"Impossible. Reira-dono and Reiji-dono have already returned to the council room. I must head back to the underground before they discover I escaped," Tsukikage said. He looked down the hall, keeping an eye out on the patrolling guards.
Inside the locked room, Sakaki Yuuya's smile dropped. "A-ah, I see.." And then he had an idea. Fishing inside his pockets, he addressed the ninja standing outside his room. "Then can you do me a small favor?"
"Hm? If it's within reason, I suppose." Tsukikage pushed off the door when he heard Yuuya slide something through the crack under it. It was a piece of paper. Kneeling to pick it up, he turned it over in his hands. "I'm sorry, I said I can't deliver anything to Rei-"
"It's not for the Akabas." Yuuya cut him off. Tsukikage heard his fellow Lancer thump the door. "Can you..can you deliver that to Yuzu?" A sigh. "I don't want her to worry about me."
Ah. The girl he and his brother had rescued from the Obelisk Force during the Battle Royale alongside Serena. He remembered how polite she had been, even though she had warned him not to look when the girls decided to trade clothes. Despite everything that had happened since then, he still found it amusing.
"Understood. I wish you luck for your next duel." Tucking the note inside his pocket, the ninja turned to leave.
"Mm. With you down there, I won't have to worry about our friends. Thank you, Tsukikage." From beneath his mask, the ninja smiled and disappeared.
