Chapter 23
The new day came fast, and the students of Gosha Academy are now on their lessons again. Pavel's class was on the lessons too, some of the students weren't happy they were to sit on boring lessons again, while the other part was really interested in teachers' words.
"So children, how will you translate this combination?" Shizuru asked the class and saw a hand in the end of the class, "Yes, Masami, do you know the answer?"
"Yes." the girl nodded and translated the words the fair haired teacher wrote on the blackboard.
Masami translated what was written, then it was Pavel's turn, the boy did everything good too, and then she continued her lecture further.
"Well." she suddenly said, "For today we're done, but I have a little news for you." She attracted the attention of the class, "I was thinking about to make a club of Russian, since we have some students from Russia, I think it won't be bad for you to know a little about their language."
"Sensei." Pavel looked at the woman with interest, "Do you know Russian well?"
"I dostatochno horosho1." she chuckled to him, "So I'm announcing to you about its opening, if you all have questions or want to join it talk to me, you know I'm not biting as Yatsu-sensei. And to make it more interesting, I'd want to see some of our Russian colleagues to be our guest in it. " then she took her files and books and left the classroom, as the bell rang, watching at Pavel with a strange glance.
"Interesting, who will go to that club?" someone of male students asked another one, "Just another unnecessary subject after school."
"Yeah." the second one answered to the first one, "I'd rather go on training than to that club activity."
"Man, I hope it want be necessary." Maki moaned, "I have problems with English, but in addition this will be with Russian."
"Pavel, is your language difficult?" Aki asked him seeing, how Maki put her hands onto her head, he decided to ask him for his girlfriend.
"Well, it's more difficult than English." Pavel chuckled, "Even I had some problems with spelling in some places."
"I'm sorry for you." Ren chuckled as she watched at her friend.
"Don't be that mean." Maki moaned to Ren, "I hope this idea wont' go far than a club."
Pavel turned his head to Masami who was sitting and was reading something, he decided to come to her and have a little chat.
"Don't want to join it?" Pavel asked her with smile, "I think it'll be interesting."
"You mean club?" Pavel nodded at her question, "Maybe." Masami answered him, "After all, I don't think it'll be problematic to combine our training with this club."
"Nice to hear." Pavel chuckled, "By the way, how do you feel yourself? I mean mentally."
"Fine." Masami nodded, "I can explain this, but honestly, I feel how something changed inside me, and this changing is really good."
"It's really good to hear." Pavel looked at her, "I also felt how something changed in me too, I mean in the way of fighting of course."
"Does that mean you'll start to dodge better from my lunges?" Masami smiled slightly.
"I don't think, I'm that bad." Pavel laughed, "I'm just to warm up better before starting." Masami only chuckled, at his words, "Well, how about to go to Maria Sergeievna? I think she can check you."
"Yes, I'm eager to know the result of our trainings too." Masami got up and both of them went out of the classroom.
Almost all of their classmates were astonished of such picture, while Ren, Aki, Maki and Mai didn't pay much attention to that.
On their way to the teacher's lounge they talked. Pavel asked Masami about some casual things, like what she was reading, was it interesting or not and about other things. Masami felt comfortable with Pavel, who didn't talk on the themes Masami didn't want to discuss, she appreciated it and really liked that.
In a short amount of time they reached the needed place. Pavel knocked and saw several teachers inside the office.
"Is Maria Sergeievna here?" he asked the staff.
"Vlasova-sensei?" the teacher of PE lessons Takeuti Hizemo looked at the boy, "No, she hasn't come yet." the man answered him
"I think she will come soon." Sakura got up from her place, "She always comes here on a big break."
"We'll wait her in the hall then." Pavel said to the woman with orange hair.
"No need." Sakura said, "You can come in." she invited the two students with her brand smile, but then got a cuff on the nape, from Yatsu Murasaki.
"Sakura, when will you stop acting like that?" Murasaki asked the younger Igawa strictly.
"Mu-chan, how can you be so mean every time." Sakura rubbed the back of her head, but then received another cuff on her poor head.
Suddenly Maria stood behind the students, and asked the boy that was in the doorway.
"Have something happened?" Maria was watching at Pavel, but then moved with her eyes onto the girl.
"We just wanted you to check Masami." Pavel replied fast, "We did several trainings. And Masami started to feel herself better, maybe you could check her and…"
"I understood." Maria interrupted him, "Follow me." Maria turned around and walked back the corridor where she came from, Masami and Pavel followed her.
"Sensei." the brown haired girl turned to the woman, "Why not to do that in the teachers' lounge?"
"Don't want to interrupt the rest." Maria replied, "At the same time, it's good to do that in peaceful atmosphere, where you can relax and let me check everything well."
"I see." Masami replied her, "Sorry for questioning." Maria replied nothing, but only walked further.
They reached the needed place and Maria opened the door of her classroom, she closed it from inside and headed to her desk.
"Pavel take the chair." Maria pointed at the first desk.
"No problems." Pavel chuckled, took the chair and put it next to Maria's one.
"Sit down." Maria said to Masami doing the same, "Give your hands?" she asked to stretch out Masami her hands.
