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Chapter 2: An Unmistakable Sound

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Shido and Reine arrive in Ratatoskr's air ship to see a screen displaying a young girl with light blue hair and a puppet on her hand. "Who is that?" Shido asks, staring at the girl on the screen curiously. "She's a spirit" his younger sister, Kotori responds. "Codename Hermit. This is where you finally get your time to shine" Kotori smirks. Shido gazes at the screen and feels a pang of guilt. "I.. don't think I want to seal her.." Kotori looks at Shido with a confused look. "What do you mean you don't want to seal her?" Shido shakes his head. "If I hadn't sealed Tohka, she wouldn't have died.. I don't want to hurt anyone else.." Shido seems torn. On one side, he knows that not sealing the spirits puts their world at risk. But on the other, he knows that sealing the spirits would but them in great danger. This confliction is tearing him apart. "Shin" Reine puts a comforting hand on his shoulder. "If you seal the spirits, we will make sure to keep them safe. We wouldn't let the same thing happen to another spirit" Shido looks up at her and can tell she's not just trying to make him feel better. After thinking for a moment and weighing his options, eventually Shido agrees. "Alright, ill go" Kotori smiles. "I knew you'd come around" 

Origami Tobiichi is gearing up to fight the spirit "Hermit" who has just emerged. As she's putting her CR unit on, she gets a flashback to when she killed the spirit "Princess". Shido had been with her at the time and she hadn't wanted him to get hurt, so when he had escaped un-injured, she was happy and the day after, Origami had gone to see him. Except, when she got to his house, he seemed to be angry with her. No, angry was an understatement. He had been boiling with rage that she felt could explode at any minute. But the question is, why had he been so mad?

Shido crouches to the ground inside an abandoned apartment store. "Are you sure this is where she's going?" He asks Kotori over an earpiece. "Yes, I'm sure" sure enough, after a few minutes, a puppet poked its head in Shido's face, catching him off guard. "And who might you be?" The puppet asks. "Are you here to hurt Yoshino too?" Shido takes a moment to compose himself and after a vote between the members of Fraxinus, he responds "I'm just a wandering vagabond." The puppet pauses for a second before laughing. "You were trying to make me laugh, weren't you? No one talks like the seriously!" A hint of embarrassment flushes on Shido's face. 

Reine sits in a conference room on Fraxinus alone, deep in thought. "What went wrong?" She wonders. "I had all the pieces in place. How could it have turned out like this?" Reine was frustrated that things had not gone to plan. What could she do? It was too late to fix this. Unless... Reine had a thought. "If anyone can help me, its her" Reine stood up and walked out of the conference room with a clear goal in her mind, and only one way to obtain it.


Reine appeared on a rooftop far out in Tengu city. She walked to the edge and peered off, staring out into the city. For a while, she just stood there and watched, admiring the beauty of the city. Then she turned her head. "I had a feeling you'd be here" Reine turned around. As she did, she heard the unmistakable sound. "Ki hi hi~ my my, what brings you all the way out to see little old me?" 

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