Ashi, Rinka and Doa walk through Wepo town towards the mountains.

Rinka: So this skiller supposedly lives in the biggest house, right?

Doa: Uh- huh.

Rinka: Why is it supposedly?

Doa: The house belongs to a family, but Rank 4 has been seen around it a lot of times. They can't do anything to the house because the family has no criminal past.

Rinka: Oh.

Rinka points to the top of a mountain.

Rinka: Isn't that the biggest house?

The house has 2 stories and it's roof is purple.

Doa: That is it, we found it pretty fast.

Rinka: Let's go.

…

Rinka, Doa and Ashi are walking up the path to the top of the mountain.

Rinka looks at Ashi who had a worried expression on her face.

Rinka: Are you ok, Ashi? You look worried.

Ashi looks at Rinka.

Ashi: I'm ok, I'm just a bit scared because we may find a skiller and skillers are scary.

Rinka: I dont think Skillers are scary, as long as you're stronger than them.

Ashi: Well I'm not strong, I have to rely on you and Doa to beat the skillers.

The 3 continue to walk up the path, finally after a few minutes they reach the top then they reach the house.

They all stare at the house, Rinka walks towards it, Ashi and Doa walk behind him. He knocks on the door.

Doa: This house could belong to a skiller and you're knocking?

Rinka: What else am I supposed to do?

Someone opens the door, the 3 look up at the person.

It was a woman with purple hair and violet eyes.

"Hello? How can I help you?"

Rinka: Uh, hold on give us a few seconds.

Rinka grabs Doa and Ashi, he walks away from the house while pulling them.

Rinka: Is she the skiller?

The woman stares at them, she's confused. Doa pulls out her phone and looks at it.

Doa: All the pictures on the website are blurry. But they both have purple hair.

"Are you trying to figure out if I'm Rank 4?''

Rinka, Doa and Ashi turn around and stare at the woman, they're all surprised.

"I am Rank 4. I'm the skiller you're looking for."

Rinka: Your lying, why would you tell us this?

"What's the harm? It's not like you're gonna live to tell anyone."

The woman smiles smugly. She starts to walk towards them.

Rinka looks at Doa.

Rinka: It seems like she's not kidding.

Rinka looks at Ashi.

Rinka: Ashi, if you want you can go hide, Doa and I can handle this.

Ashi nods her head and starts to run down the path of the mountain.

Rinka and Doa look at her running away.

Doa: Wow she's actually running away.

Rinka pulls out his katana, Doa grabs her pistol and aims it towards Rank 4.

Rinka looks at Doa.

Rinka: By the way, I don't kill people.

Doa: Really? I guess I'll do it for you.

Pink gas appears around Rank 4, Doa starts firing bullets, Rank 4 disappears and reappears right next to Doa, she throws a punch which Doa blocks with her right arm.

The pink gas passes Doa's face.

Doa tries to punch Rank 4 with her other arm but Rank 4 dodges it, Rank 4 kicks Doa in the stomach.

Rinka dashes and appears next to Rank 4, Rinka swings his katana at her, she grabs the katana, blood seeps from her hand.

Rinka attempts to punch her with his other arm, she moves her head and dodges it, she's about to punch him when Doa fires a bullet forcing Rank 4 to jump away from them.

"We've encountered another skiller just a few minutes into trying to find them, just like last time, I guess we're really lucky." Rinka thinks.

More pink gas appears around Rank 4.

Doa grabs her stomach and collapses. She's sweating and groaning, Rinka runs towards her.

Rinka: Hey, are you ok!?

Doa: No, I feel sick, I feel like I'm gonna throw up.

Suddenly, white bullet trains come out of Rank 4's pink gas, they head towards Rinka and Doa.

Rinka gets a shocked expression.

"Bullet trains, what kind of skill lets you summon bullet trains!?" Rinka thinks to himself.

Rinka grabs Doa and jumps out of the way. The bullet trains hit the side of another mountain and explode.

Smoke envelops the area, Doa gags and groans even more.

Rinka: Did you eat anything bad this morning?

Doa is in too much pain to respond.

The smoke clears, Rank 4 laughs a little.

Rank 4: Your friend is not gonna be fighting for a little while, anyone who inhales the gas from my skill will feel sick and tired.

Rinka lays Doa down on her back, she breathes rapidly.

