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(Train)
After the four left Kyoto all together, they were now aboard on a train, heading to Chino. And being on a train was something...that came unexpected to their new travel companion.
"Um...is he going to be okay?" Leone asked, a bit concerned on what he is seeing. Mittlet just shrugged at her.
"He will be eventually. From what he told me, he gets easily sick on transportation. ANY transportation." Mittelt told her, and looked back at Terra, who was different than he was before.
"Blurgh..." Terra moaned out with queasiness, his face pale from the ride he was receiving. He laid on the seat, completely motionless while the train is moving. Yorokobi just tried to comfort Terra.
"Terra? Terra? You going to be okay?" Yorokobi asked, shaking his body a bit. All he got was splutters from Terra. The two girls just sweat-dropped at him.
"And this is the guy...who saved the Youkai faction from certain chaos?" Leone asked her. Mittelt just sighed.
"Unfortunately." Mittelt said, as she decided to look through a window. As she did, she failed to notice Leone's actions, as she got up from her seat and sat next to Terra. She then placed his head on her lap, while giving a smile.
"Do you feel better now, Terra?" Leone asked. She still got incoherent blubbering from Terra, causing her to sigh.
"Geez..." Leone said, while smiling. Unknown to her, her lap somehow managed to bring comfort to Terra.
"...Soft..." Terra muttered, before going into a queasy state.
Mittelt turned her head from the window, and only found them in that sort of position.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" Mittelt exclaimed, pointing at her. Leone gave an innocent smile at her.
"What do you mean? I'm simply comforting Terra." Leone said, causing Mittelt to glare at her.
"You...!" Mittelt seethed at setting this, and then pointed at Leone. "Don't think you won this yet! I won't give him up that easily!"
Leone merely gave her a grin. "Oh? I look forward to the challenge."
It was that unknown to Terra, sparks began to fly between the two.
(Chino)
After a long train ride (to Terra) to Chino, they finally arrived at the train station. Our little traveling group walked out of the train with Terra stumbling forward.
"F-Finally, off the train..." Terra said, still a bit shaky as the group left the train. Leone just sighed at him
"I can't believe your weakness is transportation..." Leone said with a dead-panned look. Terra just groaned at her.
"Hey, other people get car-sick or sea-sick easily. I'm just like them..." Terra said with a flat look. Mittelt just sighed at him.
"True, but you're a combination of all of them, which sort of makes you more worst than them..." Mittelt pointed out, causing Terra to just sigh at them.
"Whatever. Let's just find this "Heavenly Counsel" place that Yasaka recommended me to visit." Terra said, as he brought out an address and looked at it. He stared at the address, and then walked forward.
"Well, I have the address. But...I don't know its actual location in this city. Guess we have to go searching for it..." Terra said, as he walked forward.
"Wait, you don't know where the place is at?" Mittelt asked in surprise, causing Terra to nod at her.
"Well, yeah. I might have the address, but I have no clue where this address is located at." Terra told her. "Remember. I'm from another dimension."
"Oh yeah. I'm kind of surprised to learn that you're from another dimension." Leone said, realizing on what Terra told them. He told them that because they were traveling together, and might as well let them know on who he is.
"Yeah, it is pretty shocking if the situation was reversed. If I met a person from another dimension, I would be surprised as you guys are." Terra told them, as he picked up a map of Chino from a stand and looked at it. Mittelt just gave him a dead panned look.
"I wouldn't count on that. You're hard to surprise, after all." Mittelt told him, making Terra just shrug at her.
"Eh, whatever. At least its better than freaking out most of the time." Terra said, while Yorokobi looked over his shoulder and looked at the map as well. Terra then folded the map and put it in his backpack.
"Well, I found where it is." Terra told them. "Let's go."
(Heavenly Counsel)
After walking through Chino and taking in the sights, the group arrived at their destination. They all stood in front of the Heavenly Counsel, which was a moderate sized store that was in a strip mall.
The group looked at the store in front of them, and Terra looked at his map once more, and back at the place.
"Well...it seems we found our location." Terra told them, as he decided to walk inside the store, having the girls follow in suit. As they entered the store, they saw no one in the front desk. They stood there, and looked around the room to see if there was anyone around, but there wasn't any. Terra was about to ring the bell in front of him, but then he heard slamming and yelling in the room nearby.
