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Chapter 3 – Dreaming and small Catching up
"Awaken young one…" A voice called out to Keita. Keita moans and opens his eyes that immediately widened at where he was. He was in some type of area that had four golden pillars, a checkerboard floor below him, and golden fences connected to the four pillars. The space around him was a blue, but it was a mixer of different blues. In front of him was a black haired man wearing a white tuxedo and black necktie. The man was also wearing a mask, the left side of the mask had a purple butterfly wing and the other side was a blue butterfly wing while the rest of the mask was porcelain white. The black haired man held out his hand to Keita. Keita hesitantly grabs the man hand, and he helps Keita get up.
"Who are you..?" Keita asks.
"My name is Philemon young one." Philemon said and Keita once again looks around.
"Where am I, and why am I here?" Keita asked.
"You are in a realm that is in between consciousness and unconsciousness. Now that I told you my name, it's your turn to tell me your name young one."
"Ito…Keita." Keita replied quietly unsure if he could trust the man.
"I see, well do you know why you're here?" Philemon asked his black hair flowing like wind was blowing against it.
"No…I don't."
"If I can ask, but what kind of talents or skills do you have?" Philemon asked.
"I don't have any talents or skill; the only thing I have that is special is my insane luck (26)…" Keita said and looks down at the floor.
"Luck huh…you do know that there are humans out there that would like that kind of luck right? Why do you think, your luck is bad?" Philemon asked curious.
"Because…" Keita couldn't help but let out a sigh. He was somewhat good at cooking, but it's been awhile so he didn't know if he was horrible, so-so, or good. He had average grades, was average at sports, over all he was just normal with the exception of his luck.
Philemon stares at Keita. Whatever or not the boy knew it, but Philemon could see something inside of Keita. It almost shine with a divine glow to it and was shaped as a flower made out of crystal. Philemon could see that the boy just needed a gentle push to unlock his real potential and maybe more. Even though he couldn't interfere directly with the human realm, he could at least give that gentle push. "What if I told you there is a way for you to change?" Philemon suddenly asked.
Keita raise an eyebrow, "Change…? What do you mean?" he question before they were interrupted. The platform they were standing on beings to shake and Keita almost fell on his ass. "Well, it looks like for now that ours times up." Philemon said and as the area around them was slowly disappearing.
"Philemon, what do you mean by 'change'?" Keita asked as the pillars disappear and slowly the floor also started to disappear.
"You will found out in due time Keita! For now just let it show itself when the time's right." Philemon said and Keita's vision became blurry then completely black.
"Keita…Keita." Amaya said as she lightly shakes Keita. She could hear a moan from him and Keita slowly opens his eyes. Keita then rub his eyes, looks at his older sister, and sat up. "Dinner's already done..?" He asked.
"Yep, come get it while it's still hot and warm." Amaya replied in a whisper to him and stands up. Keita also got up and walks out of his room with Amaya behind him. Immediately Keita could smell something when they step down the stairs. Once both Keita and Amaya were in the kitchen, Keita's eyes almost widened at what was on the table. On the table were two plates of curry that were still steaming hot, above the curry was a deep fried pork cutlet that was cut into slices that could fit inside of a person's mouth.
"Onee-san…you cooked all of this?" Keita asked as he sits in one of the chairs. Amaya smiles at him and grabs a black wooden komebitsu (27) that was filled with rice that was somewhat wet and streaming like hot water. "Yep, your favorite dish, curry with lots of potatoes (28). The deep fried pork is just something extra I throw in for us." Amaya said and puts down the komebitsu and grabs a black wooden rice paddle scoop.
Amaya scoops a small amount of rice and puts it on her plate. She then gives Keita the Komebitsu and he scoops a medium size amount of rice on his plate. He then covers the rice with the lid of the Komebitsu and puts the rice paddle scoop on top of the Komebitsu. "Itadakimasu (29)." Both Amaya and Keita said in unison. They both grab a fork and dig in.
When Keita took a bite of the curry, his eyes widened. "Sugoi (30)! Onee-san this taste great!" He said and eats one of the potatoes that were in the curry. Amaya smiles at him, 'Well, at least I manage to cheer him up.' She thought and eats one of slices of fried pork. After a few minutes of eating did Keita starts to talk to his sister. "So Onee-san, what have you been doing the last time we have met?" Keita asked.
