Chapter 9

"THAT'S PAYBACK B*TCH" Jaspher shouted.

Everyone was shocked, feeling hyped as they smiled.

After a short moment of joy, the Akuma began to move again.

"RAAAGGGHH" The Akuma got back on its feet, as it roared violently.

"No... SH*T!" Jaspher said, "what Yuji threw to me was a glove for an A-class, I was able to use it once, but I feel like my arm is dislocated right now, I probably won't be able to use it again..."

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Earlier from Yuji's perspective.

Yuji found two specialized weapons from the corpses of the students. He put the pistol in his pocket and grabbed the glove with the thought of giving it to Ryan, but as he got out of the building, he noticed Jaspher moved a bit, seeing him being completely conscious.

Yuji thought of a possible scenario and threw a syringe containing an amplifier with the Specialized weapon toward Jasper.

Jaspher looked at Yuji, while Yuji had his pointing finger in front of his lips saying "ssshhh,".

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Going back.

"Crap, that wasn't enough!?" Jaspher said as he was shaking in pain and fear.

Everyone's face was filled with despair as they were at a loss of what to do.

"So that wasn't enough huh," Yuji said as he chuckled a bit, not having any trace of worry on his face.

"It's all up to you now!" Yuji shouted.

Suddenly, a blonde female Student came out of the window of the building, nearby the Akuma.

Being surrounded by electricity, she dashed forward with unbelievable speed towards the Akuma.

Everyone stood astounded by the appearance of the blonde female student.

"A blonde-haired girl who can produce electricity from her body...THAT'S!" Ryan thought, and so does everyone else.

"Finish it, Erina!" Yuji shouted.

"You got it!" Said Erina as she pulls out her knife.

Erina dashed quickly towards the Akuma. The Akuma notices her presence as something dangerous. The Akuma focused its attention on Erina as it quickly dashed with an incomplete form, making it not as fast as before.

Thanks to Erina's ability, making part of her brain faster, she can have ultra-fast reflexes in several situations.

Erina jumped over the Akuma, crossing paths with it.

The Akuma quickly drifted its feet back to facing Erina.

As the Akuma quickly recovered from its incomplete dash, the knife Erina was carrying was already inches away from the Akumas thick neck.

The knife was surrounded by electricity and was glowing bright red, as it smoothly slashes through its skin.

Erina slashed the Akumas thick neck smoothly and easily, decapitating the Akuma, as its head drops to the ground, followed by its large body, covering the head.

And so, the Akuma was down.

Everyone was speechless, as they were astounded by how Erina easily took down the Akuma.

"She finished it just like that..." Layla said, smiling and filled with goosebumps, "She's scary!"

Erina turned around and faced everyone.

She took a deep breath and said, "good job everyone! for surviving!" She said with a wink and a big smile on her face.

"She can act cute like that after killing something that gave us a hard time so easily," said Ryan, sending shivers down his spine, "women are scary..."

Everyone wasn't so sure how to react, all everyone did was smile.

"It's finally over..." Said Jaspher in a weak and faint voice.

Hearing a whimpering voice, Erina looked at Jaspher.

"WOAH!" Erina shouted in a high-pitched voice, being shocked, "Are you ok!?"

"Yeah, surprisingly...I'm holding out just fine," Jaspher said while holding his broken left arm as blood drips from his head.

"He's definitely NOT fine!" Erina thought, "why did I even ask? I'm so stupid!"

"I got this!" said Elizabeth, as she ran towards Jaspher, "My class might be D but my ability isn't as weak," she said, being confident in her ability, she smiled.

"She seems confident..." Erina thought, "I'll be leaving him to you then," she said.

"Now then..." Erina said as she looked at Yuji, she placed both of her hands behind her back, as she walked towards him.

She kept walking until she was really close to Yuji, then suddenly.

"You came..." Erina said as she hugged Yuji, she tiptoed, placing her head above his shoulders, pressing her chest on his, as she wrapped her arms around his neck, she whispered "I'm...so glad you came, I'm... so so glad you're ok!" she said in a teary voice as a single tear dripped from her eye.

Ryan and Layla were struck silent as they stared at Erina and Yuji.

"They, really are friends?" said Ryan.

"And they seem to be really close than just friends," said Layla.

Yuji placed his hands on the back of Erina's shoulder, "I'm surprised I'm alive myself," he said in a laughing tone.

"Well Yuji..." said Erina, as they both let go of each other, "You're..."

"You're A LOT stronger than what everyone thinks!" she said as she smiled so beautifully, looking directly at each other's eyes.

Yuji had mixed feelings, and was completely speechless, as he just smiled back at Erina.

That was the moment they all felt at ease, after going through Experiences that most likely took a great impact on them, they felt that it was going to go smoothly from now on.

"So!" Erina said as she looked back at Ryan and Layla, "these people are?"

"Oh yeah!" said Yuji, as he called Layla and Ryan who were standing behind Erina from a distance.

Layla and Ryan glanced a bit as they pretend that they weren't staring, they then approached each other.

"My name is Layla, nice to meet you," she said with a smile.

"My... my name is Ryan, N... nice to meet you!" he said in a nervous tone as he choked on some of his words.

"Huh? why are you acting so weird?" said Yuji, "You were like a boss since a few minutes ago, did you hit your head?"

"SHUT UP!" Ryan said in an embarrassed manner, "it's just a great honor to be able to talk to Ms. Erina, and this is actually the first time I've seen her up close..."

"Ahehehe" Erina laughed awkwardly, not being sure how to respond, "It's a pleasure to meet you too, after all, you helped Yuji get here, and for that I'm grateful," she said as she bowed her head towards them.

"No! Yuji was a very big help to us, I think we should be thanking him!" said Layla.

"Oh? and how did this person with no ability managed to help you?" said Erina with a slight smugness on her face.

"I don't know how to put it but..." Elizabeth said as she approached beside them, along with Jaspher.

Yuji looked at Jaspher, "Woah, he's completely recovered, Elizabeth's ability sure is something..." He thought.

"All I can say is that he... was strong..." Elizabeth said, "I don't know how else to put it, he was just really helpful not just physically... but also mentally..." Elizabeth said, in a nervous tone, choking on some of her words.

Erina quickly approached Elizabeth and grabbed both of her hands, as she lifts them and held them tight.

"Don't worry, I know exactly what you mean!" Erina said with a big smile on her face.

Elizabeth nodded, "I'm starting to wonder why people actually call him a weakling..."

As she said that, Erina's face became even brighter as Erina starts to shake her hands.

"I KNOW, RIGHT!?, It's pretty stupid, right!?" said Erina.

"Erina stops..." said Yuji, in a bashful manner "It's... getting embarrassing,".

"Your acting weird, did you hurt your head or something?" Ryan said in a smug tone.

"Shut up..." Yuji replied.

they both smiled.

It was as if everything was normal, having each other like that made them feel like nothing could go wrong beyond this point.

Or so they thought

The feeling as if nothing will go wrong from that point was really naive of us, it was a thrilling and hard path that we took, but compared to what will happen afterward, it was completely nothing...

"Looks like you kids are having a nice moment there," a female's voice suddenly came from the inside of the building along with multiple footsteps, as a lady came out of the building door.

"Sorry to interrupt, but you do know that your school is currently not in a good state, right?"

The woman was wearing a dark grey uniform, along with a black beret with a red X mark, on her head.

"That uniform, that symbol... that's!" Said Ryan.

"THE MILITARY!" said Layla.