Under the Sky

Chapter Six

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"What do you mean by you 'fall from the trees'?!" screamed Izumi at the sight of her son.

"Honey, do I need to remind you that Yosuke-kun is a child? There will be a point in his life he'll do something reckless."

"If you can't say anything beside that, shut up," She mutters angrily as she fussed over her son while ignoring Yosuke's winces.

"Kaa-san," Her son whined, but letting her to fussing him. "I'm alright. It's not like I've a broken bone or something," He paused. "Or a conscious for that matter."

"You are not a doctor," Izumi glared at him. "You can't decide something like that just because you are feeling alright."

He muttering something but she didn't hear it.

"Now, mind telling me how you 'fall of the trees'?"

Yosuke didn't say anything.

"You better tell your mother, son." Her husband might a laidback person, but he is still a father first and foremost, worrying over their son.

"Even if I tell you," He finally says. "You would not believe me."

"Try me."

And for once since they start the conversation, their son finally staring at their eyes with a hint of something. Something that make they can't breath.

(Something that is not human.)

"Not now," And just like that, they can finally breathe. "Seriously, Kaa-san. I'm fine." He whined at the last part.

"And I'm still your mother," Izumi then turning at her husband. "We will go to the hospital."

"Kaa-san—"

"I'll pick the keys."

"Tou-san—"

"Go to the car, Yosuke-kun."

"But, Kaa-san—"

"Now."

"So, you're in the hospital right now, Yosuke-senpai?"

"Yeah," He says as he pouted at the sight of doctor that are still talking to his parents. "Sorry for making you to hold the telepathy, Rise."

"Naw, it's okay, Yosuke-senpai," He has a feeling that Rise is smiling. "I don't need that much energy to hold the telepathy anyway," She explained. "And I've been using the telepathy without using the help of my Persona, remember?"

Yosuke hums, remember the past were it was Rise the one who reached them first with using her Persona skill without summoning the said Persona.

"Are you going to tell your parents how you 'fall', Yosuke?" asked Chie, joining the conversation.

"To be honest, I don't know," He told her. "I mean, I can't exactly told them that I got thrown to the sky and landed myself in the branches, can I?"

Chie sighed. "Well, that's your fault," The kungfu lovers muttered. "The moment you summoned your Persona, you immediately call the wind."

"Hey," He protested weakly. "That was a weak skill!"

"And weak that might be, you got yourself pulled by the tiny tornado!"

"Alright, that's enough," Nanami cutted easily. "Yosuke, I think you should focus on the reality. Even I can hear your parents calling you."

He blinked, and found himself three pair of eyes staring at him.

"Um, is there something wrong…?"

"...I think your son need to hospitalize, Hanamura-san."

"I agree, Sensei."

"What…?" He squeaked, glancing between his parents and the doctor.

Just what happened while he was out?

After telling them that no, he is truly fine; that yes, he might sleepy (ok, that's a lie, but) so he didn't hear his parents call or the doctor; and no, Kaa-san, I'm fine—

Yosuke sighed when he entered the car.

"Sensei said you don't need to go to school for a few days," says his mother on their way home. "And it means no playing outside with your friends either."

"But they can visit me, right?"

His parents glanced at each other.

"Of course, son."

"Thanks, Tou-san." He said with a yawn.

He wonder why there's a hesitation in his father's words.

"It sucks," He said to his friends the moment they entered his room.

Chie snorted, and throw herself to the bed. He kicked her lightly.

"It seems you are alright, Yosuke-kun," says Yukiko as she placing the fruit basket to the table beside his bed.

Nanami looks at him worriedly.

"I'm fine, Partner," He told his Partner for the umpteenth time since he got himself stuck in the branches. "Really, it's not your fault, you know."

"What he said is true," said Chie, dangling her feet of the bed. "He just got excited, that's why he was so reckless back then."

Only Nanami, Chie, and Yukiko that has visited him, as for the others can't visit him for today for other reasons.

She sighed but smiled nonetheless.

"Just… please hold yourself, alright?"

He smiled. "I will."

"Are you going to tell us how you 'fall from the trees'?"

"Sorry, Kaa-san. But not now."

"Son—"

"Weekend. The only thing I can promise is in the weekend, yeah?"

"Weekend then."

"Partner, I'm so sorry—"

"Alright, alright, calm down," He calmed down at the voice of his Partner. "I heard from Rise that there's something you want to talk. Something urgent, no? Now, what of it?"