Masami did what was told and Maria took her hands and closed her eyes. Pavel carefully sat onto the desk in order to not to distract the woman from her work.
Maria was sitting in such position for several minutes. Masami didn't move even a single move with her finger, likewise Pavel as they were worried they could unnerve the teacher. After some time Maria released her hand and looked at Pavel with interested eyes.
"Did you train with her alone?"
"Yes, what is it? Is there anything bad?" Pavel quickly jumped out of desk, he was really worried as if he did something wrong.
"Everything is better than I thought." Maria looked at Masami, "You're doing really impressive." Maria looked at Masami this time, "I think soon will be able to move further."
"Really?" Masami couldn't hear to what she'd just heard, Maria only nodded.
"I think we can try something even right now, if you don't mind." Maria looked at Pavel who was next to her now, "I don't know will you agree for it or not."
"What is it?" Masami glanced at Pavel with worried eyes.
"I hope you know what to do with such problems?" Maria was watching at the frowned boy.
"Yeah, the testing with blood." Pavel nodded.
"Blood?!" Masami trembled hearing this word.
"No, nothing to worry about!" Pavel tried to calm Masami down, "You're scared when you see blood, so you're to do this with closed eyes."
"It true." Maria nodded, "Your scares appear when you see blood, but what will be if you feel it, but not see. We must try to come to other level of treatment. You could fight with the help of real weapons, so now we're to see what can you do it for another step or not."
"I… I'm not sure…" Masami was scared of her words, "I really…"
"You can do that." Pavel squatted and put his hand onto hers, "You fought with your spear really well, and you even started to be more active with wooden weapons, I'm sure you'll be able to do that." Pavel smiled, "Everything will be fine, I'll be by your side."
"If something goes wrong, we'll have the nurse next to us." Maria said, "And if you want we can call Igawa Asagi too."
"Well… I…" Masami still wasn't sure it was a good idea.
"Let's call the others too." Pavel smiled, "Aki, Maki, Ren, Mai, they will encourage you too." the boy tried to convince his friend, "They will also do they best to make you feel better."
"Not a bad idea." Maria nodded at his words, "Friends always everything not scaring."
"No need." Masami smiled, "If you say so, then there's nothing to worry about." she looked at the teacher and then at the boy, "I trust you all, do whatever you think is good."
Maria nodded, "If you want I think we can do it right now, don't you mind? If something happens you can go and rest to the sick-room."
"Thanks, but I don't think our nurse will allow to do that." the girl replied, "She is overprotective to us."
"Then we are to have a little talk to Igawa-sensei." Pavel got up, "I think we can persuade her, after all it for your best, so I think they will understand."
"Is it really needed?" Masami glanced at the Russian teacher.
"Certainly." Maria nodded, "The problem is that I can't use my powers fully here, and to make it I need to have permission of Asagi herself."
"Understood." Masami nodded.
"And you must go with us." Maria continued to watch at the girl seriously, "It's you who must insist on it. She won't allow us to do that, but if you say you want it, I believe she will let you do that."
"I'll try my best." Masami nodded and got up, "I have no doubt you're helping me." she looked at Pavel, he eyes started to become a little decisive, "I'll do my best not fail your expectations."
Maria nodded and got up too.
"Let's go to Asagi then." she said as she went to the door and then opened it.
They headed to the last floor, where was the office of headmistress of the academy. They were in a hurry as Maria really wanted to start the treatment she was talking about to Masami, while Pavel was trying to calm and make Masami to feel comfortable.
They came to the needed place fast and Maria quickly knocked at the door.
"Igawa-sensei, may we come in?" Maria slightly opened the door, because she didn't know was Asagi busy or not.
"Yes, Maria, come in." Asagi nodded and saw the woman entering her office, "What is it? Has something happened?" in a while she saw Masami and Pavel and her face became a little gloomy.
"We're here to us you to take part in something." Maria said to the woman, "But not we will ask, but Andou." Maria added after a little amount of time.
Asagi looked at Masami who was watching at the floor, but then the girl took a deep breath and said.
"Sensei, I want to ask you approval for something." Masami said to her, "It's about my treatment, I'm about to make a net step, and I'm here to inform you about that."
"Well, but why in such official way?" Asagi didn't understand the idea of such officially.
"Because, we must try to test Andou making a small scratch on her." Maria said this time, "That's why we are all here."
Asagi frowned more than before, "Masami did you agree for that?" Asagi asked Masami directly wishing to know the thoughts of the student.
"Yes!" Masami even exclaimed, "I know you can't let do that to them, so ask them to do that under your guiding." Masami said, Maria was watching at the girl with firm glance, "This all can be strange, but I'm really sure in the way the help me."
"I hope you'll call the nurse to your therapy." Maria looked at the Russian teacher first, then at the student.
"Indeed." Maria nodded, "That's why we also came here. At the same time, I'll use my powers on her, so everything must be fine for her."
"What do you mean must?" Asagi didn't like that word, "Can there be something unexpected?"
"No, but with it, I'll know how to work on her treatment further, I'll be able to create a proper plan of exercises she will have to do." Maria explained.
