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Yayoi in Wonderland	By : GintaxAlvissforever Category: +G through L > Lux-Pain Views: 1015 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Yayoi in Wonderland
Disclaimer: Do not own Lux Pain, Mcgee's Alice in Wonderland or Silver Chaos 2 AKA Artificial Mermaid. Richie, Hanako, Mars, Sora and Kotoru are mine so you can't steal them!
Summary: Atsuki returns to school seemingly recovered from the trauma of Yayoi's accident but Akira knows better. Question is, will he make it worse? Ryo and Honoka suspect that something is wrong with Hibiki. Honoka confronts him but he won't budge. What dark secret is he hiding? Yayoi wakes up in Wonderland and sees that not all is what they seem. Luckily, the White Rabbit and Cheshire Cat will guide her on her journey.
Pairing: Akira/Atsuki, Ibuki/Yuri, One sided Atsuki/Yayoi and Atsuki/Hibiki and dark Edward/Hibiki
Genre: Angst, Suspense, Horror, Crime, Drama, Action/Adventure and Friendship
Warning: ANGST, graphic violence, unintentional OOC, shonen ai, yaoi and hints of rape
Chapter 4: Not is All What it Seems

Atsuki woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. It was Nola who needed to do the briefing right away.
"Morning sleepy head. Did you sleep well?"
"With the phone ringing, no..."
"We can't worry about that. I got information on the killer."
Atsuki forced himself to wake up and listen to the blonde speak.
"While we don't know the identity of the serial killer, we do know his pattern."
"The full moon and new moon pattern?"
"Right. A person is killed on the new moon and raped before killed on the full moon. His target seems to be Kisaragi students but there have been instances where adults were targeted as well. This has been going on for two years. No one has taken the case because those who take the case will end up a victim before then."
"You mean?"
"The killer seems to know who is on the case and murders the person the instant they try to investigate. This has caused the police to not take this case. Kisaragi seems to accept that fact because only two people are sacrificed every month."
"Their logic is messed up."
"Well...the mayor is the one that said to put the case behind them, but as you can see, more students die before graduation."
Atsuki was quiet. A case like this should be investigated, but there is that chance that he could get murdered the night he accepted the request.
"Atsuki, I think you and Aya should take this case into your hands."
"What? Why?"
"The chief believes that highly infectious level Silent could be involved in this. If anyone without special powers tries to investigate this, they could end up the next victim."
"So the chief wants me to investigate knowing full well that I could become a victim."
"That's right." Nola frowned. "To be honest, I would rather ask someone else to do the job. The killer would least expect someone like you to investigate but there's this feeling in my gut that something bad will happen if it's you who is looking into this case."
"Don't worry Nola. I had missions like this before and I've gotten out of it alive. Liu Yee will be watching me and checking to see if anyone suspicious is following me."
Nola should have been reassured but the last mission that was in the United States could have ended in tragedy if Liu Yee wasn't there. Atsuki might have been an experienced telepath but when it came to actual combat...
"Please be careful." Nola told him. "Natsuki and I wouldn't take your death well."
"I know."
"Try to solve this case before the 29th of this month. The full moon will be on a Monday."
"Got it."
"And please make up your absence. I'm not thrilled with you skipping school yesterday."
"...Sorry..."
With that said. Nola hung up. Atsuki sighed as he got ready for school. He wasn't ready to face everyone yet after the humiliation on the day of the accident.
Maybe if I act like nothing is wrong, they'll forget about it. Atsuki convinced himself.
Sadly, his friends will continue to question him to the point that he might break down again...