"Uh, remember that my parents always urging me to tell them how the hell I 'fall from the trees' when I never displaying being a brat before?" Nanami hums, urging him to continue. "Uhh, I might promised them that I'll tell them this weekend…?"

"It's not like we have a reason to hiding them before," says Nanami calmly. Her tone never judging. "Sure, you can bring your parents to the Shrine."

"You aren't mad?"

Nanami chuckled. "Why I should be?" She said with a hint of smile. "Rise, can you tell the others about this?"

"Of course, Senpai!" chirped Rise.

He sighed in relief. "Thanks, Partner," He told her. "You are the best."

"Hmm, just got some rest."

"Will do."

"So, why are we in the forest?" asked Izumi when he told them to go to the Shrine forest last night.

"You asked how I 'fall', right?" asked their son back. "Well, it's better to show you guys," He smiled at them. "Believe me, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

"Try me." She challenged her son like before.

Yosuke chuckled. "Later, Kaa-san." He said with a sharp smile. A smile that was so unlike her son.

"Is everyone here?" asked her son's 'partner'. She frowned at the title. As a mother, she's glad for her son to have a best friend. However, as a mother, she's worried. She didn't want to lose her son this fast. Her husband nudged her, aware of her thoughts.

The brown haired girl hums for a moment before turning to the black haired young woman. She frowned once again. Since when that woman is here?

"You can put the barriers now, Marie."

Marie? For someone who clearly has a Japanese physical traits on her, she has a foreign name. Weird.

The Japanese woman who has a foreign name raised her hand. Then, something raised from the ground.

She can't see it, but she knows that there's something in the air. Something she can't see.

"It's too quiet," says her husband suddenly. "This is forest. We are in the middle of forest. Why there's no sound?" He asked, slightly alarmed.

"Please don't be alarmed," said Marie calmly. "I just put the barriers and asking for the resident of the forest to get out from this area for awhile. That's all."

"'Don't be alarmed' you said?" Repeated her husband, slightly moving from her side to in front of her, angling his body to hide her from this woman and gripped their son's shoulder tightly.

(Is she truly a woman? A human?)

"Who are you?" She asked, staring at this woman-but not a woman. "What are you?"

She closed her eyes and smiled. "My human name is Marie," She said, her body is small, and yet she looks so, so, big among them. "I don't think you are ready of my true identity," She-it?-hums to her(it)self. "Perhaps not now."

("My human name is Marie," She can't help but repeated those words in her mind.

"My human name…"

Human.

She isn't a human.

Oh, God in the above. Just what is she?)

"Stop scaring them with your cryptic words, Marie," said their son, sighed and palming his face.

The clearly-not-human chuckled. "Sorry," It said. "I think I got infected by the cryptic old man in a certain room." It added, throwing a glance towards Nanami, and smirked.

Nanami merely sighed, aware of who is this the cryptic old man that were mentioned by Marie, and didn't elaborate when everyone throwing her a questioned look.

"So, who'll do it, Senpai?" asked the copper haired girl.

"Like the last weekend," answer the clearly leader of this group. "But just a quick one. Like a recap."

"Got it, Senpai," Then, the copper haired girl stepped to the center as everyone stepped back. Their son dragged them away from the little girl.

"Kaa-san, Tou-san," called their son. "Please don't be alarmed."

"Don't be alarmed of wha—"

"Kouzeon!"

CRASH!

They whiplash their head quickly when heard the sound of a breaking glass (—why there's a glass in the forest?) and saw a big woman who didn't have a face but have a big telescope and three pairs of hands and—

"What…"

"...is that?"

It (—that's clearly not a human, no human is that big, or having a mini version of the Milky Way arround them—) stayed for a few seconds, and then, it's gone. Poof, no dust, no light, no nothing. Just, gone.

"That was better than the last time," said the black haired girl with a red headband as she offered the twintail a water bottle.

"Thanks," murmured the little girl and dropped herself to the ground, uncaring of letting her dress dirtied. "I guess I've prepared of the incoming, so my mind has expected it," The girl winced. "But it's still too much of information."

Information of what?

The girl stayed on the ground for a moment before she throwing a look towards the black haired boy who looks like a punk. The boy grumbled but helping the girl standing on her feet and bringing her to the rest.

"Well, I guess it's my turn."

Izumi turned her head towards her son. "Your turn of what?!"

He grinned. "My turn, Kaa-san," He said as he walk towards the center. "You asked how I got myself 'fall from the trees', remember?" He flexing his fingers. "Well, I'm going to show you," He paused, and then—

"Takehaya Susano-o!"

End of Chapter Six

A/N: thank you for reading!