Aquarian Age Juvenile Orion

[75]
He blocked it?
My attack?

Itsuki- Kaname, you......

[76]
It's the same as that time.
Kaname-kun protecting me.

... Protecting?

Protecting me from what?

I don't know, I don't remember.
What happened that time?
An accident... uh-uh, that's not it.

[77]
Something else,
some other great power.

Kusakabe- Uh... ...gh.

Kirihara- Kaname-kun, are you alright!?

*thump*

Kusakabe- Don't touch me...

[78]
Kusakabe- When you,
when you touch me, I......

*heart pounding*

Kusakabe- I...

Kirihara- Kaname-... kun?

*snapping*

[79]
*snapping*
*creaking*

Kusakabe- Uh...gh. ......Ugh.

Itsuki- Kaname...?

Kusakabe- Uaaaa!

*roar*

[80]
*flutter*

[81]
Itsuki- Kana......

Black...... wings.

*whoosh*

Itsuki- !

*swish*

[82]
Itsuki- Tch. I can't wear this anymore.
*And I'm a poor student.*

Itsuki- Well, so we're even.

What do I do?

*lick*

Itsuki- Do I fight him (read my friend)?

Itsuki- ... I didn't know. That you were hiding something like that.

[83]
Itsuki- Tch. There's no use talking.

Something... is strange about him.

*tap*

It can't be...
Is he mindbroken?

[84]
*tap*

Suddenly his abilities are being awakened and he's attacking.
Is she the trigger!?

[85]
Kirihara- Kaname-kun, no, that's enough...
Kaname-kun.

*flutter*

Itsuki- Damn!

*wham*

[86]
*straining*

Itsuki- Kuh...

Itsuki- !!

Itsuki- !

*wham*

[87]
Itsuki- *cough*

*splat*

Itsuki- Uhh......

[88]
Itsuki- Kaname......

Kirihara- Stop!

[89]
*sobbing*
Kirihara- He'll die.
He'll die...

[90]
Itsuki- ......... Are you an idiot? Why are you protecting me?
I tried to kill you, didn't I?

*squeeze*

Kirihara- But, I don't want you to die!!

Itsuki- *ugh*

Kirihara- I don't want to be killed, but I don't want you to end up killed even more!!
I don't want people to die...

[91]
Kirihara- No more!

*sobbing*

...... Ah, this feels kind of nice.
Soft and nice smelling.

Killing and all that sort of thing have become kind of absurd.

I had forgotten this kind of feeling......

[92]
If I do fight, I don't want to fight friends.
For someone like this... For someone I want to protect...
Then I,

I see, this is the power of a Mindbreaker.

[93]
She is the one who guides me.

Itsuki- Mind... breaker.

[94]
*puff*

Kusakabe- What... am I doing...?

[95]
Kusakabe- Again... I've... that power.

Kirihara- Kaname-... ...kun?

Kusakabe- ... I'm sorry, Itsuki.
I'm sorry...... I didn't want to...... hurt you......

[96]
Kusakabe- The things that are dear to me, again... I've
covered in blood...

Itsuki- Kaname.

Itsuki- Don't misunderstand, I'm the one who started it. *ouch*

Itsuki- It's not your fault.

[97]
Kirihara- Kaname-kun.

Kusakabe- Don't call me like you did then.
I've... had enough.

Kusakabe- I didn't want the power to hurt friends...!

Kirihara- Kaname-kun!

*slam*

[98]
Itsuki- .........

*tears streaming*

*sobbing*

*shocked*

Itsuki- !

*sobbing*
Kirihara- He... he hates me, doesn't he...? Kaname-kun...

Itsuki- Don't cry... It's my fault.

Kirihara- Wh, why? Why? You didn't do anything, Itsuki-kun.

Itsuki- Now see here! I tried to kill you! And that's why Kaname became that, isn't it!?

[99]
Kirihara- Oh, that's right.

*rubbing*

Kirihara- Um, could you not try to kill me anymore?

*collapsing*

Itsuki- No... I've already lost the motivation...
*I'm sorry. Seriously, it was my fault. I'm defeated.*

Kirihara- Thank goodness.

Itsuki- Aren't you surprised?

Kirihara- ?

Itsuki- However you think about it, it's not normal. That form of Kaname's... and my powers.

Kirihara- Uh-uh, I am surprised. ...But,
But, a long time ago, somewhere...

[100]
Kirihara- I saw those pretty, pretty black wings.

I knew it.
The one who awakened Kaname is......?

Itsuki- Kirihara... Mana.

[101]
Itsuki- You like Kaname, don't you.

Kirihara- Huh...... Huh?

*blush*

Itsuki- The truth is, I like him too.

Kirihara- Huh!?

*blush*
Itsuki- Oh, I didn't mean like that.
I meant as a dear friend.

Itsuki- If I said that... from now on he may be in danger because of that power,
what would you do?

[102]
Itsuki- Only a single person in the middle of a war; no one knows when it will end.
If he ended up throwing himself into it with Kaname himself not realizing, what would you do?

Kirihara- ... I want to protect him.

[103]
Itsuki- Well then, the discussion is settled.
From now on, you're a Mindbreaker.

Itsuki- Welcome to the Aquarian Age (read age of chaos and war).

[104]
Girl- Hey, hey, are you alright?

Girl- Are you feeling ill? Shall I call a teacher?

Amou- Oh......

Everyone's... returned to normal?

Amou- I... I'm sorry. I'm fine.

A dream...?

It was... a dream, wasn't it.

[105]
That's right.
That couldn't have happened.

*staggering*

Nakaura- ? Tsuka...

Nakaura- !?

[106]
Nakaura- ... Tsukasa...?