A/N: Part one of the graduation trip!!! Yaaaaaaaay!!! Here starts Chapter 67!! Please enjoy!!!
The way Subaru slept every night after their trip to Kusatsu in January would probably enrage everyone once they found out about it. Beatrice would always be in his arms, staying closest to him in case something happened to Subaru's body due to his broken Gate and the mana constantly being absorbed into his body. Rem, on the other hand, would sometime sleep on the other side of Beatrice, holding her in her arms as well, or sleep on Subaru's other side, clinging to his back that made her feel the safest of all. Occasionally, Subaru would just lay flat on his back with Rem and Beatrice clinging to his sides. His bed wasn't as big as those in Roswaal's mansion, but it was just enough for them to sleep cozily together.
The way Subaru woke up every morning would probably also enrage everyone. Normal people like us wake up to the annoying sound of the alarm, but Subaru woke up to Rem's soft voice like a bell and Beatrice's cute and relaxed sleeping face. This morning, the first day of their school trip, was no different. 5:00 a.m. in the morning, the sun hadn't risen yet and the whole apartment was still asleep, and Rem opened her eyes, getting up from the bed, covering her mouth and yawning.
Within seconds, however, she was fully awake and got off the bed, and within five minutes, she was done with her routine and at the kitchen, preparing their breakfast. With the prospect of the school trip that would start in just a few hours, Rem made the breakfast feeling extra lighthearted. At five fifteen, the skillfully made breakfast was finished, and it was time for Rem to wake the others up.
Subaru, his eyes closed, was lying comfortably on a piece of white, fluffy cloud, holding Beatrice in his arms with warm sunshine pouring down on him, a scene likely to be seen in Skypiea. Feeling the excellent warmth of the sunlight, Subaru let out a sigh of satisfaction. Then, the sunlight seemed to have started to change its form, solidifying into a humanoid form, almost like an angel. It reached out its hand and caressed Subaru's face softly, and a desire to see what exactly was making him feel so safe and comfortable rushed up to him, and his eyelids flung open.
"Ohayougozaimasu, Subaru-kun." Rem said, smiling. Blinking a few times to focus his vision, Subaru smiled as well. "Ohayou, Rem." He said, sitting up. "Rem has the breakfast readied. She will go to wake Nee-sama and Emilia-sama now." Rem turned on the lights in the room for the two and left to wake the other two. Stretching his arms high in the air, Subaru yawned, and after giving his eyes a few rubs, he patted on Beatrice's head softly, waking her up. "Bea-ko, time to get up. Okinawa's waiting for us." He said, and Beatrice's mumbling voice around his waist told him that she supposed she needed five more minutes.
"C'mon Bea-ko! Okinawa's waiting for us!" He repeated the phrase more energetically this time, and Beatrice sat up, her hair messy and sitting on ends. "Betty's coming, Okinawa, in fact..." She mumbled sleepily. "Yep, we're coming, Okinawa!" Subaru said, grinning, and with his perfect handiwork, Beatrice's hair was back to its normal state. Subaru took her hand and the two left the room to do their morning routines. "Man, I'm gonna be a superb dad in the future." Subaru thought as the two came out their room.
Soon, Emilia and Ram came out their room too, the former looking she couldn't wait to start the trip any longer. "Ohayou, Subaru, Beatrice!" Emilia greeted them energetically. "Ou! Ohayou, Emilia-tan! Nee-sama! I see that you're ready for the trip! Good for you good for you!" Subaru greeted back, grinning, while Beatrice mumbled her greeting. Ram glared at him with her eyes narrowed more than usual, which told them that she was annoyed with Subaru being this loud in the morning. "Hai, mina-san, breakfast is already on the table. Let us finish it and be on our way! We don't want to leave until the last minute." Rem said brightly, and the rest of them sat down around the table obediently.
Soon, breakfast was finished, and the five all got changed. When they were getting their stuffs ready, Puck showed up with his arms folded, smiling. "Yo, minna." He said, waving his small paw. "Ohayou, Puck." Emilia said, reaching out her hand to him. "Okinawa ne, the tropic of Japan. I wonder what it's like." He said. "Eh, ah, remember that time we went to Roswaal's personal lakefront? (you can find more details of this in the short spinoff, Re: Starting Life in an Endless Summer from Zero) You're gonna see some similar sceneries there." Subaru answered after thinking for a bit.
