"Who are you?" Sakuya asked in a polite and smooth manner remembering his manners for once.
"I am a Mystic, I am the one who shall bring you to your destination" Mystic smiled in a soft and gentle voice.
"Destination?" the boys asked together
"Seeker of Souls" Mystic said while she looked at Ryouta who looked at her in shock and confused.
"Erm...Y..yes?" He stuttered
"You must keep the book safe no matter what...It cannot reach The Dark Sorcerer's hands" she said.
"O-ok?" Ryouta stuttered as Mystic nodded at him with a gentle smile. After that the light from the book got brighter around Mystic.
"Go now" she smiled
"What?!"
"You mean we're actually going somewhere?!" Ryouta gasped.
"Indeed" Mystic answered simply.
Ryouta opened his mouth to say something but before he could even speak a word the light from the book blinded him and Sakuya.
*FLASH!*
...
Ryouta's eyes snapped opened to see a different room to which he was in before. In reaction to this, Ryouta shot up onto his feet and looked around the small and dark bedroom. Like the room before this room had old fashioned furniture in it.
The beds were simply wooden with a thin mattress, the cupboard between them was rusted and falling to part. Whoever lived here was not the riches of people but not like Ryouta could judge.
No that was Sakuya's job...
"Wait!" Ryouta snapped while he looked at the other bed to find Sakuya asleep or knocked out.
"Sakuya!" shouted Ryouta while he walked to his bed.
Sakuya never moved so Ryouta shook him harshly
"Sakuya!" Ryouta shouted again but at the top of his voice
"Err..." Sakuya sounded but then he forcefully pushed Ryouta off him and gave him a death glare.
"What do you think you doing?!" He shouted
"But"
"But nothing! A commoner like you doesn't have the right to handle me like that!" Sakuya shouted while he pointed at Ryouta. After his scolding Sakuya looked around the unknown room but not reacting to it.
"You're not shock?" Ryouta asked
"That is a weakness" Sakuya sighed while he stood up and kept looking around the room.
"But...That book" Sakuya said while he looked over the book on the cupboard between the beds.
"Is not normal" Sakuya said
"Well I did tell you not to trust it" Ryouta mumbled but that only lead to Sakuya frowning at him in disgust.
"You don't need to brag" Sakuya mumbled in anger.
"What do we do now? We have no idea where we are or anything!" Ryouta said worriedly but Sakuya grabbed his shoulders and shook him.
"Ah!" Ryouta cried
"Keep your head! Panic and you'll lose your mind! My underline cannot break because of this! Your stronger than this, ok?!" Sakuya huffed
"O...Ok" Ryouta stuttered while Sakuya let go off him with a little nod however:
*Scratch* *Scratch*
That noise came from the book so Ryouta opened it while he and Sakuya looked at the first page. It was the same as before but then Ryouta turned the page to only reveal:
Text being written on the page by an unseen hand and pen in the same language as before. So Ryouta read the text clearly for Sakuya:
"The rules and information:
1. Do not lose or give away this book!
2. You must follow this books instructions! Do not do anything on your own accord which could affect your destination
3. Each person has powers which cannot be swapped!
4. Each person has three lives, once they are on the third life their powers are no more"
"So..." Sakuya sighed while he paused but then he carried on "this book is our guide as we are now the travelers" Sakuya huffed.
"So we're in a different world" Ryouta said
"Indeed" Sakuya sighed but then he pointed at the other page
"What does this say?" he asked while Ryouta looked down and there was more text.
"Oh erm" he said before he went onto reading the text.
"This journey is not for two, nine more must be found. However this will not be a easy task, as the Marionette has made seven needed people forget the two seekers. Which means The Seeker of Souls must wake the cursed souls with the help of the Deliver of Water and Ice.
The first person you must seek is the Boy of Kindness...He is hiding within a building away from many eyes, good luck."
"The Seeker of Souls and the Deliver of Water and Ice?" Sakuya said confused however Ryouta looked at him.
