Chapter 1.5

3rd Person's POV

     Michelle hugs the children away to avoid the brutal scene from being seen. The blonde villain laughs in his thought of victory. Michelle smirks as she sees a familiar figure inside the flames. Lieutenant Raiden recovers from the explosion and lands safely to the ground. Electricity covers the body of the boy cutting off the victory laugh of the mysterious villain.

     "You think an explosion like this can kill me? Then you're greatly mistaken. I think you're mistress have forgotten one of my abilities. The more pain I receive; the stronger I become. Michelle tell the kids to cover their ears." he commands.

     Michelle softly talks over the kids to do what the Lieutenant say. The kids follow and close their eyes. He walks over to their target and squat beside his pitiful body. Tears cover his eyes of despair and his voice shakes from fear.

     "Don't worry. I promise to give a painful death that you deserve. Lightning Element: Lightning Fang."

     From tiny sparks into a ball of lightning in my hand, he electrocutes him with a touch on their prey's head. His entire body burns and the heat increases more. He shouts in pain and agony until the immense heat vaporises his whole body, leaving nothing behind. He directs the remaining energy of lightning to the other dead bodies, leaving no evidence.

     "Key: Time Manipulation. Reverse...."

Michelle's POV

     All the damages of this tourist spot slowly reverse to its original place as an abandoned site. However, reversing time of an object isn't simple. It consumes a lot of electricity and energy from his body, making him trample to the ground barely standing. I open a portal and direct the kids to enter as I carry my best friend bridal-style, or should I say groom-style.

     "Eek! I finally carry my own princess in distress. I feel like a knight in shining armour of my beloved Ara-kun!" I giggle in excitement.

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(^>ω<)ノ—==ΞΞ✵

     Bringing Ara-kun and the kids safely to the 3rd European Division Headquarters by using my portal, the kids unite with their older sister with joy. As I drink a cup of hot green tea to relax my mind from this tiresome mission, Ara-kun finally wakes up from the strenuous time skill he used.

"Raiden's" POV

     An eerie and dark environment surrounds me. Dead bodies scatter everywhere. Not a single plant life can be seen. Dark clouds cover the beauty of the sun's light. My vision is blurry and my legs are bleeding, making them useless to stand. I hear a weak, familiar, feminine voice calling out my name. It continues to echo around my head, making it hard to find its origin. As I blink several times slowly, a girl with white hair and beautiful blue eyes appears in front of me. However, blood and dirty cover the beauty of her face.

     "No..., please... not this again...! I beg you. Don't make me remember of this memory of Natasha—!"

     "Arashi-kun... I have little time left," she whispers in front of me; however, the immense pain fills her weary voice. Tears fill my eyes from the sudden recollection of the pain when I lost her.

     "Please, no. Don't say that—!" her coughs of blood interrupt me from talking. I try to sit up, but ending up falling backwards to the ground. With her remaining strength, Natasha crawls toward me. She grabs my chest to pull herself closer to me. Finally, she rests her head onto my chest and looks up to see me once again.

     "Arashi-kun..." she whispers.

     "Just hang on. Back up will arrive soon!" I encourage her. She reaches my face with her hand and gently rubs my cheek. I hold her hand as my response as more the memories of my past has become clearer.

     "Arashi-kun... daisuki desu (I love you). Hontoda daisuki (I really love you)! " she cries with a smile.

     "I love you, too, with all my heart and life! So please, stay with me, Natasha! Onegai (Please)—! " Her kiss on my lips interrupt me. I clasp her hand tightly and the other brushes her smooth, silver hair and the other brushes her smooth, silver hair.

     "Gomen ne (I'm sorry), Arashi-kun...," she sniffles and smiles one more time. With all the remaining energy left, she tries her very best to smile the cutest and the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. "Sayonara (Farewell)...."

     Her hand on my cheek loses grip and weight as it slides off. Her smile slowly fades away and her eyes are lifeless. And...

     She was gone....

      "Natasha! No! Please! I don't want this! Iie! " I shout with agony and pain. My heart beats fast and my chest hurts like two metal plates squeezes it. When I open my eyes, Michelle appears right in front of my face. "Tch..., it was a dream."

     "Same nightmare of Natasha—?" I quickly place my index finger to her lips to stop her from saying her name.

