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tinyfistsofjustice:

“It’s really no problem.”

This guy was kind of starting to remind her of Io now, with that… lack of assertiveness at times. However, he didn’t seem like a bad person, so Airi had no worries.

She headed towards the entrance of the cave, making sure the guy was still following him. He still looked really shaken, and then she realised—

“Whoops, I forgot to ask! What’s your name? I’m Airi Ban.”

Then she turned around, giving him a hand (which was asking for a shake). She needed to work on her politeness too, she noted, putting it in her mental list.

Part of Keisuke wanted to go deeper into the cave, just to see if Midori was a hallucination or not. But he realized that it would be best to let this girl help him leave, as he was in no state to keep going at the moment. So he followed her, thankful for her assistance. 

“Oh, that’s right.” He was too shaken to realize neither of them had introduced themselves yet. He wearily shook her hand and smiled. “I’m Keisuke Tagaki. Nice to meet you.”  

“Likewise,” she said, letting go. This guy seemed really scared, and this cave was probably not helping. It gave her the creeps, chills continually crawling up and down her spine. “Let’s try to go find some water or something, it would help in this sort of situation, wouldn’t it? Then we can rest and you can get your mind in order.” Airi said a lot, she realised. She cleared her throat, and began to walk, making sure that he was following her. The guy seemed a bit like Jungo in his way to drift away, and especially with his mind like this.

She extended her hand again. “C’mon, let’s go. I’m not leaving you.”

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tinyfistsofjustice:

“…Right then, let’s get moving!”

Just take it one step at a time, Airi, and nothing could go wrong. It wasn’t as if she was heading towards the wrong direction anyway if she wanted to get to town or something. Maybe she should change her mind or something though… She couldn’t stand bugs. But then again, she had Jungo with her to take care of all her insectal worries.

“Hopefully this won’t lead to somewhere crazy,” she said optimistically, or at least tried to fake it. Airi sighed internally— she really had no ‘friggin clue about which way she was going.

And follow he did.

Again, asking him anything that corresponded to getting anywhere they actually wanted to be was a terrible idea. Tell him to go someplace North, and he’d go East. Or West. Or South. Basically, Jungo would go any which way that was incorrect. Until he actually did, but not until sometime later. Like, days later. That was probably how he ended up so strong, since he had to take care of himself during those times, along with taking care of anyone else he found along the way. 

Listening to Airi, he wondered if they were going on the right path. If there even was one but…what did they say to do when you were lost…? “…Airi, let’s follow the North Star. That should get us somewhere, right?”

…it was still light out. 

…Okay, she wasn’t sure how dumb Jungo could be, but apparently he could be dumber than she would’ve ever friggin imagined. She looked down at her hand, a small, petite body part, and acknowledged that it was still bright outside. But of course, she already knew that. This boy was going to be the death of her, she swore to god.

“Dumbass, look outside for once! It’s so bright that I think I might burn my eyeballs away if I looked at the sun for too long! So what does that mean, you ask?! It means that we can’t see the stars!”

She pulled him down by his dumb shirt, and gave him a good thwack. And another, and another until she felt tired (which was, pretty fast. Keeping him down for a long time strained her other hand.) 

“I give up on you, dammit.” she unhanded him and turned to walk again. “You’re so dumb, I’m not gonna even ask anymore.”

Where was a desk. She needed to headdesk until she got a concussion, and she wanted it now.

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tinyfistsofjustice:

“Oh, okay then. Do you want me to help you or something? But of course, you probably need to get some rest. You might be seeing things, or something.”

Poor dude. He looked really, really scared. Probably needed some sleep and food, the latter being something she couldn’t give. If only Jungo was here, he could cook some pretty good food.

“I don’t really know my way around, but I’ll try my best to help you out, alright?”

“That would be very nice of you.” Keisuke said. Seeing things…that makes sense, he thought. But why? He was unaware of the true nature of the cave that he stumbled upon. He also wondered why this girl was bothering to help him, as he believed it was human nature to be selfish and cruel. It made him glad that this person didn’t seem to be like that.

“It’s really no problem.”

This guy was kind of starting to remind her of Io now, with that… lack of assertiveness at times. However, he didn’t seem like a bad person, so Airi had no worries.

She headed towards the entrance of the cave, making sure the guy was still following him. He still looked really shaken, and then she realised—

“Whoops, I forgot to ask! What’s your name? I’m Airi Ban.”

Then she turned around, giving him a hand (which was asking for a shake). She needed to work on her politeness too, she noted, putting it in her mental list.

