Rising Against the Odds: The Fujimoto Twins' Journey

The Key to the Sky - Part 1

It was a classic school day and our four friends were heading to school as usual, attending their classes. Despite having a few common classes, they usually met up during lunch and chatted, having a good time. As they sat at their usual table in the cafeteria, Hikari was the first to arrive, followed by Kenta, then Kenshin.

Hikari turned to Kenta and said,

Hikari (calm, rule-abiding speech): Takumi, where is she? Is she going to be late?

Kenta : She went to gather information about the gap at the shopping center, She think I'll be back soon. 

Kenshin : How's the research going? 

Kenta : Despite Kumi working hard, we still haven't found anything, to be honest, I don't have much hope. Is anyone looking for something from the canteen?

Kenta went to the cafeteria to get food and drinks for his friends. After a short while, Takumi came running towards them.

Takumi yelled out, "HEY GUYS!" After hearing her shout, Kenshin raised an eyebrow and continued reading his book, but Hikari got up to embrace Takumi. When Takumi reached the table, she jumped onto Hikari and spun her around, and they both sat down on chairs.

Takumi : Sorry, I'm late guys. I hope I didn't make you wait too long. I went to check out the crack at the shopping mall, even though the monsters have been defeated, I still wanted to gather some information there. But you won't believe it, I couldn't find anything useful. Where's Kenta? anyway I didn't manage to get any information about the crack from him, but I saw a really nice outfit, so I decided to stay for a bit longer. (Takumi pulls out a green necklace from her pocket and hands it to Hikari) Here you go, Hikari. I got something nice for you. Don't worry, it's not exp...

Kenta came back from the cafeteria  and put the cold fruit juice on Takumi's neck, causing Takumi to suddenly shout at Kenta, but then became childishly happy when they saw the juice.

Takumi: Is it apple flavor? That's my favorite! I was jus' showin' off the new necklace I got, ain't it pur...

Kenta interrupting again.

Kenta: I think we understand how energetic you are, but it seems like you haven't been able to obtain any information, or at least that's how it looks.

Takumi (slightly accented): I'm sorry, by the time I got there, everything had already been taken care of, and I wasn't able to make any progress in my research. I just can't seem to figure out how it happened.

Hikari: Don't worry, Takumi. Being ahead of us in knowledge of magic is normal, but I'm sure we'll understand it in the future.

Hikari was trying to calm Takumi down, and in the meantime, Takumi hugged Hikari and thanked her.

Takumi: Hey, what are your plans for today?

Kenta and Kenshin, glancing at each other

Kenta: There are a lot of people saying they've been getting strange energy waves from the library area, so we were planning to go check it out, just in case there's a crack.

Takumi: Ah come on, take me with you, maybe we'll find something.

Kenta: Don't worry, if we find something, we'll bring it to you right away. You and Hikari need to keep investigating. If we can find any information about this, we won't be seen as strange people.