15 Days in the Anime Realm

H-hajimemashite, K-Kazuya!

"W-wait a second!!! Where the heck are you going?!" Kyriun shouted at me as I flew up the stairs.

"Up the botanical garden!!!!!!!" I screamed back. Kyriun was totally left behind while I panted my way up. It must be really hard for Kazuya Kujo to climb up there every time he wishes to see Victorique.

"What thing is up there anyway?!" he shouted. I was out of his sight though. I was standing on top of the chessboard-patterned floor, gazing at a small girl with very long blonde hair and an asian boy with brown eyes.

I bowed and smiled at myself. Could this be really true?!

"H-hajimemashite, K-Kazuya Kujo-sama!"

"Wait a second." Victorique shot me a rather terrfying glare. "Why did you greet that useless servant first before I?"

"S-sorry, Victorique-sama."

"What... the........ hell.......... is........... happening to you, Riku?" Kyriun muttered, out of breath. He jolted when he saw Victorique.

Kujo went to him and smiled in a rather annoying way. "Hmm. Looks like I've just found someone who is a living proof of the sufferings I experience for not letting me ride the elevator, Victorique."

"Hmph. And I've finally found someone who is a living proof that I'm not the only one with wits here."

She grabbed my hand and dragged me to another set of stairs. "Where are we going?"

"Away from baka Kujo."

I just smiled at her insults to Kujo. "See you, Kyriun!" I said.

"See you...." he muttered, but I still heard it.

Victorique still dragged me outside, into a maze. For the record, I still can't figure the way inside and outside that horrid maze despite the number of times I watched Gosick.

She wore an orange balloon dress with an intricate headdress on her head. I remembered where I saw that thing, in the second ending theme of Gosick.

We proceeded to her house. But then I chanced to gaze outside. The sun was setting, about 1/8 of it left visible. Victorique's hand suddenly went cold.

"V-Victorique?!" I blurted out suddenly.

"See you," she replied. Her hand faded away, leaving me alone. After the sun had set, darkness enveloped around me. Kyriun's voice rang in my ears.

"Riku! Riku! What's happened?! They both dis--"

"They both vanished." I looked around. I can't see anything except Kyriun. Then there was bright light, like the one the paper possessed. And then another scroll came.

You have 14 more days left. Please write the destination you wish.

"Kyriun."

"WHAT?!" he said. He sounded frustrated. Spending a few hours with Kujo was nice.

I wrote two words on the scroll, and once more we were in another place.

Welcome, to the Little Garden.