May 20, 2021 - Thursday - 9:00 A.M.
Hovet Arena - OG's Autograph Stand
3rd POV
Today, Riku and the boys are scheduled for an autograph session for the day along with Tundra and Team Spirit. They were just in the middle of preparing to set up and they noticed Riku yawning.
Miposhka: Hey Iku, are you alright? Didn't get enough sleep?
Riku: Let's just say.......a lot of things happened last night...
Nine: Which is?
Riku: Well.......
Flashback - Inside Riku's Mindscape (This is the events that happened in Riku's mindscape last night)
Riku's childhood friends can't believe what their seeing, the girl that they considered as their big sister that died 3 years ago standing in front of them hugging Kokoro tight.
After Tenshi gave her a huge hug, she let go of her and faced her direction to the girls with Riku beside her.
Tenshi: Now then! I know that some of you have questions that needed to be answered. Lay it on me!!
Riku just smacked her head loud and the band girls flinched to how loud that smack was.
Tenshi: OW!!!!! What did you do that for?!
Riku: Be serious about this will you?
Tenshi who was currently rubbing the back of her head tried to complain but Riku was just glaring at her and didn't say anything to him.
Tenshi: Alright alright. Sheesh, Can't take a joke today ain't ya? Well.....Any questions?
Misaki raised her hand as she gives Tenshi a question that was in the back of the minds of the girls.
Misaki: Tenshi-san......what's your relationship with Riku-san?
Tenshi: Hm......to put it simply.....Riku is my babysitter.
Everyone: Babysitter?
They looked at Riku waiting for him to give an answer. He just closed his eyes and sighed.
Riku: Back in the early days of the Celestial Families, the Nagae are a vassal family of the Hinanawi. So we basically serve them until the end of the Meiji era. But we do it as a kind of a tradition. But for Tenshi's case........due to her having an "extreme" arrogant and prideful attitude...serving her.....is something that can be considered a huge pain in the ass. Which makes my role more of a babysitter than a vassal.
Tenshi: HEY!!!
Sayo: What do you mean by that?
Riku: There was one time where Tenshi was in charge on keeping an eye on Kokoro and she was 4 at the time. Tenshi was trying to throw and catch her in the air and......she might've taken it too far....
Misaki: Taken it too far exactly?
Misaki being worried for what happened to her leader when she was a kid and Riku continued to explain.
Riku: She went overboard and tossed Kokoro 300 feet in the air.
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Everyone(minus Gensokyo girls): SHE DID WHAT!?
They couldn't believe what they heard from Riku. Who in their right mind would toss someone 300 feet off the ground? Some of the older sisters turned livid and grabbed Tenshi by the neck.....mainly Tomoe.
Tomoe: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND!?!?
Sayo: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO TSURUMAKI-SAN?!?!
Tenshi: HEY! I didn't know that a regular human can't take that level, at least Kokoro didn't get hurt.
Tomoe/Sayo: WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE CAN'T TAKE THAT LEVEL!!!!
Riku: That's enough Sayo-san, Tomoe-san. True that Tenshi did that to Kokoro, but she got an earful from her father for her actions.
The two big sisters looking convinced hearing that Tenshi was punished, and the other girls looked at Kokoro and they asked her if she was okay during that time.
Kanon: Were you okay at that time Kokoro-chan?
Kokoro: Don't worry, onii-chan managed to catch me in time and beat up onee-chan really hard when we got down.
The girls sweatdropped to Riku's actions after rescuing Kokoro. That is a side of Riku that they didn't know of.
Tenshi: Now.....any more questions?
Tenshi asked this in a gloomy tone, and Saaya raised her hand.
Saaya: Yuyuko-san told us that Riku-kun is a youkai. If it isn't rude to ask Tenshi-san...are you a youkai too?
Tenshi: Hah? A youkai? Don't compare a Celestial like me to a mere youkai.
Hearing Tenshi claimed that youkai were a bit inferior to her made Riku and Satori twitch in annoyance.
Eve: What's a Celestial?
Yuyuko: Celestials are former humans who gained immortality and ascended to heaven or those who attained enlightenment and achieved nirvana after death. Celestials can be carefree and can basically do anything without even working.
Arisa: Does Tenshi-san have an ability like you guys?
Riku: Tenshi can manipulate the earth. Landslides, earthquakes, any disaster that is related to the earth, she can manipulate it at will. But her preferred style is using her keystones.
The girls were in pure shock. The raw power that Tenshi can use, hearing that she can cause earthquakes by her will made them fear Tenshi.
Yuyuko: Don't worry, her power is so destructive, us Celestial Families made a unanimous decision to forbid Tenshi in using her ability unless necessary.
Tenshi: WHICH SUCKS!!! I CAN'T EVEN FIGHT IN A DANMAKU BATTLE NORMALLY!! I NEED AT LEAST 3 HEADS OF THE CELESTIAL FAMILIES TO SUPERVISE MY FIGHTS!!!
Tenshi who was screaming in protest seeing how it was unfair to her.
Satori: Which is a decision that we didn't regret. Do you know how much collateral damage you've done in a single battle? We have to report every time to the government because of it.
Tenshi just continues to protest as Lisa asks Riku about her battle tendencies.
Lisa: Does she want to fight that much?
Riku: You have no idea. I mean she challenged Yuyuko-san, Yukari-san and Eirin-san in a danmaku battle...only to lose badly. Hell she even pissed off Reimu by destroying her shrine. And I tell you this....the reason why she does this......it's because she felt like it.
The fear the girls had for Tenshi only got worse when they heard that she did those things because she felt like it.
Yukina: Despite all those things that she did, you still stayed by her side.
Riku: Aside from her father, I'm the only one that can restrain her. And I'm basically her only best friend aside from my childhood friends. And even though she has that kind of attitude, when it comes to her duty for her family, no one can compare the commitment that she has for such a responsibility. Any more questions?
The girls were still afraid from the facts that were given to them, then Rei raised her hand and asked the one question that they want to hear.
Riku: Rei-san? What do you want to ask Tenshi?
Rei: It's about the song that Riku performed at the Future World Fes a few hours ago. Is it true that you were the one who wrote those songs?
Tenshi looked at Rei with curious eyes and just smiled at her.
Tenshi: Yeah. I was the one who wrote those songs, Riku helped me with the composing too, so it's basically a co-op. Normally RIku can't sing those songs without my father's permission, but I wrote in my will that only Riku and those who he find worthy of his trust can use my songs as well. And I can see that Riku still calls some of you with -san on their names......guess it will be a while till he fully trusts you girls.
