Hey there~ I'm back with Chapter 2 of The Ultimatum~
Once again as a reminder, this fic has lots of 48G member's deaths.. So if your oshi so happened to die, please understand.. 
ENJOY~! 
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CHAPTER 2 : Unfortunate Encounter“Hnnnggg.....” Yuki mumbled a little.
“....?”
“Hnnnnnnngggggg......” Once again, words escaped Yuki’s mouth.
“Yuki?” A voice called out.
“No.... Don’t go....” Yuki started waving her arms as if she was trying to catch onto something. “Come back...... Don’t leave me alone.....”
“....”
“Gaah!!” Yuki shot up awake from her bed and started panting the heaviest of breaths.
“Hey, are you alright?” A head popped out from the top bunker and looked down at Yuki.
“...” Yuki was still breathing hard from her nightmare.
“Had a nightmare?”
Yuki nodded her head in agreement as she wiped the sweat off her face. “A horrible one.. I’ve been having nightmares lately and I’m not sure why.”
“Hmm... Guess you’re just stressed from your daily work.”
“Maybe..”
“You should probably head back to sleep. You have a class to teach tomorrow.”
“Don’t worry about it, Haruka baa-chan. My class is in the afternoon.” Yuki closed her eyes once again.
“Lucky you.. My class is early in the morning. And my name is Katayama Haruka. Not Haruka baa-chan. Would you stop calling me that? You’ve been doing that since the day I brought you into The Legion.” Haruka rolled her eyes in annoyance.
“You’re already over 40 years old. Just be lucky I don’t call you fossil instead, baa-chan. Now go back to sleep.” Yuki said.
“This kid.....” Haruka didn’t want to continue arguing with Yuki and just went to sleep.
An unknown placeThe main door slided open and a girl walked right into a room, greeted by the back of another girl working on a machine or some sort on the table. “I’m back.”
A blue eyed girl was seen concentrating on an object on the table with a mechanical monoscope covering her left eye, ignoring Jurina completely. At that time, the tiny drone on Jurina’s shoulder flew towards the blue eyed girl and landed on her hand. Then only did the blue eyed girl realized that Jurina had finally returned. The mechanical monoscope transformed itself back into a blue eye. She smiled at the drone and patted it a little “Good boy..” before turning around, greeting Jurina. “Not bad for your previous mission, Jurina. I’m so proud of you..”
The way she said it made it seem like Jurina was nothing but her assistant or worker. “And I’ll be proud when I get the chance to pierce my blades all over your face, Mayu.”
A smirk then crawled onto Mayu’s face. “Calm down, tiger.. You’ll have to line up if you want to kill me.”
That was when something shiny on the table that caught Jurina’s eye. “What’s that thing on your table?”
“This?” Mayu smiled to herself while appreciating a mechanical looking orb.
“Looks like a bomb.”
“It’s not a bomb, Jurina. It’s an anti-Judgement device. I tried modifying it with some parts I found in the Judgement from the previous Reaper you took out. Once clicked, it will deactivate all Judgements within a radius of 10m for 15 seconds. Works just like an EMP, but only for Judgements.”
“Give me that.” Jurina hastily tried to take the orb from Mayu’s hand but to no avail as she moved her hand away swiftly.
“I don’t think so..” Mayu smirked.
“Why not!?”
“To be honest, I’d be happy to use you as a guinea pig for this but too bad it’s not complete yet. There are still some flaws, so I’m gonna have to fix it up a little. Why do you even need this in the first place? You’re a Beta Spectre. You alone can take on a few Reapers at the same time.”
“This would help me win against Takahashi Minami.” Jurina reasoned out.
Mayu then scoffed. “Takahashi Minami again. Your obsession with her needs to go. You have to learn your place, Jurina. Even with this anti-Judgement device, you know very well that you will still lose to her. She’s on a whole new level. You have to realize you’re nothing but dust to her.”
“Say that again, I dare you!!” Jurina got offended as she pinned Mayu on the wall with her hand choking Mayu’s neck. All six of her blades emerged from behind her back and aimed right at her.
