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SETOGIWA: A World On The Brink (Part 1)

Chapter 2: A World On The Dawn, Part 2

Chapter 2: A World On The Dawn, Part 2

Nov 13, 2024

A World On The Dawn, Part 2

Kurosawa eyed a table and walked to it. Zenatori followed. It was a small 2-person table, and they both sat together. They began reading, and before they knew it, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. As Zenatori stands him and Kurosawa get from their seats. Zenatori checks his book out and begins to walk out of the library. 

Unexpectedly, Kurosawa raises her arms out.
"Sakatoro?" she said in a quizzical but teasing tone.

Zenatori walks to her and wraps his arms around her.
"I'm getting too old for this, you know?"

She quietly embraces him and said.
"You're getting bigger too."

Zenatori smiles and chuckles. He thought to himself quietly.
"Times like these make me feel warm."

After a moment, she retracts herself from Zenatori. She smiles and says.
"I'll see you later, Sakatoro!"

She happily walks out of the library and continues with her day. As Zenatori watches her leave, he begins a trip on his own.
"No one knows what they know, until they know," he thought as he left the library entrance and began walking back to class. He still held the book in his hand as it waved through the air as he walked.

At last, the final bell rang, signaling the school's end. Zenatori walks out the school doors, flipping through the pages of the book. 
"This is more interesting than I thought," he thought before slipping the book into his bag.

He feels a hand grab his shoulder. As he looks over, a voice follows.
"Wanna walk home, Sakatoro?" she said in a soft tone. It was Kurosawa.

Zenatori stuck his hands in his pockets and said.
"Sure."

A few minutes later, they begin the journey home, but he has initial business to handle. Zenatori notices a small building in the busy streets of Kyoto. Its fluorescent lights beamed, imprinting the street.

He looked at Kurosawa and said.
"Mind if we stop here?"

"Sure."

They took a right turn and walked into the corner store. 

He swung the doors open and let Kurosawa walk in first before walking in himself. The convenience store had its flashy manga covers, canned foods, and other items. That, however, wasn't his objective. This boy sought nourishment for his hunger. 

He then walked to the shelves and strided down the food aisle. He thought as he browsed the selection.
"Another pack of ramen, it seems."

This calm could only last so long. 

Suddenly, the city is under attack. An announcement reads:

{WARNING, A THIRD-CLASS AUTOMORPH IS HEADING THIS WAY. FIND SHELTER OR EVACUATE NOW!}

The boy thought.
"An automorph has bypassed the GIC barrier? That's not very common nowadays, but it's only a third-class."

He runs out of the store, leaving the pack of ramen behind.

Kurosawa yelled.
"Wait! You're being irrational! There's no way you actually plan on confronting that thing."

Zenatori said.
"Stay in the building."

"What..?"

He yelled at the crowd. 
"EVERYONE, I'M AN S-DIVISION SYNEJI ARTIST, I'LL HOLD THEM OFF."

Everyone listens to him and runs off.
"I guess it's too late to run now, and there's no way I will defeat that thing. That's what Kurosawa is right about," he thought.

Suddenly, the boy looks over and a huge beast ravages through the street and locks eyes with him,
"I guess this is the end. I had a pretty depressing and boring life. It is what it is. Not everyone can be the Main Character."

As the jaws on the automorph widen, looking like they're going to engulf him. He doesn't have a change of demeanor, nor does his heart beat any faster. His facial expressions were still.

"Kidaigen: Wind." 

Suddenly, as the Automorph's teeth touch his skin, it is split in half by a powerful and mysterious force. A force powerful enough to split the street beneath him and the automorph, and it rifted through the air as it traveled.

As both sides of its disgusting skin collapse to the ground, with purple blood oozing out. Only a woman stood amongst his defeated carcass. Her brown short hair flew through the air as the wind glided through the strands.

She looks at the boy and says.
"You almost died. Why were you just standing there?" 

As Zenatori stood in shock, it was the woman referenced by Kuzaki more than he could count. The "queen" of syneji artistry
"No way..." 

 Akito Koumiko stood abroad.
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