Journey

"A week ago, I drove Sakurako and her bodyguard back through this place." Itsuki spoke again.

"WHAT?" Takumi surprised.

Takumi showed his unfriendly gaze to Itsuki, who was walking in front of him, that.

"Don't be angry, Akazawa! I didn't mean to fool you."

"Then what do you mean by acting like you don't know if Sakurako is home and you're actually looking for Sakurako, um?!" Takumi hissed, still looking annoyed.

"I just want you not to get too involved with them, Akazawa! You should just live quietly as usual. Don't care too much about them."

"How could I not care about Sakurako, Minami?! Don't be kidding!! What you said was really weird from earlier!!" snapped Takumi. He was so angry that it made his head dizzy and his stomach queasy.

"You guys are different, Akazawa!! How many more times do I have to warn you, eh?! You shouldn't have known this wrong from the start." Itsuki spoke up. He paused for a moment, but didn't turn to look at Takumi who was behind him.

"You keep talking about us being different. What do you mean by being different, Minami?! If it's just because I'm a boy and Sakurako is a girl, isn't that natural, um?"

"Your differences are more than that, idiot!!"

Takumi exhaled, harshly. He was still annoyed with Itsuki, but he still needed Itsuki's help to help meet Sakurako.

"Okay... I'll ask you for an explanation of our differences another time. Now explain where you're taking Sakurako, um? Then, what tunnel are we actually passing through? There really is a place like this in our school building, huh?" The innocent Takumi expressed his confusion in the end.

"This is a portal to Sakurako's realm, Akazawa. We're not in our school building anymore now."

"Then… did the previous Sakurako also come through this tunnel?" Takumi responded. He tried to believe all the ramblings of his friends at this time. Takumi was already feeling very uncomfortable at this point. His head was dizzy and not to mention the contents of his stomach seemed to be churning. So, Takumi wasn't in the mood to argue right now.

"The portal they previously used to go to the Mortal World has been destroyed. So, they asked me to escort them. Sakurako and her bodyguards are actually kitsune-type youkai, nine-tailed foxes," Itsuki said. Still walking down this dark and cold tunnel. Only the glow of the candle Itsuki brought with him, lit up their path.

Takumi didn't fully understand his friend's rambling. Takumi still felt an uncomfortable feeling. Feeling dizzy and getting worse at first. It's worse than Takumi's motion sickness.

Itsuki glanced back. He jumped to see Takumi's current condition. Takumi's face looks so pale right now. Not to mention his lips were blue and his body was shaking.

"Hey, what are you doing, Akazawa? You're sick, um?"

"Don't mind me, Minami! Let's just say I'm still fine! Right now all I want is to meet Sakurako immediately. I don't care about what race she is. I just want to see her now," Takumi said loudly. Ignoring the dizziness and nausea he suffered.

At this time, Itsuki realized that Takumi had been afflicted with an Otherworldly Disease. When someone is in an inappropriate place, his mind will rebel. Sometimes they will also be different figures, and Itsuki has proven that.

When Sakurako came to the Mortal World for the first time, the beautiful girl also experienced the Mortal Disease. The symptom caused is that Sakurako's behavior will be very different from her real character.

After a few hours of walking through the long dark tunnel, they saw a reddish speck of light ahead. The light was so blinding.

"We've arrived, Akazawa," Itsuki muttered.