"I see." Asagi got up from her place, "If Masami trust you, I'll do the same." Asagi looked at Masami, "I'll call the nurse and you prepare everything for the therapy." she sighed.
"Yes." Maria nodded and left the office along with Masami and Pavel.
In twenty minutes everything was prepared, Pavel Masami and Maria were changed into their battle uniform while Asagi and the nurse were in their casual clothes. They were in a small gym, where the students supposed to have PE lessons. Masami was sitting on the floor in Lotus pose, while Maria was talking to Asagi and Pavel tried to give motivation to Masami.
"Igawa-sensei." the nurse said to the principle, "I can't belive you allowed them to do that! What if Masami's state become even worse?"
"Nothing bad will happen." Maria tried to convince the green haired woman, "Using my powers I won't allow her to have a burst of emotions."
"But still, what if her emotions will be something really bad you won't be able to handle?" the nurse still didn't like the idea, "I can't let you do that."
"Let's give them a chance." Asagi said, "Pave is trying his best to help Masami, so I don't' think they're going to harm her."
"Igawa-sensei, but…"
"If something happens, you'll join in." Asagi looked at the woman, who only nodded unsurely.
Maria turned around and headed to the girl. Pavel took a cloth and tied her eyes tightly in order to make the girl blind to what was about to happen.
"We're all here." Pavel said to her warmly, "Don't worry." Masami gulped, but nodded.
Pavel took his sword that was on his back, and started to wait the command.
Maria sat in front of Masami and took her hands one more time, and nodded to Pavel. Pavel got his sword closer to Masami's bare arm and did a scratch. The girl bit her lip and flinched.
"Now, I'm starting." Maria said, and closed her eyes, 'Masami, do you hear me?'
'Yes.' the girl heard a voice in her head, 'Clearly.'
'Is everything fine? Aren't you scared?' Maria asked her again.
'A little.' Masami answered her.
'I see, I'll deal with it.' Marie squeezed her hands a little tighter, 'And now?'
"Better, but what…'
'Explanations later.' Maria answered her, 'Right now, I'm going to show you some memories of the fight you had with your old friends.'
'I… I'm not sure it's…' Masami tried to pull her hands out of Maria's hands.
'Do you trust to Pavel?' Maria asked her with a strict voice, 'He believes in you, do you want to fail him?'
Masami stopped resisting, 'No… I don't want that.'
'Then trust me, I won't hurt you, but everything want be easy though.' Maria said to Masami again, "Ready?'
'Y… yes.' Masami responded after a pause, which seemed to her eternal.
Maria opened her eyes and glanced at Pavel, she nodded to him again. The boy understood the signal and did another scratch on the other hand.
'Masami, I hope you know what you're doing.' Asagi was watching at the girl who had been already scratched twice.
Masami suddenly opened her eyes and saw a strange dark corridor in front of her.
'Do you recognize this place?' Masami heard Maria's voice, she turned around and saw the Russian teacher behind her.
"Yes…" Masami nodded, "This is the place, where my friends died. But how is it possible? Did you recreate it with your powers?"
"When I was checking you, I also saw your memories, so I have the picture what happened to you and to your friends." Maria snapped with her fingers, and several people appeared in front of her.
"No way…!" Masami exclaimed covering her mouth with her palm.
Two boys and two girls were in front of her, one of the boys was tall, while the second one had medium height. One of the girls had red hair, while the other had green.
"Iwao, Momo, Meiko, Isamu." she almost whispered.
Tears started to form on her eyes. She tried to run to them, but when she was almost next to them she went through the medium boy.
"What?" she didn't understand what had just happened.
"They're nothing, but projections." Maria explained.
"Why are you showing me them?" Masami asked the woman, tears started to drop onto the floor, "What do you mean by that?" her voice trembled and was she tried to suppress crying, but it was really hard for her to do.
"I want you to try to see what happened to them." Maria came to Masami and grabbed her hands, "I won't show the full episode, but only parts of it." Maria closed her eyes and in a while opened them, "Are you ready?" Masami slightly nodded not knowing what to say.
Maria turned to the projections and snapped with her fingers again. They all disappeared and in a while Masami saw even herself fighting with demons.
"You must understand that it wasn't your fault." Maria said, "Stupid to blame yourself for everything. There were much more enemies as I see and that woman…" Maria snapped with her fingers again, and Masami could see a woman that could deal with Isamu, "She was much stronger, and there was no way for you to defeat her."
"I didn't give an order to retreat." Masami gave a sob, "It was my fault that I didn't do anything to save them."
"You tried your best." Maria said snapping with her fingers, and all images disappeared, "You couldn't nothing more, but to fight till the end, in such position even I would lose control over situation." Maria said turning to her, "You must understand that all has limits and you did everything what a good leader could do, even in such state you tried to think how to save your comrades. Each good captain, would do the same."
"But still, I… I even could say goodbye to them properly…" Masami cried closing her eyes with her palms and falling onto her knees, "I just can't belive to that I won't see their merry again!"
