One: Shall we end this soon, Tomoe-chan? For both of us...

{sound f/x ka: bright light}

Tomoe: Y... YOU'RE...!

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{sound f/x doboon: giant magical explosion}

{sound f/x guoo: roar of Arms' power}

{sound f/x doo: blast of Magical Boy Kukuri's power}

{sound f/x don don: many small explosions raining down}

Tsumugi: (Why this again why me—~ why am I here—~)

([arrow pointing] Tsumugi)

Tsutchii: Why is it... why...

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Tsutchii: WHY DO THEY HAVE TO FIGHT AT A TIME LIKE THIIS!!

{sound f/x chudoon: the squid's sticky tentacles waving around} [Note: This is a fun sound word. Think of it as the sound of the squid peeling its tentacles off the ground, slapping them to the ground, and peeling them off again.]

([near the squid] Busy battling)

Tsutchii: DAMMIT! THE MOMENT THEY SEE EACH OTHER, THEY SUDDENLY START FIGHTING!! (Are you animals!) YOU JUST IGNORE PEOPLE'S HARD WORK! !! ...this is... Shield!!

{sound f/x gururu: Tsutchii spinning around in anger}

Tsutchii: The bastard, impossible!

Shield (One): No wa~~~y, it just now got so annoying, huh~ Maybe it woulda been easier for those girls to understand if we just out and told them.

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Tsutchii: Bastard... What're you thinking! If we did that, no matter what we did...

Shield: Yup, that's why I'm leaving that all up to you~ Ah~ That's because I'm bringing the girls to you~

Tsutcchii: BA~~STA~~RD~~~!! ...damn, this calls for a change in plans...

{sound f/x chudoon}

(Stray tentacle)

{sound f/x puchi: Tsutchii cracking, reaching the breaking point}

Tsutchii: YOU BASTARDS—!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH~~~~!!! SPIRIT, GUTS, DUTY, HUMANITY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS LACKING!!

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Kiriji: You're asking what...

Arms: Who the hell is that?

Kukuri: DON'T INTERFERE WITH PEOPLE'S BATTLES—~!!

{sound f/x go: Kukuri's explosion of power}

Tsutchii: Stupid fool!!

{sound f/x don: Tsutchii's counter-attack}

{sound f/x bon: the power hitting Kukuri/Nagae}

Nagae: UWAA

Seltis: Hmm...

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Nagae: W... what in the world...

Tsutchii: Still don't get it? If you still don't understand... then...

{sound f/x ka: bright light}

Tsutchii: HOW ABOUT THIS!!

Nagae: He... he changed into a sword...

Seltis: Interesting.

Tsumugi: Ah... the lake is drying up...!

{sound f/x shuu: the lake being sucked into nothingness}

Arms: ...that means... That's something you summoned, too!?

Tsumugi: (He's not listening...)

Kiriji: Don't you get it!!

Tsutchii: You guys...

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Arms: Keh~! Whatever you say, I'll deal with that trash later! Mugi-chan!! Watch me as I beat the crap out of this guy~~~~

Tsumugi: ...but I think that's not what's going on...

Kiriji: WHAT D'YA MEAN BASTARD~~~ LET'S SEE YOU TRY...

Tsutchii: DO YOU GUYS NOT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD FRIENDSHIP—!!

{sound f/x bun: sword-Tsutchii's swishing}

Kiriji: UGYAA

Arms: UWAA what the hell's going on!!

Nagae: W... what would that be...

Seltis: Ahahahaha!

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Nagae: A... at any rate, I at least understand that it is not something normal. To push aside my power and moreover, to revert me back to my original self like that... Impossible...

Seltis: Hm! Let's try that one more time.

Nagae: Wai~... wh~ what are you planning on doing!?

Seltis: Try to throw all of my power at it~.

Nagae: I... if you do that... if the worst happens...

Voice: WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO, YOU MORONS~~~~!!

Nagae: Ko... KOUCHOU! (...and nakao-sensei...)

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Nagae: What are you doing here...

Yuzuka: Hmph... More than that, you imbeciles, you do understand that the thing in front of you is the treasure, don't you?

Arms: ......

Seltis: Ahh... That's right, that's right. If I remember right, the treasure comes in two kinds, a sword and a shield...

Kiriji: Eh~ was that it?

Arms: I never heard 'bout that.

Yuzuka: THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T LISTENING!!

Nagae: Ahhhh... Th... that means...

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Shirae: That's correct... it means that the thing that generations before us have been unable to do has finally been accomplished... ...does it not.

Nagae: Shirae-kun... Hilt...

Shunomaru: Ah— Wish we'd been here from the beginning.

Seltis: My my, what's going on? Is everyone gathering here?

Shunomaru: The other was a miss.

