The sun was starting to set, and we'd been at Gotham Royal York for a very long time.
Len was starting to cry, and I didn't really know what to say to him.
He even ran away from me, Izanami! I chased him down—all the way back into the headquarters, all the way to the living room where
he sat himself down and sobbed.
I sat with him and patted her head, frowning. I don't know how you deal with me when I do things
like this, Izanami.
Well, you will sing sometimes. I sang a song to him, a bit. I don't know if he liked it...
...but he did cry a little less.
Under the dim light, and with the ambience of the Loud Kids, I noticed that my phone was
starting to softly glow.
I told Len things were going to be okay, and I waited for you.
A lot of things changed here, didn't it?
Something more than usual, when we visited this place for the first time.
What was it?
Do you know?
I'm not saying I know. Do you?
Because... it just felt much better... it didn't just feel whimsical.
This wasn't how things played out, yeah...
But more than that, I think... there might've been a miracle.
Izanami... when you came there with Xenia, Infernape and Poromon and the three of them ran to the scene, you looked at
me with a finger across your lips. I knew it then... You definitely know something!
I wanted to ask you what that was all about, but you just trotted over to me, put your arm around my
shoulders and a hand on your hip, smirked at my side and said, "Miracles happen."
I flicked you between your eyes for that.
"Thank you!" said Nico with joy.
"Who are you!?" said Lincoln, looking your way (I couldn't tell if he was mad,
sad, or happy...).
I remember wanting to hit you, since you answered, "I'm a mysterious hero..."
I said, "She's my friend. Her name is Izanami."
"You had a twin!?" J.D. shouted, and I winced. "Why didn't you tell me!? You can sing so well—you definitely
should both be idols! An idol duo! Twin idols!"
Nico whispered, "J.D., you're bothering them..." and I grit my teeth. I know I was blushing because—
"You sang for her, Kohane!?"
—I knew you would say that.
When things finally settled down...
Nico bowed. The entire TLPS waved at us with all the energy in her body. We said our goodbyes and you kept poking
me in my side with your finger while I scowled. You know, it's only now I realize I missed the opportunity to
brag to you that I'd won the bet...
We parted ways with TLPS.
And, like a thousand of feeling fragments, they returned to the headquarters. When it was down, we
found ourselves back in the streets.
Once we'd gotten back to that place, I asked you—
"...Izanami... things don't usually change like that, do they?"
And, "Don't they?" is what you said back.
"Wait... they're still gonna get in trouble. Nico... had a good leader, but he... and J.D..."
"Don't worry, I figured something out."
"Figured... what?"
"Something, ahaha!"
"Ugh... Anyway, that was a SEKAI, so it doesn't even matter, does it!?"
"Oh...? Does it?"
"I hate you sometimes."
You laughed at that, and after laughing, and laughing, and laughing you sighed—with relief. You know...
you can tell me if something's worrying you.
Well... whatever. It's fine.
I know you just don't want me to worry, too.
Why would you want me to frown—that's it, right? We were together again, after all.
And honestly... just because of that, even if I didn't really "know" everything, I felt relieved too.
You suddenly grabbed my phone and pulled me forward as you skipped back and pressed the pause button. "What?" I asked.
"What's up with you...! Quit pulling!"
And you grinned. "Come on," you said with a brilliant smile as we hear a phoenix cry and see a phoenix formed by the explosion from the headquarters.
"Let's go: back to the real world."
THE END