Atsuki made it to school early so he wouldn't have to deal with some of his friends that always made it at the bell. The gray haired teen already saw Mika and Ryo at the entrance. His first thought was trying to sneak by them hoping they wouldn't notice but Mika was too slick for that.
"Saijo!" she called out as she waved him over to where they were.
Atsuki shook his head in annoyance as he went over to them. Sure enough, they looked worried.
"Where were you yesterday?" the journalist asked. "I had Ryo go to your apartment after school and you weren't there! We were worried that you committed suicide or something!"
"-sweatdrop- That's going a little too far Mika..." Ryo told her.
Atsuki shook his head. "I just needed time alone yesterday. Don't worry, I'm fine now."
His friends look unconvinced.
"Are you sure?" Mika asked.
Atsuki nodded his head. Mika was forced to take that answer. She quickly changed the subject to Yayoi. "So Saijo. I went to the hospital yesterday with my friend Richie and it was creepy. One moment Yayoi was in critical condition again and the next minute she was perfectly fine..."
"The doctor said that he never had a case where a patient went into panic mode like that," Ryo added. He got the information from Richie shortly after and was able to put two and two together.
"I thought he was going to pull the cord on her but he didn't when she returned to normal."
They were indeed worried about Yayoi. Atsuki told himself that they wouldn't be worried if he hadn't gotten the artist in the accident.
"That doctor is suspicious!" Mika exclaimed. "I can't believe he was going to give up on Yayoi."
"What's his name?"
"Reigen Miyamase, the grandfather of Hanako Miyamase."
"Miyamase?"
Mika frowned. "I've been at this school for a year but I don't know much about Miyamase...I got it!"
"Got what?" Ryo questioned.
"At lunch, I'm going to get her information! If she doesn't talk about herself, I'll ask Shinji to hack into the school and steal her data!"
"That's not a good-"
"Revenge on her grandfather. If she's a compass like her grandfather, than I won't regret it!"
There was a slight pause before Ryo told her. "I think you mean pompous."
"Uh...yeah..."
Atsuki couldn't help but chuckle. Mika was indeed the mood maker that Akira considered her to be.
"Well, I'm off!"
"To where?"
"Well duh! I got a new scoop about the moon phase killer! See ya!"
"Ah Mika..."
The reporter had already run off the school grounds. Ryo couldn't help but yawn. He wasn't a morning person.
"She's trying her best," Ryo said to the telepath. "We're all taking Yayoi's accident a little too hard."
"Uh..."
"I think we should move on. I know that Yayoi will recover from the accident if we keep believing. She wouldn't be happy if we all kept blaming ourselves."
"Ryo..."
"The girls are suffering and even Kiryu is acting strange," Ryo admitted. "It's not just you that's blaming yourself."
"But I was..."
Atsuki shut himself up. He told himself that he was over it. If he continued his sentence, then it would prove that he wasn't even close to improving. Ryo was obviously taunting him though unintentionally as he was worried for the silver haired teen.
"I'll see you in class Ryo."
Atsuki seemed to be heading to the classroom despite the bookworm's protest but when Ryo wasn't looking, he changed his destination from the classroom to the nurse's office. Maybe Honoka will cheer him up and get him in the right direction.

Atsuki wouldn't get any cheering up because Honoka wasn't in the greatest of moods. She made it apparent before he went inside the nurse's office to talk to her. She was busy talking to a student. Talking wasn't the right word. It was more like yelling at the student which is something a teacher shouldn't do unless that teacher Aoi or Yamato.
"Kiryu, I'll ask you one last time, where were you last night?"
Atsuki would have laughed at the situation. It wasn't everyday Hibiki got yelled at. Of course, because Honoka was his caretaker, it was a rather serious situation.
"I don't have to tell you everything," Hibiki said in a monotone voice that annoyed the nurse.
"I know that," Honoka began, "but could you please explain why you didn't pick up your phone when I called you? I was so worried!"
"Again, I don't have to tell you everything that goes on in my personal life."
"Kiryu!"
The cyan haired teen frowned when he noticed a presence at the door. He turned to leave.
"I'm not done speaking to you Kiryu!"
Hibiki ignored her as he opened the door. Once he saw Atsuki, he quickly ran past him toward class.
Like Ryo said, Kiryu isn't himself today either. Atsuki thought to himself as he heard Honoka curse up a small storm before calming down in his presence.
"Oh Saijo! I'm sorry you had to see that." Honoka sat back in her chair and sighed. "That kid. I swear something happened to him, but he won't say anything."
Atsuki was confused. "What do you mean?"
Honoka was going to say something but she changed her mind. "It's best if you don't know." When she said that, a blue Shinen rose from inside her. Atsuki took the chance to read her mind while she was lost in her thoughts.
What's wrong?
Something happened to Kiryu.
Not the same person.
Bruises on his wrists.
Playing it off like nothing happened.
Where was he last night?
What happened last night?
A fight? A crime? An assault from the serial killer?
I don't know.
I'M WORRIED.
Honoka rubbed her temples at Atsuki finished reading her mind. "I'm sorry but I'm going to ask you to leave. I'm not feeling well."
Atsuki was forced to agree as he left the nurse's office. He couldn't help but wonder what happened to the cyan haired teen. FORT suspected him of working for organization but it didn't seem likely. Even if he had powers, he still was more normal than he was.
I'll ask him when I get the chance.

