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Chapter 8 - Dystopia 8: Take Action!

It was nightfall for Camp Fallwoods, the students were in their tents. The boys were playing video games while the girls were doing a variety of things, a few of them were ALSO playing video games.

Kaede glanced around the campsite before sighing, then shouting. "Everyone! Come out of the tents, there's something I have to tell you!" A moment passed and the class had gathered in front of Kaede.

"...So. Why did you call us outside in the middle of the night?" Bmon asked before noticing someone hiding behind a tree, he tilted his head.

"...I-I MAY have made a slight mistake when I first introduced our class. There was actually one other student in our class that didn't attend class due to… reasons." She pointed at a tree behind her, which made Ayame walk out into the open. 

"H-Hello… I am Ayame…" She said quietly while specifically not looking at Bmon.

"Oh. You're the girl that Daisuke somehow knows… We met right before we headed to school, right? What happened to you anyway, you just disappeared while we were on the way to school…"

Daisuke tilted his head in confusion while looking at Bmon. "She's the girl who always follows you around. Didn't you know that?"

"...She's been following me? I never noticed…" Meanwhile Ayame fidgeted nervously before speaking.

"U-Um… I-I saw you one day and I couldn't help but follow you around, e-everywhere… A-As for why I disappeared-"

Nobody had any time to react as a man ran out from behind a bush and held a knife toward Ayame's throat.

They all tensed up as he began speaking. "Man… I just wanted to go home for the night, but you just HAD to stick your nose where it didn't belong."

"You students… And you, rat. I don't think I need to tell you what will happen if you move any closer. " He sighed, his grip on the knife didn't waver.

Kaede's eyes widened before yelling out. "W-Wait! I-It's me you want right? They don't know anything…!"

He glared at her before sighing again. "...Now that you said that, I can't risk them investigating further. Boss's orders, so here's what you're gonna do." He suddenly grew fur and transformed into something of a lion-human hybrid.

"...My name is Ranpe, my Resonant has to do with… Lions, you could say. If you want this girl to live, then fight me one on one. Any funny tricks that you try to pull and well… I'll transform this girl into a lion, good luck turning her back if you choose to pull anything." He momentarily laughed.

Ayame shook in fear but looked up to face Ranpe. "Y-You can kill me…! J-Just don't harm Bmon…" Ranpe narrowed his eyes for a moment. "...Who the hell is Bmon? There's like 20 of you kids-" He froze as he sensed incredible malice coming off of one of them. For an odd reason, despite Bmon never really knowing what to do in these situations. He felt something, unsure on if it was anger or not he began to speak.

"...Okay, normally I would just sit back and not know what to do. However, for some reason I think I am a little pissed off right now… You wanted a fight, right? Fight me then-"

Kaede suddenly transformed into Asuga and grabbed Bmon, throwing him up toward a tree and used Asuga's Resonant to make him land on the top. He glanced down before shivering atop the tree, he had a fear of heights.

He glanced down at Kaede. "...T-That's not fair! What the hell!?"

She sighed in response. "...I'm sorry, Bmon. But. You don't know how to use Resonant for fighting yet, don't worry though… I'm equally as angry as you are, in fact…"

Kaede transformed into Bmon. "...I'm about to show you something I've only ever done once… Ranpe! Leave the kids out of it and fight me!"

He glanced at her briefly before releasing Ayame. "...You move, you die. Understand, girl?" She nodded quickly in fear. Ranpe took a step toward Kaede as the students backed away.

At the same time, Asuga helped Bmon down from the tree due to his fear of heights. "T-Thanks"

Asuga nodded. "No problem-"

Akuma cut her off while laughing. "HA! You're scared of heights? I should've made you climb down the hole to hell instead of having you use the Archived Space… Pffh…"

Tsubasa slapped Akuma on the head. "...We have more important things to worry about than your antics, Demon." He glared at her before reluctantly nodding.

"Fine… What are we gonna do though?" The others shrugged, until Bmon spoke up.

"Uh… Why don't we wait for him to get preoccupied and have me rescue Ayame? He didn't know who I was earlier, remember? He shouldn't know about the Archived Space then…" Akuma looked at him as if he just said something very obvious.

"Yes. Do that… I-I guess." Akuma had to stop himself from laughing as Tsubasa glared at him.

Kaede closed her eyes to concentrate, moments passed before she yelled out. "...Transformation Resonant, Enhance!" Suddenly, a silk fabric began flowing out from her clothing. "I call this form, Angelic Metamorphosis… This is just the start of what my "Enhance" is capable of, however…"

Before Ranpe could even react to her sudden transformation, she began another transformation whilst still transformed as Bmon. This time, a book appeared out of thin air and hovered around her. Her clothes, which were Bmon's clothes, began changing slightly into a battle outfit.

