Danbei Market, Kyoto, Japan

The sun shine below the clouds, morning has awoken. Even still the market has begun it's life like all days, bustling and moving along with a spring. Many people of all walked to and fro the market, all common sight. Though one sticks a tad out if compared to all

Izuka was standing about, looking at all the passing people. She listens to hear the morning specials being yelled out and offered near her. She felt the people bump into her on occasion. "All this, an astute reason why we've settled for this Mainline" she says to herself quietly, she chuckles "Oh so many are naive, they aren't sure what will even hit them in this day and age"

Her body was covered in large brown cloak, her head concealed by a large brimmed hat of sorts. She walks with a light clatter of jars, most wouldn't think much of it, many think she's wandering vendor or chalk it up to a stand selling something in jars.

She stops briefly and puts a hand to her waist, feeling if the five jars that held the lock shaped fruits still remained. To her delight one was missing, she cracks a dark smile and continues forth.

She passes by one of many alleyways that are plenty near the market, she walks into it and takes out one of the jars. She places it on the ground and turns around, leaving the small alleyway

She continues her walk, eyeing all the items for sale and the shop owners telling out deals and prices for days items that hung around. 'All is soon to come to an end' she thinks to herself

Izuka starts a soft hum, it's tune would make one look for the truth of it's singer. She eyes one of the many stands that were up. She walks over to one of them

Meat was laid out, some ready and others raw. She examines them, her eyes a tad hungry while doing so.

A man behind the stall comes up as he noticed her looking at the items "Ah welcome! Do you need anything for this morning?" He asks warmly

She shakes her head "No, I'm simply looking is all" she says

"You a foreigner?" He asks after taking a few seconds to think

A light pause "You could say that" she looks at another stall next to the one she was at, fruits upon fruits are abundant "I think a found I found what I was looking for as well"

The man nods "I see, happy travels!" He says as he walks to greet other customers that have appeared

She nods as she walks over to the next stall. She looks over the items like she did with the previous, only a bit more glazed. She rustles in her cloak and takes out another container and places it on the table with the various other fruits "Two to go"

She walks away from the stand, a small grin on her face. A hum starts once again as she continues forth with a stride. "Our time is soon Our time is a day of of rejoicing, glory and honor The time of our day is soon, yet known to few and we fight for it Time is a crawl, a crawl is a call, and a call is to raise your arms to rejoice " Izuka sings lightly under her breath

Izuka bumps into a teen who was standing idly by, he falls to the ground in surprise. Izuka stops and offers a hand "Need help? I apologise, I didn't see you"

The teen rubs his back a bit "No worries, I didn't even see ya either!" He laughs a bit as he accepts the help, he gets up and dusts himself off

Izuka takes a jar "Here, accept this as another apology of mine" she hands the teen the jar

The teen looks at the fruit held within confused, he looks at Izuka. She smiled a bit "Don't worry, it's just a special fruit that needed to be soaked in water so it gets great taste!" She waves him off as she leaves "Hope you enjoy it!"

The teen stays quiet for a few minutes until he nods slowly "You're right about that Skeith, she seemed a bit odd"

"Undoubtedly so, that and I felt something very" a pause "off about her, as if she wasn't supposed to be. I also feel it on that fruit"

Kekaki examines the fruit "How so? It's a bit weird looking but there's many fruits out there that look weird but taste amazing"

A sigh "Well yes, that certainly is true. But this fruit, even if it actually is, feels as it shouldn't exist here. An abnormality of sorts"

"Weeeeiiiirrrrdd" he holds it above himself so the sun can shine on it "Think it'd be fine for me to eat it?" Kekaki asks

Skeith screams "OH HELL NO! WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL IT CAN DO IF INGESTED!"

Kekaki flinches in pain "Ow Skeith! Remember that I can hear you just fine! No needs to blow out my damn ears!" He complainsCoughing he speaks "Um, apologies. An overreaction, we don't know what it can do as it is highly unknown thus it's effects are numerous and random"

Kekaki nods "Right, though this thing looks a bit familiar to me. Dunno why"

"I could cross reference your memories to find this fruit if you have seen before" Skeith offers

"Uh, maybe when we're home" Kekaki replies

"Kekaki!" His mother calls out, she was a few stalls ahead of him. A stand holding a small variety of fish was where she was at

Kekaki jogs a bit to her "Sorry mom! A woman bumped into me and I fell, though she gave me this as an apology!" He says as he shows her the jar he was given

"Oh my, are you hurt?" She asks him

He shakes his head "Nah mom, I'm a big tough guy, ain't nothin like a small fall will do me harm!" He cracks a smile

His mom laughs "Oh Kekaki" she says this as she steps closer to him and ruffles his hair a bit

"Mooooommm" he complains "I thought I told you to stop doing that" a weak smile on him

"Well I'm sorry Mr. I'm too big to get my hair ruffled" she retorts

He blushes as he covers his face "Mooooommm"

"Well, well, well, seems we have an embarrassing call out from Mom"

'I sweat Skeith, the next time I'm in that cathedral thing I'm going to kick your ass' Kekaki uncovers his face to see his mom "We got everything?" He asks

His mother nods "That we do, though do you still want to look around? We have time for-"

Shrieks ring out across the market, many people running about, cries of "MONSTERS!" follow suit

"What?" Kekaki says as he looks at the hysteria

"Kekaki! I sense something horribly wrong over in the crowd!" Skeith warns

Soon enough a view opens up from the panicking people in which a being of green skin is visible and it looked like it was attacking others

Kekaki's mother grabs his hand and drags him "It's not safe!" She says

Kekaki stays quiet as he's dragged, but pulls back. This makes his mom lose her grip "Kekaki!" She yells out as she's pushed back by the other people running for safety

"Kekaki... Are you sure about his decision?" Skeith asks lowly

Kekaki closes his eyes, he breathes in deeply and exhales. All falls quiet around him, as if nothing had sound. A lone ping rings out, he opens his eyes as everything regains noise. His eyes were red "Yeah, I'm sure about this. Let's go!" His eyes return to a brown color as he runs in, towards the green monster