Chapter Ten: Expedition/Entwined Fate
Soon came the breeze of winter during the school year, Kamiko beginning to feel positive about the upcoming holiday of Christmas. This would be the first time she celebrated it ever, and only heard such stories from the regular students walking in the halls of school. An old geezer named Santa coming down chimneys...how strange. But it was nice to see some people never matured, even in their years at high school. Kamiko decided to read upon it at a public library when she bumped into Nagisa. Both their books crossed and fell to the floor. Kamiko got up and helped Nagisa up, a smile on her face.
"Sorry about that," Kamiko sad as Nagisa tucked her hair behind her ear. She picked up her own books.
"I don't need your sorry. We're enemies...although..."
"Although what?"
"I'm not in the mood to..." she then whispered, as to not gain any of th people's attention, "Kill you,"
Kamiko crossed her arms.
"And why is that?" she asked. Nagisa took out a book on ancient Egypt and a crusty old map from her bag.
"My dad invited me for the vacation to go on one of his expeditions for a week! I can't wait. But he said to bring all of my classmates...ugh. If only he knew how much I hate all of you,"
Kamiko giggled.
"I see you take no hesitation in saying things to people's faces,"
Nagisa scoffed.
"Well, I guess you can be invited...and invite that little team of yours as well. Oh, and mind you, I told father to not supply you girls. He persisted, but I'm daddy's favorite little girl, not some assassins who think they're all that, trying to...change rules and...and,"
"Do you ever shut up?" Kamiko said as she picked up her own books, "It would be wise to join my team, Nagisa, especially with that gorgeous brain of yours. I bet you could decipher anything,"
Nagisa blushed and smiled, twirling her hair.
"Y-you're jus saying that,"
"I think you can," Kamiko got closer to her and caressed her face softly, staring into her eyes with a felling content. Nagisa's face got redder and she slapped the red card into Kamiko's chest.
"Marry me then,"
"W-what?!" Kamiko almost yelled in confusion. Nagisa giggled.
"Just pulling your strings," she winked, and pocketed the card, "But pull mine and I'll cut the strings to your life,"
"Seems...seems fair enough," Kamiko said as she fixed herself.
"By the way, that's cute, those children books you took out...I didn't know your reading level was so low," Nagisa said as she left. Kamiko opened her book and found a plane ticket in it.
"So this Wednesday...huh," Kamiko said, heading to a nearby table to read.
Tokaku and Haru made their way to the Emerald Cafe, this time for a date, and Nagisa waved at them.
"Hey sensei!" Nagisa called out as she ran up to Haru. She handed Tokaku and Haru each plane tickets. Tokaku looked at them in interest.
"Round trip...Egypt..."
"Yep! My dad said to invite everyone in the class and you two are the only ones I like, since you're my teachers. Buuuut, anyways, it's an expedition. I go on these whenever he invites me. It's usually once in the summer and once in the winter, so the wait is always worth it,"
"Is it dangerous?" Tokaku asked, holding Haru close, "Because if it is, I cannot allow anything to happen to my Haru,"
"T-Tokaku-san..." Haru smiled. Nagisa shook her head.
"The most dangerous thing that happened was the heat! I almost passed out because I decided to drink all my water at once,"
Tokaku smiled.
"So then the only hazard is you to yourself?" Tokaku asked jokingly. Nagisa crossed her arms.
"Yeah, yeah laugh it up. So what? I get thirsty! I can't live without water, you know,"
"No one can," Tokaku said immediately, "I'll think about it and email you when I've made my decision. After all, Wednesday is a few days away...hold up," The thought then crossed Tokaku's mind. How did Nagisa know where to find them? The location of meeting was never told...
"What's wrong, sensei?" Nagisa asked Tokaku. Tokaku nudged Haru and she immediately went into the cafe.
"How the hell did you know we were here?" She asked seriously, taking out a knife strapped to her thigh. Nagisa leaned forward slightly and looked into Tokaku's eyes.
