"...Deja vu is weird. It's weird from all angles. Even the name makes no sense if you think about it long enough. What does one have to do with the other, seriously? Anyway, as we all stand here, ready to part for the day, I'm guessing we all have our own idea of what might happen today. For me, I think the day will go smoothly, just looking over some files with Toshiro, who probably agrees it will be an easy day. In Kayla or Bianca's mind however, not so much. They're probably worried about their meeting with the Head Captain today, but it seems that Cree will probably be able to hold them together. Though as the day goes on, I must admit I'm going to very surprised very soon..."
June 23, 2011
SOUL SOCIETY
Cree's Perspective
Cree yawns as she follows Madison down the steps of her glamourous entrance way, the chandalier above them already shining bright, meaning that either Aneko or Toshiro have come by. She looks back to see Bianca and Kayla following some 10 feet behind, also yawning their lungs out.
"Aneko! Where are you?" Madison yells.
"In here, Captain!" Aneko's voice echoes from down the hall.
Within moments, Cree and Madison find themselves in the kichen, Aneko standing near the table with some books in her hands.
...weird...
Within moments, Kayla and Bianca are behind them, nuging at their backs so that they can get in too.
"Hey, where's Toshiro?" Cree asks as Madison and the others sit down.
Madison raises an eyebrow.
"Toshiro? He's coming by in about 20 minutes to help me make some ground on the Mahinahime case." Yattamori answers.
"What are we supposed to do all day then?" Kayla asks.
"I thought Cree and Aneko were going to take you two to go meet the Head Captain." Madison answers, blinking in surprise.
Bianca gulps.
"We're meeting him today?! No one told us this!" Bianca says.
"What? I told Cree to tell you two." Madison says.
"Oops." Cree mumbles.
"Cree?.." Madison starts.
"Sorry Madison, it seems I forgot to tell them, hehe." Cree apologizes, scratching her head again.
"Whoa! Deja vu!" Madison yells randomly.
"Huh?" Cree and Bianca say at the same time.
"The vision! This is exactly what we saw in my vision!" Madison yells.
"Oh yeah! Wow, that is weird." Kayla says as she remembers.
"Ok, now that that is taken care of, how are we going to do this?" Bianca asks.
"Well, Cree said that because Toshiro and I will be so busy, that she would be able to take you guys." Madison answers.
Cree gulps.
...Oh yeah, that's why I didn't remember...I tried to block it out...
"Why would you want to block it out?" Madison asks.
Cree's eyes widen as she looks down at Madison, shocked by her question.
"H-How did you know I-" Cree starts.
"Captain! What have I told you about reading people's thoughts?!" Aneko yells.
"Huh?!" Cree yells.
"It's not my fault! I swear I could hear it all the way from the World of Living! Seriously man, you need to learn how to censor your thoughts. It'll get you into trouble if you go up against an enemy who can read thoughts like I can." Madison argues, turning to Cree.
"Wha-When-When did you learn to read minds?!" Cree yells, a little freaked out.
Madison seems to get irritated.
"I've always been able to do it! It's one of my Time Psychic abilities, duh." Madison answers.
Cree's eyes widen.
"That's a Time Psychic ability?"
"Yes, for the second time."
"Just how many known abilities are there?" Kayla asks.
"Uh, let me think. Reading minds, barriers, invisibility, stopping time, move objects, erase spiritual pressure, heal, see the future, make things appear...umm, what else is there?" Madison says.
"Well, you just named all of your abilities Captain," Aneko says, "I thought you could also see perfectly in the dark."
"Oh yeah, that power was aproved right before I died." Madison remembers.
"Whoa, whoa, hold on. Back up. What do you mean by 'before I died'?" Bianca asks.
Madison blinks and falls silent, along with Aneko.
"Oh, look at the time, I gotta go. Bye!" Madison says, before disappearing.
"Ma-Madison!" Kayla yells after her.
"Don't waste your time, she's not coming back." Aneko says solemly, looking where Madison had been sitting only seconds ago.
"B-But-" Kayla starts.
"-No guys, there's a reason she didn't want to talk about it, so leave her be..."Cree interupts.
They all turn to look at her.
"Cree.." Aneko trails.
"But if you must know, I'll tell you what she meant." Cree finishes, turning towards them.
