Chapter 24
Torch was walking the corridors of the base, in a slight hurry, the young man wanted to know, why Wojciechowski called him and that urgently. He wasn't thinking about the theme the man wanted to discuss as it could be different themes. He did a turn after turn and then came to the dormitory block. He found needed door and knocked at it.
"Doc, are you there?" Torch asked a question.
"Yes, come it." he heard a familiar voice of the Polish doctor.
"Why such urgent?" Torch asked the man, who was sitting at the desk and seemed like he was reading something.
"Well…" Przemislav mumbled, "How should I say it…" the man's voice was serious, as if there was something significant he wanted to tell.
"If you're that thoughtful there is really something serious." Torch was worried as the man's face was really worried.
"Here." Mystic told me to give you that, the Polish handed an envelope to the boy with a wig, "It's about your sister." he added after a small pause.
Torch's eyes were widened. He quickly grabbed the envelope and started to open it. The letter was taken away fast and the boy started to move with his eyes fast. When the boy started to read, his hands started to shake.
"No way…" Torch could only whisper, "It… it can't be true..." his voice trembled.
"I know it's hard to accept it, and I'm terribly sorry for that." Wojciechowski said seriously.
"I don't belive it…" the boy didn't hear his words and was thinking about, he squeezed the letter, "It can't be true!" he shouted then, "She had to be alright! They promised that!"
"No one is secured of that." Przemislav replied him calmly, but the boy didn't seem to listen to him, "Everything can happen…"
"They told she will be fine!" Torch shouted watching at the comrade, "Even boss told that!" this time the Polish replied nothing, "I was told not to worry about that all and let the doctors do all work!" Torch ripped the letter with the results and then hit the wall, "They promised that!"
"Try to breathe in and out." Wojciechowski told him, "It's…"
"Just shut up!" Torch shouted as loud as he ould, "Just shut up!" the boy hit the wall again trying to decrease his anger, however the result was the opposite.
"Try to calm down." The voice of the Polish was calm as if didn't want to make argues.
"Mystic and the boss told there's nothing to worry about, doctors told that too!" Torch shouted again, but then his eyes suddenly widened, "I'll kill him… I'll kill that liar in the hood."
"Wait… are you…" the doctor seemed shocked.
"I'll kill him and then that bastard too." Torch was about to leave the room, when suddenly the doctor grabbed the hand of the young man, "Let me go!" Torch pulled his hand out.
"Torch rushed out of the room, however the Polish didn't stay back and rushed after him. The man looked to the right and saw the other comrade in black and purple uniform.
"Archon!" Przemislav quickly shouted being glad he saw a man who could assist him, "Help me to capture Torch before he does something stupid."
"What is happening between you too?" the man with scars asked the Polish with a smirk.
"Just do it!" the Polish shouted much louder than before.
Archon understood it was bad to argue and to joke now so he ran along with the Polish doctor after Torch, who was now on a distance from them.
"What happened to him?!" Archon asked the Polish doctor.
"His sister died." the Polish doctor answered him.
Archon replied nothing, but only followed the comrade.
While Archon and Przemislav were trying to catch Torch, the young criminal reached a conference room, where they had meeting from time to time. He quickly opened the door cracking it by the wall.
"Mystic!" Torch suddenly shouted, watching around.
He saw a person with a cloak and the hood, who was along with the woman and the armored person. As Mystic turned around he saw furious expression on the face of his subordinate.
'What is it, boy?" Naomi looked at Torch, who seemed to do something reckless right away.
Miyata merely looked at Torch, who replied nothing to Naomi.
"It seems you know that." Mystic merely said as he turned around and started to watch at the blue haired person.
"Knows what?" Naomi asked the man in the hood.
"Miyata, Naomi, leave us." Mystic told them, his voice was firm as if it's an order rather a question.
The two allies of 'The Third Law' looked at each other, but decided to obey as it was the business between their organization, so they didn't want to interfere with it. However Naomi didn't like Torch was watching at Mystic, nevertheless she could do nothing, but leave them.
"I knew Wojciechowski won't be able to hold you." Mystic said, when the door was closed.
"You promised me she is fine!" Torch yelled, " You said my sister will be treated!"
"it's not my fault." Mystic replied him, "I belive the doctors did everything what they could."
