I was faced with a weird girl.

No, scratch that; a Crazy Bitch. That much I knew.

‘’Hey, New Friend, are you okay?’’ the Crazy Bitch asked, frowning, blood pooling from her mouth as she did so. ‘’What’s your name?’’

Pushing her off of me was difficult, seeing as she latched onto my neck, waving her massive knife around like a piece of paper. She chuckled like a manic, finding her way on my back and rubbing faces together.

I tensed immediately.

''Ja-Ja! Are you-?''

''Fine, just get her!'' I groaned, sneezing out blood. The second I finished, Crazy Bitch leaped from off of me, sending me on the floor as I groaned. Rin zoomed by, slashing the air with Slayer and shooting off bullets with King, yet CB managed to dodge all of them, all the while laughing.

"Sir, are you okay?" Ai asked, tapping into her Magical Circuits, the circuit lines around her entire body glowing all colors of the rainbow as she healed my broken nose.

"Yes," I winced, my injury readjusting itself. "You guys should hang back."

"Are you sure, sir?" Yuu asked, frowning. "We can help."

"Snow?" Snow chirped.

"Yes, I won't risk that," I decided, not wanting to jeopardize their safety. As shouting, shooting, and grunting of Rin fighting the 'crazy bitch', as I am calling her filled my ears, I held up my left arm and uncovered my sleeve, a small, thin black platform with engravings of two lines at the top and bottom. Along the sides the Roman numerals 1-12 engraved, with a dark green mechanical mesh glove with the stitching of a Dragon cradled around a heart with a sword in its mouth. It was held onto my arm by straps with engravings of Ai's, Yuu's, and Snow's name in Hiragana that glowed a dim blue.

"In you go," I pointed to the Life Drive, the conduit that serves as a resting place for Fairies and Wisps alike. It not only houses them, but repairs their fatigue and heals them whenever they run of energy in their Magic Circuits.

"Ai, but sir, we can help, we-"

Ai was cut off by a fwoosh that she was sucked into the Drive, Yuu and Snow following. The Drive whirred and hummed to life, all three of the symbol color turning white.

Panting a sigh of relief that they were safe, I focused on the fight ahead and Rin was holding her own, though Crazy Bitch was having a blast playing with her, inflicting shallow cuts on her body. I growled and walked forward, then jogged, then blasted forward on my feet, leaping over Crazy Bitch, surprising her and landing on Rin's side.

"Are you alright?" I asked, holding CB at bay with my foot, leaving her to swipe the air with her knife.

"Yes." Rin huffed, wincing. "Little munchkin certainly knows where to-Ouch!. . .strike."

I frowned, hearing CB whine. "Well, if you can do the pleasure of sending her down the staircase?" my leg remained firm as CB cried 'why can't I kill you?!~'

"Gladly," Rin cracked her knuckles, cocking a fist. ''Fly!'' Rin threw a wild uppercut with explosiveness, sending Crazy spinning on her feet before Rin grappled her, launching her over her shoulder tumbling down the staircase as she shouted and groaned when hitting the bottom. Rushing down the stairs, a look of rage was upon Rin's face as she followed close behind, muttering something along the lines of 'gutting the midget.'

This was not good, Rin was getting angry, and you would not like her when she is angry.

Before I could have a chance to offer her comforting and soothing advice that would get her to calm down, Rin instead beat me to the punch by leaping down the stairs and rolling with the momentum as she stopped in front of Crazy.

''Rin, think about what're you're doing here,'' I warned her, making her give me a 'dafuq' look before I could continue. ''She's not worth killing.''

''But. . .she. . .just. . .is a fucking bitch!'' Rin argued. ''She's just so annoying!'' Rin grabbed Crazy's shirt, forcing her dulled over eyes to look at Rin's. ''And you know I hate annoying people!''

''O-O. . .oh,~'' Crazy moaned. ''W-Wha, what. . .happened?''