Maya: Now that you mentioned it, Riku-san has been calling Shirokane-san, Mitake-san, Tsurumaki-san, Kaoru-san and Chisato-san without honorifics. What's with that?
Tenshi: Riku will only drop the honorifics on you once he fully trusts you.
Sayo: So Riku-san still doesn't trust us?
Tenshi: Don't take it like that. To earn Riku's trust is like entrusting your life with each other. Rinko, Ran, Kokoro, Kaoru, Chisato and Chu² are some examples. For Yuyuko and the some others, he kept the honorifics as a form of respect or someone older than him.
Hina: What made you write songs Tenshi-chan?
Tenshi: "chan" huh? I like it! Anyway, since I was very limited in regards to danmaku battle, I needed something that can get rid of my boredom. So I got an idea and dragged Riku along with it. I decided to create some songs and perform with him one day. I do the lyrics and he does the composing, I also taught him how to play the guitar as well so we can perform together and one day, we'll form a band and go big. That was my dream but.......
Yukina: Riku-san got to the top earlier than you right?
Tenshi just turned behind the girls and looked at the sky.
Tenshi: Yeah. And I'm not actually mad at it. In fact, I was proud of him. Even he was busy as a pro, he comes back to Japan from time to time and plays music with us...until that day.....
The girls looked down as they already know what happened. Satori stepped up and asks Tenshi for further details.
Satori: Tenshi. I'm asking this not as the matriarch of the Komeiji, but as a detective. What happened to you at that time? Who was the one who took your life?
Yuyuko: Are you sure that this is the right place for you to say that question Satori? You know that the girls are here.
Riku: I'll take the girls in the palace while you do your thing.
Yuyuko, Satori and Tenshi nodded as Riku took the girls with Youmu and Flan as he takes them to the dragon palace, leaving Yuyuko, Satori, Tenshi and Remilia outside.
Remilia: Now that they're gone, let's continue.
Tenshi: Right. What happened was......I took Riku on a road trip to lift his spirits up, it was a week after his parents died and I had to do something. There was progress until.....someone ambushed us.
Satori: Who ambushed you?
Tenshi: I don't know. They're wearing black cloaks and wearing white masks so we can't see their faces. Me and Riku tried our best to fend them off without using danmakus or any of our abilities since we're at a public space.
Yuyuko: What happened next?
Tenshi: We manage to beat some of them and we're getting tired, even though I had 10x the strength than a normal human, I still have limits. We thought that we got all of them but...someone was targeting Riku from behind and......I pushed Riku....
Remilia: And you took the hit.
Tenshi: Yeah. And it was not just a regular shot.....it was a danmaku, a laser type to say.
Yuyuko, Satori and Remilia's expressions turned very serious when Tenshi told them that she was killed by a danmaku. Something that only they and a few exceptions can use.
Satori: Did you manage to see who made the shot.
Tenshi: I did. It was only a quick glance but......the only thing I noticed from the culprit is...it had gold glowing eyes....
Yuyuko: The same thing that happened to Shinomiya Oko......so the one who is responsible...are the Black Fang....
Tenshi: No. The Fang are not involved. If they were involved, the members that me and Riku faced should have their mark on their necks, and we saw no mark on them when we knocked them out.
Remilia: This got very complicated very fast. If it ain't the Fang, who is it?
Satori: I can guess that a 3rd party has involved themselves on the matter. Thank you Tenshi for giving us this information.
Tenshi: No problem. Oh right. Can you tell the other heads to keep me being alive a secret?
Yuyuko: Oh yeah, about that. How are you still here?
Tenshi: Before I died in Riku's arms, I manage to take a fragment of my soul and placed it in the dragon palace. It was a small portion and it took me a long time to recover.
Remilia: How did you manage to pull it off? I've read some this kind of magic from Patchy that this magic comes great risk.
Tenshi: Yeah and that risk paid off. Thankfully I borrowed a few books from Marisa and I stumbled on it. I thought this might help me in the long run, and I didn't think that I would use it like this.
Satori: Very well. We'll tell this only to the other family heads.....what about your brother?
Tenshi: It's Riku's decision if he wanted to reveal it. If he does it or not, I'll respect it. I think you should go inside the palace, I'll stay here.
Yuyuko: Are you sure you're okay staying behind?
Tenshi: Well........she kinda forbid me to enter the palace without her permission...
Yuyuko: Wait "her"? I thought the dragon god is a male?
Tenshi: The dragon god decided to take on an avatar that suits his tastes. And you would rather see it than me telling. Now run along now, I can tell that Satori's spell is nearly running out.
The three understood Tenshi and left her as they go inside the palace. Tenshi just stretched her arms and summoned a keystone and jumped on top of it and the keystone started to float.
Tenshi: Alright! Time to get to work!
Tenshi floated away to god knows where after she said that.
Meanwhile with Riku and the girls
Dragon Palace - Main Hall
Riku was guiding the girls around the palace and now they're at the main hall where the dragon god resides. While they were passing the halls, the girls noticed several pictures and one of them looks like a female version of Riku.
Kasumi: Senpai! Who is this girl on the picture? She looks like a female version of you.
Arisa did a light chop on Kasumi's head in regards on her comment but Riku didn't mind it.
Riku: That Kasumi-san, is the very first Nagae and the first messenger of the dragon god. Nagae Iku.
The girls were shocked that the girl in the picture is the first Nagae. And they're even more shocked when they realize one thing.
Chiyu: Wait a minute! If your ancestors name was Iku.....then you're using her name as your stage name!?
Riku: Remember the time I told you girls that I made my stage name Iku randomly? Well, I kinda lied. The truth is, when I was thinking of what to call myself on stage, the dragon god kinda showed up in my head and told me that I was allowed to use my ancestors name.......I was about to reconsider but the dragon god persisted it. So I used it and ever since, once I step in the stage, I'm Iku.
Chiyu: So basically, "Iku" is kinda like a title or something?
Riku: More or less.......anyway...we're here.
Riku stopped as they're in front of a huge black door with 2 oarfish that is encircling each other in a yin-yang position while a long elongated dragon encircled both oarfish.
Rinko: Riku....is that.....
Riku: This is the door to the dragon god....I go here every once in a while whenever there is something bothering me. And I brought you all here so I can introduce you.
Tsugumi: Wait a second Riku-san! We're not ready to meet a real god yet!!
Riku: Don't worry Tsugumi-san, it'll be okay.
Misaki: But how are you going to open that door?
Riku just kept quiet as lightning came out of his hands and puts his hands on the door. The oarfish started to move slowly as if following a pattern to open the door. The lightning started to reach in every corner as the door slowly opens. After a few seconds, the door is finally open and Riku just sighed.
