Thursday 4 September 2014

Chapter 32 Sabaku Natsuki's Past

Sabaku family consists of 4 people, the father, the mother, an elder sister, Natsuki and a brother who's 2 years younger than the sister, Fubuki. The father works as a mafia who serves the Italian Mafia Group. As the family of a mafia are never saved from danger and threats, the sabaku family often migrate from one place to another. They never settled in a place which they can call home.
One day, the father retired from the work because of his old age, so the family decided to spend their last moments of life in a peaceful state. In the end, the family settled themselves in a place called Helencia Central Town. The father bought a land and build a mansion which his children could call it "home".

Father: finally we can have a place which we can call it our home.
Mother :sou desu ne. Arent u happy Natsuki, Fubuki?
Both: haii! (cheerfully)
Natsuki: papa, papa, can i enroll to a school? I would like to experience schools and friends.
Mother: hmm, dou ka na? (looks at the father, smiling)
Father: (laughes) r u sure u want it? Papa will make an arrangement.
Natsuki: yaay! Arigatou papa, mama.
Fubuki: how bout me?
Father: fubuki, ure still small to go to school. Once ure big enough, u can follow ure oneechan.
Natsuki: sou sou (pats on Fubuki's head) oneechan will always walk u home from school okay?
Fubuki: (smiles) haiiii!

At that time Natsuki is just turning 9, which makes Fubuki to be 7 years old. But thats not the only reason why the parents didnt want to send Fubuki to school. Fubuki was born with a sickness, Chrome disease.
The rule was that children that was born with Chrome Disease should be hand over to the AOCA (association of Chrome Academy). Child with great potential to be Chrome users are most likely not to be returned to the family untill theyre used to their Chrome Magics. and that stage is usually achieved when theyre adults. By that time, the bond of family has already been severed due to the distance of the heart.
Sabaku parents so decided to not let Fubuki be out of their sight and keeps him at home. The only friend Fubuki has is his one and only oneechan, Natsuki. Natsuki too loves him dearly though she doesnt understand why her family restrict him from playing outside.

Years had passed and Fubuki only spends his time in the house, mostly in his own room. Its the habit of Natsuki to always play with him in his room after she comes back from school. At that time Natsuki had just entered her first year of middle high school, making Fubuki 10 years old when she starts noticing her brother's little change.

Knock knock!

Natsuki: (opens the door) Fubuki, im entering.
Fubuki: hai, oneechan. Come in.

Natsuki comes in and what she sees in his room shocked her. Curtains are all messed up on the floor. The railings of the curtains are literally ripped off the wall. Pieces of metals are scattered all around the place. Even the iron bars of the windows were broken. And there she sees her little brother sitting and playing with the iron rods, no, he is actually making spears n sword out of a piece of metal. She gasped.

Natsuki: (trembled) fu..buk..i?
Fubuki: (innocent) ne ne, mite mite. Im going to sell these weapons like in the game!
Natsuki: (speechless)
Fubuki: wanna join, oneechan?
Natsuki : i... etto.. i just remember i have homework to do.

Natsuki rushes out of the room. She still cant believe what she sees with her eyes. Her little brother is actually a monster, she thought. Ever since that they she hasnt play with Fubuki at all, let alone entering his room. That was the last day she sees her little brother.

ONE DAY

On this day, something bad happened to this family. Natsuki at that time didnt come home because she had to go on a trip organized by the school. That night, people with weapons such as bombs, snipers and pistols surrounded the Sabaku Mansion. At that time, both the parents r having their dinner when suddenly they heard the sounds of pistols shootings. The windows broke and shattered on the floor and the invaders came inside. To their own dismay, the father recognized them all. They are the mafia of another family which has come to take their revenge on those who had killed their subordinates years ago. The mafia killed the father n mother in a gruesome manner. After they killed them, they mutilated the body and leave it in the house. They snatched all important belongings and ran away. One of them, before running away, has placed a bomb in the living room which was activated 10 minutes after they escaped.

The next day, when Natsuki returned to school from the trip, the principal payed their condolences to her and informed her of her family's death. She couldnt believed what had happened to her family n insist to go to her home. But, alas, the people didnt let her and they took her to somewhere far away so she couldnt see the condition of her house.

A year later, when she is calm mentally n physically, her adopted parents decided to give her freedom. Natsuki requested that she be returned to Helencia. At first her adopted parents were relunctant to let her go, but in the end they give in to her wish, on a condition that shell continue depend on them even when she stays there. She promised them and the next day she departed to Helencia. Her main concern was not anymore about her parents. She knew that they were already dead and she even attend to their funeral. But her main concern is about her little brother. There was no news about her brother. Not at all. Not even his body not his remnants. She decided to come back to find out abt her brother.

