Aftermath of Obliteration - Confessions - Decisions - Cartel

Day 1, 6:37 pm:

After Yozu carried Philip away from the obliterating Evaluation Center, he hovered towards everyone in the open space about several meters away from the Evaluation Center

As Yozu was hovering close, a few people noticed his arrival and the person he's carrying. Yuze and Lyre were the first ones to notice Philip that he's unconscious and being carried by Yozu

Yozu landed a few meters in front of them. Lyre ran towards them and Yuze came first by using her Shift ability

Yuze caught Philip as he was dropped by Yozu on the ground. She hugged Philip as his head was dangling to the side. She tried to wake him up

Yozu then walked forward with big steps and passed by Lyre, who was running pass him towards Philip

Lyre arrived behind Yuze and clasped both her hands together in front of her mouth as if she was shocked

It was because Lyre could hear an odd erratic beat or rhythm coming from Philip, like a beating heart. She misunderstood this as his heart was beating because he was being hugged by Yuze. Although, the strangeness of the patterns of the beat doesn't escape her eyes

[Don't worry, that's not his heart. It's his brain]

"Wha-? Who?"

Lyre looked around and sought for the person that talked to her. She was alerted and confused because of what this person said regarding the sounds coming from Philip's brain

[Calm down, I'm talking inside your head. I'll explain everything later when you're alone. For now, all I can say is that I'm like a guardian angel to you]

Lyre has her eyebrows furrowed because this was a new experience for him and didn't know what to do. She was extremely confused why she can hear this majestic voice inside her head. She decided to follow what the voice said and tended to Philip

Yuze stood up while carrying Philip's right arm across her back as she wrapped her left arm around Philip's waist. Philip looked like a drunk man. She then noticed Lyre in front of her and they stared at each other

"Are you coming or not?" Yuze asked with slight annoyance because time is being wasted

"Ah! Oh, uhm, I'll come!" Lyre stepped forward and carried Philip's left arm across her back as he wrapped her right arm around Philip's waist

At this point, Lyre felt a strong sensation spread around his back from Philip's arm. She almost let out a moan. She then looked at Yuze and Yuze looked at her as if she has expected it

"I also felt it the moment I touched Philip." Yuze said to the confused Lyre. With those little words, it served as a full explanation as it may be one of Philip's hidden or secret abilities. Lyre immediately understood this

Then, yellow lightning crackled around Yuze in an organized manner and travelled around the three. Yellow streaks of light also shifted and swirled around them and covered them as sparkles and glitters were being generated from the sphere of yellow. Yuze's yellow cat ears hair propped up once more and parts of her hair fluttered as the solid yellow lightning crown around her head glowed

Lyre did not want to lose to Yuze and she felt like she needed to let out her power

Her aquamarine sea blue eyes formed a small four pointed yellow star in the middle and her pink hair glowed. Ethereal pastel colored cloth appeared around her neck like choker or scarf. The two glittering ribbon capes solidified and propped up to formed wings behind Lyre. Pink mist spread around her and covered the three of them. The spiky bracelet and crown appeared once again and ethereal cloth also appeared around her legs and it was levitating around her skin

The sphere of yellow had streaks of pink and an ethereal pink spike appeared behind the sphere and elongated

Yuze felt the power that was coming from Lyre and looked at her again. Lyre looked back and smiled. Yuze nodded back and extended her right hand pointing two fingers forward

The yellow-pink sphere glowed brightly as yellow lightning crackled around the ground and the pink spike elongated further

The sphere hovered in the air as the ground cracked and rumbled and the wind was being blown away. The sound around the sphere increased in frequency before it disappeared, leaving a yellow spark and pink glitter particles

As this was happening, Yozu was approaching everyone with big steps. Everyone else just stared at the display of Yuze and Lyre and they were mesmerized since this power wasn't shown earlier in the test

However, Yozu was unfazed kept walking towards them with a serious face

Chihaya saw this and immediately understood what was happening. Yozu was about to do something with the Mystical Masters, Aoyuki, and the Guardians

"Alright class! Let's go back to the Core Academy. We'll walk there!" Chihaya said with a smiling mouth and eyes as she hides her waryiness and jittering from this situation

