Chapter 2: Hina! Glad to See You Again

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(15th of March, 2006. Normal World)

That morning the alarm sounded, the clock was already showing 06.30 a.m. and I was still lazily lying in bed. Because school was about to start, my mother suddenly came and screamed, "Katsumi, wake up!! You have 30 minutes left to go to school." With this short time, I don't have time to eat breakfast at home.

After preparing various school supplies, I immediately grabbed a piece of bread from the dining table and ran quickly to school. On the way to school, I saw an antique store that was full of shoppers. I wanted to visit that store. However, the clock shows 06.50 .a.m. and in 10 minutes the school gates will be closed. Huft... So I decided to visit it when I got home from school.

Arriving at school, I went straight to the classroom on the second floor

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Arriving at school, I went straight to the classroom on the second floor. In class, I was a very quiet person and had a hard time getting along with other people. It's normal for me to be ridiculed by my classmates because of that, also because that's why I'm so lazy to go to school and prefer to lie down in my room. Oh ya, I wanted to introduce my best friend in class, but she's been missing for a week.

Her name is Hina Natsukawa. She's not like me, she's a very popular girl in school. I really like her because she wants to be friends with anyone, especially with me. Hina is so close to me that other people think that we are sisters. Hehe. Since she left a week ago until now, I have no more reason to go to school. Only Hina can cheer up me..

The school bell has rung, it's time to go home! I was very excited because I wanted to visit the antique store. When I got there, the store was about to close. I looked around and asked the shopkeeper what was really going on.

"Excuse me sir, what happened this morning? I saw this store was so full that people lined up," I asked curiously.

"Hello, there was an antique auction this morning.. There are only 4 items available in this world. Since it's sold out, I'll be closing the store," the shopkeeper answered.

The answer from the shopkeeper immediately made me more curious about this. What items has the store auctioned off? It makes buyers queue up to fill the road. I decided to go home immediately. When I got home, I went straight to my room and ignored my mother's invitation to have lunch together.

"Katsumi, let's have lunch.. Eh.. Where are you going?" mother asked, looking at me.

I answered, "I want to do some homework. I'll have lunch later."

Arriving at the room, I immediately lay on the bed while thinking about it. Suddenly.. I saw a big box in front of the mirror. I wonder what this box actually is and who it belongs to. As I approached the box, I heard a voice similar to Hina's. She sounded very confused and when I looked out the window no one was there.

"Hina!! Where are you?" I asked while looking around. No answer from Hina. Bu..but, Hina is still sounding confused while looking for a way out. Hina's voice came from the large box in front of the mirror. When I realize where the sound came from, I immediately approached the box and opened it. Turns out, the item in the box came from the antique store earlier. The name of the antique store was on a piece of paper containing a receipt that my father had bought this item for Rp50 million. This item is shaped like a large urn and the color is gold.

Hina's voice gets clearer when I put my ear closer to the top of the urn. Without thinking, I immediately put my hand into the top of that urn. After my hand went into the urn, I felt a strange feeling like dizziness and my eyes suddenly became blurry. In an instant, I suddenly moved from the room to the mysterious place.

"Where am I ?! Hello.. Anyone?" Suddenly, a girl appears from the side while running towards me. When I turned to her..

"Katsumi!! Finally you come!!" said the girl to me. Turns out, the girl is Hina. My best friend who went missing last week.

"Hinaaa! I miss you.. But, why your body taller than before?"

Then we hugged to release the longing and after that I asked her about what was going on, where are we both now? Is this a different world from where we live?

- つづく -

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