"You said me that hospital is one of the best, and there she will be treaded! You made me to belive that!" Torch still shouted, he squeezed his fist as if he was about to attack,
"Even best clinics can have fails, likewise skillful hunters." Mystic replied with the same voice, "If you want I…"
"Just shut up!" Torch yelled again, his hands were covered with flame, "Now… You will pay for your lies!" Torch was about to attack Mystic, when suddenly the door was opened and two mental users ran into the room.
Torch turned around and next moment Wojciechowski grabbed Torch's hand, while Archon crabbed his head.
"Let go off me!" Torch tried to break free.
"Calm down!" the Polish said with a risen voice, they boy quickly released his flamed making the mental users jump back in order not to be burnt.
"Get lost!" Torch shouted to the Polish.
The boy tried to do a strike at the man, when his hand was suddenly grabbed and the young criminal was trew at the wall.
"What… happen…" there was Celine now with them, who quickly exhaled cold steam.
"We need to calm down Torch." Mystic said to Celine, "But don't kill him."
Celine quickly appeared next to the boy with a wig and did a strong hit at his stomach. Making his bend and cough, then she hit him at his back making fall onto the floor.
"Damn…" he wheezed.
"Archon, Przemislav!" Mystic quickly commanded.
The two mental users quickly rushed to Torch and put their hands onto his head and back.
"Make him sleep!" the doctor told to the partner, who only nodded to him.
Torch tried to resist, however in sometime the boy gave up and started to become weaker and weaker until he didn't fall asleep.
"Why… became that?" Celine asked the man with the hood.
"Because of his sister." Mystic replied her, but then added, "She didn't survive the surgery."
Celine was watching at the man for some time and then exhaled.
"I… see…" but then she added, "Needed him… now need… another…" Celine exhaled cold steam and watched at the man with the hood.
"I will go with you if you don't mind." Mystic looked Walter's comrade, "And Doctor will go with us too."
"Why me?" Przemislav looked at the man, "Because knowing Celine's squad, she wanted to take Izumi and Azumi and we need to leave Azumi with him, because she can calm him down.
"Understood." Celine nodded, "Inform her… and go…" next moment Celine exhaled cold steam, which covered the bigger part of the room and disappeared.
"Archon, bring Torch to his room and inform Azumi about looking after him." Mystic told the brother of Maria, "Przemislav, you, call Izumi, we will leave now."
"What should I tell that girl?" Archon asked the man.
"Just what you heard about sister, and tell what happened." Mystic went to the door way, "I guess she will stay with him as much as it will be needed."
Archon didn't argue, but did what was ordered as he didn't want to argue with the man who was in charge of all of them. He grabbed the young man and carried him on his back, while Wojciechowski only followed him.
For Shiranui the day started pretty early as she was awoken with a call from Asagi. Shiranui was informed that Shizuru and her comrades were stuck in Yugoslavia and that the leader of it was about to return them back, but only with his visit to Japan. Asagi wanted to know from Shiranui her point of view, before informing Nobushige, however the her right hand didn't think of something constructible too and told Asagi to call to Nobushige as she could do nothing here, and it's the theme that politics must deal with, and if Lazar knew about Yamamoto there was no point to hide anything from him. Asagi only sighed, ut agreed with her.
After that call Shiranui couldn't sleep as many thoughts were visiting her head, not only that problem they had just discussed. She was thinking about their new enemies, Cyclopes, and the demons that knew both of her and Pavel. Yukikaze's mother tried to remember that demon with pincers, and the other brown haired woman with a spear was coming to hear head. Then she was thinking about Minori, who was now Walter's servant. She tried her best to think of the way how to break his control over her, however there were no ideas about that.
The woman decided to get up and to start cooking the breakfast as it still night, however Yukikaze had to get up because of the training in the morning. Shiranui took a cold shower and then put on her home clothes, which consisted of a long skirt and a sweater without sleeves. The woman decided to cook something tasty as she still wanted to spoil her guest that save not only her daughter, but also sent people to save her, so she decided to make his presence here at least comfortable.
Shiranui didn't hurry as had plenty of time before breakfast, so she did everything carefully in order not to burn or to leave something on the vegetables and other ingredients.
"Since he is a mercenary I don' think there's something he doesn't like." Shiranui pondered, slicing ingredients and then sending them into the pot.
"Don't worry, I don't have food I don't like." Shiranui heard a familiar male voice behind her.
