“H—ho... how?” Doctor Hiro expressed his shock, the magic he had just witnessed left his eyes doubting the untruth he had just seen. Speechless, he looked on as Kakashi sat up, catching his breath and the reality of his environment. “Oh God, another place. Where am I?” Kakashi groaned as he dropped his head into his palms, trying to rub the banging headache he felt away.“Can you feel your head?” Doctor Hiro peered at Kakashi, walking closer to his bed. He held his forefinger and middle finger up to test his vision as well.“Two. And yes, I’m fine.” Kakashi answered.The doctor stepped back a bit and questioned the stranger with his looks. Kakashi looked around after a quick relief from the head-splitting aching he felt. “You. You. I recognize you. You were there, weren’t you?” Kakashi fixed his gaze on the stranger.“There? Where? You were somewhere? Where? Were you with others? Alone? Did you see Doctor Haishi?” “Argh” Kakashi’s groan signaled the revival of the headache and this

“I am so so sorry,” Kakashi spoke through Jay’s shoulders. “It’s fine. I’ve forgiven you.” Jay replied.“Thank you, Jay, thank you.” Kakashi let Jay go as they broke off the hug, smiles creeping up their faces. “Kakashi! You might want to see this.” Doctor Hiro’s voice alerted Kakashi. Kakashi rued the interruption. He was having a moment with Jay, and the last thing he wanted was for this – an interruption, but the urgency in the voice of Doctor Hiro was too much to ignore. He walked quickly with Jay behind as they got to where the doctor was. Doctor Hiro was fighting his hands into the fitting of the gloves, his nose mask already in place. “Shouldn’t we not disturb them?” Kakashi halted the hands of Doctor Hiro.“He said we shouldn’t disturb him, not them.” Doctor Hiro said, still hesitant about whether or not to continue what he wanted to. “Ah aah!” Jay let out a scream as he saw the man floating above them, across the beds. “Shh” Kakashi and Doctor Hiro uniformly hissed

Jay walked up to him and held him tightly in a warm embrace. He didn’t say anything, he didn’t know what to say. He didn’t need to say anything as his embrace communicated all he would have wanted to. After a while, Kakashi finished sobbing and let himself out of the hug. He wiped his eyes with the back of his arms. He aimed to continue the story. “You know you don’t have to do this, right?” Jay didn’t think it was necessary to continue what he had been through. Having to relive a day, such day, again. Phew... he couldn’t imagine the mental fortitude Kakashi possessed to even agree to narrate the ordeal so early.Kakashi wiped his face with his palms. He called back the slimy liquid trying to exit his nostrils. He cleared his throat, then continued. “The whole environment suddenly changed to a pitch-black, windy one. Thunderstorms rained amid the tornadoes and hurricanes. I watched them grow up, literally, from the ground up. They were just winds, then they became whirlwinds...” Ka

“Chaos energy doesn’t work here.” Jun watched as Jiro lost hope in his eyes for a minute.“I was able to do that because I don’t use chaos energy.” Jun smiled at the expression Jiro had on his face.“Leave now!” Jun pushed him out of the reach of the creature that dived toward him. He wasn’t with his sword but he could take a few on. It would be suicide but he couldn’t run away, again. He ran through the many that congregated on Jun only for them to turn into dust. Dust got into his nostrils; his loud cough was like a deep cleanser of his system.***“Where am I?”The loud cough and question got everyone back to where the beds were erected. “Wow,” Jay marveled.“Who is that?” Jiro pointed at the stranger floating in the air.“Welcome back.” Kakashi ran to hug him. Jiro groaned a bit as he broke the contact as soon as it was initiated. “I hate this guy,” Kakashi said beneath his breath.Jiro sauntered away from where they crowded and he sat on what he deemed a comfortable seat. “W

Jiro joined in holding the boy down. “So, we haven’t talked about Jun Anju,” Kakashi whispered to Jiro in anticipation.“What about her?” Zoa appeared from nowhere.“Are you eavesdropping on our conversation? And where did you even come from? You just came out of the blue.” Kakashi tried to stifle the smirk that threatened to creep up on his face.Jay coughed as if to warn Kakashi of the consequences he had to live with for a long time. Jiro was looking down at the person he was in charge of. He was unbothered, or maybe he hid his burden well. The bed stands began shaking, they shook forcefully to the rhythm of the body above it. “Get there now! Hold her down!” Doctor Hiro ran from the corner where he waited to the bed, dishing out instructions to everyone about how to contain Tanya Flowers.***Tanya was blessed with the chaos energy that scattered across when chaos masters fought. Tanya suffered from a speech impediment at a young age. Her tongue always weighed heavier than her m