Pg.24
I wake early in the morning to the sound of knocking so I brush it off and go back to sleep. Not even two minutes later the knocking intensifies so I decide to get up to check out the hell could be knocking my door down. To my surprise when I opened the door it's Niko and Rea followed by Sabi, Jiro and Myumei. I close the door then they knock again.
“What could you guys want?” I say still tired.
“Good morning Issei” said Rea and Jiro.
“Anyway, we're here because the bus is leaving soon” Sabi says.
“Great, I'll be right out” I say.
I quickly grab my things including my duffel bag then head out. As we all walk to the lobby I still don't know why Myumei is here. So before we leave I confront her about her issue.
“Myumei can we talk, alone” I say.
“About time” she says.
Everyone looks at us in confusion as we walk off to discuss whatever she wants to talk about. When we are alone I'm surprised by how bold she acts toward me after seeing her bodyguards getting their asses beaten.
“What did you want the other day?” I ask.
“Has it been eating at you to know what I want?” she says confidently.
“No I just don't want you bugging me when we get back to school so spill it” I say a little aggravated.
“Well I want you...to work for me” she says with even more confidence.
“No” I say before walking to the bus.
“But you don't know what I need you for!” she yells out.
“Don't care!” I yell back.
Pg.25
When I walk on the bus I see the only seat available is in between Niko and Rea in the back. So I sit between the two sisters and I can definitely feel the tension between us. Niko's hatred against me and Rea’s sudden concern for me.
“Everyone's here and accounted for” Mr.Jin says.
“Great, time to go home everyone!” Ms.Nara says.
“Hope everyone enjoyed the resort as much as we did” Mr.Jin said looking at me before sitting down.
The bus begins to move from Element Island’s resort to the Serpent Bridge. Jiro and Sabi sit in front of us to the left and start talking about what we're going to do when we get back. I would like to talk to them but Rea is too tense to talk and Niko is way too annoyed and pissed. So I try small talk with them instead.
“Well, did you two enjoy the beach?”I ask.
“It was peaceful” Rea says.
“Yea I did you know what else I'll enjoy, putting you behind bars” Niko whispers.
“You're still on that have you forgotten about Luna protecting me” I say.
“If that's the case I don't mind blowing up your moon then” she says.
“Sis what about Midnight what if he comes after us for destroying the moon” Rea says with concern.
“It's just a story right, Issei” she says, giving me a smirk.
Pg.26
Suddenly the bus comes to a complete stop with a lot of traffic ahead. What's going on? Is it an accident? There is a small panic on the bus and the teachers calm everyone down.
“Why'd the bus stop?” Jiro asks.
“It's ok everyone it's just a traffic jam” Ms.Nara says.
“On Serpent Bridge not likely. This bridge was built to prevent things like this” I say.
Right then and there my eyes glow that ruby red as I can clearly see what the real problem is. A few large military trucks are evacuating people off the bridge and some of their men are headed this way.
“Issei your eyes. They're glowing!” Jiro says surprised.
I walk to the front of the bus when Ms.Nara and Mr.Jin try to stop me. I understand that they are our guardians but I have to do this to protect everyone.
“Mr.Udo where do you think you're going to? Sit down, everything will be resolved soon” Ms.Nara says.
“I'm going to protect my friends” I say.
“Ms.Nara I believe he's serious no matter what you do you can't stop him and neither can I am” Mr.Jin says.
“I won't let one of my students be hurt by a stupid decision like this!” she says.
I step around her and open the bus door and tell her I'll be back safe and sound. I get out then stand on top of one of the cars to see lots of military like soldiers rushing to the bus.
“Guess I did need you two” I say.
Pg.27
I place my bag down then open it slowly. To everyone's surprise I pulled out two sheathed katanas in a connectable belt. Connecting the belt I unsheathe both blades: One shines a bright white color while the other emits a dark aura and a neon red color on the sharp edges of the blade. Throwing them in the air one blade causes a blinding light to appear; the other blade bursts into a dark mist. From them lands a large white wolf with blue eyes and a black wolf with red eyes.
“Luna and Midnight!” both Rea and Jiro say.
“Wait, they're real!” Sabi says.
“Luna protect the bus and Midnight let's have some fun” I say smiling.
I jump from car to car with Midnight close to me. Several soldiers begin to fire upon us, as we dodge the oncoming fire Luna blocks the bus with her Protective Light Mirrors. Midnight jump high in the air avoiding the large arms fire.
“Midnight sword!” I yell.
Midnight’ s body burst into the dark mist again flowing around my arm forming the red neon sword into my hand. Landing behind them I pull my hood on presenting a darkness inside with nothing but red eyes. Intimated their guns begin to shake along with their knees. One of them has the courage to yell out to break the silence.
