"The first successful launch!" Kohaku looked up at the sky. "Now we can search the Moon for, Why-man right?"
"Not quite." Senku said.
"The first one is a simple yet elegant recon satellite." Xeno explained.
"Oh~ so that was another test run." you slowly nodded. "Only, in space this time."
"Even space demands a patient, step-by-step approach."
"So it appears..." Gen awkwardly smiled. "Imagine the horror if we had begun with manned crafts. All those failures would've led to so many deaths."
"Thankfully, we're not idiots!" you gave him a thumb up.

A while later, you had decent imagines of Japan seen from space. Everyone cheered.
"That's what we look like from space?!" Kohaku leaned closer to the screen. "That's our world!"
"Yeah, look we're right there!" you tapped the screen at you guys' location.
"Actually," Chelsea stepped in. "now we're more over here." she tapped a nearby spot.
"Oh right! Geography changed during those 3,700 years!"
"Do these images tell you much?" Senku asked Chelsea.
"Do they ever!" she stared at the screen with stars in her eyes. "This is freaky stuff!"
"For the space-related efforts to come, we desire a massive labor!" Ryusui smiled.
"Yeah, and creating an accurate, revised globe is the next step in our big plan to revive all seven billion people!" Senku exclaimed. "Ryusui, with his leadership skills, and Chelsea the master geographer are the ultimate tag team!"

Now with the data brought by the satellite, the newest tag team made a map of the new and revises world of the 58th century.
"The 58th?!" Gen exclaimed when he saw the title. "I mean, we knew that... Still, this is wild!"
The world went through a lot of changes during those 3,700 years, some better than others, but none of them were essentially bad. Sure didn't stop you guys from going around the world to revive people and set up cities. And eventually, with the help of everyone around the world, the Kingdom of Science's space telescope was launched into space, pointing towards the Moon. Kohaku, with her 20/20 vision, was assigned to keep an eye on the footage until she spots anything suspicious.
"Don't get me wrong," you said one day when you were hanging out with Suika and Chrome. "I'm happy that we're making progress but..."
"The second that Kohaku spots Why-man," she finished your sentence. "they'll wanna launch the one-way rocket!"
"Yep!" Chrome was focused on his work. "That just means we gotta finish our own mission before then!"
'With how long it took us to launch a satellite, there's no way they could show a finished product before then.' you thought.
But, you smiled.
"Exactly! You both made crazy progress in little time, you'll pull it off for sure!"

Since Kohaku never left her post, food had to be delivered to her. The two of you haven't hanged out in a while, so you took your dinner and hers and you went to bring it to her. Her eyes were glued to the screen the whole time.
"You may have perfect vision, but you're sure to wear glasses if you keep doing this." you joked.
"I have to (Y/n)!" she smiled, not looking away. "This is a mission of the upmost importance for the-" her eyes widen.
Before you could ask her what was wrong (although you knew what), she ripped off the screen from the desk and jumped out the window.
"Senku, Xeno!!!"
"Jesus fuckin' christ Kohaku!" you exclaimed before running out by the front door.

You found her shoving the miraculously still working screen in front of the two men's face.
"Look at this! From what I can tell, there's one spot that changes little by little over time."
Xeno took the screen and put it at arm length so that they could actually see it. Their eyes widen and they both smiled.
"Though I cannot identify this anomaly," he said. "as a NASA scientist, I can confirm that itt is certainly something... truly elegant!"
"We finally found you!" Senku said. "Hello there Why-man!"
You went over to look at it, and felt a chill when you saw this big black spot on the Moon. It didn't look like anything, just a black mass.
'What the fuck *are* you?'
You turned to look at the Moon.
"Weird we really couldn't see it from here..." you mumbled.
'Wait.' your eyes widen. 'But then... Chrome and Suika are too late.' you felt your heart shattering at the thought.