"What?" Shiranui turned around and saw Ivan, who was still in his uniform, "Why are you not sleeping?"
"Just can't get used to such life." Ivan slowly went to the table and sat onto the chair.
"My, what to do with you." the woman only shook with her head, "You must try to study in relaxing being out of missions." she added after a small pause, but then continued cooking.
Ivan didn't interrupt Shiranui of cooking, however he looked at her face that was a little serious and was frowning from time to time, however it also made him uneasy so he decided to ask Shiranui.
"What's bothering you?" Cyclopes asked her straight.
"Is it so noticeable?" the woman put on a semblance she was surprise, however she was really thoughtful.
"Our criminals?" Ivan asked her, but without interest as if he knew the answer.
"Yes and no." Shiranui answered him, not knowing to tell him or not.
"And what is the other problem?" Ivan asked her, but it was seen his was wasn't insisting as if he didn't want to insist the woman to tell about the problem.
"Well." Shiranui put the pot onto the stove and turned it on and then turned to the man, "I think I need to talk about this with someone just to calm down." Yukikaze's mother attracted his attention, "Some of Taimanin were sent to a special mission and they were revealed."
"Were they captured?" Commander asked her seriously.
"It's hard to explain." Shiranui pondered how to tell it right. "I think they're hostages, but at the same time they are not." Ivan was watching at Shiranui listening to her very attentively, "They were sent on spying the politicians of our country, but somehow they were captured, and here is the problem I don't know what they want from us." Shiranui was watching at the man too.
"Politicians, you say…" Ivan pondered after her words, "Can I ask you, I guess it's secret information you shouldn't tell, but were they sent to Yugoslavia?"
"How did you know?!" Shiranui was shocked of the prediction of the man.
"Guessed.' the man mumbled, "Do you have a phone nearby?"
"Yes, why?" Shiranui was amused of the man, she put her hand into the pocket of the skirt and took out her device.
"Just to call." the raised a little in order to get the phone, he raised his head at the ceiling and then pondered, "Yes, it's his number." Ivan seemed remembered something and started press his finger against the screen.
Shiranui was amused and even forgot about the pot, but when she smelled a little burning she quickly returned to the pot amending her moment of puzzlement. The man was hitting the table with his fingers and was mumbling something, however he tried again and again to call the needed number.
'Yes, who is it?!' Ivan hear a male voice that seemed angry, 'What do you need?!"
"It's me, calm down Lazar." Commander said coughing a little, but then tried to regain his voice.
'Who?' Lazar asked the man with the eye patch.
"Cyclopes, don't put on a semblance you don't know my voice." Ivan said seriously too.
'Why a strange number?' Lazar asked another question.
"Haven't Drunk told you?" Cyclopes seems surprised, "I thought he informs you about everything."
'What happened?' the voice in the phone continued asking questions.
"I'm in Gosha Village." Ivan replied, "During our last mission I was wounded and Shiranui took me to her home in order to help to restore powers." the man shortly told what happened to him, however everything was unknown to the woman as the talk was in a new language for her, however she understood they were talking about her.
'No, Drunkard didn't inform me about that.' Mladich relied fast, 'It's strange he didn't tell me that.'
"It seems he doesn't want to bother you with your political event." Ivan replied him, "As I guess you had more unexpected problems."
'What do you mean?' Lazar asked Ivan his voice was suspicious.
"I'm talking about Taimanin you captured." Ivan told him straight, "Was there something like that?" Cyclopes didn't hear the answer, so he decided to ask again, "Are they their hostage or what?"
'Do you understand whom are you interrogating?' Mladich's voice become angrier, Shiranui didn't like and felt uneasy of that, 'As I remember we didn't change our rolls.'
"I just want to know what you will do to them." the man did the same, "They're our allies in fighting 'The Third Law', and spoiling our relations is the worst thing."
'Are you lecturing me?' Lazar asked the man with the eye patch, 'Or you give me ideas?'
"I don't want to have a dust up." Ivan replied him, "Just tell me what you will do to them."
'What I will do them what I will do.' Lazar replied him, 'As I remember, you didn't care about Taimanin in the past and even hated them.;
"I told you, they're our allies and we…" Ivan was unable to finish as he was interrupted.
