Rumble~!
Kotori: Transformation complete.
"Kotori-sama! Querxes-sama and Kirin-sama has arrived!"
Kotori: Good, we're prepared to leave.
With the transformation of Akuma Castle to robot mode and the arrival of Querxes and Kirin, Kotori was ready to follow behind the evacuation.
"Yo! Kotori why didn't you go with everyone else?"
Kotori: We couldn't leave Akuma Castle, its way too important to be left behind and I'm the only one capable of controlling it as of now.
"I see."
"How is the evacuation going?"
Kotori: Smoothly... Although we couldn't save everyone.
"Yeah..."
"And Kaneki?"
Kotori: ...
Hearing her brother's name being mentioned, Kotori responded with silence.
"You're kidding..."
"No... Kaneki..."
The two immediately understood the reason for Kotori's silence.
Kotori's thoughts*
(We must focus on our mission.)
Though she was still grieving the death of her brother, Kotori as well as the Council still has a mission to be fulfilled.
Kotori: Now is not the time to be mourning.
She put on a strong face and her voice cold as she gave them commands.
Kotori: Our mission is to protect the people, so we must stay strong for everyone's sake and... Kaneki-chan's as well.
"Kotori..."
"We understand, what do we need to do?"
The two were surprised with how Kotori was acting, however they've seen this behavior before.
Flashback*
Querxes: Kaneki you shouldn't get yourself involved in that war!
Kaneki: Why not?! Many people are suffering and dying because of those flying monkeys! Even if I'm not that powerful now... I don't the people of Hell suffer anymore, as well as the sacrifices of those who died be in vain!
Querxes: Kaneki...
Flashback end*
Kotori: I'll need you two to keep watch, these monsters are appearing more and more rapidly and we need to protect everyone.
"Understood."
"Just don't be too reckless Kotori."
Kotori: I know. If I die Papa, Aiya-Mama, Mama, Miku-chan and everyone else will be sad and I WILL come back to them alive.
"You promise?"
Kotori: I promise.
With a promise now made, it was time for them to leave.
"Attention flight mode is now ready, I recommend flying at a high distant in order to not cause any damage to the land"
Kotori: Thanks Kagemi. I'll keep that in mind, you all heard her! I suggest you all hold on tight!
On Akuma Castle Robo's Back*
Querxes: Are you all ready?
Agent 1: Our gear is stuck, ready to go.
Agent 2: Ready!
Agent 3: All set!
The three agents were safely attached to Akuma Castle Robo's back using tech from the Council.
Wriggle~
Kirin: Will my vines interfere with the flight?
"No need to worry Kirin-sama, the vines won't cause much trouble."
Kirin: Good.
Kirin firmly attached herself firmly by growing vines from her legs and wrapping them around the entire torso part of the Robot.
Kirin: What about you—
Crack!
Querxes: No need to worry about me, my grippers are quite strong.
And Querxes demonized her hands and feet and held a tight grip.
Querxes: Let's get going shall we?! They're not that far away!
"Roger!"
Blast~!
Everyone: Woah~!
And with that Akuma Castle began flying high in the sky.
Back in the Throne/Cockpit*
Kotori: Looks like everyone is safe for the time being.
After reaching the height of over a kilometer, Kotori had a bird's eye view, and was able to see from far away.
Kotori: Let's go.
Swoosh!
And so she began flying towards the evacuation camp while making sure she was a safe distant behind the busses.
"Kotori-sama I detected a large energy spike at Shimotsuki"
Kotori: Ignore it, it's most likely just more appearing.
"Understood— Kotori-sama we have a problem."
Kotori: What?!
Meanwhile~
While Kotori was watching from sky.
All 6: Sigh~
The Higanbana girls were quiet still silently grieving.
Natsuki: You guys.
Natsuki broke the silence and tried to talk to her friends.
Natsuki: ...
But without a response Natsuki stared at them sadly befor activating ger ability and looked into teb colors of their souls.
Natsuki's thoughts*
(... What did I expect?)