"What do you mean you won't accept!?" shouted out a loud male voice. This immediately alarmed the group, and they turned their heads to the door. They quietly sneaked to the door, and leaned in with their ears. They then heard another voice, this time more calmer.
"Must I repeat myself? Like I have said before, I have no interest in your group, nor any desire to join it. What you're doing is something I wish to stay out of. I must also say that this group's goal is completely impossible to achieve, dare I say nothing more than a dream." the voice said to the man, and heard growling.
"Why you-!" the man said, and heard a few movements, but then they heard someone grabbing something.
"Don't do it! Do you even realize on who you might provoke!? Even if he is considered minor to others, he is still one of them for reasons!" the companion told him. They felt anger radiate off the air, and heard a scowl.
"Fine." the man said. "Hmph. Despite on all the offers and reasons to join us, you still refused. And here I thought we were talking to someone wise. Turns out that you're just stupid." the man barked out. The calmer voice just sighed at that.
"Those are the usual words of a fool who understands nothing, nor does he see anything around him." the voice said calmly.
"You-!" the man seethed, but was interrupted by again by the calmer voice.
"Please leave this place. There is no point in spending and wasting energy and time on people like you." the rational voice said, wanting to dismiss the group.
"We were going to see ourselves out, you idiot!" shouted out the man, and soon heard stomping.
The group immediately moved back and back to their original spots, and saw the door flung open, and saw three men walk out of the room, each with anger on their faces. They all seemed to ignore Terra and the others, and they all walked out.
"...Geez. What crawled up their butts?" Mittelt said, watching the men leave the store. Leone just shrugged at that.
"Not sure. But from what I could tell, they seem like the type of people who won't take no for an answer." Leone said. Terra just sighed.
"Well, it ain't any of our business...despite us eavesdropping." Terra said, sweat dropping on how contradicting he said, but then shook his head. There were more important work at hands. Terra then rung the bell on the front desk, and heard the man took in a breath and exhaled.
"Come in." spoke the voice. They all followed Terra as he walked into a room. It was a simple room with flowers and plants around, and multiple chairs and a round table. The room was a bit dim as they walked inside. When they walked inside, they finally saw the man who was rational and calm in the argument against the three men.
He wore a rather elegant robe, and had violet hair that went up ti his neck. He had a slightly pale complexion, but not too far enough to look unhealthy. The posture around him seemed elegant and refined, like you're facing some sort of dignified high class person.
As they walked in, they heard the man mumbling to himself.
"*Sigh*...such closed minded people. They choose what they want to see, instead of facing the truth. Quite pitiful..." the man said, and noticed Terra and the others.
"Ah, my apologies. I was thinking to myself. Please, have a seat." the man told them, as they all sat down in front of him. After taking a good look at them all, he cleared his throat once more.
"I'm sorry if introductions are late, but why don't you introduce yourselfs?" the man asked them. Terra was the first to speak.
"My name is Terra Tachikaze. This here is Mittelt, while the other is Leone." Terra said, introducing them.
"Hello."
"Nice to meet you."
The man nodded in greeting, and cleared his throat. "A pleasure. So Tachikaze-kun...what sort of counseling or advice do you need from me?" the man asked.
Terra first pulled out a piece of paper from his backpack, and held it out to the main in front of him.
"First, I was told to give this to you." Terra said, holding the piece of paper in front of him. The man raised an eyebrow as he took the paper from his hands, and took a good look at the paper written by Yasaka. After he few moments, he simply blinked in surprise.
"My...for Yasaka to send me this..." the man muttered, and took a good look at Terra. He then chuckled.
"My...I never knew that Yasaka would send you here. You must be quite a person to receive a word from her." the violet haired man said to him, which caused others to blink in confusion and surprise at him.
"Do you know Yasaka-sama?" Leone asked. The man nodded at her.
"I do know her. We've came into contact with each other a few times, but we're friends nonetheless." the man said, smiling at him. He then stood up and bowed in greeting to the three of them.
"I believe I didn't introduce myself to you yet. My apologies." the man said. "Let me introduce myself a bit more, since you're aware of the supernatural world. My name is Omoikane, Shinto Kami of Knowledge and Wisdom." Omoikane introduced himself, which surprised everyone in the room.
"K-K-K-Kami!?" Mittelt exclaimed in surprise, seeing a Kami right in front of them. Leone immediately kneeled in front of the Kami in front of her.