“OPEN FIRE!” he yells.
The arms fire continues as I block them with Midnight but I soon notice that what they're shooting me with aren't bullets. They're darts. Tranquilizer darts, these people are trying to capture me. So I emit lightning from my body and zip around them before disappearing completely.
“Where the hell is he!” one soldier says.
“I don't know. Anyone got eyes on him?” other asks.
Pg.28
I appear one of the soldiers back to back then stab Midnight through him and lift him over my back. Before any of them could get a shot on me I take the blade out and disappear again.
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“Damn it, how are we supposed to shoot someone we can't see” a soldier says frustrated.
I then reappear above them and throw Midnight in the middle of the group. They all look up quickly and begin firing but all their rounds are stopped by a large dome inclosing them in darkness. I land outside the dome as a dark mirror appears in front of me.
“House of Dark Mirrors” I say before I walk through.
“Damn it, I can't see” a soldier says.
“Calm down” another soldier says.
One of the soldiers pop a flare to see inside the darkness. They all see that they're stuck inside the darkness of a dome. At the end of the bridge are a few gun trucks with a few soldiers but one stands out. He has a higher rank insignia than the other soldiers which makes him the commanding officer. He calls the trapped soldiers on the radio.
“Hey you guys okay in there?” he asks.
“Other than being trapped we're fine, how is it on your end?” he says.
“How about you get us the hell out of here!” another soldier says on the radio.
“Get down!” the officer yells.
Suddenly,the gun trucks begin to open fire upon the dome but instead of the rounds shattering it they are absorbed by it. The guns stop firing as the officer talks in his earpiece.
“Send in the SAM Suit” he says.
Pg.29
My red eyes begin to glow near a few military men inside the dome which causes them to open fire. Another soldier fires then another and another until the flash from their barrels turn into strobe lights. I pick up Midnight then start cutting them down so all the officer and his men hear on the radio is screaming.
The dome slowly opens showing everyone me on top of multiple dead men.
“Why are the military after Issei?” Jiro says.
“Maybe they're not after Issei but Midnight and Luna” Sabi says.
“Plus this isn't the national military, it's some kind of small militia” Kinshi says.
“How do you know bro?” Sabi asks.
“If the military was after Midnight and Luna not Issei the scale of this fight would be much larger” he says.
“Issei” Rea says softly.
I step down off the hill of bodies then jump on one of the cars and point Midnight toward the rest of the soldiers. Midnight burst from my hand and back into wolf form.
“Okay now for the gun trucks then we're home” I say to Midnight.
Midnight and I leap from car to car toward the gun trucks who begin to spin up and fire upon us. The missed shots are caught by Luna’s Protection Mirrors shielding the civilian cars and the bus.
“Good job Luna, now let's finish this Midnight” I yell.
Pg.30
The gun trucks stop spinning as soon as we get half way. My eyes begin to glow again as a large black box explodes in front of us causing Midnight and I to fly back. I regain my bearings to see the colossal black box towering over us.
“Midnight you ok?” I ask him.
His deep howl signifies that he's okay.
“What the hell is that? I say.
We stare at the large box which reaches around twenty feet, who or whatever is in there is going to be tough to bet. The lock mechanism around the box starts to twist and turn. Eventually it ceases in motion then the box slowly opens on all four sides. A colossal black samurai is at a stationary kneeling position in front of us with a large sheathed blade on its side. It stands slowly revealing a big X on its face.
“SAM Suit Mk1 online” it says in a deep robotic tone.
“Ok giant samurai robot that's new and kool. Midnight sword” I say.
He turns into his neon sword form as the samurai grabs the hilt of the blade unsheathing it. A red fiery blaze engulfs the blade as it swings the blade toward the ground. Slowly backing up it charges me then swings the hit blade but I slide underneath it and I can feel the heat off the blade. I turn quickly to swing Midnight but it blocks my attack instantly. It then proceeds to swing a flurry of attacks that I continuously block but his swings get faster and stronger which cause me to recoil.
I quickly back away with my lightning to prevent it from getting an even bigger edge on me.
“Damn if I don't do something quick” I say.
Pg.31
Once again it's right upon me with that crazy speed. We lock blades and its strength is overpowering mine. It then performs an overhead slash which I then dodge but I'm caught by its spin kick. Midnight flies out my hand before I hit the ground. Dammit this thing is crazy fast and strong. I crawl to Midnight but I'm grabbed by the samurai and thrown off the bridge.
“ISSEI!” Jiro and Rea yell out the bus window.
The samurai deploys rocket pods from its shoulders and begins to fire into the water. After a rapid session of rockets it scans the water.
