RUN

A Weird Boy

Wind hushed through the dark streets of Einbroch blowing out the yellow-red flame from the only light in the district. "You have a match with you don't you, Jin?" a girl with long wavy brown hair covered in a hood whispered. "It's somewhere in my bag Karin, it's going to take a while before I find it since my bag is a real mess." Jin answered, his jet black eyes meeting the hazel eyes of Karin. Jin lowered his hood showing his shoulder-length black hair which was almost unseen from the darkness of the district. He reached to his bag hidden inside the coat he was wearing. "Found it." Jin beamed. Karin held the candle tight and raised it at the right position to where Jin can light a fire. A small light formed from the match and lighted some parts of the district. Jin lighted the candle and said, "We better get going before my brother gets there before us, he wouldn't have anything to eat."

They walked through the dark district. Jin held the candle with his left hand and Karin's hand at the right. They slowly took their steps which flowed out like echoes whooshing through the night. Suddenly a gasp was heard as Jin dropped his bag. Movement from a blind corner near Karin was seen. Karin immediately ran behind Jin who went near the corner holding the candle more higher. "Is there someone there?" Karin whispered. "I don't know." Jin replied softly, How should I know? Jin raised an eyebrow and continued walking to the corner. As the candle lit the corner, a man covered in blood sitted, shivering from the cold of the night. Jin dropped the candle and hurried to the man as if he knew the man before. "Are you okay?" Jin shouted as he reached to the man. The man didn't answer. Karin held out her hand to see the man's face. The man has short green hair which almost looked red from blood, his clothes were soaked in blood which seemed green before. The man's eyes were red without a shine. "Is he dead?" Jin asked Karin who was staring at the man's face. "Let's take him home," Karin decided and immediately put the man's right arm on her shoulder, "help me Jin." Jin rushed closer to the man and carried the man's body. The two rushed home forgetting about the bag that fell and the candle.

"What! You left the food and brought an anonymous man home!" A man with black spiky hair and jet black eyes hit the table with a bang and shouted. "Brother, brother, calm down, the guy we picked from the district is just about the same age as we do, and besides, he doesn't have any harm in his appearance." Jin replied with a worried look. "He's right Sousuke, the boy isn't any danger" Karin replied as a sweat fell down from her forehead. "How the hell could a man covered in blood be harmless! Get your head working Jin! And I told you to call me brother didn't I Karin!" Sousuke shouted back and banged the table again. "How could I call someone who can't even wash his clothes and cook himself a meal a brother!" Karin shouted back. "What's that gotta do with anything!" Sousuke stood up and faced Karin closer. Karin stood up and faced Sousuke closer, their faces faced at each other looking pissed and eyes thundering each other's eyes. "A brother should know how to cook for his little brothers and sisters!" Karin shouted. "A brother doesn't need to cook when he has money to buy his own food!" Sousuke shouted back. "What if the stored are closed? You always depend on---" Jin cut off Karin and shouted, "What the hell is wrong with you people! You always argue about unnecessary things! Will you both just shut up and concentrate on how we're going to find food and what we're going to do about the boy that we brought home!" Sousuke and Karin shut theirselves and behaved on their chair thinking the same thing, If we keep Jin angry the world might burst, since he doesn't always erupt his anger, we might get into big trouble if he does!

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"Let me see the boy." Sousuke said finally breaking the suffocating atmosphere and silence. Jin led the way and showed Sousuke the boy. The boy still lay asleep on my bed, it's a good thing to make him rest, Jin carefully opened the door. Sousuke watched Jin making his way to the room and followed. Jin opened the lights and carefully walking nearer to the boy's bed. As they both carefully stepped closer to the bed, Sousuke's eyes widened as he recognized the boy. "What! Haku---" Sousuke blurted and immediately covered his mouth with his hand.

Jin looked confused and faced Sousuke. "You know him?" Jin curiously asked, his voice loud enough to wake the boy up. The boy slowly sat up, his eyes slowly opening. His hair showed grayish-green now that the blood is all washed off. His eyes were bright red matching the red accessories on both shoulders, both kneecaps, both arms and both feet. A green body-fit ninja suit covered his body perfectly as if he was a model with perfect slender body. "Who are you people?" The boy finally spoke, his voice seemed like on a high pitch which is smooth like running water. "Uh, um, w-we found you o-on a corner in a district covered in, um, blood." Jin stuttered. The boy faced Sousuke who fell silent upon blurting something out. I think I saw him somewhere, I can't remember. On a corner? In a district? I remember shivering on a district in Einbroch, but why would these people help someone covered in blood? I don't even know them, words flashed into the boy's head as if he only regained consciousness now. "W-what's wrong?" Jin stuttered, again. The boy faced Jin and smiled, "Nothing." The boy stood up with a glowing face unlike the pale one he had before. The boy immediately rushed to the kitchen and the two followed. Karin stood up and looked confused, "What's happening?" she asked. "The boy stood up and hurried to the kitchen, I don't know what he has on his mind." Jin grinned while coming down the stairs. Sousuke just followed without an expression.

"My name is Akutsu Hakuro, 14 years old." The boy said while opening the stoves. "Um-uh, Mitsuki Karin, 15 years old." Karin stuttered. Jin hurried down the stairs and went near the boy with an eager expression on his face. "I'm Noru Jin, 16 years old, and this is my brother, Noru Sousuke, 19 years old." Jin introduced with such a childish tone and face. Karin looked at Jin curiously I've never seen him act this way ever since his parents ran away after they almost killed Sousuke. "Nice to meet you!" Hakuro showed a big smile, tossing vegetables over the pan. Jin eagerly rushed to Hakuro and grabbed his hands. "We're all happy to meet you!" Jin exclaimed. Uh… what? I didn't say anything like that. Karin almost blurted, but didn't want to ruin Jin's enthusiasm.

"Sousuke-aniki! (NOTE: Aniki means brother, it is a Japanese kanji I used since Brother Sousuke would sound like a religious calling) You can fight right? From you outfit, can you go get some meat?" Hakuro asked while still readying the vegetables. "Brother let's go! I'll come with you!" Jin exclaimed, still carrying the undying enthusiasm. "Huh?" Sousuke asked, where the hell does these two get their energy from? "Just come and hit some animals!" Jin shouted. with his eyes twinkling. "Fine!" Sousuke shouted back, It gets me so annoyed when energetic people gets pushy.

Hakuro spread the placemats on the dining table and Karin fixed the plates. "Food food!" Jin exclaimed still with his undying enthusiasm. "There!" Hakuro wiped off the sweat in his forehead after finishing preparing dinner. All of them started to eat like a family and got ready to sleep. "Oh yeah, where is Hakuro going to sleep?" Jin asked. "In my room." Sousuke replied firmly. Karin and Jin looked surprised but grinned afterwards.

Hakuro fixed the bed sheets and got ready to sleep. Sousuke lied on his bed lazily with hand on his eyes as if he was blinded by light. "You got reborned right? And you don't even know you're sleeping in the same room as the person who made your life miserable." Sousuke said, his face turned pale. Hakuro's smile faded and looked at Sousuke.