A few minutes before…

“Senpai...do we really need to go to the meeting? I’m kinda tired today?” Chelsea complains as she walks with the others. “Chelsea, this meeting is important so move…” Carlos exclaims to Chelsea, who turns around and replies; “Oh shut up, you just want to brag about how awesome a trainer you are…”

“That’s right…” Carlos replies with “stars” shining around him. Kasumi chuckles; “Okay you two, try not to get carried away with the rookie…”

“Senpai...you seem more happy lately, is it because Alejandro is part of Yggdrasil now?” Shion asks Kasumi with a curious expression. Kasumi nods; “Indeed I am, you see, ever since I arrived here 2 years ago...Alejandro has always been so casual and very kind to me...feeling alone in a place like this well...I’m just glad…”

“I see...if you’re happy senpai, then I am as well…”

(BBBOOOMMMM)

“Senpai, what is that?” Chelsea points at the explosion, suddenly everyone notices a thick mist surrounding them. “Wait, why are there no people here? And this Mist?” Shion says feeling anxious.

“Everyone, get ready...this is not normal...the explosion, that’s Jairo’s direction…” Kasumi observes feeling nervous. “Senpai, I tried calling Rosa, but she is not responding…” Shion informs Kasumi. Kasumi begins to run as she orders everyone to follow her:

“This is bad...we’re under attack.”

(BBBOOOMMM)

A giant explosion destroys the restaurant. Coming out of the smokescreen, Jairo jumps back holding Alejandro. Jairo falls along with Alejandro. “A-A-Alejandro, are you okay?” Jairo asks Alejandro. Alejandro grabs his head; “Yeah, it’s a bump…”

“G-G-Good…” Alejandro feels something warm in his hand. He looks at Jairo and his eyes open wider; “J-J-Jairo...you’re arm…” Jairo is missing his left arm, and blood comes out non-stop, he is also burned from the left side of his face.

Alejandro is shaking as he sees Jairo coughing up blood; “J-J-Jairo…”

“S-S-Stay focused Alejandro, they're coming, don’t worry about me...I’ll be fine…”

“Wait, what’s with all the mist...when did it get here?” Alejandro stands up and looks around.

“So you’ve noticed boy…I was informed that the members of Yggdrasil were Kasumi Miyazono, Shion Saito, Rosa Gutierrez, Jairo de la Hoya, Carlos Valverde and Chelsea Lockhart...but I didn’t see any other members on the list...who are you?” Typhoon says as he and the other members walk out of the smokescreen. They throw a body to the ground:

“RROOOSSAAA”

“Don’t worry, she’s still alive...but...who are you boy?”

Alejandro looks really nervous; “I-I-I…”

“He’s just a highschool student who was curious about the golden keys, that’s all…” Jairo immediately responds as he thinks; “There hasn’t been any updates...if there was a spy, he wouldn’t know about Alejandro…”

“I see...well, because our order is to kill the members of Yggdrasil...the boy may leave after we erase his memories…Mmhh…” Typhoon notices someone entering the mist; “Drought, take care of Jairo, Rosa and the kid...it appears that four people have entered the mist...Flood comes with me…”

“Right…” Typhoon and Flood disappear in the mist. “Too bad for you...I am your opponent…” Drought says as he reveals to have a pair of giant iron gauntlets that shine a red color.

“Hahaha...do you think I will go down so easily? Don’t make me laugh…” Jairo stands up and with mana, he stops the bleeding. Jairo lifts his arm revealing a pink crest that has the shape of a wing. He takes a deep breath and shouts; “Activate; Flamingo Elegante; Completo” (Elegant Flamingo; Complete)

Jairo’s crest begins to spread around his body causing him to transform into his esper suit. The suit consists of black military pants with pink stripes shining on his side. A black vest that has pink stripes in the borders and a flamingo figure on his back. Pink gauntlets and a black police hat with pink borders. Finally, a short pink cape that hangs on his right side.

“I am not going to permit you to lay a hand on my best friend…” Jairo prepares to fight. He looks at Alejandro and whispers; “Alejandro...this is your first mission...save Rosa...I will distract him…”

Jairo looks at Alejandro shaking and screams; “ALEJANDRO…PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!” Alejandro hears Jairo and looks at him enraged, he breathes heavily as he thinks; “I’m sorry...but I am scared...however, I must save Rosa…”

Alejandro stands up, Drought looks at Alejandro; “Are you going to attack too? A civilian that gets involved will count as an accomplice…”

“I don’t know what you are talking about, but your main focus is me…” Jairo charges straight into Drought and prepares to attack.

(BBBBOOOOMMMM)

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At the same time…

Kasumi’s group decided to separate into teams...Kasumi and Chelsea head to the left side...Shion and Carlos head to the right…Their goal is to reach the cafe on both sides simultaneously...

“Shion, where is your location?” Kasumi asks as she and Chelsea as they approach the cafe. They suddenly hear loud noises; “Senpai, what is that?” Chelsea asks Kasumi. “I don’t know, but it appears Jairo is fighting…let’s hurry…”

“Right…”

On the right side, Shion and Carlos head down the street, only 3 blocks away. “Shion-Senpai, what’s with this mist...it’s so thick, I can’t see a thing…”

“Carlos, stay in position, this is probably a mechanism used by the enemy to attack…”

“You got that right…” Shion and Carlos hear a little girl’s voice. Suddenly, a projectile heads their way.

(BBBOOOMMM)

Carlos and Shion evade the attack with ease. They see a small figure walking in the mist and heading their way. Carlos gets angry; “You bastard, was it your doing?”

“Tee...hee… it looks like I missed…hello there...my name is Flood and I came here to play with you…”

“A girl…” Carlos asks as he tries to figure out who is behind the suit. “Carlos, change into your suit now…” Shion exclaims as she raises her arm. Shion begins to chant:

“Activate: Gorudenkuren Complete” (Golden Crane)

Shion´s crest begins to spread around her body causing her to shine into a golden color revealing an esper suit. The suit consists of a black kimono with golden lines around the edges of the borders of the kimono. The kimono is adjusted into her body with the skirt being short above the knees. She has black stockings that go up to her knees with her border being golden color. She has sandals with golden colored strings.

Carlos lifts his arm as well showing his crest which consists of a circle with two rectangles up and down and chants; “Activate, Gorrion de Safiro, Completo” (Sapphire Swallow, Complete.)

Carlos’ crest begins to spread around his body causing him to shine into a blue color revealing an esper suit.He is wearing a blue short sleeve shirt with long sleeve black jacket with blue borders and black military pants with blue military boots. The back of the jacket has an image of a swallow with bluish borders.

Flood begins to jump with excitement; “Oh wow, these are the famous esper suits...it’s my first time seeing them...how exciting, I can’t wait to kill you…”

Shion and Carlos prepare to fight; “Carlos, we’re going with formation B…”

“Got it…”