Heaven and Earth : Terra

At piacere : At pleasure (i.e. the performer need not follow the rhythm strictly, for example in a cadenza)

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A few months passed since Iori awakened and being told everything that all of this time Riku and Touma did. Iori cann't really help them directly, but he can divert the other member attention when both of them needed time to gather information. And with Iori help they managed to clear their search at Akita and Sapporo city (when Iori had mission outside the city he bring Gin, that saved their time.)

Riku was walking at his campus at the afternoon he just returned from the library, both Touma and Iori that had duty to guard him today had a sudden mission. That was the reason why Riku decided to went to his campus to did some homework. At the hall he saw someone familiar walked beside his lecturer, Riku body stiffened, he finally recognized who was the one walked beside his lecturer... he was Kujou Takamasa, one of three elders... And the bad luck was his lecturer noticed him and gestured Riku to go where he was.

"Tanaka-sensei this child is...?" Asked Takamasa

"Ah, let me introduce you! This young man is the youngest one yet the one of the smartest at medical major, junior year, Nanase Riku-kun. And Riku-kun this man is from DIFENDERE, Kujou Takamasa-san, right now he is here to talk about our joined program."

Riku bowed his head toward Takamasa and smiling "Nice to meet you Kujou-san." Even thought inside he was dying with nervousness. Riku cursed inside his mind, did his luck just abandoned him again?! Takamasa looked at him with analytical gaze, then he saw Riku earing and raised his hand to reach it. Riku realizing this stepped back and immediately excuses himself with nervous smile.

Tanaka-sensei only looked at Riku retreating form in confusion, since Riku behaviour was strange. "I wonder if Riku-kun had other business... I thought he will be happy to meet someone from DIFENDERE since he planned to have enter resident program at DIFENDERE."

"Is that so..." Muttered Takamasa, he looked at where Riku stood earlier and smirked. This was interesting... to think his charge younger brother already had an BLANC at his possesion. It seems like he need to investigate this alone...

~With Riku~

Riku was panting at the park bench not far from his university.

"That was so close..." Muttered Riku

After he managed to compose himself he looked around, there were many people there, some children playing, many mother talked to each othere, some older people that just walking around the park. Riku smiled seeing this peaceful scenery, then he remembered about humanity dark side and bowed his head.

Since he often past trace many place... he saw too many dark side of humanity. It scared him, but it made him know more about this world. His brother always protected him from this dark side after all. It made him realized about how much he didn't know about the world...

Suddenly he saw a shadow of someone stood in front of him, when he lifted his head he saw a man... this man seems familiar... Riku eyes widened in realization. This person was the man he met at the park in Kyoto near two years ago. And it seems the man recognized him as well

"Oh, you're the young man from that time. It has been a long time isn't?"

"A-ah! Yes sir, it has been a long time!"

"Did you mind if i sit beside you young man?"

"Of course not sir. Please sit."

Riku shifted and let the man sat beside him, then he looked at the man face. His yellow eyes still blank but there was a smile at his face this time, and his posture was more eased than the last time they met.