'Listen, I'm not interested in that empty talk, there're lots of things I need to solve and the chats with you are wasting my time!' Lazar told the man, 'If there's nothing serious don't bother me, and if you're the guest of Shiranui I guess she is near you, am I right?'
"Yes, she is near me." Cyclopes answered him.
'Then our talk is finish.' Lazar told him, 'I don't wish to discuss our businesses with extra ears.' Then the call stopped Ian didn't handle and hit the table with his fist.
"Damn stubborn bastard." Cyclopes shouted, "How I hate to deal with him!"
"What happened?" Shiranui asked the man being worried, "Whom did you call?"
"Mldaich." the man grunted, but then suddenly understood he did a mistake in naming the person's surname.
"Mladich?" Shiranui raised her eyebrow, "That politician?"
"Well…" Ivan understood there was no point to hide it so he merely nodded to her, "Let me try another one, I think she must be there, so she need to know something." Shiranui didn't say anything, she was surprised of the man, who was just talking to the man, who captured Taimanin, "And hers is that one." Commander pondered and pressed his finger against the screen several times again.
The man waited for some second and was about to hung off the phone, when suddenly he heard a female voice.
'Yes, who is that?'
"It's me Haze." The man merely replied her, "Cyclopes."
'Why that number? Where are you?' the woman asked suspiciously as if didn't belive him.
"It's the number of Mizuki Shiranui." the man was straight, "If you want call Drunkard and he will tell you what happened." the man didn't want to explain everything again, "What happened there? What is with those Taimanin?"
'How did you know?' Haze asked the man, 'Don't tell me Shiranui knows about that call or she is with you.'
"She is with me." the man answered fast, "Just tell and you can be free."
'It's not the theme I want to discuss in the presence of others.' Haze replied the man fast and seriously.
"Listen, they're our allies, what the hell Lazar wants to do there? I hope he doesn't do anything stupid with a hot head." Ivan asked Haze trying to insisting.
'You know he never does anything stupid.' Haze replied him, 'If you don't like him, it doesn't mean, he is does reckless things.'
"So?" Commander asked her again avoiding the question.
'Fine.' It was possible to hear how Haze exhaled, 'I hope Shiranui will not tell that to Asagi.' Haze did a small pause, but then said, 'Briefly, they were taken for an observation. They're not hostages, because they helped with Croats and helped to protect Andrew.'
"How the hell he was there?" this time Commander was surprised.
'He decided to help in chasing Taimanin, but in the beginning we thought it was someone's spies.'
"UFS or Chinese Union?" Commander asked the woman.
'Yes, also Croats could send someone to check what we have inside.' Haze added, 'But then we knew they were Taimanin at the same time thanks to them we detected few Croats groups, which were planning terror.'
"I see." Commander said thoughtfully, "And what will be with them?"
'They are sent to Montenegro for now. Then after Asagi will deal everything with Nobushige they will also delivered to Japan and then they can do whatever they want.' Haze merely replied him.
'I see.' Commander nodded, "Since Andrew is there I belive to what you say." Commander felt a little easy after the words of his partner and subordinate.
'By the way, why are you so active in Taimanin's life?' Haze suddenly asked him.
"What?" Commander didn't understand her question.
'I mean you always disliked them, and now you're ready to help them. What happened to you there?' Haze asked him seriously, neither of them didn't laugh or chuckle.
"They are our allies, and losing one of them will be bad for us." Commander merely replied her.
'Maybe it's not because of that?" Haze asked him, 'Since you're calling with Shiranui's phone, it means Asagi told her that too, and now she told you that, and you're helping. I hope there is no interest between you and her?' Haze asked him straight.
'Really, why do help her?' Commander looked at Shiranui, who was now watching at him too, "Well…" the man decided to stop the talk, "Since there is nothing special I will stop the call." Ivan announced, "I hope everything will be as you're saying." then the man stopped the call and handed the phone back to Shiranui, "For now it all." he switched to Japanese.
"And who was that?" Shiranui asked him with interest.
"Just a partner." Ivan exhaled heavily as if he did a hard work, "Well in brief words your friends will be sent back I don't in what time, but I think Mladich will visit Japan soon and along with him he will take your Taimanin."
"I can't belive you knew everything that fast." Shiranui was still shocked of the man's connections, "Let me ask you, do you know Mladich well?" she turned off the stove and sat at the chair, Ivan watched at her, and still couldn't belive he was helping the people he doesn't like.