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tinyfistsofjustice:

“A-argh, you dumbass, I’m trying my best!”

Ugh, and it kinda hurt when he had to crouch down to look at her in the eye. Maybe she should’ve just listened to Hiro and started to hang upside down to get taller or something… Maybe then she wouldn’t be such a pipsqueak. As much as she wanted to twack him on the head, she had to stay calm like he said. Sometimes even Jungo said words of great advice that she needed to follow. She shoved his head away, letting him know that he didn’t need to crouch down the whole damn time. Now, it was time for her to think about what to do next, and where to go…

Airi read somewhere that usually your gut instinct is the right one, and this time she was going to follow it. She spun her heel around and started to move into a direction that seemed easier to follow than the rest, towards a forest.

She didn’t really know why, but it seemed like a nice place to chill if they got lost— at least they’d be somewhat sheltered from rain if there was any.

“D-does this way seem okay to you?”

He simply stayed in his spot, waiting. He didn’t expect her to suddenly push him away, so he ended up falling on his behind. He didn’t show much surprise on his face, since it wasn’t like it hurt or something, and Airi reacting in that kind of manner was to be foreseen. At least she didn’t punch him in the face or something, since his face was in the perfect spot for her to do so. 

After a moment, he stood up and began to follow after her. It was all he could do since allowing him to do the thing that he ended up normally doing was a bad idea and would only cause more problems. So he simply followed. 

“It is, don’t worry,” he said to her question. A forest wasn’t a bad idea, but then again, asking for his decision was probably a bad idea. So, typically going with anyone’s thoughts other than his own usually worked out in their favor. 

“…Right then, let’s get moving!”

Just take it one step at a time, Airi, and nothing could go wrong. It wasn’t as if she was heading towards the wrong direction anyway if she wanted to get to town or something. Maybe she should change her mind or something though… She couldn’t stand bugs. But then again, she had Jungo with her to take care of all her insectal worries.

“Hopefully this won’t lead to somewhere crazy,” she said optimistically, or at least tried to fake it. Airi sighed internally— she really had no ‘friggin clue about which way she was going.

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tinyfistsofjustice:

Man, this was getting really frustrating. Nothing known, nothing to do. Gosh, she could really punch something right now but she wanted to keep a cool head. Yeah, a coooooooooooool head.

Like that was going to work…

Trying to keep her voice steady, she replied, “Well, that sucks a lot for both of us. I guess all we can do right now is look for someone or whatever to help us, since you don’t know the way around.”

This blew. Not knowing anything made her more tense than usual. She clenched her fist, taking deep breaths. She was starting to get a little freaked out. Being lost in a place she didn’t even know the name of really took the fight out of her.

Opposite of Airi, he was actually quite calm; other than continuing his quest to find the rest of their friends around here, but happy that he found the younger girl. It’d probably click that he wasn’t in Nagoya when he tried to buy the things he needed to cook but other than that…well, give him some time.

“Alright then.” Just follow Airi, otherwise they would end up getting separated again. He wanted to avoid that from happening again, especially now while he was watching her reactions. 

“Airi,” he said, kneeling down he ended up being eye level with her, face to face. “Calm down, you’re going to stress yourself out if you keep on doing that.” If she didn’t, he probably carry her on his back until she did. Freaking out now and as lost as they were - because he could at least tell that much - would get them nowhere. 

“A-argh, you dumbass, I’m trying my best!”

Ugh, and it kinda hurt when he had to crouch down to look at her in the eye. Maybe she should’ve just listened to Hiro and started to hang upside down to get taller or something… Maybe then she wouldn’t be such a pipsqueak. As much as she wanted to twack him on the head, she had to stay calm like he said. Sometimes even Jungo said words of great advice that she needed to follow. She shoved his head away, letting him know that he didn’t need to crouch down the whole damn time. Now, it was time for her to think about what to do next, and where to go…

Airi read somewhere that usually your gut instinct is the right one, and this time she was going to follow it. She spun her heel around and started to move into a direction that seemed easier to follow than the rest, towards a forest.

She didn’t really know why, but it seemed like a nice place to chill if they got lost— at least they’d be somewhat sheltered from rain if there was any.

“D-does this way seem okay to you?”

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tinyfistsofjustice:

“Huh? I was worried about you.”

Airi was very confused. The guy looked like he was going to die or something, and he’s concerned about her. She looked at herself, making sure that she didn’t have any scratches on her body or something to make him confused.

“You were acting kinda funky.”

