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Grand Championship Arena; the well-known colosseum-like arena in Hyang Seram for the architecture and the details, including the people who participated to win the Tears of Hyang; an ancient artifact that was once used by the Gods of the Phantom Samsara. The place was crowded in the morning but mostly for visitors and nighttime started for battle games, all of the consuls and nobles watching the gladiators fighting like a wild animals they were. There was a Moon Sanctuary; the Roman-style large palace where they're staying there, after the invitations during their last three years' adventures and now invited to be the exclusive guests and participants; the hosts for a match. As they have aged until they have reached early twenties, they became the rivaling parties for them.
'So this is the place...' Sanju thought, standing with his ADVENT team members as the Silver Slumbering Dragon Organization entering one of the islands in Indonesia that still unrecognized due to being well hidden in the maps. It seemed that this place wasn't known by many despite being in the Indonesian territory--not like they knew they would start the match or whatever if they try to find a challenge for their thrill? The rules of this colosseum was the following: to win, the participants has to defeat the rest... and the person or their team left standing would become the winner and gain benefits for their cause.
Althair observed the abandoned colosseum with a keen eye, staring at the structure and the crowd of people are waiting for their matches to commence. Salihin also stood with his fingers touching his chin, letting it slide to his neck and he's observing the environment. He can sense that Althair is smirking, he was planning to do this the whole time. "What's the plan, Althair?" Renata asked, looking at him who was being confident about what he wanted to do, what he imagined to do... what he can do. "Simple. It has been years that I found this place, therefore I had been preparing for a surprise like this..."
Sanju was staring at the people around them, nobody seems to recognize them... yet--which means they're safe. Until, Althair gestured at him with his fingers quietly, staring into his eyes with his own confidence and sly smirk on his lips. Sanju immediately noticed, he knows what he's thinking... which means that time has come to test their fates and bravery once more. So, he nodded before he glanced at his friends in his team and gestured them to come with him.
To let their fate ends here, or continuing the legacy of the adventure they've been on, seeking for answers they needed. Either for victory or losses, the truth was bound to be known... they decided to accept what fate awaits.
"Now, let's begin--shall we?"
Elsewhere... in one of the spectator seats, a person sat on their seat with their legs crossed. He was waiting for the consuls to come, until his eyes widened when he felt the cold texture under his chin--a blade of a katana from Raiden behind him. "Scream, and you'll die," he threatened, that caught his attention before Akito, Yukito, and the others arrived at the higher level--in front of the man. "Tell us where your leaders are," Senja asked, holding his sword while waiting for an answer.
The man gulped, he stand up and began to walk away until Kinana appeared in front of him--grabbing his arm. "Okay okay! I know, if you'll cooperate, please come with me."
The consuls are in the Moon Sanctuary, they're waiting for the gladiators for their matches and ready to crown the first winner. "The champions are right on the way, don't worry," the consul explained, sitting on the chair with their leader--who was observing them with his fierce eyes, intimidating them. Suddenly, they sensed someone's presence--it was Sanju who entered the room as he hold his sword and bashed the guard's chest as he blocked another oncoming attack from the consul. While the other guard was taken down by Kanae with her glaive, Karina stomped the guard's back while she smirked at their reactions, noticing that Sanju and the other were planning their tricks to let the others give up as soon as possible.
The consuls are terrified, one of them were hiding inside the desk where the rest were sitting but Kanae was quick enough to swing her glaive on top of the desk--threatening them. "Get up, all of you," Sanju demanded, while his team members were cornering the rest... awaiting for them to stay loyal to the tournament and betray them. The man in charge of the tournament seemed relaxed, however... even he could not be relaxed when he saw Althair--the infamous Indonesian archaeologist who happens to be a leader of Silver Slumbering Dragon and one of the wanted criminals by the World Government. "A-Althair?!"
"Stand down," Althair demanded, revealing his infernal red flames on his palm--making the consuls quivering in fear and the guards are having no choice but to get away from him. "Give up, consuls. Nobody wants to get burnt down, don't they?" he threatened, smirking sadistically. "You're nothing but underlings to the World Government, acting like a puppet and obeying everything they commanded--by controlling the Phantom Beasts, you became dangerous of your own power... but not as powerful like us."
