Gaea's Locket Ch. 3

“Hey... Daiki?” Yuki called him over as she observed the box. “Come here for a sec.” He put down his research and went over as Keito followed. She pointed to the spot asking, “You said you found the key underneath some of the rock right? How did you see it? How did you know it was there?”

“Well there was a small whole in it and when the light hit the box, it hit the key, making it shine. So I tried to find out what it was and I found the key.” he explained as Keito asked, “Did you figure something out?”

“I think so...” she said. She pointed to the box, “Daiki saw a shine coming from the box, but I think the box was made like that. It wasn't just a coincidence. Daiki, let me see the key.” He handed it to her as she put it back in the slot of the box.

“Imagine its completely cover, except in one tiny spot, ok? If you look at this image what does it look like?” Yuki questioned them.

“A light between Gaea and the Gods?” Keito asked unsure. She smiled, “Haha, we'll yea, but its a little more than that. I think that the Gods gave Gaea something. Not too sure what just yet.”

“Why makes you say that?” Daiki asked confused.

“Its just the way all this is positioned. The key is what will unlock whatever is in the locket. And its is placed between the Gods and Gaea right? But the key is pointed down towards Gaea. So it looks like its whatever was in the locket was something the Gods gave to Gaea.”

“That makes a lot of sense...” Keito thought. “But we are still unsure about what the locket held. What was the light that emerged from the locket?”
“Hmm... still need to look into that a little bit more. Anymore images you found during the dig? These cravings really help.” she questioned as Keito shook her head. She sighed, “Hmm... does the locket say anything?”

“Don't think so. Its just a plain locket with Gaea's symbol on it.” Daiki told her, handing it over to her. She took a look at it and then lit up. “Hey, check this out!” She pointed to the flower in the center of the locket. More specifically, she was pointing at a little diamond gem in the center of it.

“It's a gem?” Daiki and Keito said confused.

“Yes it's a gem, but look more closely at the flower.” she stated with a laugh. Keito did and said, “There are 8 gems?” She nodded, “Yup. Do you know what that means?” They both shook their heads as she sighed, “8 Gems on the locket. 8 lights shot out of the locket. They correspond with each other.”

“Oh...” they both said surprised.

“So... maybe only 8 of the Gods gave Gaea something.” Keito lit up at he thought.

“That sounds like a very good prediction.” Yuki nodded as Daiki then asked, “Yea, but what?”

“We're still trying to figure that one out. But at least we're getting close.” Keito smiled. “Let's try to look more into the relationship between Gaea and the Gods... maybe that will give us a clue.” They all nodded and continued to work.

~Elsewhere~
“Wow~!! This is soooo great!” Kei smiled as they ate some dessert at World Cuisines. Shirika nodded, “I definitely want some of this for later! And it looks totally cute~!”

“I kinda don't want to eat it cuz it will get messed up...” Kaori said, taking really small pieces of the decorated cake. Kei said to the waitress, “Tell the chef that this is the best we've ever tasted! We love it!” She nodded and left when soon someone came.

“Hi, I'm Yui. The pastry chef here.” she smiled. “I'm glad you enjoyed the cake.”

“Wow, we have the honor of meeting an amazing chef!” Kei smiled.
“Well, I am a fan of Shirika's work...” she beamed. “I've watch most of your movies.”

“Haha guess we're fans of each other...” Shirika smiled. “Would you like to join us for some of your delicious cake?”

“Sure.” she smiled taking a seat with them. Kaori then excused herself, “I'm gonna take a restroom break. Be back soon.” She left as the others began chatting.

~At the beach~
“Ah~! He's so good-lucking~!” girls smiled at him as they walked on the beach. The life guard smirked after hearing in and winked at them. They giggled happily and gave him flirty looks. Soon a whack came to his head as he heard, “Ryosuke, are we going or not? I thought you got off duty 20 minutes ago?”

“Can't disappoint the ladies...” he stated. “They wanted me to stick around a little longer.”

“Well, if you don't come now, I'm leaving.” she gave him a look. She headed off as some surfer guys approached, “Hey, cutie. You free right now?”

“Hmm...depends on what's going on?” she flirted with him.

“An awesome beach party, that's what.... only the hottest people around are invited.” he stated as she lit up, “Really?

“Yea, cuz I was invited.” Ryosuke told her. She thought, “Hmm... Maybe I will come.” She gave the guy a flirty look, “See ya tonight... Coming Ryosuke?”

“Alright, let's go...I'm starving.” he said as he and Rena took off.

~Back at World Cuisines ~
“Oh no...” Kaori sighed as she washed her hands. She was headed for the door as she felt a sneeze coming. She held it in, thinking, “ ...Hold it in.. whatever I do... do not – Achoo!”

“Geez what's taking Kaori so long?” Shirika said. Kei shrugged, “Should you go check--” He felt something hit his foot as he looked down. Both Yui and Shirika looked down and smiled, “Awww~ How cute~!!” An adorable little puppy was tugging on Kei's pants. He gave it a look and picked it up, petting it.