School finally began. It was math class today, but again, Yamato was out again so it was a study by yourself day.
Because there was no one to supervise the class, most of the students decided it was a class period to chill until Aoi came into their class to check up on them.
Atsuki looked around the room to see what his friends were doing. Ryo was studying diligently unlike the other students and found it hard to concentrate from the talking. Shinji took out his mini laptop that he brought to school and was trading stocks during class to certain peoples' annoyance. Mika and Rui were in a conversation with Richie. Chances were that the bluenette was talking about confronting the granddaughter of the doctor. Akira was asleep as usual. Then there was Hibiki who was completely zoned. He seemed to be working on math problems but Atsuki could tell that something was bugging him. His guard was completely down and Atsuki could read his mind if he wanted to.
"So this fat lady came up to me and called me a slut," Richie began speaking.
"What did you do?" Rui questioned. "You didn't-"
"Nah. I just told her 'shut the fuck up you whore'! At least I'm not jumping from one guy to another."
"Nice one Richie!" Mika cheered.
"Thanks Mika-chan. I never liked Tomoyo anyway."
"Tell me about it. She came to Company F and demanded to see her future husband that was rich. I told her I couldn't see a future like that and she called me a fake."
"Bitch."
"I was this close to punching her in the face but..."
"But what?"
Rui toned down the voice and whispered the two girls. "Saijo was there."
"You serious?!" Mika asked a little too loudly.
"Whose that again?"
"The transfer student. The boy who is sitting next to Akira."
"Oh the cute boy over there? Not my type."
Rui scowled. "I wasn't asking you."
"My type of guy would be someone like Shinji."
"Why him? He has no condemning qualities!"
"I think you mean redeeming qualities Mika," Rui corrected.
"That's the second person today..." Mika mumbled.
"Back to the topic," Richie continued. "He may not be my type but he's defiantly your type Base."
Rui felt her cheeks lit up, "W-What are you talking about."
"You don't like submissive males like Dragon or single minded men like Mr. Bright over there. You prefer someone who can take a beating from you without complaining. He has to be mysterious like Echo in a way but possibly more in the way where you want to know more about him and-"
"Richie, stop it. I don't like him that way."
Richie blinked twice. "Oh, so it's all right if he's gay then?"
"I didn't say-"
"No need to get all defensive."
Rui groaned as she went back to her math homework. Richie and Mika looked at each other. Both did not no what they said to get her upset.
"She'll feel better at lunch," Mika assured the older teen.
Atsuki didn't listen to the conversation but he noticed the red Shinen flaring up in Rui's heart. Hibiki noticed it too but chose to ignore it.

Once lunch hour came, Mika rushed out of the classroom to search for Hanako Miyamase. Luckily, she manage to find the girl before she made it to the lunchroom. Atsuki decided to follow the bluenette mainly because he was suspicious of this Hanako person.
"Are you Hanako Miyamase?" The journalist asked in Reporter Mode.
The girl nodded her head. She was a tall girl with short dark blue and gray eyes. Her uniform looked different from the usual Kisaragi female outfit but that might be because of her height and her waist. Compared to her grandfather, she looked friendly.
"I have a question Miyamase."
Hanako grinned. "Ask away."
Mika didn't realize that just engaging in a conversation made the tall girl excited.
"Does your grandfather kill all of his subjects when he thinks they won't wake up again?"
Hanako thought for a second before replying. "It depends. My grandfather can usually tell when someone won't wake up from a coma or not. Patients under his name are usually given a month before he pulls the cord."
One month?! Atsuki thought to himself. His body paled slightly. If Yayoi didn't wake up in one month, then the doctor was going to end her life?
"But why?! Doesn't he have any faith in his patients? Does he have sympathy for the patient's friends or family?"
Hanako continued to smile but it was falling. "I get it. My grandfather is a monster but he says that's it better to end the person's misery now instead of praying for years and years for someone that might never wake up again."
The tall girl gave Mika a straight answer, but it wasn't the answer the bluenette was expecting. She wouldn't give up.
"But-"
"Hanako-chan! You better hurry or you'll be late for volleyball practice!" A student called out.
Hanako let loose her fake smiled and apologized to the bluenette before she ran off to catch up to her friend.
Atsuki decided to make his appearance known to the journalist. She was distraught with the answer she received.
"She's completely different from her grandfather," Mika admitted. "It scares me..."
The gray haired teen understood why to be slightly worried about Hanako's cheerful personality. He would continue investigating her after school and if she continued to give off a weird vibe, he would report her to FORT.

