Rubbed Out Eraser
Chapter I- Unexpected Dinner
"We should really think of another way. We've already done this one." Four children stood in the middle of a rock dessert. The only girl was the first to reply.
"Who cares?" she shrugged. "It's not like anyone will know. That was a different place."
"I guess…" the first one mumbled. They stopped talking once they noticed someone round the corner with a huge bag ripping at the steams held at their shoulder.
"Drop your belongings." The tallest one muttered, but somehow boomed. They were wrapped in cloth the color of deer skin all the way up. You couldn't even see their eyes. Two more dressed the same way surrounded the person, the shorter ones.
"Robbers…? Great…" The girl 'victim' muttered in her thoughts. She stared at the robbers, looking for a way out. "I don't want to resort to THAT. This bag is heavy." Sighing, she got ready to bolt, but got distracted.
"I'll stop you, robbers!" A brown-haired boy jumped down from a tall tower-like rock, spreading his wings, and kicked the robbers in the heads. The girl sweatdropped.
"Reminds me of bad acting… how anti-climatic." The robbers ran off, saying something like "we can't beat a +Anima!". The boy turned to the girl.
"Are you okay, nee-san?" He was so adorable, and had two feathers in his hair.
"Yeah, sure. Thanks." She looked away. "I could've handled it, though." A loud grumble came from Cooro. (Yes I'm 'revealing' his identity. Gasp) "Are you hungry?"
He looked sadly up at the brownish-blonde girl. He's good. "…I haven't eaten anything since three days ago… there's a town not that far from here, but they kicked me out because I don't have any money." The girl stared with blank red eyes. What a puppy face. Grinning, she grabbed his arm. Completely not thinking of the fact that if he hadn't eating for three days, he wouldn't be able to fight.
"Okay then, Anima boy! I'm hungry too!" She ran off towards town, lugging her bag on her shoulder using her free hand.
"Eh, uh… that's not what I meant…!" Cooro's wings retracted into his back. "Well, at least I'll be able to eat!"
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"That Cooro… how dare he go off and eat without us!" Husky yelled.
"I'm hungry… are we going to follow him?" Nana stared off at the girl and Cooro racing to the town.
"Of course! Maybe if we catch them eating, she'll pay for us too." Nana sweat dropped.
"You're so devious."
"…" Senri sweat as his stomach grumbled. Do you have any idea how hard it is writing a story with someone who hardly talks? Well… it's hard. (carry on)
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"Well? What do you want?" a gruff man stood behind the cement counter. The side-road restaurant wasn't very popular, but it was known for its well-cooked food.
"I'll have Yakitori1 and tuna Nigiri2!" the female teen grinned. This place looked so good. She glanced at Cooro. "Please don't make me go broke. Please don't make me go broke. Please don't make me go broke." She mentally chanted. Cooro raised his finger.
"I want zaru soba3, chashumen4, and lots of apples!"
"One apple." The girl corrected. Cooro whined. "It's my money."
Out of the corner of the small restaurant, a silver-blue head popped out from the wall.
"Well?" Nana whispered loudly.
"Well what do you think they're doing!? Eating!" Husky whispered at a yell as well.
"Well so sorry! I'm hungry."
The steaming food was placed before Cooro and the nameless girl. They broke apart the chopsticks and dug in. After a few bites of her Yakitori, the girl darted her gaze at the corner of the building. She felt people staring at her. "Cooro?" Cooro had told her his name while she was dragging him. "Do you feel someone glaring at you?" Cooro didn't answer for a while. Entranced by food. Strange.
"Hm?" He turned to the unnamed with noodles hanging out of his mouth. Then slurped them up.
"Don't you feel someone glaring at you?"
"No. Do you?" He returned to his free food.
"…yeah…" she turned her glare from the wall to her food.
"Aren't we gonna walk up and act cute and ask for food?" Nana peered around the corner.
"Well how're we gonna do that? Cooro's the best at that one!" Husky 'urk'ed as Senri walked around the corner. "What're you doing?" he whispered. Senri didn't answer, instead he walked two feet from the counter and stared at the blonde girl's food.
"Well isn't that sly." Nana sweat dropped.
"Hey, if it works." Husky shrugged and joined Senri. Nana stayed behind, clutching the corner of the wall.
After a few minutes, the girl felt the three stares directed at her food. She glanced behind her. "Uh… are you… hungry?"
Husky blurted out "Yes!" Senri just nodded, then glanced at the corner where Nana was.
"You too." She pointed to Nana. "I got over-payed for my last job!"
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"Well, I'm glad that worked out." Nana sighed, rubbing her full stomach.