Folt: As there was quite a large power reaction here just a moment ago, we came to join in.

Arms: Heh~... That means the fastest one wins...

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Arms: PREPARE YOURSELF, YOU TRASH...

Tsutchii: DO YOU STILL NOT UNDERSTAND————~~

{sound f/x ka: bright light}

{sound f/x don: Tsutchii's attack connecting}

Arms: GUAA~

Shirae: I see... the treasure has a will of its own...

Shunomaru: That means we can't do things like we normally do.

{sound f/x za: Yuzuka's footstep}

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Yuzuka: Impossible... It's gained a personality... has it.

Tsutchii: ...Yuzuka, huh...

Tomoe: Really... It's natural if we searched all this time and couldn't find it.

{sound f/x za: Tomoe stepping forward}

Yuzuka: !

Tomoe: Long time no see, Oneesama. [Oneesama is a very polite term for older sister.]

Nagae: Those two are sisters...

Shunomaru: And the Hakuyou principal is the older one!?

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Yuzuka: Hmph... You were called as well?

Tomoe: Yes... I was called by the other treasure, Shield...

Yuzuka: ...Impossible. All this time, the things that we were seeking were observing us.

Tsutchii: Our power extends over this entire island. With that, it was elementary to track your movements.

Nagae: ...Observing...? Why...

Shield: It was necessary in order to grant both those girls' true wishes and our wishes. By always being close, we were able to understand you...

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Tsutchii: BASTARD———~! THAT BODY...

Shield: Bad boy, Tsutchii. In our original forms, our influence is too big. The way that they first saw you is enough.

Tsutchii: Bastard, this is all because you turned back to normal!!

{sound f/x shuu: power evaporating off of the sword}

Tsutchii: So I have to take a body that balances things, too.

Shirae: More than that, the principals' real wishes... I wonder what he meant by that...

Yuzuka & Tomoe: !

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Shield: Once upon a time in a land far away, there lived two sisters who really didn't get along. One day, they started a huge fight inside of a storehouse for enshrining heirlooms. As the heirlooms were passed down from generation to generation, who would inherit them... Of course, neither sister wanted to hand them over. While struggling to get their hands on the heirloom, it split right into two. The sisters were confused, but at a following festival...

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Shield: The heirloom, now split in two, cursed the sisters and disappeared into the sky. In order to remove that curse, the sisters ran around the world, searching for the heirloom. At last, they found their way to a solitary island. However, even though it was isolated, it was still quite vast. It wasn't something that one could search all alone. There, the sisters gathered other humans who could see the island and the search began...

Arms: ......

Seltis: I see... In other words, they gathered us young laborers.

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Kiriji: That means, when they said that if you got your hands on the treasure it would grant any wish...

Shield: We~~~e can't do stuff like tha~~~t~

Tsutchii: The essence of our power is drawing out a person's unlimited potential and furthermore turning that potential into strength...

Shunomaru: Like a car with a turbo engine?

Nagae: Then, the curse is...

Yuzuka: Immortal bodies...

Tsumugi: Huh?

Tomoe: All this time... Hundreds of years before, our time was stopped. From the time I was 17!

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Shunomaru: SE... SEVENTEEN~~~~

Kiriji: No matter how you look at them, they're a brat and an old lady...

{sound f/x dogo: Tomoe booting Kiriji}

Yuzuka: We transformed into these bodies the instant we stepped onto this island!!

Shield: We fixed the metamorphose power that you had from the beginning!

Tomoe: Thanks to this curse, I couldn't find true love even once!

Yuzuka: Out of spite I created a boys school... Instead of healing me, it simply left me feeling empty!

Shunomaru: Uwwa~~~~... They're saying too much...

Seltis: Ha-ha-ha, just like a girl.

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Nagae: Which means that everything until now has really been nonsense...

Shirae: Maa... Isn't that all right? Even if it was through a lie, we can't say how much good we received from our academies... From the beginning, the real treasure was perhaps looking at all of our futures after graduation.

Arms: But I'm just following Mugi-chan~! (Kya~) (I won't let go~ I won't leave~)

Tsumugi: ......

Tomoe: So basically... It was Oneesama's fault!! You were the one who broke the heirloom, weren't you!!

Yuzuka: What're you talking about!! If you hadn't taken it by force, my hand wouldn't have slipped!! It was the result of your avarice!!

Tomoe: WHAT DID YOU SAAAY!?

Tsutchii: STOP IIIT————~

{sound f/x chudoon: giant explosion}

Tsutchii: [fuming] If you're like that then we'll...

Shield: Okay okay calm down, Tsutchii. (You'll burst a blood vessel.)

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Shield: Even we're getting tired of this situation... Therefore, we're appearing before you like this...

Tomoe: What are your true intentions? You're involved with all of the things that have happened until now, right? So... your wish is...

