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First Task (2)

"Karol Hanazawa,"

The girl before them stared blankly. Her gray eyes showed nothing, as if she really didn't have any feelings. She looked like a doll in her green goblin lacy dress and pointed flat shoes. There were some bandages plastered on her skin and those bandages were freshly new somehow.

'She was hurt', Misaki thought.

Akane stood up and balanced herself by holding Misaki's shoulder. "Can you please show us where the strain girl is?" Akane smiled.

That girl lifted her crystal ball and held it right in front of her chest. It glowed as she rubbed it gently with her fingers. "They told me not to tell anyone," Her voice was small and sweet.

Misaki clicked his tongue and growled. "GAH! Why do I have to face girls?!" He scratched his head roughly.

Akane stared at the stressed-out boy. He looked funny that way. 'Like a chihuahua', she thought. "Why with girls? You can't literally hit girls? What a gentleman," Akane sighed as she gave him a warm smile that obviously turning his cheeks red. "O-of course! Man who hits women is a chicken!" he stated as he looked away.

"What about hitting on girls?"

Misaki's face reddened entirely. He abruptly turned his head around, body shaking in embarrassment. "W-W-W-WHAT IS THAT?!"

"Nothing," Akane chuckled. Saru's friend was sure funny and unique, he himself was a unique creature either. 'Duo unique', she thought while chuckling.

Suddenly, the emerald crystal ball floated and glowed, emitted green-leaf light that almost devoured the darkness in that room. Akane and Misaki both covered their eyes with arm. They knew that girl was about to give them another of her troublesome trick. Akane glanced at Misaki and so did Misaki. They knew they had the same thought so Akane gave him the signal to make a move. "NOW!"

Akane jumped toward the ball to slash it into pieces while Misaki jumped toward the girl to cover up her eyes and bring her to the floor. The ball somehow exploded after Akane slashed it–proofed that there were huge amount of energies in it. It scattered everywhere but they could easily dodge the pieces. Akane landed on her feet. She moved her eyeballs and found Misaki holding that girl tightly. 'What a gentleman,', she thought and then proceeded to go near them.

Suddenly, the girl pushed Misaki away and ran to the corner, making the two startled. She was shaking, her hands clenched into fist. Akane had guessed that this little girl who was about 10 years old had never experienced in something like this. She was innocent and as clear as a blank piece of paper. She knew nothing about her power actually and she didn't know how to use it either, she only guessed and followed her instinct. 'This poor girl must be saved,', Akane thought.

Akane slowly reached that girl. The nearer Akane got, the more she shifted. Akane bent her knees, lifted her hand and softly stroke the girl's hair after she got near her. Akane gave her a warm-calming smile, "We wont hurt you…I'm terribly sorry about your crystals but it really troubled us. We need to save our friend." She said softly.

The girl nodded, expressionless. She then stared at Akane's eyes intently, trying to find any lies behind those words she just said. After found nothing, she moved her gaze to the floor. "I was told to keep that girl from anyone except them," she told Akane. "They say I have to help them because they've helped me,"

Akane's brows furrowed slightly at her words. "They helped you?"

"They rescued me from the people who tried to sell me, alive or not. They killed my parents and took me."

"What about your siblings? Do you have any?"

She nodded. "She left us a year ago."

Akane frowned. "Left? Why?"

"I don't know. But I know that she left us not because she hated us, she left for a reason," she tilted her head to the side and continued, "But I don't know if she's still alive or not. I hope she's still."

"I hope so…" Akane looked down to the wooden floor. She recalled the memory of that time.

The time when he left.

"Where are you going? Are you going to leave me alone? Do you hate me?" A crimson haired girl clutched her skirt as tears started to spill out of her eyes. The boy before her watched her with a scornful look as she cried and wiped the tears that streamed down through her pale cheeks. He placed his hand on her head and patted her. "I wont go anywhere, I'll always be with you, Aka-chan."

The girl looked up to see his eyes. "You're lying! I heard what you said to her earlier! You're leaving! You are going to leave me alone!" She hit him several times weakly. There was no energy left for her to hit him that hard, she only cried and cried like a baby.

