The Attempt:
It has been two hours since she fell unconscious. Now, she is lying on the old couch exhausted. Luckily, the artificial venom didn't take its toll fully on her, or else... I don't know.
I don't have any idea why would she be on that place again. Was she finding something there? Nevertheless, I have to watch over her right now until she regains her sense again.
After a moment, she finally opens her eyes slowly. "Urghhh.... Where am I? What happened to me?" she asks in Japanese while staring at the dark walls of the room.
"You should not be here, girl, for you almost died." I say as I walk out of the shadow, looking at her under my mask.
"You are... Armorer Typhoon! Why are you here?" the girl asks, surprised by my presence.
"It is I who should have ask you. Why were you there? That place is full of dangerous predators, preying on weaklings like you. Once they get their hands on you, you will be a tasty feast for them." I have to be straightforward to her so that she understands the situation.
"I.. I.. Nothing." she mutters, seemingly hiding something. She then looks at her wound and surprised as the wound has already healed. "My wound, did you just heal it?"
"That does not matter. Let me tell you something, this place is not a place for princess like you to pay a visit, let alone walking by your own at night. So, be glad that you are still alive at this moment and never show up here again." I say, for there is no good to hide the truth from her.
The girl lowers her gaze, unable to look at my eyes. She might be realising her wrongdoing right now. "I am sorry, but I didn't mean it to be like this." she says with her voice barely loud.
"Yes, of course, and because of that reason you almost died there. Had I didn't pull and heal the venomized claw out of your flesh, you might be succumbed to the venom's effect or worse, you will not be able to see your family again! How is that for you?" I totally cannot stand those words of her, but still try to maintain my composure. Did she ever think twice before going there?
"Yes sir, I am deeply sorry about that. Is there anything that I can do to undo all of this?" she asks. Her eyes are seemingly welling up with tears, possibly due to me scolding her.
"You should be in the place you should be right now. You must return. I will teleport you home." I think it is time to cool down.
"Alright. By the way, thank you very much, mr Armorer Typhoon for healing my wound. You can teleport me to The Garden. My house is there." the girl nod as she try to stand up.
Just as she touches my shoulder, I instantly teleport her back home, right before her room's balcony.
Right after that, it is time to disappear into the thin air again.
***
As I am sitting alone on my bed, a faint deep voice is calling upon me and I know who it is.
"You should not be too harsh with that girl. She clearly has no idea about that place. Just be gentle." It is Rious. What a time to preach me like this.
"Yeah, until she lose her life then we can mourn on her. There is no reason for her to be there. Are we tolerating that right now?" I say.
"I know it, Iru. You just cannot forget what had happened. But it is all in the past, we can do nothing about it." Rious says with a calmer voice.
"Yes, and that is why it won't happen again. You get the right picture, don't you?" I reply. My voice comes out cold.
"You should have some rest, my friend. It is a tough day for you." Rious says before he turns away.
"Never mind. Any information about Emera?" I ask.
"Not yet, but I will find out as soon as possible." Rious says as he stops midway.
"Alright then. I guess I have to leave this matter to you." I say.
"Do you find any clues about the culprit?" Rious asks. His tone become serious somehow.
"Not yet, but I will. Trust me." That is my promise.
Rious does not say anything. Right after that, he disappears into the shadow, leaving no trace of his presence.
Eventually, I decide to take a rest. I need to put the pressure off my mind and have a good use for this fleeting time, for tomorrow there will be another challenges in the form one cannot possibly imagine.
***
It is already 5.30 am. Once I finished with taking a shower and prayer, I walk my way to school, while the sun is yet to rise.
The moment I arrive at the classroom, there are some mess need to be clean, so I immediately take the broom and do the chores. Coincidentally, it is my turn to clean the classroom today, so yeah, nevertheless I have to do it.
Fortunately, it should not take me too long to do it, so I eventually finish cleaning all the mess right before my classmates step inside the classroom.
After that, I head out to the cafeteria to buy garlic bun as my breakfast for today. Since there is no one but the staffs, only silence accompanies my way inside it. To be honest, I do enjoy this silence at the moment.
The sun slowly emerges, painting the east sky with orange hue.
