Tessie and Sayaka See an Echo (2013) (Chapter 6)

Back at the town, Tessie and Sayaka were caught and the town workers stopped the false evacuation order. Luckily, they were let off with a stern warning, so they went off outside the town to figure things out together. While they walked, Tessie sighed and said "Now what do we do? The comet's still gonna hit the town!" Sayaka says "Do you really believe Mitsuha? I'm still not sure about it." Tessie stops, and exclaims "Wait, then why'd you help out?"

Sayaka smiles and says "I wanted to help out Mitsuha! She seemed so determined today, and she sounded like this was so important, I just had to. And I guess it could still be legitimate…" Then Tessie sighs, and says "I guess it's all up to Mitsuha now. If she can convince Mr. Miyamizu, then we might end up okay."

So the two of them go to the nearby vending machine, grab some sodas, and sit down on the bench to take a break. And while they relax with their drinks, Koichi begins to make his way closer to the same vending machine. He says to himself, "I finally found one! Maybe I should have picked up a town map after all. I was wandering around for an hour!"

While he walked a bit closer, he heard the sounds of an aggressively barking dog, and he noticed that two students around his age were also nearby. The dog pops out of a bush near Tessie and Sayaka, and Tessie gets between her and the dog, and yells "Hey you mutt! Get outta here!" The dog wasn't scared by Tessie at all, and he tried to move his arms in hopes that something would scare it away.

Koichi realized that the two were in danger, so he rushes closer and thinks of the best way to use Echoes in the current situation. While he ran, Tessie saw him and yelled "Hey you! Get outta here! There's a wild dog!" Koichi wasn't affected by Tessie's warning, and once the dog noticed him, it turned and ran towards him instead.

Sayaka shrieked while Tessie tried to run after it, without even knowing what he would do if he caught up to it, but Tessie was surprised by how composed the boy was while a rabid dog was charging in his direction. Once the dog was close enough, Koichi shouted "Echoes Act 2!" and left a 'BAM' marker on the street right where the dog would step next. And once the dog landed on the marker, it was flung far back, flying past Tessie and toward the grass along the road. Tessie stopped in shock while he saw that dog fly past him, and he heard it audibly yelp and run away when it landed. This took both Tessie and Sayaka completely by surprise, and they just waited silently as the boy walked towards them.

Koichi heads a bit closer, and says "Are you two alright? That dog looked dangerous." Tessie goes to shake his hand, and says "I'm not sure what you just did, but thanks a lot man! I'm Tessie, and that girl over there is Sayaka!" Sayaka adds, saying "Thank you for helping us out. That dog was scary!" Koichi smiles and says "It's not a big deal. I'm Koichi! It's nice to meet you two."

Then Koichi thinks for a moment, and once he recognizes Sayaka's voice, he yells "Wait, you were the person on the loudspeaker! What's going on with this town?" Sayaka blushes and replies, saying, "Yeah, that was me. We needed to do something, because that comet is going to hit the town!" Koichi looks at them in horror, places both hands on his cheeks, and shouts "Huh? That's… that's really bad!" Tessie adds, saying "At this point, we can only hope our friend Mitsuha is able to convince the mayor to evacuate the town to the school. That's a safe zone!"

After that, the three of them started to walk towards the school building, and they start to chat as they walked. Sayaka says, "Hey Koichi, what brings you here to Itomori? Where are you from?" Koichi responds, saying "Oh, I'm from Morioh. And I went here for the festival tonight, with my friends Josuke and Okuyasu. I hope they'll be alright…" Tessie tries to change the subject, noticing that Koichi seemed to be worried about his friends, so he says "Morioh sounds nice! Would ya recommend visiting it?"

Koichi smiles and says "It's a fun town, if a bit weird at times. There a lot of good people there, and I really like it! You guys should visit it sometime." Tessie grins and says "That sounds fun! Mitsuha always complains about it here, so checking out Morioh should cheer her up." Then Sayaka chimes in, saying "Too bad you can't get Italian food outside of Tokyo. Mitsuha's been talking a lot about it lately, and it's making me want it too!"

Koichi then adds, saying "Actually, we have a really good Italian restaurant in Morioh. It's amazing!" Both Tessie and Sayaka reacted surprised, and both say "Wow!" Then Tessie says "We'll need to go there sometime, then!" And with that, the three of them continued down the road until they successfully reached the school.

←To Be Continued