Fateless.

Act I. Part II.V.

[Takes place after Ryu had run away]

After watching the brutal spectacle which was the death of his family, Ryu ran away and left his friends and their families with the ash-haired man. The man scratched the back of his head and sighed,

"Oh no." He said to himself.

As soon as he said this, in a flash of what seemed to be white light being eaten by the darkness that surrounded the strange place they were in, a woman appeared. She had narrow eyes as well as other sharp facial features. She wore a purple dress with slits on both sides. She had long silky-black braided hair. The woman looked around and saw the corpses of Ryu's family and looked at the ash-haired man who was avoiding her gaze.

"Lady Inari has always warned you about going on rampages, control yourself Hishe!" She said as she pulled him to face her.

Hishe shrugged her arm off and slowly turned to face her, "Don't touch me again." He said as he glared.

"You dare talk to me--" Before she could finish, she took notice of the remaining five people, filled to the brim with fear. After a long look at them she asked Hishe, "Wait, is this all of them?"

"One boy got away, but he's like a scared mouse heh." He said as he let out a breathy chuckle.  "It won't be hard to find him." He yawned.

"You i***t! Space is different here; he could already be halfway across this world by now! Take these two and go lure him out, I'll take care of the rest." Furiously replied the woman.

[Meanwhile in 'One']

Mr. Laveda sat by his desk with only his back in view. Another teacher walked up to him,

"For tomorrow's trip, make sure you mark down the students you haven't received permission slips from. To make it easier just cross out their names. You can just leave it on your desk before you leave and I'll pick it up." The woman said with a smile.

"Oh, I'll do that now. Only three students from my class didn't turn their slips in, so that makes it even easier." Laveda replied with a soft laugh as the other teacher left.

He leaned in and picked up a pen from his desk. He started to write his list and after just a few minutes passed, he got up and tucked his chair into his desk. He picked up his bag that rested on the side of his desk, walked up to the coat hanger, and collected his coat. He warmly smiled and left the staff room.

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