Chapter 4: In the Meantime
Back on Earth, Koyuki went too school as usual, with the police investigating the incident from a few weeks ago, long after the news stopped reporting on it. They have been asking the students about Ginta's disappearance. The students in Yazawa's class, including Koyuki herself have told the police the same thing, the room suddenly went dark and a door popped out, Ginta went through it and then he disappeared. Students in nearby classrooms said that they saw Yazawa's class outside of their class room freaking out for some reason. Koyuki, however, gave the extra mile about Ginta's whereabouts. She told authorities that she'd been having dreams about Ginta in a place called Mär Heaven and about his exploits. She told how he saved her from being encased in ice and training with him in the training gates and so on. She even told them about the Headhunt games. However, the officers found them to be charming stories and nothing more. Today she told authorities about Jason and how he almost killed Ginta and meeting the Cross Guard members, Richard and Elizabeth.
"Look kid," said one of the officers, "You're probably having some anxiety dreams concerning your friend. We're still investigating the event and we're not getting any leads."
"But it's all true!" Koyuki claimed.
"Dreams may feel real, but in the end they're just dreams kid." The officer brushed off.
"But-"Koyuki began.
"Hold on." Said another officer, a pale woman with long black hair, grey eyes and dark circles under those eyes. "What's your name miss?"
"What are you doing Himura?" Her fellow officer asked.
"Just talking, what does it look like?" She said back.
"Ah … Koyuki." Koyuki responded.
"Right, Koyuki, may I speak with you after your classes?" The woman asked. Koyuki hesitated, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna do anything I just want to ask you a few questions."
"Um … sure." Said Koyuki, "Can you meet me here?" She gave Officer Himura a piece of paper with an address on it. Officer Himura smirked.
"All right, I'll meet you there as soon as I'm done."
Hours later, after classes, Koyuki went to Ginta's apartment, where his mother just finished a new section for her latest book.
"Hey Koyuki." She greeted. "Come in." Koyuki stepped into the apartment and pulled out her note book.
"I took notes for Ginta, again." She said.
"That's nice of you." Ginta's mother replied, "Speaking of which, did you see him again?"
"Yep." Koyuki nodded. "But this time there was this guy who practically lusted after Babbo, and he tried to kill Ginta. However he had like one distinct personality that didn't want Babbo and Ginta ended up surviving." Ginta's mother sat there frozen, not sure what to say. "On the up side we met up with the Cross Guard and talked to a couple of members." Said Koyuki trying to get her mind off Ginta's near death experience. She then went into detail about Richard and Elizabeth. After a while the two heard a knock on the door. Ginta's mother got up and answered it. When she opened it, the officer from earlier was standing there, except in a sweatshirt and jeans. The officer's mouth dropped.
"Can I help you with anything?" Ginta's mother asked.
"Oh my god." The officer muttered. "Y-you're Shirori Toramizu!"
"Yes, and you are …?" Ginta's mother asked.
"Eh- keeeeeeeee…" The officer began trying to make out words with the random sounds she made until she finally spat out. "Kazue Himura! I-I-I-I'm a big fan of yours!"
" I can tell." Shiori said dryly.
"I-it's an honor to meet you!" Kazue then got onto her knees. "I am so sorry we weren't able to find your son!"
"Oh Officer Himura, right? You wanted to talk didn't you?" Said Koyuki. Kazue was left speechless, blushing. She then got off her knees and brushed herself off.
"Ah, right." She said regaining her composure. "As I said, we weren't able to find your son but for the last few weeks Koyuki here has been laying claims that your son-"
"Is in a fairytale world? Yes I know." Shiori said bluntly.
"Ah," Said Kazue, "Then I don't need to go over any details with you. My superiors think that a story like that is a load of bullshit, while I think transported to a fairytale world seems to make the most logical sense than any of the theories my colleagues have come up with. Like elaborate kidnapping through a gas leak or something like that. Anyway this is an independent investigation of mine that my coworkers don't know about, kinda."
"Kinda?" Shiori asked.
"I mostly want to hear about this Mär Heaven place. However, it sounds very similar to your husband's disappearance right down to him disappearing in a public place. Plus it sounds interesting." Kazue shrugged, she then turned her attention to Koyuki. "Now Koyuki, how long have you been having those dreams?"
"As long as I could remember." Koyuki replied, "I'm a princess of a large kingdom in Mär Heaven after all."
"I see. When did you start seeing Ginta in that world?"
"About ten days or so after he said he arrived in Mär Heaven, after saving me from being encased in ice."
"Wait … You were encased in ICE?" Kazue shouted.
"Yeah I was running from my stepmother and as a last resort I froze myself until my servant, Ed, could save me, but Ginta saved me instead."
"Didn't that come with any severe injury or something like that?"
"… No ..."
"Anyway, how did Ginta say he got there?"
"While training he said something about a man named Alviss summoning him."
"Is there any reason?"
"Apparently, since that world is on the brink of war Alviss thought that he may need someone from outside of Mär Heaven to kill the leader of the group terrorizing the world, the Chess Pieces. Since it worked before."
"Hold on, What do you mean by "before?" Did a terrorist group attacking the world happen and a person from a different world got summoned just to stop them?" Kazue asked.
"Yep."
"Wow … Anyway, is there anything special about other worlders that the citizens can't do on their own?"
"Well in Ginta's case he ended up as a symbol of hope."
"I see." Said Kazue, "That will be all for today." She turned to Shiori, "Sorry to have bothered you."
"Ah, not at all." Shiori dismissed. "I'm glad that you're taking this extra effort to find out where my son is." Kazue bowed and left. She then turned back to Koyuki. "Hey Koyuki, what happened during the battle?"
"Well we all woke up when we heard Babbo screaming..." Said Koyuki, she went on the explain Jason's antics and how Ginta managed to fair against the man. Shiori smiled and listened intently to Koyuki's tale.
When Koyuki got home she went to bed, excited for sleep thinking 'What adventures will Me and Ginta have tonight?'
Well Happy New Year everyone. I just wanted to do a short chapter on what Koyuki was up to back in Ginta's world. I gotta say, how come Ginta's disappearance in his world didn't catch any attention? I mean there were quite a bit of people who ran out of the class room and they were being loud enough for surrounding class rooms to hear, so shouldn't they end up hearing about the event in some form? Also, wouldn't a boy suddenly disappearing in front of his classmates at school, in a small room where the only other exit seems to be the windows attract attention from the police and media?