“O-oh…I’m okay, really. Just a bit lost…” And scared, he thought. 

 
“I thought I saw a friend of mine come in here. But she just up and vanished, and now I can’t find my way out of here.” 

Keisuke was still uneasy about suddenly awakening in a new universe with none of his friends in sight, and then seeing one of them just disappear like that was almost too much for him in this state. And chasing after him was difficult with his fragile body, leaving him even more exhausted than when he first arrived. He imagined that he must look really sick considering that, and the high levels of anxiety that he was feeling.    

“Oh, okay then. Do you want me to help you or something? But of course, you probably need to get some rest. You might be seeing things, or something.”

Poor dude. He looked really, really scared. Probably needed some sleep and food, the latter being something she couldn’t give. If only Jungo was here, he could cook some pretty good food.

“I don’t really know my way around, but I’ll try my best to help you out, alright?”

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tinyfistsofjustice:

“AAAAAAAAAAAGUHUHUH WHAT THE HELL?!”

Seriously, she was scared shitless Hiro you are an asshole. But she didn’t realise that yet so reflexively she flung her arms back and smacked him right in the face as hard as she could. You know, even at the age of 15, some perv would want her bod. Or her bellybutton.

With her voice wavering, she turned to face her assailant and yelled, “You friggin idiot, what kind of loser startles someone they don’t even know?! You know what, whoever you are, you’re going to get it, and you’re going to wish that you were never EVEN BORN. I will break every bone in your body and-“

She stopped, the rage quickly leaving her. It was Hiro! Another person to know. She let out a huge sigh in relief.

“Oh, uh, hi. I didn’t realise it was you.”

Man, she really needed to control that temper. Was gonna cost her one day.

It was all fun and games until someone got bashed in the face. For a moment, Hiro could swear that he saw his life defile right in front of his eyes as her hand came flying towards him in slow motion. He wanted to reach out his hand and cry out ‘Wait, you’re mistaking!’ but alas, it was too late. Who was the assailant… and who was the victim?

“Ack—” Even after being assaulted, he wasn’t even given the time to riposte and the girl was already scolding him for being a malicious stranger. This truly was not the fate that he expected. ’It hurts, it hurts so much, Airi!’ 

At least, his partner was able to cool off right after recognizing him, proof that she was not exactly after his head anymore. Thinking back, he was somewhat amazed with the people that he met in the past week. Never has he ever had a streak of success with scaring people with a simple and silly ‘Boo!’

Still rubbing his cheek, he greeted her more properly this time around. “Aha… Glad to see you too, Airi. Also glad that you’re safe and in top shape. This could have killed a normal man…”

“Oh, uh, yeah. Sorry about that.”

She rubbed her head sheepishly. She was glad to have finally found someone else though! Especially Hiro, because he would probably know useful information unlike a  person she knew with a trashbag on his head.

“Do you know where we are?”

Airi looked around the area, kicking another rock around. She really had no clue where they were, but Hiro… could be a bit surprising when it came to knowledge after seeing him be silly for the longest of times. 

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tinyfistsofjustice:

Airi was walking around aimlessly while assailing rocks when she ran into some dude with glasses in a cave. He looked kind of out of it, but she couldn’t tell; his back was to her face.

“Hey, are you okay?”

She approached him cautiously, putting a hand on his shoulder.

Man, I don’t really need to be dealing with passing out people now… I gotta go find some help, she thought, trying to keep a cool head. But alas, her impulsiveness sort of led her, and her panic to smack him on the back a few times.

“Uhhhhhhhhhh…”

And then it occurred to her that she didn’t even know where she was, let alone where a hospital was. And CPR… you gotta be kidding. She didn’t know that either, she was only 15, and pretty much all she knew how to do was play the piano and be rude.

“Help!”

“Aaaah!” Keisuke jumped, startled greatly from the rough smack on his shoulders. He turned around and noticed that it was a girl, one who appeared quite young too. This was very reliving to him, but at the same time, he was still uneasy by the previous scare.        He appeared like he was about to have a panic attack, and resisting the urge to run away. 

“…W-who are you? Are you ok?” his voice, and body, was shaky as he asked with concern. 

“Huh? I was worried about you.”

Airi was very confused. The guy looked like he was going to die or something, and he’s concerned about her. She looked at herself, making sure that she didn’t have any scratches on her body or something to make him confused.

“You were acting kinda funky.”

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tinyfistsofjustice:

She kicked a rock around a few times restlessly. Airi was all alone, and that made her feel tense, and she didn’t even know where she was. The more she thought about it, the more pissed she got, and the more the rock split into many pieces. She was pretty much just grinding her feet into the rock at the point.