Akira was annoyed that the telepath was speaking normally. After lunch, he was wide awake and questioned if his friend was okay. Atsuki insisted that he was okay, but the material artist knew he was lying.
"Don't hide it Saijo," Akira told him harshly. "If you need to tell someone what's wrong, then do it. Don't act like it's nothing."
The green eyed boy wasn't expecting the other teen to flash a glare in his direction.
"I would appreciate it if you mind your own business."
The tension between the two was awkward the entire class period, but that just fueled the martial artist's determination to figure out what was wrong with the telepath.

Once school was over, Atsuki made his way out of the class before Akira had a chance to call out to him. He knew that if Akira kept pestering him, he might lose his temper and actually snap. He almost snapped during class when he out of all people was lecturing him on what to do and what not to do.
He made his way to the quad. He instantly noticed a dark Shinen nearby.
It's in front of the gate. Atsuki thought to himself as he rushed past some students to make it out of the gate. In an instant, that dark Shinen was gone in a flash.
The telepath could see things clearly now. Some students were walking past an old man and a tall teen from the high school making small gossip about the garish clothing the old man was wearing and how lucky the tall was speaking to someone as famous as him.
That's Miyamase. Atsuki told himself as he approached the two trying to listen to the conversation. It was quite disturbing.
"Thank you so much Oji-san! Now I got a book on all the many bondage situations!" Hanako cheered.
"Oji-san?"
"Yeah. You are an old man. Yay, to think there are old people that still have sex!"
Atsuki would have puked right there. Something was without a doubt wrong with her.
I feel sorry for Edward. Atsuki thought to himself. Ryo and Sayuri wouldn't be pleased if she spoke to him like that in their presence.
Edward acted like that last comment didn't affect him. People looked around and they concluded that Hanako was the crazy one.
"So, what did you want from me?"
Edward chuckled. "You couldn't have forgotten about that have you?"
Hanako thought for a minute before she realized what he wanted. She frowned. "But I don't have that many left! I want to masturbate with that tonight!"
...Something is really wrong with her. Atsuki told himself again. I don't think it would be wise to read her sick mind...
Miraculously, no one heard that last part except Atsuki and Edward for some strange reason. Edward continued to chuckle. "I'll give it back to you when I'm done with it."
"But then I won't want it anymore..." Hanako complained.
"The more the reason for the trade."
The tall girl sighed as she took a remote from her pocket. Atsuki was confused. He would have mistaken it for a vibrator but that wasn't the case. It had strange markings on it. She handed it to the old man. Once it was in his possession, an evil smile escaped his lips that sent shivers down the telepath's spine.
"Thank you Hana-chan."
"Your welcome Oji-san!"
Edward turned to leave but not before telling her. "Give your grandfather my regards."
"I will!" Hanako shouted as she waved good-bye. She then turned to leave but stopped. The facade she had on her face went away for a moment as she turned around and spotted Atsuki spying on her. Atsuki didn't know what was scarier. The look Hanako gave or Edward's smile. Probably both though.
"You were spying on me!" Hanako declared.
Atsuki was going to turn tail and run off. Was she trying to get him in trouble?
Hanako quickly sped over and grabbed a hold of his arm. "Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you. Please come with me."
That was asking for trouble but in reality, did Atsuki have a place to refuse?

