Of x Faded x Memories

Of x Faded x Memories - Hosu x City

As the three walked through the forest a clearing was made visible and Aki, clothes now muddied, ran ahead of the couple. His mouth widened in awe as he looked down and saw the city. Building sprouting from this or that, of all colors stretched through. The city went as far as the eye could see and Aki was amazed at all of it. It was almost the same as his first experience at zaban city, though he couldn't remember it. Reina rushed after him as eager to see the sights as he was. Hazuki stood back, enjoying it as it came.

Neither of the Kobayashi's had seen the city for years. They were forced to leave years ago because of an... issue they had with the police and they hadn't gone back since. They finally felt compelled to go because of Aki but they both had been longing for this for a long time and this was just a worthy enough excuse for them.

They soon grew tired of looking at the view and instead looked towards the way down. It was already quite dangerous due to how steep it was, but now, due to the mud, it was even more dangerous. It was a slippery slope, not a metaphor this time but quite literally a slippery slope. The kobayashi's knew how dangerous it was so neither dared slip down but the 12 year old alongside them didn't hesitate moving just to the right of them as his starting point. He sat down and scooched inch by inch but the couple hadn't noticed before it was already too late.

They watched in horror as Aki slid further and further out of view and his 'yays' and laughs grew less and less audible. "Well might as well go down with him." as hazuki positioned himself into a sitting pose his wife eyed him in disbelief "really, you want to go down there? You're looking to get hurt!" he shot her a blank look "you got a live a little you know? Plus the ride down has to be way more interesting than life at the cabin." Before giving his wife a chance to respond he slid down making note of the trees that had been torn over and the various bushes on his fall down.

Reina felt afraid to go down but realizing that if her husband wasn't at the mountain with her life it would be hard to live and survive in, she decided to go down. "No point in resisting I guess." She made no resistance to the various rocks and bushes in her way, only making sure to get out of the way of the trees that would make her stop completely. In the end, she came down with the most scratches of the three.

Line break!!

As Aki looked around he noticed the fallen over log and made a note that that was a good place to sit while he waited. He wasn't done exploring the forest, however, and decided he would come back here later.

He looked at one tree in particular with a nest on one of the branches and watched as a mother bird flew down and gave food to each of her newly hatched babies. This area, unlike the storm-ridden place he awoke in, was full of luscious grass that you could fall asleep in, and there wasn't a trace of mud to be found anywhere except for where he slid down. It was so green that it matched his overall vibe and he enjoyed it greatly.

He went back to the log he had made a note of earlier and sat on it wanting completely to absorb it all. So he closed his eyes and meditated. The birds chirping began to ring in his ear, and he could feel the wind sweeping all of the leaves. He was a little confused when he began to sense something that should've been out of his reach so he opened his eyes.

There was something white surrounding his hands and as he looked towards the rest of his body, he confirmed it was enclosing the rest of him as well "wha-" but just as he started to question what was happening he heard the yell of Hazuki far to his right "Aki! Where are you?" he decided to get up from his position on the log and look for Hazuki, not minding any of the white stuff encasing him.

Hazuki heard the crunching of a leaf only a few feet away from him he saw that same spiky hair he had come to recognize over the course of a few days. "Hey, aki." Aki waved back and gave him a big smile "Hi, mr. Kobayashi! This place is so green. Have you seen all of it? It's so-" Hazuki pushed his palms towards the boy "calm down. You can tell us all about it later." gon gave him his best pouty face "okay..."