Sakura uses teleportation magic and the two teleport to a busy town and go to a bar.
*bell ring sound*
"Welcome" the bartender says to them. But after he looks up to see the customer, he smiles and says "Oh! Sakura! And… oh! Kid, I know you; what was your name again?..."
"Ritsume! I can't believe you forgot about me!"
"Ah no, it's just that I couldn't remember your name… I can never forget you!"
Sakura was confused about this as the bartender is mostly a strict man and doesn't talk to people much. The bar was also adult only and kids are usually thrown out.
She then asks the bartender out of curiosity "How do you know him?"
The man replies "First you two sit down! I'll get some drinks."
Without a word, Ritsume sits down and Sakura follows. They both sat down on the stools next to the bartender and he says 'Now, we can have a conversation as he gets the ingredients from the various shelfs.
And while looking through the shelf, he says "The two of you should order something! I cannot select for you and now that I am old, it's become harder to decide."
Sakura smiles and says "I'll have a 'Honeysuckle Daiquiri'! and I will pay! Also for him, a juice-"
But gets cut off by Ritsume and says "one 'Ramos Gin fizz' please! And I'll pay too."
The bartender smiles with happiness and says "I've got my work cut out for me huh? And Hino, don't make drinking a habit.'
Sakura was surprised and also a bit angry and says "hey! He's 12! You can't just give him alcohol like that! And Ritsume, Why is he calling you 'Hino'?"
The bartender does not reply and start making the drinks but Ritsume turns to Sakura and says
"Well, Mr Bibe doesn't mind and as long as I pay and don't get addicted, it's fine. And the reason he calls me 'Hino' is because on my first day here, I lost control for the first time and I was thankfully able to revert back but I lost too much blood because of the sudden change and fell unconscious somewhere and this man treated me and gave me medical care; and because I was only half conscious, I told him everything…but he promised me he would keep it a secret. That's our story."
She was intrigued about his past but did not think much and after five minutes, her drink was ready but Ritsume had to wait even longer as he ordered something that was time consuming to make and he was bummed about it.
And after finally getting his drink, something came to his mind. And he quickly asked Sakura "Hey, weren't we supposed to go to hotel or inn? and I even remember walking into the inn I was staying at!"
And that's when Sakura realized something had happened! "I remember too! But… what what? And suddenly the drink she was holding turned into sand and she spat out worms from her mouth along with blood and a finger.
Ritsume's Drink turned into snakes each with two and two eyes as a tongue but he quickly moved away from it and used fire magic to burn them.
The bartender looked at Ritsume and it seemed as he was crying but as he did, his eyes fell from his face and hands sprouted from his mouth as he screamed but a burst of blood surged through him and leaked out through his empty eyes , ears and nose. Sakura stepped back and she was disgusted but did not show that emotion outside and stayed alerted.
Ritsume however was emotionless and without a second of doubt, he used blood magic to sever the head and used fire magic: Infernal to burn him. But as he thought it was over, the burned body stood back up as the hands fell from his mouth and burned unrecognizable hands sprouted back up and intestines flowed out of his eyes! Ritsume quickly stepped away and both Sakura and Ritsume stood together and Sakura asked Ritsume "What are your strongest magic?"
He replied "Blood magic, god-blade technique and fire magic."
She then whispered something in his ears and after hearing it, his emotion changed! And he said "Fuck no! that's for cowards have a better plan anyway to get out of this dimension! "
Those words shook Sakura as even she did not know it was another dimension! "Dimension? What are you talking about? That can't b-"
But that's when she notices the background. "It-it's moving!"
He replied "This is not reality! The fact that the whole space is moving in a left to right pattern means that someone used a dimensional magic or worse, someone came from another dimension and their power was so immense that the dimensional portal broke and the dimensions are mixing!"
And as he finished saying this, everything went back to normal in an instant! They were back in the bar but here was one thing that changed.!
When they looked around, they couldn't believe it and thought that it was someone's magic but amongst this confusion, they hear a clap and when they turn around to where the sound had come from, they saw a man sitting on a chair and the bartender lying unconscious on the floor!
Ritsume did not hesitate for a second and immediately used blood magic on him but it didn't even seem to have an effect on him… for Ritsume, it felt like the attack did not even reach him!
The man wore a worn-down black leather coat and a torn shirt and torn pants; but what was most weird about him was that he wore a pitch black fedora that seemed new and shiny but the color of it was strange! It was darker than any black color. So black that light could not pass through it! It stood out.
He had an incredibly slender body and his face was… a swirling black thing. Nothing else could describe it! His face was moving and dots of light small and big could be seen in the mesmerizing swirl!
He then spoke to Ritsume! "You really are amusing! Just like he said… you are special. Killing you now would be optimal as you are weak but that would change the flow! And in that different flow, I would not be strong! Do you understand what I am saying? You shall die pathetically by the hands of someone who loved you… I am not like the others, I do not wish for your death! But Hinoyo Ritsume, the path you are swirling down is the cause for you losing your family and the cause of all the loss that are going to happen. Novus princeps maledictionis inferni defluat, et viam tuam non mutet. (Latin for 'May the new ruler of hell's curse fade away and not change your path'.)
And as soon as he said those words, Ritsume fell down unconscious and he then said to Sakura "Take care of him."And disappeared.
3 hours after the incident
"Where am I?" Miku says as she wakes up to see a women and an unconscious Ritsume on a bed.
To be continued-