Chapter 7
"What is this creature?" the woman seemed totally surprised of the creature.
"It was really long since our last meeting." Professor didn't pay attention to the word of the woman, "I surprised you could hide yourself for that long."
"How interesting it from you who was hiding too." Trickster replied waving with his tail, "But more important for me is that you decided to cooperate with Taimanin, why so unexpectedly?"
"Because, only with them we can stop the enemies that have returned." Professor answered vague.
'What the hell is going on here?' the woman couldn't understand what the strange persons were talking about.
"Enemies?" Trickster bent his head, "What enemies?"
"First, the lords of the second line." Professor replied, "I think you've heard something about two strong persons who appear from time to time."
"Heard a little." Professor heard an answer of his interlocutor, "But what relation it has with me? As I remember I didn't betray them."
"Yes, but you betrayed your own lord, and I think you know what will happen to you is you meet one of them." Professor opened his mouth, "Those who tried to oppose them will be punished till death."
"Really?" Trickster smirked, "But that means you Dokboq and the rest of modern lords are in the beginning of the queue on having it." he pointed at professor with his tail, "And I can escape into the Dark World if it's needed."
"I belive you've felt something wrong." Professor suddenly said, watching after the tail, he felt something strange behind him, but stretched out his hand, stopping the woman, "The seals are being broken."
"I felt that three of them are destroyed." Trickster answered, "And that means the half is done. Have you come to ask me to help you?"
"No, but I think you remember what they hide." Professor answered, "And what can claim your head when all of them are broken?"
"You're their protector it seems you protect them poorly." Professor heard an answer, "If you fail don't ask me to clean your mess." Trickster looked at the woman, "I helped you in Yugoslavia because of the arrangement. So I have nothing to do with you anymore, and will claim her head." his tail moved strangely, the woman prepared for worse, but Professor suddenly said.
'What if I tell the rest of you started to return?" he attracted the attention of Trickster, "Do you remember the one of you who could control black wasps?" Trickster's tail froze.
"They were hid deep the Demon World." Trickster replied, "How could they appear here?"
"That you should ask to your old opponent." Professor opened his mouth again as if he smiled.
"What do you mean?" Trickster seemed serious and a little puzzled.
"My comrades saw a wasp humanoid, I think there was only such person we both know." Professor smirked.
"Wait what do you mean?" the woman still couldn't understand what they were talking about, "What are you talking about?!" she tried to know at least something shouting at both of them, "If you won't tell I'll…" she felt how something rapped her around her hands and body, "What the…!" she understood Professor tied her.
"And they even knew that he had sound powers." Professor finished, "I was surprised when all of them will finally appear, and what about you?"
"As I know he must be dead." Trickster replied, "And the biggest part of them must be dead too."
"I don't know what happened to the rest, but you." Professor exhaled, "But somehow I belive that not all were killed, maybe ten or so of twenty seven could survive." Trickster replied nothing, "So? As I remember you have something to settle with him, haven't you?"
"Let's make a deal." Trickster looked at the green interlocutor, "Give me her and I'll help you."
"Wha…" the woman wasn't able to finish as she was interrupted.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you have her, since she belongs to Taimanin she is our ally and allies are valuable in this war." Professor responded.
"Then I'll have her myself." Trickster dashed and did a strike with his tail.
However Professor jumped and let the woman go.
"It seems I have to convince you to join in another way." Professor didn't like the way where the talk went.
He used his tentacles and hit the tail of the other creature, but it didn't give any effect. Trickster jumped and used his tail which had two processes as a rope and hung on a streetlamp. Next moment something flew at them and Professor could destroy the objects with his lightening.
"Take that!" the woman was about to pierce the humanoid, but couldn't as the creature landed onto his four hands and legs, and grabbed her with her tail.
"Got you!" Trickster smirked and then jumped onto the building.
"Not so fast!" Professor appeared next to the creature and struck it at his tail, the strike was strong enough to let the woman go.
"Thanks." she grabbed her weapons and jumped to the lizard humanoid.
"Don't come close to him, or he'll get you." Professor only warned her.
Next moment he felt something and turned around as a trashcan flew at them.
"Does he use telekinesis?" she asked the green person.
"Gravitation." Professor grabbed the can with his tentacles and threw it at the enemy, who only send it back at them.
"Gravitation?" she was shocked, "But no one can use it!"
"He can." Professor rushed at the enemy and could get behind him, he grabbed two of his hands with his tentacles.
Suddenly Professor conducted electricity by his tentacles and hit Trickster with it. The creature pierced ground under him with his tail and then with his free hands raised Professor and hit him at the wall of some building.
"Finally." Trickster flinched, and then received a hit at his chest and then head.
"How did you like that?" the woman grinned.
"Not bad." Trickster smirked, 'But not impressing." he hit her at her stomach, "Interesting strategy, but not perfect, I've seen even better."
Trickster was hit unexpectedly, at his back, but landed perfectly onto hit four hands again.
"Escape, I'll hold him." Professor replied to the woman, "You're only being a meddling."