The last place Atsuki expected to be dragged was Rainbow Hill. Hanako grinned as she sat down on the grass and stared at the sky.
"It's beautiful here, is it?"
It was more of a statement than a question.
"I come here all the time," Hanako continued.
Atsuki didn't know why she just started a conversation with someone he just met with today, but then again, he had that power to start a lively conversation with anyone and make them feel at ease. He didn't know why people opened up to him though. It wasn't his kindness obviously because he knew he wasn't a kind person deep down.
"It's hard to make friends when you're the granddaughter of a heartless grandfather." She admitted. "But he wasn't always like that."
"Why are you telling me this?"
Hanako smiled faintly. "I saw you spying on me when that Nozaki girl came to interview me."
Atsuki was speechless. He was certain that she wouldn't see him from where he was standing in the hall.
"Don't worry. I don't think it's wrong to stalk people."
"...You might want to rephrase that."
"I do it all the time to a certain SOMEONE in the first year. That bastard is going to get it to him one day, I swear of it."
"Who is it?"
"Mars Shidou. The freakin' cross dresser! Everyone thinks he's a sweet little girl that wouldn't hurt a fly but that hides his real intentions! Oh that sadist!"
"Would that make you a masochist then?"
"No! It will have to be the other way around! I won't be topped by a guy younger than me!"
Atsuki sweatdropped. When did their conversation change to sex?
"Sorry. I got off topic," Hanako said with a laugh. "Maybe that's why I don't have that many friends..."
"What happened to them?"
Hanako smile fell. "Most of them have become victims of the serial killer. The only friends now are the ones that are in my ballet practice and volleyball club."
Atsuki was silent. Was Hanako connected to the serial killers? He didn't know. Maybe she would be the next target?
"I won't let this get me down!" Hanako said to motivate herself. "I got a book of bondage right here! I need to find the right one to get at him!"
"Umm..."
"Oh, you shouldn't be upset about your friend Yayoi either."
Atsuki froze. "Wha-"
"I know that Nozaki girl was asking because of that Kamishiro girl and you were probably stalking me because of my connections to my grandfather but I know she'll be okay. I know she'll wake up before his deadline..."
"One month?"
"One month. Believe that she'll recover by the fifteenth of November and she'll be back to the way she was before the Cultural Festival."
Atsuki felt like he could have faith IN her words.
"Well, I got to go home now..." Hanako mumbled. "I have make-up homework to do. If I don't graduate this year, my grandfather will chew me out again."
"Again?"
"I'm eighteen."
Hanako stood up to leave. The telepath wanted to ask her one more thing which was about what she gave to Edward but she said something else.
"I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Hanako Miyamase, but you can call me Hana. We're in a different class sadly. What's your name?"
"Atsuki Saijo."
Hanako grinned. "I'm calling you Tsuki-chan. Adios!"
"Hey!"
The tall girl was already gone when he called to her. He couldn't help but smirk though.
Hanako Miyamase. Defiantly a weird individual.

Hibiki groaned. He was standing in front of the hospital. Today, he had to check up on Yayoi and see if her condition improved.
He never got a chance to step into the place he could call sanctuary when a familiar dark Shinen appeared behind him. He froze.
"Hibiki, I will be needing you now."
The cyan haired teen turned to the individual. "Could you wait for even a few minutes? I have a friend that I have to-"
The person wouldn't let Hibiki finished his sentence. A death glare was all that was needed.
"It's not a request Hibiki. It's an order."
The cyan haired teen paled as he obediently went with the person. He was starting to hate this routine now.

Atsuki went on with his day trying to investigate the serial killer without attracting too much attention. He hoped that Mika wasn't investigating like he was. No, she was doing a different case. The silver haired teen tried to find the look alike that the young cop talked about yesterday thinking he would have some information, but he didn't know where he hung out for one thing and the other was that his partner wouldn't budge with the information. Even when Atsuki read his mind on where his look alike was, just reading "At home" wouldn't hep because he didn't know where they lived.
He avoided places where Akira might show up which included Sweet Ring, TOYBOX and Shinsei Hospital. Wanting to see Yayoi was his top priority but he couldn't risk bumping into the green haired teen.
The sun began to set and no luck today. Atsuki decided it would be best to head to head to his temporary home now and report to Nola as soon as possible. He cursed his luck when he locked past Triple Step.
"Saijo!"
Shit.
The telepath turned the direction of the police station and took off. The martial artist was following him though.
"Wait up Saijo!"
"Leave me alone..." Atsuki mumbled as he picked up the pace.
"You know I can't do that!"
Atsuki cursed at how God made faster Akira than him. The green eyed boy caught up to him and seized his arm. "I said wait!"
"God, why don't you stop following me?"
The telepath realized that he was slowly losing his mask again. Why was it always Akira that made him lose his calmness?
Akira swore that Atsuki was ticking time bomb ready to blow up ay anytime, yet, he was prepared for it. "You're not yourself Saijo."
"What made you decide if I was myself or not?"
"I'm not deciding. It's obvious."
"It's not!"
Atsuki couldn't stop himself from racing his voice, but it indeed attracted attention because it looked like a fight was going to start between the two.
"I'm over Yayoi's accident. I told everyone that at school. Why can't you people take that as an answer and drop it?"
"Because we're worried about you," Akira told him.
The telepath looked into Akira's eyes. He was being sincere about it but...
Atsuki forced the other teen to let go of his arm. "Don't touch me!"
"Saijo..."
"You don't know anything..."
Atsuki took off to the police station. Akira watched as he let the telepath get away from him. Pedestrians were staring at him thinking that it was his fault that the fight almost escalated but he paid no heed to them.
Saijo, why can't you realize that we all care about you? What can I do to make you notice?