"Omoikane-sama!" Leone said, as she bowed down.
"So you're a God, huh..." Terra said, looking at him with surprise. The Shinto God merely chuckled at them.
"Now now, there is no need for formalities. Just treat me as you did before you knew my identity." Omoikane said to them. The two slowly untensed, but they were a bit stiff to see a God literally in front of them. Omoikane just looked at the letter once more, and back to Terra.
"So from what I have read, your father is a dragon?" Omoikane asked, causing Terra to nod at him.
"Yes. I am currently on the search for my old man, who is named Volstgalph, King of the Earth Dragons." Terra told him. Omoikane hummed in thought as he closed his eyes.
"Coming from your thoughts, you aim on receiving the reason or truth from why he left you?" Omoikane asked him, causing Terra to look at him with surprise.
"Yeah...how did you know?" Terra asked, causing Omoikane to chuckle at him.
"Well, I am the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. It also helps that I can read one's thoughts and bring it into my own." Omoikane told him, causing Terra to go "oh" at him.
"Cool, so you're like a mind reader!" Yorokobi said, as he popped out of Terra's bag.
"Yes. I suppose you could say that I could read minds." Omoikane responded, and then looked at Terra.
"Even though I can read minds, I can only read on what you're currently thinking. So tell me...what is it that you seek from me?" Omoikane asked.
"Do you know where my old man is?" Terra immediately asked the Kami of Wisdom And Knowledge, causing him to raise an eyebrow at Terra.
"You ask me where your fathers whereabouts are?" Omoikane asked, trying to make sure that he heard it correctly.
"Yes. Since you're the God of Wisdom and Knowledge, surely you must know." Tasked told the God. The God merely chuckled at him.
"You certainly give too much credit for my speciality, but I'm afraid that my knowledge isn't omnipresent, meaning that I do not know everywhere at once." Omoikane said, causing him to deflate. "However...I said that reading thoughts are my specialty. I can read the thoughts of yoru father, no matter how far away he is."
This revelation suprised Terra and the others.
"You can do that!?" Mittelt exclaimed in suprise. Omoikane once again chuckled at her.
"Of course. I am a Kami after all." Omoikane said. He then closed his eyes, and concentrated for a few moments. He then slowly opened his eyes.
"I see..." Omoikane said, and took a good look at Terra.
"Well now...it seems like I learned a bit from your father's thoughts." Omoikane said, causing Terra to look at the Kamil with suprise, before he stood up and leaned in.
"What!? What is it!?" Terra asked with, wanting to know what it is. Omoikane took in a deep breath and sighed and proceeded to drink his tea.
"Calm down young one. Your answers will come you if you calm down." Omoikane told him, which caused Terra to pause for a bit, and then calmed down and sat back down.
"From what I've read from his thoughts, he was thinking of going to Tsuruga, thinking something significant will happen there." Omoikane told him, surprising Terra and the others.
"Tsuruga? That's a city that you can get to in a day by train." Leone said, recognizing the Japanese city. But Mittelt interjected.
"Why would a Dragon be interested in going to a Japanese City? It doesn't make any sense..." Mittelt said. Terra nodded in agreement.
"Yeah...if I know my old man, is that he likes to seclude himself from humans and society. But for him to approach a city..." Terra said, looking down in thought. Omoikane cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention.
"If I may interject, I could put in that his reasons for going to the Japanese city doesn't involve any violence caused by him. So rest assured, he won't attack a city." Omoikane told them, which caused the tension in the air to deflate.
"I see..." Terra said, and smiled. He then bowed in thanks to Omoikane.
"Thank you Omoikane-sama." Terra said to him. "You've helped me in my next step on finding my father and find the reason why he left me in the first place."
"I can tell." Omoikane said, as he leaned back on his chair as he folded his fingers together. "I'm surprised on your reasons for finding your father. You don't wish to reunite with him, but learn the truth on why he left you." Omoikame told him, causing Terra to blink in surprise, before he found out that he just read his thoughts.
"Yeah, that's what I'm aiming for." Terra told him. Omoikane closed his eyes for a few moments, before opening them up again. This time, he had a suggestive look on his face.
