"Somebody!!!"
"Please help!!!"
Arashi as he carried Rikka on his arms barge into a nearby hospital
His shouting shocked a lot of people inside the hospital but after a few seconds a group of nurses came and assist them
Afterward Rikka was brought into an emergency room leaving Arashi alone outside waiting
Time past for hours and Rikka is still unconscious inside the emergency room
Waiting is making Arashi a bit frustrated that he almost barge in the emergency room to check on Rikka condition but before he could do that one of the doctors came out of the room
"Doctor!"
"How was she?" Said Arashi brushing his hair backward as it's covering his eyesight
The doctor looks down to the ground the moment Arashi asked that. This makes Arashi a bit scared and nervous
"It's a bit complicated, Mr?" The doctor stared at anxious Arashi asking for his name
"My name is Arashi Hirota…"
The doctor then continued explaining the situation toward Arashi
"Well come with me, I'll explain everything inside my office…" said the doctor while walking away from the emergency room
Arashi followed from behind though he felt bad to leaves Rikka alone inside the room but right now he doesn't have any choices
The both of them then arrived at the doctor office, as soon as they entered the room the doctor ask Arashi to sits on the one of the chairs in front of the table
"What is her condition doctor?"
"Is she going to be fine?" Ask Arashi as soon as he sits down
The doctor only managed to let out a heavy sigh as this is quite a heavy case on him
"Before that…"
"May I ask what happened?"
"Eh?" Said Arashi surprised
"I want to know how she ended up in that situation…" The doctor added
Arashi starts to look more anxious as his hands start to tremble and his head are full with confusion
"That's…"
Arashi start to let out some of his word but he is quite hesitated about it
Seeing how hard Arashi is trying to tell the truth the doctor let out a sigh
"It's fine…"
Arashi got shocked that he gulps his own saliva
"I'll explain to you about her condition first…" said the doctor as he turned toward the monitor
The monitor then projects a picture of an X-ray that could be Rikka's
"This is an X-ray we took for the girl and as you can see…"
But just before the doctor could finish his word Arashi suddenly interrupted
"There's nothing wrong…" Said Arashi in disbelief
The doctor just sit silent as Arashi looks at the monitor in disbelief
"But that isn't possible!!!"
"There was supposed to be bu-"
Just before Arashi could finish his word. He stops a bit as he almost slipped up a big secret toward the doctor
He couldn't imagine what the doctor would do if he founds out that the both of them just got back from a deadly fight and the treatment they need can't be done on this world
(I see… it seems that normal human can't see the tools made from Gate or Hell)
(That's why no one were surprised when I came barging in here with weapon straps behind me…) Said Arashi as he takes a look at his sword and Rikka bow
"I'm sorry doctor…"
"Does this mean she's just fine?"
Arashi then turned his view toward the doctor
The doctor just takes a deep breath before he could explain the real condition Rikka is in
"I wouldn't say that actually…"
A changed of expression could be seen on Arashi when the doctor continued his explanation
"What do you mean?" Ask Arashi nervous
"She might seem to look fine for now…But the injury she is dealing right now is turning bad…"
"If we let it be, it might cost in her life…" said the doctor with a sympathetic eye
The explanation done by the doctor shocks Arashi as he couldn't think straight right now
"We are trying our best for now to keep her alive but as long as we don't know what's keeping her from recovering. I'm afraid she might not make it…" said the doctor adding more
He then put one of his hands on Arashi shoulder trying to comfort him
"I'm sorry young man…"
After the conversation with the doctor, Arashi is back at the emergency room but he is standing outside the door peeking through the small glasses to see Rikka on her life support
He grits his teeth and grip his fist seeing the condition Rikka is on, but then he just realized at one person who could help her
Shinka!
Arashi then rushed back to Gate to ask for Shinka favor into curing Rikka back to her old self
But the answer he is expecting from Shinka wasn't what he wanted to hear
"I refused…" Said Shinka
"Eh?"
Arashi is confused by Shinka replied
He starts to question himself the reason why Shinka is refusing to help cure Rikka
That in the end, he reached onto a dead-end conclusion
"The reason is easy…"
"Its because I don't want to…"
"Why would I go so far to use my power to rescue a worthless servant who couldn't fend for herself?"
Hearing that tick Arashi off a bit but he tried to be reasonable with Shinka as from the start he already knew this what the real Shinka is
A guy who could never care about his subordinates as long as he achieved his goal
Though he is gripping hard on his sword ready to swing it toward Shinka defenseless neck
"I think its better to move on and just let her die…" Said Shinka smiling at the situation
At that time Arashi couldn't hold himself anymore as he tried to swings his sword toward Shinka
But before he could do that, he was stopped by three mysterious figures
This action surprised Arashi as he couldn't detect their presence at all which he thought that he was in the room alone with Shinka
"What were you thinking you are doing, mongrel?"
"You should know your places…" Said Shinka looking down at Arashi with a fierce eye
This gave a chill toward Arashi but at that time he is fill with anger that he couldn't care about the warning given toward him
Seeing how Arashi isn't scared by his warning. Shinka thought of another idea on how to deal with Arashi
The moment he found an idea, He grin so big that it gave off an unpleasure aura inside the room
"I know…"
"How about I gave you a mission?"
"Huh?"
The statement made by Shinka surprised Arashi
"And if you managed to complete it, I would hear to any of your request." Said Shinka grinning
Arashi just stared toward the ground after he heard Shinka offer, hesitate
Deep in his heart he wanted to took the offer but he knew that if he accepted it, he might played into Shinka tricks once again
But at the moment of confusion, He remembered the promise he made toward Rikka
"I want to try your cooking when we get back…" Said Rikka
Remembering those word Arashi got his determination back as he stared Shinka back
"Might I take that determined look as a yes?" Said Shinka smiling at Arashi as he managed to make Arashi his plaything again
"What is the mission?"
"My master…"
Hearing Arashi said those words gave a pleasure that no one have ever gave to Shinka
Making Shinka to smiles uncontrollably
"I want you to go down back to earth and redeem back the lost treasure for me…"
"What lost treasure?" Said Arashi
The three figure who were holding Arashi down before slowly letting him go under Shinka instruction
"A relic that connect between the Earth and the Gate…"
"I want you to retrieve it before any of the Demons could…"
"Can you do that for me?"
"My…Arashi?" Said Shinka grinning
No words were spoken more afterwards just a little nod from Arashi indicating that he is willing to do anything to cure Rikka
"But before that…"
Out of sudden Arashi spoken out that it catches Shinka attention
"What is it?" Ask Shinka politely
Before Arashi utter his next request, he took a deep breath first
"I want to be stronger…"
Shinka is a bit confused by Arashi request that he tilted his head a bit
"I learned from today battled that I'm still weak that I can't even protect one of my comrades…"
"That's why…I want to be more stronger…" Said Arashi with determination
"So that I can protect everyone else!"
Seeing how Arashi is really determined in becoming stronger, Shinka rubs his chin indicating that he is thinking about who can help Arashi trained
"Hmmm… Even if you said that…"
"There's no one available to train you right now though…" Said Shinka in a playful tone
Hearing that devastated Arashi a bit as he really wishes to become stronger in order to protect everyone
"Then I'll do it…"
Out of sudden an unfamiliar voice shouts out
"You are…" Shinka is surprised by the appearance of this mysterious person
But he is familiar with this person that he is just smiles as usual toward the guy
"Alright…I'll allow it…" Said Shinka