Episode 3

As we both continued to argue, I got so enraged at one point and suddenly, a small ice shard formed in my hand which went flying straight towards him.

"Nngh!" Tokiya moaned as the ice shard pierced through his skin.

"Oh no, Tokiya! Are you alright?" Momoi asked as she and Nagi both looked at him with concerned looks.

I was so mad at the moment that I honestly didn't even care. I just stormed away without even helping him or even apologizing. But to be honest, I don't even know why I did that. It was probably because, at that time, I was too furious to even care about him.

"Urgh, stupid Tokiya. I can't believe him! Why do I have to be his partner in the first place?!" As I shouted in exasperation, those same ice shards sped towards a tree nearby.

I was bewildered. Before, I was too busy getting angry that I didn't realize the shards that much, but this time, I was standing there, my eyes wide open. That's when I realized the fact that my hands were freezing cold. The slightest of touch would freeze anything...

"Is this my... power...?" I whispered to myself.

I was terrified since I didn't know how to control it. But honestly, it was really cool at the same time since I finally got an actual superpower. I mean, I always loved superheroes and fantasy stories as a kid. But I didn't have time to worry about that right now. I turned my phone on and saw the remaining time for the mission.

"14 hours, huh..." I muttered as I opened the GPS app on my phone.

Before, the others were leading the way but now, I was too embarrassed to show my face after that incident. Since I was going myself now, I needed the GPS to guide me. Soon after, I heard a couple of shouts behind me. As I turned around, I found the same, familiar faces.

"Why did you run away?" Momoi asked, her expression clearly looking concerned from my actions.

"Yeah! You know how much we had to run because of you!" Nagi exclaimed as he put his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath.

Then, I saw Tokiya standing behind both of them. I realized the bandage wrapped around his arm, hints of red all over. Upon seeing this, I felt terrible about what I did earlier.

"Umm... Tokiya I'm-"

"Don't even think of apologizing." Tokiya interrupted me mid-sentence.

This proved the fact that he was mad at me. I honestly don't blame him. I mean, I did hurt him but he has never done anything like that to me. I just averted my gaze in shame. But then, I also had to apologize to the others.

"Guys, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to run away like that. It was really rude of me." I said with a guilty expression.

" *Sigh* Well, I guess it's fine 'cuz you did get angry. I mean, I don't really blame you." Nagi replied while closing his eyes.

"Speaking of anger, what was that you did back there? That was an amazing ice shard you shot." Momoi had an amazed expression on her face.

"Oh, right. I honestly have no idea how that happened. Even right now, the same thing happened to me. I guess I unlocked my ability..." I slowly gazed down at my open palms, feeling dazed.

"Looks like you have ice powers," Nagi spoke.

"Congratulations. Looks like you finally found your power!" Momoi then held me in a soft embrace.

"Haha. Thanks..." I whispered, my heart filled with joy.

(We've just known each other for a couple of hours, and yet, we're already this close... It makes me feel really happy to meet such amazing and caring people...)

My lips curved into a wry smile as this thought crossed my mind.

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After that, we continued our journey to Central Park. It was just a couple of hours until we finally reached the place. But still, I was exhausted.

"Ah, I'm soo tired!" I said as I stretched my arms into the air.

"Same here!!!" Nagi added to my words.

Then, just as I was about to enter Central Park through the gate, I suddenly felt a big zap and I reflexively bounced back. It felt like there was an invisible barrier blocking my way from entering.

"Ah!" I shrieked as I rubbed my arm due to the electric shock.

"It's the noise..." Tokiya muttered.

"Great! Now we have to defeat them!" Nagi barked as his archer equipment appeared into his hands.

"One question. How in the world do we get to them if they're invisible and how am I meant to fight if I don't even know how to control my powers?"

"You ask too many questions..." Tokiya mumbled with an annoyed look.

I didn't argue back this time since he was already really mad at me. So I just let this one slide.

"Don't worry. All you have to do is concentrate and then just aim with your hand, pointing it towards your target." Momoi explained.

"Oh, I see. But how do you know all that, considering you're a mage and don't have special powers?"

"A mage and a person with magical powers are not that different. The only different thing is that I have a staff that I use to cast my spells with."

"Thanks, Momoi!" I thanked her with a determined look.

"And oh yeah. We can go to the noise using this." As Nagi was speaking, he took a weird button type thing out of his pocket.

The rest of them also did the same thing.

"Umm...What is that for?"

"This thing is called a pin. It's used to find the noise around the area and it can let us teleport to the place of the noise to fight them. All you have to do is press it and you would then be able to see them." Nagi explained.

"Oh, ok. So is this pin in my pocket as well?"

Momoi nodded. I reached into my pocket and it was actually there. For a moment I was taken aback. I then took it out and we all pressed it at the same time. We then instantly teleported and I saw all these weird-looking creatures which were the noise. One of them was a weird bird, another was a lion type thing and the last was a shark. They all honestly looked really creepy.

"Alright, here goes nothing!"

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