8:59a.m.
It's amazing that the two Rirotas were able to rush to school in just thirty minutes. Although it came with an obvious cost for their speedy time clears, based on their ragged breathing and disorderly appearance of their school uniforms. Not to mention the students that noticed their rough appearance began spreading some rumours of the two engaging in a gang war.
What a load of bullshit first thing in the morning.
The two of them fixed their clothes after entering their classroom. They relieved a sigh as they were lucky to find the teacher of the first morning periods haven't arrived to the class yet. They weren't lucky the entire time though, they skipped breakfast just to make enough time to get to school.
The two of them sat down on their seats and stared into each other's eyes before averting their gazes to somewhere else. They made it to school under ten minutes, to be frank, they managed to reach in eight minutes and forty three seconds. What made them arrive that early was because of their bathtime earlier.
Sharing the same shampoo was fine for either of them since they're the same person, however...
Sharing the bathtub together because the shower was conveniently broken? It was embarrassing for them to even fit in the bathtub let alone fully clean themselves without the other's help.
The two of them sighed at the same time as they performed the same motions together; they slouched over their desks, turning their heads to the opposite side of one another.
The teacher walked in and found the two Rirotas wearing the same exhausted expressions. He then asked them out of concern, "It's rare seeing the two of you so tired in the morning, was the rumours about you two getting jumped by thugs right before school?"
They lifted their heads to face the male teacher, Rirota spoke as he was the first to fully recover his breathing, "No. We woke up rather late."
Riro nodded, "My legs hurt from running that fast...", she snuck a wink at him, causing him to blush from her silliness, "Idiot, you should've warmed up first."
[Don't you dare tell him that we fucked, we're still siblings to their damn eyes!]
Riro regained her strength as she sat up straight, [I know, I know. They dubbed me as a villianess for a reason after all in my old world.] "Teach, would you like my help with the board today as well?~"
The teacher nodded with a smile, "Thank you again, Xalysia-san."
Riro stood up and felt her legs tremble for a moment, "...?", she subconsciously glanced at him to notice him shrugging his eyes as if he didn't care about her trembling legs. She shot him a sharp glare as she forced herself to walk up to the board.
The teacher noticed her struggles and asked her quietly, "Are you alright, Xalysia-san? You looked like you're having trouble standing."
Riro panted tiredly before standing straight with her teeth gritted from the pain. Rirota sighed heavily as he held his head, "Fucking great...", he mumbled under his breath as he pulled out his phone to find a message from 1kawa.
He decided to give it a read since he's now in school.
'Looks like you two are late today, did something happen?'
[Why do you ask? I didn't remember asking you to ask us.], he typed down his reply.
'Woke up late, don't bother prodding into our private lives.'
Rirota kept his eyes on the teacher watching Riro write down the sub topics the classroom will be studying this morning, his eyes back on the phone as he noticed a new reply from 1kawa.
'Something did happen, correct?'
[...Did he... suspect us two? Or is it about... that stranger?]
As if 1kawa can read his mind, he replied with another message, 'The mysterious stranger with fog magic, yeah?'
'Sunday, 9:00AM?'
Rirota's eyes widened as he had been read, he glared down at the last line 1kawa had send, [Nine? But ours are... 7:00a.m.... Oh! That stranger also sent them the same thing!]
'Ours are 2 hours early, who exactly are you? Tell me who the fuck is threatening our friends!'
'I don't know why they're targeting Roukan and Roun. If I have to guess why, it's because of us two and you two. And for who am I... no, who we are, you don't need to know.'
'However, please think of a special power you may hold deep within yourself, this app is my ability after all.'
'But I'm not useless either, let's hope the ability you two awaken will help win against her and the ones attempting to bully our friends.'
1kawa's messages confirmed one thing to Rirota, that they were two person, an alter ego twin with awakened ability or magic like how that stranger in the video demonstrated.
Rirota put away his phone into his pocket as he take out a textbook for the morning lesson. He has a lot of things to talk about in his mind, [Special power... huh? I still doubt that 1kawa is like that stranger, applications can easily be made nowadays with skills. Still, this app doesn't seem like they were released to any app stores.
So, how did it get installed so easily without my permission? One way to figure it out is that someone had snuck into this class during gym session where we couldn't being our phones inside. Which was Monday afternoon.]
He looked serious as his expression turned grim, [I... have a secret that only my world has...]
Rirota sighed as he continued minding his school business while reminiscing of his own world.
[Back in my world, those who has tattoos that are only visible to another tattooed person are known as Marked. Every Marked have their own abilities straight out of their Markings shapes or symbolics.
I had a Fireball as a Marking and I could cast fire based on my strongest desire of the moment. It functions differently and have various way to use your own abilities. Markings replaced Magic in my world.
However, ever since I've been transported to this world, I couldn't see my own Marking which was located at my left chest and of course. I can't cast fireballs like before.]