Within moments, Cree finds herself once again in the awkward discussion of Madison's death. As she gets to the actual stabbing part, Kayla and Bianca's faces turn ash white, kinda like Madison's did when she told Cree in front of Toshiro. As she finally finishes, she looks over to see that it's time to get ready.
"Come on guys, let's go." Cree instructs as she begins to walk out of the room.
"Uh, ok." both Kayla and Bianca answer.
"We'll see you later Aneko." Cree calls over her shoulder.
"See you then." Aneko calls back, gathering her things.
As they walk up to the stairs, Madison appears, now fully dressed in her well-known attire, though in a hurry.
As she runs by, she doesn't even look at them, seeming to know that Cree told.
When she disappears from all sight, Kayla sighs.
"Wow, I never knew she and Toshiro had such a depressing past." Kayla comments.
"I know, she always seem so upbeat and optimistic. It must be hard for her to keep everyone thinking she's happy 24/7." Bianca agrees as they reach the top of the stairs.
"Ok guys, let's just focus on meeting the Head Captain, alright?" Cree says as she opens the door to one of their rooms.
"Kay." Bianca and Kayla groan as they walk in.
Within 15 minutes, the trio find themselves each ready to go, and have made some new adjustments to their uniforms. Bianca took Madison's idea and wraped a sash around her waist, though ending it above her hips, unlike at her waist like Madison does, while Kayla switched out her white waist band for a wide dark purple sash, still tied at her waist with her zampakutou at her side.
As they walk on, Cree stops, surprising both Kayla and Bianca.
"Cree?-" Kayla starts.
"Shh." Cree snaps, silencing Kayla.
Within seconds, Cree spots Madison and Toshiro, both carrying a stack of books. They're walking towards them.
"Guys, hide, now." Cree instucts.
"W-Why?" Bianca asks as Cree pushes them into the next walkway.
"Just be quiet." Cree snaps in a whisper.
She turns back and tries to figure out a better way to hide, knowing that Madison will notice them.
Suddenly, an idea pops into her head.
She closes her head, trying to focus on nothing.
Without warning, she feels a strange sensation come over her body, and she opens her eyes to see that she no longer sees her feet.
"Guys, take my hands." Cree orders.
"Why?" Kayla asks, a little freaked out by the situation.
"Just do it!" Cree whispers.
Bianca and Kayla do as told and take her hands, disappearing along with her.
And in the knick of time, Madison and Toshiro walking by within seconds.
"Yeah, but I literally ran out of the kichen, and locked my bedroom door behind me so they couldn't follow." Madison says.
Cree's eyes widen in surprise.
...she's taking about this morning!...
"Don't you think you might of over-reacted?" Toshiro asks.
"Let's follow them." Cree says.
"What? Madison will sense us!" Kayla says.
"Be quiet, now come on!" Cree says, pulling them along.
"I didn't want to bring it up again..." Madison admits.
Toshiro doesn't answer for a moment.
"It was hard enough when explaining to Cree. I wish to forget about it." Madison answers.
Toshiro chuckles.
"I thought you wanted to embrace it." Toshiro says.
Madison stops, which takes Toshiro by surprise.
"Yattamori?..." Toshiro starts.
"I've tried to embrace it and move on, but it still always finds a way to creep back into my mind. It's as if something doesn't want me to move on." Madison explains.
Toshiro blinks.
"Madison..." Toshiro trails.
Madison grins weakly.
"Sorry, I'm just being negative, just pretend I never said anything, alright?" Madison says, smiling.
As she begins to walk away, Toshiro pulls her back with his free hand, taking her by surprise.
"Toshiro?" Madison says.
"Madison, you won't move on until you actually let go of some of what you're feeling. Unlike me, you haven't really let out anything that's going on in your head, so it's just building up in your mind." Toshiro explains.
Madison's eyes widen.
"Toshiro..."
He grins.
"You know that you can talk to me, right?"
"Oh-"
"My-"
"God-" Kayla, Cree, and Bianca say one at a time.
Madison doesn't answer, though becomes slightly red in the cheeks.
Within seconds, she grins and nods.
Toshiro smiles back.
"Good, now let's get going." Toshiro says, walking ahead.
"Huh? H-Hey, wait up!" Madison calls after him as she tries to catch up.
As the duo disappear from site, Cree allows the invisibility to dissiapate, leaving them seen.
"Wow, deep." Kayla comments.