Instead of being terrified, Mayu started laughing. “You’re not going to kill me, Jurina. I know that. You know that too.”
Mayu was right. For some reason, Jurina couldn’t being herself to kill Mayu and tossed her back onto the ground. That was the reason why Mayu loved poking fun of Jurina’s pride as a Beta Spectre.
After adjusting her neck a little, Mayu continued. “Everyone knows how powerful she is. Not many Spectres and Cybers came back alive after facing her. Do you remember what happened that time during that ‘incident’? She could even hold her ground against two Alpha Spectres at the same time. In addition to that, given you and her had some ‘bad history’, I’d convince you to stay away from her.”
Jurina then punched the wall out of frustration.
“Calm down. You can let off your steam on your next target.”
“Always me..” Jurina scoffed. “When are you going to do these yourself?”
“It’s too much work for me.” Mayu shrugged as she found her new target in the database. “Ah... Your next target is a member of The Legion.. Cute little lady.. You can have so much fun with this one. Since she’s just an amateur.”
“What’s her name?”
“There you go.” Mayu showed her computer to Jurina.
“Hmmph.. A student at the Legion Academy?” Jurine scoffed. “I’ll settle this at a later time. I’ve to return to my place for now.”
“Meeting up with your little girlfriend?” Mayu said in a tone.
“Go work on your anti-Judgement device.”
Legion HQ*knock knock*
“You were looking for me?” Yuki greeted her leader with great respect. There she stood tall, facing the scenery outside through her window, the leader of The Legion.
“Take a seat, Yuki.” The tall leader instructed and Yuki sat down opposite her.
“Is there anything wrong?”
“Read this article and tell me what you think about it.” A newspaper cutting of today’s paper was tossed at Yuki as she sat down on her chair.
Yuki took it from the table and started reading the title of the article. “CEO of L Company slain by member of The Legion... Huh? That’s impossible!”
“They had pictures of it, Yuki. Apparently somebody accidentally took a picture of the person walking into the building while taking a vacation photo. Look at it. Does she ring any bell?” The tall leader explained.
“I did encounter a strange person with a Legion cloak yesterday.. Could this be her?” Yuki asked.
“Was she one of us?”
“No. I saw her face. I didn’t recognize her at all..” Yuki shook her head. “She’s definitely not a member of The Legion.”
“...” The leader became silent for a moment before making eye contact with Yuki again. “Did you see her eye color?”
“I’m sorry, Mariko. I didn’t manage to see her eye color. But I think she’s not a human. She runs a little too fast.. But her Judgement skills are quite fascinating.. It was as if she trained a really long time with it.” Yuki explained. Mariko suddenly had a deep thought to herself as she just kept silent. Yuki then asked, “Is everything ok, Mariko?”
“Weird.. Why him? Why the CEO?” The tall leader was thinking hard. “Could it be...” Soon after, Mariko looked up again at Yuki from her seat. “Investigate the Spectres, Yuki. There’s a high possibility that the one wearing the cloak is a Spectre.”
“Spectres?” Yuki wanted to question Mariko but she knew that Mariko was wiser than she is. Usually, anything predicted by Mariko is always right.
“This can’t be an inside job. It just doesn’t seem right.. There’s only one reason why I think it’s the Spectres, Yuki. ‘She’ might still be alive..”
“She? Mariko.... You don’t mean..” Suddenly Yuki remembered something, or rather, someone.
“Yes, Yuki. After that ‘incident’, she disappeared and was never found.. But somehow, I still think that she’s still alive and that the Spectres got hold of her and used her Legion cloak.”
“Do you really think she’s still alive?”
Mariko told. “I can’t be too sure about this. But I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen if you don’t get into this matter soon.”
Spectre LairDeep down under the dungeon of the Spectre lair, Jurina walked down the steps into the dark labyrinth.