Ibuki let out a sigh of relief. Being a police cop was not an easy job. He couldn't just sit inside a police car and wait for someone to screw up so he could arrest them. It required a scrutinized investigating skills to solve cases and needed a high level of maturity to handle gruesome situations. The brunette found work boring today because Yuri called in sick. He did that to investigate. Because of this, he had to deal with Yui's bitching all day.
"Takamura, are you listening to me?"
"Yes old hag...shit..."
He needed to remember not to call a young lady 'old' if he didn't want his ass kicked because that's what ended up happening.
"Yuri...come save me..." He whined as Yui criticized the eighteen year old.

Yuri was going through hell at home if not at work. All day, he had been trying to get any information about FORT and Silent. However, there seem to be an incredibly tough firewall blocking him from getting further information. It was only when he noticed that there was someone else hacking into the same file did he engaged in battle. His hacking skills weren't as good as the other person and he ended up losing. He left the area before he could get traced.
The silver haired boy went back on to try again and the other guy was kicked off. He took this chance to grab some information and flee before the one with the information could trace him. It was very risky but he was positive that he did it without leaving any traces.
"And that's how it is done," Yuri told himself as he pulled up the file with more information on FORT. It seemed to be a report about Kisaragi starting from the beginning of the month. "Hmm...I wonder who wrote this..." Yuri examined it more closely. It looked like a high school honor student wrote this by the way he or she described certain things. He could tell it was a high school student because it listed names of some students in the school. Some documents talked about some Silent infectees while others spoke about the crime of the day which included Mako Ando getting stabbed and a few documents later, Tanaka's arrest. Recent document entries though have not been filled. This person is slacking this week. Something must have happened. Yuri thought to himself as he created a folder on his desktop and put the document in there. I'll tell Ibuki about this when he gets home...for now...I think I'll watch some Death Note.

Shinji stared at his computer screen for a few minutes before he realized what happened. He was looking up information on the M. Institute again and tried to hack into their system. Someone else came who engaged him in a war of hacking and the conclusive victory went to the purple haired teen. He didn't have enough time to trace that hacker though because he fled so fast like the coward he was, or so he thought. His arrogance made him let his guard down because that hacker took some information from something that wasn't from the M. Institute and retreat with that information.
Damn, there are other good hackers out there. Shinji thought to himself as he continued to hack into the M. Institute. I really need to be careful.
Shinji heard the house phone ring next to him. He checked the caller ID and then quickly picked up.
"What do you want?"
"Is that how you greet an upperclassmen?"
He felt his cheeks turn a rosy pink. "Sora-sempai, what do you want?"
Shinji was talking to a true friend and upper classmen Sora Hihara. He met him when he was in middle school. Always bright and cheerful compared to himself, Sora knew how to make him feel better when he was in the slumps.
"I just wanted to see how my underclassmen was doing. Hope he's not cutting Ms. Matsumura's class."
"...Shut up..." Shinji mumbled.
Sora laughed. "So you do skip once a week. That's not good. You're going to regret doing that one day. I mean, if you do it in collage, they'll kick your ass."
"I don't think collage professors give a rat's ass about their students."
"Sheesh Shinji. Language."
"If you don't tell me why you called me, I'm hanging up."
"I just wanted you to know that I finally scored with Koto-chan!"
Shinji paled. Koto-chan was Sora's nickname for a girl he had a crush on since his final year in middle school Kotoru Hino, the younger sister of Honoka Hino. She was a violinist at the school and very good at it despite her claim that she never played the violin before.
"How did that happen?"
"Well..." Sora started to stutter as he began explaining. "You told me to go get what I want in life and I wanted Koto-chan, so I confessed, and now we're going out."
"..."
"Artemis-kun and Yasha-kun weren't that happy with me. I wonder why..."
Shinji sighed. He knew the La Corda Band since middle school and knew that all the guys in the group (except the blonde guy Kenji Shimizu) had some crush on Kotoru. Even the other girl in the group was crushing on the girl but Kotoru remained oblivious to all of their feelings until Sora decided to confess.
"You are a sad being..." Shinji mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing..."
Sora continued to ramble on about how life would be better with Kotoru as his girlfriend and all Shinji can do is listen. Somehow, he wasn't pleased that Kotoru won his heart. He wished that Sora didn't confess to the girl. She wasn't annoying but...
"I should get going now. You need to study for your finals, right?"
"Yeah..."
"I'll talk to you later. Hey, Shinji."
"Hmm?"
"I hope you find a cute girl when I come to visit you."
"Like who?"
"Mika-chan of course."
"She's an annoying-"
Sora hung up the phone before the hacker could finish. The purple haired teen grumbled as he set the phone down.
"Once an idiot, always an idiot." Shinji told himself with a laugh as he continued to get information of the M. Institute.