"Well, you have been like eight at the time…and Koichi onii-san was busy with work. Well like I said I attended Gekkoukan High School for maybe two or three years. Right now I'm doing I guess what you call homeschool, but a little different. You see otouto, I go to one of otou-san's friend's house and they homeschool me and a couple of friends. Unfortunately I have to stay there for three weeks, and come back home for one week. So if you don't see me for a couple of weeks, that's why. Let's see what else is there..?" Amaya said and tilt her head to the left.
"You met Junpei at the train station right?" She asked and scoops up some curry. "Hai, he seems…nice and he has a cheerfully attitude to him." Keita replied and also scoops up some curry and eats it. "That's Junpei for ya, if you want some cheering up he's the male to do the job." She chuckle.
"If I can ask onee-san, but what other kind of friends did you have when you were in Gekkoukan High School?" He asked as he eats a slice of his fried pork.
"Well, there is a girl named Takeba Yukari who is a classmate with Junpei and two of our cousins." Amaya paused when she mentions 'two cousins' and looks toward Keita.
"Cousins?" Keita asked curious.
"Ah, that's right otou-san never did tell you about Arisato Minako or Minato did he?" Amaya said and silently thinks of their father. 'I swear otou-san is way to over-protective with Keita and I.' she thought almost bitterly yet with that bitterness was warmth that was almost similar to a family's warmth.
"This is the first time I have heard of them." He said and looks at the couch. The black fox that followed them was sleeping, its tail wrapped around itself like a blanket. Amaya notices him staring at Daiyu, "Do you remember that fox?" she suddenly said and Keita turn to look at her. "No, I don't…" he mutters to her.
"It's been awhile since you last saw her. Her name's Daiyu," Amaya said and looks towards the glass side door. "Koichi's fox is exploring the town again. So if you see a fox with white fur and indigo eyes, that's the fox. Anyways where was I again?" She asked her little brother.
"You were talking about your friends and our two cousins." Keita remained her.
"Ah yes that's right, let's continued. There was also a girl named Yamagishi Fuuka, a kid named Amada Ken, a blond haired girl named Aigis and her brother Alexio (31). In my class were Kirijo Mitsuru, Sanada Akihiko, and Aragaki Shinjiro." Amaya then slips a cup of tea.
"What do our cousins look like?" He asked and slips a cup of water.
"Minato had short hair with bangs that almost covered his face and dark blue hair like mine's. He also had pearl gray eyes that were almost silver. Minako…she has the same hair coloring like yours, now that I think about it you and Minako almost look the same except instead of ocean blue eyes, she has crimson red eyes." She said and they hear the door opening.
"Tadaima Amaya." A male voice said, Amaya look towards Keita and lifts her index finger to her lips and did a hush sound. She winks at him and gets out of her chair and walk towards the front door. "Okaerinasai nii-san, I cooked curry with deep fried pork cutlet on the side." She said to Koichi and kisses his cheek.
"Hmm, sounds good I'm starving. Work was…troublesome today." Koichi said quietly and takes off his baseball cap. "Onii-san I have a surprise for you." She said and Koichi raise an eyebrow.
"Oh? What kind of surprise?" He asked and she smirks.
"Why don't you come see yourself?" She said and grabs Koichi's right hand and drags him to the kitchen. Once they enter the kitchen, Koichi's eyes widened. "Hello Onii-san…" Keita said quietly and stands up. Koichi just stares at Keita for a good two minutes and suddenly runs towards him and embraces him.
The three siblings stood still, as if someone casted a magic ice spell on them. Five minutes past and Koichi lets go of Keita and smiles, "Keita it been a long time. When did you arrive?" Koichi asked. "Few hours ago I think, onee-san picked me up." Keita replies and looks at Koichi.
"I see, why wasn't I informed by this?" Koichi asks and turns to Amaya.
"That's because…"
Minako sighed as she sits on her bed. After helping Fuuka with two basic Japanese dishes, she hung out with Akihiko and Shinjiro at Hagakure. When they were done eating the three of them headed for dorm. Even if the dark hour was over, it was a habit to them to arrive at the dorm before midnight. 'Hmm…tomorrow's Saturday, I wonder what I should do…' she thought.
