(Third Person PoV)

So after that incident, Skeppy and Niki said goodbye to the boys and went back to their apartment.

"Ok let's NOT tell Bad or Puffy about this. Hell don't tell Tubbo or he'll blab to Puffy," Skeppy said.

"I agree with that. Don't want them to get worried," Niki nodded.

They were about to open the door when the door opened itself.

Right in front of them, was a very angry Bad. His angry impression didn't fit his pink and happy apron that he was wearing.

"Well well well, look who decided to come home very late," he said in a low voice.

Both Niki and Skeppy were sweating nervously.

"Ummm...w-we got caught up with something," Skeppy tried to explain.

"Don't you know how worried we were!? Didn't we all simultaneously agreed to not stay out too late unless it's for an emergency!?" Bad snapped.

"Sorry!!" Niki and Skeppy yelped.

"Hey Bad, the food is about to burn," Puffy could be heard from the inside.

"I'm aware of that! Scold them in my place," Bad stomped away.

Niki and Skeppy entered the apartment to see that Puffy was standing near the door and Tubbo was playing a game on the game system.

"What the heck were you two doing? Tubbo said that you dropped off the groceries earlier and then you left again. Something about going back to see something that you missed?" Puffy asked.

She was a bit nicer than Bad about scolding but still stern.

"Well we thought that we saw someone familiar but no it was just someone. But then when we went back...we saw some people bullying these kids. So we stopped them and helped the kids," Niki explained quickly.

It wasn't a complete lie.

Puffy's eyes soften at this.

"I see," she said.

Skeppy gave Niki a glance as if he was begging her to not let them know about the Neighbor.

Niki understood this but someone else didn't.

...

"You used your Trigger, didn't you Skeppy?"

"Huh?" Skeppy turned to face Tubbo, whose eyes were glued to the screen.

"You did WHAT?!" Bad asked. He stopped midway through putting the food in plates.

"No no no! I didn't do that! That's a lie!" Skeppy said quickly.

"No you did. There was a Neighbor right? That's why you used it," Tubbo continued.

"No way! I didn't use it!" Skeppy snapped.

"Tubbo...what makes you think that there was a Neighbor?" Puffy asked. She looked shocked.

"I felt this tingling sensation earlier. It felt strong and weak at the same time. I could also tell one of them was Skeppy due to how familiar it felt somewhat," Tubbo explained.

"Ehh??"

"So guess you did use it," Puffy noted.

"B-but but but! How do we know that he isn't lying? Did Tubbo leave the house?" Skeppy asked.

"No he was here when I came back. There was no sign that he ever left. Speaking of which, here you go," Puffy handed Tubbo some money.

Tubbo put pause on his game before looking at Puffy.

"Is this because I kept the house clean?" He asked and Puffy nodded.

"That's dope! I can leave the house now!" Tubbo cheered.

"Back to the matter on hand, Skeppy what the muffins!!" Bad shouted.

"I didn't use it!" Skeppy cried.

"Niki, did Skeppy use his Trigger?" Bad asked.

Niki shook her head.

"She's lying to cover for him. I could clearly sense Skeppy and the Neighbors," Tubbo said.

"Wait...did you say Neighbors? As in...MORE THAN ONE!!" Bad shouted.

"Shh, people are sleeping," Puffy shushed him.

"Sorry...so did you or did you not?" Bad asked.

"Nngh! Fine I did but I had to! I couldn't let him fight that Neighbor by himself," Skeppy admitted.

"Finally he admits it," Tubbo went back to his game.

"I understand why now but was there no one nearby?" Puffy asked.

"No it was just me, Niki and this boy who is BORDER like us," Skeppy explained.

"Then why did Tubbo said Neighbors?" Puffy asked.

"..."

"Well there was this second boy," Skeppy started but got interrupted by Bad's, "WHAT!"

"Can we please talk about this tomorrow? We have been through a lot today and had a lot of information shoved our way. I just need to clear my head," Niki explained.

Everyone went quiet.

"..."

"O-ok...dinner is ready anyway," Bad turned away to hand out the plates.

They ate their dinner in silence before heading off to sleep.

They had work in the morning anyway.

(Tubbo's PoV)

Everyone left to go to work.

Things were a little tense since last night. Can't blame them honestly.

I let out a sigh. Why did I expose Skeppy and Niki?

Was it because of what I felt yesterday? That weird sensation?

Just what was that?

Maybe I shouldn't have been that blunt, I thought sadly.

I looked at the clock. It was almost 12.

I guess I can go out for a little bit.

I changed out of my pajamas into my regular clothes, placed my Trigger in my trouser's pocket and walked out of the apartment.

It was a nice day and some people were out and about.

