Lost and Found
Story: Shift
The promised hour approached. A little bit of excitement sparked to mind from a happy family moment. It was hard not to look forward to it. A long desired wish granted always felt like a dream. Even if not all wishes could be granted, she would see as many that could be. That was her duty.
That was why she could take another step.
With the end of classes, Fumiko hurried out of the room. She forewent departures to classmates and the teacher. Because the Student Council didn’t have personal details, she knew nothing about Ayumi, just that she was a first year. That meant a trek to the third floor.
Searching the halls as it began to fill in with students proved a little more challenging than she expected. But so far at least, it wasn’t too many. ‘There’s so many to check…wish I had stayed to ask more questions. But that’d be creepy. Mind telling me what class you’re in? Yeah no, I just will have to deal with this…’
“It’s the balance of slice of life with action! You know it’s like ‘oh let’s have tea and cake, it’s a wonderful bam assassins from the roof’!”
“I don’t think… I’ll get it…”
“It’s comedy! Eh, comedy is subjective anyway, but it’s a really funny read.”
“May…be…”
Fumiko turned, recognizing the voices behind her. “Nishimura? Nishimura!”
Yuki perked up hearing a voice calling to them. “Ayumi? Is that?” A very tall teenager hurried towards them. If he didn’t know who they were, he’d probably be back away. “Oh, you’re Fumiko, right?”
“Glad I found you!”
“You were looking for us?”“Nishimura actually. I ran into someone yesterday that wanted to see you before you left. Are you free?”
Ayumi stared at the girl reading her expression and stance. Questions immediately rose up. The situation appeared suspicious, almost insultingly. She didn’t see any hints from Fumiko. It troubled her even more the lack of deception. “Who is it?”
“They wanted it to be a surprise.”
Yuki leaned in a little towards Fumiko. “We can keep a secret. Couldn’t you tell us?”
“Please, Nishimura.”
‘At least I know it’s a trap…better to trigger it now than where I can’t control it.’ She turned to look over at Yuki. Before she even opened her mouth, the expression told her everything. This wasn’t something she was allowed to do alone. “Okay…”
Chapter 35 – Lost and Found
Uncertainty followed them out to the school grounds. The safety of the school disappeared, increasing the unease about the situation. Yuki started looking around everywhere in paranoia. Random sounds made him snap to attention.
Fumiko glanced back curious to what bothered him. “Something wrong?”
“N-no! I’m just a little…accident prone. So I’m just a little on guard.”
“All the sports practice in a different part of the school.”
“You’d like to think that’d be enough.” He laughed a little leaning on a different truth for his lie. A demanding stare from Ayumi told him to calm down. Yuki attempted to relax, but the knowledge of another assassin made it difficult.
In both a hurry to see the tension break and dreading it, Yuki walked on a little behind Ayumi. ‘I know she’s prepared and I’m useless still, but Fumiko’s here.’ He looked around again trying to feel assured in their safety. Nothing.
Yuki rubbed his arm out of nerves. “So Fumiko…do you have a club you’re a part of?”
“Hm? Oh, yes, one of the Literary Clubs.”
“Oh!” A bit of genuine interest leaked into his words. “Are they meeting today?”
“Yes, they’re probably starting to make their way now.”
“We wouldn’t want to keep you from your club. If you tell us where to meet them, we can make it there on our own.”
“It’s only a few minutes. We don’t start immediately.”
He rubbed his fingers down his forearm. Another check of the surroundings came up empty. By all signs, they headed to the front gate. They didn’t need Fumiko anymore. Yuki felt his heart starting to pound. “What are you reading?”
“Huh?”
“For fun. I happen to read my fair share and I’m always looking for new suggestions.”
“I mostly just read fantasy.”
“Then you must have some good suggestions! I sort of read a bit of everything. So the more niche stuff I end up missing. Any good recommendations?”
The question finally made Fumiko stop to think. While she was distracted, Ayumi took the opportunity to start going on ahead. Yuki remained behind to keep feeding her questions.
Ayumi marched to the gate monitoring the entire area. Only students filled the grounds as expected. The number made it troubling for her. The assassin could easily hide among them to strike. She stayed on defense as she continued forward.
