Kaito had fallen from the up. And he lost a lot of blood. He couldn’t even stand. A girl appeared out of nowhere.

  A green light come out of her hand. She tried to help him. He couldn’t even see her face. Suddenly wings appeared behind her. Wings were like the Angel’s wings from the fairy stories.

  Kaito then fell unconscious. He lost his sense in the middle of healing. The girl tried to heal his wound. Some wound were even healed. But not every wounds.

  Because by the time some students came down. They came down by the help of the rope. So she had to hide between the trees. Before hiding she had put a locket around his neck.

  The girl was quietly watching them. Haruto, Hayato and Riku came down. Haruto was gone near Kaito. He was crying. He has just kept saying, “Hey, Kaito, why are there so blood? Why is your body covered in blood? Why don’t you open your eyes? Please open your eyes.” He couldn’t think anything but kept crying.

  Hayato was comforting Haruto. Hayato came near of Kaito and tried to hear his heartbeat. When he heard the heartbeat, he said, “Hey let’s take him to the hospital, he is alive. We have to take him to hospital quickly.”

  The tied him with Haruto by a rope. The girl was standing there silently. She looked a little worried. They tried to climb the mountain by the rope. At first Haruto climbed. Then the other two.

  The girl still looking at him. The girl were wearing a flowing white gown of translucent, shimmering fabric, adorned with delicate silver embroidery resembling vines and stars.

  The modest design features long sleeves and a high neckline, exuding elegance and purity. Her dress seems to glow softly, enhancing her ethereal and serene presence.

  The buses tires were fixed. So they went by the bus to the nearest hospital. Kaito’s heartbeat was beating fast. Kaguya was sat beside him. She was holding his hand.

  Akari was crying. She was thinking that because of her Kaito also fell. The other buses reached at the dorm expect Kaito’s bus.

  There was a hospital near the dorm that was prepared for him. He was taken in the emergency. He was gotten admitted for treatment.

  The other students went to the dorm. Just Kaguya, Akari, Haruto, Hayato and Yukina Sensei stayed there. After half an hour a doctor came out of the room.

  They asked, “How’s Kaito Doctor?”

  The doctor replied, “He is fine. He has just got him some wound in his left eye. His right hand had broken. But miraculously it was fixed. What had happened?

  Then they explained the situation. The foctor listened everything they had told.

  He said, “He is very fortunate. He had not died. He has just got some normal wound even after falling from that place . He is really fortunate.”

  Then the doctor left. Inside of the room a nurse was bandaging the part of his body where he got hurts. From the outside, Kaguya was looking at him.

  Kaito woke up at the night after eight hours. His consciousness had come earlier then average patients, even after being fallen from the cliff. At first he slowly opened his right eye. He could not open his left eye because it was bandaged.

  In his head, he felt some pain. He tried to sit up. But he could not do that. Then he remembered that he was fell from the mountain road side. He tried to raise his left hand.

  He could not even do that. He saw that on his left side Kaguya was sleeping holding his left hand in her hands. At first he did not understand why he was there, why Kaguya was there. And on his right side, Akari was also sleeping by holding his right hand on her hands.

  Those two woke up. They saw that Kaito had woke up. After having a little pain Kaito sat up leaning over the bed. Kaito said, “So.... Good morning? Or Good evening.. is it?”

  Slowly tears were coming out of those two girls eyes. They hugged him instantly. They hugged him too tightly. Kaito remembered the memory of the girl from whose hand green light was coming.

  But aside that girl, those to were the matter for then.

  He said, “Hey, you two. I’m alive. Please spare me. You’re hugging me too tightly. I can’t breathe.”

  “No, no, no, no means no. I don’t want to let you go.” Those two replied.

  “Why didn’t you wait a little longer, you fool, you idiot,” Kaguya said.

  “Why didn’t you leave me? I’m not someone you should care. I’m a mess. Why did you take this risk, you idiot, idiot, idiot!” Akari said.

