Shangri La Pt. 1

6: Questionnaire

"Zeri, it's so good to see you've returned!" Pisces said happily. 

"You're acting more lively than before, but I have returned." Zeri said. 

"That's wonderful, Izumi got back a couple days ago and I gave her a few days of rest. She seemed exhausted from her travels and she returned sooner than I'd expected. Do you mind telling me what happened with Izumi? I haven't managed to ask her anything about the task I gave her." Pisces. 

"Yes, of course."

Zeri went into full detail about how she watched as Izumi was saved by Katsuki and how he defeated the thugs without any problem. Then she went on with how Katsuki got shot from behind and the two of them had to run out of the forest. 

Zeri had to take a second to find her words after she saw something she was not expecting, which was the Captain of the Todoroki Knights kissing a member of the Emerald Clan before her eyes.

"Did that really happen? What did Izumi say about it?" Pisces asked. 

"Shiro, I didn't ask Izumi specifically because I didn't want her to know that I saw it happen. I jumped in when I saw the Captain cough up blood soon after it happened. I felt like she wouldn't have given me any reason why it happened anyway." Zeri said. 

"That would make sense, so what happened after that?" Pisces asked. 

"Hah- me and Izumi had to get the arrow out of him and I managed to close the wound without any problems. After that was when I asked Izumi about herself and the Emerald Clan, it wasn't much talk though. Then I had to ask her if she really didn't recognize that she'd saved the Captain of the Todoroki Knights." Zeri said.

"She didn't know, I'm sure she really freaked out, didn't she?" 

"Hah- you still act the same as you did when I first met you, Shiro." Zeri said. 

"I'm sorry, Zeri, I just haven't heard so much action and compassion happen in a long time. You know how long it's been since we used to do those things." Pisces said with melancholy eyes. 

"Yes, if only he didn't leave the organization, we would've been fine." Zeri said. 

"It's not his fault, it was my decision to do this from the beginning. I just want there to be peace no matter where I go, even if I have to act like a great and powerful being." Pisces said.

"Right then, so how was the meeting with the others? I'm sure you haven't seen most of them in a while, right?" 

"Mn, it was a bit surprising, but I was thinking of asking all of them to 'serve' the Great Pisces. You remember how much we had to make an act back at home, right?" Pisces said with a cheery smile. 

"Yes, but we're much older now, Shiro." Zeri said. 

"That's true..."

Pisces looked out and saw the trees blowing through the wind. 

"It's been 5 years since we did those things. We traveled everywhere and were constantly getting attacked for being so different." Pisces said. 

"That's because we are different, but it was your idea to create this organization from the beginning." Zeri said.

"Zeri." 

Zeri looked up and saw tears in Pisces' eyes, she wasn't appearing as the great mystical being at this moment, but as a real person. 

"Do you think... I will ever see him again?" Pisces asked with dread. 

Zeri could tell how much pain her friend had been going through, no matter how much time had gone past for them.