The growing commotion of the two sides reached the attentions of the crowd. Their numbers skyrocketed over time, and so another person came out of the circle of people and passed by them as if like nothing of it matters by him.

"Ugh... You three are so damn loud early in the morning. Try settling down for a sec." uttered the guy as he opened the classroom door normally.

"Huh!? Were you mocking us? You stupid bastard!"

In an instant, their anger got drawn by that person, which turns out to be Ryuunosuke. A classmate of him.

"You'd better watch your words, foolish monkeys."

His words were quite sharp, enough for these meatheads to conjure an immense hatred towards him.

"Monkey, you say!?"

"What? Did I stutter? replied him.

"Kk. You'll pay for that!"

Thus, their anger resulted into violence, throwing a balled fist, assumed to hit his nose...

"Tsk. I told you to settle down!"

But as a result, the other guy went down instead with his cheek carved by his opponents' punch.

"What are you plotting? You know what this means right?" threatened the other one, glaring at him.

"Hm? You'd really think I am scared from Matsuo? I could always shut him up anytime, just like that friend of yours!"

"Now scram! before I make you go back to bed too." blatantly replied Ryuunosuke.

Thus at the amidst of defeat, Matsuo's pawns fled from the scene, leaving the two underclassmen behind.

Now the show has ended, the students went back to their own classroom with their intruiged faces, and so the other two.

Despite having his morning ruined, Rine kel his pace, gently dropped his bag and formally took a seat.

"Tsk. What a bad day." He whispered to himself.

Their open time was still long, but Rine doesn't seem to look very good today. Not just because of the thing earlier, but the fact that he's still hungry after all the food he ate back home.

He shifted his gaze from the people around him, seeing his classmates, usually having a good time with their friends or couples. Though, some of them weren't chatting with each other, but is busy with doing unfinished homeworks, or playing a mobile game on their smartphones.

In front of him was Ryuunosuke's seat, occupied by him of course. He doesn't want to be bothered at these times, except to his friend, Reika which still isn't present on the class.

"Hey, you're Ryuunosuke Hasegawa right? I just wanted to thank you about earlier--"

For some reason, his eyes began glaring at Rine. It still wasn't clear why, but the feeling of intimidation kicks in. Rine had to stop speaking and forget the things he was about to say.

There was this strange sensation too, as if he hides something that no one shouldn't have known about...

"So this was the real one, I see..." a voice muttered from nowhere.

"Uh... Did you say something? I think I heard someone talking in weak voice.

Though Rine asked him, Ryuunosuke doesn't look like in the mood to respond, thus ignored him completely.

"I guess it was just imagination..."

Back on his own thoughts, Rine continued his boring mornings while doing nothing.

He lied down his head from the desk, wondering about anime and games. Such stuff that kept him entertained home alone...

"Ugh... I should've played Forest of Souls before I came here..." he answered to himself.

And at the middle of his boredom, A sudden voice came rushing from the door.

"Riiiiin!"

The door was opened with such a slender hand. Hence, from the outside, Reika came while catching her breath because of sprinting down the hallways.

"Huff... Huff... Good morning!"

The whole class shifted their gazes onto her. Rine was surprised, not because of her arrival, but because of the name she uttered while on her way.

From his childhood days, he used to be called Rine by his best friend. A girl who usually played with him before, the first girl whom he fell in love with. Yet because of the incident happened from his tenth birthday, gave a trauma to himself, which resulted for his loss of memory. Though right now, he remembered some of the fragments of his past, Rine pursued to find the girl who gave this wonderful nickname to him.

Without any doubts, Rine answered the call...

"I am here!"

but who have ever thought that he wasn't the one, Reika is referring to.

Apparently, the nickname Rin doesn't only belong to him, but to someone else too. He felt dumb to think that it was him who's being called, but it was Ryuunosuke all along.

"Sorry. I let you go ahead before me. I had to prepare my lunch, so I got a bit late." explained Reika while panting.

"Hm? Its alright! As long you're here now." answered the good guy, who looks actually the villain a few moments ago.

And on the other hand, Rine, who had kept his hopes up in a single call of nickname, sat down like he's completely defeated.

"Tsk. I acted before my own thinking! I didn't thought about someone having the same nickname as mine." lectured to himself.

Moreover, Mr. Hamada followed Reika's entry afterwards, ordering the students to sit down as the homeroom will start soon.

| Library |

Going to the library after taking lunch became Rine's everyday routine. After all, he does want peace of mind after his unpleasant morning.

The facility doesn't have much people going around. Even if he goes here normally, the numbers won't increase whenever he check it.

