Night time.
Honoyoshi : ...................
Temari : ........
Vochello : (sleeping on his magic boost)
Shinichi : ....
JunHao : Mou~!!!! Why are you all so silent?? Say something!
Vochello : ah.... (awake)
Honoyoshi : Where on earth are we.....?
Shinichi : Well, it’s a good thing that we wasn’t separated.
Honoyoshi : That’s the good part though...
JunHao : I guess, it must be because of this Kagi. (holds her kagi and it shones)
Honoyoshi : Well, Miracle did said that she Harrier Brigade is about togetherness.
JunHao : But isn’t is weird that Fukushima is still with us? He’s not even part of our Brigade.
Shinichi : (snapped)
Honoyoshi : Saa ne.....
Temari : (falling to sleep)
Being in the thick and dark forest during night time sure is scary. They could hear the owls’ sounds.
Vochello : I hate dark places!!!!!!!!!!
Temari : ah... (awake)
Honoyoshi : Vochello, shhhh!!
JunHao : Daijoubu!!! Atashi ga iru kara ne~
Vochello : (tears) I wanna go back!!!
Honoyoshi : Well, thats.......
Shinichi : For a guy like you to cry....
Vochello : Shut up, homo!!!
Shinichi : (evil glare) Who are you calling “homo”??
Vochello : (hid) [scaaaryy.....]
Shinichi : Hmph!
Temari : ......... just for what reason are we here....
Honoyoshi : Well, Sakurai-san said that she need our help.
Shinichi : But now we are separated from everyone.
Honoyoshi : (sighed)
Vochello : Demo saa..... it’s weird...
JunHao : Why?
Vochello : I cant use my magic here.... That means.... Mareth Institute haven’t scale this forest yet...
Shinichi : Maybe we should just go home.
Honoyoshi : how are we suppose to go home without knowing the way...
......... : Dont worry, I will show you the way out of this forest~
All : (shocked)
Alice : I’m not an enemy, so......
Honoyoshi : [she’s...... pretty.....]
Shinichi : (smack Honoyoshi’s head)
Honoyoshi : Itte!!! What was that for!!?
Alice : (giggle) So, let me show you the way.
Temari : (step forward and was on her fighting stance with her long kwan dao) Enemy.
Alice : (cute) No, I’m not (innocent face)
Honoyoshi : T... Temari!! Matte....
JunHao : (jumps on Honoyoshi and pin him on the ground) Go, Temari!!
Honoyoshi : Wait, wait!!
Temari : No mercy on the weak! (slashes the Alice)
Alice : (hysterical scream and turn to dust)
JunHao : (knocked Honoyoshi’s head)
Honoyoshi : Itte!!! Nani?!! Ah.....!!! (realize)
JunHao : Gomen, Riida. You’re in that Alice’s hypnotization.
Honoyoshi : So...sou ka... arigatou.
Vochello : Guwaaa!! Scary!!! Kaeri mashou yo!!!
Temari : Dame desu.
All : eh?
Temari : Koko de training shimashou!
Honoyoshi : Training, you say....
Temari : Datte..... “You’ll get stronger as you fight more battles”, is what Colo-Knight-san said. Riida.
JunHao : (hyped up) SOu da yo!!!! I agree~!!!!
Shinichi : che.....
Vochello : Shikatanai mon... Tsuyoku naritai mon.....
Honoyoshi : Hai, hai.... On one condition... Dont start the fight, let them initiate the fight first. In the mean time, we have to search Sakurai-san, Kururugi-san and Marianne-san.
All : Haii!!!! Riida!!!
Honoyoshi : (slump) Dakara..... “Riida” tte yobu na.....
Shinichi : Shikatanai darou. Omae ga Riida da. (smile)
Honoyoshi : Un! (smile)
JunHao : (whisper) I think we should leave them alone (pushes Temari)
Vochello : Ah~h! So nice to be loved~
Honoyoshi : (blushed) Da... DARE GA!!!!!
