Kingdom of Science - Dr. Stone Fanfic!

Chapter Thirteen: A Flimsy Alliance!

[The Day After Kimi, Gen and Asahi Left]

Mao's eyes widen as she wakes up. Her eyes focus on the area around her and she takes a deep gasping breath. She starts to fall and strong arms slip under her thighs and against her back. She looks up and her blue eyes land on a very tall and muscular young man with wild, brown hair that he has been growing since childhood with bits of stone near the ends, and pale skin. Across his face were three cracks. One across his face that cuts across his right eye, another etched deep into his left one from the corner of his eyelid all the way down across his nose and ends at the bottom of his jaw on the right, and the third being stretched across from his left shoulder over his chest and stopping at his upper abdomen. He is wearing a crude red yukata and cloak.

"Tsukasa?" Mao asks.

"Mao." Tsukasa responds.

"What... is going on? Where am I?" Mao asks.

"You are 3700 years in the future. Though it's been 3700 years, you are still eighteen years old." Tsukasa explains.

"What?" Mao asks.

"I know this is probably overwhelming..." Tsukasa tells her. He had such a sincere tone in his voice.

"Overwhelming... is an understatement..." Mao responds. She tugs the cloak that he'd given her tighter over her as she was now getting dressed into a simple dress that covered from her chest to her thighs.

"Is Kimi...?" Mao asks.

"She's gone exploring with a body guard of hers I assigned, named Asahi. They'll be back in a few days I hope." Tsukasa responds, "Make yourself at home."

"I thought you and Kimi wanted nothing to do with me..." Mao explains.

"You were a great friend to Kimi. I'm sorry that things ended the way they did." Tsukasa states. Tsukasa explains the situation of the world and Mao looks at him.

"Could I... hold a therapy session?" Mao asks.

"Therapy session?" Tsukasa asks.

"Coming out of the stone will be... overwhelming. It is for me... I think it'd be good for people to understand that they're not alone with their fears and surprise." Mao explains, "No science is needed. Just empathy and that's a human emotion." Tsukasa thinks about it.

"Alright. There are plenty of meadows nearby for you to hold your support groups." Tsukasa responds, "Will it be just for women?"

"No, both men and women, but I feel it'll be the girls who want to talk more. Men are a lot less likely to talk about their feelings." Mao explains and Tsukasa nods.

"That's true." Tsukasa responds, "I'll inform the women I wake up of the group." Mao nods and she smiles up at him. Mao found the perfect spot and people started trickling in. Mao would talk to them and a lot of them would feel better.

[Years Ago]

Little Hikari and Little Senku are shown walking through the library. Hikari looked up towards a medical book while Senku was reaching for a science book. Hikari grabs her book while Senku struggles to reach for a science book before he grabs it. Current Senku's voice is heard over the memory.

"When I first became interested in science, I read a biography about Thomas Edison." Current Senku states. Little Hikari and Senku are shown cleaning up their books and heading home. Little Senku looks up at a street lamp.

"What the heck is electricity, anyway?" Little Senku asks and Little Hikari looks at him in confusion.

[The Next Day]