They were cornered by his comrades, the members of Silver Slumbering Dragon and the ADVENT Consortium, waiting for the situation to drop while being neutral from the crime they were supposedly to commit. "AHA! So it is true, Althair! What a fool you are!" one of the consuls stood with his fan opened, waving and looked down at them. "After knowing the truth, trying to destroy the World Government by being the threat... what kind of fate you want to be ruled by?" he yelled at him, making Althair chuckled.
Salihin snapped his fingers, thus the consuls are revealed to have their eyes glowing... until Sanju draws his sword and beheaded the consuls, killing them without even giving a single fuck about what would happen to them. "For the future, and the rest who would be the next," he said, showing his stance that will decide them as the victors. The other consuls attempted to attack them, until they got burned by infernal flames from Althair who casted them out, thus the consuls were scared of their lives.
"Burn them alive, like how the Gods treat the mortals when they refused to fulfill the purpose in which they deserve," he said in a sadistic manner, making the leaders terrified by the heat that was burning them alive and screaming in pain before they died, Althair sighed as he rubbed his nape in relief. "Alright, time to take over the island and overhaul everything. Make them both traditional and modern, but able to catch any attention!"
The ADVENT members went to do what Althair had told them for the invasion, the next day; the announcement is revealed as the one and only consuls rule the colosseum were dead, now taken over by the Silver Slumbering Dragon Organization and ADVENT Consortium--in addition of overhauling all areas of the island into something modern, able to stay safe and there would be much advanced technologies for the new place. The people outside the island becoming interested in the island that goes viral, now as the most famous and attractive places for everyone to witness.
Sanju was keeping an eye on the construction for his father's restaurant with a tower-like concept in the amusement park, where it was ‘floating’ above from the ground in very high ground that has a lift as a ride and the users could have a scenery of the green nature and it requires a lift to go up there--along the two bridges for the amusement park and the water park. Radithya wondered why his son has a rather 'innovative' but difficult to even function, the fact he still goes with the flow with a flow like this is new for him to witness such changes. He also built hid hotel here, making a tourism site but also a market area for their unique-crafted products--all handmade with love and precision for the result.
"Damn, so many people are coming here... even online is going crazy with our advertising," Renata said while looking at her phone, the crowds were surrounding the place while it was raining--a lot of people entered the amusement park and shop in the building of the said park. Akito was in charge of managing foreigners and their visits, with a form to make sure everyone know what their visiting purpose is and what's their business is. Senja monitored both local and foreign franchises while he was standing behind Sanju and Karina, Althair used a scroll where they could see the buildings, all thanks to the cameras installed inside. Raiden helped his father Ryoma with building the next branch of Kumori Restaurant in the Hyang Seram island, seeing that there's so many visitors were already interested in and made an order for the packages from his and his father's restaurant.
Haruse watched the reconstruction of the colosseum into a brand-new one with spotlights and monitors for announcements and news, not only it is the place for tournaments; it's also going to become a famous place for filming movies as well... and there are plans for a new government office that is still left to process for a remodel and construction. Salihin was eyeing on the pillars around the colosseum while he was standing on top of it, he also saw the high platforms in the expanded circular arena--meant to battle against the opponents. He noticed someone stood beside him, it was Rayhanda who seems interested to help his daughter renovate her concert area, not only that; it also has an attraction-like structure. "Mr. Tjahyadi, are you enjoying it here?"
"Yes... with a great interest."
Rayhanda stated, looking forward and had the idea to include the event like open bands and so on. "It would be better for us to change these old things, especially to meet the future without losing a glimpse of the past..." he said, looking down at the floor while their eyes watching the crowd in the arena by using a hidden camera. Sanju walked away when he finished asking the crews for the instructions with a new colosseum, before Kirana walked over to him. "How was it, Sanjaya?" she asked, watching him yawned as he scratched his hair. "It's all fine, we could have fun as much as we like--the people of Hyang Seram is now free and their lives can be rebuilt and rebuilt the timespan that they have forgotten for years. Well, save for the mosquitos and we have to hire insect exterminators--"
Sanju suddenly paused, he felt his body temperature is acting up--followed by the sudden drop of his health condition and his head is spinning and his heart is going crazy... "S-Sanjaya?" Kirana grabbed his arm, his legs were struggling to keep him standing until he passed out on the tiled ground.