Shield: That is... for us...

Tsutchii: To once more... become one.

Yuzuka & Tomoe: !

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Shield: Since we were split into two, our power isn't balanced... Therefore our power ran throughout this isolated island... In order to control it even a little bit, we changed into these forms.

Nagae: That means, you've been somehow involved with the things that have happened.

Shield: That is... the manner in which we will turn back to normal... and how their curse will be lifted.

Yuzuka: Wha~!

Tomoe: What did you say!

Nagae: And that manner is...

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Shield: U~~~m... That's up to you.

Tsutchii: Man... How much have we prepared you for doing this...

Arms: KEH~ "UP TO US" MEANS FIGHTING! YOOOOSHI!!

{sound f/x ba: Arms leaping forward}

Hilt: PLEASE WA———IT~

{sound f/x zugi: Hilt and Arms sliding from their momentum}

Arms: NOWA——~

Shirae: That's right... Certainly, the origin of our constant fights was created by them... but those did not simply allow us to fight...

Folt: ...ah...

Flashback to Battle 4.

Hilt: I saved you... that's enough of a reason.

Folt: ......

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Shunomaru: ? What's that mean~~?

Seltis: You interacted with your brother, too. That sort of thing.

Hilt: Um... well... I had that, too... He was stubborn but... He said that he really didn't hate me...

{sound f/x pon: someone patting Hilt on the head}

Shirae: Kouchou-sensei, perhaps it's been enough? Time heals people's hearts... Why don't you try looking at each other with tender feelings? [smiling brightly] Like how Shunomaru and I became so close...

Shunomaru: DON'T BRING ME INTO IT!!

Tomoe: Tender...

Yuzuka: Feelings...

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Shirae: It's that, isn't it. [smile]

Shield: You got it right!

Tsutchii: Why did so many months and years have to pass... Basically even if your alumni had done it... (You're all idiots.)

Kiriji: ...What's this. So in the end, it's for us to get friendly with each other?

Shield: What caused us to break?

Yuzuka: [gasp] ...hateful hearts...

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Shield: We split in hatred. With a great harmony, we will unite ourselves...

Tomoe: In other words... you're saying... we didn't understand the basics at all.

Yuzuka: All this time... We were completely...

Tsutchii: If you could have done it, it would have been best for you to realize this by yourselves...

Shield: As time passes... sometimes you lose sight of things.

Yuzuka: Tomoe...

Tomoe: Oneesama...

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Tsumugi: So that means that Arms needs to become good friends with the people at Kouyou, too.

Arms: HUH

Tsumugi: You got a problem?

Arms: I... it's nothing.

Tsumugi: Um... So that means...

Kiriji: Well, can't be helped.

Folt & Hilt: [laughing]

Seltis: I've been good friends with Nagae-kun from the beginning. (Other than Kukuri.)

Nagae: Huuh~!

{sound f/x paa: bright light}

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Shield: Tsutchii.

Tsutchii: Ahh... (Call me "Tsurugi.") [Tsurugi means sword. Shield's name is actually "shield" in English; Tsutchii's real name is apparently Tsurugi, shortened into his nickname by Shield because, well, that's the kind of person Shield is.]

Nakao: A... um~~~~~... When this happens, what happens to the island or the schools...

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Shield: Even if we unite... it will not harm the power. Whether you continue with the schools or not, that is up to you.

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Yuzuka: Which means, even if we return to normal...

Tomoe: We will have a place here.

Yuzuka: From now on, let's make them sister schools!

Tomoe: Oneesama!

Shield: At last...

Tsutchii: Become one...

Arms: You bastaaard—! What're you doing with your hand on Mugi-chan's shoulder~~~~!!

Kiriji: What do you mean, I'm just deepening our friendship.

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Arms: YOU DON'T TOUCH HIM WITHOUT MY PERMISSION—~!

{sound f/x do: Arms' blast of energy}

{sound f/x gou: whoosh of energy}

{sound f/x sa: Kiriji quickly dodging}

Nagae: Ahh~! Please stop......... (uwa~~~~~~~~)

{sound f/x dongon: giant threatening rumbling}

Kukuri: ...AND GIVE ME A BREAK—~

Yuzuka: Tomoe... How exactly were you teaching those guys.

Background: (kya———)

Tomoe: My~~y weren't we not going to talk about other people?

Yuzuka: What'd you saay~~~~ You've always been the one to always, always...

Tsutchii: H... hold on...

Shield: Oh my~...

Tomoe: Just like that you're so quick to blame people, Oneesama...

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Shield: (Huh)

Shirae: My, that's how it always is, isn't it... Humans... If we could change that easily, we wouldn't have any troubles, would we. Once again, it looks like we'll continue like this, won't we.

[The end. ^_^]

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