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It was sunset and Nayuki was still walking through the thick forest without any direction in mind. Even with her tired body and a hungry stomach, she continued to walk in search of the others. Suddenly a girl with a normal shoulder-length haired appeared.
Alice : Lost, my little lady?
Nayuki : .......who are you....
Alice : I;m an Alice~
Nayuki : ....alice....
Alice : Ara? What’s with that tone?
Nayuki : I have nothing to do with the Alices or whatsoever.
Alice : You tone is irritating me. (steps forward) Let me introduce myself first before you can say anything about the Alices.
Nayuki : Introduce....?
Alice : Sou desu ne~ (evil smile) I’m (steps forward) am a Trickster Alice.
Nayuki : (step backwards) .........
As Nayuki was stepping backwards, the ground under her shone purple in colour with a pattern of a circle. Nayuki gasped while glancing on the pattern beneath her feet. The Alice girl put on an evil smile.
Alice : Now that you’re in my trick, you have nowhere to run, my lady~
Nayuki : keso.....
Alice : Now~ Squeeze her blood out of her body~!!!!!!!
The pattern beneath her started to make its appearance. White rays as thin silvery rod sprouted and swirled around Nayuki’s body. Nayuki tried to escape but the white rays came closer and closer to her skin, ready to squeeze her any minutes. As the white rays intervene with the other rays, the Alice girl laughed proudly. At the time she opens one of her eyes, she saw that the white rays doesn’t squeeze the actual being. Instead, there was a short log being squeezed in the trick circle.
Alice : (shocked) What??!!!!
Nayuki : (unseen) Fufufu~ Is that all you’ve got?
Alice : (searching) yarou......
Nayuki : Your element is based on cards. But out of all cards (appears by the shadow of a tree) my card is the slyest one.
Nayuki dashed forwards in a speed of a wind. She stopped at a distance and with a gesture of her hand, four cards slipped into her fingers, one in each. She aimed it to the girl and threw the cards. The girl tried to escape but she was pinned on the tree behind her by the cards. She couldn’t move. Nayuki took out her kunai and smirked.
Nayuki : Now, what do you have to say about the so-called Alices?
Alice : Keso.......
Nayuki : Now, time to finish you off (threw the kunai towards the girl’s direction)
Suddenly, someone said “WAIT!!!” and intervene between them two. The kunai that was dashing towards the Alice’s direction was blocked by that person. Both of the girls were shocked!!
Nayuki : An ally..?
Guy : Wait, both of you shouldn’t fight!
Alice : Shut up!!! Just buzz off and dont interfere us!!
Guy : But,..
Alice : Step out of here!!! I wont lose to a black-haired girl!
Nayuki ; (snapped) What did you just say.......
Alice : Black-haired girl.!!!
Nayuki : (evil grin) You better watch your mouth of you’ll get killed, Alice. (snapped her finger)
As Nayuki snapped her finger, the cards which pinned the Alice girl burned. It’s not just a normal burning, in fact, it produces fire. The fire spread and burned the Alice to ashes.
Nayuki : Hmph! As expected from dust.
Guy : Wait up!! Why did you kill her?!!
Nayuki : (stared at the guy) Killing you wont be profitable.
Guy : Bu that doesn’t mean you can kill her..!
Nayuki : She’s dead already, so....? (walks away)
Guy : Wait, wait!! You’re not an... Alice right?
Nayuki : (stopped) Yes, I’m a human!
Guy : Why is a human here? On top of that.... a girl...?
Nayuki : What do you mean?
Guy : Ah! I dont mean anything, but..... a human girl, alone in this forest...
Nayuki : I’m searching for my friend.
Guy : (smile) Then, let me help you!
Nayuki : (took out her katana) What is your purpose?
Guy : (panic) No!! I dont mean any harm. Believe me!