"Well, if Lazar is coming I think it won't be a secret anymore." Cyclopes was thinking to tell or not to tell something to her, "And at the same time your husband knew something about us." he stopped for a second, but then continued, "I must say that our base is in Montenegro." Ivan told Shiranui, "Yes, straight in Yugoslavia."
"What are you serious?" Shiranui was shocked hearing that.
"Yes, your husband didn't work for Russia, because he worked rarely for them." Commander replied her, "Their government didn't have much work in Japan, so your husband helped 'Division' more."
"I see." Shiranui tried to understand what the man was talking about, "And does it mean UFS stopped its invasion because our Russian and their governments?" Shiranui asked another question, but that question amused the man.
"As I understand not only our coalitions, but other few countries joined them." Commander told, "Mladich's country isn't strong against UFS, however, when there was such a coalition he quickly join it because of your husband and all that stopped."
"I see." Shiranui tried to understand the words and to make the chain, how Yasuhiro helped them.
"Listen your husband didn't anything bad to Japan or Taimanin, he wanted to protect it, and for him it was the only way to avoid your politicians." Ivan didn't want her to think bad about her dead husband.
"I don't doubt in his actions." Shiranui slightly smiled, "It's just new for me, I thought my husband was giddy. But he did such actions that I still can't belive we're talking about one person."
"Here you're right." Ivan looked at the woman, 'Really, why do I help them? Is it…' he suddenly stumbled, 'Because of her?'
Suddenly they heard someone yawing and next moment a voice.
"Mum! Is breakfast ready?"
"Yes, dear!" Shiranui replied to Yukikaze, who entered the kitchen.
"Ah?" Yukikaze seemed didn't wait to see Cyclopes, "I thought you need to relax."
"Just decided to have breakfast with you." he replied to Yukikaze.
"I see." the girl watched at the man, "By the way, will you go with us?" she asked her mother then.
"No, I have only paper work today, so I can come later." Shiranui replied to Yukikaze, "And you shouldn't be late, because Yatsu-sensei is strict."
"Yeah, yeah." Yukikaze nodded, "I never late for her lessons and practices." she smiled then.
"Will you have a practice today?" Ivan asked the girl.
"Yes, and since it's Murasaki the practice will be in groups. And she will put that Ilya against me." she grunted.
"That boy with guns?" Shiranui quickly remembered the Russian boy that looked like a girl, "What is with him?"
"I just can't understand his style and power." Yukikaze seemed unnerved, what made Shiranui to smile nevertheless the man was still serious, "His light is much faster than my lightening, and I don't know how to get him."
"As I remember it right your power is more destructible." Ivan told the young Taimanin, "Do you focus only on him?" Yukikaze nodded, "Do you remember the fight with that strange boy with lightening power?"
'Yes…" Yukikaze became a little nervous as she prepared to be lectured.
"Don't worry." Ivan slightly chuckled, "I will not lecture you, I just want to say you need to use his tactic."
"Do you mean to increase the radius of my attacks?" Yukikaze raised her eyebrows, "But everyone told me not to do that."
"From time to time you should do it, because always suppressing your power can be fatal in real battle too, you need to fight your opponent in all ways." Ivan told her, "And it will also be the part of your strategy."
"I need to try it." the girl became thoughtful, "Maybe I can get Ilya after all."
The breakfast started, the man ate not much, but still ate as he didn't want Shiranui to make worried and tried to eat everything, however since she brewed tea too the man left some food on the plate and preferred tea instead of hard food.
Yukikaze ate breakfast and slowly started to prepare for leaving. Shiranui seemed glad she could take care of the man as she didn't need to come that early. Ivan on the contrary felt himself tensed, because of the woman's presence as if he waited something strange from her.
The Russian hunters woke up early in the morning. Pavel and Ilya because of their trainings, while Oleg and Maria had their business in the academy. Oleg also wanted to read the book, which Sakura planned to bring to the academy in order to understand a little more of the traveling of the author of the diary. The Russian students quickly took shower and then let the teacher use it.
"Man, why do we have trainings that early?" Ilya moaned, "I hated that in Russia, why here is the same?"
"Still can't get used to it?" Pavel chuckled watching at the boy.
"I can, but I hate it!" Ilya mumbled, "I like when we have it after classes, but not before."
"This training is also important." Pavel replied him.
