Chapter 30: Teleportation
A limousine can be seen driving under the night. Inside the car, is a businessman with silver and blue eyes. Beside him, is his little daughter.
"How was your 7th birthday today, Sara?", Shinji asked her daughter.
"It was fun today, daddy! That was the greatest birthday party ever yet!", Sara excitedly said.
Shinji chuckles at her daughter's reaction, enjoying little Sara's expression. Shinji then looks at his watch.
"Sara, daddy is going to be gone for a while. So don't wait for me.", Shinji said.
"But daddy, why?", little Sara asked.
"Because daddy is going to an important meeting. I'm going to talk with our closes clan allies. Do you still remember who those 2 are?", Shinji asked in anticipation for her to answer it.
Little Sara sits up straight and thinks, taking a good second to think about who's those 2 clans are.
"Ooh! Is it the Mystical Animals' Clan?", Sara said.
"Yes.", Shinji approved.
"And uh... the Elemental Masters' Clan!", Sara added.
"Correct!", her daddy kissed her on her cheek.
Sara giggled while Shinji does this. The car then stops nearby at the gate of a mansion. The driver gets out of the car and opens the door. Sara and her daddy, Shinji get out of the car. The gate of her house opens mechanically. Sara is about to go back home...
"Wait, Sara.", Shinji quickly said.
Until Shinji stops his daughter. Sara then walks towards her dad. Shinji kneels on Sara's level and places her hand on her shoulder.
"I was supposed to give you this earlier, but since they were so many people at that party, I couldn't risk showing it.", Shinji explained.
Shinji then grabs something under his clothes. Pulling it out and removing it from his neck as well as revealing a silver-looking necklace with a weird-shaped blue gem at the center of it.
"On my 7th birthday, my parents gave me this...and now, it's yours.", Shinji placed it in Sara's small hands.
After that, Shinji stands up and gives Sara one last pat on the head. Shinji smiles and enters the limousine. The vehicle then drives off. A butler approaches little Sara, who is observing the necklace that her daddy has given to her.
"Let's go, Miss Sara.", the butler said.
Little Sara then puts it on her neck and rubs her cheek against the necklace, showing that she loves and appreciates it. Sara then grabs the butler's hand and walks toward her house.
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Bakin is playing Unus with his little nephews. It was Odaka's turn, before Roy. Odaka hides his card and looks at Roy. Roy flashes an intimidating glare at him. Odaka sees this and places a normal yellow number card, afraid to do place any card that will harm Roy. It's Roy's turn now. Roy looks at his card and smirks. Gabriel who's next to Roy becomes afraid.
"Haha! Take this +2 card, Gab!", Roy said as he places it.
"Noooooo!... Is what I would say if I don't have this!", Gab pulls out a green +2 card and puts it on the pile.
"Dammit! I hate this game...", Yoel yelled as he pulls 4 more cards.
"Hahaha! You should have done placed your yellow skip card in the first place, Odaka. You shouldn't let Roy-boy take control of you. However, nice job on manipulating your opponent, Roy-boy.", Bakin complimented his student.
"Thanks, master.", Roy thanked him.
Somebody then enters the room. It was Bakin's brother and their father.
"Hello Beni, wanna join us?", Bakin asked.
Beni shakes his head, declining the offer.
"I'll be leaving soon. You'll be in charge when I leave.", Beni said seriously.
"Oh alright. Game Night is over, you guys go back to bed now.", Bakin ordered.
Some of them groan while others just look down in disappointment. Roy, however, bows to his master and goes upstairs, his expression is neutral. Roy's brothers follow Roy as well. Beni notices this and is a bit proud of how Roy acts when Game Night is over.
"I see you taught him well...", Beni praised his brother.
"I don't know if making him act like you is good, Beni.", Bakin replied.
"Are you saying I'm a bad influence on him?", Beni questions Bakin.
"No, it's not that. I'm just afraid to lose that smile he has when he puts down a +2 card to defeat his opponents.
Ok, that wasn't the best example, but you get the point.", Bakin explained.
"What's important is you teach him to survive. Speaking of which, how is he with a sword?", Beni asked.