Yashida, Alex, Nana, Wendy, and a few students understood what was happening, so they were the first one to move quickly. But there were always the ones who can't read the situation

"But Chihaya-sensei, Yuze was supposed to shift us back, right?" It was Cedric

All of the students stopped in their tracks and slowly looked at Chihaya then back at Cedric

"I. Said. We'll. Walk. There... Understand?" Chihaya said with anger as veins started popping out of her forehead

"Whaaat?! But it's too far!" Cedric complained

At this point, Yozu arrived at his side and he was back hand slapped to Yozu's right towards the rest of the class. Cedric's body flew in a comedic fashion towards Chihaya and a large hand blocked Chihaya's face

It was Alex's hand, he caught Cedric on his stomach and countered the inertia of his body so he won't touch Chihaya with his flailing arms and legs

Cedric lost consciousness and Alex threw him towards his three lackeys which they carried him. Chihaya then quickly left the vicinity along with the students and the professors

The Guardians quickly lined up with one Guardian tending to Karina, who was unconscious. Aoyuki was nervous as he stood alone, separated from the Guardians. The Mystical Masters grouped up together in one side. They were all surprised by Yozu's display from him b*tch slapping a student to the side. Yozu then arrived in front of everyone

"Be quiet and listen to my orders! Meet me at the Headquarters!!" Yozu shouted and stopped his right foot and disappeared

The Mystical Masters hurriedly left the vicinity in different directions. Aoyuki flew up in the air and dashed across the sky in a black stream. A Guardian chanted a spell and a large circle of white light appeared below all of the Guardians before each of them turned into streaks of white light that shot into the sky towards in one direction

***

In a split second, Yuze, Lyre, and Philip shifted in front of the Core Academy in the sky. Yuze pointed towards the Door of Recognition and they started shifting towards it

"W-w-what are you doing?! We're going to crash at the door!" Lyre shouted with panic

"Trust me." Yuze said as they began to speed up. Lyre closed her eyes and prepared for the worse

But then, the Door of Recognition glowed and detected most of Philip and opened itself to let him enter. Even if Yuze and Lyre was with Philip, it did not bother stopping both of them since it recognized that both of them were helping Philip

In another split second, the three of them shifted pass the door and into the Grand Hall

Lyre opened her eyes as nothing happened after a few seconds. As she opened her eyes, she could see that they were shifting across the hallways of the Core Academy

"What happened?" Lyre asked in confusion

"I'll explain it later." Yuze said as there was something more urgent to attend to

After a while, they arrived in front of quite a large door. They landed on the floor as the yellow-pink sphere dissipated and the pink spike disappeared. They both pushed the door from the left and right and entered the room

What met them was a large white room full of beds and curtains. It was the infirmary, no, it's like large hospital

The only nurse that was present noticed their arrival and quickly attended to them. She noticed Philip, who was being carried by two girls and asked them,

"What happened to him?" The nurse asked

"He became unconscious after the Evaluation Center was obliterated." Yuze answered with power

At this point, the nurse noticed that the yellow haired girl was Yuze, the Headmaster's daughter. She didn't recognized her at first because her appearance was very different. She also looked closer at the glowing pink haired girl and noticed that it was Lyre. She did not have a hard time recognizing her since she basically looked the same, the pink spiky wings, spiky bracelet and crown, ethereal cloth and ribbons, and the color of his one piece dress

"Hm, alright, this way." The nurse hesitated to asked about the obliteration of the Evaluation Center since that caught her ears. She held herself back since she would hear about it later in the night, or tomorrow

The nurse guided them towards a two-person bed for patients. No one knows why there was a two-person bed in an infirmary but no one was complaining. There is even foldable walls around these beds as if they were trying hard to make this place private yet public

Yuze and Lyre crudely threw Philip on the bed. The nurse was surprised but let it pass, she thinks that whatever this guy did to this two girls, he deserved the treatment. It was a misunderstanding because the sensation that Yuze and Lyre were feeling became too much as it kept increasing after they stopped using their abilities

As soon as Philip's touch left Yuze and Lyre, the power of the two of them disappeared as most of the parts of their transformation disappeared. Lyre became normal looking again with only her hair glowing. Yuze's yellow cat ears hair drooped down as her yellow hair became faded and her yellow lightning features dissipated

