Mega: I'M BACK!

Fallon: And apparently Papyrus.

Mega: Save the Undertale jokes for later. I have a story to update, and I would be either Sans or Frisk, not Papyrus. (Sorry, Papyrus!)

On another note, I have made my school's soccer team and am very busy. Updates will most likely come later due to this… Sorry, minna.

Fallon: Good point. We don't have any time to waste! Reviews, Mega! Read the reviews!

Mega: Sure!

~Reviews~

OTP's are all you need: I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Mark my words, Yan, you WILL like my OC ship.

Guest: I'm glad that you like them as a couple. You have no idea how long it took me to make them a decent ship… Sorry for the long wait.

Guest #2: I'm sure that Tsuki likes you too. Sorry I made you wait so long…

Guest#3: I'm glad you like it. My updating speed, though…

Guest#4: I'm really sorry for the month-long wait… I have been REALLY busy, but I'm happy that you like the story!

Mega: Now that the reviews are out of the way, to the story!

Note: This chapter takes place around two weeks past the previous chapter. I did this to improve the story's flow because the two weeks I skipped only contained very boring training. You can make up how the said weeks went if you want, but I don't think that they have enough story content to write about.

Chapter Twelve: Meeting

~Kirino's POV~

With Fallon and Tsuki's arrival, things had been chaotic, yet, somehow, things seemed to get better every day. Everyone had finally gotten used to their new roles within the team with Tenma currently benched, and I had FINALLY recovered enough to participate in practices. Wonderbot and Takuto weren't pleased with my participation, but Fallon had merely explained why it was necessary for the team and my heath and had whacked Takuto in the face with her book when he tried to protest. Talk about a face book, huh?

Takuto really did not like Fallon in the slightest, but Fallon, strangely enough, didn't seem to actually dislike him. She just enjoyed making fun of him constantly, apparently. According to Tsuki, she usually goes after another one of their friends, but without her usual target, she had to find a substitute, and Takuto apparently fit the bill. Poor Takuto…

Even if Takuto didn't like the strange girl in the slightest, she proved to be a very good strategist and a great source of knowledge. She was also a great leader, too much of the team's joy. Tsurugi was trying, but he lacked the ability to understand how a team needed to work. He was great at telling us what to do, though.

The past two weeks had been very calm and quiet. Fallon had been quick to warn us about letting our guard down. This was only the calm before the storm, she said.

Most of our team didn't believe her, but some of us knew better.

It was an hour or two before lunch. Everyone was practicing like we had been doing for the past two weeks. The day seemed completely normal. If only it had remained that way.

Fallon had yet to arrive at the field, which was normal considering her sleeping schedule, but the lack of her presence still put some of us on edge.

I had been dragged over to the bench by Takuto to get some water when the building began shaking. Within seconds, the team was panicking. Tsurugi was shouting out orders to get to Wonderbot and the caravan, but not many people were paying attention.

Takuto wasted no time in grabbing my hand and dragging me towards the exit. I looked back fearfully only find that part of the building had caught fire. I also noticed that smoke was beginning to taint the clean air. Great.

I turned my gaze back to Takuto and began running. We reached Wonderbot in a relatively short time. At the bear's insistence, the managers had begun a roll call.

"Kariya?"

"Here."

"Hikaru?"

"Here!"

"Kirino?"

"Here!"

"Shindou?"

"Here."

"Fei?"

No one answered.

"Fei?"

Again, nothing. Was Fei even here? Was he still inside?

Then I remembered poor Tenma. He still could barely walk on his own. Was he okay?

Helplessly, I looked back at the raging flames consuming the building. 'Please be okay, Fei, Tenma…'

Panic had descended on my friends again. I glanced at Takuto. His face was an emotionless mask, but I knew he was panicking and most likely on the verge of tears.

I gazed at the rest of my team. Most very openly showing their distress, but some shared the look my lover had. I wasn't sure which group I was a part of, but I was definitely distressed greatly.

"What's wrong with you people?"

I blinked and whirled around to find Fallon carrying an unconscious Fei on her back and supporting Tenma. Tsuki immediately rushed to her aid and allowed Tenma to lean on her instead. Tsurugi was beside them and pulling the weak brown-haired boy into his arms.