Watching the one that he loved the most crying like that, he couldn't do anything but gave her a tight hug. She was still crying and it hurt his heart. He kissed her head lightly and rubbed her back. "I have the reason, but it's not because I hate you. I love you Aka-chan."

"Then what is the reason?"

"The reason is–"

Akane went back to reality as she heard Misaki's footsteps behind her. She shook her head lightly.

Akane held both of the girl's arms as Misaki went near them. She observed her face, body and arms. There were several bandages on it. She turned over her arm and found about 4 bandages, 2 on each arms, there were some small bruises too and it seemed that those were new. Akane lifted her head, looking straightly at those beautiful gray eyes. "Are these wounds from the kidnapper?" she was still having her smile on.

The girl said nothing. She looked at her wounds and moved her head hesitantly.

"So these aren't from them? Who gave them then?" Akane patiently waited for her answer.

Misaki stooped beside her to observe the wounds. He then brushed his fingers on it and he felt really awful. What if Anna was the one who experienced it? He really couldn't imagine how angry he would be. Misaki looked at the girl's eyes and softly asked, "Is it given by the guy who rescued you?"

The girl remained silent, but somehow Akane could feel her arms shaking lightly. She stared at her eyes, they were glimmering in tears that were unshed. Akane felt terrible instantly. She hugged the little girl tightly and felt her body shook harder. The girl shed tears silently and buried her face on Akane's shoulder. She hugged Akane back and it made Akane felt completely sad. 'She can do nothing to save herself. She has suffered the most in her age,' Akane thought as she shed a tear unconsciously.

Misaki who was watching at the two crying girls, immediately joined them. He held the girl's back and rubbed it gently. "You're strong...you're such a strong little girl…" he wiped his tears. "But you don't need to force yourself to be strong anymore to protect yourself…you have us now…" he patted her head gently. "We will protect you…"

Akane released her arms and held the girl's shoulder. She looked her in the eye and smiled genuinely. "We promised. Do you believe us?"

She nodded. Akane wiped her tears away from her porcelain face. She then smiled happily.

Both of the adults felt extremely happy as they saw the little girl in front of them smiled. She looked rather relieved right now and they were relieved too.

Suddenly, Misaki realize that they should get going and save Anna. He knew that he could ask the little girl where Anna was. "Erm, Karol right? Do you know where they keep Anna?"

The little girl stared at Misaki for a while and then shook her head. "They only told me to guard the second floor and not to hand that girl to anyone else, they didn't tell me the place where they keep her," she stated. Akane and Misaki sighed desperately. They looked around and guessed that Anna was in one of those rooms as they looked the moldy doors around them. Feeling traumatic, Akane asked the girl to make sure that the second floor wasn't a maze anymore. "Karol, the rooms are normal, right? I mean they aren't like before, right?"

"Some of them are connected to each other."

"Darn!" Misaki scowled.

Akane glared at him. "Watch your language!"

"Sorry ma'am…" he said sheepishly.

Suddenly they heard rolling sound. They automatically looked at the wooden floor and caught a transparent red marble rolled toward them. "That's Anna's!" Misaki pointed at it excitedly. It hit Akane's boots lightly and stopped moving. She took it and stared at it confusedly. "It's hers? Does it works like Karol's crystal balls?" she looked through it. The world was tinted in red and it looked…beautiful. Akane kept on looking through it.

"Yeah, kind of. Maybe Anna's guiding us with her marbles!"

"Hm…make sense," Akane was still looking through it.

Suddenly the marble reacted. It glowed radiant red and floated in the air. They were surprised, even Misaki who had been with Anna since she was little was surprised. He never saw Anna's marble like that. "Whoa, what did you do?" Misaki fixed his eyes on the floating marble.

"How am I supposed to know!?" Akane did the same thing as Misaki.

The marble moved forward toward a door.

"It's guiding us!" Akane stood up, holding the girl's hand and immediately followed the glowing marble, Misaki tailed Akane.

The marble knocked the door several times. Watching the transparent ball moved backward and forward, Akane understood and opened the door slowly, in case there was someone inside.

"Hurry!"

"Calm down! What if there's someone in this room?!" Akane whispered.