Still, when the news was announced, you celebrated with everyone.
"Yeah! We're coming for ya Why-man!" Taiju threw his fists in the air.
"We're gonna kick your ass!" you added.
"Now we can take the fight to him before he strikes!" Kohaku exclaimed. "We'll hit him hard and fast!"
"Via our one-way rocket, which ends with some of us petrified." Senku smiled.
"...Cool thanks for reminding us!" you laughed, it was very bittersweet.
"Have you decided on a song yet? It will be the last one I hear from you in a while."
You took a deep breath.
"I made a list of possible choices. Celine Dion's 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now' is a bit...very much cheesy, but I like it."
He snickered.
"Very cheesy, and a bit cringe too."

"This will be the last time you hear me, anything will be cheesy and cringe at this point." you faced him. "Think of the song like a promise. Anytime I'll think of you, even years, decades later, all my feelings for you will come back to me. That'll never change." you smiled, your eyes teary. "I'll sing that song with all my heart, and by the time I get to the outro, I will cry."
He smiled, but it also seemed bittersweet.
"I'll make you so leave you a bunch of messages, like video blogs or...voice messages." you paused, just now making the connection. "Like your dad did."
Senku pursued his lips, his eyebrows furrowed. He already noticed the parallel, but being reminded of it... For a brief moment, he looked hurt, sad, about to cry even, it made you want to hold him and never let go. But, like always, he eventually regained composure, but his eyes remained glassy.
"At least this time, I get to say goodbye." he smiled. "Right?"
There was a slight crack in his voice that you could only notice if you've been around him long enough. You kissed him and pressed your forehead on his, your eyes closed so as to not cry.
"Not yet..." you whispered. "You're not gone yet."
His expression softened. He held your hands.

You went to Suika and Chrome to tell them the news. When you walked in, you saw Suika first.
"Suika, they-"
"We heard." she hugged you, sobbing. "I guess it's a good thing... But now, they're all so eager to launch the one-way rocket.We couldn't made the deadline to build our round-trip rocket in time."
You bit your lower lip as you gently patted her head, holding back your own tears and holding her tightly.
"How is Chrome handling it?
She pointed to the back of the room. Chrome was still working full speed with an intense focus, but you could see the panic in his eyes, and the sweat soaking his face. Your eyes widen when you saw him.
'He's still working.' you thought, baffled. 'Even after hearing that he failed...'
You nothing that his hand, the one that wasn't writing, was clenched into a shaky fist. It pained you to see him like this. But it was also inspiring in a way. Gently, you pushed Suika away and sat in front of him. You took a bunch of blueprints and began to study them in details. Chrome looked at you surprised, he was about to say something when he saw the grave look on your face, he smiled and went back to work.

'If he was ready to trust me with this, then there must be *something* I can contribute!' you thought. 'Come on (Y/n)! Remember Senku's science babbles and compare them to this! Any difference at all! Big or small!'
"Ah."
"What?" Chrome immediately looked up. "What is it?!"
"The spaceship we're making, it's a one-time launch." you showed him the blueprint. "In the 21th century, they were sent big piece by big piece." you turned it back to you. "But it makes sense here, since we don't have enough to-"
He snatched the paper out of your hands and looked at it closely. His face lit up and a big smile formed on his face.
"Finally!" he exclaimed. "My flash of inspiration! A way for everyone to survive and make it home! In a two-way rocket made possible by science!"
He then went back to work, even more focused now. You and Suika tried to ask him what his idea was, but he wouldn't answer. At some point, you went back home. You haven't heard from Chrome in a few days, then he went to you and asked, without even saying hello:
"We need to organize an event! To present our plan and make them understand!"
"I'm all about that, let's do this." you gave him a thumb up.

