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“I guess that’s what most humans think the Takitanima is.” He shrugged. The sleek from of Akita slid down to us.
“The stargazer is ready for you.” She said happily. My face turned white.
“What should I do?” I whimpered. “What I said to father come from the heart, but I don’t know how to treat any other royalty!”
“Treat him like you would treat us.” Alia said soothingly. “Except treat him better, like he were more than your equal, with respect. And be yourself.” She explained. I gazed at her, like a terrified rabbit. “Come on, and allow your words to flow from your heart again.” She smiled brilliantly, and I felt a little bit better.

I ran as fast as possible to the base of the huge mountain. Nobody was anywhere in sight. “Kisa? Shishou? Dannen?” I called. “Yuki?” there were no responses. Where were they? A young blonde haired girl turned to me, she had been picking flowers.
“Did you say Shishou, Dannen, and Yuki?” she asked, wide-eyed. I returned her gaze.
“You can hear me?” I asked softly. She nodded.
“That is, I can translate your words into words that everyone around can understand. The people you mentioned, they were staying at my mother’s house, but now they have all left.” I studied her glossy blue eyes.
“Can you take me to your mother?” I asked.
“Of course! They must mean a lot to you, right now I’m picking flowers for my sister. She left with Shishou and Dannen to go to the Takitanima, but she’ll be back soon.” She lifted a flower to her face and inhaled deeply. “Koharu loves Laving things. She has always wanted to be human.” her words trailed off. “Let’s go!”
“She isn’t human?” I asked suspiciously.
“Oh no, Koharu and I were built by our mother, we are robots.” She said simply, innocently. I nodded, allowing her words to sink in. “But I really do love them, Mama and Koharu, that is.” She smiled, a brilliant smile that felt real to me. “But I think that I annoy Koharu sometimes. I’m always happy, and she’s always sad.” The girl sure didn’t look happy when she said that. Instead, she looked like that burned a wound into her soul. “My name is Aijou, what’s yours?”
“I’m Hachi.” I almost said Ichidou, but that wasn’t me. At least, I didn’t think that I was Ichidou. It seemed too much. Ichidou was supposed to be a powerful god. I was nowhere near that. I was still Hachi-ko, and I hoped that I would never have to be like Ichidou. It was more than I could handle. I wondered if Dannen knew about my true self. I gave him so much heat about his whole ‘name destiny’ thing, and now I figured out that I was the same as him. I wished that Ichidou were here to comfort me. He was always by my side when I needed him. Aijou smiled softly and led me to a small hut. An elderly woman sat in a chair on the porch, examining the passing insects.
“Mama, I’ve brought a guest.” Aijou called and the woman’s face brightened.
“Who is it?” she called.
“Hachi.” I responded. She looked down at me, amazed.
“Well, what can I do for you? I suspect that you are traveling to the Takitanima or are searching for your doushi.” I shrugged.
“A while ago, you had a few guests that I’m looking for. Their names are Kisa, Shishou, Dannen, and Yuki.” I said.
“I didn’t have Kisa.” The woman’s gaze darkened.
“Do you know where she is? I need to be with her!” my voice raised to a higher pitch.
“Shishou said something about a girl named Sora, he said that he needed to save her.” Aijou offered.
“Kisa is Yuki’s sister.” I said, hoping that she was safe. Aijou looked at me sadly. “What happened to Kisa?” I growled softly.
“Kisa was kidnapped by a vampire.” The woman said. My eyes widened.
“Kisa?” I choked and turned. I fled away from them. Where was Kisa? I needed to save her.
“Ichidou, help!” I cried out. There was no scent of irises. I panicked. “Ichidou? Kisa? Where are you guys?” I looked above me at the sky. Clouds covered the sun. I trembled, never feeling so alone or terrified in my life. My Kisa was gone. She was gone, and she might die. I ran as fast as my short legs could take me. I was alone in the world. My soul couldn’t reach me. My child figure couldn’t reach me either, and all of my friends, they were all far away. I shouldn’t have left Yuki’s arms. I could have saved them. But then again, I wouldn’t ever know who I was. Who was I? I needed warm arms to hold me. I bolted into a run-down building in an old ghost town. I collapsed into a heap on the old concrete and dirt floor. Then I wept bitterly until sleep overcame me.