"Erm…you're right," Misaki muttered and sheepishly frowned. Akane rolled her eyes.

Akane peeked a bit. There was no signal of any living human beings so Akane opened the door widely. The room was surprisingly neat and….cute? It was full of lovely stuffs like teddy bears, Mr. Bunny, even there was a furry carpet. Akane's brows furrowed. She turned her head to the little girl and pointed the room. "Is this your room?"

The girl nodded.

Suddenly, the marble started to move again. It floated toward a door.

"Is that bathroom?" Misaki asked.

The girl shook her head. "It's an empty room. It's locked,"

"We can handle that!" Misaki stretched his arms forward, hands in fists. "Excuse me," he walked toward the door and abruptly kick it hard. The door fell down, revealing what was behind it. Their eyes widened.

There was Anna, tied tightly onto a wooden chair. Her mouth was covered by a white cloth and she looked really awful. Her eyes were wide and despite her pale white skin, she looked like a real corpse now.

Misaki immediately ran toward her and tried to untie the rope. His hands shook in panic, he couldn't even untie it properly that he only made it tighter, "FUCK THIS!" Misaki snarled. Watching him looking so pitiful like that, Akane took out her sword and slashed the rope in one movement. "Calm down," she sheathed her sword back.

"How can I?!" Misaki succeeded to untie the cloth and crawled forward a bit to see Anna's face. The silver haired girl breathed heavily and moved her tiny body slightly. She looked at Misaki and murmured his name fearfully. Misaki could hear trembles in every breath she took and it hurt him more. He reached his dearest princess and pulled her into his arms, he now could feel her body trembling. "Don't worry, Anna. I'm here. I'm sorry…" Misaki buried his face on her shoulder. He felt terrible that he couldn't even protect Homra's little princess, his beloved King's treasure.

Akane placed her hand over his shoulder, making him turned around to see her. "Let's go," she smiled. "Everyone's waiting outside."

"Yeah," Misaki took a deep breath as he cleared his mind. "I have to beat the shit out of them." His voice sounded harsh as he stood up and clenched his fists in anger. Killing the culprit was the only thought he had on his mind. If he still had his aura, it would have appeared around him.

"Calm down. I believe your friends have beaten them up." She said in soft voice.

Suddenly Misaki felt a grip on his green shorts. He looked down and saw Anna staring at him weakly. "Don't…"

"But they've–"

Anna's grip tightened. She stared at him blankly as if nothing had happened to her but Misaki somehow knew that she was afraid and feeling traumatic.

Going rampage on Kiras wouldn't make her feel any better.

Misaki placed his hand on Anna's head and gently stroke her in approval. Anna's grip loosened.

Watching Misaki softened, Akane clapped her hands once.

"Let's go!"

"That's fast, Medusa." Saru said sarcastically as he watched the red head walked down the entrance stairs.

"This girl here played with us a bit," Akane lifted her hand slightly that was holding the girl's small hand.

Behind her there was Misaki, with a silver haired girl carried in his arms.

Seeing who Misaki was carrying, the Homra clansmen cheered joyfully.

Akane walked toward Saru without bothering the noisy men behind her. When she finally got around him, she plastered a big grin on her pale face as she pulled the new strain to come near her. "Cute isn't she?" she was expecting Saru to agree with her and give her a warm smile, but she seemed to forget that Saru wasn't that type of guy that she pouted and irked when Saru only hummed at her. He was busying with his PDA, didn't even glance when she showed the cute girl she brought. It irked her more.

"Hey, were you paying attention to what I said?"

Saru fixed his eyes on PDA.

"Not even once, I see." Akane turned her head around to see the red clansmen. They were asking the silver haired girl continuously that they made her looked terribly irritated. Akane just knew it, though she was as expressionless as a bisque doll.

Akane walked toward them, still holding Karol.

They looked at Akane as they felt her persistence.

"Hey," she lifted her free hand to greet them. "I only want to give this marble back to its owner," she smiled and stooped to give the translucent red marble to Anna. Anna flipped her palm upward and Akane put the marble on it, she then caressed Anna's head gently. "You're beautiful, just like a doll." She smiled and kneeled right in front of Anna.