The nurse watched this and was very curious as to what happened between the three and in the Evaluation Center. Nonetheless, the nurse moved and examined Philip's body. Yuze and Lyre sat down on the chairs next to the bed due to tiredness and exhaustion from backlash of using too much energy and experiencing being injection by too much energy

After a while, the nurse finished examining Philip and gave the results to Yuze and Lyre

"Was his ability overloaded by Karina?" The nurse asked

"It should be." Yuze answered unsurely. The nurse was confused as to why Yuze wasn't sure about her answer

"Well, if it did, then it's fine. According to his brain, it seems like his neurons were fried due to the overwhelming intake and release of energy and it will be long before he recovers." The nurse gave a harsh findings

"How long till he recovers?!" Lyre asked worriedly as tears formed at the corner of her eyes

"About a month." The nurse gave a timeframe. Yuze and Lyre were struck at how long they have to wait for Philip to wake up

The nurse observed the two as they had their heads down while they were sulking and contemplating about what to do. The nurse smiled and gave them a good news

"Well, if this person has a strong will, he will wake up in two weeks. If he's physically strong, he'll wake up in 10 days. And if he's naturally gifted or powerful, he will wake up in 7 days maximum." The nurse said enthusiastically

Yuze and Lyre's faces brightened up because Philip's recovery can be lessened up to 7 days. They can only believe at him to wake up after a week since they also believe that he is powerful. Although, they don't know how strong he is, compared to the Mystical Masters or Yozu

"Now, what are your plans?" The nurse asked the two. The two of them looked at each other and nodded

"We'll stay here for the night to take care and watch him." Lyre answered

The nursed nodded and went out of the room. She closed the foldable walls and giggled as if she knows what the two of them were planning. Her mind is filled of dirty thoughts

"I think I'm forgetting something? Oh well..." The nurse shrugged as she forgot one crucial result to say about Philip. The absence of his heartbeat

Back inside the room, it was dead silent as Yuze and Lyre were looking at the ground and at Philip. Lyre broke the silence by asking Yuze a question,

"Do you like Philip?" Lyre asked in a low tone. She was wary that her voice still has an effect to people, also due to her being accustomed at not speaking to much. She also expected for Yuze not to answer

Yuze only nodded to Lyre's surprise as her voice really doesn't have any effect to people now. It just synced in her since everything around her was catching her attention. She also doesn't know why and how this happened

As Yuze answered, she expected her to like Philip and she felt relief and a little challenged

"You also like him, right?" Yuze returned the question back

"Yes." Lyre answered with confidence, not losing to Yuze

They then looked at each other and giggled at each other. They were like best friends that just bloomed

"What did you liked about him?" Lyre asked

"His seriousness and perspective on the world. He also see every detail with less clues and notice every little thing"

"Really?"

"Yeah, at that point, I want to get know more of him. He is interesting"

"I see..."

"How about you?"

"It's mainly because he was considerate of me at first and didn't run when he saw me. He also looks me at the eyes whenever we're talking. He was also the only one who's nice to me in the academy when my voice affects everyone"

"Oh... I'm sorry"

"No no no, it's fine, I'm aware of the effects of my voice. It's not your fault that you wanted to avoid me. Besides, even if I'm in your presence, you chose to be respectful and resist the effects and not make me feel bad"

"You got me"

Silence filled the room once more, only to be broken by Lyre afterwards

"So, what are your plans?"

"Plans for what?"

"Regarding Philip?"

"I'll pursue him." Yuze answered without thinking twice

"Then I'll also pursue him! I won't lose to you!" Lyre said bravely

"Is this a challenge?"

"Yeah! Only one of us will be chosen, right?"

"Yeah"

"Then I'll fight for his heart!"