"I guess I also didn't realize just how close those two are." Bianca says.
"I know, they're really close. I mean, she did die for him." Cree says, wishing she hadn't said anything as soon as she breaths it out.
"I see couple material." Kayla comments.
Cree and Bianca roll their eyes.
"Get real Kayla, they're just friends." Cree says as she turns the other way, "C'mon, we need to go see the Head Captain."
Kayla and Bianca freeze, taking Cree by surprise.
"Guys?" Cree says.
"D-Do we have to?" Kayla asks.
"I'd rather wait, a long time." Bianca continues.
"Yeah, definitly a long time."
"Move it!" Cree yells.
"OK!" Kayla and Bianca yell, running ahead.
As she tries to catch up, she sighs.
...I shouldn't of agreed to do this...
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Madison's Perspective
She yawns as she tries to pay attention to the records in front of her, reading line after line of information.
"Can we take a break, I'm exhausted." Madison moans.
"We already took a break." Toshiro answers.
"Aww, c'mon."
Toshiro rolls his eyes.
"Just read, we'll take a break a little later." Toshiro says as he looks back down at his text.
"You're no fun." Madison comments.
"Just read."
"Captain Yattamori? Captain Hitsugaya?" a familiar voice says.
They both turn to see Miyoko and Hatsune, both grinning warmly at them.
"What part of don't call my Captain don't any of you understand?" Madison murmers.
"What brings you two here to the archives?" Toshiro asks, covering Madison's remark.
"We wanted to give you something that you'd be interested in." Hatsune says as she hands a couple files to them.
Madison blinks.
"Really?" Madison asks.
Miyoko grins.
"Oh yeah, just read it. You'll know what we're talking about as soon as you see it." Miyoko comments.
"Um, where did you-? Toshiro starts.
"Well, we gotta go, we've got patroling duties. See you guys later." Miyoko interupts as she and Hatsune begin to walk away.
"See you later!" Hatsune calls.
"Miyoko! Hatsune!" Madison calls after them, to no avail.
"Well, that was a little weird, don't you think?" Toshiro asks.
"I don't know, Miyoko has always been like that." Madison answers.
"True."
"So, what should we do with these files?"
"I don't know. Let's just stick with these records for now."
"Sounds good to me."
After a few minutes, Madison sighs and looks over at her pile that Hatsune had handed her.
...I wonder what they could be...they must have something to do with Mahinahime somehow...
Without another thought, Madison grabs and opens her file, taking Toshiro by surprise.
"I thought you wanted to stick with these records." Toshiro says.
"We're getting no where with these records. These files might actually tell us something." Madison says as she looks at the papers.
Toshiro grins.
"Alright." Toshiro says as he grabs his own stack, flipping the front page.
Madison smiles, then looks back down at her own stack.
At first, the files are nothing but random things here and there. Lists, ideas, quotes, everything that you could think of is stacked in the papers. Though, as time goes by, she begins to notice something.
Each paper is divided into seven parts, a different letter on the side of each paper. Suddenly, something clicks.
"Hino." Madison comments.
Toshiro raises an eyebrow as he looks up.
"What?" Toshiro asks.
"The second letter, it stands for Hino. And the third 'N' stands for Natomi. And the fourth 'A' stand for Araiki-" Madison explains.
"Those are the names of the royal children." Toshiro interupts.
"Exactly. And look at the first letter." Madison says.
Toshiro looks down as told, and within moments, his eyes widen.
He looks back up at her.
"M." Toshiro says.
"For Mahina." Madison finishes, "Toshiro, do you know what we're holding in our hands?"
"What?" he asks.
"These are copies of the royal family's intinerary." Madison answers, "This is a record of everything they did everyday."
Toshiro's eyes widen.
He looks back down at the files, and he turns whiter.
"And look." Toshiro says.
He passes the record to him.
She looks over it and gasps.
DECEMBER 3RD, 1870
"Isn't that the day the royal palace was attacked?" Madison asks.
Toshiro nods.
Madison gulps.
"Let's see what they had planned for that day." she says as she starts at the very beginning of the day, "8:00 a.m., Mahinahime to be awoken and taken to her first three hours of studies. Ack, just like school."
"Continue." Toshiro instructs.
Madison rolls her eyes.
"12:00, noon, Mahinahime to be fitted for her new kimono. 1:30 p.m., Mahinahime taken to next three hours of studies. Ugh, I feel for her."
