"Who would have thought that you would come here. Rine Ishida." that was his first response as the Hero showed up.

After climbing a number steps, Rine managed to arrive onto the rooftop where the banging sound came from. And as he gets a glimpse of this horrible sight, the pleasure on his mind turned upside down.

"What are you doing in here? Escape this building before he gets you!" the diminished Matsuo yelled with all of his breath.

"What are you trying to do to her?"

Pulling back his pants, Ryuunosuke stood up with a boastful look. "I was about to get some great moments with that girl, but I will just do it later, after I beat you in a pulp.

"Why did you do all of this. I thought you were her best friend, but I couldn't believe that you were such an evil guy. " asked Rine in opposition.

"Best friend you say? Lol, I just used her as a pawn for my plans, but her brother ruined it all, so maybe I'll just force to take the sixth shard from them." answered the enemy with such high composure.

"So This mana I am feeling, its yours isn't it...?"

"Mana? It seems you are also hiding a little secret out there..."

Pulling out a malicious grin on his face, The unwavered Ryuunosuke became unseemingly excited...

"Then let me see it! Your Procure!'

And a swarm of Leeches assaulted Rine. Every aspect of it looks oddly twisted, from its unidentified form, having uneven claws and a pointy head.

"Stop it! A normal like you couldn't defeat the likes of him."

With all of his remaining strength, the injured Matsuo directed a forceful flick that warded off the Leeches back to its summoner. Although he is now powerless to divert the enemy's attention, his effort wasn't in vain.

"Keh..."

thus his consciousness slowly escaped his body because of fatigue.

"How heroic of you, Matsuo. Helping a stranger isn't your thing, but you did Sacrifice all of your mana for this guy. I can't help bug laugh" Ryuunosuke chuckled hysterically.

"And now, what will you do next? Well, if you're gonna ask me, I am willing to let you go if you leave now. I'll just spend some time fucking this girl before I go back to the headquarters."

"Oh, let me also give you some valuable info before everything else."

From his pocket, he fronted a worn out notebook, the one Reika took from Rine a while ago. The notebook that contains the truth about the two of them.

He directed the pages onto the drawing.

"This children's drawing, you drew this six years ago. The time before that moment, Right before you knew that your parents died!"

He cackled and cackled like a hyena. This man couldn't bear but to make Rine his laughingstock after seeing the distress written on his face.

But as his crazy laughed intensified onto the atmosphere, the unexpected is yet to come.

"What is with that face! Were you surprised that she was the person you have been searching all this time?"

"You know, I was envious of you two, that you have such a great bond to each other. That's why I acted like you, like a calm, genuine guy. But in the end, your desire to meet her again is finally granted to you, isn't that great?" Ryuunosuke continued.

The displeasure Rine was feeling have gotten worse and worse as he continue. His tragic past is slowly being opened by Ryuunosuke's words and the pain that should've been lost after the years have opened once more.

Rine stood frozen...

"Why..."

But his heart has filled of nothing but sorrow.

"Why didn't I noticed it?"

And the urge to fight back...

"Why did you take my Identity like it is yours..."

"I can't understand... Why do you have me suffer for all of this years I have spent just to find her..."

Rine's pace is slowly crumbling. His thoughts are now shambled because of the truth he had clearly heard. The calmness inside his heart become suppressed after clearing all the odds.

"That's right! Weep in there like a crybaby! Despair, because of your weakness! And now, I'll give you the chance to witness how your beloved woman's defloration."

And thus, trampling Rine's feelings, his lust grown over and pulled his pants out.

"Now let me feast with this virgin all I like~"

Rine was now blank. He is just staring at them with such a lifeless pupils. He's mind is now in the verge of defeat.

Not until...

"me..."

A voice of a person reached his deafened ears. It was vague, but nostalgic. And as soon. as he realized it...

"Help me... Rin."

It was his beloved's lips, seeking for his help.

And so his thoughts went back to reality, associated with his thoughts, gradually recovering his memory back to his head...

"Sorry, I was a bit late..." muttered him with his gentle voice.

Climbing back to the surface of his hopes, the guy who once neglected everything is now standing firm again.

On a instant, Rine's presence disappeared from the shadows and suddenly grabbed Ryuunosuke. Take away your filthy hands off her, would you?"

He hurled the enemy away from Reika. But from this speed, Ryuunosuke did not managed to react on time.

"Kk. How rude of you for disturbing me. So you really wanted to throw your life away huh..."

For another time, the horde of parasites started to form itself from the opponent's vicinity. Each of them flung towards Rine like a catapult of Leeches, ready to drain him down.

"Tsk. This again?"

Smacking them one by one, His hands became full of his own blood just having contact of this dark critters.

"Fool! Thinking that you can defeat me with bare fists!"

Though, not using any kind of magic, Rine was sure used from fighting barehanded. All of the Leeches got squished out on his palm and on his foot, thus leaving it with cuts at the same time.