Nayuki : Why should I believe in an Alice?
Guy : (scratched his head) More important is that, you must rest for a while. Eat and refresh youself.
Nayuki : You’re so persistent!! I’m going to------------
A growl sound was heard. It wasn’t the sound of any animals, but instead, it’s the sound of Nayuki’s stomach. Nayuki’s whole face became red in an instance. The guy smiled.
Guy : See? Come to my house. I live near here and there is a river beside my cottage.
Nayuki : (hesitant)...........
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AFTER EAT, ON THE DINING TABLE
Nayuki : So, you;re an Alice right?
Guy : I am an Alice. But I’m powerless.
Nayuki : Powerless?
Guy : I am born without any special abilities.
Nayuki : Doesn’t that make you a human being?
Guy : No. Alice is Alice, a human is a human. We are both different species. For example, when an alice die, they will turned into dust immediately. But if a human, their form will still remain, right?
Nayuki : ...... sou...
Guy : (smile) You’ve eaten in my house, so would you mind telling me your name?
Nayuki : ....... I’m... Na.... Azuna. My name is Azuna.
Guy : Azuna? Such a cute name~
Nayuki : How about you?
Guy : I’m Ken. Nice to meet you.
Nayuki : “ken”?? It’s like the human’s name...
Ken : (stood immediately) Do you want more juice??
Nayuki : ......hai. [trying to avoid the subject huh?]
Ken : So, you said that you’re here to find your friend?
Nayuki : ...hai...
Ken : A human or an alice?
Nayuki : Of course she’s a human!
Ken : S..sou ne... ahahaha..
Nayuki : It’s weird...
Ken : Nani ga?
Nayuki : Why are being friendly to a human?
Ken : Actually, I dont like fights. And I want to live peacefully, with both humans and alices. I wonder why they start to hate each other.
Nayuki : .... To live peacefully, you said.... It’s like there’s some kind of war between us...
Ken : I dont know... but the alice kept on killing the humans and so does the humans.
Nayuki : Do humans come here?
Ken : Some.... They wanted to challenge the higher ranks of Alice.
Nayuki : ............ Is this forest a kingdom for you alices?
Ken : Well, how should I say..... this forest is wide. When I say it’s wide, it’s really wide. And we alices live in this forest only.
Nayuki : Do you have a king or some sort of a ruler?
Ken : We have a maiden, which rule all of the alices.
Nayuki : [maiden..... mirai..?] a girl?
Ken : Yes, a frightful girl. People use to call her the Demonic Maiden.
Nayuki : Demonic?
Ken : yeah....
Nayuki : What’s her name??
Ken : ......... You will have to search that yourself (guilty smile)
Nayuki : (slump) oh.....
Ken : (laughs) You’re cute, Azuna-chan~
Nayuki : (red cheeks) What do you mean.......
Ken : Well, most of the girls would like to find the answer immediately. They would acted cute and plead to give them the answer. But you are different.
Nayuki : It’s because I’m independent. I like to do everything by myself.
Ken : Really? That part of you is also cute, Azuna-chan~
Nayuki : (blushed) [It sound weird when he called me Azuna...]
Ken : Are you here alone?
Nayuki : No... with some allies...
Ken : Are they like you too?
Nayuki : Like me??
Ken : Well, I mean fighting like a ninjas
Nayuki : (panic) I... I’m not a ninja.
Ken : But you really fought like them.
Nayuki : No... I just like ninjas so much, that’s all.... [I cant let him know anything about me...]
Ken : So, who are the others?
Nayuki : They are a group of middle scholar that are used to fight with weapons like katana, Kwan dao, 3 sectional staffs... and the others.... well, it’s like they know something about this forest..
Ken : .............. Your friends are amazing~ Sounds like delinquents!
Nayuki : No they’re not.......
Ken : (stood up) Okay then, I’ll help you from here on~ We’ll definitely find your friend!