  Those two were hugging him more tightly than before. Kaito patted on their head. He said, “You shouldn’t talk like this, Akari. After all we are from the same club. Moreover we are friends. If a friend didn’t help his friend then who’ll help then?”

  He added, “You see, I’m alive. I haven’t die.....d” Kaito could not finished his word. They were hugged him more tightly at that time.

  “Oka....ay, ok...okay. I won’t say it....again. A-and I c-can’t breathe. So, please sp...spare me prince..sses!” Kaito finished his word barely.

  They forgave him. Then Kaito took breathe slowly. He whispered, “What a relief!” Those two girls noticed that Kaito was wearing a locket.

  Kaguya asked, “When and where did you get this locket, Kaito?”

  “Locket? Where?” Then Kaito noticed that too. He replied, “I don’t know. I haven’t seen this before and I don’t when did it was placed around my neck.”

  Kaguya asked, “Then where did it come from?”

  Kaito replied, “How can I tell you? I don’t know myself. I was unconscious, wasn’t I?”

  He put off the locket. The locket fell on the floor. The locket was shining in the dark. Kaito took it into the light but it didn’t shine. Then Haruto and Hayato entered the room.

  Hayato didn’t say a word. After that Akari called Yukina Sensei and gave the news of Kaito’s waking up. Haruto, after seeing Kaito, he again broke down in crying like a baby.

  “Don’t cry that much. You look like a child. As you can also see that I am alive and fit,” Kaito said. He thought, “Another idiot appeared? What should I do?” Haruto slowly stopped his crying.

  This is the largest distance between Kaito’s home and the mountainside. You could reach here by the road. It took nearly half an hour to forty minutes to reach even by the car. So, basically, by a cycle it would take sixty to sixty five minutes to reach to the mountain. There is no shortcut way of reaching there.

  It was the most beautiful thing in this area. No other thing is as beautiful as this mountain. This mountain is surrounded by dense vegetation. There was the rumoured cave situated. Before coming here Kaori had given him a task. The task was to check the cave for once.

  Then Kaito thought, “Where did this locket come from? I have to find this. Maybe this is that girl’s locket.”

  Kaito then secured two goals. One finding that girl and returning the locket. Another one is the “Whispered Angel” and “The Cave” that Kaori mentioned.

  “Why don’t you all go to the dorm, now? I am okay now,” Kaito said.

  Kaguya said, “But....you...” Kaito stopped her in the middle. “You should go and take proper rest. See you later. Don’t overthink. Haruto and Hayato took care of yourself too. Thanks again.” Kaito said and went to sleep, “Bye, bye.”

  Then they all left and went to the dorm. Kaguya and Akari took bath. It was opened bath for woman.

  Men’s had their own too. In the bath, they were thinking if Kaito would be okay by himself. Then those four took dinner and after taking dinner they went to bed. Kaguya and Akari, also some other girls were in the same room. But Kaguya and Akari couldn’t sleep soundly. They were just keep thinking about him.

  On the other side, Kaito was acting of sleeping. After they left, he stood up. He put his watch in his hand. He looked at his watch. The time was 10:30 pm then. He put his hand on the window, looking at the mountain, he whispered, “Who was you back then?”

  On the morning, Kaguya woke up. They took their breakfast and left together to pick Kaito. Before that they took permission from Yukina Sensei and left the place in one condition that they would come before the class would have left for the hiking.

  Due to the location of the hospital near their dorm, they reached to the hospital fast. But they didn’t find him. They asked the nurse who was in the reception.

  Kaguya asked, “Do you know where is the patient of room no. 37?”

  The nurse replied, “Allow me check. Please wait for a moment. I’m telling you after checking.”

  After a few second, the nurse replied, “That patient had left the hospital a few hours ago. He had discharged. He had left a letter for you. Here.”

  The nurse gave them a letter. The letter was written by Kaito. He had left the place before they reached. On the letter he had written.