Ms. Nishimiya was the librarian here. Despite teaching a number of classes in this school, she volunteered herself to became its curator because of lacking of ppersonnels available to do so.

But around this time was her class, so the library was completely abandoned.

"Hm... What book should I read today?"

Every shelves were full of books, but reverse of its readers. Some of them were on the floor and some of them weren't properly organized.

"Adolescents are too messy nowadays." sighed Rine.

He left no choice but to arrange them in a proper order. The scattered books got back to its own arrangements after a few minutes of organizing.

Hence at the middle of his cleaning, he got a hand about a children's story book from the piled up ones on the floor entitled "The Vampire Princess and her Charming Peasant.".

"What is a childish thing doing in here?-"

But as he unfolded the fiction, his mocking words ceased...

"Wait, Did I've already seen this one before?"

Some struck Rine thoughts all of a sudden. The book once he called childish unlocked a crucial memory of his past, which lead another piece of the puzzle attached onto his mind.

"Weren't this one--"

But his thoughts got cut off in snap after he heard footsteps going towards his direction.

"Oh, I gotta finish this quick. The other students might have come in already."

Doing it as fast as possible, he finished the cleaning in just seconds, while still holding the strange object he acquired.

Thus going a table and read it was his next move and ended up seeing the other two of his classmates walking around.

"Isn't that Ishida?" queried Reika.

"Oh, you're right. But what is he doing in this deserted library anyway?" responded of a tan woman which assumed to be Reika's acquaintance.

Though, they weren't close, other one approached Rine with such audacity while he reads the presumed book on a table.

"Hey, Hey Ishida. What I that you were reading... Eh?"

"You love reading story book for kids? How childish you are?" jested the girl

Reika who on her way to the two had seen the book's cover. Somehow, her eyes widened and suddenly had an urge to pull it out from Rine's hands.

"Wait, that story book, that's mine

Her fingers was already near to grab it, yet Rine took it away before it reached the book.

"Give it back, Please. Its not even yours." begged Reika, along with her eyes leering directly towards.

"Eh? Why do you look so desperate just to take this? Is there something hidden in these pages..."

Out of curiosity, he turned the pages one by one, but there wasn't anything inside it, besides a rough doodle of a stick girl and a boy, holding hands under the sun while smiling at each other.

"Huh? This drawing... Did you--"

However, Reika got a hold to the book and pulled it back before he could've finish his statement.

.

"Its better that you know nothing about it..." muttered her

"Uh... Just what is inside that book you guys fighting with?" The other woman asked.

"Its none of your concern."

"Eeh? But I want to--"

"Its not, your concern!"

She felt very anxious that he had to go away to settle herself, leaving her friend behind.

"Aw. She left."

Thus the other one followed her on the way, while Rine continued analyze the informations he obtained from the previous scene.

And on the other hand, the runaway hid herself inside the toilet while clasping onto her precious item.

"Don't worry, Rin. I won't let them make of our memory again..." whispered herself.

And the time flies by in an instant, thus the class hours have concluded. The learners have already went home, yet after their last session, Rine get some peace of mind onto the silent room.

He took the pendant that was given to him by the same girl, years ago. The memory was still fresh when the first time he wore it with a big smile on her face, but the following events in his memory became void itself.

"Just a few more... Just a few more and I will be able to meet you again..." he murmured as he wears the pendant and his it on his collar.

But while digging his thoughts under the sunset didn't let him notice the other students remained inside the building

One of them was unexpected to be Risa, hitting by the wafts of air on the rooftop. She was waiting for someone to come up and see her, after leaving a sealed letter on the person's locker.

"This time, for sure... I'll say it..." cheered her to liven up the negative thoughts away.

The thing she was about to say are about the mutual feeling she bears for years. For a long time, after her first friend disappeared without any trace. She kept this for a long time, but at this moment, Reina steeled herself not to waver until she conveys it all.

And from the stairs where she is facing, the man she assumed to come, climbed the stairs to see what's going on.

"Yo, Reika. Is there something you wanted to tell me?" Ryuunosuke asked with a gentle expression.

"Yeah..."

"I have already felt this a long time ago. Since we were kids, I was used to be bullied by the other kids because I was too timid. I couldn't help to cry, but one time, you didn't hesitated to save me from them. From that time, I felt secure beside you, as if I don't want you to go away. The first friend I have ever made, I admired, and right now, the one who came back just for me."

"Please... Please accept my feelings for you!"

And finally, all of her feeling has been expressed, Reika timidly grinned with her plump cheeks became red.

"Is that so? But... will you accept me too, despite from who I am?"

"Of course. That's is the reason why I confessed to you."