"That's the surprising part, Beni. When I taught him how to use a sword, he aced that session. Like someone already taught him before. Of course, he was doing some weird moves that I don't recognize so I pretty much had to fix that and I did. I say a few more weeks and he'll be a master of those techniques.", Bakin explained.
"Hmm... Alright, find out what's his affinity in elements is and teach him how to do elemental sword techniques, ok?", Beni ordered him.
"Mhm, alright! I'm also curious what's his affinity is. Maybe he could use earth or wind, or darkness, or even light. I'm excited to teach him all those things.", Bakin is excited.
"Hmph... I'll be going now, goodbye.", Beni said as he left.
"See you later, Beni!", Bakin waved goodbye.
Roy hears it all, sitting above the stairs, hearing what they have talked about and so did his brothers.
"Yo, you'll be learning how to do those cool-looking elemental sword styles!", Yoel yelled quietly at Roy.
"That would be awesome to actually do that kind of stuff", Odaka said.
"We just have to wait for our father to find each of us a master to teach us, guys. I can't wait!", Basho excitedly said.
"Shhhh! Keep it down, you'll wake her up.", a feminine whisper can be heard in a certain room.
"Sorry!", Basho shouted in a whisper.
Roy walks toward the room, which they hear a feminine whisper coming from, to see a woman in her violet kimono. The woman has hazel-colored hair tied up in a bun, sitting down while humming a song. Roy silently heads towards her to see her holding Roy's baby sister.
"Reika looks precious isn't she, Roy?", she asked.
"Yes, mom. Rei is.", Roy looks at her cute baby sister.
His brothers one by one looks at her as well. They all find her adorable.
"Awww... She's so cute.", Itsumi complimented.
"Shhh! You'll wake her up", Victor shush Itsu.
"Shhh! You shut up.", Yoel also shushes Victor.
"Keep it down! Both of you!", Gabriel shushes the both of them.
Then the 4 of them banter like this until baby Reika wakes up crying.
"Aww... Did your big brothers make you cry? Yes, they did, yes they did.", their mother stood up and comforts her.
"Way to go, guys.", Odaka said to the 4 of them.
"Nu-uh! It was his fault that she woke.", Yoel pointed at Victor.
"No, it was you!", Itsumi blamed Yoel.
"Well, you were the one who started it, Itsu.", Victor said.
"It was all of your faults. Not me though.", Gabriel blames all of them except for himself.
"What did you say?!", the 3 of them said in unison.
Roy then smacks them all on their heads. The four of them rub the part where Roy hits.
"All of you, quiet down. Mom is trying to make Reika go to sleep, but she can't with all of you fighting each other.", Roy scolded the four of them.
"I agree with Roy. We shouldn't fight with each other, instead, why don't we just agree to keep quiet? We all love our sister, right? Why can't we just be quiet for her?", Basho came up with an agreement.
All of them stay quiet. Seems like they agree.
"Hahaha... That's was such a beautiful scene all of you did.", their mother praises them.
"But it seems Reika is wide awake now.", she looks at her baby's eyes.
Their mother then kisses Reika because she can no longer contain her giddiness. Roy looks at both of them. Roy wished to carry his baby sister, wanting Reika in his arms. Roy's mother sees the look in his eyes and goes down on his level.
"Here, straighten your arms.", Roy's mother said.
Roy does as he was told. Their mother then puts Reika in Roy's arms but is still supporting her son.
"Slide your hand from her bottom and support their neck. Slowly but gently move her head into the crook of your elbow. Move your hand from the supporting arm to its bottom. And there! Now you know how to carry a baby.", their mother explained.
Roy is feeling stressed at first, feeling some doubt about himself as well as thinking that he shouldn't carry Reika in his arms, but all those doubts go away when Reika touches Roy's face using her tiny baby hands. Reika looks at his big brother's face. Seeing Reika's giant eyes makes Roy smile. His brothers then came near him. Seeing their innocent and adorable baby sister. All of their hearts melt seeing Reika being so lovable and precious.
"She's so cuuuteee!", Gabriel said in a high-pitched voice.
"I have a strange desire to pinch her chubby cheeks.", Yoel confessed.
"You're not the only one here.", Odaka also confessed.
