"I'm a Hybrid Fusion."
Akira stared for a moment and, instead of the usual shock that came with revelations like this, she just kept quiet, like she was expecting some full rundown on what that was.
Rinta, noticing her nonchalance, chuckled as she replied, "My goodness, you don't know what a Hybrid Fusion is?" She muttered, a hand over her mouth.
"Can't say I know what that is, but based off what you've said I can piece together a few things..."
"My, my, you really are a unique case. Normally, I get the typical 'fear factor' reaction when it comes to revelations like that, however most people just figure it out before I even tell them. Such is the burden of having high Energicules, I guess..."
Rinta got up again, tapped the wall, but this time, the energy in-between the cracks, gold and liquid like, drained into her hand again, "Perhaps, for simpler understanding, I'll show you what a Hybrid Fusion really is—"
"No thanks, I'm not interested in learning anything new..." Akira said, getting up, "Now of you'll be so kind, remove these cuffs, I don't like them, I don't need them and I have better things to do than just sit around here and listen to a teenage girl or...whatever you are, keep going on about stuff I don't care about."
She stood in front of Rinta, who just stared at her, almost like she couldn't quite comprehend what she was saying. Rinta tilted her head as the energy went back into the walls, "I thought Rinta made it clear that whenever she speaks..." her voice lowered, the lights flickering again as the glass shook from a low, low rumble, "...you listen."
Akira's eyes dilated. Her body locked into place and for just the briefest of moments, she felt this feeling, familiar, personal, almost like an unwanted memory. Her body shuddered violently as she stumbled with her breathing, her stomach churning as she gazed at this monster that only looked back at her with a simple stare, tilt of the head and then continued to draw out energy out of the walls.
No, something wasn't right. Whatever Rinta was, whatever Akira was talking to...this thing was definitely not human.
And it definitely wasn't JUST an Essential.
{ Meanwhile }
The others had been long dismissed. Yano and Yoshida were sitting by the waiting room, and obviously one of them was irritated beyond words.
"Who the hell does she think she is? I mean, I get that she's The Ishiki's student, but to be so goddamn smug about it? I'm gonna tear her eye sockets out and shove them up her—"
"Woah, you don't have to curse MY ears with YOUR words, Yano!"
Yano glance at Yoshida. Her veins popping out on the surface of her skin as she chuckled, "Sorry. I'm just... having some me time."
"Well clearly that me time is honestly just freaking me out. Stop it. You sound like a sociopath. The kind that puts milk before cereal..."
Yano frowned, "Wait. You don't?"
Yoshida turned his head ever so slowly, his expression was, simply put, exaggerated shock.
But, before he could even speak, Hina's door opened.
The tall man was accompanied by Dacchi and Genju, who seemed to be holding in some sort of grim secret.
"Oh, Hina, you're done?" Yoshida said, getting up, but Number 7, who'd been standing next to them this entire time reluctantly, shoved him back down.
"Sit."
"Hey! Okay, no need to be so forcy about it, jeez."
"This one's done?" Number 7 asked Dacchi.
"Yeah, but..." his expression turned grim, "The things we heard and saw...were horrifying."
7's eyes, usually too annoyed with existing, narrowed as he tensed up. He watched Hinasuke sit by himself by the corner, leg quickly tapping the floor as he leaned in, hands on his knees.
"W-What happened?" 7 hesitated.
Even Yano and Yoshida became all serious now, and Sumi, number 6, walked into the room and immediately fell into the tension.
Genju cleared his throat...
"Well, I don't know how to put but..."
"Speak, dammit!" 7 said, hands clenched and glowing a little, "Do we need to put him down? Is he a threat?"
...
There was a small silence before a small snicker passed Dacchi's lips.
Suddenly, the two men burst out laughing, "Oh he's a threat alright! A threat to the whole damn bedroom if we're being honest!"
7's eyes twitched in confusion, "What? What the hell are you talking about!?"
Genju, dying of laughter on the floor, spoke through tears, "You should've heard it yourself, Mai and this guy were hilarious! I couldn't breathe!"
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUT THE HELL UP!?"
"Hey, now, that's no way to talk to an High ranking Ayanaki Fighter..." Sumi said with a smile before her smile faltered a bit noticing the little...or rather intriguing bump on his...uhm.
"Oh, s-so that's what this is about..."
Yoshida, who was halfway in on the joke, asked Dacchi, "Wait, are you telling me that Hina got a freaking boner?!"
"DAMN STRAIGHT HE DID! HE WAS SO EMBARRASSED BY WHAT MAI DESCRIBED IN VIVID DETAIL HE JUST LEFT THE ROOM!!" Dacchi wheezed, barely able to stand.
Immediately, Yoshida's head snapped toward Hina, who was as red as a tomato by himself and just screamed out, "HINAAAAA!!" whilst falling to the floor, dying of laughter with the two men.
"Never though I'd hear of the day you'd get a boner of all people. I always thought you were secretly gay." Yano said with a straight face.
Genju, Dacchi and Yoshida all looked at each other for a moment. Looked at Yano. Then Hinasuke. And then erupted into mass laughter as Yoshida started shaking on the ground.
"STOP! I'M—I'M GONNA, I CAN'T BREATHEEE!!"
"THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" Dacchi barely wheezed out, before the laughing grew more and more.
Sumi chuckled, the laughing becoming contagious. 7, however, didn't share their humor, "Would you three shut your damn mouths!?" He growled.
"Too late, once they start they're never stopping for another 3 minutes." Yano commented.
"Please just kill me." Hinasuke whispered to himself, Sumi heard and laughed a little, "No can do, we can't do that without permission, Mr Hashibira."
The room was full of light banter and for a good minute and a half it lasted until...
"Might I also understand what is so funny, Mr Tonika and Mr Fujishima?"
Immediately, the laugher died out. Well, Yoshida kept laughing, though.
"O-Oh, M-Master Shikoku, we're..." Dacchi fumbled with his words, bowing down onto one knee.
7 and Sumi followed suit, bowing down on one knee as the man's suddenly appearance with his siblings sucked the joy out of the room very quickly.
Shikoku's eyes narrowed as he looked around—and yes, Yoshida was still giggling—and noticed, "Where's Miss Shojou?" He asked.
"And you, stop laughing." The short sibling, number 5, said to Yoshida.
Yoshida wiped his tears as he sat on his chair, "Oh, yeah, sorry, my bad..."
"Mai— I-I mean, Miss Shojou is in the other room, uhm...tending to an incident." Dacchi said softly, "She apparently had another one of her... episodes."
"Hmm? Episodes? What happened? She have a seizure?" Yoshida chimed in. Yano pinched his arm, "They're not talking to you, dammit, where the hell are your manners!? Who the hell raised you?!"
"Ow, you don't have to pinch me though, I can learn just fine."
"It is none of you concern." Shikoku said, "In fact, I think it's about time we took you three elsewhere..."
Hinasuke looked up, "Akira isn't here yet."
"And she won't be. For a while. Not whilst..." Shikoku's eyes narrowed ever so slightly, glancing over his shoulder:
"Not whilst she's with that...demon."