Little Cracks in the Air

-Masayuki-

“Why won’t she respond?” I asked. Izumi put her hand on Baby Doll’s forehead. She turned to me, shaking her head.

“It’s not good,” she said.

“What do you mean?” I asked. The look on her face told me that she didn’t want to tell me everything.

“What is it?” I asked. I narrowed my eyes at her.

“What are you not telling me?” I asked. Izumi sighed.

“How much do you know about her?” she asked. I gave her a blank stare.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Come with me,” she told me. Izumi rose to her feet and walked over to the stairs. I shrugged and followed behind, wondering where this could be going. I took more look at Baby Doll before I went up the stairs myself.

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I found Izumi at the other end of the hall. She had a stern look on her face with eyes locked on me. I threw up my hands.

“Okay, what is going on here?” I asked. “What are you trying to hide from me?”

“She’s a gate,” Izumi said. I gave her a strange look.

“What are you talking about?” I asked.

“You haven’t noticed it?”

“No…”

Izumi sighed. “Of course you wouldn’t.” She leaned against the wall. “I hoped that she wouldn’t be. But they have chosen her anyway.” Izumi pushed her bangs from her forehead. “Have you noticed any changes in her powers? Think really hard about that answer.” I took a moment to think. I couldn’t help but to think back to that incident three, no, two weeks ago.

“Well, I don’t know how to fully explain it but I think I saw something a while back,” I finally spoke up. Izumi raised her eyebrow.

“What all did you see?” she asked. Well, I put it out there now. I couldn’t turn back. I dropped my shoulders and began to talk.

“Okay,” I said. “There was something that happened about two weeks ago…”

“What happened?” Izumi asked. I tried to recall the events of that day two weeks ago.