"You just want to display yourself to Ren, don't you?" Ilya watched at the boy that was taller, "She always so righteous, and you want to be the same."
"It's just your imagination, I'm always like that." Pavel quickly replied not liking boy's words.
"But Captain told be the opposite." Ilya grinned.
"Then it's her imagination!" Pavel raised his voice.
The boys came to the dining room before the teacher and spent their waiting chatting to each other, Ilya was still sleepy, however the boy that used two guns tried to be energetic.
After a while the man and the woman joined them, Maria and Oleg now were in their casual clothes, which consisted of a T-shirt and pants.
"Waiting for us?" Oleg looked at the boys, who didn't start to eat, "You will be late if you not hurry."
"Don't worry, we never late to our trainings." Ilya chuckled.
"Told the one, who sleeps a lot." Maria looked at the noisy one.
"By the way, Oleg Semenovich." Ilya turned to the teacher, "Didn't Sakura tell what type of training will we have today?"
"Why should I know that? She has her own head and she has on mind I don't know." Oleg only shrugged with his shoulders.
"Maybe she told you something." Pavel tried to know, maybe the man knew something, "After all you two…" he suddenly sublimed.
"What we two?" Oleg looked at the boy with interested expression.
"In good relations." Pavel quickly found what to answer.
"She has her own head, and what there is, is her own thoughts." Oleg replied him fast, "You should eat much by the way." Oleg looked at the plates of the boys.
"Don't worry, while we go everything will be fine." Ilya answered as he started to eat.
Everyone started to eat, at the same time discussing what happened to them and tat the same time what could happen. Oleg and Maria decided to visit Cyclopes today. The boys decided to meet the man too as he was interesting and they wanted to know something about him at the same time they wanted to have practice with Akiyama siblings and Yukikaze as they knew they're constant guest in her place.
After the breakfast the Russian hunters quickly changed to their clothes, Ilya and Pavel to their uniform, while the teachers were in their school uniform. They walked a little fast as if they were in a small hurry. Maria and Oleg were talking about the upcoming day, while Ilya was catting to Pavel, who seemed a little bothered of the boy.
"Interesting, will Yukikaze do the same mistakes." Ilya chuckled, "I always catch her on her aimed shots."
"Yeah, yeah, your shots are much better." Pavel nodded as if it wasn't the first time the boy was telling him that, "Just don't be overconfident or she ill burn your butt." Pavel chuckled then.
"Dream on!" Ilya exclaimed, "I will do to her first!"
"Don't underestimate your enemies." Maria gave her subordinate a cuff, "I hope you don't do that with our enemies."
"Of course I don't, but I'm just saying I know her style so it's easy for me to fight her." Ilya rubbed the back of his head.
They went a little more and then heard voice on their right.
"Hello everyone!" they turned around and saw Maki along with Ren and Aki, who always were together.
"Hello!" Ilya and Pavel replied to them.
"Good morning." Oleg and Maria replied officially.
"Ready for the training?" Maki asked Pavel who seemed still sleepy.
"Yeah." the boy nodded with a smile, "I hope it'll be training in pairs." he added, as he glanced at Ren, who nodded at his words.
"We hope so too." Maki replied him, "As I and Aki can be you two."
"If it's not vice versa." Ren replied to her friend with a smile too.
"Come on, guys." Aki tried to calm the sport conflict, which was about to start, "Maybe Sakura will not give us choice, but will call the team, or will make the trainings with teachers."
"It's good too, but still the choice of the opponent would be really good." Pavel answered to his friend.
"By the way, will we have some new missions near time?" Maki asked the man in the official clothes, "I hope we will save these kidnapped hunters."
"Don't rush horses." Oleg didn't like the rushing of the girl, "That guy we fought was good in strategy, I don't think he is easy to be fooled."
"Even those wasps, were quite something." Ren joined the conversation, "Fighting alone few of them will be really a suicide."
"That's why we're to make a proper plan, before saving the captured Taimanin." Oleg liked the way Ren was talking, "And not to be captured in his nest."
"I think you want to discuss that with him too." Maria looked at Oleg, who quickly nodded.
They continued their way until they reached the gates of the academy. There were few people in the inner yard, all of them were students, who were waiting for their teachers , who had to start practice.
