"Pervert!!" Kimari shouted loudly through the entire headquarters.

"Ow Ow Ow! SORRY!" Mekato replied as he got slammed out of the bathroom.

The door behind him got closed. Kimari was taking a bath, and he had his music loudly on, so he didn't hear her. Yamato then walks out of the corner, seeing the plain expression on Mekato

"You all right? You look like you have seen a ghost." Yamato asked.

"Even worse, I saw The Medusa up close and personal." Mekato replied.

Yamato started laughing. Yamato grabbed Mekato's hand and pulled him up, as they both walked into the living room. Looks like the rest was enjoying the time. Mekato thought. Suddenly Fudo leaned against Mekato, as he held a bottle of beer in his hand.

"Y- You... You swhould dwake a dwink." Fudo said, as he burped.

"No thanks, I'll pass this time." Mekato replied, as he noticed Tumotu wasn't here.

Where could he be? It's been a week since his accident, and it is 6:45, what would he do at this time?

- - - - -

"So? Are you joining The Fallen Vex?" Kuruki asked.

Tumotu let out a sigh. "I... I don't know. I need more time to think about it." Tumotu replied.

"Fine, but only because I trust you. I'll give you two weeks more to think."

Tumotu nodded. "Thank you." He followed up, as he walked back to the Headquarters.

He had a bad feeling about this. Suddenly someone grabs his mouth and pushes him into another alley further away. Tumotu looks up and notices it's Shimona.

"S- Shimona?!" Tumotu shouted shocked.

"What were you doing there? And who was that?" Shimona asked.

"That was, ehrmm..." Tumotu said, nervous.

Suddenly Shimona grabbed the piece of paper that Tumotu had on his hand. Her eyes widened up.

"W-... What is this?" Shimona asked.

It was a signup contract for The Vallen Vex.

"...I-"

"Were you going to betray us?" Shimona asked.

Tumotu dodged eye contact.

"N- No... Of course not. He handed that out to me just now." Tumotu replied.

Shimona looks worried, Tumotu knew she was going to tell the rest about it.

"I'll get rid of it, okay?" Tumotu told her to calm her down.

"All right... Thank you." Shimona replied relieved.

Tumotu put the paper back in his pocket.

"Please don't tell anyone, got it?" Tumotu asked her.

Shimona nodded. Tumotu suddenly noticed someone behind Shimona, at the end of the alleyway.

"Hey, what are you two doing here?" Fudo said, as he walked into the hallway.

Shimona and Tumotu looked shocked to each other.

"I- I was searching for Tumotu, and found him. So let's go back." Shimona explained.

"All right, because we got nother new pro- !" While Fudo was explaining an explosion could be heard, it came from the main hall of the city.

They all grabbed their weapon, sprinting that way. When they arrived, they noticed a wierd form of monster with a shield of the same color.

"Oh crap, that is not what I think it is..." Fudo said.

"What is it?" Shimona asked.

"It's an corrupted monster." Tumotu explained.

"C- Corrupted?" Shimona asked once again.

"Like a zombie, but wihtout the biting and the infecting. They live deep in the ground, just like worms." Fudo explained.

Fudo grabbed his sword and charged at the monster, as he clashed his sword with the corrupted's shield. The monster was almost two times bigger than a normal human, because it was a rare form of corrupted. Suddenly the shield of the monster started to glow.

"Watch out!" Tumotu shouted.

Fudo clinged his sword into the ground to get a grip, as the monster shooted a huge burst of air to Fudo. Shimona suddenly jumps from the left and throws her spiked ball his way, the corrupted dodges it and grabs the chain. The corrupted monster pulled the chain and slammed Shimona onto the ground. A gunshot could be heard, as a bullet hit the chain, breaking the weapon. Shimona jumps back as she looks from where the bullet came from. Shimona notices three people on the rooftop. It was Yamato, Kimari and Mekato.

"Your hero has arrived!" Mekato shouted proud.

"You say it like you shot the bullet." Yamato said, teasing Mekato.

Mekato let out a sigh.

"Let's go!" Kimari shouted, as she jumped from the roof straight to the corrupted monster.

She started spinning, hitting the corrupted monster. Mekato charged from the left and started to fire his weapon. The corrupted monster started to get surrounded. The monster then started to bloat up.

"It's going to blow up!" Yamato shouts.

Mekato ignores it and fires at the monster, making it explode and shoot slime everywhere.

"E- Everyone okay?!" Yamato shouted, as he wiped the slime off his face.

"MEKATO!!" Kimari shouted loudly. Mekato looked sared.

"You pervet... You did that on purpose didn't you?!" She shouted, running straight at him.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't expect that!!" Mekato shouted back, as he started running away.

After a while they return back, everyone was covered in slime.

"We should take a bath, it smells..." Tumotu said.

"If the pervert would've think before acting." Kimari said, crossing her arms.

"I already said I'm sorry." Mekato replied, as he had a hand mark printed on his cheek.

Yamato started laughing. "Jeez, the two of you..." Yamato said, wiping a tear off his eye.

Moments later everyone cleaned up and Tumotu returned to his room, grabbing the contract out of his pocket. He threw it in the trash bin. It's for the best. He thought.

"Tumotu?" Fudo said as he was behind him.

Tumotu looked nervous, as he slowly turned.

"What did you throw away?" Fudo asked, looking at him.

"Well.. Ehmm..." Tumotu replied, not knowing what to say...

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