Kazuma Kuvaru

"Gah!" It had hit me, literally, this boy was well versed in the ways of magic and had gained an advantage over the reaper.Being pinned to the wall like some corner rat wasn’t the reaper’s style, but this sudden spell had rendered him motionless. 

"Don’t touch me, mother-" Before finishing his sentence, his face got smashed against the wall by the weak force of the mage. The more he cackled and spoke, the more it resembled the snake, feeding onto his anger.

Bleeding and pummeled against a wall, there was only one thing to do. One thing he was sure off…

"It is, and I’m about to show you the power of the azure!" He shouted.

"Haaaaaaah! Blazblue activate!" And with does shouted words, the closed sphere in his right arm had open wide and released it’s aura. 

The power that would restore his memories... grant him what he truly wanted... Right there in front of him! The magnificent lux was beyond description. He could feel his sanity slipping, and his cackling became uncontrollable.

"Hahaha....GYAHAHAHA....HYA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! YES! SHOW ME MORE! DON'T HOLD BACK, I WANT TO SEE THE POWER OF THE AZURE WITH MY OWN TWO EYES! BREAK MY BARRIER --- BREAK ME! SHOW ME THE POWER I'VE THAT BRINGS ABOUT MIRACLES!!"

His laughter rang in his own ears. He hadn't laughed like this since decieving that bitch Nine and Trinity Glassfille. It felt as though a massive weight was being lifted off his shoulders.

"Yuuki Terumi give you purpose in life?!" He shouted, turning his head angrily towards him. He had pinch a nerve, a huge one to be exact. The reaper was going to kill him, rage had taken over his persona and he was just about to devour this person. 

He was lucky he had invoked a barrier in front of him, making it impossible for the reaper too gain passage. That didn’t stop him of course, he lifted his sword and started too swing madly at the barrier. 

Swinging wildly and sloppy, he’d continue on and on. 

"I’ma kill you, you piece of shit! I’ma kill you!"

"He took my family! He took the happily life I worked so hard to maintain! I’m gonna make him choke on his own blood and rip your head off!" 

Suddenly something inside him snapped. Words from the past which pierced his artificial soul. This power...

it was the Azure wasn't it?

                               This is the power he sought, and it was within his grasp...!

He waited for the right moment, to find an opening. The moment he could take it, he reached for the man's head and grabbed hold of it, unleashing an invisible shockwave to incapacitate him, knocking him against the wall and constricting his movement. A slight chuckle breathed life into him, the meek looking mage, without any warning, appearing more sinister.

  "My... you're quite the brute, aren't you?" he cackled with a taunt of his own, approaching him slowly. "...You say he did all this? The Terumi I know isn't that sort of man... perhaps you're mistaken."

Now within arm's reach of him, he grabbed upon Ragna's white hair and bashed it against the wall to make a point.

"...You're mistaken. You're mistaken right!?" his voice began to get more aggressive, the man's cackling sounding more nervous than demented.It was as if he had changed completely. The boy wasn't afraid anymore. He had the power, and he would hold it for as long as possible.

Once acknowledged and questioned, she shook her head. She wasn’t tired in the slightest, but she hadn’t wanted to disturb him too much, he was a student after all. 

The girl was silent... She didn't appear to want to speak... His tea had now become rather chilled since he passed out, but he would decide to finish it anyway along with the cake she had brought.

"...Thank you for the cake." he said, sitting back down upon the corner of his bedside.

He opened the transparent container which also had a plastic knife at the ready for him. Cutting himself a small slice, he sets it upon his tea plate, removing the cup to make way for the delicacy.

Is this how the night was going to be? She would hoddle in the corner and he would mind his own business? He had no trouble staying awake, having only fallen asleep from sheer boredom.

"Wait…" This kid wasn’t that bastard? 

That took a surprise turn. But the reaper felt off. His face, his hair and his face all resemble that snake bastard. Why, oh why do they look so alike. 

But even more interesting was the fact that this kid knew Terumi, worried about him, probably? 

He snarled and shook his head.

"That bastard. He’s a degenerate son of a bitch, and I’m going to slaughter him next time I see him."

And then he turned his sights towards the fragile mage and gave him one hard glare.