"Sanjaya, hey! Wake up!"
His team rushed into the scene and started surrounding Sanju in panic when he was unconscious and unable to wake up, asking for help to carry him. "What happened to him, Kirana?!" Akito screamed in panic, carrying his best friend by lifting him on his back--and noticed the increase of his body temperature. "I don't know, but his temperature went high all of a sudden!" she explained, before they brought him to the Moon Sanctuary where the Rakshas are staying there. Radithya noticed his son Sanju was carried on Akito's back, making him panicked as well, seeing his son... fainted.
They called Salihin, since he's a doctor and he had studied in a medical area when his talent of clairvoyance had emerged. "He had a dengue fever and flu, not the severe one but just as bad as the average--of course, the symptoms are similar to malaria which was a mild fever and cold sweats, nausea, headaches, dizziness... and more," he explained, looking at them. "He'll be fine, as long he has strong immunity to hold up against viruses and bacteria in his system, making it like a disease and some immune response against--killing them slowly over time. But instead of the malaria or dengue, it would appear he got one after a flu shot. Seems unlikely due to his Raksha abilities of health immortality, but not for dengue and malaria, I believe."
Raiden sighed in relief, he thought Sanju will die due to the stress of working a lot--but thankfully he'll be fine, at least... not a serious situation. However, he realized he isn't the only one who fall. Sanju was sleeping in his bed inside the room as Radithya placing cool rags on his forehead. "I'm sorry... for making all of you worried of me," he said, coughing a little when he looked away... with apologetic feelings and guilty gaze.
"You got nothing to feel sorry for us, no one blames you..." Kinana said, sitting on the bedside--rubbing his shoulder to comfort him a little. Senja walked towards him to check his temperature by touching his cheek, he flinched due to how high the temperature had risen. "Although we're Rakshas, doesn't mean we cannot have any viruses--in that case, is mutated; causing these diseases that all of us known for years," said Salihin, making Althair grew wary before he sighed. "Call the insect exterminators, we may have missed some people having dengue and contaminating water source..." Althair suggested, making them nodded before they walk out of the palace.
Haruse clicked his tongue, the last thing he wanted was his friends getting ill and the worst is, they had to build a hospital and that means Salihin had to gather health workers. Karina nodded at Kanae that they will be making a warm food and drinks to lower the body temperature, they nodded and follow the two to leave the others with Sanju. Radithya walked towards Sanju and patted his head, seeing him clearing his throat from the phlegm. Sanju blinked, coughing a little while wiping his teary eyes. "Father, I'm sorry... for making you worry."
"I told you, didn't I? There's nothing you have to apologize for, just rest until you're fine."
Radithya said as he looked at Haruse, followed by the worried Senja, Kinana and a worried Raiden. The ADVENT team exchanged glances before they nodded at Sanju, Raiden's father knew well as for them to come with him, it meant to start... without Sanju or they need his help. Raiden gave him a cup of warm water, he helped him to drink as he drinks slowly the warm fluids. "Thank you, Raiden..." he said before he rested his head on the pillow, slowly closing his eyes as he looked very exhausted. "I may not appear much, but I will try to be with you guys if I can make it through this madness," he told them before he cleared his throat and sighed, closing his eyes.
Meanwhile, Radithya told the others for their departure and asked them to send some of the food for him--especially a traditional medicine for Sanju to have. Kinana watched Sanju who was trying his best to sleep, while she buried her head on his blanket. A few minutes later, she walked out of the room--joining the rest for their discussion with the plans, feeling anxious. This seems to be odd, but this isn't the time to feel so scared.
The ADVENT team were given some new outfits while the colosseum is still under construction and soon to be rebranded, while still keeping their old clothes and their stigmata on the back of their capes and coats.
Few days later...
