Sunday 17 August 2014

Chapter 28

The clock strike 9 o'clock at night. Kitayama Tsuyoshi has just returned from Helencia City sending his crush, Hamano Hikari home, straight to her doorstep. Though he had a fun day, he came back to the guild with a soulless face.

Tsuyoshi: ta.. tadai..ma....

In a sudden, Cheng Mai Hao comes out of the room, running towards him. As she comes nearer, she grabs his collar.

Mai: where's the first aid kit that u used yesterdayy!!!?
Tsuyoshi: oii! What the hell r u doing, mai? Cant u ask more nicer, u tomboy!
Mai: stupiid!! We're having a patient that needs treatment now!
Tsuyoshi: then tell me so earlier! Dont just go grabbing ppl's collar!!
Mai: (runs into the infirmary) come with the kit quickly!

Tsuyoshi grabs the kit under the table and brings it to the room where Cheng Mai Hao headed. As he enters, he looks at the patient. He gasped out of shock.

Mai : what are u standing there for? Hurry up and hand over the kit!

Tsuyoshi snaps and hands the kit over to Mai. He quickly comes out of the room, takes out his phone and search for the name 'Shori' in his contact list. Once he finds it, he taps call. Once its connected.

Tsuyoshi: shori, where r u?
Shori : huh? At home?
Tsuyoshi: guess who's in the guild?
Shori: hamano san?
Tsuyoshi: chige yo!
Shori: hm, the earth emperor, cheng mai hao or whatsoever her name is?
Tsuyoshi: noo!! Its Sabaku Natsuki!!
Shori: (sits up) what?
Tsuyoshi: she's seriously injured. Bruises and cut marks everywhere.
Shori: where did u find her?
Tsuyoshi: i didnt. I just saw her now in the infirmary of the guild.
Shori: (thinks) hmm.... tomorrow ill head to the guild. Just keep an eye on her so she wont disappear again.
Tsuyoshi: okay.

Both of them taps the end call. Tsuyoshi sighed and leans on the wall to support his weakened back. At that moment, cheng mai hao comes out of the room.

Tsuyoshi: mai hao san!
Mai: hm? Ure worried about the girl? Dont worry, she's just fine. No major wounds on her. Its just scrapes and bruises.
Tsuyoshi: but still she's injured! (concerned)
Mai: (sighed) when i was on my back from my mission, i found her unconcious amongst the bushes. Thts all i know. Reason or who, i dont know.
Tsuyoshi: (grits his teeth)
Mai: (pats on his shoulder) she'll be fine by tomorrow. And one more thing, she doesnt look like a normal person to me.
Tsuyoshi: ah, well... she's an emperor. A metal emperor.
Mai: now that explains it. U can go and rest. U had a long day today, right? Come back and see her tomorrow morning.
Tsuyoshi: arigatou, mai hao san.
Mai: no worries.

NEXT DAY

Shori and Shinichi arrives late at the guild. When he gets there, he found Tsuyoshi and Koizumi Yuu sitting on the chair, depressed.

Shori: koizumi san? Why....?
Tsuyoshi: i phoned hamano to come here.
Shori: what happened? Where is she?
Tsuyoshi: this morning when i came to the guild, sabaku is not here in the room. Mai Hao san went out to search for her. So i phoned hamano san if she could help since she's a wind emperor.
Yuu: and she bring me along.
Shori: gomen, koizumi san, involving you too.
Yuu: its okay. Its about the emperor deshou? Im somewhat related.

IN THE MEAN TIME WITHIN THE FOREST

Natsuki: leave me alone!!
Mai: no, we cant do that. We want to know what happened to you!
Natsuki: this has nothing to do with you people. Stop interfering!

Natsuki grabs a metal from her bangle and forms a spear from it. She attacks Cheng Mai Hao whom in return dodges it. She places her both palms on the ground and two large rocks grow from the ground, making 2 big walls, protecting her from Sabaku Natsuki's attack. Natsuki landed safely on a branch and jumps off it, aiming her long spear towards Mai.

On the other hand, Hamano Hikari could feel a weird wind movement from a place and heads towards it. There, she found two girls clashing one another.

Hikari: matte, mai hao san!!

Mai places one palm on the ground, making a thick sand rod appears from the ground, aiming towards Natsuki. It hits Natsuki and she falls down from the mid air. Before she could fall on the ground, Hamano Hikari manages to use her wind magic to lessen the imfact of falling, making her to drop on the ground safely.