Fallon nodded at the two and looked at the rest of us in a mixture of amusement and confusion. "I don't get it. I'm not present for two seconds, and this happens." She shook her head and sat Fei down on the grass gently.

She looked at Tsuki briefly, probably telling her something the rest of us couldn't figure out, before speaking again. "On the caravan, morons. We don't have much time."

"There isn't enough room for everyone-" Wonderbot attempted to explain, but at Fallon's cold, unamused stare, he became quiet.

"I'm sure that we'll fit somehow. Now get a move on unless you want to meet the ones who caused this." She picked up Fei and swiftly boarded the caravan. Tsuki followed her, and then, slowly but surely, the rest of the team boarded too.

"Where are we going?" Kariya asked rudely.

"Somewhere safe. Now sit down and get comfy. This could be a long, bumpy ride." Fallon called over her shoulder. She handed Wonderbot a small, strange necklace and sat across from Fei.

The greenette had been laid on his back one seat in front of Takuto and me. I peered over the seat to look at the time traveler. He was covered in a multitude of burns, and even the simple action of taking a breath seemed to cause him a great deal of pain, as he grimaced every time he inhaled.

Tsurugi and Tenma were worried about him, too, if their facial expressions were anything to go by. Of course Tenma looked ready to pass out any second now, but his concern for his green-haired friend was clear.

Wonderbot started up the caravan, and we were off. True to Fallon's word, the trip was rather long and occasionally became rough. Tenma had fallen into a deep sleep within the first five minutes of the trip, and at least half of the team had followed in suit with the rest falling asleep after an hour or two. Even Takuto, Tsurugi, and Fallon had dozed off, but I couldn't bring myself to sleep.

Aimlessly, I stared out the window at the swirl of colors. All of this was just so sudden. Yesterday, we were practicing like a normal soccer team, and today, we had nearly lost two teammates to a fire and had been forced to flee to some strange place only Tsuki and Fallon knew of. Lovely.

"Don't panic, pinky. Everything's fine."

I scanned the caravan for the owner of the voice, but the only possible owner of the voice, Fallon, had been asleep for at least an hour.

"Did you really think I was asleep, Ranmaru?"

I jumped and stared at her dumbly. "Maybe…?"

She laughed softly. "For someone so smart, you sure can be an idiot."

"I guess…" I turned away and rested my cheek on the window.

She stared at me for a while. I shuddered. Why did it feel like she could stare into my soul?

"I can't do that yet, but I CAN read you like an open book." She said airily. She really was terrifying sometimes…

"I'm glad that you agree, but you're exhausted. Get some sleep, Ran-chan. You need it." Her knowing gaze didn't stray from me until I nodded. "I mean it, Ranmaru. Sleep. Now."

I didn't have the energy to reply, but sleep sounded lovely. I laid my head against Takuto's shoulder, relaxed, and allowed myself to submit to sleep's tantalizing call.

~Well, this just got dark~

I was awaked by Takuto's soft calls of my name and the gently shaking of my shoulders. I rubbed my eyes sleepily. "Where are we?"

"We're somewhere same. Don't worry," Tsuki's normally bubbly voice had strangely become eerily calm and somber.

"That doesn't really answer my question, Tsuki," I yawned.

"I… It's hard to explain. Come on. Fallon can explain this better than I can."

She got up from her seat and beckoned for everyone else to follow her. My brown-haired boyfriend helped me to my feet. As we walked out of the caravan, I noticed that Fei and Fallon were gone. 'Fallon probably went to get some help for Fei and brought him along with her.'

After everyone had exited the caravan, Tsuki lead us into a very strange building. We weaved our way through maze after maze of hallways. We passed multiple people on our way to wherever we were going; all of them were either children or teens. How strange…

Tsuki stopped and waited for the rest of the team to stand still. "We're here. Be quiet when we go in, or we run the risk of angering multiple people I don't recommend angering."

With that, the door slid open, and she entered silently. Everyone was uneasy, but a few of us found the courage to step through the door, too.

I entered the room with Takuto, Tsurugi, and Tenma. We were greeted with the sight of what seemed to be an infirmary. There were many beds in the room, but only one was occupied.