When she arrived in Helencia, she immediately went to Helencia Central Town and went to her home. Tears roll down her cheeks when she sees the condition of her home. Big trees were grown around the area of her house making her house hidden in a forest like. Grasses n fungus were grown on the wall of the house. She wiped off her tears and gather her courage to enter the house. THe inner part of the house were badly damaged, especially the living room. Stained could be seen everywhere. The corner of the house is full of web of spiders and waste of wild animals. She went up the stairs. The picture of her nice house and happy looking family members are still vivid in her mind. She walks through the corridor as she remembers each room. At last finally, her little brother's room. Her heart raced in anxiousness. She tries to push the door open but she couldnt. The second try too. And the third time, she tries and the door opened. She gulped. She enters the room and it is as if it was the same as she last seen it, which was a year ago. No sign of her brother could be seen there. Not even his body. Her chest tightens. She regret that she couldnt spend the last time with her brother happily. She cries her lungs out, crying for her brother, fubuki. She cried and cried till she got tired and not noticing she fell asleep in her brothers room which is filled with metal junks.

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Wednesday 3 September 2014

Chapter 31

"What are doing here?"

Asked the young shounen. Kiryuu Shori makes himself brave and answers him.

Shori: we meant no harm. We just came to take shelter from the sudden downpour. The front door got locked when the wind slammed the door closed. So we are searching for an opening to go out of this house.

The two boys glare are each other. The other boy take a step forward. He swings the spear that is in his hand and aims it towards Shori. He dashes forward aiming Shori's arm with his spear and in a split second, Shori extinguishes his flames that are on the mid air, making the room goes pitch black. In that pitch black, Shori managed to push Koizumi Yuu away and dodged the attack.

"Ure good"

Says the boy who attacked Shori. From his voice, they can sensed that he's smirking.

"Play with me more"

Sounds of someone rushing to a certain place could be heard. Suddenly sparks of flames appear at each corner of the hall, making the hall brighter. Koizumi Yuu is still laying on the floor, taking support with both her arms. The young shounen that attacked Shori earlier is standing further away from the stairs while Kiryuu Shori is now standing on the platform of the next staircase. The young shounen has a short dark purple coloured hair.
The boy once again dashes towards Shori with his spear. When he almost reach Shori he jumps and intend to strike from above. Smartly Shori defends the attack with an irod rod which he picked up from the floor earlier. The shounen swiftly moves away from Shori and Shori uses that time to emit fire on his rod, becoming a fire rod.
Both of the boys jumps from their spot and attack one another. The boy with purple hair fights with a smile on his face. At one point, Shori managed to pin the shounen down on the floor but before he could do anything, someone called out his name.

"Stoooop!! Kiryuu!!"(faintly)

Shori shocked. So too Koizumi Yuu. The voice belongs to a girl but not Koizumi Yuu. It belongs to someone familiar. Then they saw one figure taking support from the wall. Both of them knew that person.

Yuu: m..mai Hao san??!!

Cheng Mai Hao appears with lots of wound on her body. She could hardly stand up so much so that she has to take support from the wall.

Shori: what on earth happened to you? More importantly why r u here?

The young shounen uses the opportunity to punch Shori while he's distracted. And it did hit him. Shori falls down to the ground while pressing his wounded cheek. The boy runs and grabs his spear.

Shori: teme... (enduring)
Mai: matte, kiryuu. Wait. Dont attack. That person is... Sabaku Natsuki herself!!

Both Kiryuu and Yuu exclaimed in shockness.

Shori: eh eh? Datte sa...
Yuu: tashikani... otoko desu kedo...
Mai : chigau yo , what i mean is... thats Sabaku Natsuki's body..

Again both of them exclaimed awkwardly. They look closely at the young shounen. That is definitely the eyes, the hair style and the figure that can only belong to a boy.

"(Snorts) huh, dont put me as the same being as my sister. Thats disgusting. Im Sabaku Fubuki, her brother"
Shori: brother... so u do know who did those wounds on Sabaku Natsuki, dont you? Or maybe is it you who did it?
Fubuki: heh! On what basis r u accusing me on that? And for ur information, ive never seen my sister since years ago.
Shori: never see you sister since years ago? What do u mean?
Fubuki: it means what it meant. And this is my house that ure trespassing.
Shori: ur house? This old abandoned house?
Fubuki: (rage) one more word from you

Fubuki jumps into the air and aims his spear towards Shori. Shori defends the attack with his rod and attacks Fubuki in return. It hits Fubuki hard on his stomach and it made Fubuki crashed into the wall and falls down on the floor. At that moment, Cheng Mai Hao falls on her knees in front of Shori, defending Sabaku Fubuki.

