Ginga Ocean James
Start of Arc 3-New York City
Chapter 55-Blue Helmet
Yukina looked at her sister Zilla, weak and in pain as she lay on the floor of her room.
"Yukina…" she breathed painfully. Yukina held her paw gently.
"What do you want?" said Yukina tearing up. Zilla smiled slightly, "Can you get one of those yellow flowers that mother loved? For me?" she asked. Yukina nodded and left.
Percy and Burukin stayed behind to watch over their dying sister.
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"So did you hear about Yukina's sister? Apparently she's got some sort of sickness." said Athena to Sarabi. Sarabi nodded, "Yeah, it must be the illness that killed Smith and Sakura the other week." she said sadly.
Before Zilla had fallen ill, Smith and Sakura had become sick with some disease. Within a week, Zilla had caught it too.
Akame fortunately, had managed to stop the disease from spreading any farther thanks to his brains and Moratora's herbs. But for the three, it was too late to save them. Within days, they died of the sickness.
When Akame and Moratora checked their bodies, they found tumors in their organs.
"It must have been cancer." said Moratora. Akame looked at her, "Cancer?" he said.
"As of now, it's incurable without medicine from humans, and even so, it isn't guaranteed that you will survive it." she said.
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Yuki teared up, "Why must this happen? Why!" she cried, "Is this a curse?" she asked Bayonetta. She shrugged,
"Perhaps Sniper is getting payback on us…" she said.
"You shouldn't say that so easily." said Yukina. The girls turned around to see their best friend and somewhat new leader after the war against Sniper. She jumped down from the rocks and walked up to them.
"Sorry Yukina." said Sarabi. "We didn't know you were behind us!" Yuki looked curious.
"By the way, why are you here?" asked Yuki. "I'm looking for yellow flowers. For my sister…" she cried.
"She's dying…" Athena and Bayonetta looked sadly at her.
Sarabi nodded, "Follow me. I'll take you to them." she said leading Yukina away.
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"Here sis. For you…" said Yukina as she put down the flowers. Zilla coughed,
"Thank you…" she said. Zilla went into a coughing fit,
"Sister…my dear brothers…" she began.
"I'm going to see them now…watch over the three for me…" she said closing her eyes, her last breath leaving her. Burukin and Percy began to cry, Yukina could not bring herself to cry…
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"Father…those dogs will pay for murdering you." said a bluish-fur colored bear. Sitting near his father's grave, he cried. He was the son of the dreaded Akakabuto, or "Red-Helmet" as most humans called him. After his father was killed right in his eyes, he swore revenge on Ohu.
He looked outside at the stars.
"Even Gaki wouldn't avenge you, and he was your first born son." he said sighing. He got up and went out hunting.
"Gaki was weak and cowardly. He couldn't even kill Riki and he lost his claws. Fool…." he said. He slammed a tree to the ground, "Damn Gin, I'll kill him for what he did to my father!" he said walking off, not knowing he was watched…
"Gotta warn the leaders pronto!" she said. "Hope I can get to them in time!"
She ran as fast as she could back to Gajou, hoping her paws could carry her…
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At the river, Blue Helmet was fishing for his food. He hummed to himself a lullaby that his mother had sung to him when he was a cub.
"I wonder how I can get revenge on those dogs…" he muttered to himself as he fished in the river near his home. Focusing intently, he waited for a fish to come within range of his paws.
"Gotcha!" he said, grabbing a fish. He picked it up and looked at it closely,
"Pretty good sized fish." he muttered looking back at his pile of other fish he caught. He smiled proud of his hard work that he had done. He walked over, pulling leaves over them carefully. He finished tying knots
"I guess I'll be heading home now…gotta get the fish back home before they rot." he said dragging the pile with him back to his home.
On his way home, Blue Helmet overheard a conversation. He stopped and peeked over the bushes.
"So you heard about what James is doing lately, right? They say he and his Smoke are gonna have pups again." said John.
"Their excited as hell, I'd say." replied Akame.
Blue Helmet's eyes widened in shock,
"That's one of the dogs that killed my father!" He thought angrily. Continuing to listen in, he heard that John and Akame were going to pay a visit to James's parents.
"Maybe I should lie in wait near Gajou…" he thought, heading to the rocks…
He grinned maliciously,
"Father…watch me." he said dragging his kill back to his den, "I'll get payback for you!"
At Gajou…
In the leader's den, they were talking. Gin and James sat at the top.
"So…Zilla as died as well from that 'cancer'." said James. Gin nodded,
"Smith and Sakura died from it as well." replied Gin.
John spoke up,
"Thankfully Akame and Moratora have managed to stop it from doing any more damage, but we lost three valuable members of Ohu." he said sadly.
Ben nodded,
"And the four pups they had are now under the care of you and the leader, I'd take it?" asked Ben.
John and Gin both nodded. Ben smiled,
"…That's good." he said.
James smiled, knowing he and Smoke were going to be parents again in 2 ½ months.
Suddenly, Wedelle burst into the room panting. "Wedelle, what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost!" asked John. Wedelle looked up at her adopted father's face.
"I just saw a bear!" she yelled loudly.
