Psycho Rider Book: Three (Pillars)

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ᴀᴏɪ ꜱᴀꜰᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ ɢᴀᴛᴇ #2

Sai pulled up the speeding car, the sudden force of the brakes launching me into the front seat.

“Least tell me before you break.” I said as I ended up flipped around on the seat next to Sai.

“Shoulda put on sum seat belts.” He grinned at me.

The sturdy metal door unlocked with a loud click. “Anyways, we’re here.”

The passenger seat door suddenly opened as I fell against it.

I tumbled out the seat and onto the ground. The dust on the floor getting straight in my face. “Jeez”

I rubbed my head as I got up. “You drive too fast, we lost them a long time ag-

holy shit.”

I looked up, bewildered as what my eyes layed on before me.

A giant gate, the architecture of it was like ancient Japan. And through the gated glorious doors. Was a society, it looked like a portion of Tokyo that hasn’t changed in time since ancient eras.

A small group of traditional buildings and structures. And one tall tower that stood high above them all.

In the middle of Tokyo, a gated section with nature and grass. Elegant stone pathways. A calm and peaceful atmosphere.

I couldn’t believe something like this would exist, in dead center of Tokyo, the big city.

Directly in this modern world, next to the flashing lights of the city.

And 5 colossal stone pillars stood around the mysterious aura of the tower. Even larger that of the tower itself.

I don’t even remember this place being here when walking this block.

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“Come on, once we’re in, I’ll tell you about what’s going on.” Sai grabbed my wrist and began to tread towards the huge double doors.

“What are the 5 pillars for?” I questioned as we approached.

“I’ll tell you when we’re in.”

Sai suddenly phased through air, the air distorting suddenly. Like there was an invisible barrier between the real world and this place.

I also fell through it, an odd feeling creeping along my body as I passed.

And before us, stood a bored looking guy. His dirty blonde hair reaching slightly below his eyebrows.

His crystal blue eyes reflecting the sun shining upon us.

“Look who’s back.. I’ll tell sunny then, she’s apparently worried you would die with your seal on.” The bored man said with a careless tone.

“***Tsk\**** that’s why she sent Wisp, I’m perfectly fine.” Sai grumbled with an annoyed expression clearly written on his face.

“You don’t look *perfectly fine”* The man clearly seeing Sai’s mood, decided to poke back at him. Staring at his bloodly messed shoulder.

“Sometimes your jokes get annoying Michael Moore.” A cocky grin spread across Sai’s face.

“Your a grade B, and what am I?” Sai laughed at him, then patted him on the shoulder. Clearly poking fun at him.

“It’s Mike, no one gets to call me my full name. Not even a pilliar, get that shit checked out by sunny. Looks pretty fatal” And he disappeared in a flash, leaving no trace behind, before Sai could lash back.

“Respect your elders! You cocky low grades have too much ego and no powe-“ Sai turned around back at him, but he was already gone.

“***Sigh\**** low grades who act like shit are annoying.” Sai tapped me lightly on the shoulder.

“Come in, we’re gonna get my shoulder fixed.”

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ᴀᴏɪ ᴅᴏᴍᴀɪɴ, ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴡɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴏʀ

“Here” He pulled on the wooden slide door. And the interior was as I expected.

A long hall of wood structure, traditional Japanese architecture. It looked surprisingly comforting.

I took a step onto the floor, the wood slightly creaking at the contact of my step.

“Medical should be #27 of the 5th building.” Sai began to stroll along the hall, counting each door.

Until we arrived at a large double door at the end of a hallway. Around the corner of a hallway. And a big golden plaque plastered directly on the top; Medical #27.

“This is Sunny’s room? The one the guy earlier mentioned?” I questioned as he slowly put his hands on the sliding door.

“No it’s not, I’m trying to avoid her, I wasn’t supposed to go out and get you in the first place.” He nervously began to slide the doors open.

