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*Iofi Pov*

After a lot of thought,

I decided I had to go after Moona.

"Reine I'm sorry..." I told her.

The peafowl looked at me and sighed, "Iofi-senpai, I get it." She muttered

"Do you really?" I asked.

"I do, and I'm sorry for being so difficult. This is just how things have to be," she said.

"You should probably go; Moona is probably really far." Anya said

"No, knowing Moona, she is waiting for someone to follow her," Reine said.

"Hurry up and get to her," Zeta said.

"Oh, and by the way, when you get to Moona-senpai, you should hug her," Reine told me.

I began to ignore them and ran in the direction she went. About two minutes later, I saw her sitting on a bench out in the open. I ran over and pulled her into a hug, like Reine said for me to do.

"I thought Reine was going to come after me." Moona told me

I squeezed her side. "What did you do?" I asked her, and Reine gave me this ultimatum because she is so mad at her, so I want to at least know what she did.

"Look, I cheated on her; that is all you have to know. I bet because you came after me, you won't know, and I'm not about to hurt Reine more by telling you what  happened."Moona yelled

"Okay, then tell me the more important thing: what happened with Risu?" I asked

"Okay, you see, Ayunda is real, and she really is dead in theory. Her soul was placed inside that body, which was her familiar, and that is what Risu is." Moona claimed

"Wait, she's a squirrel with the soul of a witch inside, but then what happened to her?" I asked

"For some reason, her soul must have left her body; I don't know." Moona said

"What do you mean left her body?" I questioned her.

Moona wiped the tears off her face and sighed. "If she went to the grave, there is a possibility her soul left her body then." She said

I went pale instantly. Her soul left her body, then...

I remember when Ayunda showed herself; was that her leaving Risu's body? "Iofi, what's wrong?" She asked

"I—I—I—I"

She looked at me and tilted her head. "What?" She questioned

"Nothing," I told her.

"Are you sick?" Moona asked me

"No, I am fine. I am perfectly fine!" I yelled

"Iofi, what is wrong? Tell me," Moona said.

"No!!!" I yelled at her.

"Iofi, why are you so mad? It's almost as if you are responsible for this," she said.

"No, I'm not!" I yelled

"Okay, okay, I get it!" She said

"What are you two talking about?" Risu asked, but when I turned to look at where the voice was coming from, there was nothing.

"Iofi, are you okay?" Moona asked

"I thought I heard Risu..." I claimed

"So did I," Moona said.

We looked at one another and then forward, seeing the squirrel standing before us suddenly say, "What were you saying?" She asked if she was right there, but when we blink, she is gone.

"Where did she—"

Moona was cut off by Reine calling her; she seemed thrown off by Reine calling her, but I picked up the phone and answered it, managing to figure out how to put it on speaker.

"Hello?" I questioned.

"Oh, Iofi-senpai... so I don't have to talk to Moona-senpai after all; that is good." Reine said

I think she was elbowed by Anya, as she quickly changed her tune.

"One of you needs to come here and pick up Risu." Reine told me

"Risu, hold on, are you just saying this because you want me to come back to you and not stay with Moona?" I asked

"No—you or Moona can come; just anyone can get her!" Reine said

"Okay, then either bring her to me or show me proof that Risu is actually with you," I said.

"Iofi—" suddenly the call cut off.

What the hell? What happened

"The call was cut off." She asked

"Yeah," I said.

"Reine isn't one to just end a call." Moona told me

She says this, but this could just be theatrics. I mean, who is to say that she actually found Risu? I saw that Moona was also getting called by Anya, but I decided not to pick up that call or anything.

"Alright, should we humor this and go back?" I asked

"Well, I kind of want to find Risu." Moona said to me

"What do you mean you want to find me right here?" Risu claimed

Moona saw the girl and lunged at her, making sure she couldn't disappear. "Risuuuuu, you idiot!" She cried

"Wha—What did I do?" She said she was confused by the sudden hug.

"Oh, so Reine was lying then..." I sighed

"Reine, do you think she's lying?" Risu suddenly said that it didn't make sense.

"You're right here?" I said it in question form.

"I was with Reine; I just decided to come see you." She said

"Hold it. You seem off, and also, weren't you telling me we should stay far away from one another?" I asked

"Oh, that was yesterday. Today is a new day, you know." Risu said with a dull and dead sounding tone

This happiness was only broken as Anya ran up to us; she was out of breath and sweating. "I called you just now to ask if you know where Reine went; she called you about Risu, and then we went to bring Risu to you, but Reine just vanished!"

Anya held up the pieces of Reine's phone that had been smashed to pieces.

"I know where she went," Risu said.

"Tell me!" Anya shouted

"Nope," Risu said.

"Why not!?" Anya asked

"I was told not to tell anyone what Reine is going to do, and I'm not going to break that promise," Risu said.

"Mumei-senpai went with her." Zeta commented as she caught up.

"Oh, well, if she knows, then maybe I'll tell you, but I'm a little tired," she yawned.

"Hold it; if I go with you, you'll tell me where Reine is going, right!?" I asked

"If you want, however, you were right; I did say we should stay away from each other," she said.

Risu isn't acting like herself; she looked dead. I'm worried about her. I noticed her skin was pale, and her eyes were baggy as well.

The choices are either I go with her and I can find out what Reine is doing, or I don't go with her and search with everyone else, and potentially I'll never speak with Risu again.

"Iofi, something about Risu is off; don't go with her." Moona stated that I could tell she was scared.

What should I do should I go with Risu or stay here and look with Moona and the others?
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What should Iofi Do?

-[A] Go With Risu

-[B] Go With The Others

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