"Let's Go"
"Oi! How much longer, Ginji? I'm getting restless here. Why won't you just let me fly? The crowds aren't as thick…." Ake's voice began to quiet in my mind. He
was just too
annoying sometimes. It was easier to ignore him. To me, he was kinda like the energizer bunny. He just kept going and going and… well, you get the point. I try to ignore
him most of the time. Ake mostly just rambles.
After drowning out the noisy bat, my thoughts began to stray. I couldn't quite find any solace in what I was thinking. I felt as if something was watching me. My
mind flashed back to the image I'd seen earlier. For some reason, the image was burned into my head, and seemed clearer now than it did then.
The black… thing, I didn't know what better to call it. Actually, it seemed more like an aura. An evil black aura? Man that sounded so corny. But I guess that's just
what I thought.
By now, we'd reached the outskirts of Tokyo. Little apartments dotted here and there. The advertisements had thinned out greatly and I didn't feel as smothered.
"Ne, Ake. I think you'll be able to fly now. No one will probably stare much at us, since we're not in the overly highlighted city." I said looking around at the trees
that were missing from the big city. It seemed more peaceful on this side of town. Although, it would have been better if I didn't have this nagging feeling.
Just what was this apprehensive feeling anyways? It seemed like I'd been followed this whole time since we got out of that alley.
"Oh? That sounds good!" Ake flew out of my hands suddenly, scaring me. I didn't think he'd do that. Well, I wasn't exactly paying attention. Short attention span,
you know? Heh.
I rubbed my head and looked at the apartments. I was looking for 'Shingetsu Apartments'. I guess it wasn't that hard to miss though. It was the biggest apartment
building in this part of the area. Imagine that.
I shrugged off my thoughts and glanced at Ake. "Hora." I pointed to the large building, "I suppose that's where we'll find Uncle Gen." and pointed towards the
building, then began walking over to it.
The building got closer as we walked along the sidewalk to it. But, some strange occurrence happened before I reached it. The streetlamps blacked out for a
moment and I stood frozen to the ground. A crack of a stick was heard as a sharp white light laced my vision and pain coursed through my head.
"Ita…" was all I had the time to say. I'd thought I'd heard Ake say my name, too, before I fell to the hard concrete ground. Maybe he'd tried to warn me. Damn bats
and their excellent perception, but this one's slow demeanor.
Short... I know.. But bear with me ¯O¯ Only one foot note this time..
Hora - "Look/See"