Falling

A feeling of nostalgia rushed over Soma before he noticed his situation. Quickly regaining himself he identified two possible problems. First and foremost was the distance between him and the ground. More accurately put, the lack of ground. There was a multitude of ways he could protect himself if solid land were beneath, but unfortunately, there wasn't. Instead, a lake covered the earth below. Second issue was the trio falling below him. In descending order; a girl with short brown hair donning some sort of white cape, another female except with long black hair tied together by red ribbon, and a blond boy wearing a strange device over his ears. Under further inspection Soma realized why they were summoned over the lake. The others bodies would be crushed by the force of the fall if rocks were beneath their feet. Satisfied with his analysis of the situation, he stretched his arms and legs out to slow his descent.

"Unbelievable!" The black haired girl was the first to voice their displeasure. "To take me without so much as a word and drop me out of the sky."

"Yeah," The blond boy agreed. "If we'd fallen anywhere else it would've been game over. They shoulda spawned us inside a rock instead." Giving an estranged look the girl pointed out some... 'minor' flaws in his plan, to which the blond just shrugged. "Wouldn't be a problem for me."

"You're a selfish one, aren't you." Both children shared a death glare before proceeding to dry themselves off.

Now that he was damp as opposed to wet the boy spoke again."I'm just checking, but you guys got the same letter, right?"

"Don't refer to us as guys." The girl responded sharply, "My name is Kudou Asuka, and don't you forget it." As she spoke Miss Kudou flourished her long hair, surprisingly dry given the situation they were in only a few minutes ago. "To answer your question, yes. I received a strange letter. What about you, girl with the cat, what's your name?"

"Kasukabe Yo." She answered almost monotone, her eyes never leaving her cat. "Same situation."

"It's nice to meet you Kasukabe-san." Asuka looked upon her through the corner of their eye. "I hope we can get along. Finally," Directing her sight towards the blond, "What's your name, rude and selfish delinquent?"

"Why, thank you for the introduction." A devious grin appeared on his face. "As you can see, I'm the selfish, rude, rash, sadistic and hedonistic delinquent, overall the worst person you'll ever meet, Sakamaki Izayoi." He gave a light bow after his self introduction." But, Ojo-sama, you're wrong about one thing."

"Oh?" She took a step forward to confront Izayoi. "And what would that be?" He pointed seemingly at her and said, "I'm not the last one."

Reluctantly turning from the delinquent, Asuka was met by a pair of sea green eyes. Barely able to resist showing surprise, she looked over the boy before her, his attire 'unique' at best. He wore a hooded unitard with padding on the arms, chest and legs. It was an almost metallic blue color with the exception of a small white floral design on each shoulder. His hair was pure white and swept to the side revealing metal clasps covering the top and bottom of his left ear.

"I am Soma." He said with a small smile, "I believe I received the letter you spoke of." As Soma finished speaking he walked past the other children towards something he saw in the bushes. He'd noticed it as soon as he touched ground and remembered seeing something similar a couple times before. In his old world. The good thing is it wasn't trying to murder them. Instead it seemed to be observing them and, from what Soma could tell, had no intention of harming them.

"Oh?" Izayoi had another grin on his face, "So you noticed too?"

Asuka looked to Izayoi and said,

"I'm surprised a ruffian like you could notice."

"Well of course, I never loose at hide and seek." The two traded looks as if to test each other's wit. "And what about you?" Izayoi's question was directed towards Kasukabe.

"We're down wind." She stated plainly, "I'd know even if I didn't want to." His eyes had a glint of curiosity at her reply. Instead of asking further, Izayoi looked towards Soma who now stood by the tree line.

"We all know you're there so it's best if you come out." At Soma's words a figure timidly leaned out from from behind a tree.

"H-hey," The creature started, only to be interrupted by a loud shout.

"Hurry it up will ya? We ain't got all day." When they flinched back behind the foliage Izayoi let out a heavy sigh. "If you're not coming out on your own, I'll just force you out!" Jumping at least half a dozen meters, the blond boy landed in front of Soma with such force that the earth cracked beneath his feet causing the tree that hid the observer to fall. Soma gave a blank stare while Izayoi smiled back.

The trees absence revealed a girl who was only a few years older then them. She wore an outfit consisting of a long black vest with matching stockings over a short red dress. Her periwinkle hair went down to the hem of her skirt and she'd pass as a human if it weren't for the two long ears protruding from her head.

"What's that?" Asked Asuka, "C-cosplay?"

"N-no!" Replied the girl, "Black Rabbit is not a cosplayer!" Before she could explain further Izayoi was falling on her position once more. With a small shriek Black Rabbit jumped backwards and landed on the tree behind her. Hearing someting else approaching she looked to the right to see Kasukabe leaping towards her through the trees. Without a second thought, Black Rabbit moves to the next tree with Kasukabe in hot pursuit.

"Birds, restrict that girl's movements!" Following Asuka's words, the birds that were scared from their perches grouped around Black Rabbit, swarming her in mid air.

"H-hey, stop," Black Rabbit soon lost her momentum and helplessly plummeted to the ground. She braced herself for impact when a pair of arms cushioned her fall. Black Rabbit opened her eyes to see Soma had caught her. She began to thank him but before she could finish he placed her on the ground and took a step back. Black Rabbit was confused before she noticed the reason why. A nervous laugh escaped her when she turned to the other three children, all looking down on her with demeaning glares.

Author's Notes

Apologies for the delay but apparently, the new thing to do when you're mad is take things from me. I was only able to finish this by leaching off others, so thanks others!

This chapter was rushed so I could just get something out and will probably be revised in (what's hopefully the near) future.

Till next time,

~Bai!

Edit: I did tweaks.