Sanju was standing in front of the balcony of the palace, as he was observing the view of the city at night despite still feverish. His scruffy short messy black hair with long messy bangs almost covering his brown eyes and his hair length reaching his neck, porcelain complexion with the slightly light brown shade and youthful feminine face. He appears to be slim and a bit muscular while he wears a general-like attributes, a white high-collared formal shirt with black accents over his dark blue pants, and white zipper from the high-collars. His dark cyan-tinted black general overcoat was schemed, with red-gold gradient stigmata of an eagle in the circle that has a cut-like symbol crossing it, a platinum shoulder epaulettes, cyan-tinted black pants, and white knee-length heeled boots.
Sanju coughed a little, screw the phlegm he had and the severe headache he received--not bad, for someone to wake up in the middle of the night and think of the whole situation. It was the seventh day and his fever is gradually reduced, this is the second time he woke up in the middle of the night with a hazy mind but it was gone for good. He wondered when the time would come for their final battle, for him to experience it. "Argh... fuck, my throat is so hoarse that my voice looks like a man who smoked 5 packs per day," he growled as he walked towards the table and pulled the bottle of honey lemon tea--before drinking a few gulps from it, he was still feverish but he can walk around.
Radithya was fast asleep, before he noticed the door opened and looked up at his son. "Sanjaya, how are you feeling now?" Sanju heard him asked as he showed a subtle smile, coughing a little before he could answer his question. "Much better now... although still a bit feverish but, I can manage..." he replied, as he fixed the glasses on his night stand and looked at him in guilt.
"Do you want to go out to see your friends? I can assist you there," he offered his hand, while taking his coat nearby. "Come, Sanjaya..."
Sanju was silent for awhile, before he takes his hand. "Let us hope the remaining wishes of all Cores that were scattered across the world, will not cease," he said, then he walked beside him and almost tripped over due to his condition, but Radithya caught him. "Don't worry, you aren't the only one," he reassured him with a gentle tone, before Sanju chuckled and they leave the Moon Sanctuary where they meet the rest who were still monitoring the development of the island and the arena.
Akito was standing beside Raiden even though they were rivals, but ordered by Sanju not to fuck around whether he's around or not. "Come on, Aki... can you let me play pachinko or not?" Raiden complained, making Akito scoffing. "Huh, maybe later if you wanted to play with your dad. But me? You fucking wasted my money back then--fuck you," he snapped, until he shrieked when Raiden stomped his foot in annoyance. "We don't have enough coins you bastard, so why won't you fucking ask your father for help!?" the two growled as they began to argue, before Senja who was watching and listening to them quarreled stood up and intervened with the two while smacking the two with his hands slapping their heads. "Enough rambling, would you?"
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Kinana sighed as she was sitting on the bench, until she saw Sanju walked out--hugging him. "You're alright, Sanjaya!" she said while chuckling with her arm wrapped on his arm, before looking at Radithya. "Sorry for worrying you, Kinana... but luckily, I'm recovering now so I guess we're back to normal," Sanju smiled at her with relief before their friends greeted them, along with Salihin who nodded at them.
"How was the progress?"
Sanju asked, wondering if Althair and the rest were okay with whatever they're doing, Kinana nodded. "Yes, Renata was helping Althair to assist on the advertisement, before a helicopter flew on the colosseum for the construction, since is not finished yet. But, it will be finished in two months, there will be a day of rest... before the days started," she explained, while Radithya looks at them in concern. "That will be a big day, and it's the seventh day since you fainted," he looked at his son with a wary face.
Kanae watched as she was standing beside Karina, Yukito seems worried as well because Sanju had a bad fever after being bitten by a mosquito--he had to endure and remain in good shape for the final stages. Soon, Akito went to see if everything is okay--as it was being built into a brand new one. The buildings were going through the traditional and modern facelifts, sometimes renovations along with a new features to be added from their plans. "Hey, how are you?" Haruse asked, seeing Sanju was still recovering... just that his fever is reduced to a moderate one.