"How does it feel like Roy? Is she heavy?", Victor asked in curiosity.
"Not really, but I guess this is thanks to the training I've endured.", Roy answered.
Reika suddenly stretches her arms towards her other older brothers. Specifically, their faces. Reika also makes some baby noises and cooing sounds as well.
"It seems like Reika's getting familiar with her big brothers.", her mother commented.
Then Reika touches Roy's face again. Reika makes another cooing sound. Roy kisses her small hand and kisses her on her left cheek. After that, Roy looks at her mother and signals her to get Reika, which she does. Their mother takes Reika while energetically and gives her kisses. Reika smiles a bit seeing her mother kiss her like this. Their mother then looks at her little boys.
"You boys better sleep now. It's getting late.", Roy's mother told them.
Roy and his brothers then walk out of the room. They then go all inside of the same room. Instead of having different rooms, they only have different futons.
NOTE: Futons are quilted sleeping pads, and you can use them to sleep on the floor.
Most of them head towards their bed except for Roy. Instead, Roy grabs the Demonic Saber, that is placed there in their room and opens a window.
"Private training again, Roy?", Basho asked.
"You know it.", Roy responded.
"Alright, just don't train too much...", Basho tiredly said while laying on his bed.
Roy jumps down the second floor and heads into the forest, carrying the Demonic Saber in his hands.
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Little Sara, who is in her room, is smiling ear to ear. Sara is extremely happy about the gift Shinji gave her earlier. Under her bedsheets, Sara looks at the necklace again, she is so excited to use it. In fact, too excited that Sara couldn't wait for tomorrow. Sara goes out of her bed and decides to practice using it.
"Maybe I could finally use this to give me more magic to teleport.", Sara muttered to herself.
Then Sara looks around, and she sees a piece of paper on her table. Sara gets it and draws an X on it and places it on a random spot in her room, targeting that spot of the house to teleport.
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Roy stops at a certain part of the forest and then he unsheathes the Demonic Saber. Roy looks at it closely, admiring how it's designed. The color of the handle is white and the small diamond shapes that it has are blue. Roy even looks at the scabbard of it. The color of the scabbard is crimson and there's a symbol carved there. The symbol is written in kanji.
NOTE: Kanji is a system of Japanese writing. It is also difficult to learn, especially for those who don't receive proper teachings at an early age.
Something that Roy can't understand but is explained by his master. Roy remembers...
"Master, what does this mean?", Roy pointed at the symbol.
"Well, that's written in kanji. Something that I have a hard time understanding but uh... I still can read this.", Bakin explained.
"What does it mean?", Roy asked.
"It means "Family".", Bakin answered clearly.
"Why was it carved there?", Roy questioned.
"Hmm...from what I understand, when you wield this sword, it means to remember where you belong.", Bakin explained,
"Where I belong?", Roy repeated.
"Yes, where you belong. And you belong here, the Abellona family. Legends even say that the Demonic Saber carries its pasts wielders, strengthening the current one.", Bakin added.
"Is that true?", Roy was curious.
"No. No, it isn't.", Bakin immediately answered when Roy finished his question.
"Wait why?", Roy was confused.
"Your father wielded that sword, and from what I saw, he didn't get strong from it. It acted like any other sword...but it is still our family treasure, so you be careful with it.", Bakin answered.
Roy nods in response.
Roy attaches the scabbard on his back and then pulls it out. After that, Roy starts swinging up and down holding the Demonic Saber.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...", Roy counted.
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Sara looks at the marked paper she places. Sara then takes a deep breath, looks at the necklace, and holds it tightly.
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Roy stops, deciding to practice a sword style. Something that his master said not to do because he doesn't understand it. Roy gets into position.
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Sara breaths in and out. A blue aura then emits outward from Sara.
"Oh, Azure's Flowing Tears! Grant me the power to do my will.", Sara chanted.
The necklace begins to glow and flow endless magic through Sara. Sara's aura starts growing bigger and soon Sara is separating herself from the ground, floating on the ground.
"Teleportation!", Sara yelled.
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Roy inhales and exhales. A red flame engulfs the Demonic Saber. Roy's eyes then turn yellow. Roy raises the Demonic Saber over his head using both of his hands and-
"Breath Of The Drago-", Roy yelled but was interrupted by a noise in a bush.