Still no one appeared. No hints of an enemy. They had to be somewhere. This was a very different game than the others. Ayumi wondered who the Council might have sent. The old men finally saw it as a real threat and sent someone skilled. ‘Did they send an Omega?’
Even as the investigation continued, she tried to prepare contingencies. Yet as she stood out at the gate, nothing still appeared. Students as far as she could see. Across the street no one out of the ordinary, not that was a mark of anything. They could pretend to be anyone. Even the students could be suspects, yet none of them moved for her.
One final look around, she saw no one. ‘Perhaps this isn’t the meeting location? Or…’ Ayumi looked back towards Fumiko. Staring long at the teenager, new questions rose up.
The distraction finally broke as Yuki leaned around Fumiko, seeing nothing happening. Fumiko turned around surprised to see Ayumi at the gate. “Ah crap! I completely lost myself!”
He smiled back. “It’s my fault. I sort of get lost in my own world when it comes to books!”
“Yes, I know what you mean. You thought about joining the Literary Club?”
“Well I’m…”
“Dammit, look at me recruiting! We should get back to Nishimura!”
“Yeah…” Yuki jumped up to get a little ahead of Fumiko. Without words, he exchanged looks at Ayumi hoping for some answers. Best he got from her was no assassin. Her answer put him even more on edge to what came next. “Where are we going?”
“Oh just to the gate! She’s waiting outside for Nishimura.” Fumiko hurried her pace to catch up with Yuki. However, they looked around together and found no one. “Odd, she said she’d wait here for you.”
“Who’s waiting for me?”
“Well I…” Fumiko searched around again for Chiasa, but it was no use. Just like Ayumi, she found nothing but students. “She didn’t run off did she?”
“Fumiko?”
“I guess it would help if you knew. You’d probably spot her faster than me, since she’s your sister.”
Yuki jumped back towards Ayumi immediately going on the guard. He desperately sought out their stranger. The last confirmation was all he needed to know without a doubt they walked into a trap. But where were they? Why hadn’t they already attacked when Ayumi was alone? Doubts mixed around in his mind about the situation.
“What’s wrong? You’re looking a little odd…”
Nothing still. He looked up to the roofs in hopes of anything. “Ayumi doesn’t have a sister, Fumiko. She’s an only child.”
“Huh? What are you talking about? I saw her and her ID!” Fumiko walked closer to Ayumi wanting some answers. A strange tension she didn’t understand surrounded them. This was meant to be a happy moment for sisters. They were ruining everything. “Nishimura–”
Out of Fumiko’s chest came a long sword that glowed yellow sending out a burst of energy from the tip towards Ayumi. Ayumi’s eyes had widened in shock as the entire area was blinded by a flash with blood spraying everywhere.
Yuki turned in horror to see both Fumiko and Ayumi pierced with the sword. Pools of blood already began to gather on the concrete. It came up at a low angle through Fumiko’s waist straight into Ayumi’s heart. A stunned look remained painted on her face with life quickly starting to fade. And behind it all a small ten year old child equally soaked in the blood of her targets. “No! Ayumi! Fumiko!”
He reached out to Ayumi as the sword ripped back out, tearing through flesh. Fumiko coughed up an unsettling amount of blood already starting to shake. The strength disappeared from Ayumi’s body collapsing into his arms. “How…we were…” He looked over at the child sensing the murderous intent.
It should have been a disturbing and unsettling image, an elementary school child soaked in blood holding an oversized weapon. Perhaps his media consumption or special powers numbed it, but all he felt was fear. This wasn’t how it was supposed to play out. Ayumi couldn’t be dead.
Before he could spare another thought to what happened, a familiar looking sword flew in piercing the child through the heart as well. He couldn’t even go into shock at this point. “Ayumi?” It was her sword. He looked down, but the body was gone.
Out of the air, Ayumi looked to materialize or be revealed depending on the perspective. She had a narrowed expression, worn many times before. “Be careful, they’re still out there. It was just a fake.”
“But…everything…you’re not dead?”
“No, but the girl is at risk.” Ayumi stood a little down the sidewalk seeking out the assassin. They remained well hidden still. “I’ll draw their attention away, heal her or get medical attention!” She turned away and ran down the sidewalk to hunt.
Yuki looked around, still checking up. The assassin remained unknown and yet Ayumi just left him. All he could do was hope she had more of a clue than he had to their location. But she was right about one thing. A thud next to him drew him back to the present. “Fumiko!”
