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Chapter Three
Kazuo's POV
Their all +anima… the thought swam through my mind as I shuffle through the forest, making my way back to the campsite.
"Thirteen," a heavy, eerie voice whispered from behind. I had no reason to turn around; I knew whom this was.
"Aleph," I responded.
"What has been keeping you from completing your mission?" He asked. "And call me 'One' for the last time." Aleph added.
I looked at my feet. "There have been…things that have been happening. They all trust me."
I could hear him chuckle. "Now, now, did I raise you to break people's trust or not?"
I flinch as he rests his heavy gloved hand on my shoulder.
"…No sir." I drop my head.
"Now why don't you run along and do your work."
"But you see, Aleph-"
"One."
I corrected myself. "One. But you see, I…" I stalled.
"Ah…do you need me to repeat my orders?" Aleph wrapped his arm around my neck and played around with my chin.
"…" I brushed his hand off me.
Aleph twiddled around with my hair and silently whispered in my ear; Aleph backed off.
"I can't!" I widened my eyes, finally spinning around to face him.
But no one was there.
I cursed to myself and ran my hand through my hair, nervously. "What am I going to do?"
Cooro's POV
Husky returned from his fishing trip a while ago and we had lots of tasty fish for lunch. But Kazuo hadn't retuned yet. Nobody else had mentioned Kazuo so finally I spoke up.
"Hey, Husky, did you see Kazuo when you were fishing?" I asked.
"Yeah, but he just popped up then disappeared; why so sudden?" Husky asked, lying on the ground propped up against a fallen tree.
"Did something happen?" Nana asked, concerned.
I twiddled the fish bone at my feet. "He never came back. I'm worried."
"He's an adult; he can wander around by himself." Husky sighed.
"Ok…" I faked a smile.
"…I think we should look for him," Nana said. "I mean, he might have gotten hurt and he might be scared."
"No Nana, that's what you'd be." Husky said bluntly. "It'd get dark and you would cry."
"Shut up!" Nana said, standing. "I'm going anyway." She didn't leave though.
I wonder what she was thinking. Maybe Nana felt empathy for Kazuo; what if he was scared of the dark like her?
"I'm wanna' go too!" I stood up, offering my help. Husky scowled and turned away.
Nana nodded and I followed her into the forest.
"Maybe we'll cover more ground if we fly," I suggested, opening my wings.
She seemed hesitant but she opened her bat wings anyway. "Yeah."
We took splitting up and we searched the area.
"Kazuo!" I called out, dipping beneath the trees.
I saw him sprawled out on the forest floor, facedown. I gasped and came up to him. "Kazuo!"
"You perv!" Nana yelled from a few feet away. I didn't notice her until she spoke.
"Oww…" Kazuo's voice drifted away from his body in the wind.
"Nana, what happened?" I asked, confused on how the event might have happened.
"I found him but when I was landing, he looked up my skirt! I panicked and-"
"She kicked me in the face." Kazuo grunted, still facedown, but eventually sitting up. "It still hurts…" He rubbed his face, that had a black eye…at least more of a black eye than usual.
"It was an accident!" Nana yelled then whispered to herself. "But you deserved it."
I laughed. "At least you guys are ok." Kazuo might have thought otherwise, but they both smiled back eventually.
"So where've you been?" I asked Kazuo.
"nowhere in particular," he said, grinning.
Teddie: DUN-DUN-DUUUNNNN!
Husky: *glare* is that necessary?
Teddie: highly.
Nana: *slaps Kazuo* PERVERT!
Kazuo: I can't help my temptations. *sleazy smile*
Teddie: O_O *eye twitch*
Husky: I'm getting out of here. *leaves*
Aleph: MUHAHAHA! I'm evil.
Teddie: No. Just. Leave.
Aleph: …*leaves*
Cooro: who was that?
Teddie: nobody you need to know about. Anyway, Happy Wednesday and please R&R!
