[b][u]Sometime in the Future:[/u][/b]

A flash of lightning tore through the sky, a crack of thunder following it as Tsumiki looked over the battlefield that had once been Hanadate Academy. His uniform was in tatters. His peerage was spread thin. How could they not have foreseen this? How could [i]he[/i] not have foreseen this? He felt took a step forward, a sting running through his leg and up his body from the wound that damned fallen angel had inflicted earlier. He clenched his teeth, powering through as he walked. He reached around his body to clutch his left shoulder with his right arm. He couldn't move it. Had it been dislocated he could have popped it back into place. No. It was broken. 

His vision blurred for a moment. He was weak. Still, he could hear the sound of combat in the distance. It shouldn't have come to this. [color=ed1c24]"I have it."[/color] He mumbled to himself. He was quiet though. He could barely make a sound above a whisper. It hurt so much. As he drew closer to the the spot he'd been knocked away from he couldn't help but try and recall how he'd ended up an estimated 3 blocks away. But he could see it. A dragon. No. Yes. Maybe not. It wasn't quite at the standards of what he'd come to expect. He remembered Sieg saying something about it being a lesser member of his brethren. [color=ed1c24]"I..."[/color] He tried again. 

This was all because of that idiot. No wait. He couldn't possibly say that. He had made the choice to pursue this. It was nobody's fault, but his own. He could make it right though. He could fix all of this. He stopped. He could hear it. A powerful voice. A scream, though it sounded more like a roar. [i]No...[/i] Sieg was going to go on a rampage. He had to stop him. He moved faster. As fast as he possibly could, jolts of pain shooting through his entire body. 

[color=ed1c24]"Koha... na?"[/color] He had begun to try and call out to his queen, but stopped when he saw her. [color=ed1c24]"How?"[/color] He gasped as he forced his body to run and dropped to his knees beside her. He looked around as he pulled her up into his arms and turned his head to scan the battlefield. [color=ed1c24]"Ryuunosuke! Rin!"[/color] He called out, as loud as his lungs would allow. [color=ed1c24]"Argos! Kenji!"[/color] A few feet away he could see Rin taking shelter behind a piece of the asphalt, most likely turned upward by the clash of forces. He could see the blood running down her arm. Ryuunosuke was out of sight, but he could hear his voice. Shouting, trying to fight his way out of whatever mess he was in. Argos and Kenji were most definitely side by side. But he didn't see them. Were they hurt? Were they anywhere at all nearby? 

[color=ed1c24]"I'm so sorry... This is all my fault..."[/color] He held back tears, gritting his teeth in order to try and stay strong. Then, there was another flash. A brilliant bright light swept across the field engulfing all parties present. And then... 

Nothing.

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[b][u]Present Day:[/u][/b]

[color=ed1c24]"Another exciting day."[/color] Tsumiki Grimmond chuckled as he entered the club room. Located on the far end of the school building he often found himself being questioned as to why he would take part in such club when it was given the room assignment it had been given. It was a club room rumored to be haunted. As such not many students showed any interest in joining, let alone even visiting the room. In truth though, the ghost had been little more than an apparition who'd yet to pass on. Tsumiki had since remedied that problem. Now, any instance of the paranormal was most likely courtesy of him, a member of his peerage or his familiar Lutra. 

[color=ed1c24]"Kohana, I have your school work for the day. Please try to complete it as soon as you can."[/color] He said placing a small pile of papers on the coffee table sat before a couch in the center of the room. Being that nobody came and he paid for any furnishing outside of the school budget, Tsumiki had taken to stocking the large classroom with anything he or his peerage could need. [color=ed1c24]"The same goes for you Argos."[/color] He added placing another small stack on the desk on the far side of the room so the two would not get their work mixed up. He'd managed to work out an arrangement for the two since Argos could not attend school in the day time, hence the black out curtains lining the windows of the room, and Kohana couldn't likely go to class while under the influence. 

[color=ed1c24]"I assume Sieg is off doing as he pleases again."[/color] Tsumiki shook his head. [color=ed1c24]"Kenji will likely be hear soon."[/color] He was mostly speaking to himself at the moment as he sorted himself and his thoughts out. [color=ed1c24]"Hopefully both manage to complete their devil work for the day."[/color] In truth he didn't worry about either of them. They'd been with him long enough to know the drill. The same went for Argos. And though Kohana had only been with him a short while she had adjusted fairly easily, though he had taken to sending his Lutra with her on jobs just in case. Nobody ever said this would be easy.