Toshiro rolls her eyes.
"Yattamori-"
"I'm going, I'm going. Jeez." Madison snaps, "Nothing in the schedule until 7:30 p.m., 'Mahinahime to be dressed in kimono. 8:00 p.m., 'Mahinahime to learn and meet her engagement'..."
Madison's eyes widen.
"W-Wait, what?" Madison says as she rereads the last part.
"'Mahinahime to meet her engagement'...What's that supposed to mean?" Toshiro says.
"No way..." Madison whispers.
Toshiro looks up at her.
"What Yattamori?" he asks.
She looks up at him.
"Engagement...she was engaged." Madison confesses.
Toshiro's eyes widen.
"Engaged?!" whispers with haste.
Madison nods, until another idea pops into her head.
"To learn and meet her engagement..." she repeats.
Toshiro's eyes widen as he sees what Madison sees.
"Y-You don't think that she didn't know she was engaged, do you?" Toshiro asks.
Madison doesn't look up at him for a moment.
"For some reason, I don't think she knew. Maybe they wanted to keep it a secret so she wouldn't complain." Madison answers, looking down at the files again, before noticing a piece of paper connected to the main page, "Hey look, '8:49 p.m., palace is attacked. Mahinahime told to use ability to escape in middle of being introduced to engagement'"
"So she did use an ability to get away." Toshiro comments.
"Seems like it. So now we have proof. Though, that still doesn't give us any reason to believe she's still alive."
"Good point." Toshiro says.
Madison looks down at the wording one more time, tracing the wording with her finger. As she does, she notices another paper sticking out, seeming to be put there on purpose.
"Now what are you?" Madison whispers as she picks the paper out, putting it in front of the other one.
She reads word by word, making sure not to skip a single letter or clue.
She gasps in alarm, frightening Toshiro a bit.
"What is it now?!" Toshiro yells.
"These are recent..." Madison mumbles.
"What?" Toshiro asks as his eyes widen.
"These reports, they're from recent times. All of them saying that Spiritual Pressure that matches Mahina's was recorded in areas of Junrinon."
"What years?" Toshiro asks.
"1878, 1899, 1906, 1921, 1940, 1949, 1957, 1963, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1995,1996...." Madison says, "The last time her Spiritual Pressure was recorded was early December of 2010."
"But, that would mean..." Toshiro trails.
They turn and look at each other.
"She's still alive." they say at the same time.
June 23, 2011
SOUL SOCIETY
Cree's Perspective
Cree yawns as she follows Madison down the steps of her glamourous entrance way, the chandalier above them already shining bright, meaning that either Aneko or Toshiro have come by. She looks back to see Bianca and Kayla following some 10 feet behind, also yawning their lungs out.
"Aneko! Where are you?" Madison yells.
"In here, Captain!" Aneko's voice echoes from down the hall.
Within moments, Cree and Madison find themselves in the kichen, Aneko standing near the table with some books in her hands.
...weird...
Within moments, Kayla and Bianca are behind them, nuging at their backs so that they can get in too.
"Hey, where's Toshiro?" Cree asks as Madison and the others sit down.
Madison raises an eyebrow.
"Toshiro? He's coming by in about 20 minutes to help me make some ground on the Mahinahime case." Yattamori answers.
"What are we supposed to do all day then?" Kayla asks.
"I thought Cree and Aneko were going to take you two to go meet the Head Captain." Madison answers, blinking in surprise.
Bianca gulps.
"We're meeting him today?! No one told us this!" Bianca says.
"What? I told Cree to tell you two." Madison says.
"Oops." Cree mumbles.
"Cree?.." Madison starts.
"Sorry Madison, it seems I forgot to tell them, hehe." Cree apologizes, scratching her head again.
"Whoa! Deja vu!" Madison yells randomly.
"Huh?" Cree and Bianca say at the same time.
"The vision! This is exactly what we saw in my vision!" Madison yells.
"Oh yeah! Wow, that is weird." Kayla says as she remembers.
"Ok, now that that is taken care of, how are we going to do this?" Bianca asks.
"Well, Cree said that because Toshiro and I will be so busy, that she would be able to take you guys." Madison answers.
Cree gulps.
...Oh yeah, that's why I didn't remember...I tried to block it out...
"Why would you want to block it out?" Madison asks.
