75 Kanpai!! (2/2)

”You don't need to yell, you idiot! He was literally just sitting there! You could've just, oh I don't know, walked over and said, ”Hey Axel, how are you?”, you know!?!”

Axel opened his mouth to try and calm Ann down but a hand landed on his shoulder. He turned and saw Stella, shaking her head as she mouthed, 'That's a bad idea.'

Suddenly, a gasp pulled his focus back to Ryuji and the others as Ryuji pointed to Stella and said, ”Dude! Isn't she the one from the palace! The one you told us was your pet snake?”

Stella hissed as her eyes became slits. Before Ryuji could so much as utter an 'eep', Stella appeared infront of him with a knife hand poised to strike his neck.

The only reason she didn't strike him was because of Axel. He had somehow moved between them and grabbed her wrist in an attempt to stop her.

However, his arm shook as he strained himself to hold her back. This reminded Axel that while Stella was his familiar, she was still currently stronger than him.

Turning towards Ryuji with an unamused look, he said, ”Ryuji, Stella isn't my pet. She's my familiar. Please don't call her that again as I don't know if I'll be able to stop her.”

Ryuji swallowed as he shakily replied, ”Y-yeah, sure thing dude. Thanks for saving me. And I'm sorry miss, I didn't know that you didn't like being called a pet.”

Everyone paused as they stared at Ryuji with wide eyes.

”H-he… actually spoke a sentence without doing or saying something stupid…” Murmured Ann.

Akira took his glasses off and wiped them before putting them back on. He stared at the scene before once again pulling his glasses off and cleaning them.

Axel rolled his eyes as he sighed, ”Alright, break it up. Let's just get this party started. And Ryuji?” Said Blonde turned towards Axel, ”Thank you for apologizing. Now, let's eat!”

After an hour of partying and eating, Axel stood up. Gently tapping a spoon against a glass, Axel waited for everyone to turn towards him before he spoke.

”*Ahem* So, before we continue, I'd like to get a couple things off my chest. You see…”

Everyone sat in silence as Axel fully explained who he was (minus their world being an anime) and why he was here.

Obviously, no one reacted badly since Axel has already explained this stuff before. However, when Axel went to show them proof, Ryuji quickly waved him off and smiled.

”Dude, there's no need for proof. I already believe you!”

Ann walked over and kissed, ”Same here, Axel. I already believed you since the day you told me.”

Looking over at Akira, the young Phantom theif smirked as he said, ”I believe you, Axel. You've already proven it anyway.”

Dumbfounded, Axel muttered, ”W-when?”

”Back in the palace, you not only use a fusion of fire and ice to destroy a ton of shadows, but you literally created a giant tree bridge that we used to escape the crumbling palace.” Replied Akira.

Axel was shocked as he fell into his chair and said, ”H-how… in the hell did I forget about that!?!”

Akira shrugged his shoulders as he quickly stuffed a sandwich into his mouth. Ryuji and Ann just laughed and continued partying while Axel was quietly trying to figure out how he forgot about those instances.

”Kanpai!”