Riku: Well, let's go.
Riku went inside as the girls followed his lead, when they entered the room, they saw a girl with violet hair wearing a white shirt, black skirt sitting in a Japanese table while drinking tea. The girl put down her cup as she opened her eyes and it revealed a beautiful red ruby eyes.
Iku: Ara~ It seems you've brought a lot of guests, Riku.
Maya: R-Riku-san...that's-
Iku went to Maya as she put her fingers on Maya's chin, surprising her in the process.
Iku: You don't need to ask him who I am. I am Nagae Iku, the first Nagae. And at the same time, I am the dragon god.
The girls were shocked that the girl in front of them is the dragon god that is inside Riku.
Riku: You girls are wondering why the dragon god takes this form right? Reason for that, the dragon god is currently using Iku as an avatar to get around the palace.
Iku: Exactly like Riku said. It's kinda boring to stay in one place, and I want to move around like you. I know that you have some questions but.....unfortunately your time here is running out.
When Iku mentioned that they're running out of time, Riku noticed his arm is slowly dissipating. The girls seemed to notice and they were starting to panic.
Riku: Calm down girls! It's just that Satori-san's spell is starting to lose its effect. We'll be back in the real world in a short moment.
Iku: I'm glad that I get to meet all of Riku's new friends. I would like to ask that you take care of him.
The girls nodded as they vanished from Riku's mindscape along with him and Iku returned to her seat as she continued to drink her tea.
Iku:..........let's see how will everything will go from here....
Back to reality
The girls that stayed behind noticed that some of them are starting to wake up. And the first one to wake up was Riku himself.
Eirin: Riku, you're awake.
Riku: Eirin-san. Did anything happen while we were out?
Eirin: None. You were all safe. What happened in your mind?
Riku: I'll share the details later. In the meantime, help the others. They're about to wake up in a moment.
Riku and the others started to help the girls as they wake up one by one. As all of them woke up, Riku began to share what happened in Riku's mindscape. Of course, some of them couldn't believe it but with Yuyuko, Satori and Remila as key witnesses, they decided to believe.
End of flashback
Riku POV
Yeah, like hell I'm gonna tell them that. I doubt that they'll believe that. They're looking at me as they wait for my answer.....you know what, let's fib a little.
Riku: Just made some last adjustments on what we're gonna do for the finals, nothing big.
The guys bought the lie I made on the spot. While we were waiting for the autograph signing session to begin, I received a message from Rinko. It seems she's inviting me to play NFO with Ako-chan later today. I told her that I'm vacant after the session and scheduled to play at 4.
After sending my reply to her, I got a call from Nitori and Takane, telling me that the supplies that I ordered for my side project have arrived. I gave them the go ahead to start and give me a report once I got back in Japan. Hopefully they don't go overboard.
After several minutes, we finished setting up for the autograph session and some of the boys peeked through the line and they see the line was long. Some of us gulped as some of them are aware that this is gonna be a long day.
Once the clock struck at 10 A.M........we prepare ourselves as the autograph session is under way.
Timeskip
Hakugyoku Hotel Stockholm Branch – Gaming Room
4:00 P.M.
The autograph session was finished an hour ago.....and it was exhausting. Us 3 bands didn't expect that a lot of fans were in line to get our autographs, most likely they came for me because I'm only a stand-in and this is their only chance to get an autograph from me.
My hands would've collapsed if it weren't for Eirin-san's medicine, I signed at least 7,000 autographs during the session, and thankfully we manage to finish everything in time.
As for the remaining matches...the results stand thus:
BetBoom 0-2 beastcoast
BetBoom was surprisingly swept by beastcoast. I guess BetBoom got a bit cocky after they beat Team Liquid. Which means beastcoast will face Gaimin Gladiators.
TSM 2-0 Fnatic
TSM swept Fnatic in dominating fashion with a combo of Bryle and SabeRLighT-, they take a 2-0 win and will face Thunder Awaken.
Gaimin Gladiators 2-1 beastcoast
Gaimin beat beastcoast in 3 sets to secure the third spot in the finals. Gaimin took the first set but beastcoast bounced back on the second. The third set was decided in a bass off between beastcoast's Wisper and Gaimin's Ace and they decided to make it an endurance match, the one who falls first loses and Wisper gave up when his finger was starting to bleed 10 minutes in the match.
TSM 2-0 Thunder Awaken
TSM swept Thunder Awaken in 2 sets. I guess they used the momentum that they got against Fnatic to beat them. But from the videos that we watched in their match, it seemed that TSM was holding back a bit.
Now the four finalists are three from Western Europe and one from North America......talk about a lot of pressure for TSM.
We received a message from the event organizers that there were a slight change of plans. Instead of the usual 5 songs in the grand finals, they decided to cut it into 3 songs for each band since there are 4 bands in the finals. We have no problems with that and decided to go with it.
Right now, I'm at the hotel's gaming room with Rinko and Ako-chan and surprisingly, the other girls of Roselia were also playing. When Ako-chan heard that I was playing NFO as well, her eyes were beaming and she gave me a barrage of questions such as what's my username, class, level, my kind of equipment, my skill set, my play style and much more.
Luckily Rinko was there as I was overwhelmed by Ako-chan's questions. I also asked on what's Lisa-san and the other's playing level in NFO and Rinko said that they're above average at best.
I logged in my account as I play NFO with Rinko and Roselia
[OG.Iku is online]
I selected my avatar as it teleported to the starting town where Rinko and the others are.
The avatar that I'm using right now wears a white suit with blue and black outlines, a black tie and white pants. My avatar also ears white gloves and metal boots that reaches my knees. My violet hair is a bit long in this game and spiky and I had to tie it in a pony tail.
[RinRin is online]
RinRin: Riku! You're finally online! Where are you? I thought we were supposed to meet up here at the square?
OG.Iku: Oh...okay. I was transported at the other side. Wait for a moment will ya?
After sending the message to Rinko, I teleported to the town square where Rinko and the others are waiting.
OG.Iku: Sorry I made you girls wait.
I greeted the girls and from what I can see from their gear, Lisa-san, Sayo-san and Yukina-san's gear is at least level 50. As for Ako-chan, her set is at least level 90. Not bad, but the level gap between Ako-chan, Rinko and the others are.....bruh...
Lisa: Riku! You've....made.....it.....whoa.....
Lisa-san and the others were just stunned as they looked at me.....probably the equipment that I'm wearing.....it might be.....a bit overboard....
Sayo: Shirokane-san.....what's Riku-san's class?
RinRin: Um.....Riku....can you show your status board?