And so, the stone world's first Mega Science Conference was opened. Setting up the Super Scientists against the Rookie Scientists.
"What is this...?" Senku asked, confused.
"Listen up!" Chrome stood in front of everyone. "We don't agree with your crazy suicide mission on a one-way rocket! We could get our happy ending with a two-way rocket instead!"
"Uh, Chrome-chan," Gen awkwardly spoke. "naturally we all wish such a thing was possible. But alas..."
"I'm sure you two already know the problem." Senku said. "A two-way rocket would have to be gigantic, and we'd need to start our test launches from scratch."
"Easily five time the risks and the time commitment." Xeno added. "I'm envisioning decades of work at least."
"That's why, this whole time, Chrome has been racking his brain for an answer!" Suika exclaimed.
"Don't sell yourself short, come on." you nudged her.
"W-we were searching for a way for the little rocket to somehow make it to the Moon and back!"

"On that note, check it out!" Chrome pulled a lever, revealing his blueprint for his spaceship. "The rookie science team's bad crazy insane scheme! We're gonna take that gigantic spaceship that can make it back home from the Moon, and we're gonna launch it there in five pieces! Then, up in space, they combine into one!"
"Woo~! Yeah!" you cheered and clapped, while the room was in complete, stunned silence. "You go science boy! Become a science *man*!"
He puffed his chest, proud of himself.
"I'm...speechless." Gen lightly shook his head.
"I don't have a clue what this space stuff is all about." Kohaku said. "But even I can recognize one of Chrome's nutty schemes when I see it!"
"Senku-chan, Xeno-chan," Gen looked at them. "Care to comment?"

You waited for their response, more nervous than you thought you would be. They both stared at the giant blueprint for a moment before looking back at the rookie science team.
"The space station Byakuya and the others lived in was also launched in pieces and assembled in space. It's nothing new."
"I-I knew that!" Chrome exclaimed, though it clearly still hurt him to hear that. "(Y/n) told me, she's the one who made me come up with it!"
The two Super Scientists looked at you, along with everyone.
"Uh...eheh." you chuckled, your eyebrows furrowed.
Ryu laughed.
"Always a source of inspiration she is," he exclaimed. "no matter the department!"
Senku sighed, both him and Xeno smiling.

"You're right. Who cares if it's not a new idea?" he picked his ear. "It's a wild, out-of-this-work plan, that falls ten billion percent outside of me and Xeno's thinking."
'You...You just established that it wasn't anything new.'
"And yet..."
"Once upon a time," Xeno folded his arms. "even NASA theorized about launching a piecemeal spaceship. However, the fatal stumbling block is in the design. The complex design needed for a two-way spaceship come in interlocking, joinable sections. So it would involve several million individual components."
"So what you're saying is..." Ryusui smiled widely. "If we put the population of the new world to work on crafting those millions of components, we stand a chance of creating this multi-part ship? Am I wrong?!"
"And oh! What luck!" you smiled in a similar manner. "We just recently revived a bunch of people from across the whole globe!"
"If nothing else, I've run the math for these launches." Sai said. "Chrome showed me his research papers before this presentation."
"Yeah," Senku nodded, looking over the papers. "it all works out on paper."
"A truly elegant motion," Xeno smiled. "but not one I could call realistic."
'Right,' you pursued you lips. 'this guy's more efficient-oriented.'

"Hey! Let's ask everyone which plan they like better!" Chrome quickly suggested.
"That would mean revealing the petrification device's secret..." Gen said.
"What? That it works in space?" you frowned. "We don't have to reveal that it can-"
"Fine! Then just the people here!" Chrome cut you off. "I know we're the rookie science team and the super technical details are lost to us... So if you say it's ten billion percent impossible and the one-way trip is the only option, then I'll back off." he looked down, his fists clenched. "But if we even got the slimmest shot at making this work, then the two sides should duke it out! One-way or two-way?! All of us should decide!" he looked at Senku and Xeno, teary-eyed, but more determined than ever. "'Cause that's how the Kingdom of Science works! We combine our strength to build and create!"
You sniffed, getting emotional.
"Nevermind me," you gave him a smack on the back, wiping a tear away with your other hand. "you're the inspiring one here Chrome! That was a protagonist moment right there!"
He chuckled and scratched the back of his head, flustered.

