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"Woah!"
Ichika and her bandmates were peacefully practicing just a second ago, only to be greeted with an unfamiliar surrounding.
They were on the sidewalk, their instruments were no longer in their hands, and they had a lanyard around their neck reading: HYBE GUEST-Hoshino Ichika.
"What the-? Where are we?!" exclaimed Shiho, clutching the unfamiliar lanyard around her neck.
All of them were too stunned, they couldnt even process what eachother was saying.
Saki gasped "How come our pictures are on these? Whats Hybe?"
"H-hybe? Like the word hive...?" muttered Honami, clearly clueless.
Ichika patted her pockets down, her face lighting up immediately when she felt her phone.
"I have my phone, lets call someone. Your brother!"
"My brother! O-okay! Hopefully he will pick up...Usually he goes out with his friends around this time..."
"Worth a shot...if not we have Shiho's sister..."
Ichika pressed Tsukasa's call icon, all their eyes glimmering with hope. They were lost. No idea of what to do.
"...Tsukasa picked up!"
All of them who were leaning in flinched with excitement.
"Hello? Tsukasa?" said Ichika, bringing the phone up to her ear with both hands.
It was clear she was shaking a bit, but still kept a composed voice
Silence.
Ichika brought the phone back down and turned on speaker phone for them to listen.
*static*
"Big bro?!" cried out Saki
It was almost like there was no hope, Shiho pressed the hang up button and sighed
"Lets just try to figure out where we are first"
They all nodded in response and started to wander.
A lady was walking by and Ichika took this as an opportunity to ask around.
"Hello? Sorry to bother you but what country is this?"
The lady looked surprised and replied with words none of them understood.
"Huh? Is she speaking korean?" Shiho muttered to Honami
All of a sudden, a blue window hologram opened up, a translation box of what she was saying.
[This is South Korea]
"Woah-!" exclaimed Saki
Honami gasped "How does she understand what we are saying though?"
Ichika decided to ask a little more
"Do you know Japanese?"
[No? Sorry]
"Huh..."
"What language are we speaking right now?"
The lady looked at them weirdly like they were some racoons that came out of the trash.
"Saki thats such a strange question stop!" Shiho inhaled sharply, squeezing her lips shut
[Are you okay? Did you hit your head? You are speaking korean right now...Who are your parents?]
"...Korean?!" Honami's face turned pale, she obviously wasn't speaking korean neither did she ever learn it. In fact none of them did
[What is your name? Do you remember your name?]
"No we didnt hit our heads, we didnt lose our memory either. We came from Japan and dont know how we got here."
[Japan?]
"Yes, sorry to bother you, we can figure things out from here. Thank you for your time!"
[...Okay, youre welcome...]
The lady bowed slightly and turned around to walk away.
"Lets try contacting Miku and the others..." said Ichika. She was losing confidence, turning to Miku was almost her only hope left.
She clicked on the sekai app and they all immediately got transported to their sekai again.
"Miku-!" Saki ran to Miku with a relieved smile, hugging her tightly. "We randomly got teleported to Korea and when we tried asking this lady for help, this blue hologram popped up and it was like only we could see it and the lady said we were speaking korean when we were not and-- What is that?!"
Saki pointed at the door, a round figure with a pink forehead and a diamond on top was standing there.
"Oh, Bongbongie? They were lost and said they dont know how they got here."
"They are so cute!" she exclaimed, now running up to Bongbongie
"Thats such a coincidence huh, we are lost and have no idea how we got to South Korea either." sighed Ichika.
"Bongbongie is also from South Korea." Miku said
"Huh....thats-"
"Does it have parents?" asked Honami as she was patting Bongbongie
"Its creator is 'Kim Mingyu' from the kpop group 'Seventeen'"
None of them know anything about kpop...
Saki squealed "Shall we go return you to your creator then?"
Bongbongie nodded furiously, making Saki and Honami laugh.
From afar, Shiho took her phone out and looked up 'Kpop group seventeen'
Many results showed up but a word that stood out to her was 'Hybe'
Seventeen was under the company of Hybe, Hybe was the word on their lanyards earlier and they were a guest!
Shiho's eyes lit up
"Guys!" Shiho exclaimed
All of them turned towards her
"Seventeen is a kpop group under a company called hybe, and hybe was on our lanyards earlier! We are guests at the Hybe company!"
"Really? Thats good then! Lets go quickly!"--Saki's smile grew wide, she has only ever heard the word 'Kpop' before but never knew any kpop group. She was excited.
Ichika and Honami nodded to eachother, they were determined to return Bongbongie.
"Bongbongie, lets go return you" Honami said, hugging Bongbongie as they teleported out of sekai with it
They were back where they were, in the streets of South Korea. Shiho opened her maps app and searched up 'hybe', only to see that the Hybe building was literally right infront of them.
Bongbongie went from being the size of a tall bush to the size of a small plush. So cute.
"The Hybe builing is actually right infront of us. Lets go"
All 4 of them walked towards the doors, Bongbongie in Honamis hand, and showed the lanyards off to security.
There was a man spotted sitting at the lobby, looking stressed, head hung low.
