Hitotsu, Satori o Aita

The One, The Enlightened

-Akihito: Is this a joke?

-Hikari: I told you we should have expected something like this!

Michiaki looks ashamed as he avoids eye contact with his friends.

-Michiaki: Err, there might be a way around the front!

-Akihito: Did you forget that there are guards at the front? Our school is not an ordinary high school! It's like a mini-city!

-Michiaki: Well it won't hurt if we give it a go! We don't have anything to lose, do we?

The group members looked at each other silently. They tend to do that a lot lately. Huh?

-Michiaki: We can always go back home if you don't want to proceed. There is no point in thinking about the closed door. If we don't act quickly we will get caught!

-Akihito: I also think it is a little dumb to back off now. We need to do something.

-Hikari: You do realize that we don't have any kind of magical powers right? It would have been perfect that way!

-Michiaki: It's not like we need to break walls or something! We are just going to sneak past the guards and enter.

-Hikari: What if the front door is closed?

-Michiaki: They leave the windows open to renew the air

-Hikari: What if they are clo-

-Michiaki: We can enter through the ventilation system. It's wide enough to fit 1 person at a time.

-Hikari: What if w-

-Michiaki: We won't make noise because the ventilation is soundproof.

-Hikari: Fine smartass! Let's continue your ''foolproof'' plan. Let's get this over with!

-Miyuki: Em... Michi?

-Michiaki: Yes?

Miyuki looks at Michiaki. Her eyes because extremely wide and she has a very creepy look on her face.

-Miyuki: How do you know all this information about the school?

-Michiaki: I don't..... I-

Michiaki himself doesn't know where he learned all of this. Michiaki starts fading away as Akihito did at school. He starts to lose balance and finally collapses.

Akihito, Miyuki & Hikari: Michi!

They all rush towards Michiaki. Akihito throws water at him from his bottle. Michiaki shows no signs of waking up.

Akihito stands up shocked and alarmed. He looks extremely frightened.

-Akihito: Guy... Guys!!!

-Hikari: What happened?

-Akihito: Wher-... Wh-...

He has difficulty finding words.

-Hikari: For goodness sake, Akihito! Spit it out! We are really scared!

-Akihito: Where-... Where is Raiden?

They all look around and Raiden was nowhere to be found.

CHAPTER END