Before she could continue thinking about what to do tomorrow, she hears a knock on her door. "Who is it?" She asked.
"It's Mitsuru," A voice said and opens the door. "Sorry to disturb you, but tomorrow I want everyone to come to the command room first thing in the morning." Mitsuru said to Minako.
"Okay, have you already told the others this?" Minako asked.
"Only Yukari, Junpei, Fuuka, and you so far." Mitsuru replied.
"Why do you want us to meet in the command room anyways?" Minako question the other female.
"Because, it's about the shadows…"
"Why in the world would the academy expel you? And you said this is the second time and they succeed." Koichi asked not liking what he was hearing from his little brother.
"Hai, the first time was because of a power struggle with Vice Chairman Kuganuma and the Chairman of Bell Liberty academy." Keita answered.
"Power struggle?" Amaya raise an eye.
"Hai, and when he recommend that I drop out so that he wouldn't have the pleasure to expel me…I sent an email to the Chairman about letting me stay at the academy." Keita sighed.
"Matte(32), you emailed the Chairman?" Koichi asked curious.
"Hai, and that started something called the 'MVP Battle'."
"MVP Battle?" Amaya and Koichi said in unison and look at each another.
"It was a tag team match, and the winning team would get one wish granted to them." Keita said to his big brother and big sister.
"So you entered this so called 'MVP Battle' to tell the Chairman to grant your wish of staying there, right?" Koichi said and Keita nods.
"That is correct, but now…I don't know what to do…" Keita said quietly and he resists the urge to cry.
Both older siblings just look at Keita. "Do you think we should enroll him at Yasogami High?" Koichi whispered to Amaya.
"I don't know, lets us give Keita a few days to get familiar to the area. Since it been years he last saw the town. But we also have to tell otou-san about this, you know." Amaya whispered back to Koichi. Koichi's face darkens a bit, and he silently lets out a growl.
"Fine, tell oyaji about it." Koichi snarled loud enough for only Amaya to hear.
"Keita, why don't you finish your food then go take a bath, and Koichi yours is in the microwave still warm." Amaya said and Keita nodded and continues to eat the curry. Koichi also nods and gets out of the chair. Amaya smiles and also eats the curry.
"Gochisosama(33)," Keita said and puts down the fork, "I'll go take a bath onee-san and go to bed." He said and gets out of the chair. Both Amaya and Koichi watch Keita walk towards the stairs and up the stairs. When they hear his footsteps disappear, Amaya turns her head to Koichi. "So what cases did you do today?" She asked as he eats a slice of the deep fried pork.
"Well, today the amount of cases was a whole lot more than before!" He replied a bit shocked.
"It was a whole lot less cases before the murders of Konichi Saki and Yamano Mayumi, right?" she asked.
"Now that you mention it, yes there have been more cases then usually." Koichi said and looks at Amaya.
"Do you think it has something to do with the Midnight Channel?" She asked and slips some tea.
"Maybe, I'll ask some of the other summoners about it."
"So…anything else you want like to tell me, onii-san?"
"So tired…" Keita murmured and collapse on the bed. Keita was wearing pajamas that were a dark blue. 'I better get some sleep, maybe tomorrow I should look around the town…' He thought and went under the blankets and closes his eyes.
Chapter 3 end
Note 26: Keita's luck is truly insane, I remember reading something that said he winning Rock, Paper, Scissors 100 times in a row. I don't about you guys, but when someone wins 100 times in a row in Rock, Paper, Scissors their luck is insane because that game requires guessing.
Note 27: A komebitsu is basely a Japanese container for rice.
Note 28: Curry with lots of potatoes is Keita's favorite food along with strawberries.
Note 29: Itadakimasu (Japanese) - I gratefully receive (English) you say Itadakimasu when you are about to eat in Japan.
Note 30: Sugoi (Japanese) – Amazing (English)
Note 31: I decide to name male!Aigis Alexio. His name means defender, defender of man, warrior, and protector.
Note 32: Matte (Japanese) – Wait (English)
Note 33: Gochisosama (Japanese) - Thank you for the meal (English) you say this when you are done eating and you can also add deshita if you want, it doesn't change the meaning.
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