Epilogue

Two days later, at the airport, two student groups were waiting at the departure terminal, going back to their respective countries. "Well, it was nice meeting with you and your students." said Mr. Blowfis cheerfully, giving a handshake to Ms. Misato

"Yes, it was a very interesting trip for our school. We hope we can bring more students here the next time." Ms. Misato replied.

Mr. Blowfis grinned at that. "Yes, hopefully you can come over the next time; we have so much to offer as well."

"I will take that offer under consideration."

Around them, the students were chatting amongst themselves, talking about their wonderful field trip to a place they only heard about in recent media, but for a certain group it was more than that.

"So I guess this is where we part ways." said Will sadly.

"Yeah, our gate is on the other side." replied Orihime, just as heartfelt.

"You know, I hope we are still able to meet up again sometime in the future." added Jake after a while.

Orihime smiled at that "Yes, I hope so too"

Jake threw a smug smile towards Will. His friend just stared daggers at Jake. "You're gonna get it when we get back. Mark my words, Mason."

Either opting to ignore or entirely oblivious to the new rivalry, Annabeth was giving a handshake to Rukia. "Thank you once again for helping us save our homeland, although I know it was hard for you."

"It wasn't a problem. I am just glad that we manage to save it." Rukia smiled modestly.

"It's not going to be a problem when you get back now is it?"

"No, it won't, brother and Captain Hitsugaya promised to keep this a secret. So it will be alright."

Further away from the group of students, a smaller group of teenage boys were conversing in lower tones.

"You think it's going to be alright for this place now?" asked Uryu, concerned.

"Yeah, it took quite a big hit with Oceanus invasion, but it will recover." reassured Percy.

"What about you? You were knocked out for over half a day after we found you lying at your father's temple." said Chad

"Heh heh, I guess I pushed myself too hard when using my father's weapon," admitted Percy awkwardly. Percy turned to Ichigo. "You know, you and Rukia's advice really gave me an edge against Oceanus."

"Well, I'm glad that it really helped you out, but just remember to keep your toes up with this alright." Ichigo reminded him, patting him on the back.

It was not long before the flight call resonated throughout the airport, calling for boarding.

"Well, I guess it's time," said Uryu as they got together for one last farewell.

"Yeah, it really was an interesting journey." Rukia said wryly.

"Yeah will be really missing you guys and all the excitement." joked Will.

"Don't mention it; the whole boys group was quite upset that a certain someone did not join them in their trip." said Clarisse, eying Orihime.

"Well, couldn't leave my new friends to their trouble now can't I?" replied a badly blushing Orihime, causing the group to laugh casually.

"It was really great meeting with you guys." Percy said and stuck a hand out.

"Yeah, you live in a very interesting world." Ichigo smirked as he shook the hand firmly.

"Well, we could say the same to you."

"Do you think we might actually meet up again?" asked Rukia.

"Who knows, if fate permits it, we might fight alongside each other again." replied Annabeth, cheerfully.

Ichigo nodded at the possibility. "We will be looking forward to that day."

"Alright then, let's not keep our flight waiting, see you next time." said Percy.

"Right, I hope we meet up again soon." said Ichigo, waving them off.

With that, both group parted ways; one headed to the west and the other to the east looking forward to the day where they stand alongside each other once more.

[A/N]: Well, that's the end for this story. Had a few ups and downs writing this but nevertheless it is over. Thank you my readers for following this story to the end. To all my followers, I will be taking a break from writing for now. Got a few ideas now up the table and going to work on them right now. Will not know when I will be able to publish my next project but stay tuned

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