It was pouring outside.Full of Anticipation and adrenaline, he immediately tapped ahead to the scouting page. Due to all N Cards being max bonded and most songs being already full combo'd, it had taken a little longer than usual to finally hit the number '50' on his total currency of love gems. His eyes sparkled at the bright pink button that was written "Scout 11". Despite his plans on making a full ritual just to add a UR to his collection of cards, he was too full of excitement and joy and immediately tapped the confirm button to Scout 11. Michael Ball held his breathe as the shiny golden box rattled before opening itself and seeing only one striped pastel envelope fly out with another ten pink envelopes. Michael Ball stared at the scouting results page, eyeing the fact he only got one SR out of the fifty love gems that he's spent at least two weeks grinding up to. To make matters worse, it wasn't even a new SR. It was Animal Set Eli. It wasn't too long until two little droplets of water fell onto the phone. Filled with dread and anger while not being able to think clearly, he grabbed his phone and threw it at the wall that stood across his bed. "I just don't understand!" he immediately covered his eyes. In a matter of seconds, the door to his room slammed open. "Michael?! What happened?!" the boy yelled out of worry before staring down at the floor with the now-cracked phone screen. Ghettosan then looked at Michael Ball, who was having a mental breakdown screaming at his phone. ".. Michael..?" Michael Ball took his hands away from his face to reveal his red puffy eyes and directly stared at Ghettosan. Awkward tension continued to grow between them until Michael Ball immediately got up from his bed and dashed towards Ghettosan, pushing him to the side making him slam against the wall and heading out the door. Yurichan climbed up the rail of stairs leading to the upper floor of the complex with Linda following behind her. It was in a matter of seconds that both of them were slammed against the wall, causing Yurichan to have to grab hold on of the rail to keep her stance. Linda stuck her leg out and screamed for Yurichan's aid. If it weren't for Yurichan gripped a firm hold of Linda's fore arm at that moment, she would've tripped all the way down. Yurichan was too focused on saving Linda from falling down the stairs too see Michael Ball exit out the entry way into the rain and slam the door shut. In shock, she ran up stairs as fast as she could to ask Ghettosan with Linda following only a few feet behind her. Her eyes widened at the sight of Ghettosan slunched against the wall holding his arm attempting to ease the pain of being slammed against the wall. "Ghettosan?!" Yurichan dashed to his aid and put her hand around his shoulder. "What happened?!" Yurichan was clearly in worry. Ghettosan still in trauma from the flight of Michael Ball, finally set his eyes on her. "I don't know.. I just heard him scream and throw his phone against the wall and he pushed me aside against the wall and fled.. Do you know where he went?" Ghettosan looked up, trying to clearly remember all the events that has unfolded. "He just ran outside!" Yurichan's panic grew worse. Ghettosan's eyes widened at her. Linda eyed both of them, studying their expressions. She recognized panic and fear in both of them which also caused panic and fear to grow inside of her. She knew something was really bad. "Ghettosan! You have to go get Michael Ball! Grab an umbrella and go get him! It's pouring out there and he can get really sick!" Yurichan demanded of him."What?!" Ghettosan looked at her with full confusion."Ghettosan! If you don't get Michael Ball right now or someone else.. he's going to die of hypnosis!" Linda added to Yurichan's demands. "It's hypothermia Linda... but still! Please Ghettosan! Go get him!" Yurichan grabbed his arm and begged. Ghettosan looked down at the floor for a few moments before standing up. "..I'll go get him" he sighed in defeat. If he wasn't going to get Michael Ball he knew no one else would step out into the rain to get him. Not even Vorechan, who was approximantely absent at the moment. He ran to slip on his rainboots and grab his bright yellow raincoat that was made out of leather. Linda got it for him for Christmas. If Ghettosan had to be honest, the quality was trash but Yurichan said it was inexpensive. But it was still a coat, so he had no choice but to use it as he knew it was to be needed in this type of setting.He grabbed the door handle and let it swing open only to see rain crashing down against the sement. Thunder was heard in the distance with brief flashes of lightning. This only made fear grow more for Michael Ball. But he knew he had to act quickly to prevent him from getting any worse. 