25th of October 2013
Time - 23:51
Once Dante had overseen that all the possessions of the Ryoma household had been moved back inside and returned exactly as it was originally.
He waited until they all left until he called out aloud.
"Bronya, you can come out now."
There was the sound of Bronya's feet landing with the ground, I turned around and saw here with her regular emotionless neutral face.
"How did you know?"
"I have a device that scans the surroundings. Also I just knew it would be you. Come on Mei is probably still upset about her father."
I didn't want the awkward discovery to drag on so i dismissed that she was watching while hiding to move on from that.
It worked, kinda, since Bronya followed me inside without a word, but I could feel her stare on my back.
As for the man whose hands i had sliced off with my Siva bots…well…a single Siva bot may or may not have remained inside the man's body as a tracker of sorts.
Also~ it may or may not have worked it's way through his blood system and made it to his brain where it proceeded to mind control him.
Also~ it may or may not have taken him to my ultra hidden laboratory that is not the same as the one that I brought Bronya to.
I do need a Human test subject to test my Reactive Adaptability aka 'immortality' serum on, before injecting myself with it of course.
…
Having made it to Mei's room which was a lot easier to find given I can locate them and that Mei was crying.
Though when she heard me and Bronya enter she stopped after another minute.
"I'm sorry everyone." Mei said as she must have thought it was unbecoming of her to show such emotions and trouble us.
"Mei-senpai what are you saying?"
"Kiana-idiotka, she means that as the daughter of the CEO of a renowned worldwide company."
"Oi! You take that back you-you-you…" Kiana trailed off clearly unable to think of a comeback.
"This is Bronya's win, score 21-0" i said from the sidelines as I watched on in amusement.
Kiana had her mouth open wide like she had been betrayed in a drama show.
She slowly walked over to me like a zombie with her hands outstretched.
I had a bad premonition so I immediately did the only reasonable thing…I jumped out the window!
As expected Kiana had jumped towards the doorway, assuming I was going to escape that way, however her eyes opened wide as she realised my plan.
All three girls rushed over to window to see if I was alright, they sighed in relief as they saw me winking at them while blowing a French kiss before I turned around and ran inside the estate, beginning my game of 'hide and seek' against Kiana.
"DANTE!" Kiana roared as she leapt from the second floor window and landed on the concrete below causing visible cracks to form as she chased after Dante inside the estate.
Meanwhile, Mei blushed slightly at the French kiss Dante had done before smiling at the usual antics of her friends.
…
"One more step and the chocolate gets it!"
Déjà Vu…
"Hey! Hey! Come on! Don't be rash here! Kiana begged as she raised her hands in surrender as she saw that i held a very, very expensive chocolate bar near the fireplace.
The stalemate didn't take long to end before she eventually gave up and surrendered, to which I then tossed her the chocolate bar that she immediately devoured.
Mei and Bronya had been able to find us thanks to all the noise we were causing.
"Thank you everyone for comforting me." Mei said as she gave a bow towards the three of us.
"Mei, sometimes you can be an idiot."
"Dante!" Kiana shouted out.
"Mei, we're all friends, it's only natural. We'll always be here for you no matter what happens."
When i finished, I don't know why, but Bronya's expression slightly flinched at my words.
Maybe she didn't have friends before? I can possibly see that being the case with her…mute emotions?
"Thank you everyone." Mei said as a tear of joy must have rolled down her cheek.
"Hey enough of this sappy stuff, let's play a game already! Come on, who wants to play 'Go fish' with Kiana being the fish?"
"Da Bronya wishes to play this." Bronya saif as she raised one hand while maintaining a neutral face.
"Oi! I didn't agree to this!" The white haired Tuna in question spoke in protest.
****
26th of October 2013
Time - 4:40am
After a few more hours of playing games late into the night to make sure that Mei would be happy, Bronya returned home after making sure to escort Kiana back to my apartment.
It was decided that Kiana could stay at the Raiden estate with Mei in one of the vacant rooms to make sure she wasn't alone and would have someone with her.
However, today isn't the day as she needs to gather her things and it was too late.
Kiana and myself agreed to bunk school tomorrow and Mei already had a reason to not attend. Which is why sleeping at this time wasn't an issue.
As for Bronya, she said she had experience with sleeping for only a few hours so she wouldn't be affected from staying awake this late.
As for me, I made sure Mei was alright.
Just before I was about to leave, I went to Mei's room to make sure she was alright.
I cared deeply for my friends and family in both my past and current lives.
Even though I can't remember much about my past life, I never betrayed my friends and I was sure of that.
I saw that Mei had passed out on the bed, clearly she was too exhausted from all that has happened and must have passed out as soon as she touched the bed.
I walked over to her to go and lift her to properly place her in the bed so she wouldn't catch a cold but something felt…off…
My sense of danger flared through the room as I saw a flash of purple in Mei's briefly opened eye.
*boom!*
A loud explosion resounded as a bolt of red lighting struck Dante's chest which caused an explosion and sent him crashing through the concrete wall and outside.
He crashed and tumbled before finally coming to a halt as he coughed violently, recovering from what had happened.
Luckily, the Siva bots are sentient in a way and can perceive danger and analyse potential external threats, thus it independently changes its shape from the Siva ring on my hand into a protective plating on my body.
It didn't have time to fully form on my body so it prioritised the point of impact of the attack I received, and covered sections of my back with protective plating, that would resemble metallic dragon scales.
"Don't you dare!" Mei's voice sounded cold.
When I looked up I saw that Mei was floating in the air as she descended, red lighting crackled around her body as her eyes shone with a purple light.
My only thought at the time was…
'What the fuck is going on?!'