The doors opened fully, the clank of wood, revealing a modern room. It was unexpected, it looked like a room that belonged in a hospital.

Blinding white interior, and bright blinding lights, flashy silver tools on the table. And an adjustable bed in the center covered by a white sheet.

And sitting on the stool before the door was a youthful looking girl. Crossing her legs.

She wore a dark blue skirt. With a pair of dark blue boots. The back of her hair tied up, leaving her messy brown bangs and sides.

She had a pair of black tipless gloves. And the expression of anger and worry.

“*You!*” She got up from the stool, stomping the floor as she walked up to Sai.

“You can’t fight! Not with that seal on, and you still went ahead and picked up the awakened one!” She pointed her finger at me.

*The awakened one? What does that even mean,* I was going to open my mouth and talk but I was interrupted.

“Oh and you insisted on going, because we were apparently going to be *late*” She looked relived even with a face and voice of anger spoke out.

“You could hav-“ Sai put his finger up, signaling her to shush.

“It’s fine, just heal my shoulder and we’ll be gone.”

She slowly looked down at his shoulder, the tear in his shirt fully revealing the significance of the incident.

A moment of silence in the room.

“… no, your not going anywhere, I’ll be mentoring him from now on. You sit here, and stay here. I’m calling the whole medical grade” She placed her hand onto the wound.

A blinding light flashed suddenly, and revealed Sai’s shoulder was partly healed. “That’s all I can do for now. Your not leaving the bed for a while.”

She grabbed my wrist and pushed Sai onto the medical bed. “There coming, and I’ll take him”

“What do you me-“ Sai began to speak, but she slammed the sliding doors closed.

A group of people dressed in all white arrived to the door as we left. “Madam, we will take it from here”

“Thank you, make sure he doesn’t go anywhere” She smiled gratefully at the group and took me around the corner as they entered.

As we walked, she looked at me and spoke “So, what’s your name?”

“Haku”

“Really? The files say it’s Hakai, that’s strange” She looked curious and confused.

“Hakai is my real name, I just go by Haku” I shrugged, wondering how they would know my real name in the first place.

“Oh, I see now! I’m sunny by the way” She smiled up at me.

“I figured”

We arrived outside the building, the cold air rushing in. And settling down at an old wooden table set next to the building.

“So, anything you want to know first?” She asked with a cheery smile.

“Uhh, what are the 5 pillars over there for?” I pointed at the giant pillars surrounding a the tall building. Something felt off about that area.

“Oh that, well, they represent the highest ranking. The 5 Heavenly Pillars, me and Sai are one of them. And fun fact! All the names are carved into the pilliar, from everyone that’s taken the spot” she sounded exited to mentor me, as she explained everything.

“Oh then, I want to know why I’m here, and just everything that has to do with me here” I switched my tone to seirous. I still didn’t know what was going on, and I was lost.

She paused for a moment, silence stopping our conversation. Before one of us spoke out.

“Well Haku.. the thing is, you’ve awakened your soul, which means you’ve gained an ability, and sight to this world. Your apparently special, your souls scent has attracted multiple people and things to your power. We don’t actually know why your soul has this aura, but we believe it has immense purpose and meaning” she placed her hands on the table nervously. The conversation obviously becoming a serious topic.

“Oh so.. do I like, work for you guys now?” I was relieved by finally finding an awnser to everything appearing in my life.

“No, of course not! we now protect and train you, the Aoi’s goal is to retrieve people who awaken, and help them adapt and succeed in this newfound world, we’re your allies now Haku” she smiled at me again, warm and inviting. It felt genuine, like I could truly trust this place.

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𝒫𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓇𝓈

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚘𝚒 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜;

𝟻 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚜: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢. 𝚄𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜, 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢, 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜.

𝚂: 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛. 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜.

𝙰: 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜.

𝙱: 𝙱 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛. 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.

𝙲: 𝙲 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.

𝙳: 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.

𝙴: 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜

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