207 6.1 Leap...! Leap...!! Leap...!!! Why Am I Leaping Like A Damn Toad? (1/2)
The last moment that I saw that etched on my mind forever was Hiko-sama, Sango, Kikyo and Inuyasha, were talking in the garden right after they had left me in the living room. I was standing by the doorway looking at them and sort of putting my hand out to wave and bade them farewell as the blue light started to envelop me from my centre mass.
The blue light had a warm and fuzzy feeling as it spreads out to my fingers and toes. I closed my eyes in anticipation as I would not know where I would end up after this. As the feeling died down, I slowly opened up my eyes and slowly adjusted to the light and blurry figures in front of me.
When everything had focused, I was shocked...! Here I was... Back in the Edo period...! In the doorway of the house belonging to Hiko Seijuro...! ”Eeeehhh...?!? What happened right now...?!? I am supposed to Leap to another era, but why am I still here...?!?”
I looked at my hands and feet and it still remained like a kid. I looked at my clothes and it was still fitting for a child. I subconsciously grope for my crotch and found that I still have my Odachi and nuggets...!
”Why...?! Max...! Where the fuck are you...?! Why am I still here...?! I thought the leap would take me elsewhere... Where are you, Max...?! Goddammit...!!!”
”Oi... Kid!! What the hell are you mumbling and talking to yourself about...? You are still here... So why are you asking 'Why am I still here?'... You didn't go anywhere and you were standing at the doorway like for a few minutes already... Come here and sit here and have a cup with me... ”
I was stupified and shocked. I really don't know how to explain these things, even to the readers out there. It never happened before and once I Leap, I would end up somewhere else in another body.
But now... I'm back in Himura Kenshin's body... There was a leap but why did I come back here again? Is there a bug in the system? Normally Max would be here to explain or maybe in chapters to come. But right now there's no other explanation but I was already now on the first chapter of volume two of this novel again.
Would there be another close to 100 chapters for this series alone before I make a successful Leap? I walked slowly and plopped down on the stool next to Hiko-sama.
”Hey, kid... What were you mumbling about just now? You didn't go anywhere... You were just standing at the doorway looking at us and somehow said you were here again? What actually happened?”
”Errr... I don't know Sensei...! I was supposed to Leap and leave this place and to go to another dimension, but yet I still ended up here in this era. Is there I need to do more in order to make a successful Leap?”
I explained as I was virtually scratching the top of my head as well as my face as if I had sudden itchiness that needs to be scratched out viciously.
”You were scratching like a monkey, right now. Leap? You mean you were supposed to leave this body and travel to another place, is that what you were trying to say to us?”
”Yeah, Sensei... It is supposed to be like that but I ended back in this body again... Errr... Did anything changed in that few minutes when I'm 'gone'?”
”Keh...this kiddo must be dreaming...! He just brought us to the Realm of Mind and then back here again and he ends up like a cuckoo...! Hey kid, are you alright up there?”
Inuyasha was pointing at his own head with one of his long fingernails and was gesturing and looking at me. I looked at him with a rather comical look as I was sitting there and not knowing what to explain. The whole Leap just now was unexplainable and unfathomable.
Hiko-sama poured me a cup of yumeshu and I took a sip, hoping to clear my mind and plan ahead. If I am still stuck in this body, means there are things that I need to accomplish, right? Thinking back I think there are three issues that I need to address right now.