“Still not listening to us???!!” A voice is heard shouting at the end of the labyrinth as some beating sounds were heard. As Jurina walked nearer and nearer to the end, the sight of a girl being chained onto the wall was seen. She had four chains pinning her onto the wall. Two on the wrists and the other two on the ankles. A Spectre was seen beating the girl that was pinned on the wall. Surprisingly, there was no reaction from her as the Spectre kept on punching her on the face. Surely enough there was a lot of blood from the beatings, but it was as if the punches didn’t faze her at all. The blood dripped from her face like sweat and yet no reaction. This angered the Spectre even more and released four of her blades. “DIE!!”
The Spectre was stopped by someone else before she could hit her again. “Stop, Itano.”
“J-Jurina?” Itano backed off a little.
“She’s had enough..” Jurina glared at Itano.
The sight of the angry Jurina scared Itano for a short moment. “Forgive me..” Looking at Jurina wearing the Legion cloak, Itano questioned. “Going about tainting Legion’s name again?”
“Yes. She’s barely moving.. Seems like she used up all her energy. How long has it been?” Jurina asked as she looked on at the girl on the wall.
“It’s been few days since she lost all her energy.”
“Alright, you can leave now.” Jurina instructed and Itano left the place with a scoff.
“Sorry, I got your cloak a little tainted with dirt.” That time, Jurina unhooked the Legion cloak from her body and hung it at a nail embedded on the wall next to the injured girl. “Did you miss me?”
“....” No replies from the girl as blood continued dripping from her face to the ground as her head was still facing down on the ground. She was definitely still alive as her body was still moving back and forth a little from breathing.
“Just look at yourself. Why must you resist us like this?” Jurina shook her head. “Why don’t you just come to your senses and surrender?”
“...”
“It’s been almost two years since you ended up in here. And yet you’re still resisting us.”
“...”
“I guess you’re not even listening to a single word I’m saying..”
“...”
Jurina knelt down on one knee and tilted the girl’s face up with a finger. Inches away form her face, Jurina smiled at her. “One day, you will realize who you truly are...... Matsui Rena..”
City CenterFour faces pressed against the shop window, looking at the displayed cakes with their eyes glittering in happiness.
“I want the chocolate cake.” Minarun pointed.
“Nah.. Take the Tiramisu one.” Shimada pointed at the cake beside.
“Hey, it’s my birthday so I’m the one choosing, alright!” Minarun placed her hands on her waist.
“Pfft... I don’t care. The Tiramisu one is more delicious.” Shimada pointed at the same cake again.
“Chocolate is more delicious.” Minarun raised her voice.
“Tiramisu is!”
“No! Chocolate is!”
“Why don’t we buy both cakes?” Takeuchi attempted to make the situation better by giving them the option to buy both cakes but to no avail.
“No! Choose one!” Both Minarun and Shimada voiced out loudly at Takeuchi at the same time.
Takeuchi got startled by both of them. “Umm.. I don’t wanna side any of you..”
“Paru, you’re the deciding point in this then. Which one would you prefer? Chocolate or Tiramisu?” Shimada asked.
“Chocolate.” Paru answered right away.
“What?” Minarun was shocked.
“Yes! Let’s get the chocolate cake then.” Shimada rushed into the store without a second thought.
“Hey! It’s my birthday cake! I should be the one choosing!” Minarun said.
“Oh, boy...” All Takeuchi could do was just smile back at both of them.
*HONK HONK*
A honk caught their attention as they noticed a car speeding above the speed limit and heading towards a girl crossing the street. It seemed like the brakes of the car was broken and the driver was trying to warn the girl in front.
“Hey! Watch out for the car!!!” Paru shouted. It was as if these words did not enter the girl’s ear at all as she continued walking.
“She’s gonna get run over by the car! It’s too late!” Takeuchi said.
The car knocked the girl. To their surprise, the whole car came to a complete stop and the whole front bumper got dented right away as it hit the girl. The girl was just standing there silently and glared into the driver’s face. She had blue eyes. “You scratched my armor..”
“A Cyber!?” The four of them said at the same time.
As the driver ran out of the car, the Cyber carried the car with ease and attempted to toss it right at him until Paru called out to her. “Hey! You! Why don’t you take on somebody your own size!!”
“Great.. You just have to call her in.” Shimada rolled her eyes.
