Well now. After I sent this to myself, I realized how short this chapter actually is.
But no matter.
I haven't been able to update this because college.
I'll get back on the roll eventually.
-Admin!Franceypants ᕙ(눈‸눈‶)ᕗ
The remainder of the train ride out of Lux's outskirts was quiet for the most part with the exception of the masked boy humming a song he wrote himself. Suddenly, the train came to a halt. "We're here!" Said the teen as he got up and left, Ichise and Kikaito quickly noticing how deserted the train station they arrived at was. "I thought you said there were people here." Ichise remarked with a slight glare. "Oh, no no. Not here." The boy replied nervously, "This is an abandoned train station. Remember how I pulled some strings?" He rubbed the back of his neck, "A-Anyway, follow me and you'll find lots of people." No longer having a choice at this point, the raven and pale blond followed the youngest boy out of the old train station and were blinded by a sun they had not encountered since they boarded the train.
Soon enough, shining suns in a vivid sky widened immensely as Kikaito and Ichise saw men, women, and children of all kinds walking around and playing without a care in the world. "See?" The masked boy looked at his elders with a smile, "I told you there were more people. Lots of people!" Kikaito was too busy looking around at well-maintained buildings and plant life surrounding him to pay attention as Ichise was just as distracted by cars and smiling faces traveling to unknown destinations, making the youngest let out a light giggle, "Come on, you two." He said as he grabbed both their wrists, "You'll have plenty of time to sightsee later, but for now, we have to get you both registered." Both elders blinked, "Registered for what?" They asked in unison. "Well," the boy began nervously, "you two lived underground your whole lives in a place very few people actually knew about so according to the records up here, neither of you exist. Don't worry though. I know my way around these things."
Once the three made it to a federal building, the masked boy went into an office for a prolonged amount of time. Afterward, he gestured Kikaito and Ichise to join him. As the three sat down in front of who looked like a well-dressed government official with dirty blonde hair, the masked boy adjusted his mask. "This is them." He said, "The ones I told you about.
"Do either of you have names?" The "official" asked with squinted eyes, trying not to stare too much at their arms. "Kikaito Isamine." The pale blond spoke first. "Ichise." The raven-haired man followed after several moments of silence.
"And your family name?" The man behind the desk looked suspicious.
"Don't ha-"
"Isamine." Kikaito cut in, "He's my baby brother." The "official" looked at the two, closely observing their features, eventually shrugging it off. "Alright." He said, "What about your parents?" "My..." Ichise began and looked at his "brother," "Our mother died giving birth to me. And our father, Ikose, he died before he could tell us much about her." The dirty blonde gave them a sympathetic look, "I see." He said, "I'm sorry for your loss. Do you have any relatives I could speak to?" Ichise looked away. "None that we know of." Not wanting to prolong the process any longer, the man processed the "brothers" into the system, took their fingerprints, and gave them ID cards and social security numbers.
"That went well." The masked teen with mouse brown hair had a noticable grin as they left the building. "A little too well, don't you think?" Kikaito retorted, stopping his "brother" and the mouse brunette in their tracks, looking at the shortest boy, "Who are you?" "You'll find out soon." The boy responded with a smile, "All in due time. But for now, we need to get you settled in. I live alone now so my apartment is quite vacant." Seeing no other option but to go along, Kikaito and Ichise followed the boy to an apartment complex, having them complete paperwork stating that they were now residents living with the masked boy. Afterward, the three took the elevator, the bumpiness of the way up making Kikaito's stomach uneasy, and walked up to a door with a small plaque that said "3-A."
"Well," the boy said as he walked inside the apartment, "here we are. Your new lives as Kikaito and Ichise Isamine." "Don't link me to the stripper." Ichise scoffed as he looked away, avoiding the glare sent his way. "This 'stripper' saved your ass back there." Kikaito growled, "And I can very easily kick it now." This triggered the raven to throw a fist aiming directly at the Sun's face, knocking him along with a chair down. "H-Hey!" The masked mouse scurried in front of the angered raven in a desperate act to calm him down, "Remember you two live with each other now!" He then looked over at the still dazed Sun, "We're Lux now, remember that promise?" Ichise eventually calmed down, offering a hand to help his "brother" up, neither man looking at each other as Kikaito got up. "Alright!" The brunette said happily, "Now that that's over with, why don't you two settle in and I'll go make us something to eat, 'kay?" The two slowly nodded and chose their rooms.