
The school bell rang, and Keiichi was seen alone on his desk. After Keiichi's incident which had battered the hoodlums, the comrades who made Keiichi's table crowded, forgot the fact that Keiichi had just come back to life and stayed away from him again. Keiichi somehow preferred this condition because he could focus on his thoughts.
“Dad..”
He was ringing “Ayah” greeting spoken by the girl. His blue eyes, golden blond hair that dazzled his eyes, and bandages surrounding his head, why did it feel so familiar in his head? Keiichi thought to wonder. Maria who also saw him did not say further although Keiichi sometimes provoked talk about what they saw, as if he considered it a mere illusion of the achievement he was waiting for Keiichi in the hospital.
Somehow yesterday's sighting made him filled with unpleasant feelings, like the feeling of having to do something, but what? Thought Keiichi.
After that day, Keiichi started doing push-ups, sit-ups, and any kind of light exercise and somehow gave positive suggestions to his mind. Is this what he wants? Does he have to prepare himself for something? Preparing from what? From what kind of plagues? Keiichi wanted to ignore this paranoid feeling.
She just wanted to live a relaxed and happy life with her brother without caring about the calamity that the mysterious girl said.
Keiichi awakens by the school bell, he starts picking up the bag and decides to go to his brother's archery club with an umbrella. On the way there was a sudden scream of the voice of the girl behind her body.
“Keiichi!” Said Kasumi, the woman with plaster on her nose half ran after Keiichi, but it looks like heavy sweat has filled her head, “Wait... hahah..”.
“It looks like you just ran from class to the hallway deh, already ngosan gitu.”
“I'm not used to running.. Lagian, your way is fast!” Kasumi said as she patted Keiichi on the shoulder.
Three days later, despite the class class being away from Keiichi, Kasumi, who claims to be in front of the class, is saved by Keiichi, trying to get close to Keiichi and talking casually with him, and they can talk to each other for a long time. Some even started talking about the two of them, but Kasumi decided not to care about Keiichi either.
The same thing happened to Takeshi, two days ago he came and with his friends apologized in class while looking down, “Keiichi, if one more time someone tried to touch you, I'll kill him.” in a loud voice that makes all the feathers shudder. Thus, Takeshi was nowhere to be seen today.
“You want to go to your sister's place again?”
“Yes, he said he wanted to train for the regional race preparation this year. Wanna see? Maybe you're interested in next year's club selection.”
“Can?”
“Of course. I often go there watching, they do not protest, even really want us to watch because of the lack of members.”
Before long they were in the archery club room which did not take ten minutes because of how close the archery building was to the entrance gate of Reitaku High School. Keiichi who came directly surrounded by arrows, “Keiichi! So really the news? Wow the magic is really a child.” one screams, “And I saw the incident just came home training.”
“Woi Oda-kun, bego! Captain said never mention the incident!”
“Ups...” Oda shut his mouth before his attention was turned on the woman next to Keiichi who looked timidly entering the building, “Loh this who? Your boyfriend?”
“Bu... no!” Kasumi half-screamed, her face flushed red and made the children who saw her reaction cry.
“We are going to SMA, I invite Kasumi, maybe we want to come later, will Kasumi?”
“Iya!”
“Well, by the way brother is where is yah?” Keiichi said he wanted to end the seniors who teased them.
“Ah, Maria, she's changing clothes, just a quick rehearsal earlier. He said he wanted to take the job to his sick friend. Ah, instead of watching us, how about you two try archery?” Oda suddenly spoke like that while pulling Keiichi's arm.
“Eh? May it? But I think I'm busy.” Said Kasumi hesitant and groggy, her feet facing the exit want to run away, but the female seniors who do need members forced her in, “Don't be afraid of the deck, archery is cool vows.”
Keiichi came in. She had previously always watched her brother archery and even intended to enter before finally getting busy with his baseball activities. Thus, he had never thrown an arrow even though several times invited by friends of Mary.
“Nah, Kasumi-chan, this is the name of the chest guard for women especially those who are developing like you must wear this.” The girls surrounded Kasumi, and as they paired the chest guard and tightened it, Kasumi shouted, “Kyaaa!!”
“Kalo is indeed again developing rather sensitive.” Said Oda from a distance, which was immediately followed by the screams of the female members, “Sexual harassment if you are talking!”
Oda then gave a bow to Keiichi, “Nah, I know you've seen your brother archery a lot. Try, I want to see your position. Ah, by the way do not pull the bowstring without arrows, later it can break the bow, nih.” Oda at once gave an arrow.
Keiichi stood up, and suddenly he could see the target so close even though the distance of the target was at a range of 20 meters.
Not far from Keiichi, Kasumi looks troubled holding a large and heavy bow. His hands trembled as he painstakingly pulled the bow.
