It’d been a while since the three of them had gone travelling, especially travelling one particular word rather than hopping across dimensions. Yukiko had badly wanted to go to Rome and she just wouldn’t let up about it. Miyuki also decided she too wanted to go to Rome, stating she had to ask her grandma to give her a boyfriend, or a girlfriend which made the nomad chuckle. Yukiko however refused to tell either of them what she wanted to ask her grandmother for but Juudai assumed it was going to be the same as her sister
They had arrived just as the crowd had dispersed from a recent tour and Juudai just sighed. “You guys know I can’t read latin right?”
“We know some Juu-nii, besides, plenty of people in Rome speak English, so you’ll be fine! ” Miyuki piped up.
“Yup! And we’re gonna go pray to gramma in the temple but in Latin!” Yukiko chimed in cheerfully, she couldn’t wait to “see” her grandmother.
“Well, I guess I’ll wait outside then, I’m not really religious.” Juudai shrugged
“Is it really a good idea to let them go alone Juudai?” Yubel inquired immediately after. “The war’s over… its peaceful, there’s no way someone’s gonna attack them… besides, Yukiko is carrying Johan’s deck… you trust the Crystal Beasts to look after her don’t you? Johan did.” Yubel sighed and remained silent, Juudai had a point but… she felt the need to worry all the same.
An hour had passed and the twins had walked out, Miyuki looked quite proud of herself as she ran up to their brother to talk about what their grandmother had said about how much she’d grown and such as well as seeing about granting the twin’s respective prayers.
Yukiko on the other hand, knew that what she’d asked for was not a prayer, but a wish. and as she’d learned before, she had to never tell anyone her wish or it wouldn’t come true. Well, it was a wish only Ruby Carbuncle was aware of, after all, she told it all her secrets… she hoped it didn’t count towards her wish not being granted. The girl froze as she saw a flash of a shade of teal she only knew from one person, Ruby Carbuncle froze as well and Yuki could feel it, she wasn’t seeing things then! She turned quickly and spotted the person walking away and darted after them, ignoring her brother and sisters calls as she ran. Both she and the duel spirit on her hand began to call out though, the spirit in its mewling and Ruby, “Joha-niichan!” She called out loudly as she hugged him tightly
Unfortunately, Ruby Carbuncle was the first to realize their error and backed away, mewling at Yukiko in attempt to get her to do the same. But it was too late, the girl thought it was in fact the Johan they new and didn’t want to let go. Ruby Carbuncle continued to mewl insistently trying to bat at the girl to get her to let go, looking sadly at the one it new was not its original master. How did it know? It could sense the others… his version of the others with him… they were one of a kind after all… so he had to be the only one with his and Yukiko with hers from the spirit’s former master. “Mew…” I miss him too but this isn’t him, Yuki! it thought out, hoping the girl would come to her senses
The sudden embrace would cause Johan to tense up with a gasp.
Traveling the world wasn’t something he expected to be doing so soon. Some would think he was chasing after Juudai, but that simply wasn’t true. He had found a mask. Something that his family had held onto for years. And the moment he laid his hands on it, life had changed.
The Crystal Beasts seemed to know something about it, but they went quiet, keeping it a secret.
These days, Johan was so focussed on digging up his past that many things had crumbled apart. Friendship, family, hope, his sense of self. Not to mention, those nightmares he kept getting after entering that dimension and having Yubel inside of him... They really took a toll on him. In short, Johan had changed. And perhaps not for the better.
He was alone. Just alone.
A brief moment of silence before Johan would realize that a child was latched onto him. Where on earth...? More importantly, did he know of this girl? Johan wouldn’t move, instead, he’d crack an awkward smile and ask softly.
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