"If you named yourself my ally that means I won't leave you here alone." she answered him, "And at the same time two of us can think of something.
"His gravity powers aren't too strong, try to attack him and I'll protect you from behind." he gave her an idea.
"Got it." she nodded and headed to attack the creature with her daggers.
'Again his strategy.' Trickster didn't like what was going to happen.
The woman decided to start to attack, while Professor didn't let Trickster to get her with her tail or with one of his hands. The obstacles seemed were destroyed and now the fight was a little easy for them.
'Darn…' Trickster thought, 'I must retreat and attack again, Professor knows my tricks, thus I must prepare better.'
The creature with four hands jumped onto the wall of the building and could stand on it.
"For now, I'll retreat, but don't think I've finished with you." he smirked, "I'll get you next time."
"You won't…" Professor stopped her not letting to follow him.
"It's stupid to fight him without a proper strategy." Professor replied, "You'll only die. For now you're better return to Gosha Village."
"Do you know about it?" she was surprised more.
"I know much more then you can even guess." Professor replied her, and then looked at the route which Trickster used, "I'll scout you to your shelter, it's dangerous for you to stay in this place all alone."
Woman could only nod, and quickly went to the exit on a big road, while Professor followed her.
'At least I could give him the information about his return.' Professor thought, 'Maybe he'll try to contact with me near future.'
While the humanoid was walking the Taimanin was watching at him from time to time still guessing what had just happened to her, and what she was going to reports to Asagi.
Drunkard was jumping from one roof to another one. The night Tokyo was peaceful in some places, but in some others pretty noisy. The man had his usual uniform now, which consisted of a greatcoat and a service cap. From time to time he stopped and was looking around.
'It seems this creature decided to make a vacation.' the man thought, 'Our team work may scared him and he decided to prepare for another round.' Drunkard jumped to another building, 'But the most interesting is that, demon it or not and if 'The Third Law' escaped that means this thing really isn't working for them and they want to do something with it.' the man looked down onto the street where people were walking, 'Lucky ones, walking not knowing of the crap we must face.' he spitted down, and took out his flask, 'Sometimes I envious to you…' Drunkard did several sips, and continued to investigate the surrounding.
The man was trying to notice at least something what could give him a clue of the creature, but still found nothing. However he noticed something, what attracted his attention. He saw two silhouettes in front of him and decided to chase them.
'Are they Taimanin or not?' the man was interested, 'Maybe they're also checking the place on the presence of that creature.' however the person in front of him stopped and headed to his side, 'Or maybe not…' Drunkard put his hands onto the hilts of his sickles and then quickly exposed them.
He clashed his sickles with two swords.
"It's seems we have a tail after us." a female voice chuckled, "Someone needs to be punished for entering not his business."
"And somehow I thought you were Taimanin." Drunkard smirked, "But it seems I will at least warm up."
"Naomi!" Drunkard and the woman heard another firm voice, "Stop."
"What?" Naomi seemed shocked hearing such command.
"Mystic?" Drunkard was puzzled.
"He isn't or enemy, for now." Mystic tried to reason the woman.
Naomi looked at Drunkard and then jumped aside, however didn't put her swords into the sheaths. Nevertheless, Drunkard hid his sickles under his greatcoat, and came to the man in the cloak and the hood.
"How are you doing?" Drunkard asked the man, Naomi looked at him, but didn't understand the language.
"Fine." Mystic nodded, "What a coincidence to see you in Tokyo." the man continued, "Are you looking for the creature that attacks Taimanin?"
Naomi tensed, 'Are they talking about that occasion?'
"Yeah, Commander and I are in charge of it. Along with them we fought it." Drunkard answered fairly.
"I know." Mystic only replied, "Torch and Azumi reported that to me. By the way, how was it two fight with Shiranui?"
"She is really strong." Drunkard smirked, "I think much stronger than her husband was."
'Shiranui?' Naomi didn't like what they were talking about.
"It means will have now more problems since she joined you that fast." Mystic sighed.
"By the way, what do you want to do with that creature?" Drunkard asked the man.
"We are to try to recruit it." Mystic replied fairly too, "But if we fail in it, we'll depose it."
"And we're to kill it right away." Drunkard chuckled, "But I think we scared him a little. He also was attacking from behind and I think it must change his strategy in fighting such big groups."
"Do you want to say he is a tactician?" Mystic seemed didn't like these words.
"Probably." Drunkard also pondered, "If he could do such combinations he isn't from stupid ones. He could surprise even us all."
"That means he'll be really valuable for us." Mystic said seriously.
"Very funny." Drunkard took out his flask, Naomi tensed in the beginning, but then relaxed as she saw only a flask, the man drank first and then handed it to Mystic, "Listen, don't you know a white armored guy? Is he on of yours?"
"Why?" Mystic interested.
"I want to thank him." Mystic answered.
"Not him, but her." the man chuckled and did several sips too, then he returned the flask, "She is Celine. I think Professor told you about her. She is a third demon lord of the second line."
