On the 16th day of Hoax and Uta’s arrival, as they began to eat, Hoax had an uneasy feeling. He felt that something was about to happen, something big.
“What’s up, Hoax?” Tone asked.
“What!? N-Nothing.” He said, frustrated with Tone’s behavior. Tone had been acting strange ever since Hoax had joined them. Maybe Tone didn’t want him in the group. Maybe his instinct was wrong all along. He was going to have a talk with Tone as soon as everybody was fast asleep.
Night arrived and Hoax had found Tone sitting outside, facing the black, night sky. He…was smiling.
Hoax was confused. What could Tone be smiling at?
“Are you the actual Tone?” Hoax asked, thinking maybe, there was a chance for that being true.
“No…” The one acting as Tone replied.
“WHAT?! WHERE IS THE ACTUAL TONE AT?” Hoax shouted.
“Relax…don’t tell this to anyone, but Tone has been gone ever since you came, Hoax. He has gone away for training, he won’t be back for a while. He was looking for the perfect leader since he knew that I won’t last long. After all, I am just a Fascimilie Creation of his. When he found you, he knew that you would be perfect as the leader until he returned. Which is why he chose you.” The Fascimille said. “So…are you ready?”
The Fascimile stretched his hand out.
“S-Sure. I am,” Hoax grabbed his hand. With that, The Fascimille Creation disappeared, leaving Hoax all alone on the balcony. He had a lot of time to think. Hoax jumped on to of the railing of the house. Breeze flew towards his face. Hoax smiled. It was a black moon, a rare occasion which only occurs once every 100 years.
…
The next morning when Uta woke up, she was in a blind rage and panic. Everyone in the house woke up as Uta was screaming like a crazy lunatic.
“TONE’S GONE!” She screamed on a continuous rampage, overturning and demolishing everything in the house.
Hoax eventually calmed her down and began an emergency meeting where he discussed everything which happened the other night, even though he was ordered not to. He also reported to them as the team’s De-Facto Leader. This whole situation just made Uta even more angry and she stormed out of the house, her anger towards Tone was clearly visible in her face. Hoax prayed that Tone didn’t return soon. His return was inevitable but, the later it was, the more safe he was from Uta.
…
Relin took the news rather calmly, he had the kind of look which told the others that this situation was eventually going to arrive.
“Don’t you have anything to say, Relin? HE’S YOUR BROTHER!” Uta screamed at him, as if to awaken a blind rage inside Relin but nothing stirred.
Relin stood up, went into the kitchen and grabbed some snacks. That was Uta’s final straw .
This was the juncture at which Uta stormed out of the house. Hoax was going to chase after her but then, he thought…she eventually was going to return for food. No matter how angry she was, she adored Relin’s food. She was definitely going to return for that exact same reason. Maybe Relin was misjudging his sister but, he had quite a big hunch that Uta was definitely going to return.
Relin was eating a donut with chocolate sprinkles on it as he stepped out of the kitchen to give Hoax a box. After Hoax grabbed the box out of Relin’s hands. Relin stepped onto the balcony. Evening was fast approaching. The time was already 2:19 and they hadn’t ate aany lunch. Relin watched as Uta walked towards the main market. Vzaltori had 7 markets, each one for each tact. The market was still under re-construction after the fight between Tone and Hoax. Everybody was given equal importance in the fight but in the end, Hoax and Tone had the most impact on the whole neighbourhood.
Relin went back to the kitchen, he had to start cooking. They didn’t have much time before Uta returned and if the food wasn’t ready by then, she will have a tantrum once more.
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Uta walked through the market as everybody threw disgusted glances at her.
First of all, she was a Tact 1 and second, everybody hate Tone and Relin. She had joined forces with them to take down Chaos and his two vices. On one hand they were glad, maybe there was chance for peace to finally exist. On the other hand, the fact that it was Tone and his gang which was going to fight them hit them hard, making them depressed.
Those brats had no chance against the likes of dictators such as Chaos…
Uta was crying. She didn’t want to go back home but she couldn’t stand the glances being thrown at her.
Maybe it wasn’t the best choice to escape from the destiny palace after all. Maybe she should go back home. Maybe Hoax was right after all. Besides, what was Tone thinking making Hoax as their De-facto leader. Sure he was the second steongest in the group but…but…There was nothing wrong about him coming to Uta’s mind. Maybe it was the way that Chaos and her mother hand raised her to be like Hoax that she couldn’t fid anything bad about him.
She hated this feeling, the feeling in which she couldn’t blame anyone but herself for what she did. The staring eyes were just the cherry on top. She needed to return. Return for Relin’s delicious cooking, her black love, her Amour Noir. She didn’t like Tone’s as much as she adored Relin’s.
…
Uta went to a nearby store to buy something for Relin and Hoax as an apology for leaving them behind. They too ,were probably suffering from Tone’s departure. They weren’t showing it. That was all.
She went to Relin’s favourite spot to eat…Kyogari Chicken Bakery. She bought both of them an Alpan chicken, a dish made from chickens, beans and dates. She paid and left.
As she walked towards the house, she saw 4 people beating up an old man. She was going to step in to help but she had to hurry, the Alpan was going to become cold. She just left, not helping the old man.
As she arrived at the old house, she was a bit nervous. Were they going to accept her apology? Surely, they will, right?
She opened the door…only to find, Relin beat up lying down on the ground and Hoax frothing from his mouth.
“U-Uta,” Relin muttered.
Uta dropped her Alpan watching in horror.
**sorry for the late release, guys!**
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