The red flame engulfing the Demonic Saber soon fades away and Roy's eyes go back to black. Roy quickly points his sword towards the bush. Roy then slowly approaches it. The bush is clearly moving. Someone is in it.
"Ow ow ow ow...", somebody said inside of the bush.
Roy raises his sword in caution. Roy's visibly afraid but decides to stay strong and brave.
"Wh-who's there?", Roy shakingly asked.
The bush suddenly stops moving for a moment. Almost like someone is hiding from Roy.
"I know you're there, whoever is inside of that bush... Co-come out!", Roy shouted.
The bush started moving again. Moments later, Roy sees someone stand up and raise both of their hands. A silver-haired girl that Roy never recognizes or hasn't seen before.
"Ple-ease don't hurt me...", Sara begged.
Sara starts tearing up. Sara is scared, she's scared of what's happening. Roy, seeing this, lowers the Demonic Saber down.
"Who are you? And why are you here?", Roy interrogated her.
"I accidentally teleported here!", Sara blurted out the truth.
"Teleported?", Roy repeated.
"Yes, teleportation.", Sara responded.
"Hmm... Master did tell me that there are some ninjas that can teleport... Not to mention, it is strange why she teleported here. There's nothing important here except...", Roy muttered to himself and looks at the Demonic Saber.
"Just please, let me teleport back home. I won't come back here ever again.", Sara begged again.
"Hmph...fine. Hurry up and get out of here.", Roy lets Sara go.
"Thank you.", Sara replied.
Sara turns around, showing her back to Roy. Holding the necklace tightly, the necklace begins to glow. Sara's aura grows as well and soon, she floats into the air. Also, Roy does the same thing.
"Huh?", Roy uttered.
Roy looks at himself. Roy is glowing and his feet aren't touching the ground. This causes Roy to panic.
"Teleportation!", Sara exclaimed.
"No no! Wait! Sto-"
POOF!
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Sara and Roy are gone. They then appear on top of an apartment. They both crash into the floor. Roy suddenly stands up and quickly raises his sword towards Sara.
"Where am I?! And why did you do that?!", Roy threatens Sara.
Sara stands up with her hands up in the air again, not wanting to get stabbed.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know that would happen.", Sara confesses.
"You must have teleported me to your base to steal the Demonic Saber, aren't you?!", Roy assumed.
"Base? This isn't my base? This is-this is just a roof of a building!", Sara looks around her surroundings.
Roy is shakingly pointing the sword at her. Roy is obviously stressed and afraid of what's happening. Sara notices this.
"Listen, I know you're afraid, but trust me when I say that...what I did is an accident. So please put the sword down.", Sara said slowly.
Roy doesn't listen for a few moments but decides to put the Demonic Saber down but he still doesn't trust Sara very much.
"Keep your distance away from me unless I say so. I still don't trust you.", Roy told her.
Sara nods. Roy suddenly looks in a certain direction, hearing noises, he never heard before. Roy looks over to a street and sees cars driving and honking on the road.
"What...what are those?", Roy asked.
Sara looks in the same direction he is.
"Oh! Those are called cars.", Sara answered them.
"Cars? I heard them from the village but I never saw them with my eyes. Interesting...", Roy commented.
Roy keeps staring at the moving cars but then he sees a gigantic truck. Roy is surprised to see it.
"Woah! What was that? A huge car?", Roy observed.
"That is called a truck.", Sara explained.
"Truck? There are so big.", Roy commented.
Roy is immersed in those cars. As if Roy is seeing a diamond in a mine. Sara notices Roy's expression.
"You never saw the outside world, did you?", Sara asked.
Roy shakes his head and then he looks down.
"No. No, I haven't. I wasn't allowed to... In which case though, can you teleport me back?", Roy asked.
"Oh, I'll try-", Sara was interrupted.
Suddenly a man came in, holding a cellphone and talking to someone.
"Yeah, dude! I'll be coming to that party-"
The stranger then goes silent when he sees Roy and Sara on the roof. Roy then raises his sword towards the stranger.
"Stay back!", Roy threatened.
