Closing a red bound book, Kaida jumps down on front of Blanc.

"GAH! You need to stop doing that!" she yells, red eye glowing.

"Finished the book," he said, a smile on his face.

"Why must you constantly torture me?" She exasperates. Smiling, he throws the book back at her and slings his sword over his back.

"I won't release any of it, don't worry." She releases an angered sigh.

"So what are you going to do now? You've stayed here for two weeks, and finished my book, even though I told you not to."

"Well, might go visit Noire for a bit. She how she's holding up."

"I'm sure that workaholic is handling herself just fine. There is probably some Lastation only problem and she is dealing with it," Blanc waves it her hand as though she is waving off the situation.

"I do have one question before I go," Kaida turns, his face dead serious.

"W-what is it?" Blanc stutters, surprised by his seriousness.

"What is love?"

"…"

"…"

"Are you serious?" He nods sharply.

Blanc sighs, "well, love, I guess, is a feeling of wanting to be with another for life? Or, a feeling of affection?" Her face starts to turn a bright red.

"Interesting, interesting," he nods as pulls out a notepad, taking no notice of the now beet red Blanc.

"DON'T WRITE THAT DOWN!" Blanc screams as she swipes the notepad out of his hand.

"Hm? Why not? I'm not going to release anything within this notepad. It's all so I can understand humans more."

If Blanc was any redder, steam would be rising from her head.

"A-anyway, shouldn't you get going? It will take a full days trip to get to Planeptune right now, what with all the monsters endangering the path."

"Nah, I'm fast. It only took about five hours to get here last time." Upon hearing that, Blanc started to choke.

"Three hours!? That's impossible for a human."

"Like I said, I'm fast. Guess you could call it magic," he shrugs.

"Well aren't you just special."

"I like to think so."

"Something just occurred to me. Do you even know the way to Lastation?" Blanc asks, calming down from the rage and surprise inducing conversation so far.

"Hmm… well I have a map that shows the paths and tunnels that lead to the different nations," he replied, looking towards the ceiling, a look of thought on his face.

"And how old is that?"

"Well, Neptune gave it to me. So…" he trails off.

"Probably out of date. Let me find you one that actually shows the safe routes to take," Blanc says, turning and walking off into the Basilicom, leaving Kaida alone with his thoughts.

This place, this world, certainly is unique. Different characters, different monsters, different myths and different life styles. I guess if I had to compare it to anything, it would be like reading one book, and when you change to another, everything changes. I never would have thought that when Yukari was talking about other worlds, she meant something like this.

"Alright, this is an up to date map. So, you can use this to navigate around Gamindustri," Blanc says, walking back into the room.

"So, just like when you came here, follow this path and you should get back to Planeptune just fine. Then from there, take this path to get to Lastation. If it only took you a few hours to get here, then it should take you no time to get to Lastation," Blanc explains, pointing on the map as she goes.

"Right… well, this should be fun. Watch me get lost," 'K' says, sighing.

"Surely you will be fine. You navigated your way around Planeptune without having even been there before. I'm sure you can navigate following a map," Blanc shrugs, eyes closed. Hearing no response, Blanc opens her eyes to see 'K' glaring intently at the map.

"You… can read a map, right?"

"…" 'K' silently hangs his head, shaking it slightly.

"Oh boy. How'd you even find this place then? You know what, I don't want to know. Sit down," Blanc directs him to a seat at a table, laying the map down in front of the both of them.

"Alright, here's how it's done. First you find where we are…"

The day passes on as Blanc teaches Kaida how to read a map, Kaida staring intently, keen on learning something new.

Night falls over Lowee as Kaida finally begins to understand how to read a map.

"That's the fifth explanation. Please, please tell me you understand now. Please," Blanc pleads, hands clasped in front of her.

"I, think so. So, I find where I am, and just follow the lines to find my way somewhere else?"

"Yes! Finally! We are done! Why was that so hard to understand," Blanc questions, tears nearly streaming down her face.

"Dunno. Anyway, with that done, I'm gonna head to Planeptune and let them know what's going on," Kaida says, gathering his things and standing up.

"Um, not right now you aren't. It's… 12 at night!? When did it get some late… Anyway, it's too dangerous to walk the path anywhere at night. You are going to spend another night here and go back tomorrow," Blanc says.

"And if I say no?"

"Are you going to say no? There are still books to read here."

"… You make a good point. Alright, goodnight," Kaida finishes, dropping his things, (making a very loud crash) before disappearing off into the library.

"That guy…" Blanc shakes her head before walking off, closing the library door as she leaves.

OHHHMMMYYYGOOOOOOOOD. It's been an entire YEAR since I posted. Almost. This is a short chapter, and was a bit rushed, but I just wanted to get SOMETHING out. Also, I hope this is the case, but I feel like my writing stye has improved a bit as I have written a bunch of other stories in the meantime. Hopefully I'm going to be writing more chapters for my stories on this website. Hopefully. I'm am a Uni student now, so who knows.

Anyway, I had a name change as well, so that's nice. Also, sorry that the quality of this chapter is a bit 'meh' but like I said, I really just wanted to post something, and I've got to get back to Uni work. Anyway, have a nice day, and hope you enjoy this chapter!

KAIDA'S NOT DEAD! YAY!