A bell rang as Ayu and her mom entered the Kurogane shop. This was her mother's first time visiting the shop. A shinki with braided blonde hair stood on a shelf and bowed as they came through the door.
“Hello. Welcome to the Kurogane shop. Can I help you find something?” she said politely. Ayu's mother looked for the source of the voice, only seeing the shinki on the the shelf when Ayu waved at it.
“Hi Yukari” Ayu said, smiling.
Ayu's mom looked at the shinki curiously before looking to her daughter.
“Is this a friend of yours Ayu?” she asked.
Ayu nodded.
“Yeah. She's the shop owner Alice's Shinki, Yukari” Ayu said.
Yukari bowed again.
“It's very nice to meet you ma'am” she said.
“It's very nice to meet you too Yukari. My name is Hope Kisari. I'm Ayu's mother” Hope said, smiling.
Yukari nodded.
“It's nice to meet you Mrs. Kisari. May I call you Hope?” she asked politely.
Hope nodded. “Sure” she replied.
“Hey, Yukari? Where can I find Alice? It's a bit urgent” Ayu said.
“Alice should be at the register. She just finished shelving the new shipment of parts and Shinkis that came in this morning” Yukari said.
Ayu nodded.
“Thanks Yukari” she said, quickly making her way through the store.

Approaching the counter, Ayu could see a girl in her early twenties with long blonde hair bent over sorting through a cardboard box.
“Um, Alice?” Ayu said.
“Huh? Oh, hey Ayu. Did Yukari already tell you about the new shipment we got this morning?” Alice asked, moving herself upright. She wore glasses and a white appron over her clothes.
“Yeah, but I'm not here today to check out the new Shinkis” Ayu said.
“Oh? Then what brings you here today? Don't tell me, you're finally getting your own Shinki today?” Alice asked, smiling.
“Not exactly...” Ayu said, placing the case on the counter and opening it for Alice to see.
“What happened to her?” Alice asked, now highly concerned.
“I don't know. I found her like this outside my window this morning. Whatever happened to her, several parts are going to need to be replaced, and it looks like her CSC is damaged too” Ayu said.
Alice carefully picked the damaged Shinki up and adjusted her glasses before studying the damaged chest area.
“Yeah. Whatever did this to her hit her hard enough to break through the protective breast panel” Alice said, reaching into her shirt pocket and pulling out a small tool.
Touching the small panel with the tool, the three colored spheres inside floated out and hovered above her. Returning the tool to her pocket, she gently set the Shinki back into the soft case before taking the floating spheres and placing each onto a large, circular panel plugged into the computer by the register.

After tapping several keys, a blue light surrounded the panel, and Ayu watched as the damaged spheres began to repair.
“While those being repaired, let's take a look at her armor” Alice said as she began to carefully study each piece of armor.
“Well, this booster on the right wing is as good as gone, and it looks like the right wing was somehow broken. Possibly from a battle. Replacing the damaged pieces of her armor won't be a problem, but her CSC needs to be replaced, which is a very difficult part of the Shinki to repair” Alice said.
Ayu smiled. “Don't forget who you're talking to here Alice” Ayu said.
“Heh, you're right. If anyone can handle a job like this besides me, it's definitely you” Alice said, smiling.

As the blue light disappeared, the colored spheres slowly floated down into Alice's hand. Reaching under the counter, Alice took out a small case and placed the spheres inside.
“Put this in your case. It'll keep the cores safe until you're done with the repairs” Alice said. Ayu nodded and took the tiny case and placed it in the larger case she brought with her.

“How is she Ayu?” Hope asked, approaching the counter with Yukari sitting on her hand.
“She's going to need several parts replaced, and I'm going to need to repair her CSC if she's ever going to wake up again” Ayu said.
“Are you sure you can handle such a difficult repair job Ayu?” Hope asked, lowering her hand to the counter to let Yukari hop off.
Ayu nodded. “Absolutely” Ayu said, smiling at her mom and giving her a thumbs up.
“Oh. Are you Ayu's mom?” Alice asked.
Hope nodded. “Yes. My name's Hope Kisari” she said.
Alice smiled.
“It's nice to finally get to meet you. I'm Alice Kurogane, and from the look of things, you've already met my Shinki Yukari” she said.
Hope nodded.
“Do you think you have the parts Ayu will need to fix her?” Hope asked.
“You bet. I'm going to have to repair her broken armor here in the shop, but I have all the parts needed to get her functioning again. The tricky part is going to be replacing her CSC. I have everything to do it here, but...” Alice said.

