.

.

.

We're both safe.

We're both alive.

We're both were facing each other.

Eyes to eyes.

My bright red eyes and his bright blue eyes.

"You won too, huh? I guess I expect no less from my other self!"

I wake my body from the ground where I no longer face him, and now looking at the sun, arise from the horizon.

So do he.

He brings his body, sitting next to me.

His right hand is on the ground.

I look at that one hand for an instant, and slowly grab it with my hand which he didn't even respond nor he surprised.

I smile looking at his face.

It was calm and maybe the bang on his right face covered much of it which I can't see fully.

But I saw it.

I saw the mouth of his; shaping a smile which maybe I wouldn't be able to forget.

"Say, Minato."

"…"

"…"

I was thinking of what should I say to him.

Should I mention about our fight in that empty space?

Should I mention about how will Nanako and Dojima-san respond if they were to find out that we're suddenly missing?

Or should I mention more about myself, about my situation which is pretty similar to his?

No… I wouldn't mention any of that.

"Hey…"

I look at Minato's face one more time when he suddenly turn his head to face mine but then, I unknowingly look away and quickly stand while letting go of his cold hand.

While looking at the still dark sky and connecting my hands on the back, I said to him when I turned my face and look at him.

"Let's go on a date!"

Maybe the time is around 6-7 on the morning since we're not seeing many people pass by.

Actually, Minato and I had walk along the riverbed.

Even though I said to him to go on a date, I don't really know where to go since this town is also new to me.

That's why I thought "Maybe walking along the river will give me an idea." But we had already walked for about 10 minutes now and not a single one crossed my mind.

"…"

Minato was walking next to me.

He was looking straight and didn't seem to really enjoy this little walk.

"Minato, let's stop here."

I said to him, which Minato quickly stopped walking when he saw me bending my body toward the river.

"… What's wrong?"

He finally said something but I have no time to be in awe as I know I was probably bore him so I reply with:

"Come here for a sec."

"?"

He approaches me, looking at what I currently looking.

"Don't look from above, off with your shoes and get in the water."

"But… it's cold…"

"Just-Get-In!"

I can't believe I actually just shouted at Minato.

Well, anyway he did exactly what I said.

Taking off his shoes, entering the water then bending his body right in front of me.

"Then?"

"…"

"Minako?"

*Splash!*

I splash the water at Minato which made his face, his hair, and some part of his clothes, wet.

"…"

"Ahahahaha! You fell for it!"

But then, I received a responds which I never even dream ever coming from him.

After I stand up and laugh hilariously at him, Minato had already gathered the water at his hands and splash it to me.

"Kyaa!"

"Pay back!"

Just then I realized that he was smiling.

Seeing him with a smile, a laugh on his face, I smile as well.

Putting my scarf, my boots, and my outer clothes, I enter the water as well to have a "water battle" with him.

The sun had raised but the sky is still cloudy.

We still near the riverbed, waiting for our wet clothes to dry after our little battle.

"Well, it seems they dried up. Shall we go?"

I said to Minato when he actually finished putting his shoes on.

"Sure."

"Yours dried up first huh? Well, whatever."

After putting everything back on, me and Minato finally walking out of the riverbed.

"Where should we go? Shopping district?"

"You lead the way."

"Okay, Mr-Always-Leave-It-To-A-Friend. Then, follow me!"

I walk out of the riverbed and on to the road. Of course, Minato following from behind.

Actually, I did say I want to go to the Shopping District… But how did we ended up in a school all of a sudden?!

"Wow, what a unique shopping district."

Hearing him saying that, somewhere in my heart, a part was destroyed.

"Y-yeah, I know. A really unique one, huh?"

I said with a depressing tone in.

"Well since we already here… Shall we enter?"

"Huh? With… these clothes?"

"Why not?"

He said that with a calm face. Is he an "Impossible" man or something? Entering a school with casual clothes? Well, since no one seems to be here yet, I accepted Minato's offer and went into the school.

I learned by the plate name, this school was called Yasogami High. And somehow, when I enter, why do I feel something is lacking from here?

Entering the school, Minato directly walk upstairs when he saw the stairs. The school's inside is looking exactly like an old school building, but it was well treated, looking at the floor, even though the tiles are wood, are really clean.

Upon reaching upstairs, Minato, while walking casually with both his hands in his pocket, quickly turn right and finally stopped in front of a class.

"Hm? What's wrong? Is something in there?"

I ask Minato with somehow curious face.

"I don't know."

I got the feeling he's gonna answer with that.

