Re:Zero Flaw If

They were once again standing in front of the appa stand Los looked at Subaru who had gone quiet suddenly, Subaru looked like he had seen a ghost he trembled for a moment before looking over at Los with a horrified expression.

Los looked back at him with a perplexed look on his face "WHAT the hell was that Los?" Los simply tilted his head and raised an eyebrow Subaru grabbed Los by the shoulder and took him to a nearby alleyway "You don't remember do you?"

Los shook his head in response Subaru looked confused as well for a moment and then said "I think I just died" Los reached out a hand and grabbed Subaru's shoulder Grey energy crackled around them for a moment and the events of the previous loop replayed through both of their minds. Los let go of Subaru's shoulder and regarded him with a blank expression Subaru stared back confused at what to say at first before asking "Did you see all that?"

Los nodded his head and Subaru put a hand on his chin in thought "So you want to tell me what the hell that magic is?" Los looked at him for a moment and then shrugged Subaru stared at him this guy had just leveled an entire city with the raise of a hand and didn't even know how it happened. This guy could be a ticking time bomb for all Subaru knew. Before they could continue their conversation they heard a voice at the end of the alleyway

"What have we here," said a large man in a green vest with white pants two other men came out from behind him they smiled and produced weapons one of them was lanky and dressed all in Grey and one was dressed in red with a red cloak and a bowl cut and he was stubby in stature the lanky one pointed his dagger at them and said "we'll be taking all your valuables now chums sorry for the tough luck"

Subaru looked at them confused but Los immediately raised a hand towards the thug the energy crackling around him once again Subaru's eyes widened in fear and he grabbed Los' arm and pulled it down in Los looked at him and stopped crackling Subaru then said, "you can't use that here or we'll be killed again can you just punch them or something?"

Los thought for a second then nodded, and before Subaru could sigh in relief he closed the distance between them and the thugs.

the big one in the middle was the first he began to raise his fist to hit Los but he was hit cleanly in the solar plexus with a straight punch that launched him out of the alley shouting the smaller man swung at him but a back fist landed on his temple and he was knocked unconscious the lean man stabbed at him several times all of which were avoided before he was kicked in the leg knocking him to one knee once here he was hit with an uppercut which knocked him out.

Los stood over the two men the third groaning in a heap outside the alley a small girl ran past them shouting "COMING THROUGH" Subaru and Los let her pass somewhat taken aback though Los saw something shining in her arms and then Subaru walked up to Los and said, "yeah so no more magic just use your fists like that ok?"

Los nodded his head in agreement and they turned to exit the alley but before they could, a white-haired girl appeared in front of them "Return what you have stolen now!" She exclaimed Los tilted his head and Subaru pointed a finger at himself and asked "Who, me?"

The girl looked annoyed and replied, Yes you! do you think I'm talking to those guys behind you?"

Subaru looked back at the unconscious thugs and replied "I guess not. But the thing is, I didn't steal anything." The white-haired girl looked like she had something to say about that but from a crystal on her neck a floating cat appeared the cat then said "he's telling the truth"

the girl looked down and said "Oh" Quickly she looked up and asked "Then what about your friend there" Los shook his head and the cat nodded at the white-haired girl she puffed up her cheeks and balled her fists She turned to leave but then Los touched Subarus shoulder and telepathically showed him the little girl holding the shining object.

"hey by any chance did you lose something shiny?" Asked Subaru "The girl turned back and said "yes it's my emblem" "Well a little girl ran through here earlier that looked just like that" The girl's eyes lit up and she replied Thank you for the information." Subaru shrugged and replied, " no problem we can help you look if you want."

the white-haired girl looked confused and asked "Why would you possibly want to do that I accused you of theft." "oh it's nothing just doing the right thing but before we start I'd like to know your name" "My name is... Satella," the white-haired girl said the cat looked at her when she said this Los looked surprised and Subaru replied "that's a lovely name I am Natsuki Subaru" Los put a hand on his shoulder again but this time all that was put into his mind was "She Lied" Subaru sucked in air as he returned and looked at her and said "however 'Satella' is not really your name now is it."

the girl looked shocked and closed her mouth the floating cat took note of this and said "really Lia they aren't bad people I can tell there's no need for this."

she still didn't speak so the cat spoke for her "you are correct, her name is Emilia and I am Puck."

"well it's nice that's out the way nice to meet you puck are you some kind of spirit?" Puck grinned and came closer "ooh a sharp intuition I like that" he seemed to be about to let Subaru pet him but then came aware and rapidly turned to face Los he shot back and a freezing temperature began to creep into them.

"WHOA, what are you doing?!" Asked Subaru "Who the hell is that guy." demanded Puck Subaru replied "I don't know we just met and he has no memories, why what's wrong with him" Puck sensing no lie lowered his guard slightly and replied "There is an aura around him that drained my mana and if I got any closer I would be killed, in fact every spirit in the area is far away from him right now" Los looked around but didn't see anything Subaru looked at him and said "So there's nothing else like him in this world?" Puck nodded and replied "It seems he's a flaw"

They walked together Los behind them where he wouldn't drain Emilia or Puck'smana. After the conversation regarding Los, they awkwardly switched the topic to finding Emily's emblem "Any idea where we should start?" Asked Subaru, Los stood awkwardly in place before shooting into the air rapidly. catching everyone off guard "HEY WHERE ARE YOU GOING!" Subaru shouted up at him Los wordlessly shot off with a loud boom before arriving back in about 2 minutes he then pointed in a direction and they all followed him. It took them about 30 minutes to arrive at the destination, the slums.

they got weird looks from all around as they walked through "This doesn't feel particularly safe" remarked Subaru "Fortunately you have me and your friend over there otherwise it wouldn't be" replied Puck "However hopefully he'll be fine on his own because I'm starting to get a little tired" "what!?" Asked Subaru "I have a condition that allows me to be summoned for a certain amount of time and that runs out right about... now!"

