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Literally, Out Of This World
crystal-mist
Chapter 5
Journey
Alice was done packing. She had only a single backpack. She looked out of the window and at the beautiful garden one last time.
"Goodbye Japan." She whispered to the morning breeze.
She made her way to the airport; she sat in the waiting room. It was then that her attention was drawn to a boy with long-black hair.
Her eyes widened as she recognized the person. He secured the backpack he had and smiled at her.
"So where are we off to?"
"We?" she questioned in surprise.
"Yes we, as in you and I." he answered.
"But you can't-"
"Listen, you don't know the ways of Earth and besides if you don't let me come I'll tell your secret." He informed her grinning widely.
"Shun, that is blackmail." She said pouting.
"I don't care what it is called. I won't let you travel alone. And I even have Gramp's permission for this trip."
"But it will be dangerous." It flattered her that Shun would do all this for her. Yet that was a poor excuse. She was dangerous to be around, and she didn't want him to suffer on her account.
"Let me come…" he urged.
She looked directly into his eyes and she could see the sheer determination in them.
"Fine then...Come with me, but when The Apocalypse Knights show up you are to hide and stay out of the way. Do you understand?"
"Yes… So where are we going to?"
"France." She answered looking at the piece of paper in her hand.
Shun gazed at her. He was glad that he thought of following her. He really cared for her and he wasn't willing to lose her.
Meanwhile, in the orbit of Mercury the ship floated about.
"Masquerade sir, the camera is back." reported Lidia, the assistant.
"Good…Plug it in." he ordered with a satisfied grin.
Lidia saluted and plugged the wire in. The computer screen immediately turned a bright shade of red. An alarm was triggered.
"RED ALERT, RED ALERT!" it announced over and over again as sirens buzzed.
The triangle in the camera implanted by Alice had inflated and released hundreds of little nano-machines that slowly degraded the computer systems. All the information was erased, including the co-ordinates of exactly where Alice was staying.
Masquerade and his entire crew were forced to evacuate the ship and leave it behind.
"Alice Gehahbich, you proved to be craftier than I assumed…. Lidia, you cannot afford to be this careless again….I will overlook it this once, one more wrong move and immediate dismissal will be the consequence…DO you understand?" he barked.
"Yes sir, understood." She said as she saluted him. She typed in some orders into the escape pod they were currently in.
"Escape pod velocity set for maximum. Estimated time to enter Earth's orbit is10 days, engines-optimum condition. NO cause for worry at the moment." she reported.
"10 days is far too long…." He warned before retiring to his room.
In Earth Alice and Shun had just arrived in France…
"This is one of the last places they'll decide to look for me." She told him…She bought some clothes and a little wig of short-brown hair.
"What's that for?" asked the topaz-eyed boy, looking at it curiously.
"I need a disguise." She answered, putting the wig on. She now had straight light brown hair that barely touched her shoulders and a neat little fringe right above her chocolate eyes.
It was like she was transformed into another person altogether.
"So, how do I look?" she asked, twirling a little as she voiced her question.
"Beautiful as always." answered Shun as a small smile tugged his lips apart.
She blushed lightly. "Whatever." walking away to hide her blush.
They continued walking and they arranged a hotel room, well two rooms.
They went to buy all the groceries.
"And you shouldn't call me Alice either…Call me Kyla." She told him as they were in the super-market.
"Why Kyla though?"
"That was the name of my best friend on Neptune." She replied, her face turning into a serious one.
"It must be hard for you to stay away from the ones you love like this."
"You don't know the half of it." She replied, bringing her hand to the Eutonia crystal on her neck.
"I am sorry…."
"NO, it's okay….But I must admit, your company is comforting." She stated without thinking.
He smiled warmly at her… "So, I guess we have a long journey ahead of us."
'Us'…'we'….I feel so strange when he refers to 'us'…..And why is my heart beating so frantically? Why is it that he has this effect on me? I wonder, does his chest feel all constricted and confused when he is with me? Do I have the same effect on him? And why is he willing to travel along with me?
"I guess." She replied looking at the sky and then at Shun's face.
There was something about this Earthling that fascinated her and she wasn't sure why.
It was summer holidays and they decided to go sight-seeing.
They visited the Eiffel tower and a lot of other places; they took pictures and had a memorable experience.
Shun's heart was beating hard. He felt like taking her hand and leading her into the 'tunnel-of-love' ride that was in the amusement park they were in. But he did not want to appear too direct. What if she felt uncomfortable? What if she didn't like it?
Oddly enough, as they passed the ride one of the girls who stood there for administrative purposes noticed Shun looking at the tunnel and then at Alice. A small grin appeared on her face as she walked up to then.
"Hello….Please try our newest attraction. Our 'tunnel-of-love'…The both of you look like a happy couple."
"Uh….but we….are not like that…I mean." Alice's face was just a couple of shades lighter than the red top she was wearing.
"Oh come one now don't be shy."
And with that the girl led them both into the ride and seated them in the boat.
"Now, please enjoy." She said in a sugary voice.
As the ride started, an uncomfortable silence stretched on endlessly. Shun could see nothing in the darkness, apart from the shining green crystal on Alice's neck…
Alice could see absolutely nothing….Her mind was confused yet happy at the same time…She sighed.
Shun saw an opening to start a conversation and took it. "What's wrong? Did you want to go on the ride with someone else?" he teased, but then regretted it. What if she had someone in Neptune whom she cared for? What if she was in love with someone back there?
"Actually not really…"
Shun smiled as he heard her answer. He wondered what would happen if he confessed to her then and there.
"Alice I…." he then stopped midsentence.
"You what?" she urged, wanting to know what he was going to say.
"I…I…" just as he was going to say something numerous hearts lit up in the surroundings. They were beautiful. They glimmered and shimmered like a thousand diamonds.
"Magnificent." The both of them muttered at exactly the same second. They then looked at each other and smiled and then the smile soon turned into laughter.
After about ten seconds of admiring the hearts and various other things on the lake-tunnel Shun turned to look at Alice.
Her eyes were shining, just like on the night he had first seen her. The lights had the same effect moonlight had on her.
Alice caught Shun staring at her, but instead of saying anything she stared back into his deep-topaz eyes.
They were oblivious to everything else around them.
Shun unconsciously brought his hand to her face and then gently tugged the brown-wig off her hair.
Luminous strands of her hair fell from the knot it was tied up in and framed her face like an exquisite portrait. Her hair gently blew in the breeze, glittering like the brightest jewel in the world.
Her eyes were still locked in his as he slowly set the wig aside and brushed a strand of her lustrous hair out of her eyes and behind her ear…Alice didn't stop him, instead she took hold of his free hand and interlaced fingers and clutched his shoulder with her other.
All this happened as if it were a dream…They were lost from reality and the truth.
After about a minute or so, it was Shun who first regained his senses.
Oh Lord what was I doing? He thought to himself as his eyes widened. It was only then that Alice realized that this wasn't a dream.
It was becoming hard for her to distinguish between fantasy and reality because she had been having many dreams that only stressed on her love for Shun and she had thought this as one of them.
They parted immediately and each looked in a different direction. The atmosphere was extremely awkward.
Alice put her wig back on and straightened her hair.
Shun just looked at the tunnel designs distractedly.
After they got out of the tunnel, they made their way to the hotel rooms without uttering a single word to one another.
That scene was very awkward indeed.
So how was this chapter?
I hope you like it…I just felt like it was about time for a little romance to brew between the two.
This was fast…..
I seem to be cured from the strange writer's block I mentioned earlier, because these words flowed out of me like it was part of my very blood.
Hurray!
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