Back and Forth
by Sk8er7
Chapter 1
The Beginning
My name is Megumi Kosaki. A few months ago, the most amazing thing happened to me. Here's what happened.
Megumi was in the library. She looked over at one of the security officers. 'Why did dad have to work in such a boring place?' she asked herself. Her father noticed her staring and waved. Putting on a smile, she waved back. Megumi used to love coming to the library; she was friends with all of the workers and there were many books that she liked. But she didn't want to read books all the time. Today was one of those days.
Standing up, she put her hands into her pockets. In her left hand she fingered her 100 yen coin. Megumi began walking at a steady pace towards the drink machines. Maybe a soda would keep her busy. She studied the different drinks until she picked one that she wanted. Megumi took her money and flipped it with her fingers. She readied her hand when -- CLANG. The coin slipped past her fingers and dropped to the floor. She leaned down, her red-streaked hair falling out of her loose ponytail. She was about to reach for it, but it began to roll. She followed it until it stopped rolling and began to spin. Megumi picked up her spinning coin when something caught her hazel eye. It wasn't an object in particular, just a dark staircase. Pocketing her money, Megumi began to walk the stairs. Her heart began to pound. 'Why am I nervous?' she asked herself. 'This is just a library.' Thinking back, she remembered the sign outside, "EMPLOYEES ONLY." That might have had something to do with it. 'My dad is sorta like an employee and I'm his daughter. So I'm okay if I come up here.' This calmed her only slightly. She shifted her green backpack into a more comfortable position. Megumi continued up until she reached a door labeled, "Important Documents Reference Room." A shiver went through her body. She pulled on her blue long-sleeved sweater to cover her hands. Her ice-cold hand rested on the door knob. Slowly, Megumi began to turn the door handle. By the time the door was open, she was sweating furiously.
Megumi looked into the room. There were many bookshelves. She walked in silently and closed the door behind her. She began to walk when she heard someone sigh with relief. Her blood froze. Was it a burglar? With her heart beating uncontrollably, she moved stealthily towards the voice. Just then, the strangest thing happened; the voice began to read. It was a man. As Megumi inched closer, she recognized words like, "priestess", "Suzaku", "Seiryuu" and "friends." Taking a breath, she walked to the same area as the man.
"Why are you here?" Megumi asked in a monotone voice. The man dropped the book he was reading and looked at her with startled eyes. He was a young adult! In his late teens maybe!
"Why are you here?" she repeated.
"I'm reading," he replied. Megumi raised an eyebrow.
"In here? There are a lot of tables out there. No one's supposed to be in here."
"Then why are you here?" asked the stranger. Megumi opened her mouth but no words came out. What could she say? "Oh, my coin rolled to the bottom of the stairs so I decided to come up." To her surprise, he chuckled.
"It's okay. By the way, my name is Keisuke." He walked towards her with his hand extended. Megumi looked him over carefully. Quickly, she slapped his hand quickly.
"My name is Megumi," she told him. She looked around him at the fallen book. The title read, "The Universe of the Four gods." "Can I see your book?" Keisuke hesitated before nodding. Megumi walked over to the book. She opened it to a random page and was engulfed in a blue light.