"Then, why not to say goodbye them now?" Maria snapped with her fingers again, and the team appeared once more not wounded.
Maria went aside in order to let Masami to do what needed. The woman snapped with her fingers. And the projections moved, they all hugged Masami, who started to cry accepting hugging.
"I'm sorry!" Masami cried, "I'm sorry!" she continued to cry, while her friends tried to calm her down.
'Everything will be fine.' Maria thought watching at her whipping off a tear that appeared in her eye of seeing such picture.
"For how long it will continue?" Asagi asked Pavel who joined them, "Is everything fine?"
"Yes, if they stay in such position that means Masami isn't resisting and doing everything well." Pavel was worried too, but still believed that everything was good, "Maria Sergeievna knows what to do, she will never do a mistake in using of her powers."
"I still don't know was it a good idea." the nurse said to Asagi, "I have some bad feeling."
"Me too, but somehow, I trust to Pavel and Maria." Asagi answered her, "So we're only to wait."
Pavel, Asagi and the nurse started to wait. They were watching still at the woman and the girl for about ten minutes. But suddenly Maria opened her eyes and removed the cloth of the eyes.
"A little better?" Maria asked Masami, who started to whip he tears still sobbing a little.
"Yes, thank you a lot for such opportunity." the student replied her with a slight smile, At least I could say goodbye to them this time."
"Masami!" Asagi came to the woman along with a nurse, "Is everything fine? Does nothing bother you?"
"Yes." Masami nodded to the Taimanin, "I feel fine."
The nurse ran to Masami too and started to examine the girl. The blood that was dripping now was dry, Masami still didn't watch at it and the nurse was wiping it off.
"Done." the woman looked at Masami, "You may look at it."
Masami lowered her head and saw no presence of blood on her arm and Maria got up and turned to Pavel.
"Now you're to practice only with your ordinary weapons." Maria started to give orders to Pavel, "Wooden ones will only slow the progress, she is still afraid of blood, so don't be too active in battle, but I belive she will be able to handle with it, if she sees just a small drop of it."
"Understood." Pavel nodded.
"You can also do scratching her with covered eyes, it'll be good exercise for her to put on a semblance she receive scars in fights." Maria continued, "And mediation, don't threw it."
"Everything will be done doc!" Pavel saluted with a chuckle, but received a slight cuff on the nape.
"Take care of her." Maria added and then turned to Asagi, "If she wants you can let her go home, I think it'll be good for her to have a rest."
"No need!" Masami protested, Asagi and the academy nurse were a little surprised to such answer, "I don't need to be overprotected like this." Maria only shrugged with her shoulder and left the gym.
"How about to go and celebrate it?" Pavel asked Masami, "We also can call the rest."
"Are you sure in it?" Masami asked the boy.
"Definitely!" the boy chuckled, "You deserve it!"
"Okay then…" Masami nodded, 'I must be more opened to people, that what Vlasova-sensei, wants me to be, I will try must best to do that.'
"Damn, these bastards are coming and coming." Yukikaze tried to restore her breath after another client, "At least I'm done for today, the only one I had for today was a real scum." she gritted with her teeth, 'But I must hold for mum, for Tatsurou and the rest. I mustn't fall. Doppel is doing her best and Haze is trying to find a way to find mum, I will do everything what I can!' suddenly she heard a knock at her door. "Come in." she grunted, squeezing her fist.
When the door was opened, she saw a woman with Taimanin attire, which consisted of black and white parts. Her hair was tied with a ribbon that reminded bunny ears.
"Mom?!" Yukikaze exclaimed seeing the woman, she wanted to jump and ran to her in order to hug, but suddenly stopped as she saw a strange smirk on the face of the woman.
"Why not to hug your mother Yukikaze?" Shiranui asked her daughter, "After all we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"Mom! I can't belive you are working for these bastards!" Yukikaze cried out, "It's impossible!"
"Sorry, dear, but it's true." Shiranui grinned, "And I hope you also join me soon and we'll be able to become a loving family again. But you must rain well in order to become as good servant for Incubus King as your mother."
"No!" Yukikaze exclaimed, "I don't belive you were broken! Mom, snap out of it!" Yukikaze cried out again.
Shiranui dashed to Yukikaze and made fall the poor girl on the bed.
"Sorry, dear." Shiranui licked her lips, "But I'll make you one of his servant, it'd be good to make Tatsurou and Rinko to do the same."
"No! I won't let this happ…" Yukikaze was able to finish as Shiranui shut the mouth of her daughter with her hand.
"Stay still dear." Shiranui glanced at her with cunning eyes, "Mommy will give you a lesson how to work Master." suddenly Shiranui tensed, she squeezed one eye and squeezed her palms into fists, 'You again…' Shiranui thought angrily, 'I told you not to appear, do you want to die or something?'
"What…?" Yukikaze slightly opened her eyes and saw that her mother didn't make even a single move, "Mom?" Yukikaze eyes suddenly widened likewise she understood something important "Resist! You can do it! Don't give up!" she wanted to add something, but received a slap at her cheek.
"Your mom is nothing but a punching bag for me." Shiranui grinned, "She is nothing, but a memory that still trying to do pathetic tries to fight back.