Cree's eyes widen as she looks down at Madison, shocked by her question.
"H-How did you know I-" Cree starts.
"Captain! What have I told you about reading people's thoughts?!" Aneko yells.
"Huh?!" Cree yells.
"It's not my fault! I swear I could hear it all the way from the World of Living! Seriously man, you need to learn how to censor your thoughts. It'll get you into trouble if you go up against an enemy who can read thoughts like I can." Madison argues, turning to Cree.
"Wha-When-When did you learn to read minds?!" Cree yells, a little freaked out.
Madison seems to get irritated.
"I've always been able to do it! It's one of my Time Psychic abilities, duh." Madison answers.
Cree's eyes widen.
"That's a Time Psychic ability?"
"Yes, for the second time."
"Just how many known abilities are there?" Kayla asks.
"Uh, let me think. Reading minds, barriers, invisibility, stopping time, move objects, erase spiritual pressure, heal, see the future, make things appear...umm, what else is there?" Madison says.
"Well, you just named all of your abilities Captain," Aneko says, "I thought you could also see perfectly in the dark."
"Oh yeah, that power was aproved right before I died." Madison remembers.
"Whoa, whoa, hold on. Back up. What do you mean by 'before I died'?" Bianca asks.
Madison blinks and falls silent, along with Aneko.
"Oh, look at the time, I gotta go. Bye!" Madison says, before disappearing.
"Ma-Madison!" Kayla yells after her.
"Don't waste your time, she's not coming back." Aneko says solemly, looking where Madison had been sitting only seconds ago.
"B-But-" Kayla starts.
"-No guys, there's a reason she didn't want to talk about it, so leave her be..."Cree interupts.
They all turn to look at her.
"Cree.." Aneko trails.
"But if you must know, I'll tell you what she meant." Cree finishes, turning towards them.
Within moments, Cree finds herself once again in the awkward discussion of Madison's death. As she gets to the actual stabbing part, Kayla and Bianca's faces turn ash white, kinda like Madison's did when she told Cree in front of Toshiro. As she finally finishes, she looks over to see that it's time to get ready.
"Come on guys, let's go." Cree instructs as she begins to walk out of the room.
"Uh, ok." both Kayla and Bianca answer.
"We'll see you later Aneko." Cree calls over her shoulder.
"See you then." Aneko calls back, gathering her things.
As they walk up to the stairs, Madison appears, now fully dressed in her well-known attire, though in a hurry.
As she runs by, she doesn't even look at them, seeming to know that Cree told.
When she disappears from all sight, Kayla sighs.
"Wow, I never knew she and Toshiro had such a depressing past." Kayla comments.
"I know, she always seem so upbeat and optimistic. It must be hard for her to keep everyone thinking she's happy 24/7." Bianca agrees as they reach the top of the stairs.
"Ok guys, let's just focus on meeting the Head Captain, alright?" Cree says as she opens the door to one of their rooms.
"Kay." Bianca and Kayla groan as they walk in.
Within 15 minutes, the trio find themselves each ready to go, and have made some new adjustments to their uniforms. Bianca took Madison's idea and wraped a sash around her waist, though ending it above her hips, unlike at her waist like Madison does, while Kayla switched out her white waist band for a wide dark purple sash, still tied at her waist with her zampakutou at her side.
As they walk on, Cree stops, surprising both Kayla and Bianca.
"Cree?-" Kayla starts.
"Shh." Cree snaps, silencing Kayla.
Within seconds, Cree spots Madison and Toshiro, both carrying a stack of books. They're walking towards them.
"Guys, hide, now." Cree instucts.
"W-Why?" Bianca asks as Cree pushes them into the next walkway.
"Just be quiet." Cree snaps in a whisper.
She turns back and tries to figure out a better way to hide, knowing that Madison will notice them.
Suddenly, an idea pops into her head.
She closes her head, trying to focus on nothing.
Without warning, she feels a strange sensation come over her body, and she opens her eyes to see that she no longer sees her feet.
"Guys, take my hands." Cree orders.
"Why?" Kayla asks, a little freaked out by the situation.
"Just do it!" Cree whispers.
Bianca and Kayla do as told and take her hands, disappearing along with her.
And in the knick of time, Madison and Toshiro walking by within seconds.
"Yeah, but I literally ran out of the kichen, and locked my bedroom door behind me so they couldn't follow." Madison says.