In the book Alice in Wonderland, the fantasy world was described with talking objects, strange creatures that spoke in riddles and more importantly, a place ruled by a dictator like queen. It sounded like a nice place to escape to like Neverland from the Peter Pan series.
Wonderland was not a beautiful place. Yayoi learned that the instant she saw the landscape. They landed outside of a tunnel where you could see all of Wonderland.
"Hurry, hurry! We must not be late!" the White Rabbit shouted as he rushed inside the tunnel.
Yayoi frowned. This Atsuki was getting on her nerves, rushing her. Sure Wonderland look deplorable, but why the rush?
"I'm coming..." she mumbled as she followed him down the tunnel. She looked at her surroundings trying to admire the dreary tunnel but it was hard.
The deeper they went inside the tunnel, the brighter it got. Actually, the light came from lanterns. Yayoi saw the inhabitants of the cave and they took the form of gnomes. She however recognized some of the faces from Kisaragi.
As she notice all the inhabitants had depressed and hopeless expressions on their face, she asked, "Why are they like this?" There was no response. Yayoi looked in front of her to see that the White Rabbit went ahead of her.
"The nerve of that guy..." Yayoi mumbled. "Now I don't know what to do and what's going on."
"You'll find out in due time, Yayoi."
Yayoi gasped. The voice was familiar but where was it coming from?
"Whose there?"
"Me."
That's a good response. Yayoi thought to herself as she looked around the tunnel. None of the gnomes were talking to her so it must have been someone else.
"I'm right here."
Yayoi looked above her and gasped again. "Kiryu?"
Sure enough, it was Ryo's friend who came back from America. Like Atsuki, he seemed to keep the same features back in Kisaragi but minor differences included the cyan colored cat ears and cyan colored tail. He wore his usual lab coat like outfit but there were blue stripes on it. The thing that caught Yayoi's attention (and she thought was cute) were his whiskers.
"Who is this 'Kiryu' person?" Hibiki questioned.
"You...or are you like Saijo...I mean the White Rabbit?"
"I may be. I may not be," he replied.
"That makes no sense..." Yayoi mumbled.
"I only won't make sense if you don't put two and two together." he told her as he gave her a huge smirk which creeped her out but she recognized the character.
"Kiryu, you're the Cheshire Cat?"
"Who is this 'Kiryu' person you speak of?" he asked again.
They do have the same personality. Yayoi thought to herself as she explained to him who Hibiki was. Unlike the gnomes in this area, he seemed to be equally intelligent like Atsuki was.
"So, can you please tell me what this place is?"
"You are in Wonderland," the Cheshire Cat said sarcastically.
"I know that. I meant to ask what is this tunnel and why the gnomes here look like the world is going to end."
"The White Rabbit should have explained this to you," Hibiki began, "But this is the Village of the Doom, home of the Torch Gnomes. It is composed of a network of tunnels and caves patrolled by the Queen's guards."
"The queen?"
"This is all I can tell you for now. If you want more information, it's better to ask the Gnome Elder."
With a snap from his fingers, he disappeared in a thick of smoke. Yayoi shook her head in annoyance. "He's no help either. I hope I can find Ryo's counterpart so he can explain to me what is going on."
Yayoi continued down deeper and deeper into the tunnels starting a conversation with the villagers about the situation. She got useful information about the situation. Apparently, there is a war going on between the White Kingdom and the Red Kingdom. The Red Kingdom has conquered most of Wonderland except the White Kingdom's palace and the only one's fighting back are the White Kingdom themselves and some rebels. Yayoi could assume that Atsuki was one of the rebels.
"He's a traitor," the gnome told her, "He only thinks of himself. That runt gives information to the Red Kingdom and back. I'm surprised he hasn't lost his head yet."
"But, I don't think that's a bad thing when you think about it," Yayoi said trying to stand up for this world's Atsuki. "He must have a good reason."
"That reason is keeping his life. I heard that he sacrificed some freedom fighters to save his ears."
Yayoi couldn't believe that. Atsuki was the person who put everyone else before him so what this gnome was saying was definitely a lie.
"I hope the assassins kill him soon. He's not helping the war one bit."
