Chapter 2:
"Flashback"- scenes with flashbacks
Flashback – normal scenes
Flashback- thoughts of the characters
It was a stormy night and the crews of the ship were all busy keeping the ship steady as it makes its way through the storm and the cruel sea. Because all of the crew was busy, we took this chance for us to escape this hell ship that our heartless parents sold us to. And so Amane and I sneaked out of our confinement and headed to the railings.
As we near the railings, someone saw us and shouted "Prisoners escaping!" and that's when started to run for it until a gunshot was heard. I turn back and saw Amane on the ground blood oozing from her back. "Amane…" I was so stunned to even move until I heard her voice. "Run… Gareki you shit head RUN!" she shouted at me. And I found myself running back to her.
"Idiot! Run!" Amane kept telling me but I ignored her and took her and carried her onto my back. "I'm not gonna leave you…" and I tried to run as fast as I can to reach the railings and jump into the wavy sea.
When I reach the surface I saw Amane being drifted away from me. "Amane!" I reach out for her to grab my hand. She was pale and I know she was running out of blood, that is why I swam towards her, fighting the waves as they hit me making me part from her. She was reaching out for me, her eyes, her eyes that I liked a lot that hold the light that gave me strength. Their luster disappeared, and slowly she was drifted away until the sea had devoured her. Desperate as I was, I kept on shouting her name hoping to find her.
"Amane!"
"How are you feeling Nai? Is there anything strange on your body? Akari-sensei asked Nai for his usual checkup.
"No, I feel fine!" Nai answered Akari-sensei enthusiastically as ever. Then as usual Akari-sensei took some of Nai's blood to test to see if anything changed on Nai's body structure because as we all know, Nai is apparently not human but a mutated Niji, and animal at birth that was turned into human.
After Nai and Gareki's checkup, they met up with Yogi, who was shaking in fright because of Akari-sensei scolding him for escaping the last time he was confined when they went to their last trip at the snowy mountain where he went berserk. After he was done telling what happened to him in his check up to Nai and Gareki seeking for comfort, they went to the lounge were they had a chat.
"Nah, that Phony four eyes and Eva are always away from the ship a lot. They barely stay in the ship for a long time. What the heck are they doing all the time?" Gareki asked Yogi.
"They go to a lot of place, just like the Safety Force in each area that deals with the incident done by normal people, there is a safety force above them and that is the country's strongest defense organization and that had undergone special training to deal to the things that normal police can't deal with. And that is Circus. Who specialize on hunting or dealing with Valga or Post-Humans." Yogi went on, on his explanation on their work until he notice that the atmosphere grew depressing. He then changed topic, an opened the trip on Vantan, where they will be able to relax.
Yogi dumped a pile of books regarding Vantan and went on, on their chat on where to go first on their trip. Because it's a rare chance to have a day off, Yogi wanted this trip to be full of fun so Nai and Gareki could enjoy it.
The Moving Iron Castle: Vantan.
"There's no way in Hell I'm going in there." Gareki announced when Yogi dragged them to a Nyanperona shop, where most of the kids go.
"Mou! Please! And Besides Nai-chan is enjoying himself, so! Shall we go in?" Yogi said with the widest grin plastered on his face.
And of course, Gareki went with them, or rather he was dragged inside the shop with the two. Nai, as usual, has a wide curious eyes on anything he sees, like everything was so new to him. And there, the trio got in the shop until Gareki snapped about Nyanperona being just a costume. Which made Yogi to drag them out of the shop before any kid would hear them.
When Yogi had put them down, Gareki caught a glimpse of someone. Someone he knows to be dead. He saw Amane.
"Amane?" Gareki muttered the name.
"Who?" Nai and Yogi asked in unison.
"Hai! Coming!" Cyril said to Uro as they were having a stroll around Vantan, for her memory therapy. Taking a chance of maybe, she'd be able to remember something if she went on trips to various city. Cyril didn't notice the pair of longing gaze that was on her, from a certain black haired boy.