The Decision

(At That Time, At The Middle Of The War)

The Battle of Nuzuki and Orano had been going on since the war began. Their battle shook the battlefield, and each time they both managed to get up. They were both eagerly fighting each other. 

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Nuzuki had punched Orano and made him slid way back on the ice. Now he was coming towards him from the air. Orano was going to get hit, but he put his sword in front of him just in time and blocked the attack. Then he pushed Nuzuki and kicked him making him fly back.

Now they were once again looking at each other and gasping for air. 

But this time it was different. 

They looked at each other with anger, a desire to kill, and flames of revenge that they had accumulated against each other all this time. They both had one thing in mind and that was to end each other's lives.

But when they were continuing their battle, halfway through, Miko and Bachi eventually came to help Tatsumi, after hunting down the creature and helping others.

They quickly approached him and shouted,

"Mr. Tatsumi! Mr. Tatsumi!"

They were waving at Tatsumi as they wanted to show themselves, but the expression on their face told different things. 

They looked very nervous and looked like they were in a hurry.

Since this distracted Tatsumi, he received a solid blow from Nuzuki.

And as they saw him getting hit, Both Miko and Bachi shouted with fear,

"Mr. Tatsumi!"

Nuzuki dipped his pointed nails into Tatsumi's waist and began to stick them deeper and deeper. He used a hardening force just like Bionura, but it was stronger than his power. And as he did that, he looked Orano in the eyes and grinned widely.

He then said,

"What happened? Have you forgotten that you shouldn't be distracted in battle?"

Tatsumi's expression turned into an angry one after that. He had to do something in order to escape from his attack. So he swung his sword to the right, then pointed it towards his face and hit Nuzuki right in the nose. 

But since he wasn't able to hit him properly, it didn't cut his face directly and only helped Orano to escape.

Then Orano hit under his chin and hit the right side of his face. After he got stunned, he kicked him and made him get away from him once more.

Then he shouted as he held his wound,

"You guys shouldn't be here! Go help others, I'm fine!"

But Miko said something else that was hard to figure out,

"It's not about that! It is something more important!"

Tatsumi didn't understand at first. So he stood up confused and asked,

"What happened?"

Miko then lifted her hand pointed to a place with a nervous expression. It was hard to see what was there at first, but after looking carefully, Orano finally saw what she meant. And got shocked by what he saw.

It was the vortex.

Even Lydia, Caitrin, and Yuma realized this and they all looked at the vortex surprised too.

Caitrin said while trying to defend herself,

"The Vortex? Did it finally appeared?"

The thing Orano had been looking for all these years had finally come out, even though it was at a moment he least expected it. 

At that moment, he was very confused about what to do. He was in the middle of a war and it was almost impossible for him to get there. It was really hard for him to make a decision like that all of a sudden.

But then he remembered what Elsa said to him,

"I don't know if it still works like that but, that vortex appears every five years.",  

"Yeah. At first, I made many theories about it too, but I've seen it twice in the last ten years, and both were exactly after five years and they were the same day. And if my predictions are correct, this one will appear on April twelve. But if you miss this one, I don't know what will you guys do."

He had to make a decision, even though he hurt him deeply.

And unexpectedly, he said something that made both Bachi and Miko nervous,

He bowed down his head and said,

"I'm not coming."

It was truly shocking for them to hear this. After all, they have been through so many things, fought many people and they had come to this moment. But now, Orano refused it like it was not an important thing.

They both looked at him shocked and Miko said,

"Mr. Tatsumi, we don't have time, please stop joking with us! If we don't get out of here now, the Vortex will close!"

But he refused again,

"I've already said I'm not coming. So go."

They were both confused. Why is he refusing all of a sudden? Why is he doing this? What does he have in mind? 

They wanted answers.

Bachi then got very angry and shouted,

"After all the work you've done for us, all the fighting, all the places you've been, you're giving up now?"

"I was obligated because I wanted it to be like that. But I must achieve other things, so don't wait for me and go."

"Shut your mouth up! You are literally saying that we got you wrong from the very beginning! Then why did you even did this from the start! You're a complete coward!"

Nuzuki grinned and said,

"Tears and Anger? What a nice combination to see."

The other three were confused too. Why he wasn't going for the vortex? Why did he stand there? They kept looking at him, but he didn't move.

And while no was talking, Caitrin shouted,

"Tatsumi! You have to go for the Vortex! You are out of time! Remember what Elsa said!"

Then Yuma shouted,

"Don't make anything funny, Tatsumi! You waited for this for a long time!"

And after him it was Lydia,

"We can hold them back, Mr. Tatsumi! You don't have to do this!"

"Be quiet! And listen to me!" Orano shouted angrily by silencing them all.

He then added,

"Listen carefully, because I will say this once."