Another post! Finally. The plot is going to get more interesting from this point on; probably because the end is quite near!

Chapter 13: An Impractical World Is It Not?

"I'm soooo bored," Yuuto yawned as he lied down on the sidewalk with his teddy bear. "And teddy is too."

Satsuki folded her arms and leaned against a lamppost. "Tell me about it," she couldn't help but sigh as well. "We're seriously not supposed to be here standing around."

The Harbingers could not have had a better way to waste their time than hanging around in front of a small antique shop. Actually, it was not at all their plan to do so. It all began after Seishirou had led them out of the burning site at Yamanote Line area, promising Kotori to check the video tape as soon as possible. The Harbingers were not quite sure why he was so eager to leave, especially since Kamui was still back in the building. But because he had shown a sign of great yet unforeseen leadership, they had no choice but to listen. After all, if Kotori as the new Kamui of Earth was not going to take charge, someone sure had to.

But halfway down their trek back to the hideout, Seishirou suddenly changed directions.

"Hey Seishirou-kun, where are you going? Yuuto had called out to him.

Seishirou was already a few building tops away, but he had managed to catch Yuuto's words.

"Wait for me no longer!" he answered him back as loudly as he could, but unfortunately for Yuuto, all he heard was a faint mumble of jumbled words; selective hearing if you can call it.

By then, Seishirou was already past the next few buildings, slowly fading away from sight. The other Harbingers caught up to Yuuto, only to find him standing alone, dazed and a bit confused.

"I never knew Seishirou-kun looked so cool walking off into the sunset," Yuuto mumbled with awe.

"Yuuto! What are you standing there for?" Satsuki asked after landing next to him. "And where is Seishirou? He was supposed to lead us back to the hideout…at least I believe he was."

"Oh right!" Yuuto snapped back to reality and grinned at Satsuki. "He left!"

Satsuki paused for a bit before questioning. "Wait…what?"

"He said---" Kazuki started.

"Not now, Kazuki." Satsuki continued. "Yuuto, what do you mean 'he left'?"

"He trotted off into the sunset and told us to wait for him down under!" Yuuto answered.

Satsuki raised a brow; on second thought, she raised both. "Down…under?"

"Yup!" Yuuto grinned again.

"Well what the heck does that mean?!" Satsuki thrashed her arms out.

"I believe his mind's desire was for us to linger about down where the humans are," Kazuki pointed to the busy road beneath them.

"Okay well I understand that, but where did he go anyway?"

"Beats me," Yuuto brought out his teddy bear. "Come on teddy, let's find a good place to wait for Seishirou-kun!"

"Why can't we just wait on this building top?" Satsuki pointed out after realizing the vast number of people who would be staring at them, especially at Kazuki and Yuuto.

"Nonsense! There's no fun on a deserted building top!" Yuuto smiled. "I wanna be where the people are!" and so, he and Kazuki plummeted towards the earth in a graceful manner, forcing Satsuki to follow suit.

"Ughhh…should have just waited on that building top," Satsuki mumbled to herself as few bystanders stared awkwardly at Yuuto who had fallen asleep on the ground.

"The jaded mind…so impatient and unenthused like an audience of a non-existent strip club." Kazuki added with his usual monotone.

"I usually don't care, but what 'mind' are you talking about this time?" Satsuki questioned.

Kazuki looked at her with a bored expression. "…mine."

"Oh I'm getting sick of this!" Satsuki blurted out with impatience. "We've been waiting here for two hours and Seishirou's still not back yet! Heck, I don't even know why we're waiting in the first place! We could just leave and---"

"Kanoe calls," Kazuki interrupted as a bizarre ringtone erupted from his cellphone. But why Kanoe decided to call him of all people was still a mystery to this day.

"Yah I know. I can control electric waves remember?" Satsuki placed the phone to her ear, just to avoid suspicion from the average folks.

"Does my ears deceive me? Or have my precious Angels completely forgot that I existed!" Kanoe yelled from the other end.

"Forgive me Kanoe, we're kind of stuck," Satsuki said.

"Stuck?! This have better be a good excuse! I have been waiting for three hours for you people to cause some mayhem, injure some Seals, and get back here on the double in one piece!" Kanoe scolded in fury. "I waited for a call, a note, even a psychological message explaining where you all were but all I had to go through was a worthless pile of worries!"

"What do you mean?" Satsuki asked after Kanoe slowed down. "You never worry about us."

"That's because you all always come back in less than an hour!" Kanoe suddenly began to weep. "I have always cared about you all…like a…like a…"

"I love you too!!!!!!!" Yuuto screamed into the phone from behind.

"Yuuto, quit it!" Satsuki pushed him away as few people started to snicker around them.

"Oh my…Yuuto?" Kanoe suddenly sounded cheerful. "Is that you my love? My sweet and precious Yuuto?"

"Yes, it is Yuuto!!" he screamed again joyfully.

Satsuki tried to grab Kanoe's attention. "Listen, there's been---"

"Aww my poor darling Yuuto! I'm so sorry for yelling at you about watching the tape! I miss you so much my love! I take back every mean thing I've said to you for acting so absurdly!" Kanoe continued.

"Yuuto forgives you!!" Yuuto answered back after scurrying next to Satsuki.