She immediately deactivated her ability and sat quietly again.
Until she thought of something.
Natsuki: Do you guys want to play some Cinco?
She asked her friends if they wanted to play Cinco.
All 5: What?
They all stared at her with their depressed eyes and got curious to where she got a box of Cinco.
Natsuki: Just so we can get our minds off... Well you know.
Miku: I don't remember you having a box of that before.
Natsuki: I bought it yesterday, when I went to the bathroom I actually went to the gift shop first.
Sachi: That explains your long trip to the toilet.
Natsuki: So? You guys wanna play?
Shino: Well... If it can help get our minds relax even a little.
Chikao: I'll play.
Yuuka: Might as well.
Miku: Sure, not like we have anything else to do.
With her friends now on board, Natsuki opened the box and they positioned themselves for their game.
A few minutes later~
All 6: ...
Flashback*
Kaneki: I'm... Sorry.
Flashback end*
They were all focused on their game, but even so they couldn't get the scene of Kaneki out of their minds.
Miku: Sigh~ Onii-chan...
Natsuki: This is a lot harder than I thought.
Shino: Yeah... I really miss Kaneki.
Sachi, Yuuka & Chikao: Same here...
Miku: There's has to be something we can do right?
Yuuka: No unless we have the power of resurrection, we can't bring Kaneki back. And the Necro Guitar is out of the table because it's still in Shimotsuki, and even if we did get it, it doesn't have the power to bring Kaneki back.
Chikao: Maybe... We can allow him to posses us?
Sachi: I don't think Kaneki would want to do that.
They all stopped playing once they started talking about Kaneki.
Natsuki: Sigh~ Kaneki...
Boom!
Zap~!
Everyone: !!!
Screeech~!
Suddenly a loud explosion sent out a surge of energy that overloaded the busses systems, causing it alongside the busses in front to a halt.
Luckily the busses were all far away enough from each other so when they suddenly stopped non of them hit each other.
And for those that had crashed they took minimal damage due to special air bags that the Council equiped for these busses.
???: What happened?!
???: Why did all of the busses stop?!
ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!
Everyone: !!!
A loud distorted roar echoed from far behind.
Slide~
Itsuki: No... It can't be!!
Burst!
Rumble~!
A hoard of the monsters began appearing half a kilometer away.
Crash!
"Agents! Repair the busses!"
Almost immediately after they began appearing, Akuma Castle Robot descended from the sky and Kotori gave command to the agents that were nearby.
Swoosh!
Upon receiving her command, the agents came out from where they were hiding and began fixing the busses from the outside.
"YOU'RE ALL DEAD!"
Swing~!
Smash!
Kotori charged into battle with the hoard while the Council's agents started repairing the busses.
Robecca: Move it everyone! Well the busses were hit with an EMP! Scan the busses and replace the broken parts, we have enough for all of them!
The one in charge of overseeing repairs was Robecca the robot.
Miku: No way... Those monsters already caught up with us?!
Natsuki: No. Those are new ones!
Yuuka: This is bad!
Bus driver: Everyone calm down! Repairs are being done, if you leave the bus there's a chance you'll be left behind!
???: WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?!
???: WE CAN'T JUST STAY HERE!
Everyone began to panic with the monsters being nearby.
Atsuo: Kids!
Atsuo and Aiya went to the Higanbana girls to try and calm them down.
Aiya: Everything is going to be okay, we'll survive this!
Atsuo: Yeah! We have the Council and Kotori protecting us!
Miku: But... Onee-chan.
Miku looked out and saw.
Crash!
"ARGHHHHH!"
Kotori being overwhelmed.
Atsuo: Damnit Kotori! Where's the Beast Knights?!
Click!
Kaigon: We're up here.
The Beast Knights were in the luggage compartments in their small forms.
Hegon: We'll go and protect you all.
Kaigon, Hegon and Ku-kun stood up intending to fight.
Ku-kun: The others are unconscious... But we can fight.
Though he lost one of his mandibles and was exhausted due to his injuries, Ku-kun was still willing to fight.