"Wow." Drunkard had nothing to say, "Interesting, how the hell I could get out of there." the man took his thing back and looked at Naomi, "Want to drink?" he asked her in Japanese.
"No." she only replied.
"As you wish." the man shrugged with his shouldered, "You have a really good taste." Drunkard returned to incomprehensible language for Naomi, "What about Haze?"
"Very funny." Mystic turned his head to the man, "I thought you liked her."
"But she always was in you." Drunkard looked at the sky, "Wasn't she?"
"Like always not understand everything." Mystic sighed, and put his hand onto the shoulder of his friend, "You two have much more common than I have with her or you. You just must feel what she has in mind and do right decision."
"Well." Drunkard looked at his phone, "I must go, Cyclopes seems finished his investigation."
"Good luck then." Mystic nodded.
"You too, be careful when you see Asagi or Cyclopes." Mystic nodded again and then saw how Drunkard when to the place where he came from.
"Your friend?" Naomi asked him.
"Yes, one of them." Mystic looked at her.
"He isn't from Taimanin." Naomi frowned, "Can he be from 'Red Division'?"
"Yes." Mystic answered fairly, "I want you not to tell about this meeting, as none of the rest must know about our connection."
"Understood." Naomi nodded, "But what connect you with him if you have such talks to your enemy?" Naomi felt their talk was just like friends had one.
"A lot of events." Mystic replied, "Which can't be forgotten that easily." he pondered, "Well for now we can leave too, I don't think this creature will appear since Taimanin frightened it. For now we must try to investigate the streets of the area."
"Alone?" Naomi was puzzled.
"Torch and Azumi along with Celine and her helper will deal with it." Mystic responded her question.
The new day came pretty fast for Taimanin and all students were going to the academy to have their lessons. Pavel decided to go earlier this day as today he had a training in the morning thus he was walking in his warm inform to the academy still yawing from time to time.
'It seems Maria Sergeievna and Oleg Semenovich started to act like always.' Pavel pondered, 'Probably they had the conversation? But still there's some distance between them. But still I'm glad if they really had the talk and could solve all problems.' Pavel looked at people who were in the street, 'Soon, my parents will come, I must try to rehearse what I and Masami must tell. And at the same time Maria Sergeievna wanted to try something with Masami, what it could really be, by the way?'
Pavel didn't notice how he came to the academy and saw his teammates, who were practicing with him.
"Hello to everyone!" Pavel waved with his hand to Tatsurou, Yukikaze and Ren.
"Hello." Tatsurou nodded.
"Morning." Ren answered.
"Hi!" Yukikaze answered in a harsh way.
"Where is Shiranui?" Pavel yawned as if he still wanted to sleep.
"Auntie went forward to prepare everything." Tatsurou replied.
"I see." Pavel nodded and the four headed to the changing room, "Good thing we have training instead of PE, it's really good to have overly extreme PE lesson in practicing."
"Here I'll agree with you." Ren nodded, "And since it's with Mizuki-sensei herself, it really much better."
"Good to say something like that, while we have a gap." Yukikaze didn't like she was brought here instead of rest, "But since it's with mum I don't mind to have practice."
"Like a child." Pavel chuckled, Tatsurou and Ren did the same hearing that.
"What did you say?" Yukikaze didn't like his words.
"Nothing." Pavel tried to calm her down.
They changed their clothes and then headed to the training ground where they had last practice with Shiranui. The woman had already been there in her battle inform that exposed almost all her body. Pavel still couldn't get used to her uniform and blushed from time to time, while Ren only looked at him as if wanted lecture.
"Nice to see you all in time." Shiranui smiled to her students.
"Mom, maybe we'll have a practice in the facility?" Yukikaze didn't like the cold weather.
"My, my what if you'll be in a cold Tokyo Kingdom?" Shiranui chuckled, "Sometimes it's good to be on open air and have refreshment, Shiranui looked at Ren and turn to the tanned girl, "Today, in a big break come to the swimming pool, we'll practice water powers." Ren only nodded and then Shiranui turned to the group, "Today we'll have a practice two against one." Shiranui stated, "This time Pavel will be with Tatsurou and Yukikaze with Ren."
Pavel and Tatsurou went forward and prepared for the fish.
"The rules are still the same." Shiranui announced the method of fight, "You must do what even it needs to fight me."
The boys nodded and then dashed to the woman, who only dodged the lunges and exposed her spear.
"Tatsurou use your powers and don't let her come closer to you!" Pavel told the purple haired boy.
Tatsurou decided to do like that and used his wind powers in order to hold the woman on distance, while Pavel tried to fight her. The fight seemed fair enough, but Shiranui started to became faster, and Pavel started to feel problems, if not Tatsurou's wind attacks he would already lost.
'Darn, even Asagi gives us to get used to the battle.' Pavel didn't like the way how the woman was fighting, but still was glad that she was giving them a real fight.