And of course, the perfect person to ask for directions
"Hi, sorry to bother you. Do you know where to group 'Seventeen' is?" asked Ichika
"Seventeen sunbaenim? They are in their practice room right now, 5th floor." said the man. His voice did not match his face at all. His voice was soft yet his face looked extremely worn out. His ash brown hair hung infront of his face, clearly getting a bit too long.
This time, instead of the blue chat box, they somehow understood exactly what they were saying!
"Thank you...Mind leading the way? Sorry this is urgent and we dont know where we are going."
"Of course"
The man got up and revealed his extremely tall height. This man looked around 6 feet and his arms and legs were a bit on the thinner side.
Leoni followed him from behind, this guy seems to know his way around like the back of his hand.
They got into the elevator and took a maximum of 5 seconds to reach the 5th floor.
The man stepped out and went around the corner and up a small ramp, a door read 'SEVENTEEN', obviously what they were looking for. Music can be heard playing with the sound of shoes squeaking on the floor. The man knocked before entering and peeked in.
A few seconds later, a loud voice was heard
"Heeseung-ah! What are you doing here?"
"Someone seems to be looking for you. They said its urgent"
The man who seems to be named 'Heeseung' stepped aside to let them in.
Ichika made her way in first with the others following.
There were about 13 people in the middle, a lot of cameramen, and a lady standing against the wall.
"Hello, are you looking for someone named Bongbongie?" Ichika asked nervously "We ran into him while...doing something and they wanted to be returned back. You guys are Seventeen right?"
Honami opened her hands to reveal a small Bongbongie.
Heeseung, listening in, staring at the small figure in awe
"Bongbongie!?" An even taller man walked up this time, immediately taking hold of it.
the other 12 men followed and stared at the small figure, some pointing and some petting.
"Where did you find him?"
"Uh- at our...school!" Honami said, looking extremely nervous
The tall man lifted an eyebrow in suspicion
All of a sudden, a loud thud was heard.
Everyone's eyes went to the direction of the sound and saw 4 people tangled up on the floor.
"An? Kohane? Shinonome and Aoyagi-san?!" Shiho exclaimed
"What the- Why are you guys here?! Where are we?!" yelled An
Everyone in the room was so confused, the cameramen even shut their cameras off.
"Agh! What is happening?!" Saki groaned, clasping her cheeks in despair.
Heeseung had no idea why he was still here, he turned and left in a mix of fear and confusion.
----
An sighed "So...you all have a sekai too? And that thing was found in it?"
All 4 of them nodded in unison.
A few minutes earlier, they decided to leave the Kpop idols alone and start discussing on their own to sort things out.
"And all those people over there was Seventeen right?"
"One of them is also named Heeseung, not sure if he is part of a Kpop group though..."
"I see." mumbled Touya
"How do we get back home? My dad is waiting for us..."
"I think the only option now is by plane. Lets talk to Seventeen about this...hopefully we can get on their good side" Honami pouts.
Ichika nods "Alright then. Lets try that out"
They all get up and start walking back to the Kpop stars.
"Hi! You guys are back?" a man says with a bright smile
"We are thinking of flying back to Japan, do you think you can help us?" asks Saki
"Help? Like pay for your tickets?" said a short man with his hands in his pockets
All of them nod, making sure their eyes look shinier than usual.
"Alright, we can help you guys. How old are you and what are your names?" asks the one with a silver mullet
"We are all 16-18, im Hoshino Ichika, this is Tenma Saki, Mochizuki Honami, Hinomori Shiho, Azusawa Kohane, Shiraishi An, Shinonome Akito, and Aoyagi Touya."
"Nice to meet you all. You guys are a lot younger than you look." laughs another short man
"Oh really? Haha--" "I bought your tickets. Today at 3:45pm Incheon Airport. We should start heading there." said one of the managers nearby.
Everyone turned to look at him. "Already? Woah okay...you guys follow our manager. He will help make sure you get on your flight then." says the man who had a bright smile.
"Okay! Thank you all so much. Hope to one day see you again" exclaims Saki, immediately bowing, the others quickly copying her to show gratitude.
The man smiled once more "No problem, safe travels"
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The drive took 2 hours, everyone fell asleep on the private bus. Cant blame them, the seats were extremely comfortable.
"Wake up, we are here" said Akito loudly. He was the only one who didnt fall asleep, having to deal with hearing everyone snore.
They all got up slowly and lazily, squinting their eyes the second they step out due to fhe change in lighting. The sun was bright and the weather was humid, definitely the worst feeling to feel right after waking up.
The airport was pretty empty compared to Japan's. It was different. All of them were looking around like it was a planet never seen before. None of them have travelled to Korea before, on top of that, they barely travel.
The manager helped them check in and they were all on their way. The manager waved them off with a smile, but when they were about to cross to the walkway, a loud thud could be heard.
Shiho had hit her head against something while walking...but nothing was in her way?
"Are you okay?" asks Honami
"..Yeah, not sure what I just hit..." Shiho groans, clearly in pain as she holds her forehead
They all start walking again only to be stopped by a hologram wall
"What the-?"
"Are you kidding me?!"
"No way"
They are stuck here