"So what's your name Nee-san?" Cooro asked the girl, looking up.
"Oh, right. I didn't tell you my name! I'm Nuru." Finally, her name! Her dirty-ish blonde hair went to her butt in the back, and the long fringe of hair in front of her ears halfway to her knees were tied together at the end with loose red ribbon. Her top was red, like a short jacket, with no sleeves. And the bottom of her outfit is a peach red baggish pants that reached just past her knees. Around her neck and over the collar of the shirt is a red collar, a ribbon around her neck, like a sailor's suit top. She wore two belts and no shoes. Hanging from her belt was a key with white wings.
"Husky."
"I'm Nana!"
"Senri."
"So… why did you guys use me for my money?" all four sweat.
"So blunt…"
"We were hungry, of course!" Cooro answered as bluntly.
"And we used all our money on husky's jewelry." Nana glared at Husky.
"It's not my fault! It was shiny, and a good price!"
"That's kinda creepy. A boy who likes jewelry."
"So Cooro, you're a +Anima, right? A crow?"
"Yep."
"So are the three of you +Anima too?"
"…why?" Husky raised a brow. Nuru put her hands behind her head and closed her eyes.
"Well, I was just wondering why you four are traveling together. You don't live here, I can tell. You three are a little too young to be Senri's friend. The only thing I could come up with is you're picking up +Anima along the way." She opened one eye and glanced at them. "Am I right?"
"Yep!" Cooro grinned, and the pokpok stick fell once again upon his head. "Ow… Husky!" the crow grabbed his head. "That hurt…"
Husky rested his rod (the pokpok stick) on his shoulder. "Why explain to a normal human why we're traveling? There are weird people out there that want Anima for special reasons, Cooro."
"Like that creepy girl." Nana added.
"And I vaguely remember something about a guy making "Anima Art". But I don't really remember that happening…" (A/N: ku ku ku…)
"Well you, Cooro and Husky, are a giveaway. Your marks show." Said +Anima sweat dropped. Curse their clothes.
"Well, now that we got our meal, let's go guys." Husky turned around and started walking, but no one followed. "Hey!"
"But Husky, I think she's going somewhere with this." Cooro pointed at Nuru.
"So you guys travel everywhere, right?" Her eyes shone with stars in them.
"Yeah. And camp outside all the time too." Nana pouted.
"Sounds like fun. Can I come?" Nuru smiled expectantly.
"No." Of course, that was Husky.
"But why not? Don't want a fourteen-year-old girl traveling with a fifteen year old boy or something?" Senri question-marked, but of course said nothing.
"We don't even know anything about you! All you did was feed us!" Nuru folded her arms.
"And you were expensive, too."
"Besides, we don't travel with normal people." Husky tried coming up with an excuse.
"But… I'm not normal." Nuru stuck out her tongue, spreading black wings. Feathers grew from under the strip of cloth on her arm of her shirt, slightly above the elbow, and two other lone feathers on her arms, working like a bird's tail. "I'm a Raven +Anima."
Husky mumbled. "This sucks."
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I don't own +Anima.
Writing this chapter, it made me hungry. Dx curse you Cooro!
Cooro: Curse… me? –tears-
No no no! don't cry! So cute! –glomp-
Cooro: -grins- okay.
Husky: idiot.
Senri: …
1 Yakitori- grilled chicken speared on sticks. All different parts of the chicken, thighs, skin, liver, etc. can be used for yakitori.
2 Nigiri- Short for nigirizushi. Small rice balls with fish, etc. on top. There are countless varieties of nigirizushi, some of the most common ones being tuna, shrimp, eel, squid, octopus and fried egg. A form of sushi.
3 zaru soba- Soba noodles are native Japanese noodles made of buckwheat flour (soba-ko) and wheat flour (komugi-ko). Roughly as thick as spaghetti, and prepared in various hot and cold dishes. The most basic soba dish is zaru soba in which boiled, cold soba noodles are eaten with a soya based dipping sauce (tsuyu).
4 Chashumen- BBQ pork ramen. Not the cheap packet kind you find in America.
Please review! I've read to volume 7, if anyone wants to know. Only the first three chapters of 7 though. Since I shortened the description of Kwachu because I'm different and don't want to waste three paragraphs on an OC's description, this is what she looks like. Except for the lace. And instead of battish wings, it's feathery black wings. She's the one on the left. I do not own the manga this character is originally from. I haven't read the manga, but I know it's a manga. I own her though (Kwachu, not the other manga person) because I made her personality, speech, and took a few things off. Just remove the spaces at the beginning and end, since I'm not sure if it's allowed to put links on t t p //i82. p g
review go nuts review I'll see you next time –review-