The Last Heroes: Warriors Against The Sinful

Chapter 1.10: Miku is on the job.

They gathered their hands and shouted ELITE FORCE from the bottom of their lungs, and joy spread all over their faces once more. Genti and Suzuki finally woke up, happy to see everyone beaming again, but didn't spot Tedashii. He held on to Genti as he was also confused about why he wasn't with them.

"Hey, guys. Where is our captain?" he asked, but nobody had a way to elucidate to him. Franco walked towards them and tried to clarify the situation. "Your captain is right here! IT'S ME~!!♡"

Genti didn't take that humorously at all. "ENOUGH WITH THE DAMN JOKES! WHAT THE HELL DID HAPPENED TO TEDASHII..."

"If you don't let go of me, I might not spare you," Franco said as his eyes began to glow furiously. "Don't you remember what happened? You were there yourself."

Genti tried to think back to what he was referring to and recalled him and Suzuki falling to the ground as they saw Tedashii rise. "I...remember us falling to the ground. What happened after that?!"

"Tedashii used your spiritas to heal HIS wounds, fought us, and then left astray after the battle. We took you guys back with us since we felt it was the right thing to do...you still wanna fight after all that?"

He let go of Franco...but couldn't believe Tedashii would ever do something like this. The person he marveled, gone, as if there was no thread of friendship between them.

"Why would he do that? I thought we were...mates.."

Franco felt Genti's devotion to Tedashii. So, he also had to find a way to gain his trust. "Listen, Shark boy. I may not be like him, but I would love for you to be part of our team. I saw that you're pretty strong! So what do you say?" Genti did not reply at all. So Franco sighed. "Tedashii would have loved us to stick as a team, you know?"

Genti's eyes began to shake. "Well...If he would have loved this, I'll join...so long as we get along."

The team was glad he agreed, but Suzuki didn't believe anything Franco said while glaring him a glare as he tried to alleviate him. "Hey, there, little buddy. You look a lot like Tedashii, you know? Why don't you join in as well?"

Suzuki felt energy emitting from Franco, hit his hand away and ran out of the room. None of the others understood why he responded like that, but as they felt restful enough, they prepared to meet Martin again for their verdict. Genti had no choice but to run after Suzuki, for he was the only person part of their team with Tedashii.

***

Suzuki kept running down the corridors as he bumped into Haze. "Hey, there, kid. Are you lost or something?"

Suzuki stood up and began humming as he explained his situation to Haze. However, Haze was not like Tedashii and understood nothing. When Suzuki realized that he just appeared outlandish, he walked away without any means to bother him. Haze was confused about what had happened, but he just let it slide and returned to work. Suzuki walked out of the camp to the tree, where he met Tedashii for the first time. He just sat down and gazed at the tree, hoping that Tedashii would return. Genti came and recognized this was where he saw Tedashii carry Suzuki down to the forest. The act of kindness made him admire him, so he picked him up on his back and walked to Legon City.

"Don't worry, Su. It's you and me against the world. Until Tedashii comes back, I'll take care of you...I know he will."

***

Franco and his team arrived at the cafeteria room, the designated meeting point for all test participants. Looking around, they could only see two other individuals, both ronins, who appeared to be the only survivors. It was unclear if they were part of the same team as them. They took their seats and waited for Martin's arrival while the silence in the room was palpable. Finally, he arrived at the cafeteria accompanied by his two bodyguards.