There weren't anyone my age so I guess they were in school.

I looked around to see if I can buy something sweet.

I ended buying an apple and was eating it while I was walking around.

I never really been to Japan before even in SMPEarth. Then again, it was different because Minecraft.

Guess it's a nice place...at day at least.

I ended up walking towards a school.

I don't know why I brought myself here.

Then I felt a faint sense coming from the roof. I looked up to see that there are some students that were on there, eating lunch I think.

I took a bite of my apple before feeling a stronger sense.

I closed my eyes to make the feeling go away. It worked last time.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

...

I should probably leave before someone accuses me of trespassing or worse, accuse me of skipping school.

As I turned away, I heard some screams and another noise that I couldn't explain.

I looked to see bug like creatures appearing out of portals and landed on the school.

Some of the students were screaming that it was a Neighbor.

They were in danger!

My hand went to my pocket but I hesitated.

Skeppy got flack because he used his yesterday but I couldn't leave them behind. But I also don't want to be a hypocrite.

I couldn't see anyone from Border around. They could fight off the Neighbors since they weren't C-Rank.

I, along with the others, are C-Rank meaning that we can't use our Triggers unless it's for training. We're close to B-Rank but...

Another scream snapped me out of my thoughts.

I gripped onto the apple. I'm not very strong but...guess I have to do.

I can't leave them in danger!

I took one last bite of the apple, grabbed my Trigger and ran towards the school. Leaving the apple behind.

A lot of the students went up onto the roof where it's safe but some got left behind due to the confusion and fear.

I held up my Trigger.

"Trigger On!"

A white light surrounded me and I emerged wearing a white uniform.

(I don't know if C-Rank's can be gunners and have a gun to shoot Trion, which will get explained later so for the sake of plot let's say that Tubbo has one to fight the Marmods)

I ran into the school and looked around but I could only hear people's footsteps as they were running to safety.

Ok calm down and try to look at your surroundings. Don't keep your guard down, I thought.

Then I saw some people stuck in a hallway between two of the Neighbors. They were trapped!

But before I could do anything, someone sliced a leg off of one of the Neighbors.

He looked familiar.

"It's someone from Border!" One of the boys called out.

"Wait is that?" Another of the boys asked.

"Mikumo-kun?" They all asked.

"Quickly, get on the roof! Get yourself to safety!" The boy, Mikumo shouted.

Everyone looked at each other before running upstairs, thanking him.

I hid behind the wall and stared at the boy and the Neighbor.

Guess this school doesn't really need my help...no wait!

This boy was also at C-Rank. Yep, he's screwed.

A small tingle sense was coming from him. It was familiar and weak at the same time.

If we worked together, we could take this Neighbor down!

Unfortunately this boy decided to go solo and attack the Neighbor.

However, the Neighbor's legs came out and were sharpened. It smacked him into one of the classrooms.

"Crap," I muttered and held onto my handgun.

How strong is this Neighborhood's armor?

I shot at it a couple of times before I got smacked by one of its legs.

"F*ck!" I cried.

The Neighbor turned its attention towards the boy who attacked it earlier.

I barely did anything and now that boy may die!

I can't let him die!

The boy's Trion body got vaporized as he got stabbed by the Neighbor's legs.

His regular body tumbled out and he froze while staring at the Neighbor, sweat rolling down his forehead.

I remember what they told us about Trion bodies and how our Triggers replace our normal bodies with those bodies so almost any attack not relating to Trion can't hurt us.

It doesn't last forever so this boy must have used it up and he can't just make another on the spot.

I have to help him!

"Shield," someone said.

A green bubble appeared around the boy as the Neighbor attacked.

"Double." It grew.

I turned around to see a white haired, small boy.

"Kuga!" The boy cried out.

"Sorry Osamu but I got to borrow this," the small boy held up what appears to be a Trigger.

Must be the other boy's.

Weirdly enough, they haven't noticed me.

Should I step in or should I not? This small boy seems to know what he's doing.

"Trigger On!" The small boy said.

A white light surrounded him and he emerged from it, wearing a black uniform that is very similar to the white one that I was currently wearing.

He held up his weapon.

"It looks...different," I heard the boy called Osamu muttered.

I let out a sigh and held onto my own weapon.

Considering how closed this hallway is, being small is a very good advantage and he would be able to move around easily.

The fight was really quick with the small boy jumping around and deflecting the legs.

He eventually jumped behind it and slashed right down in the middle.

It was finished.

Or so it seems.

"Yuma watch out!" Osamu called out.

The second Neighbor came in through the window but I jumped in front of Yuma and rapidly shot at it.

Then Yuma stabbed it.

"It came up so I didn't need to go down," Yuma murmured.

"Hey are you two ok?" I asked.

