Chapter 14 : "SCATTERED"

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Previously : With the combined efforts of everyone, Slug is finally freed from his handcuffs as his presence is made clear to everyone within moments... What will happen next?

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"Ugh" Nami moans slightly as the muffled noises around her get silent--
Perhaps awaiting her return to reality.

A sharp tinge of pain surges in her head as she grabs it softly while asking.

"What happened...?" Her question was aimed at her companion, Kira.

"That's what we want to ask you, What happened to you guys?"

Ok, This was not Kira's voice-- Yet it didn't feel alien either. Opening her damp eyes, Which felt moist for some reason, She finds the figure of a man she hadn't seen in a while.

"H-Hiramaru Sensei?!" Her eyes widen as she finds the familiar face of Hiramaru, Their Class Teacher- Sitting right in front of her on a chair as lots of other students gather around her, Smiles blooming on their dry faces at the sight of her waki...

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"H-Hiramaru Sensei?!" Her eyes widen as she finds the familiar face of Hiramaru, Their Class Teacher- Sitting right in front of her on a chair as lots of other students gather around her, Smiles blooming on their dry faces at the sight of her waking up whereas Nami kept looking at everyone with a gaping mouth and wide eyes.

"But W-Why is everyone at the exit?!" Nami asks as a newly bandaged Kira tells her to calm down and see.

"Look carefully Namiko-san, We're not at the battlefield, We're at the Academy, Our Academy" His words act as a pinch,

Waking Nami up to reality. She darts her eyes across the room--- Observing and recognising the place she often visited during lectures; It was the Medical room surrounded by familiar faces- Faces she hadn't seen in a while. But how did she get here?

Last thing she could remember was Slug saying 'Leave everything to me', What happened after that? 'Ugh', She furrows her eyebrows and puts more pressure upon her head to remember... Aha! Yes! Her memories flood back in as she remembers what had unfolded.

They were too late in free-ing Slug, The hell winds had started blowing crazily.
A strong gust of wind sent all of them flying like pieces of paper in air...

'Kyaaa! What the hell is happening'

Thankfully, Nami was caught by Kira mid air before they came crashing right
intothe Academy's front-side lake, After which she lost consciousness.

"We were separated by the hell winds... The most I could do was hold onto you; I don't even know where the others went flying, But I-I'm sure they must be fine!" Despite how cheerful Kira tried to act, Deep within he feared the scenario of Slug and Elsa getting thrown off the island-- Afterall they WERE at the Exit.

On the other hand, Everyone around them bore faces of confusion, surprise and intrigue-- Curious to know what Nami and Kira were doing here; And those bottled questions rained down upon her just as she looked at them.

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