Return Trip

Chap.3

Gojun snorted, as he came across one particular paper that had been filed by Kenren. He had obviously been in a hurry writing it; had he been panicked? Gojun could just barely make out the handwriting. It appeared to be something akin to:

Marshal Tenpou Gensui disappeared as of yesterday. General Kenren Taisho request permission to form a search team and look for him.

The rest seemed to be just scribbles that he had attempted to make appear like writing. Gojun scoffed, and tossed the paper in the trash bin. He'd have to ask Kenren to write in a way that legible if he wanted to be taken seriously.

"Six little ducks that I once knew……little ones, short ones, fat ones, too." A child's voice sang. (Yes, this is a song. If you know the song 'Six Little Ducks' then you'll know the tune.) "But the one little duck with the feather on his back, he led the others with a quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack ,quack." The voice sang again. Gojun lifted his head, and looked around.

'It must be that small animal that Konzen Douji is taking care of. Goku, I believe his name was.' Gojun shrugged off the voice quite easily.

"He led the others with a quack, quack, quack." The voice sang. Gojun ignored it. "One little dragon that I once knew, white and cold, and very strict, too." The voice sang in the same tune. Gojun's head snapped up. Ruby eyes darted about the office. "But he never listened to the wise little ones, and now he's gonna be dead, dead, dead." The 'dead, dead, dead' was sung to the tune of the original song's 'quack, quack, quack'. "Dead, dead, dead. Dead, dead, dead. He didn't listen to the wise ones so he gonna die, die, die."

Gojun rose from his desk in a hurry, and fell back over in his chair. His leg hurt; he must have hit it on the desk when he stood up. The child's voice gave a small

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. The little dragon hurt himself. I'm gonna have to help him up." A figure appeared above Gojun's chair, one clawed hand on each of the armrests. The clawed hands reached for Gojun's arms. After that, the only sound was that of Gojun gasping.

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"Oi, Gojun. Did you get my report?" Kenren peeked into the office. No one was there. Papers were scattered all over the floor, and the chair was lying on its back. And then…there, next to the overturned chair, Kenren saw something. He stepped closer, and picked it up. It was a headband, but he recognized it as Gojun's.

That meant Gojun had been kidnapped as well. But to be kidnapped in his own office….Kenren swallowed hard, as one hand fell against one armrest of the overturned chair, tracing claw marks.

'This's some scary shit that's going on.'