"You're my rival then?" Yuze said daringly

"You're on!" Lyre said with puffed chest

After several minutes of talking and conversating regarding themselves, they felt sleepy as the backlash from using too much energy was finished. Their minds became hazy and wanted to lie down to sleep

"Ugh"

"Mmm"

They subconsciously stood up and walked to the bed. The fact that Philip was lying in the middle of the bed, passed their absent minds

They then threw themselves on the bed. Yuze on the left side and Lyre at the right side. What they don't know is that a person was in the middle of them

Their eyes were open and hazy as they can clearly see a body beside them. But they were too weak and downed to move and look clearly

Eventually, the heaviness of their eyelids closed their eyes and they abruptly slept

It was 9:48 in the evening

***

Day 1, 11:14 pm:

Yozu was standing at a dark room, in front of a large table that expands vertically in front of him. At the side of the large table, are silhouettes of individuals that are seated in a very comfortable chairs

At the right side of Yozu, at the table, are the Mystical Masters that are seated according to their ranks in a descending order. At the left side of Yozu, are the Guardians of the Core Academy that are seated according to their numbers in a descending order, with Aoyuki at the very front

"Why have you called all of us here?" Jack had the courage to ask the serious Yozu because he is the second most powerful individual in the room

Yozu did not answer for a second and narrowed his eyes at everyone, one by one, especially at Ana and Pan

"Whatever you people saw there, in Philip's overall tests, I want you to keep quiet and never investigate or touch him!" Yozu said with a powerful voice

"Why? Shouldn't we focus our resources on him and contain his power so he wouldn't misuse it?" Bean asked with consideration to the world because of how dangerous Philip's abilities are

Suddenly, the 5th seat to Yozu's right exploded and Bean was blow to the wall in a destructive manner. Everyone was surprised and saw Bean's body fly towards the wall. They slowly turned their heads at Yozu who has his fist shown forward while it emitted smoke

"Who else has any questions?" Yozu asked daringly at everyone

"What are we going to do about him now?" Aoyuki dared to ask while looking straight at Yozu's eyes while his pupils are vertically slit. Yozu looked back at Aoyuki's eyes with burning eyes

Yozu took a deep sigh before answering, "For now, we're still going to observe him from afar. We'll slowly uncover the truth about his abilities and how he easily has theories and findings about the Laws of Mysticism. I had doubts, but I'm very skeptic now"

Everyone nodded to Yozu's words, "However, I'll repeat myself! Never approach him with any intentions and never touch or provoke him, understand?! Especially you Ana and Pan!"

Ana was annoyed at how her name was cherry picked and could only nod angrily. Pan also had a sour expression. Clearly these two had plans about approaching Philip in the future

"Do you know something, Yozu?" Jack worriedly asked Yozu and Yozu looked at him with slightly surprised eyes. Upon this question from Jack, everyone's attention was caught and looked at Yozu

Yozu panned his eyes at everyone else and answered, "No"

Everyone narrowed their eyes at Yozu's answer

"This ends our discussion. Remember my warning, if you violated it, I will deal with you personally." As Yozu said this, he turned his back around and walked away from the dark room, leaving everyone who became nervous at Yozu's threat

After a while, one by one, everyone started to leave. The last ones to leave are Ana, Pan, Aoyuki, and Bean, who was knocked out at the wall

***

Day 2, 7:43 am

As the sun rose in the horizon, comes a bright new day. Yozu decided to visit the Infirmary and check on Philip

Upon arrival, the nurse attended to him and guided him to Philip's room. The nurse explained to Yozu about Philip's condition and Yozu found it rather unsurprising, despite the power and energy that was released in the Evaluation Center

The nurse slowly opened the door and jokingly placed her index finger on her nose at Yozu, indicating to him to be silent

What Yozu saw inside the room made his eyes and cheeks twitch as veins popped on his forehead. He saw Philip lying on the center of a two-person bed with two beauties on each of his arms

Yuze was hugging Philip's right arm and Lyre was hugging Philip's left arm while their hair and clothes are ruffled

This scene was straight out of a manga or anime. Yozu's eyes darkened and the nurse behind him was giggling with her hand on her mouth

Yozu shrugged and left the area while throwing a tantrum, "If this is what you want, so be it!!"

He then teleported out and appeared in the Headmaster's Office. He drowned himself in handling papers for the Core Academy so he could forget that his daughter was sleeping with a man, a two-timer at that!

***

Day 2, 9:33 am

Aoyuki knocked on the Headmaster's Office

"Come in." Yozu said as his strance was interrupted by the knock. Aoyuki entered the office with respectful actions

Aoyuki looked at Yozu with serious eyes, without his eyes changing appearance. Yozu caught this and asked seriously, "Are they here?"

