- Adam's POV-

I finished with my hair, I had pulled it into a low ponytail, my naturally curly hair going out in every direction at the ends.

I smiled at my reflection. Sensei had good tastes when it came to Japanese fashion. I chuckled at the thought of him being a fashion designer. I quietly chuckled at the image of Sensei on the cover of Vogue. 'Darling this isn't what I wanted!' *gay gasp* 'OH MY GOODNESS! I love that design!' And the ever so famous one, 'WORK IT GURLLLLL!'

I'm cRyInGgGg! XD Jin gave me a weird look at me laughing my butt off randomly. He shook his head and went back to finding sandals.

After straightening up from my laughing fit, I decided to see if anyone needed help with hair, or adjusting their Kimono's. I noticed Red and Max were gone. Where did they go? Ross was gone too. It was just Jin, Barney, and me.

Barney was standing by the door. He sighed fixing his hair. "Yalaar..." He muttered clearly annoyed.

"Something wrong Barney?" I said walking over with a comb.

He sighed again. "Yeahs, my hairs not cooperatings!" Barney groaned in frustration. He ruffled his hair trying to get it to work with him, but that only made it worse.

"Here let me." I said whiling having him face me, so I could fix his hair. Jin had walked over to inspect the damage and smiled when I fixed it.

"That's better." Jin smiled, giving Barney a thumbs up. I twirled the comb in my hand and grinned at my work. Barney's hair went from a floof mess, to sleek and combed up and back. He has naturally straight hair, so getting it to stay was way easier than dealing with my hair.

"Thank yous Adams." Barney said while looking in the mirror pleased with the product. "No problem! Now we need to get out and eat lunch, Sensei is waiting on everyone!" I replied while ushering Jin and Barney out of the changing room.

We walked down the hallway back to the main room. Ross was standing there talking to Aphmau. Oh my Gosh... Lord give me strength... My face grew deadly warm in seconds. Aph looked amazing- no, heavenly in her Kimono. The silk fabric draped around her perfectly, the light from the lanterns shining and reflecting off of the fabric making her almost glow. Her hair was pulled up into a sleek and beautiful bun. Her chocolate brown eyes shone through her thick eyelashes.

This girl is going to kill me. //////////

"H-hey Aph! Hey Ross!" I called out, waving. Nice Adam. Stuttering is going to blow your cover. I looked over at Jin and Barney. They had smug looks on their faces and we're giving me the eyebrow look while doing finger guns. God dammit.

"Hey Adam! You all look great!" Aphmau said smiling happily. Her face radiating off the room. "It's too bright!!" Barney said while covering his eyes. I squinted and smiled at Aph. Jin had gone blind.

"Aphmau's right, you all look great, but weneed to go find Max and Red." Ross said checking his watch and looking around. We all nodded and hurried off to the dining room.

Sensei stood- err floated, meditating over his spot at the table. How do we approach him-?

"HEYS SENSEI'S!" Barney practically screamed. Sensei jumped and was breathing heavily, he had stopped floating and fell over.

Red and Max sat looking terrified sitting at their spots at the table. Max gave Barney a look of 'seriously?'. Sensei slowly got up.

"WHAT IN EVERYTHING HOLY ABOVE ARE YOU DOING?!? YOU DONT SNEAK UP ON SOMEONE LIKE THAT!!!" Red screamed at Barney, clearly annoyed.

"No no no, it's quite alright!" Sensei smiled, still slightly shaken. But he was being ignored while everyone was giving Barney a death glare.

"BARNEY!" Ross said glaring at him while shaking his head.

"I is sorrys..." Barney said clearly embarrassed at his actions.

  "Barney it's alright! Really! Let's sit down and eat!" Sensei said his usual cherry attitude.

Soon enough the tense atmosphere disappeared, and everyone sat down at their spots at the table. They all kneeled down or sat down on plush cushions with each of their gem colors, or in Red's case, his headset.

  "I thank you all for helping out with this meal, my home is always open to each of you all, even lost souls." Sensei said smiling sadly while looking at Ross.

  Ross stiffened but relaxed when Max rested his hand on his shoulder. His eyes met Max's. "We will get Shelby back, if it's the last thing any of us do." Max looked up around at all of us. "That's a promise." He had determination flowing through his face, a look of a true warrior, a hero.

Ross smiled cheeks slightly rosy. "Thank you." He said. Max's cheeks were rosy too. He nodded and turned back to Sensei.

  Sensei clapped his hands twice and bowed his head. A prayer to the heavens for the food. We all followed suit. After finishing our own individual prayers, Sensei gestured to the Oriental food. "Let the feast begin." He said smiling.

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-Hey guys! Crystal here! Sorry for the short chapter, I'm doing my best trying to write when o have the chance, school has been hectic as in the way. Thank you all so much for 15,000+ reads! It's amazing! I luv u all and hope the best for all of you. Bye!

- Crystal 💎💜