Rank 4: It's just you and me now.

"I guess I can't get near her, but I might have an idea." Rinka thinks to himself.

"Void attack 2, Lighting."

Rinka turns into black lightning, he heads towards Rank 4, Rank 4's eyes follow Rinka.

The lightning strikes behind Rank 4.

Rinka comes out of the lighting, he tries to slash her back, Rank 4 rapidly turns around and kicks the side of his stomach. Rinka is launched into the floor, she jumps towards him and tries to grab him.

Rinka turns into lighting and zaps in circles around her. Several bullet trains come out of her pink gas that crash into each other and explode.

Rinka is hit by the explosion, smoke fills the area. Doa is launched and slams into the side of a mountain, she groans, she's in even more pain as she falls flat onto the floor.

Rinka is in the air, his clothes are a bit dirty and his face is a bit covered in blood. Rank 4 comes out of the smoke and grabs Rinka's face and slams him into the floor.

The smoke clears.

Rank 4 holds Rinka down for as long as possible, she has one foot on his chest and the other on his katana holding arm.

"Turning into lightning uses a good amount of energy, but it's really useful...I'm out of energy already?" Rinka thinks.

Doa looks up and spots Rinka struggling to breathe.

"I'll just chill here for as long as possible, but if I really have to I'll turn into lightning again."Rinka thinks.

Doa slowly opens her eyes, her vision is hazy.

"I have to help Rinka, I'm being useless right now." Doa thinks

"I have to get up, I've felt pain worse than this."

She starts to remember something.

Back when Doa was 10 she was homeless. Around that age she was abandoned by her family, they didn't want her anymore because they claimed Doa was not their child. She had long, messy black hair and an emotionless expression.

Almost everyone in the neighborhood hated her, according to them, she smelled bad, she was ugly and didn't deserve to be alive.

"Homeless girl, go dig in some trash."

"You stink, Jesus Christ, go shower in a lake or something."

Doa starts to think to herself.

"Was it my fault I was homeless? That I was left abandoned? That I never felt any love?"

...

Younger Doa walks around the streets, her stomach is growling, she wanders aimlessly in the night looking for anything.

Her hurting stomach causes her to fall to the floor. She crawls and crawls, tears fall down her face, she tries to stand up several times, but trembles and falls back down.

Someone walks up to her.

It was 12 year old Rinka. His hair was really short back then.

Rinka: What are you doing?

He looks confused, Doa can't even look at him due to the pain.

Rinka tilts his head to get a good look at her, his eyes widen.

Rinka: Oh, it's you, you're the girl everyone calls homeless right?

Doa doesn't respond, her stomach growls again.

Rinka: Oh, you're hungry huh? I have food at home I can give you I think? I'll have to ask.

Rinka smiles at her.

"That night, he saved my life, without his help, I would have died on the streets."

"After Rinka's family cared for me, I was miraculously adopted by a couple, they gave me the love I wanted and soon I changed my appearance, people started to like me."

"I was saved by Rinka, I owe him everything."

"But when I had heard of the incident surrounding him, the fact that he killed his entire family was surprising to me, the same guy who saved me murdered his family?"

"Then he disappeared, I thought I would never see him again, but now I've found him again at a lake and now we live in the same apartment."

"One day, I'll ask Rinka if he remembers who I am."

Doa remembers Rinka's smile from last night.

"The first person to ever smile at me, the first person to ask to be my friend. "

"I need to stand up, this pain is nothing compared to what my life was before."

Her flashbacks end.

Rank 4 steps on Rinka harder, his expression becomes more and more uncomfortable as he tries to escape her.

Doa stands up and fires bullets at Rank 4. Rank 4 is caught off guard and moves to dodge the bullets.

Doa appears in front of Rank 4 and punches her in the stomach, Doa jumps back to Rinka.

Doa grabs Rinka and jumps away, Rinka gasps for air.

Doa: You ok?

Rinka: Yeah, thanks.

Doa: Why'd you just wait there like an idiot? You could have escaped her.

Rinka: I didn't want to waste energy, I was trying to figure out a way to escape.

Doa puts Rinka down.

More pink gas appears around Rank 4, several bullet trains leave the gas and head towards Doa and Rinka.

Rinka: Can you believe she can just throw trains at us?

Doa: Nope. But it's happening.