"Oh ho, is that so? Alright then, I shall keep a close eye on you Subaru, or you'll be staring at my lovely daughter's body like you did last time." Puck said, winking at Subaru. "I won't be doing that and I didn't do it last time either! Well I did look at Emilia-tan last time but not in the way you implied you ero-neko! And tell you what, keep your eyes on the other students in our school they're the ones you need to obliterate if they ever did anything you implied earlier." Subaru protested. "I'm not really sure what you're arguing over but get along, you two." Emilia said, giving both of the two a small pinch on their ears. "Hai," The two replied docily, bowing their heads at her.
"Emilia-sama doesn't understand what Puck-sama said, but Ram does, and she hasn't forgotten how your eyes violated us last time, Barusu." Ram said, double checking the things that she packed in her bag. "Up to this point, is there any point for me to argue back, Nee-sama?" Subaru said, sighing and holding his forehead. "Don't worry, Subaru-kun! We know that Subaru-kun looks at us in the healthy sort of way." Rem said with a smile. "Either way, Barusu, be grateful. You should be overwhelmed by tears and bliss, being able to see Ram in a swimsuit twice." Ram said, throwing him a sharp look. "Hei hei, Nee-sama, I am very grateful." Subaru said dismissively. "Quit that pointless drama, Betty supposes. You should be checking for the most important things you need, in fact." Beatrice said, tugging on Subaru's sleeve.
What Beatrice was referring to was their IDs. Subaru had his valid government issued photo ID with him alright, but what the girls needed were not only the ID but the alien registration card as well, and they had neither. "Don't worry, Beatrice, we have them here." Emilia said, showing Beatrice the documents she and Puck made for them. "Good, Betty supposes. They wouldn't just disappear suddenly, and worst case scenario, Betty and Nii-cha can use Yin Magic to make everything work, in fact. Nevertheless, Betty would rather it not happen and wants no trouble for this trip, Betty supposes." Beatrice said, nodding.
Finally, their final checking of their luggages and things they needed for the flight was finished. It was almost six, and the five set off for the train station, where the students would be gathering to take the train to the airport. "Yosh! We've got everything checked! Time for it to start! Our graduation trip to Okinawa!!" Subaru shouted as he opened the door, punching his fists in the air. "Ohhhh!!!" Emilia cheered along Subaru, her hands also raised in the air. Rem beamed and put a finger in front of her lips. "Rem understands that Subaru-kun and Emilia-sama are feeling very excited about the trip, but please be quiet now. It is still early in the morning and many are still asleep." She said like a mother of very energetic children, and the two quieted themselves. Exchanging looks, Subaru and Emilia nodded at each other. "Shuppatsu~" The two said in unison more quietly, smiling under the mild morning sunlight, and the five walked off toward the train station.
"Ah, mina-san, ohayou~" Fifteen minutes later, the group arrived at the train station, where quite a few of their schoolmates were already gathered. Shiori, waving and beaming, hurried to them, followed by Yui and Aya. Emilia and Rem waved back as they got together. "Alright, I'll be heading to my class. See you once we got there." Subaru said after seeing the girls meeting up with their class. "Hai, Subaru-kun. We will see you later. Please enjoy yourself." Rem said with a smile. "Ou! Will do! Take care of Emilia-tan and Bea-ko for me, Rem!" Subaru gave them a thumbs-up. "Hold on, in fact! Subaru! It's about time you stop treating Betty like she's a child, Betty supposes!" Beatrice said crossedly.
"You take care of yourself, Subaru, Betty supposes! Betty will be checking on your wellbeing with Natsuno-san every fifteen minutes, in fact!" She pointed at Subaru, who stuck his tongue out at them and walked away, grinning. "Developing a father-daughter relationship is one thing, having the roles in that relationship swapped from time to time is another thing, I suppose." Shiori said, watching the two interact. "It is, indeed." Yui said, smiling. Just then, Nico and Kotoha arrived too, bringing their attention away from Subaru and Beatrice.
