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"So why are we doing this again?"
"Well, this looks fun anyway, right Momoicchi?"
"Yea, this is exciting. Don't get to grumpy now Dai-chan."
"Exciting or fun, I couldn't care less. Why are we stalking her? I've got better things to do than this!"
"Curiousity. Don't tell me you you're not interested to know?"
"Akashi-kun's right. In the end you still came with us Midorima-kun."
"I came along because it's troublesome to come all the way here and just go back home without doing anything. And seriously? Who goes around stalking people while riding a limousine? We're getting more attention than we're supposed to!"
"Ne, Mido-chin, you don't think all of us will fit in a regular car right?"
"Ahhh! Nevermind!" Akashi smiled seeing the frustration on Midorima's face.
The Kiseki no Sedai were rather lively inside the limousine as they stalked another black sedan around Kyoto. Aomine almost falling asleep, Murasakibara continuously eating boxes of his maiubo snacks, Kuroko being constantly snuggled by Momoi, Midorima reading a sports magazine which is his lucky item, Kise taking pictures, and Akashi looking at the fast changing scenery outside the window. Their ride was cut short when they stopped in front of a shrine.
"Akashi-sama." the driver called out from the front seat.
"Understood." Akashi nodded, and the driver opened the door for the teens, signalling them that they've reached their destination. Before them stood huge pillars, and a wide staircase of definitely more than a hundred steps, lined with aged trees that withstood the snow.
"Are we really going to follow her there? She's almost at the peak you know." the tanned bluenette yawned
"What's the use of stalking if we won't see this through?" Akashi replied
"Ne, Aka-chin can I just wait here?" Murasakibara asked lazily, he realized it'll be too much work to climb up those flight of stairs and thought of ditching the effort.
"No, we shall all go and see for ourselves." the redhead commanded.
"This is gonna be quite a task, but it's not everyday that we go to a shrine. Let's just enjoy the view, right Tetsu-kun?" Momoi said with enthusiasm, arms still hooked around Kuroko's,
"I think you're right, Momoi-san." he nodded.
"Alright! Let's go!" Kise was then elbowed by Midorima
"Shut up, don't be so loud. Let's just get this stalking done already." he said and fixed his glasses with his taped fingers. The group started their ascend, counting the steps, past several more torii.
"Denka-sama." a monk bowed before the raven-haired young lady dressed in her winter uniform, topped with a black parka and a gray scarf hanging around her neck. With every breeze, her jet-black hair dances together with the swaying of the branches of trees around. Her hair, and the color she wears is the very contrast of the pristine snow surrounding her.
"Good evening Gansho-san." the girl bowed back.
"You never missed a day since then." the old man smiled at her.
"And I never will, not for a few more months more at the very least." she looked up the early evening sky to avert her gaze from the monk. The sky was gloomy all day. Her orbs reflect only sadness, and she's not the one to show them off to just anyone. "I think I'll go ahead Gansho-san." lifting up a paper bag and a basket of fresh white chrysanthemums to show the monk.
"Yes, you should not make her wait." he waved.
"Uaaahhh! We made it!"
"Of course. Stupid." Aomine jeered
"Aww.. So mean."
"Oh! There she is!" Momoi pointed out to the girl walking towards another torii.
"Let's go." Midorima said and the group started to pace towards the girl until they were stopped by a voice,
"Pardon me, but I believe that the area you're trying to go to is off-limits." they all turned to see a monk smiling back at them.
"I'm sorry but off-limits? Off-limits to us but not her?" Akashi asked politely as he gazed at the lady wearing the black coat.
"She have her reason and permission to go there." the monk retorted.
"But that's not fair, we have a reason to follow her too." Kise wailed.
The girl in black turned to her back as she heard several voices behind her. To her surprise, she saw a variety of colored hair surrounding the monk that she have just left. Much to her annoyance, she recognized one of them to be her classmate, Akashi Seijuuro. Thinking back now, she noticed that she had personally seen all the others once in person, and mostly in pictures, her heart clenched at the thought. The raven-haired girl decided to help the monk and walked back to loud group.
"Is there a problem Gansho-san?" they all turned to her as they heard her.
"Nothing I can't handle Denka-sama, I was just intercepting them from going beyond the allowed premises." Akashi's eyes widened, Midorima fixed his glasses in place, Kise turned his head back to the monk. Obsidian orbs stared at the old man, as she flicked in her mind when she heard the address made by the monk, she appreciated the courtesy but, the people around are still clueless, and she wanted not to disclose anything to them, yet.
"Did he just say.."
"It's fine Gansho-san." the raven-hair cut Kise's inquiry, "They're with me."
"Is that so, I am very sorry for the misunderstanding." the old man bowed and laughed "Forgive my rudeness to your friends, Den-.."
"No!" she exclaimed interrupting the monk "I mean, it's ok, they'll know it sooner or later anyway. Friends or not, will depend on how they'll handle the truth that they're so eager to learn."
"I'm deeply sorry," the monk said in all sincerity, "I pray that you will not hurt yourself any more along the way. Until now, you have taken a burden, too much for you to handle. I shall take my leave. Feel free to stay for as long as you like. You know where to find me if you need anything."
"Thanks for the concern Gansho-san." the teen nodded, and with that, the monk bade farewell and disappeared into the shrine. The Kiseki no Sedai has no clue about what the two were talking about, confusion written all over their face.
"Follow me." she voiced out and continued to pace towards another torii, to the forest-like area on the vicinity of the shrine, with the group in tow.
"Many lives were lost but we're still alive.
We can make our self better,
But don't cry for destiny.
We must find out how to live and die,
The truth is never everything that you can see"
-Aimer: Re:I am-
A/N: Doesn't make sense? IKR. I'm writing things that doesn't make sense. Forgive me for the mistakes and shallowness. :)