"That was awesome," Noah said, leaning back.
Lily chuckled softly. "You sure eat a lot."
"I almost died earlier," Noah replied. "Let me live a little."
Yuki stood up. "Let's go, you two."
She walked over to Lily and hugged her.
"It was nice having lunch with you, Lily," Yuki said. "But I have to punish Hikamaru… and deal with Noah."
Noah blinked. "Why am I in the same category as him and what do you mean by deal with?"
"Because you exist," Yuki replied.
"That's not a crime!"
Lily smiled "It was nice meeting you too. I'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon… please come see me off."
"I will," Yuki said.
Noah waved. "Yeah, see you..."
Yuki suddenly grabbed his ear.
"Let's go, pervert."
"OW...OW...OW! I didn't do anything! I just waved at her!"
"That's the problem," Yuki said, dragging him. "Why did you?"
"Because that's what normal people do?!"
[Noah's Thoughts]
This girl is clearly a tsundere.
Lily laughed, covering her mouth. "See you guys soon."
They left the restaurant.
"Ow… you didn't have to pull my ear," Noah complained, rubbing it.
"Then you shouldn't have upset me," Yuki replied.
"But I didn't do anything!" Noah said.
"You breathe." Yuki replied.
Noah stopped. "…Why did you save me if you don't want me to breathe?"
Yuki yawn. "Good question."
Hikamaru chuckled. "You two argue like a married couple."
Yuki stopped walking. She slowly turned her head.
Her eyes… changed.
A heavy pressure of haki exploded outward.
The air around them screamed.
WOOSH!!
Alarms rang out across the area.
"Warning. Warning. High-level Haki detected."
People in the area stopped walking unable to move. Some dropped to one knee instantly.
Noah's eyes widened. "…What the."
Yuki exhaled.
The pressure vanished.
Hikamaru immediately bowed his head. "I'm sorry, my lady."
"You are not forgiven," Yuki replied coldly.
[Noah's Thoughts]
This chick is crazy… and her Haki is on a whole different level.
Noah cleared his throat. "…By the way, where are we going?"
"I'm taking you to where I'm staying," Yuki replied. "The Dragon Clan has a residential area in this city."
Noah looked around again.
Floating traffic. Moving lights. People gliding through the air.
[Noah's Thoughts]
I still can't believe this is the world from eight hundred years ago…
Everything is so advanced…
Are all the islands like this?
"No," Yuki said.
Noah blinked. "…What?"
"Not every island is this advanced."
Noah stared at her. "…How did you know what I was thinking? Can you read my mind?"
Yuki stopped walking and pointed ahead.
"Walking is too slow," she said. "We're taking a vacuum train."
Noah frowned. "A what?"
BACK TO THE PRESENT…
"Wait… so they had stuff like that in the past?" Emma asked.
Noah nods. "Yeah. The world was way more advanced eight hundred years ago."
"That's so cool!" Amy said.
Nyx leaned back slightly. "I don't remember everything… but I do know we were more advanced back then."
Alice frowned. "Then what happened…?"
Noah glanced at her.
"…I'll get to that."
He leaned forward slightly.
"Now be quiet and listen."
BACK TO THE PAST — 800 YEARS AGO
They boarded the train. The inside was clean and quiet. Smooth walls. Soft glowing lights.
Yuki sat by the window, while Noah sat across from her.
Hikamaru sat beside Yuki, arms crossed.
[Noah's Thoughts]
This looks like a bullet train… but way more advanced.
Yuki glanced at him. "Please don't vomit on me."
Noah frowned. "Why would I vomit?"
Hikamaru suddenly leaned forward.
"Noah," he said seriously. "Use your Haki. Harden your body. Now."
Noah blinked. "Why? What's happening?"
"Just do it," Yuki said.
Noah hesitated… then nodded.
"Alright…"
A dark coating spread across his body.
"Armament Haki…"
The entire train went silent for a second.
Then....BOOM!!
The train launched forward.
Noah's body slammed into his seat.
"WHAT IS THIS SPEED?!"
Noah turned his head and looked outside.
There was nothing...just white light stretching endlessly.
Noah's stared at the endlessly nothingness.
"…I can't even see anything…"
Hikamaru smirked slightly. "That's because you've already passed it."
Noah gripped the seat. "This is insane!"
Then suddenly the train stopped.
Yuki got up. "This is our stop."
Noah blinked rapidly. "…What? That was like...a minute!"
"Correct," Hikamaru said, standing.
Noah looked between them. "There's no way."
Hikamaru glanced at him.
"It's called a vacuum train," he explained. "It travels at a speed so fast… your body would be torn apart."
Noah froze.
"…Excuse me?"
"Reduced to particles," Hikamaru said calmly. "That's why you use Haki… to keep your body intact."
Noah slowly looked down at himself.
Then back at them.
"…You could've led with that."
Yuki walked past him.
"I did," she said.
"You did NOT!" Noah shouted.