Photobooks: Chapter 14.

"Ah, it's so boring!" exclaimed Sora as she fell to the ground on her back. "I don't know why, but it's getting hotter and hotter each day!" said Sora as she started pulling out her sweater, leaving her in a blue short sleeved shirt.

"Pf… I want another vacation!" said Kiba.

"Me too~" said Sora. She then sat up. "I know this would not fit my imago, but I'm going to read a book…" said Sora tiredly. She walked over to the bookshelf, and grabbed a random book out of it. She threw it on the floor, and then threw herself next to it.

"What kind of book do you have?" asked Mieru. Sora turned the book to look at the front cover.

"The… Gaia Scripts… Wait" said Sora as she quickly sat up. "This has to do with Yobio" she said as she flipped the front cover to look at the text in it.

"Since when did they have a book of it?" asked Yone. Sora shrugged.

"Ah, I understand. This is just a replica…" said Sora. "The real one is in the Gaia Shrine, near the Western Gate" read Sora.

"Should we go look for the Gaia Shrine then?" asked Takama. "We have nothing to do, so maybe we should go look for it" he told. Sora looked at the book, and then at the others.

"Yeah. Let's go!" said Sora.

-x-

"Phew. We're here. How long was that stair? 200 meters?" asked Sora as she panted.

"Just let's go inside" said Yone annoyed. Sora glared at her.

"Alright, Miss-Grouchy" mumbled Sora. When they entered, they looked in awe at the place around them. It was covered with many diamonds and crystals. At the end of the hall, there were two doors. One black one, and one white one. The black one had the black Yin and Yang sign on it, and the white had the white sign of Yin and Yang.

"Where do you think these doors would lead to?" asked Kiba. Sora shrugged.

"Let's find out then. Uh, Kiba, Yone and Mieru are coming with me. Takama, Shizuko Ichi go with each other. We will go through the black door" said Sora.

"But what if something happens?" asked Takama. Sora grinned.

"I'm always prepared for these stuff. I brought walkie-talkies!" said Sora as she handed Takama one. "If something happens, please tell" she said. Takama nodded.

"Well then. We'll see you when we're done, okay?" asked Kiba. Takama nodded.

"See you later!" said Sora as she opened the black door.

-x-

"Ah… Someone is penetrating my door…" said Yobio in a bored voice. Yoji and Ai looked up.

"How do you know?" asked Yoji. Yobio shrugged.

"I just know. You can feel it too, right?" asked Yobio as she looked at Ai. Ai closed her eyes for a moment. She then opened her eyes, and nodded.

"Probably some foolish people" said Ai. Yobio nodded.

-x-

Sora, Kiba, Yone and Mieru.

"This place is actually kind of scary…" said Mieru. Sora just looked in the Gaia book. It was dark, and there didn't seem to be any clouds to cover the moon, who was shining brightly. The trees didn't have leaves, the houses were broken, bushes on fire, and some blood drops on the floor.

"Ah, we must disguise ourselves" said Sora suddenly. Kiba, Yone and Mieru looked at her.

"What do you mean?" asked Yone. Sora flipped a few pages further.

"There are Hell Beings walking around here. Those were created from Dark Gaia's insane mind. They don't talk or reply to others, they just walk around. If something or someone enters Dark Gaia's mind, you will have to act like them and look like them" read Sora. "I think we must look horrible" said Sora.

"So, we must look like we are insane, or scary?" asked Kiba. Sora nodded. Then she got an idea.

"Mieru, can you turn into a big needle with blood in it?" asked Sora. Mieru nodded.

"Why?" asked Mieru. Sora grinned.

"We must look scary, don't we?" asked Sora. Mieru nodded, and turned into a big needle with blood in it. "Now, drip the blood a bit over us" said Sora. Mieru did as she was told, and covered them in blood. Then, she turned back. Sora smeared a bit blood of her on Mieru.

"And now?" asked Yone. Sora thought again.

"Walk scary. Like you're a kind of zombie" said Sora. The three nodded, and followed Sora.

-x-

Ichi, Takama and Shizuko.

When they opened the door, they had to cover their eyes for all the sunlight.

"So much light…" said Ichi. They quickly got used to the light, and looked in front of them. "Ah, this makes me think of Alice in Wonderland" said Ichi. The rivers were a pinkish color, the trees looked like huge lollipops, the bushes were made of cotton candy, and the road were liquorices. Shizuko walked over to a bush, and poked her finger into it. She then put her finger in her mouth.

"O-Oi! Isn't it dangerous to eat things here?" asked Takama. Shizuko licked her lips, and smiled. She shook her head.

"Well, this is the mind of Light Gaia. Nothing wrong can happen here" replied Ichi. A girl with pink bouncy pigtails walked past them with a music box. Her bangs were covering her eyes, but she had this psychotic smile. "What the…?"

"Apparently, Light Gaia's mind wasn't that sweet and nice" said Takama. Before they were going to the Gaia Shrine, they copied the replica of the Gaia Scripts, just to be sure. Ichi flipped through the pages.

