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Zinc

YO GUYS! I FINALLY DREW RUFUS!!
RUFUS WHITMORE HAS FINALLY APPEARED!

You guys won't believe how he came up...I had finished my exam early today so I had to wait until the time limit to end...so I started scribbling on the back of the question paper and POOF! There he was! :)

*sigh of relief* I've been trying to draw him as I imagined him for WEEKS! But now gladly...he's here :) Say hi Rufus!

Rufus: imma go sleep.

Nagui9:.....um....okay?

Ehm....anyway...let's just head to the chapter shall we?
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Erika's POV:

[A little while ago...]

We all wore our black face masks that we got specifically to enter and waited...

Meredy and Levy finished chanting the spell to open the gate then quickly told us to enter as they followed right behind us.

Just as I put my foot through the gate, I closed my eyes and I suddenly felt very light like a feather! It was a weird sensation but the next moment I opened them, I saw a place that I have never seen before....

"This is it...the ninja village." Stated Rei as we all gaped at our surroundings.

The village looked kind of traditional? I mean...they still had small brick houses and people working in fields and by the river. All the people here were ninjas obviously...it's called the ninja village after all...they all had black masks covering their faces and we saw some ninja kids running around as one bumped into Atsui.

"Yo kid.." said Atsui while crouching down to the kid's level and smiled widely, "..be careful little buddy."

(Fun fact: Atsui LOVES children and he's very good with them.)

The kid though had other plans since he whispered something quickly while making a sign with his hands that made him disappear.

Yes...DISAPPEAR.

*Poof*

Like that....

"Rude much?" Mumbled Atsui as he stood back up next to me.

"Did the kid knew that you're not a real ninja?" Asked Rei.

"Maybe they can sense that?" He replied with a shrug.

"Ok guys let's start looking for Aido." Suggested Manaka reminding us of why we came here.

"How about we ask somebody? Because at this rate...we won't find him...all the people here look alike."
Hira said. She definitely had a point.

"I'll go ask that pretty lady over there." Said Gray while walking towards a middle-aged lady that was just standing there very still.

We went after him.

"Um...Hello there...do you...know someone called Aido? He's a tall guy with dark brown hair and-"

"Gray...that's a statue...." Meredy told him while putting a hand on his shoulder to pull him back to us.

Meanwhile Atsui and Rei we're dying of laughter.

"Pfft...HAHAHAHAHA HE THOUGHT THAT STATUE IS A REAL WOMAN!" Cried Atsui.

"I KNOW RIGHT?! HE EVEN WENT AND TALKED TO HER! HAHAHAHA!" Rei cried too as Gray scoffed at them.

"AT LEAST I WAS TRING TO HELP!" He shouted while they tried to calm themselves. "REI! YOU CAN'T LAUGH AT YOUR OLDER BROTHER!" He yelled at him.