Something weird happened- again. Usually I catch it early but my computer was being a butt. Thanks guest for pointing it out!

I hug Brigit goodbye and wave to Killian, before running to catch up with the rest of the group. Mr. Ruel was waiting with them at the entrance, and after giving us the usual security run down opens the gates. I gasp at the sight of the city not far away, and grasp my bag a little tighter. The gate swings shut, and I cringe slightly at the large bang. I start walking towards the nearest bus stop, and the group follows. The bus pulls around the bend just as we arrive, and we all file in, paying for our tickets.

I sit down on the seat and place my bag at my feet. I rest my head on the back of my seat, closing my eyes. The others find seats and do the same, Charlie immediately falling asleep in the back.

"So Anitha…" Aria starts. "Do you know where we're going?"

"Well," I reply. "I slept on it and decided that we should start with visiting my old house."

"..." Aria paused, before continuing. "And where is that?"

"Uh… It's in small town near Tokushima." I answer.

"Tokushima?!" Ryan exclaims. "That's really far away! And across a body of water!"

I shrug my shoulders and hand my map to Aria. She draws out a route and explains it to all of us. All of us who were awake, at least.

"It'll take us a while to get there, so we'll probably have to find a hotel." She finishes.

"Hotel?" Renu asks. "You're kidding, right? We're going camping!"

"How?" Aria looks at Renu. "We don't have any equipment."

"That's what you think." Renu and Ryan say simultaneously.

We look at them, confused, as they pull out two camping bags.

"We have three tents, air mattresses…" Renu starts.

"Blankets and cooking stuff." Ryan finishes.

I nod, impressed. Aria looks at me uneasily, but then returns to her map.

"One more thing…" Ryan says. "You were attacked by the blood fire, right?"

"Oh..oh…" I nod, understanding what he meant. "They know what Renu and I look like… Which means only one thing, right Aria?"

Aria nods, and Renu looks at us nervously, frightened by the mischievous glints in our eyes.

"...What?" She asks quietly.

"MAKEUP!" Aria and I shriek.

Renu yelps and crawls underneath her seat while I roll off mine cackling.

"Anitha! Renu!" Aria scolds. "Pull it together!"

We get off the bus at the train station and consult the schedule. Aria had decided we would take a train to Osaka, then get on a boat to Tokushima. Amidst yelling, jostling and whining we manage to buy tickets and find seats. We sit uncomfortably and wait for the train to take off.