Chapter 287 ( Back Home - II )

"Now that was a surprise" - said Ryōko while looking at her daughter - "I never thought that was her real identity".

"Believe me, no one knew about it" - replied Kyōka while shrugging her shoulders - "I mean, I don't think anyone in their right mind would think that her boyfriend is someone who is not from this world."

"Those words would be so beautiful if it wasn't because they're literally true" - said Ryōko while covering her mouth to hide her smile - "Ok, we'd better get our things ready, I'm sure we're going to be away from home for quite a while."

"I don't have anything to take with me" - replied Kyōka while tilting her head - "I mean, the training equipment Cloud has is far superior, he said we could buy a hundred clothes very easily, food is also practically inexhaustible..."

"Right... you're right, daughter" - Ryōko said as she started to think - "I guess I'll have to use plan B."

"Plan B?" - Kyōka asked as she looked at her mother in confusion.

"Yes... use this little time we have left to be able to gather as much information as we can, be it training methods, secret techniques, medical information" - said Ryōko as she started to think - "All the information we manage to get could be useful to us in the future"

"Sounds like a plan" - replied Kyōka as she shrugged her shoulders - "A plan that I can't help you because I don't know those old guys at all."

"I know, it's something I'll do myself" - Ryōko snorted as she rolled her eyes at him - "Now concentrate on gathering our most important things."

"Okay, the gems and antiques?" - Kyōka asked calmly.

"Also our traditional clothes, we can't afford to leave our family treasures" - replied Ryōko with a smile - "Who knows? They might have some special skills later on."

Kyōka rolled her eyes at her mother before going to her rooms so she could go retrieve her things.

* * * * *

"On the bright side, I don't have a lot of things to keep..." - Ayane said as she went through her belongings - "Now that I've put everything away, all that's left is to inform Iori-chan..."

"Inform me about what?" - The aforementioned asked as she walked towards where her friend was.

"Kya!" - Ayane was surprised when she heard Iori's voice so close - "Ugh... don't do that again, Iori-chan."

"Heh, I'm sorry I startled you, it's just that you've been so wrapped up in your own business that you hadn't noticed my presence" - Iori replied calmly - "Anyway, what did you want to tell me?"

"W-Well... I wanted to tell you something important..." - Ayane said while looking at her friend with a slight blush - "The truth is..."

"You don't have to tell me anything, I just want you to know that no matter what you choose or what you do, as your best friend you have my support" - Iori said calmly as she put her hand on the blue haired girl's man - "Like I said before, you don't have to worry about me because I can take care of myself."

"It has nothing to do with the fact that you have a boyfriend in hiding" - said Keiko as she walked to where her friend was - "Hello, Ayane.... I see that the problem you had was solved."

"You have a boyfriend!" - Ayane exclaimed in surprise.

"Why did you tell him about that!" - exclaimed Iori with a red face as she looked at the blonde girl - "I was supposed to tell him!"

"I'm sorry, but you took too long" - snorted Keiko disdainfully - "If I didn't tell her, you possibly wouldn't have the courage to speak up"

"Ugh... Ok, you win this time" - said Iori with embarrassment.

"Pff... Ha ha ha ha!" - Ayane smiled as she saw how two of her friends were starting to argue.

"Did I miss something?" - Makoto asked as she tilted her head in confusion.

"No... it's nothing..." - Ayane said as she shook her head, only to jump in the middle of the girls as she saw how they were getting ready to start fighting - "Okay, that was enough."

". . ." - Makoto shook her head before going back to her room, tomorrow she had to go home so she could go get some things.

* * * * *

"I see you really went to talk to him" - Ren said as he watched Rino quietly walk into his room.

". . ." - Rino didn't answer him.

"Thank you..." - Ren said as he shook his head.

"We may be in trouble... but you're still my Onee-chan..." - Rino muttered as she walked past him, not noticing the small smile that had appeared on her older sister's face.

* * * * *

"I guess that would be it..." - Okina said as she looked around her room - "I'm not going to miss this place..."

She slowly walked towards the entrance to give her now empty room one last look - "Ok, I'm going to miss it a little... just a little..."

Okina let out a small sigh before shaking her head - "I never thought I wouldn't want to part with this place... but I guess habit makes one unconsciously want even the most annoying details of your life..."

Okina slowly walked back into the room and walked towards one of the walls - "I don't know when we will return to this place, so I'm going to leave a token that I lived in this room..."

She quickly wrote a huge ' Okina was here' as a smile appeared on her face - "It wasn't the most original thing, but at least it serves its purpose. I guess that would be it... see you soon, old friend..."

That said, she left the room bound for the boy's room because she wanted to spend the last day of her life in this world, by his side.

* * * * *

"I guess that would be it..." - Ema muttered as she shook her head as she walked out of her home. She was about to leave everything behind so she could follow her instincts and she hadn't even spoken to her father about leaving.

"I see you've made your decision, Ema-sama" - a female voice said.

"Yes... by the way, it's a surprise that you're still here" - said Ema seeing the girl who had served her for years as a butler - "I was hoping you wouldn't be here anymore."

"I really shouldn't be here, not with all the members of the Asahinata clan after me for killing that bastard" - replied the girl while shaking her head - "But if I'm honest with you, I don't regret doing it."

"You can always go to Isami and Rena... they were your classmates and they are in a similar situation as you" - Ema answered while looking at the silver haired girl.

"I know, but I don't want to get them in more trouble" - replied the girl while shaking her head - "Anyway, I just came to say goodbye to you..."

"How did you know?" - Ema asked with surprise.

"You have that expression on your face, Ema-sama" - replied the girl with a small smile on her face - "Good luck..."

"Same here" - replied Ema as she watched the girl's silhouette disappear - "You never told me your real name..."

"You don't need to know, Ema-sama... not when I'll just be one more person in your life..." - The girl replied in a voice that sounded like it was carried away by the wind.

* * * * *

A new day had arrived and Cloud's group was gathered so they could leave.

"I guess that would be all for now" - Ryōko said as she looked wistfully at the surroundings.

"It's not like we can't come back from time to time, we'll just have to wait a bit" - Okina replied while looking at her former boss - "And as far as we know, time is what we have the most..."

". . ." - Ren just kept silent as he thought it was a waste that Cloud didn't recruit his sister as well, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The relationship between Cloud and Rhino was not a good one, in fact, one could say they were practically acquaintances.

Ayane was also silent, only to notice how everything seemed to freeze - "Huh?"

[I see you decided to leave this world before the stipulated time].

"We have no more to do" - Cloud replied calmly - "Now, I kindly ask you to open the portal."

[Ok... opening portal...]

The girls' eyes widened in surprise as they noticed how the world seemed to remain completely static. The clouds stopped moving, the sun seemed to have lost its brightness and the birds remained still in the sky.

"Ok, this is awesome" - Ryōko said as she looked around, only to notice how a blue glow invaded the place along with the appearance of a portal.

[Portal open... you can retreat whenever you want.]

". . ." - the girls looked at each other as they felt their hearts pounding.

"So that's how you transport..." - Ema said excitedly as she looked at the portal as if she didn't want to miss even the smallest detail.

"We better go inside... we have a lot of things to talk about with the others, not to mention that I miss those girls more than they think" - Shizuka said as the others gave her a blank look as they saw how she seemed to jump inside the portal without caring about the consequences.

"Calm down, this is normal" - replied Chifuyu as she gave them a look - "I was skeptical at first too, but after going through that thing, I found out a lot of things..."

Kyōka looked at the others before running towards the portal as if she didn't care about the consequences, only to be followed by the others, leaving only Cloud, who had a blank expression - "I'd better follow them..."

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