Riro had just finished reading the messages from 1kawa, she turned her head to find Rirota thinking deeply about the power that 1kawa had mentioned.
She never had any special powers back in her world. She was only a talented girl who genuinely enjoyed her life tormenting those who she felt deserving.
"Haa...", she rubbed her thighs to ease up the pain. She thought to herself about last night's risky sex with him, [I need to buy birth control pills first...]
"...Fuhh, it's a safe day.", she sighed after a while. Her expression calmed down a little before facing for him still in deep thoughts.
[He... hasn't told me his secrets just yet, I guess I took the spotlight last night and we... That was an amazing night.]
...
*ringgg*
Riro exhaled a sigh of relief after noticing the class period was over. They do have a little time for break before the next period. She nodded to herself as she reaffirmed her most prioritised to do list of this day; ordering a same day delivery package before it reaches midnight.
[I don't want to be pregnant, yet. I have to keep my reputation safe enough until the fitting day and time for our wedding plus baby announcement... What do we name our girl or boy? Valuren?]
She smiled as she took her phone inside her desk before feeling a warm touch on her right arm, she subconsciously blurted out, "Yes, lov---ser?", Lovser, a combination of two words together made in an instant under the clearly careful, calm and collected Riro.
Rirota sighed as he showed her something under the desk, "Check this out.", he sounded more interested in showing her something. Did he sneak in strawberries?
No, there was something else he didn't mention about his secrets. A black orb almost the same size as a golf ball in his hand. Riro's eyes widened as she never seen anything like it, "W-Wow..."
She sat back down and opened her phone while asking him discretely, "You're really smart at figuring out how to use magic like that stranger."
He continued, explaining how he was able to create the black orb, "In my world, some of us have magic integrated into tattoos that only people like us can see. But, in this world? I can't even see my own tattoos and I can't create something I liked other than pure violence."
He leaned in, using his phone to show her the simple drawing of his, "Fire. I used to be able to wield fire as part of my Marking ability."
Riro nodded and asked, "So... you decided to test if you can cast something like--"
He finished her words, "Black Orb, a little something I should call, science. You like black hole discovery and explosive stars in the solar system?"
She nodded but insisted that she's not fully keen with the subject, "Not really that interested with it."
Rirota nodded, understanding their little differences, "Good, it's going to be so fucking broken if the two of us have the same ability. Let's go to the rooftop, I think you can use Fire."
Riro's eyes lit up, "You think so?"
They stood up and readied themselves to leave the classroom, he replied after making sure his words didn't get unwanted attention, "Depends on your desire or interest in that Fire, it can be... frustrating to maintain the Fire's desire to engulf you as it's new user."
Riro nodded quietly as she listened, she smiled with a hint of happiness after knowing one of his world secrets, [Feels like we're getting closer like... a COUPLE?]
She forced herself to walk alongside him despite the pain in her lower half as the two of them left the classroom for the school rooftops.
She tugged on his sleeve to get his attention, "Say, Rirota... I need to buy something later, if it's too expensive, could you give me some money to help pay it?~"
Rirota sighed heavily, "Sure..."
"Thanks so much~ Let me give you a kiss~", she leaned over to his face as he reacted by moving away from her. He glared at her with a disgusted expression, "Eugh, no! Are you trying to act like May-ple?"
"Don't tell me that you're actually shy over a sister kissing you on the cheek?", she giggled in between her words. She was having fun with seeing his flustered reactions. He clicked his tongue as he walked away from her in a quicker pace.
[Is she trying to push the boundaries of public siblings' affection? It's already embarrassing that the public didn't bat an eye on siblings being close to each other since they can get away with kissing cheeks and foreheads.], he shook his head as his eyes faced behind him.
[Let's see if you can still walk.]
She jolted at him leaving her so suddenly, "Wait, brother!"
Inside 3A classroom.
The students began chatting about the twin Rirota's earlier exchange. They were confused and amazed by their relationship as siblings strengthening lately.
"Maybe they acted like they despised each other when she transferred in last year?"
"Or they did have a fight at home and just bringing it to school since then? Eh, I don't know!"
"I heard that they live together by themselves, Reiji told me so I think that he's telling the truth as one of their friends."
"I'm surprised that Kirigayas managed to befriend both of them, you know the school athlete, Reina?"
"She befriended the girl Rirota, and Reiji friends with the boy Rirota."
They continued chatting with their hot topics of the morning as only a few numbers of students that know about the twins think among themselves.
Rio spoke while biting on her thumb, "Hearing them talk about darling-- no, Rirota is making my mind throb..."
Vee nodded but looked disturbed with her biting sounds. Virgil sighed as he asked her, "I know that we are acquainted with them both but... why are you sitting with us, Rio?"
His eyes took notice of the class rep glaring at him intensively, [That's some scary glare, calm down.]