"You're lying!" Yukikaze shouted, "She is not the person that loose to someone! Especially to someone like you!" then she received another slap.
"Let me teach you a lesson." Shiranui squeezed Yukikaze's nipple through her brassier, the poor girl only bit her lip, "And what about this?" she lowered her other hand onto her belly and slid it lower to her lower lips.
"I will save you…" Yukikaze mumbled tears started to form on her eyes, "No matter what, I'll do whatever I can to see you again."
"Still say something like that?" Shiranui grinned closing her eye, 'See, what I'm doing to Yukikaze, soon she will be as you, just a slut that will want to have the cock of Master.' she told herself in her head.
Shiranui was trembling, but still tried to torture her daughter, while Yukikaze resisted as she only could. Yukikaze's thoughts were devoted to Shiranui, Tatsurou and Rinko in order to distract to what was happening to her.
It continued not for long suddenly Shiranui got up and slowly wandered to the exit of the room.
"I'm not done with you yet." Shiranui gritted through her teeth, "I'll teach someone a lesson and then return to you."
"Mom…" Yukikaze only sobbed watching at the ceiling of the room, "Just wait."
In a while she heard another knock at the door, it was opened and Yukikaze saw a familiar face, she became enlightened a little.
'Haze.' she thought, as she saw her comrade.
Haze looked around with her head and exhaled as she saw no cameras in the rooms.
'It seems they don't use them with Taimanin, as there are several in the corridor.' she thought as she watch over the walls and the ceiling, "How are you?" Haze asked her as she understood it was safe to do it.
"Fine. I think." Yukikaze only replied, "Did you see mom?"
"Yes." Haze nodded, "She looked strange, has something happened?"
"Yes, a lot happened for this period of time." Yukikaze squeezed her fists, "I even don't know what to do next."
"Everything is on me and on him." Haze took out a flask out of her pocket smiling for the first time, but this smiled looked like a grin.
"What do you mean?" Yukikaze asked Doppel who was opening the flask.
The woman turned it upside down and the water started to pour out of it. In a while the water started to move and took a form of a man.
"Splash." the girl wanted to exclaimed, but Haze could shut her mouth with her palm.
"Yeah, nice to see you too." Splash looked at Yukikaze who seemed battered, "Don't worry, we'll find a moment to act."
"I hope you will." she sighed, "But right now, she isn't mother I used to know. She was changed, badly."
"She was brainwashed." Haze corrected her, "We'll fix everything in the future."
"Yeah, we have one scum, who will deal with that problem." Splash nodded coming to Yukikaze, "Do you remember? We promised to return her back, so we will do it." the man chuckled.
"Yeah, no matter what." Yukikaze nodded, "How is Doppel?" Yukikaze suddenly asked the man.
"Don't worry, she had even worst days." Haze chuckled, "She is the only one you should worry about."
Suddenly they heard some steps.
"Shit. I'm not allowed to be here." Haze mumbled, "In the flask." she order to Splash, he quickly turned into water again and returned back into the vessel again.
Haze quickly hid under the bed preparing to the coming of someone, but that someone moved further the corridor.
'False alarm.' Haze spitted, "Fine, I'll go now." she went out of her shelter, "Don't want to be found out. Hello from Drunkard." She added and left the room, leaving Yukikaze alone with only thoughts.
"Let's have a drink for Masami, who could move to another step in her returning to normal life!" Pavel was standing at the table with a glass of lemonade, in front of his friends, "And for the further moves she will do on her way!" he said solemn.
"Congratulations!" Maki, Ren, Aki and Mai exclaimed attracting lots of attention to them.
"Guys, you really don't need to do that." Masami felt uncomfortable, "After all, I haven't done it yet."
"So what?" Maki turned to Masami, "You're in the half of the way! So you did a lot of work to come to it!"
"Yes, you deserve to be praised." Aki added a little quitter then his girlfriend.
"Do you think so?" Masami still felt herself awkward hearing these compliments.
"By the way how was it?" Maki got closer to Masami through the table, "Pavel told something about using mental abilities on you, was it like Maria-sensei, did on us?"
"You mean boosting our speed and power on mental level?" Ren asked Maki after she did several sips of orange juice out of her glass.
"Yeah, something like that." Maki nodded.
"Well, difficult to say." Masami started, "It was like I saw the battle again, likewise I was a viewer of it and it was strange to watch at it."
"She worked with your memories." Pavel said, "She showed you what was in the past and could even work over some moments."
"But didn't Oleg-sensei we must think a lot in order to disturb mental users?" Maki turned to Pavel.
"Masami was relaxed." Pavel answered, "And at the same time she didn't resist, because it was a therapy."
"I see." the energetic girl nodded.
"By the way, how do you feel yourself now?' Ren asked Masami, "Is everything fine?"
"Yes." Masami smiled with a nod, "Much better I must admit, frankly speaking, I didn't feel myself like that for a long time."
"Good to hear." Ren smiled too, "And what about you? Will you say something to her?" Ren looked at Mai, who was eating her ice cream slowly.