"Eh... better than I had to work too much," Sanju rubbed his nape and soon looked around before staring at the full moon, in this island--the sky is everlasting nighttime but due to the growth of technologies, the majority of the people must be asleep due to the timezone they have been currently in. They were amazed at the progress of their island, before Radithya tapped his shoulder and told him that they will need to rest. "So, what kind of championship that will be held, Radithya?" Senja asked, folding his arms with a puzzled look on his face. "Perhaps sports, or anything that can be a great entertainment for everyone, like a popular sport games and stuff," he simply answered, while the others chuckled as they were thinking to participate later on. "But, he was planning to lure the attention that seems to be... more than just human beings, I don't know who they are but... let's wait until the colosseum is fully-functioned."
There were so many advertising boards and monitors that shows sponsors throughout this whole island--along advertisements for tourists and the citizens in the island, it was like this is the best way to gather attention and hopefully Sanju can watch them. However, it was going through phases of construction. There's so many food chains and such, but what surprised them is that there's so many people coming from the airport and resort hotels are already 3/5 nearly completed and almost all amenities were going through facelift for a good condition.
Sanju was planning to expand the whole amusement park with a renovated water park that includes a 'stone mountain' attraction, where they were able to have an outing with their families. Some of the modern culture restaurants that have different specialties according to some regions, and something Sanju never knew--is that a business will flourish due to the combination of the past and the present. Radithya also want to expand his restaurant business, as the rest were now resting in their respective homes.
"Damn, the rooms in my hotel were all booked but I can ask the new hotels that the construction and renovation were done and they began the test period for 2 weeks," Sanju told Radithya who nodded while on his phone, as well looking for the apartments of various size. "I want to make casinos here, good thing they allowed one," Akito said with a grin on his face, smirking as he looked at Sanju who eyed on him in slight worry. "To hell with ya... knowing you, you're gonna fucking gamble and I hope you don't lose a lot to the point of having a hard time paying what you own."
Raiden muttered, making his rival growled because he can HEAR him insulting him with some weird comments that made the both of them scowled. Kinana chuckled lightly, seeing the two were still competitive but has been somewhat getting along, so their rivals are practically their friends.
Few hours later...
Althair observed Sanju's recent condition as he was in his bedroom, he could see his subordinate-friend was recovering without any problems during the rest. He began to touch his forehead gently, to determine his body temperature. Kinana noticed Althair, she bowed her head before joining them. "How is he now?" he asked, looking at Sanju's condition after watching him several days. "Sanjaya's dengue fever already ceased, he has a normal fever now," Radithya stated, Althair nodded as he looked at the doctor's report he had written just to check on his health.
Salihin was in charge as his doctor after some of his nurses informed him that they might need him to check on their health, since no one can even know if they got disease, or uncontrolled allergic reactions and so on. "No allergy, no hereditary, no genetic disease," Salihin reported, giving him the paper results and the tablet he used to take a blood sample before he explained with his eyes closed. "This is the first time Sanjaya had a dengue fever, but he will be fine as long it's not a dengue hemorrhagic fever; since it's a mild one," Salihin concluded while Althair pulled his smartphone before texting something, then looked back at Sanju who just woke up.
Sanju's soft chocolate brown eyes were staring at them, he wasn't pale like before but he was so exhausted. His father helped him to sit on the bed, making him winced a little. "Hey, are you hungry? We have food in the kitchen and your friends took a sleepover here, just to keep an eye on you," Radithya said in a gentle tone, wrapping the blanket on his son. "Yeah, I really want to eat pork porridge with century egg and pork belly," Sanju replied, coughing before sniffing his nose. "Thank you, guys... for staying and keeping an eye on me for awhile..." he smiled, rubbing his nape and blushing over being cared for--especially by his friends, maybe they were caring him a little too much... or they were just showing how close they were, either way...
Also, Sanju hates guava juice--because he's been drinking that everyday while he also drink a mineral water to mix the flavors after he was better. This was one of a rare chance for him to break free from his usual self, now since everyone had been stressed from working--both for the colosseum and the island renovation projects. They also had to rest, let alone getting sick... but an unexpected result had turned into something shocking for him to undergo after recovering from the dengue fever he suffered days earlier.
