Past react to future

Under the tree.

We cut a path south through the forest, pushing forward with our sights set on the river's edge.

After twenty minutes, we finally reached our destination.

"Want to camp somewhere around here?"

"That's fine with me."

Just as the two of us agreed, I heard a voice somewhere off in the distance.

"Heeey-! Ayanokōji-!"

A familiar voice, coming from a certain someone who was calling out to me from the other side of the river.

"oh, It's Ike," said Sudou.

It was Ike, who was standing there with a bunch of dead branches in his arms.

"kukuku, seem you right, dog," said Ryuuen.

"thank you for the compliment," said Sudou.

Dragon confuse.

"Ayanokōji-! Nanase-! I thought it was you two-! So this is where you guys been-!"

He drew closer to the river, smiling with his pearly whites on full display.

"What an amazing coincidence-! Are you camping around here tonight, Ike-senpai-!?"

We were forced to raise our voices as we spoke, futilely trying to drown out the sound of the river running in between us. After shouting back and forth like this for a bit, Ike finally sent the signal for us to just join him on the other side. At his instruction, Nanase and I went upstream along the river.

Before long, we came upon a land bridge near the south side of H4 and met up with him.

Sudō and Hondō were also present, having come over after hearing our voices.

"wait, Hondo?" ask Miyamoto who had been gained his conscious 

Yamauchi also gained consciousness.

"me?" ask Hondo.

"wait, isn't Yamauchi always with Sudou and Ike, why is Hondo with them now? "Okitani asked.

"oh yeah, you're right," Miyamoto said.

"hahahahaha! looks like I upgrade myself and leave those useless" said Yamauchi mocking Ike and Sudou.

Sudou and Ike glared at him.

'Sorry, but you were expelled before that exam' thought Aokimuchi.

"Hold up, what was your last designated area today, you two...?"

"I4."

Sudō exchanged glances with his fellow group members, surprised by my response. Their last area of the day had been I4 as well.

"Man, what're the odds!"

This morning, we had all started in the same location, and surprisingly, we ended the day in the same place as well. Although, given that I had run into Sudō several times now, there could be some sort of built-in tendency for our Tables to lead us to the same places despite being different.

At this point, we all decided to camp together again, just like we had yesterday.

Since we were free for the rest of the day, we all went and did our own thing for a bit.

Of course, we still worked together when necessary since we were all part of the same campsite.

I told Nanase that I was going for a stroll and went off into the forest on my own. I didn't have a particularly deep reason for doing this or anything, but if I had to come up with one, it would be to take a look around the area for other students. After all, except Nanase's group, I still hadn't come across any others that seemed to have the same Table as me.