Shori: mai hao san, why are you?
Mai: like i said earlier, this person is sabaku natsuki.

Fubuki lose conciousness. To Shori and Yuu's amazement, the hair on Fubuki's head grows quickly and the figure somewhat becomes that of a girl's. And on the second thought, the person now lying in front of them resembles Sabaku Natsuki very much.

Shori: eh? Eh? Wha..? (rubs his eyes)
Mai: like i said.. this is sabaku Natsuki.. anyway, while she's unconcious, lets bring her back to the guild..

Mai tries to stand up but she falls back on the ground. Koizumi Yuu slided her arm on her waist and pulls Mai's arm over her shoulder and lifts her up slightly. Mai looks at Yuu and she replies with a smile. On the other hand, Shori picks Sabaku Natsuki in his arms.

(The fight was actually quite long, but somehow the words arent just coming so i cut them short. If this is a manga, itll take about 1 n a half chaptr.)

AT THE GUILD

Hamano Hikari, Kitayama Tsuyoshi and Fukushima Shinichi arrive at the guild as quick as they can. And there they saw Sabaku Natsuki sleeping on the bed, full on bandages. Cheng Mai Hao is also seen to be sittinf on the chair, also filled with bandages around her arms n legs. Hikari runs towards Yuu and hugs her.

Hikari: yuu chan!! R u alright? Did anything happen to you?
Yuu: im fine hikari chan.
hikari: (hugs tighter) yokatta!

Tsuyoshi: (turns to Mai) geeh! Where did u come from? (suprised after not seeing her for a long time)
Mai: i went to search for her in ur place.
Tsuyoshi: eh? (turns to natsuki) eh? (turns to Shori) eh? (turns to Mai)
Shori: sou da ze, we found her beaten up.
Mai: (throws a rock) do u have to mention that up, kid?
Shori: am i wrong?
Mai: (sighed) sou, i did went to search for her all this time.
Hikari: no wonder u acted weirdly when we saw that abandoned house.
Mai: maa na, because i dont want u to know. I can sense that its quite dangerous. ANyway, i went to that house and saw Sabaku Natsuki was badly beaten up. So i attend to her wounds and suddenly (cut off)

Cheng mai hao's speech got cut off when suddenly Sabaku Natsuki woke up in a sudden. She puts on a terrified face. She looks around her and sees that everyone is looking at her.

Natsuki: eh? Why am i here again...?
Mai: bcoz we brought u here, again with bruises all on ur body. Its done by ur brother, fubuki right?
Natsuki: eh? Fu.. fubuki? (looks down) again with this....
Mai: what do u mean?
Natsuki: (emotional) thats why i hate busy body people!! Why cant they let fubuki be in peace?!! Everyone is always mentioning fubuki fubuki!! But ive never seen him since that day!! So stop mentioning about ppl who are not here anymore!!

The room was in a total silence. They listen to every word of her heart's thought. Tears start dropping from Natsuki's eyes and she starts weeping. Yuu, who is closer to the tissue box, takes it and brings it to Natsuki. She offers to wipe her tears with the tissue bit instead Natsuki hugs her, asking for a body comfort. Yuu cant help but pities her. She strokes her hair as to calm her down. Everyone else sighed and goes to the relaxing zone. Some sat down on the chair and some leans to the wall. They can only hear the sounds of Natsuki crying.

AFTER A MOMENT

Tsuyoshi hands a glass of water to Natsuki, which she takes it and drinks a sip. She has finally calm down after crying her heart out.

Natsuki: Go..gomen nasai for my behaviour..
Yuu: its okay, Sabaku san. We're fellow Emperors, right? So we are basically friends. U can always come to us if u need to.
Natsuki: u can call me natsuki..

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Tuesday 2 September 2014

Chapter 30

FEW DAYS AFTER
AT SCHOOL

Kitayama Tsuyoshi grunts in irritation.