"When you'll start to talk with the others, but only with us?" Mai asked a direct question, which made Masami a little confused.
Suddenly Mai tensed and looked at Ren, who was sitting opposite to her.
"Well, I think I must finish the therapy first." Masami replied, "And only then I think, I'll be able to start to be myself."
"Well, then we are only to support you in that." Ren answered her with a slight smile, "However, if you need some help don't hesitate and ask, not only Pavel must help you in everything." Ren looked at Pavel with strange eyes as if she disliked something.
"I'll remember it." Masami nodded noticing her glance, "And how are your trainings?" Masami decided to change the theme of their talk, "How everything goes in the swimming club?"
"Fine." Ren put a spoon of her ice cream into her mouth, "I could even improve my results."
"Wow, this really amazing." Pavel was glad for his friend, "You worked really hard for that."
"Yeah, I guess so." Ren moved her eyes aside from his ones, as she didn't await he will praise her, because of such trifle.
"I wanted to ask you, is everything what you do during your training is fighting each other?" Maki glanced at Pavel and then at Masami.
"Not only, she also meditates." Pavel answered, "In the beginning we used only wooden weapons, but right now we are to use ordinary ones."
"That mean we can join to it too?" Maki stared at Pavel as she was eager to try to join them.
"Maki, Masami got used to work with Pavel, and I don't think it'll be good to interrupt them." Aki tried to make Maki stop to be too tiresome.
"And I think it'd be great." Pavel disagreed with his friend, "All of us fight in different ways, Masami got used to mine, while she doesn't know anything about yours."
"Do you mean we can join?" Mai asked him with her ordinary expression.
"Yeah, but it'll be bad idea to join all in one time." Pavel pondered, "Can I ask you to come from time to time in order to assist us?"
"No problems!" Maki exclaimed.
"That's why friends are needed after all." Aki smiled, "No need to worry, we'll help with everything we can do, am I right, Ren?"
"Yeah, we all do our best, to return you back to normal." Ren nodded, "Just ask us whenever you want, we'll try to help you."
The friends continued eating and talking, but their celebration was coming to its end. As they ate what was brought. When they went out of the café, they headed to different sides. Mai along with Maki and Aki headed to the left, while Ren, Pavel and Masami headed to the right. The friends were talking to each other, but still the atmosphere for Ren and Masami was a little tensed. Pavel didn't notice that, as both girls didn't show it openly.
"Well, here is my stop." Pavel said seeing the building of his dormitory, "Goodnight girls, see you tomorrow."
"Goodnight." Masami and Ren answered him and slowly walked further.
Ren and Masami were walking for several minutes, when the brown haired girl decided finally to break the silence.
"Ren, can I ask you something?"
"Yes, what is it?" Ren reasked her.
"Do you Like Pavel?" Masami asked her straight.
"What?!" Ren exclaimed, "Why such question all of a sudden?!"
"Honestly, only blind wont' see it." Masami continued, "Why not to confess to him?" Ren didn't respond, "Maybe I should do that instead?"
"What?" Ren turned to Masami, "What came to your head?"
"Frankly speaking, I liked Pavel." Masami confessed to Ren, "He is kind, protective, helpful and funny." Masami was continuing, "I think it would be good to become something more than friends with him."
"I don't think it will a good idea." Ren replied fast, "He is a foreigner, and can be returned back to his country anytime, so start building relations with him will be pointless."
"So what?" Masami raise her eyebrow, "So you prefer never to feel love? If it's possible I would follow him to Russia." Masami raised her head to the night sky.
'I would do that myself.' Ren thought turning her face away.
"So, what is your answer?" Masami asked her again, "Do you like him?"
"Kinda." Ren decided to answer fairly.
"Here, it's not difficult, is it?" Masami looked at Ren, "So, when you admitted that, what will you do with that?"
"I don't know." Ren wasn't intended to answer such kind of questions, "I've already gave you my point."
"Then, I'll steal him from you." Masami was watching at Ren, "If you don't mind."
"I mind." Ren answered her seriously.
"Why? If it's pointless for you, then why are you still trying insisting on not letting to have him by someone else?"
"I told you, I won't give him to you." Ren glared at Masami.
"Fine, but you're to be quick or I or someone else will take him from you." Masami did a turn on the intersection, "Think it over Ren, love is not the thing where you should delay things.
Ren stayed and was watching at Masami's back, who slowly went farther and farther the street.
'I won't let anyone to have him.' Ren squeezed her fists, 'Friends or not, but this will never happen.'
Haze was wandering by the floors of 'Under Eden' holding her hands in pockets.
'At least I could find Yukikaze.' Haze pondered, 'It means, I can join forces with her when it's right time. But for now, I must recruit more Taimanin, as I can.' she did a turn, 'Good thing this drunk idiot thought the same, after all he worked hard too. But still having Shiranui wandering around will be a pain in the ass. I must avoid her in order not to be uncovered.'
Haze headed to the ladder and reached the needed floor, where she put on a semblance she was interrogating some Taimanin, named, Midori.
