Chapter 2
As we left the library, all I could think about was the book. “Hey, Suzu-chan, wanna come to my place?” Minako asked as she turned around.
“Nah, I just want to get home,” and take a look at this book, I finished in my mind.
“Aww, come on. There’s someone I want you to meet,” she pleaded.
“Alright, I’ll go. But only for an hour tops,” I sighed in defeat.
“Dad! I’m home!” Minako called out, as we walked through the front door of her house.
“Hey pumpkin! I’m in the kitchen!” her father called out. Minako’s mother died when she was two, so it was just her and her dad.
“Suzuki’s here too!” she told him.
“Ah! Hello Suzuki,” he smiled as he walked out of the kitchen. Hi Mr Hayama,” I smiled back.
“I’ve told you over and over again, call me Akira,” he laughed as he ruffled my hair.
“Uncle Akira!” someone called out from the other room.
“Oh! That’s right! Suzuki, I want you to meet my cousin, Haru” Minako said, as a boy walked into the room. I looked at him, and I could feel myself blushing. He couldn’t have been more than 17. “He’s cute isn’t he?” Minako whispered to me. I nodded.
“Haru, meet my friend Suzuki,” she grinned, gesturing to me.
“Ah, so you’re the famous Suzuki? Minako’s told me all about you,” he chuckled, and I glared at Minako. “It’s nice to finally meet you,” he smiled, as I looked back at him.
“Uh, yeah… It’s nice to meet you too,” I tried to smile back, and I was sure I looked like an idiot.
“So, Suzuki. What do you say? Would you like to stay for dinner?” Mr Hayama asked, turning to me.
“I’d love to, but I’d have to call my mother first,” I answered. My mother and father got divorced when I was nine, and I lived with my mother.
“Already done! She said it was alright. And since there’s no school tomorrow, you can stay the night,” Minako smiled.
“And how did you know I wasn’t going to say no?” I questioned her.
“Because you never do,” she answered. I thought about that, and realised she was right.
“…And then she was sent outside for the rest of the lesson!” everyone laughed, as Minako told them how I was sent out of class for calling maths torture. Even though it’s true. I quickly glanced at Haru, and saw he was doing the same thing. We both blushed, and looked the other way.
“What’s that?” he asked, and I turned to see him looking at my coat. I looked down, and realised my coat was glowing.
“I don’t know,” I answered, as I reached into my coat to find the source of the glow. I pulled out the universe of the four gods, to see that it was glowing. “Wha? What the heck?” I said, staring at the book.
“A… book?” Haru said hesitantly. I opened the book, and started to read it.
“And thus the girl of legend opened the door to another world…” I started to read.
“Whoa, you can read this?” Haru asked, looking from me to the book. “Of course I can, it’s written in English." I answered him. Did he think I was an idiot? What had Minako been telling him?
“No it’s not,” he said, looking at the book. “It looks like it’s written in Chinese.”
I looked at the book again, it looked like it was written in English to me. “This is the story of a young girl who single-handedly…” I continued reading, “…gathered the seven stars of Tenshi…” “…and gained the power to make all her dreams come true.” I looked at Haru again, and he nodded for me to keep reading. “The story itself is an incantation…” “…and whoever reads it gains the main character’s power… “…to have their wishes granted.” “This is because once they turn the first page…” “…the story will become real and begin.” I turned to Haru, “what’s that supposed to mean?”
“I don’t know,” he answered. Just then, a light flashed from the book.
“Kyaa!” I screamed.
“Suzuki!” Haru called out, and reached for me.
“Suzuki!” I heard Minako and her father call as they ran into the room, right before I blacked out.