Hope nodded.
“It's an essential for any Shinki owner to have. If the CSC isn't operational, she won't be able to wake up” Hope said, looking at it.
“You know about Shinkis?” Alice asked.
“Not as much as Ayu, but yes. My husband has been working on the development of Shinkis for years now, and I've had plenty of time to learn about them” Hope said.
“Looks like you and I are going to get along just fine” Alice said, smiling.
“Now lets see about her armor here... she'll definitely need replacements for her wing and booster, but it may be best to replace both wings and boosters. She'll need a new chest plate as well as a new chest panel too. The armor for her arms and legs seems to be intact though. You'll want to give her a once over of fresh paint too. Did you find any kind of weapons with her Ayu?” Alice asked.
Ayu shook her head.
“No. I brought with me everything I found her with. Do you think she was attacked or something?” Ayu asked.
“Considering the damage to her chest, it might be possible. The point of the break is too precise. Unfortunately, once her new CSC is installed, she won't have any of the memories she had while the previous one was in. So we really won't have any way knowing just what exactly happened to her and how” Alice said.

“Have you found out who she belongs to yet?” Yukari asked.
Ayu sighed.
“That's the weird thing. She isn't registered to an owner, and she doesn't have a name or registry number either” Ayu said.
“It's possible her previous owner may have disowned her then” Alice said.
“If she was disowned, would Ayu be able to take her in as her own Shinki?” Hope asked. Yukari nodded.
“Yes. We have the necessary paperwork and legal documents here that Ayu is going to need to read and sign, and she's going to have to through the activation process for her... but once all that is said and done, she's all hers” Yukari said.
Ayu nodded.
“Okay then. I don't know how she ended up like this, but I do know that no Shinki deserves to be left like this” Ayu said, looking down at the damaged Shinki.
Alice smiled.
“If you're set on doing this, let me go get those parts and paperwork for you” Alice said, stepping out from behind the counter.
Moments later, after Alice picked several items from the isle, she returned back to the counter. “Okay, this should be everything you'll need to repair her” Alice said, setting down the items. “Will you be using this to replace her arm and leg?” Hope asked, picking up a package with a faceless white Shinki inside.
Ayu nodded.
“Yeah. Blank models are mainly made to be used for repairs or custom Shinkis” Ayu said.
Hope nodded.
“You're really lucking out here. Repairing the Shinki you found is a lot cheaper than buying a new one entirely. All this is also cheaper together than a brand new Shinki” Alice said, smiling and ringing up the items Ayu was getting.
“Oh, and as long as you guys keep what I'm about to do our little secret...” Alice said, looking down at Yukari, who smiled and nodded at Alice.
“I'm going to give you the blank model for free” Alice said.
“I-is that really okay?” Ayu asked, surprised.
Alice nodded.
“Yeah, but just this time. Think of it as my gift to you for raising your grades the way you did” Alice said, smiling.
“Wow, thank you Alice” Ayu said, smiling.
Hope payed for the other items before Alice bagged them. “Once you get her all fixed up, I'd love to get a chance to see her” Alice said.
“You got it. If I can fix her by tonight, I'll bring her over tomorrow so you can meet her” Ayu said.
“I'll hold you to that. Now then, there's a lot of papers you'll need to go through, so why don't we get started on that” Alice said, reaching into a drawer under the counter and taking out a small stack of papers and a pen.
Ayu nodded and took the pen.
“Feel free to ask if there are any parts you need help on” Alice said.
“Got it” Ayu said, nodding.
Alice and hope then watched as Ayu began to carefully read each document and signing as needed.


To be Continued...


Chapter 2 of my story, Rise of an Angel:). This chapter introduces a character of mine that some of you may be familiar with from past works of mine, Alice Kurogane:). She runs a small Shinki shop in Ayu's town, and Ayu goes to her to help have the damage to the Shinki she found assessed and to buy the parts she's going to need to repair her. Now that she has the part she needs and has begun to the process of filling out the legal paperwork, we'll be meeting Ayu's new Shinki in Chapter 3.
In regards to paperwork, the process of buying a Shinki is a tiny bit like adoption. When someone buys a Shinki, they're required to fill out various legal documents confirming ownership, agreeing not to use their Shinki for any kind of illegal activities, and acknowledging that they are aware of the potential consequences of using their Shinki to participate in illegal battles or criminal acts.

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