Shori: whats wrong, Tsuyoshi?
Tsuyoshi: its tht Mai Hao girl. EVer since the day we went to search for Sabaku Natsuki, Mai Hao has been avoiding me, saying that she's buzy or she has another mission to attend to etc....
Shori: maybe its because ure always pestering her.
Tsuyoshi: well, she did say she's gonna help us to find Sabaku Natsuki.
Shori: hmm. Thts true though. We'll come by the guild this weekend. Maybe if we're all there, she'll agree to come with us.
Tsuyoshi: hmm... but she hasnt been coming to the guild these past 2 days...

Shinichi who has his head on the table, lifts up his head, place his elbow on the table and rest his chin on his palm.

Shinichi: arent u too concerned about this sabaku?
Tsuyoshi: because i dont like it when a girl gets beaten up. It irritates me. Plus when she tries to hide it, thts irritates me more.
Shori: u got a point there.

Tsuyoshi caught sight of Hamano Hikari and Koizumi Yuu leaving the classroom. He slides his bag over his bag.

Tsuyoshi: jaa na, omaera. Anything, ill let u know.

Tsuyoshi walks quickly towards the door and walks out of the classroom. He caught up with Hamano Hikari who's walking alone.

Tsuyoshi: are..? Where's Koizumi?
Hikari: she went to the opposite direction, to the 3rd years building.
Tsuyoshi: oh (nods) she always walks with to uptill the entrance.
Hikari: (chuckles) because today her brother doesnt have any extra activities so theyre going home early.
Tsuyoshi: (soft) luckily u dont have an elder brother.
Hikari: did u say something, kitayama ?
Tsuyoshi: ah, nothing nothing. Ano, what flavour of crepe do u like the most?
Hikari: mint flavour
Tsuyoshi: really? Thts an interesting flavour.
Hikari: u think so?
Tsuyoshi: oishii ka? Ive never tried that out.
Hikari: u shld try it out. Sugoku oishii da wa.
Tsuyoshi: would u mind being the first to witness me tasting that flavour?

AT THE PARK

Hikari takes a bite of her mint flavoured crepe.

Hikari: uummm, oiishiii waaa! Arigatou na, Kitayama.
Tsuyoshi: sure, my pleasure.
Hikari: hayaku and taste it. I bet u would want more once uve taste it.
Tsuyoshi: (bites) sou da na, oishii.
Hikari: deshouu! It has this windy feeling in ur mouth when u eat it.
Tsuyoshi: do u like anything that has mint flavour?
Hikari: hai, but i dont mind eating other flavours too. Like caramel flavour or strawberry.
Tsuyoshi : mm. U sure like sweets stuff.
Hikari: onna dakara deshou?
Tsuyoshi: haha. Sou na.
Hikari: (stares at Tsuyoshi)
Tsuyoshi: (uncomfortable) na... nani?
Hikari: iie, its just that ure so different when ure amongst Kiryuu kun tachi and when ure with me.
Tsuyoshi: hmm (bites the crepe) maybe thats because ure a girl and theyre guys?
Hikari: mou! I dont mean that. Its like.... um.. how do i say... ure the most unreliable type when ure amongst them but...
Tsuyoshi: (stab stab stab)
Hikari: iie.. i didnt finish speak yet.. when ure with me.. its like i can depend n rely on u.
Tsuyoshi: (stand up straight and looks at the sky) maybe thats because im over protective when it comes to womans.
Hikari: eh?
Tsuyoshi: i live amongst my mother and my younger sisters and im the only boy in the household and the eldest brother.
Hikari: [no wonder he's concerned about sabaku natsuki san] ur father?
Tsuyoshi: ...... he passed away when i was 9.
Hikari: (sad) go..gomen nasai..
Tsuyoshi: (smiles) its okay. Im used to it. And what about urself? R u the eldest?
Hikari: hai, im the eldest and i have 2 younger siblings, a little brother and a little sister.
Tsuyoshi: aah... little sister.. theyre actually hard to handle..
Hikari: u think so? Haha.
Tsuyoshi: maji da yo. I can still remember when i was .......

The two continue speaking as they head towards Hikari's house.

AT NIGHT

Its still the early part of the night. The koizumi siblings had just finished their supper. The elder brother, Koizumi Kyoya is busy making deserts in thr kitchen. As for the younger sister, Koizumi Yuu is in her room, rummaging through her school bag.

Yuu: inai...

She continues searching into the pockets of her bag and still couldnt find what she's looking for. Disappointed she stands up and walks to her cupboard, sliding the hanging clothes to one side till she finds her jacket that she wore last few days. She pushes her hand in the pockets of the jacket and removes her empty hand from it. She slumps on the floor with a depressed expression. She thinks hard and finally she opens up her eyes and looks for her phone. She taps the contact icon and search for the name Kiryuu kun. She stares it it and thinking whether she should slide it towards the right side (to call) or left side (to message).
After thinking deeply for few seconds, determined with her decision, she slides it.

