I feel myself sweating hard, and I can't catch my breath. Am I having a panic attack? Tayoki began to act erratically around everyone. People began to give him strange looks, some even laughing. Not being able to process what was happening, I suddenly started sprinting far away from the public's eye.
I ended up near a lake which is a few miles away from Anna Loving Park. I sat on the grass gazing at the sunset.
After 10 minutes, Sachiko-san taps my shoulder to greet me, startling me.
"Rose, what are you doing here?"
"Haha, I was wondering the same thing." "Is everything okay?" you look like you just came out of a haunted house."
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Rose I umm.. I know this may sound crazy but I think there's something wrong with me."
Rose and I spoke for about an hour. She understood what was happening to me and told me about this whole other world and different dimensions.
I had a hard time taking it all in but what else could explain what I saw?
"Hero I would like to take you to my home then we go to the lost and found." What the lost and found were actually going there!?"
Man, I'm a little unsure about this. In a world where monsters and fallen angels are, I don't feel safe, but I'll be with Rose, Takyio thought to himself while spacing out looking at the sky.
An hour later I was already at her house she showed me her dojo where she would practice martial arts with her father and students
"I noticed that your house has a variety of swords and katanas on the wall." Hero said excitedly.
Yeah, my family not only has a bunch of them were we also have other kinds of weapons too. And usually, we are the ones who make them.
"Would you like some hot cocoa Tayoki-kun?" You seem like you need some after what you experienced and all.
Yeah, I love some hot Coca-Cola. Just don't add milk; use water, please." And I would love it if you added some nutmeg.
After relaxing and enjoying some hot cocoa Rose told me that we need to change clothes and carry a weapon with us to the lost and found.
You want me to use a sword and weapons? "Is the lost and found really that dangerous?" asked Takyio with mild anxiety in his voice.
While I was nervous, I began to relax. "I just take this katana." Wow, it's pretty light. I did a couple of swings with my new katana and then put it into the scabbard.
I'm leaving out clothes for you to change into in one of the guest rooms and I'm going to change clothes right now plus getting what we will need.
After getting what we needed, Rose and I went outside. I was wearing some light clothing, and Rose had a few weapons on her waist, such as kunais and shurikens. She wore shorts and a clear white tee that looked like it was meant for sparring, possibly at the dojo. She took out a purple ball that looked more like a jawbreaker.
And she threw it on the ground and it opened up a purple portal.
Whoaaa wicked cool I shouted out loud.
Yeah, it's a devil's bloodstone.
"That's what you call it? Why not a magic gemstone? "I like to imagine us as sorcerers hahah."
"Yeah, we do kinda resemble sorcerers Rose said softly with a huge smile.
After going through the portal Hero and Rose found themselves in a beautiful city similar to modern-day Tokyo but with a completely different layout.
It's like we're centuries in the past and at the same time maybe in the future
We're at the Tigers' end it's a place where pretty much everyone from earth, different dimensions, or worlds visit and pass through.
There are quite a lot of people present here Sachiko-chan what's the population count for the people who live here?
"Oh, last time I heard it was about fifty thousand." This place is quite famous you know. Heroes and legends come through here a lot and now it's your first time you never know you may just become a legend.
Suddenly out of nowhere we both hear screaming and see people running past us. When I ran over to look, I saw a sort of human-like beast attacking the citizens and a few guys holding him off.
Rose comes right beside me and says that three of the five guys fending him off are with the Reaper sect in other words their reapers. Don't worry our death angels are strong and Shohei the one with the beanie he's quite reliable in situations like these.
Shohei went for a kick at the guy causing the disturbance then got thrown ten feet.
He jumped right back and landed a blow with his katana. The rest was done with the help of his fellow reapers.
Within thirty seconds the disturbance was no more the reapers handcuffed the human-like oni with some sort of thick purple string-like rope.
After seeing this I began to wonder if I can handle being in a fight just like this against someone powerful or some other worldly being. The world of a reaper huh I wonder what it will lead me to.