Forward: I don't own The Psychic Academy, though I wish to open one in the future. The wonderful Katsu Aki does. When her Characters do appear, they will be mentioned in the forward.

Psychic Academy: On the Other Side

Based on the popular manga series by Katsu Aki

By Darkensea

Chapter 22:

Three days had passed and the group was getting edgy. There was still no sign of Xaioto or the mysterious little girl. She had disappeared as if she had never existed and appeared to have taken Xaioto with her. On another disturbing note, Azural and Rumeri seemed to have vanished as well. There were rumors that they had returned to the defenders ranks and were avoiding Jynn, Moon and Myria as much as possible.

The strange turn of events baffled the rest of the group. Moon and Jynn sat on the back of the roof in the main school building with there significant others. The date for new instructions to the defenders was approaching and they still didn't have a plan. They had spent so much time looking for Xaioto that they never took the time to form a plan.

"How they holding up?" Moon asked.

"Soni is worried, as expected."Yukeri explained. "She's angry at herself for not being able to prevent him from being taken, and disturbed by the fact that she has nothing to go on to search for him."

"Myria is the same way, She trying to act normal and put on a strong face for Soni but she's just as bad slipping out at night after Soni goes to rest to continue the search even though it is pointless." Jykelle continued sighing heavily.

"We have to find him for their sake." Moon replied. "Any ideas."

"I say we hunt down Azural and Rumeri, beat them to a pulp and find out what they know." Jykelle commented.

"You go do that, I've been keeping you caged by my side for too long, go have fun." Jynn said. Jykelle let out a psychotic laugh that Moon noted he hadn't heard in a while, and dashed into the school building.

"She would loose it, if I held her back any longer." Jynn commented.

"What about you, Your plans."

"I'm working with Ikelan, running protection, waiting for the girl to shows up to hand out the new orders."

They didn't need to say it to know that all this was frivolous. They had nothing solid to go on and no idea of where to go from there.

The sun had begun to set as Jynn returned to the roof. The sky had an crimson overcast, predicting a later rain shower. The colors of sunset muted by the thick clouds on the horizon. He approached the guardrail and closed his eyes to read the wind. He could feel Xaioto's void. It was like a somber atmosphere had draped itself over the campus. The winds were sad, missing their friend. No matter how many times he searched, it was always the same. It was like Xaioto disappeared of the face of the earth. He hoped it was because he was still unconscious or locked away somewhere where the wind could not reach him. He created a small updraft hoping to suppress the sombering winds.

Something shifted against his skin, and he drew his attention to a long strand of black hair caught in the protective gate. Breaking it free, he studied it. This was the same type of hair he had pick up from Xaioto after he was attacked. It must belong to the little girl. His pen pal's word came back to him, If he could find anything that carried a faint trace of the girl's aura, he could search for her and find Xaioto. He closed his eyes and began to focus. First reading the girls aura from the strand of hair, then turning to the winds. The wind picked up, rapidly changing directions as they searched. A cold down wind pick up carrying a disturbingly bitter chill. He had found her. He isolated the wind current and jumped following it.

He appeared in the middle of the street, the girl had to be somewhere around here.

"Nice of you to join me." Moon's voice said as he appeared walking to his brother. "What brings you out here?"

"I have a lead on the little girl." He replied. "Why are you here?"

Moon pointed to a figure moving across the street. It was Ikelan. He suddenly decided to make a run for it, and I followed him to see what he was up to."

"That works for me. Let's go."

They continued to follow Ikelan from a safe distance until he enter a shady looking building. Jynn and Moon recognized the building that Ikelan had entered. It was the Jazz club they had gone to with Xaioto on their Triple date. If any they had any luck he was going to meet up with that strange little girl they had ran into a week ago.

The jazz club was mostly empty, which was typical for around this time on a weekday. This made trailing Ikelan without being seen more difficult, but Ikelan appear preoccupied with his thoughts to check his surroundings. Ikelan went straight for one of the back VIP room. They knew the room inside was too small to follow him and only had one exit, after Ikelan left they would go in and confront the girl. Taking seats near the back they ordered sodas and waited.

Ikelan came out a short while later. He walked passed them silently and left the club. Now was there time to strike, they rush and opened the door to the VIP room. Their eyes opened and jaws hung open in amazement. Xaioto was sitting in the booth with two girls clinging to either side of him. One was the little girl they were looking for and the other was Myria.