Once I have bought the bun, I return to the classroom, the class is already filled with my classmates, and of course, it is anything but silence. Some of them are playing online games, while others are gossiping. What a way to start a morning. Well, they will eventually dismiss their activities once the class begins.
And as usual, I retreat to my seat to have my breakfast. I guess this breakfast will be better if there is a cup of tea as well.
***
8.30 am, the time for Chemistry class.
Madam Y enters the classroom and slowly put her handcrafted bag beside the teacher's desk.
"Alright class, today I have an assignment for you." Madam Y says.
The whole classroom become focus. What will Madam Y assign us this time?
"You are going to do presentation regarding the next chapter that we are going to learn, which is periodic table. This assignment will involve all of you working in pair. For the topic as well as the pair, I have it chosen for you. So when I call your name, you must sit beside your partner whom I will call after your name and come in front to take your topics." She says.
I think this assignment is not that hard to do, but what bothers me right now is somehow I have an idea on who will be my partner, or it might be that I know who will it be.
And that is right. The moment Madam Y utters my name, I already know who is my partner.
"Iru, you will be assigned together with Amane. Here is your topic. You may discuss now." Madam Y says as she hands me a piece of paper with 'Isotope' written on it. That is our topic.
So I make my way towards the seat beside Amane's. The moment I take a seat, somehow I can feel an aura that screams 'uncomfortable' from her. Yet, I shrug it off, telling that it is for work. Whether she likes it or not, the assignment must be done. I cannot help her to like me, but at the very least, I can help her to work together in this assignment.
"Here is our topic." I say as I hand her the topic.
"Isotope. What is it in Japanese?" Amane asks while she tilts her head.
"Dōitai." I say.
"Ohhhh, I see. So, what are we going to do?" She asks with her voice slow. Is she afraid of me?
Anyway, that is not important.
"So, we might need to create an infographic for this topic. I believe that we need to do some research for the isotopes involved. You can do the research, but you have to do it based on our syllabus, which is all in Malay, or you can do the infographic." I say, giving her the right to choose her role.
For a moment, she pauses until she finally decides her role. "I guess I will do the infographic." She says. " However, if you were to do the research, will you be able to do it alone?" Amane tilts her head as she looks at me.
"That is not a problem for me. All I want to know is that you are ready when I give you the informations. So are you up to it?" I ask.
"Are you saying that you are the boss right now?" Amane looks at me. Her gaze becomes sharper than before.
"What I am saying right now is that you have to have your laptop ready. Is there any problem with it?" I says calmly. I guess it is better not to heat up the situation.
Amane exhales before nodding as a sign of understand. "Alright, but I believe that we need to have a thorough discussion for this. Can we meet somewhere outside of school later on?" She says.
I pause for a moment, thinking where will be the best spot for our meeting before replying to her. "I will tell you later."
Eventually, the discussion is dismissed, and so I retreat back to my seat.
Well, another day and another task to do. Basically a student life it is.
***
*Bell ringing
It is time to grab a snack to fill my stomach, and so I make my way to the cafeteria along with other students, while Amane is with Wan, Zera and several others girls.
However, things take an unexpected turn. All of a sudden, the earth shakes, making us barely able to stand our grounds.
"What is happening?" Wan says. Confusion is carved on the face of those who are there, but I think it is fear that is getting the best of them.
Yet, I know something terrible is about to happen, or should I say, something terrible is happening right now. A moment after that, a very loud sound echoes through the sky.
*ROARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
A gigantic kaiju stands at 60 meters tall appears in the villages area several kilometers away from this school. Its towering presence is seen even from here. It appears as a kaiju with organic orange horned armor that covers his hide, has sharp fangs causing its mouth cannot be closed and the most notable is its wing-like ears. Judging from those features, this kaiju is none other than Gargan.
At the moment, I catch a faint trace of another abnormal energy and it is near the classroom of Ixora. The moment the word 'Ixora' crosses my mind, my thought immediately goes to the only one who could be involved in this circumstance, which is...
Esya.
However, Gargan is wreaking havoc on earth, destroying everything in its path after unleashing its firebreath. Meanwhile, Esya's life is in jeopardy have I don't rush there right now.
What a bad timing it is. Nevertheless, I have to act faster.
Then,.....
*HIYAHHHHHH
*KNACKKKK
A kick flies straight to Gargan's back, causing it lying on the ground growling in agony, and someone emerges.
