Lone Phoenix

It was the 4th of July, and vacation arrived for the students of Ye Ran High School. The grounds are silent, and the rooms were empty. Every classrooms but one. For in one of these rooms, a lone student sat, staring outside the window as the curtains flutter gently. His eyes; melancholic, and his gaze were lonely.

"Tao," he uttered in the empty room.

A second later, however, the classroom door opened, and a tall, skinny man, wearing a bowl-cut with a white strip on the right side entered the door. It was the chairman of the school.

"Yes, Raizel-nim?" he bowed.

"What's for dinner?"

"Ah, Ramen, Takeo went out earlier for groceries. He'll be back in no time."

Raizel nodded. He stood up from his seat and started walking to the doors.

"Do you have any requests?" Tao asked, which Raizel shook his head gently in response. Raizel kept walking, and turned 'round the corner, and disappeared. Tao followed immediately but as he turned to, he found no one.

"He's really gone."

***

"Don't you think Raizel-nim should return to Lukedonia?" Takeo asked, a man with a long purple hair.

"What are you talking about? He enjoys being here." Tao replied.

The two were gazing at the stars from the balcony, talking and letting the breeze of the night cleared their mind. Tao and Takeo looked more or less the same as they did 6 years ago. Perhaps, their body modifications and augmentation slows down their aging.

"Enjoys?—" Takeo said hesitantly.

"Well, yeah... he enjoyed being together with those lively children. He's probably just worried now. It'll past." Tao replied.

"Worried, huh? I suppose that goes for the two of us as well." Takeo replied. "Also, they're not children anymore."

"Yeah, I guess. Frankenstein hasn't been back for five months now. He always called and visits every now and then. It's unusual for him not to check the master. Even Raizel-nim cannot telepathically connect to him. There's no trace. Of course, I still wouldn't be much worried about him. There's barely anyone on this planet who could lay a finger on him."

"That's true. Then there's the thing with M-21. When will he be back? "

"I don't know. He said in his last call that he has a lot on his hands right now. "

"If he had something to do, he should asked for our help. That bastard. "

"I can't believe he just said 'Hey, I'm going to leave for a while. I promised my comrades their names. '" Tao said in a different tone of voice.

"Ha! *chuckles* M-21 do not talk like that. " Takeo commented.

"He most certainly do." Tao replied. " 'Call me if you need me.' like hell I will. He better not come back till he find those names. "

"Still no. "

Tao paused, and in a distance, he fixed his gaze.

"They're here. let's prepare. "

"Yeah. "

The two head back inside.

Right after they went in, a roaring of thunder rung the streets, and a red motorbike zooms through the roads. Instantly, it reached its destination; in front of the Chairman's house.

As the driver and his passenger alighted, they took off their helmets. One has orange hair, and the other had hair which was brown and long. It was Han Shinwoo, and Woo-Ikhan.