On the other hand, at Subaru's class, Hinata, Aki, and Haruka showed up together five minutes after Subaru got there. "Yo, Subaru!" Hinata said, beaming and looking like a humanoid sun as always. "Yo, you three!" Subaru greeted back, smiling too. Aki and Haruka waved, yawning widely, the former leaning against a beam next to them and the latter leaning against him, both dozing off. "Na, I got a message from Beatrice-san earlier. I'll be reporting your wellbeing to her every fifteen minutes." Hinata said, showing Subaru his phone. "Oh screw you." Subaru laughed and punched him on the arm.
Soon, most of the students arrived, and they got on the trains one class after another. It was the third time the four Isekai girls got on the bullet train, but they still couldn't help but show their excitement about riding these modern world transportations. The excitement emitted from Emilia was especially contagious and lifted everyone's mood around them. "Ne Emilia-chan, is this your first time riding the bullet train after coming to Japan?" Nico asked as she leaned over Emilia's seat from behind, and Emilia turned around in her seat and looked up at her. "No, it's our third time, but it still feels like the first time! We ride on very different transportations back in our home country." Emilia answered.
"Different transportation? How different?" Kotoha asked as she poked her head over the seat next to Emilia's, in which Ram sat. "We frequently traverse the land with the aid of wagons pulled by animals." Ram answered with her eyes closed. "Ohhhhh....!!! Europe is so cool....!!!" Nico and Kotoha whispered in unison, looking impressed. Seeing their impressed expressions, Emilia giggled. "Speaking of which, it reminds me of one of the Earth-- I mean horses that pulls our carriages. Her name is Patrasche and she is especially close to Subaru." Emilia said, and Nico and Kotoha's eyes seemed to started twinkling.
"Eh?! Natsuki-senpai and a horse called Patrasche?? This is even cooler!! Does Natsuki-senpai ride on her often?? Tell us more Emilia-chan!" Nico said while Kotoha nodded vigorously. "Eh? Alright! I'll do my best!" Emilia said, realizing that she had to change some of the details of the story first. And for the rest of the ride, Emilia entertained those sitting around her with interesting things about Subaru and his beloved Earth Dragon with some of the Isekai details changed.
About about an hour later, they arrived at the airport. The students got off the trains and went to the lobby while most of them waited as the teachers went to wait in line to deal with the plane tickets. "Mnnnn~! I'm hungry somehow." Hinata said as he swung his arms around and twisted his body, stretching after the near-hour train ride. "I've got pringles, want some?" Haruka said, taking out a small can of chips and tossing it to Hinata. "Oh thanks!!" Hinata thanked her and opened the can. "Oi, let's get the seating decided now. I'm claiming the window seat." Aki said, reaching out a hand at Hinata to ask for some chips. "Fine with me," Subaru and Hinata said in unison. The three turned to Haruka, and she looked away. "...I kinda want the window seat too." She said after being stared at for three seconds.
"Okay then, I sit with you and Hinata with Aki, how does that sound?" Subaru asked, and they nodded. Just then, they heard Emilia and Rem's voices calling them. "Subaru-kun~" Rem called as they approached them. Subaru and the others were about to wave back but then looked taken aback from the girls' other classmates following behind them. "Eh?! Why's everyone coming toward us??" Subaru asked, backing away. "Ahaha... gomen, Subaru. I told them about you and Patrasche and they all wanted to hear more." Emilia said, smiling apologetically. Rem went to Subaru's side and whispered into his ear. "Emilia-sama told everyone that Patrasche is a horse." Rem explained, and an understanding expression appeared on Subaru's face.
"Ah~ okay then." Subaru said, grinning, and until the time they were called back to get their tickets and get their luggages through the counter to be loaded onto the plane later, they listened to Subaru's story about him and Patrasche, with the details altered, of course. Soon, they were heading toward the boarding gate. "I don't know if it's just me, but I feel that there's a rivalry for the title of 'the best girl' between you and Patrasche, Rem-san." Shiori said as they were walking, giggling. "I do too!" Nico and Kotoha chimed in in unison. "Fufu, I do get the same feeling as well." Yui said, covering her mouth and smiling, while Aya nodded. "W-Well, that is just your imagination, Rem supposes! Rem and Patrasche get along quite well, yes, quite well indeed!" Rem said, puffing her cheeks out and nodding to herself.
