Hello people, because I don't update often, I will try to make chapters longer than before.

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We were all well on our way to the lake.

When I woke up earlier this morning, Akio had told us that he wanted to take us to a lake somewhere deep in the forest that him and his friends found many years ago. He told us that the lake was beautiful and stunning, also that we'd be amazed. I forgot to add that he said to thank him later, which I'm sure that will happen. We were walking in a long line of pairs. I was next to Nagisa.

"What are you going to do when we get to the lake?" Nagisa asked softly.

"I'll probably sleep." I answered with a smirk.

"HEY NAGISA! COME OVER HERE FOR A SECOND!" the old man yelled. She hurried over to him, (he was at the front of the line with Sanae, Nagisa and I were in the middle) he handed her something, then she stuffed it in her bag. She hurried back over to me and we continued walking.

"What was that all about?" I questioned her, still using my smirk from before.

"I have no idea." she responded. I was confused but I decided to forget about it.

Right when we arrived everyone put there bags down and began taking off their clothing, by the way, their swimsuits were underneath. They all seemed excited to get in the sparkling lake water. Strange thing was, everything was exactly how it looked in my dream. Everyone jumped in the water and were having fun. The water was great because it cooled all of us off from the streaming heat that came from the sun.

Everyone was enjoying themselves. I was sitting on the edge of the lake, swishing my legs in the water, entertaining myself by watching the others. I saw Kotomi, Nagisa, Tomoyo, Ryou, and Mitsuki all chatting and playing some sort of game by swimming and splashing quickly. I saw Akio trying to give Sanae tips and her getting offended because she was taking it negatively. Way over to the other side of the lake was Kyou trying to drown Youhei, with Haru and Ryouta arguing about how she should abuse him next. I decided to swim over to Kyou and them since it seemed to be the most enjoyable activity currently happening.

"Need help?" I asked openly.

"Yeah that would be nice!" Youhei yelled furiously as if he expected me to do something.

"I was speaking to Kyou."

"No thanks, I like hurting this idiot on my own!" Kyou answered coldly.

"YOU BEAST!" Youhei shouted in her face. As result of his yelling, she started giving him more face fulls of that nice, cool water.

"DON'T TALK BACK!"

"HELP... ME!" he pleaded, pausing in between his words because he was getting another head dunking in the water. As he was asking for help, the other two that were near us came over.

"Yo Kyou, we both agreed on you getting out of the lake with Youhei, then you should kick him high up, lastly you should let him fall really hard into the water!" the dirty blonde haired guy explained with a huge smirk on his face.

"NO, ISN'T THIS ENOUGH!" the baby faced blonde argued. I decided to leave this scene and go over to Akio, he seemed to be by himself now.

After a couple of minutes, I finally arrived to speak with Akio, he seemed to be sulking at the moment, probably because of Sanae. He was in the same position I was in when we first arrived with his legs in the water. I got out of the water and poked his face, waiting for a response, but there wasn't one. "He-llooo? Old man are you still alive?"

"Yo." he answered, but not as enthusiastically as he usually would have said it.

"Sanae's got you down?"

"It's marriage problems, you wouldn't understand. You're just a kid."

"Come on, that's insulting!" I joked but he didn't get it.

"Sorry."

I was shocked, did he just say sorry? Something must be done about this! Suddenly, Sanae swam over and she looked just as depressed as Akio. "Sweetie, I'm sorry for overreacting." she began. "I should have been more open about my methods."

"I'm sorry too, honey!" Akio exclaimed. He instantly leapt from his spot into Sanae for a affectionate hug. They seemed to be having fun so I decided to swim over to Nagisa and the others.

"Hi Tomoya-kun!" Kotomi suddenly yelled. Since she was the only who noticed me, the others continued what they were doing.

"Hi, what are you guys doing?" I asked trying to seem curious, but I really didn't care.

"We're playing a game I thought up, it's pretty fun. Do you want to play?"

"I'll pass."

She tried convincing me for about a ten minutes. Once she gave up, I decided to get out of the lake and sleep, since it's what I do best.

(1 hour later)

"Hey! Okazaki!"

"What do you want?" I responded to whoever ruined my relaxing dreams.

"Come look at this."

I still couldn't identify the owner of the voice so I forced myself to open my eyes and get up. I looked at the lake but no one was in my hearing range. I assumed the person was over in the forest.

"Okazaki, over here." they said, almost as quiet as a whisper.

Damn, I hate the forest. You can never tell where sounds are coming from, and it's too easy to get lost. I decided to turn back, but right before I did, I noticed a strange figure. The figure ran up to me.

"What took you so long?" Haru questioned with a slight smirk stuck on his face.

"Why the hell did you wake me up?"

His smirk suddenly grew into a wide grin. He side-stepped to reveal a steep staircase going deep underground. Haru put down his bag, dumped everything out, grabbed two flashlights, put everything back, and then swung his bag over his shoulder. He handed me one of the flashlights.

"Why the hell did you wake me up?" I repeated. He began walking down the stairs and I followed right behind him.

"I found this secret staircase and I thought you'd like to come with me."

"In other words, you're too scared to go alone."

He stopped walking, turned to face me, and said "Shut up."