"You know...going through such lengths to learn the truth for your father must be quite difficult." Omoikane said. "And as a God of Knowledge, I find it admirable that you're determined to learn the truth and knowledge of your father's leave. Finding knowledge must be quite difficult with this kind of goal in mind. So Terra-kun...I would like to put an ease to your wondering journey." Omoikane told him, which surprised Terra.
"...You know...the truth on why he left me?" Terra said, causing Omoikane to nod at him.
"Even though I read his mind, I luckily managed to catch a thought of him on why he is going all over the place." Omoikane told him, and looked at Terra.
"Tell me Tachikaze-kun. Are you ready to learn the truth on your father's leave?" Omoikane asked, causing the whole room to go quiet. Mittlelt and Leone went quiet, their eyes back and forth from Terra to Omoikane, while Yorokobi just stared at the interaction between the two.
The tension was thick. Everyone just stared at Terra's response to that question. His goal...his aim throughout his whole journey. The answer is right in front of him...just like that. It was unbelievable that Terra himself had to take a few moments to collect himself from this. Right in front of him was the opportunity to learn about his father. On why he left him behind, and simply move on with life.
But at the same time...he wanted to continue on exploring the world. Explore distant lands, and discover and learn so many things. The goal of searching the truth from his father was merely a direction for him to take, while the rest of the progress was his choice and his choice alone. To lose a goal in front of him will sort of give little meaning to his travels anymore.
After a moment of silence, Terra merely gave a smile at the Kami.
"...No. I don't need your help." Terra said, choosing his answer.
Silence remained within the room, and each one started at Terra with widened eyes.
"...What!?" both Mittlet and Leone said in surprise, while Omoikane just gaped at Terra's unexpected answer. Mittlet stood up from her seat.
"But Terra! This your big chance to learn on why your father left you in the first place!" Mittelt told him, and Leone stood up as well.
"Yeah Terra! Why would you say no to something like this!?" Leone asked him with surprise. Omoikane didn't say anything, but leaned in showing the same kind of question that Leone asked. Terra calmly looked at all in the room, and merely smiled.
"While I admit that I do want to learn the truth, I find this way too damn easy. And Omoikane-sama." Terra said, turning to the surprised Kami in front of him. "Despite on you learning the truth from my old man, I have a deep feeling that what he thought presently was only the tip of the iceberg. Trust me. I know my old man way more than you, despite you being of God of Knowledge." Terra said, and gave a resolute look. "Besides. Learning the truth will feel more satisfying and better if I learned the truth from my old man's mouth, and his mouth alone."
Omoikane stared at Terra's reasoning, his jaw slightly dropped on what he heard on what Terra said. It looked like he just witnessed something phenomenal. Omoikane continued to state at Terra for a few moments, before he decided to respond.
"So you choose to hear the truth from your own fathers mouth? You would rather seek him out, rather than easily choosing the easy path of learning the truth?" Omoikane asked incredulously. Terra didn't say anything, but gave a confident smile and nodded. A small curve appeared on the Kami's lips, before he started laughing out loud.
"Ufufufu...hahahaha!" Omoikane started laughing, hearing this kind of thing that he heard from Terra. The laughter didn't hold any mocking to Terra, nor did it make fun of him. He was laughing because he was astounded by Terra's reasoning.
"It there something you find funny, Omoikane-sama?" Terra said with a raised eyebrow, not bothered at all by the laughter. Omoikane merely gestured his hand with a "no", and decided to stop laughing for a bit.
"Haha...No, nothing is funny. I'm simlply amazed." Omoikane answered, and looked at Terra with a bit of admiration in his eyes. "In all my years of handling and governing knowledge and wisdom, you certainly are unique among all, Tachikaze-kun." Omoikane said. He closed his eyes, as he pondered on.
"Throughout all my life, I've learned that everyone has a pursuit for knowledge. Everyone possesses it. Whether it be human, angel, or devils. Deep within us, we have a want and yearn for knowledge, and we relentlessly try to achieve it." Omoikane stated. "When there is an opportunity of knowledge in front of them, they will immediately spring into seizing it. But you Terra..."
Omoikane merely chucked at the brunette.
"You are certainly rare among the people I have met. Instead of easily choosing the easy path to the truth, you instead chose your own path, in search for the whole truth." Omoikane told him, and smiled. "When people choose that kind of path, it shows that they are resolute, or incredibly stupid. But for you, you are the former, Tachikaze-kun."