"Woah woah woah woah woah! Put the katana down.", the man tried to calm the boy down.
While this is happening, Sara starts searching for something on the side of the building. Sara then finds it.
"Hey, over here!", Sara says before jumping on the side of the building.
"No!", the man says before sprinting towards her.
Roy does as well to see an evacuation staircase and Sara is there, walking down on the stairs. The strange man exhales in relief. Roy points the Demonic Saber at the stranger. This causes the stranger to then move farther away from Roy. Roy sheaths the Demonic Saber and jumps on the emergency staircase as well and starts following Sara.
They then both jump down in an alleyway. Sara falls flat while Roy sticks the landing. Roy looks around while Sara wipes herself. Roy then sees a red fox. It stares at them.
"What is that?", Roy asked.
"I think...I think that is a fox...but it's rare for them to be here, in a city like this.", Sara answered.
The fox slowly approaches them. Roy places his hand on the Demonic Saber's handle. The fox sees this and hisses at them.
"Is it dangerous?!", Roy asked again.
"I don't know, but you should remove your hand from your sword.", Sara replied.
"What?! Are you crazy?", Roy shouted at her in a whisper.
The hissing gets even louder. Sara looks at Roy with serious intent.
"Just do it!", Sara exclaimed.
Roy clearly doesn't want to do this but against his better judgment, Roy lets it go. Suddenly, the Fox calms down, looking friendly towards the both of them as soon as Roy lets go of the handle of his sword. The fox approaches both Sara and Roy. Sara then crouches and pet the fox. The fox really likes it. Roy just stands, ignoring his urge to pet the fox but the fox licks Roy's hand and pushes its head against his hand. Roy couldn't handle it and put down a knee and give the fox some head pats. The 2 of them enjoy petting the fox for a while.
"Hey, what are you kids doing here?", the policeman asked.
Until 1 police show up. Both Roy and Sara turn around to see the police holding a flashlight at them. What's worst is it's already night, which means it's curfew time.
"It's already past 11, where are your parents?", they asked.
They don't say anything because they both don't know what to say. Nonetheless, the police approach them.
"Oh ok, um... Do you both know where you live-OWW!!!"
Roy punches the cop in the balls, grabs Sara, and runs away. They both run into the streets and pass through many people. Roy looks behind to see the police chasing them while still feeling some pain in their nether region. Even the fox is beside them.
"Wait stop!", the policeman then blows a whistle.
They keep running and do a sharp right turn into another alleyway, but it's dead-end. The other side is blocked by a chain fence.
"There's no way out!", Sara exclaimed.
The fox then hits the bottom-left of the fence. That side of the fence is loose. The fox tries to push the fence away and go through but it lacks strength. Suddenly, a small shadowy figure appears from above on the other side of the fence. The shadowy figure then pulls the fence with both of their hands, making a way for the fox to enter. The Fox passes through. Then they look at both Sara and Roy.
"Come on, unless you want to get caught by the police.", they said.
PRRRT!!! PRRRRRRTT!!!
A whistle can be heard from behind both of them. Without another second to hesitate, Roy and Sara head toward the other side by crawling towards the small opening of the fence. The 3 of them, along with the fox, run somewhere safe.
They're now hiding in another alleyway. All of them are breathing heavily. Then the mysterious person turns to both Sara and Roy. The mysterious person turns out to be a boy who has an orange cap and wearing an average-looking T-shirt made from the west. His hair color is orange, and their eyes are red. Like the color of the gem Ruby.
"It seems like we've lost him", they said.
Roy then looks at him seriously. Suspicious of them.
"Who are you?", Roy asked.
The strange boy looks at Roy, eyeing him from top to bottom. The strange boy's eyes fixate on his sword for a moment and then they approach Sara. Soon after, the strange kid sniff Sara. Roy sees this and is confused by what he's seeing. However, the strange boy continues sniffing Sara. Sara soon feels uncomfortable and pushes the strange kid away.
"Sorry, it's just that you have a familiar smell.", they explained.
Roy grabs his shoulder. The boy turns around to see a scary glare coming from Roy. The strange kid copies his expression as well.
"The 2 of you aren't normal people, are you?", they observed.
The strange boy then knocks Roy's hand away.