After a 2 weeks break, the colosseum has finished rebuilding with the construction done and it was open for viewing. "What symptoms did you feel, during your first day getting a dengue fever?" Salihin asked, writing on his report before Sanju explained everything. "I feel... ill, I feel like I'm sweating too much and I threw up for three times a day, not to mention my stomach hurts... and my head was buzzing and my feet ached."
Althair nodded, looking at him who drank a glass of water and told Salihin what he have to know for further details, well... at least he has an idea for what Sanju had complained for the past two weeks. It was also taking to his surprise on how healthy Sanju is and cannot even get a single disease, whatsoever. "Also, I think after everything that happened... I didn't get a chance to rest like I usually have," he said, before he cleared his throat. "I had a fever dream, it was... I hate it... I fucking hate it," he looked at him with a painful gaze that told Salihin a 'short' story of his dream... about him, and his future that seems destined but... he never knew it could happen, as if it was no a simple 'dream'.
Salihin glanced at Althair, knowing that he's the clairvoyant that had to save the situation during that time and he had to be patient so the script for the future possibilities to happen, but this could also affect the risks. "Every truth of that matter is... only you know for that could determine the future, this could lead to many things that could either make us a mess or have to follow the guidances of the higher life force, or even Gods can be known for better or worse, whether it happens... if it reaches to another path or just the last resort. Maybe we have a huge surprise or not, this could tell you if this 'future' of yours... was real," he stated.
"Alright, thank you for telling us this," he said as he was listening to them, before the four walked out of the bedroom towards the meeting room as they needed to know about the rest and their progress with renovating the island--along with all tourists that were visiting the place. Sanju decided to rest, before he coughed as he heard his father Radithya calling him after he made him some snacks and a bottle of warm green tea--before looking at the medicine for the dengue fever, which is malaria medications.
He also had to force feed his son too. So that he could recover sooner and the time to decide on everything that had been undergoing and still has under progress, even those were left from the former administration and the ADVENT Consortium control. Everything was moving on a high note, until one day... the night, a rain was pouring throughout the island, including the rest--they're relieved that the construction and renovations have finished without problem.
Sanju was watching the television in his master bedroom, he was bored while he had to stay on bed--he grabbed a tissue to snort the disgusting stuff inside his nose, coughing and sneezing. He already put on the Eucalyptus oil, just enough to ease his congestion and flu to stop the phlegm-building after taking a malaria medication to treat his fever--his nausea also seemed to be cured after puking his asses and shit, he also taken a warm bath and now he's just chilling.
"Sanjaya, I brought you some food... hope you won't puke this time," Radithya came into the room, holding a bowl of ramen with boiled pork meat and onsen eggs--Kumori Restaurant's popular instant ramen that Sanju eats, when he was craving a salty stuff. Sanju, then sits on the edge of his bed as he is given a portion of boiled egg with the pork sliced and another bowl of tomato herbal broth for a dipping of the noodles as their pickled bamboo shoot and beansprouts in the separate bowls. "Thanks, father..." he thanked him before eating slowly, while Radithya watches the news through the screen.
Sanju hates his sore throat so damn much, his voice was a bit horse and even had to let his father fed him--not his fault though, when his throat hurt so much just to swallow, and it had gotten worse. "How's everyone?" he asked his father, chewing his meal. "Almost half of them got dengue fever, very much like how the people got at Hyang Seram--so the new hospital must have a vaccination center, just in case," his father explained, recalling seeing Salihin with the medical team to help with the staff to provide any assistance to the public. "Stupid slumps and damn seasonal fever..." Sanju muttered, sniffing his nose in annoyance before feeling better and finished his ramen.
"Here's the guava juice."
"Father, please no more guava juice..."
Yes, he hates guava juice with a passion--because it's been seventh day for him to drink that from the morning until evening, so he had to drink mineral water to get rid of the flavor and taste, as it also lessens his desire to throw up... which is slightly helpful. After finished eating, Sanju took a warm water that had a mix of lemon, salt and honey for his sore throat, seeing that the TV was showing the highlights of Hyang Seram island's tourism... despite being attacked weeks ago, the place is now coming up for a remake. "That means the government begins the plans to attract more travelers from there and from the people who survived from the attack," Radithya explained as he pulled his phone to text to the others.