  “Hey Kaguya and Akari,

  Don’t think too much. You may not find me in the hospital. I’m going to the mountain before you guys. I will catch up with you guys later. I have something important to do. Don’t tell anyone about this letter until I come back. So keep it secret from others. I trust you two. I know you will keep my words. If you are thinking how you’ll do that then I know you are good at making excuses, Kaguya. So, best of luck.

  Thanks for yesterday. You had come with my back pack. Then goodbye. I’m going and don’t think about coming in search of me. Because Sensei had also given you two a condition, hadn’t she? So, join the other students.

  Your classmate,

  Kaito.”

  Akari had gotten surprised by Kaito’s letter. She couldn’t even think how he had known that Sensei had given them a condition.

  Akari whispered, “What a boy he is! How could he know all this?”

  Kaguya also had surprised. She then thought and got the point. She said to Akari, “He must have noticed us carefully.”

  Akari had a look on her that says she was confused. She asked, “What do you mean? I have not understood.”

  Kaguya replied, “By watching us, he had understood that we will come in the morning before the hiking. And from the concept of hiking he had understood that Sensei will not have us permission without the condition. So he had left the place early and left the letter.”

  “But it give me some tension, will be he okay on his own?” Akari muttered.

  “We have no choice but keep this as a secret between us. I am also worrying. But we can not do anything until he returns,” Kaguya replied. “Let’s get prepared to go to the hiking.”

  Then they went to the dorm. They all got prepared for the hiking. With a class teacher each class left for the hiking on the mountain one by one class.

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  On the other side, Kaito had already left the hospital after the surprise. He got his outfit from his bag. He had took his bag, he had put some snacks and a bottle of water. He had slowly climbed the mountain. The mountain was plain. That was not enough high. That was looking like a little short than average mountain.

  But the entire mountain was covered in dense forest. So it was little pain for Kaito. He took a tall stick to climb. There was no animal live expecting birds.

  His left eye was bandaged. Even his right hand was fixed and healed, he felt a little pain. He was aiming to find the cave. He might found his question’s answer.

  He found the cave. Stepping into the cave, he heard a song. The song lyrics was too clear and soft. Also the song had touched the heart of Kaito’s heart. It was harmonious.

  He entered the cave . The more he was going the deeper that a girl was singing was getting stronger than before.

  In this song, it was giving a feeling of sadness. Like a long time of pain or suffering or regret. It was also giving some pain in Kaito’s heart. Kaito was slowly entering the cave.

  He saw a girl was sitting in the middle of a little pond like please. But not a pond. There was some big rocks enough to sit or stand. Keeping her hand into her chest she was singing. She was sat at a big rock in the middle. Her voice was sweet and harmonious.

  The girl was looking like a simple yet ethereal spirit, has a timeless and serene appearance. She is dressed in a flowing white gown made of delicate, translucent fabric that seems to shimmer faintly in the light, giving her an otherworldly glow.

  The gown is modest, with long sleeves and a high neckline adorned with subtle silver embroidery that resembles vines and stars, symbolizing her connection to the celestial.

  Her bare feet barely touch the ground, as if she hovers just above it, and her movements are graceful and quiet, like a soft breeze.

  A gentle silver tiara rests on her head, holding back her soft, wavy hair that cascades down her back like a silken waterfall.

  The tiara is adorned with tiny pearls and crystals, catching the light with each movement.

  Around her neck, she wears a simple locket that holds a fragment of her past life, a symbol of the love and memories that tether her to the mortal world.

  Her overall presence exudes purity, kindness, and a quiet strength, befitting her role as a whispered guide to those she watches over.

  “So that was the angel who had come to my life to give me another chance,” Kaito thought.

  The song stopped in the middle. The girl stared at him. There was stairs to get down. Kaito also started at her. He was wondering how beautiful that girl was.

  He fell warm in his heart. A new feeling that he had never felt. He couldn’t prevent himself to get down. He didn’t even hesitated by looking her.

  The locket was also reacting to her presence. So Kaito got confirmed about her. But the girl had stood up and created a lighting type arrow by magic and she targeted at Kaito. The light was sparkling like the electricity.