Tatsurou decided to join the battle, but it was a mistake as the woman parried his attack and kicked the younger Akiyama at his stomach making him fall onto the ground. Pavel tried to fix the situation and decided to dodge, but the woman jumped and hit the legs of the boy with the hilt of her spear.
"Not bad." Shiranui chuckled, "Two minutes, is a good result against me."
"Yeah, but still were kicked like kids." Pavel rubbed the back of his head.
"After all, Auntie is one of the higher elites." Tatsurou also got up, "Even this time is good for us."
"I thought you will hold a little longer." Yukikaze smirked at Pavel.
"Let's see how long you'll hold." Pavel parried, but after seeing Ren added, "Of course with Ren you'll be able to hold longer."
"Do you mean I'm weaker?" Yukikaze didn't like such attitude toward her.
"If you want to settle that, why won't you fight each other?" Shiranui came to the boy and her daughter, "Just the two of you?"
"Why not?" Yukikaze chuckled, 'At least maybe with burnt butt, you'll know who is stronger."
"Yukikaze." Shiranui looked at her daughter, "But after my practice with you." she strangely smiled then.
Yukikaze and Ren stepped forward, while boys did vice versa. Ren exposed her short blade, while Yukikaze did the same with her guns. This time Shiranui attacked first and Ren clashed her weapon with the spear of the woman, Yukikaze jumped and did two shots at her mother, which Shiranui gracefully avoided.
Ren had more opportunities, as Yukikaze was a medium fighter, but when Shiranui decided to follow her daughter, Ren understood Yukikaze won't protect her well, thus she was trying to do her best in protecting the daughter of the woman. However Shiranui could get Ren and with her spear she make Ren fall onto the ground, and the same happened to Yukikaze in a several moments.
"Well, the same two minutes, I guess." Shiranui pondered.
"That was harsh." Ren said as she tried to get up.
"Man, I even could think of the strategy." Yukikaze looked at Shiranui who was taking purchase onto her spear.
"Your problem is that you try to help your comrades, when they can do everything themselves." Shiranui suddenly announced.
"What do you mean, Auntie?" Tatsurou asked the teacher.
"It was seen with Yukikaze and Ren." Shiranui replied, "You tried to protect Yukikaze instead of fighting me from behind. Sometimes it's important to help your teammates, but you must understand in what way you should do that." Shiranui explained the fault of young hunters, "And the other problem is that you didn't get used to fight in such formation. Let me guess, Pavel is always with Ren isn't it?" Ren and Pavel nodded, "Just as I though. Pavel knows how to fight with other sword player, but Ren doesn't know how to fight with a distant partner. However when you fight all together you work really well."
"If I was with Tatsurou it'd be easier for me to fight." Yukikaze stated.
"That's what I'm talking about." Shiranui looked at Yukikaze, "The problem in this formation, but now I want to see how you'll work with Pavel and Tatsurou with Ren."
The next groups were chosen and the fights repeated, Pavel tried his best in fighting with Yukikaze, but still could predict where she would shoot and what she was going to do. However he could at least impress Shiranui as the boy could try his best in giving the girl opportunities to strike.
Tatsurou and Ren's work seemed the work of two boys, but still with Ren's water bullets they could hold a little longer, as from time to time the protected each other from distance.
"Now it's much better." Shiranui said after defeating the second group, "Even Yukikaze could work with Pavel." Shiranui glanced over the team, "I think we can go on a mission on killing some demons. It'll help to improve your teamwork and trust." then she looked at Yukikaze, "Oh, and doesn't my dear daughter want to fight Pavel?" she smiled in a strange way.
"No." Yukikaze turned away.
"Good to hear." Shiranui petted Yukikaze, "And for now we must think of some team attak. How do you think, we can do it?"
"Do you mean you'll also take part in it?" Ren was surprised.
"Yes, I'll also be in it." Shiranui chuckled.
"Maybe I and Pavel should start it?" Tatsurou suddenly offered and idea, "Then you and Ren do something and Yukikaze finishes the enemies."
"Not a bad idea." Shiranui nodded.
"I think Yukikaze must be first." Pavel looked at the girl, "She can blow up a big number of ordinary demons and we'll finish the rest."
"Sure thing I'll get them all." Yukikaze smirked.
"Well, for now we have an idea, which we must try to come true." Shiranui replied and saw how Pavel wanted to ask something, "Yes?"
"Sensei, how do you make your water clones?" Pavel asked, "Is there some secret or not?"
Yukikaze and Tatsurou looked at him, while Ren only was surprised that he asked such a question to her. Shiranui smiled, and glanced at Ren with a smile.
"Well." Shiranui raised her head, "I only use the water in my body. Water power demands water, it obviously, but the problem is that we don't have it sometimes, and I need to increase the number of water in my body and then release it outside." Yukikaze laughed, "What a bad girl you're, I've said nothing bad vulgar."
"So you increase the amount of water first and only then you release it." Ren pondered, "But how is it possible to do?"
"This is really difficult in the beginning, but still possible to do." Shiranui pondered too, "Did you use your power in water? Did you feel something?"
"I felt like I manipulate the water." Ren answered.