Sanju nods, rubbing his eyes from the sleepiness. He already taken the afternoon meds from Salihin, but seriously it made him drowsy and tired. "I need some sleep..." he said, before resting on the bed and pulled the thick covers on him, before he slowly drifts to his own world of sleep. A small yawn left his mouth, as he slowly blinks at his father who rubbed his scruffy short messy black hair. "I used to have dengue fever like you when I was a kid, it would last for three days before the flu goes to the fifth... and now you're fighting it for eight days," he said in a gentle tone, watching him snoozed again.
The night has gone on, several hours later...
"So, this is the platform for the concert..."
Sanju said, sniffing while wearing his general-like attributes--he entered the area with his team by walking around the platform, before they looked at the surrounding arena in such detail. "I had a dream about us performing in this stage..." Karina muttered, eyeing at the center stage and looked at the towering poles. "Hmmm... what was in your dream, Karina?" Kanae asked, followed by Kinana. Akito stared at Karina, as if he was already in the mood for the event.
Karina was silent for a moment, before explaining. "Uhh... the thing is, we were holding concerts here in front of an audience—not like 100-500 people, but billions of them—" she paused, before continuing, "Before I know it, that weird dream turns into reality... without me realizing it. I think I watch too much anime lately, Kanae," she said before looking back at the spotlights and huge LCD monitors.
Kanae sighed as she thought it was not really a bad dream at all, actually—but then her eyes widened by just remembering what the real reason for it. "We... can do that, now that we're here right?" she suggested, looking at the two. "First, we have Akito who's talented in dancing and Sanju id a former dancer, then Raiden also used to join hip-hop--"
"Woah woah woah! Hold the brake Kanae!" Akito interrupted, his face looks surprised with a deadpanned. "We, Rakshas, performing on the concert like an idols? We're literally wanted criminals of World Government... well that's already happened but still!" he exclaimed, before Raiden tapped his shoulder and grins a little. "My friend, that's why we have to wear this disguise," he said, holding the Mirage Spectacles they have been using during their missions or traveling around the world.
Akito nodded, scratching his head and just thought of it was normal; to his disappointment. "True... but we have to fasten the strings to keep them intact so our true identities are unidentifiable for both locals and tourists," Akito suggested, earning the agreements from Sanju. "I got an idea," he started, before he coughed and cleared his throat. "We can test the waters for us; after performing on a free event to gather the crowds," Sanju stated, looking at them after he took a notice.
"About the clothes... I think Kirana designed her own," Kinana mentioned, Karina nodded as she was busy texting and clicking her phone, earning the eyes on her. Kirana then chuckled nervously, rubbing her nape and realized why everyone was looking at her. "I have some of them, but we need to do fittings to see which is good and how it might help me to fix it."
Sanju couldn't believe it, even though he was still sick--his stamina was normal at least. He remembered the dream, before clearing his throat from the phlegm in slight irritation. He had another fever dream... for the fifth night he suffered from the dengue fever he got, and they watched over him. As they were in Kirana's room in Moon Sanctuary they lived, they began the fittings with her assistants who helped them with the size and such.
Senja wears a black formal shirt with his sleeves rolled to his elbows, black vest and dark gray tie underneath. He wears a black pants with black belt and black leather shoes, in addition of his black gloves with white bandages on them. His jet-black messy long hair went loose and similar to overgrown wavy mullet to his neckline, with slightly overgrown messy bangs parted in the middle--almost covering his red eyes and retained his alabaster complexion. He looks lean, tall and muscular because of the clothes he wears. "Look at you, Sen... you looks like a rock star," Haruse said, before Akito whistled a little. "Kirana's clothes seems fit us just like magic... at least, you make the woman scream."
"Not happening, you dipstick..." he muttered, folding his arms while looking away from them.
Karina wears a white collared formal shirt underneath her black vest and black blazer, she wears a black slender pants with black belt and black ankle-length socks inside her black heeled slip-ons. Her long black hair with the two red streaks with one on both sides of her head, some parts of her hair pulled back by black ribbon behind her ears--her messy bangs framing her forehead below her brown eyes and fell to her cheeks and has a fairly light tan complexion.
