Out;Cast

「Iowa, I have the research you asked for」A female high school student clad in black blazer uniform entered the office. Her face showed no emotions. Just like her stoic face, her voice was monotone. With her monotonous voice, sharp ocean blue eyes and her expressionless face, Nase Haruka was famous for her second name "Ice Queen". 

「That was fast, thank you, IQ」 Iowa brushed her long silky golden hair before receiving Haruka's reports which was a 12 inch stack of papers. 

「Iowa, may I ask a question?」 Haruka moved closer toward Iowa's wooden office desk. 

「Okay, ask me anything」 Iowa crossed her legs and crossed her arms. 

「Why did you have a sudden interest in the Heaven's Fall incident.」 Haruka bowed down to Iowa as if it was her apologizing to Iowa.

「You remember that there was an Angel that appeared, right?」

「Yes」 Haruka answered.

「I asked a friend of mine yesterday, he said Spells were useless. I want to construct a Spell that mimic that angels ability.」 Iowa honestly answered Haruka. 

「........」Haruka looked dissatisfied with Iowa's answer. 

「If you are wondering how the angel was defeated, I'll answer it fo you」Iowa puffed up her chest, looking really confident. 

「Thank you」 Haruka bowed once again. 

「To be honest, all he did was punch it till it died.」Iowa looked proud of her friend. 

「Sprite Devices still requires spells in order to function, Iowa」 Haruka looked at Iowa with doubt in her eyes. 

「No, no, he fought with his bare fists....fist, since his right arm broke in the beginning of the battle.」 She start to brag even more. 

「......I apologize but I just can't wrap my head around it. That angel survived countless attacks from the military without taking any damages. It is impossible to do such thing, Iowa」Haruka disagreed to what Iowa was proudly telling her.

「Don't worry, if you see him personally, you will have no choice but believe」Iowa kept her proud look and started to read the stack of papers that Haruka gave her.

「I am looking forward to meeting that person, Iowa. Now I will excuse myself」Haruka bowed down one last time before she left. 

「bye bye~~」Iowa waved her hand at Haruka who waved back at Iowa before she closed the door.

1

The sound of metal clashing against each other echoed throughout the dead concrete jungle. The light coming from the sparks illuminated the dark alley. Despite hearing the battle, the people near decided to ignore it. "I don't want to die yet" they cowered down in fear inside their room. Occasionally, they would hear explosions that came from above. 

「Not bad, Spell Caster」An angel clad in silver plated armor hovered diagonally above a tattered male high school student. His right arm was broken, his knuckles lost its skin, revealing his bones. He looked up at the angel with his crimson eyes. 

「I am an Outcast, that is the 37th time I told you that」An arrogant smile appeared in his face. 

「Use the Spells you Spells Casters are so proud of」The angel provocated the student. 

「Did you think that I haven't use a Spell during this past few minutes?」His smile became more heinous. 

「.....」The angel kept quiet as her eyes swam around the are, looking for a sigil which was the mark of a Spell Caster's Spell. However, she did not found anything.

「Keep your eyes focused in your enemy!」 The student's jump was powerful enough to reach the angel. Before the angel could react, the student's left fist was right in front of the angel. 

The student's attack shattered the angel's helmet. In order to get distance from the student, the angel flew up higher. When she halted her flight, she looked around the area to focus of the student. However, she failed to spot the student. Suddenly she felt a tight grip on the left side of her pure white wings. The moment she turned her head, the student landed a kick from above. Just like his punch, his kick was equally powerful. With just one kick, the angel fell down to the ground at an incredible speed. 

The angel trembled in fear as she looked up at the student who was hovering mid-air without any help from a pair of wings. His crimson eyes glowed like a beast in a dark forest. 

「What are you!!You fiend!!」 The angel yelled as she stood up. Her long white hair was tainted blood red as the blood from her missing wing spilled over it. 

「I'm an Outcast」 The student confidently answered the angel.

「Show me the thing you did a couple of days ago. The military named it Heaven's Fall so I don't know its real name.」 The student provocated the angel to her most powerful skill. The skill she used to place a plague in Kanagawa. The angel had no other choice but to use her strongest skill. She raised her left hand up. The gray sky lit up. While the angel was preparing skill, the student spread open his left hand. Suddenly a small wisp of light hovered above his palm.He closed his left hand, trapping the light inside his tattered hand. 

「Give me your best」 The student spread his hand once again and a M1911 silver pistol appeared on top of his palm. He then pointed the pistol at the brightest point in the sky. 

「Die!!! You brat!!!」 The angel yelled as she executed her skill. 

「That is something an angel should not say」 The extremely arrogant smile on his face did not fade. The student pulled the trigger, making a loud gunshot. Blinding light was emitted from the sky as the fell down at an incredible speed. 

1

Shigure stood in front of the vending machine that was under the shade of the tree. He looked at the vague reflection of himself at the glass of the machine. His spiky jet black hair was blown back and forth by the small breeze. His cold crimson eyes was focused at the orange flavor water inside the samples of the vending machine. He pulled out a hundred yen coin and inserted it inside the vending machine. After pushing the button for the orange flavored water, Shigure hurried for the hatch and grabbed his drink. 

When he finished his beverage, he closed the plastic bottle and threw it in the recycle bin. Now that Shigure got his short break, he resumed to walk aimlessly. While he was walking, he saw a girl with black tied up into a ponytail. She was wearing a red frilly princess dress with silver breast plate, silver tasset and gauntlets. Harnessed on her back was a wide blade broadsword about the same length as her body. As the two passed each other, they made eye contact for a moment and continued to go by their way. 

「(That one is diferent than the other Spell Casters I saw today, I'll make a note about that one)」 The girl thought to herself as she discreetly looked back at the man she walked by.