"It wasn't that hard. Kamiko's group always talks about going someplace when you're around, I took notes and deciphered what I could. It is Saturday after all as well, and you two are married. I wouldn't be surprised to see you two go to a regular place, especially one so exquisite that it takes generations to get seats at. That was when I noticed Shizue one day walking the streets in the uniform that only the waitresses of this restaurant use," Nagisa pointed at the Emerald Cafe, "Plus, I just took a gamble for the time you would be here, when all couples usually go out someplace nice. Although you both seem to look freshened up enough," Nagisa looked in the window at Haru, who was wearing a dark pink dress and dress gloves, her hair done as the usual. She pulled out a seat where across from her Tokaku would sit.
Tokaku wore male-like attire, as she preffered that instead of looking loose and cute. She had blue-black striped tie with a white collar shirt and a black blazer, along with raven black dress pants and shoes.
"You look adorable, sensei!" Nagisa giggled as Tokaku went to the crystal clear door in which a man who looked much like a butler opened for her.
"I don't know who the hell you are, but-"
"I'm on your side, sensei. So don't worry. I already made a little agreement with Kamiko," Nagisa giggled. Tokaku ignored her and went in to continue her date with Haru.
A few days later, Nagisa waited with several bags at the airport. The only person she would soon be surprised to see was Mai, whose rich little affairs might have her away from 'dirty' expeditions. Instead, she saw her talking to Shizue. She was extremely close to her, and Raku seemed to look at the both of them in jealousy with her arms lazily behind her head as if she was stretching. Along with them were Tokaku and Haru, as well as the soldier girl Ishiko and that little hooded girl of hers Koneko. Haya also trailed behind them with Tukiko and Kamiko. Both Tukiko and Kamiko seemed to be in serious conversation, as if something was up. Utako couldn't come because of her latest concert, and Junko visited a long distance relation in America. Even though the girl was eighteen, she acted like she was thirty. Kaya hugged Nagisa from behind tight, bringing the explorer to a yelp.
Kaya giggled, "Heya there, Nagisa Jones,"
"That's not my name,"
"I know it's not, silly," Kaya said as she rolled two suitcases in front of her. Nagisa looked at it them, then looked at her several bags.
"Umm," Nagisa pointed at Kaya's suitcases, "I said to be packed for a week's worth of supplies,'
"Supplies, shupplies, who cares? It's the wild! And I packed only two sets of clothes, and a bunch of food,"
"You're disgusting," Nagisa commented. Nagisa counted and took out a second plane ticket aside from her own, "That's twelve plus Sensei Azuma and Sensei Ichinose," Nagisa said. Kaya shrugged her shoulders.
"So?"
"So, where the hell is Chiyo? She should be here, but I couldn't even find her myself. It's like she vanished. Could she have..."
"Last I checked her card was ripped. She's an ally of Kamiko,"
"So you say, but I still cant believe she just up and left. It's strange. Are you sure she wasn't disqualified?"
"You know that I know everything that goes on in this game. If I knew what happened to her..." Kaya vanished then appeared on top of a pole, "I would definitely know," she then reappeared to the side of Nagisa, "Trust me,"
"Well...either way I'm surprised you don't know what happened to her,"
"She's somewhere in the mountainside, I'll give you that. But what is actually going on is a little surprise that's gonna burst big by itself!" Kaya smirked madly. Nagisa ripped the plane ticket in half and trashed it.
"Whatever," Nagisa said as she seemed to be looking at something on her phone. Kaya leaned over and gasped smiling.
"And I'm the psycho! You going to do...that? Isn't it risky? Especially if all the country will be after you?"
Nagisa pocketed her phone and looked forward with pride, "I don't expect them to...it'll look like an accident, and everyone will live, that is, the seat I got Kamiko might suck the life out of her..." Nagisa smirked, "Literally,"
"Wow. and I thought you were all buddy buddy back in the library, you sly fox,"
"I guess so. Although I'm worried about Tukiko. I've eavesdropped rumors about that girl. She's like a goddess who sees into the future. That bitch coould ruin my plans for Kamiko,"
"You know Kamiko herself is trouble, right? Ripping the card would be wise,"
Nagisa scowled.