"Kanoe, just listen!" Satsuki was getting tired of this. "Seishirou is not with us. He ran off somewhere and told us to wait for him by some street."

"What? Is that why you people are taking so long?" Kanoe said.

"Yeah. But it's been two hours and he hasn't returned. I was thinking that we should just return back without him. I mean after all---"

"Absolutely not!" Kanoe said. "If your fellow harbinger told you to wait, you all should stand put."

"What?! But we don't even know how long he's gonna be!" Satsuki cried irritatingly. "And you told us to come back as soon as possible!"

"That's because I wasn't aware that you still had work left undone. Sounds like a reasonable excuse to me."

"But this is ridiculous!" Satsuki continued. "I don't see the point of him not going back to the hideout by himself!"

"Oh hush Satsuki," Kanoe said. "Seishirou told you guys to wait for him, and that's what you will plan to do. Besides, it could be for a good reason. I'm surprised he's being more sneakier than Kamui."

"Kamui's not with us either…" Satsuki added.

"Oh…" Kanoe paused. "Well that's quite a shame. Anyway, remember to return back with your whole group. Us harbingers have got to stick together you know."

"But---"

"Bye-bye now!" Kanoe responded quickly before hanging up. Satsuki flopped down on the ground with frustration. "Why do I feel like I'm being surrounded by impractical people every day?" she looked once at Yuuto who resumed back to his nap, and at Kazuki, who started talking to a lamppost nearby. "Clearly nothing seems normal nowadays."

Back at Subaru's house, where the forgotten Seals had gathered to provide some condolence to the poor Sumeragi, Sorata sat with a moody expression on a nearby tree branch. He did not even bother going back inside, especially since he felt rather distant from his other Seal friends.

"As impractical as ever." He grumbled under his breath. "Why do they even waste time with this stuff? It's like we're not even doing our job as protectors of this world." He gazed out towards the city. "Damn, I could still see the flames from Yamanote Line. If only I could save the world by myself."

Before Sorata could continue with further criticism against the Seals, he noticed a figure flash by him in top speed. With a slight glimpse of the face, he noticed the figure to be none other than Kamui, or Fuuma in this case.

"Hey Kamui, where do you think you're going?" Sorata asked.

Fuuma stopped to answer his question. "I've got something to take care of. Gotta go, don't follow me."

"Well well, Kamui. Where are the other Seals?" Sorata asked curiously. "Are you ditching them?"

"No, I just remembered I had to do something, that's all," Fumma recalled the danger his sister was in while being trapped in his own body. "If I don't help Kotori, my dark side will be out of control within her!"

"Oh come on, Kamui, as if I'm gonna believe that likely story," Sorata deserted the tree to follow Fuuma. "So you finally realize that you can't save the world with these people eh?"

"What are you talking about?" Fuuma asked without listening. "And I told you to not follow me."

"I'm talking about the fact that you decided to leave the Seals to go save the world by yourself right?" Sorata said. "You've seen how they were behaving; No concern for the world at all! It's as if that whiny Sumeragi was more important than the end of the world!"

"First of all, I am not going to save the world by myself, and second, the Seals' problems are of no concern to me." Fuuma stated clear and simple.

"No concern?" Sorata said. "Ah, I see how this is. Being that little aloof guy you once were when we first met yah, huh?" he nudged Fuuma playfully. "I actually like that spirit of yours. And now that you and I have joined forces, we can save the world together!"

"For the last time, I said I'm not going to do such thing!" Fuuma suddenly turned on Sorata with a glare. "Just go back to the Seals and think of a plan or something. I gotta go and save my sister!"

"Sister? What sister?" Sorata asked with more curiousity.

Fuuma simply clasped his mouth shut with his hands, cursing for revealing his true intentions to the other Seal. "I…I mean, Kotori. I gotta see how she's doing."

"Wait…but you said 'sister' instead of Kotori." Sorata stared into Fuuma's eyes with suspicion. "And now that I think about it, there have been something different about you lately too."

"What…what do you mean?" Fuuma tried to sound innocent. "It was a mistake with the name, that's all."

"Right. Alright then, what color did I dye my hair last month?" Sorata questioned.

"Say what?"

"Just answer the question."

"Um…brown? Blonde? I dunno…" Fuuma was running out of options. He didn't have much time to spare talking nonsense with the Seal. He heaved a sigh and realized he had no choice but to tell the truth, just as much to avoid confrontation and leave peacefully.

"Look, I gotta tell you something and I'm gonna be very brief," he continued. "You probably might not believe me, but I don't want any further questions after this."

"Sure, go ahead. Spill." Sorata seemed excited.

"Not when you're standing on that electric pole," Fuuma pointed out to Sorata who didn't even realize he had gotten that far with his conversation. "I'm afraid you might topple down in surprise."

"Alright, then you can tell me over there by the sidewalk." Sorata said as he and Fuuma made their way across the street. Fuuma really hoped to get rid of Sorata as soon as possible; the more time he wasted, the more chance his dark side would have to cause havoc.

"By the way," Sorata asked. "I dyed my hair purple last month."

To be continued! The crazyness is finally going to meet its turning point next chapter! Review please!