"You must try to take water in your body under control." Shiranui said and then some water was released by her, which turned into her perfect copy, "You must concentrate on increasing it and on quick making of the shape and the form."
"It seems bullets don't need too much concentration and it's easy to shot with them." Pavel said.
"Kinda." Shiranui was surprised the boy could understand the way of the water abilities just from first explanation, "Try to do that."
Ren nodded and stretched out her hand and focused on something, but still nothing happened.
"We'll try to do that in the swimming pool." Shiranui said, "It's better to do in the water first, and only then to try to do that out of it."
"I'll do my best." Ren nodded.
The training continued until the end of the first lesson. Shiranui decided to let the students go earlier as she also had some business to do. After the training Shiranui headed to the principal's office, in order to talk to Asagi. Shiranui decided not to change her clothes and do that after the talk.
The woman with the ribbon that was similar to rabbits ears, knocked at the door and opened. Asagi was sitting frown, while the other fair haired Taimanin was telling something to her.
"Asagi, are you busy?" Shiranui didn't know was it a good time to enter or not.
"No, I'm almost done." Asagi shook with her head, "Natsume you can go I'll to think of your words."
The fair haired woman in ripen dress bowed to Asagi and left the room.
"What happened?" Shiranui didn't like what was happening, but still put her spear against the wall and sat on the sofa, which was in the office.
"Just one news after another." Asagi rubbed her nasal bridge, "She was attacked and protected by some strange persons, who looked like humans, but reminded something else."
"Interesting." Shiranui pondered, "What they looked like?"
"One who protected her looked like a lizard." Asagi answered, "And was using lightening powers, while the second one had four arms and a long tail. As Natsume understood he used gravity powers."
"Gravity? I thought no one can use it now." Shiranui didn't belive to Asagi, "Maybe it was just telekinesis?"
"I think so too, but…" Asagi frowned more, "I guess I know who helped her to fight that four handed creature."
"And who?" Shiranui wondered that Asagi knew something in advance.
"That guy was along with 'Red Division' when he helped us during our last meeting in Yomihara. It was when you were saved." Asagi explained why she knew that creature, "And I remember it was with another one who looked like a dragon, I don't know how to say it right, but I don't think they're humans."
"I see." Shiranui pondered, 'It seems I must ask that man about this person.' Shiranui thought, "And what that four handed freak wanted from her?"
"To kill." Asagi replied fast, "But thanks to that Professor she is safe and sound so to say." Asagi leaned onto the back of her chair, "Coffee?"
"I'd like to." Shiranui nodded and looked at Asagi, "So, these guys are really our friends after all." Shiranui liked the news that they were on their side, "By the way what with these wasps? I think there must be some report?"
"Yes, I could barely look it through, and the problem is that they know nothing about these wasps." Asagi only sighed, pouring water into mugs, "As if something really new for us going to appear."
"What?" Shiranui didn't hear her.
"No, nothing." Asagi shook with her head and gave the mug to Shiranui, "But still it's good that there are no evidences of the presence of these two lords. By the way, how is your training with Ren, Pavel Tatsurou and Yukikaze?"
"Good." Shiranui nodded, "They are really interesting ones and know how to work with each other, of course they have problems, but still they're insignificant." she smiled, "Can I ask you something?" Asagi looked at Shiranui, "That Ren, has she just awoken her power?"
"Yes, it happened not long ago." Asagi confirmed Shiranui's thoughts, "And that's why I wanted you to train her. Since you are the best water user in the entire village only you can help her to understand how to use it fast." Asagi was serious, "And along with Pavel in the team, she will be able to display herself much faster than without him."
"So, you use that boy as a lever on making Ren better." Shiranui quickly understood, why they were in one team.
"Ren is skillful girl, and I want her to become strong, but without a good mentor she won't be able to shine." Asagi continued, "I know she has a great potential which must be revealed."
"And as I understand you did that contest on purpose." Shiranui smiled doing a sip of the drink, "Just because to make it a friendly competition."
"Yes, and I hope Pavel and Aki also will be able to find their true power and become profession hunters too." Asagi concluded her thought.
"Well, I'll train her on a big break how to use water." Shiranui replied, "I think she will understand something. Oh, I also wanted to ask you about something." the brown haired woman seemed remembered something, "I wanted to assign us on some mission on killing demons, I think it'll be a really good practice for them." Asagi looked at Shiranui with puzzled expression, "Don't watch at me like that, I just want them to have practice. Maria told everything is fine with me." Asagi chuckled at these words.
"I didn't think anything of that." Asagi said with a smile, "I just can't belive you're trying to go from one mission to another one."
"I just want to do as much as I can to clean my name and to teach Yukikaze with Tatsurou and the others." Shiranui replied firmly.
"Don't overdo that." Asagi sighed, "Or you'll be burnt someday because of that work."
"That must be said to you too." Shiranui chuckled.
They drank their coffee and then Shiranui decided to go to her work too, the woman with the ribbon asked Asagi to give her the report on the wasps too, in order to help Asagi with ideas.
