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Stray Clouds

Shiori Inabi, a young girl fresh into highschool, has a hard time making friends or even tolerating people in the first place. She feels everyone around her isn't worth the time because they are all toxic and evil anyway. But before the school year even starts she is thrown into a situation far crazier than anything she has ever experienced. Now she has to figure out how to deal with the flood of new emotions and events going on in her life. Will she be convinced to change her ways or only be solidified in her belief that people are bad?

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161 Chs

The Unstoppable Force. Everyone Vs. The Prisoner

Like before, Shiori lifts her arms into the air before shouting and swinging them down as lightning strikes down upon both of them. With Hikigaya holding him up, the brunt of the bolt blasts into the prisoner. He grunts in pain as the energy burns him before it stops. They stand there for a moment, Hikigaya still holding the prisoner but he immediately begins striking Hikigaya. He elbows him in the head before driving a spike into his side. Hikigaya coughs out some blood before grunting and shouting, swinging the prisoner over head and suplexing him into the ground. The prisoner quickly tries to get to his feet but Hikigaya quickly follows up with another heavy, rifled punch to the man's face, twisting his arm to give it more force. As the prisoner flies back, using her black goop like wings, Shiori forms a large ball and slams it down upon the prisoner, smashing him into the ground. Chizuru and the others continue to run, hearing the battle going on behind them, they eventually make it behind a building for cover. 

Touma "Chizuru, are you okay?"

He asks with a concerned tone as Chizuru holds her chest, wheezing. She lifts her hand while nodding, motioning to him that she's okay.

Chizuru "I won't.. Be any more trouble.. Than I already am.."

She says with a determined look. Touma gets a concerned look but doesn't say anything else. Hearing the commotion stop after Shiori's smash attack, Haru peaks his head out from around the corner, panting and sweating.

Alice "What's going on?"

Haru "I don't know. All I see is Shiori and Hikigaya standing but not the guy."

They smile with hope and a bit of relief in their eyes.

Alice "Really? That means it's over, right?"

Haru makes a strained smile.

Haru "I think so."

Chizuru sighs, falling into Touma's arms in relief. Alice gets up quickly and steps out from behind the building. 

Alice "Yeah! Fullsky and Watchdog win again!"

She cheers as Shiori and Hikigaya don't remove their gaze from where the prisoner lays in the small crater, They pant, bloody and bruised.

Hikigaya "What do you think?.. He's not moving anymore.."

Shiori shakes her head a bit.

Shiori "I don't know."

She looks at her boyfriend and smiles weakly.

Shiori "But I sure hope he's done. Cause I don't know how much more-"

Before she can finish, she flinches as a spike shoots straight for her head but it's stopped just short as it stabs through Hikigaya's hand, splashing blood in the air. Her eyes widen when she sees Hikigaya falling backwards from another two now stabbing through his body. Before she can react any more, the prisoner is already above them. He punches Hikigaya across the face causing his blood to spill across the dirt. Haru's eyes grow wide as he grabs Alice and yanks her back behind the cover of the building. Hikigaya flies through the air and smashes through the building they were hiding behind. They cover their heads from the debris as Hikigaya smashes into the floor.

Shiori "Hikigaya!"

She screams before focusing on the incoming attack. She forms her blade and strikes it against the prisoner's heavy punch but the blade only holds for a moment before snapping in two, allowing the punch to hit its target. She falls back a bit from the face punch but the prisoner immediately grabs her head and drives his knee into her face. Blood flies from her nose as she falls back again but the assault continues. The prisoner punches her across the face a couple times before forming a spike in his hand and attempting to drive it into her chest. Despite the assault, Shiori catches the spike and fist of the prisoner. She struggles to prevent the prisoner from stabbing her and after a moment, the prisoner lets go one hand and forms another spike, quickly stabbing it into her leg. She yells in pain as the prisoner drives his fist into her face causing her to lean over before being backfisted and sent flying. As she slams across the floor, the prisoner quickly turns to the building where the others are hiding. He then drives his fist into the ground with tremendous force causing the ground to crumble apart in the direction of the building. It shakes and rattles as the group looks up. The building begins to collapse. Samuel and the rest of the class hide a small distance away in a canopy area. Samuel watches with terrified eyes as the building starts falling. 

Samuel "KIDS!"

She screams as Touma quickly covers the others with his body. The building falls upon them, burying them in the rubble of the small building. The prisoner, without hesitation and impatiently, stomps towards the broken down building. He huffs and grunts as blood runs down his face and from his mouth and nose, burns and bruises covering his body. Haru sits up from the rubble coughing and groaning, bleeding a bit from his head. He hears the crunching and crushing of debris behind him as he quickly turns to see the prisoner above him. He stares with terrified eyes as the prisoner grabs his arm and quickly throws him away to the side, never breaking his intense gaze from the location of Chizuru. He takes another step but suddenly Shiori jumps on his back, wrapping her arm around his tightly and driving a knife into his chest. He grunts but without paying any attention to the attack, he quickly punches Shiori in the face, causing her grip to loosen. He then grabs her hair and slams her onto the ground in front of him. He then quickly grabs her by the neck and lifts her up in front of him. He delivers two intense punches directly to her face in quick succession before Shiori, half consciously, raises her open hand and points her palm at the prisoner's face. An explosion bursts from her hand as a smoke cloud surrounds the prisoner's face. In pain, he drops Shiori. She falls to the ground with a pained look when suddenly the prisoner's hand catches her by the side of her head. He then swings her over his body and slams her into the ground with devastating force. As they struggle, Alice gets up with a groan as does Touma. Bleeding from his head, he speaks to Alice.

