It was already nighttime and they won't be arriving at their destination till tomorrow afternoon.
The children went to their beds to get some rest for the time being. As usual, Kira and Kishi shared the same room and rested right next to each other.
"Nisan..."
"Yeah, I know. Our school years almost over. It's been a lot peaceful lately as well. I just hope that things stay like this."
It is been months since the last incident about Neon, Airi's mother's death and their efforts to bring Airi back. They hadn't run into any trouble except the ones the other kids caused inside the school; everything had been very peaceful.
At one side of it, they are starting to feel like normal children, or at least one of the E-class's kinds. Children's that may not be that entirely, but still free and had their own will.
Kishi also started forgetting about the curse. Their differences in their standing in the society doesn't seem much of a big deal and the two of them are starting to feel comfortable with other humans and their phobia hadn't bothered them for long.
Being true to themselves, they knew that they were lowering their guard down. They are feeling to comfortable and trusting. But one thing's for sure though. Everything was fun and they wanted things to remain this way. Their hearts seemed to be at ease and they feel somewhat safe in their friends' presence.
The door slowly creaked open. As they looked at the door's direction, Airi popped out through the small opening, carrying a pillow.
"Uhh...Can I...sleep with you?"
"Me too!" Rex added, startling the two of them.
The door opened further and Lune was there as well, along with Mythica and Bubblegum. Though unlike the boys, the two girls seemed bashful.
"No fair" Mythica pouted. "You guys are having a sleep over; you're so selfish."
"W-what the hell is wrong with you guys?" completely taken aback, Kishi said swiftly as he recovered. "Were not at the palace you know."
Airi shrugged and casually entered the room. "It was only supposed to be me but these idiots decided to join in."
"Aww come on...you guys are really not fair. But don't worry, we won't be sleeping in the same bed as you guys." Said Rex.
"Rex is right." Mythica agreed. "The room is big enough for all of us, why not share?"
They didn't give the twins a chance to retort. In the end, they all slept there together.
Kira laid in between Kishi and Airi, and the three of them laid there comfily side by side.
"Airi, if you would look like us, I bet no one would question and we'll all look like siblings." Kira said with a chuckle.
"Looks doesn't matter. Even if we look nothing alike, were all still roses and the two of you will still be my little siblings."
"We got the same eyes though." Kishi pointed out blankly. "Now that you mention it, Airi, Kira and I are older than you now." Kishi told him upon realization.
"What?! How come?!"
"Because of Leo." Kishi explained. "Since you've been reborn, your birthday isn't in the first spring anymore and will be between July and August. And since that is, wouldn't we be older than you?"
Airi became flustered in an instant. "That wouldn't be right! I'm still born earlier than you! My birthday isn't changing!"
"That won't make sense Airi."
"T-then I will have two birthdays!"
Kishi raised a brow, but didn't argue further. It was also a solution to have both of it instead of wracking their heads just to choose one.
*
It was in the middle of the night and there was a big storm. The waves are crashing violently against their ship, and the wind is blowing really hard along with roaring thunders and lightning.
The ship was swaying as if it would flip over any moment. The crew are all working together, furling the sails so it wouldn't be torn by the wind.
The children were woken up because of the noise. They all went to the deck on their night clothes, and even pillows and teddy bears, but they instantly became wet because of the waves and the rain.
"We just had to run into a storm in the middle of the night." Lennan complained, yawning as she kept her feet on the ship's wooden deck, standing firm and not bothered by the swaying even though the ship's cargo was falling off to the sea.
Most of them were not slightly affected, but some of them that are the weak ones are already puking.
"Mythica!" Mythica heard someone calling her but she was quite unsure who. "Stop the storm already!!"
"B-but I can't!! The storm's too big!" She shouted back.
"Then we'll help you."
Turning around, Mythica spotted Aqua holding Rai and Miha behind them.
"With all of us together, it should work out right. Miha said with an encouraging smile.
It was indeed possible. If Mythica alone can't do it, then by fusing all their powers together would surely work. After all, Aqua was known as the prince of the endless rain after causing years of nonstop raining in the land of Water.
Rai on the other hand, may be a bit timid and a late bloomer, but he is known as a master of magic for being able to wield both the element of lightning and water, the powers of his mother and father, but still have two primordial orgins that shouldn't be possible unless those two orgins united but will cause harm to his body and will shorten his life. However, his orgins are still normal except for the fact that he can open them both at the very same time, and as a result, he was named as one of a kind, or perhaps a child who can harness the abyss of sorcery.
And Miha, she's an excellent wind user. She even mastered the spell, known as the green tornado at a young age when she was just eight that most of the children of the wind will only master at their early twenties.
As for Mythica, she can fully control the weather. And she may not know why, but the people of the cloud kingdom regarded her so highly as if she was a goddess. They said that the legendary cloud dragon resided in her, and she can summon it and control it by her will. But it was only a saying and she knows nothing about it.
The four of them together would be an unstoppable force that even a storm that strong and big would be nothing against them.
However, Mythica was hesitating. Fusing their magic together isn't such a simple task. It needs experience and a lot of training to accomplish. Unfortunately for them, they haven't even tried it once and this will certainly the first time they will see and do it. The only ones Mythica knew that could fuse their magic like it was nothing was Kishi and Kira.
As if knowing what she was thinking, Aqua reassured her and reached out a hand. "Don't worry, trust us okay, we can do this."
Although still doubtful, she held his hand and Rai held her other. The four of them formed a circle and chanted a spell.
To everyone's surprise, the guild's emblem that was supposedly hidden appeared in their wrist and glowed.
*
Meanwhile, the twins just got up and was hurrying to get up to the ships deck. But before they could get out, Airi blocked their way.
"Where do you think you were going?" he said. "It's raining outside, you're gonna catch a cold."
The two of them exchanged glances, not sure whether to laugh at him or be grateful.
"What's with those looks?!" slightly exasperated, Airi sighed and suppressed his emotions.
He leaned on the door and while hiding his concern and told them. "I'm doing this 'cause Sychi will kill me if you get sick."
Kishi and Kira kept staring at him with puppy eyes, but their ridicule is still so obvious.
Airi, not being able to put up with them any longer, "Fine! I'll stay with you okay!"
And so, the three of them sat in the middle of the room, leaning against each other. Kishi and Airi decided to read a book to pass the time, and Kira slept in her brother's lap as usual, being that her slumber was interrupted by the swaying of the ship and the noise up in the deck.