Rinko invited me to the party where I can share my character info to the others. I accepted it and opened my status screen and showed it to them and this is what is shown......
Name: OG.Iku
Level: 100
Class: Centurion
Lisa: Level 100?!
Sayo: Centurion? Shirokane-san, what's a Centurion?
Demon Princess Ako: RIku-nii! Is that the limited edition Cyber Class Centurion?!
Ako-chan grabbed me and starts shaking me as she asked me this.
Lisa: Cyber Class?
RinRin: Cyber Classes are one of the very advanced classes that were released in NFO five years ago. The highlight of Cyber Classes are their incredibly long range attacks, large AOE damage and a very versatile skill pool that can be used for offense and defense, but the way they use it is very hard to do. The reason why there are little to no Cyber Class users, is because of how demanding the skill set that one must use. Cyber Classes uses a gimmick that allows them to continuously use skills with low mana cost, but in order to do so, one must use a series of skills for it to activate. And so far, only 8 players have used a Cyber Class and all of them are at the NFO top leaderboards.
Sayo: Is it that hard? Then why did Riku-san chose a class with that much difficulty?
OG.Iku: I always like a good challenge. Picking this kind of class suits my style. And not just that, this also serves as training for my fingers.
They wanted to ask why I'm using this as training for my fingers, but Yukina-san understood it quickly.
Yukina: So you can train your fingers reflexes once you play the guitar or keyboard am I right?
I just nodded in Yukina-san's question as Rinko continues her detailed explanation about the Cyber Classes.
RinRin: Riku's class is Centurion. Centurion is one of the 12 Cyber Classes that were released and this particular class is highly focused on bombardment and heavy artillery attacks. Grenades, missiles, rockets, anything that can blast an enemy from a long range, this class has it. Although Centurions are more relied on range, they're considered a tank class due to their high HP like Hikawa-san.
OG.Iku: And this can be also used as a support. There are several support skills that can be used to reduce the damage that my party receives and recovery skills to make them last longer.
Sayo: I see. Then you'll be helping me in taking the front?
OG.Iku: No. I'll be the vanguard, your role will be with Yukina-san and Lisa-san's side. Both of them are support classes with little to no offensive skills, they need a bodyguard and you fit the bill. Assist Ako-chan and Rinko whenever you have the opportunity to make sure no one interrupts their spell chants.
Sayo: Understood. By the way, why do you have OG on your name?
OG.Iku: Ah that? Aside from music, OG also has their hand in gaming, and I'm one of the few that is taking care of the NFO content that OG puts out. And OG is also a guild in NFO, one of Western Europe's top guilds. I'm going to upload this at a later time when the Future World Fes is done.
Demon Princess Ako: By the way Riku-nii, is that your current equipment?
OG.Iku: Ah this? This is just a costume set. It covers my actual equipment that I'm currently using. Those who are at the high levels use this method so we can avoid unwanted attention. Hold on, let me show you my actual equipment.
I opened the menu and removed my costume to reveal my true equipment. Once I've shown them that, Ako-chan fell flat face first on the ground.
*THUD*
RinRin: Ako-chan!!
Lisa: Ako!!
OG.Iku: I knew that this is gonna happen.
Yukina: You expected that to happen?
OG.Iku: Yup. I think this is the normal reaction of any NFO player when they see a full Phantasmal set.
Lisa: Phantasmal? Rinko, isn't Phantasmal the highest grade in the game?
RinRin: Hai. The only way to get a Phantasmal grade set is by participating a Phantasmal Raid that happens once every two months. But with Riku's wearing right now I can tell that he's using the Water Guardian's set that can be found in the Hall of the Water Oracle......I can guess it took him at least 3 years to get it all.
OG.Iku: You really know your NFO stuff Rinko. I did get this set from the Hall of the Water Oracle. It was a team effort to clear it and the set was worth it. Are you okay now Ako-chan?
Ako-chan manages to get up from the shock. Seeing the sparkle in her eyes in just seeing my equipment made me thought of an idea. Rinko saw me and she didn't like it one bit.
RinRin: Riku.....what are you planning?
OG.Iku: Come now Rinko. Not every time I play, I'm planning something bad. I'm just thinking of giving your friends something that can help them in the long run.
RinRin: And what's that?
Riku: Girls, open your trade window. I'm gonna give you something.
Sayo-san, Rinko and Ako-chan opened their trade windows and Lisa-san helped Yukina-san opened hers. I guess Yukina-san is not yet used in playing games.
Sayo: What are you going to give us Riku-san?
I didn't say anything as I sent them an item to their trade window. When Rinko and Ako-chan saw the item that was given to them, they went absolute livid.
Demon Princess Ako: RIKU-NII!!! THIS IS TOO MUCH!!! YOU'RE GIVING US A GUARANTEE PHANTASMAL WEAPON TICKET!?!?!?
RinRin: HOW DID YOU GET SO MANY!?!?!? AND WHY ARE YOU GIVING IT TO US!?!?!?!?
Lisa: Ako, Rinko...is it bad?
RinRin: It's not bad Imai-san, this is possibly one of the items that any player wanted to have. To guarantee yourself a very powerful weapon of your choice is like a dream come true.....and Riku giving this to us like it's nothing...
Riku: Well...I'm already locked in my equipment and I don't know where to use it. But when I saw Ako-chan's eyes sparkling at my set...
I just scratched the side of my cheek as Rinko giggled as she knows that I have a soft side for kids.
RinRin: Ufufufufu~ I know that you have a soft spot for children Riku. So you gave us this for Ako-chan?
Demon Princess Ako: Don't treat me like a child Riku-nii!! I'm already at high school remember?!?!
Riku: But to me, you're still a kid. Moving on though, let's see what you get on those tickets.
Rinko and Ako-chan used their tickets and they see a window showing 5 weapons of their selected classes.
Riku: The ticket you used is not just a regular Phantasmal Weapon ticket. This ticket will give you 5 options to choose from, and once you selected your choice, you will get it immediately and it will be +7 enhancement the moment you get it. So take your time and pick wisely.
Rinko POV
As Riku was explaining to us on how we use these tickets, I'm having a difficult choice on what staff I get to pick. Two of these are one of the few weapons that I need. One of them is the [Staff of the Ancients] which has an effect of a 45% chance to use a skill that was used in the last 10 seconds with no mana cost, and the other is the [Octarine Scepter], a staff that has a unique passive that can reduce all mana cost and cooldown by 25%. Both of them are tempting, but as I look at the stat gain properly, I notice something that the [Octarine Scepter] has.
(A/N: For the weapons effects, I decided to combine both Elsword and DOTA 2 effects cause why the hell not?)
