Chapter 2: A Nice Walk
It's a fine weather today at the edge of Misaki Lake. The birds chirped on the tree branches, Misaki Lake that was Misaki City in the other world sparkled as it always is as a pool of existence. It was created involuntarily due to the role that Misaki City played during the creation of Xanadu.
Shana holding my hand and twisting our arms together, Rebecca playfully jumping around here and there, and Wilhelmina still cradling Justus in one hand. It was a scene long lost to all of us.
"Yuji?"
"Yes, Shana?" I replied, still like usual, taking note of the concern she started to have since meeting me.
"I was wondering," Shana said as she used her free hand to hold onto Alastor, the pendant she's wearing."What happened to The Snake of Festival after creating Xanadu?"
"Hmm… I was wondering when are you finally going to ask that," I said, looking onto her face. "Due to Xanadu's creation is the creation of the Creator God himself," I remarked,"he can reside in it and go anywhere he want, all in a split second. He could probably be behind or beside of us right now."
"So…" Shana said carefully, with a hint of reluctance in her voice. My guess is she was afraid of the outcoming answer I was going to give her for the question she was going to ask. "… will you age, Yuji, my love?"
Taken aback by her question and the words she used, I hid back a blush and tried to turn away, looking down on the floor. This is quite embarrassing, for her to use the phrase "my love" like this. I don't have a problem using it towards her, but if she's using that towards me…. well … th-that's a whole different story.
"Yuji-…" oh no, it was her turn to tease me, "what's wrong? Yuji? Are you blushing? Heheh~"
"Umm…" I replied, still blushing. "After The Spiral Organ gave me the amulet that restored my existence, he told me that I would not age due to the Midnight Lost Child that was placed inside me. Yeah, and the Creator God also said that-" I stopped abruptly.
"That?" Shana asked nervously, her eyes trained onto mine.
"Sorry, Shana, that's not something I should say because it's too dangerous for this world. I'm sorry," I looked down, felling guilty about not telling everything I know to my loved one. But, this is….
"Pfft-" Shana let out a giggle and stopped in front of me and looked into my eyes. "Didn't I tell you before? If you want to do something, I'll help you; and only if it's wrong then I'll stop you."
I held her hand and continued walking. We breathed in the fresh air that was never available in the world we once lived in. I reached out my hand to catch a piece of high-density power of existence floating by. Although this world bans the Crimson Denizens from devouring humans, there are still Denizens that are hungry for power of existence. So in order to counter this, every now and then a piece of Power of Existence will randomly float by for us to use.
"You want this, Shana?" I asked, as I held out my hand that had clasped that piece of Power of Existence.
"Sure," she smiled at me. She took out her hand to take it and absorbed the piece of Power of Existence completely. Due to the fact that her hand is still linked to mine, I can feel the power flowing along her veins and throughout her body. My guess is, the absorption of Power of Existence is quite pleasant, nice and comfortable, that's why the Denizens wanted to devour humans for it.
We walked in silence. I took another piece of solidified Power of Existence and threw it at the border of Misaki Lake. All Power of Existence in contact with the border will be automatically bounced back using the same force applied on it. Its nature of this made the journey over Misaki Lake a dangerous one, since no Power of Existence can flow through it, if you run out of Power of Existence and fall, you'll perish since the last speck of the power is used.
I played at it for a few times and finally left it alone.
"Shana! Where are you ~de arimasuka," Wilhelemina shouted over to us. Rebecca and her were standing on a crossway. One path lead to the forest while one lead to a bridge over the lake. "Which path should we take ~de arimasuka."
"Oh, sorry! " Shana shouted back as she pulled me closer and said, "Let's run."I nodded at her as she counted to three. In a few seconds we were in sight of Wilhelmina.
"Where should we go ~de arimasuka,"
"Directions needed," said Tiamat, which is sometimes quite useful due to its nature of summarizing everything.
"Just through a forest, and you'll see a plain. We'll have the picnic there," Shana said as a smile lit up on her face.
"You're sure about that ~de aimasuka," Wilhelmina commented, not really having faith in the place Shana chose.
"Safety first."
"I know, I just found that place a few days back, its safe!" Shana smiled even wider, "Wilhelmina, you and Rebecca can go there first, I'll catch up later!" I smiled too, I don't know why. But when she is happy, I'm bound to be happy. It's a long time since Shana was this happy, mainly after she's become a Flame Haze, according to Alastor …
"Let's go Yuji," Shana grinned at me, a mischievous look appearing on her face. She released her grip on my hand and shouted, "Who gets there first wins!" And she ran and laughed, throwing me down behind.
"H-Hey, wait! No fair!" I shouted playfully back to Shana and chased her, not wanting to ruin her fun.
We ran for quite a long time, laughing to each other as we passed by each other. It was something I hoped to do with Shana since our arrival and settling down at Xanadu together.
Finally, we arrived at Shana's so-called picnic place. It was surrounded by the think forest and at the same time facing Misaki Lake and had a clear view across it. I don't really remember this place when I created Xanadu, but this maybe is a projection of what a fellow Crimson Denizen's dream place would be…
"Ahh… I'm first! I win! " I shouted over to Shana and laid down on the grassy clearing. I immersed myself into nature and sat up. The breeze is so cooling and comforting, suddenly…