Cree's eyes widen in surprise.
...she's taking about this morning!...
"Don't you think you might of over-reacted?" Toshiro asks.
"Let's follow them." Cree says.
"What? Madison will sense us!" Kayla says.
"Be quiet, now come on!" Cree says, pulling them along.
"I didn't want to bring it up again..." Madison admits.
Toshiro doesn't answer for a moment.
"It was hard enough when explaining to Cree. I wish to forget about it." Madison answers.
Toshiro chuckles.
"I thought you wanted to embrace it." Toshiro says.
Madison stops, which takes Toshiro by surprise.
"Yattamori?..." Toshiro starts.
"I've tried to embrace it and move on, but it still always finds a way to creep back into my mind. It's as if something doesn't want me to move on." Madison explains.
Toshiro blinks.
"Madison..." Toshiro trails.
Madison grins weakly.
"Sorry, I'm just being negative, just pretend I never said anything, alright?" Madison says, smiling.
As she begins to walk away, Toshiro pulls her back with his free hand, taking her by surprise.
"Toshiro?" Madison says.
"Madison, you won't move on until you actually let go of some of what you're feeling. Unlike me, you haven't really let out anything that's going on in your head, so it's just building up in your mind." Toshiro explains.
Madison's eyes widen.
"Toshiro..."
He grins.
"You know that you can talk to me, right?"
"Oh-"
"My-"
"God-" Kayla, Cree, and Bianca say one at a time.
Madison doesn't answer, though becomes slightly red in the cheeks.
Within seconds, she grins and nods.
Toshiro smiles back.
"Good, now let's get going." Toshiro says, walking ahead.
"Huh? H-Hey, wait up!" Madison calls after him as she tries to catch up.
As the duo disappear from site, Cree allows the invisibility to dissiapate, leaving them seen.
"Wow, deep." Kayla comments.
"I guess I also didn't realize just how close those two are." Bianca says.
"I know, they're really close. I mean, she did die for him." Cree says, wishing she hadn't said anything as soon as she breaths it out.
"I see couple material." Kayla comments.
Cree and Bianca roll their eyes.
"Get real Kayla, they're just friends." Cree says as she turns the other way, "C'mon, we need to go see the Head Captain."
Kayla and Bianca freeze, taking Cree by surprise.
"Guys?" Cree says.
"D-Do we have to?" Kayla asks.
"I'd rather wait, a long time." Bianca continues.
"Yeah, definitly a long time."
"Move it!" Cree yells.
"OK!" Kayla and Bianca yell, running ahead.
As she tries to catch up, she sighs.
...I shouldn't of agreed to do this...
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Madison's Perspective
She yawns as she tries to pay attention to the records in front of her, reading line after line of information.
"Can we take a break, I'm exhausted." Madison moans.
"We already took a break." Toshiro answers.
"Aww, c'mon."
Toshiro rolls his eyes.
"Just read, we'll take a break a little later." Toshiro says as he looks back down at his text.
"You're no fun." Madison comments.
"Just read."
"Captain Yattamori? Captain Hitsugaya?" a familiar voice says.
They both turn to see Miyoko and Hatsune, both grinning warmly at them.
"What part of don't call my Captain don't any of you understand?" Madison murmers.
"What brings you two here to the archives?" Toshiro asks, covering Madison's remark.
"We wanted to give you something that you'd be interested in." Hatsune says as she hands a couple files to them.
Madison blinks.
"Really?" Madison asks.
Miyoko grins.
"Oh yeah, just read it. You'll know what we're talking about as soon as you see it." Miyoko comments.
"Um, where did you-? Toshiro starts.
"Well, we gotta go, we've got patroling duties. See you guys later." Miyoko interupts as she and Hatsune begin to walk away.
"See you later!" Hatsune calls.
"Miyoko! Hatsune!" Madison calls after them, to no avail.
"Well, that was a little weird, don't you think?" Toshiro asks.
"I don't know, Miyoko has always been like that." Madison answers.
"True."
"So, what should we do with these files?"
"I don't know. Let's just stick with these records for now."
"Sounds good to me."
After a few minutes, Madison sighs and looks over at her pile that Hatsune had handed her.
...I wonder what they could be...they must have something to do with Mahinahime somehow...
Without another thought, Madison grabs and opens her file, taking Toshiro by surprise.
