Tsukimi's mouth started to open up as his flesh ripped apart like a zombie's. The core was about to enter his mouth when Celine ordered," Don't you dare eat that in my office. I just got it fixed up," she ordered him, as she added to him to meet up with her the day after at the Island mall before ordering Sirius to take them to their condo. The streak came and took them away. They were now plopped before a large house. The name at the gate said Tsukimi Tombbreak so he simply pieced it together and said that it was probably their team's home. He approached the gate and a retinal scanner was activated. His red eyes were scanned and his name and ID was mentioned. The gate then requested that the other members get scanned to avoid any problems in the future. Once this was taken care off, the walked passed the garden of roses and entered the condo of a house. It was quite beautiful. Tsukimi opened the door and an AI interface hologram appeared in front of them; catching by surprise.
It introduced itself as the house system interface. All electronic devices go by it. It was mostly a mannequin and Tsukimi asked whether it was possible to change how it looked. It agreed and so Tsukimi asked if it could turn into his maid Aurora and it did so. He was impressed by this system. The others found this to be suspicious but they remembered he had his fiancé there with him. Aurora then gave them a tour around the house to see their rooms. Tsukimi entered his room and sat at his bed pondering what Celine had said to him. He pulled out the skull from the spatial realm and looked at it crossly. Obviously it was a boost to his power but he knew all to well that his control over his mummy form was terribly poor. No trainer meant no control.
Tsukimi proceeded to run a number of scenarios in his mind to figure out the best solution and the day went by. While he was still lost in thought, someone came to knock on his door. He allowed them entry and it was Sora who walked in. She found him pondering and felt sad. She asked," Um, Tsukimi, it's time for dinner. Aira made you a feast to apologize for the battle evaluation."
" Okay, I'm coming," said Tsukimi still glaring at the core.
" Tsukimi, are you okay. If you need someone to talk to, I'm here to listen," said Sora with a look of worry.
" Thanks Sora. It's just, what Celine is true. I'm not at the point where I can call myself the strongest among the first years if I can't even control my strongest form. I nearly killed you all during the evaluation. Am I even supposed to be here?" Tsukimi said breaking into tears.
Those same tears started to burn his skin off. Sora moved quickly and slapped him across the face snapping back to his senses. The slap itself did not hurt at all but Tsukimi held his cheek because of the emotional damage it held. Tsukimi looked at Sora in the eyes and their eyes finally met. She was crying actual tears. She said," What is wrong with you? What happened to that boundless determination to become strong? This is not the man I fell in love with. SNAP OUT OF IT!"
This words hit Tsukimi like a truck. He finally realized that there was more to this adventure than simply himself. He got up and hugged Sora saying," You're right. I don't know what came over me that time but you snapped me out of it. Thanks, Sora. Let's go and eat now."
Tsukimi released her and walked towards the door leaving Sora standing there red in the face. Tsukimi stopped at the door and looked back to aske whether she was coming, flashing her a smile. Her heart was star struck, unlike Tsukimi who fell to his knees from sudden pain in his chest. Sora rushed to check on him but he said it was fine. The two proceeded to move to the dining room where everyone was seated and ready to eat. Tsukimi joined them and Javan noticed the marks on Tsukimi's face. He chose not to speak of them although he knew all to well what made them. Aira served the food which was a freaking turkey. Tsukimi pulled out his tongue jar and placed it under the table. They gave thanks and he took the first bite. He was mid chew when he fell to the ground choking.
Everyone was instantly stunned at this revelation and moved back raising a weapon at Aira. She was obviously the one who was most shocked by this. Aurora appeared and scanned the meal. She then gave a diagnostic of Tsukimi's condition. The food actually contained 30% fairy dust, which acts like a mild poison to undead beings. At most, it will knockout Tsukimi for eight hours. Aira fell to the ground in apology. She said that she was cooking nervously trying to make it perfect that her wings would not calm down and so fairy dust got everywhere. Javan took a look at the situation and said that they need to calm down and take Tsukimi to bed. Brevin and Sora took the initiative and fixed up a new meal. Javan and Jared took Tsukimi to bed and Aira disposed of the food she spent hours cooking.
[ The following morning ]
{ 2nd September, year 2070 on the hunter calendar }
Tsukimi was woken up by his alarm with a sort of hangover. His throat was dry beyond belief. He got out of bed and poured himself a glass of water from the pitcher upon his dresser. He called over Aurora and she materialized before him. She asked him what he wanted and Tsukimi asked for his schedule. Aurora reminded him he was to meet up with Celine in twenty minutes. She also added that Celine left him a gift in the garage. He raised an eyebrow as he entered the bathroom in his room to freshen up. Ten minutes later, he got out of his room dressed to kill. He wore a pair of Jordan 60s, a pair of jeans and jersey of his favorite Quinterball team ' The Marching undead '.
He found Sora slumped over the kitchen counter with a dead rabbit in front of her. He placed a blanket over her and left the house. He entered the garage and found a cybercycle. It was one of the latest models designed by dwarven elder who took over the Tesla industry. It scanned Tsukimi and came online with a nice purr. Tsukimi smirked as he hopped onto the beauty and rolled out of the driveway and onto the road. He typed in his location and the cycle mapped it out. He started revving up the engine when someone called out to him. He turned around to spot Saki. This was not normal. She did not even qualify to enter the university so how did she end up there. Tsukimi decided to greet her back as an old friend though he did not trust that the meetup was coincidental.