Doa and Rinka hop on the bullet trains and start to run down them towards Rank 4.

Instead of continuing forward, the bullet trains swerve and head up. Rinka and Doa run down them.

Rinka: This is kinda scary!

Rank 4 jumps off the ground and appears right in front of Doa, she punches her in the stomach and into the air, then appears behind her to slam her back down.

Rinka jumps from one bullet train, grabs doa before she hits the ground and lands on a different train.

The bullet trains start to swerve around in all directions.

Rank 4 lands on a train. Rinka puts Doa down, she starts firing bullets, Rank 4 runs down the train as the bullets follow her.

Rinka jumps onto Rank 4's train and runs down after her. Rank 4 turns around, A giant sea ship comes out the pink gas and heads towards Rinka.

"A GIANT SHIP NOW? WHAT THE FUCK!?" Rinka thinks.

Rinka turns into lightning and zooms past the ship until he is in front of Rank 4, the ship crashes into another train. Rinka comes out of the lightning and tries to punch the side of Rank 4's head.

Doa wobbles around on the top of another train.

"I have to help, I have to be more useful."

Doa uses her ultimate skill, "Hunting Eyes." This skill makes it so all of her magical shots will always land.

Doa eyes widen, Rank 4 catches Rinka's fist and holds him in place. Magical Bullets are fired from Doa's direction.

The bullets hit Rank 4's hand and arm, magical bullets don't leave wounds but they inflict more pain than a normal bullet would, and they are faster. Rank 4 yells in pain and lets go of Rinka's hand.

Rinka uppercuts Rank 4, she stumbles backwards and tries to jump onto a different train, Doa fires more bullets which hit Rank 4 mid air causing her to crash onto another train, she quickly stands up.

Rinka appears behind Rank 4 and goes for a punch at the side of her head. Rank 4 turns her head and arm around, she points her palm at Rinka.

A wave of hot candle wax shoots from Rank 4's palm, Doa grabs Rinka before he can get hurt. They land on another train, Rank 4 jumps towards the ground and lands, she grabs a small whip from her pocket.

The whip gets longer and longer, more and more trains come out of the pink gas. Rank 4 starts to swing her whip around.

The more she swings the whip the longer it gets, so it starts to reach Rinka and Doa

"If I swing it like this, they won't be able to get close to me." Rank 4 thinks.

"I'll ensure they won't get close to me."

A massive wave of candle wax shoots out of Rank 4's palm. It's enormous, Rinka turns into lightning and zooms to the top of the wave to avoid it.

Doa fires bullets at Rank 4 through the wax which all hit her, Doa covers her face with her hoodie as she runs through the wave of a wax, her hoodie and clothes get badly stained.

Doa tries to punch Rank 4, Rank 4 catches her hand, Doa attempts to roundhouse kick Rank 4's head, but Rank 4 catches her leg as well. Rank 4 kicks Doa's gun out of her hand.

She holds Doa in place, Doa makes the shape of a gun with the fingers on her right hand. She points it at Rank 4, magical bullets shoot from her fingers which hit Rank 4's face causing her to let go.

Doa punches Rank 4 in the stomach with her left arm. Thunder strikes behind Rank 4 and Rinka comes out of it. He gets ready to kick the side of her head.

Rank 4 grins, all the trains in the air head towards her, Doa gets the back of her hoodie grabbed by Rank 4. With her other hand Rank 4 whips her whip at Rinka which tangles around him.

Rinka turns into lightning and zooms off, but he notices Doa's going to be hit. Rinka zooms towards her, comes out of the lighting and takes her from Rank 4, he slides under the trains.

The trains crash into each other, a massive explosion occurs, Rinka is launched away, he holds Doa tightly as they crash into the floor, pieces of metal fly towards them. Rinka puts Doa down as smoke envelops them, more pieces of metal fly into the air and land beside them.

Rank 4 dashes out of the smoke and tries to punch Rinka, Doa quickly stands up and punches Rank 4 in the stomach.

Rinka hears his own voice again.

"Void Attack 3, Void Within."

Rinka dashes towards the falling Rank 4, he lifts his katana into the air and impales it into her.

They're both enveloped in darkness, Doa's surprised.

In just 11 seconds, Rinka was able to see all of Rank 4's past.

TO BE CONTINUED…