Hence, the clash of power between the two have reached a crucial point for the both of them.

Ryuunosuke, whose mana is now on the verge of being void, and Rine which is body is full of bruises.

"Hah- Looks like this remained as my victory after all" confidently proclaimed Ryuunosuke while sweating heavily because of the growing fatigue, blurring his vision.

"How bold of you fight me while giving a handicap to yourself. You should get by now, I might take your life after this."

Ryuunosuke is already on his last step to receive victory. Not only because of their statuses, but just one fact lead him a step ahead of Rine.

On the other hand, Rine have already received a lot of wounds after fighting back to those blood sucking monsters, thus his cuts bleed over time, whenever he moves.

"This is over. Die, mindless human."

and the judgment had bestowed at the amidst of their clash.

Ryuunosuke chanted the words and brought the victor to his spotlight. "Harvest"

Thus the proclaimed mighty collapsed on the spot enigmatically.

"What...? Why can't I move...?" whined him, while trying to return to his composure.

"Why!? Stand up, my legs! You shouldn't be giving up right now!"

Though, it was hopeless, his unwavered desire to win fueled him to stand up. Regardless of their reversed positions, Ryuunosuke tried everything to get back to his own feet, but this unexplainable event kept him down, as the true victor prevailed.

"So my guess was right to stick that weird one onto your back..."

"You use these monsters to drain your opponent's physical stamina and mana, am I right? But there is an exception..."

"You can't use it to yourself, because you do not have enough control. And you just threw a whole lot of them without paying attention to your mana, leading you to this state."

The precision of his wits, the guts to take the risks, these ones guided Rine to defeat an embodiment of power. His godly speed is unexplainable, and so the kind of Holder he was.

"How...? You are supposed the be the one suffering right now! I can't be defeated." ranted the one who have lost.

"Damn! I will remember all of this! Once I delivered the sixth shard onto the high command, I will come back to end you!"

Thus he hurriedly stood up from his crippled state, taking an anonymous item up his sleeve. He carried his injured body with all off his remaining strength and jumped from the terrace.

Thus at the exact moment, he took an anonymous item from his sleeve. A black dust.

"Adios'"

He opened the lid of the small bottle and dispersed the dust off onto the air, creating a portal which will lead him to his allies from the shadows.

As Rine gazes his departure, he pulled a string from his pocket.

"Wait a minute, did you perhaps forget something?"

The ancient shard that was supposed to be taken was on his hands, hanging to the threads. He managed to take it at the middle of their fight, since his odd agility is inevitable.

"Curse youuu!!"

And so the magical warp dissipates back from oblivion.

After retrieving the shard, Rine hurriedly approached Reika, leaning on the wall.

"Rei... Are you alright? Did he took ahesd of you?"

Her clothes were forcefully torn apart by that maniac a while ago, exposing her lingerie while powerless.

"Rin... Is that the real Rin...?" she weakly called Rine.

"Yes, I am here now. I guess its been a long time, Rei..." replied Rine, ignoring his murdered wrists aside.

"Yeah... Finally, the real one is here..."

Her vision starts to blur as tears flowed from her eyes, the desire of them meet each other is indeed warm. She braced him like she won't let go anymore, a much more tighter than she did from the fraud.

Nuzzling her face onto his chest, Reika gradually fell asleep from his caring hands.

"You did a great job thus far, Rei. Now take a rest, I'm gonna call for some aid." whisphered him to her ear while caressing her golden hair."

From her pocket, a smartphone dropped down the floor. Luckily, it doesn't have a password to enter, which gives for a great opportunity to call someone for help.

"Hello, Is this Mr. James? Please come at Kanazawa high school immediately..."

Hence, as the time passed, and two individuals came to take action towards the said incident. An old man with in a formal suit, and a adolescent woman in the same outfit.

They immediately moved and prepared to retrieve the two back from their household, which is just four kilometers from this place.

The old man looked at him closely and seems to be troubled by something.

"Young Lad. Would you mind telling me the exact thing occurred here? I am not sure if this is just a simple fistfight. And your hands, It doesn't look fine to me."

"Yes, Sir, Don't worry about it. I'm gonna state all the details later, so please treat them first. I am worried about them." replied the concern boy and lifted up Reika.

"Hm... What about your affiliation? Are you perhaps one of their colleagues?" queried the old man again."

The question is plain and simple, but Rine was still hesitant to claim himself as a near acquaintance. "Uh... How could I say this..."

"Well, I deeply apologize for asking too much questions about you, But if you don't mind, we should continue this chat back at our domain."

He politely nodded. "Oh yeah. Sure I am."

And the sun sets after quite a crisis happened. Their worn out bodies sought a glorious victory against the odds. Together with the beautiful moon blooms into the night sky, Thus its darkness goes deeper within.

The same moment as this clueless lad took his first step to a harsh, irreversible fate.

It is now inevitable, the impending doom, that is...