'I should go to her and look at the seal they put on her.' Haze said to herself, "Probably this scum will be able to think of something too.' Haze put her hand onto the flask Drunkard gave her.
Suddenly her telephone rang. She took it and saw unknown number on the screen of it, however her eyes were widened seeing it as if she had seen a ghost in front of her or she was uncovered. She immideately accepted the call and said.
"Yes, what is it?" Her voice was calm; instead of her ordinary annoyance the voice was even polite.
'I heard you're in 'Under Eden'.' the voice in the phone said, "Drunkard said you probably need some help, what I can do?"
"When will you call to Real?" Haze saw two men in front of her, "He is waiting for your call, I'm tired to sit here without any action."
'To Real?' the voice asked her, 'The one who is in charge of that place?'
"Yes, he is tired to wait. I don't want to feel neither him nor myself uncomfortable." Haze replied fast, "I hope you'll do it as fast as you only can."
'I'll do it tomorrow.' Haze heard a respond. 'Will it be good?'
"Yes, try to make that." Haze replied him and hung the phone, 'Perhaps, now I'll be able to act a little freely here.' Haze thought coming to the needed door, she put her hand onto the hand and turned it, "Hello again." Haze grinned when she closed the door.
"The same." Midori answered her with a nod, "As I remember I'm to say him the information about some place am I right?"
"Yes, glad you smart enough to remember to it." Haze smirked, she came a little closer to Midori and added, "Show me your tongue." Midori looked at Haze with surprised eyes, "Is the seal on your tongue?"
"That's what you want." Midori understood the point of this question and did what was told.
She stuck out her tongue and Haze could see a paining on it a star in a circle with lots of strange letters.
"Do you know how to remove it?" Midori asked unclear as her tongue was stuck out.
"Kinda." she took out a flask opened it and poured the water onto the carpet that was next to the bed.
Midori looked at it puzzled, but she was more surprised when she saw how it turned into a man.
"Do you know how to weaken this seal?" Haze asked Splash who came to the woman.
"Difficult to say." Splash pondered, "I've never seen such seal before." he put his indicative finger onto the seal, "It's something new, I should say."
"Can't you at least damage it?" Haze was listening to what was happening behind the door, she closed the door, but there was someone who could easily open it.
"I can easily remove, just ripping her tongue." Splash answered to Haze.
"That's not funny." Midori didn't like the answer of the man.
"Did I say something funny?" Splash looked at her, "How often do they check your seals?"
"Well, one time a week they renew it." the blue haired replied, "Why?"
"Each Sunday?" Splash didn't remove his eyes from her.
"Yes." Midori nodded, "In the evening."
"I see." Splash nodded, "We have five days till that, I think we'll be able to spoil several seals to some Taimanin."
"And when we have as much comrades as we can we'll be able to make a problematic da for them." Haze chuckled.
"Yeah, then we'll be able to strike them and get Shiranui." Splash nodded taking some ampule.
"So you're really are here to save us all?" Midori still didn't belive she saw helpers in front of her.
"Really an idiot." Haze shook with her head.
"Tongue." Splash commanded, she exposed it again, and the man poured it onto the tongue, "It will erode the seal little by little, till Sunday, I think your powers will be returned." then he turned to Haze, "I have ten more ampules, we 're to use at least two others today."
"Yeah." Haze nodded and stretched out her flask, "Get your ass back."
"At least thanked me for helping you." Splash replied her, "Flat chested."
"Bubble headed idiot." His comrade retorted him, and saw how the man, turned into water and returned back to the flask, "Now, back to you." Haze looked at Midori, "I hope you know, I must spoil your pretty body in order to make sure I was interrogating you?"
"Don't worry, I'll handle it." Midori chuckled, "I was tortured even more severely than you showed me your games last time."
"Nice to hear, you're ready for a game." Haze smirked grabbing Midori's hair and making her fall onto the bed.
Haze repeated what was done for the first time, but this time she did everything in more rough way than before. She even hit the woman into her stomach and slapping her butt making her to moan and cry out.
"You'll name a high building in the north of the Yomihara." Haze said to Midori, "My guys will be there."
"Understood." Midori said coughing, as the last punch was received at the stomach.
Haze nodded and took out her phone; she quickly pressed her fingers by the screen and then, in two minutes returned it back.
"You can rest." Haze smirked, "I hope you'll play your role good."
Haze left the room, and in a while returned here with the chubby gray haired man. Real had puzzled expression on his face, but also had some smirk as if he was glad of something.
"Can't belive you could break her so fast." Real chuckled, "I couldn't break her for some time."
"It's important to know methods." Haze answered him, "Machines are not good in torturing, it much more interesting to do everything with your own hands." Haze grinned, 'That French scum told something like that.'
The man came to Midori and grabbed the woman for her hair, "Well, where are your friends?"
Midori looked at him with helpless glance, "They… they are… in the high building… in the north."
"Really?" Real narrowed her eyes, he squeezed her cheeks with his free hand, "I hope it's true."
"I… don't lie…" Midori tried to say, but couldn't as her cheeks were squeezed.