Mai: why did u stop us, wind emperor?
Hikari: she's not an enemy!! (turns towards Natsuki) Sabaku san?

Hikari held her palm towards her but Natsuki slaps her hand away. Hikari sees the fierce face made by Natsuki.

Natsuki: i dont need ur help! Dont interfere.
Hikari: listen here, we dont mean any harm, we just want to protect you.
Natsuki: who r u protecting me from?
Hikari: eh? Well, sono..
Natsuki: see u dont even know. So just dont interfere with people's life if u dont know anything!

Natsuki forces herself to stand up.by herself despite the pain that she's feeling.

Natsuki: just mind ur own business, wind emperor.

As Natsuki turns towards the opposite direction, Hamano Hikari grabs her arm.

Hikari: ......
Mai: wind emperor san!
Natsuki: tch! Ure persistant arent you?
Hikari: (smiles) heh, thts one of my bad quality tht i have. And by the way, my name is Hamano Hikari. I take pride on my name rather than on my title.

AT THE GUILD

The three boys and two girls and a man waited patiently in front of the guild.

Mary: there! (points at one direction)

Everyone focus their gaze on one direction. Three girls appear from that direction, one helping another one to walk while another one walks ahead of them.

Ganz: u can bring them inside, mary san. (walks away)
Mary: hai, guild master ganz.
Tsuyoshi: hamano!! Are u okay? Ano, Sabaku Natsuki too? Etto.. Mai san also?

The three girls ignore him and walks past him, leaving him dumbfounded n confused.

Shori: looks like he has become a popular guy eh, shinichi?
Shinichi :u think so?

AFTER A MOMENT OF WOUND TREATMENT

Mai : sou sou! We havent know each other yet. Lets do ice breaking.
All: haaa?
Mai: lemme start lemme start!! Im cheng mai hao. U can call me mai. Im an earth emperor. Next (points to Yuu)
Yuu: eh? Um... Koizumi Yuu desu. Im an ice emperor...
Hikari: hamano hikari, a wind emperor.
Tsuyoshi: im kitayama tsuyoshi and im-pffhhh
Shori: (closes tsuyoshi's mouth) im kiryuu shori, the fire emperor.
Natsuki: eh?

Everyone looks at natsuki who attracts their attention.

Natsuki: ano... im sabaku natsuki.. and im a metal emperor..
Shinichi: ......
Shori: he's fukushima shinichi. A shadow emperor.
Mai: so basically we're the emperors for this era ka? Lets get along with each other okay na?
Hikari :arent u being too friendly and easy on this?
Mai: isnt it supposed to be like that? Thts why we are gathered in one place, so we can meet another fellow Emperors.
Shori: u sure know much about Emperors do u, mai hao san?
Mai: well, not that much though. Hehe.
Yuu: ano minna. Can i have a moment with Sabaku san please? Theres something i would like to speak to her abt privately. (seriously)
Shori: koizumi.....?
Hikari: yuu chan, u sound serious.. whats wrong?

Fukushima Shinichi stands up in such a way tht attracts everyone attention away from Koizumi Yuu. Seeing that, Kiryuu Shori too stands up and goes out of the room with Shinichi. The others too follow their lead, leaving Yuu and Sabaku Natsuki alone in the room. Hikari glanced at Yuu with a very worried face but Yuu sends her a smile, ensuring her. When Hikari closes the door behind her, Yuu turns towards Natsuki with a smile. Natsuki gulps.

Yuu: daijoubu, sabaku san. I just want to ask few questions.
Natsuki: un.. yeah..?
Yuu :remember when u attacked me the last time?
Natsuki: (remembers the day when she fought with Kiryuu Shori in Helencia Central Town)
Yuu: Ur friends
Natsuki: theyre not my friends.
Yuu: hai, gomen nasai. But those girls said something about Kiryuu kun interfering with ur matters. May i know in detail about it..?
Natsuki: (hesitates)... ano... i think... its a mistake.
Yuu: mistake? U mean?
Natsuki: kiryuu shori looks like Tht Person. So i attacked u two. Im very sorry.
Yuu: someone that looks like Kiryuu kun?
Natsuki: it was my mistake. Sumi masen.

Yuu looks like she wants to ask more question but her instincts stops her. She stood up.

Yuu: u can rest, Sabaku san. If u have any problems, u can tell us (smiles) we're fellow comrades deshou?

Yuu goes out of the room still feeling unrelieved. Even though she knows that there's something that she needs and wants to know.

"I can still ask her again later"

Is what she thought. She knows not what future lies ahead.

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