Nayuki : Ken-san.....
Ken : Just call me Ken~!
Nayuki : Arigatou, Ken! (smiles)
Ken : You’re honest, Azuna-chan! Dont you think I might betray you later on?
Nayuki : Only those that I can trust said that line.
Ken : ??
Nayuki : “Dont you think I might betray you later on?”
Ken : (smiles) Heeh~ You’re experienced
Nayuki : (smiles)
Soran : [who’s that guy.... i’ve never seen him before... wait... i think.. i have...]
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OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE
Nayuki is waiting for Ken to get ready. While waiting, Nayuki stood by the river bank.
Nayuki : Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!
A blue striped red kestrel appeared.
Nayuki : Felli.
Felli : I dont think you would summon me, Uchiha Nayuki. It has been ages.
Nayuki : Well, it’s because now I really need your help.
Felli : How suprising~ Maa, what should I help you?
Nayuki : Please search for the Harrier Brigade. Make sure no one notices you.
Felli : Oh! Those company you where with earlier on?
Nayuki : yeah.
Felli : leave it to me, Uchiha Nayuki~
Nayuki : Dont call me “Uchiha”
Felli : (flew upwards)
Nayuki : (stared the dashing Felli)
Ken : Azuna-chan! What are you staring at the sky?
Nayuki : Ah, nothing (turns) Just looking at the sky and the river. Such a peaceful atmosphere.
Ken : Yeah! I hope the humans and the alices could be just like this
Nayuki : ....sou ne...
Ken : Let’s go!
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Shinju : ..........
Yuuka : Let’s go to the kitchen~!!
Shinju : again....?
Yuuka : But I’m hungry~!! Maya, cook something would you!
Maya : I’m tired.... Do it yourself, Yuuka...
Yuuka : But..... (pout)
Lussy : wait, Louise!!! I got that book first!!
Louise : haha!! First come first serve!!
Lussy : No fair!!!
By the shadows
Cyril : Looks like they are used to be here already. (evil smile)
El : Sou da ne (evil laugh)
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A girl with red dress was on the bed. She sat up brushes her long maroon coloured hair. At some time, she would hold by the side of her head, as is she was struck by a slight brain shock. She would lay down to make herself feel better and she would stared at the dark ceiling.
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Aramary : ...........
Suzaku : has the bleed stop?
Aramary : Hai, arigatou
Suzaku : no problem.
In the shadows
...... : He looks delicious~
...... : Let’s turn him into an Alice.
...... : We should wait first, let Aramary gain his trust 100%. Then we’ll make him as one of us, Alices.
(evil laughs)
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Meanwhile......
JunHao : (bends down and placed her left ear to the ground)
Vochello : What are you doing, Chinese-onna? This land is dirty you know..
Honoyoshi : She analyzing the population of the Alice throughout this forest.
Vochello : ha..?
Honoyoshi : Her element is Spring. Spring water came from beneath the earth. That’s why she can sensed through the earth.
JunHao : Woa~!! The alice population is large. It’s like the amount of humans in Japan....
Shinichi : That’s ridiculous...
Vochello : Ne~ why dont you use that ability to sense Sakurai Nayuki?
JunHao : I’ve tried but I cant...sensed her...
Temari : .........this forest.... has witness a lot of... killing...
Honoyoshi : Sabaku...Temari....
Vochello : Well, we are the one at fault too, right?
Temari : I mean... by... before this...
JunHao : No wonder it’s creepy...
Temari : (coughs)
Honoyoshi : Daijoubu... Ssabaku Temari?
Temari : hai... I’m fine....
JunHao : There’s a lot of dust here... Be careful when inhaling...
Shinichi : ...............
Vochello : (put up a barrier around him) I’m safe~
JunHao : Ah!! No fair, Vochello-kun!!
Vochello : Find your own barrier (tongue out)
Honoyoshi : (sighed)
Temari : .........!!
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