“Dogs just love you don't they Kei?” Shirika smiled. He nodded, “Haha, I guess so.” The puppy began whimpering as Yui stood up, “Well I really should get back to work now. It was nice meeting you guys.” They nodded as Kei said, “I gotta get going to. Might as well bring this little one to the animal shelter with me.”

“Shouldn't you wait for Kaori?” she stated. He thought, “Yea... I'll just get the car ready--”

“Ah! I'm late for my recording!” Shirika panicked as she saw the time. “I gotta run Kei. I'll see you two later! Bye!” She ran off as Kei sighed in relief, “Well... somehow this worked out... “ He looked at the puppy he was holding as he sighed, “No how do we fix this problem?” The puppy whimpered again as he carried it to his car and drove off.

~Somewhere else~
“Yabu Kota?” a psychologist called as he stood up and entered the room.
“I'm Sugimoto Satomi. I'll be your psychologist for the day.” she smiled as they both sat down. “So, you said you were having a problem over the phone.” He nodded and began to explain, “I'm not quite sure... how to explain it. But I've been having this strange feeling lately. It started occurring a few days ago...”

“What sort of feelings?” she wondered.

“Well, weird. Like something's wrong with me.” he said as he began staring at his hand. “I think I've been hallucinating...” She jotted down notes as she looked at him, “Hallucinating... about what?” He sighed, “Powers. I keep imagining me with strange powers....”

“Well, I don't think that's too weird... many like to imagine having super abilities and powers.” she smiled.

“But that's the time. I'm not imagining it. It's like it's actually happening.” he told her. “It's too real to be an imagination. I could only hope its a hallucination.” She thought, “Well, if you have this power, can you show it to me?” He shook his head, “I can't control it... It comes at the most random times. No matter how hard I try, I can't make it work on my own will...”

“Well... it certainly sounds like a hallucination. What sort of powers do you have when you supposively use them?” she questioned.

“Earth powers. I've been making things grow at an unimaginable rate.” he said seriously.

“You're an environmentalist right?” she said as he nodded. “Then that explains it. You've been thinking so much about the Earth and how to help it, you've dreamed of having powers to better it. Maybe you've been overworking yourself too much so you've been over thinking things.”

“I guess that makes sense...” he thought.

“Just take a break from work for a while. That might help these hallucinations from occurring.” she told him as she got up. He stood up too, “Thanks, Sugimoto-san.”

“Just call me Satomi.” she smiled as she led him out. “Be sure to be back by next week so I can see if you've made any improvement with this.” He nodded and left the office.

~A few hours later at World Cuisines~
“Yui.” she heard as she was about to leave World Cusines. She turned to see her boss as she said, “Ah, Chinen-san... was there something you needed?” He said, “Well sort of. First of all, here's your paycheck.”

“Ah~ Arigatou!” she smiled as she took it. He nodded, “And I needed a favor. As you know Thanksgiving is coming in two weeks. I was hoping you could make a big thanksgiving cake for a friend of mine.”

“Sure, no problem.” she stated. She turned to go as he said, “Ah, Yui.” She turned as he asked, “Please make it one of your best works yet.” She nodded with a giggle, “This must be a very special friend, Chinen-san.” He smiled, “I guess you can say that... See you tomorrow.”

~Eastern Tokyo~
“Yuto, the computers are acting weird again....can you help me out?” one of his co-workers asked as he nodded, “I'll take a look at it.” He left his computer and went over to the other office. He then said, “Oh, this is simple...” He began explaining when suddenly the power went off in the building. He groaned, “Ugh... what now...”

“Sorry, everyone. Looks like there was a power surge.” the boss of the company explained. Yuto then left the room as the boss continued, “We're gonna need to wait a little while before the powers comes back--” Suddenly the lights went back on as Yuto came in, “An easy fix...”

“Wow. Once again, you've got the magic touch Yuto.” his co-workers smiled at him. “Whatever it is, you can easily fix it~!” He smiled, “Anything to lend a helping hand. Oh, let me finish showing you how to do this...”

~Back to Keito~
“Urgh... Nothing.” Daiki sighed throwing the book exhausted. “We've been looking for days and we still don't have any luck!” Keito continued looking through articles, “Just keep looking, there's bound to be even the smallest clue to this. It has to be somewhere and we will find it.”

“Ugh... I think maybe we're just exhausted... let's take a break, Keito...” Yuki sighed as she put down the box. He groaned, “I can't just give up! There has to be some way to figure ---” He stopped as a sudden blast of light appeared in the room.

“What's going on?!” Yuki screamed surprised as they all covered their eyes from the sudden brightness. Keito tried to peek open and saw the locket glowing again.

“Daiki what did you do this time?!” he shouted as Daiki defended, “This time it wasn't me! I wasn't anywhere near the locket!” They all looked back at the locket as it got dimmer. Then Yuki pointed out, “What... guys check it out.” In the dim light that the locket was releasing, an image appeared. There was a large thunderbolt in the center.

“The symbol of Zeus.” Keito said, appalled.