“Where… is… everybody?! How about… WHERE… IS… ANYBODY?” She yelled this with extreme agitation. The rock had disappeared at this point and her foot hurt. Oh well, she always acted impulsively anyway.

“This really sucks.”

Airi slumped and sat on the ground, poking the pieces of rock. Man, was she bored and man was she hungry and man, she could really use someone to talk to right now.

“Goddammit. Uuuuuuurgh.”

After a full day of searching and exploring, Hiro returned empty handed once again. He did not know what exactly he was looking for and his usual method, that consisted of waiting for something to fall from the sky to his feet, did not work here anymore. 

The boy was about to head back when he noticed a small figure standing at the end of the road. He would have walked right past if he did not happen to catch the red-head screaming to the nothingness. A feeling of excitement within him at the thought of being reunited with a comrade he had lost during the transition to this world. He could have ran up to her and greeted her normally to make sure he was not mistaken, but instead, he approached discreetly while holding his breath.

Slowly… slowly…

“BOO!”

“AAAAAAAAAAAGUHUHUH WHAT THE HELL?!”

Seriously, she was scared shitless Hiro you are an asshole. But she didn’t realise that yet so reflexively she flung her arms back and smacked him right in the face as hard as she could. You know, even at the age of 15, some perv would want her bod. Or her bellybutton.

With her voice wavering, she turned to face her assailant and yelled, “You friggin idiot, what kind of loser startles someone they don’t even know?! You know what, whoever you are, you’re going to get it, and you’re going to wish that you were never EVEN BORN. I will break every bone in your body and-“

She stopped, the rage quickly leaving her. It was Hiro! Another person to know. She let out a huge sigh in relief.

“Oh, uh, hi. I didn’t realise it was you.”

Man, she really needed to control that temper. Was gonna cost her one day.

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tinyfistsofjustice:

“……………………………”

There was a long, and completely awkward moment of silence. The birds sort of broke the silence though. But man, oh man, Jungo was dumb.

“Y…you’re kidding me… right? Do you know the way to your house then?! Does this place look familiar enough to you?! Show me the way to your house you big dummy! Come on!”

Airi stomped again and again on the same patch of dirt on the ground. Goddammit, goddammit, goddammit, she really didn’t need to ask him, of course this bonehead didn’t know.

“Aaaaaaaargh, whatever. We can just look for someone who knows. Have you run into anyone else?”

Anyone besides Jungo could give something a bit more… informative than him. But hey, at least she wasn’t alone anymore.

He blinked. What, what did he say? Thinking back over what he said, he didn’t think he said anything out of the ordinary. He just said what he knew, which wasn’t much honestly…

“…no, I’m not,” he simply said. Ah…did he know the way back to his house? Actually which way did he come from again? Everything pretty much looked the same to him. Looking around as Airi did her little fit - another thing he was used to - and was about to head into a direction that he thought was the right way since she did tell him to until she suddenly changed her mind.

Has he seen anyone else? …no, pretty much Airi was the first person he’d seen for quite some time. Shaking his head, he told her as much. “No, just you.” Asking how long he’d been looking was also not worth it, since he didn’t even know. But he was still glad he’d found his friend, especially with that person being Airi.

Man, this was getting really frustrating. Nothing known, nothing to do. Gosh, she could really punch something right now but she wanted to keep a cool head. Yeah, a coooooooooooool head.

Like that was going to work…

Trying to keep her voice steady, she replied, “Well, that sucks a lot for both of us. I guess all we can do right now is look for someone or whatever to help us, since you don’t know the way around.”

This blew. Not knowing anything made her more tense than usual. She clenched her fist, taking deep breaths. She was starting to get a little freaked out. Being lost in a place she didn’t even know the name of really took the fight out of her.

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tinyfistsofjustice:

Oh. So that’s what he was doing. Of course it was like him, to go looking for his friends.

“I see,” she said, calming down. Man, this dumbass could get into any sort of trouble, so Airi was glad to see him first. “Hey, by the way, do you know where we are? I mean, you’ve been looking for everyone, so…”

Airi paused.

…

…..

…….

Hey, if she didn’t, maybe the bonehead didn’t either! But hey, maybe he could display a bit of basic intelligence… for once.

