In the very next day after discussing their next plan, all is getting ready to go out again.
After having their breakfast, they pick up their belongings though there's no much of it left still they need it. Thing such snacks and water is the most important ones so they tried to bring everything in their back pack as uncertain about how long will it be until finding one or two clues about Mikan's or Yoka's portal.
"Aren't those too heavy for you?" Yoka is observing Mikan's back pack which mostly contain their water bottle
"Huh? No way this is heavy for me...you know... despite my weak looks, my real power is unbeatable" Mikan is telling the truth but Yoka and Jio take it as a joke and they just laughed
But Hui Go and Lokian are exchanging stare like they exactly know the meaning of Mikan's words but then they back with helping Yoka and Jio packing their belongings.
"If you are that strong, make sure don't turn your back on the enemies next time" Jio just wanted to speak bluntly, remembered how they almost got into serious harm condition just because one slipped mistakes.
"I know, you don't have to worry about me anymore... I'll take care of myself and you guys as well" Mikan stand straight, his expression is seriously determined.
Jio is looking up at Mikan
"Hey, dude... why so serious, I'm just joking you know...I have no problems at all on taking care of you guys safetys" Jio awkwardly smiles realising that maybe his words was a bit sharp, he feels sorry.
"Hahaha! Can you two please don't make fuss in the morning? Thank you," Yoka interrupts their awkward conversation
"Who make fuss? Anyway, I'm just telling the truth, I am now stronger than before...anyway, I'm ready" he showed his big back pack on his back, the colour of his black back pack is matching with his black outfits today which is a pair of black shirts and jeans he borrowed from Yoka, now Mikan looks like a modern guy from Real World with his outfits and pretty off course.
"Me too" showing off his ready to go looks, Jio looking at Yoka
"Okay, let's go..." Yoka also has his back pack on and leads their way out from the house.
Carefully they go outside, Hui Go and Lokian calmly walking behind the three whiles keep alert of surrounding.
Keep their steps toward the East side of the city, the place where Mikan first shown up to Uncle Ho and Yoka.
After few hours walking, they got to rest in a nice building with cute decoration which seems like a child care building but lonelier.
Jio looks around and his eyes catch something. One cute seesaw game in the middle of this building and that reminds Jio of the seesaw in the orphanage they used to play.
"I used to play that with my siblings" He points at the seesaw
"Sibling? So you have siblings?" Mikan suddenly feel the excitement in his heart just by listening to the words "sibling"
"Oh? Haven't I told you guys yet? I'm an orphan, so yes I have sisters and brothers from the orphanage before got adopted," Jio remembers all those pure faces he used to see and watch every day when he was young, after being adopted by Mr Libin, Jio sometime went there even though all his mates also grown up and moved elsewhere.
He visited the owner of the orphanage with his father, gave out present for the kids and the staff.
Jio realised that his last visitation was about five years ago and now thinking about it, Jio feel stuffy in his heart. He was busy with works, trying to prove that himself to his father, trying to get recognise without his father's help and that makes him unconsciously distancing from his father.
Now he misses him a little.
"Oh..." Mikan nods his head but his eyes looks blank, like he wasn't expecting such answer "Hey! Since we're here... let's play a bit" Mikan is running towards the seesaw game, waving to call someone as he reached it.
"Go play with him" Yoka laid his back to the ground, he asked Jio to go.
"Why me?" Jio frowns
"You're the one who talk about it before so you can go reminisce your memories, go before he got mad" Yoka smiles playfully
Have no choice, Jio walks and play with Mikan for a while. Unexpectedly, Mikan was enjoying the game a lot whereas this just a simple game for human kind, Mikan asked Jio to play a bit longer than expected.
"Woah! That was fun...I should make one later" Mikan happily share his experience while them continuing their walk.
"I guess no such a simple game in your world huh?What a surprise, I wonder what is your world looks like," One more time Jio spitting out a random question but makes everyone hold breathe, silently everyone except Jio looking at Mikan secretly...they are afraid that question might be uncomfortable for him.
"My world?" Mikan pausing his steps,"I remember it...It a..." he continues walking while answering
"Hey, wait up!" Hui Go speaks, he looked around in alert.
Everyone knows that he sensed something but how come the other didn't sense it. Stayed on their position and watch surrounding fully of old buildings and dried trees.
"What's up Hui Go? You sense something?" Jio takes a few steps away from the other to see if something comes up
"I don't know, but I can feel something odd...Lokian, did you feel it?" he asked Lokian who stood behind Mikan
"Yes but I think I'm still too weak to know who was it..." Lokian answers meanwhile other are now confused
"Guys...Hello...can someone please tell us what's going on here?" Yoka is looking up at Lokian
"Someone or maybe something just opened a big portal...but we're too weak to know whose power is it" Hui Go explaining
"Open up a portal? You guys can sense it when someone opens a portal?" Jio never know this special ability of his guardian
"Only for the big portal... because it requires a lot of powers to open a big one and as a guardian we do have such a strange ability to feel the radiation of the opening...I wonder who was it..."This time Hui Go sighed
"I can't feel it either, let's say it maybe far from here so let hurry up before those creatures spot us" Jio initiatives
"That's right, at least we have to reach the East before it dark" Yoka tightened his backpack and walks along with Jio in front
"Hey wait for me" Mikan catching up with them, he looked back at Hui Go and Lokian behind then turn to look in front again.
A while ago when Jio asked him that question about his world, Mikan almost tell the truth about where he lived but being cut by Hui Go words...and now Mikan is wondering if telling them the truth of his world will be fine or no, he didn't think of this before.
As they kept walking toward the East side and getting closer to the place he first appeared, Mikan gets nervous.
I don't want to go
Not now...
I don't want to go to that place...
I want to stay with you guys...
I miss my world...but I don't want to go yet...
Are they going to let me go easily like this if we found my portal?
Should I just lie about the shape of my portal? So I won't leave...but how about them? They also miss their family... they also want to go home.
Mikan conflicted in his heart, the sudden change in his heart makes him sad. Tears falling from both his eyes and him silently wiped them out.