Children Reason (13 page)

Teacher stepped the pedal, it felt comfortable inside the moving car because of the air-cond.

I looked at the time, it was almost 2pm.

Unconsciously  I talked to Hibiya for 6 hours, but the truth behind his power is still unknown.

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However, If my hypothesis was correct, then Hibiya’s power is not to see a “person”, but to see a “place”.

If “we ‘MUST’ find the place where Hiyori is”, then it’d be really troublesome.

If that’s the case, means using Hibiya’s power to find Hiyori will be very difficult.

Plus, the fact that “we aren’t sure how to use this power” is really troublesome. Because no one shares the same power, and there’s no manual book, and of course no one can teach.

This is  a situation where only the person himself can understand the power, just like the fact that “you have arms but you don’t know how to use it”.

Compare to that my power is way easier.

"To gather people’s attention", don’t mention the ways to manipulate  it, there are only two choices, either to ON or to OFF.

Hibiya doesn’t fear of his power like me, using a far more complicated power than mine, he tried his best to save Hiyori.

No matter what I should help him.

I wish something good will happen after we reach the park………

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Suddenly, when I turned to look at Hibiya, I saw a surprising sight.

Hibiya’s eyes went red, and he stared deadly at the inner pocket of Teacher’s seat.

I wonder how……. I thought as I looked into it, well, I had expected that, inside the pocket it was a magazine with its cover full of perverted pictures.

I immediately took it out, rolled it, and “SMACK!”ed Hibiya’s head.

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"OUCH! ugrk…. UWAHH! IT’S NOT LIKE THAT! IT JUST GOT INTO MY EYES UNCONSCIOUSLY!"

"UN~CON~SCIOUS~LY!? YOU WERE STARING AT IT WEREN’T YOU!? WHAT FOR ARE YOU MISUSING IT!!??"

After I shouted, suddenly I noticed something and turned to the front, and I saw Teacher gave a nasty smirk through the back mirror.

"hey eyy KIsaragi. About men. Even if we understand there still are times when we accidentally look at it………… You can’t be with someone forever if you’re jealous just because of  a few porn magazines you know?"

 
After I tidy up my thoughts, and just when I realized what was Teacher saying, anger exploded from my face.

From a point of view of someone who didn’t know Hibiya’s power, I was just a girl who was jealous about a boy beside me peeked a porn magazine and went angry.

"n-NO, I DON’T MEAN THAT!"

"Ah~ I know, I know. I always get scolded by god too. I know that feeling"

"DDDDAAAHHHH!!!!! THAT’S ENOUGH!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO GET OUT FROM THIS CAR!!! LET ME OUT!!"

Just after I shouted, the car signal lit up, and the car stopped at the roadside.

"Eh? Ah, don’t tell me you are really gonna stop us here……?"

"HAHAHA! Unfortunately we have arrived our destination.  Well I’ll leave the rest to you two"

I looked outside the window, beyond the window it was a normal, plain-looking little park.

It was the setting of the incident Hibiya mentioned, an unexpectedly normal park that you can see it anywhere.

Right here, if only we can search for some clues to find Hiyori………

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Hibiya opened the car door and went down, I quickly followed him.

We turned towards the car, Teacher opened the car window, and lit up his cigarette.

He must had refrained it before we got down from the car.

"Finally some time to relax. I’m not too sure what’s going on but I wish you good luck searching for that person. Well, I will still meet Kisaragi soon at tuition"

"Guehh…… I see. *I will be under your care………."

"T-thank you. Uhm…. ah, excuse me. I haven’t say my name. I’m Hibiya"

Perhaps because it was funny that Hibiya suddenly introduced himself just when we were about to apart, Teacher cackled, and replied.

"Oh, I’m Tateyama. We shall meet again. Goodbye"

Teacher closed the car window, waved goodbye, and drove his car off.

"Haa. Although I don’t wanna think about tuition during holidays, I still remember it…… Eh what’s wrong? Hibiya"

"Hmm? Nothing…… feels like I have heard of that name before…….."

"Hmm~ because it’s a rare name, so by the least an acquaintance of yours?"

"b-By the least…….."

Hibiya gave a bitter smile, and turned to look at the park as if he wanted to change his mood.

"So, Hibiya. Can you see anything?"

"I, I can’t see it within just a second….. lemme try"

Hibiya stared at the park, and started to focus to activate his power.

After listening to Hibiya’s incident, seeing that there was no children at the park even though it was a holiday, as if all the children who came were swallowed, it just gave me creeps.

Hibiya tried to activate his power later on, but till sunset, he couldn’t find Hiyori at all.

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As the big round moon floated above the pale blue night, it gave out a faint of light, so happens that it could be clearly seen between the trees.

We sat on the park bench for hours.

It was really obvious that Hibiya was very tired after focusing non-stop for hours.

Eventually, we not only couldn’t discover the truth of the power, we were just wasting our energy to activate the power, it was obviously a terrible situation.

"Hey, hey……. Hibiya, it’s late now, maybe we should try again tomorrow?"

"Aah, it’s okay Auntie you can go back first…… I will do this myself……"

"That’s not gonna work either! Because Hibiya, aren’t you tired now? I think you should rest for once…."

When I said till halfway, Hibiya glared at me.

It was like yesterday, the cool glare, filled with hatred.

"eek…….."

Losing to how spectacular Hibiya was, I couldn’t say a single word.

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That’s right, every minute and second always involves Hiyori’s life, there’s no way Hibiya will say “let’s take a break”.

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Hibiya lowered his head again, and started to focus by staring at the floor.

i couldn’t do anything, and just looked at him, but water drops started to fall at Hibiya’s legs.

What was that, couldn’t care much to know, it strained my chest.

