Ritsu's Armed Orphans - Volume 1

Once A Foe Always a Foe

Where the sun is still blooming with the wind flying around as usual, Atusko and Hiroto walk past the roll of trees from the sides that lead up to where they're headed. "Hey Nee-san, this person declares a challenge from you, do you have any clue about what this person wants?" Hiroto kept his eyes the whole time on the invitation card he was holding. The card had dark purple like the colour of purple grapes along with its scent that smelt like the poison Ivy plant.

"I don't care whoever it is." Atsuko's eyes focused on the front with her face "What I do know is that I should deal with this person as soon as possible so that we can go back to the agency to continue on with the plan."

They walked for a few moments until finally they stopped at the door of an old church. "Huh, I never thought this person would be so poor." He gazed at the building with his hands on his hips.

All of a sudden, a sweet but dark voice came from behind the doors and said, "Looks like the two of you have arrived. Do come in."

The two looked at each other for a moment with a bunch of words flying to her head. At the same time she couldn't help but find the voice from inside very familiar but she couldn't remember.

Just when the door opened, they saw a girl around Atusko's age sitting in a red and gold chair from the distance with her head laying on her fist. She was wearing dark purple leather with a pair of black shorts, her hair was tied in two pons but left some hair out. She slightly giggled and said. "It's been a long time hasn't it, Atsuko-chan, Hiroto-chan."

Hiroto's eyes and mouth grew wider while Atusko's face remained like a stone, "Hey... you're that damn fox girl who kept on bullying my sister, I believe it was..."

Atsuko finished his sentence with her voice growing slighter quieter, "Katsumi Sakamoto."

"Right, Katsumi Sakamoto. It's about to time start to pay for all of you-"

"It's been a while Katsumi-san." Her eyes had a cold glare but her lips showed her sadness.

She tilted her back closer with her fingers on the right clumping and replied, "A while it is, although I would prefer a decade much to your own suggestions."

"More like a day." He rolled his eyes with his hands on his hips, "Did you shave your fringe of something? Because it looks crooked from over here."

She instantly stood up covering her fringe while glaring at them "Don't you–!!" Her teeth clenched just as she was about to pick a fight with him but then she immediately changed her expression and said, "Anyway, now that we're all here we might as well finish off from where we started five years ago."

"You know, the day when I found out about your little powers and wanted to tell the whole school about it but then you punched me with a blow." She raised her eyebrow at her with her arms folded.

Many years ago... It was in the afternoon with the sky filled with the clouds where everyone had left to return home, all except for two youngsters standing by the tree in the school courtyard.

Atsuko straightened her arms while her hands spreaded out, her eyes wholly focused on her hands as it began to create a foggy but nearly clear illusion of a brown fluffy teddy bear. She repeatedly heaved out air from her nostrils while her sweat began to flow down to her chin.

Just when her ability began to wither, Hiroto stepped forward and shouted. "Come on Nee-san, you can do it!"

The words from his mouth, made her release a large amount of air while her eyes grew widened, pushing her ability to a higher limit that the illusion in front of her slowly changed into a real teddy bear.