"Even if Light Gaia had good intensions to change the world, she had a dark side. She made her own world in her mind, where all her dark thoughts would go to" read Ichi. "So, in short. Light Gaia was insane" said Ichi in a matter-of-fact tone. Takama shrugged.

"Probably" he replied.

"Let's just walk. We'll see what happens. About ten minutes, we have to report to Sora and the others again" said Ichi. Takama nodded. Shizuko quickly walked behind them.

-x-

Sora, Kiba, Yone and Mieru.

"Hey, look! There are signs!" said Sora as she ran to the signs. "Far Away, The Further and Smile… What kind of places are that?" asked Sora frustrated.

"Those are the cities here in Dark Gaia's mind" said a boy behind a burning tree. Sora looked at him. He had dirty blonde hair and a mischievous smile. His left eye was covered by a white eye patch, where a scar just appeared under it. He had a white cloth on his head, a bandage on his right cheek, black scarf around his neck, green shirt with short sleeves, a black shirt under it where you could see his belly button, black joggers, brown belt around his hips which hung a bit loosely on the left side, brown fingerless gloves and brown ankle boots.

"Who are you?" asked Kiba. He grinned.

"My name is Voya Geur! I'm one of the most famous travelers. Too bad they think I got missing after looking for the Gaia Diamonds…" he said, eyeing Yone. "Anyways, what are you doing here?" asked Voya.

"We are here… to… uh…" began Sora. Yone smacked on her head.

"We are here because we had nothing to do" said Yone. Voya grinned and walked over to Yone. He put his arms around her shoulders, facing her.

"Ah, so that's it" said Voya. Kiba started fuming, and grabbed Yone by her arms. He put his arms around her protectively. "How cute of you! You must be in love with her!" said Voya playfully. Kiba and Yone blushed.

"O-Of course n-not!" Kiba stammered.

"S-Stupid! Why would you think that?" exclaimed Yone. Voya rolled his eyes.

"So, you're here because you're bored? Ah, stupid minds of normal people…" said Voya.

"Are you implying we're stupid?" asked Sora. Voya thought for a moment.

"Well… yeah. But don't take it the wrong way. Dark Gaia's mind is full of dangerous things. Ah! I see you have the replica of the Gaia Scripts. That's smart of you!" he said, looking at the book in Sora's hands.

"How do you know this is the replica?" she asked.

"I only know how the cover looks like. And it looks exactly like the symbols on the original Gaia Scripts, which are quite heavy…" Voya said sweat dropping. "By the way, why do you all look so stupid?" he asked, looking disgusted at how they looked like.

"We are trying to look like the Hell Beings" replied Sora.

"But, you can look normal, you know? I am wearing normal clothes too, right?" asked Voya. Sora slowly nodded her head. "Well then! Let's go to my hiding place" he said.

-x-

Yobio, Ai and Yoji.

Yobio stretched her arms. She grabbed her mug of coffee, and took a sip. She was sitting with Ai and Yoji, still on the same place.

"When does the training stop?" asked Yobio as she put back her mug on the ground. Yoji thought for a moment.

"I think tomorrow morning" said Yoji. Yobio choked. Ai quickly patted her back.

"T-Tomorrow morning? Come on!" whined Yobio. "I need my PSP!" she said. She started fake crying. Yoji grabbed something from his pocket and handed it to Yobio.

"I knew you would say that, so I brought you one" said Yoji. Yobio grabbed the PSP and grinned.

"Thanks, Yoji!" she said, and started playing.

"Anyways, some people also penetrated your portal, right?" asked Yoji to Ai. She nodded.

"I don't know why people are doing that. There are also Hell Beings there in the portal" said Ai. Yoji sighed, and shook his head.

"Those are foolish people" he said.

"What if they're stuck?" asked Yobio, still looking at the screen.

"Well, if you're nice, you can save them. If you're tired, like me, you would just sit here, and not care" said Yoji.

"Come on, come on, come on…" whispered Yobio. "I choose the second one" said Yobio. Yoji laughed.

"Just what I expected from Yobio" he said. Yobio kicked him. "Let's go on with the lunch…" he said.

-x-

Ichi, Takama and Shizuko.

"You know, those things are really scary" said Ichi. Takama nodded. They had been walking for a while now, and they were really tired. Shizuko then saw a park, and ran over to Ichi and Takama. "What is it, Shizuko-san?" asked Ichi.

"There's a park…" said Shizuko quietly. Ichi looked at where she was pointing to.

"Finally! Let's go!" said Ichi as they walked to the park. When they arrived, they saw a girl with pink drills in her hair. "Hm. She doesn't look strange like the others, let's ask her something" said Ichi. Takama rolled his eyes.

"But maybe she is dangerous" said Takama as he put his hands in his pockets.

"Whatever. Just let's ask" said Ichi.

"Don't come saying to me that I didn't warn you" he said, and sighed. They reached the pinkette.

"Excuse me, could you help us?" asked Ichi to the girl. The girl opened her eyes, and smiled. She had the same eye color as her hair.

"Sure! What is it?" asked the girl.

"Well, we are just here because we were bored, but what about all these strange people?" asked Ichi.