"Rem, no need to fuss over things like this. This is just one of Barusu's usual blabbering that confuses things up." Ram said, taking Rem by the arm. "But this feels quite romantic, doesn't it? A girl's love for a man is so deep that she even gets jealous over the man's mount." Kotoha said, holding her hands together. "Betty doesn't know, she supposes. That sounds weird instead of romantic, in fact." Beatrice said with a small frown, and they all laughed. A few minutes later, they arrived at the boarding gate, and since there was still plenty of time before the boarding time, the teachers announced that they could go to the shops to kill time.
Half of the students waiting left the waiting area while some stayed to chat or take a nap. Emilia, Rem, Ram, and Beatrice were standing by the large window, looking at the planes getting ready to take off. "Woooow, I've never seen a real plane before...!!!" Emilia said in awe, her breath fogging up the window in front of her. "Wait what? You've never seen one? How did you get here then?" Shiori asked, and Emilia forze for a fraction of a second. "We came by ship, Betty supposes. We haven't traveled on a plane before, in fact." Beatrice said without a change in her tone. "A-Ah, yes, we came here on a ship!" Emilia said hastily, feeling relieved that Beatrice covered up the small mistake smoothly.
As Beatrice and Shiori and the other chatted on, Ram and Emilia switched positions so Emilia would be less likely to join the conversation for the moment. Sitting on the seats a bit far away from the window were Subaru and the other three. Haruka and Aki were reading the plans they made, Hinata was watching Saiki Kusuo no Sainan on his phone, and Subaru was reading the more detailed information they put down on the tour guide they made. The four were silent for about ten minutes until Haruka looked up from the papers in her hand and turned to Subaru. "What are you thinking about the girls?" She asked, and Subaru knew that she must've noticed his several glances at the four chatting with their classmates.
"Nothing in particular." He said. "If I have to give an answer, it'd be that I'm feeling glad that the girls got along with their classmates so well and a bit sad that they have to be separated pretty soon." Subaru added a while later. "I thought so." Haruka said and gave him a punch on the arm. "Not telling you to never have those thoughts, but that's how life works, and we have way better things to think about for the moment." She said, and Subaru chuckled. "You've got quite good with words too, haven't you?" He said, and Haruka smirked. "Nah, just happened to have some opportunities to learn about how to cheer people up." She said. "If only you stay this reasonable at all times." Aki said, and the next second a weird scream was forced out his mouth by a sideways karate chop from her.
Ignoring the two next to him having a fierce battle in the seats, Subaru looked back up at the four standing by the window. Emilia looked around just in time to catch his eyes and waved at him with a dazzling smile. The other three, noticing Emilia's movement, turned around and did the same, only Ram's smile was more of a smirk than anything else. Grinning, Subaru got up and walked to them. "We're gonna be flying real soon, literally!" He said. "Hai, Subaru-kun. This is where the Bernoulli's principle comes in, right? Rem remembers." Rem said, smiling. "Oh oh, that's right! As expected from our Rem! Erai erai!" Subaru said, patting Rem on the head.
Emilia smiled as well. "We have come a long way, haven't we?" She said softly. "Thinking that we will be boarding the airplane soon, something that I thought was so novel that it couldn't have possibly been real. And now, it's become something normal, ah, maybe not really that normal, but the novelty has worn off and I find it more believable now. We really have come a long way." Emilia turned to Subaru, taking one of his hands. "Souda na, Emilia-tan!" Subaru replied, grinning. Another plane took off, and the five watched it rise up and disappear into the sky.
"Oh, it seems it's about time to board the plane." Subaru said as the voice of the flight attendant spoke through the speaker, telling the people waiting it was time for them to board the plane. "Alright, Subaru-kun. See you after we land." Rem said, and the other waved and went to gather with their class. "Ou! See you in a bit! Be careful not to get airsick!" Subaru said and went back to Hinata, Aki, and Haruka. "Alright, minna, brace yourselves! I'll need a lot looking after later! Thank you in advance!" Hinata said with a large grin and his hands on his hips. "...You're the first one ever I see to have such a positive attitude about being airsick..." Aki said, and Hinata laughed.