     "Where's the captain and her younger siblings taken to?" I ask, but the headache weakens my voice.

     "They're in the treatment area, Lieutenant."

     "Tell your units in this division to escort them to the interrogation room," I command.

     She salutes and dashes to her unit to prepare her for my interrogation. I jump out of the bed and head to the interrogation room. As I saunter towards my destination, troops of different ranks of my faction either salute or bow when I walk pass them. I either smile or nod my head as my response. When I reach the room, I enter to once again see the white hair feminine captain with her two siblings.

     When I stare at them with deadly intent in my eyes, the two younger siblings rush to their older sister's back. She watches my movements carefully as I walk closer to them while my hand rests on my katana's handle.

     "I'll tell you everything I know. Just don't harm my siblings," she demands.

     "Do you know the faces and names of the higher ranks of your organisation?"

     "No, they covered their faces with masks and they used codenames for each other."

     "How many missions have you been into?" I slowly unsheathe a fraction of my katana.

     "Just five."

     "How many innocent people have you killed?"

     "It was for the sake of my siblings—!"

      "How many have you killed?" I repeat my question as my katana is half unsheathe.

     "Ten. I killed ten!" she cries in her own pain of recollection.

      "What is the feeling of your first kill? Satisfaction—?"

      "No, it was awful! I didn't want to kill them!" she protests.

     "Why?" I point my fully unsheathe katana at her.

     "I have no choice in order to preserve my siblings' life. I know I did wrong, and I deserve death in the cruellest way for the sake of those people. But I beg you, after my death, at least keep them alive. Please, please...," she falls down on her knees to bow in front of me. Slicing a bit of my skin with the sharp edge of my katana, I touch her head with my katana as some of my blood drips over her head.

     "Welcome to the Raiden faction," — I kneel in front of her — "treat your new family well," I smile a bit. Then the entire division of the Raiden Faction jumps and shouts in joy as they rejoice over a new family member.

     "What about—"

     "Don't worry. Your younger siblings may stay with you as part of our family, too. They will receive proper education until their middle school graduation. If they wish to continue to serve the World's Senshi, they may attend any World's Senshi High school with scholarship," I stand up and slowly walk away as I signal Michelle to open the doors.

      She rushes and bows down to the floor. "Thank you. Thank you so much. I will try my very best to serve under you," she sniffles.

     "Well then, my advice to you is prepare for an upcoming flood of people."

     "Huh?" she tilts her head in confusion. When I head out of the room, a flood of soldiers, engineers, and other employees rush down to greet their new family member. "Eh?"

      As I continue to saunter towards my temporary dorm, Michelle jumps on my back wrapping her arms around me. "You maybe a ruthless weapon, but you're still a softy at heart."

      I enter my dorm and pack up my weapons, clothes, and other necessities. "Get ready to leave. Father will wait for us in a hotel in Monaco. We'll be taking a private yacht as our transportation," I inform.

Michelle's POV

      A private yacht. A hotel in Monaco. Is my long awaited dream coming true? I squeal in excitement while jumping and flipping around Arashi in his dorm.

     "Are we gonna have our—?"

     "Yes..., we're having a new mission," he interrupts me with an upsetting and expected answer. I expect to have a honeymoon-like vacation with Ara-kun, but no. I guess he is still oblivious and goal-oriented as ever. "Oh, my little sister will be with Father."

      "Really? Is Luna-chan on break as well from her world tour?" I question. Luna, as mention by Arashi, is his one and only little sister. No, they don't have a complex. However, their bond for each other is so strong that I can't even enter! By the way, she's also a famous singer and music artist that is known throughout the world. And she's still freaking nine years old!

      "Mhm, sonotori (You're right), Che-chan. Now pack your things we're leaving."

     "Hai, hai. Wakata da yo, Ara-kun," I place my forehead against his and leave towards my dorm to pack up my stuff. Even though it might not be a honeymoon-like vacation, I'll finally spend most of my time alone with my Ara-kun.

     "Oh, Father wants Eagle Eye and One-shot to join as reward for their mission."

      I blink for several times to process the unexpected news.

"EEEEHHH?! (◯Δ◯∥)

NANI?!" ...（〇□〇＊）