Such anger... and tenacity. It was almost a jolting sight that someone could have such a disdain for another being. Especially for someone like Yuuki Terumi. He may have been a bit rough around the edges, but he hadn't done anything to harm anyone as far as Kazuma knew...

"...That's-- No... I don't understand. H--huh?"

Kazuma's eyes were immediately drawn to the man for some reason, in particular, the arm that contained the power of the Azure. It was mysterious, it felt as though he was hallucinating, but he swore he saw a glimmer of power and some kind of auditory sound was emanating from his hand...

No, it was his imagination being overactive, right? It was common for him to hallucinate, but never this strongly. Returning his attention to Ragna's heterochromatic eyes, he spoke up again.

"Snk--..." Kazuma released half a snore in a rather startled manner. The bag was rather noisy, despite her trying to be gentle with it, as the plastic would rustle audibly regardless.

Bringing his half-lidded expression to lazily lighten to an open, Kazuma lifted his body and examined his surroundings. He took quite note of the girl who had huddled in the corner and furled his brow. Sneaking a peek into the bag she placed at his side, there was a chocolate cake that had a bit less than a fourth taken from it. So she ate a bit of it, it seems. Cake and tea... he wasn't particularly fond of sweets, but he didn't dislike them.

Carrying the rest of himself up, he meandered around the room to close the window gently. He expected her to come in through the door... she scaled the wall? The thought was a bit jarring to the mind, but it wasn't that big of a deal.

Bringing his attention to the girl he acknowledged her with his voice.

"Terumi…" He scowled, grinding his teeth. This was that man, right? 

Of course it was him, the green hair and that snake like face. It only made the reaper sick to his stomach. He grabbed the mage by his collar and lifted him to the point of them being able too touch the tip of each others noses.

"A--Ah!!" The feeble mage was immediately lifted off his feet.

How did it come to this?

He merely approached the man and somehow he ended up being assaulted. Suddenly his wibbling came to a halt. The man.. he just mentioned-- "...--Terumi? Y--you know of Yuuki Terumi?" he said, flailing a bit more to weasel his way out of Ragna's grasp.

                                                                        The basilisk broke away from the window, looked out again, looked at the clear and blue sky, before going to one of the shelves, picking up a book in his hands, the pages produced a slight rustle, and the dust rose around him. "A break would help you to have more energy for your research, Kazuma." he said uttering the name of the young man, disappearing among the various shelves, while his shoes lined in silver produced a hypnotic sound.

Kazuma continued to observe the other's actions as if it were his job. Quite frankly, he hadn't moved beyond a few inches since the man appeared from the shadows.

The man would browse through the titles, to what appeared to Kazuma as picking out books at random. He finally had the nerve to start following him, but would only take several paces back, as soon as Terumi would turn the corner to guide the two of them to the table which was surrounded by the dauntingly tall shelves.

"...Questions? I--I've asked you directly about the Azure... You said--- you said I must find it on my own... I haven't given an inch of thought towards anything besides you and the Azure." Though that lie was pretty much solidified by the fact he had been caught with the three meddlesome women whom Terumi accused of being deceptive.

 Indeed, he did have a bit of fear to leave the hallowed halls of the the Grand Library, not wanting to run into Trinity Glassfille again, who seemed to be on his heel at most hours of the day.

She took the money without a word. Holding it there as he spoke again. She just stared at him. Her grumpy expression returning. Practically her resting face by now. She moved to the side as he moved around to get past her and quickly leave. Narrowing her eyes somewhat.  

Night had fallen, and so had the young mage's guard. He was so much at ease in his little room, with his books and his tea.

A light smile was on his face, though there was a string of tension that would ocassionally tug his lips down. He knew the girl would approach him at some point and his serene silence would be destroyed.

Lifting himself slightly from his seated position to reach for his end table, he brought his black tea to his lips to sip a considerable amount. It was bitter and quite unsavory, but it was all he had and he didn't mind all that much. It was still tea, despite the unmentionable flavor.

Surfing through the pages of his book he hummed lightly. The book was a non-fiction piece regarding beastkin. He would want to know a bit more about the breed since his run in with a cat beastkin who tried to claim his life.

Ah-- Now this was getting annoying. She had one thing to say after another. He just wanted to get back to his dorm. His impatience was apparent as his body had already shifted towards the direction of the dormitories, but unfortunately, he had to bring it back to address her concerns.

