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Chapter 3

"By the way, there is still one thing I'd like to know..." As I rode with the girl on her motorcycle to Planeptune's Basilicom, she looked back to me. "I never got your name."

Oh yeah, we never introduced ourselves... "Oh, you're right. Sorry, I guess it must've slipped my mind."

"Well, what is your name then?" She repeated her question.

"My name's Zack," I answered. "Now, since I've told you mine, you should tell me what your name is. After all, it is common courtesy."

"My name's IF," she answered. "Y'know, like the two letters?"

"I mean, that's a pretty weird name..." I said.

"I'm not judging your name," IF snapped back. "Or is it that you want me to show how little you really know about where you are?"

I let out a groan. "Yeah, yeah. I get it."

I heard a chuckle come from her as her full attention returned to the road ahead. "Good, now let's hurry and find that cat."

"Yeah..." I nodded and also turned my attention back to the road.

But that was when something came up in my head. "Hey, IF. Can I ask you something?"

"I guess..." She muttered. "What is it?"

"What makes you happy?"

"H-Huh?" She looked back at me for a moment before realizing she was driving and turned her head back to the road. "What's with a question like that so suddenly?"

I shrugged. "Well, everyone has feelings, right? Some express it more easily than others and I'm just wondering what makes you happy."

"Well..." She seemed to ponder the question as she drove on her motorcycle. "Well, I guess being around my friends?"

"Your friends?"

IF nodded. "Mhm. Even if they can be pretty dumb sometimes, they're always there for me, and I want to always be there to return the favor..."

"I guess that makes sense..." I murmured.

"Why do you want to know?" She asked. "You have to have some specific reason for wanting to know."

I nodded. "Well, yeah... Actually, I want to find the thing out there that makes me happy. I was thinking that maybe hearing the reasons of others would be able to help me find my own reason."

"I guess that makes sense," IF said. "Well, I hope you find that answer you're looking forward."

I smiled. "Thanks."

After that, we didn't really speak for the rest of the drive and just drove along quietly.


"Here," IF nodded up ahead. "The Basilicom is up ahead. Brace yourself."

I nodded as she hit the brakes and the bike skidded to a halt.

We both hopped off and IF parked her motorcycle. "Now, apparently this cat was spotted somewhere around here. Also, we can ask the people of the Basilicom."

"Wat, what exactly is the Basilicom?" I asked. "You never really told me about it."

"The Basilicom is the building where the leader of the nation, the CPU, lives," she began. "The members of the Basilicom are usually pretty well informed too."

"Sure..." I was pretty sure that CPUs were parts in computers. But, maybe not here.

"Anyways, why don't we take a look inside the Basilicom?" IF suggested. "It doesn't hurt to look, and we might be able to get some good information out of there."

Nodding, I followed IF into the Basilicom building. Entering, I looked around to see people in white-purple robes filling out papers and helping out the people that came in.

"Excuse me," IF walked over to one of the Basilicom members. "Do you know about any cat that's maybe passed by?"

"Hm?" One of the Basilicom members came over to us. "Well, we've seen one pass by earlier this week; it was heading towards the northern part of Planeptune. Though, somebody had also been chasing it."

"That must've been the lady," IF muttered. She turned to me. "Come on, Zack. Let's go find that cat!"

"Right!" Nodding, we ran out the Basilicom and both hopped onto the motorcycle. As soon as it started up, we hurried to the north of Planeptune as fast as we could.

Actually, the Basilicom was close to the northern edge of Planeptune, so it was only about a ten-minute drive.

As we made it, we parked the motorcycle once again and hopped off. We looked around. "Do you think it's close by?" IF asked.

"Mreoow!"

Hearing a nearby cat, we turned our heads in the direction of it. "Yeah, I think it's close by."

"After it!" IF said as she sprinted on ahead.

I followed close behind her.