[+7 Octarine Scepter]
Class: Phantasmal
Durability: 800/800
Req. Level: 0(92 – Current Level)
Physical Attack: 1,500(18,984)
Magical Attack: 3,800(26,452)
Physical Defense: 195(2,555)
Magical Defense: 360(4,147)
HP: 2,000(79,885)
MP: 3,500(102,665)
Unique Passive: Octarine Regenerator – Reduces all skill mana cost and cooldown by 25%(max: 45%). Grants [Brilliance Aura] that gives the user and party 10% mana regeneration. Increases Skill Amplification by 15%(+3% for every 10 levels).
Unique Skill: Arcane Refresh – By using 35% of the users max MP, all skill cooldowns are refreshed but skill cost is increased by 25%. (Cooldown: 360 Seconds)
Enhancement Bonuses:
+1: Critical Chance +10%
+2: All Elemental Resistance +35%
+3: Skill Life Steal +20%
+4: Skill Cooldown +15%
+5: Skill Damage Amplification +15%
+6: Movement/Attack Speed +25%
+7: Status Resistance +20%
+8: Physical and Magical Attack +15%
+9: Physical and Magical Defense +15%
+10: Mana Cost -15%
+11: Critical Damage +25%
+12: Max HP and Mana +20%
My eyes went wide eyes as I looked at the effects. I know that phantasmal grade items are considered game changing.....but this.....this is broken...Riku mentioned that this staff is at +7 enhancement once I picked it. But seeing the benefits that it can do for my skills.....I took a deep breath and selected it.
[Congratulations to RinRin for claiming +7 Octarine Scepter!!]
Riku looked at me surprised and he just smiled at me as he know what weapon I picked.
OG.Iku: So you picked the [Octarine Scepter]? Not bad.
RinRin: I was thinking of getting the [Staff of the Ancients] but the unique skill of this staff convinced me. But I gotta ask, does all Phantasmal items start at level 0?
OG.Iku: Yup, Phantasmal items scales to your level. That's why they have a very low drop rate and sought out. Once you got your hands on a phantasmal item, you'll have less worry on finding your next equipment...but you still have to worry about the repair costs though. Repairing phantasmal items won't come cheap.
RinRin: I see......But...how did you get 5 Phantasmal tickets?
Riku: My old raid team gave it to me. They decided to move on and continue their real life and gave me their tickets. I've been holding these tickets since then......seems like they've picked their weapons.
[Congratulations to Demon Princess Ako for claiming +7 Pandaria's Grimoire!!]
[Congratulations to Lisa for claiming +7 Staff of the Last Saint!!]
[Congratulations to Sayo for claiming +7 Davion's Sword and Shield!!]
[Congratulations to Yukina for claiming +7 Lyre of the Wind Archon!!]
Me and Riku looked at Ako-chan and the others as they picked their weapon of choice. Ako-chan was very happy as she was holding the grimoire up high.
RinRin: Ako-chan, why did you pick that? I thought that you want a demon summoning book?
Demon Princess Ako: I wanted to at first. But when I look at this grimoire's effects, I have to pick it. Take a look!!
I looked at the grimoire's effects and Ako-chan really made the right decision.
[+7 Pandaria's Grimoire]
Class: Phantasmal
Durability: 800/800
Req. Level: 0(90 – Current Level)
Physical Attack: 1,400(17,965)
Magical Attack: 3,600(26,023)
Physical Defense: 186(2,410)
Magical Defense: 360(4,147)
HP: 2,000(78,457)
MP: 3,500(100,420)
Unique Passive: Pandaren Element – The user can use 4 different pandaren elements (fire, storm, earth and void) and can be switched based on the grimoire element the user currently uses.
Fire Element: Grants critical chance and damage +10% and +15% attack speed.
Earth Element: Grants physical and magical defense +10%.
Storm Element: Grants evasion +15% and movement speed +5%.
Void Element: Grants status resistance +10% and all attacks grant +25% slow on enemies for 2.5 seconds.
Unique Skill: Primal Split – Summons 4 Pandarens (Fire, Earth, Storm and Void) to fight for you. Each pandaren has 3 different skills. Pandaren's stats are 70% of the user's stats. Pandaren's lasts for 180 seconds Pandaren's skill mana cost will be taken from the caster. (Cooldown: 300 Seconds)
Fire Pandaren skills:
Flame Barrier (Active Skill) – Creates a barrier of flames around the user equal to 30% of the users max HP. Lasts for 40 seconds. (Cooldown: 60 Seconds)
Immolation (Active Skill) – Inflicts additional 6% magical damage to the enemy. Constantly drains mana. Can be toggled on and off.
Flame Road (Active Skill) – Creates a road of fire, dealing continuous fire damage and high chance of burn. (Cooldown: 45 Seconds)
Storm Pandaren Skills:
Cyclone (Active Skill) – Traps an enemy in a cyclone, preventing from using any skills. Cannot be targeted by attacks and skills. Can be casted to self. Cyclone lasts for 18 seconds. (Cooldown: 30 Seconds)
Static Pull (Active Skill) – Pulls enemies in an area and drags them to the center for 6 seconds. (Cooldown: 30 Seconds)
Lightning Aura (Passive Skill) – Grants self and allies 8% movement and attack speed.
Earth Pandaren Skills:
Boulder Toss (Active Skill) – Hurls boulders at an area. Inflicts stun for 8 seconds. (Cooldown: 35 Seconds)
Guardian Aura (Passive Skill) – Grants user and allies 10% max HP and HP regeneration.
Solid Rock (Passive Skill) – Reduces damage by 15% to self and allies and increase physical and magical defense by 9%.
Void Pandaren Skills:
Aether Push (Active Skill) – Pushes a target to a specific location. Interrupts spells once activated. (Cooldown: 35 Seconds)
Aether Aura (Passive Skill) – Increases self and allies spell amplification by 15%.
Black Hole (Active Skill) – Pulls enemies into the center for 6 seconds. (Cooldown: 100 Seconds)
Enhancement Bonuses:
+1: Critical Chance +10%
+2: All Elemental Resistance +35%
+3: Skill Life Steal +20%
+4: Skill Cooldown +15%
+5: Skill Damage Amplification +15%
+6: Movement/Attack Speed +25%
+7: Status Resistance +20%
+8: Physical and Magical Attack +15%
+9: Physical and Magical Defense +15%
+10: Mana Cost -15%
+11: Critical Damage +25%
+12: Max HP and Mana +20%
RinRin: With this....you can at least play by yourself but....if you use [Primal Split], you have to control 4 characters aside from your avatar. Are you sure you can handle it?