"Haha!" Ryu snapped his fingers. "They will be the stone world's first democratic vote!"
"Good thing I've coded a voting program." Sai took out a stack of coding papers.
"That was fast!!!" Gen exclaimed.
You all went to the computer room, where Sai installed two buttons. '1 way', and '2 way'. As people started voting, Senku chuckled.
"Better not be any fraud."
Ryu huffed.
"Worrying about that is pointless. Senku, just like how you never lie when it comes to science, Sai would never taint his coding with deceit."
Xeno voted before you. When you walked passed each-other, you glared at him and he just smiled.

"The results are in!" Sai eventually announced.
He began typing while everyone leaned closer to the screen, you nervously played with your fingers. "Win 2 way" appeared on it. A booming 'yeah' echoed throughout the room. You grabbed Senku's face and gave him a smooch before hugging him tightly. He laughed wholeheartedly.
"Looks like you're gonna have to change your song choice." he smirked, his cheeks dusted with pink.
"I'll worry about that later!" you let go of him "In your face bitch!" you pointed at Xeno with a big smile, making him chuckle. "Not today satan!"
"We won fair and square!" Chrome pointed at Senku, also with a big smile. "No going back now!"
"Wouldn't dream of it." he smiled and walked out. "Welp, we got a brutal road ahead of us."
"We're in this too!" Suika exclaimed, pumped. "Anything to be helpful!"

Everyone followed them. Only you and Sai stayed.
"Say Sai," you looked at him. "only the winner was announced, but what's the score?"
"Mmh? Why do you wanna know?"
You didn't respond. Truth was, you wanted confirmation.
"Well," he started to type. "there wouldn't be any harm in showing the tally."
He looked up and his eyes widen. It was a unanimous vote. No one voted for the suicide mission. He turned to you and was even more surprised by your reaction. You covered your mouth in astonishment as tears flowed down your face. With the few context clues he had, Sai smiled.
"I didn't expect Xeno to vote for the two-way either." he said. "It's good to see that deep down, he has good intentions."
You sniffed and looked up, blinking rapidly. When you left the room, Xeno was nearby and he noticed you. He smiled at you, like he did so many times before. You just stared for a moment before you eventually, finally, smiled back at him. He was surprised, but his smile only became bigger. You went to join Senku and the others.

"You and Xeno were whispering earlier," Ukyo told Senku. "and I happened to overhear something wild."
"Kukuku~! Nothing escapes your godlike ears Ukyo."
"What did you spoke about?" you leaned closer.
"The whole world's gotta work on this transforming rocket." he explained. "And the only way to make it happen is if we hook the stone wold up..." a wide grin formed on his face. "With the internet!!!"
"Oh my god!" you held your head. "Seriously?! We're finally doing this?!"
"At long last!" Gen spoke in disbelief.
"Ayo Sai!!!" you shouted. "Get out here! We're re-creating the internet!"
The second you said that, Sai came sprinting over so you could get hyped together.

"Internet?" Taiju tilted his head. "That's the thing I used on my smartphone!"
"There is no way you just forgot what the internet is!" you exclaimed.
"So we finally made it back to this point?!"
"Yep." Senku nodded. "In terms of the major groundwork for our trip to the Moon, this is the crafting project and the final one."
"Twitter and the rest of social media made use of the internet." Gen smiled. "We used it constantly and basically took it for granted."
"Oh yeah!" you hit your fist on the palm of your other hand. "Now we can remake twitter, except this time all the neo-n*zis and p*dos will *actually* get banned."
Gen chocked on air.
"I-I didn't expect that from you (Y/n)-chan!"
"What? Not liking n*zis and p*dos?" you raised an eyebrow.
"No! I mean, commentary like this!"
"Oh. Well you know, sometimes if you don't point out things from the get go, someone else will do it, but they'll be more of a dick about it."