Sanju wears a black collared shirt with rolled sleeves to his elbows, with a cut-off slits that revealed his upper arms and the ripped parts tightened by the black threads on them. His shirt tucked into his black pants and wears a black ankle-length black boots, while he has a black belt around his pants. His short scruffy black messy hair with long bangs over his dark brown eyes and cheeks, his ivory complexion has a tan shades on them. "Dude, you have a small waist!" Raiden said, as he never saw someone has a slender and muscular figure with small waist, making him chuckled.
Raiden wears a black formal shirt with folded sleeves to his mid-elbows, black vest, black pants and black ankle-length boots. His short messy purplish-black hair reaching his neckline, his bangs almost covering his magenta-red eyes and cheeks as he has a pale complexion. He happens to be muscular like his friends.
Kanae wears a white shirt that buttoned in the middle that shows her black crop top underneath, she wears a black blazer and black high-waisted pants and black heeled slip-ons with black socks. Her long light brown hair with vermillion streaks went loose as well, her bangs over her drowsy violet-blue eyes and cheeks as she has an alabaster complexion. "Kanae, you have abs?!" Kirana suddenly exclaimed while observing his clothes she worn, her violet-blue eyes are sparkling at her. "Really?" she looked at her blazer with a serious stare, then touched her own abs and made her shrieked. "No... don't touch it too much," she said with a comical terrified expression at her Indonesian best friend.
Kinana wears a black mid-waist length cropped blazer with dark brown buttons, she wears a white collared formal shirt with purple-colored large bow-styled ribbon on her collars, she wears a black vest, black mid-length pants, dark brown tights with knee-length boots and black long gloves. She tidied silver-colored hair with neon green-yellow ribbon tied her hair into half-ponytail, her bangs almost covering her green-yellow mixed eyes and has fair complexion.
"Crap, I look so weird wearing this..." Sanju grumbled, he indeed HAS abs but the shirt made them look prominent. "However, I need to admit... this is my first time to wear this kind of clothing," he muttered, before his eyes widened at what the fuck Akito is wearing now.
Lastly, Akito wears a black formal shirt with his sleeves rolled to his elbows and wears a black leather pants to his black boots, he also wears a black tie and black vest. His golden blonde short hair with long bangs remained loose, revealing his hazel brown eyes and fair complexion. They were shocked at what Akito wears, it's like... almost in trend but almost covering him and the clothes he wore fitted perfectly. "What? So what, I have muscles?" he smirked.
Sanju thought... maybe the clothes that she designed are made with miracle.
"Alright, this will be our official business outfit for meetings, advertisements and especially going out on missions," Sanju added, after some of his friends' complaints. However, he noticed something at Akito's outfit that made him raised his brow and the rest also noticed--it looks... somewhat a tad different than what the others' clothes, most likely to accentuate his strong traits that almost looks seductive but they are barely able to differentiate.
Yukito has a similar style like Akito, the only difference is his outfit for their real form is, there's a black stripes going along his sleeves that ended at his forearms, an elbow-length dark gloves with some ornaments and finally his black pants and his ankle-length black boots that has ornaments. While his normal form's outfit stayed in the same style as his friend--still with a more... cool elements and additional accessories at some parts of his clothes.
"Fuck, I can feel my ass with these clothes..."
Raiden walked around the rest, before placing his hands on his hips and exhaled. "Where the hell did you get your fashion taste, Kirana?" Karina asked, wondering if her Indonesian best friend learnt her fashion. "Well... we use those clothing designs in Cosplay events..." she pointed out, the others blinked their eyes, before they muttered 'ah' from the realization--they always hear about cosplaying somewhere even Kinana watched about them.
As the eight of them put on their chained rounded Mirage Spectacles on, their facial appearance changed and no one knows what they really look like. The true identity of them, a group of heroes known as the Rakshas became nearly invisible and still wears the clothes they had fit for this certain occasion. Their voice also changed, but only when they're around civilians. "When the night show up, we're on the stage," Sanju said, smirking at their disguises and now the plan for the concert can be set.
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