Kaito's face fell slightly when he saw the torii Izuna was pointing at. However, he immediately kicked himself mentally for feeling that way. Still being in Japan was [i]far[/i] more preferable than being in some random fantasy world! Who knew what kin of danger they might have found themselves in had that been the case!

Still, he couldn't quite prevent the disappointment from making itself known, sighing.

"Ah man, we're still in Japan..." He said. "I mean, I know it's dumb, but I kinda hoped this was some crazy fantasy world, and we'd all accidentally gotten pulled across like in all the anime..."

He looked to the others.

"Not that this is a bad thing though, this is definitely the better situation! Although some weird spatial stuff is still [i]definitely[/i] going on. People don't just blink into a new place out of nowhere like that..."

And then he grinned, picking up all his stuff.

"Still though, this might be fun! I've never really been on a trip with friends before, so I'm gonna make the most of this."

And then he ran ahead a little. Not far enough for the others to lose sight of him, but definitely in a way that would easily convey his excitement at the idea of a hike with other people.

However, almost immediately after he started running, he noticed the two statues and stopped to take a look. He frowned briefly at the odd writing, before jumping back in shock as he suddenly understood it.

"Hey, can you guys also understand this, or is it just me? Because I'm pretty sure I shouldn't."

Honestly, at this point he was getting a little nervous, especially considering what the writing actually said. Mulling over that particular fact a little longer, he realised something else.

"Uh, but maybe let's not read it aloud if you do. For all we know, it might end up being some weird curse thing, and I dot want to be worrying about that as we walk into the forest [i]at night[/i]."

After the statues, Kaito decided not to run quite so far ahead as they walked, instead walking relatively close to the others. He still wandered ahead a bit, looking around curiously, but he was clearly kind of nervous. He jumped again when the boom rang out, but after a few moments of mild panic, he seemed to calm down again. However, he decided that maybe it would be best to [i]not[/i] walk ahead, instead staying within a couple of meters of who he thought looked the most composed, Hiroko.

Eventually, he found himself helping to clear the path ahead, when he caught sight of an old, decrepit looking building. On second inspection, it looked kind of like a shrine, but while he had originally been relieved for some actual shelter, that realisation made him hesitate. He was already nervous, and he wasn't sure he wanted to risk pissing off any spirits after the weird stuff from before.

Of course, a few seconds later he realised that it was either take shelter here or keep walking through the forest [i]in the dark,[/i] so he decided to speak up.

"Hey guys, think we should just take shelter here for the night?" He asked, not quite able to keep the nervousness out of his voice. "It might be dangerous to keep walking once it gets dark, so I reckon we should just cut our losses for the day and get going again in the morning."

As he spoke, he took of his bag and rummaged through it, before grinning and pulling out a decent sized wooden container.

"Also, I know it's not much, but I [i]do[/i] have a bento we could probably share, so we should be good for food, at least for tonight."