Collapsed in her own blood and shaking, the teenager coughed and gasped on air. Panic filled her eyes with an experience she never knew. Yuki recognized the fear and grabbed onto her hand. “Fumiko! It-it-it’ll be alright! Just listen to-t-t-to my voice!” He tried to reach out to the power that existed in him, always hiding, always at a distance. It had to come to him now. It always picked the extreme.
There wasn’t any change in Fumiko. No signs of lights or motes of energy like before. He squeezed her hand praying deep inside that his mind would answer his call. This couldn’t be the time that it failed him. It wouldn’t let this happen to him. He refused to believe it.
Seconds slowly ticked away upon the bleeding canvas around him. Yuki closed his eyes, fighting against his mind and emotions. The tempest of his thoughts fought out a reoccurring distance battle. All his worries stuck in the back of his mind never focused upon finally came true. The cost of his life, his secret, it stared back at him.
That was why she could take another step.
With the end of classes, Fumiko hurried out of the room. She forewent departures to classmates and the teacher. Because the Student Council didn’t have personal details, she knew nothing about Ayumi, just that she was a first year. That meant a trek to the third floor.
Searching the halls as it began to fill in with students proved a little more challenging than she expected. But so far at least, it wasn’t too many. ‘There’s so many to check…wish I had stayed to ask more questions. But that’d be creepy. Mind telling me what class you’re in? Yeah no, I just will have to deal with this…’
“It’s the balance of slice of life with action! You know it’s like ‘oh let’s have tea and cake, it’s a wonderful bam assassins from the roof’!”
“I don’t think… I’ll get it…”
“It’s comedy! Eh, comedy is subjective anyway, but it’s a really funny read.”
“May…be…”
Fumiko turned, recognizing the voices behind her. “Nishimura? Nishimura!”
Yuki perked up hearing a voice calling to them. “Ayumi? Is that?” A very tall teenager hurried towards them. If he didn’t know who they were, he’d probably be back away. “Oh, you’re Fumiko, right?”
“Glad I found you!”
“You were looking for us?”“Nishimura actually. I ran into someone yesterday that wanted to see you before you left. Are you free?”
Ayumi stared at the girl reading her expression and stance. Questions immediately rose up. The situation appeared suspicious, almost insultingly. She didn’t see any hints from Fumiko. It troubled her even more the lack of deception. “Who is it?”
“They wanted it to be a surprise.”
Yuki leaned in a little towards Fumiko. “We can keep a secret. Couldn’t you tell us?”
“Please, Nishimura.”
‘At least I know it’s a trap…better to trigger it now than where I can’t control it.’ She turned to look over at Yuki. Before she even opened her mouth, the expression told her everything. This wasn’t something she was allowed to do alone. “Okay…”
Chapter 35 – Lost and Found
Uncertainty followed them out to the school grounds. The safety of the school disappeared, increasing the unease about the situation. Yuki started looking around everywhere in paranoia. Random sounds made him snap to attention.
Fumiko glanced back curious to what bothered him. “Something wrong?”
“N-no! I’m just a little…accident prone. So I’m just a little on guard.”
“All the sports practice in a different part of the school.”
“You’d like to think that’d be enough.” He laughed a little leaning on a different truth for his lie. A demanding stare from Ayumi told him to calm down. Yuki attempted to relax, but the knowledge of another assassin made it difficult.
In both a hurry to see the tension break and dreading it, Yuki walked on a little behind Ayumi. ‘I know she’s prepared and I’m useless still, but Fumiko’s here.’ He looked around again trying to feel assured in their safety. Nothing.
Yuki rubbed his arm out of nerves. “So Fumiko…do you have a club you’re a part of?”
“Hm? Oh, yes, one of the Literary Clubs.”
“Oh!” A bit of genuine interest leaked into his words. “Are they meeting today?”
“Yes, they’re probably starting to make their way now.”
“We wouldn’t want to keep you from your club. If you tell us where to meet them, we can make it there on our own.”
“It’s only a few minutes. We don’t start immediately.”
He rubbed his fingers down his forearm. Another check of the surroundings came up empty. By all signs, they headed to the front gate. They didn’t need Fumiko anymore. Yuki felt his heart starting to pound. “What are you reading?”