The time was passing and the big break finally started. All teachers decided to go the teachers' lounge in order to eat and chat about their work. Oleg and Maria decided to do the same. Sakura, Murasaki, Chikeko and some of the others teachers were already there.
"It's pretty crowded here today." Oleg said when he entered the lounge.
"Oleg!" Sakura waved with her hand "Come here!"
There was a free place on Sakura's left, and Chikeko was sitting on her right. Oleg nodded and too the place, while Maria decided to go and sit with Murasaki and Takeuti, who was trying to talk with the serious woman.
"How are you two today?" Oleg asked the women.
"Fine." Chikeko nodded, "And you?"
"The same." Oleg nodded and looked how Chikeko handed a lunch box, "Thanks." Oleg only replied, and took the box.
"By the way, what do you have today after the school day?" Sakura tried to not to notice what was happening in front of her.
"No, why?" Oleg looked at her.
"I think to go and have something to drink." Sakura answered, "I want to offer to all from our squad." she had her casual smile.
"Ah, sounds not bad at all." Oleg nodded, "Even Shiranui and Murasaki?"
"Yep." Sakura looked at the gloomy woman.
"Then good luck with her." Chikeko chuckled as if she knew what was going to happen, "Oh, and I also wanted to ask you about something." the white haired woman looked at the man, "I wanted to make some kind of a practice could you help me with it?"
"Sure." Oleg nodded, "It's important to be ready for meeting these scums."
"I'll go with you too." Sakura looked at Chikeko, who only became frown of Sakura's words.
Suddenly Oleg and the women turned around as they heard how someone turned on TV and called everyone to listen to it.
"What is there?" Murasaki came closer to it in order to listen to it better.
'Mister Asano do you have some near plans? There was nothing significant since union of the three parties.' someone asked the man on the stage.
'Yes, we have some idea and it's in visiting the meeting of dossocialist parties in Yugoslavia.' the politician answered to the journalist.
'Why Yugoslavia and what are you going to do there?' the same voice asked the politician.
'As I told were going to visit the meeting of the parties.' Asano replied, 'We have asked our colleagues there to take part in it, and the three of us will visit it.' the man did a small pause, 'We want to gain some experience of those who has more skills in this direction. Indeed we know what we do, but still we must know what our friends in other countries do in order to improve the life of their citizens.'
"Yugoslavia?" some of the teachers whispered, "What the hell are they going to do there?" Murasaki added after calculating what she had just heard.
'It seems it'll give them some problems.' Oleg thought listening to the politician.
'Oh, I hope our journalists will take part in this wonderful event.' Asano suddenly added, 'After all I belive that will be a historical event which will change quite a lot, but of course in a good way.'
The Taimanin felt uneasy of his words, however the speaker suddenly said.
'We have already received the answer of the leader of the same party from Yugoslavia.'
The scree changed again, and there was a man with brown hair. He had black official suit, and his face was in scars.
"Wow, he is still the leader?" Oleg seemed surprised.
"Do you know these creepy guy?" Sakura looked at the image of the man and then at Oleg.
Oleg chuckled, "I hope you won't say that to him when you see him."
"Why?" Sakura raised her eyebrow, "Is he really important?"
"He is a hero of Balkan War." Oleg said with a slight smile, "And leader of their party, however as I understand he is the first man in the country in popularity."
"Thanks for letting me know that." Sakura answered, "I'll try to remember."
'Yes, we were informed about Japanese delegation.' a strict and serious voice said, there appeared a little display of his name on the right corner, where was written 'Lazar Mladich', 'We can't wait to see new allies and friends, and we're always glad each year the number of allies is constantly increasing.'
'And what countries will visit the meeting today?' the journalist asked the man, the translation was to Japanese, so even Taimanin and Russian teacher could understand it.
'It's an official information, which you can freely see on the board of the government.' Lazar replied, 'Poland, Germany and Spain will send their official delegates, and now Japan is added to that list. Of course there will be other parties, but their visit isn't official.'
'But why won't Russia come?' the journalist asked the Yugoslavian politician.
Taimanin tensed because of that question and looked at the Russian hunters. Oleg and Maria felt uneasy because of that, but still could remain still as it wasn't their problem.
'This question must be asked to Russian dossocialist party.' Lazar Mladich answered fast, 'Still not having them doesn't make everything bad, this meeting is rather for new parties than to old ones. And as you must know Serbia, Russia and Poland work pretty long in that political direction so even two of us is enough to make this meeting fruitful.'
"I there won't be anything about what will regret." Murasaki mumbled.
"Mu-chan is always too suspicious." Sakura came closer to the blue haired woman.
"Of course, I am!" Murasaki raised her voice, "These political bastards are the worst, you must be overly careful with their blabbering."
"How do you think why Russia won't take part?" Chikeko came closer to Oleg.
"Maybe because of our business here?' Oleg didn't know the reason, but still guessed, "After all, they have a lot to do with 'The Third Law', here and in our country too."