AT KIRYUU'S HOUSE

Shori's phone, out of the sudden, vibrates on the table emitting a vrrrr sound which shocks both Kiryuu Shori and Fukushima Shinichi who are on the bed. Out of shock, both of them sit up straight from a laying position. Shinichi pouts in irritation while scratching his not itchy head. Shori gets off the bed and walks towards the table.

Shori: gomen gomen, Shin..
Shinichi: what is it (angrily)
Shori: messages.
Shinichi: (pouts)

Shori taps his finger on the screen many times at different places and puts his phone back on the table. He walks back towards the bed.

Shinichi: the message?
Shori: it can wait.
Shinichi: r u sure?
Shori: drop that topic, can we?

.....


THE NEXT DAY

Ohno Narumi sensei enters the classroom as the clock strikes 8 o'clock. Koizumi Yuu looks at the empty seat near the window and the seat next to it. Both are empty. All the students stands up, greets the teacher and sit down again.

Narumi: im taking your attendance.

As Narumi flips open the attendance book, the door slides open and two boys appears at the entrance of the door, gasping for breath.

Narumi: ure just on time, Kiryuu, Fukushima. What happened? Forgot to set ur alarm clock?
Shori: (panting) yeah... kinda.. my phone was on silent.
Yuu: [no wonder he didnt reply my message yesterday]

Ohno Narumi begins calling each name for attendance as Kiryuu Shori and Fukushima Shinichi walks to their seat. As soon as Shori sits down on his chair, a folded paper drops gently on his table. He looks at it and immediately turns towards Hamano Hikari who in returns points to Koizumi Yuu.
Looking at Koizumi Yuu's face reminds him of something. He quickly flips open the paper and reads it.

"luckily u didnt get scolded by Ohno sensei for coming late. Sumi masen, did u get my message last night?"

Bingo!

He turns towards Koizumi Yuu and made a sign of sorry. He lifts up his palm, in line with his nose and chin and bows slightly while saying "gomen gomen" without emitting a sound.

BREAK TIME

Shinichi: wake me up when break's over.
Shori : dont sleep, baka. Im going to go buy some pan in the cafeteria.
Shinichi: (yawns) hai, hai.

Shori and Shinichi parted ways and on the way to the cafeteria, Koizumi Yuu sees Shori walking ahead of her. She walks faster and catches up with him.

Yuu: kiryuu kun, chotto.
Shori: ah, Koizumi. Nani?
Yuu: ano.. did u get my message last night?
Shori: eh? Message? (chcks his phone) ah! Sou da. Gomen gomen.. didnt read it last night...
Yuu: ii yo. Etto... dakara.. i need ur help.
Shori: hai?
Yuu: i kinda dropped my thumbdrive somewhere and i think... it might be at Kitayama kun's guild..
Shori: at the guild?
Yuu: sou desu... because i remembered having it in my pocket on tht day. So can u please help n accompany me?
Shori: sure wakatta. Shall we go after school?
Yuu: ano... can i go home for a while to change my clothes?
Shori: sure, meet u up at the train station.
Yuu: hai, arigatou gozaimassuu.

Yuu bows before she walks away, relieved. Shori smiles as she went away.

AFTER SCHOOL AT KIRYUU'S MANSION

Shinichi : are u going somewhere, shori?

Shinichi asked Shori as he sees Shori changing into casual clothes. He rips off the bandage that is around his neck, takes a new bandage roll and bandages his neck. He grabs his sleeveless vest and wears it.

Shori: yeah, im going to accompany Koizumi to the guild.
Shinichi: the guild?
Shori: un, she dropped something there so she asked me to accompany her to go there.
Shinichi: heeh whatever gentleman.
Shori: (chuckles) ill be back before night. Go ahead if u want to eat first.
Shinichi: (rolls on the bed) hai.
Shori: jaa, ittekimassu.
Shinichi: ........ (whispers) itterasshai.

AT THE GUILD

Mary, the guild bartender recognizes Kiryuu Shori and Koizumi Yuu as they enters the guild's yard.

