Hi! ProjectSonizard here again. This time I made sure to make this chapter way bigger. I'm sorta glad and mad that I got no reviews for the last chapter. Well not glad, more relieved. Anyways, here's the next chapter. Again, all criticizim is welcome, and make sure to tell me if my writing skills are bad, I'm kinda still in school, and I don't plan on majoring in English.

Chapter 2 – The Velvet Room

February 3, 2018 - Thursday [The Velvet Room, Late Night]

"My name is Igor, and I shall aid you in your quest to find life's fulfillment!" The long-nosed man said.

"Wh-what's going on?" Ryo asked in shock as he looked around the room.

"Do not worry; you are the newest guest of the Velvet Room. This place resides between dreams and reality, mind and matter. Only those who are bound by a certain contract may. Now please sign your name here…" Igor waved his hand and all of a sudden a piece of paper with nothing on it except "Please fulfill your destiny." and a signature line.

Ryo blinked, "And what forces me to sign this?"

"Nothing of course. You may sign the contract on your own accord. But remember, the other person who has sign this may be in grave danger. What is about to happen in your life will change your perspectives on all things, and you will find that bonds with other people than just yourself is your greatest asset. Yes, you have a very intriguing destiny…" Igor continued on.

"W-Who was the other person that signed this?" Ryo asked.

"Why, that is information I may not disclose, but that person's heart and your very own may be linked, forever intertwined. Now, how about a little fortune telling to… Lighten up the mood?" Igor states with a wild grin.

Ryo couldn't help but feel uneasy. Although, something in his mind told him that this old man wasn't going to harm him. Igor wave his hand and a deck of cards appeared be for him.

"Now… Let us see what the wheel of fate has in store for you!" Igor one again waved his hand and the cards split apart only leaving two on the table laid out. Igor flipped the first one to reveal a card with the number zero on it. It showed a man holding a stick with a bag on it being chased by a dog. "Ah, The Fool, in the downward position. This card represents a new beginning whether or not it may be good…" With that he flipped the second card revealing it to have the number twenty in roman numerals and it was shown with an angel blowing into a horn. "Oh! The Judgment, in the upward position! This is a spectacle indeed. This card represents a divine intervention of some sorts that may or may not lead to a life changing event…"

Igor sat, still with the grin on his face, now just staring straight at Ryo. Ryo couldn't help but feel like he was being forced to sign the contract, "I mean, what does 'Please fulfill your destiny.' even mean!" He thought. Ryo cleared his throat. "…Okay, I'll sign the stupid contract…" He grabbed the contract from mid air and took the inked quill. He quickly scribbled something that looked like his name and let it rise again.

Igor waved his hand to draw the contract closer. He quickly scanned it and grinned wildly. "Very well, just remember that from now on you must take responsibilities for your own actions. Now farewell my new acquaintance, we will meet again once again…"

With that, Ryo felt sleepy and everything went black.

February 4, 2018 - Friday [Fujihara Apartment, Early Morning]

When Ryo woke up, he was back in the room that he arrived in the night before. The Velvet Room was gone, no screen showing a dark city, no long-nosed man sitting talking cryptically, and no blue tint in the room. Ryo felt like he had a terrible nightmare and was breathing heavily. He quickly got up and walked out of his room. Everything was the same as when they arrived.

Aimi was sitting at the small table by the kitchen sipping coffee. She looked up and saw her brother sweating profusely. "Wow, you look terrible bro! A-Are you okay?" Aimi asked with concern.

"Yeh… I think…" Ryo answered and went into the bathroom. Right after locking the closed door, he vomited violently into the toilet.

February 4, 2018 - Friday [Jundo Street, Morning]

For the rest of the morning, the twins got ready to go to school. Now they were on their way to their new school, Chichibu Highschool for Advanced Scholars, or just shorted to CHAS. Ryo was still sick but was well enough to go to school.

"Bro? Are… Are you sure you're okay?" Aimi asked.

Ryo didn't look up from his PSV, "Yeh, I'm fine." As they continued to walk they eventually got to the front gate of CHAS. This school was extremely large and had four floors. Supposedly there are many activities held daily and that most famous people attended this high school growing up.

Famous people like Etsuko Ueda, the now richest person in the world. He single-handedly bought out almost all major companies in Japan with his corporate giant, Atarashi Taiyo no Tochi, or ATT. What ATT does is that it supplies fund to many research facilities for human health and interest, it also donates a lot of money to orphanages and schools, like CHAS. Not much is known about what else ATT does other than donations, but some people say that it links back to its beginnings with medical science and engineering, but some rumors say ATT is involved with the occult.

