CHAPTER 4
New divide
As the night crept upon the day, as the darkness swallowed up the day light. An ominous presence awoke in the darkest parts of the universe.
A Sub human entity awoke, mesmerized at the smell of fresh blood, warped into a feeding frenzy at sound of the lost souls crying out. Hear them as they cry, the call of war is at hand, the long night is upon us, DEATH is calling you. Do you hear them?, they are calling. Answer the call of LONELINESS, for the heathens are upon us, and death waits on NO MAN.
“Tell me, is this world fair?”
“Do human beings deserve the right to live?”
“Oh tell me, Tetsuya-kun, do you deserve the life that you have fought for, does the world deserve strive?.”
“Tetsuya!”
“Tell me, in a world protected by lies a world in which power is not earned but is taken, a world in which man’s selfishness is the single most important commodity, a world of maniacal madmen, a world full of malice and hatred, suffering and despair. Tell me, who are you in this world?,
“Tetsuya!”
“Tetsuya!”
“TET-SU-YA!”
“Uh-huh, good morning, Nagisa-san.”
“I-IDIOT!, it’s the middle of the afternoon you dumbass!”
“Uh?, really I guess I was asleep, come to think of it….”
“Teach the world your hatred, let them know your wrath.”
“I had a rather peculiar dream.”
“Hmm, must of been a bad one you were saying things like ‘who are you’
And ‘fuck off’; and by the way, does the term ‘last judgement’ mean anything to you?”
Tetsuya who looked rather tired gazed at Takeo.
“Eh, eh, eh, I said that huh, Takeo, other than the first two statements the “last judgement stuff doesn’t ring a bell to me.”
Nagisa then clapped her hands together in a jovial manner to bring their discussion to a close.
“anyways none of that is important, what I wanna know is, what kind of power you got!”
“Nope!, can’t tell you.”
“WHAT! Come on were friends after all?”
“Nope not a single word is coming out of my mouth on that topic.”
“Hmm, and why is that are you afraid of her?”
“Yes, that’s exactly why.”
It was only a few hours after the assessment, during lunch break were Tetsuya, Takeo and Nagisa were having lunch together outside.
Tetsuya who was asleep most of the break was having a rather hard time grasping the nature of Nagisa’s abilities, because of this he didn’t want to give out too much information on the true nature of his power to anyone.
“Tsk, I really am going to have a hard time being in the same class with that imbecile Tetsuya aren’t?”
“Um….. Shun you sound rather annoyed by his presence, but I must say I agree with you. Even though we are yet to see the full nature of his power that ability he displayed during the assessment was rather strange.”
“ Ah, you’re right Ike-kun, not only did he ‘steal’ Yuuta’s power but he also ‘customized’ it to fit his needs, and to make matters worse he showed signs of a healing factor and a strong one at that.”
“You’re right I just can’t seem to understand him but-”
At that time arrows came shooting down from the sky, directly towards Karen who was walking by the memorial gardens.
Tetsuya quickly noticing, this gave the impression that he was going to stop them, but then noticing that Shun had already made off, stop almost exactly when he saw shun.
At that instant Shun used his power to freeze the arrows destroying them on the spot, he then showed a sign of relief and looked back in the direction the arrow was coming from.
“UWAHH!, tha-thank you very much Sora-san I didn’t think that I would of made it away in time, you really saved me back there.”
“Oh, ah, you’re welcome Karen by the way, why would anyone want to target you for anything?”
“I honestly don’t know.”
“I see.”
At that time Shun noticed that Tetsuya was also staring into that direction with a rather concerned look on his face.
At that time Shun remembered that Tetsuya had also made an effort to stop the arrow from landing a hit but he stopped almost as quickly as he started to move. He wondered why that was, so he started to inquire about it.
“Hey, Tetsuya, just now why didn’t you try to help Karen, you were planning to were you not?”
“Hmm, hmm Oh, ah yeah I was, but then I noticed that you were already going after it so I saw no point in continuing.”
“Is that so, well then, the next time you see your classmate in danger, at least make an effort to help. What would you have done if I didn’t reach in time.”
“Nothing…..there was no way you would not have made it time.”
Is this guy for real.
“Huh, and how exactly would you know that please, enlighten me.”
“Hmm, it’s nothing really, it’s just my ‘foresight’.”
