Beyond the Stars - Etrian Odyssey V Fanfiction

Chapter 2

"I-I'm alright Kyo. But who..."

Who even fell on him?

Korey looked up to find himself face-to-face with a Therian girl, who opened her eyes a second later, as her pupils shrink as soon as she found herself in the situation that she was in. Both of them yelped in surprise as soon as their eyes met with the other.

"Ack! Oh my gosh, I am so sorry sir, I d-didn't mean to bump into you, I'm sorry-" She exclaimed, quickly getting up and helping Korey stand up. She seemed to be apologizing a lot for just bumping into him...

"Whoa, whoa, calm down! I honestly should've been paying attention, it's more or less my fault that we both fell to the ground." Korey explained, hoping that would be enough to calm the Therian down.

The brown skinned Therian quickly skimmed over Korey's armor. "Are you hurt? Any injuries?" She sighed in relief when Korey told her that he was perfectly fine.

"I guess your fifty-fifty luck is starting, and we haven't even reached the first floor of Yggdrasil yet!" Kyo teased, causing Korey's cheeks to flare red for a few seconds. "S-Shut up, Kyo!"

Kyo couldn't help but laugh, leaving Korey to sigh in disbelief, before turning to the Therian who fell on him. "Still, that was a rather surprising fall. Were you in a rush or something?" He inquired, as the Therian's ears twitched and the girl turned her attention to the brown haired Fencer.

"Y-yeah, I g-guess you can say that. I-I was just hoping that-"

"There you are, sis! Sheez, could you wait for at least one second? It's hard enough for me and Beta to keep up with you..."

The woman was interrupted by another voice, as female Therian ran up to her, followed by a black wolf. It seems like the other girl had the same skin color as the Therian who fell on him, along with the same hair color. From what Korey could tell, those two could easily be identified as twins, as he noticed that the other Therian's eye color was the same.

"S-Sorry Demetria, I- uh... I couldn't help but be in a rush to hurry back to our room back at the inn that I tripped and fell..."

"Keiko... You may be a Masurao, but you're still clumsiness is still on par with how you rush things." The shorter Therian sighed before turning to face Korey and Kyo, and quickly bowed in apology. "I'm sorry about that... My sister couldn't contain her excitement to climb the World Tree lately, she's been tripping more times than I can count."

Korey chuckled a bit, as he scratched the back of his head. "I-It's fine. No one got severely injured in the end, so it's all good."

"I see..." The girl replied, seeming relieved. "I don't suppose you guys are gonna travel to the World Tree as well?"

"Yeah, we are. We just kinda... can't right now because..." Kyo responded, pointing to the line that Korey and Kyo encountered, as the Therian girls looked at where Kyo was pointing. It seems like the line got even longer than it was before. The taller Therian girl let out a whimper, as she looked at the ground, almost like she was in shame.

"Ohhh... there goes registering for a guild today." She groaned, as the shorter sister placed her hand on her shoulder in an attempt to cheer her up. "Hey, don't worry. There's always tomorrow. We can try again then."

The taller sister nodded, and seemed like she wanted to say something when Korey interrupted her. "Pardon me for interrupting anything, but I forgot to introduce myself and my friend here. I'm Korey, and this is my best friend, Kyo." Korey announced, as Kyo smiled at the Therian girls, whose attention is back to Korey and Kyo.

"It's nice to meet you two." Kyo's face beamed, as Keiko seemed to smile in return.

"You too! U-Um... I'm Keiko, and this is my twin sis, Demetria. Oh, and that's Beta!" Keiko explained, pointing to the hound that was sitting next to Demetria. It seemed to look at Keiko when Keiko called for its name, wagging its tail in the process.