  Kaito said, “Stop, stop. I am not your enemy. I am not here to harm you.”

  She was shooting that arrow towards him. He somehow managed to avoid it. He noticed that the arrow wasn’t made of metal. It was some kind of lighting like in the manga. She said, “This time you manage to avoid it, but the next time you’ll die.”

  He showed the locket. She stopped chanting magic. He said, “Do you remember it? Remember you are the one who saved me!”

  She carefully looked at the locket and stopped chanting magic spells. She then again sat down. But she didn’t stay quiet.

  She asked, “How do you know that I will be here? And also you were unconscious there, weren’t you?”

  Kaito replied, “Yes, I was unconscious. But before losing sense I’ve seen you faintly. And here the only one person had spotted that was you. I don’t know why the other people didn’t find you. But I had a feeling that I would find you out. So I have come here to thank you.”

  He added, “Please don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone about you. So please stay calm. You got it?”

  She thought for a some moment. He was staring at her. Everything became silent. There was nothing which would create sound.

  She replied, “Okay I have got it. But how did you find me actually?”

  He said, “Did you saw this locket? This is the real one and the one you have worn is fake, isn’t it? This reflects a light towards you. So you can say that this lead me to here. You have my thanks. So I have to return it. Will you take it back?”

  She stood up and she was walking towards him in the water. He was surprised. She came near to him.

  He then said, “Now, will you accept it again, Whispered Angel?”

  She faintly smiled and took it back. The fake locket was disappeared and in the place of it she wore the real one. She was happy to get it back. Kaito stared at her. She looked like an angel, a real one. Kaito thought, “It must be special for her.”

  Kaito asked, “It must special for you, mustn’t it? Is it given by your mother?”

  “Yeah, it is special to me. You are right, it is my mother’s memory.”

  He noticed that she was sad somehow which is written all over her face. He then changed the subject.

  He asked, “Will you sing the song to for me again? I want to hear it. You know, you have a beautiful voice and the song was totally amazing.”

  “Thanks for your appreciation. I can sing,” she replied.

  “But is this good for you to sing for me? After all I am a full stranger to you,” he said.

  “Do you want to get roast as a chicken?” A furious aura that was coming from her was felt by Kaito. He remembered about Nanami. He thought, “I have felt it before. Same aura again!”

  “No I don’t want to get roasted. By the way I am Kaito and you?” he said.

  “I’m Aoi. So how is your injuries? Looked like not bad,” she replied.

  “Yeah thanks to you, my other wounds are healed expect my left eye. It is still bandaged.” He replied to her.

  “You want to ask me some thing else, don’t you?” she sat on that rock again. He also sat on a rock.

  “You’re not from this world, are you?” he asked.

  “Yeah I am not from this world. As you can see I am a spirit,” she said.

  She added, “Are you sad?”

  He asked, “Why?”

  She replied, “Because I have seen a big hole in your heart.”

  “Yes, I am sad in the inside of my heart. After all I buried my past into deeper of my heart. So you have got one too?”

  “Yes, I have got one in heart too,” she replied. “But how did you know that,” she asked.

  “I was just throwing stones in the dark. To be honest, because those who have a hole in their heart can see other people’s hole too.” He replied.

  “Will you be kind enough to share your story with me?” he again asked. She fell silent. “It’s okay if you don’t want to share it with me. I will not force you. If you think me as your friend, then you can share your story with me. Your heart will be a little lighter.”

  She said, “Okay , I will share it with you. But you have to tell me yours too .”

  “Okay, I will share it, I haven’t share it with others though.” He replied.

  “You may get comfort, too. Deal,” she said.

  “It is very interesting to deal with an angel,” he teased her.

  “You have got any problem?” she snapped.

  “No, no why do I have problem? Now will you kind enough to tell me?” he replied.

  “Yeah I will tell you, let’s go to another place,” she replied. The place turned into a garden. She was sat into the grass. She told him to sit in front of her.

