3. Careless
"Some people think too much."
"Why not?" Akari glowered a little, sickened with the idea that she was doing it. Not at her friend, not at the best friend who had meant so much to her, to them.
Taiki repositioned himself from where he sat on the roof of a building. "Because you can't stop now. Can't turn your back on things, am I right?"
Akari bristled, wanting to snap. But you could never deal with Taiki and be angry. He would win easily, he always had. Emotional imbalance was right up his alley. She had never realized how much of a pain it was to have to deal with that from the other side of the argument. "That's supposed to be you."
"Pinning all of your desires on one person is rude, remember?" Taiki swung his legs back and forth. "Right, Yuu?"
Yuu nodded before he could stop himself. He thought of Damemon and cringed. "What are you here for, Taiki-san?"
"To wish you luck." He looks at the Xros Loaders settled in their hands. "It's going to be a long Hunt. I don't know where we'll start. Just believe in yourselves… since I'm not the one you need now." He straightened and rose to his feet. With a wave of his scarlet Xros Loader, he disappeared into a portal.
Akari groaned. "Well that was helpful."
"That was careless," Yuu corrected. His face furrowed into a frown. "He said an awful lot for what he wasn't saying."
Akari winced. "That's how he's always been though. He never says all of it, just what we need, you know? Or what he thinks we need." She sighed. "We should get looking around."
Yuu nodded, and as they made to do so, there was a loud scream and the scent of burning moss.
They both looked at each other.
"Was… that Tagiru?"