“Huh?”
“For fun. I happen to read my fair share and I’m always looking for new suggestions.”
“I mostly just read fantasy.”
“Then you must have some good suggestions! I sort of read a bit of everything. So the more niche stuff I end up missing. Any good recommendations?”
The question finally made Fumiko stop to think. While she was distracted, Ayumi took the opportunity to start going on ahead. Yuki remained behind to keep feeding her questions.
Ayumi marched to the gate monitoring the entire area. Only students filled the grounds as expected. The number made it troubling for her. The assassin could easily hide among them to strike. She stayed on defense as she continued forward.
Still no one appeared. No hints of an enemy. They had to be somewhere. This was a very different game than the others. Ayumi wondered who the Council might have sent. The old men finally saw it as a real threat and sent someone skilled. ‘Did they send an Omega?’
Even as the investigation continued, she tried to prepare contingencies. Yet as she stood out at the gate, nothing still appeared. Students as far as she could see. Across the street no one out of the ordinary, not that was a mark of anything. They could pretend to be anyone. Even the students could be suspects, yet none of them moved for her.
One final look around, she saw no one. ‘Perhaps this isn’t the meeting location? Or…’ Ayumi looked back towards Fumiko. Staring long at the teenager, new questions rose up.
The distraction finally broke as Yuki leaned around Fumiko, seeing nothing happening. Fumiko turned around surprised to see Ayumi at the gate. “Ah crap! I completely lost myself!”
He smiled back. “It’s my fault. I sort of get lost in my own world when it comes to books!”
“Yes, I know what you mean. You thought about joining the Literary Club?”
“Well I’m…”
“Dammit, look at me recruiting! We should get back to Nishimura!”
“Yeah…” Yuki jumped up to get a little ahead of Fumiko. Without words, he exchanged looks at Ayumi hoping for some answers. Best he got from her was no assassin. Her answer put him even more on edge to what came next. “Where are we going?”
“Oh just to the gate! She’s waiting outside for Nishimura.” Fumiko hurried her pace to catch up with Yuki. However, they looked around together and found no one. “Odd, she said she’d wait here for you.”
“Who’s waiting for me?”
“Well I…” Fumiko searched around again for Chiasa, but it was no use. Just like Ayumi, she found nothing but students. “She didn’t run off did she?”
“Fumiko?”
“I guess it would help if you knew. You’d probably spot her faster than me, since she’s your sister.”
Yuki jumped back towards Ayumi immediately going on the guard. He desperately sought out their stranger. The last confirmation was all he needed to know without a doubt they walked into a trap. But where were they? Why hadn’t they already attacked when Ayumi was alone? Doubts mixed around in his mind about the situation.
“What’s wrong? You’re looking a little odd…”
Nothing still. He looked up to the roofs in hopes of anything. “Ayumi doesn’t have a sister, Fumiko. She’s an only child.”
“Huh? What are you talking about? I saw her and her ID!” Fumiko walked closer to Ayumi wanting some answers. A strange tension she didn’t understand surrounded them. This was meant to be a happy moment for sisters. They were ruining everything. “Nishimura–”
Out of Fumiko’s chest came a long sword that glowed yellow sending out a burst of energy from the tip towards Ayumi. Ayumi’s eyes had widened in shock as the entire area was blinded by a flash with blood spraying everywhere.
Yuki turned in horror to see both Fumiko and Ayumi pierced with the sword. Pools of blood already began to gather on the concrete. It came up at a low angle through Fumiko’s waist straight into Ayumi’s heart. A stunned look remained painted on her face with life quickly starting to fade. And behind it all a small ten year old child equally soaked in the blood of her targets. “No! Ayumi! Fumiko!”
He reached out to Ayumi as the sword ripped back out, tearing through flesh. Fumiko coughed up an unsettling amount of blood already starting to shake. The strength disappeared from Ayumi’s body collapsing into his arms. “How…we were…” He looked over at the child sensing the murderous intent.
It should have been a disturbing and unsettling image, an elementary school child soaked in blood holding an oversized weapon. Perhaps his media consumption or special powers numbed it, but all he felt was fear. This wasn’t how it was supposed to play out. Ayumi couldn’t be dead.