Mary: irasshai masen, Kiryuu kun Koizumi chan. Looking for Kitayama? Im afraid he's not here today.
Shori: iie iie, Koizumi dropped something here the other day. What is it again?
Yuu: thumbdrive desu. Did u see it?
Mary: thumbdrive? (thnking) hmm.. im afraid i didnt. Did u really drop it here?
Yuu: (depressed) datte... i remember wearing that jacket when i was here...
Shori :that day when when we went out to search for Sabaku darou?
Yuu: un (nods)
Shori: lets retrace back our track. We did went through the forest. Maybe it dropped there.
Yuu: hai...
Mary: kiotsukete ne.

Both Shori and Yuu left the guild and headed for the forest thats on the outskirts of Helencia Central Town. They walk through the area which they walk through the other day. Suddenly something strucks into Yuu's mind. She walks briskly to one place with Shori following behind her.

Yuu: sou koko! I did fell down here.

Both of them searched the ground on their knees and finally Shori finds it. He picks it up and shows it to Yuu, who looks at the thumbdrive with such happiness.

Yuu: arigatou, Kiryuu kun!! I couldnt have thank you more. Yokattaa, my thumbdrive.
Shori: (smiles) no problem, glad we finally found it.
Yuu: there are my precious childhood memories in here. So thats why its too valuable to me.
Shori: childhood memories?
Yuu: well, i cant really remember my childhood, so oniichan keeps my childhood photos and videos in this so i can watch them whenever im ready.
Shori: .... so uve never look inside the thumbdrive?
Yuu: nope not yet. Im not ready.
Shori: ready on?
Yuu: saa ne, its just my instinction. So i always kept this with me in case i really need it.
Shori: hmmmm.

Shori looks forward and he there he sees the same old house which they saw the other day. While Shori is still examining the house with his eyes, suddenly the sky starts to pour down. Both of them are shock of the sudden downpour and they both ran to seek shelter within the old house.

Shori: now, tht was a shock. What a sudden downpour..
Yuu: sou desu... i hope it'll stop soon.
Shori: hmm (looks at the sky) this will take a while. In the mean time how about we explore the house?

Shori stops as he looks at Yuu's face who's gleaming in excitement.

Yuu: hai, ikou ikou yo!
Shori: ah....... so u like this kinda thing?
Yuu: hai, i love exploring new things.
Shori: ure not scared?
Yuu: zenzen.
Shori: if u say so. Ikou ka.

They both walks to the entrance of the house and found the main door. Shori pushes it open and enters the house.

Shori: ojamashimassu.
Yuu: dont act as if someone is living here!
Shori: (laughes) gomen, used to it.

After Yuu enters the house, the door closes behind them making a loud thump sound which shock both of them. The hall becomes pitch black.

Yuu: eh?
Shori: the wind maybe. Koizumi, did u bring ur phone?
Yuu: hai, but.. why?
Shori: try to switch it on and torch the screen on the floor. Let me try and find something damp.

Yuu took out her phone and torches on floor as Shori had instructed her. After looking for few minutes, finally Shori found an old fashioned oil lamp. He took it and lits the candle inside by flicking his finger. He hands over the oil lamp to Yuu and again he flicks his finger. Two flames appear floating in the mid air, brightening the area.

Yuu: (suprised)
Shori: shocked? Did u forget that im a fire emperor?
Yuu: iie, its just that.. its the first time seeing u using ur emperor in front of me.
Shori: (laughes)

Shori walks towards the main door and tries to open it. Unfortunately it wont even budge. Shori sighed and turns to Yuu. She could sense a bad news from him through his expression which she can see with the help of the fire's light.

Yuu: ano.. kiryuu kun?
Shori: the door's locked from the outside.
Yuu: demo, how come?
Shori: maybe the metal inside dropped from the inner part. The door is quite an old fashioned door anyways. We will have to search for any opened window or any doors that can lead us outside.

Yuu nods in agreement. They explore the dark old house with the help of Shori's flame as their light guide. The house is dusty and full of webs. Furniture, either they had been eaten by termites or they were just left there to rot as other wooden stuffs. The hall of the house is very big for them if they have to explore each inch of it. They found the main staircase that leads to the upper part of the house. Yuu looks at Shori, asking him whether or not they should go upstairs. Shori shook his head, suggesting that they should look for a way out.

As they turn their heads away from the staircase, something fast passed between them. Both of them halts in a sudden. They look at the floor and see an irod rod penetrates the ground. They freeze at the spot where they stand. Footsteps could be heard from the upper level of the stairs. Slowly the two turn their head and there they saw one young boy, probably the same age as they are, standing on the lever of the stairs with a spear.

"What r u doing here?"

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