Before she knew it, Kisara inhaled a foul stench that her nose couldn't handle and it caused her to sneeze. Two of the men had grabbed onto her as she sneezed and vanished along with her. The space around her warped around and swirled into a vortex as she fell through the dimension. During the teleportation, the two men looked around and noticed that this woman wasn't normal. She was a corrupted one. They had gone over their heads on this particular girl.
The vortex had finally made a stop and revealed a grey sky and a cityscape. But what Kisara didn't know, was that there was a person below her that she was about to land on. She opened her eyes and looked around during the small air time she had and realized she was in midair. This was not good, as she also noticed someone below her, but recognized the hair and the skin complexion of the person below her.
That's when it hit her; Literally. Gravity had taken its affect on her and summoned her down to the ground. The person below her had broken her fall, though the two men were not so lucky. The two men had survived the fall and took but a moment to stand back up and hesitantly attempt to capture Kisara again.
That's when the person underneath Kisara finally spoke.
“Get.. off of me.” she managed to say with the little breath that she reserved.
That's when Kisara's mind clicked. The skin tone, the hair, and now the voice. She remembered it all from her childhood. A girl that had magic just like her, except was taken away because she got into constant fights. They lived next door to each other and always played with each other when Kisara wasn't being trained by her grandfather.
Kisara sobbed when she discovered that Matsuri wasn't around anymore. Her playtime friend was no longer around and all she had was training. No more fun in her life. Well, that changed just then when she realized she landed on the very Matsuri of her childhood.
Her cheeks flushed red as she quickly stood up and opened her mouth to speak.
“M-m-m-m-Mat...suri? Is that you?” Water weld up in her eyes and a tear ran down her cheek.
Matsuri's eyes rested upon Kisara's when she stood back up and dusted herself off. The two men closed in on Kisara and were about to wrap their arms around her shoulders. Matsuri's eyes flared up with her fighting spirit as her mind clicked as she took in the visage of Kisara's body and clothes, and the tone of her voice traveled to the drums of her ear.
Matsuri sneered and cracked her knuckles at the two thugs who were inches away from grasping onto the girl who landed on her without her permission. She had only just begun to become angry. She dashed and leaped into the air and split her legs and smashed her feet into both of their faces simultaneously. Then she brought her fist toward Kisara and stopped short of her forehead. She opened her index finger and flicked Kisara's head.
Kisara flinched and rubbed her forehead. She glanced back at Matsuri and sniffled.
“Ow! What'd you do that for? ....And thanks for saving me, by the way.”
Matsuri leaned her forehead against Kisara's and sent and icy cold glare toward the back of her brain.
“Because... I somehow just felt like it.”
“You felt like it? What did I ever do to you, Matsuri?”
“You left me. That's what you did. You let me get taken away and you didn't try to take me back.”
“But we were both children!”
“But nothing! You had teleporting powers! You could have done something!”
Kisara and Matsuri glared at each other as they both began to grin and chuckle amongst themselves. They wrapped their arms around each other and sniffed each other's scents.
“It's been a long time, hasn't it, Matsuri? I'm sorry about everything that happened.”
“It's okay. I'm actually somewhat glad it happened. I've gotten stronger because of it.”
“That's good. I can tell you're not the same troublemaker you used to be.”
They released their embraced and looked toward the grey sky together. Matsuri took another glance at her and giggled to herself.
“You know... I actually don't know your name. I remember everything else, but.. your name evades me.”
Kisara turned her face toward Matsuri and stared back with a blank expression. She shook her head and let out a big sigh. She poked Matsuri's forehead with her rod and stuck out her tongue.
“Kisara. My name is Kisara.”
“Ah~! That was it! I knew it started with a K!” Matsuri slammed her fist in her palm as a light bulb went off in her brain. Though just as soon as it flickered, it went away as her eyes changed from happy to serious. She sighed and took a glance at the unconscious men from earlier and then back toward Kisara.
“So what brought you here to Lothua?” she glared interrogatively.
“Their smell made me sneeze. Those two along with another band of men came at me and my pupil. Although she was unconscious at the time.”
“Unconscious? What happened to her? Is she alright?”
“Oh, she was fine. Her powers are just very odd. But you know what, I need your help. They probably took her and have her somewhere. We'll talk on the way, okay? You're not busy, are you?”
Matsuri looked around and sighed. The thought of leaving Lothua gave her a slight chill, but then she thought that perhaps she would get to fight over there.
“No, I'm not busy, but... wait. Pupil? Since when did you become a teacher?” she raised a brow and leaned in toward Kisara's face.
“...What? Is it that hard to believe? She has electric powers too, so why not?”
“Oh, nothing. It's just hard imagining you as a teacher. You used to be so absent minded when you were younger, you know.”
Kisara blushed and puffed her cheeks. She turned her head to the side.
“Hmph. Well I'll have you know I'm not like that anymore.” she turned back and stuck out her tongue.
“I can see that, Kisara,” Matsuri cleared her throat. “So, are we going to save your friend or not?”
Kisara nodded and twirled her rod as she walked toward Matsuri and placed her hand on her shoulder. The two then vanished in thin air and appeared at the pathway in the mountain where Kisara was last.
Kisara and Matsuri took a look around at the scenery as Kisara ran her hand down her face. She didn't know where to begin tracking for Eris.
“I guess the first thing we should do is head to the nearest town and ask if anyone has seen her.” Kisara sighed and looked down the only path.
“I'll take care of that. You warp around and try to find any clues. She has to have left some sort of trail.”
“I'll try.”
Matsuri dashed off the path down the mountain to see if she can find a nearby village or town while Kisara vanished to the tip of the mountain for a bird's eye view of the whole area to see if there was anywhere that stood out. She took in a breath and concentrated.
Moments later, she found something.
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