The Cyber looked over at Paru with the car above her head and tossed it at them instead.
“Shit!” The four of them leaped away from the impact of the car landing on the ground near them.
“This is our first encounter of a real Cyber in the field, guys. Be on guard at all times.” Paru studied the Cyber from head to toe carefully and answered. “A Cyber with the strength to carry cars. A Terra.”
“Oh? You’re kinda smart for a human.” The Cyber smirked. “I’m Kanon by the way. I have to say you have guts, kid. Do you know what happens to those who mess with Cybers? They die.”
“Told you not to attract her.” Shimada cursed.
“Four kids... Tch- It’s not even satisfying.” Kanon mocked.
“We’re not kids. We’re members of the Legion.” Minarun voiced out with confidence.
“Ah.. You’re Reapers from The Legion...” Kanon smirked.
“Soon-to-be Reapers.” Takeuchi answered.
“I heard Reapers are really smart. But are Reapers smarter than Cybers? Or rather, are you smart enough to dodge my next attack?” Kanon smiled evilly at Paru causing her to be on guard.
Paru got into her fighting pose, getting ready for Kanon’s next attack. All of a sudden, instead of moving straight at Paru, Kanon turned back and leaped towards Shimada who currently had her guard down. Paru was shocked at the scene. “I got tricked! Shimada! Watch out!”
“Crap!” Shimada was too late to react to the situation as it was a completely unpredictable movement. A smart attack. She wasn’t fast enough to even dodge at that time.
“Watch out!” Minarun hopped towards Shimada at that instant and managed to tackle her away as Kanon swung her claw with her full strength at them.
“Thanks for the help, Minarun.” Shimada could hardly catch her breath at that time as it was a close call. “I thought I was dead for sure..”
“Are you okay?” Minarun asked.
“Yeah, I think so..” Shimada felt thankful for her friend’s help.
“G-Good....” Minarun suddenly started wobbling and tumbled onto the ground.
“What’s wrong, Min-” Shimada was silenced by a red liquid smearing both her hands and her shirt. Both her hands started to tremble. “W-What is this...?”
“No...” Takeuchi covered her mouth in shock as she looked at Minarun’s right part of her stomach ripped off completely.
“Minarun!” Paru shouted at her friend who tumbled onto the ground covered in blood. Both her hands clenched into a fist as she ran towards Kanon. “YOU MONSTER!!!”
“I....I......I don’t wanna die...” Tears welled up in Minarun’s eyes as she coughed out more blood from her mouth.
“Nononono... You’re not gonna die.” Shimada hugged Minarun tightly.
“Nobody is going to die, Minarun. We’re going to celebrate you birthday today”
“I’m cold... I-I’m very cold...” Minarun started shivering.
“I’ll warm you up, please don’t die!” Shimada cried loudly as she tightened her hug. Takeuchi went over and hugged her as well.
Minarun started panting heavily and quickly, freaking out as she tried to catch her breath again and again, “W-Where are you.. I can’t see.... I can’t see.....” fidgeting her arms around, trying to grab onto something.
Both Shimada and Takeuchi held her hand tightly. “We’re here, Minarun. We’re here.”
Panting heavily again and again, Minarun attempted to say few more words. “I...wan-wanna live.... I-It’s my birthday.. I wanna-” Before MInarun could finish, she breathe her last breath in Shimada’s arm. Her neck finally relaxed and lost its control, like a marionette having its strings cut. Minarun’s eyes were still open at that time, signifying that she had passed on to the next life unwillingly.
“No...” Shimada pressed herself onto Minarun’s body tightly as the blood continued smearing all over her.
Kanon rushed towards Paru and laughed at her. “Get ready to die, human!”
“A Terra is charging towards me.. What do I do.. Come on, Paru.. Think..” Paru talked to herself as she remembered teachings from Yuki’s classes.
“Most Terras have great amount of strength but they can’t move fast. All you have to do is dodge their attack and they’ll be vulnerable for at least 1 second. Remember, when you’re fighting a Terra, always aim for their head because that’s the only part of their body not covered in armor. But of course that doesn’t mean that they will get hurt if you attack them on the head. It’s still made of metal alloy. Just without the extra armor.”