Demon Princess Ako: With these pandarens at my side, any battle can be won! Believe it!!
RinRin: I believe in you Ako-chan! What about you girls?
Sayo: I picked this one. Looking at the Passive it provided, this would benefit me the most.
[+7 Davion's Sword and Shield]
Class: Phantasmal
Durability: 800/800
Req. Level: 0(55 – Current Level)
Physical Attack: 2,700(9,448)
Magical Attack: 1,900(6,544)
Physical Defense: 355(6,187)
Magical Defense: 355(6,054)
HP: 4,000(97,461)
MP: 2,500(50,660)
Unique Passive: Dragon's Blood: Increases HP regeneration by 10% and physical/magical defense by 15% (+5% for every 15% max HP loss). Grants the user [Dragon's Aura] which increases elemental resistance by 25%. When HP is below 30%, 25% chance to cast [Flare Burst] which inflicts AOE fire damage.
Unique Skill: Dragon Form: User takes the form of one of 4 powerful dragons (Dragons change per 25 levels: Green (Deals poison damage) – 25, Red (Deals fire damage) – 50, Blue (Deals ice damage) – 75, Black (Deals chaos damage) – 100) and granting additional stats and abilities. All attacks deal AOE damage and cannot be pushed nor interrupted. HP, physical and magical defense increases by 35% during this form. Elemental resistance and status resistance increases by 20%. Dragon Form lasts 100 Seconds. (Cooldown: 300 Seconds)
Enhancement Bonuses:
+1: Critical Chance +10%
+2: All Elemental Resistance +35%
+3: Skill Life Steal +20%
+4: Skill Cooldown +15%
+5: Skill Damage Amplification +15%
+6: Movement/Attack Speed +25%
+7: Status Resistance +20%
+8: Physical and Magical Attack +15%
+9: Physical and Magical Defense +15%
+10: Mana Cost -15%
+11: Critical Damage +25%
+12: Max HP and Mana +20%
OG.Iku: Quite a pick Sayo-san. You get tankier the lesser HP you have. Just need to stock up on some resistances, even some high level players that are in the 70's will have a hard time beating you.
Sayo: Thank you....Riku-san.
Riku turned his direction to Imai-san and Yukina-san as I see them holding the weapons of their choice.
OG.Iku: What about you two?
Lisa: Me and Yukina picked this one.
[+7 Staff of the Last Saint]
Class: Phantasmal
Durability: 800/800
Req. Level: 0(50 – Current Level)
Physical Attack: 1,400(6,874)
Magical Attack: 2,900(9,554)
Physical Defense: 170(1,455)
Magical Defense: 225(2,147)
HP: 3,000(45,352)
MP: 3,500(58,804)
Unique Passive: Aureola's Grace – Every time the user casts a support skill or healing skill, there is a 25% chance that all allies' physical and magical attacks increase by 8% for 5 seconds. This can be stacked (Max stack: 3). When users HP is at below 50%, all healing and support skill amplifications are increased by 35%. Effect will wear off once the user's HP is at 80% or above.
Unique Skill: Saint's Last Word – Negates all damage and healing of all allies for 10 seconds if HP is lower than 25%. Removes all debuffs and all negated healing are doubled to all once the duration ends. (Cooldown: 180 Seconds)
Enhancement Bonuses:
+1: Critical Chance +10%
+2: All Elemental Resistance +35%
+3: Skill Life Steal +20%
+4: Skill Cooldown +15%
+5: Skill Damage Amplification +15%
+6: Movement/Attack Speed +25%
+7: Status Resistance +20%
+8: Physical and Magical Attack +15%
+9: Physical and Magical Defense +15%
+10: Mana Cost -15%
+11: Critical Damage +25%
+12: Max HP and Mana +20%
[+7 Lyre of the Wind Archon]
Class: Phantasmal
Durability: 800/800
Req. Level: 0(45 – Current Level)
Physical Attack: 1,700(5,541)
Magical Attack: 2,100(6,587)
Physical Defense: 150(1,102)
Magical Defense: 205(2,058)
HP: 3,500(39,887)
MP: 2,500(47,493)
Unique Passive: Voice of Ventus – Everytime the user uses a sound based skill 3 times, all allies around the user receives 10% movement and attack speed for 8 seconds, HP and MP regeneration +15% for 10 seconds. Effects are doubled if the users HP are below 30%.
Unique Skill: Archon's Sonata – The user casts a song that disables all enemies around the user for 10 seconds. The targets cannot attack nor get attacked and all allies within the song radius receive 5% healing equal to their max HP per second for its duration. (Cooldown: 250 Seconds)
Enhancement Bonuses:
+1: Critical Chance +10%
+2: All Elemental Resistance +35%
+3: Skill Life Steal +20%
+4: Skill Cooldown +15%
+5: Skill Damage Amplification +15%
+6: Movement/Attack Speed +25%
+7: Status Resistance +20%
+8: Physical and Magical Attack +15%
+9: Physical and Magical Defense +15%
+10: Mana Cost -15%
+11: Critical Damage +25%
+12: Max HP and Mana +20%
OG.Iku: Very nice picks. And looking at the weapons that you girls chose for yourselves, all of them are heavy team fight effect weapons. Kinda fitting for you since you're in a band.
Demon Princess Ako: Riku-nii! Can we see your weapon? Please!!!!
Ako-chan was begging to Riku to show us his weapon. I can see on his face that he wanted to show but can't.....but Ako-chan's puppy dog eyes was too effective for him.
OG.Iku: Alright, I'll show you.
Riku opened his status board again and showed us the details on his weapon.
[+12 Purified Water Guardians Cannon (Freeze III)]
Class: Phantasmal
Durability: 800/800
Req. Level: 0(100 – Current Level)
Physical Attack: 3,200(154,887)
Magical Attack: 3,200(168,944)
Physical Defense: 580(45,854)
Magical Defense: 575(45,763)
HP: 9,000(407,461)
MP: 7,500(257,660)
Elemental Enchantment: Freeze III – By attacking or using skills, there will be a 25% chance of inflicting freezing damage and 50% slow on enemies for 5 seconds. Reducing 35% physical and magical defense for 5 seconds. Can be stacked, debuff increases by 5% per stack (Max stack: 3)
Stat Enchantments: 4
Critical Chance +40%
Critical Damage +250%
Cooldown Reduction +30%
Elemental Resistance +40%
Unique Passive: Tidal Blessing – Every 9 attacks, there is a 15% chance to cast [Tidal Blessing] which heals 6% HP and MP to the user. When the user gets attacked, there is a 15% chance to apply [Super Armor] for 5 seconds.
