I've Found You, Your Smile
Synchronicity ~Meguru Sekai no Requiem~
"Whose smile has been seared into my mind…"
"Hey, Kaito?" Gakupo huffs out as he escapes the dragon's snapping jaws. "I have several questions."
"Shoot," Kaito chokes out, equally tired and winded.
"Okay. First off, why are we running in circles?"
"No idea," Kaito gives a weak grin.
"Then let's get out of here. Where in our criteria says we have to kill the dragon?" Gakupo's chest heaves up and down as he tries to make up for the oxygen that he just used up.
"Oh, we have criteria we need to follow?"
"Please be serious."
"Oh. Well. Then let's go. All this blood is scaring me." Kaito glances across the cavern. The blood is sprayed over the walls, and was dribbling down slowly. It was a dark, dark red, and in some places, midnight black. There were smear marks from where the dragon thrashed on the stone. It roars, but pitifully this time. Its body parts are strewn across the ground—the eyes, the horns, the claws. They glint in the dim light that the oil lanterns above provide. The eyes looked as if they were staring the dragon's murderers, and the two males felt chills go down their sides.
"Now that the dragon can't see, we seem to be faring a lot better," Gakupo manages to talk between his panting. They creep slowly across the wall, and slow down, breathing in a lungful of air.
"Maybe its hearing is terrible," Kaito mutters out the side of his mouth. "Well, for now, let's retreat."
"You're forgetting Len," Gakupo frowns.
"Oh. Right. That dude." Kaito takes a couple deep breaths and prepared himself mentally and physically for what was about to happen. Gakupo starts to protest but Kaito is already at it. "Len!" he calls repeatedly. "Why is he not responding? Come back, please, Len!" As he screams, the dragon swivels angrily to face them. As it approaches wildly and blindly, the two are already disappearing into the gloom that hung around the cavern's sides.
"Dumb Kaito," Gakupo hisses. "The dragon can hear just fine!"
"We'd never have known until we try," Kaito reasons, as they crabwalk away from the dragon.
"Ugh," Gakupo admits defeat. "In any case, where'd that boy disappear to, anyways? I thought he was right here with Meiko, trying to retrieve his sister."
"Maybe he thought she was somewhere else," Kaito slowly picks apart Len's reasoning. "I'm thinking he disappeared into that dark hole, there." He points, and Gakupo barely distinguishes another opening. "Ah, there he is. He'll come over and the three of us will beat a hasty retreat. The dragon will die on its own, or something."
The blonde head that was Len approached cautiously and stopped just before them.
"I have your sister," Gakupo says tonelessly. "Where were you?"
"Sorry," Len mutters. "And her name is Rin." He takes the girl in his arms and Gakupo breaths a sigh of relief. He rolls his shoulders. As he is doing so, he notices Kaito is still holding Meiko, who has on several pieces of armor.
"Why are girls so heavy?" Kaito mutters darkly.
A/N: Disclaimer: song lyrics belong to HitoshizukuP. Vocaloid characters belong to Yamaha Co., Crypton Future Media, Internet Co., Ltd., and other companies. Please review if you have the time~