"Glad to hear that." Terra said with a grin. Mittelt and Leone just looked back and forth between the two, highly surprised on seeing the interaction.
"Did Terra manage to astound a Kami?" Mittelt asked, still trying to process on what she saw. Leone just dumbly nodded at her.
"Yeah...I think he did." Leone said, looking surprised at this. Omoikane merely chucked at the two reactions.
"It's only natural that you two would act like this. After all, this is a rare event to see." Omoikane gave a small smile, and stood up. "Well everyone. I think Terra just received his counseling on his needs. Unless there is something more to ask?" Omoikane said. No one didn't say anything, but Terra merely raised his hand.
"I just have one more question before we go." Terra said. Omoikane gave him a raised eyebrow.
"And that is?" Omoikane asked.
"I don't mean any offense, but what is a Kami like you doing down here? I thought you might be up in Takamagahara with your fellow Kamis." Terra asked him. Omoikane merely raised an eyebrow at him, before he sighed.
"Yes, that's what people usually think of Gods and higher begins these days. Usually, it is true. However, for me..." Omoikane said. "I simply here because most of these days, the Shinto Kamis are not usually in conflict or any sort of trouble, thus they don't really resort or consult with me." Omoikane said. "I'm afraid that my fellow Kamis don't really need my services for that long. As such, I've decided that instead of doing nothing in Takamagahara, I should put my efforts into something else. Thus, it led me to descend down to the earth once more, and consult with humans with the knowledge and wisdom that I have." Omoikane said. "And I've got to say, I've been rather busy. But this sort of busy job is what I naturally live for." Omoikane said with a small smile. "Does that answer satisfy you, Tachikaze-kun?"
Terra and the others nodded at his answer. "Yes. Thank you, that is good enough." Terra said. Everyone then walked to the entrance of the store, ready to leave. Before they did, another person came through the door.
"I'm here!" said a male voice. He closed the door behind him, and looked ahead on what he saw.
"Oh. We have guest here?" said the newcomer in the room, as everyone took a good look at him.
He had a dark gray long sleeved turtleneck shirt. He wore a mix of two colors of brown. The first was dark brown that wend down to his thighs, and the lower was lighter brown at the bottom. He had highly dark blue hair that was scruffy and went down to his neck, and wore round glasses on. He had small irises. His figure was slender, but not too slender to be unhealthy. And by the looks of it, he was a few years older than Terra.
"Oh, Kei. Welcome back!" Omoikane said, smiling at seeing him. "Did you return from college?"
The young man known as Kei nodded at him. "Yes, I just finished college just half an hour ago. Am I bothering you on your business, tou-san?" Kei said to Omoikane. Omoikane merely waved his hand.
"No, no. We just finished business." Omoikane said. Mittelt then blinked at what Kei said.
"Wait...Tou-san?" asked Mittelt, highly confused on what the young man said. Leone looked confused as well, while Terra just blinked at Kei for calling Omoikane, a Kami, his dad...
'Wait...don't tell me...' Terra thought. He soon heard gasps of surprise from his two female companions, and immediately knew their reactions.
Utter surprise.
Omoikane looked at their expressions, and merely recognized something. He wasn't bothered by the fact on what they found out. The Kami merely stepped next to Kei, and put his hand on Kei's shoulder.
"Oh, right. Let me introduce him to you. This is Kei Shirogane. My son." Omoikane told them.
"It's nice to meet you all." Kei said, as he bowed to them while greeting, noath bothered by the fact on what was revealed.
Silence reigned upon the room, until the reactions came.
"...EH!?" both Mittelt and Leone both shouted out, while Terra look simply shocked at this. Yorokobi just blinked in confusion out of this all.
It seems that the knowledge itself is too much too handle.
Sorry this chapter is a bit short, but this is all I could muster in order to update you guys on this rather popular story I have (to me personally).
Now here is a challenge for you readers!
Can you realize on who Kei Shirogane is? He is from an anime/light novel that I love so much.
If you figured out on who he is before googling the name, then I salute you. For those who did, read/watch the series! It's awesome (in my opinion)!
And you're probably wondering on why Omoikane has a son. That will be revealed in the next chapter!
To picture Omoikane, just look up Omoikane online, along with "Ayakashi Guild". Though, when you look at him, he is represented a "girl". So just try and picture him back in his original gender.
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