PART 18
The day had come. Everyone in the kingdom of Koainan was busy. Kiyota didn't even touch the food the maids brought to him the other night. He didn't even join Makigo and the others during breakfast, he went straight to the kitchen and took a bite.
He tried to avoid Makigo and Soi-ichiro, especially Moroboshi who was always trying to start a conversation with him. So he went to the only place in the palace where he had never been before, the library.
Luckily, no one was around to disturb him. He looked for anything that would suit his interests and found none. And then it hit him. What if I can go back to my world exactly the same way I came here? Oh, why hadn't I thought of this before? Sweat rolled down his cheeks.
He combed every section of the library looking for the same book that brought him there. Two and a half hours had passed. Then just like how it happened in the first place, a book caught his attention, it was in the topmost shelf almost four-storey high. He seemed to have forgotten everything around him. He climbed to reach the book not realizing how high it was. When he got his hands on the book, he accidentally lost his grip on the shelf and fell hard on the floor.
"SUCCESS!!!!" Kiyota screamed aloud. He didn't even care for the pain that jolted on his spine and an indescribable happiness overcame him. "I can go back now! I can leave this stupid world and go back playing basketball!"
The door knob suddenly clicked as a servant came in,
"My Lady, are you hurt? I just heard a fall-"
"I'm fine. I'll join the celebration later and have fun," Kiyota said as he got up from the awkward fall. He was still clutching the book in his hand and immediately hid it under his robes.
He left the library on the spot and went to his room. There was a mystical aura hovering above the air and the excitement he was feeling was growing more intense each minute. He turned the book to the last chapter to see how the two girls of the legend escaped from that world of madness.
That's it! I just have to take this page here and utter the chant of escape and then I'm off to modern day Kanagawa! Makigo will be forced to fight the other kingdom without me. hahaha! Kiyota thought mischievously. But he had another plan; he wasn't supposed to leave without saying goodbye after all, it has to be grand.
During the celebration, in Makigo's palace,
Hotosashi arrived that night with Rukawa who was hardly taking off his eyes from the handsome emperor. They were welcomed by the Lord of the palace with his escort.
"Good evening, Your Majesty," Makigo bowed at Hotosashi as the latter did the same. The host's eyes fell suddenly on Rukawa.
"This is the Lady Miyakaede," Hotosashi said. Rukawa looked at Makigo and his partner for the night. Awful. He thought He was so disgusted to see his rivals from Kainan wearing strange clothes and jewelleries.
There were all kinds of ostensibly wealthy people in the celebration. Rukawa for some reason was taking pleasure from the sight of Nurikenji with his escort, the celebrant. Though everything seemed fine that night he still felt a strange insecurity around him; a pair of sharp brown eyes seemed to be turning towards his direction, watching every breath he respired. He then decided to see who it was, and not far from where he sat was his Shohoku team mate Ryota Miyagi, a sophomore.
The day had come. Everyone in the kingdom of Koainan was busy. Kiyota didn't even touch the food the maids brought to him the other night. He didn't even join Makigo and the others during breakfast, he went straight to the kitchen and took a bite.
He tried to avoid Makigo and Soi-ichiro, especially Moroboshi who was always trying to start a conversation with him. So he went to the only place in the palace where he had never been before, the library.
Luckily, no one was around to disturb him. He looked for anything that would suit his interests and found none. And then it hit him. What if I can go back to my world exactly the same way I came here? Oh, why hadn't I thought of this before? Sweat rolled down his cheeks.
He combed every section of the library looking for the same book that brought him there. Two and a half hours had passed. Then just like how it happened in the first place, a book caught his attention, it was in the topmost shelf almost four-storey high. He seemed to have forgotten everything around him. He climbed to reach the book not realizing how high it was. When he got his hands on the book, he accidentally lost his grip on the shelf and fell hard on the floor.
"SUCCESS!!!!" Kiyota screamed aloud. He didn't even care for the pain that jolted on his spine and an indescribable happiness overcame him. "I can go back now! I can leave this stupid world and go back playing basketball!"
The door knob suddenly clicked as a servant came in,
"My Lady, are you hurt? I just heard a fall-"
"I'm fine. I'll join the celebration later and have fun," Kiyota said as he got up from the awkward fall. He was still clutching the book in his hand and immediately hid it under his robes.
He left the library on the spot and went to his room. There was a mystical aura hovering above the air and the excitement he was feeling was growing more intense each minute. He turned the book to the last chapter to see how the two girls of the legend escaped from that world of madness.
That's it! I just have to take this page here and utter the chant of escape and then I'm off to modern day Kanagawa! Makigo will be forced to fight the other kingdom without me. hahaha! Kiyota thought mischievously. But he had another plan; he wasn't supposed to leave without saying goodbye after all, it has to be grand.
During the celebration, in Makigo's palace,
Hotosashi arrived that night with Rukawa who was hardly taking off his eyes from the handsome emperor. They were welcomed by the Lord of the palace with his escort.
"Good evening, Your Majesty," Makigo bowed at Hotosashi as the latter did the same. The host's eyes fell suddenly on Rukawa.
"This is the Lady Miyakaede," Hotosashi said. Rukawa looked at Makigo and his partner for the night. Awful. He thought He was so disgusted to see his rivals from Kainan wearing strange clothes and jewelleries.
There were all kinds of ostensibly wealthy people in the celebration. Rukawa for some reason was taking pleasure from the sight of Nurikenji with his escort, the celebrant. Though everything seemed fine that night he still felt a strange insecurity around him; a pair of sharp brown eyes seemed to be turning towards his direction, watching every breath he respired. He then decided to see who it was, and not far from where he sat was his Shohoku team mate Ryota Miyagi, a sophomore.