Touma "Go, run."

Before she can react to his words, the prisoner stands above them. Just like with Haru, he tosses Alice to the side. Touma looks up with a stressed look as the prisoner lifts his arm above his head. He swings it down at them with intense strength but it's stopped. Touma grunts and struggles upon catching the attack. The prisoner puts more force into it, causing Touma to collapse to one knee. Chizuru looks up at him as tears begin to form in her eyes.

Chizuru "Touma… no, stop… not for me…"

She begs as the prisoner's eye and hand twitch in rising anger. He clenches his other fist before driving a heavy punch into Touma causing him to go flying through the air and smashing into a different building a little ways away. Watching this, the class stare with horrified eyes. Lucy and Ryuji, without thinking, rush to his side with scared and worried looks. Through the broken glass and wood, Touma lays in a pile of destroyed debris. He chokes as blood spills from the side of his mouth, his eyes wide as he struggles to breathe, hands shaking.

Lucy "Touma! Touma, breathe! Breathe!"

She shouts, panicked. Touma clenches his fists and convulses a bit before closing his eyes tightly and coughing up blood. He coughs hard for a moment before being able to breathe again.

Ryuji "You're okay, you're okay." 

He says with a panicked voice as he looks back. The prisoner stares down at Chizuru. She looks at him but this time with a different look. She does not seem afraid, at least not of him.

Chizuru "Please stop hurting them. Take my life, please don't take theirs."

She begs softly as the prisoner stares at her.

Prisoner "Life doesn't possess value. Only death has worth."

He says before forming a spike in her hand and lifting it over his head aimed at her.

Prisoner "Your life doesn't matter and neither does theirs. So I will take their lives after yours."

Her eyes widen as the prisoner swings the spike down but before he can impale her, a jetting red spike stabs through his side causing him to stagger. Chizuru looks back to see Hikigaya shooting a blood spike from his hand at the man. 

Hikigaya "Chizuru, move."

He struggles out as the prisoner smashes the hardened blood. Chizuru gets up as quickly as she but the prisoner pulls his arm back preparing to punch her. Focused on escape, she continues as Hikigaya dashes behind her, colliding his own fist against the prisoner's. They push against each other for a moment before the prisoner grabs tightly against Hikigaya's throat. In response, Hikigaya does the same. They hold tightly against each other for a moment, trying to achieve the upper hand against the other when Hikigaya makes two more arms that slam against the prisoner's head on both sides. This causes the prisoner to grit his teeth as Hikigaya begins to try and crush the man's head. In that moment, a blade comes stabbing through the prisoner's chest as his eyes grow wide. Shiori shoves the blade deep through his body, forcing him to not move. 

Hikigaya "We don't want to kill you…"

Shiori "But you're not leaving us much choice…"

They grunt out as the man coughs up blood. They are at a stand still for a moment when the prisoner grunts and pulls his left arm back, elbowing Shiori in the head. In the split second of a loosened sword grip and Hikigaya's worry for Shiori, the prisoner grabs hold of Hikigaya's shoulders and pulls him in close with intense strength, driving the sword through Hikigaya's chest as well. His eyes grow wide as Shiori screams his name. 

Shiori "HIKIGAYA!"

The prisoner shoves Hikigaya away from him before punching him across the face and driving another spike straight into his chest again with extreme force. Hikigaya's face shows intense shock as blood pours from his mouth. After a moment, the prisoner punches Hikigaya hard and sends him flying across the dirt. Less than a second after, the blade runs through the prisoner's chest again and immediately pulls back. Shiori screams as she lifts her blade over her head, an orange hue coating it.

Shiori "Crashing-"

She yells before the prisoner punches her in the face, interrupting the attack. He then throws a spike through her foot. Staggered, he punches her across the face before grabbing her left arm and breaking it. She screams in pain and drops her sword before gritting her teeth. 

Shiori "Sakura Bulb!"

She shouts, driving her right arm into the man's stomach, bursting the energy into his body. Without letting go of her broken arm, he stumbles back a step, blood pouring from his mouth once again. Shiori pulls her right arm back, it now bruised and broken as well. Suddenly, the prisoner grabs her other arm and yanks her towards him, slamming his head into her face. Blood gushes from her nose as her head falls back, losing consciousness. 

Prisoner "My name is Ben."

He says, letting go of her wrists. She begins to fall backwards before being grabbed by the neck and lifted into the air.

Ben "And I have no respect for the strong."

He says with a damaged and cracked voice before forming a long spike in his hand. He pulls it back and aims it at her chest. 

Ben "Your body on the pile won't mean any more than the others."

He speaks one last time before thrusting the spike aimed at her chest.