Before he could spare another thought to what happened, a familiar looking sword flew in piercing the child through the heart as well. He couldn’t even go into shock at this point. “Ayumi?” It was her sword. He looked down, but the body was gone.
Out of the air, Ayumi looked to materialize or be revealed depending on the perspective. She had a narrowed expression, worn many times before. “Be careful, they’re still out there. It was just a fake.”
“But…everything…you’re not dead?”
“No, but the girl is at risk.” Ayumi stood a little down the sidewalk seeking out the assassin. They remained well hidden still. “I’ll draw their attention away, heal her or get medical attention!” She turned away and ran down the sidewalk to hunt.
Yuki looked around, still checking up. The assassin remained unknown and yet Ayumi just left him. All he could do was hope she had more of a clue than he had to their location. But she was right about one thing. A thud next to him drew him back to the present. “Fumiko!”
Collapsed in her own blood and shaking, the teenager coughed and gasped on air. Panic filled her eyes with an experience she never knew. Yuki recognized the fear and grabbed onto her hand. “Fumiko! It-it-it’ll be alright! Just listen to-t-t-to my voice!” He tried to reach out to the power that existed in him, always hiding, always at a distance. It had to come to him now. It always picked the extreme.
There wasn’t any change in Fumiko. No signs of lights or motes of energy like before. He squeezed her hand praying deep inside that his mind would answer his call. This couldn’t be the time that it failed him. It wouldn’t let this happen to him. He refused to believe it.
Seconds slowly ticked away upon the bleeding canvas around him. Yuki closed his eyes, fighting against his mind and emotions. The tempest of his thoughts fought out a reoccurring distance battle. All his worries stuck in the back of his mind never focused upon finally came true. The cost of his life, his secret, it stared back at him.
Table of Contents
- Broken Bonds
- Tunneling in the Dark
- Following Light
- Failings of Earning Trust
- Arriving at the Start
- A Harsh Life
- World's Intermission
- Question's End
- Question's Test
- Question's Line
- Question's Gap
- Positive Direction, Long Road
- Ending the Harsh Cause
- Not Harsh After All
- Resumed Harsh Life
- A Harsh Reality
- Replacement Exam
- Bonus Exam
- Final Exam
- Joyous Exam
- Sorrowful Exam
- Power Exam
- Limited Exam
- True Exam
- Bare Dance
- Bullet Dance
- Fire Dance
- Empty Dance
- Invisible Dance
- Tactician's Resolution
- Tactician's Reveal
- Tactician's Ploy
- Tactician's Trick
- Tactician's Battle
- Challenging the Beast
- Challenging the Habit
- Challenging the Behemoth
- Challenging the Mountain
- Reward
- Single Point
- A Wounded Land
- Total Destruction
- The Capital Battle Begins
- The Eve of Cloud Break
- In Plain Sight
- The Well
- Blind Light
- Another Drop
- A Strategy for Impossible
- Defense of the Wall
- The Strongest Demon
- Longing Desires
- Missing Lines
- Edge of War
- Undesired Return
- Locked Hunter
- Empty Trails
- Can't Say No
- A True Blade
- Three Way Struggle
- Killing Impact
- Power Spike
- Painful Past
- Complicated Companions
- On Friendly Steps
- Chasing Rumors
- Demon's Secret
- Demon's Blood
- Demon's Gate
- Sparks of War
- Time to Waste
- A Carefree Life
- A Demon's Reality
- A Demon's Wish
- On the Side of Darkness
- Stalemate's End
- Reality of True Power
- A Demon's Smile
- Foots of the Cleaved Mountain
- Reality Lies
- Rewind 4
- Red Direction
- Calling of the Mark
- Mark of the Demon
- The Empty Forest
- Black Ash Demon
- Demon of the Forest
- Confidence Blooming
- Trust Issues
