Forbidden Child
ch 6
"Josey...Josey! Wake up!" Sage said as he was trying to wake her. The yelling that was coming from Rowen's and Sage's room, was enough to make the others that were down stairs to drop what they were doing and rush up to the room.
"Josey?' Tai asked groggily as she was starting to sit up.
"Whoa, Tai, you are staying here in bed." Kento replied as he gently pushed her back down.
Tai looked in his eyes, "Kento, something's wrong, I have to see if she's alright." Tai said stubbornly.
Kento could tell that she wasn't going to let this go. "Alright, but you're not going to stay for very long, you need your rest."
Tai smiled, "thank you Kento, and I promise, as soon as I know for sure that she's ok, I'll go right back to bed." Kento nodded and then they went to Sage's and Rowen's room.
"Hey, what's going on in here?" Rowen asked as he and the others filed in.
"One minute I was talking to Josey, and the next she was screaming in her sleep." Sage replied as he was comforting her.
"Josey?' Tai asked as she looked over towards her.
"I'm...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry anyone. It was just a bad dream, that's all, nothing more." Josey said as she was trying to convince them.
"Are you sure? I mean if..." Sage asked in concern.
"I'm sure all I need is some sleep." Josey replied with a tired smile. Sage looked around to the others and then back to her.
"Alright, you say so." Sage said, as he tucked her back into bed. Sage waited for the others to file out of the room before he decided to leave. He got to the door, took one final look back, and carefully shut the door.
"Alright, you checked up on her, now you keep your promise and go back to bed." Kento said as he looked over towards Tai.
"Ok, ok Kento, I'm going." Tai replied with a small laugh. "Ah, Kento, where do you think you're going?"
"With you to make sure that you do go straight to bed." Kento replied as he guided her back. Sage and Rowen waited until they were out of ear shot, before they continued their conversation.
"She's going to be just fine you know." Rowen said as he stood behind him.
"Yeah, I know she will be...It's just...There's something about her and Tai that seems, I don't know, different somehow." Sage replied as he turned and faced him.
"Well, for now, we'll let them recover and then we'll see what happens, alright." Rowen said with a smirk.
"Alright." Sage replied with a nod as the two finally made their way down the stairs.
A few days later...
"It's finally Christmas break!" Kento cheered as the last bell rang for the day.
"Kento, if I didn't know any better, then I'd say that you're excited." Rowen replied sarcastically as he smirked towards him.
"It shows?" Kento asked teasingly.
"Hey, where are the others?" Rowen asked back as he was looking around.
Kento frowns, "good question, actually, I was too excited about break starting that..." Kento started to explain.
"Never mind Kento." Rowen replied as he rolled his eyes. An announcement over the pa system calling for the following names, Kento Rei Faun, Cye Mouri, Ryo
Sanada, Rowen Hashiba, Sage Date, Josey Tennyo, and Tai Jion.
"What the? Come on, he's got to be kidding!? It's Christmas break, school is over when the bell rang twenty minutes ago." Kento whined.
"Come on Kento, since he called all of us to the office, it beats trying to wait for them here." Rowen replied as they headed off to the office.
"What do you want to bet that Kento's whining about being called to the office?" Sage asked as he, Cye, and Ryo were almost there.
"I wouldn't put it past him." Ryo replied chuckling as they finally made it.
"Josey, Tai, you two are already here? How long have you two been waiting?" Cye asked with a smile.
"Not long Cye, actually we just got here. I had to practically drag Josey from her locker to get here." Tai replied with a laugh.
"Hey, whatever happened, I didn't do it. I'm innocent, and I can prove it." Josey said as she was about ready to present her case.
"Innocent about what, Ms. Tennyo?" the supervisor asked as he finally made it.
"Ah..." Josey replied as she quickly became quiet. The supervisor looked around and saw that everyone but two of them were there, and then just before he was going to call, Kento and Rowen came in.
"Sorry we're late." Rowen apologized as they joined the others.