'God dammit Michael...what had to make you so upset to make you run through this..' he thought as he was stepping out from under any more shelter the roof provided. Just as he was about to proceed, Linda came and swung the door back open saving it from fully closing. "Ghettosan!" her smiled beamed at him. He turned to look at her. "I don't know if you'll need this..but it might help!" she took out what seemed to be... Inflatable Yukina. Ghettosan gazed at the dull violet-headed floatable that laid upon him. This cursed thing. The only thing that filled Ghettosan's head was PTSD of Linda's mission and being shoved into the hospital room with Yurichan to help her give birth. The thoughts made him shiver and take the floatable with caution. "Oh! And take this too" she handed him a bright pink backpack that contained an umbrella for him. The backpack didn't have any decorations on it, but it was beat up to show that it was old. He assumed that this was stolen from Vorechan's closet since he hasn't seen anyone last use it since the 'Mission'. "Michael Ball can get away fast, especially if he's upset. The only way you can contain him is to show him the Inflatable Yukina and shake it. Then you should see Michael turn into a ball and then throw the Floatie in the bag and then catch him in the backpack. After that you should try to zip up the backpack as fast as possible..because in a matter of seconds he could just bounce out and run away with the Yukina.." Ghettosan has never heard Linda talk so much without sounding like a complete airhead. You could say he was a bit genuinely impressed. "Got'cha" he put the Infltable Yukina in the bag and slung it around his shoulder. "Good luck !" Linda waved at him before Ghettosan took off. It didn't take too long before he got tired, as he hasn't actually left the house in days. He dropped the umbrella on the ground to take a rest on his knees. He panted before setting himself up again and grabbing hold of the umbrella. He realized there was no actual way of finding Michael Ball. His phone was broken at home, and it's not like there was any GPS tracker device on him. That realization gave Ghettosan an idea, but he put those thoughts aside and had to focus on finding Michael Ball. He ventured on.The air around him was just the rain padding against the ground harshly and on his coat. 'It was like a tiny bunch of rockets crashing against the ground and exploding.." Ghettosan thought while looking up at the grey sky. Moving forward, he made sure to keep his sight open as Michael Ball could just be hiding in any corner. He called out,"Michael Ball! Where are you?!"No response. Only the sound of thunder and crashing rain. He put down his head and stared down at his boots.'What if..we never find him..?' he thought. The thought was devastating, but it was normal to think in this state since there was no actual way of tracking him. Until Ghettosan heard a rustle which made him snap his neck towards the alley way. To his surprise, there was a man who was leaning against one of the alley way walls. Ghettosan's eyes lit up. He knew he couldn't risk it. He snagged the strap off his shoulder and zipped open the backpack immediately and grabbed the Inflatable Yukina, not caring about how much it hurt to even look at it. "MICHAEL BALL! I HAVE THE INFLATABLE YUKINA!" he shook it a bit, waiting for the man to come forward.The man stepped out of the darkness which revealed to be Michael Ball. His eyes were red and puffy from the tears and snot was running down his nose. His eyes sparkled at the Floatable and he immediately started shifting into complete ball form. Ghettosan hurried and threw it in the pink backpack, which was followed by Michael Ball hopping into the bag with the Inflatable Yukina seconds after. He zipped up the backpack within a heart beat in fear of losing Michael Ball again.'..How can he even do that..?' was all Ghettosan was able to think while gripping the pink backpack. He stood in the rain for a few moments before turning on his heel and heading back home.---Ghettosan was back in the house, his knees shaking just about to give up on him but he managed to find himself somewhere to rest. The sounds of footsteps rushing down the stairs was heard who was seen to be Yurichan and Linda. "Did you find him?" Yurichan immediately questioned. Ghettosan looked at her and all he did in response was grab the backpack and zip it open. Which revealed Michael Ball rolling slowly outside of the bag and slowly shifting into his normal form again."OH THANK GOD!" Yurichan's face changed from fear and panic into immediate relief. All Linda did was follow up behind her and clap her hands happily letting out a small"Yaaay.." Michael Ball awkwardly clutching onto the Inflatable Yukina and laying on the floor looked up to Yurichan and Linda. "Michael Ball! Don't do that ever again! What even made you so upset?!" Yurichan turned her attention onto him, raising her voice at him out of worry.He looked down at himself, his face turning a slight tint of pink showing his embarassment. "I got a 1 SR pull from my hard worked love gems.." He looked as if he were about to cry again.Yurichan's face softened and all she could do was sigh. "That's not a reason to run away into the rain and put all of us into a state of panic for your safety.. please.. don't do that ever again"Embarassed and ashamed, all Michael Ball could do was nod. Linda knelt down and handed him his phone. "Okay, now I will go cook ramen for everyone since everyone is home and happy now!" Michael Ball watched as Yurichan skipped into the kitchen."Oh! I forgot! I have enough for a pull on Bang Dream!" Michael Ball's eyes lit up again as he turned on his phone, which still somehow worked despite the huge crack on it.