"You shouldn't say such things!" Yayoi shouted. "He's trying his best like everyone else! If you believe in him, I'm sure he'll come up with something."
The gnome sighed as he went back to work. He was done talking to this girl that had absolutely no idea what was going on.
Yayoi stomped away from the gnome and continued her journey down the tunnel.
"A scowl doesn't suit you Yayoi."
The Cheshire Cat appeared before the artist again.
"Please tell me why the people here hate Saijo...I mean the White Rabbit."
"You should ask him if you want to know," Hibiki answered, "and to do that, you must first catch up with him."
"But he's moving too fast."
"That's why you need to pick up the pace. He'll leave you behind before you reach your destination."
"Who goes there!"
Yayoi froze as she looked behind her. Like the Hibiki in Wonderland said, the Queen's guards were patrolling the area. However, while they took the form of a card, they looked more human than anything.
"This isn't good," the Cheshire Cat said with a laugh as he hid behind Yayoi.
"I haven't seen you before!" the guard yelled as he moved toward the two. "State your name and what side are you on."
Yayoi was confused. "What side?"
"Don't play dumb. Do you swear to her highness or not?"
"He's talking about the Queen of Hearts or should I say King of Hearts?"
"Hey, you're that cat scum!"
"I have nothing to do with this."
"I'll deal with you later. Now girl, tell me what side are you on before I cut your head off."
Yayoi was silent. She didn't like being threatened like this. She glanced at Hibiki who continued to smirk. What was he expecting her to say?
"I side with the White Rabbit," she said calmly.
That was the incorrect answer. The guard was not pleased. "You side with that two timer who can't choose sides?"
"Yes, because he is my friend."
"Tch, you're talking crap. Prepare to die!"
"EH?!"
The card swung his spear at Yayoi. Hibiki pulled her back to prevent her from getting her head chopped off.
"This isn't going too well," the cat boy told her but was still laughing. "We'll die at this rate."
"No!" Yayoi cried out. "I don't want to die yet! I have to catch up to the White Rabbit remember?"
The guard swung again and Hibiki pulled her away from the attack again.
"Can you fight?" he asked her.
"No. Why?"
The cat boy sighed. "I wonder how you're going to survive in Wonderland with your naive personality." With a snap from his fingers, a staff appeared before Yayoi. "It's a staff with two purposes. I think once you grab it, you'll know how it works."
Yayoi nodded as she grabbed the staff. She felt power surging within her.
"Now have the bottom part become spiky and you'll be fine."
The card attacked again. Yayoi dodged this time but she still couldn't get the tip of her staff to draw out a dangerous blade. The Cheshire Cat snapped his fingers again and this time, a scythe similar to the Grim Reaper's appeared before him. With one stroke, the card was sliced in half.
"Why didn't you fight back?" Hibiki asked sounding rather annoyed.
Yayoi shook her head. "I couldn't get it to appear..."
"If it doesn't appear, then that means you're not serious."
"Serious for what?"
"Fighting. You have to kill these soldiers to live to see another day. If you can't even draw your battle weapon, then you might as well go back to the scarp pile."
Yayoi frowned. "I'm sorry..."
Hibiki was taken back. "You don't need to be. Just don't make me have to fight again. The White Rabbit and I swore to remain neutral for the entire war...but the White Hare is siding with the White Kingdom obviously..."
"What?"
"We should continue on before more reinforcements show up."
Yayoi was first to comply. Somehow, she knew she wouldn't able to kill anyone here even they threatened her life. If there was anything she learned from the silver haired teen, it was to cherish your life and value others.
But this world won't follow the rules. Yayoi told herself as the two hurried down the tunnel.

Me: TBC with 8239 words. Notes!
1. Reporter Mode. Think of Raine Sage's Ruin Mode from Tales of Symphonia. Mika is a completely different person in this mode (AKA very serious and brave).
Anyway, I had fun with Mika messing up on her vocabulary and Hanako acting very random.
Yes, Yuri loves Death Note because he loves justice!...And he loves files. Get it. Justice files!
Anyway, reviews are appreciated. Look forward to the next chapter. It will be based on EPISODE 14...I need to get Yamato out of the way one way or another.
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