Summary: Successfully being able to go back to the past, each member decides to have fun at the festival held. Shindou and Okatsu get some time alone.

Shindou's Birthday Wish Part 2

"I'm so happy, Takuto-sama… I never thought I could meet you again." Okatsu smiled wiping her tears of joy.

"Me neither…" Shindou grinned. Tenma, Tsurugi and Han left along with Tasuke, giving the two some time alone.

Okatsu stood up, "How long are you here this time?"

"Only today…"

The girl looked down at her feet sadly, "ooh…" but she grabbed Shindou's hand, "There's a festival in town today, let's use the time we have to the best!"

"Yeah."


"Ooh! Looks like they're holding some festival or something today!" Tetsukado exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah, yeah!" Narukami smiled happily.

The streets were filled with multiple small stands selling varies products from food to toys and even some game stands were visible.

"Let's play to our heart's content!" the two yelled running off, blending into the crowd.

"Well, let's go too, Sylfe." LunA smiled at the small rabbit-gerbil creature sitting on her shoulder. It wore a black robe covering most of his body.

"Un." It nodded.

"Um… what's that?" Konoha finally asked.

"He's my partner, Sylfe." LunA smiled slightly flicking the creature's head, "He's not good in the sun so he always wears a hood."

"LunA…" the rodent squeaked. He then turned his attention to Konoha. "Nice to meet you, Konoha-chan."

"Yeah…" the little girl smiled.

"Can I tag along too?" Kusaka asked and the four of them headed off as well.

"Liberta-kun," Minaho walked up to the tanned blond, "I want to get to know you more; do you want to talk for a bit."

"Sure?"

"Ah, let me come along too." Manabe called.

"Um, Komori-chan, was it?" Sakura asked the shy girl, "Do you wanna look at those cute accessories over there together?"

Komori played nervously with her hands, but nodded following the gymnastic athlete to the jewelry stand.

The last three, Ibuki, Matatagi and Alsius stood silently. Finally, the white haired keeper spoke up, "So, what are you two going to do?"

"I don't really care," Matatagi sighed, "Don't have any money for this era, so there isn't anything really to do here."

Alsius grinned, "No worries about money," She showed them a small purse filled with coins.

"You didn't steal it, did you?" Ibuki frowned.

"Being part of the Arcania has its rewards," Alsius smirked, "Don't worry, I didn't steal it. It's a festival so let's eat everything sold here!"

"You're only going to buy food?" Matatagi sighed.

Ibuki frowned, "I don't mind."


"Mm… this fried squid it awesome," Alsius chomped on the skewered barbeque squid.

"This takoyaki's pretty good too." Ibuki smiled.

"You guys eat way too much…" Matatagi groaned.

"Hm?" Ibuki noticed something and quickly shoved Alsius and Matatagi into the bushes, hiding himself as well.

"What are you doing!?" Matatagi snapped.

"Sh…! Over there!" Ibuki whispered pointing forward. In that direction, Shindou was walking with a girl they've never seen before.

"Ah, that must be Okatsu, the girl he wanted to meet." Alsius munched on her squid as she spoke.

"Hm… so that's Shindou's type." Matatagi mumbled.

"Let's follow them."


"Takuto-sama, you're so good!" Okatsu smiled as Shindou scooped up goldfish one by one into a little bowl.

"Thanks."

"…He's way too good…" Ibuki whispered.

"Hey, did you know you can eat goldfish?" Matatagi said randomly.

Ibuki held his mouth in disgust, "What?"

"It's a fish, so I don't see why not." Alsius frowned.

"Do you want one, Okatsu-san?" Shindou asked and the girl chose one to keep, releasing the rest to the shopkeeper's relief.

After thanking the shopkeeper, the two walked off down the street. Slowly the couple's hands weaved through each other's fingers as they walked in sync.

"Th-they're… they held… hands!" Ibuki gasped.

"We're right here… don't need to tell us every detail." Matatagi snapped, "Why are you reacting so much with hand holding?"

"I still don't know why we're stalking them anyways…" Alsius thought.


"Tasuke, you've gotten better haven't you?" Tenma laughed as he trapped the boy's pass.

"Heh, heh, I've been practicing every day," Tasuke grinned, "Hey, you want to play too?" he yelled at Han who was sitting on underneath the bush away from them.

"Ha, ha, tempting offer, but I decline." The boy smiled.

"Soccer's way more fun playing than just watching…"

"He's just really unpredictable; don't worry too much about him." Tsurugi sighed.


"We have lots of tofu, so eat up!" Okatsu's mom smiled handing everyone bowls of fresh tofu.

"You can still eat, Alsius?" Matatagi frowned.

"It taste's good, so why not?"

Sakura squealed, "I never thought tofu could taste so delicious!"

"So Liberta-kun, what exactly is the Arcania?" Minaho asked.

Liberta tried to push him away, "Cut it out, enough questions."

"No!" Manabe fixed his glasses, "As a teammate, we must get to know you more."

"Haku! Help me!" Liberta pleaded.

"Naw…"

Han put his elbow on Shindou's shoulder, "So Takuto, how did you're date go?" he grinned.

"D-d-date…?" Shindou stuttered as his face and Okatsu's faces turned bright red.

"Ooh, I like that reaction." Han grinned, "so, going to tell me what happened?"

"No!" Shindou pushed the boy's arm off his shoulder.

"Heh heh…" Alsius laughed softly along with Ibuki and Matatagi.

"We'll have to leave after this…" Narukami said, "You got that, Fubuki?"

The elven boy groaned.

"Aww… we never got to do anything in the end." Kenji sighed chewing his portion of tofu.

"Too… bad…" Yushiro grinned, "I wanted… to try meeting… Oda Nobunaga…"

"Ha, ha… good thing you didn't. You probably would've tried assassinating him…" LunA laughed nervously.

"Thank-you everyone for making this a memorable birthday…" Shindou smiled to himself exchanging glances with Okatsu.


What the two did, I leave to your imagination. XD

Anyways, next Gaiden will be about Han's experiene when he just arrived at Earth. And perhaps a reason why Amemiya Taiyo was not part of Shinsei Inazuma Japan or Resistance Japan...

Coming soon!