Unique Skill: Torrential Storm – The user casts a visible torrent around the user in a wide area which deals magical damage and knocks up enemies in the air for 3 seconds. The torrent follows wherever the user goes. The torrent lasts for 20 seconds. (Cooldown: 180 Seconds)
Set Bonus:
2 Set Piece – Attack/Movement Speed +12%
3 Set Piece – Skill Damage Amplification +10%
4 Set Piece – Physical/Magical Defense +10%
5 Set Piece – Physical/Magical Attack +10%
7 Set Piece – When attacking, 15% chance of casting [Tidal Shot], dealing magic damage in a straight path.
Equipment Sets:
Purified Water Guardian's Suit
Purified Water Guardian's Trousers
Purified Water Guardian's Gloves
Purified Water Guardian's Greaves
Purified Water Guardian's Cannon
Purified Water Guardian's Earrings
Purified Water Guardian's Ring
Enhancement Bonuses:
+1: Critical Chance +10%
+2: All Elemental Resistance +35%
+3: Skill Life Steal +20%
+4: Skill Cooldown +15%
+5: Skill Damage Amplification +15%
+6: Movement/Attack Speed +25%
+7: Status Resistance +20%
+8: Physical and Magical Attack +15%
+9: Physical and Magical Defense +15%
+10: Mana Cost -15%
+11: Critical Damage +25%
+12: Max HP and Mana +20%
Sayo: What are these stats........
RinRin: Why are your stats much higher than us Riku? I know that you're level 100 but...the stats don't add up.
OG.Iku: That's the perk of +12 enhancement. And the set bonuses also gave me additional stats. But anyway, how about we do a test run on your new weapons.
Me and Ako-chan were excited to try our new weapons as we head to the outside area to do a test run. Before we even go to the outside area, Riku stopped us midway.
OG.Iku: I've got an idea. How about you join my guild?
Me and the girls were silent. Riku offered us to join OG.....tempting as it is...
RinRIn: This is too much Riku. I don't think that we're capable enough to join your guild.....
OG.Iku: It's fine Rinko. The guild has no required level to join, you just need to clear some dungeons that you need to clear with some of the members. And don't worry for the approval, I'm the guild vice-captain.
Lisa: You're the vice-captain? Who's the captain?
OG.Iku: Well it's already obvious, it's Johan.
Yukina: Johan-san also plays this game?
OG.Iku: Yup. And not just him, all members of OG play NFO. Ceb, JeRax, Topson, hell even the new boys play the game as well. We play this game as a form of venting out. We use NFO to take off our stress, have fun, and beat some noobs. And it also deepens our bond not just as a bad, but as brothers in arms as well. Although we only play at least 3 hours of NFO.
Yukina-san looked at us then she stared back at Riku.
Yukina: If what you just said that his game can deepen our bond as a band is true......I suppose I can play a bit longer.
Demon Princess Ako: Yukina-san! You mean it?!
Yukina: But we must prioritize our practice first. If we have free time, then we can play. Are you okay with this, Ako, Rinko?
Me and Ako-chan nodded with smiles on our faces. Imai-san and Hikawa-san just let out a small smile as the notice that Yukina-san is starting to open up to us even more.
Yukina: Riku-san, I know that some of us are on the weaker side.....your offer to invite us.....we accept.
Riku just blinked several times and just gave Yukina-san a smile. He opened his status board and he sent us an invite to his guild.
[OG.Iku has invited you to join the guild OG. Y/N]
Seeing the notification, I looked at the others and we nodded at each other and pressed yes.
[Congratulations RinRin for joining the guild OG!!]
[Congratulations Demon Princess Ako for joining the guild OG!!]
[Congratulations Yukina for joining the guild OG!!]
[Congratulations Lisa for joining the guild OG!!]
[Congratulations Sayo for joining the guild OG!!]
OG.Iku: First and foremost, congratulations on becoming a member of OG. You may notice something on your avatar names right about....now.
I opened my status window and my name changed from RinRin to OG.RinRin.
OG.Demon Princess Ako: Look at my name RinRin!! I'm a member of OG now!!
OG.Lisa: It feels....kinda weird.....
OG.Iku: Don't worry, you'll get used to it. From this moment on, you girls can consider yourselves members of OG both in game and in real life.
OG.Sayo: That's a lot of pressure...but I think Roselia can take that pressure on. Right Minato-san?
OG.Yukina: Yes, I suppose so.......Riku-san.....there's something that you haven't told us yet. What's the catch? I know that you didn't just invite us to your guild with no strings attached.
Riku looked at us and just let out a grin.
OG.Iku: You realized it quickly huh? Yes, there is one more thing for you girls to do before you become true members of OG.
OG.Lisa: And what's that one thing that we have to do? And why am I having a bad feeling about this?
Wait, one last thing? No....if it is what I think it is....
OG.RinRin: Riku.......you can't be possibly be-
OG.Iku: You girls will have to face me in a PVP match.
My heart shook when Riku said that we have to face him in a match. No way we can beat him! He's using one of the hardest cyber classes that the game has to offer and he has a full phantasmal set. How are we going to beat that?
OG.Iku: Now before you girls DC all of a sudden, the match will have several stipulations. The first rule is all players levels will be set to 50. For example me, Rinko and Ako-chan are above level 50, therefore our levels will be set to 50 automatically. The second is I cannot use any skills that I got above level 75. I can only use the skills that I have from level 70 below and you girls can use your skills freely. The third is if you girls can drop my HP to below 40%, you win or if you last 15 minutes against me. You have 10 minutes to prepare, I have to switch my skills while you're at it.
Riku walked away leaving us as we think of a way to survive against Riku.
OG.Demon Princess Ako: What're we gonna do now!? How are we gonna beat Riku-nii!?
OG.RinRin: Calm down Ako-chan.....I'm already thinking of a plan....
OG.Lisa: Rinko, Is Riku that terrifying to face?
OG.RinRin: Terrifying is an understatement Imai-san. I saw how Riku play. He toys around his enemies looking for an opening and attacks whenever the opportunity strikes. He doesn't stay in one place as he move from one place to another every time he shoots.
OG.Sayo: Then how are we going to stop that?
I know that what my plan can be considered risky....but I got to try.
OG.RinRin: I'm going to use this.
I took out a blue card and showed it to the girls. Ako-chan grabbed me as she knows what item I just showed them.
OG.Demon Princess Ako: RinRin! That's a SP All Reset Card!! Don't tell me you're gonna reset all your skill points!?
