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[b]Uchima Senior High - A Hallway, 2nd Floor, Classroom Building???[/b]

Though his attack was of a lesser intensity, the creature, weakened by the constant assaults dealt by Ryoma upon its body, could not bear the violent vortex, and with a final shriek, was consumed in its entirety, twisted and churned into a cloud of black that slowly dissipated into the musty air.

All three of the bizarre desks had been killed.

- The clinking of armour.

Only the azure warrior remained.

It did not seem perturbed in any form by the destruction of its minions. Nor had it intervened to prevent their destruction. It had merely watched their deaths, observing the fights with an unreadable, unidentifiable motive and intervening only on a whim. And yet now ... now that it was all over, it was once more an observer. Its gaze was focused on Ryoma and Ai, but it did not move. Its great [i]yumi[/i] bow dangled from its hands, but it did not attack.

It moved -

But not in the way the two teenagers would've expected.

The armoured thing placed its bow onto the protrusion on its hunched back. With once-more deliberate slowness, it rose a gauntleted hand.

Five fingers.

It stepped to the side, leaving the hallway free for them to pass.

A gesture.

It wanted them to go past it.

The five fingers remained.

The hand dropped down towards its untouched blade, and then pointed up at Ryoma.

Five fingers pointing.

Five minutes headstart.