"Just giving you a heads up Aki. I'll be relying on you in the next two hours!" He said, laughing. "Alright, now I know why you asked to sit with Tsuyumi." Aki said darkly. "First of all, I didn't think about that when we were getting the seats decided, and second of all, now that Hinata mentioned that, I'm glad I asked to sit with Haruka, third of all, I'll pray for you man." Subaru said, picking up his backpack. "Freak you, Natsuki." Aki said and flicked his finger on Subaru's ear. While Subaru was yelling at Aki for flicking him too hard, Aki went to Hinata and patted him on the shoulder. "I'll be looking after you, don't worry." He said somewhat reassuringly.
"Ohhh tanomoshii na, Aki!" Hinata said, grinning. "And he never treats me that way..." Haruka muttered darkly in a small voice that nevertheless was not missed by Subaru. "Ah don't worry Haruka. As the saying goes-- Gyaaa!!!"
"Shut up Natsuki!" Haruka growled as her iron fist collided with Subaru's waist, flustered that her thought had slipped through her lips. "Okay okay fine..." Subaru mumbled, holding his waist and getting into the line to board the plane quietly. About ten minutes later, most of the students got on the airplane, walking in a file to find their seats.
Subaru and his fellow twelfth graders got the seats at the end of the plane, and after walking to the very end of the plane, they found their seats and sat down. As they decided earlier, Aki and Haruka sat down by the windows in two different rows, and next to them sat Hinata and Subaru. "Hand me your bags," Subaru said as he put his bag in the overhead cabinet above them. "Thanks man." Hinata said as the three handed him their bags. "Oi Natsuno, you've taken your airsickness pills, right?" Aki asked, and Hinata nodded. "Yep, I've taken them before we boarded." He answered, putting on his eye mask. "As much as I'd love to watch some anime as we fly, I'll refrain from doing so, so I don't trouble our kind Aki too much." He said, still smiling.
"Your consideration is greatly appreciated, Natsuno." Aki said, smirking. "I, on the other hand, will be watching some animes that have been on my watchlist for forever." Subaru said, and Haruka rolled her eyes. "Thanks for the info, Natsuki." She said sarcastically. As the other students found their seats noisily, Subaru, putting on his earphones, wondered what Emilia, Rem, Ram, and Beatrice were feeling now, having finally boarded the plane. "This's the first time the girls travel on a plane?" Haruka asked suddenly, and Subaru, pulling out the earphones, raised an eyebrow at her.
"Apart from getting better with words, you've also developed telekinesis power, haven't you?" Subaru said jokingly. "Just had a hunch." She said with a shrug. "And you are right, it's their first time on an airplane. They got here by ship actually." Subaru said, nodding. "Is that so? Then they're gonna have a fun time." She said with her arms folded and smiled. "Haha, I bet they are." Subaru said, smiling as well.
On the other end of the plane, Emilia, Rem, Ram, and Beatrice, were seated in their seats as well, looking forward to the take off and wondering what it would feel like to be flying. Just then, several flight attendants came up to the front and began their greetings and demonstrations of how to buckle the seat belts and where the items for emergency were. Emilia and Rem watched intently at the demonstrations and instructions. Ram and Beatrice were paying the flight attendants much attention as well, though their eyes weren't fixed as hard as Emilia and Rem's on them.
Five minutes later, the demonstrations were over, and the flight attendants went back to the back of the plane. "You're the first ones I've ever seen to be staring at the flight attendants so fixedly during the demonstration." Kotoha, sitting in the seat across the aisle beside Emilia and Beatrice, said, laughing. "Well, apart from looking forward to the flight, Rem is also a bit nervous." Rem said. "Very nervous, to be honest." Emilia added. "Haha, understandable." Kotoha said, and Shiori leaned toward them to talk to them.
"Don't worry, just relax. We can describe how it feels like to you so you can prepare yourselves. When we start gaining speed to take off and rising up, you'll feel you're being pressed against the seats. It won't be strong though so don't stress about it. Ah, when we're rising in altitude, you'll also be likely to feel the air pressing into your ears. That's normal too, just swallow a few times and it'll go away. Speaking of which, chewing gums help make you feel better." Shiori said, handing them a bag of chewing gums. Emilia took it and thanked Shiori, and the four girls each took one.