OG.RinRin: I'm aware that I'm going to lose all the skills that I've earned throughout the years but.....if it's against Riku....it's a risk that I have to take. I need to convert from a DPS type to a versatile mage. I need support skills to help you and some skills that can hinder Riku's movement. And regarding Riku's AOE skills, I need to use some defensive spells as well. I-
Right before I continue to tell them what needed to be done, Imai-san puts her hand on my shoulder.
OG.Lisa: Rinko, don't take things to yourself. We're here, your friends. Remember this is a 1v5. If we're together, then we might have a chance to beat Riku.
OG.Sayo: Shirokane-san, rely on us as we rely on you. Me, Imai-san and Minato-san had no idea how to play this game at first, until you taught us how to. Just guide us like you did the first time.
OG.Yukina: Rinko......it's your choice, in this game....you're the leader. You call the shots, and we follow. Keep calm and let us face this challenge together.
OG.RinRin: Yukina-san....everyone......alright. Here's what we have to do. Hikawa-san will be at the front taking incoming hits from Riku's cannon. Ako-chan and I will be at the left and right wing casting skills that can distract Riku in some way with Yukina-san at the middle casting support skills to aid us. And Imai-san will be at the rear checking our HP as she heals us and provides support. And regarding to our weapon's unique skill.....use them if you really feel that you needed to use it.
The girls nodded as they know their roles, their formation and what they needed to do. We looked at Riku and it seems that he's finished preparing.
OK.Iku: It seems that you're all set. Are you girls ready?
We go into formation as we ready our weapons and Riku readies his cannon and his helmet closes and its eyes glowed.
OG.Iku: Good. I see the confidence in your eyes. Now........Calamity will soon befall you.....I hope you've come prepared.
And at that moment....this fight is Roselia's hardest battle. And we will persevere. We will survive.
Timeskip
Hovet Arena Backstage
May 21, 2021 – Friday – 7:30 A.M.
Riku POV
Today is the day. The Future World Fes finals are upon us, and we are more than ready. If we win, then OG is guaranteed at TI. We just need to focus on the task at hand and this tournament is as good as ours. I tried to call my grandfather back in Japan to tell him that the finals is today, and it seems that he isn't answering back. Maybe he's busy at the moment.
I sent Aichi and Kaguya a link where they can watch the finals.....hopefully they can watch it in time.
Yesterday.....Rinko and Roselia really put up a fight. I didn't expect that they plan to use crowd control on me from the jump, but regardless.....although they failed on dropping my HP below 40%, they survived the whole 15 minutes of our battle. They utilized Lisa-san's healing, Yukina-san's skill amplify skills and Sayo-san taking the majority of the hits. And it's safe to say for me personally.......fuck those goddamn pandas. With them messing my flow, I can't even get a single stack of super armor...I guess luck was on their side. After the fight, I congratulated them and welcomed Roselia as true members of OG. I gave them the basic rules of the guild and they need to log in to the guild hall at least every other day to keep the guild updated.
After playing NFO, me and Johan made the final preparations for the finals, we picked 3 songs from the supposed 5 songs that we're gonna use, and I decided to use my keyboards for the finals, so we got them checked out before the finals.
We're now at the backstage of the Hovet Arena alongside Tundra, TSM and Gaimin Gladiators. We were asked to come early as to prepare everything in advance. We've given the staff instructions on how the instruments will be set up and some final tune ups while we're at it.
After setting up our instruments, we got a message from the organizers and it showed us the order of the bands performing and this is how it goes...
Gaimin Gladiators
TSM
Tundra
OG
Riku: So we're performing last......call me crazy....I think this shit is rigged. I was expecting that we go first or something.
Johan: Well can't be helped. I think they will let the lower bracket bands perform first.
Riku: No rest for the weary then.
I looked at my phone and I see that I still have some time before the finals start.
Riku: I'll be at the entrance for a while. Call me when it's about to start.
I left Johan and everyone else as I go to the entrance to get some air.
Hovet Arena Entrance
8:30 A.M.
As I reached the entrance, I see Yuyuko-san and the other girls arriving at the arena. I gave them a wave so they can see me. Kokoro was the first one to see me as she bolted right to me and gave me a hug.
Kokoro: Onii-chan!!!
Riku: Easy there Kokoro. I'm not going anywhere.
I pat Kokoro's head and she gave me a bright smile...just what I needed for today. The girls finally caught up as they gave me good luck in the finals.
Rinko: Riku...good luck.
Riku: Thanks. I did promise you that I will win right?
Rinko just nodded and went back with Roselia. Yuyuko-san approached me and gave me a hug.
Yuyuko: Good luck Riku-kun. I expect that you go out there and do your best okay?
Riku: Hai. By the way Yuyuko-san, what of my grandfather? He hasn't answered my calls or messages for a while?
Yuyuko: Well........
Kyoya: That's because you don't need to call me. For I am here....Riku.
Behind Yuyuko-san was grandfather, wearing a dark violet suit and behind him is a girl that is near Rinko's age with violet hair and eyes.
Riku: Yuyuko-san, you know he was coming?
Yuyuko: No, I didn't even know that he was coming here.
Kyoya: Come now Riku. There's no chance that I'm going to miss my grandson performing in the finals......this will be the first time that I get to watch you in person.
Riku: Right......this is your first time watching me in person...I forgot.
I forgot that grandfather wasn't able to attend to any competition that I've been at. Sometimes it's just Yuyuko-san or her along with Kanako-san, Suwako-san or Sanae-san.
Kyoya: And I know that Miku and Richard are also watching this...an I'm sure that they're proud of what you accomplished.
I tried to hold back my tears from my grandfather's words, I have to save this when we win the finals. But let's get that out of the way.
Riku: By the way grandfather...who's the girl behind you?
Grandfather looked at the girl and she just nodded at him.
Kyoya: Riku. When are you going to perform?
Riku: The organizers told us that OG will be performing last. Why?
Kyoya: Perfect. Ask the staff for a private room, what I'm about to tell you is something that is a secret of the Nagae, and I don't want anyone to know.
Riku: Very well. I'll ask the organizers to find us one. Let me call my band for a moment to tell them what's going on.
I called up Johan and gave them the details of the situation and told me that there is a vacant room we can use. I turned to grandfather and told him that and gave me a nod. I told the girls to go ahead and told them that I have something to do with my grandfather and they understood.
Once we reached the vacant room, grandfather told me to lock the door which I did and the three of us took a seat.
Riku: Grandfather I will ask again......who is she? And why am I sensing a power that is similar to mine?
Kyoya: Not beating around the bush. Classic......Riku.....she is Mafuyu......and she's your half-sister.
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Riku: Ha?