Its Armorer Sword, another warrior who bear the title of Armorer.
And so, the two titans clashes. However, Sword recklessly engages the kaiju, to the point several of his attacks miss to hit Gargan.
Nevertheless, that is the chance I need, so I immediately leave the crowds to head to the restroom. Once I reach the restroom, it is time to channel my inner power. In an instant, my head and body is enveloped in the organic metallic armor and mask.
Thus, I rush to the Ixora and the moment I arrive, chaos ensues in the area. Students are scattered, saving their own hide.
I try to find Esya amidst the chaos, and it turns out that she is choked by an reptilian-like extraterrestrial who appears to be a bounty hunter, armed with arsenal of weaponry and body armor.
As I arm myself with my sword, I charge at full speed towards the hunter, cutting his left arm in the process.
"ARGHHHHHHH!!!!! Who dares to intervene with my hunting?!!!" The hunter growls angrily.
Then, the hunter and I meet eyes.
"Well, well, well... If it isn't Armorer Typhoon, the warrior of justice. I will say to you that you have nothing to do here, so get lost! Or else..."
The hunter unsheats his metal blade.
Looks like it is going to be a fight, but it will end soon, for I am not in the mood to fight anyone right now.
The wind howls around us, causing a leave to fall from its tree. The moment the leave touches the ground, we immediately charge towards each other, and then....
*CLANG, CLANG, CLANG
*SWIFT
The duel is fast and brutal, and in the end, the hunter groans in pain as he slowly succumbs to the damage on his torso, inflicted by my sword.
"Urghhh... I guess this is the end, huh?" The hunter says before he falls to the ground.
*CLANG
His sword falls.
As there is no time to waste, I immediately rush to Esya. By the time I reach her, her face is quite pale, possibly due to being choked by the extraterrestrial prior.
"Are you alright?" I ask.
"Yes... But it was.... hurt just now." Esya replies as she struggles to speak properly.
"Come with me." I say before I teleport her along with me to a secret room I created, somewhere in the school. All of a sudden,.....
*Explosion sound
"What is happening, Typhoon?" Esya ask as she is startled, though I am not explaining to her.
"Stay here. I will be back." I say before I return to the battlefield.
By the time I reach the battlefield, all of them students are evacuating themselves to the school field at the back of the school, all while Sword is struggling as he fights Gargan. To make matters worse, Sword fails to prevent Gargan from firing its energy balls, which scatters within the radius of five kilometers, and one of it hits one of the school's building, and at the same time, there are students who are still on their way to the field.
The blast causes debris that almost fall on the students, so I flicker to destroy all the debris. As I cut all of the debris, another large debris which is the same size as me is about to hit me. "If I cut this in half, the remains will fall on the students." I think to myself, so I muster my strength to hold it off the students.
Before I realise it, my strength is slowly fading away, causing me to struggle to hold the debris longer. In a last ditch effort, using all the remaining strength that I have, I throw the debris right on the face of Gargan.
Seeing an opening after I hit Gargan, Sword instantly summons his blade before delivering his final slash towards Gargan. In a swift strike, Gargan immediately succumbs to the attack and falls to the ground.
Everything return to normal, except there is some collateral damage from the attack.
***
It is 10.30 pm inside our hideout.
I am waiting for Rious to bring Esya here, and eventually, the two arrive.
"What are you going to do with me, Typhoon?" Esya asks. Her face is full of concern.
"We are going to protect you, and right now we are going to conceal the energy signature of Emera and as well as erasing your memories of her, so that you can continue your life peacefully." I say.
She becomes silent for a moment. "Is it going to be hurt?" She asks right after that. Her tone tells us that she is fearful.
"No, and I promise you that this thing will end in seconds." Rious says with a convincing tone.
Then, she nods before sitting silently before us. In that moment, Rious puts his hand above her head and channels his light energy to her brain, erasing the selected memories in the process.
Right after that, Esya falls unconscious as a side effect of the technique, which induce comfort towards its target.
"It's time to send her back home." Rious says as he holds Esya with both of his arms.
I nod before watching Rious carrying Esya and leave the hideout.
Eventually, I decide to retreat to my bed to unwind my head after this whole ordeal, because I know tomorrow will never be the same and the fight never ends.