''Wrong question, you should be asking; 'why did I agitate the wrong people?' That,-'' Rin growled in Crazy's face. ''-that is the correct question you should be asking.''

Trying my best not to interfere with a semi-pissed off Rin, I thought about the situation.

Fucking hell. It would be hard to recover from this. Damn, this whole operation was compromised. We came in somewhat blind, and have more questions than answers. This would to wait for another day, and if I didn’t know any better, I would say that I fell into ‘their’ trap from the start.

''Rin, we have to go, now!'' I said, panicked.

''What?! Are you serious, there's no way falling back is an option for-''

A high pitched screech cut off Rin's ranting, the very sound itself causing the building to vibrate and both of us to fall to our knees. The vibrations rippled throughout my entire body, causing my ears and eyes to go vibrate. Bringing myself to look up, it was Crazy Bitch suddenly on her feet, yelling at the top of her lungs. Finding the strength to stand up, albeit halfway, I took a knee while Rin effortlessly stood up, preparing to charge again when Crazy suddenly charged forward at us, laughing manically.

''Watch out!'' Rin tried to warn, but fell on deaf ears as little miss Bitch decked me in the stomach, sending spit out my mouth and twisting my gut as I was sent flying off my feet and into the nearest wall, the pain feeling like my entire spine was broken into a million pieces. Groaning in pain, little black dots began to fill my vision. The Life Drive began to pulse red, beeping loudly, alerting me that, against my better wishes, Ai, Yuu, and Snow were trying to come out and help. My body ached and shook with the power of a jackhammer.

I could faintly make out yelling and shouting from Crazy Bitch and Rin, hoping that she was winning until a particularity loud wham and shout of pain echoed throughout the cafeteria.

''Ooof!'' Rin grunted, slamming into my stomach, causing me to instantly dry heave until I puked on the floor.

''E-Eww.~'' I winced.

''Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!'' Crazy screamed, running at us, unbridled rage and all. Trying my best to move us out the way, Crazy leaped in the air, launching her fist forward. Before it could connect, a bright white light filled my vision, blinding, cold, and frightening.

I yelped at the top of my lungs, but no sound came out no matter what I did. The last thing I could possibly remember from that moment was the intense feeling of detachment from myself.

. . .Like I was alone. . .

Location: Unknown.

A hot, yet cool breeze filled air was present. The ground felt rough, and pointy. My throat practically felt like sandpaper, and my body refused to move right away. Leaning up, my eyes were once again assaulted by the sun, causing me to wince. Down with her head in my lap, Rin must have been knocked out from. . .whatever the hell happened to us. From a quick once-over, most of her cuts stopped bleeding, but in time they could get infected. My own body was free from any cuts or bruises, but everything ached from Crazy Bitch, especially when she headbutted me. Wait. . .this. . .isn't Central. We were. . .outside. In some type of jungle. A pathway constructed of stone dimly shone upon uprooted or broken stones as the sun illuminated a pathway through the trees on either side. All around us looked to be remnants of some sort of ancient civilization with weathered and aged statues.

''Ooooh, no. Where in the hell are we?'' I asked out loud, looking around to see and hear birds chirping, little insects scurrying about and a peaceful air about doing little to calm me. I heard some shuffling in the nearby bushes and immediately stiffened. I then heard a voice, but it wasn't mine, and Rin was asleep. A figure trailed past the bushes, hopping out and proclaiming;

''Show yourself, Ahuizotl! You can't run forever! I know you have the-what the?''

''The hell?'' I asked, confused. What I was staring at. . .seemed so strange. It. . .was a horse, dressed like an explorer, but even past the fact that it talked, which had me questioning myself for the second time today, I could tell it was angry.

''Who are you?'' it asked.

And my day just took a turn for the worst, or in this case; the weird.

Author's Note

Sorry if this seems strange. It's kinda of a new chapter but it was out of place. This was to be right before Imagine Breaker, and then the story is in order from there. I just never thought to fix it because I kept putting it off.