"I thought you wanted to stick with these records." Toshiro says.
"We're getting no where with these records. These files might actually tell us something." Madison says as she looks at the papers.
Toshiro grins.
"Alright." Toshiro says as he grabs his own stack, flipping the front page.
Madison smiles, then looks back down at her own stack.
At first, the files are nothing but random things here and there. Lists, ideas, quotes, everything that you could think of is stacked in the papers. Though, as time goes by, she begins to notice something.
Each paper is divided into seven parts, a different letter on the side of each paper. Suddenly, something clicks.
"Hino." Madison comments.
Toshiro raises an eyebrow as he looks up.
"What?" Toshiro asks.
"The second letter, it stands for Hino. And the third 'N' stands for Natomi. And the fourth 'A' stand for Araiki-" Madison explains.
"Those are the names of the royal children." Toshiro interupts.
"Exactly. And look at the first letter." Madison says.
Toshiro looks down as told, and within moments, his eyes widen.
He looks back up at her.
"M." Toshiro says.
"For Mahina." Madison finishes, "Toshiro, do you know what we're holding in our hands?"
"What?" he asks.
"These are copies of the royal family's intinerary." Madison answers, "This is a record of everything they did everyday."
Toshiro's eyes widen.
He looks back down at the files, and he turns whiter.
"And look." Toshiro says.
He passes the record to him.
She looks over it and gasps.
DECEMBER 3RD, 1870
"Isn't that the day the royal palace was attacked?" Madison asks.
Toshiro nods.
Madison gulps.
"Let's see what they had planned for that day." she says as she starts at the very beginning of the day, "8:00 a.m., Mahinahime to be awoken and taken to her first three hours of studies. Ack, just like school."
"Continue." Toshiro instructs.
Madison rolls her eyes.
"12:00, noon, Mahinahime to be fitted for her new kimono. 1:30 p.m., Mahinahime taken to next three hours of studies. Ugh, I feel for her."
Toshiro rolls her eyes.
"Yattamori-"
"I'm going, I'm going. Jeez." Madison snaps, "Nothing in the schedule until 7:30 p.m., 'Mahinahime to be dressed in kimono. 8:00 p.m., 'Mahinahime to learn and meet her engagement'..."
Madison's eyes widen.
"W-Wait, what?" Madison says as she rereads the last part.
"'Mahinahime to meet her engagement'...What's that supposed to mean?" Toshiro says.
"No way..." Madison whispers.
Toshiro looks up at her.
"What Yattamori?" he asks.
She looks up at him.
"Engagement...she was engaged." Madison confesses.
Toshiro's eyes widen.
"Engaged?!" whispers with haste.
Madison nods, until another idea pops into her head.
"To learn and meet her engagement..." she repeats.
Toshiro's eyes widen as he sees what Madison sees.
"Y-You don't think that she didn't know she was engaged, do you?" Toshiro asks.
Madison doesn't look up at him for a moment.
"For some reason, I don't think she knew. Maybe they wanted to keep it a secret so she wouldn't complain." Madison answers, looking down at the files again, before noticing a piece of paper connected to the main page, "Hey look, '8:49 p.m., palace is attacked. Mahinahime told to use ability to escape in middle of being introduced to engagement'"
"So she did use an ability to get away." Toshiro comments.
"Seems like it. So now we have proof. Though, that still doesn't give us any reason to believe she's still alive."
"Good point." Toshiro says.
Madison looks down at the wording one more time, tracing the wording with her finger. As she does, she notices another paper sticking out, seeming to be put there on purpose.
"Now what are you?" Madison whispers as she picks the paper out, putting it in front of the other one.
She reads word by word, making sure not to skip a single letter or clue.
She gasps in alarm, frightening Toshiro a bit.
"What is it now?!" Toshiro yells.
"These are recent..." Madison mumbles.
"What?" Toshiro asks as his eyes widen.
"These reports, they're from recent times. All of them saying that Spiritual Pressure that matches Mahina's was recorded in areas of Junrinon."
"What years?" Toshiro asks.
"1878, 1899, 1906, 1921, 1940, 1949, 1957, 1963, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1995,1996...." Madison says, "The last time her Spiritual Pressure was recorded was early December of 2010."
"But, that would mean..." Toshiro trails.
They turn and look at each other.
"She's still alive." they say at the same time.
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