Akihara breathed hard... and shot the Shade. Soon, the others near it began to move. [i]It's just like Naoto said. Even if that was an encouragement... or he was teasing me, I can't mess this up. There are innocent people involved in this. I can't bring fear now.[/i], he thought. One Shade rushed towards Akihara, but he shot it before it could reach him. "I'll try to be fast...", he said, upon hearing Moeka. Hold the trigger and aim at the Shades: that's what he was doing. It would be called as a rookie's desperate moment, but all Shades in aim were being defeated. A Shade appeared behind him, but Akihara did something incredible for someone like him. As the Shade tried to attack him, he suddenly did a backflip over the Shade and shot it at its head. [i]I... did that?! H-How did I... I never were good with this, and this is my first time, so...[/i], he thought, trying to find an answer.

Over the rooftops, not too far away from there, Ryuji was watching them. He saw how brave his young brother was being, for the first time in his life. [i]Aki... do your best...[/i], he thought. After that, he felt a stumble. It was his partner, [url=http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/83fdbe2f83ed326b68957b287340d338/http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm263/cypress8blade/jacques.png]Saiko Kaijuraki[/url], that was shooting a Diabola. "If you plan to leave all the fun to me, then so be it, Ry.", Saiko said. "I told you to not call me like that. Anyway, I better let my uneasiness about my brother aside for now.", he said. It was only one Diabola, and it was not much strong. Nothing that Ryuji couldn't take. Saiko, a sadistic man, smiled. "Lil' Aki, huh? Man, that boy is going high, just like you did.", Saiko said. Although he liked to play with Ryuji a lot, Saiko always liked Akihara, like if he was a little brother. "Yeah, but now, let's shoot this thing down.", Ryuji said, shooting again at the Diabola.