The Ultimate Outlaw

Fight to Reunite

To say that one night's rest was not enough to recover from emotional exhaustion and be prepared for morning chaos would be a correct statement. Niles and Rantaro find themselves jostled awake as an alarm starts blaring through out their hellscape. Not having time to grab all of his gear, Niles throws on his chest guard over his bare chest before grabbing his quiver and bow. He bursts out of the room, looking around, Rantaro behind him also shirtless. Niles spots Maki burst out a few moments later with her knife and a crossbow strapped to her back over her pajamas. The others were quick to join the three, all looking confused as to what was happening.

"What the hell is going on?? Why is there an alarm going off??" Miu shouts out over the blaring alarm.

"Are we under attack??" Kaede asks, looking around for something.

"Probably! But what do we do?? We only have two fighters among us!" Kaito shouts.

"Wrong! I have gadgets once I can get to them!" Miu responds.

"I can fight too," Kirumi actually shouts, surprising the others in the fact that she raised her voice.

"Niles! We defer to you! You know best-" Rantaro tells his boyfriend.

"Right-" Niles says before looking at the others. "Kirumi! Escort Miu to her lab and take Kaede and Shuichi with you! Maki - watch over Kokichi, Tsumugi and Kaito!"

"On it!" Kirumi and Maki respond before gathering their respective groups as they escort them to various locations. Niles looks at Rantaro over his shoulder.

"I think it might be my people," Niles says to Rantaro.

"I'm behind you," Rantaro answers Niles' unspoken question. Hearing that, Niles heads out of the dorms, bow out and arrows in his hands. Rantaro makes sure to stay close behind to make it easier on Niles. The two head out to the courtyard and they both spot two of the Exisals chasing and firing at someone. Niles then spots the familiar burst of lightning magic hit and momentarily stutter one of the Exisals. He follows the lightning quickly down and spots the familiar draconic form of Lord Corrin sprinting away, Nyx atop his back. Niles then ducks behind some cover, pulling Rantaro with him before nocking an arrow and shooting the stuttered Exisal in the "eye" and then doing it two more times, shattering the lenses with his perfectly aimed shots.

"NILES!" Nyx calls out to the Outlaw upon seeing the arrows fly overhead. She takes that moment to blast the Exisal with dark magic, exploding the Exisal to smithereens, the other one careening away for the moment to regroup with the others. Nyx hops off as Corrin shifts back to human. Niles runs up to the two, Rantaro following behind.

"Lord Corrin! Lady Nyx!" Niles says as he catches up to them. "You found me after Odin's unfortunate mishap."

"We did and with a great deal of effort," Nyx responds.

"Leo, Elise and Odin are here too. And who's this?" Corrin states.

"Rantaro. Proper introductions after you all rid the Exisals?" Rantaro suggests.

"Good idea. And this should also draw out the mastermind," Niles says, looking at the green haired male.

"Agreed. And I think I have a theory on who that might be," Rantaro says.

"Who amongst you can fight should we regroup with them?" Corrin asks Niles and Rantaro.

"Three girls - a busty blonde named Miu, a maid looking individual named Kirumi and a girl with long pigtails named Maki," Niles answers.