what you humans call a level ten… then I would be called a level eleven"
"A level eleven?"
The team froze in shock, their jaws opened. A level eleven? A level higher than Mayu and Suginami? Level tens were hard already, but now an eleven?
The eleven continued its evil laughter…
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