Foresight, you’ve got to be kidding me. Shun thought to himself. How many abilities does he have. First he copies someone else’s abilities, and regenerates, now he’s practically saying he can see the future. Give me a break.
“It’s okay Shun, there’s no need to chew him out like this, the important thing is that I’m safe isn’t it.”
“Yeah but…..”
“It’s fine Shun.”
“Well whatever you say, Tetsuya, you hear that you’re lucky she isn’t hurting yo--”
“WHAT!, WHERE’D HE RUN OFF TO. GOD DAMN THAT TETSUYA, FUCK!”
While Shun was talking Tetsuya vanished into thin air it was if he was never there to begin. Meanwhile, Tetsuya was on the rooftop of the school with someone he didn’t expect to see, someone from his past that he had long forgotten, but now, it seems that his past has come to haunt him…… or rather, annoy him.
“Now this is a surprise. I didn’t expect to see you of all people here. What do you want, Itou Shinohara, come to kiss my feet?”
“Ah, ah, ah, you would love that wouldn’t you, but I’m afraid that I’m here for more serious matters. Tetsuya are you ready to meet your maker, for you have betrayed to one person who could save you. Your end is now Tet...su…ya-kun.”
“Tsk, Itou what do want?, speak now or I’ll kill you.”
Well I was planning on killing you anyways, I don’t have time for your trivial matters.
The person standing in front of Tetsuya was Itou Shinohara, a young man around Tetsuya’s age with tall black spikey hair. Tetsuya became rather uneasy, unsettling thoughts started to cloud his mind, he felt as if he was falling into an endless void of misery. The sheer thought that ‘HE’ had resurfaced, and had sent Itou to him caused chills to run through his body. His mind went blank.
There was always the thought that he had come off of his own free will, but that would be too expectant of him, as the wind blew the stillness of the atmosphere around them was suffocating, as the two young men stood upon the rooftop you could feel the tension starting to rise, the stiffening silence could drown out even loudest of noises. And then…….
“Sorry, sorry, ah, ah, It’s been so long that I couldn’t help but tease you Tetsuya. Don’t worry I’m not hear because of him as a matter of fact I’m hear with information to give you, that you might be interested in, that and I’m kinda on the run here, eh, eh.”
“Really, I haven’t seen you in two years and this is the greeting I get, unforgivable.!”
“WHAT!, wait, Tetsuya, I’m sorry okay I-“
“I Don’t want to hear it, mostly because of the way you choose to get my attention, what if that girl died?”
“Um…well…you know…. I’d……. say….. sorry?”
“ITOU!”
“Okay, okay I’m sorry I shot arrows at her, but don’t blame me she was an easy target.”
“Hmm, I’m not the one you should be apologizing to its Karen that you shot at not me.”
“And how exactly am I going to do that.”
At that remark Tetsuya’s expression changed.
“At school tomorrow.”
“Ha, I don’t go to school.”
“Well you do now.”
“Wait what do you mean “I do now” I can’t just walk into the most fortified school in this area of Japan, are you going crazy, I would be killed on the spot.”
“No, you won’t be killed, you’ll be attending school, they can’t kill a student now can they.”
“Wait, what do you mean student, you can’t seriously be saying that I’ll be attending Lady Lake academy tomorrow are you.”
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“Yes, yes I am.”
“W-what, w-wait, wait a minute, Tetsuya, THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH THAT I WILL GO TO SCHOOL!”
The next day…..
I can’t believe that I’m at school.
“TODAY WE HAVE A NEW STUDENT WITH US! Please introduce yourself.”
The look on Itou’s face was worth million dollars to Tetsuya who could hardly help to keep himself from making a loud burst of laughter in the classroom.
“M-my name is Itou Shinohara, I w-was transferred here under recommendations, I’m p-pleased to meet you all
Fuck, goddam that Tetsuya. Itou thought to himself, how did he even do this in such a short period of time.
“Well then Shinohara-kun you can go sit behind of kosaka-kun.
“Whatever.”
As Itou walked down to his seat he could had an unnatural feeling – that is, the feeling of twenty-three other classmates eyes staring at him he tried his best not to get too flustered by this, but Tetsuya had got him good. He didn’t like being around people he didn’t know or care for unless he was killing them, because that is what he was-- a sociopathic maniac who loves fresh blood.
