Disclaimer: In this chapter, I do not own part of the riddle.

Title: Directions to the Metro

Author: Kreuz Swords

Note: Oh yes, I am still writing this story.

Tsuzuki quietly moved the sliding door and entered into a spacious room filled with rows of shelves and more coved the walls. The shelves reached up to the ceiling. Books, scrolls, and sheets of paper were everywhere in the shelves, stacks, and piles on the floor. Tsuzuki was amazed in the slight darkness that there seem to be no end to the wooden shelves. He thought there were more books here than in Meifu's library.

Tsuzuki carefully walked through the room to the source of the light to a table with a gray haired old lady trying to read with tired eyes in the faint candlelight. The old lady did not notice him as he came up to the table.

"Excuse me, Ma'am," spoke Tsuzuki.

The old woman was startled and knocked over a large pile of books and papers. "Ahh, an oni!" she cried, and the tumbling pile buried Tsuzuki.

Tsuzuki slowly dislodged himself from the mess and said, "Um, are you the home owner here?"

"Oh good, you are not an oni. No, I am not the master, but I am the lonely librarian. Come to think of it, you are the only one to get this far."

"Do you have an extra blanket that I could borrow, Please?"

"A blanket?! Those who come here want to pass the maze. Now, I need to find a riddle for you to answer first." She got up and took her candle up close to a bookshelf. The old woman tried to read what was on the bindings in the flickering light. "Drat, why does ink fade on me and making it harder to make out the book titles," she mumbled.

"All I wanted was an extra blanket," whined Tsuzuki, "But it is too cold to sleep in the other room I was in."

"Who cares about being cold when you want to see the master. You need your mind's knowledge and wit."

"I really do want a blanket, or a floor heater," complained Tsuzuki.

The librarian went though some books and scrolls. "Oh, now I remember where I put the riddle book at!" She scurried to another shelf and pulled out an old worn book. The old woman flipped over the pages. "Darn this faint light. It makes my eyes hurt. How is one supposed to find things in this darkness? I wish I had something that gave more light."

"Umm... Maybe, I should get my partner because I am not good in solving riddles. He said that I am...."

"Nonsense! Here is the riddle, and you will meet the master when you give the correct answer. Now, listen up." The old woman tried to make out the very faint writing. "I proceed until I am no more, but there I am behind me once again."

Tsuzuki thought for a while and answered, "Hisoka-kun."

"What? No, never mind, it is a wave."

"Are you really positive? Hisoka-kun usually walks in front of me. And, when I do something dumb, he always hits me from behind."

The librarian was speechless for a moment. "In truth, I cannot read the answer, but it should be a wave"

"Hisoka-kun really does act that way."

"I guess it would be a good answer. Some other things can fit the riddle's description. I could write down Hisoka and you would be correct, and I could tell you where the master is." The old woman did just that.

TBC, Fufufufuu, what will be behind door # 3, or will I give up on this story due to lack of reviews?  =P