gareki was standing by nai's body still. The kid had caused him a lot of troubles. but he couldn't help but to think it happened for a reason...everything happens for a reason. If he hadn't of tried to help nai that night. Then he wouldn't have met. Taka, Senji, aiko... he didn't know why he thought of aiko as a companion but every one in his eyes needed a chance at least some of them. And the main person he wouldn't have met would me etsuko.
She had teached him a lot. caring, feeling,comfort, and mostly.. love. He cared about her. she was a good person at heart. Gareki closed his eyes in thought of what he had been threw the last past week.
after a moment he heard foot steps. opening his eyes he saw hirato walking towards him. what do you want. gareki said. folding his arms. hirato stopped in place and said. I know that this must be hard for you. since you've dealt with family deaths.
It's also hard for me. hirato said. then why... why do you let them go out to fight. They didn't deserve to die. like this kid here he had a life ahead of him he didn't need to choose the training session to fight varuga. gareki said looking down at nai's lifeless body.
It is a terrible thing. But if not them then who. the varuga would end up killing the whole world if there were no one to stop them. Hirato said.
Gareki said nothing. just turned and walked. and gareki. hirato said. he stopped and half turned. I've heard about your training. good job. Don't let your comrades die like him. hirato said pointing at nai. Gareki stared at him for a minute then continued walking.
They had trained hard why would they die? he thought.
It was now morning time. The sun was out shinning brightly. The V.P.O had to cover the windows with Medal cover ups to keep the sun out.
Gareki and the others quickly put there uniforms in there rooms and headed back to the cafeteria to wait for orders. on his way there etsuko ran up to him and asked. you ok you didn't look so good earlier?
I'm fine. gareki said
you sure? she asked
Yeah.
are you really? she asked again not believing a word he said.
yes.
no your not.
gareki sighed... no I'm not alright. a...a friend of mine died in that mission from the first ship. He didn't deserve to die he was to young. Gareki I know this mission is going to be tough but we're vampires, we'er strong. We fight that's the way our lives go we die but once we leave this world we all go to a wonderful place. where we don't have to fight for every thing we live for. paradise. your friend is there now looking down on you. hopeing for you to win. she said smiling at him.
Gareki looked at her. I don't know how I earned a friend like you. I'm a terrible person. he muttered. would I be here If you were so terrible. Etsuko said. your not a bad person gareki. you may have had a bad past and that messed with your head. But you keep pushing forward with determination. she said.
Maybe. he said. as they reached the cafeteria Hirato was there and the others were to. they sat down at a table. Waiting for hirato to speak of the missions plans.
Yogi, Eva, and tsukumo stood beside him to the left of them was a huge board that had letters on it and it showed a map of the woods they would be in. The mission starts tonight I will go over where you and your partners will be positioned in this area hirato said pointing at the board.
but first I will go over who your partners are in case you forgot. Gareki and etsuko will be group A. senji and taka will be group B. Aiko and tsukumo will be group C. And lastly Yogi and eva will be group D.
Group A and B will be near the middle of the woods close to where the varuga will be. This is where the first wave of varuga will attack. Group C will be behind Groups A and B. Group A and B will be carrying Flare guns to signal to group C to come out of there hiding places and attack the second wave of varuga. Like I said before there will be a lot more varuga in this mission then the last. continuing on, Group D will be in a different area fighting back the varuga on that side. it will be risky but you wont be far from the other groups if your in need of help.
You all will leave the ship differently then last time. This time you all will put your stamina on track session to use by running to the positions you were assigned to. watch where you are going since this is the woods branches and leaves are every where. having that said you all can not jump from trees either. the branches will break and they will send leaves falling giving away your position. you all will be fighting with weapons. the same knives and machetes that you used in the mansion. This mission will mostly take you until 2:00 am in the morning to finish.