Just then, as he was taking his seat Itou’s and Karen’s eye’s meet for the first time since yesterday, he started the gaze, it was as if he was swallowed up by the magnificence of her beauty and was sent into a frenzy, as he gazed into her eyes he felt as if he was in a flower garden filled with red roses, lavenders and lilies. But then….
“Tachibana-sensei.”
“What is it Ryouchi-kun?”
“Since he’s new don’t you have to do and assessment with him?”
“Hmm, you’re right I do, plus he did come here on recommendation, so in also interested in seeking what kind of power he has.”
Um, they don’t know it yet but there in for a surprise, Itou’s power is quite on formidable.
“OKAY, HOMEROOM IS OVER, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL DIE TODAY!”
“WHATS THAT COMING FROM A TEACHER!”
As Tachibana left the classroom could sense the blood lust in the students. And then….
“What, why is it that everyone’s eyes seem to be glowing, what the fuck is going on these guys are like vipers.”
Just then all the students in the rush down to Itou’s seat, the exception of Shun, Ike and Tetsuya. But then…..
“Itou-kun meet me outside, I believe you have something important to tell me.”
“Eh, eh Tetsuya you’re a life saver.”
Um, like I care what happens to you, you sociopathic bitch.
Meanwhile Itou and Tetsuya left the class Nagisa and Takeo were approached by Shun with a rather imposing argument.
“So, what did you find out Nagisa-san, about Tetsuya that is. I know that you’ve been trying to get him to tell you his ability.”
“Hmm, well what do ya know it seems that you’re quite the jealous type. But yea I’ve been trying to make him talk.”
Eh, eh I’m not even gonna bother answering to that.
Anyways, any luck?”
“What do you think? The guys as hard as a rock I can’t get anything out of him.”
“Just as I thought, he would tell us, even you.”
“I don’t get it, I understand that he’s strong but why go to the lengths to force him to tell his ability what do you think he has to hide?”
“Takeo-kun, you weren’t on his team during the assessment, you didn’t feel what I felt—what Nagisa felt. It was as if the tide shifted so drastically to is favor during the fight that it felt like he was a completely different person.”
“Shun’s right, and it didn’t happen once either it happened twice—no three times. And then after the fight I’m sure you realized it his hair turned freak’in red, me being an empath, I tried to sway his psyche but it didn’t work, things don’t work like that, when you’re empathic you feel everything, you can control anything.”
“And what exactly did you feel Nagisa, what did you feel that both you and Shun would want to fish him out like this?”
“A THIRST FOR BLOOD!”
At that moment they went quite, the look of shock in Takeo’s eyes said it all. Tetsuya Endou was to be feared. Meanwhile, as Shun and the others were having their conversation. Tetsuya and Itou made their way down the halls.
“Ah, this school sure is huge alright, it’s gonna take a while to map it out especially with all the hidden places it’s got.”
“Itou, would you care to explain to me exactly what’s going on here.”
“Yes, yes my good friend I believe that I have uncovered what ‘HE’ has been up to this past month.”
“And what would that exactly would that be?”
“Remember two months ago that huge expedition that was carried out in Hokkaido five months ago?”
“Yea, the one in which all the members of the team went missing why?”
“It turns out that was just a cover up. Two months ago my foot clan received word that there was a huge breach in space and time, where they found an aberration in which nothing from the third dimensional space could enter. It vibrated at a frequency so great that it threated to rip space time apart.”
“Please don’t tell me it was an irregularity that nothing from the outside world could enter.”
“Hmm, an irregularity that stores space and time and causes nothing to escape from its forth dimensional plain.”
“Only condensed dark matter energy can escape its grasp.”
“Yes, it’s exactly what you’re thinking.”
“A WHITE HOLE!. But that should be relatively impossible.”
“Well it happened, and the United earth Association found a way stabilize it and secure it.”
“And where exactly is this kept?”
“Tell me, what is the most secure place on this side of Japan?
“That would be the Okina Yasai military base in the Chiba prospect.”
“Think again, if they kept something that could flatten the entire Tokyo area within the Chiba prospect ,there wouldn’t be much secrecy now would there. Now think what is the safest place in Japan’s Tokyo area that has enough military power to protect it and enough resources for commercialization to keep something so big a secret from the rest of the world?”
Tetsuya stopped dead in his tracks he couldn’t even speak the words out of his mouth. There was no way something so huge could possibly be there, he thought to himself.