Oleg and Maria said goodbye to the students and headed to the main building, in order to prepare or their lectures. The friends on the contrary stood together, and preferred to chat before the classes, next moment Maki suddenly waved her hand and shouted, while Ilya went to his class in order to go with them to the training facility.
"Masami, morning!" she waved to the girl with the spear.
"Good morning." Masami nodded to the loud girl, and then looked around her friends, "And to you all too."
"Good morning." Ren and Aki nodded to her.
"Ready for the practice?" Pavel asked the brown haired girl with a smile.
"Yes, I'm ready." Masami smiled him too as if she had something cunning in her mind.
"Do you want to practice with everyone?" Aki looked surprised at the friend, "Are you sure in it?"
'Yes, don't worry." Masami nodded, "I must get used to usual trainings after all, am I right?"
"It's true but…" Aki still was unsure, was it a good idea or not.
"Don't worry, if we belive in Masami, then she will do everything right, am I right?" Pavel smiled watching at the brunette, who confused of his parsing, while Ren looked strange as if she didn't like it.
"Hello everyone!" they suddenly heard a loud and merry voice, "Ready to work?!"
"Yes!" the biggest part of students exclaimed to the orange haired teacher.
Sakura gave a sign to follow her and the students did what was ordered. However the chats didn't stop, but only were increased as the students planned how they are to split if the training is in pairs.
"What the hell did he forget here?!" the lion demon shouted closing his nose, "I thought these marshes are lifeless."
"Because here will no one look for you." Trickster replied him, "And it was my advice for him as the strong demon, that is wandering among other demons can give a lot of questions."
"Yeah, especially when all insect humanoids are dead or gone to the places, which are far away from the other settlements of demons." the beast said then, looking around at the same time.
There was nothing special around them, but a marsh with trees. The place also had a strong foul. However the demon with four hands didn't feel uncomfortable as if he couldn't smell at all, while his companion still was closing his nose.
"And where is he?" the lion demon asked impatiently Trickster, "Don't tell me you have forgotten."
"There must be a cave, but I don't see it." Trickster looked around, "It must be near that small wood."
"I will check." the second demon said and then disappeared, and in several second returned, "No there's nothing."
"I hope it wasn't flooded with the marsh." Trickster mumbled trying to remember where that cave had to be.
"When did you leave him here?" the lion humanoid asked the demon with four hands.
"I think it was about five hundred years ago." Trickster merely replied.
"And you think the cave can be intact?!" the demon was surprised, "What if someone entered it?"
"Noble demons don't walk here, and if they send someone by these roads, he will deal with them fast." Trickster replied to his comrade.
"I hope we'll find him fast." the demon roared, "I don't want to miss the show."
"Stop complaining." Trickster told him, "I'm trying to remember."
The lion demon only rolled his eyes, and let is comrade to look around and to think their situation.
"Why the hell didn't you come here first and then after me?" the demon asked Trickster in several minutes, "You could stay here as long as you want."
"You were on my way, so I decided to take you first." Trickster went to the ridge of the ground, where was the marsh, he looked around and then turned left, "I thought it would be easier here."
"He thought." the demon quickly jumped aside as the bank was about to fall, "What if one of your allies will flood here? Your plan is messed up then!"
"Watch under your legs instead of your whining, and I will not lose him." Trickster looked around and then turned right.
The two demons were wondering for sometimes around the marshes, however they also did circles in some places as if there could be something they didn't notice before. There was nothing but small trees and reeds. The demons were careful, as they didn't want to fall into the marsh.
"Probably he is in one of the puddles?" the lion demon asked the insect demon, "Covered himself with a crystal and then flooded."
"To check each puddle will be long, as I don't have powers, my master had." Trickster replied him.
"Yeah, your boss was much stronger than you are." the demon smirked in a second, "After all, you were his gofer."
Trickster suddenly stopped.
"As I remember, your master used you the same way." Trickster smirked then too.
"What did you say?" the demon didn't like the pinning of his partner.
"Who was the fastest among the all of us?" Trickster bowed his head, "As I heard not only your master used your power, but the other lords as well."
"Why you..." the fast demon groaned, and squeezed his fists likewise he was about to attack.
"What? Want to know who is stronger, don't you?" Trickster's processes on the tail started to move.
They were looking at each other not knowing, who was going to make the first move. However the demon with four hands only walked the partner and said.
"Let's deal that, when we kill Walter and Celine." Trickster replied, "I don't want to waste powers fruitlessly."
