Here's where Kikaito and Ichise begin to find out what truly lies beyond the outskirts of Lux.
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"I remember now." Kikaito Isamine said as he looked down at his replacement arm and legs which were similar to those of the prize fighter who called himself Ichise, "So how then are we gonna get out of Lux? That path is probably in shambles by now." "It's not." Responded a bandaged Ichise as he looked at the two in the lab, "I just came back from checking and it's fine. Although now, thanks to you Isamine, it's gonna be a lot harder to make it in one piece." Ichise's face grew more and more disgusted by the second, "Now put some clothes on. I've seen enough naked bodies for one lifetime." Kikaito squinted his eyes. "I would if I had some." It was then that a long deep violet jacket, jeans, and slightly heeled boots were tossed at his face. "Here." The youngest boy said with a smile that could be seen through the mask, "I found these in my auntie's dresser. They should fit you now that you're taller." Ichise's brow raised as he noticed how much taller Kikaito was now with his new legs. "Let's go." He said impatiently as the blond in front of him fit into the clothing perfectly.
After once again reaching the exit to the underground city of Lux, the three lone survivors of the major gang war agreed on this time going up the path together in order to avoid the consequences of their last attempt. The result was all three making it to the legendary surface. "Whew, we all made it in almost one piece!" Proclaimed a happy masked teen. "Hey." Kikaito looked over at him as the three walked a safe distance from the edge, "What's up with the mask? What, do you have a pimple or something?" "Don't bother." Ichise said bluntly, "He told me he would get in trouble with his 'king' if he took it off." Bewildered by such a response, the now tallest of the three decided not to ask what that meant.
"So now what do we do?" Kikaito asked after looking around at the sparsely populated desert that was the surface. "We get food and we go catch the train." Ichise's stunning blue eyes widened drastically. "What are you talking about?" He asked, "Isn't this all that's left of-" "Mr. Ichise." The youngest boy cut in. "My auntie died because she only saw what she feared. This isn't what's left of the human race at all. Far from it, actually. The people the "Class," or whatever they're called took only hailed from one region of the country and one region of the country only. My auntie told me everything. That man was absolutely delirious and so was she." He then shrugged it off, "Come to think of it, I think you all were delusional to think your last hope of survival was to hide underground-" The teen was abruptly cut off by a slap to his masked face. "Don't speak ill of the deceased." Ichise looked at the boy with a scowl, "Especially if one of which is your blood." "Hey." Kikaito cut in to try and ease the tension, "He said that there are more people out there than just us. Don't you find it just to believe and let him lead the way? What do we have to lose?" The raven haired-man looked at the blond and slowly nodded, sending him out to get what the youngest boy found a suitable amount of food for the trip.
After doing so, the teen with mouse brown eyes led the way to a train station, Kikaito and Ichise stunned by the sight as they had never seen one before. "Wow." The teen looked at his elders with a grin, "You two have been underground for way too long. These things are everywhere." "Well excuse me!" Kikaito retorted, "Like you just said, we've lived underground our whole li-" The tallest man was then interrupted by the crescendo of the oncoming train which stopped in front of the three remainders of Lux. "Wait a minute." Ichise cut in suddenly, "Why would something like this come to such a deserted area?" "I pulled a few strings." The masked teenager replied with a smile to which Ichise merely brushed off.
"Oh!" Those mouse brown eyes traveled to the rather full-looking pocket of his lab coat as he took out a camcorder, turning it on and pointing it at his elders, "These two helped me to get out of Lux." He then pointed it at the man with raven hair, "This is Mr. Ichise. He has pretty eyes, doesn't he?" Ichise rolled his eyes as the "director" then pointed camera towards the pale blond, "And this is Mr. Kikaito. He has pretty eyes too. They're like shining suns in Mr. Ichise's vivid sky." Kikaito looked surprised and quickly turned away from the camera as the three went into the train and took seats right next to one another, "Here's to brand new lives together as one!" The boy behind the camera held a pinky out and pointed the camera right on it, "You both have to promise me that we'll always stay together no matter what. Like Mr. Ichise said before we left, we are Lux now. We can't let it die." Kikaito looked over at the camera, then to the boy's pinky, then at Ichise with a slightly stern look that hid a light smile. "He's right." He said, "We are Lux. And Lux dies with us." He then proceeded to link the pinky from his new arm with that of the "director." Ichise refused to show it, but he really was touched. After few minutes, the man's expression softened as he linked pinkies with the other two, using his own that resembled that of Kikaito with slight differences. "We are Lux until we die."