A/N: Yukikaze and Kanon finally get into the mission and this story will get more interesting! I hope you're still following my story :D If something feels weird or my grammar gets weird, please inform me! You can also request fics but I won't be very fast writer if I don't get the inspiration right away... (I'm sorry, Daxelli-san, please bear with me.)
Now, off you go with Hämnd!
"What's happening?" Kanon asked curiously. "This certainly wasn't a part of the plan."
"It wasn't", Yukikaze mumbled. "They probably didn't even know about this in the military."
Kanon and Yukikaze were facing a massive person whose body looked like it was melting. He was just staring at them but Kanon felt a vicious aura coming from him. She knew that he would try to kill her and Yukikaze if they tried to make a move. She really wished that she had made her mind clear enough to Yuki and Suzu. They needed to stay at the inn at any cost. Kanon also had wanted Yukikaze to stay there but because he was older than her, he could probably take care of himself than Kanon, although she didn't really believe that.
"What should we do?" Yukikaze asked nervously. The person himself wasn't moving at all but the way he stared at Kanon and Yukikaze would make anyone nervous. The quietness that he made was scary enough to paralyze anyone.
"Don't do anything", Kanon whispered. "Let's wait for it to make a move."
~Three hours earlier~
Kanon, Yukikaze, Yukinami and Suzunami had just arrived to the 6th district. They were wearing their disguises which made them look like a family. Kanon was constantly nagging in Raggs about how she wasn't fit to be a mother and Yukikaze only laughed at her. Yuki and Suzu were just like real kids because they were so short and they acted like everything was new to them. No one really paid attention to them or their language since the 6th district was former Raggs territory.
"Anyway, are you really sure about this?" Yukikaze asked in Raggs. "We're putting two innocent children in danger. Do you really want that? And what is that so-called corruption we're supposed to investigate?"
"We're probably just supposed to investigate Teito Klein", Kanon said. "But I'd like to meet the head of the Hausen House. He seems to know a lot of things…"
"Well, the first thing we need to do is to find a place where to stay – DON'T GO THERE, YUKI!" Yukikaze ran to drag little Yuki back to their group from a meat stand. Both Suzu and Kanon laughed while Yukikaze yelled at little Yuki like he was a misbehaving puppy.
"…And never go wander off again, Yuki", Yukikaze scolded angrily when an old lady stopped him.
"Young man", the lady said with a sad smile. "You shouldn't speak that language here. The imperial guards never tolerate that. Please don't risk your life young man. My husband got killed only because he never spoke the language of this empire."
"I'm sorry to hear that", Yukikaze answered quietly. "How did you know that I speak the language of Barsburg?"
"You have a clear accent of Barsburg in your Raggs", the lady smiled. "But your wife and children speak clear Raggs."
"No… She's not my wife", Yukikaze stammered with a blush plastered on his face. "She's just a great friend of mine and… I don't really know."
"What is it?" little Yuki asked. "Why are you so red? Are you sick?"
"Yes" said Kanon who had come to see what was happening with Yukikaze. "The sickness is called love sickness and it's extremely dangerous."
"What?" little Yuki asked with a scared expression. "Will Yukikaze-niisan die?"
"No, he will only be red all the time", Kanon said with a smirk.
"Stop it, Kanon", Yukikaze whined. "You're only adding trees to the fire…"
"Trees? Fire? I don't see either…" little Yuki said confusedly.
"It's a saying, Yuki", Suzu said. "It means that things are getting very troubled."
"But there is no trouble, is there?" Yuki said.
"It's a lovers' quarrel, Yuki", Suzu sighed.
"I see!" Yuki exclaimed. "So they're getting married? We can be a real family, can we?"
"Aren't we a real family already?" Kanon asked. "Come, you two, we have a place to stay at."
Yuki and Suzu ran after Kanon and Yukikaze. Yukikaze was holding a map that showed where the cheapest inn was. The old lady had told Yukikaze that the inn had always free rooms since the city wasn't very well-known. The lady had also told that there was a scary man living in the inn and that he had been there for very long. Everyone in the city feared him and wished that he would leave but he never did so.
