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Chapter 12 - Archival 12: Stolen Lunch

A day had passed since Bmon, as well as Kana and Daisuke, found a cat on the sidewalk and decided to take care of it. "Kana, hurry up or we will be late! We have to go into the Archived Space to get to school-" Buster suddenly jumped behind Bmon causing him to flinch slightly.

"You don't need to worry about that, Bmon! I have connections with your school after all so… I made a teleporter to your school which is next to the pool!" He shouted triumphantly.

"...Isn't that a violation of the school rules?" Bmon asked, but Buster shook his head. "Tsk Tsk… With the power of connections anything is possible!" He laughed.

Bmon stared at him for a moment before sighing. "...Fine, Kana, let's go already!" He shouted and Kana came running down the stairs. "S-Sorry I was just making sure Pawmo had everything she needed!"

"I think Buster can take care of the cat, Kana…"

As they used the teleporter beside the pool outside Bmon's house… Pawmo walked toward the door slowly, Buster glanced at the cat. "...Do you want to go outside?" He asked, not expecting an answer.

The cat glanced at him, before she transformed into Kaede. Buster's eyes widened in surprise. "K-Kaede? The teacher from-" She stopped Buster from continuing.

"Shh… Don't tell anyone I was the cat, okay? If you do, it'll make things harder." She whispered, Buster nodded quickly as he wasn't sure why she was being a cat.

Kaede smiled at him before using the same teleporter that Bmon and the others had used. "Oh, and thanks for the teleporter, I could just use Bmon's ability by transforming into him. However the "Guardian" creature would notice me going through it…" She disappeared as Buster stood there extremely confused.

15 minutes later…

Bmon walked into class with Kana and Daisuke, and they sat down afterwards. Kaede came in shortly after, glancing around. "Okay… Everyone seems to be here-"

Eiko got up suddenly. "I have a question, Teacher! What are the extra chairs in the back of the class for…?" She asked while pointing at a few chairs that were laying in the corner.

"Oh, um… Those are in case of any transfers into our class! Technically there can be up to 30 people in our class, however there aren't that many individuals with Resonants that we could immediately find…" Kaede explained.

"Oh… I suppose that makes sense." Eiko sat back down.

"...Why didn't you expect that was the answer…?" Bmon tilted his head in confusion.

"Ok! Pay attention now… You all, minus the two who entered by a sponsor. All possess a special ability that we call, "Resonant." Kaede pointed to the board where she began to write down some essential information.

"These abilities allow us to do things that normal humans are incapable of doing. Such as making fire out of nothing, or straight up teleporting using furniture."

"They can, if you were to learn to control them well enough, be "Enhanced" as we call it. An "Enhance" involves you further linking your connection with… Gods."

Bmon blinked for a moment. "...You lost me, what do gods have to do with Resonants?"

Kaede paused before coughing. "Um… Well, your abilities actually come from said gods… For example, your Resonant which you call "Archive" is connected to the goddess, Mnemosyne-"

Bmon let out a long sigh. "Sounds boring, I don't need to know the name of every god… Jeez…"

Kaede laughed for a moment before walking toward him slowly, she suddenly transformed into him and threw him into the Archived Space through his table.

"...Anyone else have any complaints?" She asked while smiling. The classmates exchanged glances before quickly shaking their heads.

"...Good! Now then… Who wants to show the other students your Resonant?" Kaede asked as Bmon went out from the Archived Space by using the same table.

One person raised their hand. "Oh oh! I want to! Pick me!" Atsuko said. She got up and went in front of the class. "...Please don't do what I think you are about to do-" Kaede could not finish before Atsuko filled the entire room with electricity, not only did it shock everyone in the class; literally. But it also went through a plug-in and caused a blackout.

Bmon glanced at the light as it turned off. "...Deja vu…"

Atsuko laughed slightly. "...Ha! W-Well um… Seems that I used a bit too much electricity.

Kaede glanced at her with a concerned look, before sighing. "...Okay, um… Rule 1 of being in this class, no using electricity, Understood?" She said as the power came back on slowly.

"Yeah, Atsuko… Who needs electricity when you can make things go BOOM!-" Keisuke froze as he noticed Kaede glaring at him. "I-I mean, n-no bombs in class. Haha…"

"...Please just behave yourselves in class." She paused as the bell rang. "Annd, that means it's lunchtime as well as my break." Kaede ran out of the classroom toward the teachers lounge.

"What did you get for lunch, Eiko?" Asuga asked curiously as Eiko smirked. "Oh? You want to know what MY lunch is? Why, it's only the coolest meal out of all of our lunches…" She pulled out a box containing several chocolates, as well as a triple cheese burger.

Asuga's eyes widened. "...H-How do you not gain weight?" Eiko blinked momentarily. "How rude…! I-I keep a balanced diet at home…" She turned back to her lunch, or rather where it was just a moment ago.

Her eyes widened."W-who stole my lunch!?" Eiko shouted, causing everyone to pause what they were doing and glance at her.

She glanced over at the classroom door, where Akuma was silently making his escape. "...Oh." He said as he noticed Eiko had found him, lunch in hand.

Immediately afterward, he began to run out of the classroom toward the stairs. Eiko gasped and ran after him. "Come back here, lunch thief…!"

Akuma ran up the stairs heading for the roof before pausing when he spotted a bunch of basketballs in a corner, he jumped in and hid within the many basketballs.

Eiko finally got up to the rooftop area panting heavily. "...H-Holy crap, that demon runs fast…" She glanced around the room to figure out where he could've hidden before an idea popped into her head.

"If you don't come out, I'm going to cover this entire room in metal…!-" She noticed movement coming from the basket of basketballs, she immediately punched the basket while reinforcing her punch with metal.

Akuma quickly jumped out of the basket. "A-Are you trying to kill me!?" He shouted. Eiko glared at him and instantly grabbed her lunch from his hands.

"Why did you even take my lunch in the first place?" She asked while still being on guard.

"...Because the food I brought with me was one singular onigiri…" Akuma pouted slightly, which made Eiko feel bad. "...Do you want half of this burger?" She split the burger and handed one half to Akuma.

"...T-Thanks…" They spent the rest of their lunch eating on the rooftop.

Back in the classroom, Bmon narrowed his eyes slightly. "...Wait, I have a feeling someone just stole the main character role for half a chapter…"

"Bmon… What did Buster say about breaking the fourth wall…" Daisuke sighed.

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