- Village of Silence
- A Lost Path
- Settling
- Land of Demons
- Trapped from Reality
- Captured Reality
- Seized Heart
- Custom Reality
- Awakened Mind
- Labyrinth of the Subconscious
- The Uninvited
- The Impossible Floor
- Blind Echoes
- The Wrong Success
- Missing the Point
- Edge of Hope
- Broken Purpose
- Broken Heart
- Broken Mind
- Broken Plans
- Broken Ties
- Broken People
- Broken Defense
- Broken Peace
- Broken Way
- Broken Paths
- Broken Hope
- Broken Lives
- Broken Calm
- Broken Land
- Broken Home
- Mind Wipe
- Mind Break
- Mind Lock
- Mind Without
- Mind Steel
- Mind Over Matter
- Mind Tricks
- Mind Games
- Awaited Arrival
- Shouting to the Darkness
- Waterfall
- Water Competition
- Water Polo
- Water Games
- Water Works
- The Shattered Mirror
- The Broken Mirror
- The False Mirror
- The Reverse Mirror
- Sun and Moon
- Dawn Light
- The Dawn Edge
- The Full Moon
- The Moon Rises
- Back-to-Back in the Jaws
- Back-to-Back into the Fires
- Back-to-Back Brawl
- Back-to-Back Knife Edge
- Back-to-Back Take Down
- Back-to-Back Knockout
- Back-to-Back Punch Out
- Back-to-Back Doubt
- Back-to-Back Fists
- Misjudged Purpose
- Misjudged Memories
- Misjudged Words
- Misjudged Action
- Misjudged Ability
- Misjudged Flame
- Clashing Swords
- Un-united Fronts
- Shaken Assault
- Stolen Plans
- Parting Ways
- Shattered Hopes
- Tainted Land
- Crawling at the Darkness
- Most Wanted
- Scattered Pillars
- The Right of Power
- Reasons to Fight
- The Pitfalls of Idealism
- Mixed Messages
- War to Peace
- The Dark Side of the Shadow
- Identity
- Repayment
- Hot Blooded Meetings
- New Leaf, Old Leaf
- Regretted Outcome
- Rewind 3
- Black Signal
- Crumbling Lines
- Unplanned Guests
- The Fragility of Friendship
- Sides
- Stolen Future
- The Resistance
- Friend or Enemy
- Regretted Actions
- Awkward Moments
- Uneasy Night
- Family
- False Normalcy
- Rude Welcome
- Return to Peace
- Morning Verdict
- Night Meetings
- Secret Origins
- The Other Half
- One-sided Argument
- The Other Side of the Wall
- Bloodless Night
- Rude Morning
- Fire and Ice
- The Last Guard
- The Corrupted Past
- Returned Mind
- Desperate Emotions
- Someone Else's Mind
- Screaming Blades
- Screaming Fists
- Screaming Revenge
- Standing Still
- Unchained Beast
- More Than Human
- Almost Human
- Childish Resistance
- Childish Dreams
- Burning Freedom
- The Recovered Truth
- Awakened Emotions
- Buried Emotions
- Misdirected Emotions
- Standing on Top
- Standing for One Minute
- Standing Room Only
- Prowling Beast
- Restrained Beast
- Reluctant Beast
- Mindless Animal
- Living Dirt
- Childish Growth
- Childish Beliefs
- Childish Thoughts
- Sealed Freedom
- Modified Freedom
- Internal Freedom
- Pick Your Partner
- First Steps
- The Unwanted Gift
- Morning Without the Sun
- Arrival
- Death's Winnings
- Death's Excitement
- Death's Entertainment
- Death's Assurance
- Death's Bet
- Strengthening Resolve
- Silent Progress
- Alone on the Void
- Silence Doesn't Stand
- Peak Walkers
- Walking Titans
- Confronting Hades
- The Crawling Fear
- Clouded Minds
- Troubled Ground
- Motives
- Using the Past to Hide the Present
- The Wall that Protects
- Waking the Titans
- Moving Pieces
- Conspirators
- Darkness Rising
- Forced Resolution
- Tempted Strength
- False Turns
- The Rising Tides
- Loss of Control
- The Ring of Control
- Seeking Answers
- Leftover Answers
- Sneaking Shadows
- Child at Play
- Crawling in the Dark
- Carving a Hole
- Art of the Con
- Child of Lies
- Childish Games
- Rewind 2
- Isolation
- Delusional Fantasies
- Walking Away
- Failed Expectations
- Denied Expectations
- Forced Expectations
- Twisted Expectations
- Shifting Lines
- Shifting Patterns
- Shifting Desires