“Last month my foot clan received intel that the place that they were keeping the abnormality was…..”
“ The Lady Lake academy!”
Tetsuya paused.
“Itou come with me.”
Meanwhile Tetsuya was making his way to his new destination, Takeo was still contemplating the revelation given to him by Nagisa and Shun, but then…
“Takeo-kun, I’m afraid that that what Shun and Nagisa have said is the truth.”
Uh, Ike-kun, you’re in this as well?”
“Yes, indeed I am, I’m afraid that Tetsuya Endou isn’t what he seems to be I first noticed it at the first period before homeroom on the day of the opening ceremony when that Tesha person approached him. At first he was talking to Karen in a rather jovial manner, but then as he was engaged by Tesha both his attitude and tone of speech changed, it was like he became a completely different person.”
Takeo started to reminisce on that certain event. The altercation between Tesha and Tetsuya was one that the entire class had witnessed. Takeo thought to himself.
“No way, now that I think about it you’re right, he did change it felt as if he was more serious. But tell me something Ike, how were you able to sense this?”
“My ability’s name is intuition, I’m an evaluative type I’m able to accurately predict anything I can calculate changes to reality, accurately predict positons of all matter in space time and sense changes in body language and hormones. Don’t you think I’d know if something was off.”
“Well anyways boys, I think that there’s someone who we can ask all about him.”
“Uh, and who would that be?”
“Eh, eh, eh, who else but his sister.”
They all went silent.
“WHAT!”
“Nagisa, do you really think that we can walk up to her and just be like: Hey we wanna know if your little brother is a psychopathic little bitch who likes to kill people wearing a hockey mask and drink in their blood.”
“Ike-kun there are many ways to approach the most dangerous person in the school who MIGHT have a brother complex and WILL snap or necks if we tell her that we think her brother’s a psychopathic killer who likes to kill people wearing a skin tight pink bunny suit.”
“WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!”
My name is Shun Sora, my life up until high school was perfect until….. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
“listen, she’s the student council president. Why don’t we just go to student council room and ask to speak with her like normal people would do?”
“You know yer right Shun lets go there.”
What did I get myself into?
Around the same time as same Shun and the other left for the student council room Tetsuya and Itou approach a room with a huge door, the name one the door was one that would strike fear into anyone in the school.
“WHAT IN THE WORLD! Tetsuya, what are we doing at the school chairman’s office?!”
“Just shut the fuck up on go inside.”
“Pardon the intrusion.”
As Tetsuya and Itou entered they could see a red haired woman wearing a black framed glass with a rather huge bust sitting around a table, at each end of the table was a silver skull, on the walls of the room were picture of the ‘legends’ who fought in the independent worlds war fifteen years ago, and this woman was no doubt one of them.
“Yo, Ichinose-sensei, it’s been a while hasn’t it?”
“Well, l look what we have here if it isn’t Amatsujima’s grandson. Tetsuya-kun it’s been a while.”
Ah, it has hasn’t it Ichinose-sensei. But I’m not here today to talk about how our lives have been, I’m here for a more important matter.”
“Oh, and what would that be?”
“Tell me, why is it that Lady Lake academy is housing a reactive abnormally that could threaten to destroy all of Tokyo if not half of Japan?”
“Tetsuya…..where did you get this information? That’s level 20 top secret information, in order to access it you would have to have level 40 clearance.”
“Never mind the details, Itou would you care to explain to her what going down here.”
“Yes, yes ‘boss man’, two nights from tonight there will be a covert break in at the school, ‘HE’ wants whatever it is that you have, and he wants it at any cost. Word has it that is gonna be big, so if would like, I’d be happy to protect this place for ya.”
Shut up, no one asked for your protection. Anyways you get the gist of it.”
“So you came to tell me that you’re going rogue on this one?”
Tetsuya looked up to the sealing and then he looked on the pictures on the wall, he bit his lips, it was as if he was going to say and do something completely unnatural to him. And then….
“No, it’s actually quite the opposite I’m here to ask you to give me a high enough clearance to take part in protecting this ‘unnatural occurrence’ that has taken place here.”
Itou looked at Tetsuya and smiled inside himself for this was the first time he had seen him ask permission to do something before, especially something on such a large scale.
