Otonashi and Kanade were sitting at their usual spot, eating lunch. It had been a few days since the two had become friends. The amount of time was difficult to judge as one loses concept of time flow in this world. So there they were sitting, eating without speaking, all the while being glared at by the SSS. So far, the group has not reacted too harshly towards Otonashi joining forces with Kanade, but it would not be long before violence became involved.

When the bell rang, Otonashi stood up, bade Kanade farewell and headed off to his next class. Before he could reach the room however, a certain halberd-wielding idiot blocked him.

"Did you actually think you could get away with declining Yurippe's offer and join the enemy without consequence? This is what you get!" He yelled at Otonashi going for the same attack as before. This time, however, Otonashi was expecting it and managed to dodge the initial strike but left himself wide open for any follow up attack. Noda, noticing this, went the go for the killing blow. Just as he was about to finish Otonashi, a white haired girl stepped in the way, blade crossing his, stopping the attack.

"Firstly, you are late for your class and are obstructing the learning of a fellow student. Secondly, you are attacking said student in a way that is not permitted. I will be reporting this to staff members, so expect detentions to be on your way." She informed, not showing any hint of emotion.

"I... damn you" Noda spat before storming off in some unknown direction.

"Thanks Kanade," Otonashi said once Noda had finally left,"if it wasn't for you, he would have killed me."

"If you are alright, I would suggest you attend you scheduled class," she replied in her normal, cool tone,"but... you welcome."

It had been a few days since the incident with Noda. Since then, no major incidents had occurred with the exception of a few snide remarks here and there. Kanade and Otonashi were eating lunch once again when Kanade suddenly said, "I will not be attending class for the rest of the day today. There is a group of students hidden underground who are supplying the SSS with their weapons. I am going to go down there and confront them."

"Then I will come with you." Otonashi replied.

"It would be best if you continued to go to class."

"What friend would I be if I just let you run into danger alone? I'm coming with you." Kanade just closed her eyes and nodded her head in confirmation.

So that was how Otonashi came to be standing in that tunnel with Kanade, going towards the place they called the guild.

"Please be careful, there are traps all through this place. Moreover, the SSS will soon hear of us being down here and come to stop us."

"How bad can it be?" Otonashi asked, walking forwards.

"Duck"

Otonashi only just managed to duck in time to avoid the giant hammer that came swinging down on his location.

"I think it would be better if you led the way, thinking about it."

The duo made their way, avoiding or defusing all of the traps they passed. They encountered a few odd traps such as the room the filled with water, but only enough so it would be up to chest height, or a wind up dog doll being thrown off a cliff. They eventually reached the location where Kanade said the guild was but were stopped by Yuri, who had just caught up to them and began shooting at Kanade. Otonashi leapt back, unable to do anything to assist with the fight. He looked on in wonder at how Kanade was either deflecting the bullets with her arm blade or they were just passing through her.

'I've got to ask her how she does that.' Otonashi thought out of the blue, 'it would mean I'm not useless in a situation like this.'

Just then, a group of people walked out of the entrance to the guild dragging what seemed to be a cannon and started aiming it at Kanade. Otonashi yelled out to her to dodge but she couldn't hear him over the sound of gunshots. The cannon fired, and backfired on the guild members, blowing up the entire machine and causing the tunnel to start collapsing. Otonashi dashed forwards and started dragging Kanade towards where he remembered the way out was.

The two were standing outside the exit of the tunnel, Otonashi doubled over trying to catch his breath.

"Are... Are you okay?" He panted

"Yes. Thank you for helping back there." Kanade replied

"What are friends for?" he grinned

This chapter took a lot longer than I would have liked to write. I had difficulty trying to figure out how to transition between scenes and I completely forgot how this episode went. Thank you for all of the reviews and of course, thank you for reading.