"My "Enhance", allows me to copy other "Enhance" forms! This, Bmon. is what you can achieve in my class!" She proclaimed.

Bmon blinked momentarily. "...Huh. I don't know what I was expecting."

Kaede grabbed the book and the pages began moving automatically. "...Oh, I see… So, that's how you do that move…"

Ranpe narrowed his eyes. "...All that changed was your clothing and that book-" Before Ranpe could finish, Kaede suddenly punched him so fast it sent him flying into the air.

"H-Huh!? What the hell did you just do?!" Kaede used her angel powers to make what appeared to look like "Clones" of herself to surround him while he was confused.

Ranpe glanced around, whilst considering his options before sighing. "Fine. I didn't want to have to use this since I can't control it yet, but if I don't use it you'll probably beat me…"

"Lions Resonant, Enhance! Acrobatic Lions!" Ranpe morphed into a lion in an instant, before running toward Kaede while still in the air.

Her eyes widened and she quickly shouted. "W-Wait! How are you able to walk while flying? That's not fair-" He cut her off and rammed into her, sending her crashing down onto the ground, seemingly breaking a lot of bones in her body.

Bmon's eyes widened. "...Okay, that looked like it hurt."

"...Shut up, Bmon. Do the thing." Daisuke replied.

"Oh, right." Bmon made sure that Ranpe was preoccupied, taking the chance and slipping into the archived space.

Kaede groaned in pain while attempting to stand up. "O-Ow… Y-You think that's gonna kill me? Y-You're gonna have to do more than that, haha…" She said slowly.

She grabbed the book that had been hovering around her before realization set in. "I-I'm sorry… I can't…" Her enhance form dissipated and she transformed back into her regular self as she collapsed onto the ground.

Ranpe went out of his enhance form before staring at her on the ground. "...I suppose that means I win, which means… I have to shut these kids up now-" His eyes widened as he looked down, none of the kids in sight.

"W-Wait, where the hell did they go-"

Immediately, he heard a voice coming from above. "This'll be a HUGE explosion!" Keisuke laughed.

Ranpe quickly looked up at Keisuke who had asked Asuga to shoot him into the sky.

Before Ranpe could react further, Keisuke landed on him. Without a moment's notice the air around them had combust into flames and exploded, sending Ranpe flying hundreds of miles away within a flash.

Keisuke coughed momentarily, covered in smoke. "Ha… I knew learning how to self-destruct would be a good idea at some point…" Asuga made sure he landed safely afterward.

Moments before Ranpe had beaten Kaede…

"Hey, um… Guardian, do you know if I'm able to use archived space without furniture?" Bmon asked whilst walking toward the door leading to the campsite.

Guardian glanced at him before nodding. "...Yes. I don't really recommend it at your level though, because you'll end up passing out-"

"Thanks!" Bmon ran off.

Guardian sighed. "...Why ask me if you were going to do it anyway."

He managed to open a gateway to the Archived Space on a tree behind Ayame, grabbing her before he closed it. "H-Huh!? Y-You just grabbed me-"

"W-Wait, where am I- O-Oh wait, Bmon touched me…" Ayame fainted with a smile on her face, Bmon tilted his head out of confusion. "...I'm sorry, what just happened?"

Guardian snuck up behind him. "Ignorance is bliss, Bmon. So is being clueless to romance." Bmon tilted his head in confusion at his odd comment before taking Ayame back to safety.

"Yo, I got Ayame. So, can one of you beat the crap out of that lion guy?"

Their eyes widened due to witnessing him opening a portal on the tree mere moments ago. "H-How the- Wait, nevermind… This isn't the time to ask how you did that-" Akuma was cut off by Keisuke.

"Hey… Asuga! Could you send me flying toward the lion? I wanna make him go KABOOM!" Keisuke asked whilst smiling.

She sighed reluctantly. "...Fine." Asuga immediately shot Keisuke into the air using the wind.

Back to the present…

Koharu sighed. "How come most of us didn't get any dialogue…?"

Bmon stared at her briefly. "H-Hey! Breaking the fourth wall is my thing!"

Haruki approached Kaede and began healing her slowly, which made her regain consciousness. "H-Huh…? What happened to the lion…?"

"Oh, um… Keisuke blew it up and it went flying somewhere in that direction." Haruki replied.

"O-Oh… Okay…" She got up slowly. 

"Um… Let's just call our field trip here. Staying here any longer is too much for me…" She added. The students nodded and whenever the sun rose, they got on the bus to go back to Archived Dystopia.

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