  Now she started telling her story.

  “In the distant past, I lived in a small, peaceful village nestled between rolling hills and a vibrant forest of spirits.

  I was the youngest daughter of the ‘Yukishiro’ means my family, known for their deep connection to nature and the spiritual traditions of their ancestors. My father, a skilled herbalist, and my mother, on the other hand, a gifted weaver, were the pillars of their community. We had a simple, happy life filled with laughter, warmth, and love.

  But everything changed one fateful evening, when a terrible storm struck our village. It caught us off-guard. It was unlike any the villagers had ever seen—a violent, unrelenting tempest that raged through the night.

  Trees were uprooted, homes destroyed, and the river that ran through the village flooded with terrifying force. Our family fought to protect our home, our village but when the storm subsided, we found our village in ruins.

  My father was gravely injured during the flood while rescuing villagers, and despite his efforts to heal, he succumbed to his wounds. Because of the flood we had lost our spirit power for a short time.

  My mother, in a state of shock and grief, fell ill, and soon after, she too passed away. I devastated and alone, tried to care for the remnants of my family,

  but nothing seemed to ease the overwhelming sense of loss that filled my heart.

  In the wake of the tragedy, the village struggled to recover. The grief was too heavy, and the memories of the storm were too painful.

  I could no longer bear to stay in the place where I had once been so happy. But even as I left my village in search of something to ease my pain, a part of me felt empty, like I had lost something deeper than my family and home.

  It was then that I heard whispers about the ‘Whispering Cave’, an ancient place rumoured to connect different worlds, where one could find solace and understanding.

  The cave was said to be a place where those who had lost everything could encounter someone from the past or future, to find closure or a chance at peace.”

  Kaito remembered that Kaori once told him something like that when she had heard about the trip. She was researching about the rumours of that cave. She had asked him to looked cave even for one moment.

  Aoi continued, “I, desperate to escape the haunting memories of my world, sought the cave, believing it might offer a way to connect with my lost loved ones or to ease the ache in my heart.

  But when I went to the mountain where the cave was located, I was surprised. Because I am familiar with it. Back then when I was child I had often gone there. As far as I could remember I am coming to meet to a boy who was living on the other side of the cave.”

  Kaito asked, “Who was that boy? Do you know his name? A thought came upon in his mind. He thought, “Maybe she is the key of my nightmares!”

  “I don't remember clearly. I have not seen him in a long time. Why did you ask me that?” She asked.

  “Just felt so,” he replied, “You continue, continue, it's okay.”

  “Okay. So, when I entered the cave, something unexpected happened. Instead of finding solace or closure, I found myself trapped between two timelines.

  I could neither return to the past I had known nor move forward into the future. Maybe the cave’s magic, sensing the depth of my sorrow and my desire to escape, bound me to a timeless space, where days and nights blurred together, and I was left with only memories and longing.

  After some days, I discovered that I could enter this timeline. I could not go back to my timeline but for keeping myself alive, I am living here for two and half years.”

  “Haven't you try to escape from here?” he asked.

  She replied, “Yeah, I had tried. At first, I tried to escape by myself, seeking answers and ways to leave the cave. But no matter how many times I walked through its twisting corridors, I had only ended up back where I had started. Expect this one door I could not open it.” Showing a door in front of the cave entrance.

  She continued, “The cave, which had promised solace, had become one kind of prison for me, and the more I had struggled, the deeper my sorrow grew and the cave has also become more deeper than before.

  For months, I wandered, unable to accept my fate. I am living in a world where time had no meaning, where my memories of my family faded, but the pain of losing them remained as sharp as ever. I searched for a way to free myself, but the cave seemed to have no answers.

  I hadn’t come to the cave seeking power or to change the past; I had come for searching for a way to escape the unbearable weight of my grief.

  I wanted to be free of the endless cycle of memories that tortured me often, to find peace in a world that had taken everything from her. I believed that by entering the cave, I could somehow reconnect with my family or uncover a way to end the suffocating sorrow that lingered in my heart.”