Anyway, there's no point of standing around here and I prefer to leave this school before anyone see us, so I open the classroom.

Empty.

There's nothing here but 24 empty chairs and 24 empty tables. Well if I include the teachers table and chair, it will be 25.

A lectern like most school's classrooms in Japan. A blackboard that still has some lime left. A case directly behind the teacher's table. And some other stuff like shelves behind the 24 chairs and 24 tables, trash can, board for notification and the like.

There was nothing here that picks my interests, but when Minato suddenly enter and went directly to the window, I follow him.

"What is it?"

Minato didn't answer. He didn't even look at my directions and keep looking outside of the window.

Is this some spiritual sense that he gain after spending time becoming that seal? Or he just went there, not knowing what to do after?

Well anyway, I pull Minato's right sleeve and tell him "Let's go to the roof." Out of nowhere.

But when I suddenly wanted to leave the classroom, a figure of a blue butterfly, so beautiful it looks like it came down from heaven, enter my view but instantly vanished.

I wonder if Minato saw it too. But regardless, I still brought him out of the classroom.

Why the roof?

I said to myself when walking with Minato.

To be honest, I never think about going to the roof, then why is the word just suddenly leaking?

Unlike Gekkoukan High, Yasogami High's roof is looking more like an ordinary school. There's actually nothing to look from here, but when my sight suddenly enter the scenery of the small town, I unknowingly had already in front of the wire fence.

The town is actually quite beautiful. It looks calm even though the dark clouds fill the skies, it just gave the town a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

"… Hey, I can see the river where we just before. Oh, and doesn't that looks like Dojima's residence? And… Minato! I found the shopping district!"

Hence what's the point of us going into this school anyway?

"Finally!"

After unintentionally going back into the river 5 times and also somehow ended up in front of a hospital, residences, police station, post office, and a train station, we finally arrive in what looks like a shopping district.

"It just shaved my life for 10 years, just to arrive here."

"Really? I thought 20."

"You're trying to pick a fight, aren't you?"

Anyway, we somehow in front of a shrine. An old shrine, quite shrine, well actually it is the town who is quite, looking at how few people went outside.

Maybe it's because of the weather? But Dojima-san said the town recently has some visitors from outside…

"So, Minato… Where do you wanna go?"

"I guess eating would be fine."

Now that he mentions it, it's already 10 looking at the random clock near the shrine. And now that he mentions it, we haven't even drink any water since the battle with those two over.

"Yeah… that's a good idea… But the problem is: I don't have any money… Do you?"

"Not a yen."

"Figure…"

He just revived yesterday and it doesn't look like Nyx gave him some money or something, of course Minato didn't have any, what am I thinking?!

"Oh well… Minato, do you mind if you work a bit?"

"Not really."

"Good, I saw a building with the name "Chinese Diner Aiya." over there. It looks like a place to eat, let's go there!"

I bet Minato doesn't have an idea of what am I going to do once we enter, I'm planning to make him a freelancer, serving the costumer in that shop in order to get ourselves to eat.

Luckily, when we get near the building, there is a man wearing a white Chinese-looking chef uniform, wearing glasses and kinda crooked. He's currently doing something in front of his shop, with hammer, maybe he's repairing something?

"Um, excuse me…"

"Yes?"

"We-"

"We actually wanted to eat here but we don't have any money. So this girl suddenly have an idea to give a helping hand with the reward of one the food in your menu. I too will help serving the customer, if it's okay with you. We really don't have any money since both of us just suddenly here, in this town, all of a sudden."

So blunt! And rather, it really freaked me out when you said a rare, long, sentence like that! And what's with me giving a helping hand?! I was planning to make you work while I lazily sit around! I'm a woman!

"Aiyaah, is that so? Well, if you can bring me costumer and serve them well. I think about it."

"Thank you very much. We really appreciate that."

"Nah, nah. Now let's get inside and get you two changes."

"Yes, let's go Minako."

And just like that, Minato defeated me.

"Welcome, please eat at Aiya. Today is the best service day you will ever get in Aiya! Don't miss it!"

I said with bright face after using Aiya's bath to clean myself back there. Actually, I'm working as a waitress but Aiya and Minato put me outside the shop to bring costumer. This so embarrassing! I'm going to pay you back someday Minato!

"What's the best service?"

"You'll know when you get inside."

I said to a random person while giving a seemingly nice smile. For a moment, I thought that the best service will only work for female customer, but it seems to work well on male too.

The best service is Minato as chef.