"Or should I let her to play with you again…"
"No! Please! Everything, but that!" Midori cried out as if hs words scared her, she even tried to break free, "Please! Don't let this monster come closer."
'Nice game.' Haze was glad the woman knew how to change roles.
"Wow, I'm surprised you could turn her in that." Real seemed surprised, "Never thought it's possible to break someone till such stated in such short period of time."
"I had good mentors." Haze answered, "And about my bosses, one of them will call you tomorrow, he has a gap, so I hope everything will be good."
"Nice to hear that, can't wait to contact with your bosses." Real looked at her with a lighten eyes, "I thought they won't call at all."
"I told you. They're too busy, now they have a free time, so they can do it." Haze was about to leave the room, "Hope you'll catch a good crop of new bitches, can't wait to play with them too."
Real only looked at Haze who left the room, 'It's everything strange… I must say Shiranui to look after her.'
Mystic was sitting on a sofa in a small room, where was only bed with nothing more. He was watching at the ceiling likewise he was relaxing or thinking about something.
'Interesting what made this seal to hide?' he asked himself, 'Is this anomaly that strong? Or something more significant interfered to it?'
The man was pondering when suddenly something rang, he turned his head and took the telephone that was lying on his bad.
"Wow, never knew you'll contact with me like that." Mystic said thoughtfully, "Can it be something serious?" the man accepted the call.
'Hi, are you free?' Mystic heard Drunkard's voice.
"Has something happened?" Mystic asked the man, "It's the first time you contacted with me like that."
'Yeah, I have something for you to deal with.' Drunkard answered him.
"You're an impudent one." Mystic smirked, "I've already helped you now it's your time to aid me."
'Don't be an asshole.' Drunkard him, 'It's a request from Haze.'
"What is it?" Mystic sighed heavily, "You know I'm busy right now and can do much for you."
'Come on, we need you to clean some trash that will come to some high building in the north of Yomihara.'
"Why won't you do this? I didn't hire to do all dirty work you don't want to do." Mastic answered him.
'I'm still on a mission on rescuing Mizuki Shiranui, and can disturb myself from it.' Drunkard continued to persist, 'I'm visiting 'Under Eden', do you really think I can go somewhere else?'
"In 'Under Eden'?' Mystic reasked him, "Do you want me to clean someone from Incubus Faction?"
'Kinda. If my guys meet them they will know they're from 'Red Division', while your guys is the last thing they will wait to see.'
"What have you thought? I know there must be something greater than just some meeting."
'Haze told them there will be Taimanin, and you can put on a semblance you dealt with them or something like that.'
"Why the hell, I should enter your ventures?" Mystic grunted, "You know it's really annoying to do that each time."
'At the same time you'll look for a seal.' Drunkard chuckled, 'Isn't it convenient you'll kill two birds with one shot.'
"At least one point to help you." the man in the hood and cloak replied, "When they will be there?"
'I don't know, but they can be sent there right now.' Drunkard answered, 'So you're to hurry in order meet them properly.'
"Go and drink something instead of giving me orders." Mystic hang the phone.
The man was watching at his phone, but still got up and left the room. He wandered along the corridors.
'I must find someone who will be good on this sortie and want suspect anything.' Mystic thought, 'Naomi will be good for it, and probably Przemislav, with smaller number it will be easy to get to the place. To take Walter or Celine will be a bad idea. Maybe to take Torch?' he pondered, 'No, I don't think he'll be good for that.' he raised his head, 'How I hate when he asks me to help him.'
Mystic came to some door and knocked at it, he opened the door and entered the other room.
"Good evening." Mystic said to the Polish psychiatric in Russian, who was sitting at some notes.
"Evening." he answered him in the same way.
"Are you busy right now?" Mystic asked him, "I want to investigate Yomihara one more time, maybe will be able to find something."
"Have you felt the seal?" Przemislav asked the man when he turned to him around.
"Kinda, I don't know, but I felt something strange." Mystic said, "I wanted to inform Walter, but I don't want to disturb him from his searching too."
"Yes, he really don't like when someone interferes in his work." Wojciechowski replied, "And who will go with us? I think to take Archon will be a good idea."
"No, we'll take Naomi." Mystic shook with his head, "As I remember the seal exposed your mental ability to Maria, it'll be reckless to take both of you to one place."
"I agree that will be problematic to hide it if the seal will work again." the Polish nodded, "It appears it's work on our power more than other seals."
"If it's really so, we'll have problems on hiding, try not to use it on full power." Mystic warned his comrade.
"I'll try." Mystic heard a reply, "One more thing, why not to take Torch? He has just arrived from his mission."
"He needs time to rest." Mystic replied, "I don't want him to overwork."
"I hope you want tell it in front of leader?" Przemislav chuckled at his words.
"Don't worry, I know what to say and what to hide in front of him." Mystic said seriously, "I'll go and inform Naomi and you prepare yourself. We'll leave in twenty minute."
"Zrozumiany2." The man said in Polish and closed the notebooks that were lying on his desk.
I dostatochno horosho1 – and quite well
Zrozumiany2 – understood
Hello again, dear readers! Here a little chapter from my vacaion. Hope you'll enjoy it)