“Got it.” Paru kept on reminding herself to dodge as Kanon flew towards her. “Dodge. Dodge. Dodge. Dodge.” When Kanon raised her fist and swung it at Paru, she swayed her body to the side and managed to land both her legs at the back of Kanon’s head as hard as possible. Sure thing her head was hard, but that did a little damage to Kanon as she tumbled front a little.
Feeling her pride crushed by a young girl, Kanon glared back at Paru and shouted. “I’m gonna kill you!!” Metal spikes suddenly emerged from her fist as she swung her fist around, hitting Paru’s arm directly, causing her to crash onto a wall.
“Gah-!” Paru could feel the bones in her arm cracking from the immense force of the punch. She groaned in pain as she held her broken arm. “If only I had a Judgement..”
“Die!!!!!” Kanon laughed hysterically as she leaped towards Paru with her spiked fist.
“Paru, no!!” Takeuchi screamed at the scene of Kanon attempting the final and fatal strike on Paru.
“No... I’m not gonna die here! Not today!!” Paru forcefully stood up and rushed towards Kanon as well. She raised her fist up, and screamed at the top of her lungs. “Not until I kill every single one of you!!!!”
All of a sudden, a bright red light was seen from behind Kanon moving at a fast speed towards them. Paru noticed it froom far and managed to jump away to evade it but it was too late for Kanon. It hit her directly as it slowly vaporizes her body into ashes within few seconds of contact with the huge red laser beam. Only screams of agony and pain were heard in the last few moments of her life. The direction of the laser beam came from the rooftop of a building. Paru grabbed onto her wounded shoulder and squinted her eyes at the source. All she could see was a black shadow of a girl on top of the building, holding a Judgement with smoke coming out from it. That indicates that the large laser beam was shot from that Judgement. The black shadow then hooked back the Judgement onto her utility belt and just stood there watching the scene. Paru looked back at her friends crying over Minarun’s death silently.
“Wake up, Minarun! Please don’t do this! Please...” Shimada held her friend’s lifeless body tightly and cried out loud. “We’ll go get the cake now, Minarun. I’ll let you choose the chocolate cake.. Wake up..”
“It was her birthday...” Takeuchi fell on her knees in disbelief as tears started spilling from her eyes.
Shimada who was the Minarun’s closest friend bawled. “You promised us that you’ll graduate from Legion at the same time with us, Minarun!”
Paru teared up as well looking at the scene of Minarun’s lifeless body. “She didn’t want to die.....”
“Nobody wants to die, kid.. This is just the world we’re living in right now. It’s the survival of the fittest.” The girl looked down at the scene as she stood at the top of the building, answering to Paru’s question to herself.
“Woof! Woof!” A barking noise was heard from beside her.
She looked beside her and patted softly at her pet Husky who seemed to be pouting sadly at her right now. She then knelt down and ruffled the smooth yet silky fur. “Yes, Romeo. The girl died.. That Cyber killed her. Like I always told you, Romeo.. All Cybers and Spectres are bad. And I will be the one who will kill them all..”
“Woof! Woof!” Romeo barked once again at the girl.
“She? She’s different than the others, Romeo. I won’t hurt her..”
Soon after, the Husky became cheerful once again as he wagged his tail excitedly. “Woof! Woof!”
The girl stood up. “I’m glad you understand.” The both of them had developed a bond so close that she actually could understand the dog’s bark and gestures. She squinted her eyes at her pet dog and placed her hand on his head. “Have you grown taller again?”
“Woof!” Romeo barked and wagged his tail.
“What do you mean I’m short? You’re already an adult now.. You should be tall. Time really flies, huh?” The girl then took out a locket and opened it to reveal a picture of a tall and short girl along with a Husky. “Soon... I will come for you....Atsuko.”
“Woof! Woof!” Romeo barked and wagged its tail.
She closed her locket once again and kept if back in her pocket. “Let’s go home, Romeo.”
Chapter 2 : Unfortunate Encounter
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