I didn't know he can cook, honestly. And somehow, he seems to get along really well with the customers despite he's nonchalantly and composed attitude. It's as if he was a magnet, drawing people and unintentionally make them interest in him.

I guess he do have the friendly aura around if one was close enough to him.

"Is it true there's a best service today?" ask another random person.

"Yes of course!" I answer with a bright smile!

"Really? Then I guess it's worthy to enter."

"Yes, welcome!"

"Aiyaaah, having both of you really make a day."

Said Aiya's owner when he put two bowls on the table.

We were currently having a break, and somehow Aiya's owner had already given us our payment.

"Ah, b-but we haven't done with our work yet."

"Aiyaaah, it's okay. You two are on a date, yes? I can see by looking at both your face. Go on, eat and continue your date."

"Is it… really okay?"

'Of course!"

When I look at Minato, he already eat the bowl. I wonder if he's actually listening to what Aiya's owner and I said.

"Haha… That boy really unique."

"Huh?"

"He was working while listening to the customer's conversation. Then when he gave the bowl, he gives them his opinion. Of course, some of them really irritated but eventually calming down and began eating. I heard it after they paid; they said "Thank you boy, it really is the best service today." That actually surprised me a bit. Haha."

Minato did that? Well, if he goes to the same path as mine before becoming a seal… then I guess, that's no surprise.

I eventually eat the bowl and when we finished, we were ready to leave when Aiya's owner thank us then said "Go to Junes, there should be some interesting things there.".

Oddly, Junes was so easy to find. Maybe it's because it was a tall big building with a big Junes sign in it. Anyway, I'm glad we didn't lost this time.

"A department store… I wonder if people dislike this place. It seems to not have many customers."

"Enter?"

"Since we're here already, why not?"

Upon entering, only then I realized that it was already 5 o'clock. Time sure fly fast.

"Hm… I wonder what section we should look… Minato?"

"Food?"

"I'll have you eat furball later. What about the toy section?"

"Tch… Kid."

"What did you say?!"

Rather, what did I just hear? Minato is clicking his tongue? Impossible… I never expected that coming from him.

"Alright, alright. We go to the electronic section! You hear? Electronic section!"

"Right~"

That answer just now is a bit irritating, but at least he didn't complain.

Oddly enough, when we enter the electronic section on the fourth floor, the place is really packed.

"And here I thought it's the last place people would chose to come… sigh~"

I definitely didn't like place with lot of people, maybe Minato too? But his face is as calm as a lake when I took a peek.

When I was about to step up, Minato went passed me, taking the lead.

"Hm? Minato?"

He didn't respond, not like I know if he hears me or not.

Having no choice, I followed Minato not-too-far from behind as I keep looking right and left, just exactly like a child being excited over a place she never went to before.

But now that I think about it, it's a bit childish so I stopped doing that.

"Welcome, welcome! We have a special price for-"

The staff clapping their hand while handing out flyer upon any customer that passes by.

A really normal scene for normal people.

But…

I knew from the beginning that there is a reason why we ended up in this place and why Minato suddenly take the lead. Looking at the giant screen of an LCD TV right in front of us, the world suddenly stopped moving.

There are no more sound, except one coming from the TV that was supposed to be off.

Yes, it's just like what happened in that boy's room.

The TVs that suddenly display blurred image of something or someone in an odd and unfamiliar place that we never seen before.

They were carrying weapons, and they seem to be fighting, but what for?

Why would they fight? I wonder…

But there's no use if we keep wondering and do nothing. This is the reason why 'god' brings us to this place, only for this.

"Well….. At least we managed to get some fun, huh?"

"Managed."

Such a blunt answer, but I don't mind. It's the truth after all.

"Then Minato…"

I look at Minato and he look at me.

"Let's get in there and have some more fun!"

Thus we both had once again disappeared from the peaceful and ordinary world.

And I know, by the time we went to this side, the time on that world continue to move… but somewhere inside me, the time is yet to move...

.

.

.

Greetings, this is Alfill.

In the last chapter, I know some of you probably thought something like "Eurydice with Infinity? nonsense!" and "What the- why are they so overpowered here?" and with that, there are probably no challenge at all when they fight the other character, right?

That's why there will be no more overpowered Minato and Minako, maybe until later.

And for this chapter, since from here on, there will only be fighting and fighting, I decided that I should make a chapter where both protagonists can at least have a peaceful day.

I hope you enjoy my story and I'll be sure to update the next chapter as soon as possible.

See ya and have a good day~