"It's alright, Mr. Hashiba, we haven't even started. So all of you go ahead and sit down." the supervisor replied as he motioned to the couches.
"Sir, mind telling us why we're all here?" Josey asked as she and the others were getting anxious.
"Direct and to the point. Good, alright, the reason I called all of you here, is because you seven were selected to go on a trip over Christmas break." the supervisor replied as he started to explain.
"A trip? To where?" Ryo asked in curiosity.
"To Tibet, and even more specifically, to the legendary city of Shangri-la." the supervisor replied as he finished explaining.
Tai was in shock, trying hard not to show it. "I'm sorry, but did you say Shangri-la?" Tai asked nervously.
"Yes I did, is there a problem, Ms. Jion?" the supervisor asked as he raised an eye brow at her.
Tai grabbed onto her talisman around her neck, "no, there's no problem."
"I didn't think so." the supervisor replied as he continued to watch her.
"But sir, I thought that Shangri-la was nothing but a myth, a legend? So then how can you say that it exists?" Rowen asked curiously.
"Mr. Hashiba, I'm not the one that you should be asking that to. Isn't that correct Ms. Jion?" the supervisor asked with a smirk.
Kento could tell that Tai was getting very uncomfortable with the way that the supervisor was talking and looking towards her. "Why is that, just because Tai's from Tibet, you think that she'll know if it's a legend or not?" Kento asked as he was getting annoyed. "I suggest, sir, that you stop your interrogation, and leave her alone."
"Kento.." Tai said as she looked over towards him.
"Yes, I see, well any case, I still think that you seven would be fine choices to go on the trip. So what do you say?" the supervisor asked as he looked around at each of them.
"I guess that it'll be alright, we'll go." Ryo replied as he and the others got up and headed out the door. The supervisor watched them leave the office, and then when the last one was out, the door slammed shut.
'Good, everything is going as planned. Soon they'll lead me to the legendary Shangri-la, and they won't even know that I'm there until it's too late.' Tenkuyo mused as he got rid of his disguise and disappeared.
ch 6
"Josey...Josey! Wake up!" Sage said as he was trying to wake her. The yelling that was coming from Rowen's and Sage's room, was enough to make the others that were down stairs to drop what they were doing and rush up to the room.
"Josey?' Tai asked groggily as she was starting to sit up.
"Whoa, Tai, you are staying here in bed." Kento replied as he gently pushed her back down.
Tai looked in his eyes, "Kento, something's wrong, I have to see if she's alright." Tai said stubbornly.
Kento could tell that she wasn't going to let this go. "Alright, but you're not going to stay for very long, you need your rest."
Tai smiled, "thank you Kento, and I promise, as soon as I know for sure that she's ok, I'll go right back to bed." Kento nodded and then they went to Sage's and Rowen's room.
"Hey, what's going on in here?" Rowen asked as he and the others filed in.
"One minute I was talking to Josey, and the next she was screaming in her sleep." Sage replied as he was comforting her.
"Josey?' Tai asked as she looked over towards her.
"I'm...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry anyone. It was just a bad dream, that's all, nothing more." Josey said as she was trying to convince them.
"Are you sure? I mean if..." Sage asked in concern.
"I'm sure all I need is some sleep." Josey replied with a tired smile. Sage looked around to the others and then back to her.
"Alright, you say so." Sage said, as he tucked her back into bed. Sage waited for the others to file out of the room before he decided to leave. He got to the door, took one final look back, and carefully shut the door.
"Alright, you checked up on her, now you keep your promise and go back to bed." Kento said as he looked over towards Tai.
"Ok, ok Kento, I'm going." Tai replied with a small laugh. "Ah, Kento, where do you think you're going?"
"With you to make sure that you do go straight to bed." Kento replied as he guided her back. Sage and Rowen waited until they were out of ear shot, before they continued their conversation.
"She's going to be just fine you know." Rowen said as he stood behind him.
"Yeah, I know she will be...It's just...There's something about her and Tai that seems, I don't know, different somehow." Sage replied as he turned and faced him.