"But maybe it's good." Takeuti suddenly offered his point of view, "I mean new political relations isn't bad and at the same time, they invited journalists, so I think they have nothing bad in their heads."
"Trust them much." Murasaki grunted.
"It's difficult to say, what can be in their mind." Maria said, "And since Russian doesn't take part in the meeting that means it'll be on Yugoslavia who is in charge of the meeting."
"Do you want o say they're their spies?" Chikeko looked at the Russian woman.
"No, this political idea was born in Russia, then it went to Serbia and then to Poland." Maria tried to explain the situation, "And if there is also Germany with Spain, that means it's just an ordinary meeting, nothing more."
"As I remember it was created to show the allies of the parties." Oleg looked at Maria.
"Yes, and not only that, but also to show how the number of them increases each year." Maria replied.
'Where was the last meeting?" Sakura asked them.
"In Germany." Maria answered, "But before that in Spain. However Russia also made them along with Poland." she added after a little pondering.
"So you're sure we have nothing to be worry about. Am I right?" Murasaki was watching at Oleg.
"Mu…" Sakura understood it wasn't a good time to call her by her nickname, "Murasaki, I think you're too suspicious to them, after all this political stuff isn't their work, they are here to help us. And they heads are doing their work there."
"Here she is right." Takeuti decided to interfere, "I think all of them received our trust."
"I don't suspect them in anything." Murasaki grunted, "I just don't want to have unexpected problems because of all that."
"I belive there will be nothing serious." Oleg answered, "Since it's just a political meeting they will talk and nothing more."
Murasaki replied nothing, the channel was switched, and the teachers started to return to their businesses. Oleg decided to finish the lunch that Chikeko cooked for him. However all of them had some strange feeling of the upcoming even in Yugoslavia.
When the big break started Ren decided to go to the swimming pool as Shiranui told her. Pavel wanted to go with her, but the boy decided to have practice with Masami, as he didn't want the girl to wait long for her final treatment. On her way, she was thinking how to increase the number of water in her body and how to release it in time. Ren changed her uniform to her swimsuit and only then went to the main facility.
When she finally got to the needed place, she saw Shiranui in her casual uniform for doing academic chores.
"Nice to see you again." Shiranui smiled to Ren.
"The same." Ren nodded to the woman.
"Well, go into the water first." Shiranui told to Ren the tanned student did what was told, and swam for some seconds, and then Shiranui continued, "Now, try to influence the stream." Shiranui said.
Ren stopped on one place, and tried to do what was told. She remembered how she was along with Pavel, and tried to do the same. The stream started to appear it slowly came from her.
"Good." Shiranui nodded, "Now try to make it back to you."
"Understood." Ren replied and focused on the water slowly the stream started to change, and the waves started to go flow back to Ren.
"Not bad." Shiranui praised the student, "You know how to make stream now you can start to work over gathering it in your body, "Well, try to feel the water, it's difficult to explain, but do you feel something when you create flowing?"
"I think…" Ren tried to feel what was in her body and mind, "Well, I don't know, but it's like a sparkling."
"Yes, that's right." Shiranui agreed with the girl, "Try to feel it and try to become one with it." she continued to explain, "And when you feel it try to give it a shape."
Ren nodded and tried to do what was told. She closed her eyes and focused on something for a long time. But then the water around her started to bubble, strongly something started to appear, but only explode.
"It seems the control isn't good." Shiranui said, "Try again." Ren tried to repeat, but the result was the same, "I had the same problems in the beginning." Shiranui smiled, "In the beginning it can happen, but practice will only improve the skills."
"Sensei." Ren said, "Maybe there's some trick to make everything faster?" she was eager to create a clone.
"Yes, but then you must to focus on creating a weapon. Maybe something like your blade?" Shiranui tried to give an idea.
"Understood." Ren nodded and tried to do the weapon, however the result was predictable.
"By the way, can I ask you a question too?" Shiranui asked Ren.
"Of course, what is it?" Ren was a little wondered that Shiranui wanted to know something from her.
"Do you love that Russian boy, Pavel?"
"What?!" Ren's another attempt burst and she even got some water in her mouth starting coughing, "Why such questions sensei?" she looked at Shiranui.
"So?" Shiranui looked with a smile.
"I…" Ren wanted to answer something, but the eyes of the woman seemed demanded truth, "Yes…" she only mumbled, "At least… I think so…"
"Then you can try to practice for protecting the ones you love too." Shiranui smiled, "Just have the thought you must protect them and do what you need." Shiranui looked at the clocks and turned around, "I must run, don't forget what I told you." Shiranui told to Ren, "Try on creating of weapons, and when you'll be able to do that, try on making clones."
"Thank you for explanation sensei." Ren thanked the woman.
Shiranui left when other students started to come to the pool. Ren received puzzled expressions, but still the questions weren't asked as Ren left the pool too in some time.
Shiranui decided to go to Oleg, while it still was the break.