Look out for your comrades and watch each others backs. This mission is dangerous. and you must think smart and order to survive. Once the mission is over head back to the ship we will be landing a mile away from the fighting positions to keep the varuga away from finding it. Any question. Hirato said.
How many flares will we have. Etsuko asked. The most you will have is 3. hirato replied.
Wont the noise and the color make the varuga no where we are? whats the point of that? Aiko asked. It doesn't really matter the only time you should be firering the flares is when you need help from the varuge. In other words the varuga will all ready be attacking you once Groups A and B Fire there flares.
Why are there so many? Gareki asked. this town is big the varuga wanted to eat and kill thats why theirs so many of them. said hirato.
do they know where coming? Taka asked. No. they don't suspect a thing. were heading there now by the time we get there it should be almost night time. hirato explained. any more questions.
no sir. they all said. Okay, I expect you all to continue training until you've heard other wise. understood. yes sir. they said. getting up and heading to the training hall. once they were there. Aiko wanted to challenge etsuko on the plat forms.
why me?she asked.
Because we're training and I don't want to train against the others. she said
That's a lame excuses. you just want to try and kill me again. etsuko said. Beside I'm training with gareki a true friend of mine. etsuko said walking towards gareki. wait. Aiko said grabbing her arm. please can you...just do this for me.
etsuko looked skeptical. I don't know what your gonna try and do. I won't do anything ok. Aiko said. Etsuko stared at her for a minute then sighed and said fine.
Aiko smiled then they both grabbed balancing sticks and started climbing. they finally reached the top then faced each other in a fighting stance. then they both ran forward. aiko lifted her stick back aiming for etsuko's legs but missed thanks to etsuko who blocked the hit with her stick. saiko pulled her stick back aiming to hit her in the gut but missed again from etsuko who jumped back in time.
pulling her stick back etsuko whacked aiko on the side of her stomach making her lose her balance for a few seconds. This made an opening for etsuko who lurched forward and kicked her. aiko fell but grabbed on to the plat form just in time. then flipped over and kicked etsuko who grabbed the plat form before she fell.
mn. she grunted as she tried to lift herself back up but aiko stepped on her hand. Ow whats your problem-she looked up to see aiko giving her a evil smirk.y-you tricked me. well duh why would I want to train with you when you caused me so much said news flash I'm glad we'er not friends any more and who cares if you have gareki on your side. He's fucked up in the brain.. just like you will be once you fall. she said stepping on her hands harder.
ow!... You know there is something wrong with you. Gareki isn't fucked up in the head YOU ARE. And I've got some news for you! Your a jackass for what your doing! Gareki is way better then you'll ever be... and yeah so what If I spend most of my time stareing at him.. it's because I like him more then a friend. It's something that you'll never experience ever in your life you dumb bitch!
Aiko stepped on her hands harder your the dumb bitc-! she was interrupted by gareki shoving her hard knocking her off the plat forms causing her to fall. Etsuko couldn't hold on any longer and let go but gareki grabbed her wrist then pulled her back up onto the plat forms. she sighed with relief and hugged him thank you.
Gareki wasn't used to the close contact but hugged her back any way. they pulled back and he said I knew this would happen. she looked confused you did. he nodded once then looked down where he had shoved aiko. she was fine the only way for a vampire to be hurt at this height was if they were injured badly which she wasn't.
He looked back to etsuko. How bad did she hurt you. he asked.
Not bad. she just stepped on my hands. she said showing him her bruised hand it was already starting to heal. It shouldn't be a problem in a couple of seconds. she said. alright he said try to stay away from her. gareki said pointing at aiko who was glaring at them. I will It was stupid of me to train with her, apart of me felt like she was going to do something bad but I ignored it.
Lets just get down from here. Gareki said. okay. she said. they both climbed down. Gareki climbed down and walked over to aiko.
don't try that again. He said threw clenched fangs.
aiko was about to say something but saw the way his eyes were burning with anger and stopped. gareki gave her one last glare then walked over to etsuko who was waiting for him.
come on, your training with me. he said
okay. she replied. as they both headed to the dodging session.
gareki, etsuko, aiko, Senji, And taka had finished every training session in the training hall and were all tired and sweaty. it was almost dark outside from what eva told them.