Shino: But Ku-kun you're—
Ku-kun: So what? My duty now is to protect all of you.
Kaigon: Are you sure about this? Young Kuwagata?
Ku-kun: Yes. Kaneki would do the same.
Atsuo: ...
Atsuo had second thoughts about letting the Beast Knights fight because he didn't want to lose more of his family.
Atsuo: You all better come back, got it?
Hegon: We will.
Kaigon: We'll assist Young Kotori and return to all of you.
Ku-kun: I'll see you all later.
Atsuo: Okay... Natsuki-san, can you please open the windows.
Natsuki: ...
Natsuki was also hesitant about letting those three go and fight, especially Ku-kun.
But.
"Kaneki would do the same"
Hearing Ku-kun's made Natsuki as well as her friends, Ku-kun was right.
Natsuki: Okay.
Slide~
So Natsuki slowly opened her window as Atsuo picked up and carried the three in his hands.
Atsuo: Please... Return to us.
All 3: We will.
Buzz~!
Flash!
Boom!
With a loud boom and bright flash of light, Ku-kun, Kaigon and Hegon grew to their giant forms.
Ku-kun: GYUGUGIGIIIII!
Hegon: SSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Kaigon: ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!
And they charged to assist Kotori.
???: The Beast Knights joined the fight!!!
???: But weren't they beaten in Shimotsuki?!
Though the three of them joined the fight, the evacuees watching weren't reassured as they were beaten back in Shimotsuki.
Kotori: C'mon! Bring it!
Stab!
Kotori: Ku-kun?!
Kotori was surprised to see Ku-kun as well as Kaigon and Hegon joining her, and she wasn't glas at all.
Kotori: You three go back! Now!
"No! We're not letting you fight alone!"
"Don't worry about us Young Kotori, the repairs are almost done once it's over we can retreat."
Kotori:I don't need your help! Go back!
"We're not letting you fight alone—"
Kotori: You don't understand! I need you guys to protect everyone else!
"What?"
At the same time~
Robecca: Good repairs are almost done, at this rate we'll—
Swoosh!
Querxes & Kirin: Robecca! Quickly!
Immediately after Ku-kun, Kaigon and Hegon left to fight. Querxes and Kirin came in a hurry.
Robecca: The repairs are almost done, just give more minutes—
Kirin: We don't have 5 minutes! Th—
ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!
Loud distorted booming roars came from behind.
Everyone: !!!
Upon hearing these roars, every agent and evacuees looked at the direction these roars came from.
"They're here!"
Another hoard had arrived nearby.
Rumble~!
And they began charging towards them.
???: HEY! FIX OUR BUS FASTER WILL YOU?!
???: QUICKLY PLEASE!
???: WAAAAAAAH!
Everyone began panicking even more as they watched the monsters charging at them.
Charge~
Yuuka: No way... THEY'RE GOING TO BLAST US!
Seeing that one of the monsters having it's jaws glowing, Yuuka knew they were going to be hit with a beam.
Kotori, Ku-kun, Kaigon & Hegon: NO!
Querxes, Kirin & Robecca: CRAP!
Seeing this everyone felt hopeless.
Atsuo & Aiya: ...
And frozen in fear.
Natsuki, Shino, Sachi, Yuuka, Miku & Chikao: ...
And because there was no way they could survive, some such as the Higanbana closed their eyes and braced themselves for what's about to happen.
Blast!
Kotori: NOOOOOOOOO!
BOOM!
The monster unleashed it's devastating blasy attack resulting in a massive and loud explosion.
Everyone: Huh?
But surprisingly the attack didn't hit.
Swoosh~
Robecca: What?!
Something had blocked the attack before it could hit.
Swoosh~
Natsuki, Shino, Sachi, Yuuka, Miku & Chikao: No way! Is that—
Kotori, Querxes, Kirin & Kaigon: A KAIJU?!
GROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAR!
A massive Kaiju appeared facing towards the hoard of monsters while letting out a fierce and thundering roar.
Grrr~