"Yep! I don't know about Osamu though," Yuma said and the uniform faded away. He wore the school uniform that the boys were wearing at this school.

"That was dangerous! You could have died," Osamu scolded.

"I recall telling you that but you didn't listen," Yuma pointed out.

"I guess you should have listen to your mate here. You were struggling when I found you. Thank god Yuma, that's your name right, came here to save you," I exclaimed.

"And who are you?" Yuma asked.

"I'm Tubbo. I was just taking a walk when I heard screams and the Neighbors. So I decided to help out but guess you had it under control," I noted.

I noticed that I was still in my uniform.

"Trigger off."

My regular clothes were back on me.

"So guess I'm off," I said.

As I turned to leave, I heard Osamu asking Yuma a question about why his Trigger was different in Yuma's hands.

Then this black plane thingie appeared from Yuma and floated by him.

"I can answer that," the thing said.

"Whoa!" Osamu looked shocked.

"What the f*ck?" I asked.

"Oh you're still here," Yuma noted.

"Greetings Osamu and I suppose Tubbo. My name is Replica and I'm Yuma's chaperone. I'm what you call a Multi-task Trion Solider," he said.

"Trion solider?" I asked.

"Hmm, you usually don't talk to other people who aren't me," Yuma said.

"As thanks for guiding Yuma, I will answer your question. And I can tell that you have questions of your own, Tubbo," Replica explained.

"Hell yeah I do," I muttered.

"As you know, using your Trigger creates this other body that is immune to most attacks that aren't Trion related. You two are in Border so you know that already," Replica began.

Osamu and I nodded.

"However it seems like your world doesn't know this yet. There's an invisible organ in the human body called the Trion gland and it's located near your heart," Replica continued.

Osamu held his hand up close to his heart.

I stared at him intensely and felt the same sense that I have been feeling since I first got here.

Then I turned to Yuma and could sense it as well but much more stronger than Osamu but it was very cold.

If what Replica says is true, then that means that I can sense the Trion of others! But how can this be possible? I can't do this all the time and I can sense it barely with Osamu. I need to concentrate to sense his. Or can I? This is confusing, I thought.

"There are different amounts of Trion in each person. There can be someone who has a really strong Trion and someone has a really weak one. Using the same Trigger can wield different results depending on the Trion," Replica finished.

"Oh I get it! Since Osamu and Yuma have different wavelengths of Trion, using the same Trigger can get it a different form depending on who holds it. Right?" I asked.

"Exactly. Now there is something that you must do," Replica then turned to Yuma.

Yuma then turned to look down from the window before turned to Osamu.

"Well since you don't need my help anymore, I'll be taking my leave," I left but didn't leave the school.

Call me crazy or whatever, but I could sense something or someone strong was coming.

I decided to stay around the school but out of sight.

Basically Osamu was getting praise from his classmates for saving them but he didn't want any of that. At least he's honest with that.

And Yuma is becoming a theater kid by explaining things on what happened in an exaggerated manner.

Osamu is telling him to keep it small.

Then these three people appeared, wearing red Border uniforms.

They looked around confused.

"What happened?" Who I assumed the leader is, asked.

The students gasped, "It's Arashiyama Squad!"

The who now? I wondered.

Seems like Yuma had similar thoughts like me because he asked Osamu who they were.

According to Osamu, they are one the the A-Rank squads and represent Border in the media.

They are really popular among the city.

I zone out for a bit until Osamu walked up to the squad leader and said that he was the one who defeat the Neighbor.

He didn't sound enthusiastic though. It might be because he wasn't supposed to due to him being C-Rank.

...

...

I should probably leave before they see me. I'm also at C-Rank and I wasn't supposed to use my Trigger.

Skeppy was also not supposed to use his Trigger which is why Bad got mad at him.

But looks like Osamu didn't need to worry because he got praised for saving his classmates.

Hurray!

Until this violet haired girl took out her weapon and sliced up the dead Neighbor.

"I can but I wouldn't be stupid enough to try it with a training Trigger," she explained.

It looks like she was responding to a question that the squad leader asked.

"Arashiyama-senpai, you shouldn't praise rule breakers. He isn't allowed to use his Trigger," she said.

Arashiyama sighed at this.

"You are right but he did save people here," he pointed out.

"In Border, rules are made to keep order. Without them, things will go into chaos. We can't let him slip without having a proper punishment," the girl explained.

So a slap on the wrist kind of punishment or getting kicked out of Border kind of punishment. I wish it's the slap on the wrist kind. Osamu did actually try to help. It was either him or these guys arriving late to potential casualties. What's her problem and why is she saying this in front of so many people? I thought.

A/N: this took a while to write.

Cya in the next one -Flare