Monday

A new day had begun for the newly formed Quaran-Team. While the original trio went to school, Isas stayed home to take an extra day to recover lost strength.

Except, he did not do that. In fact, he did the exact opposite of that.

After fully grasping the reality that what happened to him is most likely already happening to the entire village, especially his grandmother and younger sister, he gained a newly found determination inside him.

He made it in his mind set that he had to protect his family. He had to protect everyone that he loved and everyone in the world.

So when he had the opportunity to pick out weapons of his choice and a day free from school, he was going to use it. Once his grandmother had left to drop off his younger sister, Isas snuck out through the back doors.

Isas has snuck out before. His parents never liked Jumin but Isas didn't care so he would always sneak out to see him.

Once he was a good distance away, he ran through the back routes of town. He let his white mask hang loosely around his neck as he ran.

Inspired by the cool and quirky designs the others had, he drew on his own little design.

Well-Grey drew it for him since technically he was her second son. Isas' design was a gold, broken prince's crown.

"Well, whadda think?" Grey had asked once she was done.

"I...I love it! Thank you so much!!" He exclaimed as he hugged her tightly.

He chuckled at the memory that only happened the night before as he continued to run, a sudden rush of xhilaration hitting him.

He had never felt so free and powerful. It felt like he had control and he had no idea what to do with it other than this.

"I FEEL SO ALIVE!" Isas shouted into the sky, although he felt a bit guilty for doing it.

He just felt so amazing!

Finally, he had arrived at the foot of the falls. He took one last breath of nice, clear air before placing his mask back over his face, holding his raiper tightly in his hand as he charged in.

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The minute Isas fell into the Toxic Isles, a group of shadows crowded him.

Not that big of a deal. Just a few shadows, nothing more. He thought, a cocky smirk on his face.

"PERSONA!" He shouted, summoning Plutous and casting lucky punch on all the shadows, delivering a critical hit. "Take them down!"

All of them were flat on the ground. He then decided to use his raiper to finish them off with elegance as he pierced through their murky exteriors.

They all faded into smoke.

"Try a little harder next time..." Isas stated, walking away from them, leaving them to dissolve.

Now, time to find anything that would resemble his sister's shadow.

God forbid if she actually had one.

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Suki and Kimi were just getting out of class when they saw Jumin, waiting by the corner of the lockers, his hood up.

"Jumin! Over here!" Kimi called.

Jumin looked up and quickly walked over to them. He continuously turned his head to both sides as he walked over to them.

"H-hey..." He whispered, tugging at his sleeves.

"Something wrong?" Suki asked concerned.

Jumin shook his head, not saying anything. Kimi rubbed his back in comfort.

"Poor Juju still ain't ready to be out in the big, bad world." She cooed in a baby voice.

Jumin let out a low grunt as Kimi chuckled, turning her attention to Suki.

"Yo, Suk. Wanna hang after school, just us two? We haven't gotten a chance to hang together since you got here!"

"Okay, I should be free!"

Jumin let out another low grunt.

"Aw, is baby Jumin jealous~?"

Jumin gritted his teeth as he shot her a glare. Suki sighed and pulled Jumin to a far corner.

"Are you okay talking here?" She asked.

Jumin looked around and nodded, taking off his hood.

"What's wrong?"

Jumin shoved his hands in his pockets. "I...I don't wanna be alone..." He mumbled.

Suki sighed, smiling softly. "Jumin, you're not alone. You still have Isas."

"I-I know...but I...I wanna give him space, t-to do his own thing so he can finally get a hold of himself...of who he really is." He explained.

"That is so kind of you! Hmm...here, why don't you and I hang out tomorrow? Just us two!"

A light blush dusted across Jumin's face, his heart beating fast. "J-just us two...? M-me and you...t-together?"

"Would that be okay? Would that make you feel comfortable?" She asked concerningly.

Jumin hesitated for a minute before nodding, a small smile appearing. "Y-yeah...t-that..that would be nice."

Suki smiled and hugged Jumin, sending him into error mode. Literally.

"E-error...error...error.." He whispered.

Suki tilted her head in confusion. "Um...I-is everything okay?"

Shit!

"U-uh...yeah, s-sure! Y-you can come over to my place!"

Suki chuckled. "Sounds good!"

Jumin smiled warmly before placing his hood back up with Suki walking him out.

Suki Ichika is going to be alone in my room with me...holy shit!

"Finally you guys quit talking! We're gonna be late!" Kimi exclaimed.

"Late for what? It's only lunch." Jumin stated.

"Exactly! Now hurry up!"

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Before Suki went on to meet up with Kimi as the falls, she decided to take a detour to Isas' house to check on him and make sure he was resting.

