◃◃ New Memory #4 pt. 1 ▹▹

Na Jaemin

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"So where are we off to Nana?"

"Beats me~"

"Come again??"

"I have no idea where we'll end up~. I'll just let my heart decide~"

"Letting your heart be your guiding key again I see~"

"Yup~. Always~"

Jaemin and I are going on what he's calling a "Keyblade Adventure", even if I don't have a keyblade of my own.

Though we may have no idea as to where we're going, I know that Jaemin's heart will lead us somewhere interesting.

"For starters, I'll wave my keyblade around for a bit to see if any keyholes open up~"

Jaemin's keyblade materialized into his hand, but it looked way different than his original one!

"Did you get a new keyblade or something?!"

"Not exactly~. It's the same one, but it just got a new look~. I guess it changed forms after we saved the worlds~"

"Oh~, that makes sense~"

Jaemin then proceeded to pace around the front yard near the ruins, trying to come across something that would take us forward.

And after a few minutes, the keyblade pointed itself in a specific spot and stayed there. Right after, a keyhole appeared in front of us and he unlocked it.

"Found it~"

After it unlocked, it levitated us and we got pulled in to travel to our next destination.

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"Well this is a pretty sight"

"It is~. Hey, what's that under the tree hyung??"

Jaemin and I saw something shiny under the tree near us, but we couldn't make out what it was.

"I don't know... Let's check it out"

We both quickly ran over to the object, and found out that it was a chest that someone had left here.

"There's a note under it. It says, "For Rosethorn, and The Fighting Dreamers"?"

"Fighting Dreamers... I like that. We never did come up with a name for the seven of us, and I didn't want us to use NCT DREAM since our twins are already using it"

"Whoever wrote this must really look up to us. I wish we could somehow look back in time to see who left this for us. My keyblade can't do that, and I can only see into the future..."

Just as he was saying that, a light green aura appeared around him, and I could already tell what was happening.

Before I could say anything, we both heard the sound of a landline telephone's dial-up tone behind us, which startled Jaemin a bit.

We both looked back, and there was his Stand.

"No way... Moody Blues~!"

He already has a name for it??

But then, why does he sound so excited???

"This is just like in Jojo! Moody Blues was Abbacchio's Stand! But, what's it doing here?!"

That's right!

I totally forgot! Stands were a power originated in the Jojo universe. I guess they can exist in our universe too.

But, in their universe, you could only get a Stand in three ways. You can have one from birth, you can be impaled with a Stand creating arrow, or a person would be infected by a virus from a specific meteorite's stone that could give them powers similar to a Stand. Apparently, the arrows were made of the exact same rock from that meteorite.

However, that doesn't explain how we're suddenly uncovering these Stands. It could stand to reason that we were all born with them, and they're just now showing themselves. Or, maybe it could be something else...

"A lot of us have been granted Stands lately. My Stand is Gold Experience, Jeno's is Sticky Fingers, and Mark-hyung's is Phantom Haze. Everyone in Force 127 and BTS has one too, but Doyoung-hyung's Sex Bullets is the only one I've seen"

"This is so cool! All of our Stands fit us so well~! Wait... Now we can see who left this box here~! I know exactly how Moody Blues' ability works~!"

The timer on its forehead rewinded itself to an hour before our arrival, emitting the sound of the reverse winding of a VHS tape.

Moody Blues then began to shift into a totally different being before our very eyes. Once it finished, the timer stopped with the sound of a hang-up click. It completely changed its appearance to look like Nitro, and he was carrying the chest!

"It's ability is Chronological Rebroadcasting~. That just means it can replay past events~"

Jaemin explained.

Moody Blues' timer began playing, and rebroadcasted Nitro's steps up to when he placed the chest under the tree.

"You'll find it. I know you will~"

It even spoke the very words that Nitro spoke, and it sounded just like him!

The rest of the playback was just of Nitro leaving, so Jaemin paused Moody Blues and it changed back to normal.

"So Nitro left it for us, and knew that we'd find it"

"He really does look up to us a lot. I guess we should've known it was him~"

Jaemin smiled, embarrassed that we couldn't figure it out ourselves.

Either way, he used his keyblade to open the box, and he gasped at the seven bracelets inside.

"These are Wayfinders! They're charms that provide luck to travelers! How did he come across so many?! They're very hard to find!"

Jaemin was simply amazed by the number of them that were in the chest.

"There's a letter inside"

I picked up the letter and unfolded it, before I started reading it aloud.

"Dear Rosethorn and The Fighting Dreamers,
This is Nitro~. I knew that you'd find the chest I left for you all~. I made these Wayfinders for the seven of you, not just for luck on your adventures, but also for each of you to have a symbol of our friendship~"

"He made these...?"

Jaemin looked very surprised, but also a bit sad.

"The blue one is for White Phantom, the green one is for Villian, the black one is for Black Star, the red one is for Solar Flare, the pink one is for Rosethorn, the yellow one is for Puppycat, and the purple one is for Water Scimitar~. I made a clear one for myself, so that we could all have one~. I decided to make them bracelets so that they could be friendship bracelets, and I made them out of stained glass and silver frames so that they would look pretty~. I hope that you all like them, and I hope to see you all soon~. Love, Nitro ♡"

The letter ended there.

Jaemin picked up his bracelet and just stared at it.

"Nana? Are you ok?"

I knelt down next to him, and even though there was a tear trickling down his face, there was a genuine smile accompanied with it.

Nitro put so much work into making these bracelets, and Jaemin couldn't appreciate it more.

"I really love that kid...~"