"You and this girl must be ninjas.", they said seriously.
"Ho-how did you know?", Sara asked.
The random boy points at Roy's sword, at the Demonic Saber.
"Because that sword is something a normal kid wouldn't have.", they replied.
Then the strange kid points at Sara.
"You also have the smell of the village leader from the Marvelous Magicians' Clan. Not to mention, you look like him, which I'll assume that you're his daughter.", they added.
Sara is shocked that the strange boy knows about all this. Roy looks at Sara and sees her expression. Roy now knows that they're telling the truth judging from the expression Sara is making/.
"Why do you have such knowledge of this?", Sara asked wanting to find the truth.
"It's because I am one of your allies.", they said.
The strange boy takes off his cap, revealing orange fox ears that are on his head. After that, the strange kid adjusts his pants from behind, which reveals an orange fluffy tail. The fox then rubs itself against the now revealed fox boy.
"You're from the Mystical Animals' Clan?", Sara asked again.
"Yes, my guardian, who is the leader of my clan, brought me here. And well, Ori here, let's just say she got curious and got herself lost.", the fox boy said as he pets his fox.
"So, she's like your pet fox?", Roy questioned.
"I don't consider her as my pet. I prefer to call her...my friend. And I would be happy to refer her like that.", fox boy answered.
Sara then gets near them.
"If you're brought here by your village leader, then that means you know where they are, right? Can you take me there?", Sara asked.
"I understand. I'll take you to your father, but...what about him?", fox boy looks at Roy.
Sara looks at him as well. Roy closes his eyes for a moment and then Roy sighs.
"I'm coming as well. Don't forget, you brought me here, you'll be getting me out once I go there.", Roy reminded.
"What clan do you belong, again?", they asked.
"I'm from the Elemental Masters' Clan. I am also one of your allies.", Roy answered.
The fox boy then starts getting closer to him and sniffing. The fox boy sniffs in both of Roy's armpits. After seeing that and feeling a little disgusted, Roy pushes fox boy back.
"I smell no lie from you, so you are telling the truth.", fox boy said.
After that whole ordeal, the fox boy starts wearing his cap, hiding his tail, and walking out of the alleyway. Ori the fox, follows her friend as well. Seeing this, both Sara and Roy follows the fox boy, getting themselves out of the alleyway. The fox boy then points in a certain direction.
"They're holding their meeting in one of those huge hotels you humans made.", fox boy said.
Sara and Roy follow where the fox boy is pointing. They see a huge hotel towering over most of the buildings surrounding it.
"That's so far.", Sara commented.
Roy then looks at his surroundings, trying to see what they could do to go there faster. Then something catches Roy's eyes.
"Are those bikes?", Roy said.
They look at Roy and gaze in the general direction where Roy is looking to see a bike shop that is open for 24 hours.
"Maybe we could buy those bicycles and ride our way over there. Do you have any money?", they asked.
"Don't look at me. I was just teleported here without a single Yen on me.", Roy replied.
"Ok, teleport?", they asked again.
While both Roy and the fox boy are talking about how teleportation works and how Roy got here, Sara hatches a plan. Sara turns around and grabs her necklace. The necklace starts to glow.
"And that's how teleportation works. I was just minding my own business until she came and brought me here, isn't that right?", Roy asked Sara.
They both turn their heads towards Sara. Sara turns around with lots of cash in her hand. Roy's eyes widen and the fox boy smiles at this.
"Nice, now we can get those bikes and go there fast.", fox boy said.
"How did you do that?", Roy asked.
"A good magician never reveals their secrets.", Sara said.
Roy looks at her in disappointment. Sara does an awkward laugh.
"I used Creation Magic... My dad taught me that...", she confesses.
Roy turns his back to her, keeping that kind of magic in his mental notes.
"Creation Magic, huh? I'll look into it later.", Roy said before walking towards the shop.
7 small ants are carrying each a piece of rice. They're all minding their own business on the road until the ground starts shaking. The ants hurriedly go inside of a drainage system.
