Chapter 6 (A Saint)
Sitting on his chair, he grabs his head and then claps it loudly dramatically.
"HOW EMBARASSING, HOW DRAMATIC, HOW SUBSTANCIAL!" he screams in his head.
"How could I even think of those words. They seemed so one-sided. I assumed that she was trying to talk with me, but what if she wanted to ask me something important or....OR ANYTHING THAT WASN'T WHAT I ASSUMED!"
He sighs.
"Calm down Yaku, you are acting like you used to. Don't overthink. You're embarrassing yourself."
He looks around, everyone was staring at him because of his dramatic expressions and actions.
He glares at them, giving a sign to look away and they follow it.
Soon, Mei too comes in the room and silently sits on her chair beside Yaku.
She looked like as she's thinking, thinking in such concentration that her very presence disappeared.
Then after some time, without looking at Yaku, she says.
"Maybe your institution was right, maybe I was trying to be friends again. I did not realize it, It must be annoying. I am sorry, I won't try to talk to you again."
After that, none of them said anything to each other. For the remaining school time, they were silent.
Yaku wasn't overthinking after all, his institution was correct.
Soon the bell rang, giving the sign of end of school time. All the students got up as the teacher left. They started packing their bags like every other day. Some did it fast and some were still chatting. Some ran to clubs while others went to the direction of the main gate.
As Yaku got up, at the same time, Mei too get up. They walked to the classroom door but were left speechless and in terror when they heard and saw, an explosion, right in front of their
An explosion out of nowhere, followed by the voice of siren, warning everyone to protect themselves. It was a school attack. But the numbers, they were too many for a normal school attack.
"What the hell is happening...." Mei says in a low scarred voice,
Yaku looks at her, she's crying. Instinctively he reaches for her hand but before he does, another announcement is heard.
"Katsuki Yaku from class 1-B, come to the faculty office right away."
Yaku grasps the situation. What else could it be? A sudden attack of a whole group, all things about the saints and overseers and calling him and only him. There was no doubt about it. There is a saint in this area. The group sent was a counter attack to keep a saint away from the paradox box.
Without saying a thing, he runs to the office. The hallways were fine but they were quiet as everyone was hiding. He ran and ran until he reached the office and slammed opened the door.
Miss Sonia wasn't there, she already escaped. But, her guards were there. They were protecting someone. It was a student but if they were protecting her, she must be the saint.
Gasping for air he asks, "So, why was I called? I have a good idea of what is going on."
The saint walks to Yaku. It wasn't a normal student anymore. Someone else was controlling her actions.
She was wearing the uniform of senior, someone from class 2. Short blonde hair and blue eyes. She looked like a saint even if she wasn't possessed. But she had a pesky personality..
"So you are my overseer huh."
She says this and before Yaku could say or do anything, she bites his arm.
She keeps on biting it for a few seconds,
"Miss Saint, what are you doing?" he asks with a nervous smirk..
She lets go of the arm. The bite leaves a mark, between the teeth mark, a weird looking tattoo type thing appears. Its like a design from ancient.
"Now, the contract has been formed. Your body will do its best to protect me."
"What do you mea-." she grabs him by his arm and runs out of the room.
"No time to chat, we have to locate the box first. I can sense it but its faint. It's about one kilometer away."
"Thats good and all but why are we running towards that window!?"
She look at him and smirks.
"Don't tell me..."
"YES, WE ARE GONNA JUMP FROM HERE!"
"WE CAN USE THE DOORS!"
"THEY ARE ALL BLOCKED, NOW GET READY FOR THE JUMP."
She grabbed Yaku by his waist and picked him up and then burst out of the window like it was a jump in a marathon jump.
The glass scratches Yaku on his face as he's falling. But it was like his face decided to get hit by the piece.
"I AM SO GONNA DIE!" he screams as he falls.
In mid air, she pushes Yaku above her and lands on her both feet and catches Yaku in her arm.
She looks at him and with a smirl, she asks,
"How did you like it, princess?"
He gets off and gasps for air.
"Screw you!"
They both run to the direction where the box is present.
"Hey, a question." Yaku asks
"Yeah?"
"Why am I still not tired? And why did the scar on my face healed so quick?"
"Oh, they didn't tell you?"
"Tell what?"
"Basically when a contract is formed between a saint and an overseers, the overseer gets a random slot of abilities from the saint. Some may get the ability of regeneration and some may even get the knowledge to deactivate the box. And well, there's a chance that the overseer gets all of them."
"Regeneration, stamina and my body feels light. I feel like I hit a jackpot." he smiles
"Can you think of a way to deactivate the box?" she asks in curiosity.
"Nah, I don't think I know that."
"Hmm, anyway, stop."
"What?"
She pulls him by his shirt and stops him.
"What's your problem?" he asks in an irritated tone.
"Look ahead idiot, they are guarding the box."
He gets up and looks around the area.
A totally isolated ground with some ramps and camps looking brick made houses. And there are two different forces; as there uniforms were different.
One was the Tokyo force, protecting the box and other was the army of the private companies trying to get their hands on the box.
They were shooting at each other, its a battleground.
Suddenly Yaku remembers something.
"Hey miss Saint, what about the group of men shooting in the school? The students, aren't they in danger?"
"No, they are after us only. I was told by the guards that they signed an agreement of only harming the saints and overseers. So only we are in danger right now. Don't worry about them. Right now, worry about how we are going to get to the center of this."