Hmm, it seem that his time away from the fold has made him a little less ‘rebellious’
“I see, but Tetsuya don’t you already have a high enough clearance, I mean you are Amatsujima’s grandson.
Fuck Amatsujima you red headed bitch. Tetsuya thought.
“Whatever it’s not like I care about the blood that runs through my veins.”
“Well then, suit yourself. I give you level 50 clearance and you’re working under me, but for three days only.”
“Don’t worry, all I need is two.”
Tetsuya then gazed upon the portraits on the wall, his eyes were cold with contempt.
The portraits on the wall were the pictures of the the ‘legends’ who fought in the independent worlds war twenty years ago thirteen years after the first integration. In the portrait were members of the Russian and Japanese branches, namely Alexander Rozah from Russia and , in the other portrait the one at which Tetsuya imposed his cold red eyes, filled with contempt was his grandfather Amatsujima Endou ‘the furnace flame king.’ as he was called.
Tetsuya look upon the portraits with great contempt. And then…
“The independent worlds war huh. A war of power between the seven branch countries to impose superiority over one another, a war of ideals and believes, fueled by science and other worldly power under the leadership of dictating madmen who’s pride and egos cost the lives of millions of people across the world.”
Ichinose look rather shocked at Tetsuya since he was the type of person who didn’t care about battle that doesn’t concern him. But his stern remark just now had left her in shock.
“Yes, it was indeed a war of ideals, but ideals are what make us human, if we don’t have ideals, something to believe in, a cause in which we can proudly fight for, a symbol that represents who we are as people in society. Then what is the reason to keep living? Yes the war was a bloody one indeed innocent people and soldiers alike lost their lives, yes the battle field was cover in the blood of the people who died fight for a mad dictator. But they also died for what they believe in didn’t they?”
Tetsuya look sternly at Ichinose-sama.
“Died for what they believed in? don’t make me laugh, don’t even think for once that the people who died were fight for ‘a common goal’. All they were doing was just following the orders of egotistic ingrates who wanted to shove their big idealist cocks down each others throats and run an already dying world into even further damnation, and don’t even think of telling me that my grandfather was one of these people. He was a proud man, born without hatred and the ‘ideals’ of being ‘human’.
The room went silent. It was as if the thought of Tetsuya’s grandfather was enough to bring to their argument to an abrupt stop.
In the midst of the silence, Itou sensed a familiar presence at the door.
“Who’s there?!”
At that remark Itou with just a swing of his hand sent the flying open.
“Anastasia-san, it’s just you.”
“Um…yeah it’s just me Anastasia. Well… this… is awkward, did I interrupt something, Tetsuya-kun?”
“Oh, no Itou and were just leaving.”
Tetsuya then turned to Ichinose-sensei.
“Your ideals or not always what other people believe in. Sometimes the thing they believe in isn’t an ‘idea’, it might just be a person who they have built their ideology around. By forcing your Ideals onto them you are clashing your abstract believe with their realistic ones.In the end nothing else matters but the fact that you have your ideal and I have mine, and I should never force mine onto you”.
After saying that Tetsuya and Itou left the room leaving a Ichinose a stern warning.
While walking back to class Itou notice a group of students all wearing a black armband with a red skull engraved on it.
“Hey, those students, are they a part of a club or something?”
“Oh, they’re apart of the schools disciplinary committee .”
“Oh, I see so they like, keep order in the school somewhat like the police do?”
“Yeah but they’re a part of a higher authority run by the school board.”
“I see. Speaking of higher authority, Tetsuya the reason why I’m in hiding right now, is because there is new divide in the cult.”
Tetsuya stopped walking when he heard this.
“What do you mean by ‘new divide’, what exacty going on?”
“It seems that the truth is out about our little ‘terrosist’ organization. Word got out that this ‘cult’ of ours was a part of an even larger organization, and that ‘HE’ was a member of it.”
“I see, but that still doesn’t explain what you meant by a new divide .”
“Remember your argument about ideals. Well some of the members felt that they were being tricked and that they were conspiring for a person with a different believe that themselves and left, while to others, this only strengthened believe and their will to fight.”
Tetsuya was rather nonchalant after hearing this.
“I see.”
As the two walked back to the classroom Tetsuya looked through the glass wall onto the school garden, he laughed to himself.
“Eh, eh, so this is how you choose to play your cards huh?”