“Well, did you say your name was Kasumi, right? Can I just call your first name Kasumi-chan? Well, the hand that holds the bow if it can not be too tight held, will vibrate your hand. Just drowsy. Then point slightly upwards from target.”
Kasumi was not strong, not yet directed his shot, he immediately shot the arrow while closing his eyes.
“Wahh, great Kasumi-chan!” Said the senior woman while telling Kasumi to open her eyes, Kasumi shot a target even though it was very far out of the middle, “You are talented Kasumi! Many new members are not even able to get to target.” The senior said as he sparkled his eyes, “You must enter the archery anyway, surely 2-3 months I guarantee you are already a jago!”
As Kasumi blushed in embarrassment with all the praise, there came the cry of Oda, “Wow, impossible! So lucky for you Keiichi!!”
Arrow hits center of target in first shot, “Beginner’s luck!!” said Oda, before Keiichi took another arrow. Keiichi horses look so neat, his eyes are sharp on the target, do not look shaky on his hands or any other beginner mistakes. Oda seemed to see the archery olympic athlete in front of him.
“Keiichi!” Shouted Maria with her neat clothes, and because of the shout suddenly all the attention to Maria, “You can all seduce my sister even my sister's friend too!”
“Impard the captain! But they're trying too, right? Kan?” Said Oda, and Kasumi nodded while blushing while Keiichi seemed to have released his arrow.
“Keiichi, I want to go to where my friend used to be Maya, can you go to the supermarket first? In a moment, it's over I'll catch up.” Maria said while giving a shopping list to Keiichi, “And you guys continue training, then Oda, I know you're forcing these kids archery without warming up, how about they get hurt? Well, the punishment, you know what special drill I prepared for you? Do it twice. Everyone promises to pay attention to Oda well!”
After seeing the sisters and Kasumi come out, one of the female members patted Oda's shoulder that still looked annoyed, “Oda-kun, is it true what I saw it?”
“What?” Look at Oda at his junior, and see two arrows hitting the center of the target where Keiichi is standing.
***
The rain began to subside with a few drizzle spots and puddles around the road. Maria and Maya, wearing their umbrellas, are in front of Ryusuke's house, pressing the bell but no one is seen responding to their bell. Maria then glanced towards Ryusuke's house, the day when it was late enough to turn on the lights, but Ryusuke's house looked pitch-black.
“Maria... Turn around yuk.”
“Lah, Maya what's up?”
“No, I think the house is empty deh.”
“Try me again the bell.”
Suddenly sounds “bzzz!” audible and visible sound out from the place of the bell that sounded Maria, “Who in front?”
“Ryusuke Voice! Maya, how do you answer?”
“It signed again, keep talking front... ugh...”.
Maya is seen holding her stomach and spitting on the street, “You okay Maya?”
“Ryusuke's answer is waiting for him, I'm fine.”
Maria pressed the button and looked at the camera in front of the button, “I'm Maria, can you see me? I've got a task sheet, same. want to check on you Ryusuke.”.
“Before...” heard the sound of steps towards the door and the sound of the door lock being opened, and suddenly Maya vomited on the way.
“Maya! Ah, you must be sick. Wait I said Ryusuke, maybe he's got an ob-”
“Maria, do not..” Maya holds Maria's shirt, “Do not go there...”.
“Ah Ryusuke!”
Ryusuke was seen behind the door, his eyes were burning red, his face was so pale. Maya who saw it immediately shuddered, the fur on her back stood, the amulet felt so hot in her pocket and she immediately shouted at Maria.
“Maria Run!”
“Maya you why the hell!”
From the commotion in front of him, suddenly a voice came out from Ryusuke's lips in such a hoarse voice.
“Dad?”
***
“Keiichi? Hey, Keiichi?”
Keiichi was seen stopping his steps towards the supermarket, his eyes looking wide open with a face that suddenly paled. Kasumi who saw this immediately felt worried, “You are okay Keiichi?”
“Kasumi, you go home first.”.
“What's up? Uh, Keiichi!”
Keiichi runs away from Kasumi. Just then it had been a torrential sweat coming down from Keiichi's head. He thought how foolish he was to leave his brother.
“Kakak...” Shouted Keiichi in his head, his premonition so bad that when he stopped running to take a breath his hands filled with trembling.
Keiichi was somehow able to feel the change from the surrounding air as if pointing at him the way towards his brother. Keiichi without asking further believed all that, he did not have the time to think hard except to follow his entire instinct.
“Stupid, run you legs!” Keiichi tried to force his legs to run again, and over time his legs slowed down, how absurd he felt that his dead body was so slow.
“Ughh..”.
The shadow on his head seemed to see blood, red, even to the distinctive smell like iron, his premonition grew more and more so.
“Artificial!!”
She could only pray that nothing happened to her brother, that all his premonitions were wrong.
Keiichi knew, however, that something was so bad, where he was headed.
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