'As I remember he has a gap right now.' Shiranui pondered, 'Probably, that Cyclopes knows about what is going on and what we must do with these humanoids. And these demon lords, still can't belive there someone who is stronger than Kuroi and Black.' she sighed and continued her way.
She decided to go to her office and take the report Asagi gave her in order to let Oleg to know see it too. Shiranui was told about Oleg's subject and wanted to hear his point of view.
It didn't take long time, as she was doing everything fast. She seemed was interested who was that Professor and that guy, who attacked the other Taimanin. She also reached the needed room fast, she came there straight when the bell rang, as she didn't want the students to hang around and to listen to them.
Shiranui knocked at the door and opened it slightly.
"Oleg, aren't you busy?" she inserted her head into the doorway.
"Shiranui?" Oleg seemed wondered, "Well, no. What happened?"
"I have something to share with you and also to ask you." Shiranui entered the classroom, she closed the door, and put the papers onto the desk, "It's a brief report on the creatures we fought."
"Does Asagi know that you're giving to read it?" Oleg raised his eyebrow.
"Don't worry, I think she will understand if she sees us." Shiranui smiled, "At the same time, you're a teacher of this subject, maybe you'll know something from it."
"I see." Oleg nodded, but still wasn't glad that Asagi didn't know about that, "Well…" he started to look through it, "It seems some features are similar to ordinary wasp, but still some of them are really interesting and differ."
"For example." Shiranui wanted to know what was different.
"Well, the acid gland." Oleg said, "It's much bigger and at the same time the acid more concentrated."
"Anything else?" Shiranui took purchase onto the student's desk.
"Difficult to say." Oleg was checking the papers, "It seems this kind is a new one and it's difficult to make any conclusion just from these notes."
"But still." Shiranui seemed was eager to know the information about them.
"Let me see." Oleg said, "Wait… Something about nerve system." Oleg stopped on the last paper, "Fascinating, they have such system which is similar to the ordinary brain of a human, not so perfect, however not bad formed."
"And what about ordinary bees?" Shiranui asked him, "Don't they have them?"
"No, it's much weaker, than these ones have." Oleg replied, "It seems these ones won't be tamed easily, as they can be only raised like children."
"Are you sure about that?" Shiranui seemed surprised.
"Well, as I said, it's difficult to say, but I think it really can be so. And their wing system is also much stronger, that means they can have the nest in all parts of Tokyo."
"What?!" Shiranui raised her.
"It's really so." Oleg frowned, "If they were that fast, that means they could fly the distance from the nest to us without problems."
"That gives us only more problems." Shiranui sighed, "Nothing more?"
"No, nothing more." Oleg replied, "But it strange they decided to attack only one district and the one who is controlling them, must some kind of their farther or someone strong."
"Cyclopes told he wasn't a human." the woman answered him, "That means he is a demon."
"And really smart and strong demon." Oleg added, "Since he could overthink everything and attacked in needed moment." Oleg handed the documents to Shiranui.
"I wanted to know one more thing." Shiranui said taking the papers, "Do you know some green lizard humanoid?"
"Do you mean Professor?" Oleg looked at her being puzzled.
"Yes." Shiranui remembered Asagi named him like that.
"Yes, I know him, but what with him?" Oleg wondered,, what he could do.
"Quite a lot, he helped to one of our Taimanin." Shiranui started to tell him her talk with Asagi, Shiranui told all information about their battle, "I thought maybe you have some ideas on who it could be."
"No." Oleg shook with his head, "That demon is unknown to me. However Professor is quite of an advisor to Russian government..." he stumbled.
"Don't worry, if it's really secret information I won't tell it to Asagi." Shiranui smiled, "After all, you know I'm advising only with you about some things."
Oleg was tensed, but still he decided to tell Shiranui what he knew.
"The problem is that Professor is an advisor of what relates to demons." Oleg sighed, "He helps our academy with difficult things when it's needed and as I understand all knowledge we have now is all thanks to his work."
"Is he a demon?" Shiranui asked.
"I think, he is." Oleg nodded, "Even a mutant would live for that long. But still as I know now he also helps to 'Red Division', but how he started to help them, that's what I don't know."
"I see." Shiranui nodded, "I wanted to call to Cyclopes and ask him about that guy." Shiranui said fairly to him, "Maybe that Professor told something to him?"
"Maybe it's a good idea." Oleg took out his phone and tried to call to the needed man, but the phone wasn't taken, he tried again, but the result was the same.
"No need to bother him." Shiranui replied and headed to the door, "Thank you for the information." Shiranui put her hand onto the handle, "And don't you mind if I ask you about these wasp again when the proper examining will be finished?"
"No, I'd like to help, but still I don't think it's good think not giving Asagi to know about that." Oleg still wasn't glad that Shiranui didn't inform Asagi on letting him to know about the research progress without her permission.
"She has too much work." Shiranui answered him, "At least I'll help her in some places. After all friends must help to their friends." she smiled to him and left the office leaving the man alone giving him an opportunity to prepare for the lesson.
"Friends must help to friends…" Oleg took out a battered notebook out of his jacket and watched at it.