It Wasn't What It Seemed To Be

Chapter 33 -Through the Cave-

As the group continued their way in the green forest, the day proceeded to still be fun in an odd way despite knowing they were in a situation. One of which would be needed to explained. Letting out a sigh, a certain albino still fiddled with his long sleeves while Amatsuki was simply talking to him along the way. Urata on the other hand was leading the group with the swordsman next to him who was currently on the look out in case of any attacks.

"Where do you think this Suzumu guy is at?" Shima asked, looking around. Taking a few seconds to think, Soraru turned to him as he shook his head, "We're guessing that it's the same village or well, town were you, Eve, and Mafu were taken hostage at."

"Yes, but we're not going there yet. Right now, we're going to one of the secret villages that's around here somewhere in the forest." A green-eyed brunette explained as he kept on walking with the group.

Turning his head to looked at the shorter male, Sakata smiled to himself. Of course though, a certain purple haired male caught the smile as he simply shook his head with a tiny smile. Shima then gently ruffled the red-head's hair in a playful manner, "You really still have huge liking towards him, don't you?"

Knowing on who he was talking about, Sakata simply turned red before looking away. The purple-eyed male only let out a chuckle at this action from his dear friend. Turning back to the male, Sakata then smiled, "But don't you still like-"

"H-Hey, how about we get a cookie from Eve? Does that sound good?" Shima said, showing a bit of panic as he tried his hardest to convince the younger male. Tilting his head I'm confusion, a smile then lit up his face as he gave a nod, "Sure!"

Heading towards a certain masked male who was currently talking with Sou, both of the males went up to them. "Hey Eve, would you mind if we got a cookie?" Shima asked, even though this was really just to stop a certain red-head from saying anything else.

"Sure, I don't mind. Go ahead and take one you two!" He said, giving both Shima and Sakata a cookie.

"Thank you~" The red-head said, thanking the male.

"Oi!"

Turning to look at the source of the familiar voice, they saw Urata crossing his arms as he shook his head, "You might want to keep on walking or else we might end up leaving you."

"Don't worry, he's just lying~ We won't leave you." A blonde whispered, making sure the other didn't hear with a smile. But even so, it was true, they had to keep walking or else how else will they get to their destination?

As the males started walking with the group, everything seemed fairly normal. Urata was still being annoyed by a certain red-head, Eve being kind as ever, and Amatsuki being the mom he is. As for everyone else, they were just looking at the forest around them. A sea of trees that seemed almost endless to the point they started wondering if they were even in the same forest anymore. It didn't look like it was the same forest from before.

"Are we sure we're in the right place?" Sou asked, looking around. He didn't recognize this area, yet at the same time, he could've sworn that he had led the villagers from weeks ago here to a cave. Yet everything grew dimmer, and dimmer as they proceeded.

The group then came to a stop. Urata and Soraru started to show signs of worry as they told the others to stay put. Because all they could see around them were trees, and the area didn't look to bright either. The swordsman then turned to everyone, "Does anyone have the map?" Sou then gave a nod before handing the needed item to the ravennette. After a few seconds, the male had a confused expression as he looked up and then around their surroundings.

"Well... It looks like this is the right place. I guess everything here changed or something. Because I know some of us were here when we ran into Luz and his troops." The ravennette explained. Luz gave a nod of agreement as he looked around, "I wonder what caused this area to change all of a sudden."