She was absolutely surprised when she walked up to see that Isas basically lived in a mansion.

The place was absolutely huge! It almost seemed like it could be the town hall!

Suki stared at in awe for a moment before walking up to the doors. She knocked and there was no answer.

She knocked again. Still no answer.

Was he okay? Did something happen to him?

Worried, she turned the door handle to find it was unlocked. She carefully opened the door and tiptoed inside.

"Isas..? Are you in here?" She called.

No one answered. She continued to walk around the house.

She entered the living room and found Isas, napping on the couch. His chest moved slightly, almost making him seem motionless.

She moved closer to see if he was actually breathing, but tripped over the rug and fell on top of Isas, face planting into his chest and waking him.

She looked up to see Isas' surprised and blushing face staring back at her.

"A-ah! I am so sorry!" Suki exclaimed, blushing madly.

Isas threw hands up as if he was surrendering. "N-no! It is fine! Really! It was an accident!"

Suki quickly jumped off of Isas, backing away from him a bit.

"Really, Ichika-San. I-it is quite alright..."

"N-no, I-I have to do something...let me make it up to you! Uh, how 'bout Friday! We can hang out Friday! I could make you dinner or, we can go to the park or something!"

Isas blushed deeply. "A-as in...a date...?"

Suki was now a scarlet red. "NO!"

"I-I'M SORRY! I'M BAD AT SOCIAL QUES!" Isas exclaimed.

Suki sighed, regaining her color. "It's just a hang out...just to make up for...this."

Isas nodded. "O-okay...Friday..."

Suki nodded and quickly left the house, closing the door behind her.

Isas sighed in relief, slumping back on the couch.

"I have never been so flustered...other than the time Jumin...."

A sheepish smile crossed his face as he giggled lightly, burying his face in his hands.

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Suki made her way to the seemingly rougher side of town. There were broken toys on almost ever lawn. The whole area looked grey and desolate in a way.

"Yo! Suk! Over here!" Kimi's voice called.

Suki looked over to see Kimi with boxing gloves and a beat up punching bag. Suki walked over to her, being pulled into a tight hug.

"So glad you came!" Kimi exclaimed.

Suki chuckled. "I'm glad to be here. Although, I don't know what to do here exactly..."

"Oh! Easy!" Kimi bent down to pick up the heavy punching bag and gave it to Suki. "You're gonna help me train!"

Suki sweatdropped.

Dear lord, what have I gotten myself into?

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Kimi went full force when training. Suki was heavily bruised by her hard kicks and harsh punches, but only yipped slightly.

"HIYYAAAHH!" Kimi yelled as she roundhouse kicked the punching bag at full force, knocking Suki off her feet.

"Shit! Sorry Suki!" Kimi cried.

"I-it's okay...i-I'm fine..." Suki wheezed.

Kimi threw the bag off her and pulled her up to her feet.

"Sorry I went a little crazy on my last kick...kinda got carried away..." Kimi said, scratching the back of neck.

"I-it's fine, really!" Suki replied.

Kimi sighed, her smile faltering.

"You do that a lot." Suki blurted out.

"Huh? Whadda mean?"

"You smile but then you stop when something happens...why?"

Kimi shrugged, looking away from her.

"Please, tell me." Suki somewhat begged.

"Mnh...I guess...It's a force of habit."

Kimi sat herself down on the grass, with Suki doing the same.

"I've been kinda the "happy" kid...I am happy, but sometimes...I wanna help people. I wanna make people really happy! Not just happy for like, a few seconds! But really happy!"

"No one can be really happy all the time, Kimi."

Kimi frowned. "I know that. Just...a dream I guess..."

Suki smiled sadly and threw an arm around her.

"But that doesn't mean you can't try."

Kimi turned her head to Suki, a bit confused.

"I mean, truth be told, some people do not want help when they need it, but that doesn't mean you can't try to help. And there is no shame in trying!"

Kimi smiled widely and playfully punched Suki in the arm.

"You're a sap! You know that?"

Suki chuckled. "A few people have told me..."

I sense a small resolve inside of Kimi...

Chariot Arcana: Rank 2

Suki smiled, until she looked up and spotted someone from across the street.

There was a girl with somewhat sky blue hair and circle framed glasses on her front porch, toying with something silver in her hand.

Something about her...was off.

What was it?

"Ready to get back to training?" Kimi asked, standing up.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah! I'm ready!"

Kimi grinned widely. "Alright! Let's do it!"

Kimi grabbed Suki's hand and pulled her up, ridding her thoughts from the girl across the street.

Like everyone else does....

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