"What's the reason behind chewing gums helping us feel better?" Emilia asked after handing back the bag to Shiori. "Chewing gums will stimulate frequent swallowing which helps equalize air pressure, Betty supposes." Beatrice said, and everyone turned to her. "Oh, sugoi na, Beatrice-san." Shiori said. "Equalizing air pressure?" Emilia asked, tilting her head, and Beatrice spent the next three minutes explaining what she said in a more easily understood manner. When the look of comprehension dawn upon Emilia's face, the plane started moving.
"It seems that we're getting ready to take off." Ram said, looking out the window and showing a rarely seen expression that told everyone she was feeling excited as well. "Hai, Nee-sama!" Rem said excitedly next to Ram. Emilia and Beatrice were pressing themselves against the window, looking at the things outside that were slowly moving. Making sounds of awe quietly, the four's attentions were focused on the moving scenery, and Kotoha was taking pictures of them, smiling at the scene that would definitely go under Haruka's 'cure for depression album'.
Soon, the plane was on the runway, and the flight attendant's voice, through the speaker, told them that they were about to take off. Everyone sat back straight on their seats, and the plane started gaining more speed. Emilia and Beatrice were holding each other's hands, and so were Ram and Rem, and suddenly, they sped up, surprising the four, and as they experienced the force pushing them back on their seats just as Shiori described, the plane left the ground, climbing higher and higher.
As the plane gained more height, the four felt the air pressing in against their ears, and doing what they were instructed earlier, all of them swallowed a few mouthful of airs, and hearing several popping noises in their ears, the uncomfortable feeling pressing into their ears was gone. Meanwhile, the plane was going through a thick layer of clouds, and when they broke through the cloud blocking the view outside the window and finally started flying levelly, the scenery made the four girls' mouths fell open.
They were looking at an endless layer of soft, white clouds, and beyond the clouds was the bright blue sky and sun. From time to time, the cloud would go thin, and they could see the land, with everything miniaturized, below them, a view that none of them could imagine at all. Silently, Emilia and Beatrice looked out the window together, their noses flat against the window. Sitting in the row behind them, Rem and Ram were staring intently out the window too, their eyes not blinking at all. It was simply extraordinary to them.
In first hour that they flew, the four were constantly looking outside the window, and finally feeling that they had looked enough for the moment, they sat back down in their seats, exchanging their thoughts about the flight so far. "So this is what Roswaal-sama sees when he flies in the air...!!!" Ram muttered to herself. "One thing that surprised me is that the plane is going so smoothly even without the Divine Protection of Wind Evasion. I thought the flight would be more bumpy." Emilia said quietly. "That is what Rem is thinking, Emilia-sama. The flight is surprisingly steady." Rem replied, nodding. "Betty supposes it is the result of the aerodynamic design of the plane. It keeps the air resistance at a bare minimum, in fact." Beatrice said, holding a finger below her chin.
Just then, the flight attendant's voice sounded, telling them that they were going through a small turbulence, and the plane started trembling slightly. "It seems that turbulence is still a problem for the smoothness of the flight." Rem said, smiling. "Whatcha talking about?" Nico asked as her head appeared over Rem's and Ram's seats. "Oh, just exchanging some thoughts about our first plane flight." Ram said. "Oh cool! Also, any of you feeling dizzy?" She said, and all four of them shook their heads. "Ah that's good. I'm just wondering if any of you needed pills for airsickness. Aya-chan's having a bit of a hard time here." Nico said, and Aya's voice, sounding a bit more feeble than usual, sounded behind Rem. "I-I'm glad none of you are getting airsick... allow me to rest for now..." She said, and Nico sat back down, patting her on the back.
Rem and Ram glanced at each other, and Ram understood what Rem was thinking of doing. Looking at them, Emilia and Beatrice also realized what Rem had on her mind. After asking for permission from Beatrice with her look, Rem turned around and looked over her seat and reached out her hands and Aya. "Aya-san, Rem has read before that there are acupuncture points on the palms that could help with dizziness. Let Rem help you." She said softly, and smiling faintly, Aya took Rem's hands. Holding Aya's hands, Rem, very briefly and under the cover of the sunlight coming through the window, used the healing magic.