“Target deceased” it says.
It opens its chest piece then puts Midnight into a compartment before closing it.
“Subject #1 contained, Subject #2 in progress” it says looking at Luna.
Sinking deeper and deeper I begin to slowly lose consciousness then within losing it I see a bright light. I'm surrounded by complete darkness as I sink further and further I can hear laughter. The laughter of children? Who is down here with me?
I look around through the darkness to see three children, their bodies made of pure light. They swim toward me in the darkness and begin to push my back upwards. They then one by one begin to whisper in my ear “Fight never give up”.
Pg.32
The samurai takes a few swings at Luna but she is agile on her feet and dodges his attacks. She barks as it begins to try to thrust the sword toward her causing a light mirror to appear. The sword is swallowed by the mirror as another mirror appears behind the samurai. Its sword stops just at the nape then slowly pulls away from its nape and out the mirror. The blade slides across the ground creating sparks and then a flame swallows the blade. The samurai spins in a 360 motion shattering both mirrors causing Luna to jump back; she barks creating more mirrors but they are shattered back to back.
Now she has nowhere to go as its shadow is towering over her with the light of the blazing sword shining over the samurai’s head. It swings the blade downward but stops halfway then sees the water begin to rise in columns. Hundreds upon hundreds of water pillars rise from the sea. The samurai turns to see me on one of the columns. My eyes flare a neon red in anger with my hands slowly raising the water.
“Oh my” Ms.Nara says in amazement.
“Fire,water and lightning, just like the elements on the island” Mr.Jin says.
“I wonder what other powers Issei has” Ms.Nara says.
When I land on the bridge the samurai rushes toward me but I send a wave of water that it cuts through with the heat of the blade. Before I know it the blade is a few feet away and is stopped by the water slowly encasing it in a sphere of ice. I quickly ran over to Luna.
“You okay Luna?” I ask.
She licks my face telling me she's okay.
Pg.33
I look around but I don't see Midnight.
“Luna, where's Midnight?” I ask her.
She looks at me then at the metal samurai encased in ice. I turn toward the samurai and close my eyes. I can feel Midnight’s aura inside the robot but I can see the ice around the blade begins to melt. The blade blazes a red hot, causing the metal samurai to light up like a Christmas tree and melt the ice around it. It begins to cut a full circumference around the sphere then with one hand it lifts the top of the sphere releasing steam and boiling water.
“Persistent one I see” I say.
It then breaks the bottom sphere or what's left of it by stepping out then presenting its weapon again. I would use Luna but her oath is to not kill so I guess I'll have to do the alternative. A flame crawls up my arms as I create fireballs in my hand. I throw a flurry of fire but it dodges and blocks most of them. The ones that connect just burn then disappear just like I thought but I'm just looking for that opportunity. It rushes at me and I'm ready for it with my lightning speed evading everything coming my way. Ducking, weaving, rolling it can't touch me.
“Come on Issei, finish it off!” Sabi yells from the bus.
I soon create another fireball and toss it at its face but it doesn't see it as a threat and takes the hit. Big mistake! When the flame disappears so do I. The samurai looks and scans for me but it can't find me, soon I appear directly in front of it now with lightning surging through my arms. I strike with quick palms to the chest, arms and legs but it can't keep up. I backflip away then charge a bolt of lightning into my hand and pierce its chest.
Pg.34
The surge conducts into the springs, coils, nuts, bolts and other military hardware equipment. The chest piece burst open and I got a clear sight of Midnight. I hold my arm out calling him to me. The sword burst out from its chest in a dark mist and into my hand.
“Glad to see you're ok, now let's finish this” I say, presenting Midnight in sword form.
The samurai presents his blade and we go at it once more. Its movement is slower because of the short circuit which gives me a heavy advantage. I surge lightning into Midnight's blade as Luna projects multiple mirrors around it. I step through them at lightning speed cutting him down so fast that it can't keep up. When the mirrors clear its body is seared, the lightning disappears from Midnight as I point him at it.
“I don't know if you can feel pain but if you can this is going to hurt” I say.
Cutting off its hands then I carve a large X into its chest before decapitating it and sending the mechanical head flying. I then point Midnight at the officer on the gun trucks.
“You're next” I say in anger.
“Abort mission fall back” he says.
Pg.35
Driving away in the convoy he calls on a cell phone.
"The mission was a bust” he says.
“Don't worry I'll handle it myself” a female voice says from the phone.
Midnight turns back into his wolf form then is cuddled up by Luna. She then bows in front of me.
“No problem Luna, thank you for protecting everyone” I say.
She proceeds to nuzzle up to Midnight, her only love. Now the only question on my mind is. How am I going to explain all of this to everyone?