Rio spoke after stopping herself from biting into her thumb again, "Uh... I'm using you two as a way to control myself?"
Vee tilted her head almost erratically, "Ha?"
"Y-You see..."
Rio explained herself by telling him what happened to her yesterday after stealing Rirota's books.
"You two must be perplexed by the unknown reason why I took his books, right?"
Vee nodded while Virgil averted his eyes from her only to look back into Rio's face after feeling a sting in his waist, "I have a twisted personality issue, and it gets worser when my brother and I are separated for a duration of time.
Yes, right now I may look fine but my brother's will are stronger than mine and he'll be coming over to our class each break time to check on my unpredictable behaviour."
Vee nodded, "That's why you... stared at us like a psycho?"
Rio nodded with a flush, "Y-Yeah, last night... my brother wanted to experiment with my behaviour disorder and went outside to buy groceries for tomorrow's breakfast. Our parents are home so I was more cautious with my mind."
She continued after a deep sigh, "I felt like I suddenly had a migraine and I decided to walk into the living room to find my parents chatting. Surprisingly for me, I didn't attack my parents and I chatted with them as the sudden head pains ceased.
I think that you two can help chatting with me to calm me down... I don't want to hurt anyone.", she smiled at them, Virgil looked away from her with a blush in his face. Vee was about to pinch him for diverting his attention but stopped when she noticed his red ears.
She then faced Rio with a gentle smile, "Okay, we can help. Let's talk about hobbies, yeah?~", she clutched Rio's hands together.
"O-Okay!"
Virgil sighed lightly as he watched his counterpart chatter with her new friend. He then felt a glare at him as he faced to find Ritoxen's face.
The two of them nodded in agreement between the two men as Ritoxen walked away from the classroom while Virgil relaxed himself against his desk.
[That brother of hers... ain't a bad guy...] - Virgil.
[Ashen haired former delinquents, that dude looked alright to not lay a hand on Rio.] - Ritoxen.
...
School rooftop.
Both Rirota and Riro walked out of the steel door as they distanced themselves in order to avoid unnecessary injuries when trying out their abilities.
Rirota was already comfortable with his Black Orb as he focused his attention to help Riro with figuring out her power, he had the black orb shaped like a basketball rotate around his body as if he was the 'sun' and the black orb as his 'planet'.
"Okay, Riro. Do you like fire?"
She nodded, "Yeah? It's warm and cozy, best during cold seasons of Winter holidays."
"Then try it, I'm sure you can't even make a decent fireball with that simplistic mindset."
Riro grinned, "Oh yeah?", she had accepted his challenge as she continued to reveal something to Rirota, "I'll have you know that my GramGram handle is Phoenix_Girl, ain't no way--"
She held her hand in the air in front of her as a large fireball erupted and coated her entire hand, "I'm going to be soooo shit at it!"
He clapped his hands twice, "Nice work, seems like your desire are pretty strong to handle the firepower. Now, cancel it."
"How.", she asked without hesitation. He then demonstrate her by snapping his fingers, his Black Orb vanished into thin air as he spoke out the magic words she needed to keep in mind, "Just think to yourself that you want the fire to disperse."
She snapped her fingers, noticing that the dispersion with body movement doesn't work, "Oh, so snapping fingers are just cool points."
Rirota averted his eyes and nodded, "Yep."
She wanted to laugh when she noticed his face, she closed her eyes as to concentrate on dispersing the fire crackling on her hand, [Vanish...?]
The fire in her left hand dispersed after she gave her order in her mind. She then looked down at her left hand for any injuries, she smiled faintly when she found nothing, "Magic is... back."
*buzz* *buzz*
The two of them pulled out their phones as they looked at each other with a firm expression. They read the message sent by 1kawa as their eyes widened in horror.
'Bad news, Roun's in danger. Go to the back of the gym's building to save her now.'
Rirota cursed, "Classic bullying spot, I'll go kill them for you-"
Riro interject strongly, "Let me... they messed with my friend and they're going to get it!", she cracked her knuckles as her body oozed heatwaves, a regular sight of Rirota back in his world whenever he was pissed off.
He grinned as he opened the steel door for Riro, "Then, I'll watch the show of my dear... sister?", he watched her stopped beside him as he wondered why she hesitated on going down the stairs.
She tapped on her cheek as she got closer to him, "Hm-mhm?~", Rirota became flustered by her confidence in wanting him to give her a kiss on the cheek. He reluctantly smooched her cheek as he faced away from her, "There... good luck."
She giggled and smiled happily although her giggling was almost sadistic. She left the rooftop with him following her back for the school gym's building.
He too, was interested in the 'villianess' 's strength and smarts when it come to a real fight, [She stopped me from punching Ritoxen's head in perfectly that time, I'm sure she's fast like me. I wanna see how strong you are.]