"As if. I don't take orders from anyone,"
"You seemed so sweet a minute ago. You know that, right?"
"Tha's...I was never sweet,"
"I dunno, that face of yours didn't go red for no reason,"
"I will tell you again that never happened,"
"Oh, so you're like Shizue...you have split!"
"No, I don't. Will you please shut up? For god's sake, you're annoying..." Nagisa said seriously before smiling and running towards the group giving them a hug.
'Hey Nagisa!" Kamiko said as she took her hand, "I have something I wanna show you on the plane when we all get on. Especially since you're apart of teh group now,"
They all got on the plane, and much to Nagisa's disappointment, Kamiko bumped into a man who kindly helped her up and handed her the wrong ticket. She couldn't kill an innocent. Fate was cruel. That left Nagisa one choice left. When almost everyone had fallen asleep on the way to Egypt, she looked out the window and took out a holographic map. All she had to do was get the plane to crash safely...they would be near the expedition site, and Kamiko could die. Taking the necessary precautions, Nagisa got up from her seat and walked over to Kamiko. She carefully tied her to the seat so she wouldn't wake up. The knots were thin and tight, not even a cat's claw would be enough to break it. Suddenly, she felt an immense amount of energy come over her. She shuddered as Kamiko used her legs to bind her neck inbetween them. A small crack could be heard as the now stuck under a seat and legs Nagisa let out a worried yelp. hen the explorer looked into Kamiko's eyes, she noticed they had become a dark red. She gulped and choked a she tried to pull out of the lock. Tears trailed down Nagisa's face until she passed out, and Kamiko easily broke the ropes that tightly bound her to the seat.
The now seemingly different Kamiko dragged Nagisa to the cargo part of the plane and Kaya yawned asshe crawled out of a cage in her wolf form.
"What do you think you're doing?" Kaya asked as she made her way, paw by paw to Kamiko, "Nyx?"
"Yes, it's me, and I don't like being a part of this soul. It wasn't even meant to be. Instead it got tangled with some bitch that wants peace and kindness,"
"Well be thankful you can take control every full moon," Kaya said as she sniffed at the body that Nyx was dragging. She growled.
"Why won't you let me have fun?" Nyx asked.
"Because Chiyo is locked and next full moon you have to save her. You know you two were..."
"Destined, I know. I wasn't expecting to be reincarnated so soon. Just as I chose the proper time..." Nyx dropped Nagisa's body and looked at her hands, "I became apart of another soul...One I can control ever so often,"
"Well wait until they reach the Chairwoman. They'll be so surprised to find out the truth of everything,"
"You know the truth of the Black Class?"
"Oh so you have been listening through that noggin of Kamiko's,"
"When I manage to. It only lasts a few minutes,"
"Well I think that we should take that plan off of Nagisa,"
"What plan?"
"Crash the plane of course! It'll be fun!"
"Yes...but we could die in the process,"
"No, no, you have it all wrong," Kaya changed back to a human, in which her clothes were messy and tattered, "We can safely crash it. Mess with the controls just to give the Black Class a scare. Plus we'll land only a mile away from the expedition site,"
"If you say so," Nyx said, "But I'm getting rid of someone,"
"Don't," Kaya raised her hand and all of Kamiko's hidden wooden weapons came to her, and floated around her body, "Because now you have no weapons. So get some sleep, Nyx. It's an expedition! Maybe some of the cursed sisters of Egypt will spend time with you!"
Nyx scoffed and left Nagisa's body as it was, on the floor of the cargo. Kaya brought Nagisa back to their seats and buckled them both.
When everyone arrived in Cairo, the girls were picked up by Nagisa's father. All of them went, except Tukiko, who said she'd rather not go near where other priestesses slept. While the main group knew why, Raku decided to stay behind with her at one of the nicer hotels the city of Cairo had.
As Nagisa's father drove across the desert, he smiled.
"Who's ready for a trip?" he laughed excitedly.