Chapter 8: Unlikely Advice

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Yukio walked through the forest, while he thought about what he should do next.

Nobody wants to tell me anything! Are they trying to make me fit this useless role? Who would tell me the truth, with worrying about how I felt?

Yukio immediately thought of someone, and searched for them.

After an hour, he found the green haired emotionless girl, who destroyed a platform by herself.

"Hey, Hikage!" Yukio called out to her.

"Huh? Oh, Yukio. What is it?" Hikage asked in her usual monotone voice.

"Can you tell me what's going on here? People are keeping secrets from me, and I thought I could count on you to tell the truth." Yukio explained.

"I see...I can't do that." Hikage answered.

"Huh? Wait, why?" Yukio questioned.

"Homura said to not tell you anything." Hikage responded.

Seriously?! So even Homura is protecting me?! If Asuka's and Homura's teams are both keeping secrets to protect me. Chances are that Yumi's and Miyabi's teams will do the same.

Yukio said goodbye to Hikage, and walked away.

"A dead end then...damn it!" Yukio said, frustrated to not know anymore.

With nowhere to go for now, Yukio decided to do favor he was asked to do. So he started to searched for Ryobi.

After a couple more hours of searching, Yukio found Ryobi, and approached her.

"Hey, Ryobi. How's it going?" Yukio tried to start up a conversation.

"Uh...good, I guess. Why are you suddenly asking me that, Yukio?" Ryobi asked.

"I wouldn't say 'suddenly'. You've been acting strange since we got here, so I wanted to know if you were doing okay." Yukio explained.

"I guess that makes sense...thanks for your concern, but I'm fine. I just need to be alone for a bit." Ryobi replied.

Can't accept that as an answer, sorry. I need to find out what exactly about her sister is bothering her?

"I ran into Ryoki last night." Yukio said, he saw Ryobi twitch at her older sister's name.

"You did? That's nice...what do you think of her?" Ryobi asked. Yukio didn't expect a question like that.

"She's...really nice, and caring towards both you and Ryona. You were lucky to have a sister like her." Yukio responded honestly.

"She's amazing, right?" Ryobi said as a quiet admiration.

"You two must be close, huh?" Yukio asked.

"H-Huh?! W-Well, that's not really..." Ryobi grew flustered.

She doesn't seem to be indifferent towards her...maybe I should tell her that Ryoki was worried.

"Ryobi...is everything really ok between you two?" Yukio asked, and Ryobi went silent.

"O-Of course! She's my sister, after all. I always wanted the best for her, and then..." Ryobi stopped, and Yukio understood why she hesitated to continue.

"Ryobi, take my advice however you want." Yukio took a deep breath, and started. "You shouldn't let your final goodbye be one of regret. Whenever you have a chance to say goodbye, make it count. Maybe then, they will forgive you...I hope you'll understand what I mean." Yukio said.

Yukio's small speech left Ryobi spellbound. She simply stood there, as she processed his words.

"Well, I've got to go. See ya later, Ryobi." Yukio said, and left her.

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