Aoyuki did not answer and only nodded slightly

"Very well, gather the Guardians and we'll meet up at the Grand Hall." Yozu said as he organized the papers and then disappeared as he teleported to prepare and groom himself

Aoyuki, who was left alone in the Headmaster's Office, blurred in a streak of black as he dashed towards the location of all Guardians and gathered them. He instructed them to call the others and go towards the Grand Hall

***

Day 2, 10:00 am

"This way, please." Aoyuki respectfully said to a certain individual with large stature and eyeglasses

Aoyuki guided the individual to the Grand Hall, where Yozu is sitting on a Grand Chair like a king. The ten Guardians are lined on his right and left like ministers

As the individual entered the Door of Recognition, he was followed by several other individuals behind him that are organized in a formation

Aoyuki walked in front and the individual followed him. As they reached the center of the Grand Hall, Aoyuki climbed the steps and stood behind the Grand Chair to Yozu's right

The individual with eyeglasses stood tall in the middle with a tall man to his right and a short blonde woman to his left. Behind the three individuals are five individuals. Behind the five individuals are thirteen more individuals, and behind them are six more individuals

They are like a mafia organization with how their formation looked like. The individual with the eyeglasses in front smiled smugly at Yozu

"Welcome to the Mystical Academy, Comfy Cartel." Yozu respectfully welcomed the group

"Thank you for welcoming us, Yozu." The individual with eyeglasses said while saying the Headmaster's name

"So, what brings you here? You even had to bring the main force of the Cartel? Who are defending the main headquarters? Don Scar?" Yozu asked several questions, even though he know the answers to most questions already

"You see... We just wanted to visit and reunite the child with her parents, and me!" The individual, who is called Don Scar, said with confidence

"I see, then shall I call Lyre to meet up with you?" Yozu asked carefully. Don Scar looked at his back, towards a fuzzy haired man and a woman with a long red hair. They nodded at each other with excitement

"Yes, you shall." Don Scar said

"Alright then. Aoyuki? Please go fetch Lyre at the Infirmary." Yozu asked a favor to Aoyuki to which he nodded and disappeared into a blur of black streaks

Don Scar was alarmed when he heard Yozu's words, "Infirmary? Why is she in the Infirmary? Did something bad happen?"

"Oh no no, she was just watching someone who lost consciousness and fell asleep." Yozu explained while looking to the side and smiling wryly. He left out a few details from what he saw earlier

A certain individual behind Don Scar noticed Yozu's behavior and he leaned forward to whisper something towards the Don. The Don listened carefully and looked towards the tall man to his right. The tall man leaned to him and confirmed the contents of the whisper

"It's seems that you are not lying and I'm glad..." Don Scar said with a sympathizing tone, "But it also seems like you are hiding something?"

"What?! Me? Hiding? No!" Yozu was surprised that he was read like a book. Was it the individuals that whispered to the Don? What abilities did they have? He shrugged the accusation in a comedic manner

"Oh really? If something happened to our dear Lyre, you will face the wrath of our Cartel. You better watch out Yozu." Don Scar threatened Yozu while keeping his smile. An kind of aura emanated from him and spread across the Grand Hall. Some of his main force was sweating and the Guardians were breathing heavily as if they're catching their breaths

Yozu snapped from his comedic acting as he sensed that Don Scar took the joke seriously, "Oh? Are you threatening ME, inside the Core Academy?"

Yozu released an overbearing aura that matched against Don Scar's aura. In truth, Yozu was only holding back to match Don Scar's aura so he wouldn't overwhelm him and the Cartel

"Haha! I'm just kidding! You can't take a joke, you know we can't defeat a lion in its den!" Don Scar said jokingly. Yozu can only smile wryly

***

Day 2, 10:15 am

Aoyuki arrived inside the Infirmary in front of the room where Lyre is supposed to be in. He was confused as to why Yozu directed him here when Philip was supposed to be here

As the nurse slowly opened the door, Aoyuki saw what Yozu saw earlier. A vein also popped in his forehead as he saw this scene

"This is like a scene straight out of a manga!!!" Aoyuki said loudly

"I know, right?" The nurse said while giggling as she look at Aoyuki's body behind his back, like she was examining him. Aoyuki felt this and a chill went throughout his body