Fei was the sole occupant of the infirmary's beds. Fallon was leaning on the wall across from his bed with Tsuki beside her while a white-haired stranger sat at Fei's bedside with his back to us. 'It reminds me of when I was sick…'

Fallon looked at us silently and nodded, giving us permission to enter the room too. Tsurugi lead Tenma over to a chair tucked in a corner far from our injured teammate. Takuto and I really didn't know what to do, but I didn't want to block the door, so I dragged Takuto over to our friends in the corner.

I was glad we had moved when we did because seconds later, multiple people darted into the room, all either panicked or excited. 'I wonder what's up with them…'

They flocked to Fei's bedside, but were promptly shooed away by Fallon and the white-haired stranger. 'Just where are we?'

Tsuki, noticing our distress, then grabbed Fallon by the shoulder and whispered something to her. Fallon murmured something in reply and looked at us. She started towards the door and signaled for us to do the same.

We obeyed and left the room, as well. We meet the rest of our team outside, but Fallon just told them to hurry up.

She led us through a different set of hallways to a set of rooms very close to each other. She entered the first one. We followed. The sight we were met with was far from what we had expected, though.

A group of ten children occupied the room doing everything from reading a book to flailing their arms around wildly. They also were VERY loud. 'What's going on here?'

"Everyone," Fallon started, but the noise continued.

"EVERYONE!" She screamed loudly. Instantly, the noise died down. "These are our new guest. Introduce yourselves, and treat them well." She turned and left the room with Tsuki at her heels.

"Wow. She's uptight today, isn't she?" A boy with tan skin and a mop thick, unruly black hair said.

"What did you expect? It's Shi-chan. When she gets like this, it's easier to set fire to ice than to calm her down," said a short brunette girl with fair skin.

A blonde girl wearing square, black glasses nodded. "Good point, but we're supposed to be introducing ourselves to them." She looked at us, "I'm Feuer."

The black-haired boy followed her lead, "I'm Fote."

"Hi! I'm Neko-chan," the small brunette waved energetically.

"Erde," a black-haired boy growled. He wasn't too pleased with our presence, apparently.

A tiny, bubbly blond boy grinned happily, "Hi! I'm Star, and that's Aza." He pointed to another small boy, but this boy had red hair and very pale skin. "Don't pay any attention to Erde. He's always like that."

"I am not!" Erde hissed angrily.

"You so are!" Star stuck his tongue out childishly.

Erde looked like he was going to throttle the small child, but a girl with light brown hair cut him off. "Hi! I'm Ai."

Another short brunette, this time male, grinned lazily at us. "Name's Zu. 'Sup?"

"What's up, everyone? I'm Maru. Pleased to meet you," an orange-haired boy with brown eyes smiled brightly.

A boy with dark skin, dark eyes, and black hair groaned. "You're so loud… My name's Hebi, by the way. I don't care what you do, but don't get loud."

This group sure was strange… "Who are you, exactly?" I asked, my voice a mixture of curiosity and caution.

"Us? We're Shi-chan and Tsu-chan's best friends!" Neko-chan cheered.

Hebi shook his head, "I wouldn't say that we're their best friends, but we are, sadly enough, acquaintances."

"What's wrong with being acquainted with us, Hebi?" Fallon's voice floated into the room. She entered it seconds later with Tsuki sprinting in after her.

Hebi shrugged. "There's nothing wrong with you, personally, Fallon. It's just the fact that you basically attract noise, and Tsukino is just flat out loud."

Fallon smirked at him; he smirked back. The two laughed briefly before Fallon turned her attention to us. "I take it that they've introduced themselves?" She indicated her group of "acquaintances".

We nodded silently, but Kariya wasn't satisfied. "Just where are we?"

She looked surprised, "They didn't tell you?"

Kariya was not pleased. "No, they didn't," he hissed. "Now where are we?!"

"Don't get upset, now. I was just asking," she waved her hands defensively. "I thought my acquaintances would tell you, but I guess it doesn't matter."

She looked at up calmly as she drew a breath. "You're two-hundred years in the future, and you are currently in the care of me, my acquaintances, and some other friends of mine."

Everything was quiet for a minute. Then everyone seemed to register what they had been told.

"WHAT?!"

~Chapter Fin.~

Mega: Sorry for the long wait for this chapter. I hope you like it.

Fallon: Don't forget to review! Mega gets discouraged when you don't…

Mega: Ignore the OC. See you next time, everyone!

Fallon: Ciao!

Mega: Bye!