The four were in the stadium, watching the Metro Rabbits practice.
Their eyes were on the girls but they had other activities in their minds:
K was playing some online MMORPG.
S was going through forums looking for suspicious stuff.
D was listening to Sayu's radio show. Again.
M. He was watching Risa but his eyes were also set on someone else...
"Who's the Guardian assigned to Okada Yui?" asked M as he watched Yui catch the ball.
"T. He was originally assigned to Ogawa Makoto but since she graduated, he's been reassigned." S answered.
"How about Kusumi Koharu? Who's her Guardian?"
"None. Yet."
"How come? She's like famous now right? She even has an anime show."
"Yeah. That's why the one who should be assigned to her should be prepared. I don't think they found one yet." D said.
"You mean they look for people and turn them into Guardians?"
"Correct. But they don't force them into becoming Guardians.
"How? They hold auditions like the one they do for the girls."
"Nope. Some are survivors of accidents, some with life threatening diseases,etc. Being a Guardian is like having a second chance in life. And if they did auditions, you wouldn't have made the cut."
"So we really had a life before. I can't remember a thing about it though."
"You were probably a weird old wota who mastered the OAD." S said.
"No. I wasn't old. I still remember my classroom, though I can't see the faces of the people inside clearly."
"Maybe you were a perverted teacher who blackmailed his students." K said.
"That could be possible. But I remember wearing a student's uniform."
"You were a cosplayer, perhaps?" D said.
"Right. And you must be a forty year old hooker who's willing to do anything, even animals." M said as he stood up. "I'll be out for a while. I need some air. Please watch over Gaki-san."
M walked outside the stadium and looked around. He was trying to extract any kind of fragments about his past but he didn't have any luck. It's not that he was not happy with what he is today. Of course, who wouldn't be glad to have abilities like a tokusatsu hero or any other character you get to watch on TV. He also gets to rub elbows with some of the most sacred idols, so close he also breathes the same air they do. What bothers him is that he knows he left some people behind. But he doesn't know who these people are. He was ready to go back in but someone called him...
"Akito?" a young woman said.
"What did you call me?" M said as he turned around to look at the owner of the voice.
"It's really you!" the woman ran towards him and embraced him and started crying. "I never thought I'd see you again."
"Huh? Who are you ma'am?"
"You don't remember me? That accident must have affected your memories."
"Accident?"
"You were in a car crash, remember?"
"Who are you?"
"Your hair may have changed but I know it's you."
"I really don't know you."
"It's me, Yuka. Don't you remember?"
"Yuka?"
"We were neighbors..."
M imagined what his house looked like. He remembers...
"We grew up together, we went to the same school.."
M saw himself going to school, walking alongside a girl. They were holding hands...
"We were more than friends..."
M looked at her. Yuka was a pretty girl, probably pretty enough to be an idol, an AV idol to be specific. She had nice curves and her long, black hair, was perfect. It was better than Jeon Ji Hyun's hair. And saying that is blasphemous. She had nice teeth too.
"I'm your fiancé." M's eyes widened
"Fiancé? Were you really...I don't remember..."
"Yes. You and me are..."
"You didn't tell me you had a fiancé before, Michii-kun." M turned around and saw Risa and the other girls looking at them.
A part of M tried to free himself from Yuka's grasp while another part of him wanted to hold her longer. Could it be she was the link to the past he was looking for all this time?
"Gaki-san?"
"She's a pretty girl, Michii-kun." Sayu said.
"I never thought you'd get lucky with girls. I was wrong about you." Reina said.
"Yeah. I never envisioned you as a ladies man, Michii-kun, but you two are a cute pair." Ai said.
"Hey, I thought your name was Mitsui?" Eri said.
"Who are these girls, Akito?" Yuka whispered as she slowly loosened her lock on M.
"They're..."
"Come on girls, let's get going. I don't think they'd like to be disturbed." Risa said as she walked passed them. The other girls followed her back inside.
"Gaki-san, wait!" M tried to run after them but Yuka grabbed his hand to stop him.
"Who is this Gaki-san, Akito?"
"She's...she's..."
"Don't tell me your dumping me for that bitch!"
"Don't call her that!"
"What? She looks like one anyway. Are those girls a bunch of enjokosai?"
"Don't talk about them like that!"
"Why? Have they slept with you? Are they really that special?"
"Stop it!"
"What's the matter, Akito? Wait, I know those girls. They're from Morning Musume right?"
"What if they are?"
"You used to hate them before."
"I didn't..."
"Yes you did. But you did buy a lot of their pictures. Maybe you used them as an alternative when we're not together..."
"Stop! You're confusing me!" M said. He closed his eyes but his mind still sees the things Yuka told him earlier, about his home, about his childhood, about them. He wanted to learn about his past and now there's someone who could actually tell him about it. But he had doubts...
"I knew it. I should have gone out with your brother. He was twice the man you are..."
M looked at Yuka. Then he started heading back to the stadium. He stood in front of the door and looked back at her and grinned.
"I almost believed everything you said. But you made a big mistake. I don't have a brother. And thanks for the hug. You have nice bre..."
He then received a message from S.
"We're in pursuit of some wild fans. We could need your help. I think there heading to where they get their supply of Graft."
"No problem. I want to see how you guys fight."
"Better hurry because we might not save some for you."
"Right."
Then he looked back at Yuka.
"Whoever you are, please don't cross my path again. I might use you as an alternative." he smiled then he went off.
Yuka smirked...
Then a mysterious man with a bag of chips approached her and placed one of his hands on her shoulder.
"That was quite convincing." he said.
"Of course. You believed me when I told you I was a virgin, didn't you?" Yuka replied as she caressed his hand.
"Right. Too bad it didn't work on him."
"But he believed some of the stuff I said!"
"That's not what I told you to do."
"You said I just had to seduce and confuse him!"
"Yeah. And you failed. Guess I don't need you anymore." the man said as he tapped the girl’s head, similar to the way Guardians do when they erase memories.
But he wasn't contented with just erasing her memories. He hit her in one the body's fatal spots. You know, the same part where those kung-fu masters hit their enemies and kill them with one blow. There was an episode of the animated Batman series that had this but enough of that. Now it looked like she died because of a heart failure. No scratches. No wounds. No more...
"You were really pretty, Yuka, pretty useless. Looks like I have to do it myself to get it done..."
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