Juushi (2)

"I am Sonoda Ai, and you are?" The girl introduced herself courteously, from what she had told me prior, she came to Shinagawa to meet up with a Magical Girl she befriended online.

She wasn't expecting to find another person related to the Site, "I am Yamada Eita." Of course, before meeting up with the other Magical Girl, I was obliged to tell her my name.

"So, how much do you know about the Site?" Ai inquired, she was very curious onto how I was able to gain a Stick for myself despite not being chosen.

"As you know, this Stick isn't mine. I stole it from my older sister. This Stick was handed out by an Admin in Minato. As far as I know, there are seventeen Admins so far, each one creepier than the last." I gave her a basic summary of all the currently existing Magical Girls, and the consequences of using a Stick.

"Of course, I already know about having my lifespan drained away. But I didn't know about the Tempest part. Why didn't anyone tell me?" She was very stunned about the fact about Tempest, it seems like she hadn't discovered that she can find out the countdown by pressing Hachi's nose.

But for now, we had to meet up with another Magical Girl. And, speak of the devil and they shall appear, "That's her." Ai snapped out of her thoughts and pointed to a girl in a school uniform.

She was a high-schooler so it seems, unsurprising yet very rare as usually middle schoolers are more likely to be chosen.

After all, they had just entered puberty and were more volatile compared to those who had been in puberty for longer.

She flicked her wavy black hair and scrutinised me, "Who the f*ck are you?" Of course, I had expected this to happen, but I hadn't expected her to be quite impulsive.

"Ah, forgive me. I am Yamada Eita. And just like you, I have a Stick, but technically not a real Magical Girl." Her eyes narrowed, she doubted the authenticity of my words.

She looked over to Ai; Ai nodded, indicating that I wasn't intending any harm and that I was telling the truth, "Hm, you're still pretty sketchy. But I'll trust you for now, but if you ever betray or try to kill us. Don't blame me if I get mad." The other girl threatened me, I was unafraid, but I was still wary as I was unsure of her Stick's power.

The unknown was always terrifying. "Well, now that you've met. I'm going to go now since I don't want to interfere with your meeting." I turned towards to Ai, expressing my sincerity.

Of course all of that was no lie, I did not want to interrupt anything lest I get in the way of them getting to know each other.

After all, Magical Girls had to stick together in times like these. In a year, this world would be destroyed, due to that I have no time for friends. "I understand. Well, we should at least keep contact with each other in case we need each other's help."

Ai requested my contact details, which set me into a sort of momentary daze, which I then subsequently gave it to her.

The other girl, whose name was Kojima Sara also gave me her number, which surprised me the most. From what I see, it seems like she was planning to surveil me a little more.

And I was okay with that, after all being stalked by a hot girl was kind of exciting.

Even if it was because I was a sketchy bastard. As I went out, I took a bite out of my food.

After doing all that talking, I was pretty damn hungry. Not only so, the time whizzed by so quickly.

Time was of the essence. I took my phone out and swiped through a list of seemingly unfortunate girls in the area.

Thanks to Isoko's investigations, I barely had any work to do. I was supposed to be looking for a girl that had recently come into contact with the Site and steal their Stick, but due to Ai, I had to cut that plan short.

So, I had to use Plan B. Which involved having to trespass into public schools and hope for the best.

The nearest was XXXX Public Middle School. Perfect for a stakeout. My plan, was obviously to steal the Sticks, and if possible, also try to kill Juushi while at it.

....

7:35 PM. I had waited for everyone else to get out of the school, it was quite boring too as some of the teachers had to finish up marking some quizzes.

The janitors had just gone. Leaving me and some security guard who was lazing around, here at the school.

If I was being honest, this school was quite shitty, not only did they not bother to fix up a vandalised locker, but they also didn't even bother having to clean up the blood on the floors properly.

And the perpetrators were never caught as the school weren't even investigating the problem. "Tch, next time I come here, the school shall be destroyed." I muttered my true opinions softly, not wanting to draw the Admin's attention.

Then, footsteps could be heard down the hallway. I was shocked, my instincts were spot on. "Ah, how troublesome. Ichi is really paranoid." Juushi seemed to be complaining about something Ichi had done, I was unsure of what, but I knew it was bad.

Then the footsteps had stopped, since I was hiding behind the aisle behind her, I had to go around.

Slowly, I made my way to the side. I was nervously anticipating, quietly scheming on how I should go with it.

As she placed the Stick inside the locker, I silently went right behind her. And thankfully, just in case she was using a dummy, I had a mirror on hand.

Since her laser beams were made of light, I thought that using a mirror as a shield would make it bounce off of it.

I had strapped it around my hand for easy usage and used my free hand for my Stick. I was close, so close that I could hear her muffled humming. But all of a sudden she turned her head, her black eyes staring at me.

"What?!" Now that I had been exposed, it was now or never. Rushing forwards, I stretched my arm out, trowel in hand.

I had somewhat shocked her, allowing me to slam my Stick onto her face, before she used her laser beams at me.

The impact had made me jump back violently, my arm spasming as I let go of the Stick. But I knew what I had done, flipping out a finger, I yelled at her, "See you in hell, Juushit!*"

Juushi staggered as a hole appeared in the middle of her face, widening throughout her entire body. Leaving only the legs.

I knew that I had taken the real one since black smoke erupted out of nowhere, revealing the gory leftovers.

No blood, just a hollowed, black leg. It was sickening, but I wasn't disheartened, after all Admins were no longer human.

And besides, if my plan worked, Admins would no longer have to exist.

"Now then, let's see what my spoils of battle are."