After saying this he disappeared leaving Subaru gaping. The 3 of them arrived at a shack Los opened the door and beckoned them inside. A large man was sitting at a desk with all sorts of trinkets around a small girl sitting on a chair while twiddling her thumbs they regarded their visitors calmly.

Subaru couldn't help but notice the large club behind the man on the desk was a silver emblem Emilia immediately walked across the room and stated: "This is my emblem and I demand you return it at once."

The old man grunted in response before standing up, he truly was a giant and towered well above Emilia Los prepared to attack but Subaru put a hand in front of him "We can negotiate to buy this if you wish." the old man grunted again and sat back down before exclaiming "that's great! Now what of value could you have to offer us to trade?" Subaru rummaged around in his pockets for a moment before producing his flip phone "This is.... a magical object that can seal a moment in time!"

Subaru remarked he then snapped a picture of of Rom and showed it to him Rom looked baffled and remarked "A media... and I've never seen one like this" "It's probably the only one in the world" replied Subaru with a grin "so wadda ya say? What is it worth?" "Well it's amazing if I were selling this I'd take fifteen.. no, twenty holy golden coins that's how much it's worth." Subaru's Nostrils flared and he then asked "So is that enough to trade for the insignia?"

For the first time, the small girl spoke up "this item has already been requested we will have to wait for the other party and see if they can match your offer." "No problem" replied Subaru "We'll just have to see who else wants our emblem and why" so they waited until the click of the door opening was heard by all and a chill ran down Subaru and Los' spines.

a woman in a revealing black dress walked through the door with a smile plastered across her face however Los recognized the threat immediately the intent behind her eyes was clear and she instantly read that she had been found out.

wordlessly the two of them shot across the room colliding halfway across the woman wielded two daggers Los blocked and parried her strikes with nothing but his arms this continued for a brief moment as they zipped across the room Emilia, Subaru, the old man, and the little girl all huddled under the desk as the two were entirely focused on one another until they broke apart, Los landed in the bottom corner well the woman hung from the ceiling opposite from him she smiled wickedly and spoke first.

"I am Elsa Grainheart pleasure to meet you!" Los simply raised both hands above his shoulders. energy crackled around him and two gray and black daggers fell into his hands from a gate, the gate then closed and with another crackle of energy, he shot even faster toward Elsa.

this time she jumped shortly after he did. the clang of their dagger's colliding was heard and they both shot through the ceiling.

outside, the battle in the air continued. Elsa matched and parried every strike and then landed a kick launching Loa back through the roof she then fell after him headfirst, daggers outstretched but Los had already flipped and landed he held a hand up to the sky and spoke for the first time "Checkmate."

a blast of black and red energy ripped through the top of the building directly impacting Elsa as she fell everything seemed to freeze for a moment and the rubble fell from the sky all around Subaru, Emilia and the two looters both peaked over the desks to see Los standing amidst the falling debris a large piece landed and from It, Elsa emerged she was badly wounded and her clothing was uncomfortably torn she smiled and said: "what an attack, truly...remarkable." Los prepared to finish her but she pointed at Subaru Los looked back and saw it, one of her daggers Falling towards Subaru he blitzed towards it catching it and as he did, it disintegrated in his hand.

he frowned and looked back at where Elsa had been she was long gone now and crushed the dust that had been her dagger in his hand the old man hugged him and said "Thank you so much the other buyer was that woman! If you hadn't been here there's no doubt we would have been killed. my names rom and this is felt" he said gesturing towards the girl

"yeah that was like way cool dude and here you can have your insignia it's a small price for our lives" Los nodded taking and handing the insignia to Emilia a woosh and a thump was heard by everyone, who turned to look. a red-haired man in all white garb was standing in the middle of the house he looked around and asked "Is there a problem I heard some commotion" he then looked at Los and said, "Oh you were the one flying around earlier I didn't sense any bad intent from you so I let you be but you may scare someone doing that."

Subaru looked puzzled "And just who the hell are you dude a little late huh?" The man replied, "I am Reinhard Van Astrea the sword saint."

Emilia who had looked surprised now looked like her suspicion had been confirmed Reinhard then looked at Felt and looking shocked remarked "Are you... I'm sorry it looks like everything here is under control so it can wait and this cannot."

Reinhard then strutted over grabbed Felt by the arm and walked away old man Rom stood up to protest but simultaneously tweaked his back and all the blood rushed to his head and he passed out.

Subaru and Emilia protested but Los held up a hand he did not sense any evil intent behind Reinhard taking felt away just a sense of duty Reinhard nodded and said "Sorry there isn't much I can say other than it would be a great crime not to take her."

Los' attention then shifted to Subaru who had been injured during the fight by some sort of debris that fell on him " I can heal him partially but he'll need to recover as well afterward" Emilia said, "do you guys have a place to stay?"

Los shook his head and Subaru also said no so Emilia tilted her head and Remarked "Well how about you come home with me? You can stay as guests until Subaru is healed Subaru looked at Los very briefly before saying "Yes that will be great thank you very much!" "It's settled then!" Emilia exclaimed "Now we figure out how to get back."