"That makes sense I suppose." he turned towards Senku. "I have one basic question though." he said. "How do you make the internet?!"
"With tochu tea."
"...Ah yes." you nodded. "Of course." you looked at Gen.
"Silly us, we should've thought of that." he nodded. "A tea known for it's health properties- What does that have to do with the internet?!"
"Yeah, even I'm questioning it."
"And (Y/n)-chan's a simp, she never questions her boyfriend!"
"That's not true!" you hit him in the arm. "I don't question the big brain science man! But this?"
"I get it!" Taiju exclaimed. "We all drink some tasty tea, and then we'll get powered up enough to make the internet!"
"Wrong." Senku bluntly said as you laughed.

Remaking tea was a piece of cake at this point. And with François, it turned into a pleasant tea party in Innoshima, brought to you by the Nanami Corp..
"Eucommia!" Chelsea beamed, gesturing to a bunch of trees. "It's one freakishly hardy tree! pesky bugs can't hurt it at all! And it's been surviving since the days of the dinosaurs!"
Chrome took one of the tree's leaves. He broke it in half and discovers a weird silkie thing inside.
"What's this sticky stretchy stuff?" Chrome asked.
"We're here for that stretchy stuff." Senku smiled. "The tea is just a bonus."
"...Why didn't we use that when we made guitar strings?" you asked.
"(Y/n), this is an island. There was no way for us to go get these leaves at the time."
"So if we did have a boat at the time, we would've used them?" you folded your arms with a raised eyebrow.
"...It would've been way less funny though~."
"Man fuck you!"
He cackled.

"You didn't answer me!" Chrome brought the subject back. "So it's like silk?!"
"It's called eucommia elastomer." he explained. "Since it stands up to water and electricity well, it was used to make stuff like golf balls and 3D-printer filaments."
"Mmh? I thought we were making the internet here." Taiju tilted his head.
"Those powerful sticky webs turn into the world wide web? But how exactly?" asked Gen.
"Hang on..." Chrome stared at the leaf. "It stands up to water and electricity."
You and him both gasped.
"You got it too (Y/n)-chan?"
"'Course she did." Senku chuckled. "But do walk me through your process."
"Don't you guys know?!" you looked at Gen and Taiju. "Even in the 21st century, the internet was just one big cable in the *ocean*!"
"No freaking way!" Chrome looked at Senku. "We're dropping cords down into the oceans, right?! To link up the entire world!"

"Hmph!" Ryu stood up from his comfortable fancy seat. "Connecting Japan to the United States all at once clearly isn't an option. So our relay point will be the island of eternal summer: Hawaii!"
You gasped.
"Oh my god! Can I go with you?!" you leaned closer to him. "I love Hawaiian instruments!"
He giggled, his cheeks dusted with pink.
"You don't have to ask my dear. There will always be a place for you on my ship!"
"Awesome! Let's go~!"
Cut to the two of you, lazing around on the beach in swimsuits and sipping François' new Hawaiian coffee.
"You both had another motive for this pit stop!" Gen exclaimed, sweating in his kimono.

A bunch of screens were set up, one for every big cities in the world, with one camera above them. The big cable was plugged in and one by one, they all turned on and showed everyone.
"Look at that!" Get exclaimed as you all cheered. "An online meeting!"
"Amazing." Yuzuriha smiled, a tear in her eye. "We're spread far and wide, but we can get together like this for a chat!"
"Just like the old days baby!" you smiled.
"Yeeees!" Ginrou cried. "This means goodbye forever to that annoying morse code stuff! Right?!"
'Oh Ginrou, I cannot believe that I missed you too.'
"Now that we're connected," Kohaku said in awe. "the science-users around the world can work together as one."

Together, Senku and Xeno stood in front of the camera, with a board behind them.
"I am Dr. Xeno, former NASA scientist. And this is-"
"The name's Senku. Skip the intros. Let's get to what matters."
You laughed.
"They both get down to business right away." you smiled. "I swear, they're like brothers."
"Huh~!" Chelsea leaned closer to you. "No more trash talking Xeno? What's with the switch up?"
"I'm curious too." Gen smirked, knowing the answer. "Whatever happened between you two?"
You just smiled and never answered.