"This is bad..." - Endou said while looking in the direction where Amanogawa Kouki's base was said to be, the place where a huge concentration of dark energy started to expand - "Rika-san, again I ask you to reconsider this, I can feel how the dark power is worse than before."
"No, we can't go back now that we've come this far" - Rika replied while shaking her head - "Besides, I can feel how everything is about to get better."
Endou tried to disagree, but decided to keep silent because it was obvious that this woman was stubborn and there was no way she would change her mind - "I understand, I'm going to protect you as best I can"
"No, I want you to leave together with the Haulia tribesmen..." - Rika said seriously - "This is important, I want Cloud to know what happened here."
"Rika-san..." - Endou muttered with a frown - "Such looks like you know you're going to die if you stay, and yet you still do it.... That's not smart."
"I know, but I don't want to go back" - muttered Rika while slowly closing her eyes - "You can consider me as a stupid stupid stupid woman, and I can even accept it because it's true, but I don't want to take a step back, I want to continue until the end along this path I've decided for me..."
"And what about Strife?" - Endou asked with a frown - "Do you in case you don't want to see him again?"
"Not in the least" - Rika replied with a small smile over her lips - "Besides, we don't have that relationship you think, the two of us are more like teammates who have a common acquaintance."
"Then why are you crying?" - Endou asked as he saw how the woman was starting to sob.
"Because I'm aware that my stupid decision is going to cause problems for Cloud and Shizuka" - Rika replied as she cursed getting sentimental - "I'm usually not that stupid in my decisions, but I want to prove that my decision was the right one, that I can grow up without that idiot's intervention, that I'm a good partner."
Again, Rika knew that this was a decision was stupid, that she might die in this operation, but she wasn't going to step back, she wanted to prove to Cloud and herself that she wasn't wrong with following him, that she could support him even if the two of them were just friends.
"I still think this is ridiculous, Rika-san, think about it better, Strife won't be happy when he finds out that you died during Amanogawa's attack" - Endou replied with a frown, trying to convince the purple-haired girl with Cloud as an excuse.
"That's why I'm not going to die so easily" - Rika replied with a huge smile - "I said I wasn't going to take a step back, but I haven't mentioned anything about becoming a martyr."
Endou let out a sigh before shaking his head, with this, he decided not to say anything else and disappeared from the tent.
Rika remained silent as she let out a small laugh, one that seemed to show her as a mentally unbalanced person, and her decision seemed to remarked this theory, because no one in their right mind would make such a foolish move.
"He who doesn't risk, doesn't win" - Rika said while wiping tears from her eyes and showing her typical serious expression - "I guess biological and mental age has made me act like a person I'm not..."
Rika was a firm woman, a stubborn woman who would go all the way even if it killed her in the process, a woman who always smiled at death.
"Or is it better to say that the peace in Cloud's world made me go soft?" - Rika muttered as she shook her head. She had regained the flame she had lost and was risking her life in this battle - "Besides, I'm fucking Rika Minami, I'm not a weak girl who's afraid of death, no, I live with death, and I won't fall so easily..."
Rika smiled again as she closed her eyes and remembered her best friend and the man who asked her to accompany her on this dangerous journey.
"Let's see what you have to offer, Amanogawa, I hope all this theater won't be in vain" - said Rika as she saw how a silhouette appeared in front of her, a boy she immediately recognized, only now he had black hair and eyes as dark as night - "New appearance?"
Kouki didn't answer, he simply raised his sword, which was being covered by a black mist - "I see you've changed, Minami."
"No, I haven't changed" - Rika said while drawing her two pistols - "I've only returned to the way I was before."
Kouki was silent before he started laughing madly - "I'm going to enjoy killing you"
"I see your small penis syndrome and jealousy for Cloud hasn't changed" - Rika replied disdainfully, though her expression changed when she saw the sword appear in front of her eyes, so she quickly kicked it to the ground and backed away at high speed - ". . ."
"What's wrong, Minami, is it the case that you can't talk now?" - Kouki asked disdainfully. He could feel his dark emotions returning to him.
Rika kept silent as she started firing with her two pistols.
Kouki quickly dodged without much trouble and was preparing to taunt his opponent again, only to see how a bullet was right in front of his nose, though it was blocked by the dark aura - ". . ."
"Tch, hateful self-defense system" - Rika muttered as she started firing, not caring about the amount of bullets left in the magazine.
Kouki began to move the dark aura of his sword to cover himself from the bullets before throwing them back at the purple-haired girl.
Rika quickly jumped to the side as she clicked her tongue at such an unfair disadvantage.
"Are you going to cry?" - Kouki asked with a frown.
"No, I'm just stalling" - Rika replied neutrally as she smiled as she watched the leaders appear on the scene.
This short battle had been loud enough for the others to detect that something odd was going on.
"This doesn't change things much" - Kouki said as the dark aura surrounded half of his face, showing a much more threatening appearance - "You only made more people join in your death, although this also suits me, because now I won't have to look for them one by one..."
"You're a much prouder person than I thought, kid" - Cid said, though his expression paled when he saw her headless body. It took him a few seconds to recognize what had happened, he had been decapitated without realizing it.
"I hate it when they call me a child..." - Kouki growled neutrally.
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Cloud was silent as he felt another shiver run down his back during the journey so he could meet his dimensional traveling companion.
"Cloud?" - Yue asked with concern.
"It's nothing..." - Cloud muttered as he frowned - "Tio... I want you to increase the speed."
"This is as fast as I can go, Cloud" - replied Tio while giving him an apologetic look - "I'm sorry..."
"Cloud, you're more upset than normal" - Shea said with concern - "Is there something going on that we're ignoring?"
"No, it's just that I can't help feeling that something bad is about to happen" - Cloud replied while thinking about the purple-haired woman.
"Relax, everything will be fine, she's strong" - said Shizuku as she tried to calm down the young blond, who was showing a different attitude than he usually showed in his interactions. It was obvious that he had feelings for Rika even if he didn't say it, the thing was that none of the women present knew if this was family love or couple love, after all, the two had never sat down to discuss their problems. Yes, all the girls in the group could sense that there was something off about Cloud and Rika's relationship, but none of them knew what the reason was, not even Shizuku and Kaori who knew the duo the best.
"Rika..." - Cloud muttered as he felt his heart stop for a few seconds.
"Cloud?" - Yue asked as she noticed the change in the blond boy's heart rate, something Meiru felt as well.
Cloud was silent as he felt his rage grow uncontrollably.
The girls let out a cry of surprise and fear because they didn't understand such a drastic change in the blond, who in a moment went from worry to uncontrolled anger.
Cloud let out a roar of fury as he felt something warm start to run down his cheek - "What is this?"
"Cloud... you're crying blood..." - Shea said in surprise as he saw how the left eye was releasing blood.
"Rika..." - Cloud muttered as he gritted his teeth as he saw the pop-up screen appear in his range of vision, confirming his fears - "Amanogawa.... I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! HEHIT, I'M GOING TO ENJOY MYSELF AS I SLOWLY DISMEMBER YOU!"
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[Recruit Rika... has died...]
[Reason for Death: Assassination by the character Umbra Amanogawa Kouki...]
[Time of Death: 50 seconds...]
[Distance of Death: 5 kilometers...]
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