"Do you feel better now, Aya-san?" Rem asked, letting go of her hands. "Mn, I do! It's very effective, Rem-san. Thank you! It is just like magic!" Aya said, feeling that the uncomfortable feeling was indeed going away. "Rem is glad to hear that, Aya-san. Also, it feels like magic, but it isn't magic." Rem said, smiling, and Aya smiled back too. "Hopefully whoever on the plane experiencing airsickness can have it treated by you, Rem-san." She said. At the same moment, "Uorororororo...!!!" Hinata barfed spectacularly into the plastic bag he was holding, and Subaru, Aki, and Haruka were all rubbing him on the back. Unfortunately for Hinata, Rem's treatment was not able to reach him.
"You good?" Aki asked after Hinata finally came to a pause. Gasping for air, Hinata nodded. "I'm good... I'm good..." He replied faintly but still managed a smile. "It's not all so bad... at least I sound like Kaido when I barf... hahaha..." He said, wiping his mouth with some tissue papers and taking a few sips of water. "Dude is your mind made of steel...??" Aki said in disbelief, and Hinata grinned. "I suppose it is!" Hinata said, heaving a sigh of relief. "I think I'm feeling better now, with all the stuff out my stomach. Thanks a lot, you three." He said, twisting the bag shut. "Glad you are. Get some more water and rest. We have about one hour left." Aki said, and Hinata nodded and did so. Soon, the four went quiet again, all deciding to rest for the next hour.
Finally, about fifty minutes later, they were nearing their destination, and as the plane started descending, the sudden weird, floaty feeling in the gut made Emilia, Rem, Ram, and Beatrice all let out a small gasp of surprise. "Ah, yeah, I just realized we forgot to mention that before we took off. When descending, there's gonna be a weird feeling, um, ah, as if your insides are floating upwards." Shiori said after hearing the four's voices. "This is a rather odd feeling, very different from how it feels like when we took off." Emilia said, feeling her hands gripping the handles by themselves. Beatrice patted her on the hand in an assuring sort of way after noticing that.
"But don't worry, it'll only feel that way briefly." Shiori told them, and they nodded back, though they were still holding one another's hand. At last, they heard the pilot's voice telling them they were about to land, and outside the window, the deep blue ocean and the shoreline could be seen. "Wooow... Okinawa...!!!" Emilia muttered to herself as the land approached them more and more, and minutes later, the runway was just below their eyes, and bouncing slightly, the tires of the plane touched the ground.
Before they knew, the plane stopped, and the passengers all stood up to get their bags out the overhead cabinets. Slowly, the students filed out the plane, and unable to contain their excitement, everyone burst into conversation, talking about what they would be doing soon. Getting their belongings, Emilia and the others followed the rest of the passengers off the plane, and as soon as they got off the plane, they were greeted by the bright sunshine and strong wind. Emilia took a deep breath, brushing her silver hair out of her face. "Even the air smells different." She let out a sigh in awe. Standing beside Emilia, Rem, Ram, and Beatrice had similar reactions.
"This feels so amazing, Nee-sama, Emilia-sama, Beatrice-sama." Rem said. Her remarks were simple, but it contained all the emotions they were feeling. Seeing that their classmates were walking away, Emilia turned to the three. "Let's go, shall we?" Emilia said, and nodding, they joined their class and headed toward the exit of the airport, the Naha Airport.
Soon, most of the students were out the airport, and Subaru, Hinata, Aki, and Haruka were standing at the exit, looking at the scenery that reminded them of the tropical islands. Many people were welcoming them, greeting them with great enthusiasm. Doing the same thing as Emilia, Subaru took in a long, deep breath and punched his hands in the air. Returning his enthusiasm, Hinata followed him, and surprisingly, Aki and Haruka did the same. Their determination to make this the most enjoyable trip ever was evident to Subaru.
"Sa minna!! Time for the best school trip ever to begin!!" Subaru shouted, grinning. "Ou!! Let's go!!" The other three shouted too. At last, it was starting, the school trip in Okinawa.
A/N: Yaaaaay second chapter of this update!!! Now we're moving on to part three!! I've actually been to Okinawa before, but that was nine years ago XDD the following chapters will, again, be based on the stuff I searched online, so if there's anything that you find different from what it's like, feel free to tell me!! Thanks for reading and please remember to vote and comment and follow me!!!