Ryo and Aimi walked into the school and went straight to the principal's office. Principle Ito was sitting at his desk writing something very intensely. He had a vein popping out of his forehead and was cursing under his breath. Ryo was about to walk up, but the stout man looked a bit too intimidating for him to confront. After five minutes of waiting, Aimi finally took it upon herself to talk to the principle.

"Um… Excuse me?"Aimi asked.

"WHAT! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU DAMN RETA-" Mr. Ito looked up and saw the scared face of Aimi. He was shocked to see her, and cleared his throat and cursed under his breath once again. "M-My apologizes, I've had a rough morning. Anyways, what have you…" Mr. Ito noticed Ryo playing his PSV. "…Two come to talk about?"

"Well… Um, I'm Aimi Fujihara and this is my brother, Ryo Fujihara."Aimi pointed to Ryo, and he looked up at Mr. Ito and nodded his head. "We're new students that…"

Mr. Ito was shuffling through his papers and found one that said the twin's name. "Ah! The Fujihara twins! Very bright I hear. And you're from the Utsukushi Hana Orphanage, correct?"

"That's us!" Aimi replied happily.

"Okay good… Second years… Straight A's… Perfect attendence… Ah! Okay… You two are assigned to homeroom 2-C." Mr. Ito said with a grin.

"Great! Bro, we're in the same homeroom this year!" Aimi looked at her brother in excitement, but Ryo barely took notice. Aimi had a disappointed face and then smiled at Mr. Ito. "Thank you sooooo much Mr. Ito!"

"Oh no worries, just think of that as a gift from us for being such good students!" Mr. Ito winked at Aimi. "Oh, and Mr. Fujihara. Gaming systems are banned on school grounds."

"Sorry" Ryo replied, powered down his PSV, and left the room. From there, Aimi and Ryo walked up a flight of stairs and walked down a very large hallway until they found the room with '2-C' written on it. The only thing they could think of was how large this school was. Every hallway was clean and brightly lit, and there were all kinds of classrooms and club rooms, almost completely empty. Ryo slid open the door and the twins walked in.

Like the rest of the school, the class room was large and crowded. It looked as if there were many students of different races in the class. The class was loud, as to be expected in the morning. The twins walked up to the teacher organizing her papers at the front of class. The teacher had black hair extending down to her hips and a blue jacket on, and she also wore red glasses.

"Um… Hello…" Aimi greeted shyly.

"Hm? Oh you two! Yes, yes… My name is Ms. Shimizu, your homeroom teacher, nice to meet you!" Ms. Shimizu stood up and siled at the two. "OI! SHUT UP!" With her call, the students immediately quieted down and looked at their teacher. "Ahem… Everyone we have two new students. Twins, Aimi Fujihara and Ryo Fujihara. Now everyone please be polite and give them a big Class 2-C welcome!"

All the students simultaneously stood up and bowed. "Welcome to Class 2-C, we hope you find yourselves at home." They all said.

"Great!... Now seating… Umm how about next to Michio!" Ms. Shimizu pointed to a young man that was sitting at his desk reading. He wore silver glasses and had his school uniform on properly with a tie and everything. He had silver hair, gray eyes, and an expression that showed he was deep in his book, so deep that he didn't notice the twins walking up to the empty desks next to him.

As the twins sat down, Ryo coughed a bit.

"Excuse me, I am trying to read." Michio looked at Ryo with a death stare.

"Why does he care about my cough when there's all this noise around him?" Ryo thought. "Sorry" Was all Ryo really said.

Michio scoffed and continued to read. At that moment a burly looking teen came running into the classroom right up to Michio. He had dark hair and was growing a five-o-clock shadow. Like Michio he wore his uniform properly. "Michio-sensei! You'll never believe what happened on my way to school!" The burly teen shouted.

Michio's eyes softened and he smiled. "What happened?"

"Well you see-"*Ding-Dong* The teen was cut off by the first bell.

"Hey, tell me after class, okay?" Michio said as he put his book down.

"'Kay!" The burly teen looked very excited and he took the seat next to Michio's.

"Alrighty class…" Ms. Shimizu began, but Ryo wasn't focusing on her, he looked down at a blank piece of paper he took out, and then he looked out the window. Aimi wasn't paying attention either, she was looking at Ryo, who didn't notice her, and was wondering if things were going to get a bit better than they were at the orphanage. All Ryo knew was that today was going to be a long day.

Also, can anyone tell me if there is an easier way to edit published chapters? I don't want to keep removing chapters just to change a tiny bit of wording.