Kanon and the others arrived to the inn very soon and checked in. The lady who was in the charge of the inn helped them gladly. She insisted giving them breakfast to the room and everything. Kanon could easily tell that the woman wanted something in return.
"Is it about that man?" Kanon asked. "I mean the man who's been staying here for years. Do you want us to get him away?"
"Yes", the woman said after she had hesitated a bit. "I want to get rid of him as soon as possible!"
"Has he hurt you?" Kanon asked gently.
"Yes…" the lady whispered. "He has done so many bad things… Last year he started the worst things… He just suddenly came into my room and ripped my clothes off of me and then he…"
Kanon just stared at the lady for few seconds. Her eyes had widened and she was shaking a bit.
"Where is his room?" Kanon asked. "I'll kill him."
"Please don't be so rash", the lady said. "I'll show him to you when the dinner is served."
"…Fine", Kanon said. She turned around and the lady left the room. Kanon almost fell to her and Yukikaze's shared bed where Yukikaze was sitting and reading a book. He almost dropped his book when Kanon's tiny body hit the mattress.
"Why did you react like that?" Yukikaze asked.
"Didn't you hear what that man had done to that lady?" Kanon asked.
"I didn't understand a word", Yukikaze said. "Was there a special meaning behind that?"
"You men really are hopeless!" Kanon said angrily and sat up. "How couldn't you see that she had been raped? Didn't you see how she acted with you around? Didn't you understand it from the way she cut her sentence in the middle? I too did -" Kanon suddenly slammed her hand on her mouth.
"What did you do?" Yukikaze asked. "What have I missed?"
"It's nothing", Kanon said and laughed nervously. "Suzu! Can you get me the map?"
"Really, Kanon", Yukikaze said with a worried voice. "What have I missed?"
"I told you, it's nothing", Kanon said and laughed nervously again.
"Better be nothing", Yukikaze mumbled and took a look on the map Suzu gave him.
When the dinner had been served, the lady showed Kanon the man who had been staying in the inn for so long. He looked like a normal old doctor or scientist who was doing research. His hair was a bit long and he looked like he had lost quite much weight. If Kanon wouldn't have known who he was, she would have thought that he was just a normal passerby. She decided to talk to him after the meal.
"Can you two go to our room by yourself after the meal, Yuki?" Kanon asked from Yuki and Suzu. "We need to do few things with Yukikaze-niichan before starting the real mission."
Both Yuki and Suzu nodded quietly. When they had ended their meal, Yuki and Suzu slipped quietly out of the dining room. Kanon and Yukikaze stayed and waited for the others go out. When everyone else besides the man had gone out, Kanon stood up and walked to the man.
"Excuse me, mister, but we need to ask you few things", Kanon said politely. "Could you come with us?"
"Of course", the man smiled. "We won't want to disturb the others, do we?"
"We don't", Kanon said. "Please follow us."
Kanon and Yukikaze left the room and the man followed them. When they had walked some time away from the inn, they found a nice area near a forest where they stopped. Kanon turned away and saw the man smiling sadly at them.
"I know why you are here so I'm making this quick", he said. "I know what the thing inside me did but I wasn't in charge of my body at those times. There is another being inside me who does harm to others. No doctor has been able to stop it but I can see that you two can do that. Please save those people from me even if it kills me. It can surface at any second now."
Kanon looked at the man whose skin was illuminating the light of the moon. Her eyes widened when the man's skin suddenly looked like it had started to boil. His whole body was transforming and the man looked like he was in pain.
"Please save me from myself…" the man whispered. Soon Kanon and Yukikaze realized that they were facing a massive person whose body looked like it was melting.
"What's happening?" Kanon asked curiously. "This certainly wasn't a part of the plan."
"It wasn't", Yukikaze mumbled. "They probably didn't even know about this in the military."
I'm sorry for the horrible cliffhanger! I'll try to update very soon! Feel free to review and tell me your thoughts or just leave a random comment :)
