Chapter 6:
Arisa and Baiko wandered the Konan Empire for the day. It was the last day they had to relax before going to save the Celestial Warriors, and Miaka.
They had been walking for hours and Arisa became weary. Baiko noticed her slowing, so he led her to a bench.
Once sitting, they were quiet. Arisa began thinking of her childhood, and her future.
After a few minutes, Baiko stood, and walked off.
Arisa zoned back to reality, and noticed he was gone. She panicked and ran off in the opposite direction. As she was running over a bridge, her foot hit something, and she tripped, falling over the rail. As she was falling towards the raging river, a red light appeared...
To any passerby, it would have seemed like halfway through her fall, she disappeared...
* * *
The following morning, Hikari woke to the sunlight shining on her face. Kenji was still sleeping.
As gently as possible, Hikari lifted his arm off of hers, and began to search through her parent's room once more.
After an hour of endless searching, she heard a voice, "You're so determined Hikari!" It sounded like her father.
"Please don't give up hope, Arisa will come through for us, I know it. She's perfectly safe within the book, for she has wonderful protectors who will stay with her through thick and thin. I wrote a letter, quite a long time ago. It explains everything that has happened. It's buried in a capsule in the backyard. I hid it there so someone in the future could find it, and maybe they could have the same adventure your mother did, long ago. Good luck, and you can probably help from your reality. Think, if you have a connection with your sister..." Her father's voice faded out.
"What? What will happen if I have a connection? What type of connection? FATHER?!" Hikari screamed.
Silence, and then, a bright red light began to shine from out of the book...
"What's all the racket Hikari?" Kenji looked in through the door. "Huh? Hikari! Look out!" He dove at her, and knocked her to the ground. "I won't let you get pulled in without me!"
Instead of being surrounded by the red light, as Kenji expected, it vanished after a moment, and he felt something fall on his back.
In order to maintain Hikari's breathing, he rolled off of her, and turned to see what had fell.
What he saw pulled three words from his mouth, "WHAT THE HELL?!"
Arisa and Baiko wandered the Konan Empire for the day. It was the last day they had to relax before going to save the Celestial Warriors, and Miaka.
They had been walking for hours and Arisa became weary. Baiko noticed her slowing, so he led her to a bench.
Once sitting, they were quiet. Arisa began thinking of her childhood, and her future.
After a few minutes, Baiko stood, and walked off.
Arisa zoned back to reality, and noticed he was gone. She panicked and ran off in the opposite direction. As she was running over a bridge, her foot hit something, and she tripped, falling over the rail. As she was falling towards the raging river, a red light appeared...
To any passerby, it would have seemed like halfway through her fall, she disappeared...
* * *
The following morning, Hikari woke to the sunlight shining on her face. Kenji was still sleeping.
As gently as possible, Hikari lifted his arm off of hers, and began to search through her parent's room once more.
After an hour of endless searching, she heard a voice, "You're so determined Hikari!" It sounded like her father.
"Please don't give up hope, Arisa will come through for us, I know it. She's perfectly safe within the book, for she has wonderful protectors who will stay with her through thick and thin. I wrote a letter, quite a long time ago. It explains everything that has happened. It's buried in a capsule in the backyard. I hid it there so someone in the future could find it, and maybe they could have the same adventure your mother did, long ago. Good luck, and you can probably help from your reality. Think, if you have a connection with your sister..." Her father's voice faded out.
"What? What will happen if I have a connection? What type of connection? FATHER?!" Hikari screamed.
Silence, and then, a bright red light began to shine from out of the book...
"What's all the racket Hikari?" Kenji looked in through the door. "Huh? Hikari! Look out!" He dove at her, and knocked her to the ground. "I won't let you get pulled in without me!"
Instead of being surrounded by the red light, as Kenji expected, it vanished after a moment, and he felt something fall on his back.
In order to maintain Hikari's breathing, he rolled off of her, and turned to see what had fell.
What he saw pulled three words from his mouth, "WHAT THE HELL?!"