"What the hell…….! This power, is totally useless…….!?"

Looking at Hibiya crying, I didn’t know what to say.

It was me who was useless. Talking big about helping him but in the end…….

That moment, my eyes started to fill up with tears.

Tears burst out quickly, and quietly fell down my cheek.

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Suddenly Hibiya stood up, and walked towards the park exit.

"w-Where are you going!?"

Even though I called him with my hoarse voice which showed that I was crying, Hibiya didn’t care, and continued to walk.

Finally I stood up, grabbed his hand, and realized his little hand was trembling.

"Seriously, it’s not gonna work if we keep using that. It’s better that I straight away search for her"

"That’s not gonna work for now too, how about tomorrow, let’s call everyone to find her, okay?"
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Hibiya aggressively threw off my hand.

"That’s why…… Didn’t I tell you that I can’t trust any of that?! It’s even hard to trust this power now….."

Hibiya wanted to step forward. He stopped.

Then he walked a few steps, and picked up something on the ground.

It was the same paper bag found in Hibiya’s vest pocket.

"Hiyori bought this………"

Hibiya murmured, and kneel
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on the ground.

"Hibiya?!"

I ran towards Hibiya, and realized he was all pallid.

"Cheer up kay? We will do our best together…. kay?"

"Perhaps, even I can’t do it….. even….. I don’t even know if Hiyori is still alive……."

"……..YOU CAN’T BE LIKE THIS!"

That was, a sentence he really shouldn’t say.

If no one believes one is alive, if they don’t search for that person, maybe that person will really disappear. This is a thing I believe since young.

"You can’t…… say things like that…. You cannot give up…! Because I…… believe in you…..!"

"T-then, what are we supposed to do! Hiyori is not here already…. that means I can’t even ‘see’ her…"

That’s right, it’s true.If it’s meaningless that we can’t use the power to see “someone”, then it’s meaningless for Hiyori to be absent.

Then, what should we do……………….

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"…… no"

That moment, my head slowly popped out an odd feeling.

Why didn’t I realize that earlier, it was supposed to be easy to understand.

"…….Hey Hibiya. The porn magazine you…… you saw in Teacher’s car, did you ‘see’ anything?"

Hibiya stunned after listening to my question, and answered me honestly.

"That time……. that’s why I told you I didn’t use my power for that time?! That…… I accidentally saw it"

All the hypothesis combining in my head, suddenly turned into “the truth”.

Sure, Hibiya did use his power at that time.

That will be the case where “he was unable to see anything even when he used his power”.

"Maybe, this will work……!"

"HUH!? What’s going on!?"

"Well, when you see ‘someone’ you’ll see through a ‘place’ related to that person right? However when you see a ‘book’ you are ‘unable to see anything’."

Hibiya tilted his head as he didn’t understand what I was saying.

"And so. When you tried to activate your power, nothing happened but when you saw that ‘book’, your eyes were really red. So I’m sure your power activated automatically."

"But, ‘I couldn’t see anything’…….."

"Nope. in a way you ‘saw’ it but in a way you didn’t. Hey, why don’t we think like this? When you see ‘someone’ you’ll see a ‘place’, when you see ‘something’ you’ll see"

"………. the ‘owner’?"

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Yes, Hibiya’s power is to see ‘something’ to see its ‘owner’, so at that time,  what Hibiya ‘saw’ was, Teacher who was driving. And because the person was just right in front of him so he had the wrong thought that he “couldn’t see anything”.

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"This is just a hypothesis but, if it’s true that means…….."

Hibiya understood what I said, and grabbed Hiyori’s paper bag that dropped.

"…….Let’s try"

Hibiya opened the paper bag and took a thing out, it was a hair-tying rubber band.

"What the heck, is that guy really important than me"

And Hibiya started to focus.

If my hypothesis is correct, means he can see Hiyori.

However, it took a bit too long for Hibiya to activate his power.

"Auntie…….. I can’t focus…….."

Hibiya’s eyes were hollow, and he was about to fall any moment.

Of course. Because he was stressed out since yesterday.

We really have to try again tomorrow…………..

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………..nope. maybe not.

Hibiya will definitely refuse if I say “let’s go back”.

At least my power didn’t cause anything today.

……….Talking about today, it feels like I’m forgetting something. What is it.

Something about my very own power…………………………………..

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"AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!"

"UWAH! what’s wrong with you Auntie……."

"I- I CAME OUT ALL BY MYSELF!?"

"eh? No, You’re with me……"

"Y-YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!  I CAN CONTROL MY POWER NOW!!??"

"what…?"

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Hibiya stared at me coldly, but I felt happy for my own improvement.

I have always want to have a normal life, and now I can finally achieve it.

If I’m not happy, when will I be.

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Also, there’s one more thing.

I finally understand the way to use my “power”.

"no~ haha. I’m sorry, but I’ve figured it out. I can help you"

"You can help me…….?"

"Yup, can you lend me the rubber band for a while?"

He hesitated, stood up, and walked towards me.

"What are you planning to do"

"Alright, watch closely kay?"

I grabbed the rubber band with my right hand, closed my eyes and focused.

The rubber band is the point, to attract attention.

Yes, just like how I did at the department store, for Hibiya, ALL THE FULL POWER!

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With strength, I opened my eyes, and all the lights in the park lit up.

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"You’re so cool, you can attract lights……. just like an idol"

"Yup. Shall I sing a song? Hope you’ll enjoy"

Hibiya’s eyes turned red when he shouted “ALRIGHT!”

If he can see, he’ll stop calling me ‘Auntie’.

When I thought about that I looked up, looking at Mr. Moon right there, and me as a new idol on stage, I couldn’t help to be a lil shy.