Hence the two embraced themselves. Reika's warm hands slowly succumbed Ryuunosuke's body.

But at the amidst of their sweet moment, a nuisance arrived to stop them.

"Stop! Take your hands off my little sister!" Matsuo shouted at him.

"Brother? What do you mean? I have already confessed to her, and we're now officially dating! Don't destroy our moment!"

Though the things have already done, Matsuo rushed and separated the two apart. He tried to tear their newly formed relationship back to nothing.

He smacked the guy's cheek , getting him out of balance because of the shock.

"Ouch. That hurt! What are you doing Matsuo!--"

"I should be the one to ask you that! Stop your foolish act and show your true nature!"

"Huh? What are you sayi--"

"I have already knew everything. You were trying to get my little sister out just to take the sixth shard from us! You weren't aiming to give Reika a gracious life, because you weren't the real Rin at the first place!"

...

"Eh...?"

Hence, all of a sudden, all of the feelings Reika had conveyed, all of the courage, the efforts she had made just to say her feeling to the one whom she loved shattered in just a single mistake. Just like Ryuunosuke's false identity, her hopes began detoriating drastically.

"No... Of all this time... I..." voiced her, hopelessly clingling onto Matsuo's arms.

And because of the small error he had made, the perfect plan Ryuunosuke assumed, scorched his mimicry to ashes, exposing his true inner motives.

"Aw man... I never thought I would be exposed at this point. But well, there's no other choice..."

Just like the incident earlier, his ego changed. From the calm, gentle guy, to a prickly, dubious person.

"Okay, Okay I give up. You got me there, Honestly."

"So you finally shown your true self huh..."

Without Holding back the urge, Matsuo's body started to blow off a huge amount of steam. His well developed muscles were now covered by sweat, thus the hot temperature stiffened its tissues.

"Hm... The Procure of Might, I see... Not much of an entertainment."

"Keh. I'll make that mouth for a while."

And the first move became Matsuo's possession. Dashing towards his opponent with such speed. The force on his legs carried his meaty body, making him look like a lightweight feather. Yet even with this agility, Ryuunosuke's composure stayed whole..

"Oops..."

And for some reason, Matsuo is the only one which ended up bleeding instead.

"Oh, you're shoulder is bleeding. What's the matter?" mocked the guy.

Matsuo didn't reply, but its sure he got provoked from his jeer. Rushing for another time, his agility exceed Ryuunosuke's but how come that he couldn't hit him?

An elbow strike from behind, a lower kick, a left hook, Matsuo's moves were unpredictable. But somehow, his arms and legs felt very exhausted in a small amount of time.

"It seems your having some problems there? You okay?" taunted Ryuunosuke with a smug face.

"Tch...'

From his position, Matsuo went to go back to his pace, yet her legs started to give up from the unknown tiredness.

Carrying his worn out body, Matsuo struggled to stand up. "You... What did you do...?"

"Eh? Of all this Time, you didn't noticed it yet? I am slowly draining your power. While on your assault, I have already injected my leech on you. So no wonder, you started feeling numb."

"Leech? Don't tell me..."

"Yes! You're right! I am the Greatest Barnacle! The most powerful Holder amongst all! The Holder of Leech!"

"And now, I will take the shard from you, worthless guardian."

Thus a blaring bang echoed from the terrace of the building.

While sinking on his thoughts, Rine snapped out after hearing it boom down the library.

"What was the noise? It came from the rooftop."

Out of curiosity, he stood up and went his way up there to see what is occurring.

"Hm... Is that all you've really got? And here I am, thinking that you might become a complete nuisance."

Ryuunosuke took the pendant out of Matsuo's neck. And so the so called shard shone a bright light onto it, confirming its real form.

"Great. Now going to the side quests... Maybe I should have some fun time before I leave."

His legs moved towards Reika's direction. Approached her with such an expression of a lecherous old man...

"Wait, not my little sister! Don't do it."

Slowly unbuttoned his polo, Gently caressing Reika's frozen beauty while taking down his pants, he started to have a boner from her look.

"Oh my, you're such a cutie... I'll take my time to fuck you before I leave."

"Reika, don't mind me here, just save yourself from this maniac!"

Her brother plead and plead. But Reika couldn't hear anything, anymore. Because of her hopes being shattered, her thoughts drowned into utter despair that kept her frozen until now. Bearing such cold. Reika kept dead silent, hence the pervert started to take his move.

Not until...

"You... What do you think you're doing?"

The voice of Rine have showed up. and so do himself.

"Well, Well. Look who we have here."

And so wayward gale howls in the veranda of the school, as an upcoming battle will soon be lit on its vision.