Chapter Two-New Bodyguard
The next morning, Johnny woke up groggily from his sleep. He felt a sharp pain at his left shoulder. He suddenly remembered the incident the night before. He noticed that his left shoulder had been bandaged neatly with clean white bandages.
"Johnny! Thank God you've awaken at last!" Enrique who just came in rushed over to his side. Soon all his friends were at his side asking how he is, is he still hurting etc.
"Johnny dear, I'm so glad you're alright." His mother, Duchess Janice hugged him warmly. She looked tired and worried. He guessed that she hadn't slept well last night.
"I'm fine mother. There's nothing to be worried about." He winced slightly at the pressure of her arms around him.
"Glad you're doing well son." He saw his father, Duke Richard looking at him with a grave expression on his handsome face. He was the older version of Johnny except he inherited his red hair from his mother.
"Did you get him?" he referred to the assassin.
"No, he was too fast for the guards." Replied Duke Richard.
"You should be thanking the stars. You had a narrow escaped yesterday. If that bullet had zoomed in at another two inches, it would have strike your heart." A low husky voice was heard saying.
"Who are you?" Johnny saw a girl standing by Kai's side for the first time. She had long, shiny reddish-gold hair tied up in a braid that reaches past her knees. Her eye color can't be described because she was wearing sunshades. Her skin was lightly tanned. She reached only until Kai's shoulder. She was wearing a light blue t-shirt with the words 'Don't Even Think About It' and a pair of black jeans. She was busy typing something on her palmtop.
"Yukisho Kaioh. New analyst of the Bladebreakers." Yukisho looked up from her palmtop and smiled at him. For a second he was mesmerized by her smile until he saw Kai's eyes narrowed and realized that Kai probably had a thing for her.
"If I'm not mistaken, that shot was probably either a warning or the killer is playing with you. He purposely didn't kill you on the spot." Yukisho continued oblivious to the glare of the jealous boy beside her.
"How did you know?" asked Duke Richard.
"I happened to be watching the killer. He had a stinking aura around him. I sensed it the moment I came in, but I couldn't do anything as he was about fifty feet away from me." Yukisho shrugged delicately.
"Wait! You can sense other people's aura?" asked Oliver in surprise. Everyone except the BBA team was shocked too.
"Oh, its nothing. It's like breathing air." Said Yukisho nonchalantly.
"By the way Johnny dear, your grandfather was so upset at the incident yesterday that he immediately hired a new bodyguard for you." Said Duchess Janice.
"What? No thanks, I don't need one." Johnny refused. He hated bodyguards as they give no privacy because they follow him around all the time.
"I'm afraid its no use refusing, your new bodyguard is here now." A deep voice rumbled throughout the room. Everyone turned to see a majestic looking old man (who somehow reminded everyone of Voltaire) with a young girl standing behind him.
"Johnny, meet your new bodyguard, Ran Baroque." Said Duke Clarence.
The next morning, Johnny woke up groggily from his sleep. He felt a sharp pain at his left shoulder. He suddenly remembered the incident the night before. He noticed that his left shoulder had been bandaged neatly with clean white bandages.
"Johnny! Thank God you've awaken at last!" Enrique who just came in rushed over to his side. Soon all his friends were at his side asking how he is, is he still hurting etc.
"Johnny dear, I'm so glad you're alright." His mother, Duchess Janice hugged him warmly. She looked tired and worried. He guessed that she hadn't slept well last night.
"I'm fine mother. There's nothing to be worried about." He winced slightly at the pressure of her arms around him.
"Glad you're doing well son." He saw his father, Duke Richard looking at him with a grave expression on his handsome face. He was the older version of Johnny except he inherited his red hair from his mother.
"Did you get him?" he referred to the assassin.
"No, he was too fast for the guards." Replied Duke Richard.
"You should be thanking the stars. You had a narrow escaped yesterday. If that bullet had zoomed in at another two inches, it would have strike your heart." A low husky voice was heard saying.
"Who are you?" Johnny saw a girl standing by Kai's side for the first time. She had long, shiny reddish-gold hair tied up in a braid that reaches past her knees. Her eye color can't be described because she was wearing sunshades. Her skin was lightly tanned. She reached only until Kai's shoulder. She was wearing a light blue t-shirt with the words 'Don't Even Think About It' and a pair of black jeans. She was busy typing something on her palmtop.
"Yukisho Kaioh. New analyst of the Bladebreakers." Yukisho looked up from her palmtop and smiled at him. For a second he was mesmerized by her smile until he saw Kai's eyes narrowed and realized that Kai probably had a thing for her.
"If I'm not mistaken, that shot was probably either a warning or the killer is playing with you. He purposely didn't kill you on the spot." Yukisho continued oblivious to the glare of the jealous boy beside her.
"How did you know?" asked Duke Richard.
"I happened to be watching the killer. He had a stinking aura around him. I sensed it the moment I came in, but I couldn't do anything as he was about fifty feet away from me." Yukisho shrugged delicately.
"Wait! You can sense other people's aura?" asked Oliver in surprise. Everyone except the BBA team was shocked too.
"Oh, its nothing. It's like breathing air." Said Yukisho nonchalantly.
"By the way Johnny dear, your grandfather was so upset at the incident yesterday that he immediately hired a new bodyguard for you." Said Duchess Janice.
"What? No thanks, I don't need one." Johnny refused. He hated bodyguards as they give no privacy because they follow him around all the time.
"I'm afraid its no use refusing, your new bodyguard is here now." A deep voice rumbled throughout the room. Everyone turned to see a majestic looking old man (who somehow reminded everyone of Voltaire) with a young girl standing behind him.
"Johnny, meet your new bodyguard, Ran Baroque." Said Duke Clarence.