  As Aoi stood in there and tears were coming out of her eyes ready to let go of the past and embrace her future, Kaito came near her, gent took her hand and said, “You don’t have to outrun the storm, Aoi. Sometimes, healing starts when we stop running from the rain and allow it to wash us clean. Your memories will always be a part of you, but they don’t have to define you. You have the power to step forward, to live beyond the pain, and find your light again.”

  He added, “Also don't think, I will help you out. You will again, no.... You are going to meet your family again no matter what happen. Let's search together. Let's embrace our future together. Shall I started searching our treasure?” They smiled. She wiped the tears from her eyes.

  But the cave, instead of providing an escape, reflected her pain, drawing her deeper into the labyrinth of time. It wasn’t until Kaito entered in her life that Aoi began to confront the truth of her situation.

  His presence, so vibrant and filled with possibility, forced her to reckon with her own past and the reasons she had stayed trapped in the cave.

  She realized that it wasn’t just the loss of her family that had kept her here—it was her unwillingness to move on, her refusal to let go of the past and embrace the future.

  She felt a connection with Kaito. The connection with Kaito was a bittersweet gift. For the first time, she felt something beyond the emptiness. His willingness to help her, even when he didn’t fully understand her pain, gave her the strength to face the truth. The cave had been a refuge for her sorrow, but it had also been a cage, keeping her from healing.

  Her decision to let go, to release her hold on the past and free herself from the cave, was both an act of strength and of love—a love for herself, her family, and the future she had yet to live.

  “Now it's your turn. I have already told mine’s. Maybe this will lighten your heart,” she said.

  “So, it’s my turn, huh?” Kaito muttered. He then started telling her his story.

  “To tell the truth, I don’t remember anything clearly. Because I had lost my memory 12 years ago because of an accident. As for as here I heard my mother and father head died in the accident. So basically I have no parents.

  But I have my lovely mother. Actually she is my aunt. She may not my biological mother. But I think her as of my mother. I had lost my memory. I don't remember my parents faces clearly. A faint memory is the one piece I can possibly remember.

  In my childhood when I was getting recover from the accident, a dream always haunt me. It was a good dream though I could not remember quite good enough to say.

  All that I could say is that a woman was sitting beside me and a man was coming towards us. It was located in a sea beach. I can't remember their face clearly. Those person were maybe my father and mother.

  There was a girl I was frequently meeting. But I don't remember where and when. I don't remember even her name. Whenever I thought about it, it give me little pain in my head. Because the injured area has not yet healed. Moreover, it give me some sorrow. I felt some pain in my heart.”

  “Here, you know,” showing his left side, putting a finger on his heart, “I feel pain here. It is funny, isn't it? I don't remember who she was yet I am crying.”

  Tears were coming out of his eyes. He continued, “Sometimes when I wake up from sleep, I found myself crying. But I don't know why. For some reasons.... When I wake up in the morning every so often for someone I am crying. It feels like I am looking for someone. Yet leaving in peace, I am keep searching the peace.”

  “Let’s put these words aside. I was a blind and I will stay like a blind even having light in my eyes. I think I have not greeted you properly. Allow me to great you again properly!” he said.

  He stood tall, his posture exuding grace and confidence. With a subtle bow, he placed one hand over his chest, the other extended slightly to his side, as if presenting himself before royalty. His gaze softened, meeting hers with a blend of respect and warmth, as though she were a queen deserving of his utmost reverence.

  He said, “My Angel, allow me to introduce myself. Once again, I am Kaito Shirogane. A failure has come to meet you. Living as a single, cold-hearted and without emotion, though sometime my body is hijacked by emotion. Will you be kind enough to tell me your name Angel or princess?”

  She replied, “Yes, Mr. Cold hearted human, I am Aoi Yukishiro. Maybe your dream angel yet to find.” Aoi smiled a little bit.

  Kaito said, “It’s a pleasure to me to meet you.”

  “Same here,” Aoi smiled.