Chapter 1- magic unfolds
Yahoo! I'm Kikumaru Eiji and I'm about to tell everyone a little secret of mine. Yes, a secret, a secret that amazed even me. Before that though, there's a story I need to tell. A story…about me.
So it was just another day for me. The sky was especially good for playing tennis and I was rather disappointed as I had classroom clean up duty. Fortunately, Fuji was with me so I wasn't as bored. My views on the prodigy? Well, he's my best friend, apart from Oishii of course. I'm happy for that even though I may not have the slightest idea what he is talking about sometimes.
So after surviving a day of classes, lunch breaks, copying homework and classroom duty I was glad to be able to go home. That was the best part of school, naturally. I couldn't wait to be home. I walked and passed by the pet shop along the way to check on the animals there.
About that, it's like my hobby. I love animals and was sad to hear news about john the terrapin being sold. Soon, my attention turned to the other people in the shop. It surprised me to see Inui in the shop. He was holding his pencil and notebook, writing who knows what as usual.
I ran up to peek at the book but Inui was quicker and closed it just in time. "Hi Inui, what are you doing here nya?" I asked curiously while wondering about the reasons myself. "Research" Inui replied simply, pushing up his glasses. My eyes widened, that only meant one thing- a new juice was about to be made. Well, maybe not be as Inui would say it 99% chance. In the end, it was just my plain assumption.
Just as I was about to start a conversation, a girl ran into the pet shop. She had long black hair tied into a ponytail and wore a bright yellow dress. Tears were staining her face. The sudden outburst brought me to attention and I asked out. "What happened nya? ~" the girl sobbed in reply, "my cat…she…she was walking along the road…then she fell down the slope…and then"
I reacted immediately, dashing out of the pet store leaving my tennis bag in the hands of Inui. My feet brought me to the road along the steep grassy slope. The slope met with a small river, gushing downwards towards a bigger lake. The pet shop was near this place and the girl was lucky.
Spotting the cat heading for the water, I jumped down the slope. I've been here once or twice and I usually skid down the steep surface slowly. This time, there was no other choice. Instead of finding myself rolling down the hill and splashing into the water, I landed nimbly onto the bottom landing of grass and raced to pick up the cat.
Breathing a sigh of relief, I headed back up the slope and landed found both Inui and the girl watching from above. "Here you go, take good care of your cat nya~" I handed the fur ball over to the younger girl and she thanked me before heading away.
Inui looked at me from behind his glasses, was that a hint of…intrigue I saw? It soon flashed past and Inui handed me my bag before heading away without another word.
Well, that happened a few weeks ago. I didn't think of it as significant but then again…Inui's expression made me wonder. Sure, I was the tennis team's acrobatic player and of course I had much more agility in me than anyone could have. That act of going down the slope…was it normal?
I had become more wary of Inui these days, he just seems to know more about everyone, everything. You've heard my story but there's more of course, this mystery is still unfolding even to me.
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A boy sat at his desk, numbers, calculations flashed past his glasses. His fingers tapped hurriedly against the keyboard; there was something he needed to find out. He needed to find out fast. The numbers were increasing-80%...85%...95%...what was this? It couldn't be possible but data doesn't lie. The boy pushed up his glasses; he had just discovered something that couldn't be easily explained.
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Chapter 1 end