"Ah, you too, huh? These strange people are Hell Beings. Since Light Gaia had a dark side too, she send the dark thoughts here. Actually, they belong in Dark Gaia's mind. By the way, my name is Kasane Teto!" said Teto as she held out her hand.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Sonohara Ichi, and these are my friends Yoshimaru Takama and Maki Shizuko" said Ichi.

"Nice to meet you too!" said Teto happily. She held out her hands to Ichi's face, scaring her a bit. "You have a nice face!" Teto said with a smile. Ichi sighed in relief.

"Ah, thanks" she replied. Suddenly, Teto started pinching her cheeks. It got harder, and harder, until her nails scratched her cheeks. "T-Teto! Stop that!" yelled Ichi. Takama rushed over to Teto, and pushed her away. She just fell on the ground, and lay there lifeless. Then she began laughing psychotically.

"Let's get away from here" Takama said and ran away while holding Ichi's and Shizuko's hand.

"Wait. How do we get out?" asked Ichi as they stopped running.

-x-

Sora, Kiba, Yone and Mieru.

"So, how do we actually get out?" asked Sora after they had washed themselves.

"Oh! Forgot to tell! You can't get out" he said. Everyone widened their eyes.

"But, there has to be a way!" said Sora. Voya shrugged.

"Only if Dark Gaia comes here personally" he said. Sora clenched her fists.

"Damn that Yobio…" she muttered under her breath.

"But how can we 'contact' Dark Gaia?" asked Yone. Voya shrugged again.

"She comes here once in a while. I think… wait. Let me look in my diary" he said. He grabbed a almost broken book and looked in it. He flipped a few pages, and stared into it. "After 5 months she appears here again" said Voya as he put his diary away. Sora almost fainted. Kiba and Yone quickly catched her.

"There has to be a way…" said Kiba. Sora stood up, and walked to the door. She opened it, and stepped outside.

"YOBIO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU HAVE TO GET US OUT!" Sora screamed to the dark sky. "IF YOU DON'T, I'M GONNA BE THE BEST CRIMINAL EVER!" Sora gasped for air. She hadn't screamed since Yobio fell off the cliff.

"Sora, I don't think she's gonna hear us…" said Kiba, scratching the back of his head.

"Ugh. I hate her…" said Sora.

-x-

Yobio, Ai and Yoji.

"Okay, that's it! I'm going to get those people out!" said Yobio as she stood up. Yoji looked at her confused. "There is someone screaming in my head, and it hurts" sighed Yobio. Yoji nodded while he turned to Ai.

"You should do the same too" he said. "We'll count this as a part of your training" Yobio nodded. She closed her eyes, as did Ai. A black portal appeared in front of Yobio and a white one in front of Ai.

"See you later" said Yobio as she entered the portal. Ai also entered her portal.

"And who is left alone again? Poor me…" sighed Yoji as he sat on the edge of the building, staring in front of him.

-x-

Ai, Ichi, Takama and Shizuko.

"Excuse me, are you the ones that are lost here?" asked Ai politely. Ichi, Takama and Shizuko turned around. They instantly nodded. "I'm glad. I thought almost you were Hell Beings!" she said.

"Can you bring us back?" asked Ichi. Ai nodded, and smiled.

"Just step here in the portal. Just don't come here again, alright? Twice going in here isn't good for you" Ai said. Ichi nodded.

"We just did this out of boredom anyways" replied Takama. Ai nodded, and stepped aside for the three. They got in the portal, and got back to their normal world. Hell Beings appeared behind Ai. She glared at them.

"I hope none of you did anything to them" she said in a mature voice. The Hell Beings just remained silent. Ai also stepped in the portal, and got back.

-x-

Yobio, Sora, Kiba, Yone and Mieru.

"Ah, so you were the one, huh?" asked Yobio behind Sora. Sora turned around.

"I said so! She would hear me!" said Sora, glaring at Yone. Yone instantly glared back. "Please get us back, Yobio!" whined Sora. Yobio rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah… Just step into the portal, and you're back" said Yobio as she pointed to the black portal behind her. Sora quickly jumped into it. Followed by Mieru, Kiba and Yone. Yobio just stood there, facing Voya. "You're not going back?" she asked. Voya shook his head.

"I will still be remaining in your cute, little, insane mind, Yo-chan" he said. Yobio rolled her eyes, but grinned.

"When are you actually going back? The scientist are waiting for you. So is she…" said Yobio with a sad expression. Voya sighed.

"I'll… wait. Just you also wait" he said sighing. Yobio nodded and turned her back to him.

"Just be… careful. Okay?" she asked. Voya nodded with a smile. "Bye…" she said, and stepped into the portal.

Inspire-chan (2012): Ta da! Coolest chapter ever written from now on! No, not really… Well, this chapter is based off by my crooked mind (: I was dreaming those two portals tonight, so yeah.

Ah, the new character is Voya Geur! He is just a character that will only be a guide in the Gaia Worlds, so no need to worry about him! BUT! He will appear in the sequel… I think. You can look on my Deviant account, he is my new OC. I will not tell the secret about the 'she' with Yobio and Voya. It will be revealed in the sequel.

OH! I have cleaning duty this week, so I might not update for a week or so. Please wait, okay? Thanks!