- Shifting Attacks
- Shifting Thoughts
- Science of the Theory
- Science of the Nature
- Science of the Hypothesis
- Science of the Resolve
- Science of the Attack
- Guardian's Answer
- Guardian's Stand
- Guardian's Memories
- Guardian's Turmoil
- Guardian's Struggle
- Polite Violence
- Vicious Excitement
- The Postcard
- Gathering Storm
- Mounting Troubles
- Stirred Thoughts
- Accepting the Fallen Pieces
- Dawn Approach
- Two Fists
- Tearing Down the Forest
- Falling in the Forest
- Fighting for One's Self
- The Weakling
- Uneven Ground
- Striking Shadow
- Sealing Innocence
- Lost Comrades
- Phantoms
- Reality of Fiction
- Product of Despair
- Hidden Blade
- One Second to Breathe
- Phobetor's Walk
- Cracking
- Fragile Steel
- Blood Soaked Night
- Fists' Answer
- The Debate of Fists
- Forceful Wills
- Calculated Risk
- Knocking Down
- The Stronger Flame
- Flickering Flame
- Fueling the Fire
- The Caged Inferno
- Night's Struggle
- Treading Between Lines
- Time Limit
- Demanding Answers
- Silent Approach
- Understanding the Answer
- Approaching a Settlement
- Difference in Reasons
- One Tree in a Forest
- Understanding Each Other
- Reasons for Action
- Lies in the Truth
- Crack the World
- Room of Deceit
- Breaking Through
- Intrusions
- Questioning Resolve
- Choosing Paths
- Dividing Paths
- Captured Souls
- Third Stage
- Stubborn Resolve
- Labyrinthine Doubts
- The Birth of a Man
- The Depth of Loss
- Blind Swings
- A Tall Tree in the Forest
- A Fighting Mind
- Waking Mind
- Test Strike
- Strained Thoughts
- Boiling Turmoil
- The Nobler Path
- Right of Wrong
- Side of the Just
- Righteous Flames
- Disciple of War
- Reception for the Uninitiated
- Struggle by Threads
- The Darkness of Innocence
- Looming Uncertainties
- Uneasy Greetings
- Rewind
- The Façade
- The New Road
- Strangers in a Strange Land
- Seeking Atlantis
- The Looming Fog
- A Blue View
- Departure
- Second Meetings
- The Decision
- Decision Time
- Invitation to Gather
- Intrusion of the Uninvited
- Unspoken Words
- Longing Thoughts and Heavy Thoughts
- A Tiger's Pride
- Growth
- Working Alone as a Team
- Emotional Control
- Biting the Hand that Feeds
- Tricks Revealed
- A Magician's Trick
- Breakdown of Words
- Alone in the Crowd
- Repeated Words
- Spent Days of Youth
- The Sibling Link
- Dome of Safety
- Rebuilding the Broken
- The Farewell
- That Which has been Forgotten
- Blood Stained Shadow
- Blood Under the Wicked Moon
- Grave Intentions
- The No Thinking Plan
- The Porcelain Stare
- The Returning Departures
- The Dreamer's Wish
- Staring Down the Beast
- Living in the New World
- Reborn
- The True Awakening
- The Soul of My Brother
- To Challenge Those That Threaten
- Splitting the Dream
- Strength of the Blind
- The Sealed Vault Opened
- Family Matters
- Calm Before the Storm
- Black and Blue
- Fading Light
- Never Forgotten
- Running Wild
- The Fantasy You Want
- Strange Meetings
- Child No More
- The Beast in the Forest
- Shadows that Scream
- Stranger Still
- Trouble in Different Packages
- Strength to See
- Shattered Thoughts
- Gushing Imagination
- Secret Lives
- The Little Things
- Lost and Found
- Far Enough
- Those Above
- Matter of Self
- Unbroken Bonds
- The Warning
- Dropout Priest
- Shattering Earth
- Against Logic
- The Echoes of Nothing
- Faded Echoes
- Not So Divine
- The Watcher
- Return with Answers
- Pieces that Remain
- My Brother's Keeper
- Promises
- Waking the Courage
- Forgotten Child
- The Broken Watch
- All Short One
- Learning by Error
- Don't Think
- Dream Void
- Kasou-ryoku
- Short One
- Troubled Joy
- Routines
- Inheritance
- Subconscious
- The Cracked Seal
- Blood Tinge
- A Fantasy of Reality
- Hidden Shield
- Stained Sand