Chapter One - Departure

--1998

- "It's time to go. "

Who's talking?

-" Are you deaf? I told you it's time to go! Then wake up! "

Someone is definitely yelling at me.

It's dark in here.

Ah. No. It's not dark. My eyes are just closed. Maybe it's time I woke up. If not, that shrew will keep yakking.

-" It's about time. Come on, dress appropriately. "

- "Let's silence this infamous witch..."

-" Shut up, bastard. It's your fault. I've been trying to wake you up for fifteen fucking minutes, motherfucker."

-" Yeah, yeah. That's great. I see you're ready already. Come on, go get dressed. "

-" Are you implying that I'm not? "

-" Gah, I'm not implying it. I am affirming it. But then, seeing you in your underwear is such a bore... It's not even worthy of the slightest boner. "

-" Huh, shut the fuck up. You've never had any taste, it's known. "

These two individuals were in a makeshift house. It was all made of planks and looked old and this close to falling apart. It was surrounded only by trees and forest. It was quiet in the surroundings. All you could hear was the noise these two individuals were making inside. A boy and a girl. They were about the same age. The girl had short red hair. Her eyes were the same color. The boy had long green hair, like emerald. For the rest, he was very classical. He had a bored look on his face.

-" That's today, right? "

-" You already know it, no need to ask me. "replied the red-haired girl.

-" You are so kind, Seisa. You will never find a husband. Hell, you're not even a girl. "Said the emerald boy.

-" Shut your goddammed mouth, Kira. In seventeen years of existence no girl has ever had the slightest interest in you. You're in no position to tell me that. "

-" Not even a scratch. "

-" Phew. Come on, get dressed. We're leaving. "

-" Hey."

-" What?"

-" So you're giving up your dream of before?"

-" ...Surely not. "

-" Oh yeah? "

-" I told you that day. I will become the Empress of Arcadia and unite all the nations of the world. "said Seisa, with a sinister smile.

-" How fortunate, ridicule doesn't kill. "

-" You can talk. "

-" Hmpf. "

Seisa and Kira (?) separated to get ready.

My objective...Ridiculous? Perhaps. Unattainable? Perhaps. But that won't stop me from achieving it. We're going to leave Arcadia and go outside. Maybe there I'll find what I'm looking for. That will allow me to reach my ultimate goal. But if I am so determined, it is also for Seisa. She spends all her time calling me idiot or stupid, but she is the real idiot in the story.

--10h

Seisa seemed to have finished. She had dressed very simply.

There was a watch on her wrist.

-" Ten o'clock. We are on -Friday- July 10, if my memory serves me right. "

Seisa had a small bag hanging diagonally on her shoulder. There were some small things inside, including some money.

She was looking up at the sky, waiting for her friend to return (?).

Seisa had given up the idea of staying at the Institute last year. Somehow she had ended up there, with Kira. They were in Arcadia, in a coastal region. Nearly four hundred meters from their house was the sea.

She was missing in Arcadia. But unlike Kira, she had no family to worry about. No parents, no brothers. She was living with her grandmother at the time. The latter probably died of grief. However, this was only a theory of Seisa's, in addition to the fact that her grandmother was already very old.

-" … "

-" Let's go. "

Kira Leonhart had finally come. He had finished his preparations and was ready to "go". He was dressed in his school uniform from his time at the Institute. He also had a backpack.

Seisa, who had her back to him, turned around.

-" You look ready. "

-" Of course I am. "

-" Remember. There will be no turning back. The path we take will eventually lead us to death. You know that better than I do. "

-" I am aware of this. I will make you Empress. And I will pay my debt. "Said Kira, in a stern tone as he passed Seisa.

-" Huh. Fine."

Kira and Seisa hit the road.

Kira looked anxious and calm. But on Seisa's face you could see the excitement.

-- Beach

A few minutes later, Seisa and Kira reached the beach. There was a small boat and oars just ahead, in the sand.

-" Come on...Kira. "

-" Yeah. "

-" I decided that we would go to [Onyx Island] first. It's the closest destination from here. There, we will be able to make some money and buy some travel material. We do not have a map, for the moment. And thanks to the indications that we will have there, we will be able to go towards the [Jade Empire], where this famous Mr. L. is."

-" I see. We don't know where it is, but I've heard it's very far east. "

-" Yep, Mr. L said in his message that he would wait for us there as long as necessary. So I guess we have plenty of time."

-" Perhaps. But we shouldn't hang around too much. You never know, something could happen to him in the meantime. »

-" It is possible. But I doubt it very much. "

- "Besides, we don't really know why he contacted us."

-" Indeed. We don't know his intentions. But the fact that he contacted us just after [the small incident with the Empress], I think he must know some useful things. Moreover, he seems to know us. Speculating here won't do any good. We lose nothing by going there, right? "

-" Quite right. "

-" So let's not waste time. Let's get outta here. "

Seisa and Kira settled on the boat.

-" I guess we're not going like this to Onyx Island? It will take forever "Said Kira.

-" Certainly not. At that time, boats often go to Onyx Island from Arcadia, at least from what I heard at school. As soon as we see one, we infiltrate. "

- "So basically, we're not sure of anything and going to do illegal stuff... "

-" Stop bitching around and start rowing. I weigh almost nothing, you'd have no trouble rowing to Onyx anyway. "

-" You weigh almost nothing but you are 1.2 times my weight... Fat. "

-" Your attacks do not reach me. "

Thus, the boat took to the sea.

-" Where am I rowing to, anyway? "

-" What incompetence. "

-" Gah.. "