Chapter 18
As Shun materialized into the Xyz dimension, he noticed he wasn't where he programmed it to go. "Where is this? I'm sure I said 'home'.." He looked around the best he could with all the trees surrounding him. He looked at his phone then saw he had no service. "Guess I'm on my own, but seriously, where in the fuck is this?" He walked around but ended up at his landmark every time.
Ruri tried once more in calling Shun, hoping to ask him to come home soon. "Still nothing? You've been calling for like, 3 hours." "I know, Yuya. Now I have a good reason to worry. Did you ask around?" "We sure did." Yuto said as he walked into the kitchen. Ruri let out a heavy sigh then ask the couple to help her make dinner.
"Hm, this is an odd locket. My parents must've been into this stuff. Gross." He opens the locket and a small key falls out. "Hm, maybe it opens that small box I found earlier this week. But knowing my mom, it probably doesn't." He thought about going back to that old styled home, but the thought of it makes his skin crawl.
"Shinji, where's the tea? Shinji?" He sighed then opened a few more cupboards. He finally found the tea then started boiling some hot water. "It's real quiet now that he's gone. No, I wont admit it. I refuse." After a while, he heard the pot whistling and went to go check on it. As Jack went to pour the hot water, he heard someone yell "Hey there!" and spilled the water on himself. "Oh my...I'll go get some cold washcloths. Here's some ice for now." Jack let out a sigh as he watched Shinji dash up the stairs.
"Yo." "What can I do for you?" Yuya replied to Yuto. "Well first of all, you can put that phone down and look at me." Yuto waited but Yuya didn't seem the slightest bit phased. "Then I'll just..." Yuto said as plucked Yuya's phone from his hands. "Hey! Give it back!" Yuya yelled as he chased after Yuto. "I'll give it back to you, but..." Yuya let out a sigh then waited for Yuto to finish. "You have to do anything and everything I tell you for 2 hours." "That's torture and we both know it. Keep it." Yuya said as he turned around and walked away. "He acts like he doesn't like the idea. His joy could clearly be seen in his eyes."
Shun opened his eyes and was greeted by the sun and trees. "Maybe I can see where I am now.." He looked around then instantly recognized it. "Great. I'm in the forest. How did the maze go again..?" Just as he started walking, the card that Crow gave him a long while ago started hovering in the opposite direction. "It's that way?" he asked quietly. As if the card understood, it made a motion as if it was nodding it's head. He reluctantly followed behind it hoping it'd lead him out.
Crow flipped through some pages of a book then started wondering about Shun. "He usually bombards me with messages around this time." He heard a knock on his door then went to check it out. "It's Ruri. Is Shun there?" Crow opened the door to let her confirm that he wasn't around. "Why do you ask? Did not go home?" He watched Ruri shake her head then started feeling a bit of worry. "He's Shun. He'll be okay.." She shrugged at his statement then walked away.
"Hm, what's this fountain? It's so out of place here.." He looked at the hovering card for answer but it simply hovered. "Right, cards can't talk. Though, this fountain looks familiar. But the one I remember was filled with water." The card started to glow then floated down into the barren fountain. "Well, I guess I make my way from here. Hold up, what's this jewel doing on top..." He reached up and tried pulling it off. He looked down then saw it was filled with water. He reached in and picked up the card from on top of the water. "Yeah, I think now is a good time to get going..." He quickly walked away and disappeared amongst the trees.
Jack calmly watched Shinji replace the washcloth on his arm with a colder one. "Thanks for the first degree burns." Shinji looked away then stood up. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were handling hot liquid." Jack simply nodded then said, "I was joking. They're not first degree burns, hopefully." Shinji remained quiet then sat down next to him. "Even still, sorry." Jack patted his back as they remained in silence.
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