"You're beautiful,"

"Thank–"

"Your red's beautiful."

Akane froze. 'your red?'

"Ah, maybe she's talking about your hair, Akane-chan, is it right?" the blond haired man looked at her.

"My hair?" Akane touched her bangs and looked at some red strings she pulled, confusedly.

"You see, she's colour-blind. She's only able to see the colour red." He added as he stroke Anna's hair gently.

"Aah…I see." Akane observed the girl before her. Anna was dazzlingly gorgeous with those big maroon eyes of hers. She really looked like a bisque doll, her skin was pale white and delicate. The silver strands of her hair fell perfectly on her tiny shoulder and some of it slipped smoothly to her chest. Her slim fingers played with the marble Akane just gave. She was perfect, a doll-like girl Akane had always wanted to be her little sister.

"You are extremely cute!" Akane stroke her cheeks then pinched it lightly as she said that. Anna still didn't show any expression. She only lifted her free hand and touched Akane's hair gently, feeling the softness of the red threads. "You granted my wish," she smiled.

'Granted your wish?'

"By the way, Akane-chan, since when you join Scepter4?" the blond startled her a bit. Akane turned her head around to look at his eyes. "Since….this morning?" she frowned innocently.

"Whoa, still fresh." Izumo stated as Akane stood up, leaving Anna alone with Karol so they would introduce themselves to each other and chat.

"Yeah." She pulled her body-con mini dress down.

Izumo observed her features. Sharp wolf-like eyes with thick eyelashes, small nose, pale white skin, crimson curly hair. He frowned and put his chin on his right hand thumb while the other hand wrapped around his abdomen. "Have we met before?" he pointed out.

"H-huh?!" Akane startled, made her abruptly tilted her head up to see him right on his eyes. "No? why?" her eyes opened widely.

"How do you know me?"

"Ah…that's…." Akane's eyes moved randomly.

"What?"

"You're the previous red king's right hand man." Akane stated, looking hesitated enough behind her forced-straight-face.

"So?" Izumo folded his arms.

"So you're famous."

"That famous?"

Akane paused. She scratched her not itchy cheek and continued, "I just happened to know you. I'm obsessed with these kind of things."

"These kind of things?"

"Kings and stuffs." She shrugged while nodding slightly several times.

"Why?" Izumo was filled with curiosity toward this girl. He found her unique, strange, and full of secrets. He must dig her.

"Why? I just…like it, no, LOVE it." She stressed the word 'love' making the blond haired bartender chuckled.

'And funny.', Izumo added his thoughts about her.

Suddenly, they heard Saru's voice calling her name from distance, both of them turned their head to him. The blue clad guy was heading toward them, hand clutching his PDA. "Medusa, give me a hand," He shoved his PDA into the pocket of his pants. "I found some dynamites on the basement. I've packed them into two sport bags. Carry one of it for me."

"For you?" Akane raised a brow.

"For Scepter4, milady." He stated jeeringly as he bent his body forward slightly and put his right hand on left chest.

Akane's eyes twitched.

"Where are they?" Akane placed her hand on waist.

"Still in the bar." He turned around then walked toward the worn-out bar. Akane believed it was all done by Homras. 'Good work, though,', she thought as she followed her comrade.

The inside was more terrible than the outside. It didn't seem like a bar anymore. There were broken chairs, tables, glass pieces, even bloods splattered everywhere. Akane stepped her foot carefully, she didn't want to trip herself and fall in front of Saru. It would be the most embarrassing thing in the world.

Imagine how hard he would laugh at it.

Just thinking of it made Akane irked even more.

"Oy Medusa, can you even walk faster than a snail?" Saru was looking at her, he was already standing in front of the counter. Watching the girl hesitantly took steps forward, Saru twitched. He rested his back onto the counter and folded his arms. "Medusa! Hurry up!"

"Wait! The floor– KYAAAA!" her foot slipped after she stepped on yellow tinted liquid that was spread on the floor. She fell down, bottom first and her palms were pushed against the slippery floor to support her but then she slipped again and landed on her back.

Ouch.

"BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!" Saru's arms were wrapped around his abdomen as he laughed out loud at Akane.

'See?', Akane tried to get up but she hardly could. "Damn syrups!" she cursed the floor under her breath. She looked up to see how happy Saru was after watching her fell down like an idiot. He was extremely happy. He even shed tears of joy.

"Damn it! Saru-kun!" her brows furrowed in annoyance as she continued her sentence, "Can you at least help me first?!" she glared.

Saru wiped his tears as he calmed himself down. "Ha..ha..ha... you gave me such a good show." He walked toward her, still chuckling. Akane rolled her eyes.

Saru placed his feet right beside Akane's waist. He then stooped slightly and gave his hands to Akane as she tried to reach it. After Saru got her hands, he pulled her up slowly.

But what happened didn't turn out like what they were expecting.

The floor was extremely slippery that it made Saru's feet slipped as he tried to get Akane up. He fell forward and before he landed on Akane's body, he managed to keep himself up by placing his palms onto the slippery floor right beside Akane's head, but it only worked for about two seconds until his palms slipped again and he landed on Akane.

"KYAAAA!" Akane gave him her girlish high–pitched scream. "WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?!" her face changed colour into deep red as she felt his body pressed against hers.

Fushimi growled. "You hurt my ear!" he then rested his head right beside Akane's, still growling in pain.

Saru placed his arms slowly under Akane's body, making the red head blushed even more. "W-W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" her face covered in deep red as Saru pushed her body against his. She could feel his hard–flat chest on her medium one. His dark hair tickled her face and she could smell the scent of a man's shampoo.

Dangerous.

Slowly, Saru lifted his and her body up. His free arm supported his body while the other one holding Akane tightly. He brought Akane up until they stood on their feet. "Medusa, you can stand by yourself now." He pulled his arm away from her waist and took a look at how disgusting his arms were.

Akane stood weakly by her feet, face was still brilliant red. She still could feel Saru's touch on her slender body. The smell of his shampoo still dancing on her nose and his body….

Akane's face reddened even more.

"Oy, let's get going." Saru walked toward the counter, leaving the red head astonished behind him. He then grabbed the bags and handed one of it over to Akane. "Come on." He walked passing her toward the entrance door.

Akane held the bag tightly. Her mind was still blank as she was still shocked from what happened to her. Her back was soaked in syrup and now her hair smelled like a lemon. She blankly took some strands of her crimson hair and squeezed it gently, the sticky yellow liquid came out and fell down. She turned around and walked toward the entrance emotionless.

"Akane-chan! You look awful!" Izumo observed her from top to toe. "But you smell nice." He smiled gently.

"I'll take it as a compliment," She replied his smile and took Karol's hand with her free one. "We should go now–me and Saru and this kid," Akane moved her chin, referring it to the little girl she held. "I hope we can meet again in a more proper situation." She gave her sweetest smile to Homra clansmen.

"You can visit our bar." The bartender pointed out.

"It would be an honour."

Suddenly Akane felt a hand grabbed her waist gently. She looked down and found Anna was staring at her blankly.

"When will you visit Homra?" she asked with her sweet small voice.

Akane kneeled in front of her, placed the black bag beside her, and stroke Anna's hair gently. "As soon as possible, I hope." She smiled at the bisque looking girl. "I will bring Karol with me when I come to visit you at Homra."

Anna kept silent as she looked at Akane's face blankly. She then touched Akane's face gently with her small hands. "Your cheeks are pretty, they're covered in red." Anna stated innocently.

"HUH?!" Akane's eyes widened in embarrassment. "W-w-what?!" her cheeks got red even more.

"What've happened between you and Fushimi-kun, Akane?" a brown haired guy asked playfully.

"What?! Nothing! Absolutely nothing have happened!" Akane shook her head panicky as her face reddened like crazy.

"I see you and Fushimi are both coated in the same syrup, hmm." A black haired man did the wondering pose.

"S-shut it." Akane murmured and looked away sheepishly. She then grab the bag back, stood up abruptly and bowed. "Nice to meet you all. I've got to go." Without even looking at them, she ran toward Saru with a black bag jingling beside her and a kid ran with her hand in Akane's.

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