Youhei 's POV (A/N yes, I feel like doing someone else's pov /*evil grin*/ )

We were all sitting on the edge of the lake with our feet in the water and chatting about what we should do later. To my left was Ryouta, Mitsuki, Ryou, Kotomi, Nagisa, Kyou, Tomoyo and to my right was Akio, Sanae.

"Then we will sleep, everyone will probably be tired after doing all of those activities." Akio had just explained what we were going to do for the next few hours to everybody.

"Where did Haru go?" Ryouta whispered into my ear.

"I dunno, he left about twenty minutes ago"

"Damn, I always have to chase that idiot around."

Just after hearing this, I saw Okazaki get up (A/N Tomoya was sleeping on the other side of the lake) and walk into the forest. Did he find something cool and not tell me about it? Maybe there was a hot girl! I got up and walked over to where Okazaki was last seen while trying not to be seen myself. I walked in the forest for a bit and found a strange staircase. I ran back, got my flashlight, then ran back to the stairs and made my way down.

Ryouta's POV

"I dunno, he left about twenty minutes ago"

"Damn, I always have to chase that idiot around."

I rested my elbows on my knees, put my chin on my right hand, and began thinking of where Haru could have went. He probably went 'exploring' (got lost) again. I turned my head a little to the left which was a mistake because I saw 'her'. She is so cute, gentle, and sweet. I wish I could tell her my feelings, but we just met, and she doesn't even know I exist.

I snapped out of my sad thoughts and came back to reality. Right across the lake, I saw Youhei grab a flashlight and run into the forest. Did he find Haru and not tell me? I was about to run over there but I noticed Mitsuki looked a little pale.

"Are you OK?" I asked, she was my little sister, I had to show some concern and worry.

"Yeah I'm fine." she answered.

I decided to believe her and continued with my own issues. I ran over to our bags/equipment, grabbed a flashlight, and ran towards where Youhei went and found a staircase. It looked dark down there, meaning Haru wouldn't go down there unless he was with someone... I knew it! Youhei did find him! I began stomping down the staircase.

Mitsuki's POV (A/N do you see where I'm going with this xD)

"That would be great!" I exclaimed. We both began laughing.

"Too bad he'd never do that." Ryou said, a bit sad, then she turned to talk with Kotomi.

I turned to Ryouta, but he didn't notice me. I waved my hand in front of his face, in result, I got no response. He seemed too busy gazing at something next to me. I decided to just think for the time being.

This trip was originally for my siblings and I to bond, but we met this bunch and had much more fun then we would've by ourselves. I'm kind of glad our parents forcefully sent us here for the summer break. Even though I would've never have chosen a forest because I HATE bugs. I'm not trying to sound girly, I like animals, but bugs are creepy, and I had bad experiences with them before. A shiver went down my spine just from thinking about it!

"Are you OK?" Ryouta asked.

"Yeah I'm fine."

I decided to stop thinking about bugs because apparently I look sick when I do. I looked down at the water and swished my feet around for a few minutes to pass the time. Eventually my extreme boredom overwhelmed me so I got up for a walk. I noticed Ryouta walking towards the forest on the other side of the lake with extreme fury in his eyes.

"You five, hurry get over here." I demanded, but not too loud for Akio and Sanae to hear.

Nagisa, Ryou, Kyou, Tomoyo, and Kotomi instantly stood up and rushed over to me. "What's wrong?" they asked in unison.

"Have you noticed that all the guys are missing?" I asked to see if they noticed. They all turned their heads and looked around, suddenly realising now.

"Where did they go?" Nagisa asked, slightly worried.

"I saw Ryouta rushing into the forest, I think he knew where they went." I explained to reassure Nagisa before she got extremely worried.

"Well lets go!" Kyou yelled, trying to hurry us up.

"Not so loud, do you want Akio and Sanae to notice?"

They all shook there heads so we headed towards the forest where Ryouta went. "We should grab our flashlights, the forest is thick and dark." Kotomi suggested. Good thing we have a knowledgeable person with us.

"We should grab our bags too, they could have gone far and we could be out all day." Ryou also suggested. We all agreed with her and grabbed our stuff. Once we got to the forest, we walked for a few minutes until we found a staircase.

"OH I forgot something, I'll be right back." Nagisa said, a bit embarrassed that she forgot something.

Even though she left moments ago, I was already becoming restless, so I ran down the stairs, hoping they'd follow.

"Wait! Come back!" Tomoyo yelled. They all chased after me because they were afraid it was dangerous to go alone.

Akio's POV

I had my left arm around Sanae as we spoke about how much fun we were having. We were dangling our legs off the edge and swishing them in the water. I was enjoying it until she changed the subject.

"Honey, have you noticed that all the kids are gone?"

I looked around because of her statement and realised that it was true.

"They are growing up, they're mature and responsible so we can trust them for now." I told Sanae so she could understand what I was thinking. She smiled at me and we continued our other conversation.

I just hope what I said is true.

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Ooh I wonder what's at the bottom of that staircase. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I made it a few hundred more words than other chapters because I felt like it. Don't forget to review! I appreciate ideas written in reviews, they are very motivating, inspirational and helpful. BTW I know finding a staircase in a forest is unrealistic, but I don't care, it's my fanfic. :D

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