"...Food? ---Food...requires money. If you're sincere in saying you're from another realm I doubt you have any currency that would be accepted..." he said, his stutter hadn't returned quite yet, but his speech was rather fast.

Kazuma gave a quick sigh, and placed a $20 Platinum Dollar bill in her hand, having yet to notice the fact it was metallic, as his senses tended to be rather shoddy. At this rate, he wasn't even paying much attention to her, only doing what was necessary.

"--Here. If you must buy something, there's a cafe not far from the campus north of here. You can buy a decent amount of food with this." he sputtered. His patience now completely gone, he turned away from her and nodded quietly, leaving her a quick farewell.

                                                                        He licked his lips, while his golden eyes caught the movement of a swallow, which disappeared behind a cloud. Terumi looked at Kazuma and saw in it the bird which wore a tailcoat, while the old man was none other than the snake that held the creature in its coils, ready to swallow it in one gulp. The tongue flicked again, and the idea thrilled him, and put his shoulder to the glass, letting the hot sun heating up the cold synthetic body.

                        “What I mean is that you need a break.”

                                                —An act of kindness? Is it—possible?

It wasn't until he said the word 'break' that his expression altered to an almost distorted confusion. The one who drove him to work himself so hard had told him he needed to lay rest to his studies for a brief period? Kazuma's mouth went a bit dry, forcing him to salivate himself by swallowing, a delicate hic of air passing his lips.

 "---You want me to stop...?" he cried meekly.

Had he been overworking himself to the point where even Terumi would grow some sort of concern?  

"...I--I would rather not. I have no other obligations. I don't intend on reappearing in class, and returning to feeling meager around my classmates." He scoffed, tilting his head to the side and looking away.

A finger scratched upon his cheek, realizing that this may be an opportunity to satiate his other curiosities. "--Although... I would like to spend time around Terumi... Considering he is someone from my past."

His first statement brought forth an “Ah…” She understood. It was a fair reason. His apology caused her to sigh. Bringing a hand to her head. with a small whisper of a curse to herself. However his last statement stopped her, looking to him once more a little surprised.

It was weird for him, and for a single moment in time, the corners of his lips curled upward in a devious manner, leaving an impression that one would soon like to forget. "---You're an interesting person." he cooed, taken with her resolve.

That smile almost immediately returned to his frown which was commonplace on his visage. So she claimed to be nocturnal. Perhaps she could look through his research material while he slept. He hadn't any actual plans for her quite yet, but whatever he had would have to come into fruition soon.

He didn't like the idea of sharing his domicile with anyone, especially a member of the opposite sex. It was traumatizing enough for Terumi to randomly show his face, or even worse for Trinity Glassfille to visit him on occassion, bending the rules out of concern for his wellbeing.

A gentle heave from the pit of his stomach released, and he nodded.

"...Then please, invite yourself in this evening... The sun is already setting, but students are still returning to their rooms. You cannot afford to be seen loitering around."

Kazuma reached into his pocket to pull out a small hankercheif and pen, and carefully used his book as a hard surface to write upon, enscribing his dorm number on the piece of cloth to the best of his ability and gingerly offering it to her.

The wind swept over her pleas, and his hair whisped lightly by zephyr, revealing a single eye of his lifted expression. Gold oculus with large, rotund pupils met with her own of viridian iridescence for the first and quite possibly last time.

So his assumptions were correct, though he didn't believe the story outright.

A different realm? Was she that desperate for assistance that she would say the inconceivable?

...He felt inclined to immediately reject her, but he had a shred of sympathy. Not knowing where you were was something he understood. He didn't know how he came to be a student here, or even live in Ishana.

The amnesiac's conclusion would be to accept her in his care for now. Perhaps she would come in handy and maybe even know a thing or two about the Azure. Though he would still show some signs of hesitation.

"...It's not that I don't want to help. It's forbidden for women to even visit the men's dorms... It's just how things work." his speech seemed a bit less nervous, as he now felt he had some kind of power over the situation.

"...I'm sorry Charlotte." he spoke as if he was concluding his thoughts, though his lips had yet to close, a breathless gasp took place before he continued.