An orange bike appears on the scene. Along with a red one and a blue one. It's the 3 riding the bikes. The fox boy is using the orange bike that has a basket in front of it. Ori, the fox, is in that basket of his. Roy is on the red bike and Sara is on the blue one. Roy, however, is struggling. Seems like Roy could fall over any moment. The fear starts crawling to him and so he puts his leg down and stops. The other 2 did so as well seeing this. They approach Roy.
"Is this your first time using a bicycle?", Sara asked gently.
Roy nods slowly, feeling embarrassed to admit. Sara then smiles at Roy.
"I'll teach you.", Sara said.
"How?", Roy asked.
"Well, first of all, you need to conquer your fear of riding the bike. Take a deep breath, in and out.", Sara coached.
Roy does what he is told. Roy inhales and exhales.
"And then what?", Roy asked.
"And then, you start peddling. You need to be fast, but not too fast, to balance it.", Sara answered.
Roy then starts peddling. Roy gets even faster after feeling a bit more comfortable. Sara and the fox boy follow him but Roy's bike starts wobbling. Sara speeds up and looks at what is the problem and then she sees it. Sara sees the reason why Roy's bike is wobbling so much.
"Keep the steering straight. Use your muscle to do it.", Sara coached Roy.
Roy then nods to her and follows what Sara told him, giving more power to the steering and keeping it straight.
Suddenly, the wobbling stops. Sara is proud of Roy. Roy smiles and starts peddling faster. It seems like the fear that Roy once had is no longer there.
"Hey, wait up!", Sara said before peddling faster.
The fox boy shakes their head and then looks at Ori.
"I think they forgot that they don't know where's the meeting is held but I do.", fox boy said.
Ori talks back in her language, uttering fox noises at the fox boy.
"Yeah, you're right. I guess I have to catch up.", the fox boy said while he peddles to the metal.
Roy is swerving left and right intentionally, having tons of fun riding the bike. Sara laughs at this. Roy's having fun riding a bicycle with Sara and the fox boy. Roy never had that much fun back in the village.
"Seems like you're enjoying herself there", fox boy said.
"How couldn't I? This is so much fun!", Roy said.
The fox boy just smiles at this and then he looks at the distance. The fox boy then points at it.
"See that huge hotel? That's where the meeting is held. We're getting closer and closer.", they said.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!", Roy said as he started going faster.
"Alright then, how about we race?", Sara asked.
"Challenge accepted! Now eat my dust.", Roy taunted.
Sara chuckles at this, then she starts chasing Roy. Soon enough, they're side by side. Both Roy and Sara are peddling as fast as they can. Sara looks at Roy with enjoyment, smiling at all of this. Roy looks back as well with an even bigger smile on his face. After that, Roy takes a glance at what's in front of them. Then his expression changes from happiness to pure terror and locks his eyes at something.
"Sara! Watch out!", Roy shouted at her.
Sara looks at what's in front of her to see a chicken crossing the road. Sara immediately swerves out of the way, to the right but she lost control of her bike and crashes on the sidewalk. Sara then launches into the air and hits her head on a nearby lamp post. Sara then lands on the pavement. Dazed, Sara couldn't process what happened. Suddenly Roy is in her sights, and then fox boy. They start saying something to her, but she couldn't understand it. Scared, Sara holds her necklace. It begins to glow. The world around Sara begins to fade but she faintly sees a bright light in her eyes but soon, everything is swallowed in darkness when Sara closes her eyes.
Sara then wakes up in bed, in her bed. Sara is in her own room, in her own house. Sara looks outside her window to see it's already morning. Sara then touches her forehead. Nothing, Sara feels nothing. No pain whatsoever.
"Was it all a dream?", Sara asked herself.
Sara doesn't know. Sara takes a deep breath and lays back in her bed, sleeping the rest of the day away.
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Roy looks back at Sara. Sara is talking to Yua and Varari about what's the modern world like. Sara then looks at Roy with a confusing expression plastered on her face. Seeing this, Roy immediately stops looking back and begins thinking about something.
'I wonder if she remembers... I mean, I didn't fully remember until I investigated her. I just couldn't believe that I meet her again...', Roy thought.
Roy then looks at the sky above. Wondering…
"Should I tell her about it?", Roy muttered.
"Tell her what?", Alvin suddenly chimed in.
"Nothing.", Roy brushed it off.