Said ‘dumbass’ never really paid much attention to his surroundings until often it was too late, so asking anything related to that was bound to be fruitless. Usually though, he didn’t notice until someone asked, and then he really thought about it. Sure, it had been a lot more woodsy than he was used to and he found that he couldn’t use his Demon Summoning app, though he guessed it was simply malfunctioning for the time being. And he could simply attack with his fists if need be. 

“Uh…Nagoya…?” he said, though it sounded more like he was asking himself, and scratched his head. “…I didn’t see much of a change.” 

Please help him.

“……………………………”

There was a long, and completely awkward moment of silence. The birds sort of broke the silence though. But man, oh man, Jungo was dumb.

“Y…you’re kidding me… right? Do you know the way to your house then?! Does this place look familiar enough to you?! Show me the way to your house you big dummy! Come on!”

Airi stomped again and again on the same patch of dirt on the ground. Goddammit, goddammit, goddammit, she really didn’t need to ask him, of course this bonehead didn’t know.

“Aaaaaaaargh, whatever. We can just look for someone who knows. Have you run into anyone else?”

Anyone besides Jungo could give something a bit more… informative than him. But hey, at least she wasn’t alone anymore.

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tinyfistsofjustice:

Airi looked glad to see Jungo alive and kicking somewhere, even if she had no clue where she was. She was worried about him, but the words came out of her mouth before she could make them a bit kinder.

“You idiot, where have you been?!”

Airi crossed her arms.

Resist

the urge

to punch.

Asking him was pretty much a bad idea - he had to actually notice he was in an entirely new place, since he was so preoccupied with finding his friends. So seeing Airi all of a sudden certainly made his mood brighter, since he had been running around for who knows how long. Walking up to her from his quick pace, he didn’t pay any mind to her harsh tone, being quite used to it by now.

“Here, looking for you and everyone else,” he said simply, giving her a small smile, relieved to see that she was perfectly fine. 

Oh. So that’s what he was doing. Of course it was like him, to go looking for his friends.

“I see,” she said, calming down. Man, this dumbass could get into any sort of trouble, so Airi was glad to see him first. “Hey, by the way, do you know where we are? I mean, you’ve been looking for everyone, so…”

Airi paused.

…

…..

…….

Hey, if she didn’t, maybe the bonehead didn’t either! But hey, maybe he could display a bit of basic intelligence… for once.

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On Keisuke’s way to try and find signs of more life and civilization, he started to feel strange. Woozy, he staggered, holding his head. When he opened his eyes, he gasped softly as he saw someone familiar, an old friend Midori. The girl was running, soon engulfed into darkness as she disappeared into a cave underground.

“H-hey wait…!” Keisuke soon ran after her into the cave, hoping to talk to her. However, he couldn’t seem to find her, and hurried through the tunnels in hopes to catch up with. “Midori…?” 

But she was gone, and Keisuke realized that now he was lost. He clutched his chest, his heart pounding from the exertion of energy and his nerves. He felt sick. ‘I have a bad feeling about this…’

Airi was walking around aimlessly while assailing rocks when she ran into some dude with glasses in a cave. He looked kind of out of it, but she couldn’t tell; his back was to her face.

“Hey, are you okay?”

She approached him cautiously, putting a hand on his shoulder.

Man, I don’t really need to be dealing with passing out people now… I gotta go find some help, she thought, trying to keep a cool head. But alas, her impulsiveness sort of led her, and her panic to smack him on the back a few times.

“Uhhhhhhhhhh…”

And then it occurred to her that she didn’t even know where she was, let alone where a hospital was. And CPR… you gotta be kidding. She didn’t know that either, she was only 15, and pretty much all she knew how to do was play the piano and be rude.

“Help!”

Airi looked glad to see Jungo alive and kicking somewhere, even if she had no clue where she was. She was worried about him, but the words came out of her mouth before she could make them a bit kinder.

“You idiot, where have you been?!”

Airi crossed her arms.

Resist

the urge

to punch.

She kicked a rock around a few times restlessly. Airi was all alone, and that made her feel tense, and she didn’t even know where she was. The more she thought about it, the more pissed she got, and the more the rock split into many pieces. She was pretty much just grinding her feet into the rock at the point.

“Where… is… everybody?! How about… WHERE… IS… ANYBODY?” She yelled this with extreme agitation. The rock had disappeared at this point and her foot hurt. Oh well, she always acted impulsively anyway.

“This really sucks.”

Airi slumped and sat on the ground, poking the pieces of rock. Man, was she bored and man was she hungry and man, she could really use someone to talk to right now.

“Goddammit. Uuuuuuurgh.”

(( airi is ready to rumble. ))