Yogi had knews from hirato and told them to get dressed in there uniforms after they took showers. after hearing that all of them ran to the showers. the mission was important they didn't have time to go the showers they all headed back to there rooms to put on there uniforms.
This was the day gareki had been waiting for. He had trained hard for this it was time he put his training to use. closeing the door to his room he looked out the window and for sure the sun was halfway down. Some of the sun rays had touched his bare chest. making his skin feel a little burnt. he quickly walked over and close his black curtains. That was enough to keep it away.
He sighed and dropped the towel from around his waist. letting it drop to the floor. exposing himself to be naked. he walked over to his closet picking up a pair of black boxers and putting them on. then grabbed his black uniform.
gareki slipped on his black under shirt with the black leather jacket with a chain hanging from two pockets, his black pants and his boots. Tucking in the bottom of his pants legs inside his boots then zipping them up. gareki stood up and headed for his door and opened it he looked back at the room he had been sleeping in. He might not return. Not to say he was going to die. He was going to leave tonight after the mission. for good. he closed the door put his hands in his pockets and started walking down the hall way.
For sure he didn't want to leave etsuko but he had to he couldn't stay here with the enemies/humans. He could forgive there kind for what they did to his parents. he was so deep in thought he didn't see etsuko in front of him waving her hand to get his attention and bumped into her knocking her to the floor.
He finally looked notice and said sorry reaching his hand down to help her.
she grabbed it. and said thanks.
were you saying something. he asked
Yeah. I was saying why did you look so sad. you always make a face like that. one day your face is going to freeze up like it. you should stop.
really... I didn't notice. he said
of course you didn't. You were deep in thought. what were you thinking about? she asked. Nothing. he said.
you were obviously thinking some thing tell me.
no.
please.
no.
come on.
no.
she sighed ok fine. I'll just change the subject. she turned serious. Are you ready for the mission? yeah. me and you are in a pair I've got your back if you need help. he said. alright. she said. Gareki looked over to her she was in her black uniform. her short black hair was in a pony tail. her uniform was of a black leather long sleeved crop top with a chain hanging from the shoulders and stopping at her chest. her pants were black leather skinny jeans tucked into black combat boots with a zipper.
her caramel brown skin looked good with black clothing.
etsuko looked over at him smiled and said. like what you see. Gareki looked back in front of him smirked and said. maybe. etsuko's mouth and eyes widened and said really- but she was interrupted by hirato.
He was going over there mission plan again so every one had it clear in there heads. Gareki and etsuko stopped and stood in line. Since ther were group A they would be running off the ship first. Gareki's heart thudded against his rib cage. This is it the moment of truth. As hirato talked he was walking forwards. towards the ships opening. Gareki and the others followed. gareki looked behing himself to see every one there Eva, Yogi, Tsukumo, Taka, Senji, aiko, And etsuko. These were the vampires he would be fighting along side and watching out for. He turned back looking ahead.
Just now they entered a huge room covered in white medal. It made there black clothing look high lighted from the brightness. they were all handed there weapons and flare guns from people dressed in black cloaks.
Does every one understand the plan? hirato asked as he stopped in place. yes sir they said. good. I wish luck to all of you. Then he raised his hand and made a signal. The gate to the ship opened slowly.
Cold air washed over all of them making there hair and clothes move around. This is it. etsuko muttered. Groups A and B you are dismissed to your positions. Gareki, etsuko, taka, and senji ran forward in lightning speed entering the cold dark woods.
From here on out they would fight to the death. Gareki thought.
another chapter finished. I'm thinking there is going to be 2 more chapters to this story before a finally finish it. I hope you liked this chapter. thanks for reading. next chapter coming soon.
