Hololive: Reflection

Part Thirteen: My Biggest Regret

Nozomi and Tamashi got ready for the day in silence. Both felt bad about what went down the previous night, yet their pride got in the way of apologizing. Nozomi eventually decided to break the silence.

Why won't you tell me anything...? he asked, genuinely hurt, Do you not trust me?

"You're my Echo," Tamashi responded, "If I can trust myself, I can trust you."

So then, why?! Nozomi pressed, Why won't you tell me anything?!

"Because..." Tamashi struggled to say, "Because it's my biggest regret."

Your... biggest regret? Nozomi asked.

"I'd..." Tamashi sighed, "Rather not get into it right now."

Nozomi closed his eyes, somewhat pained, taking his greatsword-clad sheath and slowly walking out of his home, making his way towards the Cover Corporation building.

...

"002, we've just received word that 003 and 005 have fallen," a man informed a boy with green armor.

"That's not surprising," the boy said in return, "Those two are far too conceited to draw out a god."

"Should we go after them?" the man asked. The boy laughed heartily.

"Why would we do that," he said in between guffaws, "When they'll go after us?"

...

Nozomi arrived at the meeting room, taking a look around. Artia and Ollie were the only two idols present. Confused, he went up to YAGOO.

"Where's everyone else?" Nozomi asked the man.

"Ah, that," YAGOO said, "The influx of hospital patients affiliated with Hololive has reached the media, so as not to cause a stir, we've been having some more of our idols stream more often."

"I see," Nozomi nodded, "We'll manage."

He began gathering his energy into his greatsword, said energy reaching its tip. After a brief moment, he slashed, creating a small wormhole. The small group of three entered the portal, somewhat nervous about the lack of numbers but still confident.

...

The three found themselves in the cabin that they met up with J-chad in. They took a look around, noticing the horrific dead bodies of Nozomi's doppelgangers and shuddering at the sight. However, they began to hear a beeping sound coming from the white-armored boy's pocket. Summoning as much courage as he could muster, he reached for the pocket and grabbed a small device.

"That's a tracker!" Tamashi gasped, "This'll make rescuing idols so much easier! It brings up a small map of the area and where all of the idols are."

Holy shit, that's really useful, Nozomi nodded, somewhat awestruck. He took a look at the device, noticing three readings in a nearby structure north. He looked up at his team.

"There are three idols up north, be ready for anything," he warned. The two nodded and they made their way northwards. Although the road was quite short, the three had to battle a fair amount of Malice, and, although it was quite easy for them, Artia and Ollie began to worry for their fellow idols' safety. They ran up to the structure they were looking for, now revealed to be a small office building. The group ran up the stairs, checking each and every room for their missing idols. Soon enough, they reached the roof, where they encountered three figures. One was a boy with white hair, a red cloak, and a large katana. Another was a red-haired girl wearing a crop top and with a baseball bat with nails beaten into it atop her shoulder. The final one was a red-haired man with a fairly standard suit and brass knuckles in his hands. They looked back at the fellow group of three.