"Well, for now, we'll let them recover and then we'll see what happens, alright." Rowen said with a smirk.
"Alright." Sage replied with a nod as the two finally made their way down the stairs.
A few days later...
"It's finally Christmas break!" Kento cheered as the last bell rang for the day.
"Kento, if I didn't know any better, then I'd say that you're excited." Rowen replied sarcastically as he smirked towards him.
"It shows?" Kento asked teasingly.
"Hey, where are the others?" Rowen asked back as he was looking around.
Kento frowns, "good question, actually, I was too excited about break starting that..." Kento started to explain.
"Never mind Kento." Rowen replied as he rolled his eyes. An announcement over the pa system calling for the following names, Kento Rei Faun, Cye Mouri, Ryo
Sanada, Rowen Hashiba, Sage Date, Josey Tennyo, and Tai Jion.
"What the? Come on, he's got to be kidding!? It's Christmas break, school is over when the bell rang twenty minutes ago." Kento whined.
"Come on Kento, since he called all of us to the office, it beats trying to wait for them here." Rowen replied as they headed off to the office.
"What do you want to bet that Kento's whining about being called to the office?" Sage asked as he, Cye, and Ryo were almost there.
"I wouldn't put it past him." Ryo replied chuckling as they finally made it.
"Josey, Tai, you two are already here? How long have you two been waiting?" Cye asked with a smile.
"Not long Cye, actually we just got here. I had to practically drag Josey from her locker to get here." Tai replied with a laugh.
"Hey, whatever happened, I didn't do it. I'm innocent, and I can prove it." Josey said as she was about ready to present her case.
"Innocent about what, Ms. Tennyo?" the supervisor asked as he finally made it.
"Ah..." Josey replied as she quickly became quiet. The supervisor looked around and saw that everyone but two of them were there, and then just before he was going to call, Kento and Rowen came in.
"Sorry we're late." Rowen apologized as they joined the others.
"It's alright, Mr. Hashiba, we haven't even started. So all of you go ahead and sit down." the supervisor replied as he motioned to the couches.
"Sir, mind telling us why we're all here?" Josey asked as she and the others were getting anxious.
"Direct and to the point. Good, alright, the reason I called all of you here, is because you seven were selected to go on a trip over Christmas break." the supervisor replied as he started to explain.
"A trip? To where?" Ryo asked in curiosity.
"To Tibet, and even more specifically, to the legendary city of Shangri-la." the supervisor replied as he finished explaining.
Tai was in shock, trying hard not to show it. "I'm sorry, but did you say Shangri-la?" Tai asked nervously.
"Yes I did, is there a problem, Ms. Jion?" the supervisor asked as he raised an eye brow at her.
Tai grabbed onto her talisman around her neck, "no, there's no problem."
"I didn't think so." the supervisor replied as he continued to watch her.
"But sir, I thought that Shangri-la was nothing but a myth, a legend? So then how can you say that it exists?" Rowen asked curiously.
"Mr. Hashiba, I'm not the one that you should be asking that to. Isn't that correct Ms. Jion?" the supervisor asked with a smirk.
Kento could tell that Tai was getting very uncomfortable with the way that the supervisor was talking and looking towards her. "Why is that, just because Tai's from Tibet, you think that she'll know if it's a legend or not?" Kento asked as he was getting annoyed. "I suggest, sir, that you stop your interrogation, and leave her alone."
"Kento.." Tai said as she looked over towards him.
"Yes, I see, well any case, I still think that you seven would be fine choices to go on the trip. So what do you say?" the supervisor asked as he looked around at each of them.
"I guess that it'll be alright, we'll go." Ryo replied as he and the others got up and headed out the door. The supervisor watched them leave the office, and then when the last one was out, the door slammed shut.
'Good, everything is going as planned. Soon they'll lead me to the legendary Shangri-la, and they won't even know that I'm there until it's too late.' Tenkuyo mused as he got rid of his disguise and disappeared.