"Fine, till the next time." the demon roared, but still hold himself.
The duet continued its way, they still were careful in order not to fall and to also looking around as they didn't want to be ambushed, by someone else. Suddenly they lion demon stopped.
"Did you hear that?" the demon asked his comrade suspiciously.
"Yes, it's like someone is chasing us." Trickster replied him, "And this someone is on not so far distance."
"I can check it if you want." Trickster's partner told quietly.
"Yes, do it, and then I will assist." Trickster agreed with the demon, who grinned of anticipation.
Next moment the demon disappeared, leaving Trickster alone, who seemed not caring too much about it. In a while he heard some kind of a strange noise behind him and then the shout.
"Come on!" the demon shouted and Trickster quickly jumped into the bushes and stretched one of his hands out creating a strong pressure in a small area in front of him.
"Interesting…" Trickster was amused of what he saw in front of him.
"Yes, the one we were looking for was going after us." the demon with the mane smirked coming to the other one with the tail.
There was a strange creature in front of them. It resembled a slug, however had a shell on its back. The creature had legs and arms as if it was some kind of human, however it's head was not similar to the two demons, there also were two antennas on its head. Its color was green, while the shell was brown.
"I thought you supposed to be in a cave, Uran, what happened?" Trickster asked the strange creature.
The creature looked at the demon and made strange sounds, which were unable to understand.
"It was flooded after all." Trickster pondered, "When it happened?" the creature did some sounds again, "I see." the demon nodded.
"By the way, were there someone else?" the other demon asked the creature and received the same answer, "I can't belive you spent this whole time here being not seen." he smirked then.
Trickster dispelled the gravity pressure, and the snail demon could finally stand up.
"Well at least we don't need to fight you." the lion chuckled watching at the other insect demon.
"Calm down Ungai." Trickster looked at the demon, who was with him and then looked at the Uran who did strange noises, "Yes, I need your help, the problem is that our former master returned." Uran did some noises and Trickster continued, "Yes, Celine and Atke. I think you don't know about current state in the humans' world, but we'll explain you everything brifly."
"There're some guys, who fight these two bastards and we want to get them all." Ungai roared.
"It's too briefly, but in common words, yes." Trickster nodded being glad his partner was able to say everything in a short way, however the creature replied something with its noises, "We will do everything carefully." the demon replied the new partner, "I have an idea how to take both of them down, but we need the fourth one, as he knows a lot about the seals."
"Yeah, and how we're going to find him?" Ungai asked the demon with interest, "Will you make me run the whole planet"
"You don't need." Trickster replied him, "But if you want I don't mind."
The fast demon couldn't replied anything as he was interrupted by the one with the shell.
"I guess we can try to awake him if he is in slumber." Trickster answered him quickly.
"And how?" Ungai was interested in that.
"We just need to make a big energy explosion the demons can fell." Trickster replied him as if he predicted that question, "Creatures like him, always needed such kind of alarm."
"Do understand that this alarm, must be great and since the seals didn't awake him that means it must be something much bigger." Ungai didn't belive in the idea of his partner.
"I want to check something." Trickster turned around. "But for now we need to return back, I think you don't want to miss the show."
"Yeah, now I, like the way you're talking." Ungai chuckled, "I hope you want make us slow." he looked at the third member of their team, "With that big shell."
Uran didn't like that at spitted something at the demon. The demon could dodge that easily, but next moment his saliva turned into something firm.
"Hey! I'm just saying truth!" Ungai didn't like that too.
"Enough, let's go back to the gates with the three of us, it won't be fast. At the same time we need not to attract attention as the three of us in one place will give us a lot of watchers, and if we'll be seen, by some noble demons it can give us more problems."
"You're telling now." Ungai pointed at the demon with the shell.
"We will split in the Gate Town." Trickster replied him, "And the gates separately and in Yomihara it will be easy for us to move, since there are a lot of humans who don't know about us."
"Not a bad plan." Ungai nodded suddenly thinking about its conclusion, "I hope he want stare at everything there."
"Do you remember the place with the gates?" Trickster looked at the demon, who nodded affirmatively, "Good, then let's go."
Then the three demon headed somewhere to the South, they didn't hurry much, however preferred not be slow as Ungai wanted not to be late for the show at the chaos arena, while Trickster wanted to check the idea, which was on his mind.