"Mystic called me "The Seeker of souls" so you must be "Deliver of Water and Ice" Ryouta said while he closed the book.
"Ok...And why are we called that in this world?!" Sakuya huffed
"I..I don't know but...But they seem similar" Ryouta said mumbling to himself and not to Sakuya
"Why?" Sakuya asked while Ryouta looked at him.
He couldn't just say "Oh sorry, I was talking to myself", oh no! If he do that he'd look crazy.
"Deliver of Water and Ice? Isn't there another world were your powers are ice?" Ryouta smiled giving Sakuya a little hint there.
But...Sakuya just looked at him blankly
"*Sigh* Anghel's! In his fantasy world you're a mage of ice!" Ryouta said.
"True...So you...You think this has some relation to that?" Sakuya asked
"Maybe" Ryouta said.
"The boy of kindness" He said
"Who the hell is that?" Sakuya hissed "no one is that nice to hold that title"
"Maybe...Maybe the names are hints to people's powers? Maybe this person gives light to people who see nothing but darkness" Ryouta said
"And there's a person like that in Anghel's world?"
"Well...Yeah. Nageki h-" "What?! HIM!" Sakuya butted in.
"Remember what Anghel told us! He said in his Manga Nageki saves Hitori with his light and kind words. He brought Hitori out of darkness" Ryouta said.
"How come you remember all of this?" Sakuya asked
"He talks about it all the time...I have no choice but to listen" Ryouta said but then he smiled "Its lucky I do"
"Ok, ok...Don't get cocky" Sakuya mumbled but Ryouta was happy that he knew more than Sakuya. It was like Sakuya was the underling and not him.
"So where to?" Sakuya asked while he lent over the bed Ryouta was on before and looked out of the window.
"Knowing Nageki, he will be in a book shop" Ryouta said while Sakuya nodded but then Ryouta looked out of the window to only see people walk past.
But unlike him and Sakuya who wore bright blue clothing the people outside all wore brown or black clothing.
"Sakuya we must blend in!" Ryouta ordered loudly while he went the cupboard between the two beds.
"Pardon?" Sakuya asked while his French accent was clear then.
"We have to keep the book safe" "oui" "so that means people are looking for it! Looking for us! If we got out in these bright blue clothing we're going to stick out like...Well like a yellow car within a parking lot full of red cars" Ryouta said.
"That was a terrible statement but...I guess your right" Sakuya sighed but he wasn't happy with this. Getting rid of his royal blue coat for a "commoner" coat was a disgrace to his name!
Ryouta dragged out two brown coats and replaced them with his school blazer and Sakuya's coat. He also found a little brown shoulder bag which was zip-able. He placed the book and both of their phones in it.
They both then got the coats on, Sakuya's coat was a long brown think coat while Ryouta's was a small thin jacket. However a hat was slammed onto Ryouta's head.
"What the?!" He gasped while he swung around to Sakuya behind him.
"It looks like there a many rock doves around" Sakuya huffed
"So?! We're in our human forms!" Ryouta snapped
"Even in your human form you look similar! So where a hat! It will make it easier for me to spot you" Sakuya huffed
"That's...That's" Ryouta said in anger but he didn't know how to finish that sentence so he just said "fine"
Sakuya nodded with a small satisfied smile on his face however they both left the building they were just in to only go out onto a busy street.
They looked up and down the street to watch all the people walk past with small smiles. However by the buildings and the cobbled stoned paths and roads it could be easily told this was a poor area.
Even the bricked houses looked run down with their wooden doors and windows this was indeed the "old" age.
"Come" Sakuya said while he walked forward so Ryouta walked after him
"Wait, you don't even know where you're going!"
Sakuya looked at Ryouta with a large cunning smile telling Ryouta he did in fact know something.
"I may not be like you commoners but...But I know when you follow people with empty bags it often leads to shops!" Sakuya said proudly.
Ryouta agreed with that statement and it was the only lead they had
"Here goes nothing, I guess" Ryouta thought to himself...
To be continued...